Enfield High School - Echo Yearbook (Enfield, CT)

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THE ENFIELD ECHO 11 dom, but this day was a gala day in its history, and many people gazed upon it in wonder as they watched us happily step aboard in search of the Fountain of Wisdom. We were about to investigate our good ship when we were ushered to cabins 8, 9, and 11 of the lower deck. Here we met the stewardesses, Miss Mitchell, Miss Porter and Miss Barton. Scarcely were we seated when we heard a bell ringing in some distant cabin and then almost instantly it sounded in ours, calling us, as the stewardess explained, to assembly. In order to get to the assembly cabin we were obliged to climb to the second deck. The corridors were so narrow, we could easily whisper without being detected and we took advantage of this de- fect until we reached the stairs. Here we were quieted by a stew- ardess situated at the bottom of the stairs. How we loved to skip a step, but on looking up we beheld another sentinel at the top calmly gazing down upon us and we walked on without further confusion. On entering cabin 1 we beheld our captain, Mr. Parkman, at the desk. He welcomed us very cordially wishing us a successful voyage. He explained that the Voyage of High School Life was in reality to be over four seas, though the four bodies of water were so closely joined together that they seemed but one immense sea. He informed us further, that we had just entered upon the first and smallest of these, which was called the Freshman Sea, and that it would be well to adopt the watchwords of courage and per- severance in order to have the necessary passport at the entrance of each succeeding sea. There were naturallv a few cases of seasickness and various ones were tempted to throw up Algebra and other disagreeable dishes but our Captain assured them firmly that they would have to retain these indigestibles. So they bravely managed to hold them down. In the middle of the Freshman Sea a great wave arose which nearly washed us from the lower deck. It was the billow of mid- year examinations. How hard we studied to hold to the deck! But it was worth it, for when the sea was again calm, not one of us had succumbed to the cruel wave. As we were socially inclined it did not take us long to become acquainted with our fellow passengers, who found among our num- ber a great many talents. One of the foremost was dancing and that accounts for some of the members of our illustrious class tak- ing part in the dancing specialties at the play entitled, “The Reju- venation of Aunt Mary.” We also had one great athlete Bissland who was transferred during the year to the ship called, “Dean Academy.” Time quickly elapsed and with the help of our field glasses we

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Ubc Enfield Eebo Subscriptions may be taken at any time; copies are mailed to all subscribers not attending- the school. The price or subscription is eig-hty-flve cents a year. Single num- bers cost firteen cents. Advertising rates are reasonable, and may be learned from the business Manager. Published six times during the school year by the members of the Enfield Public High School. A Board or Directors chooses the staff or officers and decides all matters or vital importance to the paper. All material Tor publication passes through the hands or 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. Entered as second-class matter February 21, 1917, at the Post Office at Thompsonville, Conn., under the Act of March 3, 1879. VOL. IX THOMPSONVILLE. CONN., JUNE 1921 NO. 6 PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS By Arthur Watson Broniage Parents and Friends: In behalf of the class of 1921, 1 welcome you to one of the happiest events of our high school career. On Wednesday evening, when we give our lengthy and learned declamations before that vast audience in the Franklin Theatre, you will sec some of the results of our high school training. Fortunately not all of our time at Enfield has been spent in preparing for that night. In the years spent in these old halls, we have developed along other lines also. After casting aside that shyness so common to all Freshmen we began to take great interest in the social life of the school. It did not take us long to find appropriate nicknames for one another. As we have met in the same classes and rejoiced over the same vacations, quite naturally a spirit of good fellowship and comradeship has flour- ished among us. Asking you to forget the weighty matters on your minds and beseeching you to remember that you were all seventeen not such a long, long time ago. 1 will leave the task of portraying the happiness of our high school days, to my fellow class-mates. HISTORY OF THE CLASS OF 1921 By Alice Ursula Leger It was the fourteenth of September 1917, a calm peaceful au- tumnal day, that the good ship Enfield High School stood at anchor at the wharf of a new school year. It was the same old ship that had carried many passengers to safe harbor in the Land of Great Wis-

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12 THE ENFIELD ECHO could see a port in the distance. This our captain pointed out to us as the first stopping place on our voyage and presented us with our checks of identification for that year. Mr. Parkman, our captain, left us in the middle of the Fresh- man Sea, to go to some distant port. We were indeed a ship with- out a rudder. We had a wonderful vacation and soon in the fall we procured the necessary passport to enter the Sophomore sea. Our cabin was now number 2, situated on the upper deck in charge of stewardess, Miss Thomason. We felt very sorry when we noticed that our number had diminished. Some had been trans- ferred to different ships, others did not have the necessary pass- port which was earned by good honest labor and a few had been discouraged by sea sickness. We elected our officers while on this sea. They are Arthur Bromage President, Elizabeth Sullivan Vice-President and Lois Gordon Secretary and Treasurer. We also selected the school ring which must be adopted by all future passengers. A billow of examination questions was again seen on the hori- zon, and as it crept nearer the ship we recognized our old friend mid-year exams. This time we were not so industrious about study- ing as we were quite sure the wave could not reach the second deck, to overwhelm us. While on shipboard our fellow passengers found among our number some very good actors as well as dancers. They are Brown, Burgess, Ryan and Dockham, who took part in the play entitled, “The Amazons.” At mid sea a terrible storm came up. It was the deluge of report cards in which we found Bromage had received his first B to the surprise of all on shipboard. He hung his head in shame for many days. We now entered the channel between the Sophomore and Junior Sea and soon found ourselves on a larger body of water than we had yet experienced. The Commercial Passengers were moved to Cabin 7 in charge of Miss Thomason, the rest to Cabin 1 in charge of Miss Johnson, and Mr. Bryant was our captain. We stopped at one of the ports along the way and here Miss Gordon, our secretary and treasurer, alighted. We bade her a fond farewell and waved our regrets from the deck as we steamed awav leaving her to pursue a different course. Not long after we elected Mabelle Meginn, whose work has been verv commendable, to fill this important position. One terrible storm, the worst we experienced in all our four years’ journey, assailed us. It was the cruel hand of death who stole from our midst our favorite boy, Albert Clark. All on ship-