Higgins Junior High School - Tatler Yearbook (Thompsonville, CT)

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be ZLatler Edited and Published by the Pupils of A. D. Higgins Junior High School Thompsonville, Connecticut Vol. XI No. 4 June, 1932 Price, 30 Cents THE Superintendent Edgar H. Parkman Supervisor of Music Denslow King FACULTY Principal Nora E. Clancy Supervisor of Drawing Arlene Kerr Borck Catherine S. Barnett Olive A. Taggart B. Elizabeth White Alice R. Woods Catherine P. Cope Teachers Rebecca Clyde Gager Marie C. Shea Katherine C. McGinity Alice J. Liberty M. Winnifred Stewart Mary E. Browne Helen E. Flannery Alice G. Carey J, Therese Twomey Harriet E. Ryan Robert B. Walker Hazel C. Lloyd Substitutes Mildred Walker TATLER OFFICERS— 1931-1932 Editor-in-Chief Assistant Editor-in-Chief Copyist Business Manager Advertising Manager Financial Manager Distributors 8A Milton Piepul 7A2.. 8B1 Walter Strycharz 7B1... 8B2 Raymond Smith 7B2.. 8B3 Samuel La Russa 7B3... 8C Frank Strycharz 7C1... 7A1 Dexter Green 7C2.. Lois King Doris Sisitzky Stella Dusza Robert Spier ..Leonard Slaybard Charles Gudaitis Theodore Dernago ... Stanley Parvelac Joseph Carenzo William Fuge Stanley Bania Alfonso Renna CLASS SONG CLASS POEM Now that we must leave thee Our hearts are filled with sorrow What the future holds for us Will be known tomorrow. Happy days here are over Teachers and classmates now must part; We cannot bear to leave thee You are so near our heart. Chorus: Farewell Higgins! Farewell Higgins! Farewell Higgins Junior High! The class of 1932 Bids you a fond good-bye. Higgins, dear old Higgins, the time has come to leave, The carpet of our World Career we now must weave — You have served us well as a Junior High. Upon your knowledge, we do now rely. No matter where we roam, both near and far, Higgins will be our guiding star — Planning, Preparing, Persevering is the motto of ’32. To these words we will always be loyal and true.

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6 THE TATLER Higgins — we will ever be your friend, And wish you joys without end — Your name through life — we’ll proudly bear, For schools like Higgins are very rare. The hour of parting has come at last Memories of you, we’ll always hold fast. May the class colors wave on high As the class of ’32 bids you good-bye. Fred Ingraham, 8A. CLASS HISTORY The day finally arrived, September eighth, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, when the class of 1932, numbering exactly two hundred pu- pils, took their places in the various eighth grade rooms of the A. D. Hig- gins Junior High School. For years we had looked forward to this day and as each June arrived, with fear and trembling, we waited for the cards that would bring us up, step by step, to the final round of the ladder and give us a chance to be numbered among the graduates of this splendid school. Time has fulfilled our ambitions and now that we are about to depart, we wish to leave behind us a record of our class, the largest to graduate in the history of the school. We shall first tell you about the changes in the faculty. We were happy to renew old acquaintances and to welcome the new members of the faculty. Miss White became our teacher of English Spelling and Civics. We found Mrs. Loyld sub- stituting for Miss McGinity the first half of the year, and Mrs. Walker substituting for the different teachers, if need arose. We were very happy to have Mrs. Borck as a supervisor of art. The graduating class has en- joyed the companionship of these new teachers. We wish to express our thanks to Miss Sullivan, our new school nurse, for relieving us of our many aches and pains, and for teach- ing us how to keep well. Our Student Council was organized the third week of September. As in previous years, officers were elected. They were: Stanley Swiattowski, President; Joseph Pepek, Vice-Presi- dent; and Margaret Landry, Secre- tary. With Miss Clancy’s approval, the Basement, Traffic, Safety, and Playground Committees were ap- pointed by the officers. In February, a new Student Council was organized, as the first term ended. The officers elected were: Stanley Swiattowski, President; Leo Pa jot, Vice-President; and Stella Dusza, Secretary. New committees had been chosen as they were the term before. The officers and the committees, with Miss Clancy, strove to make our school as nearly perfect as possible. The Graduating Class had its first meeting in February. At this meet- ing Joseph Pepek was elected Presi- dent; Lois King, Vice-President; and Stella Dusza, Secretary. At the next meeting Peter Kamin- sky was elected Treasurer, and the question of dues was settled. Then followed other meetings, in which the class ring and pin were chosen. We chose for our motto, “Planning, Preparing, Persevering.” At our class meeting. May 19, we chose the Daybreak Carnation as our class flower. In the field of athletics, our boys did creditable work, and won several games, both in basketball and base- ball. We have continued our club work this year. All the clubs have given pleasure to both teachers and pupils and have been very successful. Va- rious pretty articles have been made in the Handicraft Club, such as crocheted pillows, dolls, dogs, and door stops. The French Club has learned conversational French. We organized a new club this year, the Correspondence Club. This club has enjoyed a small but interesting corre- spondence. The Aircraft Club was fortunate in securing the valuable assistance of Cornelius Laino of the Enfield High School. His generous interest has been deeply appreciated. A pleasing feature of the Boys’ Cook- ing Club was a reception given to the eighth grade teachers. It was at this