Newington High School - Sequin Yearbook (Newington, CT)

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OOLP ASSOCIATION (1937-1938) First Row L-R: P. Jervis, J. Oocioch, E. Wojtowicz, Snolak, J. Oleski, Zajac, J. May, J. Rapaci. Second Row L-R: R. Peterson, R. Lenczyk, P. Agogliati, Principal, C. A, Bowes, J. Twardy, L. Chalko. Third Row L-R: W. Polomski, C. Chalko, B. Levenski, T. Lenczyk. The Qolf Association was formed four years ago. Its membership is made up of students attending the Newington Junior - Senior High School. At present the association has twenty-five members. When the school board of the Town of Newington was selecting a site for a .lunlor high school, unforseen difficulties arose. To get the location that was desired, four acres more than was needed were included in the deal. This extra land, sloping away from the building, was mainly swamp land. While most people thought of this as waste, some of the caddies at the local golf course suggested that a small golf course could be developed on this land. The boys went to work on this project as soon as they were able to get the cooperation of the students. Their first task was to burn the extra1 area. The stones and brushes were then removed, and all the fairways were raked. The boys in the gymnasium and mechanical drawing classes helped pull the roller over the fairway. A ditch was dug through the center of the area to act as a drain. Advertisements were placed in the local papers for second-hand lawn mowers and cutting began at once. The nine members of the committee who started the project drew lots for the selection and development of a green. The project attracted the attention of the local golf professional and greenkeeper who contributed fertilizer for use on the greens. It was necessary to recross the brook that ran the length of the property. The manual training department was given eight trees in a local wood lot. These trees were cut down and worked into timbers which were used as the framework of throe bridges that were built across the brook. A farmer pupil of the school who was taking automotive work in the State Trade School, offered to supervise the construction of a tractor. A light sedan was purchased and dismantled by the pupils. The boys fixed the sedan, so that It traveled slowly enough to hitch on a horse-drawn lawn mower. As soon as the pupils were able to operate this tractor, the hand mowers were removed to a large extent. The domestic science class cut out numbers and sewed them on to bunting for flags. Bamboo poles were donated by a store for flag pins for the greens. The golf professional again came forward and donated several old cups for the use on the greens.

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NEY INGTON SENIOR HIGH DRAMATIC CLUB (1935-8) Sitting L-R: C. Wilber, W. Marcott, R. Turner, S. Griffen, W. MacCarthy, C. Finegan, R. Holden, J. Twardy Second Row L-R: V. Anderson, I. Berry, Miss Sorrow (Director), R. French, M. Pape, C. Charbonneau, E. Olson, S. Terwilliger, Stella Eddy. Third Row L-R: S. Hanbury, L. Webster, L. Wegmann, 0. Marchi, N. Russell, G. Decker, M. Stoddard, A. Chadwick. Fourth Row L-R: B. Barbour, S. Smith, C. Kieth, Annette Lansing-Jones, J. Bloch, G. Stanton, W. Bates, A. Hanson. Fifth Row L-R: H. Holt, F. Lawson, L. Banks, B. Johnson, Betty Johnson, D. Mathewson, A. Johnson. Sixth Row L-R: R. Harper, R. Tiech, P. Agogliati, C. Bacon, A. Klouda, S. Apter. Seventh Row L-R: R. Crane, J. Condron, T. Lencyzk, C. Rowley The Dramatic Club was organized by the sophomore class in 1935. At that time all members of the class were members of the club. Officers were elected as follows: President, Vice-president, Secretary, Treasurer, and Faculty adviser. Soon after the organization of the club a constitution was drawn up and approved. We chose for our faculty adviser and coach, Evelyn E. Sorrow. The purpose of this club is to develop an interest and appreciation of plays through study and dramatization. The Dramatic Club has gone far since 1935 and has taken In new members through try-outs each year. The club has given presentations of several royalty plays such as: Hero Comes Patricia, Presenting Polly, The Howling Dog, and just recently three one-act plays, Mary Comes Home From College, The Deceivers, and The Invisible Clue. It has also given Ransom of the Red Chief in connection with National Education Week. A play, Hanging Uncle Henry, was presented for the Alumni Association. We also have given plays merely for the entertainment of the student body. Just What She Wanted, one of our Christmas plays, was well received. The club has earned an excellent reputation and we are all sure it will continue to gain friends through maintaining its fine standard of performances. Success to the future members of the Newington Senior High Dramatic Club. Officers: 1935-1936 1936-1937 1937-1938 President.......Conrad Charbonneau President••.C. Charbonneau President...C. Charbonneau Vice-President..Ralph Turner Vice-Pres...Christy Fineaan Vice-Pres...Marjorie Pape Secretary.......Sara Rottenberg Secretary••.Leda Wegmann Secretary...Esther Olsen Treasurer..........Janet Clarke Treasurer...Richard French Treasurer••.Richard French

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On the afternoon of June 14, 1934, following a short auditorium period in which dedication exercises were held, the entire school went out and officially opened the course with a tournament• During the summer months a golf club was organized and the townspeople were invited to join. The fee is one dollar for the season. A ten-year program for the beautifying of the entire area has been mapped out. Pupils and townspeople have been impressed by the transformation of an eyesore to an area of beauty where healthy recreation awaits all who will but partake in it. In the developement of the golf course, the association ran into financial troubles. At a meeting the association voted to put on a play in the school auditorium. The organization asked Miss Stratemeyer, a former teacher in the school, to help select and direct the play. The play, Black Derby was a success, and put the organization sixty-five dollars ahead. At present, a nine-hole course is in use. The holes average a distance of a hundred and twenty-five yards. This year three net greens are being built. These will change to some extent, the original plans of the course. QUID NUNC? A graduate I How sweet that new word sounds To our awaiting ears After the endless, ceaseless (?) toil Throughout these four long years. A job? How vague that possibility seems To our determined minds.. It seems fruitless, even hopeless When we view the waiting lines. But— We've got to face the music, To face it with bravado And the only way to do it. Is to practice our vitratol Note to non-musicians: Vibfrato means moving to and fro, pulsating, throbbing, swinging. I. I. Berry