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

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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,

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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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6 NEW HAVEN Hier-rr SCHOOL CLASS Book. .Scrub,', or Fresh, Fresh, rang in their ears, and many ofthe Freshies became so confused that they got lost in the large building, while they sought to get avvay from those painful shrieks. But after a time they grew accustomed to their tor- menting names, and thought that it really belonged to the idaily routine of their life. A Soon the September numbers of the school papers were published. The Freshmen scraped up money enough to buy them and see what they were like. Really, the infants were tquite amazed at the contents, for it was so different from their A. B. C. books at home. . Then the cards were issued to the girls, announcing the Alpha Alpha, B. T.- and Kappa Mu Sigma Teas. The boys ielt' indignant because they were not invited. Cf course, the girls were eager to attend the first social functions of their High School career. So, dressed in their best Sunday frock, and with a small book of Etiquette in their hands, they made their way to the teas. ' During the Freshman Year, on Tuesday, January the third, nineteen hundred and tive, Professor Benjamin Jepson cele- brated his fo-rtieth anniversary of musical instruction in the public schools. Thepexercises took place in the High School Auditorium and everyone enjoyed the programme immenselyg especially .Professor jepsonis speech on Reminiscences.:' 4, . ,,VVl.1jli.C1'M1T1O1TllIllS were enlivened by a course of three iecmtes, provided by Dr. Cushing for the pupils of New Haven Highf',School. Even the Scrubs. had the extreme privilege of mingling with the Upper Classmen at this timef just think of it! :What an honor! I In February, the Radiator Entertainment and Dance was given at,Music Hall. The farce, My Two Husbandsfl was presented by the members of Alpha Delta Sigma Fraternity. Next came the Crescent Entertainment and Dance, with the farce, Leave It To Me, presented by the members of Gainnia Delta Psi. The members of Theta Sigma also gave a dance at Music Hall. All of the entertainments proved very success- ful, and afforded great pleasure to all who had the great privi-