Stamford High School - Flashback Yearbook (Stamford, CT)

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Sembr Class ffl' ary SENIOR HOMEROOM REPRESENTATIVES On September 6, 1944, Stamford High School opened its portals to a group of quaking sopho- mores, one of the largest in the school's history. Here at last was the Class of 1947. We were an aggregation of students from junior high schools all over Stamford-Rogers, Cloonan, Burdick, and Willard. We, the big shots of ninth grade, were suddenly reduced to lowly sophomores. What 21 comedown! Entrance into High School produced a widening in our horizons. It was so different from our former school life. There were new subjects and new ways of doing things. It was as if we were embarking upon uncharted seas. What would the future hold? To make us feel more at home at SHS, the juniors held a reception in our honor on October Sth. At this crowded gathering, an atmosphere of good music and fun was provided by a band soon to become well-known to all of us, that of Teddy Catino. We were welcomed by the junior officers and advisors. Many of our fellow classmates at- tended and we made several new friends. We swung immediately into the swift stream of high school life and within a short time lost our sense of strangeness. With elections in October, we quickly felt ourselves a part of the High School, and a most important part. Candidates for the various offices circulated petitions through the halls. Enthusiastic classmates decorated the bulletin boards in the hall with colorful posters. After hearing cam- paign speeches, we returned to our homerooms and elected Eugene Murphy from Rogers, president, Audrey D. Smith from Burdick, vice-president, john Melfi from Rogers, treasurer, Patricia D'Aquila from Cloonan secretary. Now well acquainted with our class advisors, Mr. Bird and Mrs. Moser, we put our noses to the grindstone of regular high school life. We chose our homeroom representatives and met the officers we had elected. Seventy-five of our girls joined Miss Elfrieda Pfeiffer's Girls' Glee Club, and some of us became members of the famous A Cappella Choir. Twenty-six of our boys were on the football team. We were also well represented on the soccer, tennis, baseball, and basketball teams. On the 21st of December, we made our social debut when we gave our first dance. Because Old