Whitman High School - Spotlight Yearbook (Whitman, MA)

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YEARBOOK STAFF First row: Mrs. Mclnnesg George Johnson, Assistant Business Manager, Mary Whalen, Business Manager, Constance Baker, Editor-in-Chief, Lois Grady, Assistant Editor-in-Chief, Elaine Campbell, Literary Editor, Mr. Moulton. Second row: Hazel Buckman, Assistant Photographic EditorgADelleyne Eldridge, Art Editor, Meredith Fullerton, Assistant Art Editor, Louise Shea, Deborah BakergAnn Gibertig Sally Grover, Judith Nelsong Cynthia Major. Third row: Nathan Silvestrig Fred Harringtong Thomas Lane, Gerard McNeil, Photographic Editorg Florence McCarthy, William Powers, George Harrington, The iciory If I X YEAR BOOK TYPISTS First row: Beverly Elliott, Ethel McMillan, Meredith Packard, Chief Typist, Mary Kingman, Assistant Chief Typist, Lydia Belandg Deanne Driscoll, Second row: Gloria Borden, Antonia Baranowskig Evelyn Drake, Patricia Frasier, Nancy Bryan, Stella Wilmot. Third row: Kathleen Deehang Janice Butler, Meredith Wixong Elizabeth Barry, Joan LeVangie.

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an Hisio We entered this world of W. H. S. on the bright, sunny morning of September 5, 1951. We were duly tagged with names and room numbers. Our daily sched- ule soon became routine under Pop Bayley, and we began to make satisfactory progress in our growth. It was not long before two of our more lively class- mates, Audrey and Evelyn, wandered forth into the adventurous world as cheerleaders. Soon after, the rest of us totteredforth to the first rally. We shivered with pleasure at the rahs and booms of the upper classmeng but, try as we might, our childish trebles could not compete with the roars of our elders. Like all children we were delighted in the antics of an animal. Our attention was drawn from our first English classes by Daisy the Cat, who strolled back and forth along the sill of Miss Taylor's room. In the next few months we grew rapidly. Almost from the beginning some of our classmates took part in school sports. This year the girls proved to be the stronger athletes, since the girl's basketball team was undefeated. In the early spring the team was given a testimonial dinner as a reward for their hard work. June came, and we were well on the way to matu- rity. We looked forward to our long summer vacation. Happy as we were in June to leave school, we were even happier in September to return as Sopho- mores. By this time we were sufficiently organized to elect class officers. Our choices were George Johnson, president, Nancy Hogg, vice-presidentgRobert Emery, treasurerg and Janice Butler, secretary. This was the year in which we began to take part in all the school activites. There were Sophornores on the Spectator staff and in Student Council. All the teams began to call on our classmates more and more frequently. One of our former classmates, Mary Whalen, re- joined our group after a year's absence. Our class was so large that we joined with the Freshmen for our own Dramatic and Glee Clubs. For two years we had anticipated our first dance, and in February the time finally arrived. We decided on the theme Moonlight Sleighride. We worked harder on this dance than on any other, and it was our most successful venture, both socially and financially. At this dance we presented our class advisor, Mr. Howland, a gift, since he was leaving to take another position. Mr. Bayley's resignation, as principal, to take the position of guidance director, was a surprise to us all. In March our new principal, Mr. PhillipJohnson, arrived. After two years of adventuring in this world of books and activities, we now had confidenceg and we eagerly anticipated the beginning of classes in Septem- ber. The day finally came when we returned to school- - now as upper classmen. As we stood by and watched the bewildered expressions on the Freshmen's faces, we realized that we, too, were once that young ourselves. Again one of our first duties was the election of class officers. They were George Johnson, president, Nancy Hogg, vice-president, George Harrington, treas- urer, and Judy Nelson, secretary. This was a year of decisions, for we were to select our class rings and our class photographer. Two com- mittees were chosen, one to present a group of rings and one to present a group of photographers from which the class could make a selection. We finally chose a rectangular shaped ring witha small W in a red crest mounted on white onyx for the girls and black Onyx for the boyS. For our photographer we chose the Warren Kay Vantine Studios of Boston. On November 20, 1953, we held our first dance of the school year, taking as a theme World of Songs. Much fine work was done by the decoration committee under the direction of our class advisors, Mrs. Brewer and Mr. Collins. Earl Hannafin and his six-piece orchestra provided the music. About this time we bid good-bye to Mr. Fox, who had worked so capably with school dramatics. When we returned after our February vacation, we found that a new P. A. system had been installed, We were surprised and happy untilwe realized that the days of underhandedly summoning other classmates from the various rooms had come to an end! Another change, about that time, was the expulsion 25