Norwalk High School - Reminiscentiae Yearbook (Norwalk, CT)

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10W t , WIIIMHHLUIIMHHHIHHI'IIIld Nnmunmummummmmw b 112' M. ; ii in mm- ?Ljisforg of fEe Cfaaa of 1921 HAT September morning when we first entered the Norwalk High School is clearly remembered. If I had known that I were to be historian of our class, I would have jotted down a few notes to use now. Being no umummmummnuunmmnuum Cumean Sybil, I did not take this wise measure. However, the first day is quite clear enough in the minds of all of us. The Seniors nonchalantly, as became copying the Seniorsl attitude, ignored our very existence. those blase young men and women, and the Juniors, more We entered filled with apprehensions, and questions as to where we were going, or less successfully how would we get there, would we get there? When we entered the doors, we joined the eager, buzzing crowds about the bulletins, on the hrst floor. The huskier ones of us flnally were successful in pushing their way within reading distance and informed us where to go. Quickly and with subdued excitement, we went to our assigned rooms. In this manner, we were launched on the mysterious three-year voyage. We came from both the Center and Franklin Schools, between which had always existed a friendly rivalry in athletics and studies. a ttstand-offlshil air between us. now the Sophomore Class of the Senior High School. However, each part found that the other did not consist of the strange creatures that were first thought of. no longer troubled about whether we came from Center or Franklin. We achieved little, outside Of our studies, in this year. So, at first, there was Soon, we were we were The attitude every- IIIIIIIIIIIIImil!!! lllllIHMWWNIIilllllllllllllllllJIlllllllmlIllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllmlllllllllmlllllllmllllllllllllllllllllllhllllllllllllllllligf where was that Sophs. should be diligent students and not social butterflies. Nevertheless, we managed to find our way into the various organizations. We made those classical mistakes. the boys up the girlst Many wandered into every room but the right one. The upper class-men ridiculed our blunders and took pleasure in seeing history repeat itself. Soon, we became wary of making mistakes. At the end of a few weeks, we felt the routine of the school. At the end of the school year, we felt we knew all there was to be known about the school. Look- ing back, we find we took the attitude of Spectators rather than of Actors. Our Junior year contained more activity on the part of the class. We were no longer mere spectators. XVe were the Juniors! We now held an assured position. No longer need we sit on the side lines. We were What an assurance and authority we felt when we first entered the Junior year! XVe found this year more joyful, I think because we felt we played an impor- tant part in the school life. The first act on the part of our class, vas to give the Junior social, an annual affair. The audience received our entertainment in an approving manner. Altogether, we considered that the affair had passed off very well and we were gratified at our first social activity. The girls walked up the boysl stairways: stairways. mmummmmummmummumnnummmmnmmnmmmmmmmuuunmmnuummm l l ltin the game. lllllIliumllillllllllllmlllllilllllllllllllmmlllmmmIllltlllllllllllllllll MllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllliIllllllllllllllllllllllJlllllllllllllmllHlNIHIll !Illllllllllllmllllllllll m; V 7a.?! ' 0- i M e ' i 9- M74 1mm m. V lAifl'l'l JIIWu a m li : l'u 1!. l bk I alimuimn iizmwm'une: 3'1: I H De 1' M2: -:' It .1. A'Al'I-x

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' - t' K' 13- i' W thllllllllllllllvillllllllllllllllllu' x , v. . .. . .3 N f 7- W ..-;,.,x-L. e t .llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllb Cfaaa Qioff HOWARD A. NEWMAN Our Baby Philosopher. JENNIF. V. NURDLUNDgEnforced goodness is a crime, But you have the llreal stuffll every time! LAWRENCES .OLMSTE . a lot of sunshine to make its melons grow, for you are always smiling! BEATRICE OLSEN-Eddie, where art thou? JACK B. OySULLIVANelicad of the stock exchange in N. H. S. ADA PRESCOTTeOur future Brookside school-teacher. Ada has already had some experience there. FLORENCE M. RAYMOND-The only thing we have against you, Mabel, is that you hail from Darien. LENA ROSENBERGeLena, are you here? We donW hear you. EUGENE ROTHettGet off the held ll, IINIIHIIIHMIIIHIHlllllllllllllllmlllmlIlllllllllllllllllllhllllllllllIllllmlllllllmlllllllllllmllIllllllllmlllllllllmllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll ' JOSEPH RUDDEReMan is the only creature endowed with the power of laughter. Is he not the only one that deserves to be laughed at? IDA M. SCOFIELDeXVe lose no time at our class meetings for Ida takes care of z a n, a E a -- a .- g - K .- .- .- .- -- .- - : c: .. - - .- .- : - z..- .- - -a- - .- - - 2 e h : ,-l .- - 2 - '- f:: n K .. :- .- .' V- .- z .E - : : ... s 7.1 t: - - - - .- .- a E' t- : : h; - our minutes. ETHEL M. SMITHeThere are many Smiths in the world, but give us Ethel! CECELIA TARLovettNow, listen-Jl DAVID TAVLIN-Jtist take it slow and easy. ZOLTAN G. VADASeHow often do you get a Marcel, Zoltan? AMY M. W7EEwSpeccl1 is silver, silence is golden. Amy prefers silver. llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllIllllNIHIllllHllllllllllllllllllllllm MARION S. WHITEeThC annoyance of her teachers but the joy of her classmates. illllllll DAViD WILSONeWas Ansonia too slow, Dave? DUNCAN VUNDERHILLeFlOWyS the weather up there, you llLank and Leany Chili Beanie ?l, llllllllllIIllllllmllmmmIWIIIIIIIIHHHIMIHMIlllllmmmIllllllllllllmlllllll JlllllllllllllllllllllllllIlllllllllllllll x I 3n kx I A lmmnm mmmnuws 33'? .. j: ,. w. Timur x... P ; 1'1 glWEtf'11'i 'mHIMIIHlllllllllmllllllllhm Sixty-four

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I J A-Q IFS I + v: v7 ttuummmlhmmmmnmwm . tutlmumutImuummmIIM WV In April, the second annual musical concert was given. The large audience who attended was generous in its praise. The success of this concert surpassed our greatest hopes. In our Senior year, a third concert was given. The success of the last concert had advertised this one and brought a large audience. The result of this seemed assured from the start. Then a bomb was exploded in our midst! The demerit system was installed. In accordance with this, demerits were received for disorder. When a student received thirty demerits, he was suspended for two weeks. This system drew little praise and much grumbling from the pupils. Undoubtedly, we felt the justice of it would be a little merciless with us. All our complaints did no good. So, we resigned ourselves to it anxiously. However, we found it was not so crushing a burden as we had expected. So, at first, some of us were inclined to treat this system as a joke. But when the twenty-ninth demerit was received, the Monday morning demerit sheets were not anticipated with that former glee. W e realized that we must treat this system with earnestness. When we first entered this school we found a friend in our principal, Mr. Blake. Not much time had passed before we had given to him our sincere admiration and affection. Many of us look to Mr. Blake as the person who has, more than any one else, smoothed our path when it was necessary. When we needed his help, we knew that we would get it. He has never failed us when we have put our trust in him. Then, thinking of what he has represented to us, can any one really doubt the consternation we felt at the rumor of his departure? Again and again our hopes were raised, only to be dashed by the final announcement that he was really leaving us. It was only after his departure, I think, that we truly saw how much he had done for us; what troubles he had smoothed over. And in the confusion follow- ing his departure, we felt that he left a gap that none could flll. For many weeks. we were left without a principal. At last, on March 8, our new principal. Mr. Howard, arrived. His arrival had been looked forward to with much eagerness. Mr. Howard has proved to be someone we could admire and like and take pride in as belonging to us. No one else but Mr. Howard, I think, could have Filled the place that Mr. Blake left. A special event for our class was the publishing of the school paper. It was our pride to renew the publication of the long since discontinued school paper. Each month the ttEeho was published, and was looked forward to eagerly by the whole student body. The amusement we received from it justified our expectations. As we passed on to our Senior year. it was decided that the Echo should be a junior institution since we had, as Juniors, issued it. So, after a very successful year, the TlEcho, with some regret, passed over to the management of the succeeding Juniors. Ill!ltllllllllllllmlItltllllllll Mlllllllllllllllmm! IlllllllllllllllllIllIlIlllllllllllllllllIllIllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllHllllmlllilllllllllllllll; lllllllmllHINllllllltllllllllllllllmlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllMlllllllllllllllllhlllllllllllIlllllJlllllJIllllllllllllIlllllllllllllmlllllllllmlllllIllllllmt'lllmllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllii Our last act as Juniors was to lead the Seniors into the Assembly Hall on their class night. As we listened to the various reeitations we felt a great reso- lution that our class night should not fall below theirs, and also that the standard 'H IIIIIItumultImumlllmllllimlmlmlummummmmmummmmu mllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllillllllllllllllllllll 211mm:unmmwrm'tntf T: h. .3324 'tms,Lm Q :33: Q 1W9; fl;4 -'rummmnmmmut Sixty-six