Southington High School - Chronicle Yearbook (Southington, CT)

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seas 1 CHRONICLE 21 At this time the class will, DI'0IJhecy, presentations, history and poem will be read and several after- dinner. speeches will be made. A good time .is expected to be enjoyed by all.. Elizabeth Wallace, Lois Car- ley, Richard Snowman, and Alexan- der Lindsay are the committee in charge. . FORECAST FOR PROM' On Saturday evening, June 21st, the Senior Class will hold its last fes- tivity, the Prom. Holcomb School au- ditorium will be prettily decorated in the class colors of old rose and silver. lass THE RECORD OF On September 8, 1925, one hun- dred twenty-four raw recruits charged up Academy Hill towards Lewis High School. The gates were opened to them and Commander-in- Chief Blanchard took them under his command, starting them forward on the Battle of Sixteen Points. We hardly realized then what a battle we had to fight before we could conquer. Our first task was to elect the officers who should have us under their com- mand for the coming Year- Afteli due consideration, Mr. Davis and James Serafino were elected Generals, and Mae Mulligan, Lieutenant-General, While Fannie Rodman and Elizabeth Wallace were the Colonels who should keep our records and money. Then the Sophomores, after putting the Mr. and Mrs. Herschel Libby, Mr. and Mrs. Martin Phelan, Miss 111. Mildred Bedford, and Mr. Robert Warner will act as patrons and patronesses. The committee, Lucille Andrews, Lois Kilbourne, Atea Travers, Vincent Pryor, and Merton Foskett, is work- ing hard and promises a fine time for all. Manaware's Northern Lights will furnish music. L CLASS MARSHALS A class meeting was held Thurs- day, May 22. Edward Ely and Eliza- beth Wallace were elected as marshals for graduation. 21950 ry THE ARMY OF 1930 boys through an initiation, thinking that possibly we were feeling lonely, gave us a masquerade party. Every- thing progressed splendidly for the rest of the year, our corps making its presence felt by taking part in the competitive assemblies and by having the distinction of having 14.5 per cent of its number on the Honor Roll. By the end of the year there was still a goodly number to continue with the battle, only thirty-nine hav- ing dropped out, they having either been cashiered or wounded too se- verely to return. Great was the re- joicing when the notice was read that Edward Ely had won the Fresh- man Algebra Prize, and that we were all on leave of absence for twelve weeks.

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. F. JA 'f I .hgkka 4 5 .l 20 CHRONICLE Senior Class ozfes DE BATE On May 15, 1930, Lewis High School had a debate with Commer- cial High School of New Haven. Lewis High sent representatives to Commercial High and they sent some here. It was a well prepared d bate on both sides. Commercial High won at both places but we put up a good fight. The .question was, Resolved: That trial by jury should be abolished. The ones that took part in the de- bate are as follows: Lewis fNegativeJ - J. Vincent Pryor, William Degnan, Lois Carley, Alternate. ' Commercial CAH'irmativel-Eleanor Dare, Lillian Lessem. Atea Travers and Mae Mulligan represented Lewis on aflirmative at New Haven. The girls' quartette sang some songs during the five minute period given to work up the rebuttal. The girls that took part are: Gertrude Sias, Elizabeth Wallace, Mildred Langley, Helen Aduskiewicz. W. Fon- tana, pianist. The judges were Mr. Ralph Strong, Bristol, Miss Esther Cate, Wallingford, Miss Catherine McCarthy, Meriden. After the debate, refreshments were served in the library to members of the debating teams and their guests. NO, NO, NANETTE On the fourteenth of May the Seniors of Lewis High, in order to de- fray graduation expenses, gavex No, No, Nanette, a motion picture, at Coleman's Theatre. The class re- ceived twenty cents for each ticket sold by its members. The proiit amounted to thirty-six dollars and thirty-five cents. 1ll.1 DRESSES A girlish giggle, a flutter of white disappearing around the corner of the teacher's room door proclaimed the fact that the Senior girls were choos- ing their graduation dress. The Con- vey Shop, Muriel's and the Barbara Stone stores from Meriden, also Jor- dan's from New Britain, submitted dresses for selection. The final se- lection was made from Muriel's, all the girls naving decided to dress alike. -i...-. FORECAST FOR CLASS NIGHT After considerable deliberation, the class of 1930 chose the Southington Country Club as the place to hold their Class Night Exercises and Ban- quet. Fifty-eight members are ex- pected to meet, with the teachers, on June eighteenth. The menu will be as follows: Fruit Cocktail Chicken Dressing Gravy Celery Cranberry Sauce Mashed Potatoes Peas Rolls Ice Cream Cake Coffee .Edward Ely, president of the class, will act as toastmaster, and Mana- ware's Orchestra will play during the banquet and for dancing.

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22 ,CHRONICLE On September 7, 1927, we were again called to duty, this time by Commander-in-Chief Phelan. First came the election of officers. After much deliberation, we elected Robert Reinhard and Miss Trafton Generals, and Edward Ely, Lieutenant General, Fannie Rodman was again elected Colonel and James McNerney was newly elected Colonel, to care for our money. It was now our duty to look after the Freshmen, and so, after duly initiating them, we gave a mas- querade 'party for them, raising the money for it by means of a cake sale. This year our problem was that of rings, but we finally decided to cen- tinue with the regulation school ring. Once again we withstood the battle fairly well as only twenty-five of our number fell back. We had been fight- ing hard for thirty-nine weeks and were beginning to wish for a short leave of absence. Our Commander-in- Chief must have heard us complain- ing for soon a notice was read stating that everybody might go off duty un- til September 5th! But how quickly the summer flew by! It was September 5th before we knew it. The next year passed just as rapidly. After we had elected our oflicers, who were Mr. Warner and Edward Ely, Generals, Richard Snow- man, Lieutenant-Generalg Lester Kennedy and Jeanette Glasnapp, Colonels, it seemed almost no time at all before our annual cake-sale was over, and the Junior Prom, which was the first in the annals of the school for which admission was charged, was all too soon a part of h'story. Our corps was again honored by the fact that two of our nursber, Private Mae Mulligan and Lieutenant-General Richard Snowman, were elected by the Emblem Board to go to the Schol- astic Press Convention at New York. Then came debating. with the Inter- Scholastic debate in which sAtea Travers from our ranks took part and helped win a victory, and the Junior Recital, at which both Vincent Pryor and Atea Travers won prizes. After many hard drills, we advanced in full battle formation to attack the Army of Examinations. Strong indeed was their barricade, but most of us came off victorious from the assault. When they were over, everyone was again on leave of absence until September. With the coming of September 4, 1929, the army of 1930 made its way up Academy Hill in a dignified manner for its last year of fighting. Our problem this year was Money, Money, Money! Our officers, who were Miss Bedford and Edward Ely, Generals, Adelaide Schumann, Lieu- tenant-General, and Atea Travers and Richard Snowman, Colonels, had an especially hard task to perform,- that of pulling us through this year of fmancialtroubles and worries! But, undaunted, we started straight for- ward on the Campaign for Funds 5 first came a cake sale which netted eighteen dollars, and then a dance in November and another in April. Among the Dramatic Club perform- ances this year was a play entitled, A Full House, the proceeds of which went to the Army of 1930. Little by little, we made attacks and came off victorious with the coveted S350 in our vaults. Everybody has fought hard this year on the Battles of Chem- istry, Essays, or History, but every- one of the original fifty-eight who en- tered in September with us has won the battle. Even the siege of the camera was unable to subdue us and so, after two more good times togeth- er, Class Night and Senior Prom, our sixteen points having been gained, We will receive our Diplomas of Honor- able Discharge from the Fortress on Academy Hill and start forward on the Battle of Life.