West High School - Westerdays Yearbook (Pawtucket, RI)

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THE Class of 1942 is an outstanding class because there are included in it many outstanding individuals. This class will be remembered because its activities did not overshadow its scholastic achievements. The Class of ’42 has proved that athletics need not interfere with scholarship. Forty of its two hundred fifty students earned membership in the Rhode Island Honor Society. One of this group was a leading tennis player of the State in his Junior year. Three were members of the Rhode Island Championship Basketball Team in both their Junior and Senior years. The captains of the swimming, basketball, and football teams all made the Honor Society. One young man is an outstanding and popular tenor soloist; and one young lady is an accomplished pianist and accompanist. Another young man, who is a superior cornet soloist, has been a leading member of the band, swimming, and football teams. One of the two young men, who has been on the All-5 list this year, is a member of the Band. The other, who left school several years ago and has a family depending upon him for support, found that he needed a high school dip- loma. He kept courageously to his job and attended school, which is no mean accomplishment. The members of the undefeated debating team have been officers in their own Debating Society, and active members and officers in the Dramatic Society. The Class President has been president of the Student Council and of the Rhode Island Federation of Student Councils. We find that many members of the Honor Society are prominent on the Editorial Staff of the Westerner and the Class Book Board. Of the others in the upper forty, only a few devoted themselves entirely to scholastic pursuits, and some of them would have brought honors to themselves and to their school had they not been employed afternoons and evenings in business and industry. The entry of the United States into active participation in the Second World War will influence the lives of most of the Class of ’42. For the first time in the memory of most of us, graduation has been moved up to the month of May. Following graduation, many of those who leave our school will be engaged in defense work, and some will be drafted into the service of their country. Some have already enlisted and others will enlist to help save our people from slavery. Those who stay at home will be required to make many sacrifices, and will practice self-denial in order to keep others on the firing line at the front. May every member of the Class of 1942 join in the task of preserving our freedom and the principles of Democracy with as much enthusiasm as they have attacked their lessons, sports, and all scholastic activities. May they have their reward in the near future by the privilege of living in a safe and sane world, democratic and God-fearing. May all learn to find supreme happiness in working for the happiness of others. CHESTER M. DASCOMBE, Principal. 4

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Dedication TO MR. ALFRED J. MARYOTT. ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS, OUR FIRST HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL, WHO HAS SHOWN KEEN INTEREST IN THE PROGRESS OF WEST HIGH SCHOOL, WE RESPECTFULLY DEDICATE OUR CLASS- BOOK.

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WILLIAM REILLY Class President MARGIE GERMANO Vice-President LILLIAN GER VAIS Secretary ALFRED MARYOTT T reasurer Our Class Officers ♦ ♦ ♦ AN outstanding leader is our Class President, William Reilly. His sunny personality combined with a winning smile has won him a sure place in the hearts of all members of the class. Margie Germano, Vice-President, is best known for her sparkling good humor and many likeable qualities. We feel sure that she will go far in her chosen work. Our Secretary, Lillian Gervais, is one of our leading dramatic stars. Having won a high place among the students in our class, she leaves West High with the best wishes of all. A star on the basketball and tennis courts, as well as in the classroom, our Treasurer, Alfred Maryott, is well known for his even disposition and his likeable personality. Class Ode of 1942 i Music swells in solemn cadence Thru the halls of buff and blue, As out from this alma mater Goes the class of ’42. II Dreams of hope our hearts have sheltered, Fear and doubt from us have flown Now the future lies before us In this world so great, unknown. III Hark, the fire and din of cannon! List to guns and sirens roar! Gone are all our dreams and fancies, Trampled on by cruel war. IV But our God above us hovers Watching us from out the sky Points the way to greater glory For our dear old school West High. MARY TERRIEN 5