Worcester High School of Commerce - Caduceus Yearbook (Worcester, MA)

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Albert Mcngcano PRESIDENT Jeone Allen VICE PRESIDENT Lenore Loprlore SECRETARY Wllllam Kcvcnaugh TREASURER 22 Q 54 A SENIOR CLASS OFFICERS Fxrst Row left to rlght Iecne Allen V1cePres1dent Albert Mangcmo Presldent Second Row left to nght Leno e Loprlore Secretary Wlllxam Kcxvcmuugh Treasure l n A in . 1 A . . . I I . 1 Y . - 2 , . IA , : r , I . Y- , 'ty' lu u ' ffl.

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54A Class Hzsfory 24 Tonught December I1 1953 our Class Day program has looked ahead 25 years and we have umaguned what we as unduvuduals wull be luke Now I would luke to turn the hands of tume back only three years and tell you what we as a class have accomplushed at the Hugh School of Commerce Unfortunately for us ut was decuded un 950 that Commerce change to a three year ug school because of uts large enrollment I became necessary for all grammar school stu dents to attend the hugh school un theur dustruct for the first year takung the course of study requured by Commerce After completung thus year we were to transfer to the Hugh School of Commerce for the three remaunung years So three years ago February 1951 on a cold stormy but memorable mornung we made our debut Once more treated as freshmen we became luve baut for the pranks of upper classmen We fell for the umagunary Room 100 the elevator gag and wrong durectuons We were rather umpressed by the sports abuluty of The Mercurues durung thus first term The Gurls Varsuty Basketball team tued for the champuonshup and the Boys Baseball team won the Inter Hugh pennant The Blackfruars 26th presentatuon was the comedy Good Housekeepung When we returned un September we became the usual conceuted and pretentuous sophomores For the f1rst tume a course un druvung unstruc tuon was offered to the senuors under the durectuon of Mr Breen of the Englush Depart ment The Gurls Fueld Hockey team won theur seventh successuve Inter Hugh champuonshup February 1952 and we were Junuors We had already completed our first two years of hugh school but we certaunly werent Jaded Junuors It was about thus tume that we began to attract a luttle attentuon and that was by the electuon of class officers who were Albert Mangano Presudent June Jurewucz Vuce Presu dent Mary Multeru Secretary Wulluam Kava naugh Treasurer Basketball was un full swung as the gurls team took the Inter Hugh crown Members of our class who were on thus wunnung team uncluded Jeane Allen Duane Guguere Eleanor Sugel and Frances Taylor They all receuved the much coveted Ws In the annual reguonal exhubutuon of the Scholastuc Art Award Competutuon held Boston that Sprung Commerce students receuved more than 20 awards and had more wunners than any other entrant The Sprung presentatuon of the Blackfruars was Goodbye My Fancy When we returned un September the buggest change was the unaugura of a sux peruod day announced by Pruncupal Wulluam J Casey The school was stunned by the sudden deaths of Muss Evelyn C Lundgren and John E Foley un October 1953 Muss Lundgren who had a suncere unterest in all school actuvutues taught Englush and Hustory for twenty years Mr Foley respected and admured by all for hus fruendlu ness and sportsmanshup had taught mathe matucs sunce 1935 and had coached the football teams sunce 1944 Everyone who knew these former faculty members felt a personal loss In January 1953 the athletuc teams arranged a specual assembly program and combuned to buy a plaque whuch now has a place of honor un the maun corrudor near Room 5 It was pre sented to Mr Casey school pruncupal un memory The CADUCEUS the Senuor yearbook re ceuved uts tenth consecutuve honor by wunnung first pruze un the Natuonal Yearbook Contest of the Columbua Scholastuc Press Assocuatuon Then came that long awauted day That day that once seemed so far away had finally come We were now fullfiedged Seniors Immeduately there was Senuor talk of comung events and naturally the expenses whuch ac companued them We started wuth the electuon of class officers Once agaun Albert Mangano was chosen Presudent and Wulluam Kavanaugh Treasurer Also elected to serve were Jean Allen Vuce Presudent and Lenore Lopruore Secretary But we upperclassmen werent the only actuve students In sports the basketball team had a very successful season capturung the Inter Hugh crown and comung un second un the AIICuty League The team was entered In the Western Massachusetts basketball tournament We de feated Greenfield Hugh School but we lost to Cathedral Hugh School Sprungfield un the semu finals The gurls tued for second place that year . . . I un I I I ' ' I . . . . . , , , .. ,, . . , - 1 1 - - , - . . .I - I 1 I , . . - - . ' ' I , . 1 - I F' I I I I ' , , I . . . . ff An ' 11 - - ' I I I I I I of Mr. Foley. I 1 u I I - Al 4 tl ' . . I I I . . I . . . v I I - . , . . ' ' I I ' I I I - f ' t ll . 5 I I ' I 1 ' ' I - , 2 , - ' ' 1 , 1 ' - 1 ' ' - . . . , ' . I I 1 1 I I- I I 5