Enfield High School - Echo Yearbook (Enfield, CT)

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THE ENFIELD ECHO 21 ADVICE- TO UNDERGRADUATES. By William Shea Teachers, Friends, and Undergraduates: We, the Senior class, hav- ing reached the pinnacle of our High School career, and just having time to notice you, find that you are alarmingly deficient in many respects. Therefore I am here, Undergraduates, to advise you of these deficiencies, which you must correct. Freshmen: You should not wear straw hats, sneakers or boy scout uniforms to school. They are useless and out of style. We know you possess them, so therefore keep such articles out of sight. Secondly: You should have at this time an appreciation and love for art in the forms in which it exists in this school. Finding ourselves overburdened in Room 1 with works of art, we generously offered them to you, and you took them. Sometime you must show your appreciation of our gifts so that we may know how they have impressed you. Moreover, Freshmen, at this time we find many of you have far too easy daily tasks. Owing to new regulations about dropping subjects failed, some of you are reduced to half.a class daily. This never hap- pened to us and we do not feel it is fitting that you should have such mem- bers in your class. Again, young Freshmen, we must advise you against possessing so much community spirit in your civics meetings. Please re- member that unfortunately the walls of our school are not sound-proof as you seem to think; that you are supposed to make yourselves heard, but not by shouting at the top of your voices. Sophomores: You are a patriotic class, but patriotic in the wrong way. When rivalry between two rooms arises do not cause a riot, or some- thing of like character, by trying to show how superior you are to vour classmates. Do not quarrel over Red Cross quotas as there is only one way to achieve distinction in that respect. Do not be so noisy, Sophomores, when passing out after school. You alone of all the four classes in this school must have a complicated system of passing out of your room in order that the furniture may not be broken and the whole school upset. Why must you cause your teacher so much trouble by forcing her to devise such a system ? Let us hope that at least you will suppress this hilarity on entering again next fall. Sophomores: You seem to be equal to the Freshmen in being a nuisance to your teachers in regard to study. The few times in past years that the Senior class attended study hall they went to Room 1. But this year it has been changed to Room II. The reason for this is apparent. In order to save the transferring of Room II bodily to another room the study hall was moved. Now the sophomores stay in their seats and study hall comes to them. This, however, has its advantages as the two platoon system of passing out is deferred another hour, and the other classes can pass without being disturbed by our hilarious sophomores. Juniors: You who next year must take our place as fathers of the

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20 THE ENFIELD ECHO Marion Beach Ryan January 22, 1902 25 Maple St., Hazardville, Conn. “Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man.” Marion is our most popular girl, and our class poetess. She has taken part in many school specialties, in dramatics, and bowling. She is a member of the “Echo” staff and commencement committee. ☆ ☆ ☆ William Leo Shea November 18, 1901 20 VVanut St., Thompsonville, Conn. By and by is easily said.” “Shacker” has been prominent in athletics. He has been manager of the basket ball and football teams, and a member of the bowling team, fie is our most bashful boy. J? V V Anna Sloane Tune 5. 1901 Central St., Thompsonville, Conn. “All she docth she doeth well. Nancy is a girl loved by all. from the biggest senior to the smallest freshman. She is a member of the ex- change and war departments of the “Echo.” In 1918 she o°f°tl1Ie ng, Part in •tihe • S- P'av- Shc is a member ot tlie athletic council. V «race Hart Smith August 14. 1900 20 Garden St., Thompsonville. Conn. “As many men. so many minds, every one has his own way.” Grace has taken part in dance specialties and dramatics She was the manager of the Girls' Basket ball team Marie V. Tanguay 189 Enfield St., Thompsonville, Conn “Act m the present life.” Hartford™ 2 1 ?ft SCh°01 eady to work at Travelers’ in

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22 THE ENFIELD ECHO school, need a little advice from your superiors. You also have your faults, but you do not see them so we must point them out to you. First of all learn how to conduct a class meeting. Your education in this respect has been neglected but you may rely on us for assistance. Secondly, you should also take a course of study in high finance. When we recall that twenty or thirty Juniors spent from two to three hours find- ing out the best place to invest their class fund of twenty-five dollars, we feel sorry for the neglected education of our followers and subordinates. And Juniors, if you would wish to be good imitators of us you must acquire dignity. To acquire dignity you must acquire long trousers. One cannot be dignified in short trousers. By all means purchase them and at the same time soften your voices. Softened voices are also essential to dignity. We have been able to place the blame for these errors I have men- tioned on individual classes, but there are some few flagrant mistakes which are the fault of the whole school, and of these I must speak next. One of these faults is the number of books carried home by the aver- age underclassman. Some take six, others more or less. This custom is prevalent and must be checked So do as we have done, take one only, and you will come out just as well. The pupils of the domestic science class seem to fill the whole build- ing with tantalizing odors of food. But the only consumers of the food which causes such odors are our teachers. Why slight the rest of the school? You must remember that we also have an appetite which, owing to your unkindness, must be satisfied at the soda fountain. Within the last month another order has been put into effect. All students are to leave the building during noon hours. The direct cause of this we do not know. But we ascribe it to the noises which come up the stairway from the freshmen. There used to be a rule like that in the grades but this is the first time it has happened in High School. During our last year we are embarrassed by rules which are the direct result of the misdoings of underclassmen. So undergraduates, please be careful not to cause any more such rules. We must devote a little time to our teachers. Teachers, we beg of you to be more lenient with the lower classes than you have been with us. Also when next June comes do not frighten the present Juniors bv telling them you will not pass them unless they know such and such a thing You may frighten them, though you have failed to frighten us. Besides, the time to say such a thing is at the beginning of the year not in the'last month. In closing, Undergraduates, iet me remind you that I have enumer- ated only a few of your faults and we hope you will correct them Were I to tell you of them all you would correct none. So, as vou have only a few to correct our fond hope is that none will be overlooked and another fee have trod'0U 3 WOrthy of follow,ng in the path our illustrious