Old Lyme High School - Lymen Yearbook (Old Lyme, CT)

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RETROSPECTUM A Brzef Hzstory of the Class of 1942 On the mornxng of September 6 1958 a group of determlned youngsters self propelled or trans ported by motor vehncles converged upon the beautiful ednflce known as Old Lyme School They passed through the stately portals and tramped doggedly down the halls to thenr respectlve home rooms All of the groups mlngled freely wxth each other renewmg old acqualntances and form mg new ones The Freshman Class that ns the Class of -12 grnmly entered xts homeroom shrewdly surveyed the surroundmgs studned their home room teacher and advxser Mlss Whnttner and de hantly seated themselves Truly they were a group of fresh men and gurls ln the fullest sense of the word destined to be long remembered ln the an nals of Old Lyme High School The tragic New England hurrxcane occurred durmg the first part of the school year Although xt created havoc nn other branches of lnfe II only gave the students a vacatnon of two days After a strenuous week of breakmg ln the fac ulty the Freshmen took t1me out to elect therr class officers They mcluded Robert Kennedy pres1 dent Fred Scranton vice presndent Cecnly Cham plam secretary and Theron Hoxsne treasurer That year the Freshmen had the pleasure of re cenvmg mstructnon from a versanle and mterest mg faculty It mcluded Mxss Ashley Mlss Roy and Mr Hall Admnmstratlve dutxes were shared by Mr Moulton and Mr Hall Early rn 1939 the first lournalnstnc attempt of the hlgh school made tts appearance It was called the Old Lyme Hlgh Llghts Although lt was publxshed only twlce and had more lnabxlmes than the New Haven Ranlroad lt was the founda tion for blgger and better thnngs to come The efforts of the Freshmen partlcularly Barbara Mon roe were mstrumental ln the success of the paper In the sprmg of 1959 preparatxons were begun for a full four year hngh school by the addltlon of a new wmg to the orngmal bunldmg at a cost of nearly S90 000 The mterest of the people of Old Lyme tn the proper educatlon of thetr off sprmg IS clearly shown by their actxons m the past seven years xn regard to the creatnon mam tenance and preservatxon of an educatxonal mstx tutlon of hugh standmg Socxally speaking the Freshmen held thelr ovsn by bemg responsxble for one thnrd of the affanrs held The Hallowe en Party proved a success so cially but the receipts were neglngnble When the Dramatic Club presented Tom Sawyer nn the sprmg of 1939 George Knng a well known Freshman appeared nn the tltle role supported by a cast partially composed of Freshmen In the sports field Old Lyme had a good year Snx man football was introduced The powerful basketball team of whxch B111 Bugbee was a member won 9 of 14 games The baseball team won 6 of 15 games All m all durmg thexr flrst year m hugh school the Class of 42 contrxbuted much to the school and nts reputatton and enjoyed many of nts benefits and advantages In September 1959 the lnttle group returned to Old Lyme Hlgh as Sophomores Absent from the class were Nancy Woodbrxdge Lucius Blglow Theron I-Ioxsxe Fred Scranton and Howard Dan :els However these losses were supplanted by the appearance of a rustic group of Yankees from a reglon between Old Lyme and Hadlyme known as Hamburg The group mcluded Helen Bull Rlchard Lee Francis Rand and Wxlllam Bates Mr Rand however departed before school closed m une Durmg the first part of the year the Sopho mores w1th Mass Walsh as advnser were forced to maxntam thenr homeroom upon the stage as the new wing was not yet ht for human habltatxon However the dawn of a new year found the class comfortably situated nn Room 26 wxth thenr new homeroom teacher Mr Hjelm That year the faculty was supplemented and replaced by new teachers Mass Walsh Mnss Mm ard and Mr Hjelm Mxss Dworskx substituted durmg the recuperatlon of Mlss Mmard who had sustained a very bad accxdent The class olhcers elected that year were Robert Kennedy president Sam Green secretary and George Kmg treasurer The socnal events sponsored by the Sophomores mcluded xnmatxon ceremomes for the Freshmen and a card party Both were socxal and financial successes Basketball was the only game nn whxch Old Lyme gamed any measure of success The team won 12 of 18 games and came m second m the Shore Lme Tourney The hard clean playxng of such Sophomores as Bugbee Spelrs and Kxng proved to be a defimte asset to the team The Sophomores showed thenr fellow students and the faculty that m all three llnes of endeavor soclal scholastic and sports their abnlltxes were at least equal to those of any other class D a 9 . 7 9 ' I , ' ' 9 9 , . . . , . . . , . , , - ' 7 1 7 7 ! 9 , . 9 9 ' ' ' , 9 - 1 , . 3 9 , . . . . ' , 7 . . - . . g . . , , . 3 . .- . , , 9 9 9 ' 9 9 9 ' ' - ! 7 . . . . . . , . u . . , , . . . . , Mxss Whlttler, Mxss Baker, Mrs. Noyes, Mr. Sokol, . . . . . . . . , , . . . ' . 9 : , ' ' - U . . ,, . . . . . . . . . . , V . , . - . 9 ' v l 9 9 9 , . , . - , . . 9 ' ' , - . . . , . . . ' ' 9 l ' 9 s 1 Y . , . . ' - . , , -n . . . ' if Ii '

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Upon returnlng m September 1940 to assume the role of juniors the noble group found that they had lost several members 1' hey were Robert Kennedy Donald Harris Leonard Stanton and Robert Northrop fWalter Tschudy a new stu dent left nn October J Among the new faces that year were Genevieve Flrgeleskx Walt Mazer and Randolph Brown Tommy Bonettx yomed the class ln February of 1941 In 1940 the junnors were greeted by a change ln the admmnstratlon Mr Thorp became super mtendent and assumed all admmlstratlve offices Mr Dane and Mr Qumlan our first coach were added to the faculty The unlors had the pleasure of havmg Mr Sokol as homeroom teacher and adviser The class ofiicers mcluded Sam Green presndent Edythe Grnflith vnce president Charles Appleby secre tary and George Klng treasurer Through the efforts of Mnss Walsh a perma nent school paper The Lyme Light was nn augurated Members of the junxor Class who were m a great measure responsxble for the suc cess of the paper were jean DeWolf Shxrley Larson Randy Brown Edythe Grlffith Barbara Monroe Vxrglrxa Havens and Eleanor Maynard Socnal affanrs sponsored by the juniors mcluded a Sports Dance 1n December and the junxor Prom Both were successes especnally the Prom umor class influence was also prevalent nn the play jane Eyre presented by the Dramatlcs Club In purchasing thexr class rmgs the juniors set the standard for future classes to follow by se lectmg a crest which was adopted as the standard for rmgs of all future classes A system of clubs was started m extra currncular pernod It mcluded the Student Councnl Photog raphy Radio Home Economics Lettermens Glee Drnvers Dramatlcs and Newspaper Clubs Thns sy stem proved both mterestmg and mstructlve to all students The Student Councnl mcluded David Hoag Barbara Davy Harry Champion Barbara Slattery Orrin Champlain Helen Martin Mal colm Bramble Glorla Boyorquez Vernon Wood Cecnly Champlaxn Ellnott Ressler and Ann Spexrs The football team won 2 of 4 games whlle the basketball team weakened by the loss of Kmg and Kw asmewskx won only 1 of 13 games How evcr the baseball team dad a little bctter and won 1 of 17 games Scholastxcally and socnally 1940 41 was a good year The juniors had firmly established their place in school When the group convened m Scptcmber 1941 to take IIS place as leader of thc school the ab sence of one of the most dxstmgunshed members of the class Cecily Champlain was noted Harold Fratus was mxssmg also New addmons and replacements to the faculty mcluded Mnss Kutz Miss Charpenuer Mnss Sym onds Mxss Handy Mr Cole Mr Hayes and Mr Wordell Mr Cole departed at Chrxstmas vaca non and was succeeded by Mr Scott and later by Mr Kryger The Semor Class was honored by the appoint ment of Mr Wordell as thenr advnser and home room teacher The class officers mcluded Sam Green presldent Edy the Grlflith vnce presx dent Randy Brown secretary and jean DeWolf treasurer In order to tram young men for defense yobs a trade school was opened 1n Essex Thns was at tended by several Semors In lme wlth Clvxlnan Defense classes ln fire fighting and nursing were mtroduced for Semor boys and girls respectively One of the great achnevements whlch the Semors accompllshed was the procurement of Semor Prlvlleges which allowed Semors to leave school at noon and at 2 15 and to arrnve nn school at a later time than that required of under classmen Socially speakmg the Semors were actnve They gave a Halloween Dance and the annual Semor play The Arrlval of Kitty Evndences of Semor lnfluence were seen nn the operetta The Sun sale of Chrxstmas cards penclls and banners was sponsored by the Semors In the lme of sports Old Lyme had nmproved Although the football team was undefeated and thereby won th'e Shore Lune Conference Tourna ment the basketball team won only 6 of 21 games The first team was composed four fifths of Semors The greatest achievement of the Semor Class was their yearbook Although xt was stxll nn the makmg when thus artncle was wrxtten we are sure nt wnll be a tremendous success For four years teachers and fellow students have been plagued by the Class of 42 Now at long last the class IS preparing to leave Old Lv me Hugh and embark upon the sea of lnfe This class will never be forgotten as long as Old Lyme Hugh stands Thexr spnrnt wall be ever present helping future graduating classes over the obstacles of hugh school life on September 6 1958 will never dxe lnstead nt will shme more brxghtly as a memorial to their four year battlc agunst the forces of cducatlon The flame which they kindled CHARLES APPLEBv ! 7 7 9 9 ' . , . - if 9 1 v . . . , - 1 u 4 . u s - . l , , , 9 9 9 l ' v . . , , . 0 9 7 9 J - . 3 1 S s 4 S , s i 9 ' . 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