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Senior dfadd J4idot Speaking in behalf of the closs of 1956, Henry Slid- ziouskas received oar closs colors on June 5, 1953. In o speech of occeptonce, he promised that our closs would uphold the code of Honor ond Progress established by more than o century of graduates before us. On September 10 of 1953 the doors of Somerville High School were opened to us, the Closs of 1956. Graduolly we odapted ourselves to the juniors' ond seniors' procticol jokes; and before long, we were ac- cepted os o port of Somerville High. We begon our activities by electing on Executive Committee consisting of Ronald Baptiste, Potricio Flo- herty, Robert McLucos ond Dorothy McCormick, who rep- resented us much to our satisfaction. Elizabeth Ander- son, Lorraine Moxwell, Dovid Brennon, ond Michoel Gormley were elected to the Sophomore Student Council. Pete Cleory wos our first contribution to the vorsity basketball team. Roy Agonowsky, our contribution to the football team wos severely injured ond therefore sidelined for the remainder of his school yeors. September, 1954 rolled in, ond we trudged bock to school bearing the title Juniors. It wos our turn to jibe the incoming sophs. We elected for our Junior Closs Officers: President, Ronold Boptiste; Vice-President, Potricio Floherty; Sec- retory, Woldo Corbett; ond Treasurer, Herbert Gordon. We olso selected our Junior Night Committee: Robert Bredin, John Knight, Carol Flynn, ond Dorothy Mc- Cormick. Other elections brought forth our junior mem- bers of Student Council. They were Borboro Drinkwater, Lorraine Moxwell, Dovid Brennon, ond Michoel Gormley; Elizobcth Anderson wos elected os Jr. Vice-President of of the Student Council. Representing the Junior Closs on the football field were Vinnie Corcoran ond Jock Sullivon; on our bosket- boll team were Russ Borker (our hero), Jimmy Whclon (our giant). Bob Pickett, and lost but not leosf, Vinnie Goodrich; ond our champion Jim Blackburn led us on to victory by winning the stotc chompionship n track. Our faithful faculty selected twenty-two pupils out of our closs to the Notionol Honor Society. The most memorable, proud occosion for our Junior year wos when Russ Borker . . . well, you know. Alos, our Senior year started two weeks loter than ex- pected, due to on unfortunate polio epidemic. Much to our surprise, the Closs of 1956 sow the rcolity of o new stodium. Vinnie Corcoran ond Jock Sullivon were chosen os co-coptoins of the footboll team to lead us on to victory, ond Vinnie Corcoran wos selected os o member of the All Scholostic teom. We elected our new senior closs officers: Donold Smith, president, Patricia Floherty, vice-president; Joon Heofey, secretory; and Herbert Gordon, treasurer. We chose, to plon our prom, o Senior Night Committee: Choirmon, Louis Show; Jock Knight, Robert Bredin, Jonon Rice, ond Elizabeth Anderson. Potricio Floherty, the outstanding personality of Som- erville High School '56, wos oworded the DAR medol. Upon returning to classes ofter Christmas vocation, we were confronted with on eoting problem. By some quirk of fotc there wos o fire, ond our auditorium ond lunchroom were o shombles. After several experiments, which proved unsuccesful, it wos decided that those pupils who were fortunate enough to not to hove special period closses would be allowed to go home ot 12:30 P.M. The pupils having speciol period closses would hove to eat in the tcochers' lunchroom. The ycor wore on ond finally our Senior Prom come. Our congratulations to the Art Club for the beautiful job on decorations ond to the committee for moking it possible for us to enjoy ourselves so thoroughly. There were thirty-nine seniors selected for the sec- ond drawing of Notionol Honor. Our Senior year terminated with Class Day Exer- cises. The Committee, Dione frotus, Louro Owen, Bar- boro Bettencourt, Michoel Gormley, ond Dovid Brennon, did o wonderful job arranging the exercises. Graduation Night brought forth our valedictorian ond solutatorion upon the stage to encourage us to meet the challenging world with a steady bond. As we pass our school colors of blue ond white to the closs of 1959, we express to them our confidence thot they shall succeed os we hove. JOAN HEAFEY, Class Secretory '56 Eighteen
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