Meriden High School - Annual Yearbook (Meriden, CT)

Text from Pages 1 - 122 of the 1936 volume:

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H . , , mm , , , an K nz.: IM my .1 ll 11 , , N , .- --3' . , 1, , ,f , - 'h f , The Red and Blue Hail! Alma Mater's colors proudly flying! Red and the Blue, we pledge to thee our love Dearer to us than crimson deep or purple, Guide of our way, as true as stars above- CHORUS Though some love the blue and grey, And others the gleam of gold, The flash of the green o'er silver and sheen Displayed when the flag unfolds, Whatever the shade may be, That keeps others brave and true, 'Tho colors are many, You'll not find that any, Compare with the Red and Blue. Foreword Time and tide waits for no man, and so the Class of 1936 is now history. We have spent three pleasant years here at the Meriden High School gathering ideals and securing edu- cation that should aid us in building our future. We have striven whole-heartedly, according to our abilities, to serve our school. The Annual', is our last attempt at service, our last contribution to the school we loved so well. We of the staff, who represent our class, have worked hard, overcoming many obstacles, to give our classmates data that they may treasure for the rest of their days. Though faced by a shortage of time, we set to work improving the book. We welcomed suggestions, and criticisms, sought good advice, and studied newer styled books in our efforts to give you a better publication. We broke away from the traditional style of the past, cut the undesirable material, and incorporated new ideas into the book to achieve our aim. We trust and believe that the book will meet your approval, if it does, we will feel fully compensated for our humble efforts in your behalf. The Class of 1936, therefore, presents this book as a last tangible reminder of three years spent at the Meriden High School. It is a book that will become more valuable as the years roll by as it serves to keep alive old associates and memories. ,-A When the sun shineth make hay Heywood !vVvxAAAAz W W Shirley Elizabeth Affeldt - Always quiet, always cheerful, Shirley had a ready answer for the teacher's question which showed us her ambitious nature. W WYvonne Victoria Alix - UE. Laughter prolongeth life and causeth health. E was a quiet, cheerful, girl and full of fun among her intimate friends. W WArthur S. Aloia- Rocky When Art didn't have a session for Trans- portation, he brushed up on his basket- ball at which he was a past-master. W Wwilliam Alusitz - Dutchy. I yam what I yamf' He was a typical school boy with an adventurous spirit. He certainly found adventure with his west side antelopes . W W Edna May Andrews - I could dance forever. Edna believed in frank- ness and acted accordingly. Edna didnit follow the herd in high school. W W Gordon Ellsworth Arnold - Go- g0. Did anybody do the German? Though as noisy as a subway, Gordon kept himself a favorite with his witty remarks and pleasant nature. W WStanley Joseph Augustine- Stan, How far that little candle throws its beams! Vivacious and full of pep, Stan was a spark in every gathering. W W Thaddeus Frank Augustyne- Teal Put on your glassesg we know you. Serious and quiet-looking, Ted had a great interest in art. W W George Wilbur Avery-- But when he sat down to play- . George was a lover of the great outdoors. He achieved his ambition to play the piano well. W WNettie Marie Azzolina - Net, Be not the first by whom the news is told, nor yet the last when the news is old. This best describes smiling, de- pe'ndable 'fNet. W WVictor Baden- Via As quiet and impressive as the distant hills. Vic's sportsmanlike personality was noticeable on the gridiron and on the court. W 'kRUth Carolyn Baier - Ruthie, just five feet, a wee bit more, with big blue eyes and freckles galoreg ellin smile, and friendly word, the softest voice you ever heard. W WLoretta Aurore Baillargeon - T0ots. As busy as a bee. Loretta had an ambitious nature and an eager- ness to learn. Her energetic nature coupled with her intelligence should make her dreams realities. W Wjames Francis Barry- Red He showed us big league possibilities as a pitcher. He had a cork screw-curve that went down and round. W WThomas joseph Barry-- Butch Tall fair, athletic. Butch was a congenial, likeable fellow who loved to play football or to ice skate. He won favor with the ladies. W W Edmund Carl Bauchmann -- Ed. Sonny I am very fond of the com- pany of women. -Johnson. He was our cheerful gas station attendant with a lust for excitement. W W Robert Eric Becker- Bob , Skip- py Robert always seemed wrapped in his studies, but took time out every day to hear Jack Armstrong on the radio. W WAudrey Virginia Bedell - And , Peggy Tall, sincere, shy, and mod- est,-that's Aud . CAsk Lyman Hall Highlj W WEdward James Beeman- Shorty Shorty liked excitement and managed to find it among the test tubes and mi- croscopes in the science class, or in the bleachers at the Armory. W W Emma A. Belli-Emma was a very energetic Pennant booster. She was a regular Floyd Gibbons when de- livering oral themes, and was an excel- lent math student. 55-1-x SJAFFELDT Y Aux ,Rf GARNOLD SAUGUSUNE N. BADEN ' R A BAUER EBAUCHMANN Q . B ECKER , i L V A ALIOA TAUGUSTYN 430 LBAKLLARGEON A Baum. W. ALUSITZ E. ANDREWS GAVERY NAZQOLINA JBARRY ' TBARRY ' + 1 E. BEEMAN EBELL1 D.B1RD5sv R BOISVERT A. Bovmo G Bozucnowsm C D, BURKHARDT W AHILL QL iq, a F: Q . LBJ My if 'R , -NN .4-N 3 ,. f, W..-ff' 1? 10 1 WL X. ft f if ffl xx I 'E A? f l WL, .... -I ,.,, -, fo 11' N -..- 4V.,A. ,...,...,, ,,w, ., ,.,.a.....,.,W,gETTW ,,nAV, W M WAWWW Na Look ere ye leape.-Heywood A A Eleanor De-Wolf Bentley- Nell Eleanor always had what we might call snappy comebacksf' She was so full of pep that she overflowed at times. A A George Edward Berry-George was a leader among his classmates. He was a line basketball player and was twice a member of Connecticut and New Eng- land Championship basketball teams. A AAnna Biafore - Ami Always looking for fun, Ann thought geog- raphy was just the thing, but found her- self with arithmetic for the second semester. A A Dorothy May Birdsey - Dot, Dot went about as quietly as a mouse, and one always found her exactly where she should be, and doing the right thing. A ARita M. Boisven: - Ho, for the wide open spaces. Ambitious Rita hiked three miles every day to secure her education which she took seriously. A AMary Alice Boldt - Mary Was always a quiet sort of girl, but was hardworking and dependable. It was well for The Annual that Mary had artistic ability which it could use to advantage. A AWanda Constance Bossick -- Wanda's favorite subject of conversa- tion was about the last dance. Much to her relief, she escaped initiation into the Shorthand Club. A AViola Boshko - Silence suiteth best. Vi's skill in imitation should win a place for her on Major Bowe's program. A AAntoinette Marie Bovino - Gig- gliiig Annie. Giggles lent a ray of sunshine to all her classes with her witty remarks. She was a fine artist and was interested in hunting and fishing. A A Gladys Barbara Bozuchowski- SL lence is the language of the wise. Gladys was quiet in school, but when she was on roller skates, life was a different matter. A AHarvey Wells Bradley - Harm v Popular with his classmates, Harvey was homeroom leader and banker. When making Pennant collections, he was the students' worst enemy. A AAdele Merrill Brown- Brownie, Adele was an unfailing source of mirth to her friends. We never knew what she'd say next, but we were certain that it would be funny. A ACharles Grinold Brunell -- Wee wee. Charles lived from one football season to another. His kicking ability and snake hips made him an excellent aback. A A Crawford George Buck-'fWit and wisdom are born with a man. Craw- ford won his popularity by spreading his wit here and there to brighten even the dullest classroom. A A Elsie E. Buckles-Lithe and grace- ful Elsie was a certain rooter at all basketball games. She enjoyed trip- ping the light fantastic . A A Irene Catherine Burda - Birdie She was an ace at hockey, a queen at basketball, and a duce of a good sport in all of her athletic attempts. A A John Theodore Burdacki- Bii'die. Variety is the spice of life. j'ohn's ever-changing personality made him talkative and humorous at one time, and serious and quiet at another time. A AGladys Elizabeth Burgon- Glad was certainly a good nickname for this jolly lass who was always full of good fun. Her height made her in demand for athletics. A ADorothy A. Burkhardt - DOL Dorothy was a quiet young miss until she began to giggle. She possessed a beautiful head of curls, but would not admit it. She was an excellent short- hand student. A AWilliam john Cahill - Bill Always cheerful and light-hearted, Bill returned to get his diploma and unknowingly distributed his rays of sunshine. A little fire is quickly trodden out.-Shakespeare ' 'Hugh james Calhoun- Success is in the cards for Hugh. Hugh was a card shark and a leader in all good fun. ' 'Francis John Callouette- Prince, I have not the 'gift of gab' my boys. Last to arrive, first to leave, Prince was known to his friends as an unceas- ing source of mirth. ' 'Dorothy Mae Campion - D0t. Dorothy was interested in her scout work while in school, and advanced herself to the rank of lieutenant-this shows her ambitious nature. ' ' Mayo Lewis Caneschi - The people's choice. He made athletics and scholarship mix. He was a popular fig- ure with his classmates who trusted his judgment, and made him their president. ' 'Ida Cantino - Better late than never. Ida had a habit of entering room 212 a minute before the bell rang. Ida liked dancing. ' 'Gordon Russell Carey - G0rd. Gordon's big position in school was President of the Washington Historical Society. Fishing was the favorite sport of this big, good-natured, friendly fellow. ' 'Frances jane Carey- Fran, This wavy-haired girl was a business woman and so found work in the office and with the Annual 5 she worked well as her superiors will testify. ' ' Lorraine Rose Carignan- Oh most delicate fiend, who can read a woman ? Lorraine's quiet and thoughtful nature made us wish we knew her better. ' 'Doris Agnes Carroll - Do , Dada This promising actress has pep, vim, and vigor done up in a trim little bundle. Trim as she was, she couldn't keep being Junk -y once in a while. ' 'Antoinette Mary Cattaruzza -- Toni. Good things come in small packages. A tiny figure with dark hair, brown eyes, and a pleasing disposition is a valuable package, isn't it? ' 'Jeanette Carter Chaffee - When Jeanette used to get into an argument, she'd get out of it by changing the sub- ject. Quite a diplomat don't you think? ' 'Norman Frank Charge - Norm, He was a quiet fellow who spoke when spoken to. He liked outdoor life, es- pecially hunting and fishing. ' 'Rita Cherniak - If music is the food of love, play on. Persistent Rita was an enthusiastic student. This youth- ful pianist was known to be over en- thusiastic sometimes. ' 'Joseph E. Christian - Piccolo Pete. joe was one of our co-ops that never really got to know many of us. He gave up much of his time to be able to play in our band. ' ' Caesar Joseph Cignatta - Watch the birdie. This Eagle Scout was nat- urally serious but had literary ambitions. His hobby was photography and he is responsible for the excellent snapshots in this book. ' 'Albert James Civale - Chab00. Albert took an unusual interest in stud- ies and lent himself and his trumpet to our band. ' 'Ruth Rose Cohen - Smart, neat, and ambitious, Ruth could always be depended on to do a job and do it well. ' ' John Francis Conwell - Jack, Wherefore art thou Romeo. Was it his smile, his wit, or his personality that made him such a favorite with the girls? ' 'Adelaide Rose Cossette - Ad, Quiet little Ad was seldom seen with- out Alice. We seldom heard from Adel- aide except when the teacher called on her, but we do know that she was a dainty little miss and a regular sport. ' ' Raymond C. Costello- Rip, His form won him state-wide fame as a diver. He was a card in the corridors and famed for his abbreviated haircuts. P-A I l-I.CALHouN F. CALLOUETTE G. CAREY F. CAREY 'F We ICHAFFEE N.CHFxRcsE HCIVALE Rfos-xsrxa 'B 1 wwf D.Cf-xmmom L.CaRne.NrxN Q!!- KRM 4.3 FQCHERNIAQK I-.CONWELL MCANESCQ-11 ICANT1No D, CARROLL Fx.CnTmRuzzA 'f.Cu-xmswmm CCIGNMTA A . COSSETYE R .Cosweuo TQCRAINE L DALY EUELFAVERO P.DOHERTY c5.CRA5Px Jllmoss HQ GUMPSTEV C. D1-ww fXoD,fAxM1c0 IVLUAY HQDEEANTILLON E.,UEFLAvu5 , . 3 J,,D5V'lARm RQDEWULI GuDxc.unuo OQDOBSON Dllomow E.Do55xN 5.DOTTEPx VLDOXSEE ix . PM 32 . X' 1 - -W 33: A ' f f' ' 'A :X gjfkx x. L 'if W 7 2x 9 1: 'l '-v Q' ,f ju' ARM-4 IA I 1, . , lg V, I. V 'J 3 , ' :Q- , Id ,sk X I ' L K ,. D ,Y I .h . .,., '5 Y ' 14' ' ' Xfiiijjfff? , ,,,, , , ,,,,,, 1 . ,W Fair words never hurt the tongue.-Chapman W WTruman William Craine- Calling station Z3X1. Trumy was a brilliant radio amateur who showed a great promise. He was the life of the class- room and a tornado in basketball. W W Salvatore Peter Crasa - Piccolo Salvatore liked his piccolo and also the lady friends with whom he was usually seen. W Wjoseph Louis Cross - f0el. To summarize - Joe was a scholar, friend, debator, orator, and reporter. Need We also say usher? , W WHazel Cumpstey - Hazel liked to dance and sing. Her vocal talents were appreciated by the Glee Club to which she belonged for several years. W W Charles Frederick Dahn- Charlie. Vas you dere Sharlie F Ambitious and humorous, Charles was best known as an artist and as a heart-breaker . W W Ita Mary Daly - Her voice was ever soft, gentle, and low, an excellent thing in woman. This saying best des- cribes Ita. W W Anna Ceceria D'Amico - Laugh and the world laughs with you. jolly, jovial Ann took life as it came -- an asset to any personality. W W Mary Frances Day- It is a friendly heart that has plenty of friends. A bit shy, but always friendly, Mary was a popular figure in her own small group. W W Harry Decontillon-Harry couldn't make up his mind whether to spend his time dancing or experimenting in the chemistry laboratory, but did well at both. W W Elia Rose DeFlaviis- EL We ad- mired Elia for her combination of calm- ness and capability which made us wish we knew her better. W W Eleanore DelFavero - Eleanor did noble work with Pennant and took an active part in the Glee Club's recitals. W Wjohn J. DeMaria - Kid Terrisf' Big john possessed the qualities of a good boxer and may yet make a name for himself as a pugilist. W WRobert Washburn Devaul-- B0b. Robert had a keen interest in the study of science. He always grinned and bore his troubles. W W Grace M. DiGuilio- Silence is the perfect herald of joy. Grace was a quiet girl whose character and mind were appreciated by herintimate friends. W W Charles Edward Dobson-'Dujferf' Little Charlie was a walking sports encyclopedia who followed all the major school sports from the side lines. W WFrank joseph Doherty- Pax vob- iscum. Frank was a Latin shark who didn't neglect his other studies for an instant 3 he was a likeable sort. W W Doris Aeline Dorow-DoriS's Schol- arship made her a member of the Na- tional Honor Society. Her artistic skill won her several prizes in poster contests and made her a big help with the Annual . W WEleanor Mathilde Dossin - EL Knitting, knitting, everywhere and never a stitch did drop 5 knitting, knitting, everywhere, will she neverstop? W W Silvio Lewis Dottor- SOUL You can fool some of the people some of the time- . His neatness and accuracy helped in making him an excellent draftsman. W W Marshall Wesley Doxsee- Marsh. Tall, dark, and handsome. Marshall was decidedly an outdoor boy. He spent most of his leisure time with the rod, gun, and the pigskin . .mm..M. C Y l I l f I I I . 1 P F l 5 I K1 . E, L I E I l E 5. r l I He was a bold man that first ate an oyster Swift W Wjohn Aloysius Doyle- fuck Was a rather quiet sort of fellow in the class- room, but he was a spark plug in the corridors as his friends will vouch. W WMarjorie Jeanette Doyle- Marj. Marjorie was a rather versatile girl 3 she sang and danced well and had artistic talent. W WHenry L. Drescher - Hennie. Motorboat riding was his favorite pas- timeg his friends insist that he loved baseball. W WEdna Rose Dubec - Edna was always full of pep and ready for action, even if she did have to provide it herself. She was a staunch supporter of the hiking club. W W Lois Barbara Dutton - When We tried to think of someone whom we could rely on, we always thought of kind-hearted, generous Lois. W W Joseph Anthony Dziadosz-- f ad Os had a smile and cheerful greeting for all his friends 5 ambitious Joe planned to spend his earnings to further his ed- ucation. W WColumbia Esposito - Scratch. Columbia did beautiful work with pen and pencil, which is evident as you thumb these pages. She was a hard worker and a dependable assistant. W WAlfi-ed G. Empronto- Al, Life is just a bowl of cherries. This good- natured chap made life cheerful for others. He had no worries, nor worried others. W WMarvin Thomas Engfer - Hello captain. He enjoyed discussing boats and the sea g he spent much of his time hunting and fishing and tramping through wood and field. W WMary Elizabeth Faeth - She Was just a bunch of giggles, but Horse would walk a mile to hear her special way of talking and see her extra special style. W WLeslie Ernest Fellows - String bean. Friends, Romans, and country- men- Les was from the country and, therefore, was an outdoor boy. W W John James Ferry - You bet the Irish are O. K. ! Upspoken and a per- fect gentleman, john was a neat dresser andagreat follower of basketball games. W W Gertrude Cecelia Foell- Gert 'Tll live all the days of my life. Gert's engaging personality made her a pop- ular figure in the social whirl . W W Silvio Fontanella- Why do to-day what I can put off 'til tomorrow ? Slow and easy going Sil never knew the meaning of Worry or care. W W Barbara Ellen Ford- Bob, Good nature plus good sense. Good-matured, lively Barbara belonged to the Circula- tion Staff of the Annual and cer- tainly kept things circulating. W WDoris Gertrude Ford-Her friends called her Cupie. Ambitious, and carefree, Doris had a host of friends. W W Charlaine Mary Fortunato- Speech is great, but silence is greater. Char- laine was the soft-spoken, brown-eyed lass who was so often absent from school. Always at work, she was the personification of ambition. W W Alice Forster - Alice loved acting and impersonated the Scotch and Irish exceedingly well. Alice was a friendly, fun-loving girl who was interested in biology. W W Henry James Freclericks - Fred The boy with the grin. What home- work ? Noisy Hennie loved baseball and followed nearly all the high school sports. W WSamuel Friedman- Sam When it came to talking baseball, he was a wizard, he should become a sports' writer or a scout for some major league team. Q, DOYLE DOYLE DRESCHER DUEBUL DUTTON . V it-fu. W I 9 f. I A 1 J. Dzmoosz A. EMPRONTO lvl ENGFER C, fspo-sim Vi. FAETH . x L. ELLOWS 15. FERRY G. FOELL 5. EJNTANEUA B. Foam' -as D. RJRTUNATO FORSTER H.FRE0ff1m5 FRIEDVIAN Y. A. FURGALACK lvl. GABRIEL rl GAFFEY L. GALPIN J. GARDELLA C. GARLICIQ AP. GERNER R. G1f5NEY E.GLAzewsK1 V GLEASON N. GLIKE I .GOLDNER E. GOODQICH lvl. Grmsowsm Q.. 1 ,. : D. GREENE D. GREENWOOD J. Gmcco J. Gmffm E.GR1G1,AcK Tempus Fugit. A AAdeline Furgalack - Ad, Any- thing in which Adeline took a part turned out to be a success. She gave us delightful programs in the Shorthand Club. A AMarie Elizabeth Gabriel - Marie always considered business before pleas- ure. She needed no book on How To Study . Let's hope she keeps up the good Work. A A joseph L. Gaffey- f0e. INDUS- TRY was his middle name. He was well known as a manager of athletic teams. His work in school showed he had great business potentialities. A ALois Anita Galpin-I..ois's favorite slogan must have been Let's hike . At any rate she hiked fifty miles from Sep- tember to press time and so earned the title, outdoor girl . A A Josephine Cecelia Gardella - f0. It is a friendly heart that has plenty of friends. Her sense of humor and sparkling personality made her a friend of all. A A Rose Elizabeth Garclella- Rh0die. Rose kept in trim by indulging in all kinds of sports. Her physical require- ments were thus met in her desire to become a nurse. A AClaire Dorothy Garlicki - Nimble with her fingers and her toes, Claire will bring happiness wherever she goes. A APhyllis Lynette Gerner - Phyl. We used to think that Phyl was quiet, but now we know that she was just reserving her pep for the right op- portunities. A A Robert Lawrence Gibney - Bob Upon versatile Bob's capable should- ers fell the gigantic, stupendous, tre- mendous task of being Editor-in-chief of the Annual . Bob was always popular and we expect great things from him. A AEvelyn Ann Glazewski - E'vy. Gentle in manner, but resolute in ex- ecution. Although very active in ath- letics, Evy quieted down once in a while to study music which she hoped to excel in some day. A AViolet Marie Gleason- Promises make many friends, but it is perform- ance that must nurse and keep them. Quiet and friendly, Violet certainly was a Bower , A ANorma Elsie Glike - N01'my. Norma was Sound Effects Inc. for the high school broadcasts. Her charming smile and love of good fun made her a popular figure in all circles. A A Irving Abraham Goldner - Ira We can best describe Irving as a de- bator, writer, scholar, leader, and sports enthusiast which, to all appearances, means a bright future for Irv , A A Evelyn Dolores Goodrich - Eu Evelyn never did like mathematics, but did enjoy geography. Believe it or not, she liked Macbeth , A AMarion Susanne Grabowski - Mary. The gentle mind by gentle deeds is known. Always smiling, Mar- ion was a popular figure in the class- room, on the dance floor, and on the basketball court. A ADolores Ann Greene- Come and trip it as ye go. Dolores didn't wait for graduation to enter a profession. Her excellent dancing enabled her to teach others the art. A A Dorothy Greenwood - Dot was one of our quieter girls who found roll- er-skating an enjoyable past time. She was a dependable customer of Wrig1ey's products. A Ajohn Michael Grieco - f0hnny. I-Ie certainly did bowl 'em over . He showed his technique in the bowling league by keeping his scores consistently above the average. A A john joseph Griffin-- fack. john was the class early bird g he could even be witty and good-natured early in the morning. john UD wrote some wonderful themes. A A Edward Thomas Griglack - Ed could give and take it and thus had the fundamentals of boxing which he liked as well as he did basketball. A ANellie Grinewsky- Nel. Short but sweet. Nellie was a very shy girl who found a great deal of fun in bowl- mg. A ATheodore Peter Gubala - Ted. Theodore found real sport in bowling. No one was his rival at fourth year Latin. A AFrank Fred Guodace - Snappy Frank liked both ice and roller skating. His cleverness in soccer helped Meriden beat East Hartford and won him his HM!! A A Frances Elizabeth Haifner- Frank ie. Frances was a real basketball en- thusiast. She was frequently seen tak- ing long walks fwe wonder with whomj. A A Dorothy Lorraine Hagarty- Dot, Silence is golden. I'm afraid we must again say quiet to describe this lassy who took great pains with her work, and never seemed to have time for play. A ATheodore Emanuel Hammer -- Tea'. A second Marconi. Theodore was greatly interested in science, electri- city, chemistry, and radio. He built radios and other electrical apparatuses. A AKenneth H. Hancock- Ken. It was a beauty about so big. He hunted and fished with fine technique and then told us all about it. A A Margaret Helen Hancock- Peggy, In youth and beauty wisdom is but rare. Helen loved to go swimming and was seen often at the beaches 5 she swam well too. A A Herman Robert Hart-'fP00p had a weakness for white shirts and played big time basketball with the Wolver- ines . He could be seen any night pa- trolling the west side with his Ram- blersv. A AStarrett Wiley Heck - Buddy Silence is golden. He wasn't very big, but was indispensable to the baseball All the worId's a stage.-Shakespeare team. He was sometimes seen without a grin. A A Gladys Reah Henken- Glad She was an eager serious student who was always willing to help others, especially 'by lending her problems homework. 'A' Ajune Ellen Hill- The Belle of the Village. Art is a specialty in her fam- ily. With her winning personality and artistic gift she should go far in the held of commercial art. 'A' 'A'Nellie C. Hill- Nell, This red- haired girl was very interested in sports. Basketball, dodgeball, and hockey were played well by Nell , A' A Mary Elizabeth Hills- Bet , Bet- tyf' Bet was one of our amiable young lasses from South Meriden. She took a keen interest in bowling and was a delightful companion. A' A' Carl Alfred Hirschfeld - Roths- child, Carl was a dependable man for any literary job. He wrote easily and helped give you this publication. A AAlfred Anthony Hoffman - Al, A truer friend hath no man. Humor- ous, likeable Al took studying seri- ously. He held a strange faith in the Cleveland Indians . A A Robert Wesley Hellman-He'd go to any lengths to see a basketball game, if he couldn't play in one, His wit was blended with his filling station court- esy. A A Patricia Margaret Hopkins- Pali Be merry if you are Wise. She hailed from Maine, but her drawl travelled from one thousand miles away. A AMildred Rose Hourigan- Millie was definitely a twentieth century missy the world of politics is a great one, ac- cording to Mil , and we shouldn't be surprised if she proved it some day. N.GRlNEXA!SKY GUBALA THAMMER 5. Haw 11 CHQRSHFELD KHANCQQK GHENKEN A.HOFFP'XAN g. xp F GUODACE :gg '- S M. HANQOQK is I Hmm. R. HOLLMAN 'PQ- is F. HAFFNEQ DHAGARTY H.HANLON HA HART N.H1LL E HaLLs P.HoPwmNs M.HoRRseAN 'J lf- ag.: 6 l--HOW3R'6'5 E- HUBBELL HUDSON S.HLJSE H.HYMAN 4 DISBANER S. Ivana D. JAQOBSON C. J-ANIGA W K - .C.,TENNnN6S P.JAKnE.1,sKu E. .TOHNSQN R.J-ORDAN R. JOYCE 4 C. JUREK XAAKAPITZKE WLKAZAMER J. KEANE lVl.KeNEFucn JI ,f L. Q' Lfj X 1 No legacy IS so rich as honesty.-Shakespeare A' A'Lucibell Gertrude Howbrigg-Her outside activities were not necessarily connected with school. Her peaches and cream complexion may have been responsible. A' 'A'Edward Charles Hubbell - Ed. Small yet great. Being an ambitious sort, Edward believed in making the most of his hours at school and so de- voted himself exclusively to studying. A' 'A'Stanley Clark Hudson - Bing Young Apollo. Cleanliness is next to godlinessf' This handsome well- groomed boy felt at home when on the gridiron and was proud of his letter earned in this sport. A' A' Shirley Elizabeth Huse - Shirl. Friendship is the bond of reason. She did her work completely and well and still had time to play. A' A' Harold Hyman - Irish. Harold loved winter sports, especially skiingg there must have been a reason why. In the summer time Harold improved his swimming. A' A'Jo1'm Davis Illingworth-This tall, up-and-coming salesman could sell a Scotchman a limousine. Handsome, and well dressed, john made a neat appear- ance. A' A' Dorothy Barbara Isbaner - DOL Blushing Blonde. Blonde, blue-eyed Dot blushed very prettily when spoken to and seemed to know everyone. A' 'A' Shirley Marie Ivers- Shi1'l. Shir- ley's interesting personality made her a very popular student. Her ambitious nature and love of social activities made her a member of many extra curricular activities. A A' Dolores Christine Jacobson- Bash fulness is an ornament to youth-H We don't know why Dolores acted so timid for she certainly was never troubled with a guilty conscience. A' A' Chester john janiga- Chet One hundred and fifty pounds of dynamite lay hidden in this fellow. They could- n't touch him on the gridiron or on the court. 'A' A'Charles S. Iermings- Sam. I've got rhythm. Everyone knew Sam as a dancer and a football player. His speed, brains, and elusiveness made it hard to stop him. 'A' A'Philip Joseph jagielski - Fora This tall, neatly dressed boy spent much of his time in the sand traps and on the fairways. Since practice makes perfect, Phil may become a pro',. A' 'A' Eleanor Margaret johnson- Study to be quiet. Eleanor was another one of our good-looking commercialitesg we wish her luck. A' A' Rowland Lloyd Jordan- When the iron is hot strike. Rowland was well known for his business ability. To him goes a great deal of credit for our suc- cess as he greatly increased the An- nual's circulation. A' ARichard Joyce- Rich Fooling and studying don't mix. Trigonometry and chemistry were his pet subjects as he found a great interest in both studies. A' A' Edward joseph Jurek - S h01'ty. Quiet at the right time, talkative with his friends, Edward was right at home among the chemicals and test tubes in chemistry. 'A' AWilliam J. Kapitzke - Bill was always up in the air - in thought. Always talking aviation, Bill had dreams of being a pilot - yes, of a rocket ship. A A'Mary Regina Kazimer - A non- stop Hightf' Mary not only talked a blue streak , but could do her short- hand notes with amazing speed. She should realize her ambitions to become a court stenographer. A' Ajohn joseph Keane-Always smil- ing, this rotund lad was the picture of health. This keen fellow was an ardent sport's follower and class wit. A' A' Mary Elizabeth Kenefick - Ken- nief' Her classic features, her Grecian bearing, and her individual style, carved a niche for her in the gallery of beauty for 1936. To err is human: to forgive, divine Pope W W Francis James Kenny -- Known to everybody as Fran , he excelled in basketball and bowling. He earned the title of lady killer . W W Raymond Francis Killeen - Sam, Every inch an athlete. Meriden High school lost a valuable athlete when Ray hurt his knee. Cheerful and fearless, he played 'till it was no longer physically possible. W WAllen Williams King- The Little King. Though small in stature, his heart was big. His dependability and thoughtfulness was the secret of his popularity. W WSophia Kirychuck- S0ph , Son- ya , or Sophrania but never plain Sophia. This energetic student was kept busy in the office where we saw her most often. W WWalter S. Kissell- Walt. The Volga boatmanf' Though his jokes were old, he meant well. Airplanes and auto- mobiles were his pet topics of conver- sation. W WHerbert Carl Klockner - H e1'l7. You're telling me? His tall frame made him a successful athlete. His help with the business end of this book was commendable. W Wjean Barbara Koziol - Jean was rather an imaginative person who always seemed wrapped in thought. She was quite the feminine athlete. W W Carl john Kroeber- Carly, Seen most often tramping through the woods and fields, Carl put hunting and fish- ing on a paying basis. W WKenneth Krick- Ken Tall and rangy, Ken was an asset to any ath- letic team. He was in with the snap of the ball and fought like a Trojan. On the court he won all-state and all- New England recognition with his brill- iant tournament play. W WAlthea Marie Krumm- AL An all around sport. Al was chiefly in- terested in sportsg she played tennis well, and played good basketball with the Girls' Club team. W W John Stanley Kubek- Kub. Life is but a dream. john was a genius at iigures and had a great love of hikingg we surmise that he loved nature and the great outdoors. W W Edward Joseph Kwasniewski - Lefty Lou. This youthful chap was usually seen but seldom heard. We do know that he played a lot of baseball. W W Edward John Kyrcz- Ed. I like mountain music. Edward's guitar and harmonica solos kept us well entertained at many of our assemblies. Quiet and sincere, he couldn't help being likeable. W WWalter Anthony Kyrcz - Walt was much like his brother in many re- spects. His swaying elongated gait made him stand out from the crowd. W W Stanley joseph Labecki- Lobster. Merrily we roll along. Stan was a happy-go-lucky fellow who enjoyed all kinds of outdoor and indoor sports in- cluding the slow moving marathon. W W Ida Glick Lable - Dependable, in- dustrious Ida had poise, dignity, and in- dividuality, but often surprised us with her unexpected capriciousness. W W Anthony Francis Lackipo- Tony Being a typical high school boy, he liked to talk about sports. He liked basket- ball and golf and did well at both. W W Arlyne Louise Lahl- AVL Books never tired my eyes. Arlyne glided along on the dance floor, through stud- ies, and through life in general with an apparent natural grace. W WCharles Lallos- Pop, The last of the Greeks. Charles played a lot of basketball and developed a keen eye for the basketg when not playing, he was engaged as a referee. F KENNEY R KILLEEN A.K1Nc-3 mvcwux W Kxsszx. T.Koz1oL C KROEBER K Kama E.KwAsNnewsm A.l.AcmPo A LA:-:L C LALLOS -If LN H.LAMAR1Nu5 A. l. A N6 5 T om ELEMKE H.LoNncm DJVIACK P. LEVINE A.LUE3ERT1 H . IVIAG E.LAQes-E RLEAHY B. L'HeuREUx N, LO6OYKE E.l.UQcH1N1 E . Lvoms J.P'lmeTTA E. MALONE 1? ., fx I kr--. Px. LEE F LOMBARDI D.LYNN D. MANFQEQ XX Q a .0 3 M mfg, XL 1' Q ,L 5 XT ' 23 2 5 Neither a borrower nor a lender be.-Shakespeare V ,-'-- Q--swag Q l A AI-Iarold L. Lamarine -- Our gag A AHelen joan Lonicki - Helen was king. He kept the class amused with known as Silent to most of her his witty remarks. As a drummer, he friends. Most of her thoughts were was unexcelled. written into her diary which she treas- A AArline Mary Langston- Laughing ured' A Irish eyes. Good-natured, likeable Ar- A AAngela Adele Luberti - Ang, line amused us with her natural witg Laugh and the world laughs with you. she was an authority on the O'Neils of Angela was always ready for a laugh. Ireland. Her gay infectious giggling set us all A AEva Josephine Larese- Eve was laughing' one of the strongest supporters of the A AEdith Ann Lucchini - Dos.s'le , A. A. Jolly, plump, good-natured Eva lil Annie . In basketball, baseball, never misseed a game. hockey, soccer, tennis, and winter .k .k Ruth Elizabeth Leahy-There was sports, she excelled. This country lass nothing feminine about Ruth when it was a perfect figure of strength,v1tal1ty, came to recreation. Baseball, tennis, and and Pep' basketball were only a few of the sports A A Eleanor Margaret Lyons- Tiger r she excelled in. Hold that tiger. She was a right 1 A A Adelaide Daphne Lee- Ad. Ad- elaide was a congenial sort with an ever present smile. She found a great deal of interest in her Scout work and in athletics. A A Edna Margaret Lemke- Busy as a bee. Edna's commercial training and her love of work made her a valuable assistant in the office. A A Paul P. Levine - 'Paulie. Live today for tomorrow may never come. Introducing Room 7's little pack of dy- namite. Always talking, always laugh- ing, Paul was our practical joker. A A Barbara Elsie L'Heureu1x - Bob, Gentlemen prefer blondes. Barbara's secretarial ability was used to advantage in Mr. Hunt's office. She was an ex- cellent typist as well as pianist, and took a keen interest in dramatics. A ANatalie Logoyke - Nat, What answer did you get for the chem,' problem? Nat!' was a leader in sports, studies, and social. events. A AFanny Rita Lombardi -- Buddy Giggling Fanny and Claudette Colbert had something in common - they be- lieved in never walking if it was pos- sible to bum', a ride. smart girl when she wanted to be. Her natural wit and frankness won us all. A A David Roland Lynn-- Chatle1'l70x'. David was another of our villagers. His ability to mingle, his love of conversa- tion, and engaging personality made him the favorite with his group. A A Dorothy Helen Mack- D0t. This girl loved to play basketball. She was happiest when on the court or in the bleachers in the armory. A A Hope Enid Mag- H 0 pay. There was something about Hope's personality - her unfailing sense of humor, her amazing wit, and her friendliness that made her stand out in every group. A A josephine Marie Maietta- f0e. I could a tale unfold. This good-natured student liked to read. Ghost stories were her favorites. A AEvelyn Theresa Malone- Mldge. The little giant. Evelyn was one of the smallest of our seniors but over- flowed with pep and sunshine that pen- etrated any gloom. A A A Doris Mary Manfred- Don't wake me up, let me dream. Doris's dreamy eyes gave us the impression that her thoughts were miles awayg we wonder where? l F' ' l i' W Roy S. Mannion - Power house. Little man what now ? Was it his interesting talk, democratic views, or his good sportsmanship that made him popular? Y 'kNicholas R. Marchetti - Nica- demusn, Nick . Nicholas was always seen but seldom heard. His big athletic build and calm nature were admired by many. A' if Michael P. Masailo- When 'Mike' makes his violin sigh. When his violin was tucked under his chin, Mike changed his humorous personality en- tirely. 'A' i'W'illiam Masailo - Bill The baker boy. This smiling doughboy was a calm and reserved sort of person who confined his interest to out of school activities - right fellows? 'ff 'ff Helen Maslar - Helen had the virtue versatility. She did well in many lines in social and business world. W i'Herbert Carl Massow - I caught a thirty-seven yard pickerelf' This big time fisherman added a yard to every fish he caught when he told us about it. He was also a second joe Miller. W i'Minnie Ellen May - Quiet as a mouse. Minnie can best be described as a quiet little blonde with a Winsome smile and studious nature - forget her who can. 'ff 'A' Josephine Agnes Mazzone - Her voice was like a celestial melody. Sweet in voice, in disposition, and in singing, Josephine was admired by all her friends. 'A' if Kathleen Mary Mclnerney- Kate When Irish eyes are smiling- Good natured Kate had a smile and cheer- ful word for everyone. Her excellent dramatic talent kept us all amused. if 'kThomas Benedict McKiernan - Tom, Thomas was an all around fel- low. His popularity was probably due to his friendly personality and carefree attitude. Haste maketh waste Heywood Y i' Lucille Margaret McMahon- L0u. Lucille plodded through her studies, but found music, dancing, dramatics, and athletics a snap . She was popular and a business woman straight through. i' 'kElaine Elizabeth Meiklem -- Meiky. My favorite poet is Tenny- son. Good-natured, persevering Elaine was popular on the dance fioor and in the corridors. Her dimples and winning smile attest her fine disposition. 'ff i' Kenneth Norman Meiklem- Ken. Copper hair, golden disposition, and sterling sincerity best describe Ken , Never irritable or cross, he kept calm always. '5' i'Rose Elizabeth Mesite - Sweet eyes 3 soft glances. Slow in both walk and talk, Rosie's affable mien won her many a true friend while at school. 'A' Y William Frederick Messner- Bill Gentleman and scholar. Bill went at his studying in earnest. He seemed to have time, however, to brush up on his bowling, a field in which he was a past master. 'A' 'l'Rose Ella Meyer - To be merry best becomes you. Please don't ever change and get grown up and serious , Rose. We wouldn't know you without your twinkling eyes and merry smile. W 'A' Helen Agnes Mierzejewski- Music hath charms. Helen certainly tickled the ivories with an art. She seemed to be fast in everything-walking, talking, typing, and thinking. 'A' flohn Albert Mikishka- Fred As- taire. Smiling john loved to dance. He was also quite a boy mechanic and couldn't help boosting his company's product. 'A' 'A'Madeline Florence Miller - She could make the most interesting and captivating conversation with a sprink- ling of witty remarks, kind words, and good sense. i' 'A' Edith Althea Miner- Ede. Quiet and unassuming, Edith made the most of her educational opportunity as she studied diligently and seriously. - R. VIANMON N. IVIARCHHTI H. i lA.s.sow VI. lvlfw L. 'VVMAHON E. VIEIKLEM R, Vlfvm H.lVlrERzEJEw5K1 M. VIASAILO iiifxag J. IVIAZZOINIE K. MEIKLEM cf MIKISHKA W. IVIASAILO K. MC INERNEY R. Vlaams N. IVMLLER H. lViA:sLAR T. VI C KIERNAN W. IVIESSNER lf. IVIINER N 1 '56- fb Q,- i ' .fgvr J VIUMAN VI. MONTEFIORE E. VIORAN VI. fvluoeerr E. Vlufmgkf if me J MURPHY MIVI. MURPHY F. MUZYCZKA J Ivmmucx G. Nfmon D. Nensow 5.Nnew1AnomsK1 G.NomNAsEL J. OAT15 L.OAr1s 'FT VI. OEFINGER C. CTLEARY R CYLEARY H. Olscnfrsxe H.O'NEn. Tomorrow to fresh woods and pastures new.-Milton A Ajohn Weir Mitman -- Butch, Where there's food there's Mitmanf' His congenial and engaging personality is certain to carry him through business school and his position in life. A A Mary Edythe Montefiore- Whe re's Frances ? Mary's cheery smile and beautiful blush were familiar to all. Her ability as a salesman was used to ad- vantage with our advertising staff. A AEvelyn M. Moran- Ev, Evelyn was a speed artist in shorthand and typing. Ev will probably giggle and laugh her way through life. A AMayla Ann Mudgett - Mudg. Shy, quiet, and difficult to explain. This clever maid kept her thoughts to herself most of the time. A AEleanor Rita Muraske - Babe , Horse , Want some fudge F Elean- or's sunny smile and sweet disposition were known to all. She cut some fancy figures on the ice. A Ajoseph Emmet Murphy -- foe , Murph , This neatly dressed, hand- some fellow was a scrappy football player. Need we say that this high- pressure salesman was a favorite with the women? A A Margaret Patricia Murphy - Marge , Peggie . When we inquired about Peg , people insisted that she was sweet and quiet so we shall just let it go at that. 'A' A Francis Joseph Muzyczka- M 0 0se. Quietness is best. Tall and rangy Moose was a clean, hard-playing fel- low on the gridiron, his favorite haunt. A A Joseph Matllew Mylnick- Fat. If he doesn't realize his ambition to be- come a lawyer, he can always become a bookkeeper, he was such a good one in school. A A George William Naylor- Georgia Mighty oaks from little acorns grow. He was a quiet sort of a fellow, but good-natured and generous. 'A' ADorothy Eleanor Nelson - Dot, Dorothy was one of our quiet and more dignified seniors who was popular in her circle of friends. We seldom saw her at intermission without a sandwich. 'A' AStanislaus jacob Niewadomski - P0p. A smile did ever his face adorn. Stan had a great interest in music and dancing - hence his love of minstrels. The Boys' Club was his fav- orite rendevous. 'A' 'A' George Walter Nothnagel- Bud, 'Tis a good thing to laugh at any rate. Wearing a big grin where ever he went, Bud was the smilingest fel- low you ever saw. A A james Anthony Oatis - Jimmie, Ship ahoy. This amusing fellow will never be satisfied until he is pacing the quarter deck or sailing the seven seas. A A Lucille Katherine Oatis- Hy-yah. just a wee bit of Erin. Her wit and active nature made her the life of every party. Sure and we all enjoyed her im- personations of Mrs. O'Grady. A AMary Edythe Oefinger - May, To be merry best becomes you. Mary was a capable swimmer and hiker. She certainly knew how to have a good time at the right time. A A Cecelia Anne O'Leary -- A bit of Ireland in her smile. Cecelia struggled along with her studies and gained her popularity with her natural Irish wit and captivating conversation. A AHelen Marie Olschefske-- Say it with music. Helen's beautiful voice entertained us at many assemblies. Her talent should bring her success in the field she loves. A AHelen Mary O'Neil - A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance. Smiling, vivacious Helen gained a host of friends with her congenial, pleasant personality. ,.......-v. Tv? 4 S .. ...LA Give thy thought no tongue.-Shakespeare W W John joseph Otto- Captain John. Big John was a mainstay of the soccer team and a great help to Coach Lord in making a good team. W WG:-ace joan Pachuk-Grace was a quiet girl but surprised us with her love of detective stories. She was an excel- lent math student. W W David john Pagini- Dave , Wor- rywartu. David probably won the title of the class' best worrier. He had art- istic talent which he kept fairly well hidden until Annual time. W W Thomas S. Pagnam-- T0m. Now I'll tell you the car to buy. His knowl- edge of automobiles was amazing. He had a weakness for hockey games, Packards, - and Wallingford. W W Antoinette Rheta Pancallo- A nn. Short but sweet. Ann was another of our tiny seniors. She and Buddy Lombardi were inseparable companions. W W Florenceffheresa Peczynski- Fla There are smiles that make us happy. Florence's pleasing manners, delightful personality, and individual accent made her a great companion. W WWanda Linda Peczynski- Lindy Wanda and Elsie were as inseparable as hot dogs and mustard, they made a loyal team of rooters at all our games. W WEdward Pekar - Chink. Ed was a quiet and bashful sort of fellow, but was quite a mechanic and could as- semble an auto blindfolded. W W Edith Evelyn Pender - Edith Was much like her sister in many respects. Soft-spoken and easy going Edith col- lected interesting photographs. W W Jane Phoebe Pender - Jane Was a real English student. She collected poems and essays and kept up a steady correspondence with a certain someone. W WAddison Pierce Penfield - Ad Addison was an ambitious young man with the heart of a newspaperman. As an orator, he had no rival 5 as a gentle- man, no superior. Who can forget his untiring work with the Pennant or his excellent leadership? W WWa1ter E. Perry- Walt. Con- tactf' One look at this fellow's scrap- books would readily show you his love of aviation. May he live to Hy to Mars. W W Veronica R. Petroske - Veronica didn't mind doing homework at all. She was a very ambitious commercial stu- dent who always seemed deeply inter- ested in her work. W WRuth Elaine Phillips - Ruthie Ruth was one of our well dressed sen- iors who loved dancing, music, parties, boys, etc. W WHelen Marie Pichnarcik- Pichy. With a smile on her lips. Pichy made her schooling and pleasure mix. She enjoyed bowling more than any other sport. W W Mildred Madeline Pierson - Mil- lie, Mildred's chief interest in school was the opposite sex, but she found time to practice art work in which she excelled. W W Marion J. Pilecki- Bluslres. Her shy but pleasant manner made her nice to talk with. She was heard most often reciting lengthy speeches in history. W WRobert W. Pohl - Bob Eating was Bob's favorite pastime. He was well known to us as a drummer and an athlete who had an individual style. W WAnne Marie Pontolillo -- Tall people reach great heights? We have heard about the proverbial timid mouse, but Antoinette was as timid as two of them, however, Silence often saves embarrassment . W WThomas Francis Potter - Wig- wam Tom was a cartoonist and radio character of great ability. He was a charter member of the Deutscher Verein . X' -, ' f ww rf. Orro F PECZYNSKI A. 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I Y.--W ..,,, Procrastination is the thief of time.-Young A' A'Bradley Foote Prann - Beepe , Brad , Bradley was quite a cartoonist as his work in the Pennant showed. He played a good game of tennis, and was also a good swimmer. A' 'A' Edward Andrew Pratt - Eddie Ed was interested in his scout work and has several merit badges to show for his labors. He was also the well known manager of our swimming team. 'A' 'A'Helen Joan Pulaski-Helen was a good English student who was always willing to help others. Helen never shirked her duty. 'A' 'A'Dorotl1y Elizabeth Racine- DOL Are my curls out P Her wistful smile was known to all of us. She was partial to football players. A' 'A' jane Elynor Rainaud - Attractive looking, sociable Jane was a favorite on the dance floor and in social circles. She wrote beautiful poetry. A' A'Katherine Rakesky -- Kata A brilliant mind, perseverance, and a hap- py disposition give the key to success which is sure to be Kate's . A' A' Arline Elinor Reetz - Arline cer- tainly looked on the bright side of thingsg her sense of humor kept us laughing in every class. A' 'A Caroline Grace Ricci--Better known to us as Carrie , she found knitting a profitable pastime. Her persuasive man- ner made her a successful business woman. 'A' Awells Rockwell - Shm00. Do you ken Joh Peel with his coat so gay- ? This pack of dynamite left a trail of laughing people admiring his wit and antics wherever he went. 'A' 'A' Henry John Rohde - Hen Henry's wit enlivened most of our wak- ing moments. He kept his teachers busy correcting lengthy essays. 'A' A'Chester C. Roman - Chet , Butch . This big oil man was best known as a basketball player. We won't forget his winning basket in Burlington. 'A' 'A'Emma Beatrice Rosi - She was another one of those scholarly Rosis. With no problems too great for her, her active mind and fingers should find her a good secretarial position. 'A' 'Ajames A. Rosi - Jazz Every- thing's 'Rosi' now. james was SCHOL- ARSHIP personified. He mastered every one of his subjects and was quite an athlete, as his record shows. 'A' 'A' Norman Henry Rossbach- N01'W1,. HI mix my business with pleasure. Norman was an intelligent, businesslike boy who loved interesting conversation. He was once seen without a pipe in his mouth. A' 'A' Lloyd M. Rudolph - Calif0rnia. This good-looking, manly fellow was an excellent draftsman and a favorite with the ladies. 'A' 'A' Eugene Arthur Ruggles- Ruggy. Eugene was a true woodsman. Hunting and trapping gave him profitable returns for his labor. 'A' 'A'James R. Russell - Real fini was another westsider . He was a smart fellow when he wanted to be, and a great fellow to talk to unless you disagreed on the topic of conversation. 'A' 'A'Rosemary Elizabeth Salka-Arith- metic for the rest of us was just-well, the less said the better, but for Rose- mary it was just child's play . A' A'Robert Anthony Sarrazin- Bob The rivalry in English between Miss Lyons and Bob was something to go down in history. His reticence UQ probably won him the honors. 'A' 'A' Leslie W. Saunders- The pride of South Meriden. He was a great foot- ball player, a great captain, a great per- sonality, - with a great car. .F,,.1.-,W-,... ,. .,x. . , l I For too much rest itself becomes a pam Pope l 5 . E I v t F L l i l l l 1 l l I l l E LAM. W WGeorge Francis Schiavone- Tut, The only thing that George couldn't draw was a salary. He's on his way to a position in the art world. He helped us greatly in publishing this book. W W Francis Matthew Schmidt- Fran, During the baseball season, Fran did some fine pitching for M. H. S., and during the basketball season he was tos- sing 'em in at the Community. W W Lillian Emily Schmitt - Lil, Her frankness and truthfulness were ad- mired by all. Her individual smile, talk, and mannerisms made her the popular girl that she was. W W Arthur Schnick -- Arai Give me a shady stream, a rod, and a reel. This likeable co-op had some beauties to show for his devotion to the field and stream. W W Barbara Selma Schwenk- Bobbie , Schwenky. Short but sweet. Charm- ing little talkative Barbara had a pack of ambition as her friends will attest. Her musical talent was very entertain- ing. W Wjoseph Dennis Scully -- Sl'im. Laughing, lanky, and likeable. Ev- eryone liked joe for the simple in- significant reason that he was always smiling and was never excited or abrupt. W W Evelyn Louise Semler - E'vie. Quiet and thoughtful. Evelyn loved her studies and underneath her pensive appearance there dwelled fun, laughter, and happiness. W Wjohnine Teresse Sepanik- f0hn. Bubbling over with youth and vitality. john participated in every sportg hoc- key, soccer, basketball, and tennis were only a few of her pets. W WMary Ann Serruto - Our own Libby Holman. Mary made her debut over the radio while still in school. Her charming personality and musical talent should make her a success in this field she loves. W WCatherine Mary Settembri- Let'S wait near the candy machine. Fun- loving Catherine's favorite haunt was near the candy machine. This reason is best known to herself. W W Edith Elizabeth Setterlund- Eden Always full of pep and ready for a good time, de was a regular sport. We couldn't give her too much credit for her brilliant work with the Pennant and the Annual . W WMary Norberta Shanahan- Shaw ny. Upon inquiring, we found Mary to be' pretty as a picture , a good sport , a quiet sort , and a darn good kid . W W Dorothy Cecelia Shea- DOL T0 save space - friendly, temperamental, athletic, quiet, serious, funloving, and a friend indeed. W WPaul Shemkovitz- Paulie. Paul was very interested in aviation as his conversation showed. We understand that he intends to go to an air school. Happy landings. W WLloyd Charles Slavin- Oat He was one of our foremost athletes - a killer on the line and a dead eye on the court with his overhead shots. W WDoris Hill Shirley - Gram. Steady? N ever! With gleaming white teeth, perfect features, and beautiful clothes it is no wonder that Gram was popular with all. W WEdith Z. Shulga - Ede. Her bright smile haunts me still. Edith was first in fun, first in studies, and first in the hearts of her classmates. W W Sophia Shulga-- S0phy. The girl with the golden voice. Her vocal tal- ents were used to advantage with the Glee Club. Who knows but what she may become an opera star. W W Catherine Louise Shumway- Cath- ie. She was seldom heard but always noticed. Catherine was a quiet girl with beautiful auburn hair. She was very darin' in some respects. W WRobert john Sieg - Bob was a very conservative chap who made friends easily. His work with the foot- ball team did not go unnoticed. QSCHIAVQNE F. SCHMITT L Scwwuvr A. 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He handled the money matters in several school functions, and was one of the organ- izers of the Pennant Boosters . 'F' i' Edward William Slade- Such joy ambition finds . We have heard that Eddie was a hunter of renown and we know that he was a popular dancer - just ask the girls. 'A' f'Francis Joseph Slater - Sluts, High pressure salesman of M. H. S. This smiling fellow found the opposite sex very interesting. He was a regular Clark Gable on the stage. 'A' W Charles Edward Smedick-- Chat2:. Basketball, baseball, football-he played them all. He still found time for his social life. 'ff 'A'Catherine Marie Smith - Cath With a peculiar faculty of getting things done just in time, it was a common sight to see dapper Cath making a last min- ute dash to the Pennant room with a story. 'ff i'David Charles Smith - Dave. Your announcer is David Smith. David took a great interest in dramatics and photography. He helped the An- nual with the latter. if 'f'Nellie Edith Somerset - Nell , .Tackie . Laughing, talkative Nellie was always where there was fun to be had. She liked dancing, sports, and parties, but don't we all? 'A' if Robert E. Spears- Bob He Was the easy-going scholarly fellow who was so often absent from school. Remember his Ford and his casual, interesting con- versation? Y i'Beulah Rose Spencer - Beulah always appeared as though she had just stepped out of Vogue . We shall re- member the many times she entertained us playing the piano. ff 'A' David Williain Sprafke - Dazfe. David must have spent a lot of time on his studies, for he achieved satisfactory results nearly always. Perseverance Wins l 'A' 'A'Emmet john Stanley- Duke I I I . Why can't I keep my hair combed F Duke had a propensity for mussing people's hair. Never aroused, always pleasant, he shall be remembered for his good sportsmanship. W 'A' Frederick William Stark- Freddie Fred was an interesting co-op who took his art work seriously. He lent his talents to this book. He gained lasting fame by crashing the junior Prom. 'ff i'Robert Peter Steele- Boll And love to live in dimple sleep - The Community Building was Bob's other home. f'Bob was a neat basketball player and a good student. 'F' 'A'Francis Stephen Stefanowicz - Sz'e11e. Frank began life anew when he approached tee number one. His love of golfing and of girls will prob- ably best be remembered. 'i' i' Walter Edward Stefanowicz - In quietness and confidence will be your strength . Walt enjoyed the summer months with its swimming and baseball. 'A' f'Theodore Paul Stefinski - Ted The daring young man on the flying trapeze - Ted was a jolly fellow who never missed doing his daily dozen in the early morning hours. 'fl' i'Mary Stepanek - Mae, Mary kept most of her thoughts to herself, but couldn't hide her faculty for making friends easily and her typing ability. Continue on Mary. 'A' 9' Helen K. Stergius- Mother would love to have you come to the party! Helen won a reputation for herself as our idea of the perfect hostess. It must have been her congenial personality. '1' 'A' Edwin Joseph Stoltman - Pussy Women, dancing, and swing music held a strange power over this chap. He and his rambling westerners always had a good time. F., as .. u .., , Young men are fitter to invent than to iuclge Bacon A A Margaret Strauss- Peggy, Joll- ity doesn't cost a cent. Perseverance was hers as she slowly but surely mast- ered the driving of her car. A A Irene Ann Swiatek- Why so dis- tant P I'm afraid we must again say quiet to describe this girl. She was a diligent, studious sort who helped in the library. A ADonald James Teagle - Dan Intelligent, industrious Dan never seemed troubled with his Work. Diplo- matic by nature Dan mixed business with pleasure and achieved excellent re- sults. A AHarry M. Tennenberg - Hash , Hank Greenberg. He was a level- headed chap with humor his chief asset. In athletics he possessed a natural abil- ity plus Notre Dame spirit. A AAdelmo Anthony Tiezzi- T'lCk. Has he disappeared again ? 90's were no uncommon sight on his report card. His high marks were got with a natural ease. How did you do it Tick ? A AGeorge David Timms - Times -Like a duck to water. George played a good game of basketball, but specialized in tank work. Injuries and hard luck hampered his play con- siderably. A A Sherman Milton Tonkonow - She1'm. -But when a man bites a dog- Sherman was a newspaperman, debator, scholar, orator, leader, and a lawyer in the making, Even at that, we do not do him justice. A AWalter H. Totzke- Walt, Jolly, good-natured Walt possessed a nat- ural ability in arithmetic. His humor and helpful advice were appreciated as were his apples at intermission. A AThomas Carl Traceski - Tom. Tom was quiet to the nth degree. His wildest moment was perhaps when he was pitching horseshoes. A A Harold Charles Trostel - This air- minded young man was one of our six footers who would willingly bum to New Haven in the rain to see a tourna- ment game. 'A' A Elizabeth Tracy- Buffy, Butch She was a pretty girl with wavy brown hair, green eyes, smart clothes, a charm- ing smile, and a most agreeable dispo- sition. A 'A'Robert K. Tryon- Bob, Take me down to the rolling sea. Bob was a great lover of the brimy deep and of boats of all kinds. He was also a good swimmer, as any sailor should be. A A Doris Elizabeth Turner- Dear Old golden rule days. Doris hailed from the village, Her ambition was to own a horse, so we are told. Go west young lady! A A Emily Tutak- Em Add geniality to good common sense and you have Emily Tutak. Her willingness in work and play made her a friend to all with whom she came in contact. A A Rhoda Eleanor Umansky - Who has some money to lend ? G0od-na- tured Rhoda was serene, intelligent, and as happy as the day is long. Rhoda's determination was partly responsible for her excellent acting on the stage. A A Alfons S. Urbanski -- AL Our minstrel man . Al used to burn the mid-night oil, but in his lighter mo- ments he made audiences roar as he cut capers in the Boy's Club minstrel shows. A ADavid George Vandenburgh - Toar. Dave was a man of wide abilities and won renown as a debator, and scholar. He was a lightning cal- culator and a wizard at algebra. A A Mildred Elizabeth Verroneau - Mil, Millie was one of our well- dressed commercial students. She was an ambitious young saleslady who took an active part in the school's social affairs. A A Adelio Vivari- Del Business before pleasure. Always wearing a smile, he was a friend of all. On the soccer team he was a game little lighter - we might also say in the classroom. A AAnna V. Walka- T0tsy. Anna was an outdoor girl in every respect. It must have been athletic experience that made her such a good sport, and a cheerful girl. A A Henry Charles Landry - Flash, Better late than never. Quiet and re- sourceful best describe this fellow who took life as it came. IVLSTRAUSS I.5wnf-max D.TEA6LE HTENNENBERG AWEZZI R f Glimmg, S.-I-ONKONOVV Xfx!.To1'zKeg T.TaAcEsm HATROSTEL D- w E TRACY RIRYON D-TURNER E. Tuma RUMANSKY A,URBANSl'U DVANDENBUH6 VYVERRONEAU A.VlVARt Fx-XAfALKA I.-,. X C. WALSH NMIHEELER E .wvsocm A.ZAwAcKI IV! . WATQOUS my EKMHITEHOUSE HQ Q !-Iwvsocm IZEZEQK MD UFFY F .WES5 MAN GLW 1 LTROSKE R.YOUNG 1-'IR 'sh- Si MZEZECK E,WHfxLEN EMJHEELER Q5 ff' B .WOIAN BXAIOOLLARD T.ZAeoRsK1 F. Zmf-xc R,ZIMMER G, PIERCE .J Words are but empty thanks.-Cibber W W Cornelius R. Walsh -- '.'Neil. A hit in time saves nine. Baseball held a great interest for Cornelius who played the game well. W WMarshall George Watrous - His conversation betrayed the fact that he was well-read. He was the basketball team's most ardent supporter. W W Ford john Wessman -- Swede's,' two pet quotations are never shave to- day if you can to-morrow, and Sleep, sleep innocent sleep. He was just care- free. W W Edward William Whalen- Billie. Super-star-salesman of 19369. He handled the business ends of several organizations in the school and did his work well. His work with this book was excellent. W W Elizabeth Jeanne Wheeler- Betty Bet kept within the social whirl at school. Her curly locks made her the Shirley Temple of M. H. S. W WNorman William Wheeler - Norm Norman was a real outdoor boy who gained many lasting friends and kept them with his diplomatic man- ners. W WEsther Ruth Whitehouse - Play ball. Esther was the cheerful, athletic girl who took such an interest in base- ballg she was our class Babe Ruth. W WGermaine Mary Wiltroske- Of 3. shy and retiring nature. Germaine was a rare girl of the lace and lavender days with a pleasant nature. W WBernard Charles Wojan - Ben, Silence is the language of the wise. Ben was a hunter and fisherman with a fine technique. W W Bertha A. Woollard - Bert was someone whom we all like, and who's what we call a good scout. She liked games, and was always game. CNO pun intendedj W W Eleanor Constance Wysocki- EL Athletically inclined. We won't for- get her thoughtfulness, good sportsman- ship, and helpfulness. W WHenry Joseph Wysocki - Watch the Fords go by. He knew all about automobiles and sports, but would argue about anything. When not combing his hair, he was busy talking. W WRuth Adelaide Young - Rusty Ruth with her shy Winsome smile, en- gaging grin, flaming fdare we say red ?j locks, was the essence of charm. W W Theodore Stanley Zagorski- Zag's favorite haunt was the Boy's Club, where he spent his time improving his basketball playing. W W Frank Edward Zajac - Frank was a whiz at mathematics and real friend to all. M. H. S. has lost another quiet, resourceful Zajac. W W Anthony joseph Zawacki- Tony Quiet as a street at night. Tony didn't mind homework at all, and was a mathematical genius. W Wjohn S. Zezeck- Johnny Boist- erous, laughing john was always where there was fun. He was a great follower of school sports and an ambitious stu- dent. W WMary' Ann Zezeck - Franny, Mary always said, Why wait till spring to find shamrocks when you can find them the year round in Bristol. W WRobert Gracey Zimmer - Bob He was an ambitious fellow. When he wasn't busy doing scout work, he was practicing with his drum or learning the electrician's trade. W WMarvin James Duffy - Jimmy Foxx hit another homerunf' Cold weather meant little to him, except that it would be followed by baseball. W WMildrecl Harriet Lawson-Mildred is an honest to goodness nurse who won our respect with her ambition and per- severance. W W George H. Pierce - Sli71er. He wasn't as big as the rest of the team, but made up for his lack of height with his fighting heart and real ability to play. W W Seena Edith Shibuth - Seena was quiet but quick and deliberate in her actions. Chemistry, as the rest of her studies, had no pitfalls for Seena. W WEdward Valentine Kicielinski -- Kl'lnski. Ed was best known as an athlete of great ability. Incidentally, his employment at Horton's enabled him to help in printing our book. F' l Class Notables GIRLS Mary Kenefick Shirley Ivers Kathleen Mclnerny Irene Burda Eleanor Lyons Doris Carroll Shirley Ivers C Kathleen Mclnerny Helen Mierzejewski Ruth Cohen Edith Setterlund Shirley Ivers Rhoda Umansky Irene Burda S Barbara L'Heureux Eleanor Lyons Elizabeth Tracy Lucille Oatis Mary Ann Zezeck Rhoda Umansky Jane Rainaud Shirley Ivers Best looking Most representative Class comedian Class athlete Class infant Class show-off Most popular folliest Class musician Class grind Business woman Business man Social leader Class orator Outdoor girl-boy Best dressed Class chatterbox Dignified Senior Class punster Class blujfer Class politician Class smoothie Best all-around BOYS Leslie Saunders Mayo Caneschi Fred Stark Chester Ianiga Carl Hirschfeld Joseph Cross Mayo Caneschi Fred Stark George Avery David Sprafke Nathan Sklar Joseph Murphy Sherman Tonkonow Chester Ianiga Charles Jennings Crawford Buck William Cahill Charles ' Brunell joseph Cross Sherman Tonkonow William Cahill Mayo Caneschi 5 I lip wi , L nl- ' - . 5 1 1 5 Q 1' y Q 1 ini. ,L V, , xi- ,. : -1. .,k .,, il, .K S3 vi' Tx. 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Tonight friends part, half laughing, half crying Laughing because we were happy here- Crying because so much is left behind That hearts have loved: Yet we know we could not stay forever Carefree with you! As we peer from your windows, We hail the world that is beckoning us. As it moves swiftly and steadily by, We see in its heavens - Far off - our dreams of success awaiting To be fulfilled! Our vision is clear. The victory shall be won! And we challenge the future to break us, To crush us with failure and fruitless effort! We are unafraid! Ours is the youth- the courage to conquer- We need no more! We shall not fail -Farewell! T..,,,,,s,.,.,.,...,- , I 5 F E i C i. , Valedictory Irving Goldner Classmates, as we near the close of this, our graduation night, let us pause to consider for a moment the significance of this occasion. Tonight we are leaving Meriden High School to start out on a new venture. We are bidding farewell to our school life with all its pleasant memories. At such a time of parting, a person pauses to reflect upon two things. The first is the past, that from which he is being separated, and the second is the future, that which he is facing. It is always difficult to leave something dear to us. The experiences we have known, and the friendships we have cultivated here in school, have given us untold pleasure. Our school days are numbered among the happiest of our whole life. Tonight, however, we are leaving all these memories behind and are facing the future. What do the future years hold in store for us, and how are we equipped to meet the trials of life? In these times of economic and social confusion, the future does not present an inviting aspect. We who are leaving school are faced with the problem of establishing ourselves, whether in college life or in the ranks of business and in- dustry. N ow, more than ever before, this will be exceedingly difficult to accom- plish. The trials of school life, which have seemed so formidable to us, fade into insignificance when compared to those that we are now facing. All of the ability and effort we can muster will be needed to enable us to achieve any measure of personal success in our endeavor. This hope of personal success that we all have is naturally important. But there is still a greater accomplishment which we must achieve. We must learn to adjust our personal ambitions to the greater interest of society. Success is not measured merely by worldly possessions. If we can, by self-sacrifice and Worthy contributions to society, do our part in general service to humanity, we shall have attained the highest form of success. We do not, however, face the tasks before us without preparation. Our years at school have implanted certain necessary fundamentals. Respect for authority, which is one of the first lessons of good citizenship, has been impressed upon us. By working with our teachers and fellow students we have received training for the cooperation which we must display in life. Another important quality that has been stressed in school is good sportsmanship. Fair play is needed in the world today more than ever before. Such then is the equipment We carry with us as we set out on this new venture to take our places in the larger world of affairs. It is now up to us to make the best possible use of it. From now on we have to shoulder the burden and carry on our own battle. For the fact that we have been given these years to store up memories and to prepare ourselves for the next stages of our lives, we extend our most heartfelt thanks to our parents, who sacrificed so much to make our education possible, and to our teachers and school authorities whose guidance and instruction have proved invaluable. In the future we will try our best to fulfill all the hopes and ambitions that our parents and friends hold for us. Now it is time for the class of nineteen thirty-six to part. As this class leaves the platform tonight, it is with the hope that we can some day meet again, satisfied that, by becoming worthy and respectable citizens, we have attained success in its highest form. So reluctantly we say the final word, Farewell , Salutatory David Sprafke From the class of nineteen hundred and thirty-six to our friends of Meriden -a most cordial welcome. Tonight we have come to the parting of the ways, when for the last time as students of this school we appear before you. We have lost count of how often you have applauded our efforts on this platform and given us words of encouragement. This occasion, however, is more than a performance, it is our graduation night. While we hope that the exercises please you, neverthe- less there is the serious consideration that we are about to sever our connections with this place. We are about to break away from the protection and guidance which you who have been responsible for our welfare have always so cheerfully given. It is not uncommon for a person in an important moment in his life, when success has come, to meditate upon his rise. We are now in such a situation, and a survey of high school life reveals years of hard work to attain our ultimate goal. We have made the effort to avail ourselves of the facilities you have provided, still an education would never have been possible without the generous and un- selfish interest you, our friends, have shown in us, which is manifest in your presence tonight. Your closeness to us and the debt of gratitude we owe you are now more keenly felt than we had ever imagined. The truth of the old saying that a person should show his thankfulness by actions rather than by words, is what we wish to apply. Here, though, we can only accord our heartfelt thanks, we must await the future to prove by actions that we are worthy of your trouble. So to you, our parents, to the members of the school board, teachers, under- classmen, and to all friends who have spurred us onward, we once again extend our welcome. HONOR STUDENTS IRVING GOLDNER EMMA ROSI DAVID SPRAFKE JAMES ROSI LORETTA BAILLARGEON DAVID VANDENBURGH HICKS PRIZE ESSAYISTS LORETTA BAILLARGEON JANE RAINAUD HARRY DECANTILLON KATHERINE RAKESKY ADDISON PENFIELD SHERMAN TONKONOW HICKS ORATORICAL CONTEST WINNERS i First Prize ......... ADDISON PENFIELD W1 I atr.iQiNe5.2KON0W Honorable Mention . . KATHERINE RAKESKY FW... I .,, - ,,,..,.,..,- , , . 1 f K . l E I 2 f E E I E l r z i, i E V i l r I I V i.......L.LM,. . Class Will 1936 By SHERMAN TONKONOW TO WHOM THIS MAY CONCERN: We, the Class of 1936, who are about to expire on June 12, have many out- standing accomplishments and honors to our credit. Supposedly being of sound mind and body, we are about to dispose of all our earthly goods, achievements, grudges, and hopes, which we hereby set forth in our LAST WILL AND TEST- AMENT for all who follow to read and mend the error of their ways before it is too late. To the Class of 1937, we bequeath that dignified bearing which only a Senior can sport with pride. Said pride and dignity shall be carefully treasured and nourished and later passed on by the Juniors to the Class of 1938 who will be out of their short pants when the next will is drawn, To the club treasuries, we the Senior members, regretfully leave a substantial portion of our monetary assets. In case this will be contested, we assert that this donation has not been of our own free will, being forced from us by club officers. We, the graduating lettermen of the Football Team, leave to Coach Frank Barnikow and Coach Russell Doran two splitting headaches. These gifts, however, shall not become effective until late next September when the team opens its season without us. To future generations who will haunt these halls, we students expert in using the pen, knife, and pencil leave our names and wit encarved for all time for at least until the school is repaintedj on the desks, walls, and furniture of M. H. S. We, the Triangular Debating Team, leave our unsatisfied championship hopes of the past year to the forensic spellbinders who will show their ability before enthralled audiences next season. To the board of Education, we, who use the rear steps in coming to and from school, leave the following request. Let some action be taken to refund this group of students the price of wear and tear on shoe leather caused by the long and tiresome climb, or let the school be moved to the bottom of the hill. To Connecticut high school coaches, we the graduating lettermen of the Central Connecticut Intercholastic League Champions, the Connecticut State Champions, and the New England Champions, leave a sigh of relief. To the New England Tournament, we donate the Fletcher Trophy which Meriden High will recapture next year. We of the Pennant Staff have no valuable bequest to make. We only leave the Journal Press cooked in its own stew of misery which it invited when the contract to print the paper was made. Since then, not a single issue has reached the publishers in time for printing in the usual manner. We, the history, chemistry, and science, English, Latin, mathematics and mer-r chandising classes, acting together, leave with relief the following objects of our affection CFD to anyone so kind as to take them. Such bequests include Cicero and the square root of 2, Shakespeare and the cash register fwithout the cashj, the date of the Battle of New Orleans, and the percentage composition of acetic acid. To Mrs. E. W. Gilbert, we who are classed as library frequenters, bequeath the comforting thought that much time will elapse before the incoming class can acquire the technique with which we made life unbearable in the library. We, the Senior Senators having adjourned without taking action, leave dire mutterings in the hearts of the many unfortunates who spent their nickles and time attempting to extract candy from the ill-behaving machine in the room once called a cafeteria. We of the late comers' brigade leave Miss Doyle and Mr. Hunt without a job next year unless some dark horses can forge to the front and take our places in the breadline formed every day by students desiring the traditional ad- mittance slip. Likewise, we gym class students who don't like to drill, leave our patent excuses to next year's students but strongly advise against using them, for Miss Jardine will notice that demands for gym excuses will have a familiar ring to them and perhaps she will get the idea. We the Class of '36, bequeath this building to the taxpayers of Meriden, long may they cherish and pay for it. Lastly, we the Annual Staff leave this publication to the Senior Class with the hope that we have done a satisfactory task in providing the Class with a fitting record of high school days which they may treasure in later life. Done at the Meriden High School, on the the office typewriter, on the tenth of June in the year, nineteen hundred and thirty-six. Signed sealed, and attested by the Class in witness whereof, we have hereby affixed our signature. THE CLASS OF NINETEEN THIRTY-SIX Witnesses: MAYO CANESCHI, President. Miss MARION REARDON Miss CATHERINE LOWNEY MR. JOHN D. SHAW History of Class of 1936 By DORIS CARROLL As the time draws near when the Class of 1936 will leave Meriden High school forever, I do not think that we shall be considered too sentimental if we take time out to reminisce. A group of infant sophomores, a trifle dazed and elated, entered the Meriden High school in September of 1933. Under the guidance of Miss Lowney, Miss Reardon, and Mr. Shaw, as advisors, and under the leadership of President, George Berry, Vice President David Smith, Secretary, Edna Andrews, and Treas- urer, Marjorie Boynton the class as a whole enjoyed a very successful year. With- in three months the social, athletic, and intellectual ability of the sophomores was very evident. We made our first appearance socially at the Sophomore Frolic which was held in the High School gym. Although winter was sending its icy blasts out Over the city, very few sophomores were missing in the gym. In this year our school competed successfully with other schools in the State. The basketball team experienced a good season and was given a fair chance of coming through with the Tournament title. Bristol, however, edged us out in the semi-finals. The debating team enjoyed a most successful year. The honors reaped by them were: the gaining of the State Championship, the winning of the Tri- angular Debate, and the tieing for the C. C. I. L. championship. After a much needed vacation the class returned to take the stand as juniors and lords over the sophomores. We were not blessed with the opportunity to avenge ourselves on the sophomores as previous junior classes had been, as the school was divided into two sessions with the sophomores attending in the after- noon and the juniors and seniors in the morning. Most of the class seemed to have acquired a new dignity but after two weeks, when we thought that the sopho- mores had been sufficiently impressed, this newly acquired veneer wore off. The chosen leaders for this, our junior year, were President George Berry, Vice-President, David Smith, Secretary, Robert Gibney, Treasurer, Mayo Can- eschi, and Historian, Doris Carroll. The Junior Prom, one of the high lights of the Junior year, was a great success. Under the general chairmanship of joseph Murphy, the class cooperated to the fullest extent to carry out a June in January decoration scheme. The history for our Junior year would not be complete Without some mention of Meriden High's first Connecticut and New England Champs for it was in that year that our basketball team acquired state-wide fame. The Red and Blue boys blasted their way through the Yale tournament and then the New England tournament for the first time in the history of the school. In '35 the debating team, not to be outdone by our basketball heroes, brought Meriden High further victories. They won the triangular debate, the C. C. I. L. contest, and tied for State championship. All in all it was a very full and a very profitable year, and I am happy to state that the juniors were very active and had a hand in practically every activity that took place in the school. The September of '35 saw those same dazed and elated Sophomores of '33 enter that impressive building on Pleasant Street as wise Seniors. What a thrill we experienced when at the lirst assembly, Mr. Walker announced that the Juniors would stand at attention while the Seniors marched out! Our senior year was probably the most thrilling and exciting year since we as a class had entered the school to embark on our high school careers. Marks had to be watched more carefully, and the general hustle and bustle of the final year prevailed. For the last and most important year of school life, the class chose Mayo Caneschi as President, Joseph Murphy as Vice-President, Kenneth Krick as Sec- cretary, and Charles Brunell as Treasurer. During the course of the year the Class sponsored an afternoon dance in the high school gym. The affair which followed a Music Goes 'Round scheme was a complete social and financial success. Lo and behold, for the second consecutive year the basketball team earned the title of Connecticut and New England Charnps ! A team that wasn't given much of a chance by sport critics came through both tournaments with the colors of red and blue still flying. The Senior play for this year was taken from a movie entitled Big Hearted Herbert . The two leads were played by Doris Shirley and David Smith. The comedy was well received. The outstanding social affair of the Senior year was the Senior reception which was under the able direction of Harvey Bradley. The event proved most enjoyable and the idea of a Southern Plantation was carried out in the linest detail. Now that the clock has moved swiftly around and one of its hands is pointing close to the end of the year, it is not without regrets, but also with pleasant mem- ories that we take leave of Meriden High. o ,ww . .,,,,,, w xf , ' u f N- N7NnX 9211 W! If-1,1 swf Xx Z xkN ,Ll WMiw ,fx Af Jw 0 'EI X 4 f Z xx 'mm ljLX,!x4 W, y ff A dwlfw f 'E 9 MP W X FX fl 1 M4 N 1 ' QWQVX x N ' ' 7 Wu J 11,2 Xn2 'XN, 0. w.7'- 7fxwf 'fi R: 4 IWW 5 ..,,g,f' f'f ',f,. 1-xy ff'-mg Qj W' f' WWVJ1 1 Ji z ' Wg' .f X, .,, zfe XA . L' I-ly A.WQMV6mvf6f Q 127152 .Wifi T fy W. fe li I 0-fo ,Wzw fl,,,cff.f N WL? r 'E wg SNQA 1 3. wel X ff X xN W '1WQnulEy' F I Z X A X 1 XX, 1, WWW' F, r r Y, U K E V V t E- P E '? a............-,.. ANNUAL She is the breath of syncopation, She - the crowning splendor of all women yet created - These are her songs- Listen - and you shall hear in them her heart! So alike are they, women and rhythm. Each glorious note yet written Has been and will be, the tale of a woman. - JANE RAINAUD SYMPHONIC INTERLUDE If into each deaf heart such music went, To jill the spacious gaps of Time, I Though it be but for an hour, Q A thousand hearing years would have been lived In just that single hour! If into each silent soul such music swelled- And sounded through the merciless walls of quietude, And broke for an instant eternity's hush- The might chambers of silence could echo Through all the years - one magnihcent chant! - JANE RAINAUD BEDROOM AT ARLES A painter, maddened by the southern sun, Transferred impressions of a yellow room To canvas. This delineation done In seething, fuming yellows shows the doom Of this Titan to mental aberration. The yellow Christ, the frenzied feeling there, Epitomize the man's infatuation For life with all its piety and glare. O Madman, paint your canvases with light, Or shades you find beyond the stretch of earth! Such breaths of passion give the world insight To genius and to things that have their worth Before heaven. Oh, God, how I would fain Feel genius flowing through my fervid brain! -CARL A. HIRSCHFELD DAY - NIGHT When dawning streaks the heavens, She lights earth's lamp, the sun, And man from sleep arises To a new day that's begun. At evening she's a-setting A flame in the western sky, And night winds softly whisper, 'Tis another day sped by. -- RUTH O'LEARY Q.,-. d' 4 .4-' k V Q . 2 'V M. 4. ,L r ,,,ws0w:,f , Q A mam 9 hw,-5 My gi. S w V ' '54 ' ,, , I .. ....... ,,.....-- Q ' X , ww - A 4 .,. 5? Q . Q Q ' , ,fu - ,f , Q nj f' T .eflbi y I -4 wa-,af i t .1Z.p:3A' : 'cfffgfiix M., iwdilfi ' 'J-sifnw i ............45 R,f1Q 'H ' '3f'?'5l'f?3??:Ww' 1 . qggim' 4, sg:e,,if,g? gf? -' :,, , 2 it ,Q xv af f'i' A Q 5 - 'Y f 'I ' A L v i 'ii' f,.5 Naam! 21422 l.A. Q7-. Ll-XX . :nina 0 U3 U7 UNIOR L ,J ' Miki- .,.1.L.Y.,,Q4n - A ., L..-1 I Y Vx LL.. ..-.1.,.-w4....M-. L-:Eif- X ,.. U3 UD ...J L.L..l Cl. QD I X I x . X X if -. Y' .,::-1:39. f3i?5 '-kE'f5- ?iQf13P.fn3 TSI f'lQ'21t,g-Hifi Kt.'a.,' ' E931 . j c.-,ss 4319 'Y f- v T ,V 1: .. LQ ., ls- . 'wi Q Q, wk ,. in ml 4 s ' 2 :- -3-Ll ..,.. 1 . - - . , i. lit, - i 5 'ig iw, Ji A: -il., 2-iw, -W-.1....,,,.............-.. ...M .,,. . , NT ...,-... Faculty Doris E. Allworth - Fine Arts. BS. Teachers' College, Columbia Univer- sity. Mildred K. Ausman-Latin. A.B. Cor- nell University , A.M. Columbia Uni- versity. Frank J. Barnikow - Boy's Physical Ed- ucation. Arnold College. Orville D. Beeson - Geography, Me- chanical Drawing. Columbia Univer- sity g Purdue University. Ada Bishop-Fine Arts. B.S. Columbia University. ' julia E. Blanchard-Typewriting, Olfice Practice. Bay Path Institute. Mark Brooks Bollman - English, Head of English Department. M.A. Yaleg Ph.B. Muhlenberg College. Rosemary Brady - Fine Arts, Head of Art Department. Columbia Univer- sity. Helen T. Broderick - Typewriting I and II, Practical Arithmetic. Bay Path Institute. B.S. New York Uni- versity. Norman Burgdotf - General Science, German, Biology. B.A., M.A. Wes- leyan. Julia Challis - English II. A.B. Wheat- on College. Lindsey C. Churchill -- English. A.B. Bowdoin g Ed.M. Harvard. Elizabeth Clark - Algebra. B.S. Wes- leyan, Columbia University, Univer- sity of Vermont. James V. Conklin - Music. Teachers' College, Columbia University. Madeline Cranshaw - Girls' Physical Training, Hygiene. Arnold College. Frances Curley - English. B.A. College of New Rochelle. Joseph Doran - Mechanical Drawing, Trigonometry, Geometry, Science. B.S. University of Alabamal Russell Doran - Physics, General Sci- ence. B.S. Gettysburg. Anna T. Doyle - Assistant Principal, Head of Language Department, Dean of Girls. A. B. Smith. Raymond Fay - English. A.B., A.M. Tufts. Catherine C. Flynn - French, U. S. History. A.B. Trinity College, Wash- ington, Degre Normal Sorbonne. Mary Flynn - English II and III. A.B. Trinity College. Eleanor Gantley - English. B.A. Mount Holyoke. Estella W. Gilbert - Librarian. Yale Summer School. Agnes T. Hackett - Typewriting. Bay Path Institute. Amelia Hall - English. A.B. Bethany College. Maude L. Hamilton - English. A.B. Smith. Justine M. Horrigan - Latin, English. B.A. Albertus Magnus. Frances E. Hubbard-Mathematics, Sci- ence. B.S. Connecticut College. H. Chandler Hunt-Assistant Principal, Dean of Boys, Bookkeeping, Head of Commercial Department, Merchan- dising. M.B.A., M. of Ed. Boston University. Gladys Jardine - School Nurse. Meri- den Hospital School of Nursing, Yale School of Nursing. Bernard S. Jurale - Chemistry. B.S. Connecticut State College, M. I. T. Summer School, Yale Graduate School. Mary Kavanaugh -- Librarian. A.B. Connecticut State College, Columbia University of Library Science. Ella M. Krentzman - English. A.B. Wellesley. .Clifton Lord -+ Boys, Physical Educa- tion. B.S. Springfield College. Clarence I. Loughlin -- U. S. History, Problems of American Democracy, Head of History Department. A.B. Pennsylvania State College. Catherine Lowney-Bookkeeping I. B.S. College of New Rochelle. Catherine McCarthy - English. A.B. Connecticut Collegeg M.A. Columbia University. Eleanor L. Michel - French. A.B. Con- necticut Collegeg M.A. Middlebury. Florence A. Miller - Bookkeeping. Bay Path Institute. Joseph S. Nadile - Problems of Amer- ican Democracy, Economics, Com- mercial Law. B.S. Tufts College' Yale Seminar. ! Harry E. Nickless - History. A.B. Brown University. Lois Parette - Girls' Physical Training. Arnold College of Physical Education and Hygiene. Alfred Pellegrino - Italian I and II. Wesleyan. julia Pichnarcik-English, U. S. History. Albertus Magnus. Sadie Pickard-Shorthand. Gregg Nor- mal School. Marian E. Reardon -- M. E. History, U. S. History. A.B. College of New Rochelle. james Reed - Mechanical Drawing. john Riccio - Bookkeeping. B.S. Uni- versity of Pennsylvania. Marie Rideout-Home Economics. B.S. State Teachers' College. Robert Russell - Transportation, Gen- eral Science. Yale University. Helen Schaal - Typewriting, Stenog- raphy. Boston Universityg 'Bay Bath Institute. Dorothea Schmelzer-German, Modern European History. Wellesleyg Uni- versity of Munich. john D. Shaw - Modern European History, U. S. History. A.B. Duke University. Maidda Stevens -- U. S. History, Prob- lems of American Democracy. B.A. Connecticut College. Mina H. Stevens - Bookkeeping, Prac- tical Arithmetic. Oreanta Normaly Rochester Business Institute. Mrs. H. Vennart - Home Economics. B.S. Skidmore College. Raymond P. Walker - Principal. B.S. Massachusetts State College, M.A. New York University, Yale Univer- sity. Mona C. Walsh - Home Economics. College of St. Elizabeth. Elizabeth O'Brien - School Secretary. College of St. Elizabeth. Arline Murray - School Clerk. The Junior A Anderson, Helen Arnold, Sally B Baer, Peggy Boher, Dorothy Boher, Mildred Barnas, Cecilia Baudner, Ella Baumann, Eileen Bauman, Althea Belejach, Magadalene Benigni, Anna Berglund, Thelma Bekowski, Mary Black, Grace Bogatz, Doris Bradley, Shirley Brodeur, Norma Buck, Norma Buenger, Ruth Burgess, Hazel Butrym, Jennie Byrnes, Katherine Caillouette, Lorraine Cameron, Virginia Caneschi, Helen Cannon, Gertrude Carlson, Gertrude Carruth, Charlotte Cetnarsha, Angela Chalifouex, Irene Cherniach, Ethel Cirillo, Florence Clark, Phyllis Clemental, Binca Cohen, Leah Connaughton, Dorothy Constantinople, Theresa Corkin, Natalie Costello, Dolores Crandall, Faustina Crasa, Rose Cranch, Leona Cummings, Barbara Curren, Jane Czubak, Marcella D Daniele, Flora Dart, Gertrude DeFlavius, Ida Dehnel, Mildred DeMaria, Grace DePaola, Helen De Sandre, Lina Dingwell, Antoinette Dittman, Gertrude Dobratz, Flora Donle, Miriam Dossin, Elsie Dowling, Janet Duld, Maggaret Elgert, Emma Eviglia, Evelyn F Faeth, Eleanore Farrell, Margaret Femia, Catherine Class - Girls Fenn, Elizabeth Flagg, Barbara Flanagan, Betty Flynn, Elizabeth Foell, Dorothy Fontanella, Jennie Francoeru, Theodora FreedmanbMiriam Gardinier, Viola Gardon, Emma Gardon, Rose Garriety, Gertrude Gawlak, Josephine Gibney, Ethel Gibson, Claire Godburn, Mildred Gostyla, Madeline Gottlieb, Sylvia Graeber, Marion Greiner, Carolyn Gunther, Lucielle Guodace, Emma Gura, Adeline H Halepas, Jennie Hallback, Doris Hansen, Gladys Hazlett, Mae Hoppe, Doris Horn, Elizabeth Hotchkiss, Jean Howbrigg, Yolande Hozer, Evelyn Huber, Wilburta I Iwanicki, Adeline .l Jastunski, Mary Jensen, Ruth Johnson, Martha Joyce, Katllseerine Kahl, Barbara Kamena, Doris Kashur, Margaret Kelly, Betty Kelly, Mary Ketchel, Wanda Keyes, Helen Kiewlen, Susan Kifmere, Ruth Kilroy, Eleanor Kingsford, Helen Kinney, Shirley Kipphut, Margaret Kirby, Mary Knell, Shirley Kosinska, Frances Kusslow, Ilrene La Magdeline, Dorothea Landry, Genevieve Lapatis, Agnes Larch, Marie Larese, Mary Leary, Ruth Leavitt, Constance Lencoskc, Stephanie Lenz, Marie Levin, Evelyn L'Hommedieu, Dorothy Limmer, Harriet Limmer, June Lodi, Louise Logozzo, Florence Lombardo, Georgiana Lynch, Bernice Lynehan, Dorothy M McCarthy, Vivian McGoldrick, Anita McKone, Lorraine McLoughlin, Leah McMahon, Bernadette Maciejko, Florence Mackney, Rose Marinan, Mary Masler, Elizabeth Masler, Margaret Masler, Mary May, Laura Mayo, Phyllis Menard, Blanchette Meyer, Helen Mikishka, Ann Minery, Albertyne Misikewicz, Stephanie Molon, Nancy Monty, Claramay Morenz, Claire Moriarty, Agnes Morin, Althea Mottram, Gladys Mueller, Gladys Muenchow, Arline Murray, Edna N Niemiec, Rita Niewiadomski, Jeanette Niland, Thelma Normandy5Edna O'Brien, Dorothy O'Brien, Janet Olson, Eunice Olson, Inez P Palladino, Mary Papallo, Helen Papallo, Rose Parenteau, Irene Parker, Mary Partridge, Ruth Patraw, Isabel Peck, Thelma Petrucceli, Clelia Petrucci, Lorraine Pipicellia, Mary Pratson, Lacy Rath, Clarice Reetz, Evelyn Remy, Mary Ricci, Anne Ricci, Mary Ricci, Philomena Roberts, Margaret Roberts, Mildred Robinson, Mae Rogers, Helen Rook, Bertha Ryanski, Stasia S Salka, Edith Sangwanni, Celia Sartini, Rose Sartucci, Florence Sattler, Elizabeth Saunders, Dorothy Savage, Marion Schiesel, Pearl Schwartz, Dorothy Scranton, Betty May Sergent, Marion Service, Phyllis Shanahan, Vera Shemkovitz, Pauline Siemak, Josephine Sindone, Mary Skotnicki, Florence Skryzniarz, Louise Smazek, Beatrice Solyn, Lillian Sonstrom, Elinor Soroka, Anne Sosnowski, Josephine Spellacy, Eilleen Spencer, Dorothy Steigler, Margaret Sternberg, Charlotte Stiles, Lucille Stockbridge, Shirley Straut, Ruth Swedock, Stephanie Swenson, Elenore Swiatek, Victoria T Taylor, Eleanor Tessmer, Florence Tiernry, Evelyn Toman, Ann Totz, Alice Tyler, Anna V Vallera, Yolanda Veillitte, Arline W Walsh, Ann E, Walsh, Marguerite Weber, Edith Weisser, Adeline Welton, Elsie Rae Wessenberg, Bernice White, Dorothy White, Rita Woodward, Janet Wogatske, Hazel Wrek, Genevieve Wruk, Helen Wusterbarth, Phoebe Y Yacker, Edith Yale, Catharine Ynanski, Yganda Zawisza, Adeline Zickwolf, Louise Zimmerman, Ruth Zygmont, Helen The Junior Class - Boys A Aloia, Gennaro Anderson, John Antoino, Louis Artkop, Roman Asch, Geogge Bailey, Harold Baker, Robert Bambuch, Edwin Bartholomew, George Bessi Ralph Biestek, Edwin Billings, Adolph Black, Edward Bohack, William Brandenberger, John Britney, Howard Brizzie, Milton Brown, John Bucholz, Francis Buckles, John Buckley, Richard Buczynski, Adam C Carlberg, Bertil Carney, Robert Carol, Harry Carroll, Francis Carroll, Charles Carter, John Caturia, Louis Chabot, Sanford Cuhowski, Felix Clark, Richard Clark, Roland Coe, Richard Colby, Kenneth Coffey, Laurence Collett, Bill Connaughton, Edward Constantino, Vincent Cunningham, Francis Curtis, Marvin Czapiga, Walter D Dacey, William Dahlke, Fred D'Amico, Lawrence Dary, Alan D'Avella, Louis Davidson, Jack Davies, Howard DeGenere, Herbert Deming, Fred DiPersio, Robert Dittmer, Raymond Dobensky, William Doherty, Robert Doxee, Burl Duell, Arthur Duncan, Louis I Eckstein, Joseph Egan, James Erazmus, Teddy F Fazzalaro, Francis Fenske, Herbert Ferrara, Joseph Ferretti, Domenic Fieifer, George Fieifer, Raymond Fine, Paul Fleming, Robert Fontaine, Bernard Fulton, Robert G Garvey, Francis Giacco, Alexander Gilmartin, John Giordana, Dominic Goodstein, Hyman Goodstein, Benjamin Greiner, Robert Gromala, Teddy Gross, Emil H Hamelin, Lawrence Hanrahan, Michael Hayes, Stephen Hergott, Arthur Hill, Frank Horrigan, Arthur Hourigan, Earl Howes, Bradford I Indorf, Frank Isyk, Heniy Janiga, Albert Johnson, Elmer K Kamens, Alton Kelly, Charles Kiewra, Joseph Kluskus, Albin Koozrnitch, John Korzenko, Joseph Krysiak. Edward Kuhn, Conrad Kurcon, Walter L Laducka, Ted Lapuc, Henry Laude, Raymond Leaman, Edward Levine, Murry Lineen, John Lombardi, Benny Luca, Joseph M McGoldrick, Edward McKone, Charles McMahon, John McMahon, Rodney Maloney, Robert Mancino, Adam Marosz, Mencislaus Maskell, Harry Maslowski, Peter Mesite, John Mesite, Sam Mordarski, Adolph Muenchow, Rennock Murdock,IJ?mes Neligon, Frank Ness, Oscar Nettleton, Frank Nettleton, Frank Newton, Edward Neville, Robert Nugent, Douglas O O'Brien, Frank Olivier, Lawrence Orentlicherman, Robert Ozyck, W. Victor P Papallo, Joseph Parisi, Fred Parker, Douglas Parmenteer, Raymond Pastic, Gordon Pasinski, Teddy Patzloif, Kurt Peczynski, Alfred Peczynski, Sigmund Perkins, Harry Perkins, Herbert Peruta, John Pierson, Arnold Pinkevich, Ernest Preece, Arthur R Reader, Herbert Riccio, Norbert Risen, Myron Rochette, Joseph Rook, John Ryan, Donald S Saleski, Joseph Sarrazin, Herman Sattler, Clarence Sattler, Joseph Sault, Emmons Schaefer, Howard Schaefer, Roy Schiffer, Douglas Schott, Kenneth Scully, Thomas Semrau, Walter Shields, Thomas Sicler, Edward Simon, Walter Slawinski, Leonard Smith, James Smith, Walter Sobol, Harold Sokol, Stanley Stiles, Theodore Stone, Joseph Supranovich, William Swiatek, Rfymond Then, Vincent Tinkham, Bertram Tomms, Lawrence Treloar, Roger V Vumbacco, James W Walker, John Walker, Philip, J. Ward, Joseph A. Wentworth, Arthur Weston, Alton Whalon, William, Jr. Willcox, Leonard Wiegert, Glen Winterhalder, Robert Wolf, Kar? Yanelli, James Z Zalenski, Joseph Zanetta, William Zebora, Rudolph Zemke, John Zezeck, Harold Zimmerman, Lester The Sophomore Class - Girls Abele, Shirley Aifeldt, Florence Aifeldt, Mildred Alberty, Eleanor Alix, Mary Allen, Betty Mae Alusitz, Ruth Armach, Irene B Baillargeon, Elenor Balkan, Dorothy Bambuch, Veronica Barnes, Florice Barnikow, Elsie Barry, Betty Bartholomew, Erma Bartholomew, Mary Bartholomew, Rita Bartlett, Eleanor Belejack, Eva Bellot, Rita Biafore, Lena Bianconi, Flora Biesech, Helen Belejak, Julia Black, Marjorie Borkowski, Irene Bowe, Doris Brecklin, Lois Britney, Esther Brown, Betty Bruzy, Janice Bruce, Mary Budde, Lois Burgess, Ixgary Campion, Estella Candelent, Edna Canterbury, Dorothy Cargo, Margaret Carpenter, Ethel Casale, Mary Lou Cashen, Marietta Chatneld, Marion Cherniak, Stacia Cirsullia, Matilda Cignatta, Carolin Closson, Harriet Cohen, Edith Cook, Jeanette Cooper, Evelyn Cossette, Barbara Costello, Gertrude Couch, Bernice Cowing, Mary Alice Crampton, Ruth Czapiga, Valeria D Dalton, Betty Day, Julie DeAngeles, Carmel DeAngeles, Helen Dezalber, Eleanor Diguilio, Susan Dioguardi, Gloria Domaleski, Bertha Domen, Dorothy Domenello, Jeanette Donle, Rosamond Doyle, Jean Doyle, Kagaleen Emery, Dorothy Engfer, Audrey Enger, Barbara England, Selma Erikson, Joyce F Falk, Doris Fama, Margaret Fellows, Barbara Figarolo, Laura Filipek, Gertrude Flagg, Fernne Flanigan, Dorothy Flannigan, Sadie Florence, Beatrice Fontanella, Doris Fontanella, Erma Fontanella, Nancy Fowler, Sarah Freitag, Laura Frederick, Bernice Fries, Elinor G Gaifey, Katherine Gasperment, Ruth Gaudet, Lois Gaudet, Shirley Gauthier, Shirley Gersch, Elaine Gilmore, Barbara Glazewski, Margaret Gmitrzhk, Josephine Gormon, Julia Graveline, Irene Grieco, Lena Griffin, Joan Grinewsky, Olga Grossman, Beverly Guodace, Philomena Gurtowski, Irene H Hanlan, Barbara Hennessey, Gladys Higginson, Dolores Hiller, Barbara Hobson, Dorothy Hornich, Anne Homich, Vilma Houlahan, Geraldine Humberstone, Arline Humphreys, Dorothy I Indorif, Beverly I Jepson, Phyllis K Kabai, Anna Kalmik, Nellie Kania, Emily Kapuscinski, Jenny Karsmarski, Irene Keegan, Marie Kelevin, Lillian Kernish, Anne Kenny, Mary Kiertz, Victoria Kiewlen, Nellie Killen, Elizabeth Kilroy, Anne Kirkby, Alice Komm, Esther Kowalski, Josephine Kozack, Iv?-argaret Lacoske. Cynthia Lallos, Georgia La Montagne, Isabelle Lapuck, Jennie La Rose, Jennie Lencoskie, Sophie Lietz, Barbara Lietz, Grace E. Loehner, Catherine Lowe, Thyrza Lukman, Amelia Lussier, Aida Lyons, Bernice M McLay, Helen McMahon, Bertha McVeigh, Norma Magnani, Angela Maguder, Eleanore Makowsky, Helen Maloney, Marilyn Maloney, Mildred Mansolf, Dorothy Mantese, Violet Marchik, Nina Martancik, Emily Marth, Doris Masailo, Ola Mason, Anita Matteson, Dorothy Mendyka, Emily Mercaldi, Lolo Merzuski, Geneivie Meyer, Florine Mierzewski, Helen Miller, Elizabeth Miller, Irene Mills, Barbara Mills, Bertha Mitchell, Marie Moran, Mary Michaelis, Edna N Naples, Anna Nash, Myra Nash, Shirley Nawrocki, Frances Neun, Lois Nievour, Elinore Norkiewicg Lillian Oblon, Genevieve O'Connor, Lucille P Papallo, Dorothy Parke, Videen Parker, Jean Patkoske, Helen Pearson, Margaret Pekar, Mary Pekoske, Gertrude Perham, Barbara Perino, Emma Perkins, Mildred Peszynski, Hattie Peszynski, Lottie Petit, Lorraine Philippi, Irma Phillips, Dorothy Phillips, Muriel Pichnarcik, Betty Pierce, Elsie Pisarz, Emily Pison, Edna Porter, Elaine Porter, Phyllis R Rainaud, Mary Ratta, Linda Redman, Lillian Ritchie, Dorothy Rogers, Jean Roosa, Betty Rosenberg, Eunice Ross, Gertrude Rossi, Anita Rossire, Carolyn Ruchala, Mary Ruggles, Edna Runge, Marjorie ' Russell, Rita Ryan, Irene Elizabeth S Sahoski, Alberta Saleske, Edythe Sattler, Florence Sawicki, Regina Schleiter, Barbara H. Schwatlow, Dorothy Schultz, Norma Scott, Mary Schee, Charlotte Shemet, Helen Shemeth, Viola Shields, Dora Shook, Barbara Sievert, Arline Smith, Dorothy Soboleski, Geneivieve Sobolewski, Wanda Solek, Alice Spinelli, Theresa Szmazek, Adeline Stankewicz, Florence Swenson, Janet Szymaszekivlrene Then, Cecilia Thomas, Lucille Timms, Dorothea Tenge, Catherine Tascano, Dorothea Turek, Anne U Upton, Gladys Uznanski, Julia V Valenti, Ira W Wachtelhausen, Ruth Webb, Charlotte Westfort, Doris Weston, Lois Wilkinson, Mary Wood, Shirley Woolen, Dorothy Wooley, Doris Wollaschlager, Lucille Wojtunik, Helen Wolf, Marion Wruck, Elsie Wuterich,2I'helma Zaksrzcwska, Antoinette Zalewska, Mary Zamoic, Anna Zawisza, Betty The Sophomore Class Alexander, Wilford Anderson, Edward Artukouchu, John Askham, Kenneth Azzolina, Mario P. B Baldwin, Carl Barker, Arthur Barnard, Kenneth Barnes, Munson Baudner, Paul Bedell, Bill Bellerose, Robert Bess, Gordon Bichunsky, Isadore Birdsey, Burton Blessirig, HBWEW Bober, Charles Booth, Robert Borchardt, David Bordanaro, Frank Borriello, Victor Bovino, Richard Brandl, Arthur Brayiield, Edwin Brookes, Arthur Brooks, Warren Brunnell, Charles Brys, Andrew Buchok, Nicholas Buchko, John Budzinack, George Burkhardt, Henry Burns, Joseph Butchka, Walter C Cahill, John Cahill, Joseph Carabetta, Robert Carafino, George Carradino, Alendo Cattaruzzo, Frank Chambers, Edgar Christion, Marcel Church, Robert Church, Wayne Ciasulli, Carl Cirillo, Albert Casey, Martin Cossette, Joseph Crasa, Tony Custy, Carroll Czerwonka, Casimer D D'Agostino, Andrew Darmofalski, Herman Davis, A. Dearborn, John Di Loreto, Amerigo Di Martini, Dorinske Dingwell, Burton Dominello, Fred Doolittle, William Dorsey, Robert Dubuc, Leonard Dupuis, George Dupuis, Joseph F Fellegy, George Femia, Dominic Ferretti, James Ficken, Henry Floren, Edward Fogg, Clifford Fontanella, Edwin French, Charles Fritz, Donald G Gallo, Mario Gardner, Perry Gates, Matthew Gemske, Robert Giaccherini, Nello Godek, Richard Goodrich, Bryand Gradwell, John Gregory, Kenneth Grieco, Edward Grimord, Robert Gubula, Joseph Gudelski, Henry Gudrian, Atte Gura, Zygmunt Gurecki, Stanley Gutzwa, Victor H Heinrich, Lawrence Hertuech, William Hines, James Hirst, David Hoffman, Raymond Holmes, William Howard, Robert Hyman, l?bert Johnson, Warren K Kaller, Harold Kawicki, Edward Keegan, Charles Kelly, John Kencharek, Walter Kicielinski, Walter King, Marcus King, Roger Kirschmann, Donald Kirschmann, Paul Kirychuk, John Kochinowski, Charle Kowalski, Chester Kowalski, Stanley Kriebel, Arthur Krock, Rudolph Kroeber, Malcolm Kuhta, John Kusek, Ediward Lanoue, Lionel Lanoue, Robert S oys Larch, Herbert Learned, Harold Lee, Jack Lesperance, Leonard Liddell, John Liliental, John Limon, Arthur Lincaviks, Stanley Lineen, Martin Luft, John Lynes, Donald M McClintock, Jess McMahon, Roger MacKinstrey, Melbourne Macri, Rocco Malozeski, Anthony Marcantonio, Rocco Marchetti, Rodney Meiklem, Wesley Mercuri, Arthur Mielcarz, Walter Meyers, Joe Milbrandt, Howard Millington, Edgar Milner, Robert Moore, Edward Morin, Raymond Mosier, James Mrozouski, Stanley Mueller, Philip Muenchow, Robert Mulligan, gharles Neligon, Thoas Nessing, Joseph Neimiec, David Noach, Frgl Oliver, Alvin O'Loughlin, Edward O'Reilly, lgonald Paluconis, Vito Pancallo, John Penkava, Joseph Perkla, Richard Perry, Lionel Peterson, Donald Petrosky, Robert Piechuta. Joseph Pilecki, Frank Pod gurski, Michael Pooley, Robert Pulaski, Alexandio Pulaski, Joseph R Rabiecki, John Rahaley, James Reahm, Arthur Reynolds, Raymond Ridley, Edwin Ritchotte, Warren Robertson, Richard Rohde, Arthur Rollins, G. Rosi, Fred Rousseau, Robert Rovinsky, Isadore S Salamandra, Eugene Sanderson, Lloyd Schaeffer, Kilian Schipke, Earl Schott, Clifford Schwink, Clarence Seavey, Powell Siniscrope, Anthony Smith, David L. Snow, Richard Soboleski, Theodore Soifl, Charles Sorensen, Robert Spiett, Adolph Stefanowicz, Michael St. Onge, George Stopa, Walter Strillacci, Emil Sullman, Steve Surowiecki, Joseph T Thurrott, Russell Tornasiello, Frank Towne, George Traceski, Sidney Uryase, Edward Uryase, Mgchael Vecchiollo, Henry Vittorio, Dick Vivari, J. Aldo Vass, Henry W Watts, Joseph Weronik, Joseph Wheeler, Gordon Winder, Frank Winkel, Robert Whitehouse, John Wood, Henry Woodword, George Wollard, Edmund Wollen, William Wright, Richard Wusterbarth, Harold Wuterich, Spencer Wysocki, Shester Young, Frank Z Zabroski, Joseph Zagorski, Henry Zajac, Charles Zimmer, Earl Zolnick, John Zuckerman. Merwin Zytowski, Edward S 3 S -lf'-WWA-'-'rf-' -f--'-M-------.---w---- swf' ---v af--w-mr--Y .,., , Wir I I I I I I I X i 5 E I F I I PROPS AND PAINTS SOCIETY The Props and Paints is one of Meriden High school's most popular organ- izations. During the past year it has enjoyed a varied form of activities under the able direction of Miss Frances W. Curley and Mr. L. Crawford Churchill. Several short plays were presented by its members during the course of the year. A short play entitled Jack Tier was presented over the radio and met with success. The society's annual play for this year was Honor Bright and the production met with great success as each player performed his part well. Meetings were held on Saturday afternoons once every month at which inter- esting programs were arranged for the meetings with short plays being presented by the students. Membership is gained in the organization by try-outs which are held at the beginning of the year. The purpose of the club is to give experience to all students interested in dramatics. OFFICERS President ...... .... ....... . . Francis Slater Vice-President . . .................. .............. S hirley Ivers Secretary ........ ............ ...................... D 0 ris Shirley Treasurer ......... ....................................... J une Hill Faculty Advisers ........ . . . Miss Frances W. Curley and L. Crawford Churchill MEMBERS Nettie Azzolina, Loretta Baillargeon, Doris Carroll, Robert Devaul, Joseph Dziadosz, Alice Forster, Adeline Furgalack, Norma Glike, Irving Goldner, Theodore Gubala,1June Hill, Carl Hirschfeld, Shirley Ivers, Rowland Jordan, Jean Koziol, Ida Lable, Barbara L'Heureux, dith Lucchini, Hope Mag, William Masailo, Kathleen Mclnerney, Joseph Murphy, Addison Penfield, game Rainaud, Katherine Rakesky, Barbara Schwenk, Doris Shirley, Sophia Shulga, Vincent Skachinske, dward Slade, Francis Slater David Smith, Margaret Strauss, Adelmo Tiezzi, Sherman Tonkonow, Rhoda Umansky, Bernard Wojan, Edward Whalen, Elaine Meiklem, Louis Antonio, Virginia Cameron, Phyllis Clark, Marvin Curtis, John Dearborn, Herbert DeGenere, Michael Hanrahan, Frank Hill, Earl Hnurigan, Kathryn Joyce, Barbara Kahl, Alton Kamens, Eleanor Kilroy, Shirley Kinney, Conrad Kuhn, Evelyn Levin, Louise Lodi, Bernice Lynch, Clara May Monty, Dorothy O'Brien, Janet Q'Brien, Eunice Olsen, Clelia Petrucelli, Marion Savage, Pearl Schiesel, Betty Mae Scranton, James Smith, Roger Treloar, Ann Walsh, Janet Woodward THE PROPS AND PAINTS PLAY Honor Bright , written by Meridith Nicholson, was selected for this year's annual presentation. The cast selected by try-outs which were open to all mem- bers of the Props and Paints Society. The play was coached by Miss Frances Curley and Mr. L. C. Churchill. The business management was under the direc- tion of Miss Mina Stevens. A Well-selected cast, dependable stage hands, and an up-and-doing business department made the play an all around success. The cast included unusually good talent and the show was appreciated by a large audience. Coach ....... ............. Stage Director .... Business Manager Mrs. Luc Barrington THE CAST Richard Barrington . ........ ...... ...... The Rt. Rev. William Carton Peggy Carton CHis Wife! . . Honor Bright CBooking Agentj R . S h l ......... . . . ev games c oo ey Bill rum fPress Agentj Tot Marvel fChorus Girlj .. Watts CButlerJ ............ Annie CMaidJ ........... Maggie S:CookD ...... Foster C ardenerj . ...... . . Michael fChauffeurj ....... Simpson fDeputy Sheriffj .. Jones fDeputy Sheriffb Business Manager . . . .... . . Advertising Manager . . . . . . COMMITTEE MEMBERS Assistant Advertising Manager . . . gicketsln... .................. ....... . Miss Frances Curley Mr. L. C. Churchill Miss Mina Stevens . . . Doris Shirley . . . . Francis Slater . . . . . David Smith . . . Rhoda Umansky . . . Eleanor Kilroy . . . . Conrad Kuhn . . . . Joseph Cushing . . . . . . . . Doris Carroll Herbert De Genere . . . . . . Eunice Olson Ann Walsh . . . . Marvin Curtis . . . . Earl Hourigan . . . . Roger Treloar . . . . . Frank Hill . . . . . Shirley Ivers . . . Edward Whalen . . Elaine Meiklem . . . Rowland Jordan Ida Lable Vincent Skachinske roperties Assistants . ........ . ...... Katherine Joyce, Stage Assistants-Michael Hanrahan, Sanford Chabot, Theodore Gubala, Joseph Dziadosz, Robert Devaul. I 5:m'4v:rr-A -' 'f , --W-N-1 -.,f--WF S I. .TK -. V. I .V H . . ., , . ,H WI A , ., ., 5-If 1:51. 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'A LPS bf-H ,H .4 -f f ' 'fi ' 3x -1' 1.5 1,9 2 A, qfgyzfmf ak, ,QF vi. . 9 6- X 'T ,Q , -, ,M , - ' 1' ya, ' K if ' ' , , M ' mm .m1M.sMmm iw-'Swfy f . LA' , THE ANNUAL The Annual is the yearly publication of the Senior Class. The 1936 Annual truly represents the efforts of this class. With unusually good material for a staff, they dared to break away from the traditional style to give you a newer and better book. With the largest staff in school history, the work was under- taken as a class project that proved interesting as well as educational. All records for circulation were broken by an up-and-doing staff. The job was distasteful in many respects, but upon completion the results showed it was worth the eiforts. A great deal of credit for the book's completion is due to those students and members of the faculty listed below. EXECUTIVE BOARD Editor-in-chief ....... ..... ..................... .... . . . . Robert Gibney Business Manager .......... .... ......... E d ward Whalen Assistant Business Manager .. ............... Shirley Ivers Circulation Manager ........ .............. R owland Jordan Photographic Editors ...... . . . Edith Setterlund, David Smith Art Editor ............. .................... I une Hill Sports Editors ..... .. . Addison Peniield, Norma Glike Typing Editor . . . . ................ . . . Emma Rosi Literary Adviser . .. ................................ . Miss Marg Flynn Business Adviser . . . ......................... . . . Mr. Bernar Iurale LITERARY STAFF Nettie Azzolina, Ida Lable, Carl Hirschfeld, Edith Lucchini, Donald Teagle, Ruth Young, Jane Rainaud, Doroth Racine, Edna Lemke, Alfred Hoffman, Allen King, Harold Hyman, Barbara Schwenk, Alice Forster, Nibrman Charge, Doris Carroll, Sherman Tonkonow, Caesar Cignatta, Kenneth Meiklem, Walter Totzke, Ida Lable, John Keane. ADVERTISING STAFF Ioseiph Cross. Shirley Ivers, Caroline Ricci, Lucille Oatis, Kathleen McInerne'y, Dolores Greene, Althea rumm, Elaine Meiklem, Lucille McMahon, Mildred Veronneau, Harvey Bra ley. CIRCULATION STAFF Herbert Klockner, Jack Mitman, Francis Slater, Barbara L'Heureaux, Mary Montefiore, Frances Carey, Barbara Ford. ART STAFF Doris Dorow, Columbia Esposito, Fred Stark, George Schiavone, Mary Boldt, Antoinette Bovino. TYPING STAFF Adeline Furgalack, Mary Kazimer, Emma Rosi, Fannie Lombardi. THE LIBRARY CLUB Membership in the Library Club is open to those girls who are interested in library work and who have good scholastic records. The membership is restricted to twenty-live. The club's purpose is to acquaint its members with the facilities of the library and to give them a better knowledge of the use of these facilities. Various responsibilities in connection with the library are assumed by the girls. Meetings are held on the fourth Thursday of every month when guest speak- ers are presented and social hours are enjoyed. The Christmas party, which was given by Mrs. Gilbert, was the high spot of the year. The Library Club is one of the most popular clubs in the school for girls. OFFICERS President ........... ..........,.... ....... D o rothy Foell Vice-President ......... ........... ............. I d a ,Lahle Secretary-Treasurer .... ............ ...... . .... I a net O Brien Faculty Adviser .... ..... . . . ..... .............. . . . . . Miss Mary Kavanaugh MEMBERS Ruth Baier, Adele Brown, Bianca Clemental, Dorothy Foell, Lois Galpin, Gertrude Garrity, Gladys Henken June Hill, Shirley Ivers, Helen Keyes Mary Kirby, Iean.Koz1ol, Ida Lable, Arline Langston, Ruth Leahy, Kathleen Mclnernekt Elaine Meilclem, Dorothy O'Br1en, Janet O'Br1en, Clelia Petrucelli, Pearl Schiesel, Elinor Sonstrom, argaret Strauss, Mildred Veronneau.. i 0 4 -4.4. 5. 5 l r F l E li - 5 F4 r F 3. F r r. i i x E l L i k. E E E. F. F e E Y. ly. t E it r S Lan., THE FORUM The Forum is the school's public speaking society. The most important func- tion of the Forum is the sponsoring of the Triangular and League debates. These debates are financed, planned, and managed by the club. Their work this year in promoting the debates was especially commendable in view of the many postpone- ments. Any upper-classman is eligible to join the club by attending the first three meetings. After this he must sign a pledge to support the club by active partici- pation. Many interesting programs were given at the meetings during the pastyears. Talks were given by several notable visitors and by the students in the society. The national youth movement was the favorite topic of discussion with reports being made on this topic. The Forum serves to improve public speaking and self expression. This is accomplished by the debates, speeches, extemporaneous talks, and open discussions held at the meetings. OFFICERS President ...... ............... .... S h erman Tonkonow Vice-President .... ...... . ..... .......... J o seph Cross Secretary ....... ..... R hoda Umansky Treasurer .... ........ ..... . .... . I rving Goldner Faculty Adviser . . . . ................. . . . . . . Miss Amelia Hall MEMBERS Ruth Baier, Ella Baudner, Robert Becker, Dorothy Birdsey, Adele Brown, Virginia Cameron, Doris Carroll, Phylis Clark, Ruth Cohen, Joseph Cross, Marvin Curtis, Eda DeFlaviis, Phyllis Gerner, Norma Glike, Irving Goldner, Carl A. Hirschfeld, Shirley Huse, Harold Hyman, Shirley Ivers, Conrad Kuhn, Ida Lalgile, Murry Levine, Hope Mag, Lorraine McKone, Arline Muenchow, Janet O'Brien, Addison Pen- field, Katherine Rakesky, James Rosi, Marion Savage, Lillian Schmitt, Nathan Sklar, Sherman Tonkonow, Elizabeth Tracy, Rhoda Umansky, David Vandenburgh, Ruth Young. TRIANGULAR DEBATE Due to the flood and abnormal conditions resulting from it, the Triangular Debate was postponed twice and was finally held on April 14th instead of on March 20th as was previously scheduled. The subject for debate was Resolved: That the several states should enact legislation providing for a system of complete medical care available to all citizens at public expense. The debate was planned and produced by the Forum and ably coached by Mr. Raymond F ay, special credit is due to them in view of the many harassing difficulties. The trophy debated for is the Florence F isherdick Cup, which was given anonymously in honor of a former member of the high school faculty. A leg on the cup was Won this year by a team representing Middletown High School. Meriden's nega- tive team won in Manchester, but the affirmative team lost here to Middletown. Meriden's hopes for gaining permanent possession of this cup are not yet dimmed. In spite of the defeat suffered this year, Meriden High School is proud of its teams which was composed largely of our classmen who in previous years have done remarkable work in this field. MEMBERS Afirmative Team - Betty Mae Scranton, David Vandenburgh, Sherman Tonkonow, Kenneth Colby, Alt t . elilllggiitive Team - Joseph Cross, Irving Goldner, Addison Pentield, Virginia Cameron, Alternate. Faculty Sponsor .... .......... ................................ M r . Raymond Fay Sus J A. . fv- 1 1 I 3 2 J 1 X ,, A.. 1:-mf: . . -..,. H, I I b inf-I .n-. . THE FORUM ..:..f,..4. e..-. x...,.-W1 H I 'Q 56' .1-J R 3 2, r- ,gf- ..f V s . ., . 1... - . - , . ,,f-' rr' .gh K, xg 4 -' A X'1r.,f-WS. '53 - . 1 ,,..Q1..fL . 71 4, 51. XY:-'iF':'k: ' L11-r'X 'fN ,Aj , ,J:.,.,-vii. 11 sw. mg, ,V Aw 1' cl .a Y., -. -in 2 Z -ff ff w ' , ,,, .fi b 4 Ku' 4. J, Tw' N5 er 'Z YI ,lf KL.- -- 'um - ,J A ' 7 f1'7 ff? f f ff.--A5 ,, K f7uvfi,,Ql,g--3 . . A -.ffl fi--, 7 .5 DEER! E .X - .,... A. , 311, 'F - L: - 'V V ' ' f Q . , V' - ,. A I 1 'V Hi Y '-. - '- r. .1 ' ', V '- -BI. iz?- , 'Q - y 52.5 .- -- V 1-X '--'ge??:?3:2'4:v ' , I, i ' ' J Q' l 3 ':?5-5235 3 PQ T' -, 4f',.,-- .Wk ' , - -. mf,-lm .wiv K qfff1f,w.:f.gQ.W -vw -umm -,- gl... HY ........-. ---,- -Q---u-fix 'iv' .4.11..,g ..mf.-- Y-. ,f ,r ,.. I X. X x -ui figfx wg 4 px' -- w, ,sf ,Wa - f V .1157 ' ef 9551? f. 'f '1 S'9ffQ 'f . - , 1, 53,11 E 7 4f -' 1 f ,f , A A -----' Q- A ,V , ,,.- ..f.,,..,Ji ' ' ' Q,,Q.ngE5x-., 1-4 W JUIXHUK COLLEGE CLUE5 THE PENNYWTN anyw- mseafm-1 1- I Lb 1 X, ' .filffglff 9: . f f ' w- H a - f.-N 'V r M1 TCW N 1 . P, v J HLA THE JUNIOR COLLEGE CLUB The Junior College Club was formed to aid girl students in the choice of a college or school where they intend to further their studies upon graduation from high school. During the past year representatives have been sent from Russel Sage, Teachers' College, Connecticut State, Albertus Magnus, Beaver, and Lasell Junior College. Personal conferences were arranged with these speakers for those girls who were interested in the college each represented. This year, as is customary, the Junior College Club was entertained by the Meriden College Club. An excellent program was given on the extra-curricular activities of the high school. Musical and dramatic readings were also rendered by certain talented members in the club. Another enjoyable time was had at the annual May meeting when the girls entertained their mothers at the Andrew's homestead. OFFICERS President .... ............ ..... ..... N o r ma Ghke Vice-President . . ............. ....... R uth Youn Secretary ........ ...... E dith Setterlund Treasurer ........ . . ............. .... B ernice Wessenberg Faculty Sponser ..... .... ...................... .... M i s s Anna T. Doyle MEMBERS Nettie Azzolina, Ruth Baier, Audrey Bedell, Dorothy Birdsey, Margery Bo nton, Adele Brown, Phyllis Clark, Ruth Cohen, Natalie Corkin, Barbara Cummings, Elia De. laviis, Eleanor Dossin, Hope Mag, Elaine Mexklem, Lois Dutton, Barbara Flagg, Betty Flanagan, Phcylhs Gerner, Norma Glike, Glad s Henken, Shirley Hnse, Barbara Kalel, Eleanor Kxlroy, Evelyn Leoiu, E ith Ann Lucchini, Bernice Lynch, Mayla Mudgett, Katherine Rakesky. THE PENNANT The Pennant is the semi-monthly publication of Meriden High school. In addition to recording the news and sports activities of the school, the Pennant contains many literary contributions of the students. The school is proud of the fact that the Pennant won third honorable mention at the national convention of the Columbia Scholastic Press Association. Besides presenting the publication proper, the Pennant published a football Hyer and an April fool issue, The Punnant. The annual distribution of Christmas baskets was sponsored by the Pen- nant , as has been the custom for several years. Christmas baskets collected by the homerooms under the sponsorship of the Pennant were displayed at the Christmas assembly and were then delivered to some of the needy familes of the city. The Pennant managed this undertaking very successfully, and won the admiration of the school. The Pennant's success as a school publication may be accredited to the following persons: !I STAFF Editors-in-chief ..... ........ A ddison Pentield, Sherman Tonkonow Associate Editor .... ....................... E dith Setterlund Managing Editor . .. ..... . ................ Irving Goldner Assn-gnment Editor . .................................... Catherine Smith Business Manager . .. ............................ . . . Nathan Sklar EDITORIAL BOARD Doris Carroll, Joseph Cross, David Vandenburgh, Vincent Skachinske, Crawford Buck. ART STAFF Bradley Prann, Thomas Potter, Charlotte Sternberg, June Hill, Frank Hill. TYPISTS Emma Rosi, Loretta Baillargeon, Mary Kazimer, Barbara L'Heureux. BOOSTERS Ruth Kifmire, Eilleen Spellacy, Mary Remy, Emma Belli, Marcella Czubak, Arline Lahl, Edna Lemke, Doris Dorow, Katherine Rakesky, Helen Keyes, Adelmo Tiezzi. CONTRIBUTORS Katherine Byrnes, Virginia Cameron, Natalie Corkin, Harold Hyman, Murry Levine, Ruth Straub, Catherine Yale. FACULTY SPONSORS Supervisor ......... ..... ............................ ..... E 1 e anor I. Gantley Business Management . . . ........................ . . . Catherine McCarthy S orts ............... ...... J ohn D. Shaw Niews .............. . . Raymond J. Fay an I' rw... ,, . , 'll WASHINGTON HISTORICAL SOCIETY The Washington Historical Society which was organized in 1932, is now one of the largest organizations in the school. The society was formed for the purpose of inspiring patriotism, for studying current history, for creating a sympathetic understanding toward other countries, and for studying and honoring great leaders. The meetings, which were held on the second Thursday of every month, were very interesting and well-planned. The society was very fortunate during the year in being able to have such interesting speakers as Mrs. Frederick Faust, who escaped from Russia during the Revolution, Chief Carroll, Captain Stiles of the State Police, and Mrs. Emily Pierson, traveler. Helen Olschefske and Edward Kyrcz provided musical entertainment at the meetings. Membership in the club was open only to those students with grades of eighty per cent or better. OFFICERS President ....... . ........... . . . . . Gordon Carey Vice-President . . . ......... Alan Dary Secretary . ..... ....... D orothy Spencer Treasurer .1 ..... ............ ........... I a ck Conwell Faculty Adviser ............................ ..... . Mr. Clarence Loughlin MEMBERS Sally Arnold, Ruth Baier, Loretta Baillargeon, Thelma Berglund, Dorothy Birdsey, Doris Bogatz, Adele Brown, Kathayne Bcyrnes, Doris Carroll, Phyllis Clark, Bianca Clemental, Leah Cohen, Ruth Cohen, Marcella Czqbak, ertru e Dart, Mary Day, Eeanor Del Favero, Helen De Poala, Eleanor Dossin, Margaret Duld, Barbara Flagg, Betty Flanagan, Theodor:-1 Francouer, Miriam Freedman, Louis Galpin, Rose Gardella, Viola Gardinier, Emma Gardon,, Rose.Gordon, Phyllis Gerner, Norma Glike, Dolores Greene, Gladys Henken, Jean Hotchkiss, Iune Hill, Shirley Huse, Shirley Ivers, Margaret Kasher, Jean Koziol, Ida Lable, Arline Langston, Marie Larch, Mildred Lawson, Ruth 0'Leary, Constance Leavitt, Louise Lodi, Angela Luberti, Edith Ann Lucchini, Bernice Lynch, Dorothy Lynehan, Florence Maciejko, Hope Mag, Mayla Mudiitt, Thelma Niland, Peggy O'Brien, Dorothy O'Brien Helen Olschefske, Lucy Pratson, Evelyn Reetz, ary Remy, Philomena Ricci, Pearl Schiesel, Lillian Schmitt Barbara Schwenk, Betty Mae Scranton, Iohnine Sepanik, Marion Sepanik, Marion Sergent Seena Shilbuth, Doris Shirley, Sophia Shulga. Edith Shulga, Catherine Shumway, Anne Soroka, Eilleen Spellacy, Dorothy Spencer, Helen Stergius, Shirley Stockbridge, Ruth Straub, Margaret Strauss, Emily Tutak, Mildred Verroneau, Ruth yachtalhauser, Marguerite Walsh, Elsie Rea Welton, Bernice Wessenberg, Esther Whitehouse, Edith acker. THE SHORTHAND CLUB The Shorthand Club was organized in 1921 and is distinctly different from other school clubs, some of its original members still meet annually. The club was organized to give its members an idea of what the business world is like, and what Will be required of them when they enter it. Student girls are eligible for membership when they have a grade of eighty- five per cent also a part of or better in Shorthand II. A passing mark in all other subjects is the requirement. At the monthly meetings prominent business men and women make up the roster of speakers. The committee for program arrangement for the past year was headed by Adeline Furgalack with Yvonne Alix, Emma Belli, and Barbara L'Heureux as assistants. Every year the Shorthand Club awards the highest ranking Junior in Stenog- raphy I a Gregg fountain pen. The Senior who ranks highest in shorthand II is given ten dollars. OFFICERS President ....... .............. . . . Helen Mierzejewski Vice-President Secretary-Treasurer . Pennant Faculty Sponsor . . ........... . . Yvonne Alix, Edna Andrews, Loretta Baillargeon, Emma Belli, . . . . Josephine Gardella .. . Loretta Baillargeon . . . . . . . . . Evelyn Semler . . . Miss Sadie H. Pickard Reporter . MEMBERS Dorothy Burkhardt, Adeline Furga- lack, Josephine Gardella, Eleanor Johnson, Mary Kazimer, Ruth Leahy, Barbara L'I-Ieureux, Helen Mierzejewski, Evelyn Moran, Helen Pichnarcik, Mildred Pierson, Emma Rosi, Evelyn Semler, Mary Stepanek. fr .J-5 wA5z-ummow HISTGRICAL Socnm 'TT wb if? fi E . viii' . - re 'i ' :max wer. 3 , L 4 I 1 r,- - ' 'f Qi. 1xY W-if Liv 3534-fT' igg fy- 1, .4ff.:'fL-Qf, -' , .,, ,fu f .V f ,wil 43,53 1 ff 1 ' -9-,Q-rw,f1g2'-1.fz' 1:1 1351?-. .1' 'pw 1.5 fl ff f HEY ,, , 'fin' - . . . , . ,,. ., .. W 1' ff? 1 L SHORTHAND CLUB .,.,., +V vm B' X A' ' L' ' Wifi' 'Ex'- 'W'W'5 Zffw I , in n:.msae.,..m-milz-..fT L ' 3-1 .4 , . ,nh LQ 4 1 if . r ,N-5 , 1 . 3 .MQ ' m,5Fu F'fi'l ' 'l mfqf Q , - r'i -it ilmslt'-:TK ' , if. V, W 15235 mg- iidw Q 5' ,:3'4a'4 3312 'iff- ' ' :L . 1 ' ik I 1 F B A 'H aw.: ,X ! , ,ky-.-. T:-se: BAND ' A . s.. Wiw -NH f bf ig,15ff U, , ,iz n My Ag- , -421 '.f.:,g-fp v .X . ,. 1. A .iw Y' .wx x ,.,.,...-f -wi'- am' m..f - -H efif:.f:,4:':,..-asf-fg:'..1 mm xkgawgsam 1' fan PAQ-Qmmmzx mm tx alriggfifa-1 rm: :Kim M 'w ffm ,din 'mm mm: H zs 'lufliyii I U3 4321 sicttpimazisinilmit U 'Q qw,.7i'jgFn?sl f iv?-.v,,1, 'smiffxlu f ,, , ' Y , 3 -0 THE ORCHESTRA ..Wf.E,w1-, ...... ,..w.,..,. --V Q- -W..-....,..,,..v..,.... F-. ..,..........-...,-.. , , ., . THE BAND The High School Band is one of the most popular extra-curricular activities in the school and certainly the most colorful. The Band is composed of twenty members who are very gifted musically. The Band made many public appearances during the year at the athletic con- tests. During the football season the band lent color throughout the season by playing at all the home games. With the opening of the basketball season, their blaring, inspiring music was enjoyed at all the varsity games which were played at the Armory. Their first appearance in the school proper was at the assembly of the Washington Historical Society in February when it gave a line perform- ance. The Band accompanied our championship basketball team to the New Haven Arena and thrilled the spectators as well as the team as it stole the spot- light from other school bands. Due to the conditions caused by the two session plan, many rehearsals have had to be held on Saturday morningsg the members and their leader thus must be commended especially for their efforts to give the school a band of which they can be proud. MEMBERS Trumpets - Arthur Brooks, Albert Civali, John Dearborn, Frank O'Brien, Thelma Wuterich. Tfombones -- Arthur McCur1e, John McMahon, Stephan Sullman, Leonard Willcox. Piccolo - Joselph Christian. Cymbals - An rew D'Agostino. Clarmets - Alix Giacco, Warren Johnson, Fred Parisi, Joseph Zabrowski. Alto Horn - Robert Pooley. Bass Horn -- Robert Milner. Drums- - Martin Lineen, Edgar Millington, Michael Stefanowicz. Director ........ ...... , . ......... ...................... . . . Mr. Antonio Parisi THE ORCHESTRA The Orchestra is one of the few extra-curricular activities which allow the participation of Sophomores. This year the school is especially indebted to the Sophomores who formed the greater part of its personnel. This year s Orchestra under the direction of Mr. Antonio Parisi enjoyed a very successful year The conductor assembled considerable musical talent and organized a very able en semble of instrumentalists. The Orchestra played at several assemblies in the school including the Christ mas assembly. They made their first public appearance at the closing Community Forum lecture when they appeared with the Girl's Glee Club. The High School Orchestra not only provided excellent entertainment, but also served to give an opportunity to young musicians to use their talents and to gain valuable experience. MEMBERS Violin: - Mildred Baker Jean Helepas, Barbara Kahl, Harold Kaller, Frederick Parisi Arnold Pierson, Cobert Sorenson, Gladys Upton, Frank Winder. I Trumpets - Arthur Brooks, vgohn Dearborn, Frank O'Br1en. Piano - Ralph Bess Alton eston. Violincello - Betty Mais: Scranton. ' Clarinet: - Warren Jo nson, Joseph Zabrowski. Flute -- Joseph Christian. Tenor Saxophone - Alezgander Giacco. Trombone - Leonard Wilcox. Horn - Robert Pooleih Bas: Horn - Robert ilner. l Snare Drum - Michael- Stefanowicz. Bass Drum - Edgar Millington. Conductor . . . . . . .... . . . . . . . . .... Mr. Antonio Parisi THE HIKING CLUB THE GIRLS' GLEE CLUB Although the Boys' Glee Club failed to function during the past year, the Girls' Glee Club met with a great deal of support and interest. Under the excel- lent leadership of Mr. Conklin, the Club gave a fine performance at the Christmas assembly when it was augmented by a group of boys. Its first out-of-school ap- pearance was made at one of the Forum lectures. This year the Girls' Glee Club is appearing in the state-wide contest which will be held this year in Bristol on May 15th at which they will sing In These Delightful Pleasant Graves by the great English composer, Purcell. Their other selection will be a lovely folk tune, Bendemeer Stream . Many other schools from central Connecticut will compete. The Girls' Glee Club affords opportunity for the study of choral music and gives the members the chance to sing in several of the regular school assemblies. OFFICERS President .............. . .....,.. .... . .......... H ope Mag Secretary and Treasurer . . . ........ Sophia Shulga Pianist ................. .......... .... ..... B a r bara L'Heureux Director ............. ,........... . .... . . . Mr. James V. Conklin ' MEMBERS First Sopranos - Dorothy Birdstiy, Doris Bogatz, Virginia Cameron, Charlaine Fortunato, Miriam Friedman, Emma Guodace,lJJune Hill, velyn Levin, Nancy Molon, Helen Olschefski, Anna Ricci, Eleanor Swenson, Lillian Schmitt, orothy White, Catherine Yale. Second Sopranos - Ethel Andrews, Salay Arnold, Loretta Baillargeon, Ella Baudner, Audrey Bedell, Charlotte Carruth, Eleanor Dossin, Norma like, Shirley Huse, Ida Lable Phyllis Mayo, Eunice Olson, Mildred Pierson, Katherine Rakesky, Marion Savage, Betty May Scranton, Dorothy Spencer. Contraltos - Nettie Azzolina, Ruth Baier, Marjory Boynton, Dolores Costello, Phyllis Gerner, Gladys Henken, Marie Lenz, Barbara L'Heureux, Dorothy L'Hommedieu, Hope Mag, Helen Mierze'ewski, Barbara Schwenk, Doris Shirley, Sophia Shulga, Shirley Stockbridge, Elizabeth Tracy, Marguerite IIValsh, Hazel Wogatzke. The Hiking Club has proved easily to be one of the most popular girls' organ- izations in the school 5 its total membership is now one hundred thirty-eight girls. Despite the handicap of poor weather, the club has made many noteworthy hikes, including the regular Tuesday afternoon meeting hikes. Of outstanding interest was the winter hike to Spruce Glen on which sleds and skiis were brought. Need- less to say, the sleds and skiis did more hiking than the girls. Other hikes were taken to Mi1ler's farm, Wallingford, Mt. Lamentation, Yalesville, East Meriden, West Peak, and the Tower. Many members of the Club as well as the Misses Allworth, Rideout, and Schmelzer of the Faculty, are working now for a letter which is awarded to those who have hiked fifty miles. Members of the hiking club are as follows: Shirley Abele, Eleanor Alberty, Ruth Baier, Elenor Baillargeon, Loretta Baillargeon, Dorothy Balkow, Elsie Barnikow, Betty Barry, Mary Bartholomew, Marjorie Black, Doris Bowe, Wanda Bossick, Antoinette Bovino, Marjorie Boynton, Mary Bucci, Elsie Buckles, Mary Buczynski, Lois Budde, Irene Burda, Jennie Butrym, Lorraine Caillouette, Estella Campion, Ida Cantino, Ethel Carpenter, Jeanette Chaffee, Stacia Cherniak, Caroline Cignatta, Harriet Closson, Dolores Costello Ruth Crampton, Valerie Czapiga, Betty Dalton, Julia Day, Lina DeSandre, Eleanor Dezalber, Susan Diguilio Flora Dobratz, Edna Dubuc, Dorothy Emery, Barbara Engfer, Theodora Francouer, Bernice Frederick, Lois Galpin, Josephine Gardella, Shirley Gauthier, Barbara Gilmore, Norma Glike, Julia Gorman, Madeline Gostyla, Marion Grabowsky, Irene Graveline, Dolores Greene, Dorothy Greenwood, Nellie Grienewsky, Beverly Grossman, Lucille Gunther, Frances Hailfner, Dorothy Hagertey, Gladys Hennessey, Dolores Higginson, Nellie Hill, Dorothy Hobson, Irene Karsmarski, Margaret Kashur, Marie Keegan, Lillian Kelevis, Althea Krumm, Irene Kusslow, Dorothea LaMagdaleine, Jennie LaRose, Constance Leavitt, Barbara Lietz, Edith Ann Lucchini, Aida Lussier, Eleanor Lyons, Dorothy Mack, Helen Makowsky, Anita Mason, Lorraine McKone, Helen McKlay, Blanchette Menard Lola Mercaldi, Florine Meyer, Elizabeth Miller, Althea Morin, Claire Morenz, Peggy Murphy, Elinore Niebour, Rita Niemic, Jeanette Niewiadomski, Dorothy O'Brien, Helen Olshefski, Florence Peczynski, Gertrude Pekoske, Lorraine Petit, Betty Pichnarcik, Elsie Pierce, Dorothy Phillips, Mary Pipicelli, Phyllis Portor, Helen Pulaski, Anne Ricci, Bertha Rook, Emma Rosi, Gertrude Ross, Anita Rossi, Stacia Rynaski, Edythe Saleski, Regina Sawicki, Alice Solek, Beatrice Smazek, Theresa Spinelli, Ruth Straub, Irene Szmazek, Catherine Tonge, Wanda Unanski, Marion Wolf, Lucille Wollschlager, Shirley Wood, Dorothy Woolen, Genevieve Wnek, Thelma Wuterich, Eleanor Wysocki, Ida Valenti, Anna Zancoic, Betty Zawisza, Adeline Zawisza. A Miss Doris Allworth, Miss Marie Rideout, Miss Dorothea Schmelzer. GIRLS' GLEE CLUB HIKING CLUB CLU JOURNAUSM B ...-...- -ana- a g, , ,7 A 3 - 1.4-:el--.. W' 1 ::1,, .,.,..,,,,,.., 5 f f 1 1 T -.lx ge A. v , . ,. .,, . - .,- M , - , yy - m, 44.-V ' , - ,Q V Q , F ., . 1 , 1 V1-,,,4L.-J g.,, 53,f,xg,,,-,-,,1.U.-,V-1 ,img gif .v. mg E..--g...,,:,.,1:, 5., - , ., . - - , 4. ., - ,Q ,-vm----w , 'rp ,V , .' if-vfl , mf mv X ,s..J-pm,-. - , f . Y - -. -, , . .'f,wff5 f. 265f'fmQ5?a5gQ1V : 1615?-312175-4.'9'f:,':i1-3032? f SEI 21f'1'fk'955'P'i3x5f9ff' 4 -.: v A Q- , . - p , Ji. 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OFFICERS President .......... .............. . . . Virginia Cameron Vice-President ....... ........... .... K a t erine Byrnes Secretary-Treasurer . . . ............. ....... R obert Maloney Faculty Sponsor ..... ..... . . . ........ . . . Miss Eleanor Gantley MEMBERS Ella Baudner, Marjory Boynton, Katherine Byrnes, Virginia Cameron, John Carter, Richard Coe, Kenneth Colby, Natalie Corkin, Marvin Curtis, Howard Davies, Francis Fazzolaro, Ruth Kifmire, Evelyn Levin, Murry Levine, Robert Maloney, Rodney McMahon, Agnes Moriarty, Frank O'Brien, Mary Remy, glaxgon Sayfagie, Pearl Schiesel, Betty May Scranton, Eilleen Spellacy, Lawrence Tomms, Leonard VVillcox, at erine ae. The Art Club was organized in November, nineteen hundred and twenty three. The purpose of the club is to cultivate the appreciation of harmony in line, tone, and color as seen in our daily contact with architecture, pictures, sculpture, interior decoration, design, and nature. It also serves to acquaint art students with one another and offers them an opportunity to do advanced work in this field. Membership in this club is open to all art students in the two upper classes. The meetings are held on the first Monday of each month. A program committee has charge of each meeting at which interesting programs are presented. OFFICERS President ...... .........,...... .... I u ne Hill Vice-President . . . ............. . . . . . . Doris Dorow Secretary ...... ....... E lizabeth Fenn Treasurer ....... . ............ ........ M ildred Pierson Faculty Adviser .... ................. . . . Miss Rosemary Brady MEMBERS Sally Arnold, Ethel Cherniak, Edward Connaughton, Dolores Costello, Charles Dahn, Doris Dorow, Marjorie Doyle, Columbia Esposito, MaryAFaeth, Elizabeth Fenn,-June Hill, Frank Hill, Natalie Lagoyke, Louise Lodi, Lucille McMahon, Sam Mesite, Agnes Moriarty, Mildred Pierson, George Schiavone, James Smith, Roger Treolar, Harold Zezeck. THE BIOLOGY CLUB The Biology Club was re-organized this year. The club's functions are num erous, the most important one being to promote the interest and appreciation of the science of living things. The great biologists and their discoveries are honored and studied, individual projects of collection and dissection of the lower forms of life are carried on by the student membersg scientific literature is studied and the club develops a scientific understanding and attitude. Students in the biology course are eligible for membership if they have a grade of eighty-five per cent or better. Meetings are held monthly in the biology laboratory. OFFICERS President . . . ..... .... ......... . . . Adelmo Tiezzi Vice-President .... . . . . ................ David Sprafke Secretary ...... ........................... G ladys Henken Treasurer ........ ............... ................ C a therine Smith Faculty Advisers . . ..... ...... M iss Frances Hubbard, Mr. Norman Burgdorf MEMBERS Mildred Baker, Lorraine Caillouette, Gordon Carey, Richard Coe, Phyllis Clark, Doris Dorow Irving Goldner, Gladys Henken, gohn Keane, Ida Lable, Marie Larch, Seena Shibuth, Doris Shirley Edith Shulga, Sophia Shulga, Cat erine Smith, Dorothy: Spencer, David Sprafke, Adelmo Tiezzi David Vandenburgh, Mildred Verroneau, Bernice Wessenberg, dith Yacker. THE SENIOR PLAY The Senior play, presented on May 23, is the very popular play by Sophie Kerr and Anna Richardson, Big Hearted Herbert. The leading character, Herbert, is a self-satisfied father who has pulled himself up by his boot straps. He doesn't realize that his ideas about rearing his children are out-moded. He finds eventually a match for his stubborness in his wife's wiles. When he is told of his daughter's immenent marriage to a Harvard man of good family, he humil- iates his family with his actions. So are the boy's parents humiliated when they come to Herbert's house for a visit. Poor Herbert is deluged with trouble by his two relatives, his sons, and his Irish servant. When an important customer of Herbert's comes to supper, his family di- rected by his wife, convince Herbert of his faults by pretending to be just common and ordinary folk. The amusing situations and true portrayal of human nature make it a worthy play for a high school group. Coach ....... ................................... .......... M i ss Frances Curley Stage Director ................................. Mr. L. Crawford Churchill THE CAST Herbert Kalness ............. ................. Elizabeth Kalness this wifej . .... ............ . . Alice Kalness ftheir daughterj ..... Andrew Goodrich ther liancej ...... ' th ld t J . . . Iumorf eo es son .. ..: ....... Amy Lawrence ggirs. Kalness' Sisterb ..... Mm Lawrence C rs. Kalnesss' Brother-in-law rs. Goodrich smother of Andrewj ......... Mr. Goodrich Q ather of Andrewj .......... Martha Klrish maidj ................ Mr. Havens CHerbert's choice customerj l i Mrs. Havens . . . ............. . ......... . Herbert Kalness, Ir. fthe youngest son? . . . . David Smith . . . . Doris Shirlely June Hil . . . Francis Slater . . . . . . .Joseph Cross . . . . Antoinette Bovino . . . . . . . George Avery . ..... , . Sophie Shu! a . . . . Vincent Skachinsge . . . . . . . Alice Forster . .. . Thomas Potter Ida Lable .. . William Messner THE FRENCH CLUB The French Club is one of the oldest and most active clubs in the school. All second year students who have a grade of eighty are eligible for admittance, while all third year students can join. Very interesting and instructive programs were presented on the third Thurs- day of every month. Besides giving its members instruction in conversational French, the students studied the customs and life of the French people. Games, both American and French, were played with Ruth Baier supporting the music with piano accompaniments. Excellent programs were arranged throughout the year by Elizabeth Tracy. OFFICERS President ....... . . . .................. .... R uth Baier Vice-President . . . . . . ............... . . Elizabeth Trac Secretary . ...... ............ ..... E l eanor Faetii Treasurer .... . . . .............. .... .... D o ris Shirley Faculty Adviser . . . ................. . . Miss Catherine Flynn MEMBERS Ruth Baier, Audrey Bedell, Katherine Byrnes, Marjorie Bognton, Joseph -Cross, Barbara Cummings, Grace DiGuilio, Elia De Flaviis, Lois Dutton, Eleanor Faeth, ernard Fontam, Elizabeth Flynn, Claire Gibson, Marion Graeber, Carl Hirschfeld, Helen Keyes, Ruth Kifmire, Eleanor Kilroy, Mayla Mudgett, Marion Savage, Barbara Schwenk Betty Mae Scranton, Doris Shirley, Elizabeth Tracy, Rhoda Umansky, Hazel Wogatzke, Janet Woodward, THE GERMAN CLUB The purpose of the German Club is to give its members practice in the use of the German tongue. At the monthly meetings programs are arranged which carry out this intention. The lives of the great men of Germany are studied: Beethoven, Bach, Wagner, Goethe, Heine, and Durer were among those studied. Games are played and German songs are sung. The most important undertaking of the club has been the play produced over Station WNBC on April 14, The cast was as follows: Anna May ranz c u ert ....................................... ...... o mas otter F S h b Th P ipaun ..... ........ T heodore Hammer eyerhofer . . . Vincent Skachinske Teizer ...... ..... C rawford Buck Duppler ...... .... H arold Hyman Announcer . . . . . . . . . Bradley Prann Uncle Dan .................. ......................................... I ohn Otto Billie .............................................................. John Keane Ho Ma pe g Sound Crew - Norma Glike, Elizabeth Tracy, Edith Setterlund, Katherine Rakesky, Phyllis Gerner, Pearl Schiesel, Ruth Cohen. OFFICERS President ........... ............... , ....... J' ohn Otto Vice-President .... ........... ........ C r awford Buck Secretary ..... . . . . ............ ............. I ohn Keane Treasurer ........... . . . .................... ............ ..... R u th Cohen Faculty Adviser .......... , ............................. Miss Dorothea Schmelzer MEMBERS Crawford Buck, Ruth Cohen, Kenneth Colby, Marvin Curtis, Howard Davies, Phyllis Gerner, Norma Glike, Theodore Hammer, Harold Hyman, John Keane Stanley Labecki, Paul Levine, Hope Mag, Thomas McKiernan, VVilliam Messner,'dTohn' Otto., Thomas Fotter, Bradley Prann, Katherine Rakesky, Pearl Schiesel, Edith Setterlund, Davl Smith, Elizabeth Tracy, Ruth Young. ,nf L . ' fn f W 4 ,A 1 2 ,. 5- eaiofr f Av--' 5mm 3 -gf rib -. F -,, , ., ,. A 4- 4 I .ni an -gr .4 .,f,f.v- f J .M F W EEL Hsin . ,G,.,.,.,,g-V, f 0 'rw' ' 5: I Trp .mg-Lf' , -V .fu .X ,V , -3 -ff .ff ' Yffxq' if-5' H 'Vi' ww ,TLi.,-,,,. -- 1,41 f - -r 4 ,.. f .- .95 909 .,,,Q..' as - A ,' a f . f.: .fu . f '75 , 1 . .., s 'I KJ ' T . 1 :.,.Q:.Q.-'---.1:',5- .ff ' df ,..,,,+.-,AJ .- . ff LJ .W T ,,-ga, me ff T , .,.,, x fx . Qf div 5, flgfii , mg, Q.. ? Sim A I -f +V f.. . ' rw xg.. i '. , xg ,iNg'.5i fg +1 -332-Efgggv ' Nur' , 't -',iQ:Fgj,,,f ,, my fre!-:Zu Veg 3,4-nf'-1 ,.,,,: ,l JJ., f'.fAL,,., -1535 41, ,M av X 5 A: film. pp.: 'ffl-EFf'?'f L F 5,4 ., ,l,,,,A, f 1-A I 1 w 13- -. A A i - ff.. -f ' - JA fav -ff?-A L ' 1154 ,- f f'4fQ-vf??ff x-MQmg - A 'ffl ,'Jm1L,.vxiQ-, 4. anim L1-.:. mg, 'IU THE NATIONAL HONGR SGCIETY STUDENT GENERAL ASSGCIATION 1 STUDENT SENATE ..,,..B. .. , ..., ..--W.--.. . ......,. ...-.aff--.....,......,....,. - , . WW ..vv.T.....-., .,.-Y, W .... .. ...... .. M-.W S. .. ., THE NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY The purpose of the organization shall be to create an enthusiasm for scholar- ship, to stimulate a desire to render service, to promote leadership, and to develop character in the students of the American Secondary schools.', Pupils are elected to the National Honor Society for outstanding scholarship, leadership, service, and character. No pupil may be considered for membership who is not in the upper third of his class, and no more than fifteen percent of any class may be elected to membership. Each year the Meriden Exchange Club entertains the Meriden chapter of the National Honor Society at a banquet. As the society is fundamentally honorary, its activities are not numerous. The members serve as ushers on Parent Night and on Graduation night, and act as guides for those visiting the school. They are also expected to set examples for others in everyday school work and continue their leadership, scholarship, and service. OFFICERS President ..,.,... ................. .... . James Rosi Addison Penfield Vice'President... ....... Secretary .... . . ....,.......... . . . ...... Katherine Rakesky Faculty Adviser ................. .... M iss Anna T. Doyle MEMBERS Mayo Caneschi, Doris Dorow, Joseph Gaffey, Irving Goldner, Addison Peniield, Katherine Rakesky, Emma Rosi, James Rosi, David Smith, Sherman Tonkonow, David Vandenburgh. STUDENT GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION The homeroom leaders chosen in each homeroom make up the body called the S. G. A. Representatives from each extra-curricular activity are also in- cluded in the membership of the S. G. A. The group is headed by the Principal, most important one being that at which members are selected to represent their classes in the Student Senate, the governing body of the school. Eight seniors, six juniors, and four sophomores are nominated for half that many positions. The school, then, votes on these selections. OFFICERS President .... ................. . . . Josecph Murphy Scribe ..... ........ ......... . . . E ith Yacker MEMBERS Shirley Ivers, Elaine Meiklem, Doris Dorow Katherine Rakesky, Joseph Murphy, Harvey Bradley, Mayo Caneschi, Edith Yacker, Lucille O'Connor, Dorothy Munns, Edith Setterlund, Norma Glike, Francis Slater, George Berry. Adeline Furgalack. STUDENT SENATE Under the sponsorship of Mr. Walker, the Senate sponsors many useful activities throughout the year. They were responsible for the candy machine placed in the lower hall which turned over considerable proht. The Senate spon- sored as well a spelling bee between the students and representatives from various Meriden service clubs. Loretta Baillargeon was the last student to be eliminated, but the match was won by the service clubs. The most notable work accomplished by the Senate was the sponsorship of the Hartford Civic Symphony concert which was directed by Jacques Gordon, an outstanding violinist of the present day. The Senate also engaged assembly speakers, and aided sports and clubs financially. ' The members, four seniors, three juniors, and two sophomores are elected by the school from nominees chosen by the S. G. A. OFFICERS President .... ................. ..... lt I ayo Caneschi Scribe ............ ................................. ..... A d dison Penfield MEMBERS SENIORS - Shirley Ivers, Ma o Caneschi, Joseph Gaffey, Addison Penfield. Alb' Kl k Ed'th Yacker Francis Carroll. JUNIORS - in asos os, 1 , SOPHOMORES - Robert Dorsey, Wesley Meiklem. l I L 1 1 l Fictitious Fiction Little Men ..... As You Like It .... The Beaten Path . . . Unsung Hero es ....... The Day of Reckoning H ell's Angels ........ The Great Awakening The Silent Horde .... Twice Told Tales .... Out to Win ......... The Futile Gesture . . . Myths and Legends . . The Perfect Crime . . . The Call of the Wild . Bring 'Em Back Alive Paradise Lost ....... Off to S ea ..... Little Women ....... The Three Musketeers Way Out West ...... Starret Heck, Alan King Homework . . . . . . . Route to Mr. Hunt's office . . Annual and Pennant workers . . . .............. Report card day . ....... Eleanor Lyons, Paul Levine . . . . . . Teachers' question arouses student . . ............ Students in the library Walter Totzke's excuses High School Teams . ........ Student arguing with a teacher . . . . . Students' applications for gym excuses . . .......... Student lets dog into school . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wee wee Brunell's corridor chants . . . . Mr. Hunt's instructions to messenger seeking student . . . . . Best girl already signed for the Senior Reception james Oatis . . . . . . . . . . . . Elaine Meiklem, Catherine Smith . . . . . . . Lucille Oatis, Doris Carroll, Shirley Ivers . ........ Pussy Stoltman, Caroline Ricci A Tale of Two Cities ..., ....... N ew Britain-Meriden rivalry Trail Blazers ........ Addison Penfield, Mayo Caneschi To Have and To Hold. .New England and Connecticut basketball championships Famous Men of Science .................. Theodore Hammer, Irving Goldner With Rod and Gun ...... Bernard Wojan, Kenneth Hancock, Marshall Doxsee Little Man, What N ow? ...... Mr. Hunt's query to student entering his office The Hurricane ....... .......................... ' 'Kate Mclnerney It Can't Happen Here .... . . . Dancing after basketball games The Fighting Irish ..... . . . joe Murphy, Red Russell Life Begins at Eighteen . . . . . . Seniors at Graduation Night 5 5 ? W 9 R 1 'I' 53 . . z f F '. 5 s L F i v P V l. I c F r E if b, ? L 4. Ev F 1 E L. i L l l P 1.........n.... .... , .WT,.,1a.,,,-.a-,...,...,.v.....,ff v.,-,W W, V. V.. , ,,. ..-W W. . - W, .....,- .,v. W V... ,..... Football 1935 Football honors in the Central Connecticut Interscholastic League came to Meriden High last fall for the second successive year when Captain Leslie Saun- ders and his Red and Blue mates waded through a difficult eight-game schedule to emerge with seven well-earned victories and one defeat. In amassing a total of 105 points as compared to 26 for their opponents, the Silver City footballers compiled a record which sparkles brilliantly in Meriden High gridiron annals and which established Meriden High's eleven as outstanding among the leading schoolboy combinations in the State. The season started rather inauspiciously for Coach Frank J. Barnikow's pupils on an afternoon better suited for an aquatic meet and in the teeth of a driving rain which reminded the few hundred brave fans assembled at Willow- brook Park of a similar occasion the year previous. Meriden battled for four water-soaked periods against a bigger, better, and stronger New Britain team and came out on the short end of a 13 to 0 count. The New Britain game was the Red and Blue's first game, but it was the last game the Barnikowmen were to lose. Hartford Public High invaded the St. Stanislaus Stadium and was turned back impressively to the tune of 9 to 0. The following Saturday, the Meriden backfield had a field day as the boys journeyed to Middletown to defeat the Asylum City outfit, 12-O. Only the persistent spirit of a dogged Middletown team kept he score down to a respectable f1gure. Meriden continued to hit on all six cylinders as West Hartford bowed, 12 to 0. Our East Hartford cousins came to town only to absorb a 20 to O shellacking, and New Haven Commercial went the way of others in suffering a 12-0 set-back. , Manchester was the first to cross the Red and Blue goal line in five contests, but Mr. Barnikow's cohorts got over early-game surprises to come back and whip the Silktowners, 19 to 6. In the climax battle of the campaign, Tommy Monahan led his doormat squad over the hills aiming to put the one and only black mark on Meriden High's C. C. I. L. slate. The Bristol sage was disappointed, however, as some 800 spectators sat and stood huddled at the Stadium to watch Meriden bowl over its ancient athletic rival, 21 to 7. Another championship chapter had been written into M. H. S. Football and another orchid deservedly placed on the lapels of Frank Barnikow, Mr. Russell Doran, and a grand bunch of players. OFFICERS Coach ............ ............... .... F r ank I. Barnikow Assistant Coach ........... ....... R ussell Doran Captain .......... ........... . ...... .... L e slie Saunders Manager ........... ..................... ........ I o seph Gaffey Assistant Manager . . . .................. . . . .... Rodney McMahon THE SQUAD Victor Baden, Thomas Barry, Charles Brunell, Francis Callouette, Charles Carroll, Francis Carroll, Arthur Duell, Stanley Hudson, Edmund Iwanicki, Charles Jennings, Chester Ianiga, Albin Kluskus, Kenneth Krick, Peter Maslowski, Rennock Muenchow, Joseph Murphy, Francis Muzyczka, Oscar Ness, Robert Neville, Robert Orentlicherman, Victor Ozyck, Raymond Parmentier, Iohn Peruta, George Pi ce H b t R d r M ron Risin Leslie Saunders Robert Sie Walter Simon Llo d Slavin, Adolph ef y ef ef ea 9 v Y 1 v gi 1 Y Spiett, Edwin Stoltman, Harry Tennenberg, Philip Walker. THE RECORD September 26 Meriden .............. 0 New Britain ........... 13 October 5 Meriden .............. 9 Hartford Public High .. . 0 October 12 Meriden. . . ..... 12 Middletown ......... . . . 0 October 19 Meriden. . . ..... 12 West Hartford ...... . . . 0 October 26 Meriden. . . ..... 20 East Hartford ....... . . . 0 November 2 Meriden. . . . .... 12 New Haven Commercial. . O November 9 Meriden. . . ..... 19 Manchester .......... . . . 6 November 16 Meriden. . . ..... 21 Bristol .......... . . . 7 vm Q, no .sa X r I xx v. Xu N FOOTBALL SQUAD X, , X -' . ' ' 49- if . ' 5 E f ' 1 ff 5 ,, 3 3 Y Q 1 2 2 z 2' E 5 E 5 Fa i i Q :lil MH '15 if f '45 ' -qw : 4 A L - , .5 ' , ff A 1 i . Q ' 4 7 w fig . 'f LT'gfw: ,x ' A -1, ff ' 131352 ,, 1 2:52 sk . f was gf WEA . LV, 1, Q,-if . , 1' V rggfir., . t, ,g' f T fw,:- V' -,ff A P , :. 'l ' 11,g.'-V. ' h H: . , , I 5511, . .1 y C' XP ' E' 'U DER5 3 jf! lx mv- 4514! BASKE TBALL SQUAD COA CH BARNIKQW A: . 7 , fi ' , t 11:5 v, .1 ' 0 U tix ' 1 f ,Y f ,ruff 1 ,. ag . . f i 1 yy . '.. ' 'A 14 p 1 W .A . , . . A I, , ' 1. f' I ' R' A wail ' T lr, , . A Tii vvf' , 1 1 4. VA. W ,.g, Q 3. ' ' - 1 x1..f:Q . ag, L. f .f.,. : A ' '53, -i, ffl f TSA C Basketball A shining silver placque and the beautiful Fletcher trophy prolonged their sojourns in the halls of Meriden High School in 1936 as the Red and Blue basket- ball representatives annexed their second straight State and New England cham- pionships. Frank Barnikow and his pupils again stole a march on their rivals around Connecticut and pranced through a difficult schedule of 27 contests with a record of 22 victories against only 5 scattered defeats. Six of those 22 games in which the Meridenites came out on the long end of the scoring were won over tournament competition both at New Haven and Burlington, Vermont and served to stretch Meriden's list of tournament victims for the past two years to 13. As on the gridiron, the Barnikowmen stepped off on the wrong foot. After a 38-23 victory over the Meriden State Trade School in what was considered a tune-up contest, Captain Lloyd Slavin and his pals opened their Central Connecti- cut Interscholastic League campaign by bucking a stonewall defense in Bristol and lost to the Belltowners by a 30 to 21 count. Middletown, Hartford Public High, and the second Trade Schoql encounters all saw sizeable Red and Blue winnings. Then, finally Meriden's courtsters fell into their stride by plastering Hartford Bulkeley from pillar to post and coming home with a 33-4 scalp hang- ing from their belts. All continued to go well until New Britain decided to make its black mark upon the Meriden High schedule and beat Lloyd Slavin in a long-range duel, 31 to 29 in two overtime periods. Meriden's lanky captain tossed in a total of 18 points on that eventful evening for one of the most remarkable individual scoring feats ever recorded in the history of M. H. S. basketball. Meriden went on to eke out a 27 to 23 verdict over a scrappy Manchester bunch, but tripped again when Tommy Monahan brought over his Bristol kill- joys to win for the second time over the Red and Blue and to make certain a C. C. I. L. crown for Bristol in a contest marked by loose playing, intense excite- ment, and general fistcuifing. Coach Barnikow and his men again hit the high spots in a 5-game winning streak, including decisive victories over Middletown, Wallingford, East Hartford, West Hartford, and Wallingford again. Meriden traveled to Manchester with plenty of prestige riding on the out- come and dropped a heart-breaking 25-21 decision to the Silktown basketeers. Hartford Public High and Hartofrd Bulkeley succumbed in order, but in their final regular appearance at the Stanley Arena in New Britain, the boys in the Sparkling red uniforms were sadly without their usual basketball ability and went down before a terrific New Britain onslaught to the tune of 46 to 24. All this on the Saturday prior to the opening of the annual Connecticut Interscho- lastic tournament at the New Haven Arena March 3, 5, and 6. Some relief came to Meriden followers when it was announced that the Silver City team was to compete in the Elm City tournament, but concensus of opinion gave the hilltop lads little chance of repeating their soul-stirring march of 1935. Bassick High of Bridgeport faced Meriden as a result of the initial pairings, and the Barnikowmen fought off a severe attack of tournament nerves to carve out a 30-23 victory. Coach Charles Chick Shea's New Britain warriors were next on the list and Meriden entered that game decidedly the underdog. Although little hope pre- vailed among the throng of Meriden admirers at the Arena on that eventful even- ing, Lloyd Slavin and the inimitable Albin Klasoskus led their mates to a thrilling l 5 .L E 5 5 i I E L I 5. r r r i l i L........,A. -, win over the fast and smooth Hardware City aggregation. The score, which no- body knew or cared about at the close of the game, was 35 to 27. In the linals of the Connecticut tournament, Meriden squared off against an opponent unbeaten in 18 previous contests in the person of New Haven Hill- house. In a game that lacked the zip and excitement of the semi-final round, the locals snapped the far-famed Hillhouse string, and pinned back the New Haveners' ears, 24 to 19. At the New England Tournament in far-oif Burlington, competition became a trifle easier in the first two set-tos. Berlin, New Hampshire, and the home town delegation from Burlington fell beneath the Meriden scythe in that order by 46-14 and 33-15 scores. No one who stood in Crown Street Square on the evening of March 14, however, will ever forget that third game as it came re- layed over Associated Press wires and through a loud-speaking system. The Red and Blue was playing Portland High School of Portland, Maine, a team coached by James Fitzpatrick, a former M. H. S. athlete. The game went overtime into what sports writers call a sudden death period. Then, as it was described over the amplifiers to the anxious thousands awaiting a glad word, chunky Chester Roman, dependable Meriden guard, broke from a scrimmage of players under his own basket, dribbled the length of the University of Vermont gymnasium floor, and Hipped in a one-handed shot that brought Meriden its second consecutive New England Championship. Needless to say, the Class of 1936 is justly proud of its court champions. There is an immeasureable amount of satisfaction in seeing a team overcome all the bad breaks , display a true will to win, and play the brand of ball of which only the champions of champions are capable. Hats off to Meriden High's New England and Connecticut titlists! They deserved every honor that came to them. Coach ................. ....... , ............................ M r. Frank Barmkow Assistant Coach .... ..... . . . ....... Mr. John D. Shaw Captain . ....... .. ...... . ..... .... ....... L l oyd Slavin Manager ....... ................... ..... J o seph Gaffey THE SQUAD George Berry, Mayo Caneschi, Francis Carroll, William Dacey, Chester Janiga, Raymond Killeen, Kenneth Krick, Albin Klasoskus, Peter Maslowski, Rodney McMahon, Asst. Mgr., Robert Neville, Asst. Mgr., Robert Orenlicherman, Raymond Parmentier, Teddy Pasinski, John Peruta, George Pierce, Chester Roman, James Rosi, Leslie Saunders, Stanley Sokol, Harry Tenneberg. THE RECORD November December Meriden .............. Meriden ..... .... Trade School . . . Bristol ...... December December Meriden Middletown ..... December Meriden Hartford High .... December Meriden ..... .... T rade School ..... December Meriden Bulkeley fHfd.J . .. January Meriden. . . .... East Hartford . . . . . January Meriden ..... .... N ew Britain . ....... . January Meriden ..... .... W est Hartford ....... January ., Meriden ..... .... N orwich Free Academy January -,. Meriden ..... .... M anchester .......... January Meriden Bristol .............. - January Meriden Middletown .... .. February Meriden Wallingford ...... February Meriden ..... .... E ast Hartford .... February Meriden West Hartford . . . February Meriden ..... .... Y Vallingford .... February Meriden Manchester ....... February Meriden ..... .... H artford High .,... February Meriden Bulkeley CHfd.j . .. February Meriden New Britain ...... YALE TOURNAMENT March 3 Meriden .............. 30 Bridgeport Bassick ..... March 5 Meriden .............. 35 New Britain .......... .. March 6 Meriden .............. 24 New Haven Hillhouse ..... . lState Champslj NEW ENGLAND TOURNAMENT Meriden ........... Berlin, New Hampshire . Meriden .. ......... Burlington, Vermont . Meriden .. Portland, Maine .,... . -, ...X i' BASEBALL SQUAD . . , ' Lx ff X X f N X EL' S' 5 4335 In 215. if q X Q f I Q5 5 vc-'H ffl Q 1 A f I A x 11 ,I ,QM 1f, f.f, - - -fi . W . gf! , f M XQAA H : A my fg A A A g X., win 'G X ff 1 COACH SHAW CAPT JANIGA W' QE? 52 AAAI f ff t . ,4r,,Ai Aw aug xk wi A , , , -V . X , V ,gl in ,af I, X. , SWIMMING TEAFX HOMEROOIVX BASKETBALL C H A MP5 SGCCER TEAM 5 i?i'fff?f-WE' ff' X1 1 . lf. yu.-' ' 'WW' ' ' ' ' 1 ,, ,hm 2 , .v5n'1:i55l1..L'E1f?fA?:--1 'f' r Tai' nk v 1 . +1 L vitii-.JLQW-V 'M 41 '11, .si -10' ,N Q . ,.a. f-,. f ,. if.-4??si,p:jy: i3E .,- :,iQC f i,43'tq,1 V- W.-QQS' ' ' .t ENQY'Slf?y1:e:'+1x3f'fl:fE'!g32,. i?? 'x-W ,, -. e..u.':'vT:: L1 .- . ' u V V . Q ., X. I , . hi 3 11 ' 1 ,t2,'f'a '- j,gA-L5 ,A ' wat---vfgtfg' ,fgiign'1mEw 1...-A-.,.3..e,'..M,--M.QJk.. Baseball As the Annual goes to press on the eve of another Central Connecticut Interscholastic League baseball tilt, Coach John D. Shaw's 1936 diamond edition is grooming itself, preparing to regain the C. C. I. L. title. There are a total of 12 games on the Red and Blue baseball schedule for this year with six slated as home contests at St. Stanislaus stadium, and the other six games to be played on foreign territory. Meriden has already won two of those 12 scheduled and has suffered one set-back, that at the hands of Meriden's 1936 lirst-game jinx , Mon- ahan's Mighty Men of Bristol. It took a good deal of artful coaxing to induce the Weather Man to smile upon Meriden High practice sessions this spring, and Coach Shaw was forced to contend with lingering winter winds and to work with a large squad before he could whittle his corps down to a flexible size. These and other reasons including difficulties in obtaining fields on which to conduct drills have undoubtedly been responsible for the team's early show of greeness. Hitting, for the lirst two contests at least, was noticeably weak, although the fielding has been more than satisfactory. Meriden opened the baseball season at Muzzy Field in Bristol, succeeded in gathering but three puny hits to support the hurling of Pitchers Red Barry and Joe Luca, and proceeded to lose the ball game by a score of 8 to 3. A week later, on Saturday, April 25, the Red and Blue got only four hits from two Mid- dletown pitchers, but emerged on the winning end of an 8 to 4 count. On Wed- nesday, April 29, the Meriden Redcaps came to the conclusion that the so-called ashen stick was made for something besides whiffing the air, and 11 bingles rattled off their bats as they downed East Hartford there, 8 to 3. Early indications are that this nine ought to go a long way. The squad boasts of a number of versatile ball players with plenty of fight who should keep the team from cracking up in the home stretch as the Shawmen did a year ago. All in all, prospects for another championship honor for Meriden High this year are unusually bright, and when the M. H. S. baseball team closes its season in Man- chester on june 5, it should also be closing another successful athletic chapter in the annals of the Class of 1936. THE RECORD Meriden ...... 3 Bristol ........ .. 8 Meriden ...... 8 Middletown .... .. 4 Meriden ...... 8 East Hartford .... .. 3 REMAINDER OF SCHEDULE May 2 Meriden at West Hartford May 9 Manchester at Meriden May 16 Bristol at Meriden May 21 New Britain at Meriden May 23 Meriden at Middletown May 27 East Hartford at Meriden May 30 West Hartford at Meriden June 1 Meriden at New Britain Iune 5 Meriden at Manchester Coach .... . ......................................... Mr. John D. Shaw Captain .............. ...... ..................... C h ester Ianiga Manager ........................................ Henry Drescher THE SQUAD James Barry, Thomas Barry, Edwin Biestak, Io n Brandenburger, Milton Bizzie, John Burdacki, Allan Dary, Robert Doherty, Henry Drescher, Starrett Heck, Henry Isyk, Edmund Iwanicki, Albin Kluskus. Toseph Luca. Francis Muzyczka, Douglas Nugent, Raymond Parmentier, Addison Pentield, George Pierce, Herbert Reader, Iames Rosi, Francis Schmitt, Stanley Sokol, Cornelius Walsh, Philip Walker, Asst. Manager, Lester Zimmerman, Henry Rohde, John Zezeck. Swimming , Swimming for the second year in a State league composed of much more experienced teams, the Meriden High School's swimming squad made a very creditable showing. Led by Captain Rip Costello, and coached by Mr. Joseph Doran, the mermen won three contests and tied one. The swimmers climaxed the season with a decisive victory over Bristol High school, thus atoning for the disappointing defeat of last year's team. Meriden also figured in victories over New Haven Commercial and West Haven, and fought to a tie with Bridgeport Central. Especially noteworthy throughout the season was the consistently fine diving of Rip Costello who won eight first places in nine meets. In the State Championship meet, Captain Costello made a very fine showing, missing lirst place diving honors by a very narrow margin. Throughout the course of the season, the swimmers showed a great deal of interest in each contest and swam with a real will to win. Orchids to Coach Doran and Assistant Coach Reed who worked so hard getting the boys in shape for each meet. Coach .................................................... ..... I oseph Doran Assistant Coach ................ .......... . ................ ....... I a mes Reed Captain ............. .... ............... .... R a y mond Costello Manager ......... ........ ............. ...... . .................... E d w ard Pratt THE SQUAD ' Joseph Eckstein, Carl Wolf, Harry Perkins, Robert Tryon, George Timms, Harold Hyman, John Buckles, William Dubinsky, Louis Caturia, George Fowler, Charles Carroll. TEE RECORD Meriden .... .... ................. N e w London . . 46 Meriden ..... ..... 2 6 Crosby .. ...... 49 Meriden ..... ..... 2 4 Hillhouse ...... 51 Meriden ..... . . . . 44 Commercial . . . . . 31 Meriden ..... .... 2 8 Manchester ........ .... 4 7 Meriden .... . .... 23 Warren Harding ..... .... 5 2 Meriden ..... .... 3 7M Bridgelplort Central ..... . .... M Meriden ..... .... 5 4 West aven ..... I ..... . . . . Meriden . . . .... 26 Hartford Public High Meriden . . . .... S2 Bristol ............... . . . . SOCCCI' With the passing of each season Soccer comes more and more into its own, Last season saw Meriden High represented by a Soccer team well worthy of bearing the name of our school. Although they were comparatively inexperi- enced, the team displayed remarkable fight throughout the season and showed the results of Coach Lord's expert handling by winning three of their live games. Almost all the teams on the schedule had had much more experience, but that did not faze the Meriden hooters who were fighting to win every time. Centering their attack around Captain john Otto, the Meriden stalwarts waded through a difficult schedule. Bill Dacey formed the nucleus of the defense, encouraging his team time after time with his remarkable stops at the goal. Meriden opened its season with a loss at the hands of a West Hartford team, but soon avenged this defeat by defeating this same team from the Capitol City to a tune of three to one. Next came victories over the Alumni and Man- chester teams. The season ended with Meriden losing a hard fought battle with our Bristol rivals. Coach .......... ............... . . . . . . . Clifton Lord Captain ....... ................... ..... L o hn Otto Manager ............................................................ aul Fine THE SQUAD Adelin Vivari, William Dacey, Thomas Potter, Ford Wessman, Stanley Sokol, Michael Masailo, Henry Rohde, Edward Beeman, Frank Guodace, Albert Ianiga, Harold Bailey. THE RECORD Meriden ..................... . . . 0 West Hartford . . . . . Meriden .... . . . 3 West Hartford . . . . Meriden .... . . . 4 Alumni ...... . . . Meriden ........................ 1 Manchester .... Meriden ..... ..... ...,.......... 1 B ristol ........ Boy's Homeroom Basketball This year the boys' homeroom basketball tournament was played off amid the cheering of loyal rooters as an unusual interest was displayed in this intra- mural sport. Organized by Mr. Clifton Lord, this league afforded an opportunity for many boys to play basketball. After several weeks of elimination play, the only teams left were those repre- senting Room 8 and 113. In a Very lobsided game , the faster moving stalwarts of Room 8, a Junior homeroom, overcame a bigger team made up of Seniors from Room 113. The score of the deciding contest was 31-13. The winning combine was composed of Joseph Eckstein, Arthur Wentworth, William Whalen, Herbert Reeder, Rudolph Zebora, John Peruta and Edward Krysiak. 1 Qs A-:R 1 Gi - .tml f i A 3 J...-.. aa, .4s.,. A J -4. .rm ,- . -, - , 37- -ADX. bf fa TENNIS SQUAD FM--:K f' lgwfwa-W 491' GOLF SQUAD ,, . A 5 7' '-3, EW 2337 A: 1- :ii -. wi? if BOYS' BOWLING meme: I, I., 42, 'fi 2 533. Q., 5 .,i,j3,x,.W' H -L - ,, f -'v?fi:f..3vfff iW Q ' , . ',.:,y'.'1,: , ' it-gf' I, 'sw 4 2,4-if.,-5 1 w 1. ' r f ' ' H . A . F -A f .Q--'A 5 gg. iii 55 GIRLS' BASKETBALL CHAMPS LSAQQDGEBALL QRL3' AQQKEY AND SOCCER TEAMS Tennis Team As this book goes to press, the tennis team has got off to a fine start. The new tennis courts across the street have given the squad more of an opportunity for practice than in other years with the result that tennis has gained new popu- larity at the Meriden High school, and a large group has reported for spring practice. The team as usual is under the very able supervision of Coach Doran who will be assisted by Mr. Reed. The team will probably be built around those two veterans, George Berry and Leslie Wilson, winner and runner-up respective- ly of the fall tennis tournament. There are some new candidates for the team, however, who have shown fine form in practice. The schedule: May 2 West Hartford May 9 Manchester May 16 Bristol May 21 New Britain May 23 Middletown May 30 West Hartford June 1 New Britain June 5 Manchester The squad will include: George Berry, Leslie Wilson, Rudolf Zebora, Bradley Prann, Walter Kurcon, Murry Levine, Joe Sattler, and managers George Timms and Carl Wolf. Golf While the presses await Annual copy, Coach Joseph Nadile is pruning his 1936 golf squad in preparation for what looks to be the most promising campaign the Meriden High linksmen have had in several seasons. A tentative schedule including six matches with schools in central Connecticut has been drawn up, but the dates for competition have not been definitely established as yet. New Britain, Middletown, Southington, Pequod Business School of Meriden, Trade School, and Manchester, probably in that order, have been approached concerning golfing events by Meriden High athletic officials and answers from these six institutions have been received in a favorable note. The divot-digging season officially opened for the Red and Blue on Saturday, May 2, when the M. H. S. mashie-wielders took the measure of the Pequod squad in a match at the Meriden Municipal links, 6 to 0. The seven-man Meriden outht, an all-junior combination with the exception of Frank Stefanowicz, has exhibited a good deal of commendable talent and has evidently set its mind on a victory in the State schoolboy trials this year. Louis Duncan, junior champion of Meriden's amateur ranks, is Mr. Nadile's best bet to finish well up in the individual title tournament for high school golfers. The seven members of the Meriden High squad are Louis Duncan, Frank Stefanowicz, joseph Korzenko, Louis Antonio, Victor Ozyck, John Carter, and joseph Zalenski, the team's playing manager. I . ' Boy s Bowling League Inter-mural bowling was organized this year as an experiment. More than sixty boys came out for the sport, so its place is fairly well assured among the extra-curricular activities. During the first six week period the four-man team, The Alley Stars were victors. William Messner led with an individual average of 99.4 The other records of the bowling Hash were the three game set, with 346, and the high single game, with 137. Runners-up were Kenny for the three game set with 324, and Masailo with 126 in the single game. The Cornhuskers were victorious in the second half. Mordarski's indi- vidual average for the period was 102. Kirschman set the record for the three game set with 323, and Mordarski was runner-up with 320. Drescher bowled the highest single game with 125, and Friedman with 124, was second. The Bowling League was under the sponsorship of Mr. Joseph Nadile and a great deal of the success of this venture can be accredited to his efforts. MEMBERS Robert Baker, Ralph Bess, Hugh Calhoun, William Collett, Francis Cunningham, Charles Dahn, Alan Dary, Henry Drescher, Robert Fleming, Benjamin Friedman, Samuel Friedman, Irving Goldner, John Greico, Robert Hollman, Philip Jagielski, Edward Jurek, Alton Kamens, William Kapitzke, Francis Kenny, Joseph Korzenko, Stanley Labecki, Anthony Lackipo, Theodore Ladueka, Michael Masailo, William Messner, Adolph Mordarski, Alfred Peczynski, Addison Pentield,. Robert Seig, Kenneth Schott, Walter Simon, Nathan Sklar, David Smith, David Sprafke, Theodore Stiles, Lawrence Tomms, David Vanden- burgh, Adelio Vivari, Philip Walker, Edward Whalen, Bernard Wojan, Henry Wysocki, Teddy Zagorski, Lester Zimmerman, John Zemske. GIRLS' BASKETBALL Girls' basketball set a precedent this year in that those teams competing in the tournament were the gym-class teams instead of the homeroom teams as in former years. By this arrangement, teams of much better calibre were formed and the resulting games were much faster and more interesting than in previous ears. y Victors in the tournament were the Question Marks, who under the capable leadership of Irene Burda, defeated the Toppers led by Sophia Shulga in a hard-fought game. Members of the conquering team were: Helen Caneschi, Edith Ann Lucchini, Anna D'Amico, Gladys Henken, Jennie Fontanella, Ann Toman, Ida Cantino, Emily Tutak, and Mary Pipicelli. GIRLS' DODGEBALL Dodgeball gained new popularity this year and there was an inter-mural dodgeball tournament for the first time. Homeroom as well as inter-class games were played throughoutthe year. The light, fast-moving Juniors came out victor- ious in the inter-class tournament. Members of the team were Bertha Rook, captain, Wanda Ketchel, Caroline Greener, Jeanette Niawiadomski, Madeline Gostyla, Lena De Sandre, Ernestine Minery, Helen Anderson, Dorothy Con- naughton. FIELD HOCKEY AND SOCCER Inclement weather conditions put an early halt to Hockey and Soccer in the fall. Whenever the weather did permit, however, weekly practices were held at Washington Park field. Although no games were played in the regular series for the championship of the school, two exciting games were played with the Alumnae at the Lincoln Junior high school. Each competitive team was once the 'victor. Class teams will be elected in the spring, and the contests will be played off at that time. Girls playing Hockey and Soccer were as follows: Helen Anderson, Betty Masler, Madeline Belejack, Loretta Baillargeon, Gertrude Bergon, Shirley Brad- ley, Dorothy Campion, Ida Cantino, Lena De Sandre, Lois Galpin, Norma Glike, Ruther Gostyla, Marion Grobowski, Dorothy Isbaner, Mary Kazimer, Wanda Ketchel, Elizabeth Johnson, Jean Koziol, Edith Ann Lucchini, Eleanor Lyons, Dorothy LaMagdeleino, Jeanette Niawadomski, Florence Peczynski, Mary Pipi- celli, Anna Ricci, Emma Rosi, Rosemary Salka, Johnine Capanik, Elizabeth Tracy, Antoinette Bovino, Irene Burda, Dorothy Connaughton, Jennie Fontanella, Anna D'Amico and Rita Niemic. THE CHANGE IN GIRL'S SPORTS During the past year more than ever before, Miss Parette's favorite slogan, voicing the sentiment of the school - Every girl in some sport, some sport for every girl - has been realized among the girls in the high school. The school aims toward a wide scope of athletics for girls so that each girl may participate in some sport to which she is particularly adapted, other than the regular compul- sory physical education. Such a variety of sports is oHered as will furnish the girls with the opportunity of picking athletics which will be of some use to them after graduation. Bowling is the leading sport among the newer sports. Since the school has no bowling alleys, the Capitol alleys were used and later those of the First Meth- odist Church. In the spring, softball, a variety of baseball, will be played. Furthermore. for aspiring Helen Willses, a tennis tournament will be held with the possibility that anyone who shows exceptional talent may enter the State tournament. Op- portunity for playing badminton is also looked for, but as yet our hopes have not been realized. , L. w s A3 , - B '?i.-1' . . .V-Aw: - , :M -. VF wr J I L Q .,-Z A,35i. ' . IKSOUPIS ONXX f I 'I - 'TEDDY ' wooo1.AND NYMPHS SWEET S'xT EN Tr g f Q A ... .-,- --- -,-f--- ? H Rwe wx mmf. A Qooo sums W. f THREE 1-fwv Tsngfv v ' -v if 1 I Y 'Uv' V iymk, . ...H . 'a4. ...Na- . ffm xg ' .. - 2 Q.. A ip if ' x-LLM, ' 4 .va .A Jw-'uv , 4 ..'x,'r?Q2f f IH W ' .5 , f' ., X 1 . H' ' 1' 1-' ., 4 ky . Vw. V Y 'ici . .fl - I , ,Li 1 I, V , . www' , .,,, V v - Q ,xl A . 1: ' -X K. lx ' 1 f . 1 - it if I A LIGHTER MOMENT . BASHFUL Lavewousme 21 6.113 sm '? '--Y V ,llflfr 'J .,,.v,f,, ! ,, yi-ps, If 54521 Q 3 X F. 4 2 C Q 5 1 mf ,nu 9 'nu E, ' VL! I6 W' N. :Add uhv .,, ' 2 . X .M -'ws ,V - fu.-glitz -1' ' -7. -ISF A- .M-f vgfiu Ff THE muse' I THAT R-FFRESHES AT DEAR ow LINCOLN HIGH scfwal, CUTE :ff I ' ..1:f! - .Q i x ga A ...., 4:32 , rf '-Q Eff w 1 ' 5' lll l v ' 1 K -57 K ff XM Q gum., , V W -,Vw,55v ' 4:11. E p3 52, N. :MR mfg ,X v '. tug., nr- gif, Q V, . ,A. 4 1 'IP' Sf ' fr r A 'ar b AY, N WJ- Q , - 'L ig 4- H , ' H H V , - 11 Q, i1.,f . I 5 'L' 5' , N? 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In order that we shall not forget these services, we have taken the liberty to print the names of the several individuals who lent us help. Our thanks and appreciation is extended to the following: , To Miss Mary Flynn for her whole-hearted cooperation with the literary de- partment of our book. To Mr. Bernard S. jurale who handled the business end with a great deal of success. To Mr. James E. Bunting of The Horton Printing Company Whose under- standing, suggestions, and cooperation were invaluable to this book. To the Art Staff who gave their time every day to make our book more interesting, as well as more beautiful. It might be well to say here that all art work on or between the covers represents the work of students in the Senior Class. To the typists who gave their class time as well as nights to prepare copy for the printer. To advertisers whose financial support gave you this book at a lower cost. To Caesar Cignatta, our photographer, who secured for us these interesting snapshots. To all other branches of our staff who have given their time to contribute their services to our book. Lastly, we wish to thank all members of the faculty and student body who in any way aided us in achieving our purpose - to give you a better book. ADVERTISEMENTS Rates One cent a word a year HELP WANTED FEMALE Phone Harbour Brook 123 Jump Ads must be subrmtted before May 14 1936 Wanted Old fashroned grrl Musnt smoke dnnk chew curse or make hard bmscuxts Apply to Robert Ripley Annual Ads bnng results fWe hopel Wanted Gxrl who knows basketball rules to act as mstructor IN MEMORIAM Track Dxed May 1934 Certain teacher s Bulck Dled of old age LOST AND FOUND Found School spmt at New Haven Arena Lost Weekly Allowance ln candy machme Please return to Wrllxam Alusrtz Lost Drgmty and courtesy Restore to Hrgh School Seniors Found Person who stlll hkes The Muslc Goes Round and Round AUTOMOBILES FOR SALE Four wheels surrounded by chassrs Tow Rope Free See Les Saunders CORRESPONDENCE COURSES How to apprecrate Hrgh School puns Wee Slayum Instltute FOR SALE Lrght lunches and heavy brscurts Eat here and youll never eat anywhere else The Greasy Spoon Electrlc keep awaker for future Seniors Grves excellent results and IS xndxspenslble ln bormg classrooms Washxng machme rn excellent condltlon Don t kxll your wrfe Let a machine do your dirty work No crrtlcrsms on thxs publrcatron Staff Escalator for back stalrs for shortwrnded students Chance to show my vocal talents See Bmg Oatrs PERSONALS Used Austrn Would make good toy for Kld brother Wrll thief seen robbmg City Savxngs Bank return money and avoxd trouble Gee Mann 1922 Model two door sedan In good con d1t1on but must sell because owner must go out of town Inquire at oifrce HELP WANTED MALE Young graduate for butcher Must be able to cut up and serve customers Masons Carpenters Plumbers and Heaters To burld new showers and gym locker rooms Must furnrsh own supplxes and work for nothlng Would like to get rn touch with d1m1nut1ve platlnum blonde seen smokrng c1gar at New Haven Arena Answer through this column Wrll man who prcked me out of gutter May 28 get ln touch wlth me by calling 14797 Would llke to have watch and wallet back LONELY HEARTS I am tall dark and handsome Need com pany Would make a good husband and also a good budge partner Call 790 R I am cross eyed knock kneed, and pxgeon toed Would make good scare crow Call 225 9 and save a love starved soul . . , , 1 4 ' ' ' . ' . . ' . s s s - s ' . as vs - - -' , . . Q - - v u ss - u as . , , , s . . . - - -- - WANTED s -1 u ' ns . so st . ss ' ' . ' 9 f . , . ' f 9 s a ' U ' ' l f , f . . a . f , ML I X Remember MOur advertisers. WThe M. H. S. - Bristol High School game which ended up in a near riot. ' To the Class of 1936 - - - Hearty Congratulations upon what you have already accomplished d I . . . an . . . The Best of Wishes I for a Successful Future ! I Henry Shaw Mrs. Shaw I THE SHAW STUDIO Your Class Photographer Student: What is a vacuum, teacher? Teacher: I have it in my head but I can't explain it Compliments C omplimems of of MERIDEN GOODRICH NATIONAL SILVERTOWN BANK STORES ' MEMBERS F. D. I. C. I 15 East Main St. Phone 2250 I -'H GQABUNG Hewx CONGRA LA +0 ' i t ' TU Tlozvs f fr 3 f X 0 ff S.: fl TO THE E35 lb You never gamble on 79 quality when you shop at Penney'sl Ou: testing + laboratory is constantly on guard. No secon'll, no irregu1ars, ever Gnd thai: y 2 wa o our stores. On y the BEST is good enougn for Penney's customers! I.C.PENNEY C 0-.Incl J. C. PENNEY CO. WEST MAIN STREET MERIDEN, CONN. Who can forget? M'The candy lgambling?l machine which graced the corridor in front of the cafeteria. 'k'l'The M. H. S. championship debating teams on which our classmates were well represented. - Compliments I I of H.T. SMITH EXPRESS CO. Wm. Schaal 81 Son, Inc We Serve ...TAILORS You Suits - Made to order the best 142 Church St. Standard Brands Phone 288 of C3UdY Meriden Ins. Agency INCORPORATED Protect by Insurance NEW HAVEN ALL CLASSES East Main Street A teacher once said that there are tive types of dumbness including the idea that you can get something 'For nothing. - -' '- 1 f W Y...,,,,,,z Qi T f i' V I F or the dinner table, throughout the year, a floral centerpiece of dainty flowers well arranged adds the jinal touch of sophistication and sinartness. JOSEPH GRILLO 105 COLONY ST. TEL. 399 Compliments of . . The Q3 J. Lacourciere Co. Agents M. Grunfthacher Army! Supplies e nnua 'wis es to take , . Th A l ' h Meriden Plantsville this opportunity to thank the Wallingford advertisers w h o s e jinancial Complimgmj support niade this hook Of possible. The '33 Senzor Class ,......a- Y, i Fads MMeriden High School won state wide tame in I934 when its students sported red, black, and yellow shirts. Min I936 a girl without a metal doggie on her dress was considered a poor dresser. 1-- ' '-'I WE ARE INTERESTED IN YOU fl In a few years, you young people of today Will be the professional and business leaders of our City. I H The earlier you learn the importance of banking and its relation with modern business, the better you will be prepared to take the responsibility which will be yours. I Tl We extend to you a cordial invitation to make this bank your Financial School. THE HOME NATIONAL BANK l A 18 COLONY STREET AT THE CLOCK The HOME of Meriden Public School Savirigs Sysleiri. I MEMBER F. D. I. C. I I t Pays to Play I JOHN J. FERRY 81 SONS SPALDING GOODS Sold exclusively by us ALLING'S ESTABLISHED 1890 Sporting Goods - Bicycles, Keds Rubber Goods- Aulo Accessories Funeral Home 88 East Main St. Meriden, Conn. Az the Traffic Tower 1 C. R. ANDERSON, Mgr. .....,,,.. .a...-. ,.,,,,,,-,W 1 5 l 4 1 1 1 i 3 1 1 1 i 1 l 1 l l i 5 1 l l l 1 1 l 3 l l I S 1 1 1 1 i 1 3 3 CAMERAS - FILMS Do you remember- i 'WThe good time had by all on the southern plantation of the Senior Reception? s':i :Tl'l6 M. H. S. basketball teams who won State and New England cham- pionships in two successive years? When you want High Quality Printing consult us as others have in the last fifty years. We can't do all the Printing, but We do the Best. THE JOURNAL PRESS JOURNAL BUILDING MERIDEN, CONN. TELEPHONES: 80 and 3250 Albert Flatow 81 Son Lynchis Drug CO' FUNERAL DIRECTORS 48 Cook Ave. Phone 152 DEVELOPING ENLARGEMENTS 298 East Main Street Perkins Picture Shop Preserve your School Pictures and Diplomas . . . Frame theni now. 133 Hanover St. Meriden, Conn. I will study and prepare, and perhaps my time will come. f f f Abraham Lincoln PREPARE FOR BUSINESS Day and E'vening'5 Sessions Laurel School 24 South Grove St. Famous Last Words HiYoung driver: Watch me pass this car. WStudent: iTo teacher, l'm inclined to disagree on that last remark. WStudent: Un New Britain cheering section, Yeah, Meriden! BLA TCH LE Y'S HOBERMAN'S FLOWER SHOP MARKET Choice Flowers I r For All Occasions 113 West Main St. HARRY HOBERMAN, Prop. LoU1s HOBERMAN, M gr. Donor of Chemistry Prize '35 and '36 Stores Located at Hanover St. Sherman Ave New York Dress Goods, - Incorporated - Quality and Servings 25 Colony Street Georges Confectionery F ourilairi Ser-vice De Luxe 361 Liberty St., Meriden, Conn. Phone 3036 From fer amd near They gather here. Compliments Compliment! Of Of Oscar Gross 81 Sons A . . . CLOTHIERS . . . . Pratt Street Frlend Life's Darkest Moment W BilI Oliver's last minute shot disallowed in l934 state tournament :l'kStudent receives note from office saying, Send to me at once MSeniors on Graduation Night. DEAR STUDENT: Now that you have a High School education, what are you going to do with it? A high school training is not adequate preparation for business. It will not, of itself, lift you out of the vast throng of mediocre workmen. It DOES enable you to determine your own future. It can START you toward the realization of your cherished ambitions. If you are contemplating a university course and have not the S4-,000 or 55,000 necessary for its completion, and a like amount to prepare for some learned profession, and then enough to sustain life until you can build up a practice, a preliminary course at PE QU OD BUSINESS SCHOOL may be the solution of your problem. Many have defrayed college expenses, increased college credits, and opened the door of business opportunity by such a course. PEQUOD BUSINESS SCHOOL offers excellent opportunities for young men and young women of good academic education, who are willing to put forth the effort necessary to attain more than ordin- ary skill and knowledge applicable to business. SPECIAL SUMMER COURSES are available to meet the needs of college graduates, college students, graduates of high school commercial courses, and for beginners ambitious to anticipate the Sep- tember opening. Each student is assisted according to his need, every student is advanced according to his ability. PEQUOD BUSINESS SCHOOL will be in session all summer, so you may plan your summer school course to fit your vacation. Enter any day and continue for six, eight, or ten weeks of intensive training. Prepare at Peqnod D THE PEQUOD BUSINESS SCHOOL, INC. Member New England Business College Association C. Z. SWISHER, M.A., Principal JOURNAL BUILDING TELEPHONE 2472 MERIDEN, CONN. Do you remember- MTl1e booming voice of cheer-leader Jimmie D'Allesantro who left our midst before graduation time? :i':liWhen The Music Goes 'Round and 'Round took the school by storm? U P H A lVl 7 Department Store I 1836 - 1936 L Established 100 years and still growing .7 The Little Somers 31 Compliments Hyatt C0- Established 1872 Decorators - Upholstering - Ven- Of etian Blinds - Window Shades - Francis R. Danaher Draperies - Wall Papers. A complete Decorating Shop at your commancl. 73 East Main St. Veillette 81 Despins Holt 81 Stevens Electric Radios Refrigeration , . INSURANCE . . . Washing Machines East Main Street 30 Colony St. Meriden, Conn Macy W MPM xl: , . 4 A ,. .Af V H.. , . . .. J.. ,f M.-V V v I 4- , N W ,, , .K ' - - i 1 -- ,. . ' M ' f-- ' qw ' V Q .im ,f-w a- -ws -'.4, ,w w 'f- uv if ,. .W--1 ' W- r k.Q-,if,- 4- '. is , f, H' 1 ' M 'f U' ' 1 I - S ' r I W , R ,, . f 47, .gif-g1,,+r.- 1' . Y,il'Q gY if , i ,X 1 1 , , i - x ' , . , Q , 4 V , B 0 .Z D A ou remember- lJ b8LfMM! e early years at M. H. S. when the boys sacrificed their tresses ft in step with the changing st es yl ? i A 6 WThe students who wor ed so hard to get you thi book on time? X ' ' f i as E A 'f 1' A I , - , I l I 4 . X my gcgtilvm CgfAV'htd04.'i V V 5 1 i 3 i H it i ii i ii i i ii gai 1 , i 5 a.f, E gg L , uk -g g- 5-1.5 -3 ,520 Z . L 5 53 . E' 'i as c 1 T . 6 5 x ? i XTR i ai it 'D '55, 3 1 54? S-Lis is is 'Q is s 1 . -' : 0 5 S S rs?-2 ' a OO Y? ' 4? We- w - a ' - ?-25,3 . f. xiii? EXE S5532-Z 'ey - F3 X 'O' .N 1 if i X D 25? i X wif-f-5 ' ai 5' . 1- EE . Q ' Q f V XX Eg E J 5 3 A , K .MAA AvAvAvAvAvAv AvAvAvAv V vAvAvA v Av 'Y I 1 Q .1 '4