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

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Cl)t ulfeelep Hnnual 1923 Class History S we look back over our four years at Bu Ike ley, some things stand out more distinctly than others, which is natural enough. We have always had men on the ’varsity teams. Even when we were freshmen we made a splendid show in athletics and especially when it came to resisting the force of the sophomores when they attempted to give us the customary hazing. During our sophomore year we followed tradition in as much as we thought we knew it all. How we did try to impress upon the minds of Miss Cross, Miss Zahn and Miss Jordan our knowledge of ail subjects from Botany to Aviation, except the minor studies of English. History, Language and Math. It was during our Sophomore year that we remember the pleasant assemblies in room 1, which is now 1. 2 and 3. Mr. Towne used to lead us, by means of a ruler, through such songs as “Margie and hispering. After our rallies we used to march to classes singing “Cheer for Old Bulkeley. This was the year that Miss Jordan directed the orchestra which played such songs as “Chilli Bean.” It might well he remembered that we had two recesses and got out of school at 1.30 p. m. “Oh Boy! them was the happ) days.” We came under the jurisdiction of Headmaster Underwood when we became upper-classmen, and the very first day we lost most of our swelled headedness. We will admit that it was all for the best, but it was hard on us at first. Our Junior year was the most eventful of all. We had our daily crap games and bowling matches. For those who did not attend one of these affairs we might add that our equipment consisted of an iron ball smuggled in from the Physics Lab. and a few erasers. This might sound crude, but ask any fellow whether he enjoyed it or not. As for those who enjoyed the crap game there is a divided opinion. Some of us did not go into hysterics over the event, for we lost. The Junior Prom was the event of our school life. It was held at Danceland. May 26. 1922. Too much credit cannot be given to the committee in charge, for they had their trouble in making arrangements. First it was decided to hold the dance at the Crocker House. W e were then invited to hold it in the newr auditorium. At the last moment we were informed that the hall was to be formallv opened on that night and that the dance would have to be postponed. This did not trouble the committee in the least, for they hired “Danceland” for that same evening. W ords cannot adequately describe that Prom, but we will always remember the twentv-sixth day of May, 1922. We are glad to have been in Hulkelev in these years in which fate has destined us to be there. We have seen the school change radically, and yet remarkably, in its own material size and number of pupils. rhe class of 1923 entered with an enrollment just under the one hundred mark and today stands at the door ready to leave with less than half that number. To cherish the memories of both fellow classmen and masters, a fitting close for this history and also a brief summary might be: Our Freshman year, we endured it: Our Sophomore year, we enjoved it: Our Junior year, we did our d-----est; Our Senior year, we did it! 07)

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Qltyt 2 ulkelep Annual Senior Class OFFICERS WILLIAM J. RUDDY, President WALLACE Mac'DONALD, Vice-President ROBERT T. HENKLE, Secretary-Treasurer CLASS Ronald P. Abernethy Clarence F. Hall Elbert Rathbun Harold M. Beach Michael J. Hallisey Ira Rathbun Howard T. Beebe Donald Lee Harwood William J. Ruddy George J. Boras Robert T. Henkle Harold J. Rutman Robert L. Brennan Edward L. Jenssen Maurice R. Salo Thomas Curtin Stuart Knox Perry T. Shafner Theodore L. Danforth Russell M. Lay Aaron J. Siegal Hubert A. Downing Charles J. Kerridge Jack D. Smith Aaron E. Elfenbein Louis Levine Leon H. Solomon Avery W. Fitch Albert Lubchansky William G. Spargo Edward S. Fowler Wallace MacDonald Leon N. St. Germaine Emil J. Gagnon John W. MacMahon Charles I. Suisman Edward Gipstein Joe Muscarella Morris M. Wein John S. Gray Bernard C. Peck Donald G. Prince Wallace G. Wilson (16)

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t )t 2NlUelep annual WILLIAM RUDDY—“Bill” Class President (3) (4); Prom. Committee (3) (4); Debating Squad (3); Football (4); Class Baseball (1) (3); Pot-Pourri; Student Council (3). Bill has been class president for the last two years and that speaks for him loudly enough to drown out anything we might say. However, we might join in and shout for him, but we hardly think he needs our aid, for he is capable of doing all the shouting necessary. (18)