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

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CLASS OF 1926 LAURENCE WILSON, Allyn, James H. Battles, Donald H. Briggs, Charles Brown, Lester J. Brusa, Armando L. Byles, George H. Callahan, Ferrin Carter, William B. Clark, Joseph W. Collins, Edward P. Comstock, Richard E. Cooper, Oliver Cooper, Raymond R. Co whey, Joseph L. Crawford, George S. Decker, Ernest L. Dempsey, James P. Dreyfuss, Merrill Einhorn, Harry Eshenfelder, Edmund Gada, Angelo Gaetano, Joseph D. Gavitt, Melvin P. George, Norman A. Class Officers President JOSEPH COWHEY, Treasurer JAMES MORAN, Secretary Gershowitz, Saul Gipstein, Louis Gitlin, Joseph D. Gray, John B. Greene, Ralph Hendel, Maurice Hickey, John S. Howe, Harris Itzkowitz, Hyman Kinmonth, George E. Kip, William Kosowsky, Milton Kurlansik, Jacob Lamb, LeRoy A. Levinson, Benjamin A. McCracken, Robert McCraw, Robert McCue, Martin MacKay, Hugh Mansfield, Wayland Mariano, Peter Mitchell, H. Rees Montali, Gino Moran, James P. Morgan, Edw'ard B. Murphy, Jasper Murphy, Rowland Murray, Thomas Nelson, Harry W. Norman, Frank H. Novitch, Benjamin O’Grady, Francis P. Olsen, Edward Olsen, Oddie O’Neill, Timothy Prentis, Richard F. Rasie, Lawrence Robinson, Harold Schinman, Eddy Schuman, Isadore Schwartz, Arthur P. Shurts, Arthur V. Siemering, Chester T. Sokol, Max M. Sullivan, William F. Swanson, Herbert G. Wilson, Laurence H. Woods, Kenneth P.

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1926 HISTORY OW hard it is for us to remember the first day we entered these now familiar portals. What difficulty we would have in making the present Freshmen believe that these fearless and intrepid Seniors ever approached the school with their hearts in their throats and their neckties in their pockets. That is about all we remember of our first year, the mad lust of the Seniors for our neckties. We entered upon our second year with abnormally enlarged craniums, a malady peculiar to Sophomores, and it took all year for the teachers and upper classmen to reduce them to natural proportions. We had one distinction that year which was very unusual, especially for a sophomore class. We had no president. However, it was not done for publicity, it was merely an example of our as yet undeveloped managing ability. One of the prominent activities of that year was the school's participation in the Armistice Day parade. Do you remember it? The class of 1926 turned out almost one hundred per cent. It was in this same year that “the mighty Julius fell, and the sheeted dead did squeak and gibber in the Roman streets,” for the class presented in the assembly a portion of that famous Shakespearian drama, “Julius Caesar,” to the amusement of all concerned. We only regret that the audience did not get the full benefit of Joe Cowhey's acting. In our Junior year, we began to show what we were made of. Originality was our strong point. The Junior Review, now a school institution, embarked merrily upon its career. Any bursts of genius that may be found in this book received their preparation by practice afforded by that paper. It might be well to note that its chief point of originality was that it was a school paper published at a profit. As a word of explanation to any who might be curious, the proceeds constituted a Junior English prize. Of course, the Junior Prom is always the shining light in the social life of a class, and to put it loyally, ours was the best ever. But so many of our members attend school dances that it is hard to remember which dance was which. Like the college board exams, we have the senior year to sum up our high school life. What makes up a school program? Athletics, dramatics, music and studies. The senior class has been well represented on the gridiron with more than one shining light. This year’s baseball team has a pitcher of the first magnitude. Our superiority in dramatics is not to be questioned. We have a perfect villain, and another star who could play Charlie’s Aunt to perfection. The orchestra just wouldn’t be an orchestra without Bob McCraw, our sole representative. After all, we go to school primarily to study, and so we are especially proud of our numerous dreadnaughts in that phase of school life. Some of our math sharks are so far advanced that they can add up figures looking backwards. With all these accomplishments, the class of 1926 is worthy of a bright spot in the history of Bulkeley School, but like all great men, only time will tell.