Stetson High School - Oracle Yearbook (Randolph, MA)

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A Pome poem ye Muses 1 cannot wrxte' A115 1l1ck I trled 111 mght From dawn to dusk I wracked my br1m And now I fear 1ts 111 1n vam The lmes go lxmp the vsords wont rhyme And now I know 1 wont hlve time My poetnc jusnce seems to be cursed This poem IS pretty bld stxll xt could be worse Leo jones 50 A Probablv Unshared Senttment teacher 1 know who s kmda sweet Once made an attempt to be dxscreet She thought shed neglect to slgn her nlme To some valentmes C that s1lly dame' J It really was futxle Her scrawl IS drstmct And tell me who else uses Passxon Red n But wasn t she thoughtful' Am t she drvme' An axnt I ple1sed with my valentine' An .unt xt 1 Joy to h1ve her near Snghlng assxgnments mto my ear? You know the Muse wouldn t glft me I trow If I d1dnt h1ve Mxss to know' P1tte Cope11nd 51 Maureen LR step w1s qunck 1nd sprlghtlv Such 1 nlce young glrl to know' She looked 1t life so brxghtly We 111 remembered her so A lxttle under clnssmln Wnth frnends gllore 1nd tru No m1tter where he met you Shed s1y hello to you For fifteen yelrs she llved on earth Happy 1nd g1y her l1fe A youngster full of merrlment Who never w11l now know strxfe Our Lord commxtted no blunder He takes only the good they s1y But rt often makes you wonder And wlsh th1t they could st1y None of her cl1ssm1tes h 1d my 1de1 Thxs tragedy seems llke 1 dream All of them shed oh mmy 1 te1r In grxef for the loss of Maureen Ptulme T1rd1n1co 50 1311 Q , , , 1 4 If . N ' , ' ' 7' 4,11 , 4 . 1 ' , t , 1 v 1 4 . 4 . r - v 1 v ' . ' l.,1 L 1 v '- Y: . e. 1 ' . ' ' s 1 t ' S I , . , 4 . 1 'X' if fl 1 ' t 4 , t 1, . J . , , . T' N -lk . , t. , . 4 1 . . . . 4 1. 1 I ' 1 1 1 ' 1 ' ' '7 ' L L A S A ' ' ' ' 7 1 2 . I . C C 9 Y 1 K K t 7 4. 7 ' , 1 V s K A'- . 4 t , 2 1 1 v 1 , . K.. - YL 1

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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

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