Stetson High School - Oracle Yearbook (Randolph, MA)

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My Town IMAGINE everyone has a natural and tender regard for hrs home town rf hrs recollectrons of rt are assocrated wrth pleasant frrends and happy trmes 'Ihrs nostalgrc fondness must also be magnrfied rf the rndrvrdual has spent hrs whole lrfe rn the place of hrs brrth ln my case, although I am not old I have developed a proud attachment to my home town Ran dolph I lrke to feel that rt rs my town I want to feel that every rmprovement made rn th town rs also a personal rmprovement and that every farlure rs a personal loss In short I lrke to thrnk of the town as a part of me and more rmportant, of me as a part of the town Randolph has muth of whrch to be proud Few places can boast of a more beautrrul srght than the southern entrance to Crawford bquare wrth rts large over hangrng trees and rts stately old New hngland homesteads 'Ihe hrgh school although rnaoequate scholastrcally rs not a bad out before rt rs truly very beautrful The many handsome trees on the premrses and the bushes along the front of the burldrng along wrth the World War II honor roll add much to the ap pearance of the school Farther along South Marn Street we may vrew town hall wrth the frne classrc outlrne patterned after the temples of ancrent Greece and Rome Down the marn street of Randolph we see the rmposrng and rarely beautrful archrtectural desrgn of the Turner Publrc Lrbrary The con tents of the lrbrary are also adequate enough to supply the townsfolk wrth materral to develop therr mrnds and broaden therr scope of com prehensron Farther along the street we see con structron of new modern burldrngs and reno vatrons of others rn progress Towards the northern end of the town we encountered the marestrc Blue Hrlls Along North Marn Street too, are many fine old homes and qurte a large number of beautrful new homes Great Pond and rts surroundrng carefully tended landscape also forms a part of North Randolph The five churches of the town are permanent drgnrfied lookrng burldrngs a credrt to those who worshrp under therr roofs The fire depart ment of Randolph rs an able well trarned out fit whrle the polrce department wrthout ex aggeratron, must be the 6065! of any town of comparable srze rn thrs great Commonwealth H0 or possrbly even the country Patrrck McDon neu the cnref rs one of the frnest most just law enforcement oflrcers I ever hope to meet Ihe many crvrc fraternal, and relrgrous organr aatrons offer a chance for r quret unpretentrous socral lrfe I have just lrsted the good thrngs of the town As everywhere there are bad features rn Ran dolph brrt I belreve the more serrous of thesc rre berng rcmecrreo An ambrtrous school ex pansron program hrs been undertaken to al levrate crowued school condrtrons 'lhe marn street rs to be vt rdened consrderably to take care of a serrous traffrc srtuatron and other streets rre to be reparred followrng the proposel pass rge of a Betterment Act 'lhere rs the problem of a sewer rge system but that rs not berng over lt oked by the town frthers who are studyrng rt There are many other problems such as ade quate housrng of the fire department but these 1 practrcrl solutron Takrng all these rforesard rtems rnto consrder atron I feel sure anyone wrll justrfy me rn mv town prrde whrch though preludrced as I may be seems destrned to grow as Randolph grows For added to these materral thrnvs set down rn a materral manner can also be put somethrng whrch cant be wrrtten down somethrng rnsrde of me th rt tells me that thrs rs my town Frank I-larrrs 50 CTUDENT COUNCIL Seated tlefl to nglatj Secretary Pat Bens Presrdent Anthony DAmelro Advrsor Mrss Thomson Vrce Presrdent Barbara Foote Treasurer Rrchard Holmes Standrng Marrlyn Larson Carol Rose Phrlrp Brew ster Agnes Hobson Ted Reese Vrrcrl Naveau Paul Lyman Shrrley Mrlls . . . . Q , y , 7 . . . - - Q ' 1 ,' 7 - '- . . . I ' .S L K . 2 ' . r 7 ' 1 4 ' . 9 - f a . . ' A ' 4- ' . . I A I . . ' 1 ' . N ' - L . 1 . . . L ' 5 3 v V. ' . L . I ' . ' A t . . ' . I 1 ' ' Q . . 1 I 1 U I I ' ' - , ' ' L 2 1 . . Y ' . I I ' H r l, r s ' h . l r , l L ' 4 a F looking structure, and the fine large lawn spread are also berng met wrth patrence and an eye for ' ' ' , , 1 . ' '1 . . . L . 4 I r 2 . D I I K - Q A K I 3 I K . ,l . , . I , ' ' ' , . - g . ' z t ' ' ' , . . . I , I ' ll? PX' ill , . 3 ,. , . 9 9 . . . . . . '. D l ' ' - 3 W . , h . - - y 7 7 I I '

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It s Murder RE you t1red of your grandmother' Does your kld brother g1VC you a pam' If so the solution to your problem ts very simple ust take the safe drtvmg course offered tn our currxculum and your worrles wlll come to an end 1So wnll your grmdmother md brother 9 Besldes offerxng thts worthwhile tccompllsh ment the course tends to strengthen ones ch tr tcter lt will lerd you onto the hlghway towards belng a good cxttzen md ts you are drxvnng on Mr Lehnnens license you should feel no m ner pangs of regret regarding the countless bleedtng bod1es you leave maimed on that hngh way No matter what you do they ll fine Mr L and lock h1m up You are therefore free to terrlfy all the people you wrsh old ladles crrpples and l1ttle chlldren The sky IS the l1m1t We who took Safe Drlvmg thus year feel great prxde tn the rdenttfyrng marks we have left upon the pretty new Ford The scrape along the entrre length of the ctr body whnch IS the result of contact wtth a wall that came too close to us and the left fender th tt xsnt the e any mo e can be crednted to our class Of course the young drlver has a few cb st tcles to overcome the foremost bexng trafftc ltghts and fellow menaces of the ro 1d In refer ence to those llghts that alw tys flash red as the student drlver approtches them I have an ex planatton of what to do just Ignore them' The ctr IS lnsured There lS little we can do to ease the strun of those people who want the whole Z' road to themselves My advlce IS to thmk of somethmg pleasant completely drvertxng your attentron from them Leave the problem of steerlng to Providence When you htve read a very confuslng book about plstons and spark plugs and other equally thrtllmg things you must tackle laws of the road A glrl can xgnore all those right of way rules because Emily Post says Ladles before gentlemen Dr1v1ng ns good for the morale of the 1nd1v1d ual It made fearless creatures of us We had the utmost confidence IU our ab1l1ty but I some tlmes wonder rf Mr Lehtxnen was aware that we were above reproach masters of the hlgh way? He would sllnk down mto the front seat pull up h1s coat collar Call thus glvnng hlm an lntrlglng Alan Lacldlsh appearancej and mut ter Gtve me strength as we bore down on some poor xnnocent We hope that the town apprecnates how won derful and necessary thxs course ts to the hugh school boys and gtrls Of course Crovos s probably becommg a ltttle weary of replaclng the wlndows we crash 1nto and Randolph IS runnnng out of telephone poles but all thxs rs 1ns1gn1f1cant The lmportant thlng 15 that many Stetsonxtes Sears Roebuck licenses clutched IU hand are on the war path I see the Ford rareenmg down Mam Street now and I hear the battle crtes of those happy savages Excuse me Im cllmbmg mto my w1gwam where xts safe Parte Copeland Sl XXI! Sf , 4 N. J 4 E Q JIRA at Egg, X12 476 Q Q - ,..., em xj ai? X51 -J' Q ii? I lllll XXX R Q gflvn so N X FNVW p C 7 A - 1 , l I , 1 , r - ' . ' ' ' 2 ' U I y 2 2 I . L 1 r Y . . . Y . 2-N , - . . . Y 4 ' ' 1 a ' ' ' Y 1 v . ' - I Y ' Q E 1 L I . I . . t . . . . ' 1 A I , I . ' 4 . . 1 - , . - - I - I , - , V . . . , ,, . . ,,, 7 4 I I l U D 7 a . a I . 2 . X . . . . W . L - . , i I c 2 . l 6 q ' . r I R . ' . Q . 1 . N . I A yn . . . ., . 1 I - , - , ' ' 2 , ' . ' . 2' , . - 2 4 K C I . . . 4 I . 1 ' ' . ' ' '. t , ' 1' t ' 1 . L 3 If Q 1 fx gg '. ' II l .NVE7 ,X , W r C' I .rf cv , I cr . Q ' I - -fi, lf. f,4 I ,re 3 -rx . E414 4 I L. '3 I A ,I 2 if 'niff' 6 v I is , 1 .C TLSYX.. A' N J G - -u.. Q., l K Q X --- at .52 'fat X , e '- , f X, X T A it ' ' Q lx fl -. 7 TT xx T' , 1 Of T l . f 'S -ll

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Eleven Twenty AM or Lunchtrme at Stetson H1gh LL rs quret rn the halls of dear old Stetson As qunet that rs as posslble Anyone who has been here wrll know what I mean A bell rs sounded a very soft bell but wrth rt comes disaster for all nn authorrty Doors fly open and seemmgly mhuman creatures zoom eyes pop pmg out m a mad dash for the Lunchroom lhere ns no stoppmg no turmng back' Once you have started you are caught m the raclng current and dumped rn the matter of a few lrfe fearmg moments mto the Food Factory a sea of hungry mouths pressrng rn about you If you are strll under the rmpressnon that you wart rn a lrne to be served poor innocent soul that you are you re about to be drsrllusroned Suddenly you realrze that though you were first you are now last There rs nothmg to do but push your way hopefully up to the wmdow and pray for a hot plate vrz Mtsp potato 1 pea l tsp tunafish dnluted wrth suffrcrent water to make sauce season well wrth garlic so cocnon La Francars Delrght also goody QNote more fancy names add to glve away valuej In passrng I shall offer a word of acl vnce to all newcomers Get m good with Mrs Harrns then you get TWO peas ' To get on After warnng for what seems hours you are told they are all sold out But because nts you they will sell you for no more than five trmes IES value the last rce cream whrch they ve been savrng No comment on how long nts been berng saved Back to your table you go realrzmg why dodge ball IS not taught here You mrght have a farr chance of dodgmg one of the many baskets tables or chandelrers whlch Hy by on no partrcular sched ule As you bulldoze your way along some fresh arr fiend opens the wmdow When rt IS all over you venture out of your portable a1r rard shelter a must for attendance at Stetson and drscover you have fared well thus ume In place of your mnldew covered C oops that s sup posed to be chocolate covered J 1ce cream some thoughtful person has left you a bottle of de lrcrous mxlk well aged for mellowness Vat 1909 After flghtmg your way through a snowstorm of popcorn to the door you find there are snll two mmutes of the frve mmute lunch penod left Before the bell rmgs and the students as sume thelr usual teach us lf you dare expres snons let s take a look around Mrsguxded mnssxles shooting from all corners Ccheck Mr Gllgan having hrs mornmg work outb bemg tossed from balcony to balcony Roger' One must wade through debrns books and fallen souls who drdn t eat thenr Wheatles for breakfast Good good' Ahh' Here are the love brrds Doesn t nt do your heart good to see them' She wrth a fistful of his harr he wrth hrs arms around her rn a hammer lock How sweet' Hes askmg her to the Prom and hrs arms not even broken yet lmagme' Yes everythmgs rn order Let er ring and the teachers rule agarn 4 rn theory of coursel Poor well meanmg monsters' Teach us nf you dare Chrrstrne Russell 57 CHEERLEADERS l'1rst Row flefl to nghn Evelyn McLeod Margery Taylor Paulme Tardamco Second Row Barbara Krlcoyne Rrta Mandevxlle Third Row Bnrgrt Peterson Helen Macuch Fourth Row Eleanor Norman l3ll O Q 'a I ' , , . . . , I . , . . . . . C Q S . , , - , I , - ' . . , - . l l , , . , f ' G . . y . . . , . , E . . h 1 , . 9 l :T ' h I 1 ' ' .l , , , . I . . U , - ' . , ar at -In no one tastes the dnfference. Call thrs con- 9 I 3 . ' t , ' 7 -. ' , - . . ' L l Z I ' . ' .4 K A x ' , . -. 3 ' ,IT . . . , I , y 7 5 ' 1 Y U v x '