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

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Clubs DRAMATIC CLLB — This all-important organization this year elected as it officers: Peter Mears. president: Marv Ri ella. vice president: LeRo Litchfield, treasurer: Frances Mitkievicz, secretary. ith a membership of some sixtv-five per- sons, the club functioned smoothly throughout the school year, providing several fine plays, and sponsoring several successful socials. Their faculty adviser, Miss Sullivan, deserves much credit for her work as play coach and general activities adviser. Their Christmas play. Let ' s Call it Chritsmas, reflects much credit upon the club and its members. The club also sponsored a Social in the high school gym which was well attended and proved to be one of the outstanding events of the school vear. The members enjoyed a Hallowe en Social at Bobb Jackson s barn with several teachers as guests. ART CLLB — The Art Club, whose capable adviser and instructor was Miss Movitz. had a membership of fourteen students this vear. The purpose of the organ- ization is to give advanced training to those persons who wish to make drawing their profession and to give to those people who are interested in drawing as a hobby a chance to express themselves through the mediums of charcoal drawing, pencil, paint, modeling, etc. The present members are exceptionally talented in the field of art. and have turned out some beautiful pieces of work. GLEE CLUBS AND ORCHESTRA— The schooLs glee clubs, both boys ' and girls ' proved a source of enjoyment and instruction to those who participated in them. With a combined membership of a hundred, the clubs turned out many fine pieces of choral work under the capable direction of their supervisor. Miss Goeres. The school orchestra, also under the supervision of Miss Goeres, was an exceptionally fine organization this ear and reflected much credit upon itself and its supervisor by its splendid performances during the season. The music appreciation class, also sponsored by Miss Goeres. was a new thing this year but proceeded to exactly fulfill its purpose, that of furthering the appreciation of good music by its members. COMMERCIAL CLLB — This club was organized this vear with twenty senior girls as members and Miss Donovan of the faculty as adviser. The club proved to be a source of much valuable secretarial a-id business instruction and enjoyment to its members, for during the year. the heard lectures, participated in several skits, isited several business establishments and telephone exchanges, and enjoyed several parties, teas, and bridge parties. At one meeting the members took intelligence tests. Iheir elected officers were: President, Patricia W illiams: ice President, Edna Rafalko; Treasurer, Marie Smith: Secretary. Alice Stan wood. Page Sixteen

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School News (Continued) The Dramatic Club ' s annual Christmas play proved to be a great success from all angles. We were pleased to see all of our favorite actors and actresses back on the stage and more than pleased to note the many new faces behind the footlight. Sports again invaded the calendar, with girls ' and boys ' basketball holding the throne. Each class had its representatives on the floor, all proving worthy of the tiust placed upon them. The girls enjoyed an excellent season and the boys, a fair one. The magnificence of the Junior Prom eclipsed all other activities, and was an outstanding social success of the year. The memters of the Junior Class deserve much credit for the results of their labor to make this affair the greatest of their year ' s accomplishments. Drama, in the form of the Senior Play, again invaded the calendar, with a cast of Senior actors and actresses presenting a rip-roaring three act comedy, Growing Pains, in the local theater. Ably supported by the entire Senior Class, the large cast did themselves proud in the presentation of this play. The last and greatest event of the school year, graduation, approaches rapidly. With the members of the Senior Class engrossed in their preparations for this crown- ing achievement and the other classes looking forward to the time when they will be upper classmen, the year draws to a successful close. My only wish for the years to come is that they may be as full as this one has been. ROBERT SMITH ' 37 Ode to a Stoic A Stoic is a person who Never laughs, nor smiles at you. He never has a joke or song. But just goes grudgingly along; Never knows a moment gay, Or sees the good of a sunny day, But just allows the time to go And never gives a smile a show. A 71 Afte rth 0 ugh t The Stoic certainly won great fame At a recent donkey basketball game. He looked like one, you must agree — Gee! I hope he doesn ' t take offense at me. ALMA BURKE ' 39 Page Fifteen

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Front Row — A. Crane, B. Howes, S. Dittmer, L. Lavis, B. Howland, M. Gibson, D. Chapman, R. Crevola. Second Row — C. Anderson, B. Wilkinson, C. Pooler, R. Bachelor, J. Deacon, R. Smale, G. Kasupski, E. De Luca, A. Capen. Last Row — A. Checca, E. Roach, H. Liftman. Orchestra To those students eiulowecl witli jjowers of producing instrumental music who have, during the course of the year, delighted us with their orchestra work, we give our whole-hearted respects and thanks with the earnest wish that, under their capable supervisor and director. Miss Goeres, they may, in the years to come, attain even greater triumph in the field of music. Stoughton High School was especially fortunate this year in having such a well-organized group of fine musicians. Every section in the orchestra had its com- plement of capable instrumentalists and all worked together to produce some excep- tionally fine results. Their work at the Teachers ' Club play, the Senior play, and the annual exhibition was outstanding. Page Seventeen