Enfield High School - Echo Yearbook (Enfield, CT)

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The Enfield Echo 23 ADVICE TO UNDERGRADUATES (Robert Spier) Now that the time has come for me in behalf of this great and noble senior class, to give to you future seniors, juniors, and sopho- mores, a little friendly advice, I am stumped with the huge task before me in trying to instill in your weak and childish minds a sense of responsibility for this wonderful school of ours. If you do not quite understand, undergraduates, we will try to be patient with you because we realize just what your responsibilities are and you cannot be expected to do too much. Well anyway here is con- structive advice which, if not assimilated by you undergraduates, I dread to think of just what will happen to this school when the seniors are no longer at its head. Therefore: Juniors and future seniors, when you are at the head of the school do not in any way lower yourselves in talking to the future juniors or sophomores except when business demands it. If you do not take this advice you will find your hands full of unruly pupils. Also when you are in the estate of seniors you must reprieve severely any attempt of the Juniors and sophomores to leave the assembly hall, before you have left. Indeed if it were not for this class of ours having put you undergraduates into place at the begin- ning of the year I dread to think of what would have happened to this noble school of ours. You sophomores and next year Juniors I must say have been extremely out of place in the quiet life of Enfield High and it has been our task several times to rebuke you and, I think in fact I know we have succeeded. I wish you would show just a little of the respect you have shown for us to the next year seniors. Indeed they will be proud and happy if they could get one quarter of the deference you have shown us at all times. It shows you know what a noble class is leading you. It is one that demands respect and gets it. So, future juniors, try and show just a little respect for your next year leaders if you can possibly lower yourselves to be bossed by such an inferior class. As for the freshmen they have undoubtedly been the meekest class that has ever entered Enfield High School. In fact, they have had none whatsoever of the spirit the other freshmen had in years gone by. I believe that they have secured their lesson from other freshmen classes before them. They undoubtedly have realized what a class of leaders we have been and they learned their lesson early and have acted like nice little children should act. If they are like this next year they will be able to conduct themselves like dainty little sophomores should and everything will go along nicely. In conclusion I would like to give a few of the examples of what our wonderful class has done. First we bought our own tickets to go to Washington. We are giving notice to you future seniors to be prepared to pay for your own year book. We hope we have given it in time so you will have

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22 The Enfield Echo William Lamont.......... Deck of Cards When Bill plays cards at someone’s house Sometimes he doesn’t win; We hope this deck of cards, Will help to bring the cash in. Adcla Klaus.....................Horse We know Adela likes to ride, Because she wears those riding breeches; A horse we think would be just right, Providing Adela will sit tight. Daniel Lebeshevsky..............Collar Pin or I bv here’s a collar pin, To hold his collar down tight; At 8 o’clock he looks like A sea-gull in full flight. Doris Sisitszky...............Clothes Line Your vocabulary is colossal, And it certainly is fine, But if it ever should get rusty, You can air it on the line. Alexander Pilch Lucky Strike Cigarette Fverybody likes Alex, We think he’s alright; And he certainly deserves To make a lucky strike. Barbara Chapin..................Siren Barbara is quiet, and indeed most profound, So a siren we give her, To know when she’s around. Alwena Lehmann................Motorcycle Alwena marches with the scouts, most every holiday, In case she should get tired, A motorcycle will speed her on her way. Genevieve Senio..........Coil of Rope An ambitious girl is Genevieve We hope she travels far; A coil of rope will help To hitch her wagon to a star. Thomas Brennan..............Straw Hat Tommy works in tobacco, When summer rolls around; We think he’ll need a big straw hat. To keep the sun from beating down. Celia Quinn........ ............ Rouge Celia has such rosy cheeks, We hope she’ll always have them, But should she get a great big scare, This rouge will put the color there. Shirley Halsted....................Train Shirley likes to ride on trains, And have a merry time; To help her save the fare, A train we’ll give her To take her everywhere. Helen Baltronis......................Car Up the hill she comes each day To meet the bus along the way; We give to her this little car So she won’t have to walk so far.

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24 The Enfield Echo saved enough money to buy them with. Incidentally our class was given three weeks notice—did that phase us? No! of course your class cannot expect to be as industrious as ours is so I’m going to tell you a year head in order that you will be prepared. Our class has also been noted for its loyal spirit to this school and I dread to think of what the school will be like next year when it is in the hands of a totally inferior class, but 1 guess we can only hope for the best and tell the future seniors that in order to main- tain the highest standing of culture, wisdom and refinements which can be obtainable, you must follow the record of the class of ’36. But now, in real sincerity I wish to say that we the class of ’36 have had four wonderful years here and we wish you all the suc- cess for the years to come and we thank you one and all for your splendid cooperation and loyalty you have shown us. RESPONSE TO UNDERGRADUATES (Edward White, 1937) Seniors: We thank you for your generosity in giving us this advice but stop worrying about us immediately. We will manage nicely and we can assure you that the school will not close per- manently because of your departure. Above all, seniors, stop worry- ing, for it is especially bad for the poorly developed brain. You tell us not to talk with the future sophomores and juniors except on business. Why don’t you practice what you preach? Many a male graduate has been seen engaged in conversation with one of the attractive underclass girls and enjoying it immensely. You have said to be sure that the underclassmen remain in the assembly until the seniors have passed to class. You have given us your class as an example. If we remember correctly, the only time that the seniors were out of the assembly hall before the underclassmen this year, was when they idiotically ran out like kindergarten children. Didn’t I hear the senior representative speak of the future junior class being out of place in the school? Listen, on the football team last fall, there was one senior to six sophomores. This seems to put the senior out of place. Your speaker talks of the freshmen class as being meek. We noticed in the Jumbo Jamboree that the freshmen sold out in the fish pond twice but we didn’t hear that the seniors sold out their supply of ice cream and soda. Now your representative goes on to speak of the great things his class has done. They bought their own tickets for Washington. This was undoubtedly because they were too lazy to get out and raise funds. He goes on to say “We raised the money for a class book in three weeks.” Why, seniors, I am surprised that with your ability and ingenuity that you didn’t raise the money in shorter time. I would have suggested cutting out chewing gum and then the money would have been raised in one week. But in all seriousness, we want you to know that as long as some class had to lead us we are glad it was the class of 1936.