"The Message of the Chicopee"
subject: Chicopee (Mass.); Chicopee High School (Chicopee, Mass.)
description: A typewritten reproduction of a poem titled "The Message of the Chicopee," originally printed in the 1925 Class Day issue of The Spectator by class poet Vina Spence. The paper has been cut into 4 segments in order to fit inside an envelope (also pictured). The envelope contains an additional note referring to a different item in the collection.
date: Original 1925; reproduction undated
format: Document

Chicopee High School Graduation Exercises, Class of 1925
subject: Chicopee (Mass.); Chicopee High School (Chicopee, Mass.)
description: A cream-colored bifold program for the 1925 graduation from Chicopee High School. The front lists the date, time, and location; the inside lists the actual programme of events, as well as the lyrics for The Star Spangled Banner; the back lists the graduating students and memebrs of the Pro Merito Society.
date: 1925
format: Document

Under Cover, a Melodrama in Four Acts
subject: Chicopee (Mass.); Chicopee High School (Chicopee, Mass.); College and School Drama
description: A cream-colored bifold program for the Chicopee High School Class of 1924's presentation of "Under Cover: A Melodrama in Four Acts," performed April 25, 1924 in the high school auditorium. The play was created by R.C. Megrue, and directed by Mr William T. Simpson, with music by Melodious Quintet. The inside lists a synopsis of scenes, and the characters in order of appearance. There is a note that the furniture was provided by The Playhouse Theatre. The back lists everyone involved in the production aside from the actors.
date: 1924
format: Document

Chicopee High School Program of Studies, 1923-1924
subject: Curriculum Planning--Chicopee (Mass.); Chicopee High School (Chicopee, Mass.)
description: A multi-paged booklet detailing the different curriculums a student could follow at Chicopee High School, with requirements for each one. There are several pencilled-in notes throughout, as well as a small tear in the last leaf.
date: 1923
format: Document

Chicopee High School Graduation Ticket, 1925
subject: Chicopee High School (Chicopee, Mass.)
description: An off-white card reading "You are cordially invited to attend the Graduation Exercises of the Class of 1925 in the Auditorium of the High School on Thursday evening, June twenty-fifth nineteen hundred and twenty-five at 8 o'clock; please present at the door before 7.55 o'clock."
date: 1925
format: Document

Chicopee High School Class Day Pamphlet, 1924
subject: Chicopee (Mass.); Chicopee High School (Chicopee, Mass.)
description: An off-white tri-fold pamphlet regarding Class Day for Chicopee High School, held in the school auditorium on June 7th, 1924 at 3 o'clock. The outside portions provide the when-and-where details, and the inside sections provide a very brief history of Chicopee and a program of events for the day. Events seem to be a series of short plays or vignettes.
date: 1924
format: Document

Chicopee High School Class Day Program, 1925
subject: Chicopee (Mass.); Chicopee High School (Chicopee, Mass.)
description: An off-white sewn booklet regarding class day for Chicopee High School, 1925. The front reads "Class Day 1925, 'esse quam videri'." The inside pages provide a date and location (high school auditorium, June 6th 1925) and a program of events, which includes a number of musical presentations and essays. Also included are the words to the class song, and a list of students of the class of 1925.
date: 1925
format: Document

Chicopee Junior High School Graduation Exercises Program, 1921
subject: Chicopee (Mass.)
description: An off-white bifold program for the graduation exercises of the Chicopee Junior High School, class of 1921. The front provides the time and location (June 29, 1921 at the high school auditorium), and the inside provides the program of events, which includes several recitals and/or presentations. The back has the lyrics to "The Star-Spangled Banner."
date: 1921
format: Document

"The Spectator," June 18, 1926
subject: Chicopee (Mass.); Chicopee High School (Chicopee, Mass.)
description: A bifold newsletter in red font on off-white paper. "The Spectator" was the bi-weekly newspaper of Chicopee High School; this issue is from June 18, 1926 (Volume VII, Num. 14). The item has several small holes in it. This "Class Day" issue features several articles, and ads from local sponsors.
date: 1926
format: Document