St Clement High School - Anchor Yearbook (Medford, MA)

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t 4444444L4Li4L4.4,LlL444.4.444,A4,1 1441 44 1 1 1441 1441 1 1 1 I 4 6 senior activities we discoverd certain future geniuses. Unexpected twosomes found trip- ping the light fantastic prom night were loc Cleveland and Mimi Tobinf not so nnex pectedj, Arthur Bashful Boy Colbert es- corting Sid Linden, -lane Scanlon squired by Handsome ,lohnn Monohan, -Ioe Captain Emo Elliot with Alice Gaudet and X'Vinnie Ryan who had consented after much per- suasion to accompany -john Driscoll, in the front seat, whose hobby is knocking down trees with his fathe-r's car. Some applied the theory that silence is gol- den, during History periods, among whom Eleanor Barry, Pete Moore, Marie Certnsi, Theresa Richards, Phil Hyde, Frances De- Armon, Richard Barili, Rose Crowley and Fran Kiernan were foremost proponents-by now they ought to be rich. Opposed to these ardent advocates of the silence theory were others who established a shortwave system of communication. After the comnninique dis- patching ring, embracing Peggy Sarsfield, Irene Bourneuf and Louise Comeau was smashed by Sister's interception, it became im- perative to employ wig-wag signals. From the cold North fof the roomy flashed Lefty Doc- tor, Lawyer, Indian Chief Davis and joe Nancy Regan: from the Wild West, Teresa Mullins and Clare Rabin: from the Far East, Eileen Poirier and Anne Magner, and from the Sunny South, Mary Canty and Rosemary Norton. . Dick McCue expounded lns own philosophy of school life-f they toil not neither do they spin, to Antoinette Andrea, Eileen McCarthy, Bob Van Johnson Leahy and Robert Fran- cis Casey, the smiling Armenian, who seren- ely abided by its doctrines to end. The proof of the pudding is in the eat- ing. XVe did the eating. Wfho made the pud- ding possihle? You, our self-sacrificing parents: you, our selflessly devoted Sisters: you, our zealous Priests, and you, Monsignor Barry, our nndrestanding spiritual father. have made our graduation from Saint Clement High School a reality, May our future lives as members of Saint Clement alumni discharge in some small measure the infinite debt of gratitude YV? UYVC' YOU. Patricia Connolly '46 Ruth Griffin '46 page forty-nine

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me Cimenfonia .,. 11111111111-Kllllllllllllllllllllll 0112155 Zliiatnrg THE mzoor of the pudding is in the eat- ing! At the risk of incurring legal penalty, we now apply this classic maxim to our pres- ent exalted status. ive Proclaim, The proof of the student is in the graduating. In ap- proximately twenty-four hours, we the ninety- eight members of Saint Clement High School, Class of nineteen hundred and forty-six, will unclutch our clenched fists long enough to grasp the coveted engraved parchment for which we have been laboring for four long weary years. Our grasping of this aforemen- tioned elusive symbol of success will consti- the well-worn corridors of our Alma Mater, tute the final official act of our high school career. Then, for the first time, we shall tread as newly initiated members of the Saint Cle- ment Alumni. Our minds are prone to wander down the corridors of time and we smile again at the adventures of our errant knights of learning in their quest for knowledge. A survey spon- sored by Francis Manning, Lorraine Morin, Lea Griffin and Herman Oberle revealed a tie between Caesar's Gallic Wars and The Adven- tures of Mickey Mouse, as the book of the year. The French enthusiasts Neil Sullivan, Red O'Brien, Sarge Grant and John Canniff, favored a French novel which they affection- ately titled, L'il Abner Constantine, but the rest of the class consider this a prejudiced opinion. The prevailing influence which ele- vated The Adventures of Mickey Mouse to such heights of booklovers' esteem emanated from the bright lights in English, Robert lfveidhorn, Olga Coscia, Marie de Montigny and Robert Harhen. Our interest in literautre, however, did not pause long in passive perusal of the printed page. YVe took an energetic part in enacting the vicissitudes of life as staged in Dorff Take My Penny, our junior jroduction. Romanti- cally linked were Red Barrett the made an enticing blondej and Barb Doherty, John Bradley a11d Rosemary Monahan, Gerry QThe F armerj Spurr, Betty Carew, Stanley O'Reilly and Mary Jacqueline Mahoney. The exquisite gowns designed by Monsieur Paul Landry, delivered daintily fwith a loud noisej by Law- rence MacLean, and modeled charmingly by Marylu Steeves, Teresa Flanagan and Dot Smith, contributed an alluring atmosphere. Mary Irwin's sincere interpretation of the sensible influence of Grammar restored peaceful order out of tumultuous chaos. We did not confine our dramatic skill to the stage. After concocting a bromine explos- ive according to an original formula Walter fLaughing gasj Enos, Bill Doyle, Dick Foun- tain, Eddie Joyce, Jerome Barry and John Sul- livan were apprehended crooning, I Don't Want to Set the World on Fire. In the bio- logy class Marilyn Canty, Mary Josephine Ma- honey, Mary Hegarty, Kathleen O'Brien, Rita Long and Mary Fahey demonstrated the scien- tific aspects of dissection by the well-skinned frogs they left behind them. Angie Depinto, the lucky girl, was fortunate enough to be the sole feminine decoration of the physics group which boasted such reput- able personalities as Charlie Doherty, John Connors, Joe Bradley and Danny Casonova Murphy. Einstein's theory of relativity was simplified by our mathematicians, Helene Springs, Pat Smith, Lorraine Hurley, Marie Magner and Mary Bradley, in their substitu- tion of the theory of relaxation. Typewrit- ing perion was stimulated by Joe Penta who typed fifty-two words a minute, that 'is to say, fifty-two minus fifty-two. The flying fingers of Marie LoCicero, Mary Geary, Mary Healy and Ruth Treanor were the source ofgwistful glances cast by Gert Murphy, Kay Cross, Mary Burke and Rosemary McLaughlin who coined a new epithet every miss' stroke. Clarice Cos- cia, Anne Doherty, Esther Patturelli and Mary Naughton were representative of' our promis- ing stenographers, who, we are happy to say, are still surviving, surprising enough, after two fantastic years of shorthand. In exploring the field of the more frivolous page forty-eight

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Jae Cgmenfonia 14111 11111 Gllaaa ill THR MIGHTY, marvelous, magnificent, and modest IQ46 graduates of Saint Clement High hereby make final disposition of their sundry holdings: To our spiritual leader, Monsignor Barry, and his tireless assistants, and to our religious teachers, the Sisters of Saint joseph, we render a sincere avowal of heartfelt gratitude and future faithfulness. We cede to our undergraduates the smile of success attained. Charlie Doherty and joe Regan, those fe- rocious football furies, iutrust to Edwin Kele- her, George Robertson, Phil O'Flaherty and Francis Shannon, their byword, The spirit is willing, but the backfield is weak. That stenographers' stoop and those hook- keeping blues of Clarice Coscia, Kay Cross, Ann Doherty and Alice Gaudet become the personal property of Helen Cotter, Eileen O'Leary, jean O'Keefe, Kay Perry and Lor- raine Ward. jerry Barry, Dick Fountain, Francis Kier- nan, Lawrence McLean, bequeath to Eddy Collins, Richard Larkin, joe Lonergan and Joe Stanford, their outstanding leadership fespecially outstanding at dismissal timej. The basketball beauties Betty Carew, Gert Murphy, Esther Patturelli, Xllinnie Ryan, sur- render to Helen Courtenay, Micky Monagle, and the three Sullivans, Elizabeth, Mary T. and Mary E., the royalties on their theme song, It's always 'foul' weather. To John Conceision, -lack Ryan, Al Stacy and jimmy Wise are given the exclusive rights of Red Barrett's book, Success,-In Ten Easy Gesturesf' As a final farewell gesture, Antoinette An- drea, Ruth Griflin and the Magner twins, be- stow their 'punctiliousu punctuality upon Mary DeGregorio, Eileen DiVencenzi, Dor- othea Longo and joan Ryan. Mary Burke, Marilyn Canty, Mary Jacque- line Mahoney, Minnie Tobin and Pat Smith dedicate an old worn-down bench in Skating Club, monument of their regular attendance at hocky games, to Doris Cain, Eleanor Doran, Elda Govoni and Ellen Gray. A blank check covering cost of transporting books is willed by Art Colbert, Bill Doyle, XValter Enos, Phil Hyde, to Ken Hardigan, Eenie McCue and Frany Mahoney to pre- serve their young muscles from excessive ex- ertion. Marie Certusi, Mary Irwin, Marie LoCicero and Marie de Montigny leave the continuance of their fruitless search for lost chordu to Edith Cullen, Thea McCabe, Pat McGoveren, Connie O'Brien and Alice Plumb. Unyielding prowess is consigned by Lefty Davis, Bob Leahy and Joe Penta to these aspiring and perspiring hocky stars, Bob Beston, Bernie 'Dwyer and Phil Keohan. Louise Comeau, Marie Geary, Sid Linden, Dot Smith and Ruth Treanor hand down to Eleanor Bertolaccini, Peg Cummiskey, Peg Drummey, Irene Giordano and Teresa Naughton the daily three o'clock sessions in the Type Room. Ten square feet of dressing room space for before-school gossip is distributed equally among Pauline Carpenter, Terry Conroy, Eliz- abeth Franey, Mary Langton and Teresa To- land by these habitual gabsters Claire Babin, Teresa Mullins, Eileen Poirier and Marylu Steeves. Robert Leonard, Buddy Murray, john King and Frank Valley are worthy recipients of the famous after dinner toothpicks of jerry Spurr, joe Bradley, jack Connors and Francis Manning. VVeeks in a hospital afford the four seniors Rita Long, Mary Mahoney, Teresa Richards and Helene Spring the privilege to provide the five juinors Bertha Coffey, Rita Donovan, Page iffy