West Springfield High School - Terrier Yearbook (West Springfield, MA)

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I 72 M emorzczm WILLIAM BURNS lI101!, 2Q'r I 903 ---Den-vrfber-26 . 179.56- During the Christmas recess, the administration and student body at West Springfield High School suffered a great loss in the sudden death of Mr. Wlilliam Burns. As director of industrial arts and vocational education at West Springfield High School for many years, Mr. Burns was respected by all who were acquainted with him. Born in Leominster, Massachusetts, in june of 1906, Mr. Burns attended grammar schools in Leominster and was graduated from Worcester Trade School. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Fitchburg State Teachers College and his Masters degree from the University of Massachusetts. l-le came to West Springfield in September, 1925, as a teacher in industrial arts in the public schools. At a memorial service in his honor, the following poem was selected to be read as a fitting tribute to the spirit of Mr. Burns: BE TRUE Thou mmf he Irzze Ihyrelf, I f lhozz the truth zmlzldrf reach: Thy mul mutt overflow, if lhou Anofhefr mul wauldri reach! Il needy the orferflow of heart T0 give ihe lipr full rpeerh. Think truly, and thy thoughts' Shall the worldir famine feealj Speak lruly. and each word of fhifle Shall he K1 fruilffzl .veedg Lire Iruly. and thy life rhall he A grenl and fmhle creed. -Horatius Bonar I2

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Class of 1957 At last,the ultimate goal anticipated for years has been attained. We are now the seniors, the upper classmen! It is difficult to recollect all of the numerous activities that we enjoyed with our classmates, however, let us seize this last opportunity to enumerate some of the memorable events of our past history. First came the election of our class officers in ninth grade-a week of intense campaigning ending in the election of Steve Sartori, president, Joan Daubitz, vice president, Louise Morin, treasurer, and Sandy Kinkade, secretary. All of us participated in the class meetings, the dances, the parties, and the selection of pins and rings. The year came to a successful close with our graduation exercises. Awards were presented on Graduation Day to lileanor Curran, Latin Award, joan Daubitz and Harold Levenson, American Legion Awards, and Sandy Kinkade, Balfour Key. Remember the sadness in our hearts as we left the junior high forever? Next we experienced mixed emotions upon our initiation into the high school. Then as the year progressed we realized how very fond we had grown of our new environment and how much we looked forward to the school activities. The leaders chosen to guide us through this sophomore year were, Steve Sartori, presidentg joan Daubitz, vice president, George Galiotsis, treasurer, and Sandy Kinkade, secretary. Mr. Robert Ryan acted as our class advisor. As our pride and self-importance grew, we juniors under the leadership of the same class officers and Mr. Gordon Vye, took advantage of our new opportunities. High- lighting the year was our junior-Senior Promenade, but of no less importance to us were class meetings, food sales, dances, and sports. And of course, the momentous occasion when we selected our high school rings. 1956-1957 finds us no longer the underclassmen, but leaders in our elaborate modern new high school. The election of the same officers started us off on the most notable I4