New London High School - Whaler Yearbook (New London, CT)

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BULKELEY 25 YEARS AGO Back Row—left to right, H. Jackson, W. Casey, Havens, Mr. Towne, S. Bixler, Anderson, C. Winslow, Byan. Fourth Row—left to right, W. Barrows, G. Keeney, 0. Fowler, Monger, E. Raub. Third Row—left to right, Flaherty, G. Payne, Smith, Birmingham, T. Newcomb. Second Row—left to right, S. Fraser, Mansfield, G. Crowley, Copeland, C. Small. First Row—left to right, W. May, S. Lawrence, El Huntley, Conant, S. Selleck, M. Davis. Page twenty-eight

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THE CLASS OF 1912 by Carlton F. Small Twenty-five years ago we were graduated, in the old Lyceum Theatre. We were the first four-year class at Bulkeley. Up to this time a diploma had been given for three years’ work. It had worked out so that no class graduated in 1911, and the people of New London had to forego the pleasure of Bulkeley graduation oratory until June. 1912. I guess we were just the ordinary, typical group of high school graduates. No one of us has yet achieved world acclaim, nor even national. But I should say that the majority have done the everyday tasks of life in a satisfactory manner, and those four years at Bulkeley had their big influence on our character and efficiency. The student body was comparatively small, numbering about one hundred and fifty, all under the watchful eye and able guidance of Principal Walter A. Towne. I remember well the learned dissertations on Latin and Greek that Mr. Towne used to give those of us who took his subjects. In those days no course would have been considered classical which did not embrace both these languages. As I look at the picture I wonder if the youth with all his ambitions, staring at me from the Bulkeley steps, would be satisfied with what I am now that these twenty-five years are behind me, or if he would be a little disappointed. Over there is one boy who was my special friend. He became an architect, and I haven’t seen him for years. That boy became an Army officer, and that one an officer in the Coast Guard. There’s one who was a City Father during his career. I see a teacher, a college professor, and a successful business man who has since died. Just a typical group who twenty-five years ago joined the long ranks of Bulkeley’s Alumni. I haven’t taken a vote from the class, but I can safely say for all of us, “Bulkeley, We thank you for those four years, for those contacts, and for the background you supplied.” I'fific twenty-nine