Waltham High School - Mirror Yearbook (Waltham, MA)

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' l I , ---- ---. ---- - -1- --1 CLASS or 1940-1 ------ 1- - --'- -1-- SENIOR PHOTOGRAPH COINIIVIITTEE Smlmf' fel! In rigbf. Barbara Boyd, Marjorie Hellner, XX'ilma Greenlaw 5f.n1di11,q: lefl lu riglvl. Fred Kennedy, Henry Kelly, Richard johnstone Recalling the hockey campaign, we remember that the team made the best record since 1956, winning seven straight games and losing to Need- ham in the play-offs only because luck was against them. In the midst of the hockey season came the Christmas vacation and then the Senior Dance. Held in early january, the affair was in all ways a great success, breaking exactly even financially. Soon after the Senior Dance the Picture Com- mittee was electedz then we all realized that our Senior year and our brief sojourn in Waltham High was rapidly approaching the end. In April it was shown that the Class of 1940 was not lacking in dramatic talent. The Senior Play june Mad was played successfully to a capacity audience. Penny and her red dress, Elmer , and Milly Lou made a hit with the audienceg while the cast was more interested in getting the ice cream for Chuck on time with as little depreciation as possible. The remainder of the year was taken up mainly by the exchange of pictures and plans for gradu- ation and the future. Now as we stand here and look back at the faint footprints left in the sands of time by the Class of 1940, we feel that whatever the future may hold, the days spent at Waltham High will always live in our memories as the happiest and most advantageous years of our life. Wherever our separate paths may lead us, let us hope that the knowledge we have obtained here will serve us well, and that the members of the Class of 1940 will make their marks in the vast world stretching before us as we again stand on the threshold of another portion of our lives. EDWIN S. BRIGGS.

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.:.i-1.--i-.--1 -.-.-- 1-.i Crass or 1940 -if ----- -1-Y- --.--. SENIOR PLAY CAST Seated: lefz to right, Robert Clemence, Miriam Munster, Hope Goodell, Jeanne Berggren, Charles Manning. Sefofzd Row: left zo right, Donald Morrison, George Shedd, Elaine Cahill, Genevieve Chiasson, Edwin Briggs. p Third Row: lefl to right, George Killam, Anne Drury, Philip Vincello. those lofty and almighty individuals whom we had always envied and whom we had looked up to with reverence. Returning from ten weeks of leisure, we seniors found that there were now freshmen in the school and that the corridors were more congested than ever. Settling down, however, to the well-accus- tomed routine, we again elected our officers. For the third time, Richard Johnstone was chosen President, Bertillie Lochrnan, Vice-President, Marion Wagner, Secretary-Treasurer, and Robert Martin was selected as Auditor. Witli the formality of election completed, the Class of 1940 devoted their energy every Saturday to cheering on the football squad. Capably led by Co-Captains Johnstone and Goguen, the team fought bravely although in many cases luck was against them. Memory of Thursday, November 50, 1959: When the Brockton band marched in the for- mation of a turkey, it played the death march, and many of us are still wondering whether that selection was for the turkey or for Waltham High.

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--.--- --- - -0- ------ -1- CLASS or 1940 ---- ---,---,- -,- -i- -.. Clow Wi!! Know all men by these presents, that we, the Class of 1940, being of sound and disposing mind and memory, and wishing to direct in what man- ner our estate shall be disposed of after our de- parture, do make and publish this our last Will and Testament, hereby revoking all former wills by us at any time heretofore made. After the pay- ment of our just debts, we bequeath and devise as follows: - To Mr. Goodrich, our distinguished and ap- preciated headmaster, we leave a machine that automatically repeats at the end of each assembly - First two rows may file , also, we leave some new school desks in order that the present en- graved twosomes will not keep next year's seniors day-dreaming by arousing their curiosity as to whom the initials stand for. To Mr. Ward, our indispensable submaster and frequent participant in lively arguments with his IV A1 class, we leave a senior English class who will really Scorn delights and live laborious days -quote from Milton, just in case you had forgotten. To Min Woodwa1'd, the head of our business department, we leave the television system to en- able her to be in her office, in the type-writing room, and telephoning all at the same moment. To Min Allen, our verbs, adjectives, and ellip- tical clause addict, we leave a class of Secretarial Seniors whose mentality ratings will equal just half as high a score as those of her IV G boys. To Bobby Lane, our pink and white, dimpled face, class baby, we leave a petit, woolly lamb's jacket-need we say what for? To fazzice Loving, a girl whose favorite ex- pression is, What will we do tonight? -we leave that curly-haired, brown-eyed senior who, we are sure, will supply a very suitable answer. To Our lzzferiorsr?-the class of 1941, we leave, sorrowfully, the lofty position of dictatorship of the school, a new set of freshmen and sophomores to oppress, and a succession of events similar to those which brought us so much pleasure during our all too short reign as seniors. From Richazrr! Dazzzielr, our good looking six foot three inch senior, we have permission to leave at least his last three inches to that cute little trick Splinter', Doherty, who is master of cere- monies down in the cafeteria. To Marion Wog12e1', a true example of a sweet and demure senior, we leave a roll of adhesive tape to aid in keeping her fingers crossed in fu- ture years for the same hero that she has crossed them for during her high school days. To David Fitzgemld, we leave some soothing syrup for his victims, to take out the sting of his pungent sarcasm. To Henry Kelly, our modern version of the cave man, we leave a book of ten easy lessons on how to become the world's champion prize lighter-he certainly has all the requirements. To Hector RUIIIJGQZK, our short, fiery, General- issimon of the ice, we leave that small bundle of l'Sweetness who resides on the well known island. To Belfy Amlrewr, our -jane Arden of the senior class, we leave our thanks for the fine work she has done in writing our Senior High School Notes and all our best wishes for a very successful future. To Guy Smzdeuoxz, we leave the suggestion that he find a Waltluam High girl who will com- pare favorably with girls from neighboring cities to prevent his Oh! so scarce energy from being exhausted by too numerous trips outside the limits of our fair city. Give us a break Guy. To 14112176 Drffrjl, better known as that kin- dergarten Mae West fquote from the Senior Playj, we leave Mervyn-Good Luck, Anne! To foe Boyr' Gym, we leave, upon request, a six-foot mirror to eliminate the scramble for possession of the two by four brass plate on the gym door now used for the sake of vanity.