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

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E Eluninr intnrg Upon our return to school in the fall of '29, many of the most prominent of our class were elected to fraternities and sororities. After the football season, which was not especially successful. the players chose Mush Dreisen as captain for the following year. Prospects looked promising for the next season, as there were five junior regulars on the team: Dreisen, Slattery, Nielson, Vlfunderlee. and Mal- lory. The soccer team had won the state championship and had elected Al Cash to be captain of the '31 team. Another championship was in view for the following year, because the team was composed, for the most part, of juniors. As for our cross-country team, we had two juniors, Lockyer and Heermans, as our scintillating stars. The latter was chosen captain. The Smztinel competition, which had started early in the fall, resulted in the selection of Fifteen juniors for the Editorial Board and four for the Business Board. Christmas, a season in which students recuperate from their strenuous mental exertions, was then enthusiastically welcomed. When we returned after our recess, the basketball team displayed good form, but later it collapsed and was eliminated from the Yale Tournament. This was the First misfortune of that nature under Coach Bowen's direction. As there were no junior regulars on the team, a captain was not elected: hence joe Weiner, Leo Davin, joe Gold, and Eddy Goldstein were the nucleus around which the '31 team was to be formed. I-Iappy Days arrived! This minstrel, sponsored by the Athletic Association and under the direction of Messrs. Crowley and Merriam, was such a huge success that it had to be staged a second time. Occasionally during the semester, the York Square Players entertained us with a number of plays. One of the most interesting of these was Submcrgcd, which Won the second prize in the Yale Drama Tournament. In the meantime, the swimming team finished a triumphant season, winning the state championship. john Brest, Bob Burke, Franklin Ferguson, and Howard Olesen were state champions in their events, while state records were made by Brest, Burke, and Olesen. The last two were elected captains of the swimming and water polo teams, respectively. The hockey team closed its season successfully, having been vanquished only by Kent. Harry Thompson was chosen captain and Larry Feinstein and Morse Ginsberg, managers. In spite of the lack of a coach, the wrestling team made a gallant fight to keep our name high in scholastic sports. The results, however, were not of the best. Benny Magun, as captain for the next year, was assigned a difficult task. Members of the Writers' Club produced a great quantity of work. During the year, various speakers addressed the club. At one of the boys assemblies, through the courtesy of Miss Connelly, we enjoyed witnessing the process of the printing of the N cw Y ark Times. The Sentinel held its annual banquet at Easter, and the new staff was an- nounced. It consisted of Luther Weigle as editor-in-chief, Bernard Wolfe and 23

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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

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Molly Kowalewski as assistant editors, John Dorsey as assignment editor, Betty Cornwall as competition editor, and Joseph Blacharski as sport editor. VVhen the Hi-Y held elections, Luther VVeigle became president, Bud King, vice-president, and Fletcher Ferguson, secretary and treasurer. At the end of the Gleami competition, Joe Levy was selected as editor-in-chief, Bernard VVolfe as associate editor, and Eugene Kiley as business manager. The greatest excitement of the year was the election of class officers. When the campaign came to a conclusion, John Dorsey had been elected presldentg Alice Gunnip, vice-presidentg Janice Burt, secretary 5 and Frank Carrigan, treasurer. Early in the season, the faculty members decided to dispense with the Monitor Squad and assume the duties themselves. The baseball team, after much practice, completed one of the most remarkable seasons Hillhouse has enjoyed on the diamond. With little discussion, Shorty Torello, who had been a member of the team since his sophomore year, was elected captain. Meanwhile, the Aero and Radio Clubs were progressing. The Radio Club built a transmitter and a broadcasting station in West Haven. The Class Book otlicials were next to be chosen. Kiddie VVo1fe and Ken Weed were elected editor and business manager, respectively. Many juniors took an active part in the various contests that were being held in the latter part of the school year, as the results indicate. The William Kinney Prize was won by Sylvia Dworski 3 the first and second Inter-Sorority Prizes for English were won by Frances Fitzpatrick and Edith Alper, respectively, Bernard Wolfe again showed his ability by winning the Harvard Club Prize: in the Gleam Poster Contest, Joseph Bill received honorable mention: in the Garden Poster Contest, Robert Simmonds received the same distinction: in the Community Chest Contest, Cashman received honorable mentiong the Girls' Inter-Class Tennis Championship was won by Minnie Meadow, the first prize in the Aero Club Poster Contest was captured by Milton Bishop. The junior year was the busiest which the Class of '31 had experienced. The majority of the students finally struggled through the so-called final examinations and by one device or another had hopes of becoming seniors. 24