Enfield High School - Echo Yearbook (Enfield, CT)

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ZUbe Bnftelb Bcbo Published six times during the school year by the members of the Enfield Public High School. A Board of Directors chooses the staff of officers and decides all matters of vital im- portance to the paper. All material for publication passes through the hands of a Teachers Committee on publication. Contributions are earnestly solicited from all students and alumni of the school. Address all literary communications to the Editor; all other communications to the Business Manager. Subscriptions may be taken at any time; copies are mailed to all subscribers not attending the school. The price of subscription is seventy-five cents a year. Single numbers cost fifteen cents. Advertising rates are reasonable, and may be learned from the Business Manager. Entered as second-class matter February 21, 1917, at the Postoffice at Thompsonville, Conn., under the Act of March 3, 1879. VOL. VIII. THOMPSONVILLE. CONN., JUNE 1920. NO. 6 PRESIDENT’S ADDRESS By Willard Henry Furey Parents and Friends: We, the members of the Class of 1920, extend to you a cordial welcome to our class night entertainment. Four short years ago we entered this school as a small group of ambi- tious hoys and girls. As we forged ahead in our work, it seemed as though we were due for four years of scholastic drudgery, hut now, as we look back over that seemingly endless period, it has seemed short indeed. Our happy moments in Enfield High School are about to come to a close, and we take this time to show our appreciation of the happy hours we have spent here. As the various speakers have labored diligently on their respective parts, we beg of you to banish all cares, forget all solemnities, and enter into the joyful spirit of what we hope will be a memorable occasion. Again, in behalf of the Class of 1920, I welcome you here to partici- pate in the ceremonies of the evening, which will bring to a close a career of happy remembrances. HISTORY OF THE CLASS OF 1920 By Idell Godard Four short years ago we entered Freshics green as grass. But now as grave and reverend Seniors Look we o’er the verdant past. It scarcely seems real to us that four years have flown by since we, the Class of 1920, entered these ivy-covered walls of Enfield as a troop of innocent and green Freshies. How nice we all looked that day—the girls with their freshly starched dresses and hair-ribbons of every con- ceivable color, and the boys with their new suits and stiff collars.

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Class of 1920, Enfield Public High School Class Officers President, Willard Furey Vice-President, Jennie Anderson Secretary-treasurer, Florence Gourlie Class Motto “Excelsior” Class Flower Class Colors Jack Rose Blue and White (College preparatory (Course Constance Elizabeth Bridge Marion Rita Hines Isabel Pease Bugbee Mary Frances Holbrook Nazareno Liberatore Cardone Frederick Earle Lord Willard Henry Furey Leo Aloysius Mitchell Idell Francis Godard Lucile Doris Moore Theodore Fredric Goldthorpe Harold Austin Nash William Joseph Hines Howard John Nash Helen Elizabeth Stowe (General (Course Jennie Elizabeth Anderson Benjamin Thompson Pinney Milton Kinney Corbin Ina Margaret Simpson Mary Dolorita Griffin Walter Slanetz Antoinette Evelyn Leger Helen Elizabeth Smyth Thelma Laura Noble Anna Agnes Wallace Edith Mae Weeder Commercial (Course Cardice Helen Abrahamson Stanislaus Joseph Javorski Herman Bradford Billings Mable Mildred Kessner Mildred May Blackburn Ruth Catherine Meiladew Leona Vincentia Boucher Josephine Helen Mercik Raymond Paul Chouinard Alice Mary O’Neil Mae Frances Dunne Grace Catherine Sapsuzian Raymond Thomas Dunne Lorinda Ursula Saracco Catherine Virginia Ford Louis E. Schoentag Ida Katherine Gallant Florence Ray Sloane Florence May Gourlie Maijorie Lucille Smith Harold Herman Hastings Doris Eileen Stack Leona Mattie Hastings Lucy Elizabeth Tilden Mary Elizabeth Hogan Eleanor Mae Wile Vera Morgan Woodward Indicates Honor Pupils

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THE ENFIELD ECHO 9 Think back over the years when you were Freshies; then try to picture us when we entered the front door. We were very small in size, compared with our brains and high ambitions. Hardly had we entered the door, about 100 or more of us, when we started out exploring our new place of abode. Of course we were trying to live up to the motto that we had had drilled into us since we were knee-high. “Little children should be seen and not heard”; therefore we set about to explore without asking any questions. However, we investigated very little that morning, as we were politely informed where we belonged, and accordingly we went to Rooms 8 and 9. where we met our room teachers, Miss Atwell and Miss Porter, both of whom, I can assure you, seemed very pleased to see us all. The first few days were novelties to us. We learned many new ways of passing notes, for instance on our shoe-tops, but the greatest novelty of all was that of passes. It was by this means that we were able to skip classes and go down street whenever we took a fancy. We became very well acquainted with the soda fountains in town, as we visited them quite frequently during study hours. However, teachers never realize that, “A little pleasure now and then is relished by the best of men,” and as a con- sequence but few passes were issued. We elected our class officers this year, being the first class in Enfield High School to elect officers in the Freshman year. William Neelans was elected President; Dora Houle, Secretary and Treasurer; George Becker, Vice-President; and Jessie Brooks, Historian. Fellow classmates, has there ever been a class who could send two representatives to the “Yale Pageant” as we sent Florence Gourlie and William Neelans? We also found during the very first year that our class has many talents, among them being the ability to act on a real stage. What class can boast of having members of their class take part during the Freshman year? We can, for some of our smallest Freshies took part in the dancing specialties at the play entitled “Green Stockings.” We selected class pins and rings during this year. Thus we estab- lished the precedent for class pins. The year passed very rapidly, and without realizing it, we were elevated to the position of shy Sophomores. We started in our Sophomore year with the thought of doing better than we did our first year. Room 2, in charge of Miss Gear, was assigned to us as our place of abode. We were very much surprised, however, when we returned, to find that so many of our beloved classmates had left us. Among the absent members were our Secretary and Treasurer, Dora Houle. Later in the year our Historian. Jessie Brooks, departed from our midst. Miss Gear was very popular that year, especially with her own room pupils, for many a night she asked us all to stay with her for a short chat, or “to pick up the floor and put it in the basket.” which we still maintain is impossible.