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

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16 NEW HAVEN Hier-1 SCHOOL CLASS BOOK. Thanksgiving and Christmas, and we left school for a brief Easter vacation. . 1 b Shortly before this, on April 3, the Senior Class had given a Charity Concert in the Auditorium. A large number of people came and S150 was made. The Baseball season had now started. Unfortunately, a poor game at the start discouraged the school and, after' that, but few went to the games. About this time the Associated Civic Societies urged us to clean up the city. The School Circle circulated pledges and we all agreed to do what was wanted. We could do anything. you kno-w. Also we started to get a gymnasium, and prospects are bright for one in the near future. At last, on Wednesday evening, April 29, came the long- awaited Senior Class Prom. Yes, it was a From. now. We had voted that it should be called such. Music Hall was never so beautiful before. Light blue and white, our class colors. were used for the decorations. The dance was opened with a grandimarch, led by our President with Miss Marsh of the Faculty, the Committee following him and the others after them. There were twenty-four dances. Everybody said there had never been such a fine dance. And S90 was made. Howard C. Fulton, the Chairman of the Committee in charge. should certainly be complimented for his splendid work. About a week later, on May 8, came the Crescent Enter- tainment and.Dance. The Yale Apollo Glee. Banjo and Man- dolin Clubs were good. Then a farce entitled The Peace- makerv was presented, followed by sixteen dances. This was the last dance of the year, except the private one to he given hy Alpha Iota Epsilon Fraternity on May 22. at XVarner llall. to which some lucky ones are going. Also we are looking forwiard now to our Class Dm- ami Graduation Exercises. i When at last we leave the old school we will feel that we have left a place difficult to fill, and never will we forget our Classmates of 1908. A f.UIlI.S 1T'I't'I'I.f 17i'Ifnr'.-gt,

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.. and Q rider was ' a l hard vtliing lendid jreater ssocia-- Jrs. given Kappa : year. eached ashful- seemed Class all the :re the in in- several Seniors -proach ce for ut they tended of the anage- In the distin- .ttjt an It was . C NEW HAVENT Heron CLAsslB66'ki rig hsimplyt great. C i'Everybodyisaid itheiii'Clafsis T 1907 did wail lf, ,e tsD5vyfciQ5E1aeffvf yviiis the best play the High School had ever given. iivesesiipecfed, a bright, modern play was better' received than an old, good one. V I - - ' i The cast was perfect, Irving Beebe in the title role, Vera Bartholomew as Eleanor Vaughnfi Mildred Farnsworth as Dame Crockett, j and GeorgeCarr as the villain, being par- ticularly good. Henry Cowles was affine .manager and Frank D. Nelson. an excellent coach. Never will we forgetlour Class Play. - ' - T Q- ' At its next meeting the Class showeduits appreciation .of their work by voting a banquet to the cast, committee, and coach. This waslone of 1908's many original acts. At the same meeting the Class Dance Committee was elected, and again we showed that we liked to breakaway from what other Classes. had done by decidingito publish a Class Book of, for and by ourselves. This was the first time 'such aithing had been attempted. - - V 1 h It was still early in the year, but we had given our Class Play and had started our'Class Dance. Now everybody was busy. We Seniors stayed to a meeting of some kind almost every day and flunked our lessons regularly, We were in a whirl oi social affairs now. First came the Theta Sigma Entertainment and Dance on the evening of January 31. Some of us went there and some to the Theta Rho Dance on the same night at VVarner Hall, and we all en- joyed ourselves immensely. . - Weiliad hardly recovered from our dissipation when we had to be gay again and go to the Radiator Entertainment and Dance on Eebruary I4. Mr. Gilbert, the Yale Magician, and a clever farce, called The Music Plaster, furnished the entertainment. Then followed eighteen dances. VVe all had a delightful time. ' Meanwhile. the Hoc-key Team was playing whenever they found any ice, and the Track Team was working hard. The School Circle gave another Entertainment now, as at

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