Seymour High School - L Agenda Yearbook (Seymour, CT)

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mi-I-fibfizzi Four years have passed smce that memorable September morning four years ago when we the new students eager yet greatly bewildered came apprehensxvely by twos and threes to the doors of Sey mour High School For the first few days our purpose in coming to school was decidedly defeated by the general tangle of affairs caused in part by the repeated changing of classes and by the fact that we seemed to be contmu ously stepped on by the rest of the school literally as well as figuratively When the atmosphere had cleared and the con fusion and clamor died down to some degree we got to work or at least we had the most noble intentions of doing so After we had nearly wrung every door off its hinges trying to find the various rooms we finally became acquainted with the setup as far as locations were con cerned But oh how far we were from de termmmg the attitudes and intentions of the teachers and upperclassmen' Under the efficient leadership of Karl Laursen President Robert Brown Vice President Annie Sabol Secretary and Tim Donovan Treasurer we set about making plans for our Freshman Social Late in the following February our high est hopes became a realization for the event was a decided success and the pro- established our bank account This gave us an incentive to work harder and on May 27 the Freshman Play pre sented in assembly brought a deluge of compliments on the deserving actors act resses and all concerned And as we hoped we began to be recognized by the rest of the school as possessors of distmc tive qualities As the year progressed, we gained an understanding of good sportsmanship of fered to us by the numerous activities and sports in which we participated and al though the year passed slowly at the time when we look back we realize that it sped. At first respect for the other fellow was forced upon us but we finally learned not to behave in the halls as though we were playmg football and we accepted the cus- toms of the school as decidedly worthwhile One of these which caused much discus- s1on and lamentation among the members of the class was that we occupied the back seats at assemblies and we actually had to stand up for the Seniors Imagine that' But if we regarded this as unsatisfactory we succeeded in concealing it from the upperclassmen upon whom our achieve- ments had begun to make a rather big impression. Having terminated our first year we arrived at the decision that the many new friends we had made were worth any and all of the somewhat unfortunate experi ences that go with bemg freshmen Sophomore just the word itself was enough to send shivers of enthusiasm and expectation up and down our backs Hav ing elected Henry Lew1ck1 President Natalie Evans Vice President Barbara Bennett Secretary and Richard Louns bury Treasurer we plunged into the year s activities with renewed determination And as a result of hard work and careful planning the MacArthur Hop presented later in the year was a rousmg success, and afforded to all attending an enjoyable and unforgettable time The decorations, namely the giant mirrored V on the wall the American flags on the backboards, and the red white and blue streamers, were A 1 and plenty all reet This event was a decided help to our soaring class fund. Near the end of the year not to be out done by any other class, it was a Sopho- more home room that collected the most scrap in the current scrap metal drive After two years of struggling and strlv ing we returned to Seymour High, and then came the grand and glorious expert ence of calling our souls our own Nothing could suppress our eagerness, zeal, and that we were upperclassmen. No foolm' Talk about bemg elated why during the fall of 1942 there was constant danger of some one of our classmates bumping his head on a cloud. And such super abund ance of spirit certamly was not unfounded for after all weren't we juniors? We were competently guided through the year by janet Houlihan President, Phyllis Peck, Vice President Gloria Cretella, Treasurer and Harriett Seeley, Secretary Our first event of the year was the 'Fall Dance with its orange yellow and brown decorations and the super music of Jack Heavens The huge scarecrow dressed in plaid shirt straw hat and overalls, was the center of attraction. To our delight and others surprise, we made the sizeable profit of forty nine dollars and twenty two cents. On April 9 the Junior Class sponsored the Bunny Hop an elegant affair which attained perfection to the most minute de- tail To be sure there were bunnies every where on the walls backboards, and even on the programs and the dancers glided beneath streamers of every pastel shade in creation Our financial account was increased eighteen dollars and thirty three cents by this dance .J . . . y Y Y Y . . 7 - , , , . . y . . .U .y . z H 1 A 1 ' - f I I ' 1 5 ' ' 7 Y Y . I , - ' ' ' KA 17 7 l 1 7 1 . 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