Enfield High School - Echo Yearbook (Enfield, CT)

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THE ENFIELD ECHO 17 Lola Remington has invented a wonderful machine for the purpose of passing notes in school invisibly. She has perfected her invention to a very high degree, making it so compact that it fits the pocket very conveniently. She had to resort to such in- genious methods herself during her school career that she resolved to save future generations in Enfield High from any trouble in that respect James Tatoian has opened a Latin school where backward stu- dents are accepted. My companion and I left the hotel as soon as possible next morning as we were anxious to learn more concerning our class- mates. When we arrived at our meeting place our prophet was there waiting for us. After going through the same process as before the pictures once more began to appear. We gasped with astonishment as we recognized our class president, Arthur Bromage, wildly gesticulating and thumping the pulpit to emphasize his sermon, and occasionally glaring at a few unruly boys in the rear of his congregation. As this scene fades away it is replaced by that of a large laboratory. Surrounded by numerous instruments are Mary Baronian and Lillian Most. They are deeply engrossed in an in- vention of a compound which will make fat people thin and thin people fat. Next appears a hospital ward where the occupants seem un- usually happy. The cause we notice is Alice Leger, who is trying to cheer them with her violin, but it is really her smiles and dim- ples that do the work. Now we see the figure of a white man surrounded bv savage looking blacks. He is speaking enthusiastically and the blacks gaze at him in awe. This is Harold Goodwin, a missionary to Africa. We know Zig liked brunettes. What is this? It is the Circus, and within a cage we see a lady lien tamer, showing her skill at its best. We are really not sur- prised as we knew Isabel Hird was always good at taming the wild ones. Now would you really believe it? Here is Ernest Landry giving swimming lessons in a pool-room in Springfield. The next picture showed the long, lank figure of Rockwell Holcomb, swaying, dipping, and gliding between a row of ladies on one side and a row of gentlemen on the other. He is teaching the latest jazz steps in Alaska, where he is quite popular with Eskimo ladies. Poor Jimmy Ryan, having had difficulty in landing a lady, is practicing in the art of landing an aeroplane, as he expects to go in the moving business soon. Ina Romieu has just distinguished herself as a milliner in New

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16 THE ENFIELD ECHO can Army and reports have it that she is soon to wed one of her soldier patients whom she nursed thru in a long illness. Nathan Kaplan has amassed a considerable fortune thru his patent medicine “Hook-worm Reliever,” which he positively guar- antees will rid one of that dreadful malady. Margaret Leary, I am sorry to say, has brought shame to our fair class. She has been arrested on several occasions for vamp- ing members of the male sex in public parks. But she has achieved such a high degree of excellence in that art that she has gotten off lightly every time by resorting to a simple expedient—vamping the helpless judge. Emma McHale and Anna Griffin are running a dancing studio. Because of their wonderful ability as dancers they have re- ceived numerous offers to go on the stage, but have persistently refused, preferring to run their famous school. Mabelle Meginn has become a famous authoress. Her remark- able proficiency in Latin has led her to write several text-books on the subject. One book esoecially has made her famous. This book is entitled “How to get A in Latin without Studying.” 0 Mabelle, why didn’t you give the benefit of your wonderful talent to the members of Lat. IV, who strove so manfully to obtain suc- cess in this subject? Harold Lamont is leading a dog’s life. He had the misfortune of marrying a brawny six-footer who treats him terribly. It is rumored that besides having to do the usual househould duties, Harold is daily put to work making duds for the little Lamonts, and when one considers that there are twelve of them one can ap- preciate poor Harold’s task. John MacGovern has achieved fame on the stage. He is directing his own production on the Great White Way . . . . McGovern’s Midnight Frolics in which Helen Slanetz and Annie Rich are starring. Miss Rich has won the hearts of the theater goers thru her wonderful tce-dancing, while Miss Slanetz has over- whelmed them by her enchanting voice. Esther Lawlor is firmly determined to become an old maid. She is engaged in active warfare against the other sex, rallying many women to her support by the aid of her wonderful slogan— “Down With the Male Sex.” 0 Esther, why this implacable hatred? Elizabeth Sullivan has become a heart-breaker. She has refused hundreds of offers in marriage but a gav Lothario with blonde hair and innocent blue eyes finally captured the gay Eliza- beth. But Betty brought the marriage to a close with the abrupt- ness characteristic of her actions in school, when she found that he had Four Other Wives. Dorothy Phelps has also become a literary light, writing a book entitled “Commonsense and How to Acquire It.”

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18 THE ENFIELD ECHO York by establishing the fashion of having flowers on men’s hats. The next picture brings to our minds what a success Dotty Spellman was in “Captain Kidd, Jr.” She is now employed in the Metropolitan—as a maid to the leading lady. Dorothy Mason has established a dress-making department in Paris with Marjorie Clark as her walking model. Dorothy has already buried three husbands and is about to marry another. Now appears Marion Cooley. She has joined the Mounted Police and has on several occasions been awarded a medal for the capture of moonshiners. Ruth Smith has set up a hairdressing department in Chicago and is trying to induce men to wear queues once more—to make the trade livelier. Chester Locke has been sent to the island of Yap from the U. S. He has broken so many laws in this country the courts de- cided to banish him. George Dockham has gone into the advertising business. In front of his office in Syracuse, N. Y., he has hung out a sign, “Wanted—a lady.” This completing the prophecies, my friend tossed a coin to the old man, who grasped it eagerly and hobbled away. We could not help but exclaim over our illustrious class-mates. When we grad- uated we thought ours a most remarkable class, but after this ex- perience we were quite convinced that the class of 1921 did beat all. CLASS JINGLE By Anna Frances Griffin This famous class of '21 Has members gay and bright, To us the task is given To tell what each is like. Our class has many people Who teachers wish to be, One of these I'll tell you Is bashful Miss Cooley. Chester shines at track meet, He certainly works hard, To get honors for old Enfield As well as on his card. Mabelle’s quite a teacher, She’s bright and friendly, too, She’ll get a fine position For teachers now are few. To see skirts even shorter Miss Allen likes so much, and Emma Cecelia McHale To school she comes some mornings And her knees they almost touch. Holcomb’s great ambition Is to be a baseball star. Here’s to the day he’ll become one Beating Babe Ruth by far. And next in line comes Dockham, Who is so very bright, He never seems to study, But still he’s always right. Oh Bernice, tell us truly Why you are always late, You never start to hun-y Till forty after eight. “Zig” Goodwin is an athlete, An actor, and popular, too. It seems that there is nothing This bright boy can’t do.