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

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last Will and Testament of the Class of 54 ll This Class Day which commemorates our departure from Commerce from many friends and acquaintances and from other fond relations happy hours spent here We wish this occasion to remain tn our rnemortes as a symbol of Commerce itself ln extending our thanks and appreciation for all we have gained and for the favors granted us we the Class of 1954 A do hereby bequeath the following First of all to our parents, for their under standing and guidance through our school years we leave our deepest thanks and gratitude Mr Casey, our beloved principal and advisor we leave a program of weekly assemblies for the coming year Mr Tobm and Mr Manning, we leave our heartfelt thanks for their patience and guidance durmg our preparations for graduation our home room teachers, we leave the notes they have tried unsuccessfully to collect the new occupants of the 90th floor, we leave the remainder of our vitamin pull supply to and them in their daily morning climb Also any parapher nalia remaining In our desks the Freshmen, we leave the elevator tn building 3 and our underground pas sageway the members of the Faculty, in appre ciatton for their assistance and un tiring efforts we leave the following Mr Bartlett and Mr Johnson, a couple of efficient secretaries to lessen their trips to the record files Miss Hlggms, our school nurse a lar of Bufferin tablets which act twice as fast as Aspirin. We hope this will cut her work in ha . Mr. Osborn, a U. S. History class which will appreciate his 'however' much as we have. Miss Oleary, a Mercury staff with more interest in journalism than in socializing. To Mr. Creamer, a new curling iron. To Mr. Butler, an underclassman kind enough to clean his glasses each morning. To Mr. Sleeper, our thanks for holding Class Day rehearsals during school hours. To Mr. Italiano, an errand girl who likes to make frequent rounds of buildings 'l, 2, and 3. To Mr. MacAleer, a Broadway cast for his next Blackfriar production. A few members of our Class leave the following Albert Mangano, our Class President, leaves a long list of duties and ac CSSSOI' Jeane Allen, the Vice President of our class, leaves her beautiful hair to any gurl who has exhausted her supply of various dyes Bull Kavanaugh leaves to the Junior class the few pennies he may have muslald as class Treasurer lenore Loprlore, our Secretary, leaves her office practice to a more appreciative SCDIOI' Rose DElla leaves a lust of unfinished as sngnments plus a large supply of pencils and copy paper to the next edu or of the Mercury Reva Sher, Class Musician and Composer of the Class Song leaves her talent and a few worn music sheets to an other accordlontst In the school or chestra Stanley Johnson leaves his fine voice to a future Class Vocalist Gilbert Gilford Class Orator leaves his position as Htoastmaster of Com merce and his ability to make all assemblies successful. Marion Hayward Author of the Class Song leaves a few of her unused verses to inspire other classes. Frederick Cronin, as a result of his frequent rehearsals, leaves a few out-of-tune piano keys to the next Class Pianist. Mary l.ou Rich leaves the honor of being a Horace Mann Scholar for four years. Don Carlson leaves the few broken drum- sticks which he used with too much gusto. Connie Nassar leaves her iob as Editor-in- Chief of the CADUCEUS to any cap- able iunior girl. Mary Cosmo leaves the glow of her dia- mond to those who were not fortu- nate enough to see it. Donald Englis leaves a few inches of his height to a basketball player who didn't make the team this year. 0 I I carries a note of sadness throughout its presentation, ln our performances tonight we display our accomplishments and renew once again the I . To . ' ' companying headaches to his suc- , . To . ' . ' To . To ' . b ' ' , . . . n s A I . , - - . . . . I . 't Il ll To ' - - I To 1 - 1 Q n - To . . ' . 1 ' . I I . . ' ' ll - To . . . I . . . . ll If ' ' To ' ' as To I Il ll I

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Let me QIVE one example of the way In whIch Unesco helps forward such an aIm It IS the duty of the organIzatIon to spread understandIng of Human RIghts It called an InternatIonal meetIng of teachers last year to dISCUSS how thns goal mught be attaIned In schools and Unesco IS publIshIng a practIcal hand book on the sublect thIs year ln both the meetIng and the pamphlet you wIll flnd emphasIs on the Idea that though older chIldren mIght be expected to know somethIng of the UnIversal DeclaratIon Itself the Im portant thIngs are that the Idea of Human Rughts should be encouraged through the teachIng of present school subgects and that schools themselves should be communItIes where Human RIghts are observed The provIdIng of dIrect Informatlon about other countrIes becomes more Important as one goes through school We must have such Informatlon If we are to make Intelllgent decIsIons about what our own country ought to do In InternatIonal OHGIFS Even from our natIon s poInt of VIGW lapart from that of mankInd as a wholel It IS Important that Informa tIon be accurate In fact and that comment be faIr In tone Much of our teachIng concentrates quIte rughtly on tellIng us about the hIstory the geography and the achIevements of our own country ThIs some the achIevements and the ways of lIfe of others There IS now no country so dlstant from us that we may not be Involved through somethIng that happens there In malor dIFflcultIes or In war Itself How many of you knew where Korea was or really understood what the phrase CollectIve Securlty meant untIl the IHVGSIOD of South Korea three years ago? In all these matters contrIbutIng to peace Unesco IS actIve It has meetIngs of teachers from many countrIes to consIder how the teachIng of certaln school sublects lIke hrstory and geography, can help to QIVE us a better understandIng of other peoples ThIs year Unesco IS holdmg a sImIlar InternatIonal meetIng to dlscuss how the grInd of language teach Ing can be speeded up so that we can really use a lOf6IQn language as a key to open an InterestIng cIvIlIzatIon to our mInds Unesco has stnmulated the establIshment of over twenty commlttees of scholars to compare theIr na tIonal textbooks and see If they can agree on accounts of controversIal matters to the extent that all the countrIes concerned wIll be faIrly treated Through a SSFISS of publIcatIons It encourages teachIng about the UnIted Natuons and IlS essentIal role ID keepIng the peace and promotIng the common welfare or mankInd I thInk you wIll agree that these ends are all Important thIngs to fulflll through Unesco lf the work of Unesco IS kept QOIUQ l am pOSIlIVE that before long we wIll be the proud generatIon of people lIvIng under the long awalted WORLD PEACE USS 54 A Ong Words by MarIon Hayward MusIc by Reva Sher do omnzerze Our memorIes wIll eer turn back To the happy days we spent At Commerce HIgh our frIendshIps there, And gust how much they meant Whene er we sIng to Commerce HIgh Our VOICES rIng wIth praIse We spent our happIest days And as we leave the present here To open the future s door Well all look back to Commerce HIgh And the Class of 54 MARION HAYWARD Author of Class Song REVA SHER Composer of Class Song . . U . W . . . I I - ' ' 'A' 69 times leads us, though it need not, to underestimate For 'here' Upon 'hcl l0llY lllllf

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Diane Giguere leaves her enthusiastic par- ticipation in sports accompanied with a few bruises and broken bones. June Jurewicz leaves the study hours she devoted to the office as Mr. Tobin's secretary. Dick Soloperto leaves all his beautiful girls, except for the few he takes with him, to a lonely freshman. Alice Moore, Theresa Zachariewicz, and Dorsen Smith leave their daily morn- ing walks in the corridor. Dolores Gregoire and Theresa Rucci leave their seats in the coffee shop. Barbara Asselta leaves her personality to any freshman who IS still trying des perately to make friends Salvatore D Amlco leaves one of his famous recipes for Italian pizza He hopes lt will become a regular :tem on the cafeteria menu Eleanor Cecchl leaves her frequent visits to the guidance office Estelle Berberlan, our main gum source as a result of the large number of gum chewers in our class, leaves the only thing remaining the wrappers Luella Decker and Nancy Balsamo leave the many hours they sincerely de voted to bookkeeping homework lee Peterson leaves his latest book en 1 led The Answer Man Robert Patnod leaves his seat as mayor of Commerce to anyone who can hold It as long as he Vera Chakarlan leaves her familiar laugh ter to a sad, woeful freshman Herb Strnad leaves his 24 hour smile lilly Blsceglla leaves her disappointment in not having reached the five foot mark on the measuring tape Donald Fairbanks leaves his dream of having a Miss Mercury contest And to anyone intending to carry out this Idea he leaves his little black book of eligible candidates Helen Dedes, Class Tesfafrlx Shirley Anderson leaves her glamorous figure to any girl determined to win first prize in a beauty contest Tommy Pappas and Stanley Paige, the two musketeers, leave their lnseparabillty and the method by which they get into the same classes Frances Taylor leaves the gossip column which, with her assistance, has finally established a position in the Mer cury Dotty Brooks leaves the honor of being a TV star to any underclassman with theatrical ambitions Claudia Capuano and Carole Marrone leave their rush into the locker room at 8 05 Cynthia l.aForest leaves all her belongings which bear Holy Cross emblems Audrey Gordon leaves a book of 'lOl lokes and impersonatlons together In testimony whereof I on this eleventh day ol December rn the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and fifty three on behalf as executor William C Haddad Attorney at Law lsugnedl HELEN DEDES Testatnx Helen Dedes testatnx of the Class of 1954-A signed the foregoing instrument in our presence declaring it to be the class last will and as witness thereof we hereto subscribe our names lWutnessedl ALBERT MANGANO President LENORE LOPRIORE Secretary WILLIAM KAVANAUGH Treasurer , . . . . . . I 1,-,I n ll - - - . . . . ,, ' ll ll ' ll 0 . II II ' ' II ' ll . ' ' ' Carol Jacobs and Paula Edison leave . . . of the Class of i954-A, do hereby affix my signature and declare this to be the last will and testament of the aforementioned class and appoint I I . I . . . . . . , . U . . I I I