Whitman High School - Spotlight Yearbook (Whitman, MA)

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lllll llfl Don: Claire: Don: Claire Don: Claire Don: Claire Don: Claire' Don: Claire' Don: Claire: Don: Remember our first election? It was for monitors. Even we small freshmen could direct the upper classmen and keep order while passing in the halls. Yes, we were on our way to a newqand altogether different kind of school life. And we were an important part of the school, for our opinion was often asked through the representatives to theStudent Council. Already the varsity was going through daily workouts preparing for opening day. Our junior varsity was quickly shaping itself together under the watchful hands of Mr. Yetten. Well, the games followed each other quickly, and we ended up our schedule just before Thanksgiving Day. I can still remember that sixty-yard touch- down run by Dick Derosier in the Bridge- water game. - I can, too. He really was the hero of the day. We won't forget the playing of Bob Singleton and Sam Mclaughlin that year either. At the Thanksgiving Day rally we freshmen made quite a showing with the help of the coach and two cheerleaders,Janet Gray and Eleanor Bates. It was no fault of ours that the ceiling didn't collapse. Soon after that, basketball started for you boys and for us. Many were the games we attended during the months of January and February. Ugha Loud started on his way to stardom even that year. For the boys that didn't try out for the high school teams, there was the intra- As I think back, all I can pretty rough. Those big consideration whatsoever: lowly freshmen. our intramural basketball mural league. say is it was seniors had no that is for us We girls had too. Of course it was a bit tamer than your league, but we still had a wonderful time. Our freshman year was passing away, for it was soon April and baseball. Our junior varsity baseball team had a very good season.Bernie Powers sparkled in the infield and Bob Singleton did in the out- field. We did our part in sports but were out- casts socially. We were allowed to attend the dances of other classes but we could- n't have any of our own. We kept on studying the days kept slip- ping by, and soon it was time for our 'Standard and final tests. Soon after the testing was completed,we were out of school and beginning our ten-week vaca- tion. A well-deserved one, I might add, for our class had done a wonderful job. It look- ed as if we were heading for a bright future. During the summer some of us worked and some loefed--that is until our mothers- reminded us by buying clothes for our fast-approaching Sophomore year. In the fall we returned to classes think- ing ourselves veterans of great experi- ence. Now we could call ourselves Sopho- mores. We thought that was wonderful until Miss Gilbert shattered our egos by telling us that the word means Wwise fool.' Now we could choose leaders for ourselves as the upperclassmen. The first election resulted with Norman Kenneally as presi- hamzln EM!!! an I I' all gh il, I! In Claire: Don: Claire: Don: Claire: Don: Claire: Don: Claire: Don: Claire: Don: Claire Don: Claire: Don: Claire: Don: Claire: Don: Claire: dent: Eleanor Bates, vice president, Bernie Powers, treasurerzand Joline Snow, secretary. Studying ' came easier that year. Probably it was because we were used to spending three, four, and five hours on our homework each night. We really took our studies seriously. with the arrival of cold weather and some of our boys started practicing for hockey. Remember how Ed McSweeney really made that puck fly? Bob Gaudette was some goalie, too. Yes, and our class wasn't to be outdone socially either. Remember our first dance? How could I forget it? Can't you still see us making all those hearts? lt was called the WFestival of Hearts,' you know. With all that planning and working with the capable help of Mrs. Payton and Miss Taylor,and how the gym lookedl And too. our class had a vank ice, we made money, Yes, at last account. We'd certainly need it for our senior year. the class of l9b9 meant Graduation of more to some of us that year, for we par- ticipated in the exercises. Remember how important we felt getting out of classes to go over to the Town Hall and practice with the Seniors? with Mrs. Pratt and Mr. Nery as our advi- sors, and Norm Kenneally our president, Eleanor Bates, vice president: Joline Snow, secretary: and Bernie Powers, trea- surer: we were ready for our next-to-the- last year of school. We were now on the first floor---much for- life nearer the lunch room. I'll never get the famous 'lunch room dash'!Our wasn't worth much with you boys rushing down the corridor. What a difference in speed--going to lunchroom, going to classes! And now we were able to exhibit our great dramatic talents by joining Dramatic Club, Our acting really paid off. Rumor has it that Hollywood scouts soon will be seek- ing the services of Anne Close, Richard Kellaway and Rags Barclay. We had another great football season when we were Juniors. Abington was defeated, I still have a piece of their goal posts at home too. Just before that big event we had our dance, on November 18. Although we were upperclassmen we did speak to the freshmen and sophomores to sell tickets. We enjoyed and welcomed our Christmas vacation and came back to begin our basketball season. Fine team play by Ugha Loud and sharp shooting by Dick Derosier sparked the team to victory in the South Shore Tour- nament in Brockton. We were the champ- ions of the district. The girls' intramural league was again a success as was the Girls' High School Team. Lorraine Tassinari was the bestall -round play maker and point getter of Miss Pratt's basketball team. Our class made history that year, for we were the first class of Whitman High Schotl able to buy rings in the Junior year. We selected a gold ring with black onyx

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Ill ll By Phyllis French and Sandra Parrott llllIl We, the Class of One Thousand Nine Hun- dred and Fifty-One of Whitman High School of Plymouth County in the Commonwealth of Massachu- setts, being of sound mind and judgment, do on this Ninth day of June in the year of our Lord, One Thousand Nine Hundred and Fifty-One, hereby devise and bequeath this our last will and testament. To Mr. Bayley and the entire faculty we leave our deepest gratitude for the untiring ef- fort in the huge task of educating us. To the Junior Class we leave our traditional reserved seats at the two large end tables in the lunchroom. To the Sophomores we leave a thirst even greater than our own for learning. To the Freshmen we leave all our heirlooms...and a glimmer of hope for their future. To Miss Allen we leave a radar screen to keep a magic eye on each student. To the Dramatic Club we leave future acting teams to match that of Anne Close and Gerald Barclay. To all future Seniors we leave a warning that four years are not as long as they would seem to be. To the 1952 Madame Curie, Marie Sullivan leaves her skill in chemistry. To Chester Duncan we leave John Auzin's skill at tickling the ivories. To Nancy Grover we leave the friendliness of Joanne Brooks. To Richard Blute we leave Ned Parks' good grooming. Joline Snow's cheerfulness we leave to Shirley Mattson. To David Loring and Anne Duarte we leave the dancing skill of Janet Gray and Joseph DaSilva. Jean Tibbetts' neatness we leave to Marion Grover. To David Derosier we leave Ronald Wright's sing- ing ability. U55 To Robert Hatch we leave Gerald Barclay's roguishness. Patricia McMillan bequeathes her hobby of boys to Patricia Libby. To Phillip Staples we leave Howard Waterman's lackadaisicalness. To Anne Perry is bequeathed the athletic ability of Lorraine Tassinari. To Richard Cheromcka we leave Norman Kenneally's good looks. To the School library we leave a red carpet on which eager students may tread the path to learning. To all future driving course students we leave the fond hope that they may match our achievement and skill while giving fewer headaches to Mr. Danielson. To students who wish to attend school dances in the years to come we leave a magnifi- cent ballroom with adjoining refreshment booth. To Hoom ll6 we leave easy chairs for those stu- dents who make a habit of keeping the teacher amused every day. Lastly, we make, constitute, and hereby appoint Mr. Bayley the executor of this our last Will and Testament. In witness thereof we have hereunto subscribed our names this twenty-Sixth day of April in the year of our Lord One Thousand Nine Hundred and Fifty-One' Minnie Mouse Petunia Pig This instrument was on the day of the date hereof, signed, published and declared by the said testators to be their Last Will and Testament in the presence of us, who at their request have subscribed our names hereto as witnesses, in their presence and in the presence of each other. ISTORY By Claire MacDonald and Donald Christiansen Claire: Don, can you believe it? It's been four 'years since we were Freshmen. Remember that first day of school? when we came in the first thing we did was look at the bulletin board to find our homerooms!! Remember how we wandered about the build- ing, our eyes wide open,wondering if we'd ever be at home here? But we didn't get lost even if the place was so huge. Don: You probably didn't, but I did. While in my history class I was called down to the office. I tried, but the only way I could reach the office was by going outside and walking to the front of the building. Claire: Well, I bet you weren't the only one who got lost. Don: Maybe not. One of the first things that I recall at our opening session of school as freshmen was the coach's talk to my gym class in Room 5. Of course this was intended only for boys! Claire: we girls got our instructions, too. Don: I'll never forget how the seniors looked at us as if to say, WThey get smaller every year.U Claire: Yes, but look how we've grown in four years. Take tiny Stretch Taylor--he's 6 feet 5 inches now.

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Claire: Don: Claire Don: Claire Don: Claire Don: Claire Don: Claire Don: Claire: Don: Claire: Don: Claire: Don: Claire: NIIII glllillll top and W. H. S. engraved in gold on the top of it. It's a very attractive ring. The year really slipped bygfor it was al- ready June.The Seniors were preparing for graduation and from our class the Class Day ushers were chosen. Yes, and we room for the Next year we We completed the last day bewilderment juniors decorated the lunch- class banquet. would eat. our standards and finals and of school arrived. To my we held no regualr classes. That was because the periods were only twenty minutes long. You're probably right, but anyway at ten o'clock we were free for two whole weeks. Then, at last, back for our last year at W. H. S. Yes, we were Seniors--the status we had lone dreamed of. But, surprisingly enough we felt no different. Early in the year we chose Norm President, and Bernie Powers, asain: but we had a new Vice-president Kenneally Treasurer and Secretary --Norma Coughlin andJoanne Brooks. We had our Senior Dance--Davy Jones's Locker--we made 385.52 which was really a record. We'll all agree that football this year was one of the best. Maybe we didn't win too many zames, but the spirit was really wonderful. Remember our rally this year, and how we nearly brought the roof down? And to ton it all off there was the rally up-town which was surely one to remember! No wonder we Wbeat Abingtonln Our class play was certainly a different one: eight of our classmates even became redheads for the occasion. who will ever forget Anne Close's and Richard Kellaway's michievous dozen in their portrayal of the famous Gilbreth '7 family. Not long afterwards came the fontball banouet for all the players. At that banouet we really had some wonderful speakers. Yes and you know all the important events won't be forgotten so easily by anyone. with the newly started school paper we have all taken a keener interest in everythinz. And studies have seemed more interesting Don: Claire: Don: Claire: Don: Claire Don: Claire: Don: Claire Don: Claire: too. We've had so many educational movies in English. They really added to our classes. Remember the Macbeth one? Yes, but I think the class made up of all boys put on a better dramatization of Macbeth than the movie. Dick Derosier in the role of Lady Macbeth is one to rem- ember. We had another very welcome addition to our school this year--Mr. Howland, our guidance director. we of 'Sl have certainly had more than better help than any other group. You know, Don, room 208 is one we'll not foreet. I'll never forget those smells we used to concoct. The Chlorine gas was so sufficatiny we nearly drained the am- monia bottle dry to keep from being over- COUIC. Oh come on, it couldn't have been that bad. You girls worse than they Well, it surely nearly fell out cape the fumes. In our class we Thomas McCarthy. demonstrations always make things out are. was bad. Barbara Nichols the window trying to es- had a real chenist, Dr. During one of his many he tried to hasten the evaporation by heating the substance. The result? An explosion that spattered a brown liquid over everything and every- one. In no time at all spring come and we ap- propriately used this as a theme of our Senior Dance--Spring Festival. It was a wonderful dance, especially for our class secretary, Joanne Brooks, whose certain- finger on the left hand sparkled with a beautiful diamond. what a busy time this had been for all of us, working feverishly on the yearbook,to assign all the parts. Then the fifteenth of June--graduation--a day that miyht seem to bring everything to an end. Yet we have all heard it is a beginning--a beginninr of anfther chapter on our lives. Our final event was the reception, which everyone of us really enjoyed. we, the class of '51 had made hisrorv. As our members part we look forward to the meeting once again at our reunions. 28