Stetson High School - Oracle Yearbook (Randolph, MA)

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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 '

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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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One Lesson I Done Learned IXANLJ Llll clrmk lf and xt tasted gjood It xx IS rumored tw IS m1c1e of hard co1l and vxood Surc he made lf 1nd drmk tt and so d1d dad lhe stuff xxas so strong, xt done droxe hrm mtd Once you xe trred xt youll never stop Ihere 1re some ev1l spmts th II cant be caught In these here hxlls there llves a man Wltla a face as red as a smoked cured hlm Hes 1 lazy fellow Vxllli ncvcr d1d no vsork Hes knoxxn to 1ll vxhtt ltxe round herc IS Herk Hc s IS xx lse IS hc IS old Hc s IS old ts thc hulls So Im told Now this he told mc Wfhen I xx IS 1 lrttlc tot If yt u vtant to st ty hetlthy theres temptmon to be fought The Lord xwrll surely damn the soul Thatd drmk thxs brcw frt rn 1 xxc mden boxwxl He done told me thls as h1s eyes d1d gllsten Ne er d1d I move so content was I to ltsten He had no sooner flnrshed than by hrm a yug I spres And danged 1f he drdnt drmk of If before my very ey es However hrs words were never wasted For to thls dav that b exx Ive never tasted And though my very heart should swim rn sm Ill not so much as ttste that stuff some folks call gm Down Beat T Stetson Hrgh we have a band The 1ud1tor1um IS thexr stand Tuesdays and Thursdays as sure as shootm They play away at thetr rooty tootrn For seventh perrod one can hear Sweet and sour notes loud and clear They play at concerts and at parades They carry our banners as on the Crusades The muslc they make has reached such fame That tt puts Spnke jones and Souza to shame But all krddrng asrde Im here to say That to find any better youd go a long way So rrng out blue notes step on If drum Get hep brasses vsood wmds hum Wave arms Maestro beat feet cats Let study halls and classes grab the1r hats For Stetson Brass IS cooking the best the land Congrats to Mr Thomas and krds rn the band Leo ones 50 C ltastrophe The anctent old car started up from the cutter As rt rattled 1long on xx heels askew It looked as lf xt xx ould f1ll apart on cue Cr1mmed lnstde SIE the wheels Characters no doubt lnvolved rn countless de 1Is How they were spruced up to ktll But lrttle d1d they expect such a sprll Up the hrll they shot mth a roar T111 the gearshlft seemed certaln to fall through the floor Suddenly therr expresslons were extremely dlre For wrth horror they heard the bang of a ture Over the rrver and through the wood The chassns came to rest far apart from the hood I-Ieadlrghts bounced to the rhythm of tm And the dust cloud arose In the arr vxrth a spln A dazed group of boys emerged from the wreck But found not half of the car left on check The engine had dled along wlth each trre And the fenders half burned lay m the mnre Sadly they forever left their machme Now destmed to become part of that country scene Should you bv chance any of them meet You will nottce each face stlll bears a look of defeat Ronald E Smlth 50 Carl Olson H2 A 1 1 , l - , Q ' U .1 . , C 'z 'z , 1 l z . ' . I A r A 1 1 . 1 , . . I C . ' ' 7 . . . . 1 1 . V . . . 7 , ' I Y 5 I 1 4 '. 2 , L - ' , y I a 4 4 7 I . - IH . 7 K . t : . , . I - 1 . - ik il if ' 1 ' I ' 'K '. . - L C - '. 1 ' , ,. I , A - ITH a vtolent cough and 11 terrrflc sputter, ,'. , . , , ' . 1 O 1 4 w v 7 I I I 1 Y I I I ' . ' 7 1 ' ' ' - - .. H U 'I '. 2 1 ' 1 I 1 . ' , , . - I V. K A , 1 2 L , , , . I w 1 7 K . . . . r 1 . . . , . L . I . 2 1 1 ' ' '50