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

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U ww--THE ELM TREE--me class histories and prophecies, and many prize essays offered opportunities for com- petition. The Class of 1932, as a reward for its support to the A. A., was awarded the A. A. plaque. Happy Days was then staged, its successful presentation bringing much talent to light. SPRING Spring activities began with the call for baseball candidates. Among the can- didates were the only three letter men of the class, Davin and Anderson. The track team kept up the splendid athletic work by having a successful season. Activ- ities were further increased by the spring dances of the sororities and fraternities. The Gleam appeared with numerous poems, short stories, essays, and drawings, for which prizes were awarded. We received our edition of the ELM TREE and went about seeking autographs. Thus we closed an epochal year, with a class history whose records speak for themselves. May we be as successful in the business world as we have been in this last year of high school. JOHN CANNON. 6 'a Q IiLgvg 32 als. 4 n 27

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U iw--THEELM TREE--ffm L' Svvninr Qintnrg FALL After having enjoyed an extra two weeks of vacation. on account of infantile paralysis, a disease which swept the city, we returned to school. all set and raring to go. We soon acquired the walk of the highest students in the school. Our football team took to the gridiron under the guidance of Captain Ferrie. with a line that functioned perfectly from end to end, and with backs. who blocked, tackled, and ran roughshod over all teams, It went through the season undefeated, untied, and scored upon but once. As a reward for the unprecedented record it made, the members of the team, the greatest in the history of the school, were ten- dered a banquet by Mr. Lincoln, father of Marsden Lincoln. Shortly after the football season. the school was swept by many health exam- inations. and the girls competed against the boys in order to see who would accumu- late more examinations. Out at the Yale Course, the boys of the cross-country team, led by Karl Young, trained for their meets. Down in 7 S the wrestlers, under the able instruction of Captain Zorthian. tried to catch as catch can . Tennis Finals were held, and Cap- tain Monge selected his men for the varsity. At Beaver Pond the soccer team, led by Captain Aube. endeavored to keep up the wonderful record of the 1931 team. Trials for the Senfiizvl resulted in the addition of a number of names to the Editorial and Business Boards. A new column. called In the Passing , appeared. As early as October there was talk concerning a Senior Prom , and the Inter-Fra- ternity Council appointed a committee to stir up interest for such an event. The different sororities and fraternities held their dances. All signs pointed to a gay social year. WINTER Winter sports were ushered in by the appearance of the basketball team, captained by Leo Davin. After a brilliant season, throughout which there was ex- ceedingly fine team play. with consistent scoring, and an almost impregnable de- fense, the players entered the Yale Tournament. With the tournament rating of 1.100 and with a finished schedule of eighteen games, unmarred, the team defeated West Haven, Naugatuck, and Bristol, and won the title of State Champions. It may be said that Coach Bowen has never trained a better team than the edition of 1932. that compiled the amazing record of twenty-one victories and no defeats. One hundred answered Captain McCoy's call for the winter track practice. The swimming team closed the season undefeated. with the colorful array of stars in Captain Pagnotti, johnson, Moriarity, Macfiuigan, Richardson, Wolosz, and Franz. The hockey team finished in the front ranks with Captain Anderson and Dreisen as the outstanding players. Senior class elections were held with all four officers being reelectedg Presi- dent, Marsden Lincoln: Vice-President, Helen Larking Secretary, Mary Goode, Treasurer, James Burgess. The result of the other elections was as follows: Anthony Grillo, Class Day Chairman: jack Barnes, Class Picture Chairman, Leo Davin, Prom Chairman, and Katherine Tilson. Class Gift Chairman. T110 Gleam 26

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'J :asa--THE ELM TREE--ffm l' Igrnphrrg nf the Ullman nf 1932 It was a rainy autumn evening. My parents had gone out, and I had to stay at home so that no harm should befall my younger brother. The little fellow had retired early and left me all to myself. I sat down by the fireplace with a volume of Macbeth in my hand to spend a quiet evening reading the play that I had dreaded so much but two short years he- fore. As I read through the scene in which the witches appear, the spirit of these old women with which I saturated myself had somewhat of a magical effect upon me 5 my eyes closedg the book dropped from my hand - I was asleep. With a loud peal of thunder and a blinding flash of lightning, a bearded old wretch, like the H ecate of the play, appeared before me. In her high-pitched voice she told me, in lines that rhymed, that she had come from the hills of Woodbridge. where there was being held a convention of the Council of the Daughters of Salem, to tell me of the great future awaiting those who had been graduated from Hill- house in 1932. Then up, as if from through the floor, sprang a great cauldron. The witch proceeded to mix her magic brew. First she threw in an assortment of Joe Monge's red, yellow, and pink ties. Then came Roy VVard's corduroy trousers. along with one of Billy Ring's many pipes and Kenneth Halpin's golf sticks. Next she tossed in George Gaston's campus coat with VValter Anderson's hockey stick: then Helen Kiley's red raincoat, Ruth Manning's address book, Connie Sladkow's Manual of Fancy Dance Steps , and last of all came Albert Perrone's worn out fraternity hat. All these things, however, seemed to lack the property that was necessary to furnish the required blast from which the fortunes of my classmates were to be told. As a last resort the old wretch tried some of the flaming locks which she plucked from the head of Hugh Graham. Immediately a blaze rushed forth, a blaze the only rival of which would be the blaze that would spring up should all the Latin Trot.: used by the class of 1932 catch on fire. VV hen the flames had died down, the witch discontinued her chanting and began her prophecy: Looking into the future I hear the voice of the famous communist leader, Gabriel Schwartz, wildly telling of the pleasures afforded by his new government on the coast of Iceland under its five hundred year plan. Marsden Lincoln shall spend his time buying automobiles of different shades to match the latest color creations of the Fifth Avenue stylists. The fiftieth edition of 'Vanities' shall feature a ballet dance by the Two Little Boys in Blue, Tom Reynolds and Francis Maser. The chorus shall contain such beauties as Helen Chatfield, Sally Bergin, Helen Larkin, Helen Tolman, Ruth Bam- ford, and Mary Langer. A blazing future do I foretell for James Burgess. He shall be President, Vice-President, Secretary, and Treasurer of the Bank of Siberia. Louise Marvin, Kay Tilson, and Carol Kulp shall open a kindergarten on the island of the Pygmies in the South Seas. 28