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

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E 1Hrvnihvn1'z wnage Fellow Cqlll5Sll1df0S.' VV e have come at last to the close of our four years of high school training. It is with an emotion of mingled joy and regret that we leave the portals of Hill- honse: regret that after four years in which we have made new friends and new contacts, we are leaving our alma mater: and joy, because we face the future con- fidently, equipped with an education which will serve us well. Our high school career is now behind us. and we must turn to new fields. The education we have secured is the instrument with which we shall perform new tasks. If we strive hopefully, we should not fail of success. Let us, then. turn towards the future with assurance and willingness to work hard, and when we have attained our ambitions, we may look hack and realize that the cornerstone of our success was laid here. JOHN IJORSEY, President. 20

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E Snphnmnrv fqintnrg Full-fledged Sophomores! As we passed through familiar corridors and recog- nized the faces in the throng that paraded the upper floor, it seemed rather hard to believe that another year of hard work and perhaps of fame lay before us. The Sophomore Motto Club was the first official sophomore body to be organ- ized. Its officers were: president, Bert Skip, vice-president, Bud King: and treas- urer, Estelle Goode. This was later followed by the XVriters' Club, under Miss Garving the Dramatic Club, under Mr. Denny: the Debating Club. under Mr. Lagroeg the Philatelic Society, under Miss Merrillg the Boys' and Girls' Glee Club, under Mr. Crosbyg the Afternoon Orchestra, under Mr. Mallette, and the Hi-Y and Tri-Y, under the auspices of the Y. M. and Y. W. C. A. In the matter of sports the class of 1931 did very well. As no football was allowed for the first time in the afternoon school, the rooms were obliged to or- ganize touch-football teams to determine the championship of the afternoon school. This proved to be a huge success among the afternoon boys. The only sophomore who won a place on the varsity football team this year was Mush Dreisen. The afternoon girls' field hockey enjoyed a very successful season, starring Marie Ford and Rosaline Spector. VVhen winter came, it brought many sports for the sophomore class. Although no sophomore made the varsity basketball team, the boys were very much interested in it. Under the direction of Mr. Culver and the Motto Club, an intramural basket- ball league was formed, as in touch-football. The swimming team under Mr. Sproule, starring the Ferguson brothers. Olesen, Batter, and Burke, defeated many teams about the city. The afternoon hockey team, under Mr. Shanley, defeated the varsity team, Commercial, and W'est Haven. Thompson, Slattery, Bath, and Seiverd were the outstanding players. The girls' afternoon basketball team, which was soon formed, won second place in the girls' basketball league. At the end of the winter, the Motto Club ran a Social, which was a huge success. With the coming of the spring vacation appeared the long-awaited annual publication of the Hillhouse Gleam. The sophomores who contributed to the Glcam were Martha Harmon, Luther VVeigle, Robert Simonds, and Dorothy Rosenstock. The poem by Martha Harmon appeared in The North American Review for July, 1930. VVith spring came the results of the Sentinel competition. Bernard Wolfe, Alice Gunnip, and Samuel Toworoff were the first to win places on the Editorial Board, while Bud King and Frances Guerrieri were selected for the Business Board. In the spring sports, the class of 1931 was represented very well. Shorty Torello and Greiser were on the varsity baseball team, while Nelson and Flood constantly starred on the track team. Under the coaching of Mr. Spiller and Mr. Gartland, an afternoon baseball team was organized to engage in games with the junior high schools in the city. Those most prominent on this team were Bassett, Giannotti, and Vetrone. Minnie Meadows won the girls' sophomore tennis championship, while Welch was the victor among the boys. In scholastic achievements, the class of 1931 ranked highest among all the classes, having a total of thirty-eight honor students. The class next in rank had only thirty-two. Closer and closer crept june upon us, bringing along with it the final examina- tions. After days of intense studying, the examinations arrived, and before we realized it, our sophomore year was a thing of the past. 22