Derby High School - Crimson Yearbook (Derby, CT)

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P11516 FclI'fVl Elf1f1f THE CIUMSON lirutality charge. 1 Bill let me in on the dark secret that an erstwhile tlame. Nellie Moffatt, tends to break up thiis peaceful houseliold.J flnly one place niore to visit-the High School. fireszezak. the principal, is visiting Germany to show the Germans a few tricks in goose-stepping. Norma Botti. assistant principal, is a prominent member of the upper circles: Klinna Bergner, the English teacher, has giggled so much that she frequently has bad at- tacks iii hiccf uglis: Ida liege-les and Antoinette Forte. flue tv- ll-ng-stanrling friendship, teach French lwhat 1-ne doesn't know, the other doeslg Angelina Manco and Frances Mcl-Inerney are world-recognized athletes and conduct the gym classes at May Day, and the like, .-Xnd, last but not least. Rena Catalano is janitor with the sole privilege of tending furnace. A wild hurrah rends the silence. I hastened out in time to see Dessie XYalte1's complete her flight over the canal. As she commenced her acknowledgment speech, the lights went cut and-I woke up. Bi' D. BEAVER, '30, Axim -lonx Kloifrar, '30, li? S2 ml L 1

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THE CRIMSON Page Forty-Sefwz the way, was selling tags for the Salvation Army, I turned my steps toward an immense building filled with officers. .-Xcci-rding to the sign on one door Red Glennon is an expert draftsman. I don't doubt it. He always did have a lot of wind. From the next room issued a series of blood-curdling shrieks. XYhen I knocked, a nurse, no other than Alice Lique, appeared and bade me call some other time. joe Pagliaro, who has just graduated from Harvard with a medical degree, is taking cut his first appendix. Somewhat frightened I entered the nearest doorway which happened to lead into the office of Hession Contractors. Earl Skeld- ing, one of IYalter's assistants. drives a truck and bowls whenever he has nothing else to do. Mounting to the roof garden, a dreadful din came tl' my ears. Ernie Cottrell was broadcasting over sta- tion B-If-N-Ii for the Bickley Slogan Co. Upon read- ing the program, I noted that Doris Parker was sched- uled to give some intimate advice to the lovelorng Leda Polvere, who was practicing in the adjacent room, was to sing Far, liar Away, in place of Mad- ame Melka De Polka, and Hector Urvetti was about to narrate some wild-west stories for the kiddies. :Xl- freda Maciag and Angelina Dainto, who were in the studio at the time, told me that they were the instruc- tors of the Home Economics Institute. Alfreda gives recipes and Angelina. dress patterns. Next door O'Connor and XYallace own a theater where .-Xlice Munger is, as formerly, their biggest at- traction. One night, they say, the Corcoran twins sub- stituted for the Duncan sisters, who were unable to appear. Fat brought the house down with his Scarf llanceg only a few were injured. Other special fea- tures are Marge Neal's Hit and Miss Revue and :Xlice Monahan's operetta. Sing, You Sinners. Mary Donahue and Yiolet Urbauo are stage managers and ticket collectors when they aren't helping Mike Popowski usher. Mike tells us that the futuristic painting on the walls is the work of Miriam Goldberg. who did it upside down lthe painting, not Miriaml so that it would resemble modern art more closely. Since I was very fatigued, I hailed a taxi driver by my old friend. Ceil Hyde, who had a good deal of experience in that line. She seems to be pining away for someone tall and dark. Well, Ceil dripped me on at a restaurant. Yerua Strang has revised things somewhat lput a nickel in the sl' t and the soup comes to youl. Irene McCoy and Helen Madgic are chief cook and bottle washer: while Emily Stockmal saves all the white meat of the chicken for Soderstrom, who eats there. Nearby -lennie U'Connell and I.il Haaf have opened a Five and Ten Cent Store: but business is poor because they both want to work at the candy Counter. Gladys Friers and Teresa liraquinto own a gaso- line station and peanut stand combined. If the people dt nft buy gas, they buy peanuts. Overcome by curiosity, I approached a low Eng-- lish-style mansion on a hill. I was cerwemoniously ad- mitted by the butler, Bill Loftus, who was so glad to see me that he forgot his English accent. And when the ly-dy comes down, who is it but XYinnie Balm- forth. She and Harry alternate: she keeps the barber shop open and tends to his law clients, while he makes delicious salads. At the present, one of her clients is Mathilda Halper, who is suing for a divorce on the

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HIE CRIRISHN Ill 5 Y 'Fink 1926 - i927 November - - Junior Reception April - - Freshman Social 1927 l928 October - - Sophomore Social l9.'-28-I929 October A - Our Junior Reception to the Freshmen Februciry Junior Play Honor Bright Moy - - - Junior Prom l9'29 ' l95O April - 1 F Senior Play Take My Advice June Class Night June - Graduation June - Senior Prom