Enfield High School - Echo Yearbook (Enfield, CT)

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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.

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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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THE ENFIELD ECHO 19 Dot Spellman is quite solemn, She’s very grave and calm, It seems at times to scare her You’d have to use a bomb. Now Alice always blushes When spoken to in school, And even when she’s fiddling She does it as a rule. They say that Dotty Mason, A dressmaker wants to be, Perhaps some day she’ll shock us With her styles from gay Paree. Peg Leary is so noisy. She talks and fools all day, And plays so many pranks that She after school must stay. Ina is very dignified, And quiet as a rule, She never gets excited, But takes things very cool. Although Dot Phelps is quiet, And bashful as can be, She’s surely very pleasant, With this you’ll all agree. Ruthie, Ruthie, we’ve been wondering What murmurs would fill the air, If to school you came some morning After having bobbed your hair. He used to live in Jabok, His name is Jimmie Ryan. But now he’s moved to Enfield, It’s nearer to State line. No stories for the Echo, It’s staff is all at sea, Whatever would have happened Without Mirabile? John surely loves the ladies. We think it’s very sad, To see him going downstairs To work alone in Lab. Laugh and they all laugh with you, Fool and remain after class. ’Tis all too true, says Hazel, Who is such a happy lass. Id’s our Galli-Curci, At music she’ll excel, And when it comes to singing Believe me she can yell. Though Myron’s not so studious, At arguing he’s great, And all of us are eager To hear him in debate. Margie we’ve been hearing things, They say you have a beau, We thought you were so timid, It seems you’re not so slow. Now Mary is very quiet As all of you may know, We wonder if hard study Makes her gain a pound or so. Our president is Bromage, The smartest boy in school, And though he seems too solemn. He surely likes to fool. Lola used to be very quiet, She never had much to say, But since she went to dancing school She changed in many a way. We like his taste in clothing, He’s quite a dude, as you know, If you would be so stylish, Oh boys to Landry go. Now Johnny Brown is jolly, And a most athletic boy, To eat his lunch fourth period Brings him eternal joy. Annie seems so merry In school and on the street, She has a smile that’s friendly For all that she may meet. Miss Most seems fond of music, When singing she’s at her best, And at Friday morning opening Her voice leads all the rest. It’s “Tat” the fellows call him, The teachers call him James, But he’s class pet, which perhaps Explains the different names. Now Peggy seems so lonesome, No longer is she gay, For her poor heart is broken Since Jimmy went away. Phil Goldstein’s quite an athlete, And plays a violin, And when he toots the saxaphone He sure can make it sing.