St Georges High School - Lance Yearbook (Middletown, RI)

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ARDEN IAIALL

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Svtuhrnt Glnunril IExvrntiuv Qlnmmittrv j.fXMliS R. REYNOLDS MORRIS DUANIC H. GA'l'.lfIS LLOYD, jR. 1920 1921 1ma1q1.11-:MQ-R. mzwuy 111. MORRIS MURRAY lxlllililqrli C. WALL, -IR, BOlliSPlf1NROSl'I, ll. 29

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Svrlpnul iKruiP1u HHN school ended in june, WIS, We were afraid that we should not be able to till all-the vacancies caused by the unpiecedentedly large graduating class and those leaving from the I'ourth and lfifth lforms to enter the service ln all there were nearly htty places to hll in order to assure a full school for the following autumn. l ad l't' t lillicult two more of our Masters were leaving us to further deplete an already depleted Faculty, and nttiton o ist y, w new candidates were almost impossible to hnd. As the summer advanced, plenty of new boys turned up to hll up the school, but no new Masters. The date for opening came and still we were two short. Perhaps it was a blessing in disguise that the delay of opening, caused by the influenza, enabled us to secure the full complement to the teaching stall by the time school actually opened, the third week in October. Rarely, however, has there been a more anxious time than these lirst weeks of school. The terrible scourge of influenza had been exacting its toll from every part of the community, including most schools, and we were prepared at any moment to change the school into a hospital. For- tunately however we were spared and it was not until the early winter, when .the epidemic had diminished in severity, , 1 a V' that we had our turn of it at St. beorgels School., We got oft very lightly with no cases of pneumonia and lew serious cases of inlluenza. ,.. . .u . X xx . 1,-all lhe chief problem this year has been to covet thc iequned ground lost by the delayed opcmng. Ioitunitc y, the boys have been well with the exception of some influenza in the first part of the winter term, but they are nearly a month short of their regular schooling. The climate has favored us this year and more days have been spent out of doors than usual. Military Drill has kept up through the year and the high standard of the Battalion set the previous year has been maintained. ln the au- tumn, owing to the epidemic, all interscholastic football was given up, but with the return of spring, baseball has re- newed its accustomed popularity, and boating, which was omitted last year on account of the War, has again been taken up with great zest. At present, there are thirty boys rowing three times a week with Mr. Sturtevant and Mr. Cabot in charge. This year we are planning a NVater Sports Day on the Third Beach, in June. . 31