St Patrick High School - Emerald Yearbook (Roxbury, MA)

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MONSIGNOR DANIEL C. RIORDAN

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Qcdllcafion To our beloved pastor, Who by the grace and will of God has been elevated to the dignity of a Monsignor, We, the Class of '45, dedicate THE EMERALD a record of four years under his loving care and guidance.

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775 SDZIQW . Y WZ, my 71 Way back in September 1941, we crossed the threshold of the high school feeling very mature and worldly wise. However it wasn't long before we freshmen realized that there was quite a path to follow before anyone, ourselves excepted, would consider us grown up. So, with our pride in our pockets, and our motto Aim High we began our four long, happy years of studying, learning, laughing and crying all nicely blended together. The timidity we felt towards the dignified Seniors transformed itself into fear when we were disbanded into two classes 9A and 9B. We rallied though, and began our first year with the election of class officials. 9A placed trust in: Donald MacNeil, president, Ann Delaney, vice-president, Mary Hannon, secretary, Francis Phillips, treasurer. 9B elected Robert Hughes, president, Michael McNicholas, vice-president, Joseph Blackburn, treasurer, and Claire Hayden upheld the honor of the girls by being elected secretary. ' As freshmen we were warned by our teachers to increase our Vocabu- laries, especially after Weasel Phillips insisted that when a person was ostracized he was the ostrich keeper at the zoo. Our greatest ability poured forth while learning to play basketball, and every student should remember the fun we had on those chartered busses going to and from basketball games. In spite of our constant dread of Latin, we enjoyed that year, especially when other events turned the tide a bit. For instance, we shall always remember the animal impersonations that went on in 9B - and they got away with it too, but when Ruth Gildea, Evelyn MacDonald and Mary Miller tried it in 9A they were discovered before we hardly enjoyed it. Prompting wrong answers gave us many a delightful laugh. Many a student will remember the day when we had to sit in the classroom with the windows and doors closed tight as a punishment-and it wasn't because it was warm out either. Remember the hard time Loretta Frissora had trying to make the table rise at our Christmas party? Certain members of that class received very sedate and welcomed Christmas presents-baby rattles to books. Orange socks were quite the fad with the boys that year and squeaky huaraches were the girls' favorites. Our fun and frolic were abruptly halted for a while, for it was this year that the United States declared war. This changed our lives a little, introducing us to blackouts, scrap drives, bond drives, etc. Although we thought blackouts were fun then, we fully understand the meaning of war and peace now. The New Year then, and new experiences. The first important event was the high school presentation of the musical, Irene , To our delight we were chosen for the choruses of Castle of Dreams and Talk of the Town.