St John High School - Aquila Yearbook (Concord, NH)

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AQUH A I PAGE 59 I Several of the Morrrll School carpenters and electrrcrans mad an electric score board for the basketball games at St ohn s Hall In order to malcc rel1g1on an act1ve practlcal lesson a Senlor Cathohc Actlon Club was formed w1th Sxster M Salvatorrs the moderator and Wllllam Sweeney the presldent Mouthly meet rngs were held durlng the I'ClIg1OI'l perrod and lUECI'CSf1I'1g papers were read by the students The Splflf mculcated should help the pup1ls to carry on Cathohc Actron after graduatron Outstanding SpCCl3l1SfS rn the held of medlclne gave lectures on health throughout the year Much lnformatlon on lceeprng well and efhclent was rmparted and all of the students were grateful for the help whxch they could recerve from no better source The rush days of essay wr1t1ng and prehmrmry prrz speaking are over Seml hnals the May procession the banquet and gradua tlon are In the Qmng EXC1fCn1Cnt IS ln the all' but Wlilcli WC Stoll to thmlc our hearts grow sad for our memorles are happy ones St john I-hgh has been generous ln IIS glfts to us May we al ways uphold the standards rt set for us' Ellcnora Hegarty 40 . .. H c . -I , 5 ., . . X. a 1 . . . . . X - 9 .. . 1 - , , . . ' a x 3 I. l ' Q. . 1 'S .- i . - ' '7 7 7 . ' 7 V v 1 -- Y , ,

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I PAGE ssl AQUILA Then came 1938 and 1939 As dear juniors we trled our best to malce this a successful year The saylng go s perseverance w1ns success We persevered This may be appl1ed to the efforts of the junlors to make school and soc1al l1fe as pleasant as poss1bl Sandwtches all taste the same after a wlnle, so If was d Clded that hot dogs would be welcomed by the dally boarders Hot dog sales tool: place ln qulclc successlon As soon as the mustard stlng from the precedmg one had van1shed, another was held Many nights durmg the year at the hall on Pleasant Street, hghts were aglow and strams of muslc could be heard as th younger st waltzed across the floor These dances were attended by students of the htgh school and thetr frlends At the beglnnlng of thxs year, a new student, Anna Karwoclcx, arr1ved 1n our mtdst Glad we were to welcome her and sad were the gtrls of St os ph I-hgh to lose her Every class has tts leaders, and ours was no except1on One day, the entlre class gathered to elect IIS o'hce1s When the hnal votes were counted the four vtctors emerged ln the persons of Lorenzo Gtlbert, presldent, Ellzabeth Smxth, v1ce pres1dent, Berch mans Ollvler, secretary, ane Donovan, treasurer They have done thexr utmost to comply with the w1shes of thexr classmates Follow mg trad1t1on, we gave the senlors a banquet on the Sunday night precedmg graduatlon exercises The hall and tables were decorated xn the perfect harmony of green and wmt A short entertamment and addresses by the guests of honor followed the banquet On the followlng Sunday we were accorded the prlvllcge of standlng as guards of honor at the Commencement EXCFCISCS At last the great year had arr1ved We were Scmorsl lt was mcredlble yet tt was true As the days flew by, the students per formed thexr taslcs wllllngly and cheerfully To vary the routtne, Leo Harrlson redecorated the cclltng of the chemlstry lab Tnhrm l1mbs were stylxsh for one day when a rubber replaced a mfsplacecl shoe and a whlte paper bandage became a boomerang and fooled the wearer Home to dxnner students who were one half a mnnute late enjoyed the welcome, vometzmes At Christmas the lhalilllg of the crib, the Cl9COI'3E1I1g of the classroom, and attendance at the party revealed our art1st1c abxllty and our real Christmas splrtt Perhaps we enloyed If so much because we reallzed that for the last tlme we would enjoy Christ mas together as a class 1 ,, . . ,, . . . , A ' re 1 a , . ,, . . . . . . . 9 e. ' e ' ff 77 . . A S , . J D . . c t . . v c , C . I . G . , g . . . 1 ' ' . . 7 Y V 5- . , T

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I PAGE 401 AQUILA Class Will E THE CLASS OF 1940 after hav1ng spent four years rn acqurr tng profound knowledge and deep w1sdom and havlng been pronounced by the members of the faculty our schoolmates our parents and our frlends possessors of superlor rntelhgence and busrness lI1S1gllf do solemnly declare tbrs to be our last wrll and testament We hereby appomt the Class of 1941 the executors of our several bequests Should these desrres not be carr1ed out we wtll haunt the seniors at varxous tlmes durrng the year To the school An automatlc hot dog coolcer whlch wlll at the same tlme spread relish H11 rolls and dehver the hnrshed products to thelr respectlve dest1nat1ons on the dot at 11 59 A M A w1nd1ng tunnel w1th secret passageways 1n whxch male members of the Class of 1941 may dec1de thelr arguments w1th the comxng flock of Junxors It IS advrsed that two guards be placed at both entrances so that the combatants may be duly warned of the approach of a member of the faculty A ground glass wrndow for the Senior Room that the members of the stronger sex may not be dlstracted when that blond w1th the pretty smlle goes by An escalator so that the grunts and groans of corpulent pupxls ascenchng the sta1rway may be replaced by gentle slghs A keg of rnlc twenty gross of fountam pens two thousand penclls and a mlllron reams of paper to each class so that every student will have h1s daily supply of tools To the Class of 1941 these 1nd1v1dual ltems are bequeathed Kato M1H1ChlEllO leaves h1s 1776 Black Beauty with all 1ts anc1ent accoutrements to Bob Borssy who probably has enough money to re t1re re pa1r re model re gas re o1l and re assemble IIS contents and locallze 1ts many nolses Eleanor Palrst leaves to Theresa Cloutxer her Afrxcan dodger formula Thrs may be used when there IS any worlc to be done Lucille Lecours leaves a bottle of han' tonic to Ernest Ruddy It 15 guaranteed to prevent baldness and to produce a shrne 9 7 ' a , 1 a 1 7 a a . . x . . . 1 1 ec as - me aa - 1 1 7 ct as - - - - ec aa - ' ' ee an - 7 ' 7 ' a ' 9 ' a ' 9 '