Litchfield High School - Yearbook (Litchfield, CT)

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MIXED CHORUS Left to Right: First Row: B. Bailey, B. Barry, J. Foy, P. Naser, M. Day, T. Ouellette, L. Wil- der, C. Brennan, M. Hester, D. Seelye, J. Van Keuren, E. Winters, Mrs. Hladick. Second Row: N. Swanson, B. Marvin, F. Carey, A. Hart, J. Dudley, C. Phelps, L. Beeman, S. Bailey, B. Kil- gus, M. Kreis, A. Andrews, A. DelNero, B. Mason. Third Row: E. Brun, B. Gray, D. Mosi- mann, B. Weeks, J. Rebmann, M. Von Schaaf, B. Abrahamson, E. Weingart, J. Miles, B. Smart, R. Hewitt, S. Serkey, J. Knox, Fourth Row: P. Knox, R. Dickinson, R. Briggs, R. Frazer, F. Ter- rell, J. Karl, M. Nigrelli, E. Collins, F. Elliot I. Harris, R. Benedict, A. Dodge, J. Morgan. ORCHESTRA Seated Cleft to rightj: Arlene Dodge, Frank Ter- rell, David Sonstroem, ,Donald Dodge, Mark Whitecage, Beverlee Marvin, Vincent White- cage, Dave Schnell, Clayton Dudley. Standing: Mrs. Hladick, Robert Lowe, Robert Ravens- croft, Elaine Brun, Doris Seelye, Janice Dudley.

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CLUBS ln 49 The Dramatlcs Club and the Thesplan Soclety have been meetmg Jomtly thls year as they find more strength m unlty A serles of broadcast was launched for the betterment of the tudents d1ct1on poise and dramatic abxlrty Our first ven ture The Snow Goose was an extraordx nary feat for hxgh school students w1th 1ts rapxd successlon of sound effects cock ney accent and age transltxon The second broadca t Poes horror story The Tell Tale Heart was enacted by Ernest Colllns The thlrd m the serxes was Londonderry A1r by Rachel Fleld Thls play was al o presented at the Connectlcut Drama Festl va The school year 1948 49 proved an actxve one fox our Student Councll Members of th1s group orgamzed a program of assem bl1es and sponsored a clean up campaxgn as well a everal movles at major assembly programs At the end of the year a new plan for lssumg athletic letters was pre sented to the student body for actlon The purpose of the Athletlc Assoclatxon IS to stlmt late actlve part1c1pat1on by all students 1n athletxcs and other recreatlonal aCtlVlfleS The funds recelved from the magazme campaxgn now spon ored an nually by the A soc1at1on were u ed for provrdmg much needed athletxc equlpment The club program was enrxched thls year by the estabhshment of the Publlc Speak mg Club Its object IS to emphasize the necessxty of good speech m everyday life and the 1mportance of publlc speakmg for mans social wellbemg In conjunctlon w1th the Public Speaking Club the Masque and Gavel Honor Soclety was formed wlth seven charter members The Boys and Gxrls Glee Clubs were rep resented at the Connectxcut All State Musxc Festral at Hartford rn October 1948 and at the New England Musxc Festival at Wellesley Mas achusetts 1n the sprmg The combmed Glee Clubs also p esented their annual Chnstmas Assembly and thexr Choral Concert mn May The Glrls Glee Club partxclpated 1n the Choral Aud1t1on Festlval ln Apr1l held at Brxstol The Band and Orchestra played durmg the y ar for assembly programs mcludlng a Chrlstmas performance Both groups were represented at the All State Musxc Festlval and at the New England Muslc Festlval The Photography Club has been orgamzed by those students mterested ln the funda mentals of taklng developmg and prmt mg pictures The group meets once every week durxng wh1ch tlme these prmclples are dx cussed and put 1nto actual use The Scxence Club IS mterested m the pro motlon of an actxve part1c1pat1on IH scxen tlfic problems Lectures demonstrations and movxes have been given throughout the year to help m the solutlon and better understandmg of these mysterxe Student on the Blue and Whlte Staff were provxded the opportunity for partxcl patlon ln the mechamcs of simple news paper construction as well as for learnmg the varlou phases of Journallsm through actual experxence Combmed efforts of artxsts typlsts reporters and department edltors provlded a very good hzgh school publlcatxon for the enjoyment of our students A total of fifteen members has been busy re establxshlng the llbrary and catalogumg many new books under the Dewey Declmal System Each member IS in charge of the lxbrary dur1ng the varlous periods of the school day The club attended a tea and lecture at New Haven State Teachers Col le e ln Aprll ' v . ' n ' v - . . . . V , S . . S , . . v v S 9 ' s ' - T 1 s s 1 ' ' ' ' 1 1 ' , , . . . , , . , - - . . Q Y ' C 9 c 1 - :js :R al: sl: :lc L' 1 Y 1 a ' ' , . . . . 4 A Q ' ' . , , . U . S ' . l. ' :Ir Pk ak wk 14 1 ' 1 . I Q . , - ' . . - . - . , , - n I I . . . . - ' S ' 0 - . rj: :Zz :lc 1: 1: ::: wk if if , ' ' ' ' - u a E 9 9 1 0 ' . , ' . . , S - ' ' S I Q - - Q Ik Pk Ik FK Fl! er , C . . . , . ::: ax: 1: sf s ' I . . . S . . , . . . . ' ' - , v 1 1 9 ,E ,k ,k ak :Er 222 Pk wk wk U . . b . 3 6

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STUDENT COUNCIL Left to Right, Standing: Earl Taylor, Frances Carey, Mr. Lo- well, Mr. Eisnor, Rosemary Hew- itt, Robert Zenowich. Seated: Miss Perry, Donald Peck, Ellen Burke, Dolores Perregaux, John Karl, Phyllis Naser, Robert Han- son. LITCHFIELD HIGHS ST DE T GQVER ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION Left to Right, Standing: Mr. Mc- Neil, Mr. Knox, Miss Murphy, Dr. Griffin. Seated: jean Miles, Do- lores Perregaux, Robert Hanson, Edward Davenport.