Harding High School - Folio Yearbook (Bridgeport, CT)

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TYL The Alumni Association Among the valuahle auxiliary organizations active this year is the Wxirreii Harding Alumni Association, which has worked conf sistcntly toward the goal of a Wilson R. Burns Scholarship fund. The first step toward this was a highly successful VarsityfAlumni haskethall game, which was played early in january and, although resulting in a 3742 victory forthe Varsity, netted over a hundred dollars. A henefit dance for the same cause was held successfully April 16, Other plans, for the culmination of which the memhers are working with enthusiasm, include Alumni Day and Assembly, to he an annual tradition, and a formal entertainment, to be held soon, which will also help swell the Burns Scholarship fund. The fund, it is planned, must eventually total several thousand dollars, the interest from which will support some Harding grad' uate at college, The scholarship is to he named in honor of the first Alumni president, who was killed in 1927. This organization, which includes practif cally all the Harding graduates, promises to heeome one of the most valuable of aids, working in cofoperation with the administraf tion as an instigator of scholarship and of traditions.

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k?l,THE STYL S, These men, all prominent East Side resif dents, form the committee that manages the affairs of the club fwhich, by state charter ref ceived in the fall, is a legal corporationj. Starting where it had left off last year, the club provided uniforms for the Harding band to enable the organization to appear at the fall football games. Repeating its generosity of 1927, it voted a iiftyfdollar scholarship to be awarded to a member of the February g r a d u a t i o n class. This scholarship was promptly doubled by Marcus Hirsch, a mem' ber of the executive committee. It was award' ed to Ellsworth Hemingway. In December the Fathers gave a victory banquet to the Harding city and state champion football team, at which letters were awarded. With the aim in mind of increasing the fund available for the Fathers' Club Scholar' ship and of donating books to the school li' brary, the club next conducted an entertain' ment with Captain Irving O'Hay, noted sol' dier of fortune, humorist. and lecturer, as the feature. This entertainment was a huge sucf cess, bringing in over a hundred and fifty dollars in spite of the high cost of the speakf er. The next entertainment sponsored by the association was a concert by the Middlebury College Glee Club, 1927 New England champions and winners of fourth place in the national contests. This group, showing finish' ed perfection and trained unison, gave an ex' hibition of collective singing that made a pro' found impression on the large audience pres' ent. This concert, too, netted a considerable amount toward the fun. The club next turned its attention to the Harding Revue, an immense allfHarding min' strel show, containing a chorus of over two hundred voices, all studentsf This show was directed by Mr. Joseph Heffil. The Revue packed the auditorium the nights of May 24' 25, again swelling the fund. With this event the Fathers' Club concluded what has been its most successful season with a clear record of attainment. To supplement our alumni, The Fathers' Club was organized in 1926 by our princif pal, and in these two years has grown to be an indispensible unit of our school. Its prim' ary aim is to increase the interest of parents and of the whole East Side in the work, actif vities, and needs of Warreii Harding. How- ever, through the enjoyment its entertain- ments have given, the club has also built up a force that unites the people of this side of the city socially. It has won the esteem and appreciation of the entire student body by its policy of do ing something , whenever possible, for the school and the pupils.

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TYL sgfisf l THE LUNCHEON ASSISTANTS B. Bizewski, N, Farrell, E. Straley, K. Nieken J. Dale, A. Sullivan, L. Sticlcles, S. Aucello, Carrahello, R. Frauwirth J. Foote, C. Utz, A. Squiceiarni, A. Rader The Luncheon Clubs Another link between Harding and the peof ple of Bridgeport is the school luncheons held in honor of the various city luncheon clubs. The Rotary, Kiwanis, Lions, Exchange, and Civitan have visited us so far this year. The groups are invited by the Fathers' Club, and Doctor Hersey, president of this organization, acts as host. During a luncheon there are addresses by school administrative officers on some phase of school organization or accomplishment, as well as speeches by members of the luncheon club itself. Pupils of the Domestic Arts Dcpartf ment serve as waitresses, and the band and various members of the student body enter' tain with musical selections. If the guests are interested in some part ofthe life of the school, they are entertained after the luncheon by Rl committee of pupils who conduct them to the work in which they are interested. ln this way it is hoped that the city will bc' come better acquainted with our school and more interested in its activities.