The Morgan School - Tower Yearbook (Clinton, CT)

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PRESS CLUB This is the second year for this club at Morgan. It was established by the Seniors of '49 and carried on and ex- panded by the Seniors of '50. The first meeting was held and the officers were elected. They were: President-Carl Woodstockg Vice President- Thomas Howardg Secretary- Lee Correllg Treasurer-John Johnson. The first job was the print- ing of programs for all the basketball games. Then came tickets for the Senior Cotil- lion and in rapid-fire pro- grams and name tags for the Shoreline Forum, tickets for the University of Connecti- cut Glee Club, covers for the Courses of Studies for the next year, and many other odd jobs. The club took in many new members who will carry the club on through the coming years and who will try to better it in every way they can. -'L Ltd' MORGAN SEWING CLUB This year the Sewing Club elected at the first meeting the following officers: Presi- dent-Marilyn Holbrook, Vice President - Alberta Soder- strom, Secretary - Mildred Brainard and Treasurer- Sally Holbrook. They started off the year by selling tickets for a raffle for which the prize was a radio. This got their treasury off to a good start and they added to this by showing several movies. Their big project of the year was the annual Spring Fashion Show. The Sewing Club obtained the wardrobe of spring clothes from New York and had as models some of the girls in school. They also gave several food sales under the able direction of Miss Patricia Strange, their advisor. As in previous years, the Sewing Club took a trip to New York City in the Spring. OFFICERS . Carl Woodstock C Thomas Howard f. , , Lee Correll .. John Johnson

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SCENESHIFTERS The Sceneshifters is a dramatic organization under the direction of Miss Horan This club has given the school and townspeople much enjoyable entertainment in the past The club began this year s activities by electing the following officers President Beverly Pendleton Vice President Caroline Stemson Secretary Shirley Kroupa and Treasurer Alberta Soderstrom At Christmas time the Sceneshifters planned and presented the Christmas Program which was held in the Grammar school on December 19th Soon after this a cast was chosen to present the skit The Ins and Outs which was put on at the Andrews Memorial during a school assembly The club also took an active part in the operetta The Pirates of Penzance the cast of which included members of the Boys Glee Club the Choral Club and the Sceneshifters With all the entertainments that were planned the Sceneshifters again succeeded in having a full and prosperous year IVY LEAVES The Ivy Leaves has just completed an exceptional year. Many issues filled with articles of interest to everyone in the school have been published. They began the year with an organization meeting under the direction of the new advisor Mr. Robert Hamil- ton. Nominations were taken for ofiicers and the following were elected: Editor-in- Chief, Ann Holbrookg Assistant Editor Myra Lee Dutrielleg Business Manager Joan Wall' and Exchange Editor, Ruth Schumack. Credit for the many and varied issues should be given not only to the members of the staff but to the many reporters and typists without whose help each issue would have been impossible. Special credit and thanks should be extended to Mr. Lindsay Fletcher whose poems have added much to every issue.

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HI Y CLUB The H1 Y met soon after school started and elected the following officers PTCSI dent Roger Griffin Vice President W1ll1am Champion Secretary Martha Griswold and Treasurer Marion Emack The flrst thing to be done was to have 1n1t1at1on for the Freshmen who were coming in as new members About fifteen Freshmen suffered The club held a dance in February which proved to be a social success although not a financial one A Saint Patrick s Day party was also held and everyone enjoyed themselves Three members attended the H1 Y Youth ln Government Program in Hartford Those representing the group were William Champion Senator and Martha Grxswold n atives and Roger Griffin Represe t The attendance has been rather poor this year the probable reason being that the H1 Y doesn t intend to sponsor their traditional Minstrel Show The attendance will probably increase next year w1th a class of about fifty freshmen entering Morgan MORGAN TGWER STAFF The Morgan Tower Staff under the full co-operation of the entire class and under the direction of the editor Carl Woodstock was a complete success. With the guidance of our class advisor Mr. Duguid we succeeded in making this issue of the yearbook more of a financial success than any other previous class. We sincerely hope that this book will recall to your minds the many cheerful days at Morgan. The Tower Staff is as follows: Schubert. and John Wilson. and Charles Kelsey Schubert. EDITOR-Carl Woodstock BUSINESS MANAGE PHOTOGRA PHY-W1ll1am Wren CIRCULATION - Roger Griffin William Cahmpion, Robert Cava naugh, Virginia Borst Ellen Nord LITERARY-Jean Jordan Carl Woodstock, Ann Holbrook Johanna Soderstrom, Lydia Pardo Vhlliam Dallas, John DiBella and Marie