Smith Academy - Echo Yearbook (Hatfield, MA)

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TOURNAMENT Again this year we were invited to the Small High School Tournament in the Uni- versity of Massachusetts Cage. The hoys met the Dalton lightning streaks on the polished surface on March 5. The score was 70-55 in favor of Dalton, but it does not give a true indication of the fine basketball exhibited by the team, be- cause most of the boys were sick with colds. Despite this factor, the boys stoutheartedly went about their task, in the true Smith Academy style. BOYS ' BASKETBALL SCORES FIRST ROUND St. Mary ' s 50 S.A. 48 Westfield Trade 46 S. A. 60 St. Mary ' s 44 S.A. 58 Belchertown 32 S.A. 79 Orange 42 S.A. 52 Amherst 41 S.A. 51 Chicopee 49 S.A. 52 Arms Academy 51 S.A. 62 Hopkins 36 S.A. 37 Deerfield 53 S.A. 57 Smith ' s School 44 S.A. 65 South Hadley 62 S.A. 35 St. Michael ' s 37 S.A. 38 SECOND ROUND Orange 47 S.A. 60 Amherst 43 S.A. 50 Belchertown 38 S.A. 67 Arms Academy 59 S.A. 88 Hopkins 51 S.A. 41 Deerfield 42 S.A. 82 Smith ' s School 44 S.A. 86 South Hadley 62 S.A. 36 St. Michael ' s 38 S.A. 45 Clarke School 51 S.A. 68

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BOYS ' BASKETBALL BOYS ' BASKETBALL The basketball picture at Smith Academy this year was very impressive. The season opened under a new coach — Russ Bastin — the man whose constant prodding and rug- ged practice made it possible for the boys to come up to third place in the league, with nineteen wins and four losses. We are losing many of our better players through graduation, but coming up in their places are boys whose talents have been recog- nized on the Junior Varsity team. Our biggest loss is our score-happy champ, Giles Dutch Kellogg, who plans to attend a prep school next year. Giles broke several records this year and is now all-time New England Schoolboy Scoring Champ with 666 points. He also holds the title of Hamp- shire League individual high scorer, after he rolled up 50 points against South Deer- field. This year a special game was held be- tween the Varsity subs and the Junior Var- sity — the Jayvees won, showing that we still have good material on the way up. The American Legion presented the school with appropriate printed schedules for basketball. The school wishes to ex- press its great appreciation to the Lions Club and the Men ' s Club for the electric score board, which is in the Town Hall, as well as presenting gold basketballs to each player at a banquet in honor of the team. All in all, we have had a basketball season long to be remembered. JUNIOR VARSITY This year ' s Junior Varsity made an ex- cellent showing, with nineteen wins and four losses. It was composed of boys from all years, who gained much-needed experience — in fact, two of them, Mickey Raffa and Bernie Goclowski, were promoted to Var- sity regulars. There is good material to replace the boys who are leaving this year.

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WASHINGTON TRIP Monday morning, April 21, at 6:45, 13 seniors were seated in the Northampton Railroad Station, waiting for the train to come to start us on our week ' s trip. We changed trains at Springfield and then again at New York. We had lunch aboaid the train and the next stop was at Ba ' ti- more, Maryland, where we left the train. We boarded buses which took us to the Old Bay Line steamer, where we were assigned rooms for our trip to and from Virginia. Monday night was spent on the steamer — the two nights spent on the steamer were outstanding parts of our trip. The recrea- tion on board was exceptionally good. The entertainment included horse races, dancing, bingo, singing or just lounging around, watching others participate in the games. Tuesday morning at seven, we had break- fast; at eight o ' clock we left the steamer and began our motor tour of Virginia. The sights were beautiful. The dogwood, Vir- ginia ' s state flower, was in full bloom at this time. The first place we visited was Jamestown. Then we went to Newport News. We stopped a short time at the Mariner ' s Museum. We had our lunch at the beautiful Wiliamsburg Lodge. The af- ternoon we began by touring the following places: The Capitol, Raleigh Tavern, Wil- liam and Mary College, the Governor ' s Palace and Bruton Parish Church. An in- teresting thing about Williamsburg is that the people were dressed in colonial costumes. After this tour of the buildings, we had two hours free, in which many of us shopped for souvenirs or just relaxed in nearby res- taurants. Relaxation was welcomed, for in Virginia the temperature was near a hundred degrees. At five-thirty we were back on the bus, ready to leave for the steamer, for our return trip to Baltimore. When on board the steamer for our last night, we had dinner, played games, or lounged on deck. At approximately eight the next morning we left the steamboat for the last time and boarded a bus that took us to the Union Station in Baltimore, Maryland. We were on our way to the nation ' s capital. The time passed very quickly and when we arrived in Washing- ton, D. C, about an hour later, we met our wonderful bus driver, Joe Watson, who took us directly to the Bureau of Printing and Engraving, where we saw all the paper money being made. It was torture to just look at it and not get our hands on any of it. Next we walked over to the huge Washington Monument, which was but a very short distance away. Regardless of the extreme heat, many of the kids decided to climb the 898 steps leading to the top of the monument. They all welcomed the elevator ride down! It was now almost ten- thirty, so we went back to the bus and headed for the Hotel Martinique, where we freshened up and had lunch. After lunch we went on a tour of the city. The sights included the Zoological Gardens; Arlington Cemetery, where we saw the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and witnessed the chang- ing of the guard; and Mt. Vernon, the old