Hartford High School - Hartford Key Yearbook (White River Junction, VT)

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President’s Address SENIORS ALL: This is in all probability the last occasion at which wo, the Class of 1938, will be present in our full number. We have worked four years to attain many goals, one of which is this our last one. Graduation. We have to a degree successfully negotiated the rough road which leads to it, and now we must look ahead to the even rougher road that we must travel to reach our ultimate aim Success. Tomorrow we turn our steps in different directions, each with his own ideal in view. Some of us will turn to colleges for higher education; others of us will turn to business enterprises. Whatever our course may be “Let us be the best of whatever we are.” In the past four years we have spent perhaps what we shall later term the happiest time of our lives. We have many people to thank for this, our great opportunity. Our school board, our teachers, and most of all our parents have given of their time, their energy, and their money, that we might complete our education at Hartford High School. For what we have already done and for whatever we may do in the future, we should indeed thank these, our friends and our parents. As Abraham Lincoln once said, “What I am now or whatever I hope to he I owe to my mother.” Indeed tonight our cup is overflowing. John Philip Goss.

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It was John, in other words, who pulled the strings! Others cn our governing board were: vice president, Marie DeRoche; secretary, Louisa Kontos; and treasurer, Edmund Freitas. William Crosby was given the responsible position of attorney, and Everett Whitney became our sergeant-at-arms. For the Stunt Night program,.we chose a double mock wedding, entirely reversing the usual matrimonial scheme. The characters were: Robert Goss and Everett Whitney, the blushing brides; and Helen Cole and Gertrude Hathorn, the nervous bridegrooms. The charming little flower girls, Carl Regione and Angelo Seelza, strewed their paper flowers along the biidal path, as Collamer Abbott jauntily bore the ring (before lie swallowed it!). Preceding the brides, marched the somewhat more conventional bridesmaids, Jane Bixby, and Evelyn Adams. There was a tremendous hush as the procession reached the altar, where the Reverend Pasquale Izzo stood- waiting. This year we received second prize. In December, Hartford High School entered the One-Act Play Festival at Hanover, with the play, “Beyond the Alps Lies Italy,’’ starring Jeanne Hawick and William Crosby. Other characters were portrayed by Christine Robinson, Pauline Eske, Marie DcRoche, Helen Cole, Avis Leavitt. Gladys CYutermarsh, Patsy I zzo, and John Goss. On the whole, the Seniors have been very well represented in sports. Edmund Freitas, or “Benny,” walked off with the title of All State Quarterback and is also captain of the All State Team. In March, the Garboes and Gables, Seniors who had taken | art in dramatics and prize speaking contests, formed the first organized dramatic club of the school in recent years. The charter members consisted of Christine Robinson, Jeanne Hawick, Avis Leavitt, Helen Cole, Pauline Eske, Marie DeRochc, Gladys Couter-marsh, Everett Whitney, Charles Snow, Patsy Izzo, John Goss, and William Crosby, with Miss (lakes and Mr. )sgood as advisers. Marie DeRoehe was selected as president of the society; William Crosby, vice president; Gladys Coutermarsh, secretary; and Everett Whitney, treasurer. Junior members were admitted after Prize Speaking, in April, and members of the Senior Play cast early in June. The Prize Speaking Contest again showed winners in our class. Arline Parker and Leo Sawyer won first prizes, and Robert Goss second place. Other classmates to compete were Mayme Riley, Dorothy Swanson, Kathleen Hazen, and Stewart Smith. The name of Marie DeRoehe again appears in our history, for it was she who received first prize at the State Prize Speaking Contest in Rutland, and who ably represented us at Burlington. One of our latest events, the Senior play, “The Nut Farm,” which was presented in April, gave conclusive proof, we thought, of the real talent in the class. It also added another layer to the fund of “the millionaires.” We had known certain members to be really good, but Pauline Eske, Arline Parker, Christine Robinson, Madeline Moore, Charles Snow, Harold Jones, Kenneth Byron, John Goss, Robert Goss, and Raymond Lahar went far beyond our expectations. Raymond Lahar also deserves special mention for winning first prize in the National Defense Essay Contest, sponsored by the Daughters of the American Revolution, and later first prize in the state. The second prize in the Fidac Essay Contest was also Mr. Lahar’s. The last few weeks have been busy ones. College catalogues have all been examined closely; normal schools, colleges, and hospitals have been duly visited, for the last few weeks of school never fail to bring Seniors face to face with that mysterious something which we call the future. So ends the history of the class of ’38. It has been a happy one because of the many good friends who have made numerous advantages possible for us. No sacrifice has been too great for our loving parents. Great has been their labor; great has been our reward. Gladys Coitf.rmarsh

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SENIORS