Manchester High School - Somanhis Yearbook (Manchester, CT)

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SOMANHIS EVENTS FRED WERNER “FRITZ” A. A.; Glee Club; Chairman Prom Music Commit- tee; Varsily Basketball 1923-24; Music Committee Class Day; Hi-Y; High School Orchestra ’21-22, GEORGE ALFRED WILSON “PANTS” A. A. FLORENCE MAE WILEY “FLO” A. A.; Senior Dance Committee, ERNEST MILTON ZWICK “MIKE” A. A.; Varsity Baseball ’21-24; Manager Base- ball ’24; Captain Baseball ’24; Varsity Basketball '24; Glee Club; Varsity Football ’24; Athletic Editor Somanhis Staff. CLASS MOTTO ‘ He Conquers Who Endures’’ CLASS SONG OF 1924 The path of new life is before us With all of its promises bright. It calls for the best we can offer To follow and uphold the right. The four years we've spent here together Have given us knowledge and friends; To part from our friends brings us sadness, sut knowledge our power extends. Chorus Forward we're marching To take our place in line. Life is beginning, And zeal should be the sign We carry with us What e’er may be in store, Showing the spirit That belongs to twenty-four. Words and Music by Annie Strickland ’24,

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SOMANHEH TES EVENTS 19 ROBERT SHAW “BOB” A. A.; Glee Club; Senior Dance Committee; Track Teain 1921- 24. ESTHER STURGEON “ES” A.A. VIOLA MAE SHEARER ayy? aA fis ALLAN SHAW TAYLOR “SAP” A. A.: Glee Club ’24; Dramatic Club ’24; Varsi- ty Football '23- 24; Varsity Track ’23-24; Student Council ’24; Hi-Y; Class Day Music Committee; Debating Club. RUTH LILLIAN SMITH “SMITTY” “RUTHIE” A. A.; Vice-President Sophomore Year; Secretary Junior Year; Junior Prom Committee; Dramatic Club 1921-24; Glee Club; Secretary Dramatic Club 1923- 24; Cast of “Daddy Long Legs”; Cast of “Joan of Are”; Chairman Class Day Gift Committee. ANNA MAE TEDFORD “TED” A. A.; Dramatic Club. WILLIAM STEVENSON MSTEVE®? -“BILL A. A.; Dramatic Club; Student Council ’22- 238; Gift Committee Class Day; Assistant Secretary and Treasurer Hi-Y ’23- 24; Hi-Y ’22-24. CYRUS TYLER “cy” A. A.; Glee Club ’20-22; Hi-Y. ANNIE STRICKLAND “TRIXIE” A. A.; Glee Club. ELSIE VICTORIA WENNERSTROM A. A.

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SOMANHIS EVENTS 21 IVY ORATION Friends: In this school as in colleges and other schools it is a custom for each graduating class to leave behind it something tangible as a token of its love and loyalty to the lma Mater. We are assembled here this afternoon to commemorate this tradition. The ivy is a suitable plant to symbolize this spirit, for even as its tendrils grow and cling to the school, so the class remains bound together as a unit, each individual member ever striving to attain the best that this life may hold in store. Class Day, for the most part, is a jolly, fun-making occasion, when everyone is in the best of spirits; but the planting of the class ivy is, and justly should be, one of the most serious ceremonies of our high school career. For four years we, the class of '24, have worked and played together in these familiar halls and now we too must bid farewell to High School. Dur- ing our stay here we have tried to uphold the high standards set for us in the past. The success of our athletic teams needs hardly to be mentioned. Our first-year football team held its own with the best in the state, while our bas- ketball team enjoyed a most successful season. Our baseball team has car- ried the Red and White to many a well-earned victory ; likewise the work of the tennis and track teams has been commendable. For the first time in many years we have had a championship debating team which went through an unus ually hard schedule without a defeat. The dramatic club was put to the test and proved its ability when “Daddy-Long-Legs” was so successfully pre- sented in Cheney Hall. “Somanhis Events” during the last few years has grown and improved until now it is recognized as one of the finest High School publications in the East. The success of the teams and various social organizations has been largely due to your loval, earnest support. The Trian- gular League Debating Cup is now in your possession; go out for the team next vear and help keep it here. Freshmen: ‘The spirit that you have displayed this year is of the best. You had a championship class basketball team. Go to it, S. M. H. S. is proud of you; but do not let athletics or other extra-curriculum interests hamper your studies, for remember that it is primarily for academic purposes that you are here. Sophomores: You have the right spirit and your support is deeply ap- preciated by the rest of the school. © Next vear you will be upper classmen and more responsibilities will inevitably fall upon your shoulders. See to it that vou do not shirk your duties. Try out for the teams and if you do not participate yourself, lend your aid and support to those who do. Juniors: From this time until you stand here next year you will have the Senior responsibilities to bear. You have fulfilled your obligations to the utmost this year, but next year the brunt of the burden of athletic as well as social activities will rest upon your shoulders. ‘Somanhis Events” as well as the debating team will be practically yours. The Alumni will look to you as a class to hold high the standard and reputation which “Somanhis” holds to- day. It needs your whole-hearted, loyal support and contributions if it is to continue on the high level of the past. On you will depend maintenance of the traditions, honor, and scholarship of S. M. H. S. Classmates: In one more week we shall sever all active connections which bind us to the social and academic life of this school. With the pre- sentation of the trowel to the Junior Class we resign all Senior duties and honors to the class of 25. It has come our time to pay tribute and to bind ourselves as Alumni to South Manchester High School and it is with this ob- jective that we have planted the ivy here this afternoon. In a few more days our ways will part and each one will enter upon his particular walk of life; but even though we are far apart and our immediate relations may be broken, the spirit and loyalty of '24 will ever ring true. It is a challenge that comes to us today to strive always to attain to the best that is within us and thus bring honor and pride to our parents, our friends, and our Alma Mater. Stuart G. Segar '24.