Lyman Hall High school - Singer Chronicle Yearbook (Wallingford, CT)

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THE CHRONICLE 11 OUR BIRDS IN WINTER With snow and winter still with us, it is well to think of the birds that at this time are finding food alarmingly scarce. Some of the birds that stay with us during the winter are the downy woodpecker, the chickadee, the English sparrow, and several kinds of game birds. The seed-eating birds like seeds from different cultivated plants such as asters, California poppies, sunflowers, and forget-me-nots. Many kinds of millet, suet, apples, buckwheat, bread and cracker crumbs, oats, rice, and nuts, especially peanuts, are also attractive to many birds. In various ways this food may be made available for the birds. One of the best ways is to place outside our windows a tray built with a protecting ledge to keep the food from blowing. Coconuts with holes in them, baskets, or cans hanging from trees also serve as good food givers. During the remaining weeks of winter let us remember the birds and their great need for food. Richard Gile, '41 CAMERA CLUB Why doesn’t Lyman Hall have a Camera Club? I f a census were taken of all in our school who are interested in photography, I think that at least fifty students would show more than a slight interest and would like to form a club. In some schools, such as the Meriden Trade School, there are memberships of one hundred or more. If such a club existed at Lyman Hall, all those who are now individually interested in photography would meet regularly to exchange ideas. A detailed study could be made of the lens, shutter operations, diaphram openings, printing, developing, enlarging, special papers, retouching, lighting effects, and other technicalities. Many magazines such as Popular Photography, American Photography, Life, Popular Mechanics, Leica Manual, and Weston Manual are available for forming a library of use to photographers. We hope that very soon we shall have a Camera Club at Lyman Hall so that the amateur photographer will have a chance to become more expert. I quote here an old saying: “Anyone can take a snapshot, but not everyone can take a photograph.’’ William Leibe, ’40 CHAMPIONS “An Egg in Every Drink” was the title of the demonstration that brought fame to Harry Pattee and Arthur Koczak. For the New Haven County 4-H Fair on August 27, 1938, they prepared a poultry demonstration, showing the use of eggs in making good milk drinks. Dressed in white with green 4-H headbands, they presented their demonstration, winning first prize with a score of ninety per cent. Their spotless appearance, originality, and good teamwork rated high in the judges’ scores.

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10 THE CHRONICLE WE ALL LIKE GOOD SPORTS “As I understand it, the spirit of sportsmanship is summed up in the words, ‘Always play the game’, and that means, of course, play the game fairly and squarely, with all one’s might. Certain it is that in so far as this motto comes to be increasingly expressed in the actions of all men, will this become a progressively happier and better world.” This definition of sportsmanship was expressed by John D. Rockefeller, Jr., in a letter to the Sportsmanship Brotherhood, an institution started to cultivate contests, sports, and tournaments, aiming at the same time to cultivate good sportsmanship in all of its members. Playing the game means keeping good spirit at a basketball game, and it also means carrying this same good spirit to the classroom, the home, and so on through life. We who receive a low grade in our studies and see it as a reflection of what we have accomplished, accepting it without wailing and without offering flimsy excuses, are the ones who are on the right path to sportsmanship. In the home the good sport is fair with his brothers and sisters, as well as honest with himself and all members of his family. The molding of our characters should come from those qualities which make up the spirit of good sportsmanship, and certainly this habit of taking defeat or victory with cheerfulness will follow us through our lives. This habit once established may well make us proud of ourselves. Everyone likes a good sport, whether in play or work, for he is the one who can accept his just reward with a smile and a resolution to do better the next time. Ruth Rackes, ’40 ROMANCE? Sixty—seventy—seventy-five registered the speedometer as Rob raced along route 71. How beautiful she looked as the moon shone on her curly blond hair and radiant, captivating, blue eyes. She certainly was getting a thrill out of this ride, lie bet she had never been eighty-five before. He really was hugging the curves tonight. My but they were pretty eyes— Crash! The moon went out. When the moon was finally turned on, Rob hazily found himself badly gashed, lying in the road at the four corners. Rut where was she? He found her over by the fence, her neck broken and those pretty golden locks now blood stained. She was gone! So this was romance? Such is but typical of the emotions passing through the minds of many of the youthful drivers of today. They are prey to the thrill of speed. It builds them up, buoys them along, puts some punch into life. It’s fun to jam down that pedal and soar over the countryside. But they forget the mangled, blood dripping bodies of their loved ones that too often result. They forget the human derelicts and the suffering of loving friends that make up the daily toll of speed. In their rush to break minutes, they break hearts and bodies. Surely this is not the thrill of speed or of romance! ’39

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12 THE CHRONICLE On September 1 they went to the state exhibit at Storrs to compete with the best poultry demonstrators from the other seven counties. Here they won first place in the state with a score of ninety-six and one half per cent. The second best was eighty-nine per cent. Realizing their ability, the county club agent asked them to put up a booth at the New Haven Poultry Show on December 3,4, and 5, and sell their drinks. At the Wallingford achievement program held in the Grange Hall. December 31, they again presented their demonstration. Harry and Arthur are planning to attend the World’s Poultry Congress to be held in Cleveland, Ohio, this coming summer. The World’s Poultry Congress is held once every seven years at one of the sixty countries that send exhibits. There are thousands of birds brought from these countries, some of which have never l een seen in the United States before. Six young people’s groups will be represented at the Congress including the Negro 4-H’ers, Boy Scouts, Future Farmers of America, and the regular 4-H group. Connecticut is sending its best demonstration and judging teams. Each county is sending its outstanding boy in poultry club work. lHarry and Arthur have done excellent work individually. This year Arthur at his first try at judging made the junior judging team. I le has bought a 17,900 capacity incubator and is going to hatch eggs for other people. In 1937 Harry made the state senior judging team consisting of three men and an alternate. The team then went to the Northeastern Poultry Producers’ Council held in New York City. In competition with teams from six other states, Connecticut placed second to Maryland, losing by five points. Harry and Arthur are fine examples of the excellent work 1-11 boys are doing in Connecticut and in the whole United States. A Senior STATE HIGHWAY PLANNING SURVEY Mr. Earley has received a letter from tin State Highway Department congratulating him on the fine cooperation Lyman Hall gave in the recent Highway Planning Survey. The results obtained at Lyman Hall High School in connection with this study were r 1 J , ''Vy, and the number of com- pleted interview forms returned exceeded the expectations of the men making the survey. I he representatives expressed their appreciation for the many courtesies accorded them. The students were complimented for the very fine way in which they handled their assignments, and the data that was obtained will very materially aid in helping make the Highway Department Survey a success. 03253164