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

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P. HENRY SHAY ' 1 F orei gn I mfri gue Parlez-vous francais? At first the answer was emphatically No! and it seemed that it would always be that way. How could they expect us to learn that stuff? It wasn't anything like English. And what good was it anyway? Those of us taking French, Latin, Spanish, Gerinan, or Italian, all agreed. But we were wrong, and the Hrst ones to admit it. Certainly, the lessons were hard, and some of the words difficult to pronounce. The whole matter required a lot of patience Caccording to its Latin derivation, this word means sufIering J. But it was a good thing worth working for, as we soon learned. Slowly but surely we began to acquire pro- ficiency in speaking and writing these languages, until at last it seemed that we had broken the language barrier . No longer were we narrow-minded, provincials limited to the use of our native tongue, but broad-minded, cultural bilinguals, enjoying the finest traditions of the Old World. JOSEPH A. TASCA DOROTHY PAGE JOHN K. BALENTINE MARIE FALBO French, Clipper Advisor Language, Spanish Club Latin, Compass Advisor, junior Department Latin Club L Kirk 123 1 t -7' RUE' MALCOLM G. GREENAWAY .IOSEPHINE A. MANSFIELD FREDERIC D. LEYSER Language, French Club Language, Spanish Club Language, Italian Club 22

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Of The People . . Social Studies was the phrase they used. Little did we know they were referring to P.O.D., U. S. History, and others. But no matter, they were required. Our arms would ache at the very thought of the handy pocket-sized edition which accompanied every course in history, and our heads ached, too, when we tried to cram them with all the facts in these books. Seniors complained their biggest problem was Problems of Democracyg in fact, we all agreed that the only consolation in living a hundred years ago was that there was less history to study, and news traveled so slowly that no one could be expected to keep up with current events. But as usual, we were wrong, as we sooner or later learned. For even though most of our notes and test papers found their way into file l5, strangely enough, a considerable knowledge remained, and we realized, in spite of ourselves, that in studying the past and the present, we had prepared ourselves for our heritage - the future. PHILIP B. PASQUALE Head of Social Studies Department JOHN T. CONWAY PAUL S. SKRIGAN RICHARD E. SNAPE KATHERINE B. VARGAS Social Studiesg Varsity Club, Social Studies Social Studiesg Student Congress, Social Studies Managers Club Dance Club, Counselor MARY D. LEE MAURA G. SULLIVAN FEDELE R. MUGAVERO . JOSEPH A. SILVA Social Studiesg Driver Education Social Studiesg Forum Club Social Studies SociaLAStudies . 4 I I. . 3 fifty flu ling 21 1

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From Aristotle to Einstein Intrigued by the structure of the atom, fascinated by the pendulum and perhaps a little squeamish at the idea of dissecting a frog, we delved into the mysteries of the universe. Oblivious to the pungency of chlorine, the delicacy of a scale, or even the thickness of our textbooks. No ordinary subjects these, here for the first time was something new and different. Now we could make gunpowder or build a better mousetrap. From dinosaurs to dynamosg it was a revelation. But looking just a little beyond the obvious, we saw the underlying reason for taking these courses. Science - plaything of the ancients, pretense of the medieval sorceror, and spirit of the Renaissance - is the basis of modern living. Without it, automobiles and television would be inconceivable, machines and tools unheard of, and even the wheel would disappear. g W This fact, plus the novelty that never quite wore off and an ever-present D terror of the one-legged r, were incentive enough. Vleyiworked, and worked hard - And yet, we liked it. L j JOHN TROLAND W Head of Science Department MILDRED E. ABBOTT STEWART S. CLARK MILTON E. FIKE SOLOMON H. GORDON Scienceg Audio-Visual Director Science Science, Bowling Club Science, Chess Club ALBERT E. NITSCHE WILLIAM F. O'BRIEN BARTHOLOMEW P. SCARPA Scienceg Projection Club Science, Varsity Club Science 23 ' or ltli -:P xfft ,fe - '--- -f .... A L QQ, V-. iiee i r H I 5 il' tzfiilfi U ftf A ttft X