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

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WILLIAM LARI MORE (“Larrie”) Classical Course Larimore came here after the Christmas holidays from California. From all appearances, it seems that a pood many people are emigrating from the land of eternal sunshine to the “City by the Sound” (not meaning hy the noise). WILLIAM LUBCHANSKY (“Willie”) Classical Course Football (4). Who ever though of duhhing this husky fellow “Willie' ? When we first heard the name we looked to see some little w'eakling walk in, hut who should enter hut our beloved “Willie.” Nothing weak about this fellow. He practiced faithfully with the football squad this year, thus helping the team to gain many of its victories. ALBERT M ENG HI (“Ming ) Commercial Course Football (3), (4); Baseball (3), (4); Track (3). In the not-far-distant future we are likely to get considerable fame, for “Ming” is on the way to become a pugilist. This winter he knocked one of his opponents so cold, the said opponent thought that he had gone to the North Pole in his pajamas. “Ming starred in the football team for two consecutive years, proving to he one of our most valuable players. f RALPH J. MINUCCI (“Ling”) Commercial Course “Lings popularity with the fair sex is unquestionable. What feminine eyes could resist those handsome features and that dark wavy hair of his? Once we overheard him state that the reason he never goes to the movies was because he could always look in the mirror and get a good laugh. But good looks are no handicap, although many a good fellow has been ruined when he found he was the possessor of a handsome visage. But not so “Ling.”

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ARTHUR HICK (“Farmer' ) Classical Course Radio Club (3): Merchant of Venice (2). Although the World War has now been over for quite a number of years, “Farmer promises us that another will come along soon. In this next war “Farmer’ says that he will be the Commander-in-chief, or there will he something radically wrong. We all know how he has already distinguished himself in military tactics, being one of the foremost Boy Scouts in the city. TORBJORN E. HOLT (“Torb”) Classical Course Annual Hoard (4); Assistant Track Manager (3): Manager (4) ; Business Manager, “Bulbul”; Junior Review. “Torbie wasn't with us last year. No, he decided that he'd go South, and he cleaned up a few million and incidentally started the Florida boom, lie's another one of the old timers, hut lie's reliable, capable, and mysterious. At least, it's a mystery to us how he gets those marks. WILLIAM H. JACQUES (“Willie”) Classical Course Radio Club; Pot Pourri. “Willie sports a French name, but since he does not get along well with the French language, he must be pretty far removed. One good thing about “Willie” is that he has a car which will go almost anywhere. This is of great advantage to him since he can thereby go to many out-of-town games without expense to himself. He just dotes on telling funny stories, but most of them concern the happenings at the “Y . LOUIS KERRIDGE (“Louie”) Classical Course Junior Prom Committee; Senior Dance Committee; Bulbul (4); Pot Pourri (2); The Nautical Knot (3); Dramatic Club; Treasurer (2). “Louie” measures up to the necessary qualifications for a lady-killer, in fact, he's the class lady-killer. But for all that, lie's a hard worker, tackling everything he undertakes wholeheartedly, and for this reason he has sure been an asset to the class. But we don t have to do his shouting for him, since he can do all that himself quite well.

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LAWRENCE MUISE (“Larry ) Commercial Course “Larry is another of our out-of-town hoys. He is a prize commercial scholar, hut as for French, well it s his Jonah. He never could understand French. For that matter, neither could we, so he is at least understood. His quiet ways have attracted much feminine company while riding to school on the car. HERMAN P. OLSEN (“Hym”) Classical Course Many things have happened to shock us this year, hut the thing that gave us the biggest jolt was the mustache that “Hym has cultivated. It was said that the era of facial adornment had passed, but from all outward indications, it seems that it has not. Despite this fact “Hym is a darn good fellow. PAUL ORTMAN (“Ortie ) Classical Course Baseball Manager (4); Junior Prom Committee; Slats (3); Pot Pourri (3). “Ortie in our estimation is what you call a good sport. One can go just so far with him and no farther, else you pay the penalty. His forte is matching pennies, at which he is very proficient, being able to win almost incessantly (as there are many to testify to, by the way). “Ortie became our baseball manager this year, though how he and “Chink manage to get along together is the eighth wonder of the world. BENJAMIN J. PARKER (“Benny ) Classical Course Track (3), (4). “Benny is another of our out-of-town boys, but he always manages to get to school on time, even on the stormiest days. He must have a system of his own. “BennyV’ favorite subject is French, for which we don't blame him, since he always manages to fool Mr. Hertell by pulling off a perfect recitation (another system of his own).