Bacon Academy - Baconian Yearbook (Colchester, CT)

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THE BACONIAN BETTY SOLOMON “B” “Seldom seen, seldom heard.” Home Economics Club It is with a good deal of misgiving that wo attempt to write Betty’s history at Baconia for no one ever spoke truer words than the chap who said “silence is golden.” B” is by nature, serious, not melancholy but contem- plative, though when she chooses to, she can smile most charmingly. We doubt that she is interested in anyone of the opposite sex, but as fair a girl as Betty cannot elude Cupid very long. SAM S. STRICK ‘Spike” “Schully’ “Want a ride?’ Dramatic Club—French Club — Basketball Squad—Baseball—Fire Squad. This good-looking young chap has made many a girls heart go flip-flop! Schully” is so modest that he doesn’t, I believe, know about this. Nevertheless, it is true. Whenever you want to find him, it is necessary to look behind a book. “Spike” is always reading ‘literature.’ Riding around in his nice, red truck, he seems to be the answer to a maidens prayer! THERESA MARGUERITE TYNDA “Tessie” “Study is like Heaven’s glorious Sun.” French Club-Dramatic Club—Home Econ- omics Club—Editor-in-Chief of the Baconian. It is not often that a graduating class can lay claim to as clever a pupil as “Tessie.” Marking period after marking period, she has constantly made the honor roll without appar- ent effort. She shines especially in math class, where she calmly solves problems which cause the rest of us to tear our hair and utter hard words about all school work in general. “Tessie” attends our dancing classes regularly and is a very popular girl at Bacon Academy. With such versatile accomplishments, we won- der just which vocation “Tessie” will select to iollow in her future life. ACADEMY BACON Fourteen

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THE BACONIAN SAMUEL OSCAR MAIOFES “Mozart” “Oh Love, has she clone this to me, what shall alas, become of me.” Dramatic Club—Fire Squad—Orchestra—Sen- ior Play. In our Junior year this young gentleman got the job of treasurer of the class. And he cer- tainly made the students payup their back dues! “Mozart” is a jolly soul, always joking. He seems to have knowledge of almost every subject and lets everybody know about it, too. In our future life, I’m sure we will always remember Sam. RUTH MINTZ “Ruchel” “Great oaks from little acorns grows.” Class Treasurer—Basketball—Dramatic Club— Home Economics Club—French Club—Bacon- ian Board—Senior Social Committee—Year Book Staff—Senior Prom Committee—Senior Play. September, 1926, brought a tall stately girl to Baconia. and thereby furnished another rea- son for making our class illustrious. We have chosen Ruth our secretary for the past three years and this year she is class treasurer. “Ruchel” is also a member of the Baconian Board and has much to do with its success. Her culinary work has at some time or another been sampled by all of us. and we have begged for a second helping. May her luck in life be as great as her work at Baconia! MARY JOSEPHINE STERN “Rod “The multitude is always in the wrong.” Home Economics Club When “Red” entered Baconia, she immed- iately started making friends. She may have the temper that is generally acknowledged to go with that color of hair, but if so, she has continually held it in check. Mary is a very good-natured girl. Her very laugh is often heard ringing through the walls of Baconia. Her ready smile has endeared her to us all. We are sure her list of friends will increase as she goes up the road of life. B A C O N - A C Thirteen A D E M Y

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THE BACONIAN CLASS HISTORY Four years ago. fifty-one Freshmen proudly entered Bacon Academy. Not all of them however, were from Colchester. Salem had sent Frances and James Hatt and Charles Dembfnsky; Marlborough, Sam Horwitz, Lucius Lord and Jesse Weir; West- chester, Junior Shailor. and Bozrah, Sam Berkman and Herbert Pierson. The first time the members of this large group met, they elected their class officers without much difficulty. Oscar Horwitz was chosen President, Ruth Mintz, Secretary, I). Horwitz, Vice-President, and Gladys Kalmanowltz, Treasurer. Through the careful instruction of Mr. Atwood, Principal, Miss Condren, our English and Latin teacher, Mr. Goodrich. Science and Mathematics, Miss Hesse, French and History, and Miss Tiffany, Domestic Science instructor, we managed to end our first year successfully. We learned, too. that Freshmen were not the most important mem- bers of the high school and that to progress, we had to study. Mr. Atwood encouraged us and when representatives for sports were called for. many of our group responded. The following September when we returned to school we were anxious to meet the new principal. Mr. Kendal, and the other new teacher. Miss Pullen: but we were glad to have Miss Condren, Mr. Goodrich, and Miss Tiffany with us again. As Sophomores we felt quite sophisticated and superior to the entering Freshmen. We helped them a little, however, by showing them to their various classrooms. When we held our first meeting, we could hardly recognize our class, for it had grown so small. Many of the members had left school entirely, or else had transferred to other institu- tions. Our Bozrah representatives had gone to Norwich Free Academy. Jesse Wier and Lucius Lord from Marlboro, and James Hatt and Charles Demhinsky of Salem had dropped out. We were now a group of twenty-seven instead of fifty-one. At this meet- ing, O. Horwitz was again elected president. The Vice-President wras Vivian M. Cohen, Secretary and Treasurer were Ruth Mintz and Gladys Kalmanowltz. respectively. Now we were determined to work as one group. As we soon realized that our class treasury consisted of an unmentionable amount, we decided to give our first social, and we must admit that the affair was a success both financially and socially. Although we encoun- tered more difficult studies, such as Caesar and Algebra, the second year of our school career progressed smoothly. Most of our twenty-seven returned for our Junior year. We were upperclassmen now and were quite proud of ourselves. There was a new teacher. Miss Donovan, who taught History. French, and Latin. Miss Pullen had left, but Mr. Kendall, Principal, Mr. Good- rich. Miss Condren and Miss Tiffany had remained. The class officers chosen were: Gam Jaffe, President, Peter Ilominick, Vice-President, Ruth Mintz, Secretary, Sam Maiotes, Treasurer. The Farewell Social was the most important event of our Junior year, an invitation dance. Then in September 1929, we returned for our fourth and last year in high school. Final examinations had brought a few fatalities, and we had lost a few members of ur class. At the first meeting. O. Horwitz was elected President, Peter Hominick, Vice- President, Ruth Mintz, Treasurer, and Dorothea Gersten, Secretary. ACADEMY BACON Fifteen