Farmington High School - Student Yearbook (Farmington, CT)

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FARMINGTON STUDENT l Facsimile of the Commencement Program of the Class 1882, the First to be Graduated from Farmington High School I Y CLASS or '82. COLOR, CARDINAL. s m-ns '-sim....11..1Hz.m.,.........,,.,.....,s.z 4 W, w, k Hmnv, J. 5. KING, c, 1. YOUNGS, M. NETTIE COOKE CLASS OF '82 4 'gA ' CHORUS. 50,-.Q..0. lluionville High School. v ... fr vm era.. .. Wine.. ' CONGREGATIONAL. CHURCH. FRIDAY, ,lllxll 23, 1332. Emi-n' o'cLocK nm. nouns one Ar 1.3 iv xl. vu. P A R T l . Ol HKTI 'flf- Vo!! and l el51l1K . . Svfjt. H. A G W., .i ft... L HCHUS- Th: Heavens Are Tclllllgf' , Hdylw. l'K.X'x HR. SONGf Tht Klvig and IHC Kllllthll . A'tlltl. in xy A v.m.,m. 5u,L7T.a'r0xv-i' mummn mu, MN s r. Q soxn-we ximy mms , MM rm., ip Nm. nk.ATIoN-Mx,-nfoqd xia--waxy, ui 4 1 im.-W ox ERTUKL.-'-Lu-ispwir' . ni. A 4. u...,i.t. . W, I 1- 1 Gmmsfff. Av m 11.12. ms. yi- w, ymfm, me 1: - cfm, un in iz num mis, mm WIND. my in-.ii yum, um nom sammy, ms u. N. c--nw, Mm my wwnww S num nm my Ev. mm my omni., :nw mm ummm, Mm Lum wywim ,sue mn 1 n nm.,-W, ms, umm cmwv wa L n vm. Mm uw! um, um Anus cvrwm 7-Unk nu., F-Aw rw., in-, w n no-mv, xi. 1-. c cam, N.. ww num., ui vu w vm..-W ML ww-H cm..-1 BASS M. :is rx uma, -1. xv A rm,..,. iv- cm 1 mi. ui wmv rn- M, M. ,x E rum, u. w A iuwiwcn H. E iam.. Husw::.1i,D:Fsi:::1, VP .' THOMPSON PART ll. 1. cuokus--4D,m1mS1fiumpnu1 Mmiv' . . cw., ii. Essn- :mmm civaiawaon H my M Nm. CML ui, sorlczfuixavhm rvamiw' www- im y If nw.. xv. olo.1-xox---mn swam mmm, mu. vanfdmfy ,xadfms W it K um.. V. QUAR'I'l'.T'l'lif Whvlc has llxc Summer Hui ' way.,... 1, M, N, Mm mm .mn M., m..,f1..m,, im 1 n. l,..,.ir.M vi coxrsiuum ulx'iLorAAs. vu uiouus-.--umm Nom, rlfmus mm in n vm, lKllN1.U1L'I'ION,

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FARMINGTON STUDENT FRONT ROW-Left to Right- MISS EVELYN BOWER Mathematics MISS FANNIE WATSON English MISS THERESA DRONFIELD Social Subjects Miss MILDREIJ WHITNEY , . English Miss Dems OSBORNE . Home Economics MISS ESTHER SULLIVAN . . French SECOND ROW- MR. HAROLD SMITH Miss DOROTHY AMES MISS ESTHER CLARK MISS DOROTHY REED MR. IOSEPH BURNS BACK ROW- MR. HIRAM TAYLOR MR. E. W. ELLIS . MR. CHARLES MURPIIY . , . . Commercial English and Mathematics . Commercial History Latin , . , . , Science Principal, Supt, of Farmington Schools . . , lllanual Training

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FARMINGTON STUDENT History of Farmington High School LTHOUGH an elementary education was available. in the town of Farm- ington during the middle part of the nineteenth century, it was not until 1882 that the first class was graduated from the high school, which com- prised but two rooms on the upper floor of the same wooden structure in which the classes of the grammar school were, and still are, conducted. At that time, and for many ensuing years, the institution was known as the Unionville High School, until a complaint on the part of the citizens of Farmington brought about the change which exists today. The commencement exercises of that first class, which were under the supervision of Mr. Montieth, whom we honor as the first principal, were held in the Congregational Church, which stood where the Town Hall now stands. Of the four graduates, three were boys. It is interesting to note that the salutatorian of the class, Iohn Scott King, whose topic at graduation was Education, and who, incidentally, was the first student of the high school to attend college, later was graduated from Yale with the well-known William Lyon Phelps. The valedictorian, Wallace Heady, now holds the honorable position of Iudge in one of the Springfield Courts. In 1883 no class was graduated, due to the fact that Mr. Montieth pre- vailed upon the students to remain another year that they might better fit them- selves for the future. Since this year, 1932, marks the bicentennial of Washington's birthday, we must make mention of the fact that these first two classes fittingly celebrated its occurrence and would undoubtedly have established a precedent for all ensuing classes had it not deducted too muchtime from the pupil's regular work. Of the nine members of the class of '84, those who attained especially noteworthy positions were the valedictorian, P. Tuttle, Iudge of a Superior Court in Connecticut, C. T. Callahan, now deceased, but who rose to the Iudge- ship of the Supreme Court in Springfield and William R, Hayes, the first student of the school to enter the Priesthood, The classes of '85 and '86 numbered eight and six, respectively, while the sole member of '87, Carrie Alling, who was the Methodist minister's daugh- ter, was induced to remain another year. R. Booth, of the class of '88, is at present connected with a business college of high standing. In 1889 we have the smallest graduating class in the history of the school. It's motto, When shall we three meet again, taken from Shakespeare's Macbeth and used so adequately in this connection, tells us all we need to know about the numerical substance of the group. The only boy, B. F. Broderick, has since become a Roman Catholic Priest. On account of the diminutive size of this group, alumni members from the Hrst three classes were asked to take part in the commencement exercises. Iohn King, William Hayes, and Mrs. Ada Woodford, whose topic was Memoranda Alumnorumf' were the principal participants. 9