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

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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

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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 :aaa--THE ELM TREE--19:52 L' Ralph Pagnotti shall be selected as the scale model of the world champion wrestler, Jirayr Zorthian, better known to the sports world as the Man with the Pink Mask. Charles Hewitt, Helen Ford, Loretto Plunkett, and Leonard Cole will or- ganize a survey to discover the amount of energy lost in carrying American history texts to and from school by high school students. Jeanette Crabb shall be dean of the private school conducted by the Misses Ruth Suttie and Mollie Mermin. Roy VVard, Don Vincent, and Robert Spivak shall be the founders of a con- servatory in Mecca for emaciated Persian violinists. Ruth Kingdon and Norma Hall shall be the owners of the one and only beauty parlor in the country of Liberia. Isadore Bernstein, Kenneth Babcock, and Russell Granniss shall give to the world their theory of Negativity, proving that a minus sign can be easily changed to a plus by a single stroke of the pen. Leora Raban shall be known as Raban of Paris, the famous creater of femi- nine styles. Harold Mulvey. Lambert Irons, Goodrich Gessner. and -lack Brown shall spend much time among the Head Hunters of Africa in an effort to organize an Alpha Chapter of the Etta Lotta Lamb Fraternity. Mary Goode shall be secretary to Manny Hershman, who shall replace Walter Winchell as the Tattle-tale of Broadway. ln the year 1996 the New Haven Green shall be sectioned off and sold. The agents shall be Louis Garson and Edward Lerman. Robert Otto shall become an ardent Salvation Army worker and shall be stationed as Santa Claus in front of Malley's store at Christmas time. The Effects of a Snperiority Co1nfJle.r shall be an editorial written by Gerson Levine to appear in the New York Times. Francis Mautte shall take Knute Rockne's place as the lfl isa'rd of Football. Oscar Randolph shall win fame as the inventor of a nitro-glycerin cough drop guaranteed to knock out even the stubbornest coughs. 199O G1feat Men Who Have Met Me shall be a book published by Jack Barnes in Valentines in the future will bear a likeness of Herman Kroop to replace that of Cupid. lack Fitzgerald shall command the army of Palestine against the deadly Turks under the leadership of their High Exalted Angoroh, Vincent Fernie. usfllllllfl fohnson as I Know and Enjoy Hint. shall be a book published by George Gaston in the year 1999. Walt Rostow shall become the editor of the Oslzcosh Weekly Bugle. To the teachers of the Peruvian Public Schools Robert Houde shall deliver a course of lectures on 'The Benehts of Chewing Gum'. For swimming the Atlantic in ten days Donald Richardson shall win the famous trophy awarded by President Hyman Hayes of France. Mathew Brown shall become the favorite crooner of the air, having in his voice the combinations of the envied qualities of Crosby, Vallee, Kate Smith, Mor- ton Downey, Cab Calloway, and the Mills Brothers. Old Hecate again began to chant her magic song, the cauldron disappeared, the witch vanished, and I awoke with a start to find my mother and father standing be- fore me laughing. In my sleep I had been chanting the song of the witch, much to the bewilderment of my startled young brother. JOHN M. MACGLTIGAN. 29