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

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was-. , , 777- ,, T - 'T' p , gN. Q. LQLQSDA. 57 gli 1 n 1' CU -lgttzga 13 n n k Svvninr Emir SEPTEMBER 'WVQ meet not as we parted, lVc feel more than all may see- Senior Year is at last before usg we have reached the envied goal and the future months beckon to us enticingly. 'fJim Birney affirmed and declared in strident tones that if he grew equally as fast every summer he would soon be able to tower over his class by means of his stature as well as by his executive ability. He called a meeting of our class shortly after the strain of the first few days had disappeared and we sensed in the atmos- phere a feeling of union and cooperation that had never been previously detected. The Class of ,215 was prepared to face its future obstacles in close formation. Bus Friedman believes in close formation too, so he did not allow the summer lethargy to linger beyond its appointed time, as far as his football followers were concerned. The warm sun did not prevent the Girls, Outing Club from enthusias- tically entering into plans for future outdoor and indoor activities. In fact, for the first month after a return from long blissful days our class seems to have been unusually energetic. OC1'OBER Saul Gamer and Fred Beck were elected to edit and finance our Class Book. A few days after this election we read with joy in the Sentinel that our High School team won a cherished honor in tennis from the faculty. Soon we found ourselves witnessing Gardner Crabb kicking a beautiful drop in our fast game with Bridge- port. About this time Ellwood Travis appointed his Pin Committee and pinned them down to work right away. lt being early in the year and everyone light- hearted, it was thought a fine time to start the Senior Chorus-much to the annoy- ance of the lower classes. K Dramatic meetings started in earnest and the fact that the York Square Players and the Shakespeare Club decided to combine, with Levy as President, is worthy of mention. The records of this month cannot be closed before we offer condolences to f'Bus Friedman for the sad blow he received in the game with New Britain, which incidentally, we won, 20 to 7. 'fBus went home looking a little less handsome on account of a broken nose. NOVEMBER November is reached at last and we feel that the trees are commencing to don their winter mourning in sympathy for us after receiving our first reports. How- ever, we heard that Russell Flanagan and Milton Newman were so overjoyed that they ran all the way home to carry the glad news. Possibly the only place where change is made, very often, is at the Lunch Room. But the exception to this last or plastic rule, is that Saul Gamer, now, holds the position of President in our Mathematics Club. Witli Mr. Booth as director and Saul's technical mind guiding ' 26

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. ,J-1, .. ..Y,. Fd-V-H--.. 1' F53 nii n-134011 a i57l1ITnit 1 i1iT1HTfiiiibTiBWm ' About this time the question of the hour was, 'KXVho will be the officers of the class ? From Freshman days this thought was often uppermost in our minds and always a matter of keen interest. The opportunity to end this doubt and uncer- tainty presented itself when Mr. Kirschner announced that the Class of Nineteen Twenty-Three would be allowed to organize. Nominations were then held, fol- lowed by a campaign the like of which has rarely been seen. Finally came the day of judgment when it was decided that james Birney was to be President, Frederick Chapman, Vice-President, Herman Levy, Treasurer, and Edna Lane, Secretary. Another event of considerable importance was the election of four juniors to the recently organized Student Council. Of eighteen proposed, only jim Birney, Fritz Chapman, Ken Martin, and Herman Levy were picked. Thesdiagting in an advisory capacity, well represented our class in all school matters. The literary and journalistic efforts of this year were on the whole not very successful due to the lack of support from the student body. Nevertheless, the S6'7ll'f7'l0l and the Crescent managed to surmount their obstacles and came out, for the most part, regularly. On the Scfztinvl Editorial Board were Herman Levy, VVarren Hughes, Claire Schoenberger, Gertrude Sternschuss, and Eileen McManus, while john Hall ably managed the business end of things. But Herman Levy and Dud Stillman didn't stop with High School publicationsg they obtained positions as 'reporters on the Register and the U nion respectively and wrote up the York Square news. V Y Spring athletics were now Hourishing. johnny johnson, then of our strong band, and Ed Peters, maintained the honor of the class on the baseball diamond. Likewise Sturgeon, Beck, Slocumbe, and Haczela were the stars of the Track Team which defeated Hartford and New Britain in the annual triangular meet. Jackson, Carl johnson, and Chapman were also conspicuous in gaining honors on the championship Tennis Team. Finally, the year drew to a close and ended the activities of scholarship, ath- letics, journalism, and dramatics, in which the Class of Nineteen Twenty-Three excelled. These accomplishments will long remain in our memory and serve as an inspiration for greater efforts in future years. HARRY RESNIK. 25

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-an-.-. N-.v. V - Y ,- .YWW - . ,. At . ,,,,-.. , ,. , ,iw ' ' 'H ' ' 'V YYm - Y mr W? W 54 . . the members of the club-new solutions have been offered. And speaking of solutions, no doubt the Commercial School thinks that we have discovered the solution of our football troubles, since with the help of a fifty-seven yard run by Philip McLean, we sent them home completely crestfallen. The score was merely 20-0. DECEMBER December rushes down upon us and we are bewildered by the glaring whiteness of the snow, and too, by the glaring mistakes someone seems to have made on our reports. But in time we become used to both, realizing that such is ouriruel Fateir At this time over three hundred dollars were contributed from the school in our annual Christmas collection. The Motto Committee met and argued earnestly, with the result that our class is to go out into the college or business world with the words 'IV1't'e D1'ez11, blazoned on their memories as an inspiration. Bill Day took the translation in a personal way and being an Epicurean, he states that he is doing his best to live every one of them. The girls made a great success of the Inter- Sorority Fair and almost completed the Girls' Scholarship Fund. Our Class held its election for 1923 in the latter part of this month and much to the general ap- proval, jim Birney and Edna Lane were re-elected, while Travis and Martin were made our Vice-President and Treasurer. These appointments made certain the idea of a perfect year. VVith four of our class in the principal parts, VVhy the Chimes Ring was judged to be the best play ever presented in a Christmas assemblv. JANUARY New vim seeps into us once more and on the strength of it our class dares to form another club which is called the Deutscher 'Verein and claims Charles Samenow as its President. Our Basketball Team was considerably pepped up by the frigid temperature so that the Branford team was sent home decisively beaten with a score of 25-18. Our swimmers seem to have become infected with the same fever and so gained a victory over the boys from Townsend Harris School of 29-24. The School Circle united once more and elected Chapman, Claire Schoenberger and Gertrude Sternschuss to pilot it. Now the Scntizzcl comes in handy again and we read that Gardner has been elected to lead the grand march at our Promenade in VVoolsey Hall, while Herman will undoubtedly levy great interest in the affairs pertaining to Class Day. ' FEBRUARY Soon the Senior Social was in full swing. This affair brought together many of the class who had not been together for some time. VVe noticed that Blanche Cameron and Mary Chamberlain seemed delighted with this opportunity of ex- changing a few remarks again. Now, we were delighted to see Hartford defeated in two different departments and with equal ease. The Hockey Team shot the elusive puck through their goal four times and our debaters completely frustrated all their arguments concerning the Bonus Bill. XVith equal ease and dexterity we evaded the Bridgeport contestants. 27 ,J V ff A 4 - . H 1 11 f QL 1 H H H 1111.1111.11W.H-1y3iL111d- Halt'