Roger Ludlowe High School - Fairfieldiana Yearbook (Fairfield, CT)

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CLASS HISTORY September 9, 1940 Dear Diary: Today was the first of many days which we shall spend at Roger Ludlowe. Was it war that Sherman so aptly described in that much-quoted phrase, or was he too merely attempting to find that elusive elevator while a dozen odd fand we do mean oddj seniors directed him in thirty-six different directions? Well, we made it home safely anyhow, despite the fact that we had the brazen audacity to refuse our seats on the bus to seniors. The doctor seems confident that the black and blue marks will wear off in due time. February 16, 1941 Dear Diary: During activity period we invited the sopho- mores to our all-freshman assembly at which everything from soup to nuts was presented. But let's not call harsh names in these critical times! Yesterday we young innocents were intro- duced to the wiles of political intrigue, the re- sults of which were as follows: President, Bob Hatch: Vice-President, Jack Fitzpatrick: Secre- tary, Ann Huntington: and Treasurer, Nancy Eddy. , June 17, 1941 Dear Diary: No more pencils, no more books, No more teachers' dirty looks! September 4, 1941 Dear Diary: Well, vacation is over and faces everywhere seem so strange. fdidn't they always?j Any- how, here we are, big sophs--figuratively, of course, with the satisfaction now of not being looked down upon fit says herej as mere fresh- men. December 8, 1941 Dear Diary: This morning, the entire student body, not fully recovered from the initial shock of Japan's barbaric attack on an obscure little pinpoint on the map called Pearl Harbor, heard in the as- sembly of the formal declaration of war upon Japan. March 25, 1942 Dear Diary: Under the supervision of our oliicers, jack Fitzpatrick, Bill Wiehl, Ann Huntington, and Ann McGarry, our sophomore class gave a very successful roller skating party in the gym, at which approximately three hundred students spent hours on end--and enjoyed themselves at that. Need we explain? june 19, 1942 Dear Diary: This memorable date marks the end of our lowly status as underclassmen. We are ap- proaching, but fast, that critical age at which men are men and women are finally becoming aware of it. September 9, 1942 Dear Diary: Ho hum! another school year has rolled around. Contrary to popular opinion, the female sex is not the weaker one, as has been proven by the election of Dorothy DeVore as president of these here juniors. Dot is supplemented by Bob Hitchcock, Ann McGarry, and Elyse Nussenfeld. '

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March 1, 1943 Dear Diary: We have recently added a new word to our vocabulary. Some say rationing and some say rationing: but in any man's language it means: We got it but you ain't gonna git it. On the other hand, a certain three-letter word has be- come practically obsolete. Hint: It begins with m and terminates with en . June 12, 1943 Dear Diary: Yesterday we had our Class Day Assembly, at which six boys and seven girls were tapped for Senior Council. David Bannatyne and Bob Schulz were elected President and Vice-Presi- dent respectively. Last night our class gave the traditional Junior Prom for the seniors. The pleasure driving ban and the gas shortage failed to hinder the more ingenious members of the student body and illustrious faculty, who arrived in various and sundry contrivances, ranging from bicycles to haywagons. September 9, 1943 Dear Diary: Under the jurisdiction of our new oflicers- Ed Dietrich, Ed Chervansky, Fannie Rose, and Ann McGarry--we begin our fourth and final, Qwe hopej, year at F. H. S.: it hardly seems pos- sible that we have changed so radically in three short years from naive CPD freshmen to what we are today, Ccensoredj. February 21, 1944 Dear Diary: Tonight the Senior Class sponsored a Foot- ball Hop in honor of our undefeated Class A Champ Football team. Socially, it was a big success: financially, it was one of those things one discusses in hushed tones. Net profitfone dollar! May 31, 1944 Dear Diary: For the past year our class has been dwindling steadily until now the ratio of the sexes is ap- proximately three to one. It seems that Uncle Sam has greater need of the youth of the nation than the female element has. Or are we under- estimating the female element? June 14, 1944 Dear Diary: Today is the last of many days which we have spent at Roger Ludlowe. On the whole, they have been happy, thanks to our patient and understanding faculty. We thank Mr. Swaflield for enduring us so long without reacting too violently. We thank Mr. Whittaker for assum- ing the role of Mr. Anthony these four tedious years, and last, but certainly not least, we thank Mr. McGuire and Mr. Rosenthal for their ready wit and its application in the classroom. Tonight we shall graduate, feeling the loss of the twenty-two boys in our class who sacrificed high school to enter some branch of the armed forces: William Boyle, Lennart Fortell, Milton Gould, Joseph Matuskowitz, Fred Meeker, Robert Nielson, Joseph Smith, Thomas Sweeney, john Swindon, Marcel Traczyk, Harold Yo- vanovitch, Donald Gleacher, Henry Kniese, John Royak, Frank Ruskay, Jr., Joseph Skultety, Edward Walshe, Jr., George Mahoney, Frank Leavy, Douglas Conklin, and Francis Hustek. All too soon it's time to leave for graduation and time now to close the diary of the class of 1944. The above excerpts from the personal diary of the class of 1944 were compiled and slightly colored by Lois Ann Coburn, Ann McGarry, and Dean Albert.