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

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The Shorthand Way to Success Hieroglyphics on a scratch pad, blank keys on a typewriter, and endless columns of hgures in the big green book . . . To those of us in the Com- mercial Department, this was how it looked. It seemed to be a nightmare of broken pencils, clumsy fingers and sesquadigits that never balanced. Three years of Bookkeeping, two each of Typing and Stenography, and one each of Office Machines and Business Law . . . What? All this and English, too? Yes, it was a lot of work - but worth it. For without the clicking of typewriters, scratching of pencils and rattle of office machines, the hum of our nation's industry would soon cease. Huge corporations would fall over night without the benefit of competent bookkeepers, stenographers, and other office personnel. ' So just when the pangs of writer's cramp seemed unbearable and forty words a minute unattainable . . . behold, a silver lining! Finally keys began to flash, figures balanced, and Acme, Inc. showed a profit. At last, shorthand was really short - and faces no longer long. ,act if-1 , I f ' 4 13 , he .f , S assay- 1 ' -' - -,.f,f'1.-- .4 ,, l MARION G. ANDERSON JOHN J. CASEY LILLIAN KANTER HARLAN M STURGIS Business Business, Clipper Business Advisor Business Social Science qgw, YT FLORENCE MCLEOD NANCY P. WATSON DAVID T. KING Business Business Businessg Dance Club Ticket Club 25

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ESTHER STENSBY Head of Homemaking Department ? Keep the Home Fires Burning The proof of the pudding is in the eating is an old adage which fits our Homemaking Department. Here, girls learn, first of all, the fundamentals of cooking. Testing is simple, severe, and effective, for in this hot-stove league one must eat what one has cooked. A stitch in time saves nine applies to the sewing division of the Home-EC Department, for knowing how to fashion her own wardrobe can be a big asset to the young homemaker operating on a budget. A week in Personal Grooming Class shows that you've got to suffer to be beautiful. In fact, the apparatus and steps involved in manicuring your nails and drying your hair alone would stun the imagination. And last, but not least in Health and Child Care, where girls learn to be better baby-sitters by developing a keener understanding of child behavior - and battlefield tactics. It's easy to see then, that even though the role of chief cook and bottle washer presents many exhausting chores, Homemaking offers a chance to develop them into skills which make these duties a pleasure to perform. EERE , L As.8 gm s? gi rjfarfyigl -, . .f+, 4lE E5!ii Jie DOROTHY C. SPURGAS ORIANA L. PECK ISABEL F. PAGE BESSIE l. FOOKS Homemaking HOII1CII1akir1g Homemaking Homemaking RUTH L. JACZINSKI WANDA E. ONIFER IDA C. CROSS Homemaking Homemaking Homemaking 24

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MARY T. TALCOTT Head of English Department E Is For English Etymology-Nouns and verbs-Grammar-Literature-Iambic pentameter -Spelling-and Headaches! Together, these spelled out the biggest challenge of our school life, English, the major that everyone was required to take. To some of us, the emphasis was on the headaches, and I probably stood for impracticalg but the majority of us could see the real reason for taking this course. There is more truth than poetry in the statement that the pen is mightier than the sword. History shows us that the progress of every civilization since the beginning of time can be measured by its language. Furthermore, language is the root of all culture. By conveying, even controlling, all forms of thought, expression, and communicationiit plays an immeasurably important part in our lives. What could be more appropriate, therefore, than to study English- the langauge of OUR culture. True-we shook our list at Shakespeare and pointed an accusing finger at Poe. True-the predicate nominatives and dangling participles were our bitter enemies. But true, also, we realized that without them, we still would be swinging through the trees by our tails or calling some dismal cave home sweet home . JOSEPH P. BEEBE VMINERVA P. CLEGG MARION B. KELSEY HAROLD L. KNIGHTS Englrshg Cheerleaders, Pep Club English Englishg Counselor English Q RUSSELL W. HARRIS RUTH E. MOORE FRANK D. ROBINS ROSE K. STUCKY English Englishg English Club, English, Dramatics Director Englishg Playbill Club Dance Club, Counselor 26