Plainfield High School - Hermiad Yearbook (Central Village, CT)

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The Hermiad 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE The New Plainfield High School ............... .... 5 Dedicatory Exercises at Plainfield High School . . . . . 6 Abraham Lincoln-Doris Bishop, 1924 ........ . 7 If Spring Comes--Hazel Salisbury, 1925 .......... . . 10 The Widow's Oninion Of Sir Roger--Anon. 1925 ...... . . 11 When a Radio Was Useful-Clara Rope-r, 1927 .......... . . 11 Mike Runs Away From Home-Harry Rosenzweiz, 1927 . . . . . 12 The Tragedy in the Rue Morgue-Ethelyn Barber, 1925 . . . . . 13 Back to Plainfield High-George Brown, 1925 .......... . . 13 Class Characteristics The Dignity of Seniors-Hazel Salisbury, 1925 ..... . . . . . 14 The Irresponsibility of Juniors-Margaret Fox, 1925 .... . . 14 The Superiority of Sophomores--Hazel Salisbury, 1925 . . . . . 15 The Timidity of Freshmen-Gabriel Messier, 1925 .... . . 15 Free Press Our High School Paper-Margaret Fox, 1925 ................ 16 Why High School Pupils Should Not Be Allowed to Whisper During School Hours-Mildred Harris, 1926 .................... 16 Student Government-James Wallace, 1925 , ................. 17 Self Government as a Theory-Hazel Salisbury. 1925 . . . . . 18 Courtesy-Gertrude Wilkinson, 1925 .............. . . 18 School Notes Classes ......................... . . 20 Dramatics ...... .. . . 21 Assemblies ...... , . . . . 22 Sub-Freshman Day . . . . . 23 Athletics Foot Ball ........ . . 25 Basket Ball ........ . . 27 30 Girls' Basket Ball ............ . ........................... Alumni Department A Message from the Alumni Association--Louise Elliott Brown, 1915, President . ..................................... 31 Alumni Notes ....... , .... ............................... 3 1 Joke Box ....... ................................ . . 34 Our Advertisers-Patronize Them , ,ii Y

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The Hermiad 5 THE NEW PLAINFIELD HIGH SCHOOL The new Plainfield High School which is ideally situated facing the Wauregan road is a large attractive building of red brick with cement pillars along the front and sides. Since the building is fire proof its out- ward beauty il not marred by disfiguring tire-escapes. The grounds are large providing ample room for athletics of all descriptions. On the first floor of the building, to the right of the main entrance, is the Superintendent's office and that of his secretary: the latter contains the terminal of the system of interior telephones by means of which communica- tion with any part of the building is possible. On the left is the library which is also the office of the assistant principal. Back of the office is a long corridor: at its left end is the splendidly equipped home economics depart- ment which consists of two rooms, a laboratory for cooking, and a sewing room which also serves as a lunch room. At the opposite end of the corridor are corresponding rooms for the work in agriculture. Opening from the center of the corridor is the auditorium, a spacious, artistically lighted room which has a seating capacity of about four hun- dred. Still farther back is the gymnasium, fitted with baskets for basket- ball. and large enough for all manner of gymnastic activities. When the beautifully finished folding doors which separate it from the platform of the auditorium are opened it provides a stage large enough to accommodate the whole school if necessary. At each end are stairs leading to the locker rooms and showers. On the second floor are the main study hall with desks for seventy-five pupils and the class and recitation rooms for the academic courses. as well as the well supplied first aid room and the teachers' room: the latter is at- tractively fumished with wicker furniture upholstered in blue and gray cretonne. On the third floor in the front of the building are the scientific labor- atories fully equipped with all the most modern improvements and apparatus for experimental work in chemistry, physics and biology. At the rear is the commercial department consisting of three rooms, a typewriting room, a stenography room and a bookkeeping room part of which forms the bank. Throughout the building there is plenty of closet space, and there are in each room convenient cabinets in which to store books and supplies. A driven well, one hundred sixteen feet deep, supplies the water for the building by means of an automatic electric pump feeding into a large storage tank. Hot water is supplied from a coil in one of the boilers. Toilets are located on each floor. . The building is scientifically lighted by fixtures of the enclosed type which shed a very soft light. Panel boxes in the various corridors are the control centers for the general lighting system. Under the gymnasium is the boiler room where two large boilers supply --L-