Manchester High School - Somanhis Yearbook (Manchester, CT)

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6 SOM LN HIS FORWARD! s graduation draws near, we realize that we have come to the first crossroad in life. The turn we take to employ the advantages that have come to us during our four years may lead to the failure or success of our whole future. Life has been a straight road to us with its joys but and sorrows: who knows what is at the turn of the road which we are about to make? Let us go to our work with enthusiasm, with no thought of failure. Marion Erdin, ’27 JOTTINGS It hardly seems possible that it was four years ago that we entered S. M. HT. S. as freshmen, ever so green, with the making fun of us. be- last It then seemed tragic; upper classmen cause we were and could not find the right room. but now as we look back, we would not have missed it for anything. The years have slipped by very fast, and now some are glad to be getting through, while Think of all the dear old friends, good times, sports, competition, others are not. and all the other things that we are leay Not back ing behind. hence we shall look than now, what happy days we all had manv Vears and realize even more DITORIAL H. BRADLEY ‘24 although assignments were long, and the teachers impatient. When we were freshmen, little did we think that these thoughts would run through our minds, for then we were tired of lessons, teachers, and everything else in general. As sophomores we wondered if we would ever be able to get up as high as. seniors, and the thought of graduating thrilled us. Now that we are to leave our lma Mater, we wonder what we shall do in the some will become as Madame future. Perhaps well known as Schumann Lleink or Lindberg J. Sumner °27 SCHOOL LOYALTY Classmates: the School open to receive the seniors of ’28 Next September when the doors of South Manchester High and under-classmen, are we going to for- gct that just one short year ago we were When the athletic activities start, are we going members of that student body? to attend the games and cheer the teams to victory, with the spirit that the class of ’27 has shown through its four years, or are we going to forget that once we part of that When the were a vigorous cheering body ? rallies cease for us

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Somanbis Events Vol. 12 South Manchester, Conn., June, 1927 No. 5 Issued five times a year. Subscription Price $1.25 Entered as second class matter April 2, 1916, at the Post Office of South Manches- ter, Conn., under the act of March 4, 1879. SOMANHIS STAFF EDITORIAL STAFF Editor-in-chief—Anthony Gudaitis ’27 Assistant Editor—Gladys Rogers ’27 Departments Editor—Paul Packard ’27 ASSOCIATE EDITORS School Notes—Dorothy Pentland ’27 Art—Esther Welles ’27 Jokes—Harry Yeoma.. ’29 Alumni—Esther Metcalf ’27 Exchange—Athena Cramer ’28 Athleties—Walter Holland ’27 BUSINESS STAFF Business Manager. Wesley Bulla ’27 Circulation Manager—Ephraim Cole ’27 Ass’t. Business Managers—Robert Carter ’28. Benjamin Radding ’28, Rodney Wilcox ’28, ASSISTANTS Jacob Rubinow ’29 Robert Smith ’29 Faculty Advi ser—Miss Veits Faculty Treasurer—Miss Spafard

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SOMANHIS N EVENTS and we no longer have a constant re- minder of the games, are we going to forget that S. M. Tl. S. is: still fighting for vietory? No, classmates, don’t for- get that someone is fighting on the foot- ball ficld as our boys fought for us. We hope that all the sports will) con- tinue making victories to be added to the school’s already wonderful record. And above all, remember that S. M. II. S. is still upholding the highest standard of sportsmenship. Come back and them that during our four years we also learned the real value of sportsmenship. Classmates of the class of '27, let us not show forget these things; let us come back and be loyal to our Alma Mater in vic- tory and in defeat. Dorothy Curran °27 SUGGESTIONS What does graduation mean to our eighth grade pupils? To most, it means entrance to S. M. H..S.. In make your four years of high school a success, it is necessary to strive for a firm foundation—not in the middle of your freshman year, but the day you en- ter S. M. H. S. Many are failures be- cause of not establishing this founda- tion. There is plenty of time given to play outside of school hours. Give your best work at all times! If you cannot do a given assignment, do not receive it from a friend. Have the teacher explain it to you, order te Be prompt—prompt with your work at all times—prompt in being at school. If tardy, it will be necessary to make up time. This will only deduct from your own time. Absence is very seldom necessary. Why be absent, only to make up work that will seem more dif- ficult to do? Then, too, the pupil misses the class discussions, the most import- ant part of an assignment. If these few suggestions are attended to, it will not be difficult to build the ' We, the class of 27, wish the Freshman Class of ‘31 a firm and honest basis in S. M. TL. S. C. MacIntyre '27 necessary foundation. UNAPPRECIATED LABOR This is going to be a rather rambling editorial—not about wax and cabbages and kings” but about “Somanhis” and schoo! papers in gener- al. ‘ships and. sealing- In the routine of school life there are things that a student takes for granted. They are not asked for, not demanded, because they are there and undoubtedly will stay there. The school would not necessarily without them, but they fit in naturally and make school more pleasurable. perish They are often under- rated. Some of these things are debat- ing, sports, dramatics, vacations—and school papers. School papers. Ler of them. little newspaper expensive magazines. Their important contributing factor, whether they are smali or big, is that they fill a distinct need. Something would be missing if there were no paper. In itself “Somanhis” is dinky little newspaper sheet ner a colorful, expen- sive magazine. It is somewhere in be: tween. [ would not say that it is in a class by itself, for that would be too egotistical. There are any num- They range from dinky sheets to colorful, school neither a It is futile to attempt to mix emotion in an editorial, but I must say that “So- manhis”, and papers that matter, is pathetically supported by only a few. Lucky, though, that those few faithful ones who do support it are most school for