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

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1 ' E 31 :6 6 E ,i v IJ! if fi HIE Qi from possible inconvenience. At this time two cups were presented. Al Haynes was presented with the Holmes cup for being the best all-around athlete, and a cup was also awarded to Dot l.ederer, the tennis champion. At the same time, a large cup was presented to the school. Each year, the name of the winner of the Girls' Tennis Tournament is to be engraved on it. In this way, interest in tennis will flourish. All eyes were then focused on the Girls' lnterclass Basketball games. The games were all hotly contested, but our Senior team, with Babe Andrew as captain, won the laurels. The Senior team was also successful in its outside games. The tryouts for graduation speakers were then held. Those chosen were Charles Albom, Dick NVeigle, Ruth Beckley, 'limmie Lynch, and Dot Leclerer, alter- nate. Then came Easter, and a welcome vacation. SPRING Sprink, sprink, beautiful sprink! The thought uppermost in everyone's mind was the Prom. To go, or not to go was the momentous question. True to form, the class decided in the affirmative, and the representation was large. Frank Mc- Guire, tbe chairman, succeeded in making the big social event a success. For the first time, the Prom was held in the new Arena, since lNoolsey Hall was unavail- able. The interior was beautifully decorated, and the whole place was transformed into a veritable fairyland. Unce more, athletic togs were donned for the spring sports. Captain Haynes, with the other members of the Baseball Team, was out practicing every day. Volleyball and Field Hockey started up for the girls. Ten- nis too started once more. Captain Lufler was busy planning a schedule for the boys' team. For the first time, the girls had an organized team with Dot Lederer as captain. Class Day and Graduation approached all too quickly. High School days, with all the joys and sorrows they had brought, were over. The Class of 1927 left dear, old Hillhouse, never more to tread as pupils its well-known halls. DOROTHEA LEDERER YC' . f f aft' ., ,ffl 25

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1 01455 2 Qffgfi c1192 il ee. Svvninr igintnrg FALL Seniors at last! The halls of Hillhouse were crowded with a motley throng, who exchanged greetings with their friends. The class of 1927 could be easily dis- tinguished because of the dignity in their mien, acquired after days of practice dur- ing the summer vacation. Classes started, and school was once more under way. The Senior Class started on a tour to acquire honors. First, the Seniors were awarded the HSentinel - panel, 91.471 of the class having subscribed to the Athletic Association. Then came the football season. Our team, under the leadership of Don Carlo, was one of the strongest in the state, and, as a whole, was very suc- cessful. Captain Brown led the Cross Country Team through a successful season. Tennis also had its place among the fall activities. There was a boys' tournament, and also a girls' tournament. Milton Rice won that of the boys, while Dot Lederer emerged victorious for the girls. Our Field Hockey Team, with Janet Platt as captain, completed its season successfully. At this time the Sentinel established the custom of having an article each week entitled Sentinels in Hillhouse High. Each week there was inserted the picture of some prominent Senior who had done a great deal for the school. The picture was accompanied by a write-up of the student's activities. The Inter-sorority Fair was a huge success. Fifty dollars of the sum collected was presented to the Girls' Athletic Association, and the re- mainder was put into a fund for the buying of a new curtain for our stage. Frances Lynch was chairman of the committee, which was composed of one girl from each sorority. Excitement prevailed during the election of class officers. Our former officers, consisting of Sawnie Gaston, president, William Beebe, vice- president, Frances Lynch, secretary, and Stanley Morgan, treasurer, were reelected. Christmas vacation arrived at last, and with it, a relief from strenuous activities. WINTER Everyone came back, rested, and ready for work again. Frank McGuire man- aged the Senior Social, which was a success, both socially and financially. At this time the eternal question arose of whether or not the fraternities and sororities should be abolished. The decision was to establish an Inter-fraternity council, modeled after the Inter-sorority council. The building of the new arena made it possible for us to have a line hockey team with Rapuano as captain. Our Basket- ball Team, captained by George Heyer was one of the best ever. We won the State and City championships, but lost the Yale Inter-scholastic Championship game, although the team fought valiantly. The chairmen of our various commit- tees were then elected. They are the following: Donald Eldridge, Pin Committee, Frank McGuire, Promenade Committee, Dick Weigle, Class Day Committee, Ed Adams, Gift Committee, Charles Albom, Motto Committee, and Ruth Beck- ley, Picture Committee. During the months of February and March, Weber's studio was the center of events. Many students, who had innumerable activities, becoming tired of rushing there continually, threatened to take their suitcases and camp there. However, since the threats were not carried out, Weber's was freed 24

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l , 0w3.sf E Qi egzezvfj Hrnphrrg nf The Gllawa nf 1527 America! America! At last l was back in America, after ten years of social service work in China. lt was such a relief to be back! l was more than pleased to find at the dock on my arrival, an old and dear school chum, Jimmie Lynch, with whom I had kept up a steady correspondence- She is married now and has three of the cutest little tots. Of course they're chubby and sweety how could they be otherwise? VVhile we rode uptown to her apartment tshe's living in New Yorkj we discussed old times. She told me that Helene Moore and jay Platt had achieved a name for themselves in Paris doing aesthetic dancing. I asked her if she happened to know what ,lack Kimberly was doing for a living. Oh, yes, she answered, he's in IrVashington superintending the installation of a national system of pulley lines for the Consolidated Mail Order Houses. After a reminiscent lull in the conversation, she asked me if I remembered Dot Lederer. Sure I remember Dot. Tell me-is she in New York F Yes, she's the president of the new company that manufactures cheese-cloth tennis racquets. Do you recognize the Adonis up there P She pointed to a gleaming billboard high above the buildings around us. I admitted that the face was familiar and asked her who it was. That's Stan Morgan, she replied. He's been posing for all the collar ads for the last live years. Wl1at's the book ? I asked, indicating a brilliantly bound one in -Iinnnie's lap. This? I just bought it. It's a novel entitled 'The Advantages of Being a Redhead, written by Eleanor Markham and Sylvia VVeissnian. I am curious to know just what the advantages are. By the way-I have tickets for a concert Thursday night, and I know you'll want to go, because Frank McGuire's going to sing. Really, Minnie, you'd never recognize him. He's become so fat and a little bald, too, but his voice is marvelous! I'll love to hear him, I said, it will seem like old timesf' My eyes had encountered an attractive signboard outside of a wide expanse of plate glass on a second floor. Jimmie answered my interrogation with: Yes, that's the beauty shop owned by Bernice Hughson, and, incidentally Charlie Munro is the head barber in the men's department. Silence reigned for a few minutes. Then I asked if jimmie knew what Eddie Adams was doing. Uh-huh! I saw him just a few weeks ago and he told me that he was tun- ing whistles for locomotives. He said that his nose helped him a lot, but you'll have to draw your own conclusions. Do you know what Don Eldridge chose for a life profession? He's a horse doctor! If an aged aunt hadn't died and left him a few millions he'd be starving, though. There aren't a hundred horses between here and San Francisco, and they're all in good health l 26