New London High School - Whaler Yearbook (New London, CT)

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8 BULKELEY NEWS w mrnm mu ssmss 5CH00L NOTES A T the first meeting of the Senior Class in Room 2, the following officers were elected for the coming term: President—George Reinacher. Secretary and Treasurer—Theodore Jordan. The matter of class dues was brought up and it was decided to tax each member of the class $2.00. This tax is to help buy the school present and go toward the paying of the banquet held after the Commencement Exercises. 0 0 0 ' pHE Junior Class has elected Boser as president of the class. 0 0 0 p'OLEMAN REDDEN was elect- ed president of the Sophomore Class at a meeting held the second week of the fall term. □ 00 A series of meetings of the Fresh-man Class have been held for the purpose of purchasing class pins. Although it is perfectly permissible for the Freshmen to do this, it is an unusual thing for an entering class. In former years most of the classes waited until their Sophomore year before they purchased pins. 0 0 0 ' pHE school wishes to thank the Class of 1901 for their donation toward the athletic fund. It is indeed encouraging to know that the Alumni have not forgotten nor lost interest in the success of Bulkeley School on the athletic field. 0 0 0 p N the last day of the fall term a meeting of the entire school was held in the Assembly Hall. The purpose of the meeting was for the election of the track and football managers. The following candidates for

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BULKELEY NEWS 7 his work that classifies the hardest worker. A freshman may work harder in his studies than a senior, but undoubtedly the Senior course is harder than the Freshman. You all remember the work of Stephen Graves last year—how he turned defeat into victory for Bul-keley. Did any member of the football team work any harder on the gridiron, than Graves did on the track? If it had not been for Graves, the Training School would, in all probability, have beaten us. He won this race as the result of hard, earnest work on the track. He was down in the Y. M. C. A. every afternoon he had time, running around corners (getting the art of turning corners “on high”) down to perfection. “Chic” Lawrence, another fast man on the relay team, was also a hard, earnest worker on the track. He was always running out on country roads, trying to obtain wind and endurance, and for about a month before the track meet, he could be found almost any afternoon or evening, down at the State Armory, getting used to the floor. Sullivan and Peters were also on last year’s relay team. That which has been said of Lawrence and Graves in regard to hard and ardent work on the track, can also be said of them. It is not every fellow, who can play football. His parents may object, or else he may not have the build or strength that is so necessary for the game, but he is willing and will do all in his power to uphold the honor of Bulkeley School, in other athletic lines. Again let us consider cases of how some fellows secure their positions on football teams. In a few cases some secure their positions on a team because of their size and strength. They will be put on a squad if they know only the first thing about the game and later taught the fine points of the game, but not until after they have been put on the team. This thing can not be done in getting up a relay team, for in order to make a relay team a fellow has to be a fast man, and he cannot possibly be fast on the track unless he has done good, hard, and industrious work before. Last year our track team did much to uphold the honor and glory of Old Bulkeley. They beat the Training School runners in a hotly contested race at the State Armory. They were sent up, with several other track men to Norwich to take part in the N. F. A. track meet. Their expenses were paid by the Bulkeley School Athletic Association. Why were their expenses paid? Because they were recognized by the Association to be upholders of Orange and Black. Later the relay team was sent up to Storr’s Agricultural College to participate in a race, in which most of the high schools of the State were represented. Leave out the question of the amount of work one has to do, and come to the point as to why a letter is awarded to any college or high school athlete. The answer is that he played on some athletic team for his school or university. So why shouldn’t the members of the Bulkeley Relay Team receive letters for playing, which uphold the honor of Bulkeley School? To every one his due;—to the relay team, their letters. □ SB

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BULKELEY NEWS 9 track manager were proposed by Prof. Towne: Jos. T. Harrington, Lloyd Denison, Edward May, George Reinacher, and Maurice J. Sullivan. Edward May was elected manager for the coming track meet. Immediately after the election for track manager, the annual election for football manager was held. Prof. Towne nominated Keeney, McGraw, and Spicer. Later Coleman Redden nominated Yarvots, and Harry Donnelly nominated Corcoran. This was the first time candidates for managers have been nominated from the floor. Yarvots was chosen manager for the coming year of 1917. B B B A T a meeting of the Senior Class it was proposed that the Class should hold a dance in the Crocker House. The proposal was immediately accepted by the Class, and a committee of arrangements was chosen by President Reinacher. The committee is as follows: Harry Donnelly, Frank Farina, Creighton Tev-lin, Edward R. May, J. P. Lyons. The dance is to be an informal affair; and is to be held February 2nd. The music will be furnished by Wight’s Orchestra. A good time is anticipated by all. □ □ B the 12th of December, T. C. Thompson, of the Thompson Illustrative Co., Poughkeepsie, N. Y. took a panoramic picture of the body of students on the Campus. B B B rT HE Theta Sigma Fraternity held their annual social on December 6th in the Crocker House ballroom. There were over a hundred couples present. The room was appropriately decorated, and the dancers presented a beautiful sight as they glided over the floor in their fancy dress costumes. The affair was the most successful in the history of the fraternity, which plans to hold another one some time in the future. B B B TAID you see the Junior caps? They are certainly a beantiful sight when they are all together marching around at recess. One pedestrian stopped and asked a Senior if the inmates of Brewster’s Neck were out on a walking trip. We don’t blame him for asking such a question, for those caps certainly show up some remarkably fine forms of ivory carvings. Some of those shapes would make a native ivory carver in India turn green with jealousy. Oh yes, the Juniors put something over on the school. One student remarked that it is wonderful what a change eighty cents worth of cloth will make in a man. B B B T)R.OP Frederick W. Edgerton, former head of the English Department addressed the school several weeks ago. He explained the use and purpose of the Public Library, of which he is now head librarian. He read articles from several recent publications, and also recommended a number of good books to the students. He dwelled especially on the