Meriden High School - Annual Yearbook (Meriden, CT)

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Salutatory ELSIE M. SALESKI. Salvete amici: mea classis vos salutat. Tandem ad hunc , laetum diem pervenimus. Quantum iam diu exspectamus! Quam et dies et menses et annos dinumeravimus dum adesset! Nam graduatio, ut dicam, est scholastici teniporis decus. Hanc diu ante paravimus atque nemo in schola tres aut quattuor annos agere et hoc claro die Carere Vellet. Tandem adest, adest! Nunc studiose rogamus, Eritne secunda res? Feretne nobis omnia quae spe1'amus? Sed patientian habete! Paucas post horas cognoveritis. Musae, nostras mentes animosque incitate et adflate. Agite, adeste cum dulcibus carmenibus ut eorum decora atque virtutes musicae sentiamus. O, Apollo, deus augurii qui nobis voluntatem Jovis effaris, loquere hodie de tuis cotidianis nuntiis populi. Tu, Hercules potens fortissimeque, doce te etiam filium Iovis deum quantum Apollinem esse tantum. Te deum silvarum, Pan, oramus ut per Arcadias silvas nos ducas Vestigiaque nostra vertas ad candidam pinum. O, Minerva, sata love, dea sapientiae, praeside nostrum coetum. Utinam quid hodie faciamus probet nos tempore, viribusl pecunia sapienter usos esse! Utinam hic dies proponat nullam partem horum quattuor, immo Vero, duodecim annorum consumptam esse atque cives Meridenenses debere suam altam scholam diligenter curare. Sed nunc, pater noster in caelo, qui omnia et antiqua et nova regis, sine quo nihil fleri potest, te oramus, da nobis tuum benedictum.

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Preface VVithout appearing to boast, the Class of 1909 may consider itself rather unfortunate in leaving M. H. S. at the time it does, for the reason that at its departure, practically all the valuable athletic material is drained from the school. It cannot be doubted that '09 has done its share to gain glory for Meriden High. However, the loss of all classes by graduation is felt to a more or less degree by the school, so that '09 also must take its place among the alumni of M. H. S. Now the 'tAnnual has been properly' defined as a remem- brance left by a graduating class to its alma mater, and ded- icated to the undergraduatesg therefore we are unwilling to let slip this opportunity for giving a word of advice to those same undergraduates. There are two matters which should be the common con- cern of all students in school, the Athletic Association and the HPennant. The one cannot live without patronage and mate- rialg the other cannot prosper without support. It is these two things which test the school spirit of the individual student, and which we exhort all scholars to support. VVith these few words of encouragement and advice, we, the Class of 1909, dedicate this 'tAnnualH to the undergraduates of M. H. S.

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Town School Committee 1908 - 1909 MR. HOMER A. CURTIS ..... MR. C. E. STOCKDER, JR .... COL. CH.-IS. L. UPHAM .... ........ Term Expires October, MR. C. E. STOCKDER, JR ...,. JUDGE JAMES P. PLATT .... MR. THOMAS KING ....... MR. JOHN A. MCHUGII ..,. .,...... Term Expires October, COL. CHAS. L. UPHAM. .. MR. HONIER A. CURTIS .... DR. CHAS. H. S. DAVIS ..... MR. NAPOLEON P. FORCIER. .. MR. VVILLIAM P. KELLY .......... . ........ . . . .Chairman . . . .Secretary ....Treasurer 1 909 . .51 Griswold St. ...130 Lincoln St. ... Hicks St. . . . . .Southington Ave. 1910 A .31 Washington Place. . . . . . .21 Linsley Ave. . . . . . .60 Pleasant St. . . . .321 West Main St. .........377BroadSt. Term Expires October, 1911 DR. C. H. S. DAVIS ..............,......... MR. CORNELIUS J. DANAHER .... JUDGE J. P. PLATT' ' ....... . HOMER A. CURTISS. .. .... .... .. ........60 Pleasant St. 277 Colony St. . . .130 Lincoln St. Linsley Ave. Superintendent of Schools v MR. VVILLIAM P. :KELLY .................... O ...377 Broad St.