Whitman High School - Spotlight Yearbook (Whitman, MA)

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J. Not to mention the gypsy dances. It was a wonderful dance. F. But the most important dance in our eyes will be the reception next Monday. We all will have tinted gardenias,and the Town Hall will be decorated in our class colors, Green and Silver. J. Speaking of green, I'll never forget the row the kids had on St. Patrick's day,between green and orange. I guess nearly everybody was in danger of expulsion from school. But it was fun while it lasted. F. So was third period chemistry class. I won- der if the kids still soak each other with water pistols and medicine droppers. J. Remember when you and Sidney Herman had a collision while he was carrying a test tube DB1 of acid? F. I'll say. Luckily nobody was hurt. But I couldn't wear my blouse again. J. Speaking of clothes, remember all the fuss about the New Look ? I guess that was the sub- ject of more arguments than anything else this year. Gee, what a time. But nevertheless, the girls all wear the long skirts to school. F. Of course, the most outstanding thing this year will be graduation tonight. I've forgotten much of high school, but I'll never forget the end of our high school days. J. Look, she ls still sound asleep. F. Yes, but she is beginning to stir abit. J. That indicates she is getting ready to dream. F. Good, then let's move her to dreamland before anything happens to interrupt her dreams. HONOR PARTS Valedlctorianz Frances Carr Class Gifts: Sally Harper, Dayton Hunt, Patricia Butterfield Salutatorlan: Kathleen Sullivan Class Prophecy: Margaret Kilroy, Class Ode, Joan Cunningham Patricia Schindler, Joseph Waters Patricia Condon Class Will: Helen Hayes, Dorothy Swift Class History: Frances Kane, Janice Littlehale If , ,. gf' W f' O ,i l Xv Z 5 haf! F ein, f ' Y' H YEARBOOK ADVISERS To Miss Gilbert and Mr. Hayley, our yearbook advisers, we give sincere thanks for their work and co-operation. 26

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In testimony whereof we hereunto set our hands and in the presence of witnesses do declare this to be our last will this fifth day of June in the year One Thousand, Nine Hundred and Forty-Eight. SENIOR CLASS We, whose names are hereunto subscribed, do certify on this fifth day of June, One Thousand, Nine Hundred and Forty-E1ght,the above-named in our presence and hearing declared this instru- ment to be their last will and testament and re- quested each and every one of us to sign our names thereto, as witnesses to the execution thereof, which we hereby do in the presence of the testators and each other on the day of the will. Witnesses: Little Iodine Baby Snooks Fritzi Ritz Scribes: Helen Hayes and Dorothy Swift Q CLASS -Z -- ---V -. .. ... .myn-ar...-.. ...-.--Q.-Q..-.1-gum HISTORY 5 ..,.....s.....- ...........,......-...J By Frances Kane, Janice Littlehale Scene: In a dream factory. Date: Graduation afternoon. J. It looks like Dreams, Inc., is going to have another visitor any minute now. F. Well, we'd better make sure she's asleep be- fore we take her to dreamland. J. Did you bring that stardust with you? F. Yes, I have some. J. Good, we'll sprinkle a little over her.fSpr1n- kle stardust, snow, as nStar Dustn is played.J F. Why don't we try her out on a dream of the past. I hear she used to sleep soundly in class, so she would probably enjoy a history dream. J. What shall we tell her about? F. Let's give her a dream of the things our class did the four years we were in school. J. Good, we'll start with our freshman year. F. Will you ever forget how we felt on that first day of high school in '44? J. I'll never forget! At 8 o'clock on that morn- ing the doors clanged shut,and we were trapped for four long years. F. Yes, and we were greeted by the teachers with the usual joyful remarks about nthe worse class I ever had. J. I thought it was quite amusing the way we pretended to be impressed by the pompous, self- important seniors so we wouldn't hurt their feelings. F. However, we soon settled down. Some of the class took part in sports while others were busy apple-polishing. J. Wasn't that the year that Cameron McClellan shaved his hair? F. Ssh! Don't mention his name or she'll wake up! J. You know, I thought freshman year would never end. It just dragged but June finally came. We were free for the summer, but that seemed to fly. F. Then our sophomore year was a big year. We could elect officers that year. Robert Marshall was President, Sally Harper, Vice-Presidentg Roy Turner, Treasurerg and Jean Appleford,Secretary. And we could join the glee club that year. Re- member the excitement over our first dance in mid-winter of 1946. J. Then came our junior year. Boy, wasn't .that the year though! I'll never forget our first dance that year. Miss Fox helped us with our decorations. We got more money than ever before in the school's history. Were we excited! F. Yes, but we were twice as excited over our Junior Prom, remember? We called it the nMard1 Grasn, and Mrs. Payton helped us with our beau- tiful decorations. ll J. Didn't Bob Marshall and Sally Harper look nice that night? They led the grand march, with Roy Turner and Ann Mahoney, you remember. F. That was a wonderful year. They all were on the whole, but gee, we didn't think so then. I can remember counting the hours until Saturdays. J. I guess we all did. But we were usually glad to get back to school on Mondays, espe- cially in the fall after the football games. F. Yes, we had a pretty good team our junior year. We even beat Abington for the first time in seven years. J. And Bobby Jones got the football trophy that year, the first year it was given. F. He and Roy Ham ond were co-captains during our senior year.We had our best team that yearg won 5, lost 3, tied 2. J. Yes,I guess we should have had our new field long beforeg it seemed to bring us luck. F. Gosh, it was beautiful. It really took a beating, though. We played some pretty rough games, as I remember. J. Not to mention those weird basketball games. All the easy games we lostg the tough ones we won. I'll never forget the Rockland game. F. I know it, I lost more sleep worrying about that game. But the fellows came through in fine style. Maybe they thought I was going to carry out my threats of mass slaughter if they d1dn't win. J. Our senior year was pretty hectic,to say the least. I never was so busy in my whole life. F. Mg neither. First, we elected our officers. Let's see. There was Bob Marshall, Presidentg Shirley Ferris, Vice-Presidentg Roy Hammond, Treasurerg and Ann Mahoney, Secretary. J. And then we chose committees for our first dance. WThe Dogpatch Hol1day.n F. Mr. Stackpole, one of our advisers, left soon after that. We missed him very much, but Mrs. Mclnnes has carried on capably. J. Then our class play, nDon't be Bashful.n I heard the cast wasn't bashful about their appe- tites at Miss G1lbert's party. F. We voted on the class Who's Who. No one was supposed to know who was who, but the news ap- parently leaked out. J. We started working on yearbooks. F. We used a new method causing more work for the typists so we could have them class day. J. And we exchanged graduation pictures. F. Don't forget our rings! J. The beautiful gold ones with the black onyx stones. F. And then came our second dance, nThe Gypsy Gambol.u We surely had novel entertainment.The fortune telling was a big hit.

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1' . -. Cl w Z' ..... 'l W .A 'r .J - '1 .-1 -Q -.- -. 'T A -l ,W .al 7 L.. 7 J .J L l N 4 5 5 f i l 1 i STUDENT COUNCIT CLeft to Right! First row: Joan Davis, Sidney Herman, Betty Crosby, Madlyn Ware, Arthur Howard, Beverly Titus. Second row: Joseph McCarthy, Ronald Bablneau, Ann Keveney, Mary Ann Curby, Mr. Pratt, Miss Moore, Estelle Eidler, Barbara Drake, Robert Smith, Bernard Powers. Earle Wassmouth, not pictured. Third rowg Edward Clark, Joseph Kenneally,Donald Backofen,John Hill, William Buckley Richard Butler, Ned Parks, James Curby. STUDENT COUNCIL The Student Council met in September with its advisers, Miss Moore and Mr. Pratt,and chose the following officers: President Sidney Herman Vice-President Arthur Howard Secretary Betty Crosby Treasurer Madlyn Ware Executive Board John Hill, Barbara Drake We joined the National Association of Stu- dent Counclls. On November lB, 1947, delegates and representatives from our Student Council attended the Southeastern Massachusetts Student Council Convention at Attleboro. This convention discussed How to Raise Funds For the Student Council, What the Student Council Can Do For the Social Life of the School What the Student Council Can Do For the I Discipline of the School, and What the Student Council Can Do For School Spirit, Havinv found this convention of benefit, we are planning to attend the spring convention to be held at Wey- mouth High School. The annual drives, namely, the March of Dimes and the Red Cross, were as usual success- ful. To earn money the Student Council sold candy and ice cream at the basketball games, Finding this concession successful, the council is planninc to sell candy and ice cream at the baseball games. The council has recently received permission from Mr.Bayley to have an assembly consisting of talent of pupils in the school and to have a coke machine installed to be used after school hours.