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

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10 BULKELEY NEWS Library as a place to go to obtain aid from the large collection of the best books on science, history, and travel. He also gave a brief sketch of some of the authors’ lives as well as a summary of their works. □ EH VN the last day of the fall term the students were entertained by the Sophomore Class. The entire class recited the Recessional, by Kipling. A debate was held between members of the A and B divisions. The subject of debate was “Resolved that Geometry is as practicable a study as is taught in High School. The negative was awarded the decision by the committee composed of members of the faculty. The debate was followed by a recitation entitled “Supper on Christmas Eve” by Thurston Pendleton. □ HE T HE School letter B was awarded to the following football players: W. May ’17, Gallup ’17, Donnelly ’17, Tevlin ’17, Mallon ’18, Steward ’19, T. Sullivan ’19, Whitcomb ’19, Redden ’19, Glenn ’20 and Britton ’20. E □ B . JOHN MALLON ’18 was eletfed captain of the football team for the ensuing year. Here’s to a successful seasan. Well Johnny, you will find the school ready to back you up. ATHLETIGS Walter D. May Capt. Paul Moore Coach 1916 Waldo L. Miner Manager EARLY in September Capt. W. May issued a call for football candidates. About thirty “braves” responded to the first call for practice. Coaches Moore and French were on hand and under their valuable instruction Bulkeley was represented on the gridiron this year by a fast although comparatively light team.

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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

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BULKELEY NEWS 11 On Sept. 30th Bulkeley played a practice game Bulkeley-Alumni with the fast Alumni team. After a hard fought game, the Bulkeley boys won from their older brothers by a score of 6-0. In a one-sided game between Choate and Bulkeley, Choate beat us by a score of Bulkeley-Choate 38-0. The Bulkeley players seemed to have fallen down before their heavier and more aggressive opponents. On the kickoff, the Choate quarterback ran for a touchdown. This must have discouraged our football players although they put up a brave fight. But the onslaught was so terrific that the Bulkeley braves could not have hoped to cope with it. On Oct 13th the Bulkeley team journed to Westerly. The rooters who went with the team witnessed one fine game Bulkeley-Westerly on the part of our players. The players are to be commended on the way they played the game. If it had not been for the weather and bad field, Bulkeley’s victory would undoubtedly have been better than 20-0. Owing to heavy rain on the morning of Oct. 20th, Manager Miner was thinking Bulkeley-Stonington of postponing the game with Stoningtou. However, as the weather cleared, the Stoningtonites came. Better for them had they not come, for in the combat that followed, the lads from the country were completely smothered. The final score was 45-0. On Oct. 28th, Bulkeley met with another disastrous defeat at the hands of the New Haven High School boys. Bulkeley was badly crippled in Bulkeley-New Haven the first quarter by having all of the regular backfield men injured. The bull-like rushes of “Pete” were mostly to blame for our defeat. The score was 62-0. About 800 enthnsiasts gathered on the N. F. A. grounds Nov. 4th to see the two great rivals clash. It was “some Bulkeley-N. F. A. clash.” In the first quarter Donnelly carried the ball over for a touchdown. May failed to kick a goal. In the second quarter nothing happened. At the beginning of the second period, the N. F. A. players started, determined to even matters up a little. The third period was the hardest fought of the game. Several substitutions had to be made for both teams. Britton, our husky freshman, received the most serious injuries. The N. F. A. warriors were coming down the field slow but sure. After a terrible fight they forced the ball over for a touchdown. All now depended on Stanley of N. F. A., who was to try to kick a goal. As he poised himself for the kick, it was quoted around the sidelines that he had never missed a goal up to that time. But alas ! even the best of us fail, and Stanley failed to uphold his reputation. End of the third quarter : Bulkeley 6, N. F. A. 6. In the fourth quarter neither side scored. In several instances in this quarter, Lawski, by his quick and clever defensive work,