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2 The SPOTLIGHT CLASS HISTORY ln looking back upon the events which have happened to our class during our four years in South Hadley High, 1 reached the conclusion that, since each year has been so greatly different and such a marked transition from the preceding one, our class history really should be divided, just as a book is, into distinct and separate stages, and in this way, 1 shall try to give you some idea of those four years which, in my opinion, at least, have been and will always be the happiest, most important, and most memorable chapters of our lives. CHAPTER 1 A New and Strange World Well, without doubt, September Sth, 1929, will always remain, a Red Letter Day in the annals of good old South Hadley High. W'hat! You don't mean to say that that doesn't im- mediately ignite a spark of remembrance in your minds! This if a surprise! W'hy, that day was the memorable occasion when the present Senior class graced the portals of our worthy school with its presence! O, of course, we did enter rather humbly, Cprobably that is why you didn't rememberj but those upper classmen gave us plenty of reason to be humble. The Seniors snickered condescendingly at our mistakes, the Juniors openly laughed, and the Sophomores merely smiled knowingly and sympathized, but we did our best to be nonchalantv. However, it wasn't very long before we began to come into our own . ln the first place, there were quite a few new teachers that year. We were greeted by a new principal, Mr. Gifford, who, in spite of the fact that he was a newcomer himself, certainly did his best to make us Freshmen welcome, and I only hope that we didn't make him feel too discouraged. Then came the most important event of the year, the operetta. It was through this affair that our class first entered school activities for the Freshmen had a line representation, both in the chorus and in the cast. However there is one shadow cast on the memory of J 7 that year, and it was caused by the passing away of one of South Hadley High's former principals, Mr. Allan C. Cummings, whose death affected each and every one of us deeply. On the whole, though, it was a most pleasant year, and we looked forward with eagerness to the remaining three before us. CHAPTER 11 Making a Name for 0ur.felr.'er Ah, who says that our class Wasn't an uup and coming one ? VVhat a change that first year had made in us! Now we were no longer shy, timid, or insignificant, as those upper classmen were wont to consider us when we were Freshmen. The members of the class of thirty-three were now Sophomores, and just to prove that we were made of the right stuff we began to do things! We had two class members on the Spotlight Board, and that was something of which to be proud. The Home Economics girls had learned how to make jell-o by this time, the commercial students were struggling over vouchers, trial balances and 'What-nots,, and the college preparatory people held many a session with Miss Pratt in an almost superhuman effort to master une plume or me, te, se, nous, vous, se. But did we let little things like that bother us? W'ell, we should smile! just at about this time, also, some of '33's great athletes began to warm up . We didn't intend to lose out on anything! During our Sophomore year, also, We re- ceived the most unwelcome news of lV1r. VVhittemore's coming resignation. No one was any sorrier than we to see him go. That year finally came to an end, as all good things must, sooner or later, and we left the Sophomore ranks with a feeling of satisfaction, because We had done our best in everything. CHAPTER 111 ' N earing the Final Stage: Here we were in 1932 and the class of '33 were Juniors! How quickly those first two years had passed! It didn't seem possible that
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