East Hartford High School - Janus Yearbook (East Hartford, CT)

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At the fall election of the Confederated Clubs, we placed two officers: James Forbes, Presidentg and Newton Tunis, Vice-President. The club officers are: PRESIDENT ..................... .... J ames Forbes VICE-PRESIDENT . . . . .... Roger Driggs SECRETARY ............................. Edmund Truex The discussion group has been under the direction of Mr. De Wolfe of the Hartford Theological Seminary. ALPHA GAMMA EPSILON Girls' Club PRESIDENT ....... ........... ..... M a rjory Gould VICE-PRESIDENT . .. .... Sigrid Swanson SECRETARY .............................. Ruth Weldon CHAIRMAN OF THE SPORTS COMMITTEE. .Ruth Olmstead CHAIRMAN OF THE LITERARY COMMITTEE Margaret Hazlewood CHAIRMAN OF THE SOCIAL COMMITTEE .... Jean Hogan CHAIRMAN OF THE BULLETIN COMMITTEE Doris Smith CHAIRMAN OF THE PIN COMMITTEE ...... Olive Driscoll Roger Driggs John Torpey Marjorie Gould Angelus Futtner Frank Gioielli Harris Prior Catherine Sullivan ORCHESTRA First Violins Nathan Dubinsky Owen Clark Helena Hancock Second Violins Charles Bailey-Gates Charles Gregor Ernest Birtles Fannie Davis Cornet Raymond Andrews Trombone Newton Tunis Piano Mary Sullivan Drummer William James 9

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NEW ERA BOARD Editor ......... ................... M argaret Hazlewood Assistant Editor .... ...... V irginia Smith Literary Editors .... ...... M arjory Gould Joke Editor . .. Feature Editor . Alumni Editors . Exchange Editor Athletic Editors Assistant Athleti Class Reporters . Mary Stubenrauch . . . . . . .Francis Bachl .. .... Ruth Olmstead . . .Rosalie Smith Olive Driscoll . . . .... Louise Burnham ........JohnTorpey Stuart Johnston c Editors .... .......... M errill Le Geyt Ralph Dixon .. ........ Edwin Prior fFreshmanJ Reginald Wilson CSophomoreJ Harry Pearce fJuniorJ Kenneth Smart Jean Hogan fLower Seniorj Clifford Walker fUpper Seniorl Business Managers ............... Nathan Dubinsky Zalman Hoffman Assistants ...... .... F rederick Moore Paul Wilson Gordon Brown Newton Tunis Zalman Hoffman Typists .... ....... S igrid Swanson Isabelle Ducharme Margaret Hagey Stanley Ozimek Faculty Adviser .... ....... .... M i ss Gladys Stetson HI-Y Late in September the Hi-Y Club was organized with ten members attending the meetings held in the Hartford Y. M. C. A. each Thursday evening. By the first of November the membership numbered twenty-two, and these boys remained with the club during the rest of the fall and winter term. This year East Hartford has had the majority at each meeting, having more than any other high school in Hartford. 8

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DEBATING Probably no class book is complete until each achievement belonging to the four-year period which the book covers has been entered on its recordg probably no book is complete un- less each field of school activity has been gone over, its past reviewed and, at least, its immediate future forecasted. It is due to the idea expressed in the latter part of the foregoing sentence that debating comes to the front to claim its share of attention. We are told that debating has been an activity of the East Hartford High School at different times in the past, but, at present, no trace remains to call forth the comment and admiration of the present student body. So far as this year's graduating class is concerned, debating in this high school is a new adventure,-not to be participated in, but to be watched, aided, abetted, and comforted by the Class of 1927. It has been due entirely to the efforts of the man who, as principal, has guided and guarded our steps for four years that this new activity has been brought to our school, open- ing new fields of thought and training, and bringing the school into closer competition with the other schools of the state. Locally, debating, as an activity, is not being developed, as yet, in the usual way. Ordinarily, when debating is not a classroom subject, it is carried on through the medium of a debating society. However, this year the opportunity was given to our school to enter a debating triangle composed of the high schools of Bristol, West Hartford, and East Hartford. The opportunity came a little early for our school, perhaps, but the offer was accepted and the school was confronted with a challenge to debate on the evening of March 17th, 1927, on the question of the cancellation of the allied war debts by the United States. The challenge was accepted. As a consequence of this arrangement, it has been neces- sary to postpone all work pertaining to the organization of a debating society and concentrate on the actual work of debate. So far, the visible results have been negligible. Tryouts for positions on the teams are going forward steadily and before this report comes from the press, the names of those chosen to compete will be known to all interested in our work. You Well know the sterling fighting qualities of your schoolmates, and in this new venture you can expect to see the honor of our school upheld in the same manner that you are accustomed to witness in other fields. It, is intended to organize a real, live, debating society as soon as this contest is over so that future contests may find the school confronted with a less arduous task and better trained debaters. The de- tails of this work it is impossible to discuss at this time, but the assurance is given that with the continuance of our active interest and support after we become alumni, We will always be proud of our school and its debating record. 10