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

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SENIOR CLASS HISTORY History certainly was made when in the fall of 1950 we stormed the mighty portals of Lyman Hall. The dignity of the school was usurped and the teachers were distraught. We seemed human enough as we cavorted through the corridors, but in the classrooms we manifested a certain donkeylike trait; we balked at education! The problem? How to beat a little knowledge into our pointed little heads. The campaign our illustrious educators waged was a meritorious and noble effort. It is now bruited about that we are of average intelligence and that we may have assimilated considerable knowledge. In every other area our gay animal spirits and strong determination carried us to astronomical heights. Nancy Griswold as Morton's Salt Girl and Ruth Bercier and Roberta Robinson as the Toni Twins” added greatly to the success of our first undertaking — the annual freshman Hallowe'en party. The rest of our freshman year passed quickly, and we found ourselves attracted to the leisure of no more pencils; no more books. Surprisingly enough, we started our sophomore year in a much calmer manner. To us was entrusted the responsibility of leading the freshmen and the honor of receiving the admiration and respect of our younger brethren. Led by our jayvee cheerleaders, we cheered our teams to victory. A great honor bestowed on our classmate, Alice Moore, was the first prize in the American Legion Contest, awarded her because of the excellence of her essay, Responsibilities and Opportunities of an American Citizen. June found us stowing away our plane geometry contracts and our Latin vocabularies for the more fascinating scenery of shore cottages and the more enjoyable thoughts of the money we would earn at our summer jobs. Our junior year brought about many changes, one of which was getting up in the morning and trying to beat that eight o’clock tardy bell. With our hair half-combed and our eyelids heavy, we walked dazedly into our homerooms, looking quite disheveled. In October of '52 we elected four charming personalities to guide us throughout the year. They were Bob Baker, big man with the whip; Willie Gibson, little man with the whip; Elinor Novak, chief scribbler; and Ann Berger, cabbage grabber. 28