Enfield High School - Echo Yearbook (Enfield, CT)

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12 THE ENFIELD ECHO There were two courses of study offered to us, the Academic and the Vocational. The larger portion of the class selected the Vocational. Many of us entered the Enfield High with the idea of preparing ourselves for entrance into higher institutions of learn- ing upon the completion of our high school career. In our Freshman year we warmly welcomed twenty students from Somers, two from Somersville, twenty-seven from Hazard- ville, eighty-four from Thompsonville, fourteen from Enfield, five from Warehouse Point, and six from Sufheld and elsewhere. During that year Haskell Lord, Robert Campbell, Robert Gray, Alfred Cote, Bertha Longmore, Edith Bower, and a few others left the class. The annual Prize Speaking Contest took place in the month of March. Miss Alice Lynch speaking on ‘ ' Manners in SchooF’, and Miss Parker on “Up the Mazaruni for Diamonds” were the two representing the Freshman Class. The Prize Speech was won by Peter Crombie, a Senior at that time. We also had a debating society of great interest under the supervision of our President, Stanley Burgess. On June 21st, 1923, we bid farewell to both Mrs. Johnston and Mr. Smith, two of our well-liked teachers. On the 7th of September, 1923, with our few remaining mem- bers we found ourselves seated in Rooms 2, 4, 5, and 7, within the portals of the old Enfield High. We were feeling a little bit higher in our ways and manners this year, for no longer were we to be looked upon as foolish, baby Freshmen. During the month of October we held a class meeting, our President being Theodore Sperry, and our Vice-President, Sumner Adams. Every other week we held our debating society, and the alternate weeks we had Chorus, under the supervision of Mr. King, Mrs. Lehman being our pianist for the first half of the year, and Miss Streeter, her successor, for the remaining half. In this same year the annual Prize Speaking Contest was held in April, Miss Harriet Smith speaking on “The Telephone”, Miss Barbara Smith on “Colts’ Woolen Wear Industry,” and Miss Dor- othy Parker on the subject of “Home.” This time two Juniors were the victors. On June 25th, 1924, we bid farewell to another class, and sent them out into the wide world with all our best hopes and wishes. But aside from this great sorrow we were forced to bid farewell also to some of our fine teachers whom we had already added to our line of friends and acquaintances. They were Miss Doane, Miss Moulton, Mr. Davis, and Mr. Jenkins. Romping back to school as Juniors in the fall of 1924, we found ourselves situated in those spacious seats occupying the front of Room 1, in the building now known as “Old Enfield High.” Of course we were the best class of Juniors that entered or ever will

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tTbe Bnficlb Bcbo 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 im- portance 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 seventy-five cents a year for five issues or one dollar and a quarter for six issues, including the Commencement number. Single numbers cost twenty 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 Thompsonville, Conn., under the Act of March 3, 1879. VOL. XIV THOMPSONVILLE, CONN., JUNE 1926 NO. 6 ADDRESS OF WELCOME By Clyde Terwilliger Parents and Friends : As president of the Class of 1926 I extend to you all a hearty welcome, and I wish to express our appreciation of the interest you have taken in us during our stay in Enfield High School. We, the Class of 1926, make our entrance tonight upon Com- mencement Week, the climax of our happy stay here, with how- ever one regret, that the man who made possible this wonderful addition to the town, is not here to see the first result of his work. We are, indeed, a thankful class, for we have had the privilege this last year of first using this new building; this building which with all its conveniences and perfections has made us more able to help us in our work and to prepare us for the continuation of our careers with the dignity and honor befitting a graduate of Enfield High School. And so we go out, determined to live according to the wonder- ful example given us by Dr. Alcorn in his own private life and in his kind work. Now, in behalf of the Class of 1926 I welcome you all to these exercises and to the exercises following this week. CLASS HISTORY By Dorothy Parker In the fall of 1922 the Class of 1926 entered the Enfield High School as Freshmen, with a total membership of one hundred and forty-four. By the end of the school year we had but seventy-nine of our class left with us. Several had to leave an account of illness and others because of failure in their courses. Of the eighty-five who left, there were some who went to work, and some changed residence. Those that went to work found that money appealed to them then much more than education.

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THE ENFIELD ECHO 13 enter Enfield High. Never did we whisper without permission, or throw notes; such things as these were unheard of in our class of goody-goody boys and girls. In the play called “Come Out of the Kitchen” Miss Florine Allen, Miss Agnes Quinn, and Laurence Malley, all Juniors, were a decided success through their clever acting. Early in April, 1925, Miss Dorothy Parker, a member of the Junior Class, represented Enfield High at the County Oratorical Contest held in Hartford, and was awarded Honorable Mention. On April 24th the best Junior Prom ever held, was given by us. On June 5th, our first issue of the Echo was produced, and it was so conspicuously successful and interesting that we heard the people on the street corners talk of our ability. Alas! our Senior year had come. We did not return, though, to Old Enfield, but instead to this beautiful new structure. For a while we were puzzled as to where we should go, but after a few days, we brilliant Seniors settled down to labor, leaving the little Freshmen to wander aimlessly here and there, uncertain as to where they should go. Of course it usually takes Freshmen a long time to learn anything, although the Class of ’26 never had to pass through that stage. We wish to mention also how successful the Enfield Echo was under its efficient Editors, the Misses Barbara Smith, Dorothy Parker, Eleanor Joslin, Ruth Hurd, Helen Colby, aud our Business Manager, Albert Burbank. On November 27, a sad thing struck us and everyone in Thompsonville. It was the loss of our dear friend. Dr. Thomas G. Alcorn. In the month of December, the jazzy orchestra, the “Snappy Six”, furnished music for our Senior Prom which, like our wonder- ful Junior Prom, proved very successful. During all our other activities our boys were doing their bit in athletics. Our stars were Malley, in basketball, football, and baseball; Terwilliger in baseball; Niemic in baseball and basket- ball; Kaminsky, Bigos, and Smith were also stars in athletics. Bigos and Marinaccio did their bit in track. Again came another lapse of events until on March 23rd we popped up again with the Prize Speaking Contest. The Senior contestants were Miss Gardner, speaking on “Borgia”, Woodward on “Forestry”, Marie Collins on the “North American Indian”, and Miss Parker on Dr. Alcorn. Miss Parker won second prize. On April 9th the Senior play of “Bab” shone forth in all its glory, with its new sets in the new High School. There could be no better actors than the ones we had in the Senior play. Miss Plamondon, our leading lady, won the hearts of her audience, while Miss Harriet Smith and Miss Blanche Nackenson, Robert Gal-