Stetson High School - Oracle Yearbook (Randolph, MA)

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Twenty SIX Srarsotv HILH Scnoot CLASS HISTORY By Kc mzetb uber: PRESHMEN On the srxth day of September rn the year of our Lord 1944, a new Freshm IH class enterel the sacred halls of our lxttle red school house Our class, on puttrng foot 1nto Stetson for a four year vrsrt, was the product o two element .try schools Prescott and Dcvrne Beforc then wc were r1vals Wfhen one menuoned Prescott .among members of the Devrne aggregatron h was looked upon wrth scorn Upon lookrng rnto Prescott the sttuatron was found to be the sunt But now we knew that we were com pelled to work under the same roof so we shook hands smoked the proverbral peace prpe and unrted to form the greatest class ever to tread the halls of Stetson fEven rf I do sav so my se Whatever rdea we had of ourselves, however was of no rmportance to a very unsy mpathetxc Senror class Customary mrtratton of the ex tremely unwlllrng freshmen began on the first d1y of school We the petrrfied underclassmen d1d our best to grrn and bear the fiendlsh antrcs pelled to drscontrnue thrs butchervng as a result of .1 very low attendance record of our class Then one d1y we went rnto tht assembly hall where we elected class offlcers XY' e decrded that we should follow the custom and elected mem bers of the male sex to the oresrdency and the treasury whrle bestowrng the riutres of vxce presrdent 1nd secretary' or two of our femrnrne marvels Then one dry we held a meet ng We felt th rt we should st1r up a httle excrtement before wmter set ln so we voted ves on a hayrrde Th1S affarr turned out to be a load of fun for our frolrcsome members When wmter arrn ed we found ourselves very busy shovelmg snow The f1v0r1te pastrmt was you gues ed rt movies Well wrnter passed the days became hotter md we became lazler We Hnally became aware of the fact that summer was on us, so one hot dav rn Tune we made a hasrv departure from the htrle red school house on South Maru Street Wfe were off rn a cloud of dust to the land of no school The hanpv close of our first year was rust the cnd of the beginning for us But the first year IS the hardest and oh how heartily we can testxfy to that' SOPHOMORLS Once agam the beloved port 1ls of our co lossal shelter of knowledge opened to welcome back four hundred very reluctant puprls we were compelled to roll out of bed at ten mm utes past etght rn order to make school by 8 lb 1 m, and once agam we were burdened w 1th books that were seemxngly endless rn therr con tents lt was tough golng at Hrst but a very alert sophomore class was rxght back ln the swxng of thmvs rn two shakes of the proverbral lambs tarl The class electrons were held rn the assembly h1ll Ill October 1nd the elected drd therr yobs well throughout the year Thrs ye 1r, as a means of attarnrng 1 lrttle extra mooll for class use dues were collected once 1 week W1th the arrlval of w rnter our g1y blades dug out therr rce skates and hocl ey strcks for use at the local ponds However, our lads and fwell at least a for Clllflllg the l1ss1es also showed a talent hkmgj for roller skatmg, l1rge aggregatton of av1d skaters wartrng 1m patrently for the Roll Land bus W1th the passrng of wrnter wc felt the urge to strrke up a lxttle excrtement Nye held a class meetrng to decrde just what we wanted to do to lrghten our devrltsh hearts After a hundred or more suggesttons one of our brrghter mem bers suggested a pop concert We held our pop concert at the Town Hall Our entertarn ment commrttee furnlshed us wrth 1 few not able artrsts, whrle the refreshment commrttec provided our heavrer eaters w1th plenty to do 1Comm1ttees' Commrttees' We even had com mrttees to appolnt Commrtteesll J The event was a roarmg success, Qof course? Because of the warm sprrng weather we c1me to the conclusron that rt would be a good rdea to cool off, so one beautxful day rn the merry month of May we packed our duds jumped into a couple of buses, and took off for Nan tasket When we arrrved, evervone prtched htmself IHIO rl day of uproarlous fun W1th our Sophomore year Ill petered out we kissed Mr Grlgan goodby gathered our pencils and paper, and left the Great Structure for our own lrttle hacrendas D 1 I Y ' 1 . , . ' f ' . v - 1 ' v ' ' -Y . ' ' I ' . ' . 1. .' ' ' ' t 1 f' I f ' L . 'I ' L Y ' 1 ' ' - v f S . Y ' 1 K V - h V D - I L V , y K k I - ' A ' f rl ' ' v + 'V CJ 4, I P Y I Y .. 1 , I - - , I ' 'f 4 , ' H , S r . 1 I , ' N 'f 1 7 A ' . . r ' -, .. 1 ' . 2 ' ' . - , ,, 1 . .' z . J lfp. ' R 2 ' H - ' ' ' ' ' f ' rr - yi f f c . ' l D ' ' f A ' 2 ' ' . . 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Rarsmolvn Massmntstrts lwcnty SLXCII IUNIORS When September once agam popped up, we rll took 1 dcep breath and plunged mto our thrrd ye tr rn thts grand old factlrty of educatton Re enterrng as unlors wasnt too bad because wc were now upper classmen However mto each ltfe some run must ftll so the saying goes How well this adage appl ed to a class of book weary untors after about a month of study' Now the sages also cautron that all wo lc 1nd no ylly makes ack a duh boy Who w cle we to questron the learned' We gladly toot thrs sayrng to heart and cndeavored to prc crye our brrght personalttres by pursurng gayer pastlmes Wttlt the coming of Halloween we were sup plled wrth ylcnty of entertarnment Then of course, we took Thanksgtvrng Dry as an oppor tunrty to eat ourselves out of house and home In the meantrme, our hustlrng he men were earnestly undertaktng therr ptgsktn duties As usual they provrded plenty of punch for the hard drrvrng Blue and Whlte good natured old dog, arrived wlth his usull btrrzge of jokes The student body recervcd 1 commrsslon for selltng hrs famed books, so sell we drd With our commrssron we purchased a yuke box Thrs popular prece of furntture was set tn the assembly hall where If bleated out beep bop and swung durtng lunch perrods Then we confined ourselves to wrnter sports and dancrng untrl the comrng of the sprtnt, months whrch warmed 1 group of our tllustrr ous tctors and lctresses to begun practice for th rt stde splrttmg comedy Nuts and Bolts On May 26 the players presented themselves before a large audtence that greatly approved this work of art Near the close of May the unlors and Sen tors took a trip to Provrncetown together There was plenty of excrtement nd merrrment throughout the trrp A few ctys lfter the crurse the Senxors donned rhelr ctps md gowns to tlkc letvc of Stetson foreyer CJI'1dLl2lIl0Il exerclses were our cue to turn tn our books and go home for a few months We were only too happy to do thrs so on lune 16 we lard down penctl and paper and tur cl but happy bade Au revorre to our patrenf teachers and to the h tlls of Amasas Memorrrl SENIORS Well finally rt happened the beglnmng of the end ' We returned to school as Senrors' What a sensatlon tt wts to hnl ourselves on the threshold of our last and most excltlng year of hrgh school' The hrst fcw weeks of our tzme were ab sorbed IU gettmg acquunted wrth our vxrrous daily routrnes 'lhe sophrsttc tted smokers club swung rnto action the locker keys were d1str1 buted by Mrss Brewster, 1nd the cobw ebs werc brushed from the cerlrngs To bc certarn th tt hrs krddles were safe md satrshed Mr Cul xr made hrs custom try rounds It wasn t long before we wcrc tw lre th If thc clover behlnd our beloved monument to d cation was being st lmped down by thc klctt- of our grrdtron heroes On the sntteenth dry of October Stetson Hrgh wrth the lld of her mv ntous Senlo s made a name for herself rn the worlgl of b o 1d cast, for rt was O'l thrs day tha Mr Th xml the band and some loose txlent packed u 1 therr tnstruments I'I'lLlS1L,SLI'1pIS etc and journeyed over to Station WBTT rn Brockton Our guys and gals gtvc the progrtm thtt good old Stetson push md returned wtth thc sttrsftc tron of havrng mtde our colors even morc renowned In October, too we walked mto thc assembl hall where each of us sat down w 1th a sheet of paper and 1 pencrl and put 1 chefk after the name of the pol1t1c1an whom he conslderel worthy of letdrng the most lm lllfl I cltss evcr to mlrk up the desks of Stetson But walt' This wasnt all that wus evolvxng on the scene, for wtthrn the halls of Stetson our more theatrrcally rnclrned members were ready to try therr skrll at another play Upon enter :ng the assembly hall one would E d M155 Kelley drlrgently dtrecttng Western Unton Please an hrlarlous comedy of three acts On Decem ber the 14 1947 the actors were ready Every Mr Ftrstntghter rn Rmdolph crammel tnto Stetson Hlll to view what turned out to be one of the greatest, most stupendous most colossal theatrlcal achtevements rn the hlstory of Stetson Well rt wasnt long before we were snow bound for weeks The cold we 1ther and snow on a few occasions, provrded us wuth ft dav or two of welcomed repose However the old school was generally plowed tu very qulckl . - v 1 - -f ' ' 1 4 1 1 1 A - - Q . 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