Worcester State University - Oak Leaf Yearbook (Worcester, MA)

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CLASS WILL We, the Senior Class of 1959, who leave with our diplomas clutched tightly In our hands and with happy memories of four of the most marvelous years of our lives, do hereby declare this to be our last will and testament. To President Sullivan we leave the hope that his dream-school will be a reality soon. To Dr. Foster and our other supervisors we leave our deepest gratitude for their kind assistance. To our class advisers we leave our appreciation for their Interest and concern for our welfare. To our yearbook adviser. Dr. William Sullivan, we leave two good editors for next year ' s Oakleaf. To the deans and the faculty we leave four years of memories that bless and burn. RONNIE ALLEN leaves a book entitled. One Hundred Excuses For Getting Out of Class. LEROY HERMANSON leaves a good Impression on all who have known him. VIVIAN ANDRUKONIS, her great enthusiasm for economics assignments. PAULINE GNIADEK, her narcissus bulbs In Miss Wllmarth ' s room, hoping someday they will bloom. BETTY MIOKELSON leaves her love of skiing to some athletic sophomore. OHUBBY ARSENAULT gives his mechanical ability to all car fans. SANDY HICKEY supplies an extra pounding of a gavel for Incoming Student Council Presidents. JANET ASSELTA bequeaths her ability to acquire a leaf collection of house plants to all future Seniors. PAT HARAN leaves her backrow seat to anyone who hears too well In front. DON BELISLE bequeaths his ability for playing Intramural basketball to Mr. Mockler. GAIL COTTON donates to Hallmark Greeting Gards her caricature card file of quaint sayings. BEV MOHAN leaves her formula for all who have a weight-reducing problem. OINDY BARNES gives up the secret of a smile, a charm that snares upperclassmen. MOE McOARTHY leaves with a 24-hour smile. SHIRLEY STEELE renounces her diet of pastries. HELEN FITZGERALD leaves with apologies to all those she has not recognized at the proms. JANET McFarland leaves as a SIg Ep sweetheart. GINNY STRUGHKO manages to leave a vacant position In two libraries. 19

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When the class of ' 58 graduated in June, we suddenly felt very important. We were the seniors! But what is this? Lunch in rooms 13 and 14? Our senior year had begun. Are these the new students? No, these are the carpenters. Our dreams of a new building for the beginning of our last year were yet to materialize. The secondaries had gone to try their ways in the field, while the elementaries remained to try their ways in the fields, woods, and pastures. Those were the days of butterfly nets and killing jars and mature seniors gaily singing the theme song of the Junior Audubon Society. The year passed on and cars still lined Chandler Street. Rumor was that soon only custodians would be permitted to use the old parking lot. And shall we ever forget Hymn 1 09 . . . registers . . . lesson plans . . . move your car . . . see Dr. Busam . . . The wide green earth . . . return your books before exams . . . Big Brother is watching . . . student lounge? . . . individual differences . . . pay your dues . . . firm, friendly, and fearless . . . where ' s the library? . . . drive carefully . . . 7:00 A.M. on WTAG . . . and finally those three precious words, We made It. Events in our senior year took place faster than we could keep track of them. First came look at the birdie and class pictures were here. The new building was open at last. Soon it was mid-terms, and we were once again together as a class. The topic of conversation now turned to contracts and the natural question: Where are you going to teach? Never to be forgotten are our days in New York, a happy-go- lucky group of students determined to set the town on Its ear. Following this excur- sion, was our Senior Tea, the time of donning caps and gowns. Then we were honored with a prom given by th e sophomores. And soon after, we were dining and dancing at the beautiful Blue Hills Country Club, for it was the night of our senior dinner- dance. Cur senior year drew to a rapid close with the three most meaningful occasions of our college life: our Class Day, our Baccalaureate, and our graduation. These were days of joy and sadness; joy to know our goals had been fulfilled, sadness to realize all that was left behind. This is our history, the story of the class of ' 59. Cur future now lies in the hands of God. 18

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BARBARA FLETCHER leaves a big place in everyone ' s heart. ANNEMARIE McNALLY departs for the Auburn Schools. MARTHA TAVLAS leaves saying, We have plenty of time? ELLEN FLYNN leaves in her blue convertible. FRANNY ' McNamara leaves enroute to the Downtown library. EARLE TAYLOR generously gives his suave manner to JOHN SCOTT. CHARLIE FOURNIER abandons his many frustrations to anyone who wants them. EVELYN MELTZER consigns her undying devotion to studies to The Thinker. SHIRLEY TETRAULT leaves as gracefully as she came. ELEANORA FRANCESCONI leaves with many friends, but no foes. ANN TRAINOR leaves In her new, smooth-running (???) vehicle. FRANNIE GILLIGAN sets out for another foreign Intrigue adventure in New York. CALISTA VICKERY shines as star performer of the local Ice shows. CHRIS WILLIAMSON yields all her extra-curricular activities to MARY O ' GORMAN; but she keeps her ability in English for her students. RACHEL DUMAS submits for acceptance her dally treks In from Farnumsville to any Freshman who lives near the college. HARRIET (BRODIE) WOLFSET leaves and begins with a wedding band. CAROL YUSKIEWICZ gives her title, Class Beauty, to any aspiring Junior girl. JOHN HINCKLEY appoints his reserved manner to JOE COONEY. SUE BAILEY leaves her all-round sports ability. BEV HEELEY surrenders her knitting ability to the Worcester Knitting Company. SHARON MOIR leaves with blushes and friendly ways. EDDIE BEAUCHAMP gives a hoarse Hurrah from the Lancer ' s coaching bench. RONNIE HURD supplies an iota of his composure to a flustered secondary. MARCIA BALZARINI donates an extensive wardrobe to Ulian ' s. DIANNE HELOW leaves for fhe UCONN campus — we wonder what ' s there. CLAIRE MONGIAT leaves her antics to Imogene Coca. PHYLLIS BISHOP, her industriousness and ambition to JOAN BRAUZIS. FRANK JAMES, his argumentative topics to be settled In Congress. LOU BANIONIS leaves with the ability to get to Cape Cod In two hours flat. JEAN JACKOLA offers her year-round tan to a pale Junior. GORDON MORRILL leaves his geniality to tame the future generation. JOHN BOLLUS leaves a page from the book he is compiling on dry, dead-pan humor. SUE KAISER gives the parking space she earned by arriving early to all future Hope- dale students. RAY JONES yields his seat at the Normandy to a sociable Junior. 20