Middletown High School - Cauldron Yearbook (Middletown, CT)

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Secodn Row: Johnson, LoGuidice, Ro- bida, CoFransesco, Mr. Warner, Peren- zino, Cannata, Rice, Emme. First Row: Nelson, Spaeth, Franklin, Second Row: Whalen, Goldberg, Carver. First Row: Smith, Dambergs. PHOTOGRAPHY CLUB The M.H.S. Photography Club is the latest addition to the clubs and activities at school. Mr. Sweeney or- ganized the club at the end of the last school year and held elections for officers. They are Eriks Dambergs, president; James Smith, vice president; John Rybyszk, secretary; and Gerald Goldberg, treasurer. The club has been very busy and successful. Color slides taken by the club members were shown at Parents’ Night, and pictures taken at the football games were sold to GIRLS RIFLE The Girls Rifle Club is made up of girls interested in learning about the care and handling of rifles. They meet every Friday afternoon, under the direction of Dwight C. Warner. Girls with an average of 90 or more receive letters at the awards assembly at the end of the year. Other deserving members without an aver- age of 90 are awarded with numerals. The 1952-1953 club will start practice when the new Middlefield Rifle Range is built. After the activity does start, there will be a match with the Boys Rifle team and a trip to New Haven to compete with schools in the state. students. A photo-service department is to be organized in 26 order to provide a better system for taking school pic- tures. The members have been learning new techniques ,nrl rnmnncirinns

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Third Row: Davidson, Scata, Tremblay Festa, Garofala, Parenzino, CoFransesco Marino, Cannata, Miller, Stocking Merenda. Second Row: Mathewson, Ma rino, Miller, DeGroff, Jurzak, Tringali Emme, Airo. First Row: Aubin, Lo Guidice, Poppalardo, Branciforte, Bon vino, Leveson. GIRLS’ BASKETBALL During gym classes the girls are taught basketball fundamentals. From this stem the intermural games held on Tuesday and Thursday during activity period. The teams are composed of girls from all four classes. Competition is held between freshman, sophomores, juniors and seniors. Every class team plays with the other three at least twice during this competition. The two teams obtaining the highest number of wins com- pete against each other for first place. The girls on the winning team are awarded chenille letters, and the members of the losing teams receive emblems. Besides this, at the annual awards assembly individual and team awards are presented. This year the winning team was the senior girls' basketball team. BOWLING The Girls’ Bowling Club meets once a week at 3 P.M. at the Y.M.C.A. from October to March. Playdays and sport days play a vital part in this ac- tivity and are held yearly between Portland, Woodrow Wilson, East Hampton and Meriden for the purpose of getting the girls acquainted. Along with this, every year they attend an ice-show in New Haven. Numerals and letters are awarded at the end of the year and the girl with the highest score has her name engraved on the bowling trophy. Officers of the club this year are Linda DeGroff, president; Barbara Miller, vice president; Betty Trin- gali, secretary; Eleanor Jurczak, treasurer.

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Standing: Fortuna, Cole, Amata. Seated: Lombardi, Cannata, Arcidiacono. Third Row: DePaolo, Summ, Anderson, Hartigan, Arcidiacono, Tosta, Franklin, Carta, Stearns, Spaeth, Wilcox, Pavelka. Second Row: Johnson, Ahlberg, Arm- strong, Kovals, Shearer, Gallo. First Row: Grimaldi, Tellier, Garde, Carlson, Ma- rino, Swanson, Tringali, Pitruzello. NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY The M.H.S. chapter of the National Honor Society held its first meeting in 1934. Since then, the organiza- tion has grown considerably. In order to qualify as a member of the organization, a student must obtain an average of 85 or better during his four years of high school and have shown evidence of leadership, charac- ter and have been of service to the school. The symbols of the society are the keystone, signi- fying knowledge, and the flaming torch, representing the light of learning. Elections to the organization are held in the fall and spring of each year. The installation ceremony is held each spring. ITALIAN CLUB Under the general supervision of Mr. Tucci, the members of the Italian Club enjoyed a trip to New York and presented a radio program and an assembly. A newly organized constitution was drawn up. It stated the privileges of the club and its aim, which is to fufther the interest of the study of the Italian language. At the monthly meetings activities of the year were planned. Joe Milardo, president; Mary Ann Lombardi, vice president; Bernadette Scarlato, secretary; and Emanuel Sbona, treasurer were chosen to lead the club in its activities. Mr. Tucci and the club members experienced a very successful year.