Suffield High School - Sagitta / Kaleidoscope Yearbook (Suffield, CT)

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X.. I-SUFBIELD' SEEOOL YEAR BOOK dance the school had given in many a day. But how could it have been anything but a success with Norm Fricke as ,president and the entire class behind him, ready to db their bit and more than their bit, if that could be possible? And so another June arrived and with it the realization that we were next. Would we be successful? Was Suffield proud of us? Had we done anything to make ourselves worthy of SuH'ield's name? These were but a few of the questions that Commencement seemed to force upon us. September 1927 came all too soon, but we returned and proceeded to elect Ducky Pond, president, Hennie Wakeman, vice-president, and Marge Reid, secretary and treasurer. With these to lead us we hoped to make this year, one which would shine in our memory for many long years to come. We were Seniors now, a title we had looked forward to for three yearsg and yet what pangs of sadness and regret tlhat title conveyed: It meant an early separation from our friends, classmates and schoolmates, th-ose schoolmates that we were leaving behind and who looked up to us for help and guidance, even as we. had done in days gone by. If our success is not the greatest, it is not because of a lack of co-operation on our part, for the class has worked well together and worked unitedly for the school. Now, this history would scarcely be complete. without the mention of those who have won a place for themselves in the realm-s of athletics and dramatics, in leadership and the social life of the school. In fioobball we claim Captain Pond,Alfano, Zwerdling, Fricke, Leonard, Maddy Cole, Rathbun, Thompson, Hennie Wakeman and Manager Pola. In basketball, Captain Pola, Zwerdling, Battaglia, Galgano, manager in 1927, and Albert, manager in 1928. In -baseball, Cannon, Alfano and Manager Harry Albert. Captain Hebden, Galgano, Fricke, and Zwerdling deserve the most credit in trackg while Captain Fricke, Maddy Cole.. Hennie Wakeman and Pond along with their other achievements excelled in hockey. Zwerdling, Wolf and Thompson of our class attained pre-eminence in swimming, and Carter earned his letter as a cross country runner. In girls' basketball we are proud of Marge Reid, captain in 1927, Tafila Kuras, captain in 1928, Elizabeth Plhelps, Lois Adams, Sarah Szoka, Gladys Bessett, and Peggy Fields, manager in 1927. In dramatics Jane Rogers represented the class in All Aboard, and Eliza-beth Phelps in Kathleen. Much credit is due Norm Fricke as president of the Students' Association and also as Editor-in-Chief of our Year Book. To Barbara Kent the girls owe much, for as Lesbian president shewas a, source of unfailing help. And last of all we are proud of the fact th-at six from our number may -call themselves members of the Sigma Delta Psi Honorary Athletic Society: Fricke, Alfano, Albert, Zwerdling, Galgano, and Pond. And now the historian 'brings this narrative to a close, yet for us it is just the beginningg for we hope to do bigger and nobler things with the knowledge and inspira- tion that Suffield' has given to us. Lena Anderson. page seventeen P -197.6

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fi N. J History of the Class of 1928 As we look back through the vista of the years certain incidents stand revealed in a rosy glow. Thus, we, the class of 1928, are recalling the days, which marked our sojourn .as students of Suffield School. Four happy years we spent hereg made joyful by suocess and saddened by failure, we have always kept pressing on tofward the goal. Thinking back over our year as Freshmen, we remember our uncertainty as to just where we belonged and what we' should dfog but by constant and close association with the upper classmen, we soon decided that there was much to learn, so we set our- selves to the task of upholding the spirit and traditions of the school. Football claimed our attention from the start and it was with pride that we cheered' while our boys swept on to vict-oryg and, although defeat often overtook us, our spirits did not waver. One event 'in particular appears rosier than the rest, for it was the only one of its kind during our four years at Suffield School. We had a Hal.lowe'en Party. Ghosts, costumes. and entertainment were plentiful, bringing us to the conclusion that Fresh- man year was not altogether devoid of thrills. Our first exams came and went. but still we marched steadily on. glorying in the, success of the musical comedy. All Afboardg witnessing the establishment of a tennis team: grieving for the death of Hon. Geforze A. Harmon, a member off the Board of Trustees: and all the while learning to admire and respect more and more our Headmaster. Dr. Gage. who began his administration at Suffield in our first year. The next year found us back as Sophomores, a little older and a little wiser, but with the same buoyant spirits. We hoped to make this, a greater success even than our first year. Because of the great albundance of snow that winter, it would seem too great a nity to make no special use of it: accordingly our Finst Winter Carnival was held. Brifrht colored lights transformed the wihole campus into a veritable fairyland at night. while the day produced amusement for everyone in the form of skiing, sliding, tobogganing, and skating. Soon after. dramatics, as in the previous year, claimed our attention. This year Kathleen another musical comedy, had its two days' run. Nineteen twenty-six saw the establishment of two new sports-hockey and swimming-and. the organization of two new societies-the Sigma Delta Athletic Society and the Dr. Foster Club, now known as the Y. M. C. A. This year we missed Dr. Gage, who was unable to be with us during the greater part of the year. on account of illness and a broken hip. We depluored his absence from chapel each morning and the lack of his help in other ways, but soon learned that Mr. Sisson was one to be depended upon. A shadow marred the usual happy time at Commencement, for Mary Cusick, one of our schoolmates, passed away just .a few days before. When we returned as Juniors we found our ranks somewhat depleted by the dropping out of old members, but with new ones replacing' them we again resumed our journey. Realizing that there was but one more year in which to accomplish much, we chose our pleasures so that they would fbe .a benefit to us in the end. A trip to Springfield to see the play Julius Caesar, and another trip to see Haw'thorne's mas- terpiece, The Scarlet Letter, on the screen, are lbut two off the many bright sports in our Junior year. The Junior Prom is another pleasant memory. It was conceded to be the best svrrresn ISEIOOL Q' ' YEAR BOOK so page sixteen H 1 Q 'L 5 0 ss I 1

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X! .vf SUFFIEID SCHOOL YEAR 136014 I x'1 1 . 1 T U1 I Lois M. ADAMS 'ig Irish 15 Suffield, Conn. ' She doth excel in sports. 4 Leslbian Societyg Basketball 111 1S1-121 1S1- 131 1S1-141 1S1g Field Hockey 1413 Soccer 1313 'il Lesbian DariicegCommittee 141: Kathle.eng All I Aboardytfclgo Club 111. 4' Irish intentlls to study Physical Culture at 9 The Arnold School of Gymnastics. HARRY M. ALBERT Shrimp Waterbury, Co . 'Tis not what he want 'Tis h he gets. Athletic Council. 3 - Honorarius Ath- leticusg Basefball Mail 315 Basketball Man- ager 141V Wintep C r wal Committee 141. 'f i ' en s to study finance at Univer- I sity o A nsylva a. ANGELO C. ALFANO uAngen Suffield, Conn. A mighty man was he. Football 121 1S1-131 1S1-141g Baseball Man- ager 1213 Baseball sqguaqlgggrwmmo 1313 Hon- ov-arius Athleijigusg dvertisifzg Manager The, Elms. Jul- L ffAnge'f intends to study business at Boston University. HADDON C. ANDERSON page eighteen yi I p 1 Q 'L 5 121114. -'IN ' Swede 1 Q Bristol Conn 'ff Seldom seen seldom heard Cross-Country 141 S'wede's ambition is to be an Industrial P., Engineer after graduating from Northeastern IW University. v, 1 ii!