Stetson High School - Oracle Yearbook (Randolph, MA)

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Page Thrrty two I 9 4 6 fx 'Xfb 'NfQXf'Xf'NfQ'i'X her smrle IS one that makes even the most saturnme day braght and cheerful Slac dresses an vcry good taste and has an a1r of rcfmement about her The expens1ve r grance of her perfume seems to go wlth her personahty Mrs Donaldson was one of the most pop ular and well l1ked teachers 111 th school She was well l1ked because of her d1spos1t1on her frrendlrness and her s1ncer1ty Norma P1lgr1m a HOME TO ME UML to me mcans krndness and love lt couldnt be better than heaven abovc When I thrnk of my mother my s1ster and Its rnconcen able that I could ever be sad Could never be gotten at London or Rome Whether penthouse or farm If makes n dafference A home IS a home wrthout any preference Lets take home by the seasons compare II and see W1thout any doubt ats the best place to be In wanter when w1nd and snow rage an storm Its good to come home to a f1re where If s warm And ID spr1ng when the fancy IS love IH t e moonlrght What better place than the porch on a une nrght' When summer comes an and the ne1ghbor scatter The homes 1solated but that doesnt matter Cause dads on v.acat1on and w1th you all day And your famrly has plenty of t1me for play CBut thankrng ll over a l1ttle whrle You remember your home and put on a brg smrlej ln Autumn when the leaves turn to scarlet I deem Its DICE an the parlor where thangs are serene And so the cycle of joy IS complete lust takc my word that Home cant be beat Donald Mara If ACTORS ACTRESSES SONGS AND DOGS WAS dccrced by MISS G that a poll be takcn to determane the fayourate actors actresses songs and popular say1ngs at G11 gms Emponum of Hrgher Learnrng And here are the resul s Bmg Crosby 1 assumed by eyeryone to be the top actor and srnger For a srnger the gtrls faaour Perry Como but the boys thmk Prank Slnatra IS qu1te a bat better There are st ll a few very few garls who threaten to swoon at the mentaon of Swoonatras name Everyone l1l1cs Van ohnson Robert Walker Iunc Allyson jcnrffer ones Robert Taylor Alan Ladd ane Russel Barbara SI1I1XV1Llx Susan Hayward and Preston Foster The grrls hkc oe Qotten but the boys vrolently object Saoux Cary Sue Seems Lake Old Trmes Shoo Fly Person al1ty Some Sunday Morn ang Oh What It Seemed To Be It Maght As Well Be Spr1ng are the favourate songs Let It Snow Symphony Arent You Glad You re You Sunny S1de of the Street Hey Barbareba are the favourate record1ngs B B Bram Sad Sack Dr1p and erks are common msults Thats a yoke for yokeb n 1 joke tyokek that IS IS sard when ever anyone cracks a funny Hubba Hubba means 1 lucaous hunk of the opposrte sex H1 Darlm IS an often heard greetang You can ay that agun means approval We wonder af when pourrng over th1s book say fave years from now-our tastes w all be drfferent or af 1t w1ll only amuse us to know how 1nfant1le our tastes were then' Paul Flanagan 47 ALAS ALACK UNb has frnally arr1ved Our C Day IS drawrng near 'lrrumph wall be short lrved And then we can shout and cheer And aftcr that glor1ous day our plans C all fo1 no more labor to do But smce we re loyal Stetson fans Well st1ll cheer the whate and blue Curfew for us shall not r1ng any more At 8 I5 or agarn at 7 OO We no longer have to 1nvent folk lore To harry Mr Gllgan and Mr Randall too But oh Ive felt Damocles sword For lvc lust heard from my draft board Arthur H ashem flf X fxflefiiasfrfi-1113 fs-'e11-rcifcs, fix- 'gX,fsQ,Q,1-1 as , X 'E I I I I 1 - - ' , 1 ' I . 1 1 . 11 9 ' , A A , 1 1 f ' 1' ' , ' , , 2 ' 1 I I a C . 1 a ' ' X 1 1 Y- - . ' ' - 72 ' Y . 1 , - ' 9 - c . . s 1 1 1 I 2 . 1 V - - ff ' 1 1 1 'lf I a 5 , . . . 1 i 1 1 1 1 A 3 9 , ' 1 1 . 1 ' ' ' 1 I . 1 1 i , , 1 , ' 1 1 - a ' - Q V 1 ' , , , , 2 1 1 li 1 - 1 1 1 1 5 A 1 ' . 1 1 1 , 1 . 1 ' , ' x ' - A ' 7 dad, , , - 1 1 Th l d ff ' ' ' ' e ove an za ectron I feel at my home, - -- , ' 1 1 o - 1 o , 1 1, 1 - , ' . .1 - 11 -1 11 -1 . 11 .1 11 I - ' 7 L 7 7 7 2 I . 1 1 ' L ' , 11 .1 . . 11 - - 1 1 A so , 1 1 , I P 2 1 1 . 4. ' ,, Q. 1 .1 ' - 1 1 1 ' I Y' 1 1 1 1 . i 1 1 . aa' . . Y Y 7 1 . I 1 1 1 J 1 1 1 . 3 , , 1 1 1 . ' ' ' 1 ' 1' 1 - 1 , 1 1. 1 1 1 , 1 . ' ' V 1 , l ' ' 1 1 1 1 ' 1 , 1 I 1 ' 1 1 l . 1 ' i S 1 ' - ' , , , , : 1' 1 -: . 7 . 1 I 1 7 . 71 , 1 . 1 1 . . ' 7 E ' ' 1 u 7 . 1 4 1 1 1 1 ' , . 1 1 1 1 . 1 1 1 K L . . 1, A J . , a

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1946 7fze ewcfe Page Thmwme X7fbfQ!C+iSffIt'ffQ Qff 17 'i A2759 LITE RARY THE BIC QUESTION IN HIGH SCHOOL AM yyrrtrng thrs theme from my ovyn vrew pornt not from the vreyy pornt of the school as a whole In the seventh and etghth grades I was an honorable mentron r1ght strarght through 'Ihen I came to hrgh school and my marks took a nose d1ve Now Im not blamtng the school for thrs, rt was my own fooltshness In the frrst year I succeeded 1n passrng every thmg but Latm In my second year I succeed ed In flunktng everything except Hrstory Now I slw that thrs would never do for I had pl ms of golng to college I should say I had far off dretms of gomg to college, for thlts yyhtt they were far off dreams In my thrrd year I drd a btt better I passed eyerythlng except Physrcs Yet st1ll I had not trrel and h td spent very l1ttle trme on studymg bo noyy I ask myself Why have I made uch a poor shoyylng 1n high school' There doesnt see to be my plauslble an sxyer tt frrst but when you look Into If there IS some expllnatlon In hrgh school when we frrst enter we are course Some of us tre gomg to college so naturally we choose the college course some the commercul course for they are choosmv the buslness vyorld But do my of us re 1lly knovy what we vyant or what mlght Interest us' We as a whole thunk of college as somethmg In the remote future Somebody rn the famlly hxs told us that we t ant to be 1 Mech tnlcal CIVII Chemical Elec rrncxl or Industrlal Engmeer These are lust nrmes to most of us Sure we know that a Mcchamcal Fnglneer draws blue pr1nts and supervtses machme plmts and that a Cntl Ilngmeer butlds roads and bridges md the llke But do vye knoyy the requirements of hls pro fessron or how thxt professron rs commg on rn comparrson wtth others or the socml and eco nomlc prnvxleges that come mth rt' We don tl We know a romantrzed versron of II from some member of the famrly or some frrend or somt fascrnatmg novel or movle Then hoyy can we escape th1s waste 1n the preparatton of our future hves' How can we be shown what these profess tons have to offer what the chances are for a young man fresh out of college, to make a start tn that professron whrch he or she has chosen for hrs lrfes work' The answers to these questrons are not s1mple There should be some course, not ne cessarlly from a book or by lecture but prefer tbly by practrcal expertence so as to gxve pro spectrve students a chance to see for themselves just what they are gettrng mto To brmg them ID conttct wrth engineers doctors, lawyers, busrnessmen etc to get frrst hand mformatron on the professron that has taken therr eye This I belleve would be no end of help to us hrgh school students who are floundermg lround vtonderrng what we are golng to do Irvm Morrlssey 46 CONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN IR face lb tll sweetness and kmdness It IS not devtstatmgly lovely Cand most people mtght not even call her prettyj but she has somethmg much deeper than beauty It shmes tn her face lrke a star shmes 1n the ebony skres of n1ght She rs short about frve feet, three Inches and carrres herself rn a graceful and dtgmfted manner Her eyes are the sapphrrnne hue of thc occtn and her sktn has the softness of vyhrte velyet Through the dark brown of her hart strands of srlyery gray can be seen by 1 close obseryer but these too add to the drg nrty of her rppearance The waves lrke huge yyrnnlcles form a soft halo around her head shoyymg promrnently her yudows peak Only on rare occtsnons does she rarse her yolce In anger or annoyance When she IS an noyed she grves a mrld reproach that calms the most troublesome pupnl Her laugh rs qunck and smcere at any amusmg mcrdent and . . I . - . Y . . , , , , - , . . ' . . , , . U . I 7 D . . S Q . , - . . . . . . , - , - K . L K K Q . ' 1 - T ' I . , . t . K 1 ' I . ' 4 I t I 4 ' I . . . I 7 ' 1 q Y I - 1 ' - L ' . . 4 . , A , f . 1 - . , . . . .,, Y s ' . f Y . Q z . - ' 1 1 . . . - U - 1 t 'L ' . , , - , 4 . . ' , , , '- 1 ' L given tl sheet of paper and told to plck our . ' I I v 1 I , . . . . . . . . . J, . , . ' c c . , . g , , , . 2 2 I , ,t , , Y , , . , 4 4 . ' L . g 3 . . I , I L A A 1 , 1 I f ' L ' v 2 1 r ' ' . V I h X .h . . .4 h ' Y 't 4 4 t . , 4 , 4 s 1 f . ., r . . , . L - , , 1 4' z . . . ' , 1' . 1 1 ' , , e L K Q 1 I S ' 4 1 . 1 . r 1 , , , , . S I - , 1 , y 4 I y K T , - , . . L ,

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I 9 4 6 z 6 Page Thlrty three QfQfQAfCf if fbtx. xi A VISIT TO NEW YORK CITY AIL the conquermg heroes' Perhaps you have not1ced certam lads of thas alma mater struttmg around lake proud peacocks lately Please pardonne for at IS excuseable There are three 139 reasons for thas sudden burst of haughtaness ily The fact that the boys brought glory and fame to our dear school C21 The fact that they actually had the1r pro fales an the publac press and the thard and most amportant reason the fact that they have yust completed a four day vrsrt to the metropolas of New York Cary Cexpenses Paid, The Football Eleven as everyone knows slugged tts way to a Co Champronshtp crown of Eastern Mass and the Basketball Fave gave forth w1th some very classy basketball to wan a berth an the Boston Garden Tech Tourna ment It was due to these two teams that Randolph actually made the Sport headlanes an many papers and lf was due to these two teams that generous Randolph fans dug deep to contrtbute dollars for thas well earned trlp The tr1p was made by 78 boys the pr1nc1pal has wafe and son and our coach and has wlfe Mr Grlgan assembled the mob on Frad ay Apral 17 and tssued tnstructaons Brmg ex tra sharts pants socks tooth brush etc and curfew was to be twelve madnaght On Monday mornlng all the boys got up braght and early to catch the eleven o clock tram and with the exceptaon of a few lag gets everyone was on trme At 5 o clock an the afternoon following a gruelllng tram rade we pulled mto Grand Central Statron and were promptlv escorted to the Hotel Lmcoln by carefree cab drtvers After gettmg settled an our rooms I a an a roomy whach were scattered throughout the 77 story burldrng we met at the Hotel Lobby Mr Gllgan drew forth has wallet and revealed a roll of greenbacks H dashed out two and one half to each athlete for eats and a show Tuesday mornlng every one left has respectne room at half past exght and agam we as embled an the lobby We were dlrected tm the Hotel Cafeteraa and there we devoured our breakfasts We were grven our freedom for about two hours and at the completxon of thts tame were mstructefl to get ready for our an tacapated vasrt to the Statue of Laberty Led by our elders we hopped a subway to New York Harbor and from there took a ferry that Loes to the famous statue Wfhen we reached land once more Mr Grlgan handed us a dollar and a half per person for lunch and told us to shove off for the afternoon and return to the Lmcoln at sax When the coach and Mr G11 gan entered the lobby they were not surprased to ftnd many of us coolmg our feet off when the afternoon was over We swarmed around hlm lake a pack of hungry wolves and received our supper fees gracrously We were also grv en tackets to the clrcus an the Madason Square Garden and by twelve oclock madnlght we had spent our farst full day ID New York Clty Wednesday mornlng we awoke at eaght tharty agaan and prepared to spend our most lnterestrng day an the c1ty Again we sleepxly met at the lobby and agaln Mr Grlgan flashed that famalaar bankroll and handed us 10 bats for our mornang meal At ten we all left the hotel 1n a group to tour the RCA Bualdang After thas we spent the afternoon at the Polo Grounds watchxng the New York Grants de feat the Phaladelphla Phals 5 2 From the Polo Grounds we took the elevated to 42nd street walked about one fourth of a mrle through Tames Square and were back at the Hotel Lincoln at fave thrrty After a brlef rest an our rooms we squeezed 1nto the elevator and once more greeted our elders an the lobby and were handed our usual me altame sum of money Wlpmg the mustard from 47nd street took the elevated to the Plane rartum Thxs completed our Wednesday and by eleven thlrty we were sound asleep Astde from eattng our breakfast shoppang for ouven1rs and saghtseenng by ourselves Thursday morn we spent a good part of the mornmg packmg our sultcases and browslng ound At one oclock an the afternoon our traxr lef New York Cnty and pulled Into good old Boston and home at fave oclock Everyone had a swell trme and we all ap precxate the generous contrrbuttons by the peo ple of Randolph Frank Dockendorff 16 WE SPEAK ONLY THE TRUTH xpclru OMB home dear Mr Crlmmms The man wrth the bralns and the ergeants trrmmmgs A few pounds less but wath the old come hather That kept all the gurls an a fraghtful drther We rc glad you re back an the Scaence classes Wlth wtsdom to share wath the lads and lasses We mls ed you terribly wh1le you were away So the day you returned was our real V J Day Class of 46 6 . s X QfQf:f3gfQ,fef 1' 5 ' A-fp Q 1 T 1 . 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