Gilbert School - Miracle Yearbook (Winsted, CT)

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CLASS HISTORY It was September - 1951 - A warm pleasant day. Excited, happy, proud, scared. It was our first day of high school. We were now members of Gilbert. We'll always remember the feeling we experienced on that first day at Gilbert. How big the school was. Oh! So many kids -- kids we didn't know. Trying to find our way to classes was an ordeal we hadn't encountered before. The homework - it seemed like so much to us - on the first day. We thought we'd never get it done! High School opened a whole new life for us. We joined the various clubs and some of us tried out for sports. Our first year was exciting. As we look back we think of the pleasant memories that went along with each event - the dances, the Dramatic Club's play, the football, basketball, and baseball games, report cards - oh those report cards - and the never-to-be-forgotten exams. Then came june - how we longed for summer vacation. In the fall we reentered Gilbert as old pros. Re- member all those little freshmen? How we gave them wrong directions as to how to find their way about the school. The excitement and drudgery began again. This was the year we had to learn our World History. All those dates just didn't stick with us. Yes, all our teachers had a terrible time trying to pass knowledge our way. Our year quickly passed and soon it was june - loveable june - for vacation time was en- joyed by all. Some of us went off to camp, others worked during the summer, but most of us just loafed. Our junior year - we were big shots now. And the freshmen - weren't they smaller than last year? Did we shine in football, Led by Bill and Glen, our team hit a record by winning them all. One more trophy for the trophy case. Thanks fellas. This is the year we adopted our famous last words - Care, Sane, Chance, Pretty, Agile, Legal, Oh, yes, we'll never forget that wonderful performance put on by the faculty. Basketball was now in full swing - Pep Rallies held in the gym brought out many new fans. Did we have the team! Again we made history - imagine us - we finally won our way into the championship games at New Haven. Our boys worked hard to gain that recognition. Thanks to our cheerleaders -- your support helped the team tre- miendously. Remember those Driver Training classes? Mr. Beecher had to put double insurance on the car after we took over-Ah!!! We now are full-fledged? drivers . This was the year we all got our class rings. How we treasured them. Summer vacation was all too short. Our last first-day at Gilbert. Excitement buzzed in the halls - homework piled up. We were Seniors. How long we looked forward to being Seniors. Re- member how excited we were to have our pictures taken? We were so anxious to get our pictures - at last came the day -- Senior pictures were passed out. Our football team did very well this year. Boy! Were we famous. Our games were broadcasted over Station WLCR - a first for Gilbert. The faculty play proved to be a huge success. Basketball took over. The kids sure loved those games. The Prom will be long remem- bered by all. Time quickly passed. Graduation was coming closer. We realize for the first time that we'd have to leave the Golden Halls. There wouldn't be another September when we'd all get together for that first day of school. We hated to leave - but we were anxious to go looking back on our past four years of school. We'll all have many memories to keep the Golden Halls alive. We'll all miss those wonder- ful school days spent at Gilbert. Sylvia DePaoli

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V.,,,r,--., ,, 1 l l 5. L l V s l 1 THE SEEDS OF TIME During our Freshman year, we looked toward the senior class and sighed gently to ourselves, Will we ever be seniors? The prospect seemed quite dim from our point of view. Our subjects were so hard andlour teachers were always picking on us. Most of us spent quite a miserable fall, trying to grasp our new way of life. However, by the middle of the year, we discovered that our teachers were really very nice, and if we honestly tried to concentrate on our home- work, it wasn't so bad after all. We made all sorts of new friends and gained several new interests. When we became sophomores, we felt that we knew all there was to know about school life, and we had great fun teasing the freshmen. And why not? They were just children! We even added to the story about the elevator in the basement to our freshman friends and then laughed at them as they patiently trudged downstairs to find it. Our Junior year loomed suddenly, and wonder of wonders, we were upperclassmen. Gosh, but it was a wonderful feeling - we were superior! We ordered and received our class rings with pride, for the shiny gold rings were our mark of distinction. Now we are seniors, and we look back and say, Were we ever freshmen? It seems so long ago and yet so near. As each day passes, graduation approaches and becomes more exciting. We are now looking forward to the future with mixed emotions. We are eager for graduation yet we hesitate to go out into the world on our own. And so it is, that we now take leave of the Golden Halls where we have had so many good times, made so many friends, and gained a good amount of knowledge. V. Parks