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

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U me--Ti-it ELM TREE--u se Svnphnmnrr llliztnrg Sophomores at last. we were no longer the underdogg there was at least one class beneath us. The Motto Club started the extra-curricular activity of the year. At the first meeting of the club, George Gaston was elected presidentg Helen Ford. vice-presi- dent: Helen Larkin, secretary: and Marsden Lincoln, treasurer. The Sophomore fall sports drew our interest. A touch-football contest be- tween the various boys' rooms was organized. Room 112 won with such stars as Bob Nicholas and john M. MacGuigan. Christy', Davis earned the P. M. Boys' Tennis Championship. The girls' tournament. which was exceedingly excit- ing, gave that championship to june Deming. As the Fall terminated many clubs were formed. The Sophomore Debating Society elected Lou Garson president. The Hiking, Rifle, and Writers' Clubs proved to be very popular. The members of the Dramatic Society started to re- hearse for their annual Christmas play. With the coming of Winter our minds turned to other recreations. Our hockey team was undoubtedly the best P, M. ice team that had ever been organ- ized in the school. After a very successful season, the team tied our own strong varsity team in one of the most hotly contested games of the season. Swede Anderson and Paul Farren were the stars of 1929-30. Swimming was another popular sport. Pat Richardson proved to be the mainstay of the team. The girls enjoyed basketball, defeating the freshman and junior teams. The seniors. however, were too strong for them. Much success was enjoyed by the Sophomore boys' basketball team. Of the many exciting games they played, they lost compara- tively few. Basketball teams were organized among the boys' rooms. I1 B 8 won the championship. Volleyball, a sport introduced for the benefit of the afternoon students, was very popular. ln the ice races at the Arena, George Gaston, against strong competition, captured the 440-yard event. Gaining an honor that is be- stowed upon a very f ew. Leo Davin made the varsity basketball squad. The Winter- weather must have drawn us closer to our school books, for the class of '32 led the school honor-roll in December. january, and February. Our annual social ushered in the Spring. Under the competent direction of Marsden Lincoln and his committee, an unusually successful social was held. The event attracted many envious upper classmen. The girls' hockey team. with Kay T ilson as one of its outstanding players, furnished keen competition for their op- ponents. The P. M. track team had considerable potential material. They dem- onstrated their strength against many class C high schools and prep schools. Although they were not successful because of their lack of experience, they gained valuable knowledge for varsity track work. The 1932 P. M. Chorus worked steadily to master the difficult cantata, The Building of the Ship . In the .S'e11fi1r10l compe- titions, Mannie Hershman, Alison Ostrander, and Walt Rostow were taken on the Editorial Board: while Lou Garson, Louise Marvin. Kay,' Tilson. and Mathew 22

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l952 Tl-IE ELM TREEHIQSZ Brown gained places on the Business Board. Loul' Garson also had the distinc- tion of becoming Competition Manager. an honor which is usually accorded to an upper classman. The class also ranked first in the honor roll during March. An- swering the call for candidates for the sophomore haseball team, over seventy students tried out. Pug Perrone and Izzy Stolnick were the two most out- standing players. David Shapiro, Kenneth Babcock, Stuart lrons, Harriet MacMillan, Elsie Tenacciano, Roger Merrill, Sheela MacNerney, Angela Cravi. .lane Lenz. and Mar- tha Sattig received prize awards during the year. And so. with a few misgivings and the sad feeling that another year of golden pleasure had slipped away from us, we passed on into our junior year. MATHEW BROWN. wif-Pe' ?,5a'ai:3 Z3