Holyoke, Mass

St. Jerome High Freshman Initiation

by Laurel | October 13th, 2014

03 October 1953

St. Jerome High Freshman Initiation — Left to right are Margie Crimmons, Winifred Roussel, Jim McCarthy and Lorraine Pouliot. Signs on the students read “High School Babies.”

Initiation of freshmen at St. Jerome’s High School in Holyoke took place last night with rollicking exercises in the school gymnasium. The “induction” rites were arranged by seniors and witnessed by a large section of the student body. Pictured left to right are Margie Crimmons, Winifred Roussel, Jim McCarthy, and Lorraine Pouliot. Signs on the students read “High School Babies.”

Adapted from The Springfield Republican.

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