Manchester High School - Somanhis Yearbook (Manchester, CT)

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4? SOMANHIS EVENTS 29 CLASS SONG Tune. “Till We Meet Again.” By Irene Benson. There's a time in our lives we'll remember, When we bid our schoolmates good-bye; We'll ne’er roam thro the halls Or look on these walls— Oh, we're trying to stiffle a sigh— Chorus Gold and blue to you we'll e’er be true, Tho the future scatters us afar; Memories fond we have for you Down in S. M. H. S. Lessons, socials, all have had their place, And of sorrow there is not a trace, We'll bid each other now adieu Till we meet again. We are facing a world full of mystery We must fight our battles and win, All our victories you'll trace, For we'll be in the race And bring back the laurel, you'll see——Chorus. K ® DEVELOPEMENT OF PHONOGRAPHY RITING began with the Egyptian picture signs, and was developed into an alphabet by the Greeks. Men desired a quicker way of writing and consequently, before the Christian era, experiments were made with shorthand. Shortly after the time of Cicero, every great poet, orator, and emperor, had his own shorthand writers. Julius Caesar himself, attempted to learn the art. The shorthand vocabulary increased so rapidly that men dispaired of learn- ing it. and in a very short time, phonography was a lost art. In the 14th cen- tury, the art was revived with the finding of a codex of the Psalms in shorthand. Modern shorthand dates back to 1588, but little advancement was made until 1837, when Isaac Pitman introduced his system. The Gregg method is now fast gaining favor. It was invented in 1888 by John Robert Gregg, and introduced to this country in 1893. A writer of Gregg holds the world’s shorthand championship with a record of 300 words a minute, 5 words a second! It marks man’s supreme writing achievement of 5,000 years. A man of the stone age could write one word a day; a man of today has written 5 words a second. What is not possible to the finger skill of man when backed by an active brain and a strong will power? Shorthand is not yet perfected; it has unlimited possibilities. What will its future be? Irene Benson, °19.

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28 SOMANHIS EVENS SCHOOL The winners in the graduation contest and their subjects are as follows: The Spirit of France—Helen Kelleher; The National Sport—Hannah Moriarty. The Value of a College Education—Margaret Cheney. Art in Warfare—Leonard John- son. War-Modified Education—James Burke, Margaret Porter, a member of the class of ’20 and also Exchange Editor of Soman- his, has left the S. M. H. S. and has sailed for Prague Czechoslovakia, where she intends to remain until she enters col- lege. Miss Washburn gave a party for the members of the Girls’ Glee Club on Mon- day evening, June 3, 1919. Games were played and refreshments served and a jolly time ensued. The Boethia “Elizabeth’s Young Man” was given in the Assembly Hall, May 28th, and was greatly enjoyed by the school. The play was coached by Miss Barlow. Eugenia Van Speybroek, a member of the class of ’19, has left school to accept a position with the Manchester Trust Co. She is making up her work outside of school and will return to graduate with her class. A number of the seniors took the Col- lege Entrance Examinations in Hartford, June 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, Memorial Exercises were held Thursday May 29th, in the Assembly Hall. The school was honored by the presence of the Civil War Veterans. The program was entirely patriotic, bringing to mind not only incidents of the nast, but also of the present. Mr. King, who was recently discharged from service, has accepted the position as teacher of Biology in the S. Mi H. S. Miss Goding is now in charge of the Junior English work at the S. M. H. S. Miss Fannie Rexford, a former instruc- tor at S. M. H. S. and Sidney Wheaton, a member of the class of '16, were marri ed at the home of the bride’s parents, recent- ly. Mrs. Wheaton introduced the Soman- his Events into S. M. H. S, and acted as faculty advisor until she resigned her po- sition as instructor a few months ago, NOTES The class of 1919 held class day on Friday, June 20th. It proved a most suc- cessful event and certainly the efforts of the committee were well rewarded. CLASS DAY PROGRAM Class of 1919 South Manchester High School Friday Afternoon, June 20, 1919. Class Motto: “Non sibi sed omnibus.” “Not for self, but for all.” Part I. Assembly Hall. 1. Address of Welco .e, Wesley Glen- ney. 2. Jokes—Edith Jeffers, Chairman; Winnifred Crockett, Frances Spillane, Fred Fox, Maurice Waddell. 3. Music—Paul Ballsieper, Chairman; Elmore Lundine, Fred Finnegan, Helen Kelleher, Gladys Knowles, Robert Crockett 4. Prophecy—Eugenia Van Speybroeck, Chairman; Josephine Keith, Luther Brown- ing, Edward Lynch, 5. Class Poem—Margaret Cheney. 6. Gifts—Raymond Bowers, Chairman; Sherwood Beechler, Margaret Cheney, Hannah Moriarty, Leo Hannon. 7. Will—James Burke, Chairman; Gor- don Peters, Lucie Gerard, Kathryn Cox, Ralph Collins. 8. Class Song—Words by Irene Benson, Part II. Tennis Courts. 9. Planting of Class Ivy, 10. Ivy Oration—Wesley Glenney. 11. Junior Response—Harold Turking- ton. Class Day Committee. Wesley Glenney, Chairman; Irene Ben- son, Edith Jeffers, Paul Ballsieper, Eugenia Van Speybroeck, Raymond Bowers, James Burke, Leonard Johnson. Miss Doris Gould, a member of the class of 17, and Harlowe Willis, a member of the class of ‘16, were married at the home of the bride’s parents, Mr. and Herbert Gould, Saturday evening, June 7th. They were attended by Miss Alice McEuitt and Philip Verplank. Mr, and Mrs. Willis will make their home in South Manchester where they are both well and popularly known.

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30 SOMANHIS EVENTS EXCHANGES A PLAY IN ONE ACT. Time: Late in May. Place: The Interior of an Exchange Editor’s Brain. Persons: Optimism, Pessimism. Scene. A musty, arched cave, hollowed from rock. Stalactites hang giittering from the roof: there is no other decoration; only one tiny beam of light. The ground is littered waist-deep with papers and envelopes, empty ink-wells, broken pencils, and dust. The atmosphere is heavy with silence. Suddenly, there is a rustle among the papers and a smile bobs up. Oua: Hey there! Hey! A growl below the papers: What’s the matter? Opt: Hey, wake up! Wake up and get to work. Pes: (his shaggy head appearing reluctantly) | Work! always work! Can't a feller sleep? Opt: We are going to have the fun of telling all these school papers how splendid they are. Pes: (sarcastically) How original! Why do that? Opt: To encourage them of course. Come get to work. (He picks up a heavy volume). Not many papers have such well-written stories and interesting notes! And funny—listen to this joke! Pes: That’s no use, telling them their good points. The staff must know that by watching the faces of the subscribers when they are reading. | What every Exchange department in the country needs is the audacity to give lots of adverse criticism. Opt: All right, let’s try. Pes: Yes, and get it fired back at us! Opt: But that is exactly what we want. Pes: We'll be swimming in it by next month. Don’t worry! Opt: Good! Now let’s begin. I was criticising one of the best first: The Rayen Record. Pes: Put down: “Space or lines needed between jokes to distinguish for the witless where one ends and the next begins.” Opt: (writing busily) ‘Doggerels excellent.” Pes: We've got to cut the praise for the present: Put down: “Secretarial reports a bit too long and formal. An interesting write-up of the club meetings would make better reading.” Opt: Why pick on the Rayen Record so much? Here’s another good paper: “The Pennant.” Pes: Too bad such good material is not bound in magazine style. It looks better and lasts for future generations to set their literary standard by. Opt: See if you can find anything the matter with the “Orange and Black.” Pes: ‘The last number I read didn’t have a single poem in it, and there was not a story with a plot either.