Stoughton High School - Stotonian / Semaphore Yearbook (Stoughton, MA)

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STOUGHTON HIGH SCHOOL 15 Class Ode Stonghton High our Alma Mater, Oh hear us praise thy name, We sing of Love that we bear. For you and all your fame, Your fame shall ever be as dear to us. As thee Alma Mater Alma Mater, We pledge our hearts to thee. II We ivill show your gratitude. By being staunch and true. By standing by our motto. And Lauding praise on you. And naught can mar thy fame. For w-e will praise thy name. Alma Mater Alma Mater We pledge our hearts to thee. Dorothy Dibbern A History of the Class of Thirty-Six At the close of our graduation exer- cises, our justly famous class will go r:i-th from Stoughton High. We leave with many fond reminiscences of four years which passed too swiftly over our heads. 1932-33 On a very gay, bi ' ight, S ' sptember morning in the year 1932, an assembly of happy awkward Freshmen stumbled up those flights of stairs and listen2d intently to Mr. Randall ' s opening speech. After this the Freshmen did the traditional thing, kow-towing re- spectfully to upper classmen and doing nothing spectacular that would warrant special comment for the remainder of the year. 1933-34 The next year when we discovered that we were really Sophomores we found ourselves confronted with the problem of electing class officers. Our first officers were Johnny PoUucci, president; Jay Innes, vice-president; Joe Copello, treasurer, and Alice Dunkerly, secretary. They certainly proved themselves worthy of the honor. We sponsored the annual Sophomore dance and profitted rather well. We realized that we were not lacking in athletes when Leah Kell, Jay Innes, Tim Keefe and Bro Wacile- wich commenced to do things in the gym and on the field. 1935-35 Then came our Junior Year which most of us will mutually agree is the most eventful of all. Mr. Randall in- troduced a new social era. We were permitted to dance on seventh periods and during recess. The program be- came extremely popular. The success of our Junior Prom justifies our social efficiency. 1935-36 These four years have passed too swiftly over the heads of the class of thirty-six. We are now Seniors. Most of us have lost the prejudices against teacher and school in general, and now more fully appreciate its scholastic and social value. The class seemed to go dramatic this year. The Dramatic Club officers were all Seniors. The Christmas play cast was entirely made up of we four- yearers. And speaking of amateur theatricals we musn ' t overlook those aspiring young genius of the footlights who performed so remarkably well in the Senior Play. That great dramatist Joseph Quill, ably supported by Doro- thea McDonald, Joseph Copello and Alice Dunkerly in the lead roles. The only Senior class which profited financi- ally by its play certainly deserves com- ment.

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14 THE SEMAPHORE Future Flashes Evelyn Bergman — In the Movies Mary Claire Buck — A nice wife. Minnie May Caddell — Beautician Aina Margareta Carlson — Living in Randolph Sarah Louise Cushing — Fan Dancer Ella Elizabeth Davis — Taster for a Gum Co. Dorothy Ann Dibbern — Poet Alice Constance Dunkerly — Actress Grace Emma Dykeman — Bicycle Rider Mildred Louise Gay — A wife Lucille Marie Gemme — Somebody ' s girl Josephine Gill — The President ' s Helper Helen Frances Foster — Cook Florence Mae Frost — Ziegfield Follies girl Lillian Clara Henry — Mistress of a gas station Barbara Alelaide Holmes — Old maid Barbara Lee Howes — Music teacher Margaret Gertha Howland — Designer Jesselyn Barbara Innes — A red sen- sation Jennie E. Karonewski — A mouthpiece Miriam Frances Keefe — Dietician Leah Madeline Kell — A loving wife Elizabeth Frances Kelley — Tourist Barbara Lorraine Kennedy — Curley ' s manager Clare Marie Kennedy — School teacher Celia Kovolesky — Big time girl Thelma Marie Krona — Barmaid Anne May Lehan — A wife Margaret Agnes Lehan — Gum sales- man Blanche Lipsky — A scholar Barbara Mildred Lutted — Bathing beauty Dorothea Elinore MacDonald — A doc- tor ' s wife Priscilla Marie Maltby — In the 400 Grace Evelyn McEwen — Mechanic Eleanor Lorraine Morrison — Rich wid- ow Patricia Margaret O ' Brien — We won- der Anna Elizabeth Parent — The girl at the desk Madeline Louise Penney — Authoress Marjorie Puree Phillips — Machinist Genevieve Barbara Puljanowski — Party girl Doris Erene Sarrey — A nun? Mary Claire Sheehan — V. S. spelling champ. Honors Mary Agnes Spillane — Chauffeur-ess Olive Edwina Sullivan — Singing lady Edith Louise Tessler — Typist Marion Elizabeth Trowbridge — Anoth- er Beautifier Bronie Carolyn Wasilewich — Profes- sional vamp Martha Mary Wihanto — Silent Partner Ailene Pauline Yocas — Stenographer Dorothy Louise Zaiser — Doctor William Goward Bassett — A general Paul I. Borgeson — Farmer Herbert Marall Bushenfeldt — A Bache- lor Peter Apostoles Christopoulus — Chef Paul Stanley Coffee — Ladies ' man Joseph Barton Copello — Capitalist Francis Martin Daly — A colonial Alfred Joseph DeSalvio — Model for toothpaste adds Ralph William Dexter— Clark Gable Joseph Salvatore DiCastro — Raising poultry Salvatore DiNolo — Revenue officer George Phillip Donahue — Artist Harold Channing Fowler — Professor Walter Joseph Gorday — Radical George Lewis Goward — Teacher in physical culture Richard Lawrence Griffin — Tennis champ. Arthur Alexander Hagelstein — Diplo- mat Kendall Minus Hampe — Big game hunter James Henry Hanson — Essayist Charles Ward Hill— Undertaker Clayton Robert Hinds — Town flirt Robert Neal Jackson — Town manager John Charles Joyce — A G man Aloysius Kazlouski — Kate Kilbancey, Inc. Alfred John Kemp — Ginger Roger ' s new partner Alfonse Michael Kwedar — Public En- emy No. 1 Joseph Charles Martin — Panther Rub- ber Woodrow Clark Perry — Sea captain Joseph Gilbert Quill — A politician Leo Francis Reilly — Chemistry teacher Ross Francis Ryder — inventor Alfred Felix Stripinis — A provident husband Walter John Wancus — An aggressive leader

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16 THE SEMAPHORE The school publication is competently ably edited by Joseph Copello, and he with the assistance of Seniors has fared well this year. We musn ' t fail to mention Joseph Quill and his South Sea Echoes, who have cooperated so generously at school functions during their past two years. In spite of the fact that the class has been extremely successful in extra cur- ricula activities, we have a high schol- astic standing, and we can boast sev- eral classmates who have been the re- cipients of honor slips for the entire four years, thus we have not neglected our studies. The Student Council, presided over by Joseph Copello, has been functioning more systematically this year and we hope it will continue to do so in the future. The graduating class fully appreci- ates the help and cooperation extended them by the faculty, and realize that there is no just recompense for what they have done for us. And so to the tune of Annie Laurie, our class ode, we pass through the portal of Stoughton High hoping to make bigger and better history. HIGH SCHOOL DAYS The time for parting now has come, Our High School course is o ' er; In the halls and in the classroom We must part to meet no more. We think of happy High School days, Of each pleasant, bygone hour. And remember these few words always, That knowledge it is power. And as I look around the class. On each bright and smiling face, I wonder how the years will pass When in life each takes his place. From the din of many a hard-won fight. From the strife of every day. May each come victorious into light. And to fortune find the way. Alfred Stripinis The Queen s Husband iiTY ' ELL that certainly was worth seeing! Wasn ' t it well given? And by a high school class, too ! I never saw anything like it before ! These, and other remarks of a wide and varied nature were heard on all sides for days and even weeks after the suc- cessful production of the Senior Class Play. Truly, a professional production, produced in the professional manner, The Queen ' s Husband was unsur- passed. And why not — hasn ' t our present class one of the most talented group of young aspiring actors and ac- tress.es as ever appeared before the footlights? We have, and are proud of it because that very play was passed over in a large city school, nearby, be- cause the committee thought it too dif- ficult to produce. But since our Senior Class always does things in a big way, it isn ' t unusual for us, at that. To have a good performance the players must be well cast, and all who saw the play will agree that each one was well fitted for his or her respectiva parts. And each carried his part out to perfection — not a hitch in the whole play except when Jackson spilt sawdust all over the king ' s drawing room. One reason why the play was such a success was due to its unusualness. it was different ; it had a deep plot, pas- sionate emotions, and a subtle humor that would spread a grin even on the face of the worst grouch. Each player seemed to live his or her part — lived it in such a way — that the audience, too, seemed to feel included in its very life instead of being a group of just mere on-lookers. Another thing — we made money on it, too. Now that is something to crow about, because all other classes just barely covered expenses. But enough of that — let ' s meet the players — and give credit where credit is due. Remember, of course, that all credit doesn ' t go to them alone — for we have yet to speak of property mana- gers, stage managers, etc. Step into the King ' s drawing room with me and meet the man, himself. King Eric VHI, known in private life as Joe G. Quill — blaa-blaa, etc. Ah,