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

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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

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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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AN For A1't's Sake Art for art's sake exemplifies the work of our Art Department. Teaching students to be creative and imaginative, as well as appreciative of true. art, is the chief objective of this department Art seeks to create with color and shape that which words fail to accomplish, for every work of art, whether sculpture or drawing, interprets a single thought - or suggests many. Realizing the importance of preserving and arousing new interests in art, our curriculum makers have set up a series of courses sufficiently varied to give the student a well-balanced widespread understanding of the subject, However, the primary concern is for the individual himself, - his in- terests, his abilities, and even his weaknesses. Furthermore, those who are found talented and sincerely interested are given special guidance. But art does not begin and end in the classroom, it is so taught that the student acquires a more observant outlook, and employs the principles of design, rhythm and balance in his everyday life. 1,7 Rf' 56 ete QF I e I' t 1' .Q kg YNGVE E. SODERBERG Art, Clipper Art Advisor I 3 JOHN M. SHEEHY GEORGE TYROPOLIS ALBIN K. KAYRUKSTIS CHARLES A. CLEMENT English, Counselor English, Dramatics Club Industrial Arts, Dramatic Club, Art, Stagecraft Club, Make-up Club, Dance Club Dance Club JOSEPH V. MEDEIROS JOHN J. McCARTHY RICHARD V. BENVENUTI English, Clipper Advisor, Vocal Music, Vocal Ensembles Instrumental Music, Counselor Band, Orchestra 27 N -I II ' I ' 1 , V 2 -. , at ..1.t- I f,' :' . l '5