Westborough High School - Cotton Gin Yearbook (Westborough, MA)

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YOU HAD TO BE THERE Did you ever walk up to a friend and say The funniest thing just happened. You won ' t believe it! Now that you ' ve com- pletely captivated your audience, you go on and relay the funniest thing. The punch line delivered, your eyes watering from laughing so hard, and your friend just stands there staring at you as if you were released for the day from the Westboro State Hospi- tal. Feeling completely defeated, even though still hysterically laughing, you say Well, I guess you had to be there! Your friend still staring says, Yeah, I guess so and walks off. The theme of the yearbook was the first item the 1988 staff tack- led way back in the spring of 1987. Unfortunately, it ' s one of the most important aspects of the book and none of us at that time really knew what we were doing. We had many ideas and didn ' t fi- nally decide on You Had To Be There as the theme until August of ' 87. We chose this as the theme be- cause we really felt it expressed the idea of the book. Just think what would happen if you tried to explain any of the funny, exciting, or disastrous events that take place at W.H.S. to someone who knows nothing about the school. After every story you ' d have to say, Well, I guess you had to be there. To really understand ev- erything that goes on at Westboro H.S. you really do have to be there. But that ' s O.K. because as students we were there. We were there for the games, the S.A.T. ' s, first days of school, the proms, lunches, gymclasses, and even signing in at study. In this book we ' ll try to show all of these, and present a real taste of what it was like to be there. 1988 had a lot to write about and as students you ' ll remember and understand because you were there, but if you ' re trying to show the book to your cousin from To- ledo or your Mom ' s bridge club and they look at you like you ' re wearing a scarf and overcoat in July, just tell them, You had to be there. ' 2 W

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WE WERE THERE . . . Who is Sam Brown smiling at, anyway? Why is David Tashjian watching Betsy Stone ' s feet so in- tently? To anybody who goes to W.H.S. the answers may seem rather obvi- ous. Any Westboro student would know Betsy Stone is competing for the honor of the class of ' 88 in the annual Competition Day, and if you know Rachel Ballard, you know she only wears her fatigues to the Junior Talent Show for her role in COMBAT. However, as we ' ve been saying it ' s not so obvious if you weren ' t there, therefore not knowing what these two events are all about. Of course, even seeing the pictures doesn ' t give the whole sense of what ' s going on. Along with the pictures you ' ll see stories and cap- tions relating to the pictures. Hopefully through the written sec- tions and photos, we ' ll be able to reconstruct the events of the year. Although there are some things that are gone with the moment: the sounds, emotions, and expressions (however, we have captured an in- teresting one on Erika Reent ' s face.) Our goal in this yearbook is to show you the times you missed what was happening in ' 88 and bring back the times you were there. ABOVE: Rachel Ballard, dressed to kill with Betsy Stone, who prefers to remain anonymous at the Junior Talent Show. RIGHT: Betsy Stone reveals herself as the well-balanced student.