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

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STUDENTS Don’t miss the COMMENCEMENT - LIBERTY Issue of the NEWS The Most Pretentious issue ever attempted. 1. On sale Graduation Night at Lyceum Theatre. 2. Contains cuts of Commencement Speakers. 3. Original Patriotic Poem which is positively the best ever published in the NEWS. 4. History of School. 5. Koll of Bnlkeley Graduates in Service. (i. Bnlkeley Stews.

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18 BULKELEY NEWS called upon to do their bit. And along with these ideas, there comes to most of us the thought—“Well, as long as I’ll soon be through with school work, and in the real fight, what’s the use of working very hard now ?” Fellows, it is an awful mistake to adopt that philosphy. It is the philosophy of the weak, not of self-willed men. Now is the time when you have a grand opportunity to show your real worth. Are you going to do it by lying down on the job? If you do, you are a weakling; worse than that; you are yellow, and you lack the qualities of a real soldier. When the time comes for you to get into the actual warfare, well and good, then go to it! But is it going to do any good to bring rifles to school, and shoot them off in the class-room? No, fellows, your duty at this time is to stick right to your work in school, until the time comes for you to do something else. So let’s show a little more patriotism right here. Let’s have some stick-to-it-iveness, and see if we can’t raise, and not lower the standard of our school, and materially decrease that disgraceful number of names on the “Apud Inferos” Roll. □ □ T T OW many appeals are made to the students of a school, every year, in the name of school spirit? School spirit is a term that is not used in a broad sense. All students are urged to attend School Spirit each football game, to help the athletic association, to give aid in all campaigns; all in the name of school spirit. They are all deserving, and surely should receive the desired support of each student. Have any of the fellows at Bul-keley ever thought of school spirit in a different sense ? Have you ever thought of it in the true sense of the word ? The significance of school spirit is to aid in all things which are for the good and welfare of the school. Certainly the above things are for the good and welfare of the school. However, has an appeal ever been made to the scholars who are below in their studies, to brace up, in the name of school spirit ? Have the students ever been asked to care for school property, in the name of school spirit? Have the students ever been asked to refrain from rowdyism, in the name of school spirit ? Aren’t all of these for the good and welfare of the school? Just strain a little of that gray matter, and work this out. □ □ P NLY about fifty per cent, of the money pledged by the students to the Athletic Fund has been paid up. This means that unless the remaining pledges are paid in, the school will be Athletic Pledge placed in a false position. The sweaters for the football team will arrive in the course of a few days and there will be a large bill to settle. The members of the team have done their part by offering to meet any extra expense that has been caused by war-time conditions. Now, it is up to the students. Let everybody know that when a Bulkeley boy gives his word of honor, he means to back it up.

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 ' VL KELE Y N E ITS School News TN the latter part of January, Mr. C. B. Jennings, New London’s honored and respected educator, visited the school. He talked to the students in regard to the Thrift Stamp campaign. A short outline of the expenses of the war was drawn before the students by him. He made an urgent appeal to the students to aid in all ways possible in this movement. □ □ npHE football team held a meeting during the month of December, and almost unanimously elected Thomas Sullivan as next year’s captain. Sullivan will make “some captain.” Here’s the best of wishes for the season of 1918. □ □ JA OBERT McBRIDE was elected football manager for next season, and is now hard at work on a schedule. □ 0 'HpHE Banjo-Mandolin Club has been re-organized, under the leadership of H. F. O’Neil, of the Senior class. The club at present consists of banjos and mandolins, but it is the hope of the members to extend the members to extend the organization throughout the school. □ 0 AT ISS MARY C. BROWNE vis- ited the school on February 4, and gave the students a very hearty invitation to join the Liberty Chorus, which meets every Tuesday at the W. M. I. □ 0 JOSEPH McCASTER, formerly of J the Junior class, visited the school. McCaster joined the medical baanch of the regular army, and is now stationed at Camp Lee, Petersburg, Va. He gave a long talk on life in the camps, and told of the good derived from his high school training. □ □ N February 1, the election of track manager was held at the school. Mr. Townenominated Keeney, Gray, Corcoran and Durivan. The school voted, and Corcoran was elected manager. He promises the school one of the best meets they have had in “some time”. Come out and help him along. □ □ A 1 'HE school has unanimously vo-ted to break its rule in giving the school letter, for the first time, in the case of McCaster. McCaster has played in what they call “hard luck”. The school all felt that he was deserving of his letter, and voted to give