New Haven High School - Elm Tree Yearbook (New Haven, CT)

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.l JJ . il ll .gifs-Q 1 l Ililillli .-., i , -2. Y-.,., -- T225 ll a.-.1-1- Second Year AN we ever forget that steady stream of dignified Seniors, proud Juniors, cute Freshies, and frisky Sophomores soon to make a name for themselves, 6,0 flowing along Broadway and turning into York Square and directing' its course into that ocean of learning, New Haven High School? We so-on became accustomed to the routine of Sophomore life which included vexing the Scrubs, promenading the halls and going frequently to the lunch counter, where one could hear Your treat, Let's match, and talk like that. Then came the call for football candidates by Captain Brennan with the subsequent result, under the coaching of Foster Sanford. that we won the Trinity championship. 1908 can boast of one man on the football team of 1906. That was Grant lllakeslee. our all around athlete. I-Ie was well admired by the girls. and such remarks as, Isnt he just too sweet' for anything? and Can't he hit the ball hard with his foot: I wonder if it hurts him? were passed by them. U1llOl'l'llllHlTClj' the breaking up of the basketball league made it impossible for us to take any

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he gT..x b ' ful nr- he IFC Ll V iff: en' he nys he eir :k, .de rd, le- he mol -YS 'ee en oi of 'as as ty. he na ce ss- vi- TNEW HAVEN HIGH SCHOQL CLASS BQOK. 7 lege of being present. The little Freshmen could not be ex- pected to attend them all, because after being' accustomed to retiring at sevenfthirty, they might go to sleep during the early morning hours oi the dances. The Football teamfworked hard during the fall months, as didjthe- Basketball -and 'Baseball teams duringthe winter and spring. Although they won some oi the games, the cham- pionship passed on to other schools. It certainly was not the 'fault of the teams, it waslack of school spirit. The Freshmen did not attend the games- in great numbers Qsorry to sayj. They were too young to realize what school spirit meant, had they known, the teams certainly, would have received more support. T a June was drawing near and the examinations were coming. Many Scrubs shook in their boo-ts, but after brushing up a lit- tle and refreshing their memories, the burdens were cast aside. The joyous Freshmen left the halls' of learning, which they had entered ten months ago, with the thought that they were 'no longer Scrubs, but digniiied Sophomores. Nevertheless the Freshmen Class of nineteen hundred and eight was as good a class as ever was known in New Haven High School. Three long cheers for 1908. H ' illaa'-ion. Emma Rite. K if

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lied sky ves, ork ing, ore alls -uld hen rith ard, one lee, 1nd and irts v of any NEW HAVEN HIGH SCHOOL CLASS BOOK. 9 championship honors, but our team played some good games under the leadership of Captain Rungee. Qur hockey team was handicapped very much by poor weather for skating, but in spite of all obstacles we turned out a good team. Our own class teams in football, basketball and baseball did not prove successful in IQO6 on account of the lack of class spirit. While the boys were working hard with their athletics, the girls were busy with their custo-mary teas: the Alpha Alpha, B. T.-, and Kappa Mu Sigma. In the meanwhile the School Circle had been working industriously and under their auspices the Freshman Class gave a successful entertainment in the Auditorium before the Christmas vacation. Now for the time being we poor members of the class of 1908 were forgotten, for all that was heard was the Junior Fair, and our girls whispering under their breath that they would outrival them next year. Then the Senior Class IQO6 surprised the school with the clever presentation of Dickens' Cricket of the Hearth, on January 19, at the Foy Auditorium, and with such stars as Tfaul Shipley, Tom Means, Holloway Kilborn, Billy McAfee and Marcella Quinn the play could not be any- thing but a success. The Radiator then gave their annual en- tertainment and dance. Likewise the Crescent. The Radiator presented My Friend X, and the Crescent Too Much of a Good Thing? Then the Theta Sigma gave their successful minstrel show. 'A Spring brought with it the baseball fever. Captain Hen Torgerson proved his ability as an able leader by bringing forth a championship team and winning the Trinity cup. On the championship team of 1906, IQO8 had three men, Art 0'Con- nell, Squire Blakeslee and HI-Ten Falsey as general utility man. Spring now loomed up, bringing with it the ebb of the tide, and New Haven High School cast forth upon the Hoods her protegesg some to leave never to return, while others to come back with the rising tide in September. Sophomore year was thus ended and with it went our irretrievable joys and sorrows. But we were all oin one more step toward our goal of learn- . g 3 ' , . . ing, and contentment was king for the time being. Amos Townsend Pafgter.