Enfield High School - Echo Yearbook (Enfield, CT)

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XLhc Bnftelb JEcbo 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 importance 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 eighty-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 Post Office at Thompson- ville, Conn., under the Act of March 3, 1879. VOL. X THOMPSONVILLE. CONN., JUNE 1922 NO. 6 PRESIDENT’S ADDRESS By Howard W. Gourlie Parents and Friends: We welcome you. The children of yes- terday, the men and women of tomorrow, we have completed one stage of Life’s journey. The Class of ’22 is here tonight, about to begin the exercises which will sever its connection with its school. While such a time is well fitted for serious thought and reflec- tion, those moods are more appropriate to the solitude of one’s chamber. So let us cast dull care away, if just for tonight, when we raise the curtain of the past and push aside the veil of the future, for all the world to see. Four years of the intimacy of school life serve well to display a character to his schoolmates and tonight each is classified and labeled for your benefit. Bear with us, if any of them seem too ridiculous or too pitiable, for tonight relaxation has set in, and mirth holds sway. Individually and collectively, we extend to you our warmest welcome. CLASS HISTORY By Florence Brainard The class of 1922 began its journey through the “Castle of Knowledge” in Sept. 1918. Before we appeared at the entrance to this wonderful castle we heard many rumors of the great treasure stories hidden within the castle’s ivy-covered walls: treas- ure which would be the rich reward for those who diligently sought after it. Many of the treasures were said to be kept by mysterious characters, by some called Courage, Ambition, Perseverance, Co-

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THE ENFIELD ECHO Class of 1922 Enfield Public High School Class Motto “All goes if courage goes” Acaitemtc ♦Olive Marie Adams Evelyn Hayward Chillson Franklin Pierce Combs Anson Ernest Corbin Beulah Mabelle Ellis Thomas Edward Ferguson Carroll Alexander Gibney ♦Howard Wallace Gourlie Alice Adele Hamel Mildred Leora Horton ♦Norton Edward Hunter Wilfred Roy Landry James Henry Liberty Edith Marie Miller Francis Raymond Niemiec ♦James Theodore Pascoe ♦Gertrude Amy St. George Timothy Cyril Sullivan ♦Grace Margaret Thornes William White Thompson Anna Nichols Willson Marion Elizabeth Wing Vocational Fannie Elizabeth Bent Florence Butler Brainard ♦Grace Bromage Edna Mary Burns ♦Edith Hazel Chestnut Sarah Eleanor Chillson Herbert Arthur Clark Philip Anthony Connor Charles Orville Creelman Francis Hugh Crombie ♦Marjorie Dorcas Curtis Mae Julia Desso Julia Thayer Glazier Martha Dorothy Graham Winfield Barber Hawkes James William Hayden Margaret Elizabeth Hird ♦Indicates Honor Pupils. Jean Elizabeth Jones Dorothy Eileen Kellogg Ethel Josephine Lavigne Della Lenora Leroux Anna Frances Libby ♦Flora Prettyman Mason Arthur William Meginn Frank Joseph Mercik Eleanor Harrison Moody Stanislaus Joseph Niemiec Helen Eunice Pawelcik Charles William Remington Mary Louise Rowan ♦Edna May Sloane Harold Arthur Stewart Helen Theresa Sulik Florence Esther Sullivan Flower-Carnation Colors—Red and White

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THE ENFIELD ECHO 13 operation, and Strength of Character. To carry on our journey successfully all of these characters had to be sought and brought to our aid to render their individual services. There were also characters more easy to become acquainted with, by some called Pleasure, Inattention, Failure, Idleness, who would lead one from the steep and rocky path of knowledge when one least expected them. Nevertheless, being in all nearly one hundred members strong we prepared to undertake the journey, having in our posses- sion the required badges of service secured from the numerous small castles through which our various members had traveled. On this morning we appeared before the gates and presented our badges, and were permitted to enter. The chief official of the castle whispered to us the password, “All goes if courage goes,” and we realized that to complete our journey of the castle we must be courageous. Before the entrance to the first room we met our guide, Mr. Bowman, with his assistants, Miss Storrs, Miss Barton, Miss Wright, Miss Mitchell, and Miss Turner. As we entered we were surprised to see that what lay before us was entirely new to us; the everyday world we had been living in was in the past forever. The small room into which we were ushered was lighted by a soft green light which seemed to sooth our excited spirits in search of the unknown, and we at once got down to work. When we entered this small, green room and left the outside world we could not entirely forget the great war in which our country was engaged. Therefore we strove eagerly to make our quota of War Savings Stamps and Liberty Bonds, purchased the highest of any in the other rooms of the castle, and there was great rejoicing when we received word that the war was over. When our rejoicings were brought under control by our guides we learned that one of our members had been taken from us. Although our class was so large that we did not as yet know every member intimately, the loss of our absent member was deeply felt by all. When intermission gave us a chance to rest and to talk over the wonderful experiences we had and the treasures which some had found in the small green room we were surprised to see how many beautiful emeralds had been collected. The intermission seemed very short, and we found that we were about to explore another room with a number of new guides. Mr. Bowman’s chief assistant was the new principal, Mr. Bryant, and Mr. Farrar was introduced as the instructor of the boys in athletics, and Miss Potter as the one who was to instruct us in the mysteries of the French language. This second room was larger than the first. We worked under red lights most of the time, for there were so many secluded pas- sageways, both on the main floor and in the balconies above that red guiding lights were needed at various points. We had indeed entered a dangerous room.