St Marys High School - Blue Mantle Yearbook (Milford, MA)

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group of Freshman entering the portals of St, Mary’s. Upon en¬ tering we were filled with ambition and earnestness and ready to begin our high school career. Our first days were spent In renewing our former friendships and acquainting ourselves with our many new class¬ mates coming from the surrounding towns of Milford. We soon learned the rules of the school and under the guidance of Sr. Mary Patrick and Sr,Dominica we were introduced to Latin,Algebra and other subjects then unfamiliar to us. The first evidence of the future glory of the class of 1938 was displayed by the accession of three of our classmates, Russel Story, Thomas Cahill and Lawrence McTiernan to the high school orchestra which was blessed with their talents during the four years of our stay. In the school play our class represen¬ tatives were Maree Flanigan and Arthur Nealon. The weeks passed on and soon the month of December was upon us. Here we were given the annual Christmas party by Fr. Riordan,after which,we set out for our first real vacation since crossing the threshold of St, Mary’s. Upon returning from the Christmas vacation wo were grieved upon learning of Sr. Mary Patrick’s illness. This caused a change in our routine but shortly after,with the arrival of Sr. Mary Andrew we again returned to our former schedule. As th e month of June rolled by our Freshman year at St. Mary’s was brought to an end. Returning as sophomores, we began studies immediately under the direction of Sr. Imelda and Sr. Mary Peter. Two new members were added to our class this year, Bob Curran from Fram¬ ingham and Ernest Temple from Uxbridge. This year we took a more active part In the school life both on the athletic and Dramatic field. John Casey, Arthur Bouchard, Bob Curran, Joseph Hickey, Ernest Temple, Thomas Cahill, Walter Conley, Arthur Nealon, Ed¬ ward Creighton,John Mulligan and Edward Sullivan,displayed their athletic ability. Later in the year we were able to demonstrate our act¬ ing ability when a. one act play, Alice Blue Gown was present¬ ed before the school assembly. The cast consisted of Florence Tenanty, Mary Montville, Marguerite McGrath, Rose Piva, Dorothy Delmonico, and Rita Lucicr. Ready to partake in the school acti¬ vities several members of our class were featured in the Minstrel Show and also in the school play Little Nellie Kelly.

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can honestly say that in my case it has been true. Therefore, regardless of race, creed or color, I would en¬ courage any student,who is not getting all he or she deserves,to go to a Catholic school where every student is welcomed and is the re¬ cipient of a fair and wholesome education. O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O In an attempt to implant and encourage the ability to think clearly and logically, the daily paragraph was instituted by Father Donahue. The remarkable success of the experiment in devel¬ oping in the student the ability to write intelligently and with - out hesitation, has proven conclusively that the art of writing well, as indeed the art of doing anything well, can be mastered by persistent application. The number of paragraphs exhibiting logi¬ cal continuity of thought and accurate sentence structure has in¬ creased daily until at the termination of the course an overwhelm¬ ing majority of all the classes has mastered the essential princi¬ ples of written exposition. The marked superiority of the later efforts of the stu¬ dent to those of the beginning of the year more than justified the few minutes daily expended in their composition. ■ 0-0-o-o-o-o-0-0-0-0-0-o- M Every man who enters our employ is an investment. If he fails to grow, to advance, he is a bad investment and we are the losers. If I do not trust a man, I do not give him responsibility. If I do trust him, I let him alone, I want my men to think for themselves. I want them to come to me with a decision, not for a decision. I expect them to handle their jobs as they see fit,know¬ ing that they will have to answer to me only for results.” J. Ogden Armour

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7 The remainder of the year fled swiftly by and soon June was upon us again letting the curtain fall on another year. We are first met with the important proposition of decid¬ ing which course we wish to study,Classical or Commercial.Having decided we return again to our books. There are seven now stu¬ dents who join us this year--Edward Beyer,Anna Crowell, Virginia St. George, Francis Ross,Leonard Swager,John Shugrue and Eleanor Gilboy. Our Class was again will represented in athletics,also in the school play Broadway Bound. Another presentation of dra¬ matics was given by the members of the Junior Commercial, a one act play entitled, Dicker’s Christmas Carol. Those taking part were: Edward Beyer, James Kellett, Martin McDonald, Rose Piva , Virginia St. George, Robert Broderick, Rosemary Coen,John Shere- dan, and Arthur “Nealon. A dramatic sketch Tulips and Pearls was broadcasted from the Worcester studio WTAG. This was the first time such a presentation occurred and we are proud of the fact that two mem¬ bers of our class, Leonard Swager and Martin McDonald were in¬ cluded in the cast. May 27th annual class day exercises were held. We at¬ tended with mixed feelings of excitement and dread but managed to take it good naturedly. With the arrival of Junior Reception the Seniors were repaid for their work after Class Day. In the June of the year we took part in the play com¬ petition presenting Sauce for the Gooslings. 1st. prize for the best individual performance of the evening was awarded to our classmate Arthur Nealon. September again rolled around bringing with it our last and busiest year.We entered with groat expectations greet¬ ing most of our former classmates but disappointed in learning that a few had not returned.We were glad however to see that two more, Helen Mikulsky and ’William Smith had joined our ranks. Under the direction of Sr.Rose Concepta and Sr.Eliza¬ beth Mary, Book Clubs were formed also Science and French Clubs. Early in the year the Senior Classical presented two one .fcet plays, The Whirlwind and Queen Anne T s Lace. The cast of The Whirlwind consisted of Leonard Swager,Marguerite McGrath,Francis Shea and Claire Croteau.Of Queen Anne’s Lace ,Dorothy Delmonico, Arthur Nealon, Janet Summers, and Maree Flanigan. The election of Class Officers again took place and John Mulligan and Arthur Bouchard were re-elected,Norma Lavigne, Treasurer and Rita Nealon, Secretary.