Chapman Technical High School - Torch Yearbook (New London, CT)

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FACULTY i 3 ELIZABETH POLEY Secreiary LILLIAN CARLYLE Secretary TUNE SCI-IROEDER Attendance Clerk RUTH HAMILTON Librarian Page Twenly-two

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CLASS H ISTD DY SEPTEMBER 1943. Took Tech by storm . . . all four hundred strong . . . looking around for rooms . . . honor roll . . . new friends . . . books, books, books . . . struggling through Algebra and Latin . . . Mrs. Canfield our advisor . . . social activities capture our interest . . . smiling hopefully at awesome Seniors . . . new teachers . . . Class play Elmer, successful comedy . . . Francis Cortina, our class president. SEPTEMBER 1944. Here we are again . . . some of us in the armed services . . . still prominent on honor roll . . . happy that we aren't Freshmen any longer . . . lockers are still sticking . . . Pat Cannemela, our prize athlete . . . more participation in sports . . . dances . . . social activities . . . Dave Long elected president of the class . . . Ioe Machado, his chief helper . . . Elsie Hendrikson our Secretary . . . Beverly Lewis, Treasurer with no Treasury . . . Mr. Aldrich finds it no easy task to be our advisor. SEPTEMBER 1945. Upper classmen now . . . Freshmen even smaller than ever . . . but not as green . . . take a more illustrious part in school curriculum . . . lose more members to service . , . subjects getting harder . . . active interest in sports . . . football games . . . Iunior play Growing Pains directed by Miss Dahlgren-a smash hit . . . Miss McCormack and Mr, Manning our advisors . . . Santo lrlandi takes charge of our class . . . Daniel Lawrence lends a helping hand . . . Margery Davison writes up the minutes . . . Ioe Machado cares for the money. SEPTEMBER 1946. Seniors at last . . . rather hard to believe . . . directing lost Freshmen . . . setting good examples . . . Iunior Navy Day . . . high on the honor roll . . . major catastrophe-Nursery School fire . . . many veterans join our ranks... Trigonometry and Solid Geometry taking a heavy toll on our more courageous members . . . Chemistry unmentionable . . . Arsenic and Old Lace a howl- ing success . . . Mr. Toomey our advisor . . . Santo Irlandi, again takes our lead . . . Elsie Hendrickson takes over in his absence . . . Bev Lewis takes care of the necessary scribbling . . . Leo Rocco counts our millions . . . graduation pictures . . . caps and gowns . . . Commencement Dance . . graduation . . . farewells. Page Twenty-four