Meriden High School - Annual Yearbook (Meriden, CT)

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Preface OR thrrteen wears l1as 'IHE AN1xUf1L been publ1sl1ed bx the graduatrng classes lllltll novx lt has become O1 e of the most rmportant 1nst1tut1ons of the school N1 hen lts publ1cat1on hrst began 1t was a tl111'1 paper covered 'lifarr 1 sued bx THE P1 Nxxvr board of edrtors but for the last sev eral xears has been publ1shed bx the Sen1or Class and 1t has grown 111120 a good srzed book well wortbx of the name thex have gone and 1t now becomes the dutx of tl1e Class of 1001 to add 1ts contrlbutlon to the memorabr1l1a of the scl1ool rn tl1e shape of tl11s httle book It l1as been our endeavor to make of 1t a pl1lDl1CZ1t1011 mterestmg and useful to tl1e vxbole school and 1ts frrends but especrallx dedlcated to the Class of 1904 and the reader w1ll ind that to the members of tl1e Class and tl1e1r deeds have been U1ven part1cular pronnnence as we feel tl1at 1n th1s book w1ll the name of the Class of 1001 be best remembered wl1en rt l1as long been graduated from M H S And we are sure that tl11s book no matter how hlled w1th 1m perfect1ons rt may be w1ll long be cher1sl1ed by the members of the Class as one of the dearest and most valuable mementoes of the1r H1gh School days br1ng1ng back men1or1es of the fr1endsl11ps fOI'1'116d w1th teacher and class mate a11d the many pleasant assoc1at1ons of the school 'lo err 1S human and we feel sure that 1n th1s book w1ll be found manx thrngs wl11ch could be 1mproved upon but we ask tl1e reader to keep 111 mmd th1s savmg and not be too harsh 1n Judgmg those who have done the work NI B Those vsho are expectmff to fmt. th1s an elaborate product1on w1ll be d1sappo1nted for 1t 1S rather a sketch wh1ch brmgs 1nto v1ew onlx the most prorrnnent parts of the object 'We wrsh to thank the subscrlbers and adverusers who by the1r i1nanc1al support have made th1s publ1cat1on possrble and also to acknowledge our mdebtedness to Mr Herbert B VV1lk1nson who has mater1allv added to the appearance of tl11s ANNUAL, by h1s drawmgs 1 Y 1 V A l V . Q . . . y . . - C . . Y 1 . - ' Y .7 ' Four years have passed byg we know not how nor where v ,Y l ' . f v . B1 1, . . . . 7 Q Y A , ' v Y ' ' 1 14 N - rv D ' ' ' 1 .- 1 ' 4 ' 1 . . C, . . . . V . . Y 7 .f

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1 J 1904 THE CURTIS-WAY CO MERIDEN, coNN.

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4 M. H. S. ANNUAL. Salutatory NINA E. THOMPSON. AC die, fun uostri Cursus quattuor auuorum, pua die - postremum nos usitato modo convenimus, vos, amici benigui, salutamus. Hic hodie mea classis, numero duo et triginta, qui socii laborum atque voluptatum per Ccmplivies annos fuerunt, apud Vos Veuit, ut Vobis fructus nostrorum laborum ostendat. Directores nostrae scholae, qui tam prudenter et tam benigne pro nobis tempore et mentibus usi estis: vos salutamus. Vobis, preeceptores et adjutores, quibus tantuiu debemus, saiutationem extendimus. Hodie nobis, condiscipuli, prima facultas est, nostro signo utendi 'Aoccasionem intelligef' Nunc attendite, vos imploramus. Certanen, ut quondam Certamino gladiatorum, incepturum est. Iterum, salvete.