Southington High School - Chronicle Yearbook (Southington, CT)

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Page Twenty-Two THE EMBLEM before us? Miss Gardner, a native of Senior Isle, wishing to make our sojourn more enjoyable, staged a party in our honor. We played games, competed in contests and had a very fine time. In February Mr. Carrier put on the play, A Pair of Sixesf' in which several Seniors took part. After the play the good ship Dramatic Club was about to weigh anchor when we swooped upon them and stole the treasure. In the deck of athletics the Seniors were very suc- cessful especial'ly in basket ball, prac- tically the entire team being composed of players from our ship. We are very proud of our Debating Club which won in a skirmish with one of the largest high schools in the state. And now as we near the end of our stay on Senior Isle our hearts are sad- dened for soon we shall have to embark again to sail forever on the dark and stormy Sea of Life. O Class! dear Class, our fearful trip is done, The ship has weathered every rack, the prize we sought is won, The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting, NVhile follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel grim and daring, The ship is anchored safe and sound, its voyage closed and done, From fearful trip the victor ship comes in with object won. PROPHECY . MY how time has flown since 1929 when we graduated from high school. It is now 1940 and from the fol- lowing letters we see that our class- mates have traveled far from the old fold, but they all seem to be going in the right direction. Letters have been received from the following students informing us that they are teachers: Elsie Olsen Helen Di Francesco Frances Field Edith Casale Anne Cushing Margaret Miller Anna Francis Elsie tells us that she is teaching in a little boys' school in Brooklyn, They must be very bad little boys because they put tacks in her chair and red pep- per on her handkerchief. IVe find Helen is principal of a grani- mar school in the Philippines, that place over whose welfare we debated so hotly in our Senior year. They are lucky to have such a good-natured teacher as Helen must be. Frances says, I am teaching Latin in up in the Alps. The air and the scenery so beau- a girls? school is invigorating N tiful that I want to stay here always. Frances is lots higher than most of us. I mean. in altitude. Anna Francis taught school in South- ington until she was married. She is now teaching-the baby to walk. Edith is teaching first graders in Holcomb School which has increased in size, but is used no longer for high school dances as the new high school has an auditorium of its own. Anne is a happy teacher of commer- cial subjects in Madison High School. Madison High School seems to have its problems just as Lewis did. No parking signs have been found necessary in the halls and no charge accounts at the cafeteria are allowed. There is a Man- ual Training teacher who seems to be of interest to Anne. We learn from Margaret Miller's let- ter that she is a teacher in New York. lncidentally she is interested in a man of the tall, dark, romantic type. f Nursing seems to have attracted a goodly number of our flock. The follow- ing write that they are nurses: Arlene Swenberg Dorothy Johnson Hazel Grooman

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'PHE EMBLEM Page Twenty-One LOG OF TI-IE CLASS OF 1929 N the year of 1925 ninety worthy sea- ' amen received passports from Com- mander liihby tzo take a four years' cruise on the good ship Lift Not Lean on the Sea of Knowledge. After sailing from the port of Lincoln School, we saw the need of a brave and daring captain, so Berkeley Miller was elected to guide the crew through the lfirst: year's storms. We crossed the equator and were promptly ducked hy those who had already crossed the line. Avast ye lub- hersf' the captain cried, lower those sails, we approach the Freshman isle. Hail! King Blaneliard and his hand greet. us with a cheery smile. YVe were C1'L1!:lI'i'f'l'tfLl in what is known as room tl under the rule oi' liady llassett' and were 'told the laws ol' the lsle. Early in No- remher we were pleased to learn that King' lilanchard and his followers, the Sophoniores, were giving us a reception in the form ol' a 'lllilStll,lt!l'iltlt' dance. liooni tl was very nieely deeorated and the a.l'l'air was an immense suecess. bpring' came and with it the cry ol' the cap'n, Buckle down, you luhhers, l see hreakers ahead. EXllllllllElllOllS over, we weighed anehor to sail the seas l'or the rest. ot' the summer. As the summer drew to a close, we ap- proaehed Sophomore Isle. Eighteen ol' our number we regret to say. were washed overhoard hy the t'erril'ie storms which we had eneonutered. This island was also ruled over hy King lllanehard who grave us a eordial greeting' and eon- gratulated ns on having' sueeesstully .. rv 1 weathered the storm. XX e elected XXal- ter Nelson as our new eaptain and set- tled down to spend the year at hard work. Alter ln-ing' on the Isle a short time we notieed a group ot' strangers eeeupyingg our tornier island. As they seemed to he very desirahle citizens we i't'lllil.'l't'll them a reeeption to show we were glad to have them near us. The deck was Qaily deeorated and we are sure the Fresliies l'elt weh-onie alter such a festive al'l'air. A gain we hear the lumiliat' voice, Work, ye sea dogs, clouds appear on the horizon. YVe packed our effeets, fillllllltifl on hoard and were again ready to resume our gjourney on the good ship Lift Not Lean. The voyage was long' and the sea was rough but at last we saw Junior Isle in the distance before us. The hardships had been too much for some and our crew had now shrunk to lfifty-three members. Great was our surprise when ywe arrived at the Isle to find that King li'-laneha1'd had ahdieated and our form- er teacher and friend, King Phelan, was ruling in his place. The island looked so pleasant that we disemharked and de- cided to spend a year here. After work- ing hard for halt' a year we decided it was time for something' in the soeial line. We held a hot elass meeting and planned to have the -lunior prom on l ehrnary 2l. At. last' the longed-for day eame. The deek was deeorated in a hat- tle ol' colors and the at'i'air went ot'l' with a ln11ig'. and a good time was had hy all. Some ol' the aeeomplish- ments oi' the year were prizes won hy lflranees Field and Helen I'pson in the Ilarttord tfounty Automobile Associa- tion eontest. Great was our surprise when Miss Stowell and the ttirls' tile:- t'luh captured the cup in a music con- test' held on shore in ttlastonhury. Onee more we hear the t'earl'ul ery. Examina- tions ahead li' After most of us had sue- eesslully passed the test we elamhered on hoard, and were ott' for the last lap ol' our voV'1e-e . , .. XVe weathered the tropieal storms, our crew having ln-en redueed to forty- live. and early in the tall neared our goal, the Senior isle. Our eaptain. Nel- son. had heen so skillful in guiding us through the storms. that we decided to have him pilot us for the remaining' year cn the ship. tlur treasury was so deplet- ed and we needed so ntueh to Uraduate. the only way out ol' it was l'or us to he- tffllllt' hloody pirates. We soon settled down and hegan to work with a will writing essays. pounding- typewriter-s. and doing other tasks whieh were put

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ffli E' E MBLEM Page Twenty-Three Kidd i A i - - A -- -.. - ....- -W Myrtle Howell Arlene's story is like a fairy tale. After becoming an R. N. she succeeded well for three years. One day she was called to Riverside Drive, and found at the end of her journey a veritable castle in which was an invalid hero. She is now mistress of castle, hero, servants, and all. The deft hands of Myrtle Howell daily minister to the sick. She writes that she is a nurse at Bellevue Hospital, New York City. Dorothy's eagerness to learn has gained her a high position. She says, I have at last risen to the pinnacle of my ambition and am head nurse of the Hartford Hospital. It seems that she helped' the surgeon saw off a leg one day, and I think from the tone of her letter that she likes him a great deal. She must like him to have done such a job. Hazel Grooinan has traveled far, al- though she now resides in New Haven having given up her position as a nurse. She is going to be married to the leader ol' a hunting expedition whom she met in flndia where she went with a commis- sion that. was making experiments to find a cure for a deadly disease. Hazel has a pet lion cub which she prizes more than the diamond ring her hunter man has just presented her with. The other members ol' our class are engaged in various occupations. Vera Anderson writes that al'ter two years at Travelers Insurance tfonipany in l'lart.l'ord, she was transferred to Springfield. 'l'here she met her tate in the form ol' a blonde giant ot a man. Vera writes, Ile has a lflourishing real estate business and we have a darling little home in the suburbs. Al last Charles Atwater has tound a .fitting position. Charles is with the sue- eessors of the Barnum and Bailey Cir- cus. lie writes, l get plenty of travel and sometimes compare niysell' to the famous rolling stone which gathers no moss. Margaret Curran writes that she is busily engaged as a stenographer at the Travelersi' in Hartford. She has mar- ried the 'Lworld's tallest man and holds him in complete captivity. Another stenographer gone wrong! Bernice Bristol was snatched up by a San Francisco dress manufacturer who said he needed a wife to show off the beautiful dresses he manufactures. She is one girl who doesn't have to worry about clothes. Marian Thomas writes from XVasning- ton, D. C., saying she is a private secre- tary to a government official. She hasn't much leisure time hut can always lie counted upon to he at home when- ever a certain Columbia professor calls. lt it had not heen for the play, A Pair of Sixesf' presented hy the Dra- matic Cluh in 15729, Earle Carle would not he where he is today. Earle is presi- dent ot' the Palpitating Pill Conipany due to his ettorts to help this firm out 'ot the pit ot despair by changing their sickly green pill into a violet tinted one. t'harles llender writes, I aiu up in the air most olf the time these days. After teaching in flying' school for a tew years he is now preparing tor a non- stop tlight around the world. Hail to our great inventor! .Timmy tldluin ol' New York, writes that he has invented a crashproolf plane which can he operated hy a mechanical robot which he also invented. t'harley Bender may use this plane in his epocli-making non-stop world flight. t'arolyn Di Angelo writes from sunny italy that her plans ot being an old maid school teacher did not work out. She has been in Italy ever sinee she was married two years ago. George llopko is now singing with the Metropolitan Opera tfonipany. His role at present is the toreador in tfarnien. llere is another letter from New York City. Frank Romano writes, I ani now assistant editor ot' the New York Times. On the trout page the other day l saw that old Lewis had won the National Debating ehanipionship. One of our class poets. Ti-kla tirosky, informs us that l rank Romano has all