Manchester High School - Somanhis Yearbook (Manchester, CT)

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10 SOMANHIS EVENTS - , r GRACE LOUISE HURLBURT FRANK ager rd VARENTO A. A.; Vice-President Senior Year. A. A.; Triangular Debate; Williman- tic Debate; Glee Club; President Sen- ior Year; Varsity Track Team; Foot- ball Team °23’24; Student Council. CLASS POEM OF 1924 Dear classmates of these High School days, Our work here is nearly through. We'll soon give up our thoughtless ways, To face a world that’s new. There'll be all of life's hard problems, That we must meet with a smile; But '24 will not be daunted, And she'll win her race by a mile. With four years of study behind us We've gathered for our parting song, Some here are sad and heartsick, Others are glad to be gone. We all could have worked a bit harder -And lessened the strain cach day, But it took us four years to learn that And we must be on our way. After four vears of indifferent working We come here united as one. We've weathered the storms together And together we've had our fun. There were times when our sky seemed clouded, And things weren't just as we wished, 3ut now we know where the fault lay And it saddens our parting day. Norbert House ‘24.

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SOMANEH DS EVEN T'S 9 the meaning of school spirit, and how to be a good sport in victory as well as in defeat. We have found that there is pleasure in hard work. We can say with Stevenson: “T know what pleasure is, for I have done good work.” As we go out into the business world or to college, let us not forget these principles which we have learned in S. M. H. S. Ethyle Lyttle ‘24. SELF-CONFIDENCE Now that the time has come when we must go out into the world, one of the greatest assets that we can have is self-confidence. For years we have worked and striven, but it is now that we must prove what these four years have done for us. Confidence in self, and confidence in our ability to do a piece of work, will help us to turn out work which is one hundred per cent. in every way. By having self-confidence we may be sure of a successful career in life. Let us strive, therefore, to reach the top rung of the ladder of success by using self-confidence as a personal asset in everything which we may under- take to do hereafter, Evelyn Anderson ’24. A VOCABULARY One seldom stops to realize the value of words. If it were not for words, men would have no more intellect or civilization than have brute beasts, for cach man by words passes on his store of knowledge to his children and they in turn to their children. It has been estimated by persons of authority that Shakespeare, the greatest poet of the English language since Chaucer, had a vocabulary of about fifteen thousand words. It is the duty of every person to obtain a good vocabulary during the time in his course of life when he absorbs knowledge and prepares himself, so that when he comes to the place where he pours forth the wisdom which study and experience have given him, he will find himself sufficiently equipped with proper terms to explain clearly and express his ideas. Furthermore a know- ledge of abstract and specific terms is an indispensable aid to clear thinking, for one can more easily and logically align in proper order ideas to which the proper terms are easily applied; a knowledge of abstract terms is necessary for clear thoughts or philosophical subjects. There are in the main two ways to enlarge the vocabulary: one is by the inference of the meaning of terms from their context or use, and the other is by easy access to a standard dictionary and by recourse to one when ever in doubt. The latter is the better because there is given in the dictionary much informa- tion seldom got at by simple inference; but the former is good practice to sharpen the wits and improve the ability to think things through. To use the dictionary more and to improve the vocabulary by association with fine litera- ture (which is no more expensive but far more valuable than the cheap novels, the scourge of the present civilization,) should be the aim of every girl or boy and man or woman who aspires to be or become an influential citizen. Using the dictionary to admit one’s ignorance is no crime, for no man is born omniscient and better men than you or I have repeatedly had to consult the dictionary before now. Myron Burr ’24

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SOMANHIS EVBNTS EDWARD JOHN AGNEW “DEARIE” A. A.; Varsity tennis 1923-24; Manager Tennis ’23- 24; Hi-Y; Glee Club; Chairman Gift Committee Class Day. ANNA EVELYN ANDERSON “Ey” A. A. THOMAS POTTS AITKEN “BONES” A. A.; Glee Club '21-22; Music Committee Class Day. SYLVIA ALICE ANDERSON “SIV.” A. A. CARL ELMORE ANDERSON “SWEDE” A. A.; Trade School; A. A.; Hi-Y. BEATRICE WORTH ARMSTRONG “BEATIE” A. A.; Glee Club; Dramatic Club; Cast of “Daddy Long Legs”; Cast of “Overtones”; Cast of “Maid of France”; Chairman Prophecy Com- mittee. ELSIE MARGUERITE ANDERSON “EL” A. A, MARY SUMNER BAILEY Ay A. ETHEL THEODORA ANDERSON “ANDY” A. A.; Secretary Sophomore Year; Class Motto Comnniittee. DOROTHY MAY BANTLY “DOT” A. A.; Glee Club. 11