Enfield High School - Echo Yearbook (Enfield, CT)

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THE ENFIELD ECHO 31 Lola Remington Application for I . G. Course We know you hate to leave him, A certain Junior boy, So why not take a P. G. course And add to Stewart’s joy. Ina Romieu .... It Pays to Advertise Ina, I hear you are so witty It surely is a pity You don’t commercialize. You know it pays to advertise. James Ryan .............Commute Book James Edward Ryan comes home each week To see his girl so dear and sweet. It costs a lot to come, they say. So here’s a commute to save his pay. Helen Slanetz ........Book on Liberty We know you love to whisper. In school you love to be free. But most of all we know you’ll like A book on “Liberty.” Ruth Smith .........Bobb;d Doll’s Wig Ruthie wants to bob her hair, Then ’twould not be such a care. It might not look as well that way, Then what would Mama have to say? But if this wig you’ll only wear There’ll be no need to cut your hair. Dorothy Spellman ................House After each party, the maid from Hall Hill Must stay overnight in Thompson- ville. ’Tis very far to that lonely spot, So here’s a house for little “Dot.” Elizabeth Sullivan ....Bag of Flour Betty’s face is always white, Morning, afternoon and night. Powder’s the reason she’ll confess. So here’s some flour that will cost you less. James Tatoian .................Tutor James you’ve struggled long and hard To get through Enfield High. A tutor helped in by-gone days Just give this one a try. ADVICE TO UNDERGRADUATES By Myron Albert Burgess Undergraduates, faculty, and friends: We, the class of 1921, arc about to leave our exalted positions in this school to take up our higher positions in life. For four long years we have answered to the roll and marched with the colors of Old Enfield, and now, as we are about to leave, we feel it our duty to pause, undergraduates, to point out a few of your many inferiorities. Freshmen: 1 choose to speak to you first because you are the youngest members of the school. You must not feel badly because the Seniors do not notice you. for man never errs in finding out at an early age his position in life. 1 am told that the faculty and even passers-hv are worried at seeing you hanging out of the windows during intermission. The intermission affords you an opportunity to eat your lunch, so kindly insure this privilege to future classes by making the proper use of it. Boys! yes, and girls: You seem to he fond of chewing gum in school. This is a habit that should have been lost in the grades, and you must not entertain it here.

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30 THE ENFIELD ECHO But he won’t make one as we can plainly see; So he’d better accept this little book, And some day McGraw might give him a look. Nathan Kaplan Report Card With A’s Nathan, we give you this card with all A’s, We hope that you’ll remember in many ways That A’s that you used to get in school Were few and far between as a rule. Harold Lamont ..............Rompers There is one in our class who has never grown He seems like a baby yet, The girls will never leave him alone, For we all make him our pet. So ’21 says farewell with a sigh, And we give him these rompers to remember us by. Esther Lawlor .........Doll’s Shoes As Esther’s tiny little feet Go down the path of time She’ll have these small pink dol- lie’s shoes To make her feet look fine. Margaret Leary .................Fan When Peggy begins arguing She gets so mighty hot That what she is telling you May be true or not, And yet she always says it As though it were a fact. We hope this fan will cool her off And help her use some tact. Alice Leger .................Labels “Safety First.” is a motto Which we all highly rate, Accept this box of labels then To keep your music straight. Chester Locke ......Pass to Movies “Take Your Girl To The Movies” Yes, every Thursday night Perhaps a “pass” will make the cost Of tickets for two, more light. John MacGovern ........Train of Cars A train of cars is what you lack They will sometimes come in dandy Just place them on the railroad track, And you’ll get home quite handy. His habit of walking is really steady, For the late car goes before he is ready. Emma McHale Book of Good English “Gee” and “Gosh” are common Also “let it go hang,” We’ll tell the world that Emma Is ready with the slang! Dorothy Mason .........Box of Paper She writes letters by the dozen And mails them every day. We often stop to wonder What she can find to say. Mabel Meginn.................Flypaper A cure for “stuck up” Seniors Is difficult to find. Flypaper is a substitute We trust you will not mind. Charles Mirabile .............Curlers Charlie’s pride lies in his hair, He knows it makes the girlies stare. His fortune has vanished getting it waved. So we give these curlers that his gold may be saved. Lillian Most .............Pitch Pipe For “Most” of us on Fridays Assembly rends the heart. To Lillian goes this pitch pipe, Her “hims” with ease to start. Dorothy Phelps .................Truck Dorothy lives quite far from school, And often late she breaks the rule. We wanted to give her a motorcar. Then she would not have to walk so far. But Dot’s weight may be compared to lead, So we’ll have to give her this truck instead. Annie Rich ..................Scissors To you we give a scissor small, ’Twill help at any rate To cut the tie the judges brought As verdict in debate.

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32 THE ENFIELD ECHO Sophomores: You are a quiet class—but nobody realizes it. Your room teacher has much trouble in convincing you that rules must be carried out. especially the rule which affects the passing of classes to and from your home room. I would suggest that you pass down the aisle according to directions and, furthermore, that you wait at the door of Room 2 until the Seniors have passed out of Room 1. Then Sophomores, a few of you are privileged to sit in Room 1. May I advise you to conduct yourselves in a manner that will bring credit to yourselves? I fear that too often the Seniors have been blamed for the wrong doings of the Sophomores who occupy the front seats. Juniors: To you who will endeavor to fill the places left vacant by us, I must give the most lengthy advice. Why do you not take more interest in athletics? Your boys made a very poor showing in the interclass track meet and your girls took very little interest in basket-ball. I hope. Juniors, that you will find some means of making the debating meetings more interesting than they have been in the past. I advise that the members of English IIIB be embodied in a separate debating division so that they may develop the art of public speaking to a greater extent than they have thus far acquired it. Juniors: You have entertained a good deal of feeling toward the Senior class, which came to a climax in your prom. May I advise all underclassmen to recognize the superiority of the Seniors and never to try to surpass them in giving more formal dances? There are several members of your class to whom advice must be given and I hope that they will wear the cap if it fits them. Two boys prominent in the Junior class have figured conspicuously in love affairs during the pjist year. They have been distracted from their studies and I would advise the girls to dress more quietly and thus aid in preventing this distraction. Underclassmen: I hope that you will take seriouslv the advice that I have just given you. If you correct the aforementioned faults, you are sure to develop into a class that will rank next to the present Senior Class. When you will have taken our places, may you ever remember that the illustrous class of 1921 went forth into the world not without extending to you the right hand of fellowship. RESPONSE FOR UNDERGRADUATES By Howard Gourlie Honorable Faculty, Undergraduates, Friends, and Oh! yes. the Seniors: You are right in pausing on the threshold of your departure from Old Enfield and dropping a few gems of precious advice for the ones you leave behind. You are justified and in duty bound to try to elevate us, the undergraduates, to the plane on which you now stand. But you have erred in the points you have selected to criticize. In the first place. I have yet to discover that species of Freshman which goes around with downcast head and forlorn appearance because he is ignored by the Seniors. The breed does not exist and nothing but