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

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CLASS COLORS PURPLE and WHITE MOTTO Veritas Vos Liberubit The Truth Shall Make You Free

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N i , , l John Pakulo PRESIDENT Carol Anderson VICE-PRESIDENT Rita DeTomo SECRETARY Henry Dobkowski TREASURER First Row, left to right: Carol Anderson, Iohn Pcxkula. Second Row, leii io right: Henry Dobkowski, Rita DeToma 55-A SENIOR CLASS OFFICERS

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'55-A lass History Looking back at the past, we, as a class, will long remember the three years we spent at Commerce. This evening during our class night program, l would like to give a brief outline of the many events which will leave with us a vivid memory of these unforgettable days. We arrived at the High School of Commerce on a cold bright morning in February, 1952. Because of the large enrollment, we had to spend our freshman year at the various iunior highs and high schools nearest our homes. En- tering as sophomores, there were exactly 569 pupils in our class. We were shown to our home rooms and we again felt like freshmen trying to find each of our classes in the two enormous buildings. This year had proved successful for the girls' varsity basketball team. Under the skillful guid- ance of Miss Isabelle Bosworth they won the Inter-High Championship by defeating South in the final game of the season. On May 6 the Blackfriars once again pre- sented their annual play called Goodbye, My Fancy at Tuckerman Hall. The girls' field hockey team gained the Inter- High crown for the sixth consecutive time. The school newspaper, The Mercury, won a first-class rating from The National Scholastic Press Association, in the yearly contest held at the University of Minnesota School of Journalism. After our Summer vacation we started the Fall term in sadness, for we all suffered a great loss in the death of Miss Evelyn Lundgren who died October 7, 1952. She had been with the High School of Commerce for 20 years, teaching his- tory and English. Following the death of Miss Lundgren, our beloved coach and math teacher, Mr. John Foley, passed away on Oc- tober 25, 1952. He had devoted a great deal of his time to sports, always striving to attain per- fection in his squads and respect among his pupils and members of his teams. ln his memory there is a plaque which is now hanging near Room 5. Finally, we worked our way into our junior year and to think that we had completed two full years was just unbelievable. ln the election of class officers, we had chosen Louis Dooling, President, Carol Anderson, Vice-President, Theresa Campaneli, Secretary, and Richard Jarzobski, Treasurer. For the first time we had a Town Meeting in our assembly hall on March 24. lt followed the same procedure as regular town meetings and we had open discussions on various issues. The iunior varsity girls' basketball team tied the North lassies for the championship under the patience and coaching of Miss Margaret Phillips. Our Commerce track team had taken posses- sion of the Inter-High title, held by North for the past seven years, with our fleet-footed Okie O'Connor the co-captain as well as a speedy competitor in the finals which took place at the Grafton Street Junior High gym. Okie has always gone out faithfully each year for track and he has proven to be a most valuable runner. The Blackfriars presented a fascinating mys- tery play, Double Door, at Tuckerman Hall on May 5. Everything seemed to be going along smooth- ly until we realized that once again we had suffered a third tragic loss when Miss Catherine Benoit suddenly died on May 15 after a long illness. She was appointed as a teacher of office practice at Commerce in 1949 after pre- viously teaching in various Worcester schools. These three losses had left an empty feeling in the students as well as the faculty and still there remain memories which are hard to erase. The 1953 CADUCEUS, the school yearbook, had received honors for the 11th year in the Columbia University School Press Association contest in New York. The United States History Club made its an- nual trip to West Point with our new faculty advisor, Miss Evelyn Biorkman. This trip seemed to be most exciting, especially to the senior girls, who managed to snap pictures of the cadets. The girls' hockey team had chosen Sue Bailey as their co-captain. Sue has been most active in every sport all through school and she even has been manager of the basketball team. Her outstanding ability has helped her to achieve five C's and one Of the two football players who made the WTAG All-Star team, one happened to be our iron man, Ronald Spakauskas, better known as Specs. He deserves a great deal of praise for his aggressiveness throughout the football season and at an impressive ceremony in the assembly hall he received a plaque. The most wonderful day had arrived. We were now full-fledged seniors of the school or the so-called Big Shots. This was a day we had been looking forward to and we, as seniors, were ready to try our humorous pranks on the innocence of the incoming freshmen.