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

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I DR. JOHN P. CUSHING. This first volume of the Senior Class Book is dedicated to DR. JOHN P. CUSHING.

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Introductory. Vile have tried to make' this Classbook as correct and authentic as possible, so that it will always be a iaithftil record of the Class of 1908. Our hope is that it will be a. pleasant me- mento of days in New Haven High School and will strengthen the bonds of friendship. We apologize for any mistakes we may have made and ask that our readers will judge us leniently. We sincerely thank all who rendered us any aid in preparing this publication.

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like ,-11-' ,pff - ff .Z-,..-cf ,ij -7 -1 L - 1- ..1 5,1-la f , uf A , , - 'H3 First Year x H, MOTHER! ls my hat on straight? Do you think my hair looks welllixed this way? Say, Bob, , where is my collar button? Uh, don't bother me ,QE about your collar button, have you seen my two new pencils? I can't find them anywhere! Such was the course of conversation heard on the morning that school opened, in September, 1904. Every little Scrublet was up bright and early to get his pad and pencils ready, so that he would not be late for the first morning at High School. Just think of it, High Schooll' at twenty--five minutes past eight, for such an infant. To be late the first morning would be a terrible offense. l . Girls and boys Hocked from all directions to the halls of learning, on Broadway and York Square. r The poor Freshies were so green that some oi them stubbed their toes and fell to the ground, as they looked at the Upper Classmen in great astonishment. The poor children should have been brought to school in a baby carriage. For the first few days' of school, the constant cry of Scrub,