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

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In addition to some of the geographical factors underlying economic conditions, the Freshman Economic Geography Course at St. Mary’s is of vital concern to students since it treats of such in¬ teresting phases as agriculture production, advances in communication, progress in transportation, and governmental activities in irrigation. The use of a map as indicated here by R. Luchini helps to fix the locative concepts of the student in regard to products and places. LEFT: Mid-Year exams are just around the corner! Susan Davoren points out topics she is sure the Freshmen will have in their General Science exam. ABOVE: Public speaking is a “must” at St. Mary’s. C. Jeffers, L. Wickstrom, R. Garrity, M. Converse, W. Fitzgerald, and A. Cos¬ grove chat informally while awaiting ora¬ torical “try-outs.” 17

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In between classes our Freshman class officers are apparently much amused. J. Di Nardo, Secretary, chuckles to herself, while Ann Smyth, Vice-President, Daniel DeYoung, President, and Elaine Dupre, Treas¬ urer, are leisurely partaking of the fun. HISTORY OF THE FRESHMAN CLASS September fifth, 1951, will remain forever in our minds as the day our class entered St. Mary’s High School as freshmen. Catching a glimpse of the halls and classrooms which would soon become so near and dear to us, we sit for the first time in the assembly hall with mixed feelings of meekness, timidity and pride. We are officially welcomed by Father Carberry and are immediately assigned to our rooms. Some of us meet the nuns for the first time and are quite impressed. The Freshman Initiation Dance arrived . . . after which we feel we are really accepted. Mid-year exams come and go. The big social events of the year are the Senior and Junior Proms, events long remembered by those who attend. With the survival of final exams, we have successfully completed our first year, and we welcome the vacation. 16

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remmen “What’s the big joke, Marg?” says H. Wright as he looks quizzically at M. Dean. A. Lucier is in the secret too. Bringing up the rear are J. Cahill and J. Evers. Time—8:11 A.M. Place—St. Mary’s side entrance. Dictating terms in General Science for dictionary research is R. Burns, who lists them orally for a group of his classmates. In the outside row are J. Bradley, F. Couture and R. Archambault. Freshman Year introduces our new high school stu¬ dents to the study of Alge¬ bra. While J. Di Nardo ex¬ plains the steps necessary in the factoring and solv¬ ing of Algebraic problems, the remaining members of the class listen attentively to the explanation. 9R •• W j ■ th HP - Hr J