Westerly High School - Westlyan Yearbook (Westerly, RI)

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Tin: Sknior Year Book — 1945 CLASS SONG We sing thy praise, oh Westerly, Our Alma Mater, hail! Our love for thee, so deep and true Our loyalty, ne’er fail. Tho’ from these halls we’ll soon depart Upon our several ways, We’ll always keep within our hearts Fond mem’ries of bright days. From vale and hill up to the sky Our praises rise to thee; Thy honored name will never die, All hail—dear Westerly! —Susan Murphy, ’45 CLASS POEM Today is ours, as mournfully We bid farewell to high school days And start along the paths of life, Each careful in his choice of ways. So much depends on what we do, The future of democracy Is in our hands and we must fight, And die, to keep our nation free. CLASS MOTTO Sine Domino, Frustra Omnia— Without God, all is in vain The flame of youth will burn and dim And leave but ashes smouldering, But dreams we have will yet remain Within our hearts re-echoing. And, if we pray to God for help To do our task and prove our worth. When life is o’er and we depart We'll leave a better, wiser earth. —Vera Parry, ’45 CLASS COLORS Blue and Silver 7 ►“

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CLASS OF 1945 Doris Bradshaw Sally Briggs Donna Brown Shirley Campbell Florence Caswell Lois Clarke Constance Coon Charles Crandall Hope Dove RHODE ISLAND HONOR SOCIETY Adele Eusebio Norma Frazier Marilyn Frechette Rose Fusaro Mary Geary John Gomena Elinor Gray John Grossomanides Dorothea Harman Janet House Thomas Jursa John Lathrop Louise Ligoure Mary Mackenzie Richard Maines Pearl Maki Merton Matthews Dorothy McClure Susan Murphy Henry Nowak Richard Owens Corinne Palm Vera Parry Doris Payne Jean Phillips Priscilla Pine Doris Rathbun Eileen Rea Thomas Salimeno Lucille Shader Virginia Tyler Doris Wood Ellen Wilcox Robert Wilcox

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Tiif. Senior Year Book — 1945 President's Address Parents, Faculty, and Fellow Classmates, here and in the Armed Forces: We, the Class of ’45, are about to leave our beloved classrooms and take our positions in life, which at present is one of uncertainty and disagreements among nations. Three all too short years ago we met together as timid Sophomores, but since that time, we have risen to the rank of Seniors. We have now completed our high school education and are prepared to receive our diplomas after twelve years of stress and struggle. For many of us it will be our final day together. Some of us will soon enter the universities of this country in order to further our education, others will find positions in business and industry, and some of us will join our classmates who have sacrificed the remainder of their education to serve in the present conflict in the hope of freeing the world of further barbarous attempts to destroy our democracy. At the present time we have classmates serving on every battlefield in the army, navy, coast guard, and marines, and in the shipping lanes of the merchant marines. But school life is not all on the serious side. We will long remember the proms, shows, concerts, and athletic contests we witnessed and participated in while at Westerly High School. The humorous remarks and actions of our classmates will remain with us for the rest of our lives. We, the Class of ’45, think that the athletic teams of 1944-45 were the greatest teams in the history of Westerly’s athletic system. We will long remember and be thankful that we had the opportunity to be instructed by such a brilliant all-around athletic coach as James Federico. In our minds he will always be the “coach of the year.” The basketball team of 1944-45 especially deserves a great amount of praise. Although they lost the final game, that is all they lost, because they showed the people of the State of Rhode Island that sportsmanship comes first at Westerly High. The happy and prosperous days of our high school life are over, but the memory of these days will forever inspire and elevate us, the Class of 1945. JOSEPH KEEGAN, President, Class of 1945 -«e{ 8