Weaver High School - Portal Yearbook (Hartford, CT)

Text from Pages 1 - 160 of the 1926 volume:

JUhtblisbeb bp tfjc Crabuating Class Cljomasi neU I©eaber Jkfjool lifartforb, Connecticut MISS FORBES lllilllllilllllliiiilllKIfllliilililtllllliillllll TO EXPRESS OUR DEEPEST RESPECT AND ADMIRA FOR A FRIEND WHOSE STERLING QUALITIES AND A TTRACTIVE PERSC)NA LITV HAVE ENLIGHTENED OUR YEARS IN HIGH SCHOOL WE, THE CLASS OF 1926A WITH TRUE PLEASURE DEDICATE THIS CLASS ROOK TO Anita |L IForhes OF THE TION ENGLISH DEPA RTA1 EN1’ CLASS BOOK 1926A—THOMAS SNELL WEAVER HIGH SCHOOL Claste 2 oarb STAFF Editor-in-Chief Edwin J. Greene Assistant Editor Edward J. Burns Business Manager James B. Fellows Assistant Manager Paul M. Christensen Editorial ASSOCIATES Business Barbara G. Duncan Dixwell T. Burnham Norinne K. Auger Charles Warshawsky Dorothy E. Fowler Frances 1. Hoye Kenneth 0. Kobinson E. Florence Margolis Eleanor M. Ward [N answer to the expressed wish of our Class, we are pleased to present to you the Class Book of 1926A. As in the case of almost all interesting enter- y||| prises, we, members of the Class Book Boards, have enjoyed the work of preparation immensely. Our only hope now is that you will receive even a greater amount of pleasure and enjoyment from the completed work. Naturally the task of preparing a book of this kind has required much time and labor which we have willingly furnished on our part for the benefit of the class. We earnestly hope that you will take this into consideration so far as criticism is concerned, and also remember that all of us are only human and therefore subject to error. We have endeavored to make this Class Book as entertaining and interesting as possible with the consideration of its priceless value in future years. As valuable antiques connect the bygone ages with the present, this book may some time serve a similar delightful purpose. In future years when we shall be widely separated as a class, we shall probably fully realize the value of our Class Book as a means of reunion with the pleasant acquaintances and happy incidents of our high school years. 4 CLASS BOOK 1926A—THOMAS SNELL WEAVER HIGH SCHOOL Class of 1926 Hi MOTTO “ Hodie. non eras ' CLASS COLORS Twilight Blue and Silver Class Chairman Paul K. Bid well Chairman of the Reception Committee Dorance H. Coles Historians Miriam Podnetsky Edward J. Burns Class Marshal J. Earl illiams Prophets Gertrude R. Honer William F. Rourke Essayist Norinne K. Auger Treasurer Dorothy M. Barrett Orator Harry Kleinman Reception Committee Loretta M. Collard Everett P. Strong Motto Committee Sidney A. Kaplan Barbara G. Duncan illiam McCombe Pin Committee Paul K. Bid well Margaret C. Wilcox John Gray Color Committee Elliot B. Steele Loretta M. Collard Harry Wise 5 CLASS BOOK 1926A—THOMAS SNELL WEAVER HIGH SCHOOL Class doll Norinne Katherine Auger Dorothy Moss Barrett Mary Katherine Barrett Charlotte Chesman Pearl Older Cohen Loretta Marie Collard Margaret Josephine Connerton Marian Elizabeth Davis Sarah Du Brow Barbara Gertrude Duncan Minnie Finkelstein Dorothy Eleanor Fowler Bella Freedman Bertha Toby Glotzer Sadie Goldberg Sarah Harriett Goldberg Gertrude Roberta Honer Frances Isabelle Hove Ada Isabelle Jacklyn Grayce Josephine Kearns Marian Beavers Kelley Mary Libby Lavitt Lillian Jeanette London Ruth Miles Long Margaret Bernadette Lynch Rose Marie Manilli Elinor Florence Margolis Miriam Podnetskv Pauline Pearl Rosen Rose Saltzman Cecelia Harriet Sanofsky Lillian Louise Schwartz Matilda Shafer Evelyn Ada Smith Dorothy Albee Snow Anne Stone Blanche Susman Jennie Tulman Agnes Beatrice Tuttle Elizabeth Sarah Tuttle Edith Vogel Eleanor Marjorie Ward Lena Harriet Weinstein Margaret Clara Wilcox 6 CLASS BOOK 1926A—THOMAS SNELL WEAVER HIGH SCHOOL Class Cioll 25o| s Paul Kenneth Bichvell M orris Bernard Bloom Dixwell Treadway Burnham Edward Jerome Burns Paul Martin Christensen Samuel Henry Cohen Samuel Hilley Cohen Dorance Heath Coles Clarence William Crane Kenneth Carter Eldridge Myer Ellovich James Benton Fellows Nathan Friedman Solomon Goldberg Edwin John Greene Israel Harry Hyman Leslie Saunder Johnson Harry Herbert Kleinman Sidney Abraham Kaplan Hyman Eli Liberman Raymond Thomas Mazzucchi William McCombe Howard Eugene Millot Kenneth Orion Robinson M ax Rosenblum Robert William Rosenfield William Francis O ' Rourke Manuel Segal Oscar Sigal Elliot Boardman Steele Everett Pierson Strong Jonathan Gear Swift Charles Warshawsky John Earl Williams Harry Wise CLASS BOOK 1926A—THOMAS SNELL WEAVER HIGH SCHOOL NORINNE K. AUGER “Norry” “Our Norinne’s a salad ; for in her we see Oil, vinegar, sugar and saltness agree.” Northwest School; Caroline Hewins Literary Society (3, 4), Vice-President (3), President (4) ; Girls’ Glee Club (3, 4), President (4); Choir (2, 3, 4), Chairman of Choir Committee (4) ; Girls’ League (3, 4) ; “Lookout” (4) ; Class Book Editorial Board; Class Essayist; Never tardy. Perhaps you’ve never been late, “Nori-y,” but how often did you stay out and just come in the fifth period for Chem ? DOROTHY M. BARRETT “Dot” “Thoughtless of beauty, she was Beauty’s self.” Northwest School ; Athletic Association (3, 4) ; Caroline Hewins Literary Society (3, 4), Secretary (3), President (4); Girls’ League (3, 4), Secretary and Vice-President (3), President (4) ; Classical Club (3) ; “Owlet” (3) ; Class Treasurer. You certainly did heaps for the class, “Dot,” and we all appreciate you. MARY K. BARRETT “Dim pies” “In came Mrs. Fezziwig, one vast, substantial smile.” Northwest School ; Athletic Association (1, 2, 3, 4) ; Girls’ League (3, 4), Treasurer (4) ; Caroline Hewins Literary Society (3, 4), Vice-President and Treasurer (4) ; Classical Club (3, 4). We love your 1 smile, Mary, and we simply adore your freckles. Won’t you please relieve our curiosity about that little gold football? PAUL K. BIDWELL “Biddy” Behold me ! I am worthy of thy loving, for I love me. ' ' Bloomfield Grammar School; Student Council (2, 3), Sec¬ retary (3), Vice-President (3) ; Basketball Team (2, 3, 4) Acting Football Manager (3) ; Glee Club (3, 4), Vice-Presi¬ dent (4) ; Choir (2, 3, 4), Choir Committee; “Owlet” Board (2, 3), Circulation Manager (2), Business Manager (3) , Business Manager of Handbook (3) ; Chairman of Class Ring Committee; Athletic Association (1, 2, 3, 4). “Biddy” has the most wicked habit of slipping into his seat just a second before the last bell. Aside from this, he’s just about six feet of “good fellow.” 8 CLASS BOOK 1926A—THOMAS SNELL WEAVER HIGH SCHOOL MORRIS BLOOM “Mov” Everything that is unknown is taken to be good.” Arsenal School; Choir (2. 3. 4); Athletic Association 3, 4) ; Boys ' Commercial Club (3, 4) ; Basketball Squad (4� . Since you are a late arrival and practically unknown to most of us, we shall not disturb your past merits or de¬ merits, but we wish you the best of luck in your future adventures. DIXWELL T. BURNHAM “Dixie” Thy modesty ' s a candle to thy merit,” Northwest School; Radio Club (4 , Secretary-Treasurer (4) ; Rifle Club (3) ; Athletic Association (1, 2, 3, 4). Never mind, Dixie,” when you’re a big man, we know you won ' t he so bashful. EDWARD J. BURNS “Eddie” Wit, now and then, struck smartly, shows a spark.” Public School 102, Brooklyn, N. Y. ; Dramatic Club (4), Secretary )4J, Honor Bright (4), The Mourner” (4); Athletic Association (1, 2, 3, 4); Class Historian; Class Book Editorial Board; Junior Usher (3). Oh “Eddie 1” What would you do without that pipe of yours? Did you contract the habit in Honor Bright?” 1 believe you would be intellectually incapable without it. CHARLOTTE CHESSMAN “Charley” “Fair tresses man ' s imperial race insnare. And beauty draws us with a single hair.” Henry Barnard School; Athletic Association (1, 2, 3, 4); Girls’ Business Club (3); ' Girls’ League (2, 3. 4); Choir 12, 3, 4) ; Ingleside Club (3). We often feared that you might drown in those marvelous waves. Charley.” Where did you say you were going to spend your honevmoon ? Bermuda, too? t 9 CLASS BOOK 1926A—THOMAS SNELL WEAVER HIGH SCHOOL PAUL M. CHRISTENSON “Christie” “But clay and clay differ in dignity, whose dust is both alike.” Northeast School ; Junior Usher (3) ; Assistant Business Manager of Class Book (4) ; Athletic Association (1, 2, 3, 4). Have you ever noticed “Christie’s” walk? With that martial tread of his, we wouldn’t be a bit surprised to set him in brass buttons some fine day. PEARL O. COHEN “Pat” “How pretty her blushing was, and how she blushed again.” Arsenal School ; Athletic Association (2, 3, 4) ; Caroline Hewins Literary Society (3, 4) ; Classical Club (3) ; Girls’ League (3, 4)’. That hair was a nuisance. Right. “Pat.” So hard to grow, and such a temptation to have it cut off again. You sure ought to know that geometry book by heart. SAMUEL HILLEY COHEN “Mookie” “Of manners gentle, of affections mild; In wit a man ; simplicity a child.” Arsenal School; Debating Club (3, 4), Treasurer (4); Commercial Club (4) ; Athletic Association (1, 2, 3, 4). We don’t believe that Mookie” could ever be awakened from his dreamy reverie by anything short of an earthquake. However, for our sake, let him dream on undisturbed. SAMUEL HENRY COHEN “Slim” “How now, my lord ! Why do you keep alone ?” Henry Barnard School; Athletic Association (1, 2, 3, 4). “Slim” isn’t very active in school affairs, but he has good reason not to be. His silence speaks for himself. 10 CLASS BOOK 1926A—THOMAS SNELL WEAVER HIGH SCHOOL DORANCE E. COLES “Dot” View the whole scene, with critic judgment scan, And then deny him merit if you can. When he falls short, ’tis nature’s fault alone: W ' here he succeeds, the merit’s all his own.” Northeast School; H. P. H. S. Boys’ Club (1) : H. P. H. S. Student Council 12); W. H. S. Student Council (3). Execu¬ tive Committee (3); Science Club 13, 4). Executive Commit- t iii; Dramatic Club id. I), Publicity Manager (8), Presi¬ dent (4), Stage Manager (4), Roister Doister” (3), Honor Bright” (4), The Mourner (4); Chairman of the Recep? tion Committee (4) ; Junior Usher (3) ; Athletic Association (1. 2, 3, 4). Dot” has a fine psychology of life. He is serious when there is need to be serious, but, when there is no need, he ' s well, you know what we mean. LORETTA COLLARD “Ruzzv” ‘T’was kin’ o’ kingdom come to look on sech a blessed cretur.” Northwest School : Athletic Association (1, 2, 3, 4) ; Girls’ League (3, 4) : Girls’ Business Club (3) ; Dramatic Club (3, 4) ; Leading part in “The Mourner.” Gee, you’re a peach, “Ruzzy”—never cross and so cute. MARGERET CONNERTON “Peggy” “Like—but oh ! how different.” Northeast School ; Athletic Association (1, 2, 3, 4) ; Inglesida Club (3) ; Girls’ League (3, 4). We never got to know you so very well, “Peg”, but you always had a smile for everyone anyway. CLARENCE W. CRANE “Cranie” And I will sit as quiet as a lamb, I will not stir, nor wince, nor speak a word.” Northwest School; Class Book Business Board; Athletic Association (1, 2, 3, 4). Buttercup” would be a better suited nickname, for in reality. Cranie” is just a little baby amidst a flock ot misunderstanding elephants. 11 CLASS BOOK 1926A—THOMAS SNELL WEAVER HIGH SCHOOL MARIAN E. DAVIS “I care for nobody, no, not I, If no one cares for me.” Northeast School; Athletic Association (1, 2, 3, 4) ; Girls’ Business Club (3, 4) ; Girls’ League (3, 4) ; Choir (2, 3, 4). Did we ever see Marian without Peggy? And aren ' t they a lot alike, too? SARAH DU BROW “Sally” ‘‘A merry heart goes all the day.” Northeast School; Athletic Association (2, 3, 4) ; Girls’ Business Club (3, 4) ; Girls’ League (1, 2, 3, 4). You have a good heart, “Sally”, even if some of your jokes aren’t so very, very funny. BARBARA G. DUNCAN “Bob” “I never dare to write as funny as I am.” Northwest School; Caroline Hewins Literary Society (3); Girls’ Glee Club (2); Girls’ League (3, 4); Choir (4); “Owlet” Business Board (3) ; Chronicle” Editorial Board (4) ; Class Book Editorial Board. “Bobbie” we’re going to miss you when you go down South, but at last there won’t be any ice down there for you to fall through. In future years we’ll be looking for your name among the prominent poets of the day. KENNETH C. ELDRIDGE “Ken” “Thy voice is a celestial melody.” Peabody Grammar School, Petersburg, Va. ; Choir (2, 3, 4). “Ken” has a wonderful voice. Anyone, who has had the most excellent fortune of hearing it, will verify this state¬ ment. And he is a pianist, too. 12 ( LASS BOOK 1926A—THOMAS SNELL WEAVER HIGH SCHOOL MYER ELLOVICH ttx n Lux It is the part of men to fear and tremble When the most mighty prods, by tokens, send Such dreadful heralds to astonish us.” Northwest School ; H. P. H. S. Boys ' Club (2) ; Athletic Association (1, 2, 3, 1), President (4); Glee Club (2, 3, 4), President (8, 4) ; Choir 2, 3, 4) ; Baseball Team 13, 4) ; Basketball Team (2, 3. 41; Football Team (2, 3, 4), Captain (2. 3). There is no mistaking Lux.” Once you know him, on the field of athletics or otherwise, you have a great deal of respect for him. JAMES B. FELLOWS “Red” We must laugh before we are happy, for fear we die before we laugh at all.” Northwest School ; Athletic Association (1, 2, 3, 4); Weaver Business Manager of “Chronicle” (4i; Commercial Club ; Radio Club ; Business Manager of Class Book. “Red” is a fellow who invariably lives up to his creed, and as we have previously told this to you, you will under¬ stand what we mean when it is said that it cost him quite a few demerits. MINNIE FINKELSTEIN “Min” Zealous, yet modest.” Arsenal School ; Athletic Association (3, 4) ; Girls’ League (3, 4) ; French Club (3, 4) ; Girls’ Business Club (3). You’re another one of those quiet, little girls. You don’t make much commotion, but, oh, Min !” DOROTHY E. FOWLER “Dickie” Oh ! She will sing the savageness out of a bear.” Northeast School: Tawasi Club (1), President (1); Girls’ Glee Club (1, 2, 3, 4) ; Choir (2, 3, 4) ; Girls’ League (2, 3, 41. Cheerleader 14); Interior Decorating Club (2, 3, 4); Arts-Craft Club (2, 3) ; Dramatic Club (3, 41 ; Leading part in The Merry, Merry, Cuckoo”; Caroline Hewins Literary Society (3. 41 ; Chronicle” (4) ; Owlet” (3) ; Class Book Editorial Board. , By the looks of your list, Dickie,” you were some busy and we don ' t mean maybe. We most fainted the morning you came in before the last bell. 13 CLASS BOOK 1926A—THOMAS SNELL WEAVER HIGH SCHOOL ,y LnioiiLiiiiiniiiiiiii BELLA FREEDMAN “Belle” ‘‘Oh ! I am stabb ' d with laughter !” Northwest School; Athletic Association (3, 4); Fi ' ench Club (3, 4) ; Classical Club (3, 4) ; Caroline Hewins Literary Society (3, 4) ; Upper Choir (2, 3, 4) ; Girls’ League (3, 4). It was a neck-to-neck race, between you and Annie for the silliest child in the class. Will we ever forget the day you substituted for Miss Dutting ? NATHAN FRIEDMAN “Nat” “Et tu, Brute ?” Henry Barnard School; Orchestra (1, 2, 3, 4), Librarian; Glee Club; Choir (2, 3, 4) ; Athletic Association (1, 2, 3, 4) ; Boys’ Club (2) ; Concei ' tmaster of Orchestra. Say, “Nat,” that captivating jazz tie of yours is quite an asset. We wonder how you would look in a Tuxedo, though. BERTHA GLOTZER “Toby” “Oh, keep me innocent, make others great.” Brown School; Athletic Association (3, 4) ; Girls’ League (3, 4) ; Choir (2, 3, 4) ; Classical Club (3, 4). Talk about credulous 1 We’ll bet you’d believe the earth was made of Swiss cheese if we told you so, Bert.” SADIE GOLDBERG “Sid” “Idleness is an appendix to nobility.” Northeast School; Girls’ Business Club (3, 4); Girls’ League (3, 4) ; Athletic Association (3, 4) ; Choir (3, 4). Sadie, what did you do in school until five o’clock every night? Was it love of the old school? 14 CLASS BOOK 1926A—THOMAS SNELL WEAVER HIGH SCHOOL SARAH H. GOLDBERG Patience and Gentleness is power.” Northeast School; Girls’ League (3, 4); Girls’ Business Club (3, 4); Athletic Association (4). All the class unites in good wishes for your future success, Sarah. SOLOMON GOLDBERG “Wop” Quicker ' n lightnin’ an’ then some.” Arsenal School; Basketball Team (3, 4), Captain (3); Athletic Association (1. 2, 3, 4). Wop’s” a slow fellow in some ways, but Oh boy” when he struts on the hardwood floor just excuse his dust. EDWIN J. GREENE “Ed” And he was always quietly arrayed.” Northwest School; Science Club (3, 4), Secretary (4); Athletic Association 13, 4) ; Student Council (3) ; ' “The Chronicle (3, 4), Editor-in-Chief (4); Junior Usher; First Scholarship Prize (3); Editor-in-Chief of the Class Book; Salutatorian ; Never tardy. Well, “Ed,” someone seems to be bestowing some honors on you and you well deserve them. Although you have been almost too quiet at times, anyone who has been so loyal to his school as you have been, well deserves credit. GERTRUDE HONER “Trudy” “To see her is to love her. And love but her forever.” Northwest School; Girls ' League (3, 4); Arts-Crafts Club (2, 3) ; Sketch Club (2) ; Dramatic Club (3, 4), Executive Committee (4), “Honor Bright” (3), Leading part in “The Florist Shop” (4) ; Class Prophetess. “Trudy,” it is good to be alive, especially when you are near. You certainly do make a cute stenographer—oh, those stockings 1 15 CLASS BOOK 1926A—THOMAS SNELL WEAVER HIGH SCHOOL FRANCES I. HOYE Frannie” “Few things are impossible to diligence and skill.” Northwest School ; Caroline Hewins Literary Society (.4) ; French Club (3, 4), Treasurer (3): Dramatic Club 13, 4), Vice-President and Treasurer (4), “Three Live Ghosts” (3), “The Florist Shop” (4) ; Orchestra (1, 2, 3, 4) ; Athletic Association (3, 4) ; Second Scholarship Prize (3. 4) ; Student Council (2, 3) ; Girls’ League (3, 4) ; Class Book Business Board. Frances, judging by the list of your activities, one wouldn’t think you had time to study—but, Great Scott, they should listen to your recitations. ISRAEL HYMAN “Yellie” “His hair was such a puzzle.” Arsenal School; Athletic Association (2, 3, 4) ; Basket¬ ball Team (3, 4). Well, you sure did surprise us all, “Yellie”, by your fine playing the night Torrington was here. We almost forgot your hair in our ecstasy. ADA I. JACKLYN “Jackie” As merry as the day is long.” Northeast School; Arts-Crafts Club (3, 4): Classical Club; Girls’ Leaders’ Corps (4) ; Girls’ League (3, 4) ; Athletic Association (3, 4). Did you ever see anyone who could use her eyes to such advantage as Ada V The Leaders’ Corps wouldn’t be the same without “Jackie.” LESLIE JOHNSON ‘‘Les” My clothes are my pride.” Northeast School; French Club (2, 3); Athletic Associa¬ tion (1, 2, 3, 4) ; Boys’ Glee Club (2) ; History-Civics Club (3). Oh, Leslie! Were you late today? No, not today? Then it’s a miracle. 16 CLASS BOOK 1926A—THOMAS SNELL WEAVER HIGH SCHOOL SIDNEY A. KAPLAN “ Kappie” “The dancers crowded around him. And many a sweet thing said.” Arsenal School: Boys’ Debating Club (4) ; Boys ' Glee Club (i) : Choir (2, 3, 41 : Classical Club (3. 4) ; Assistant Base¬ ball Manager (3) ; Athletic Association 2, 3, 4). We shall always remember you as one of our best talkers. Kappie.” How will you ever get along without exchanging mysterious glances with your congenial playmate, “Lux ?” GRAYCE KEARNS “The world loves a spice of wickedness.” Northwest School; Girls’ Business Club 13. 4); Girls’ League (3. 4) ; Athletic Association (2. 3, 4) ; Girls’ Glee Club (3) ; Choir (2, 3, 4) : Girls’ Leaders’ Corps (2). Grayce, such a naughty little flirt as you ought not to be allowed near Harvard, but we wish you the best of luck at Simmons, nevertheless. MARIAN KELLEY “When a girl views the gym as a pleasure resort, And is really quite crazy about it. Is it all love of class? Is it pure love of sport? Well that may be it, but I doubt it.” Northwest School; Girls’ League (3, 4); Girls’ Leaders’ Corps (3. 4) ; Ingleside Club (4) ; Arts-Crafts Club (4) ; Basketball Team (2, 3, 4) ; Choir (2, 3, 4). Marian is a peach of a sport. We haven ' t many better in the class. HARRY KLEINMAN “Harry Carey” Then he will talk 1” Arsenal School; Glee Club (2, 3, 4) ; French Club (3. 4| : Debating Club (3. 4), Vice-President 14); Classical Club 1 3, 41. Vice-President (4); Football Squad (4); Choir 2, 3, 4) ; Athletic Association (3, 4). Harry, our orator ! You are well qualified, I assure you, for there is no one in all the school who can utter so many words in so short a time. 17 CLASS BOOK 1926A—THOMAS SNELL WEAVER HIGH SCHOOL MARY LAVITT “So thou be good, slander doth but approve thy worth the greater.” Bellevue Junior High School, Richmond, Va. ; Girls’ League (4) ; Athletic Association (4). Mary is the class mouse, but her peeps are often heard in wisdom’s power. HYMAN LIBERMAN “Smoke” “A stalwart lad was he.” Northeast School ; French Club (4) ; Rifle Club (3) ; Science Club (3, 4) ; Choir (2, 3, 4) ; Boys’ Glee Club (4) ; Athletic Association (1, 2, 3, 4). From your nickname one might think you would almost fade away, but one has only to gaze on you to find that quite the opposite is true. We admire your independence, “Smoke !” LILLIAN J. LONDON “Lil” ’ I conversation overhear never, with important air.” Alfred E. Burr School ; Girls’ Glee Club (3, 4) ; Choir (2, 3, 4) ; Girls’ Business Club (3, 4) ; Girls’ League (3, 4) ; Athletic Association (4). We hear Lillian seldom, but when she speaks—all hark ! RUTH MILES LONG “Ruthie” “She has a head to contrive, a tongue to persuade, and a hand to execute any mischief.” Northeast School; Girls’ League (3, 4) ; Athletic Associa¬ tion (3, 4) ; Dramatic Club (4), “The Mourner” (4) ; “Look¬ out” Editorial Board. “Ruthie,” you’re a peach, and it’s been lovely having you with us these four years. 18 CLASS BOOK 1926A—THOMAS SNELL WEAVER HIGH SCHOOL MARGARET LYNCH “Marge” ‘True as the needle to the pole. Or as the dial to the sun.” Northwest School; Girls’ League (3, 41, Executive Com, mittee (3), Treasurer (4Al: Classical Club (8), Executive Committee (4A); Caroline Hewins Literary Society 3, 4); French Club (4) : Athletic Association (3, 4) : Girls’ Leaders Corps (8, 4); Girls’ Basketball (4); Lookout” Editorial Board (4B); Girls’ League School Revue” (4B). “Marge” glories in dumbbells (in the gym) and bucks, to say nothing of ropes and horses, besides playing basket¬ ball. Some athletes we have can’t measure up to her. ROSE MANILLI My tongue within my lips I rein; For who talks much must talk in vain.” Arsenal School ; Girls’ Business Club (4) ; Girls’ League (3) ; Athletic Association (3, 4). Will you always be as quiet as you were in Weaver? Our wish for you is that in the future your success may reach the highest pinnacle. E. FLORENCE MARGOLIS “Red” “Good at a fight, but better at a play.” Northwest School; Classical Club (3, 4), President (4), Executive Committee (3) ; Caroline Hewins Literary Society (3, 4) ; Student Council (3) ; Girls’ League (3, 41 ; Athletic Association (3) ; Owlet” Editorial Board (4A) ; Lookout” Editorial Board (4B) ; Yearly Honor Roll (3) ; Class Book Business Board. Red” has become a sleuth in the matter of getting copy for the paper. Didn’t you enjoy senior English, though ? R. THOMAS MAZZUCCHI � « rn i I oniiny “He’s got taking ways. Northeast School ; Choir 12, 3, 4) ; Boys’ Glee Club (3, 4) ; Athletic Association (2, 3. 4) ; Dramatic Club (4), “The Florist Shop” 14). “Tommy”, you are another one of those boys who take six subjects to make up a lost half-year. Let ' s hope you always have someone handy who has pencils and paper to satisfy you. Mr. Crowell’s English Lit. class can give evi¬ dence to that. However, we must give you credit for your work as Mr. Slovsky. 19 CLASS BOOK 1926A—THOMAS SNELL WEAVER HIGH SCHOOL WILLIAM McCOMBE “Pinky” “Red and fiery and very wiry.” Northwest School; Athletic Association (1, 2, 3, 4) ; Base¬ ball Team (3, 4). Well, “Pinky,” it seems as though it were only the other day that you were doing your stuff on the diamond. You were not very big, to be sure, old boy, but oh what a flash on grounders ! HOWARD E. MILLOT “Frenchy” “You had but to gaze in his face to find the true ex¬ pression of the master.” Northeast School; Commercial Club (4) ; Athletic Associa¬ tion (2, 3, 4). We don’t imagine that you will ever be a money collector, “Frenchy,” but you sure became a master of the art down in the lunchroom. MIRIAM PODNETSKY “Mins” “She is a winsome wee thing. She is a handsome wee thing. She is a bonny wee thing. This sweet little friend of ours.” Northeast School; Classical Club (3, 4), Executive Com¬ mittee (3), Secretary (4) ; Girls’ League (3, 4) ; Girls’ League “School Revue” (4B) ; Caroline Hewins Literary Society (3, 4); French Club (3, 4), Seci-etary (4A), Executive Com¬ mittee (4B) ; Athletic Association (3, 4) ; Class Historian. Our historian is just irresistible, a fact of which she is wholly ignorant, to be sure? Great things are expected of you just the same, my little ’un. KENNETH ROBINSON “Knockout” “His nickname is ‘Knock-out’ A nickname to dare. But its meaning is void Where the sex is so fair.” Northwest School ; Orchestra (4) ; Rifle Club (4) ; Debat¬ ing Club (3, 4) ; Athletic Association (3, 4). Don’t you see your resemblance to Tom Mix ? Maybe ! But your nickname doesn’t prove it. It ought to be Dempsey. 20 CLASS BOOK 1926A—THOMAS SNELL WEAVER HIGH SCHOOL PAULINE ROSEN “Paul” Deep brown eyes running over with if lee— Blue eyes are pale and irrey eyes are sober : Bonnie brown eyes are the eyes for me.” Northeast School; Girls’ Leatrue (3, 4); Choir (2, 3, 4); Girls ' Glee Club (2, 3, 4) ; Lookout” Staff (4B). Pauline is one of the more quiet l ?) ones of our class, except at Glee Club meetings. “Paur ' raves for Lookout” meetings on Wednesdays, especially when she has been assigned “Choir Notes.” MAX ROSENBLUM “Red” A very snappy boy is ‘Red’ Whose freckles match his fiery head.” Northwest School; Glee Club (1, 2, 3); Choir (2, 3, 4); Commercial Club (2) ; French Club (2). Oh, Red 1” From some of the portrayals of nerve that you have displayed we fitrure that you need no nerve tonic. Well, keep it up. but you may die younit. WILLIAM ROSENFIELD “Rosy” “So much of beauty tortures me.” Arsenal School ; H. P. H. S. Boys’ Club (2) ; Boys’ Com¬ mercial Club (3, 4), Vice-President (4) ; Athletic Association (1, 2, 3, 4). In the role of detective, Rosy,” your Ionic was O. K., but as Our William”—well, we have our doubts. WILLIAM F. O’ROURKE “Billie” Come and trip it as ye go, On the liirht fantastic toe.” St. Joseph’s School; Athletic Association (1, 2, 3, 4); H. P. H. S. Boys’ Club (2) ; Leaders’ Corps (2, 3), Vice- President (3) ; Cheerleader (4) ; Class Prophet. Perhaps we will soon see on the stage “Billie Co. in the Fairy Dance.” For with that wicked part of yours and your dancing ability tne path to fame should be short and narrow. But as our jumping cheerleader, Billie,” your fame is already confirmed. 21 CLASS BOOK 1926A—THOMAS SNELL WEAVER HIGH SCHOOL ROSE SALTZMAN “And still be doing, never done.” Northeast School; Choir (2, 3, 4) ; Girls’ Glee Club (1, 2, 3, 4) ; Girls’ Leaders’ Corps (4) ; Girls’ Business Club (3, 4) ; French Club (4) ; Athletic Association (3, 4). Rose acquired a wonderful habit of learning (?) lessons during Choir for which she ought to be given a prize of four A’s. CECELIA H. SANOFSKY “I loved you for the winning charm That brought gay sunshine to the land.” Northeast School; Girls’ League (3, 4); Girls’ Business Club (3, 4) ; Ingleside Club (3) ; Athletic Association (2, 3). Cecelia is our bashful member, but we love her just the same. LILLIAN SCHWARTZ “Wearing all that weight of learning lightly like a flower.” Northeast School; Girls’ League (3, 4) ; Girls’ League Revue” (4B) ; Caroline Hewins Literary Society (3A) ; La Scciete Francaise (3, 4), Vice-President (3B, 4A), Secretary (4B) ; Classical Club (3, 4), Executive Committee (3), Sec¬ retary (4A) ; Athletic Association (3, 4) ; Student Council (1, 3), Executive Committee (3); First Scholarship Prize (4) ; Never tardy; Valedictorian. After having been begged not to mention books or studies, there’s nothing left but clubs, and Lillian’s membership list speaks for itself, so what shall we say? MANUEL SEGAL “Manny” “The music in my heart I bore. Long after it was heard no more.” Northeast School; Athletic Association (1, 2, 3, 4) ; Choir 12, 3, 4) ; Boys’ Glee Club (2, 3, 4) ; Orchestra (2, 3, 4). “Manny”, we would like to know what you will do without your drum to bang on. I suppose you will also hold a seat in the Philharmonic as, ' your brother does, and that will make it quite a family affair. 22 CLASS BOOK 1926A—THOMAS SNELL WEAVER HIGH SCHOOL MATILDA SHAFER “Tillie” Peacocks shall bow to you Little boys sing.” Henry Barnard School ; Girls’ Glee Club (2, 3) ; Choir (2, 3. 4); Tawasi Club (1, 2. 3); Ingleside Club (3, 4); Girls’ Business Club (3, 4) ; Girls’ League (3, 4) ; Athletic Association (2, 3, 4). When it comes to a Civics report, Matilda is always on the job. Wasn ' t it a job. Tillie’’, letting your hair grow? OSCAR SIGAL “Occy” They always talk who never think.” Northeast School ; Athletic Association (2, 3, 4) ; Football (2, 3, 4) ; Baseball Manager (41- Well, Occy”, let’s hope you don ' t break any more book cases by throwing books around. You know it is quite an expensive sport. EVELYN ADA SMITH “Addie” Happy am I, from care I’m free ! Why aren’t they all contented like me ?’’ Pawlet, Vermont, Grammar School ; Girls’ League (3, 4) ; Athletic Association (2, 3, 4). Evelyn told us that she didn’t wish to humiliate the mem¬ bers of ’26A by mentioning all the clubs that she belongs to. Of course this was confidential, you know ! Addie” never has much to say. but we rather suspect that the Hartford Hospital will be rushed when she enters its portals as a nurse. DOROTHY ABBE SNOW “Dot” The sweetest thing that ever grew beside a human door.” Northwest School; Athletic Association (1, 2, 3, 4) ; Girls ' League (3. 4) ; Arts-Crafts Club (3, 4), Treasurer (3, 4) ; Ingleside Club (2). Cheerfulness is this fayre lady’s” middle name. We may expect great things in the art line from “Dot.” (This is a compliment and not a brickbat, if you please.) 23 CLASS BOOK 1926A—THOMAS SNELL WEAVER HIGH SCHOOL c11111ii unii(? ELLIOT B. STEELE “Ell” “Of recreation there is none So free as fishing is, alone ; All other pastimes do not less Than mind and body both possess : My hand alone my work can do ; So I can fish and study too.” Northwest School ; Athletic Association (1. 2, 3, 4) ; Junior Usher (3). “Ell”, although you never make yourself conspicuous, you are right there with the “goods.” But. I’m afraid you like your fishing too much. ANNE STONE “Annie” “I love its giddy gurgle, I love its fluent flow, I love to hear my giggle Everywhere I go.” Northwest School; Classical Club (3, 4), Executive Com¬ mittee (3) ; Girls’ Glee Club (3, 4), Vice-President (4) ; Choir (2, 3, 4) ; Athletic Association (3, 4) ; Girls’ League (3, 4), Executive Committee (3) ; Girls’ League “School Revue” (4). “Annie” and “Bella” are as widely famed for their team¬ work in giggling as are Mutt and Jeff, but everyone doesn’t know that Anne is rivaling “Dune” in the art of writing verse. EVERETT P. STRONG “Bud” He was a gentleman from sole to crown.” Northwest School; Choir (2, 3, 4) ; Football (2, 3). We have heard some fine remarks about your dancing, “Bud,” so we are taking the opportunity to compliment you here. Didn’t you and “Gay” have some grand times to¬ gether in W. H. S. though ? BLANCHE SUSMAN “Brunchey” “For she was jes’ the quiet kind Whose natures never vary. Like streams that keep a summer mind, Snowhid in Janooary.” Transferred from Bridgeport High School ; Girls’ League (3, 4) ; Athletic Association (3, 4) ; Glee Club 13) ; Choir (3, 4). Blanche thinks that Weaver surpasses Bridgeport High, and for more reasons than one ! Rather lost, though, aren’t you, Brunchey,” without Sylvia Gladstein ? 24 CLASS BOOK 1926A—THOMAS SNELL WEAVER HIGH SCHOOl. JENNIE TULMAN Laugh and be fat.” Northwest School; Girls ' League (3. 4) ; Catherine Hewins Literary Society (3, 4); Athletic Association (3, 4); Fi’ench Club (3. 4). Executive Committee (3). Vice-President 4 ; Never late ; No demerits. Jennie, although you ' ve never been late and haven ' t had any demerits, you are really not as angelic as it would be supposed. Since reading your autograph book, we’ve come to the conclusion that you are quite an English shark.” AGNES TUTTLE Thy wit’s as quick as the Greyhound ' s mouth, it catches.” Northwest School ; Caroline Hewins Literary Society (3) ; Girls’ Business Club (4) ; Arts-Crafts Club (3, 4) ; Girls’ League (3, 4) ; Athletic Association (4). On with the Charleston, eh, but don ' t stamp too hard. You ' re a real live-wire dancer, Agnes, and you deserve honor¬ able mention in Hooz Hoo.” ELIZABETH S. TUTTLE “Betty” Oh love, love, love ! Love is like a dizziness It winna let a poor body Gang about his biziness.” Northwest School ; Girls’ Glee Club (4) ; Choir (2, 3, 4) ; Girls’ League (3, 4) ; Ingleside Club (3). We were quite surprised to find that you were going to graduate with us, Betty.” Hear you’re going to Bradford. Best of luck ! EDITH VOGEL “Edie” “ ' Edie’ surely is awfully prudent. Burns oil at night like the Trinity student.” Chauncey Harris School; Ingleside Club (3, 4); Athletic Association (3, 4) ; Girls’ League (4). Edie,” you quite surprised us by your fine work this last term. We also admire your perfect deportment record. Keep it up ! 25 CLASS BOOK 1926A—THOMAS SNELL WEAVER HIGH SCHOOL ELEANOR M. WARD “Nan” “On with the dance ! let joy be unconfin’d ; No sleep till morn, when Youth and Pleasure meet.” Northeast School ; Choir (2, 3, 4) ; Athletic Association (2, 3, 4) ; Ingleside Club (3) ; Girls’ Glee Club (3, 4) ; Girls’ League (3, 4) ; Class Book Business Board. “Nan”, you are without doubtl the best dancer in the class. The class decision on this point was practically unan imous. I suppose we’ll see you some day in Florenz Zieg feld’s Follies. CHARLES WARSHAWSKY “Charlie” “A man who knows his mind.” Northeast School ; Science Club (4) ; Athletic Association (1, 2, 3, 4) ; Junior Usher; Class Book Editorial Board. No, “Charlie”, we aren’t going to initiate you into the Royal Order of Solemn Mind Readers, but we do admire the way you take care of yourself at all times. LENA H. WEINSTEIN “Libby” “A child of our grandmother Eve, a female ; Or, for thy sweet understanding, a woman.” Northwest School; Athletic Association (2, 3, 4); Girls’ Business Club (3, 4) ; Girls’ League (3, 4) ; Girls’ League Revue” (4) ; Ingleside Club, Bazaar Committee (4). Well “Libby”, if lateness were an asset, you’d be a multi-millionaire. MARGARET C. WILCOX “Miggie” She walks in beauty, like the night.” Northwest School ; Athletic Association (1, 2, 3, 4) ; Student Council (2, 3) ; Girls’ Basketball Team (2, 3, 4) ; Girls’ League (3, 4). Some basketball player, “Miggie!” Wish you luck at Dana Hall. 26 CLASS BOOK 1926A—THOMAS SNELL WEAVER HIGH SCHOOL J. EARL WILLIAMS “Big Boy” “I see that fashion wears out more apparel than the men.” Northwest School : H. P. H. S. Boys’ Club (1. 2); H. P. H. S. Student Council (1) ; Athletic Association (1. 2, 3, 41 : W. H. S. Student Council (3) ; Dramatic Club |2, 3. 4). ' The Merry, Merry Cuckoo” (4) ; Football (4) ; Class Marshal. Big Boy”, you are one of our best fellows and quite popular with both sexes. Even though you are a sweet dresser and the Pineapple of Politeness”, you are no slacker when it comes to real work. HARRY WISE “Chick” “Last, but not least.” Northeast School; Boys’ Glee Club (2); Choir (2, 3); Classical Club (3, 4), Charter Member; French Club (3, 4), Charter Member, President of Executive Committee (4). You certainly did amuse us with those nonsensical ques¬ tions .of yours, and some even regarded you as silly, but they just didn’t know you, n’est-ce pas, Chick?” JONATHAN E. SWIFT “J ohn” “Among us, but not of us.” Northeast School; Athletic Association (1, 2, 3, 4). John is one of those fellows who is so quiet that you never know he’s around. However, when you know him real well, he is quite a good fellow. 27 CLASS BOOK 1926A—THOMAS SNELL WEAVER HIGH SCHOOL Crabuatton Program Salutatory. Edwin John Greene Faces in the Study Hall. Bella Freedman Coal Shortages and What They Mean. Hyman Eli Lieberman Cheap. Barbara Gertrude Duncan Music by the Weaver High School Orchestra Neighborhood Discords. A Thing that is Lovely. European Signs of Lasting Peace Valedictory. . . .Samuel Hilley Cohen . Pearl Older Cohen . Harry W ise Lillian Louise Schwartz Music by the Weaver High School Orchestra Presentation of Diplomas Mr. Fred l). Wish. Superintendent of Schools Class; ptgfjt Program Address of Welcome. Paul Kenneth Bidwell Oration. Harry Herbert Kleinman Song. The Class Words by Elinor Florence Margolis Music by Pearl Older Cohen Essay. Norinne Katherine Auger History. Miriam Podnetsky and Edivard Jerome Burns Song. The Class Words by Jennie Tulman Music by Minnie Finkelstein Prophecy. Gertrude Roberta Honer and William Francis O ' Rourke School Song. The Class Words and music by Rosalind Feldman 28 CLASS BOOK 1926A—THOMAS SNELL WEAVER HIGH SCHOOL Cftatrman’si Pittas CLASSMATES, PARENTS AND FRIENDS: Jt is a time-honored custom observed by most high schools of today to set aside one night during graduation week for class festivities. Three reasons might be mentioned as justifying this departure from the more serious and formal exercises which mark so important an occasion. In the first place, since the class is soon to be disbanded and those bonds of lasting friendship which have encircled us for so many years, are to be dissolved, we would like to meet informally once more as a class. Secondly, inasmuch as there are enrolled among the members of the class some students who possess unusual talent in various capacities, we have considered it a fitting opportunity to allow those of genius to display it. And then, we wish to have with us our parents and friends who have made possible for us these four years, fillled with happy and unforgettable experiences. You now know why we hold Class Night; you should also be informed before¬ hand concerning what you may expect. The program will consist of the Class History, Prophecy, Essay, and Oration, the Class Song and other numbers. And so, at this time, we, of the Class of 1926A, take great pleasure in bidding you welcome and we hope that you may enjoy with us our Class Night program. PAUL K. B1 DWELL. 29 CLASS BOOK 1926A—THOMAS SNELL WEAVER HIGH SCHOOL i ; 1 i 111 I TT mil mill 1111 i 11111 Ti 11111111111 ' 1 Claste Bratton YOUTH AND CRIME [F you and I were asked what the most common thing in the world was, the most obvious answer would be crime. Crime has been in existence ever since the beginning of civilization, and it will continue as long as civiliza¬ tion exists. Nevertheless the $3,000,000,000 that the United States pays each year because of lawbreak ing can be lessened by a thorough study of crime. Who must make this study? You, I, all of us, and especially young people, since statistics show that there are a great many youthful criminals. It is generally thought by a great many people that the World War is the cause of the juvenile crime wave. When we come to consider the situation carefully, the most obvious answer is that the motion pictures and the automobile, especially when combined with drink, are the fundamental reasons for the lawlessness of the present youth. One must not, however, jump to the conclusion that all young people are lawless. I shall now proceed to analyze the fundamental reasons for crime. One of the most potent reasons for youthful crime is the motion pictures. Young people go to the theatres, and form new opinions and new ideas. Not all pictures are bad, but there are a sufficient number of bad ones that have harmful effects. Boys and girls go to a show primarily for entertainment, and they get it. However, do they get the right sort of amusement? Sometimes they do, but most of the time they don’t. They see pictures where defiance of the law is glorified, and where 1 a halo is placed around the crook, who happens to be the hero and reforms later. The youthful mind is very impressionable, and when a boy sees such pictures, he receives a mental picture which cannot be eradicated. The first opportunity he gets he may try to imitate the crook hero. The result is invariably the same. He is caught and sent to reform school, if he is sentenced by a judge that is not sympathetic and understanding. He is bitter against everybody because he has been caught. Unless some kindly person takes the youth under his wing, is there not the strongest possibility that he will become a real crook and a menace to society? The prevalence of intoxication and the consequent disasters among young people is largely the result of prohibition. 1 am not stating whether the Prohibition Act will eventually be for good or bad, but I am simply analyzing one of its present results. The young people of all ages have shown off and the present age is no exception. Before prohibition was enacted there was less intoxication than now. The reason is that when liquor could be got freely the young people didn’t care much for it; now it is hard to get, so they think it smart to carry a flask on the 30 CLASS BOOK 1926A—THOMAS SNELL WEAVER HIGH SCHOOL hip and tako it to all social affairs. Have you not heard them boast how their bootlegger delivers to them the “real goods? They don ' t mean it, because it is simplv an outburst of youth—youth that loves to rant and boast. Intoxication and the automobile form a dangerous combination when they come together, as is the case many a time nowadays. The automobile is certainly one of the greatest inventions conceived by the mind of man, but when a speeding machine is controlled by an intoxicated youth, it becomes a dangerous projectile. A. great many times before young people go riding they are intoxicated. The in¬ evitable result is a wreck. It is indeed a rare occurrence when we can pick up a newspaper without reading about some young people’s being injured in a wreck because the driver was intoxicated. If the young driver causes the injury of some¬ one else, the thought that he was responsible will haunt him the rest of his life. If he drives away without assuming his responsibility, he will live in constant terror of the law. Which is worse? All this intoxication and automobile wrecking is due to one thing, which is the getting away of the young people from the helpful influence of the home. They get the family automobile after they have nagged and pestered the life out of their parents. The parents, always wishing the best for their children, finally vield to entreaty, in spite of their common sense and reasoning. Then what happens I have explained. After they have got into some scrape, the parents reprove their children for betraying their trust in them. They intend this reproof all for the good of their offspring, but the children do not take it in the right way. The soul of a young person is susceptible to every outside influence with which it comes in contact. Most of the time thereafter he doesn ' t care what he does and may get into some trouble which he will always regret. He blames his parents for his condition never dreaming that he was indirectly the cause of his misfortune. When we come to consider this matter carefully, we want to realize that this age is not the only age during which youth has been called dissolute. Everybody who is familiar with the social life of the young people in the later Roman Empire, in the reign of the English Stuarts, and of the French Bourbons, knows that this is simply a recurrence of the never-ending struggle of youth to learn for itself. In those times there were as many young people w r ho w r ent about their daily routine as there were of those who were dissolute. So it is today. The vast majority of the young people of today are those who go quietly about their work without attracting attention. This majority do not realize one opportunity that they have to help along other youths of the same age. If everybody took the faults of youth seriously instead of jokingly, there would probably be less crime among young people. Everything has its funny side. It is very easy for a young person who himself does no wrong to laugh at the misdemeanors of a movie hero or a drunken man. But anything that is of as vital importance as the present wave of lawlessness should be treated with thought. • After all public opinion is the most powerful force in this country and the young people of today will make the opinion of tomorrow 7 . HARRY KLEIN MAN 31 CLASS BOOK 1926A—THOMAS SNELL WEAVER HIGH SCHOOL Class Cssap PERHAPS N the English language, although there are only twenty-six letters in the alphabet, the combinations of these twenty-six are often very strange. It “if” is the longest word in our language. has been truly said consideration of all competitive words, such as “no”, yes ; “book”, and numerous others, I have come to the weighty conclusion takes second place as the next longest in the language. After careful “eat”, “home”, that “perhaps” “Perhaps” has the power to raise a human being to the heights of ambition, or to drag him to the depths of disappointment. It expresses hope, doubt, resignation, and joy, but very seldom does it express all these feelings at once. In the tone in which it is spoken, and in the significance which it thus takes on, this little word varies according to a person’s age. So let us first consider the old man. For two weeks, it has seemed as if spring has at last arrived. The old man lying on the cot beside the open window is drinking in deep breaths of the fresh morning air. He is closely watching every move of the robins that he can see in a nest in the old pear tree beside the window. The birds are quite friendly, and give him much pleasure during the long days. But his thoughts are far off, on a little cottage, where perhaps . He sighs and turns over, for it is so hard to think of that. Since the first blurred days after the accident, old Joe has had another “perhaps.” Perhaps he may get well, and go back to his cottage, and his wife. It has been his one comfort, and the only thing that has kept him up. But now, spring has come once more, and he is still in the large hospital. Perhaps-? A life hung on old Joe ' s “perhaps”, but in the business life of man today, the word is employed far differently. Every hour of the day brings either its spoken or unspoken “perhaps.” It is oftentimes the man’s gambling instinct which makes him use it. He begins the day with a “perhaps” to his secretary. His coffee had sour cream in it, and he isn’t in a genial mood. (It happens in the best regulated families, you know. She waits until he has forgotten the coffee before asking for an extra hour at lunch. The hour is for a marcel. “Oh, well, perhaps you can have it,” comes absent-mindedlv from behind the morning paper. The first displeasure of the day arrives with the answer of “perhaps” from a lawyer whom he has asked to play golf. He gets a report of the stock market, and there is another “perhaps” concerning some bonds which he should sell. Again, there comes an invitation to play in a foursome that afternoon, and such is the way of human nature, he ardently hopes that the lawyer’s “perhaps” will become “no. In the afternoon, his wife telephones to tell him that Bob Jones has asked him and the rest of the fellows over to hear a radio concert that evening, and in answer to her query as to whether he can get home in time, he drawls out, “Perhaps, I’ll see, ' hoping that a more desirable plan will arise. 32 CLASS BOOK 1926A—THOMAS SNELL WEAVER HIGH SCHOOL As we now come down the scale, and reach the age “where the brook and river meet.” the little word is just becoming troublesome. Jane, or Betty, or Mary, aged seventeen, still utter it in a light, frivolous tone with little meaning behind it, but Jane is beginning to have a little pucker between her eyes just because of one “perhaps. For many months, graduation has been her big “may be. Now there are only three weeks left, three weeks before her great distraction will be no longer. Ihe time flies rapidly until one week before the fatal day. “Perhaps stands out in capital letters, great, large letters, everywhere the girl looks. “Miss Brown, give me a sentence expressing doubt. suddenly startles her out of her dream. For once, Miss Jane Brown ' s mind works rapidly, “Perhaps I won’t graduate. The teache r’s series of coughs that follow give one the impression that her handkerchief is only a subterfuge, behind which she is hiding many smiles, but she adds kindly, “And perhaps you Will.” To the school boy of twelve odd years, “perhaps” is like the sight of land to a lost crew, a place of refuge. Jack’s class has been told to study the conjuga¬ tions of several verbs during recess, and Jack in his own fashion accordingly has. “Gosh, don’t you love to shoot ‘mibs,’ Jack? Lookit all I won!” Jack answers with a grin, but that “ole techer can’t understand that “mibs” are such great fun, and that conjugations aren’t. Thus, when the bell rings for class, Jack’s only hope is in a “Perhaps she won’t get round to me.” He enters the class with such a debonair and an indifferent air, as only a boy of twelve with freckles and red hair can muster. After all preliminaries are over, all too soon, the boy begins to wonder if “perhaps is the best way. “John, conjugate iove’ in the present indicative. “I love,—huh—you love—um—huh—, he loves—,” at which his voice trailed to nothing. “Perhaps” didn’t succeed, but Jack is ready to try it all once again. Even the baby of two or three years has learned the significance of “perhaps.” His mother knows that it is very effective in trying times, either as an appeal or as a punishment. To appreciate this, you should know little Billy. For one whole afternoon the child has been so angelic that his mother fears for the worst. After she has sent him into the backyard to play, everything has gone well for a half hour. Suddenly there arise the most ear-splitting shrieks, as if all Bedlam has been turned loose. Billy has the old cat by the tail, trying to see how long and how r fast he can swing him. In desperation, his mother threatens, “Perhaps Santa Claus won’t visit a naughty little boy’s house.” Perhaps Santa wouldn’t bring him anything! The thought is so new’ and startling that the child is more sober-faced than he has ever been before. That “perhaps” meant a lot of hard labor for the little chap, but you may be sure that the good old Saint didn’t forget him. My last example is a very simple, but most imlportant one. It touches every¬ body present, and yet can easily be understood. Perhaps you have liked this, and perhaps you have not. A ORINNE K. AUGER 33 CLASS BOOK 1926A—THOMAS SNELL WEAVER HIGH SCHOOL Clas l tstorp Setting —A home. Time —1941, fifteen years after graduation. A young lady is seated embroidering. After a short interval of quietness, the door bell rings and the young lady gets up to answer it. She soon returns with a friend, Edward Burns, whom she is very glad to see. Miriam Podnetsky —“Well, isn’t it nice to see you, Edward! Come, sit down and tell me how everything is.” Edward Burns —“Well, Miriam, this isn’t going to be altogether a social call, but partly a business one. I came to see you this evening in reference to that new organization.” M.P. —“New organization? And which one is that?” E. B. —“Oh, you haven’t heard yet? I take great pleasure in presenting to you the first president of the U. F. M. W. P. S. U. G.” ( With a bow.) M.P. —“What! Please explain.” E. B. ( proudly )—“That alphabet stands for the United Forces of Men and Women for the Prevention of Spreading Unnecessary Germs.” M. P. —“Well, I certainly wish you success in this work.” E. B. —“With your help, I’m sure I shall be successful. My main purpose in calling tonight was to let you know of the honor conferred upon you. You are to be one of the canvassers for this worthy movement.” M. P .—“Really I am flattered. Just what will be required of me?” E. B. —’’Well, first of all you will have to visit some people to invite them to join us in this work. Before you do that, you will have to know about our aims and purposes. Here are some pamphlets for you to read up on.” (He hands her some literature.) M. P. (reads) —“Statistics show that pets in m,ost cases are the causes for the introduction of germs. Be a germ preventer. Sterilize thoroughly all cats and dogs and such things every time before allowing them to enter your home.” ( E. B. nods approvingly.) M.P. (continuing )—“Pawning is contagious. Be a germ preventer. Don’t yawn. One cannot very well sleep with his eyes open nor can he sleep with his mouth open and sleep well. Why invite germs? Keep your mouth closed. Be a germ preventer. This is very interesting and helpful, I’m sure.” 34 CLASS BOOK 1926A—THOMAS SNELL WEAVER HIGH SCHOOL A. B. —“And here is a list of names of those people whom you will have to visit for prospective members. M.P. ( looking through list, she notices one or two names which are familiar. She soon comes to one and exclaims I-—“Maud LaMarr! Edward, do you remember her? Don’t you remember she used to be in our Freshman Class wav back in our high school days? E.B .—“Why, yes, I remember now. That was such a long time ago. ( Dream¬ ily. I Ah. what a quantity of pleasant memories come back to me at the mention of those words—high school. Those far distant days are returning to me from that almost forgotten past. I sec our classmates and ourselves again as small timid Freshmen entering the portals of learning. Miriam, do you remember? Can ' t you just see us? (Awed by the returning past, they begin to recall the days at high school.) M.P. —“It seems ages ago that all that happened. It was on a burning cold day that with red noses (we didn ' t use powder then) and with wildly-beating hearts, we went up those stone steps of that awe-inspiring red building—H. P. H. S. the school which first helped us to grow out of our infancy.” A’. B. —“How cute we were then with our chubby features. I remember how bashful and frightened we were when we had to talk to an upper classman and what an honor did we think that. Do you remember that on the first day they gave us handbooks with all those rules for conduct?” M.P. (with a chuckle )—“I certainly do. And we poor ignorant little Freshies would walk in the corridors as silent and as straight as Indians for fear of getting one little demerit. How simple we were then! A. B. —“Hut you must acknowledge we did do excellent work as Freshmen. It was we, we who lengthened the list of honor pupils so much. It makes me laugh now to think that some of our classmates at that time thought vacations absolutely unnecessary and a waste of time. What children w r e were! M. P. —“Y ou must not forget, too, our literary contributions to the school mag¬ azine. I remember how the numerals 1926A in The Chronicle made us sigh. Four years to wait seemed ages to us little ones. But how the days and weeks and months flew ' . W e were very happy as Freshmen but our joy knew no bounds when we beheld ourselves in really, truly, Sophomore classrooms.” A’. B. —“Ah, that was when we first started to prick up our ears and to think of the school as a whole, not only of ourselves.” M. P. —“Thinking back to our Lower Sophomore year brings forth a picture which now makes me almost roar with laughter. Do you remember when you boys first put on long trousers? Whenever we girls used to talk to the boys, we both used to blush from being conscious of the added attractions.” E. B. —“Yes, that was a joke. Hut how- sad it was when we first learned that we were to be taken from the motherly arms of H. P. H. S. and put into a new- building—to do or die. Hut when we realized what able heads were to guide us on until we entered on die stage of life, we know that nothing would happen that would not proclaim our new school as a great success, worthy of its name, and an honor to the country. We were by no means mistaken.” M. P. —“You are right. Hut we didn’t enter Weaver until the next term. Dur¬ ing our free periods that term w J e had to study in the assembly hall. So do you 35 CLASS BOOK 1926A—THOMAS SNELL WEAVER HIGH SCHOOL wonder that we were so brilliant when we absorbed from the atmosphere the atoms of knowledge and power in that illustrious hall where philosophers, writers, poets, musicians, and business people had formerly sat?” E. B. —“We were very successful as Sophomores but our Junior year was the best of the three. The Thomas Snell Weaver High School commenced its brilliant career in the educational world, and upon us Juniors was placed the great respon¬ sibility of leading our school to victory. Did we shirk our work? You have but to behold the school today.” ( With a flourish.) M. P. —“Yes, and do you remember it was at first thought that it would be best not to form clubs the first year? But we showed that clubs did not harm us at all.” E. B. —“By the way, of course you remember that work on the building was still going on when we entered. It was only too evident to the outsider when he gazed with surprise at our flowery lawn surrounding our spacious school. Every kind of weed known and many others unknown were growing in this possible botanical garden.” M. P. —“Stop laughing at our lawn now, Edward. Don’t you remember how lovely the grounds looked after they were fixed? We had a dandy race track and an athletic field, too, entirely surrounded by a towering chicken-wirei fence.” E. B. —“We musn’t forget our honors in athletic activities. Oh, those basketball games! They put school spirit in the lungs of everyone.” M. P. —“And our heroes didn’t fall down w l hen it came to the dancing which followed. What delightful memories!” E. B.— “And what a shock you girls gave the boys when we heard you were running a Fashion Show. It wasn’t until then that we boys realized how interested we were in girls’ styles.” M.P. —“And then came our Senior year. Oh! that was the best of them all. It did seem great to have had the entire class of eighty-eight strong all in that big room 227, didn’t it? It added to our already overflowing amount of importance and pride.” E. B. —“I’ll say we were proud. We had reason to be. Look at all the club offices we held. Of course responsibilities Would not have been given to us if we hadn’t shown what we were made of.” M. P. —“That reminds me of the school weekly paper. Do you recall that at first we were allowed hardly one page in The Owlet of H. P. H. S.? But we grew fast. We could not be contained in only one page. So another half was added and another, and another and still another until two and a half pages out of The Owlet’s eight were adorned with our activities and merits.” E. B. —“But it didn’t stop there. We wished to be independent after a while. That is natural, you know. We had to have a paper of our own. As in other things, it was thought that two independent papers would not both have the successes necessary. And again we disproved that. Three cheers for us!” M. P. —“That was a success to be sure. We did good work in everything; but the work of the Girls’ League stands out clearly in my mind even to this late day.” E.B. —“Yes, I think the girls did some commendable things; but you musn’t forget the boys. We took honors in everything—in debating—in—” M.P. —Wait! Hold on a bit! Debating did you say? Yes, you were good 36 CLASS BOOK 1926A—THOMAS SNELL WEAVER HIGH SCHOOL debaters, I must confess; but do you so easily forget that our girl debaters won over you? Oh, what a triumph for us! E. B. —“Oh, that didn ' t count.” I Rather scornfully.) E. B .—“And do you remember when we suddenly knew so much about electric¬ ity? That was when we visited the Hartford Electric Light Plant. All the students were so glad they had gone there because, you know, their knowledge was enlarged and then, too, free lunch was passed around. That was great! M. P .—“Towards graduation wrinkles of worry lined the foreheads of many of us diligent pupils. We were all wondering what was to become of the other classes and all the clubs after we had gone. That was so sad. Apropos the wrinkles, do you recall when you were an old man in the Domestic Club play? When you first got up from your seat with all that racket, I didn ' t know who you were. I thought to mvself, ‘What a nerve that old man has’. E. B. —“Ha, Ha, I ' ll never forget that night. The people sitting near me told me in plain words to shut up. 1 was embarassed and amused and happy at the same time. Getting hack to serious things—I am not boasting nor am I one bit conceited, hut it is true that our class was the best that the Hartford high schools ever produced or ever will produce.” M. P. —“Lately, I’ve been wondering why the Senior class is usually more com¬ plimented than the other classes. We w-erq praised for our College Board Examina¬ tions, for our good work in the classical language departments. Why, so much con¬ fidence was put in our literary ability that we were even asked to write sonnets. Can you imagine a more brilliant class?” E. B. (with a sigh) —“No, I can’t. And at graduation, we were all so proud of ourselves and of our school. We were not ashamed to hold up our heads as if to say, ‘Behold the finished product’!” (Very proudly.) (A short silence, then) 2 E. B .—“1 almost felt young again in recalling our days at school. It did me much good. Well, now to get back to our own world. Being a busy lawyer, I must hurry hack home to prepare for a hard day’s work tomorrow.” (Both rise.) M. P .—“This certainly has been a very pleasant evening for me.” E. B .—“For me also. As soon as you get any new members for our club, let me know. Here is my card.” (They talk gaily while going towards the door. When E. B. leaves, M. P. reads card): Burns. Bruises, Burns Attorney s-at-Law We Greet Our Clients W armly but Settle Their Affairs Coolly M. P. (with a laugh) —“Now% isn’t that just like Edw r ard Burns!” (Curtain.) MIRIAM PODNETSKY, EDW ' ARD BURNS. 37 CLASS BOOK 1926A—THOMAS SNELL WEAVER HIGH SCHOOL Class Propfjecp Time —1946. Scene —General Manager’s office in the Cipher Motion Picture Studio. Curtain rises in the usual manner disclosing the General Manager seated at a paper- littered desk in a would-be busy mood. Telephone rings. He —“All right, spend your nickel. Who? Wash! This isn’t a laundry. Oh, Warshawsky. Good, Charlie. You’re a reporter now? That’s fine. Yes, I went to the Movie Ball. Well, I’m very busy just now but I think I can tell you something about it. Sarah DuBrow talked on ‘Nothing to do and how to do it’; Sadie and Sarah Goldberg danced the Irish Jig; Howard Millot, the magician, and Bertha Glotzer, his assistant, performed, while Hyman Lieberman amused the guests by acting natural. That’s all. You’re welcome. Good-bye.” [Busies himself at work again .) (Girl enters and trips over toothpick.) She —“Were you looking for an extra? He (without looking up, takes newspaper from desk )—“No, I have one.” She —“I mean a girl for your new picture.” He (sizing her up) —“Hm-m. You might pass in a crowd. She —“I’d rather be in a crowd earning my dollar and a half than be a sten¬ ographer at twenty-five-” He (interrupting )—“Can you take dictation? Are you a stenographer?” She —“I can do anything. Say, I write shorthand so fast that I have to use a specially prepared pencil with a platinum point and a water-cooling device, a note pad made of asbestos, ruled with sulphuric acid and stitched with catgut. I— He —“Whoa! Then for the luva Mike, help me out! My stenographer slipped into the ‘holy bonds of matrimony’ with my office boy last night and left me flounder¬ ing on this fathomless sea of undone work. Look at this desk, will you? She —-“Well all right. I’ll try anything once.” (Removes hat and coat.) He —“That’s the stuff. Here, make a copy of this.” (Hands her paper. She goes to table at right.) She (reading as she types) — THE SHOOTING OF POP GUNZ By TS or inn e K. Auger. Directed by Paul Christensen. Scenic effects by Blanche Susman. Photographed by Samuel H. Cohen. Titles by Lena Weinstein. Screen play by Evelyn A. Smith. (General Manager exits.) She —“I do believe—No, it can’t be. Well, I ll ask him when he comes back.” (Continues typing, reading aloud as she does so.) 38 CLASS BOOK 1926A—THOMAS SNELL WEAVER HIGH SCHOOL Pop, the noisy hero who believes in doing; everything with a bang, J. Earl Williams. Countess Owtt, the beautiful but—daring heroine, who fears only mustached men and excess weight, Margaret If ilcox. Eubett Ablgettum, the Turk, a sneaking, cowardly villain, who believes ‘“absence of body is better than presence of mind, Edward J. Burns. The mob scene played by Myer Ellovich. I General Manager re-enters. Girl looks at him half-puzzled, half-suspecting. Goes timidly to his desk, i She ( hesitatingly )—“Are you—? Were you—? Could it be possible that—?” He (interrupting her )— “Bring your pad and pencil and take this letter.” ( Dictating ) : The Sherry, Bloom Supply Company, 227 Robins Row, Castoria, Long Island. Gentlemen: Please send me at your earliest convenience three dummies—one boy, one girl and another one; a gun, two bullets, and an apple pie. Thanking you, but not paying you in advance, I- (Girl rises and starts walking towards typewriter.) He —“Just a minute, I haven’t finished the letter yet. ' She— ' ' ‘But I have.” He —“You have. What did you write?” She (reading from paper) —“I beg to remain, truly yours.” He —“Say, where did you learn to think and take dictation so fast?” She —“In Weaver High School.” He —“Weaver High School? Why, I graduated from that school myself.” She —“I knew it!” He —“You knew ' it?” She ( showing him paper) —“Surely, after typing the names of all those Weaver Alumni. Besides you look familiar to me.” He —“You look familiar too, but I can’t think of your name.” She —“And I can ' t think of yours. ( Looks at him intently.) Wait a minute. Weren’t you our class prophet?” He ( recognizing her) —“Whv, you were the prophetess.” She— ' ‘‘‘Billie’ O’Rourke!.” He —“ ‘Gertie’ Honer! (He rises and both open arms as if to embrace each other—but only shake hands. They simultaneously burst into cheer, whirl around, and then drop exhausted intd chairs.) She —“My, that was as good as a basketball game! Whatever happened to our flashy Green and White checkered basketball team?” He —“They’re pretty well scattered now but I manage to get news of them once in a while. Bidwell has just opened up a hardware store; Goldberg has written an article entitled ‘How I Appreciated British Verse’; Hyman is an oil merchant, and Myer Ellovich plays u big part in one of my productions.” She —“Who do you suppose I met today?” 39 CLASS BOOK 1926A—THOMAS SNELL WEAVER HIGH SCHOOL He —“Somebody, I surmise.” She —“ ‘Dick’ Fowler. She was telling me how the song she sang over the radio the other night still haunts her. He —“Yeh, I heard her. No wonder it haunts her, the way she murdered it.” She —“Oh yes, and Edith Vogel and Matilda Shafer had a radio debate on ‘Jazzmania.’ Edith talked and talked and talked till the station signed off for the night. He— “Yes, and the worst of it was that Lillian Schwartz and Jennie Tulman were scheduled for a travel talk on their adventures in the wilds of Gebru where they had been trying to determine whether a zebra is a white animal with black stripes or a black animal with white stripes. She —“By the way, what happened to the rest of that bunch—Annie Stone, Bella Freedman, and Miriam Podnetsky?” He -—“Annie Stone is down at Sound View learning the proper approach to the water. Bella Freedman just wrote a book entitled ‘How! I Cultivated my Memory in Fifteen Minutes a Day.’ Miriam Podnetsky is finishing up her short history on King Tut. She discovered that he was the ancestor of Agnes Tuttle, whose eyes, she says, resemble the king’s.” She —“Of all ridiculous things! That is almost as bad as Israel Hyman’s brilliant idea.” He —“What’s that?” She —“Why, his trade mark for that stuff he calls automobile oil—‘Is Real Oil’.” He —“Speaking of automobiles, I’ve got a new ‘Crane’ car. It’s a snappy little boat, I can tell you. I understand Clarence is having some trouble with Ford because of the fact that Crane has an extra rattle.” She —“Yes, but everybody thinks Crane will win out because they can use that extra rattle as a horn.” He —“That’s just what I did the other day. I was bumping over Weaver Road when ‘Eddie’ Greene sauntered absent-mindedly right in my way. I rattled the ‘Crane’ and ‘Eddie’ was so frightened he blushed.” She —“Had you heard that he’s decided not to establish a demerit system in his high school?” He —“So ‘Eddie’s’ principal of a high school? Well, well, well. Did you know that ‘Dot ' Barrett cut her hair and founded a school called the ‘Flippy Flappers Flicker?” (Noise outside.) “What in blazes is that? Sounds as if they were shooting that earthquake ahead of schedule.” ( G.M. goes to door to see ivhat the trouble is; is heard shouting “Stop the noise!” Meanwhile the telephone buzzes. The girl answers.) She —“Hello! No. I know you have the wrong number.” He (returning )—“Who was that?” She —-“Somebody must have been looking for a wife. They wanted to know if this was Frances Hoye’s Matrimonial Agency.” He —“Well, one wife was found here.” She —-“How did that happen?” He —“My office boy, William McCombe, who by the way wears long pants now, ran off with my stenographer. He wanted a stenographer because he knew he could dictate to her.” 40 CLASS BOOK 1926A—THOMAS SNELL WEAVER HIGH SCHOOL She —“Well, I wish him more luck than Kenneth 0. Robinson had. He —“What! ‘K� n ' married? She —“Not quite so bad. But he lias become an artist, you know, and his art studio up on Windsor Avenue burned down. He —“Oh yes, I overheard W illiam Rosenfield, the master mind of the Finkle- stein Detective Agency, tell James Fellows, head reporter on the Wise Weekly, that he had worded out a very important solution as to how it started. He had come to the conclusion that something hot must have come in contact with some inflammable substance and it began to burn. She- “A verv brainy solution, I should judge. He —“No doubt. Nevertheless it took Fire Chief Strong to find the real cause. After investigating, he discovered it happened while Max Rosenblum was posing for firecrackers. The sun was shining brightly on his hair as he leaned his weary head against a curtain, which immediately burst into flames. She. —“Who paid the damages? He —“‘Red , of course. He was brought up before Judge Steele and, recogniz¬ ing him, swaggered up and said, ‘Nice day today, isn ' t it, Elliot? She —“What did Elliot say? He —“Fine—a thousand dollars. She —“Say, that reminds me of the big accident that happened the other day.” He —“Where? Any damage done?” She- “Lillian London and Rose Saltzman were riding around in their aeroplane when it ran out of gas and crashed to the earth. He —“Were they hurt? She —“No, they landed on a hay-stack in Oscar Sigal’s model farm, where Kenneth C. Eldridge, the expert crop producer, found them trying to feed the remains of the aeroplane to ‘Occy’s prize goats. He —“It seems as though most of our class is having bad luck. She —“I should say not. It’s just the opposite. Quite a few of them have struck it rather soft. For instance, Sidney Kaplan has turned loafer in a bakery; Nathan Friedman took the job of window cleaner in a coal mine while Leslie Johnson has become chief tester in a mattress factory. He —“I ' m not at all surprised. They always were in the habit of taking life easy in Weaver.” She —“And I suppose Harry Kleinman has become a French teacher. He —“No, he ' s a public speaker now. He addressed a deaf and dumb audience a short while ago; they enjoyed it very much.” She —“I ' ll bet they could have heard Manuel Segal when he gave his kettle-drum recital in Carnegie Hall.” He —“Speaking of loud, have you heard Dixwell Burnham’s voice? He’s been taking elocution lessons from ‘Tom’ Mazzucchi, the world-renowned actor of charac.ei parts.” ( Knocking is heard at door. G. M. rises )—“Oh, 1 suppose that’s that persistent saleswoman, Florence E. Margolis. back again trying to sell me one of those confounded four-dimension cameras.” She —“Four-dimension cameras? W hat are they? He —“They film pictures crosswise, lengthwise, sidewise, and otherwise.” She —“She probably could put one over on you. She could sell shoe-strings to a legless man.” ( Knock at door, G. M. goes to door and remains for a moment. Returns and addresses girl.) 41 CLASS BOOK 1926A—THOMAS SNELL WEAVER HIGH SCHOOL He —“Samuel Cohen, one of the prop boys, just informed me that my latest picture is to be shot in ten minutes. They weren’t to start it until tomorrow l3ecause ' Dot’ Coles’s wardrobe hadn’t arrived, but Jonathan Swift dashed madly to New York and back with it, making it possible to begin today. She —“You mean for the ‘Shooting of Pop Gunz’? He —“No, that’s only a short comedy. This is a big five-reeler. It is, by the way, the one I was to put you in as an extra. She —“Then I have a chance to get in the movies after all! Oh! Please, tell me about it.” He —“Well-—the action takes place in a far-off isolated island. The scene is a colony where woman reigns supreme—because no men are permitted to live there. It is a small village in itself. It has its own budget system, worked out by Pearl Cohen and Charlotte Chesman, the district statisticians, and a bank of which Ada Jacklyn is the president.” She —“What do they need a bank for?” He —-“To keep their bananas in. They use bananas instead of money, you know.” She —“I see, proceed. He —“Rose Manilli is the Public Health Commissioneress, who sees that the women are allowed only one piece of candy a day. Cecelia Sanofsky, the barberess, is much in demand due to the fact that her Excellency Mary K. Barrett has issued a law compelling all the women to have their hair bobbed so that their ears show. All their clothes are made by Barbara Duncan, fashion expert. Pauline Rosen and Mary Lavitt have charge of the Cat Pound. They collect all the stray felines and the articles heaved at them nightly. Eleanor Ward—” She ( interrupting )—“I can guess that. She’s the dancing teacher.” He —“Yes, and Dorothy Snow is the art teacher. Margaret Connerton and Marion Davis own a basement restaurant with a big sign hanging outside which reads ‘ ' Have a Cup of Coffee and Roll Downstairs .’ Ruth M. Long plays the part of the mother of Loretta Collard and Grayce Kearns, who are two young girls vainly trying to get a glimpse of man, whom they have never seen. Around them and Dorance Coles the plot is woven. A victim of Fate, Dorance is thrown unwillingly upon this island. In search of food, he stumbles upon this village of Wilful Women. The plot thickens. He is captured.” She —“He must had had a mighty good time.” He (continuing the story )—“Grayce and Loretta, seeing man for the first time, try unsuccessfully to rescue him. They attempt to bribe Elizabeth Tuttle, the chauffeur, by offering her a brand-new ‘For Hire’ sign, but in vain. A mass meeting is called. They gather about him. From them, are chosen ‘twelve women good and true.’ ‘To live or not to live, that is the question.’ They draw to one side in secret conference; they must decide his fate. Dorance pales, lifts his eyes heaven¬ ward, and shudders. All is still. Slowly and stealthily, the chosen dozen file up before him. Margaret Lynch steps forward and in a low, hollow voice, solemnly pronounces the verdict. ‘We have decided that-’.” ( Loud knocking is heard at door.) “Well, let’s go out and see them film the rest of it.” {Curtain.) W ILLIAM F. O ' ROURKL. GERTRUDE HONER. 42 CLASS BOOK 1926A—THOMAS SNELL WEAVER HIGH SCHOOL U£ eaber Clas J ongs; lhtr„J„c.+ .o« Music- Nirnie FinKJLftstfcm i i.i J i m . .; •• Words : J Cnhift Tu! rtliM . OR Vei- ver h igV, £• dea-r F� r t - well wt bid you Uert7TKe. Wp-py Viours wt. 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Ward Dorothy E. Fowler Rose Manilli Grayce Kearns Margaret C. Wilcox Barbara G. Duncan Eleanor M. Ward Marian B. Kelley Dorothy E. Fowler Gertrude Honer Dorothy E. Fowler Dorothy E. Fowler Ada I. Jacklyn Miriam, Podnetsky Mary Lavitt Sarah DuBrow Lillian Schwartz Bella Freedman Grayce Kearns Loretta M. Collard Agnes B. Tuttle Dorothy M. Barrett Norinne Auger Dorothy M. Barrett Most Popular Most Dignified Most Serious Most Sophisticated Most Capable Most Courteous Most Credulous Most Pessimistic Most 0ptimistic Most Original Most Practical Best Natured Most Literary Most Energetic Best Joker Most Bashful Most Flirtatious Most Talkative Most Angelic Greatest Heartbreaker Best Looking Best Dresser Best Dancer Best Athlete Frankest Cleverest Best Conversationalist Best Actor-Actress W ittiest Busiest Quietest Noisiest Hardest Worker Neatest Cutest Daintiest Peppiest Most Sportsmanlike Best All-Around Has Done Most for W . H. Paul K. Bidwell Everett P. Strong Edwin J. Greene Dorance H. Coles Edwin J. Greene Earl Williams Harry Wise Harry Wise Paul Christensen Edward J. Burns Dorance H. Coles William Rourke Edwin J. Greene James B. Fellows Edward J. Burns Dixwell Burnham William Rourke Harry Kleinman Elliot B. Steele William Rourke Dorance H. Coles Leslie Johnson William Rourke Myer Ellovich Harry Kleinman Edward J. Burns James B. Fellows Dorance H. Coles Edward J. Burns Dorance H. Coles Edwin J. Greene Oscar Sigal Edwin J. Greene Earl Williams William Rourke Elliot B. Steele William Rourke Paul K. Bidwell Paul K. Bidwell 5. Edwin J. Greene 44 CLASS BOOK 1926A—THOMAS SNELL WEAVER HIGH SCHOOL C. ollPtooob Rudy Valentino. . . Ben Lyons. Pol a Negri. Charles Ray. Wesley Barry. Mary Pickford. . . . Colleen Moore. . . . Al. St. John. Eleanor Boardman Jackie Coogan.... Zazu Pitts.. Harold Llovd. Noah Beery. Clive Brook. Pauline Starkev. . . J Tom Mix. Blanche Sweet. . . . “Doug Fairbanks. Buster Keaton.... Ella Cinders. .“Dot” Coles “Charlie Warshawsky .Grayce Kearns .“Ken” Bid well . . . . “Pinky” McCombe .“Meggie” Wilcox .Agnes Tuttle .Harry Wise .Eleanor Ward .Elliot Steele .Evelyn Smith .Edwin Greene .“Lux” Ellovich .“Bud” Strong .“Boh” Duncan .“Ben” Fellows .Loretta Collard .Earl Williams .Jonathan Swift . . . “Peggy” Connerton 45 CLASS BOOK 1926 A—THOMAS SNELL WEAVER HIGH SCHOOL HlpJjabettcs A is for Anne, The giggling gal, And Bella her helpmate And giggling pal. B is for Barrett Mary and Dot; One is freckled The other is not. C is for Cecelia, Whose blushes are said To rush with a dash All over her head. D is for Dickie, Our sweet cuckoo bird; Whenever she warbles She’s sure to be heard. E is for Eleanor, The kind of a gal Who dances and sings, And makes a fine pal. F is for Frances, A musician of name, Whose personality and fiddle Should bring her much fame. G is for Grayce, A short little imp; She hasn’t any use For a boy what’s a simp. H is our Hot Dog So prominent at lunch; A popular favor Of the Weaver High bunch. I is for Infants— And many are found Loitering in the corridors And all around. J is for Jennie, Our pale, little lass; When it comes to exams, She’s never failed pass. K is for Kelley, Who guarded on our team She bounced the forwards With plenty of steam. L is for Loretta, So cute and sweet With manners so gentle You seldom meet. M is for Marge, A sweet little shrimp; She’d be up in the world If she’d ride in a blimp. — O trte N is for Norinne, A quiet little child; But she wears some stockings That aren’t quite so mild. O is for Owl, A wise old bird; He keeps one eye open, Perhaps you have heard. I ' is for Paul, Known also as Rosen; Down in the lunchroom She always was frozen. Q is a question, That no one can solve; From what kind of monkeys Did we all evolve ? It is for Ruth, Who tends the library When a book’s overdue, She soaks you a berry. S is for Schwartz, Who showed us th« way; That study and work, Are sure to repay. T is for Trudy, Honer by Gee! Oh! how she talked, Like a heathen Chinee! U is for You. Here’s to your health, With plenty of wishes For happiness and wealth. V is for Vogel, Not a bit of a crank; Her report cards go home With the demerit space blank. W is for Wilcox, With “a skin you love to touch.” She isn’t pretty— No— not much! X is for Xanthippe, Whose like we abhor; From the sound of her voice To the clothes that she wore. Y is for Youth, The best time of all; When a kind of Utopia Is no myth at all. Z is for Zebra, Whose stripes are the fad— In stockings and neckties They don’t look so bad. 4G CLASS BOOK 1926A—THOMAS SNELL WEAVER HIGH SCHOOL Hlpljabettcs — A is the letter That heads all the rest; Others are useful But this one’s the best. B is for Biddie, Ken, P. K., or Paul; He’s a wow with the ladies And monstrously tall. C is for Craine, Our sweet little boy; He makes us all laugh He’s just such a toy. I) is for “Dot,” The premier Class Beauty; Whatever you think You’ll admit he’s a cutie. E is for Eddie, From Floi’d Avenoo; If he’d eased off his pipe, He might possiby’ve grew. F is for Fellows, A boy very gay; He takes all his ciphers In his own happy way. Cl is for Greene, A boy of great merits; He grabs off the honors, But not the demerits. H is for Harry— Kleinman’s the rest; As our chief talker He sure is the best. I is a vowel Strong to be sure; Found in all tongues The old and the newer. .1 is for Johnson, He’s quite a slow lad; But when he’s togged out, He doesn’t look bad. K is for Ken, Who makes such a moan; When he sits on the stage, Tooting his trombone. L is for “Lux,” A big boy is he. He’s got a few letters And they numbei three. M is for Mookie, Whose last name’s Cohen; He takes the cookie For rolling his own. N is for Nathan, A lad very stout; His length up and down, Is his width all about. () is a letter The cipher’s half brother; Once you get one You don’t want another. P is for Pinkie, Who hunts the wild cats; He’s laid out a trap line For all the muskrats. Q is for Quiz, A short little test; It sticks the worst of us And sometimes the best. R is for Rourke, A sheik beyond doubt; He does all the steps, And how he can shout! S is for Sigal, His nickname’s Osk; He grabs off demerits And wears flashy socks. T is for Tommy, Best known in the “Shop,” As Slovsky, the Florist, He sure was some pop. U is for Us— Of course it is we, The Class Book Board, Now, don’t you see? V is for Vigor, Versatility, vim; The best of us want them To keep us in trim. W is for Wop, A star you’ll agree; He was the fastest player On the Weaver B. B. X is for Excellence, The goal of the mighty; In trying to get it We almost go flighty. Y is for Yellie, Who lives on cream cheese. He works for a farmer And raises sweet peas. Z is for Zanthis, Perhaps you know; We christened him this To finish this row. 47 CLASS BOOK 1926A—THOMAS SNELL WEAVER HIGH SCHOOL Clasft Straps EDITORIAL BOARD BUSINESS BOARD ‘•THE GANG’S ALL HERE” 48 CLASS BOOK 1926A—THOMAS SNELL WEAVER HIGH SCHOOL UDfjat fl oulb happen M - Wop Goldberg played with the Girls’ Basketball team? Eddie Burns lost that meerchauin of his? Annie Stone didn’t have a spell of giggling once a day? Veracity entered into our dear little Jennie? Earl Williams took another crack at that cracker? Rose Manilli ever started a rumpus? H arry Kleinman didn’t argue against the perversity of women? Israel Hyman ' s hair ever parted? Grayce Kearns was ever without dainty little Loretta? Harry Wise ever spoke wisely? Sid Kaplan stopped robbing the cradle? Clarence Crane caught cold contracting consumption? H yman Liberman mistook a radicle for a radical ? Oscar could ever be completely subjugated? Objectionable personages were fired from school? Leslie Johnson ever got to school on time? H owie Millot was ever late for that lunchroom spread? Agnes Tuttle forgot how to laugh? Rose Salt .man ever stopped working? Trudy Honer ever spoke below high C’? FI orence Margolis went into the advertising business? Only one demerit were given for cipher offences? Red Rosenblum lost some of his nerve? Dorothy Snow went on a diet? Credit were given for tardiness ? O. Robin son lost that winning smile of his ? Norinne didn’t wear those flashy stockings? No one was late for one day in ' I ' ll ? Elliot Steele ever caught a whale? Charlie Warshawsky wore a derby to the Reception? Tom Ma .zucehi became a full-fledged florist? I chased a monkey around the flag pole? Cecelia Sanofsky took a course in stage craft? U ever forget those happy vears in W. H. S. ? The entire Senior Class decided to surprise Mr. Holden by taking a P. G. ? 49 CLASS BOOK 1926A—THOMAS SNELL WEAVER HIGH SCHOOL Cfje 4£arben of Adam —“Dot’ Coles Cben Eve —“Meggie” Wilcox American Beauty Violet. Narcissus. Smart-weed. Johnny-jumpups. Pansy. Dandelion. Buttercup. Arbutus. Tiger Lily. Snapdragon. Bachelor Button. Blue Bells. Robin’s Plaintain Aster. . . .. Lapdog. Rabbit. Hippopotamus. . . Rooster. Night Hawk. Giraffe. Puppy. Beaver. Cat. Raven. Cuckoo . Owl. Monkey. Leopard. Peacock. . . . . “Dot Barrett ..Celia Sanofsky . . . “Bob” Duncan . . . “Lil” Schwartz ..“Trudy” Honer ...Eleanor Ward .Ruth Long ... .Mary Barrett .Anne Stone Florence Margolis . . .Grayce Kearns . . . Jennie Tulman .“Dickie” Fowler . . . .Marion Davis . . .Norinne Auger .Paul Bidwell . . . Clarence Crane . . .“Lux” Ellovich . . Harry Kleinman . . . “Billy” Rourke . Paul Christensen .Elliot Steele . . . . Edwin Greene . . . .“Sid” Kaplan ...“Bud” Strong .Oscar Sigal .Harry Wise ...“Eddie” Burns . . .“Ben” Fellows . . .Leslie Johnson l ire rest of the class—The Apples 50 CLASS BOOK 1926A—THOMAS SNELL WEAVER HIGH SCHOOL Hast AMI anb Testament Know all men by these presents that we, the members of the Class of 1926A, Weaver High School, being of a sound and disposing mind and memory do make and publish this our last Will and Testament. To the Faculty: 1— One fragrant bouquet of Sweet W illiams to our principal, Mr. Holden. 2— A brand new Rolls-Royce to Mr. Burke to take the place of his laboring Ford. 3— To Mr. Fox, all the electricity generated in Room 300 to be used in running the elevator for another year. 1 -All the hot air that escapes during the lunch period to Mr. Maines for chemical analysis. To the Student Body: 1— The fireplace to all Freshmen with cold feet. 2— The stools and salmon sandwiches to the lunchroom crowd. 3— The famous mound across the street to the “sheiks” of the next class. 1—The sick passes to all lovers of the Majestic. 5— The hot-dogs to all the young pups. 6— The illustrated hook of “Mother Goose” in the library to the overworked Freshmen. Miscellaneous : 1— The elevator to distinguished visitors and other supplies. 2— All the extra pieces of chalk to John Ellsw ' orth. (How he loves to throw them!) 3 —One bottle of iodine in care of Miss Kelley for “Mat” Brazel. 4—“Wop” Goldberg ' s uncanny eye for the basket to the remaining team to help carry Weaver along. The residue of the estate to the Class of 1926B. In Witness Whereof we do hereunto set our hands and seal, this first day of February in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and twenty-six. THE CLASS OF 1926A Seal 51 CLASS REVIEWS ' V—sg CLASS BOOK 1926A—THOMAS SNELL WEAVER HIGH SCHOOL junior Not So Slow. Young City Miss—“There’s not much pep to the girls out here, is there?” Farmer Bidwell—“Pep! Wal, I dunno ’bout that, lady. Now this mornin’ our girl Sarah milked fifteen cows before breakfast.” Ag. Tuttle—“Why do men wear loud ties ?” Bella F.—“So they won’t feel lonesome when they’re alone.” “Ken” Robinson—“Say, do you think you’re the best looking man on the campus ?” “Billy” Rourke—“No, I don’t, but what’s my opinion compared to the opin¬ ion of thousands of women?” ❖ “Dot”—“May I hold your hand for a second ?” She—“How will you know when a sec¬ ond is up ?” “Dot”—“Oh, I’ll need a second hand for that.” Science teacher—“What is a vacuum?” Harry Wise—“I have it in my head, but I can’t think of it just now.” . “Charlie” W.—“Why does your girl al¬ ways write to you in green ink?” “Billy” R.—“Just a little hint of how jealous she is.” O. Sigal—“I used to be a draft clerk.” Pop Q.—“What’s that?” “Oskie”—“I opened and shut the win¬ dows.” ❖ Seasick flapper—“I feel terrible. I’ve got an awful lump in my throat.” Soothing sheik—“Better swallow it. It’s probably your stomach.” A minister, while passing a group of convicts at work on the country roads, became! very much depressed at the wickedness of the world. “My good men,” he exhorted, “we should strive to mend our ways.” “Well, wot you think we’re doing?” asked No. 2348, “Digging fish worms?” Mrs. Noahlott—“I presume when you were abroad you visited the Swiss Alps.” Mrs. Newrich—“The Alps? Well, I should say so. And you know they are the nicest family in Switzerland.” The Unhappy Medium. Householder—“You’re a big, healthy man, why don’t you go to work?” Tramp—“Madam, I’ll tell you my trouble. I’m an unhappy medium.” Householder—“Whatever’s that ? ” Tramp—“I’m too heavy for light work and too light for heavy work.” Said the Cadillac to a Ford, as the Ford whizzed by, “You’re a better car than I am, hunk of tin!” ❖ Moy Bloom—“What is a hypocrite?” “A hypocrite, my son, is a student who says he reads Balzac’s ‘Droll Stories’ be¬ cause of their literary value.” The Stamp of Learning. “Pa, what’s a post-graduate?” “A fellow who graduates from one of those correspondence schools, I suppose.” “Yes, Oswald, the only difference be¬ tween humor and sarcasm is that the humorist talks about someone who isn’t present.” Freddy—“Grandpa, did you once have hair like snow?” Grandpa—“Yes, my boy.” Freddy—“Well, who shoveled it off?” “My alarm clock may have short legs but it sure can make time.” Our Historian’s name is Podnetsky; She once loved a count named Posetsky, He took her to Russia In order to hush her— She learned a secret hepossestsky. An actor of merit is Coles, From the top of his head to his soles. On the stage he’s a gem, But on ladders—ahem, That’s the best of his numerous roles. Of the sports “Dot” Barrett’s the best; She’s a mile ahead of the rest, She plays basketball, But that isn’t all, For she’s chuck full of joy and zest. Bidwell’s a good-looking fellow, With a voice that is soft and mellow, He received his report— And a quiet different sort Flew out of the room with a bellow. 53 CLASS BOOK 1926A—THOMAS SNELL WEAVER HIGH SCHOOL Hutograpftf 54 Advertisements OUR ADVERTISERS If it had not been for the generous support of our Advertisers, the cost of publishing this Class Book would have been prohibitive. 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BOND | LOUIS HERRUP, INC. i Complete | HOME FURNISHINGS | 1052 Main Street, Hartford THE TRINITY STATIONERY COMPANY HIGH SCHOOL SUPPLIES 263 Asylum Street Telephone 2-3842 . 1 Compliments of | M. W. FISCHMAN Compliments of O’DELL’S DRUG STORE S 1 Compliments of Compliments of I LEO ABRAMSON EE Ben Abramson Co. FOR GOOD PRINTING ntiiiimiiniiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiMiiiiiiniiiiniiiniiiiiii 284 ASYLUM STREET, HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT Printers of this Class Book ninnnniunnnnnnunnnnnnuiiuiunnnnnnunnnnnnunnnnnnunnnnnnunnnnnnunnnnnnunnnnnnunnnnnnunnnnnnunnnniniunniiiiiniuinnnninunnnniin Putilisfjcb bp tbe !5rabuatins Class! Cfjomag neU U eaber ist) l ool l arttorb, Connecticut Dedication IN ADMIRATION OF HIS PATIENCE UNDERSTANDING AND GOOD - SPORTSMANSHIP WE. THE GRADUATING CLASS OF NINETEEN TWENTY - SIX B RESPECTFULLY DEDICATE OUR CLASS BOOK TO Joshua L. Robins CLASS BOOK of 19Z6B — Thomas Snell Weaver High School Class! S oarbs EDITOR-IN-CHIEF MANUEL GLASS ASSISTANT EDITOR J. ALLAN BREED BUSINESS MANAGER SAUL HOFFMAN ASSISTANT HAROLD S.BLUM EDITORIAL BOARD BUSINESS BOARD George A. Mackie Albert L. Fish Beatrice S. Johnson Frances B. Ronnick Elizabeth L. Flagg Jessie C. Mills Eugene B. Jess Paul Kanefsky Madeline C. Philbrick Anna H. Sacher Sadie Case Sidney W. Kaufman FOREWORD O the Class of 1926B, we, the members of the Boards, present the CLASS BOOK. Every page represents the labor of these Boards to fulfill the trust placed in them. If ever, we have been rather undignified, it is. because the joy of our work has leaped to the surface; if ever too serious, it is because of the gravity of the occasion. In many cases we took the opportunity to poke a bit of well- intentioned fun, at any pretext, in order that, in years to come, we may look back into a misty, but rosy-colored past in our school, and laugh again at our own slight faults. Herein is contained a potent charm, a magic philter which dis¬ solves the dust-laden veils over our happy past, the sweetest and most joyous years of our life—adolescence. Let cynics laugh, but we, heartened by our joyful past, can look forward into the future confidently, safe in the assurance that the many acquaintances and close friendships that we made here will help us carry on elsewhere. In closing, we wish to thank Miss Anita P. Forbes, our faculty adviser, for her valuable assistance. 4 CLASS BOOK of 1926B — Thomas Snell Weaver High School Class o£ 192625 Class Motto “HOi OR, NON IIONORES” Class Colors CHERRY AND WHITE Class Chairman Samuel L. Goldfarb Chairman of Reception Committee John Hurley Historians Leah S. Sherry Ralph L. Smith Class Marshal Albert H. Michelson Prophets Pearle D. Chaimson George A. Mackie Essayist Anna H. Sachet Treasurer Dorothy Salmon Orator Leonard 1. Feingold Reception Committee John J. Connelly Ruth Hilton Barbara J. Nicol W alter A. Kaiser Motto Committee J. Allan Breed Estella Cohn Louis 1. Goldstein Color Committee Jeanette B. Taylor era Hemsley Lewis C. Johnson Donald E. Hiscox Pin Committee Dorothy Salmon Sylvia J. Kappel Samuel L. Goldfarb 5 CLASS BOOK of 1926B — Thomas Snell Weaver High School Clasig CloU Osiris Alma Arnurius Fannie Becker Esther Jones Blodgett Jennie Florence Blumberg Sarah Mildred Blumberg Sadie Case Pearle Dorothy Chaimson Estella Cohn Lillian Esther Colton Lena Cravzow Beatrice Grace Dietz Elizabeth Veronica Donovan Julia Erances Elam Edith Imcile Ewing Edith Eunice Eishman Elizabeth Lester Flagg Florence Natalie Gassner Rose Ruth Gere Estella Esther Glassman Selma Goldberg Tillie Lenore Goldberg Rose Ruth Haverback Alice Elizabeth Hays era Hemsley Ruth Hilton Beatrice Shepard Johnson Rebecca Frances Kaplan Sylvia Julie Kappel Alatilda Ludgin Alary Manilli Alice Maud Marks Jessie Cecelia Mills Barbara Jane Nicol Pauline Palatnick Madeline Claire Philbrick Minnie Pomerantz Doris Irene Porter Frances Beatrice Ronnick Etta Ruth Rudy Anna Helen Sacher Dorothy Salmon Leah Sarah Sherry Gertrude Ruth Siegel Lena Sohn Anna Straka Jeanette Burden Taylor Lois Redfield Taylor Sadye Esther Weinberg 6 CLASS BOOK of I926B — Thomas Snell Weaver High School Claslg CloU Samuel Seymour Aaron Sidney P arl Arenson l)wip:ht Josej)h Bernstein David Irving Bloom Harold Stanley Blum Howard Edward Bradv James Allan Breed John James Connellv Leonard Isaac Feingold Albert Fish Meyer Cere Edward Francis Gibbons Manuel G1 ass Samuel Leonard Goldfarb Louis Isaac Goldstein Louis David Harris Donald Frederick Hiscox Saul Hoffman John Hugh Hurley, Jr. Abraham llurwitz Eugene Bernard Jess Lewis Cass Johnson Vi alter Andrew’ Kaiser Paul Harry Kanefsky Sydney William Kaufman Jacob Ludgin Harold Stephen Lutwack George Albert Mackie Albert Herman Michelson Philip Montano Sidney Moses Thomas James Murphy Overton Everett Olds, Jr. Benjamin Rabinovitz Daniel Carter Roane George Jonas Rosenbaum Richard Joseph Ruffkess Harold Sherry Rubin Sklar Ralph Lewis Smith Norman Leslie Spelman Joseph Ungar Howard Weinstein 7 CLASS BOOK of 1926B — Thomas Snell Weaver High School SAMUEL S. AARON “S am “He may be idle But he’s not our idol.” Science Club 3, 4; Commercial Club 3, 4 ; Boys’ Club 4b ; Choir 2, 3, 4 ; Athletic Association 1, 2, 3, 4. This boy is the innocent object of the class’s clarion call, Samyule A-a-ayron. He is reputed to be a flash in the dark. We cannot confirm this until further investigation. SIDNEY E. ARENSON “Sid” “Neat and trimly dressed, as fresh as a bride¬ groom.” Washington Street School; Science Club 3; Boys’ Club 4b ; Baseball 2. “Sid” is a paragon of neatness and courtesy. He is somewhat handicapped by a retiring disposition. What he needs is a publicity agent and a few feminine scalps. ALMA E. ARNURIUS “Al” “The trick of singularity.” Northwest School; Girls’ League 3, 4 ; Upper Choir 4 ; Art-Crafts Club 3a ; Athletic Association 3, 4. Alma is a devotee of that branch of the terpsicho- rean art called Charleston. It is rumored that in her childhood, she associated exclusively with girls. Alack and alas—how times have changed ! FANNIE F. BECKER “Fan” “Thou art a woman. That is saying the best and worst of thee.” Northeast Sch ool; Girls’ League 3, 4; Girls’ Busi¬ ness Club 3, 4; Upper Choir 4; Fi-ench Club 4b ; Ath¬ letic Association 3, 4. Do you know that girl whose name you don’t know because she’s so quiet? She’s another of our large group of silent workers. 8 CLASS BOOK of 1926B — Thomas Snell Weaver High School DWIGHT J. BERNSTEIN “Dink” “Oh, what a platrue is love.” Northwest School ; Football 2, 3, 4 : Basketball 2, 3, 4; Haseball 2; DebatinK Club 4; Boys’ Club 4b; Choir 4 ; Athletic Association 1, 2, 3, 4. “Dink” was more than one-fifth of the basketball team in the scoring column. We certainly admire his taste in cravats and girls. ESTHER J. BLODGETT “Tcs.s” “Heyday, what a sweep of vanity Comes this way.” Northwest School ; Glee Club 3b, 4, Secretary 4a, President 4b; Representative for Girls’ League from Room 227 ; Ingleside Club 4a; Student Council 2b; Art- Crafts Club 3a ; Athletic Association 3, 4. Esther had thoughts of becoming a nurse. Luckily for many heart and pulse beats, she has changed her mind. By the way, Esther, what a fig Newton was. DAVID BLOOM “Lulu” Children should be heard as well as seen.” Northeast School; Boys’ Club 4b ; Athletic Associa¬ tion 1, 2, 3, 4. Just a cute little boy with a natural bloom on his cheek, who is fond of monopolizing a considerable por¬ tion of any conversation. HAROLD S. BLUM “Harry” “Blow, b low, thou noisy wind.” Northeast School ; Boys’ Commercial Club 3, 4, Treasurer 3b, President 4a, Secretary 4b ; Boys’ Club 4b, H. P. H. S. Boys’ Club lb ; Advertising Manager of “The Chronicle” 4a ; Upper Choir 4 ; Athletic Asso¬ ciation 3, 4. He’s as quiet and peaceful as any shepherd tending the pastoral flocks on the mountainside. The above is one of the best examples of unadulterated banana oil in existence. 9 CLASS BOOK ot 19Z6B — Thomas Snell Weaver High School JENNIE I. BLUMBERG “Jean” “Of pensive thought and aspect pale. Your melancholy sweet and frail.” Northeast School ; Girls’ Business Club 3, 4 ; Girls’ League 3, 4 ; Athletic Association 3, 4. All we can say to this quiet, unassuming lass is that we wish her a happy, pleasant future. SARAH M. BLUMBERG “Sarah” “Your hair is dark, and your eyes Touched with a somewhat darker hue.” Northeast School ; Girls’ Business Club 3b, 4 ; Girls’ League 3b, 4 ; Athletic Association 3, 4. A girl who can make as good English recitations as she does, deserves a better write-up than we can give her. HOWARD E. BRADY Son “How he loves to gamble on the green.” Northwest School; Boys Commercial Club 4, Presi¬ dent 4b ; Boys’ Club 4b ; Football Team 2a ; Leaders’ Corps 4 : Athletic Association 1, 2, 3, 4. Brady acts as though he tried to have everyone think he’s tough, but we know him well enough to say that he’s really a well-behaved young man. J. ALLAN BREED “Half” “Where’er are jest and jousts at rhyme.” Northwest School; Radio Club 3b, 4, Secretary 4; Boys’ Club 4b; Rifle Club 4b; Assistant Editor of Class Book ; Chairman Motto Committee; Athletic Association 1, 2, 3, 4. This boy made one of his classes a regular Garden of Eden. Not even Adam could have eaten apples so secretly and solemnly as he did there. We see a hectic future in store for him as poet laureate of the Canary Islands. 10 CLASS BOOK of 1926B — Thomas Snell Weaver High School SADIE CASE “Sadie” And on her lips there played a smile.” Northeast School; Girls’ League 2b, 3, 4 ; Ingleside Club 4b : Girls ' Business Club 4 ; Business Board Class Book ; Upper Choir 2b, 3, 4 ; Athletic Association 3, 4. Sadie was one of the hardest cases for this board. We can’t resist a pan even if it isn’t so good as it might be. Her winning smile and twinkling eyes have gained her many friends. PEARLE D. CHAIMSON Listen attentively, I beg of you.” Northeast School ; Dramatic Club 3b, 4b, Seven¬ teen”, Merry, Merry Cuckoo” ; Ingleside Club 3, 4, Executive Committee 4a ; C. H. L. S. 3, 4 ; Girls’ League 3, 4 ; Class Prophetess; Athletic Association 2, 3, 4. A prophetess with political tendencies, that’s Pearle. Ye gods, what a combination ! ESTELLA COHN “Stell” “Wise to resolve, patient to perform.” Northeast School: French Club 3, 4, Vice-President 4b : Classical Club 3, 4, Chairman of Executive Com¬ mittee 4b : C. H. L. S. 4b ; Girls’ League 3b, 4 ; Choir 4 ; Athletic Association 1, 4. If not for “Stell”, some of our classes would have been a minus quantity. Stell” has the knack of knowing the answer when we inferior beings have attended the Lenox the previous evening. LILLIAN E. COLTON “Lil” Study is not a habit—it’s a vice.” Arsenal School; Girls’ League 3, 4. Lil” has a brilliant intellect and she likes to have everyone know it. She is the type who will, of her own effort, achieve success despite all obstacles. 11 CLASS BOOK of 19Z6B — Thomas Snell Weaver High School JOHN J. CONNELLY “Cliink” “Why don’t you speak for yourself, John?” Northeast School; Glee Club lb, 2, 3, 4, Secretary 4b; Boys’ Club 4b; Choir 1, 2, 3, 4; Athletic Associa¬ tion 1, 2, 3, 4. “Chink” received quite a few votes for the most bashful. Evidently those who voted that way don’t know him well. LENA CRAVZOW “Lee” “Deep in her eyes we read a mystery.” Northwest School; C. H. L. S. 3b, 4 ; Girls’ League 3, 4 ; Athletic Association 4. “Lee” appears to be a quiet little girl. The girls who know her claim that she can raise a respectable rumpus on occasion. BEATRICE G. DIETZ “Bee” “She lives in that world whose language is not speech.” Northwest School ; Girls’ League 2, 3, 4; Athletic Association 3, 4. “Bee”, evidently takes full advantage of her gym and study periods, because she never depends on get¬ ting homework done by carrying books home. She is one of the few redheads that doesn’t live up to her hair. ELIZABETH V. DONOVAN “Betty” “Humility that low, sweet root. From which all heavenly virtues shoot.” Northwest School ; Ingleside Club; Girls’ League; Athletic Association. “Betty” is a dainty personage that draws more than one glance of admiration. 12 CLASS BOOK of 1926B — Thomas Snell Weaver High School JULIA F. ELAM “Judy” Her cheerfulness is an offshoot of her goodness.” Northwest School; Girls’ League ; Athletic Associa¬ tion. Judy” is one of the main reasons that Mr. Robins claims that the girls’ side of Room 227 is noisy. E. LUCILE EWING r 9 9 Lou A fine woman ! A fair woman ! A sweet woman !” Northeast School; Ingleside Club 4; Girls’ League 3, 4 : Dramatic Club 4 ; Athletic Association 3, 4. Lulile is a very good reason why the Class of ’26B is considered a good-looking one. LEONARD 1. FEINGOLD Leo Stilts are no better in conversation than in a foot¬ race.” Henry Barnard School ; Freshman Glee Club H. P. H. S. 1: Debating Club 3b, 4, Secretary 4b; Glee Club 4 : Choir 3, 4 ; Orchestra 4 ; Boys’ Club 4b ; Leader of Weaver-H. P. H. S. Debate 4a; Leader of Weaver- Choate Debate 4b ; Class Orator; Athletic Association 3b, 4. A finished orator is Leonard. As for his scholastic record—all we know is that he takes home a bagful of books each night. ALBERT L. FISH “ liooniie” He gets along swimmingly.” Arsenal School; Assistant Baseball Manager 3; Baseball Manager 4 ; Debating Club 3. 4, Secretary 4a, President 4b, Weaver-H. P. H. S. Debate: Weaver- Choate Debate; Glee Club 2b, 3, 4 ; H. P. H. S. Glee Club 2a: Choir 2b, 3, 4, Monitor 4b: Rifle Club 3: Rifle Teanx 3b : Boys’ Club 4b ; Boys’ Leaders’ Corps ; Basketball Squad: Editorial Board of Class Book : Athletic Association 3, 4; H. P. H. S. Athletic Asso¬ ciation 1. Ah, here is an eloquent man. We can only com¬ pare him to that Ipng-dead Patrick Henry. He has worked hard, and managed” Weaver to many a moral victory. 13 CLASS BOOK of 19Z6B — Thomas Snell Weaver High School EDITH E. FISHMAN i E “Fashions may come and fashions may go, but I create mine own.” Northwest School; Classical Club 3b, 4, Executive Member 4a, Vice-President 4b; C. H. L. S. 3b, 4, Senior Member of Executive Committee 4b; French Club 4b ; Girls’ Leaders’ Corps 4 ; Girls’ League 3, 4 ; Athletic Association 2, 3, 4. Giggle, giggle, giggle. Edith is really a rather clever girl, despite hysterical tendencies. ELIZABETH L. FLAGG “Betty” “Your beauty ripe and calm and fresh.” Northwest School; Choir 2, 3, 4 ; Glee Club Pianist 2, 3, 4 : Pianist for Freshman Choir 2 ; Girls’ League 3, 4 ; C. H. L. S. 4b; Classical Club 4b; Editorial Board of Class Book ; Athletic Association 2b, 3, 4. Many a heart has fallen into the depths of her single dimple. FLORENCE GASSNER “Flo” “And thus she labors on and on.” Northeast School; Choir 2, 3a, 4 ; Athletic Assoc ia¬ tion 4b ; Girls’ League 3b, 4 ; Business Club 4b. Florence is the original question box. She never seems to know the assignment until the next morn¬ ing. However, she manages to get by. MEYER GERE “jNIeyer” “What can’t be cured. Must be endured.” Northeast School; Debating Club 4; Orchestra 3b, 4 ; Athletic Association 1, 3, 4 ; Boys’ Club 4a; Foot¬ ball Squad 3a, 4a; Baseball Squad 2b; Rifle Club 2b, 3a. “Meyer” was once the cream of the class, but, O, woe the day, he soured. He massages a mean trom¬ bone in his spare time. 14 CLASS BOOK of 1926B — Thomas Snell Weaver High School ROSE R. GERE “Rose” “Full often has she srossiped by my side.” Northeast School ; Classical Club 2b, 3, 4 ; h ' rench Club 2b, 3, 4 : Glee Club 4 ; Choir 2b, 3, 4; Girls’ League 2b, 3, 4 ; Athletic Association. “Rose” ain’t what she used to be. The Honor Roll sees her name no lonKer. Irf this because she has at length succumbed to her busy tongue ? EDWARD F. GIBBONS “Eddie” “A loyal friend, a good fellow.” Northeast School ; Athletic Association 1, 2, 3, 4; Boys’ Club 4b. “Eddie” is a good fellow. We admire him and we should like to see more of him. MANUEL GLASS ‘‘Maim y” “What think you of this fool, Malvolio?” Northwest School ; H. P. H. S. Second Orchestra 1 ; Weaver Orchestra 2, 3, Concertmaster 4 ; “The Owlet” 3, Make-up Editor 3b ; “The Lookout” First Editor 4 ; Dramatic Club 3, 4, Executive Board 3b, 4b, “Roister Doister”, “Merry, Merry Cuckoo” (Masculine Lead), “Seventeen” ; Business Manager Second Production of “Honor Bright”; Debating Club 3, Secretary 3b; Upper Choir 2, 3, 4a, Chairman 4b ; Glee Club 2, 4; Athletic Association 1, 2, 3, 4; Class Book Editor, Boys’ Club, Junior Usher. There is no praise too great, nor any slam too harsh to be unappropriate for this fellow. ESTELLA E. GLASSMAN “Stell” “A maiden never bold.” Washington Street School; Girls’ League 2, 3, 4; Athletic Association 3, 4. With her ambitions and ideals, this silent one ought to make her mark in this world. 15 CLASS BOOK of 1926B — Thomas Snell Weaver High School SELMA GOLDBERG a C J aemie “Of all the girls that are so smart. There’s none like Selma.” Brown School; Girls’ League 3, 4; Girls’ Business Club 3b, 4 : Ingleside Club 4b ; Upper Choir 4 ; French Club 3b, 4; Athletic Association 1, 2, 3, 4. Selma thinks everyone is right if they agree with her. Nevertheless, she is usually right. TILLIE L. GOLDBERG “Til” “Enough to merely be ! Enough to merely breathe !” Northeast School; Girls’ League 2b, 3, 4; Girls’ Business Club 3, 4 ; Athletic Association 4b. Her raven-black ringlets ai’e a distraction to both herself and the class. SAMUEL L. GOLDFARB bam “The observed of all observers.” Arsenal School; Class Chairman; President Boys’ Club 4b : President Athletic Association 3, 4 ; Dramatic Club 4b; Classical Club 4 ; Ring Committee; Letter Man in Football 2, 3, 4; Basketball 2, 3, 4, Captain 4b ; Secretary of Athletic Association 1925 ; In cast of “Seventeen” ; Choir Monitor; Student Council 1, 2. “Sam’s” I’ecord speaks for itself. Wie thought that his future would be an athletic one until he blossom¬ ed forth as an actor. LOUIS D. HARRIS “Red” “An exponent of the gentle art of being happy, without being obnoxious.” Northeast School ; Glee Club 2, 3, 4a; Choir 1, 2, 3, 4 ; Boys’ Club 4b ; Athletic Association 1, 2, 3, 4. Typhoon, cyclone, slam-bang, hot-pepper—this jum¬ ble of seemingly meaningless words depicts this one’s character. 16 CLASS BOOK of 19Z6B — Thomas Snell Weaver High School ROSE R. HAVERBACK “Ro” “The spirit of tranquillity is within thee.” Northeast School; Glee Club 3, 4; Upper Choir 2, 3, 4: Athletic Association 3, 4; Girls’ League 2, 3, 4, Girls’ business Club 3, 4. When she’s Kone, those that are left will want to have her back. ALICE E. HAYS “Al “And I never lauKh and I never smile And I never lark nor play.” Northeast School; Girls’ League 2, 3, 4 ; Inglesido Club 3 : Athletic Association 4. Alice now, Alice forever. In a haze now, but we hope not forever. VERA HEMSLEY “Weary” “Fair and fair, and twice so fair.” Girls’ League 4 ; Upper Choir 2, 3, 4 ; Athletic Asso¬ ciation 3, 4. We mere high school men-folks don’t seem to rate high with Vera. Her cool beauty seems to have chilled the ardor of any one of our sheiks. RUTH HILTON “Ruthie” “A penny for her thoughts.” Northwest School; C. H. L. S. 3, 1 ; Girls’ League 2, 3, 4; Dramatic Club 4, Librarian ; In cast of Seventeen” 4; Choir 2, 3, 4, Monitor 3; “The Look¬ out Reporter 4 ; Athletic Association 2, 3, 4 • Recep¬ tion Committee 4. ’ Quiet unobtrusive Ruth! What a drawing card for the library. 17 CLASS BOOK of 19Z6B — Thomas Snell Weaver High School DONALD F. HISCOX “Don” “An imp of mischief is concealed beneath that quiet exterior.” Troy, N. Y.; Dramatic Club 4, Chairman of Pro¬ ducing Group ; Radio Club 3b, 4; Rifle Club 3b, _ 4, Member of First Team; Debating Club 4; Junior Usher; Art-Crafts Club 3, 4, President 4b; Chairman of Motto Committee; Athletic Association 3, 4. His eye is keener for the bull’s eye than for the women. Too bad, girls. SAUL HOFFMAN “Sol” “His feet flopped up and down like boards. Each three feet long or more.” Northwest School; Debating Club 3, 4, President 4a, Chairman of Executive Committee 4, Weaver- H. P. H. S. Debate; Classical Club 4; Business Mana¬ ger Class Book 4; Assistant Basketball Manager 3, Manager 4; Upper Choir 3, 4, Monitor 3; Athletic Association 3, 4 ; Boys’ Club 4b. Hoffman is one of that band that admires and un¬ derstands Virgil, Milton, and Chaucer (joke). His favorite gesture is tying his shoe-laces. JOHN H. HURLEY “Johnnie” “I am an ass ; I am a woman’s man.” Northeast School; Vice-President Glee Club 4; Up¬ per Choir 3, 4; Athletic Association 2, 3, 4; Rifle Club 4 3 French Club 4 ; Basketball Team 3, 4; Boys’ Club 4 ; Chairman of Reception Committee 4. The class shriek. (Typographical error. Our mis¬ take. Excuse us, please, “Johnny.”) ABRAHAM M. HURWITZ “Ahe” “So I disregarded all power and authority.” Brown School ; Athletic Association 2, 3, 4 ; Boys ' Club 4. His mustache reminds us of a baseball team—not that there are so many out, but that there are only nine on each side. It’s of the summer variety—some are here, some there. 18 CLASS BOOK of I9Z6B — Thomas Snell Weaver High School EUGENE B. JESS “Gene” “I dare not be as humorous as I am.” Northeast School; DebatinK Club 3, 4, Executive Committee 4; Athletic Association 2, 3, 4; Choir 2, 3, 4 : Glee Club 2, 3 ; “The Owlet” Circulation Board 3 : Boys’ Club 4b, Membership Committee 4 ; Business Board Class Book 4. Jess is one of our Rood sports. Jes’ a happy-go- lucky boy. BEATRICE S. JOHNSON “Bee” Nothing is impossible to a willing heart.” Northwest School; Student Council 3; Leaders’ Corps 3, 4: Glee Club 2, 3, 4, Treasurer. Librarian; Girls’ League 2, 3, 4; C. H. L. S. 3; Upper Choir 1, 2, 3, 4; Athletic Association 1, 2, 3, 4; Editorial Board Class Book 4. Honest, we try not to like “Bee” as much as we do, but. gosh—. LEWIS C. JOHNSON “Reverend” “He has more wisdom than appears.” Madison School, Bridgeport, Conn.; Players’ Club 3 ; Bridgeport Stamp Club 3. You’re a good sport, “Reverend”, and we wish we’d had you longer. WALTER A. KAISER “Red” “I travel among unknown men.” Wilby High, Waterbury, Conn. ; Rifle Team 3, Cros¬ by ; Chemistry Club 2, 3 j Glee Club 3. He is a beacon of light in the class. Too bad he has been shining for so short a time. 19 CLASS BOOK of 1926B — Thomas Snell Weaver High School PAUL KANEFSKY t T y rip “Ninety-nine forty-four one-hundredths per cent, pure—He Floats.” Arsenal School: Orchestra 2, 3, 4; Upper Choir; H. P. H. S. Boys’ Club; Junior Glee Club 1; Senior Glee Club 2, 3b ; Weaver Boys’ Club 4b ; Secretary of Commercial Club 3 ; Athletic Association. Paul wields an artistic violin bow, and also claims to be a beau with the women. REBECCA F. KAPLAN “Betty” “Better late than never.” Northeast School; Weaver Girls’ League 3, 4 ; Ath¬ letic Association ; Girls’ Business Club 3b, 4. All “Betty” needs to be really and truly happy, is to have a broadcasting station. SYLVIA J. KAPPEL “Syb” “Deeds not dreams.” Northeast School ; Girls’ League 3, 4, Vice-President 4a, President 4b ; Art-Crafts Club 3b, 4, Secretary 4a, Chairman Publicity Committee 4b ; “Chronicle” Edito¬ rial Board 4b ; “Lookout” Business Board 4 ; Athletic Association 3b, 4 ; Student Council 2b; Pin Committee 4a : Salutatorian. Sylvia has certainly accomplished well all that she has undertaken. She commands our respect and ad¬ miration. SIDNEY W. KAUFMAN “Sid” “Baron Munchausen had nothing on this lad.” Arsenal School; Science Club 3; Classical Club 2 : Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4 ; Choir 1, 2, 3, 4 ; Athletic Associa¬ tion 1, 2, 3, 4; Boys’ Club 4b; Rifle Club 2, 3, 4; Business Board Class Book 4b ; First Assistant Adver¬ tising Manager of “The Lookout” 4b. “Sid” is always falling over his obvious bluffs. 20 CLASS BOOK of 1926B — Thomas Snell Weaver High School JACOB LUDGIN “Jack” “Hail, blithe spirit. Bird thou never wert.” Northwest School; Choir 1, 3, 4; Boys’ Club 4; Commercial Club 2, 3 ; Athletic Association 1, 2, 3, 4. We wonder if Jack” aspires to a career as train announcer, as evidenced by his performance at the Boys’ Club. MATILDA LUDGIN “Mat” “Tie up the ringlets on your cheek.” Northwest School; Girls’ League 3. 4 ; Commercial Club 2b; Ingleside Club 2b, 3, 4 ; Athletic Association 3, 4. We wonder if Matilda’s ringlets are as great a prob¬ lem to her as they are to us. What are you going to do with them, “Mat” ? HAROLD S. LUTWACK “Harry” “Mark me how still I am.” Boys’ Club 4b: Junior Usher; Athletic Association 1. 2, 3, 4. Our hats are off to Harold. He managed to dodge the girls for four years. Here’s an Adonis worthy of any Venus. GEORGE A. MACKIE “Mack” “Oh ! the comments that came from that wonderful head.” Northwest School; Rifle Club 3; “Lookout” Edito¬ rial Board 4; Dramatic Club 4, “Florist’s Shop”, “Seventeen” ; Member Editorial Board of Class Book; Class Prophet; Athletic Association 1, 2, 3, 4. George had better moderate his sense of humor or else control it. Anyway “Aesop’s Fables” column was the great selling feature of “The Lookout.” 21 CLASS BOOK of 19Z6B — Thomas Snell Weaver High School MARY MANILLl “I wandered lonely as a cloud.” Arsenal School; Girls’ Business Club 3, 4; Girls’ League 3, 4b ; Athletic Association 4. We have never had the chance to say much to Mary. Perhaps her quiet reserve has kept us at a distance. However, we are taking this opportunity to wish her luck and lots of it. ALICE M. MARKS “Al” “A queen in a kingdom consisting of air castles.” Northwest School; Girls’ League 3, 4; Commercial Club 3, 4; Athletic Association 3, 4a. Alice never has much to say, but when she finally does speak it’s worth listening to. Her thrift talks were a good proof of that. ALBERT H. MICHELSON “Al” “Now in the name of all the gods at once, Upon what meat does this our Caesar feed That he is grown so great?” Northeast School; W. H. S. Dramatic Club 4b Lead¬ ing Role in “Seventeen” 4b ; Boys’ Club 4b ; Athletic Association 1, 2, 3, 4. A half year in the Dramatic Club convinced “Al” that he was great. We, too, think he’s pretty good, but we fear that this admission will be the ruination of him. JESSIE C. MILLS “Gibby” “A modest maid, yet self-possessed withal.” Central Junior High, Ogden, Utah; Ingleside Club Sb, 4a, Entertainment Committee 4a; Glee Club 1 ; Kansas Contest, “Cardinal” (Class Paper) 1, Editor- in-Chief; Girls’ League 3, 4 ; Athletic Association 3, 4. Jessie interrupted her promising career in Ogden High to come all the way to Weaver to finish it. Jessie is certainly appreciated by those who know her. 22 CLASS BOOK of 19Z6B — Thomas Snell Weaver High School PHILIP MONTANO “liull” When in the course of human events we find it necessary to become pugnacious, let us be pugna¬ cious.” Northwest School; Football 4a; Athletic Associa¬ tion 1. 2. 3, 4. The abysmal brute.” His silent class recitiitions were one of the many wonders of the school. SIDNEY S. MOSES “Sid” Good Heavens 1 Back to your cradle !” Northwest School; Debating Club 4; Choir 4; Lookout” Reporter 4b; Athletic Association 1, 2, 3, 4. Sid” is the only boy whose mother kept her prom¬ ise to keep him in short trousers until his last year in school. He has certainly collected a goodly pro¬ portion of wisdom and learning. THOMAS J. MURPHY 1 oin The top of the marnin’ to yez, the rist of it to me.” Northwest School; Weaver Rifle Club 3; Weaver Boys’ Club 4b; Athletic Association 1, 2, 3, 4. “Tom” is afflicted or blessed, whichever way you please, with a happy, perpetual grin. He doesn’t ever wipe if off nights, but sleeps with it that he may not lose the trick of it. BARBARA J. NICOL “Bob” “Fair as a star when only one Is shining in the sky.” Northwest School; Art-Crafts Club 2, 3, 4, Vice- President; Girls’ League 2, 3, 4; Athletic Associa¬ tion 2, 3, 4. Nicol ? Huh ! Pure gold, we say. The reason that we have not voiced our admiration previously is that we, too, are bashful. 23 CLASS BOOK of 1926B — Thomas Snell Weaver High School OVERTON E. OLDS, JR. “Obie” “He’s not so bright, but he may shine yet.” East School, West Hartford; Football Team 2, 3 ; Boys’ Club 4b ; Athletic Association 2, 3, 4. “Obie” is one of these boys that gets along very well with everyone but his teacher’s. His winning smile has extricated him from more than one tight place. PAULINE PALATNICK “Paul” “And still she gazed, and with how black an eye.” Northwest School; Girls’ League 3, 4; Ingleside Club 3b; Athletic Association 3, 4a. Pauline lives in an unapproachable world of her own. If we knew more about her, we’d say more. MADELINE C. PHILBRICK “Mad” “Beauty, truth, and rarity, Grace in all simplicity.” Northwest School: Business Club 3, 4, Executive Committee 4a, President 4b ; Girls’ League 3, 4 ; Lead¬ ers’ Corps 4b ; Winner in Typewriting Contest; Mem¬ ber of Business Board of Class Book; Athletic Asso¬ ciation 3, 4a. We can fancy Madeline posing for some painter as the Madonna. Even her voice is angelic. MINNIE POMERANTZ “Min” “I am ! yet what I am who cares or knows ?” Lawrence Street School; Girls’ Business Club 3b, 4 ; Girls’ League 3, 4; Athletic Association 4. Sterling qualities and a quiet exterior always seem to go together. We wish we knew you better, Minnie. 24 CLASS BOOK of 1926B — Thomas Snell Weaver High School DORIS I. PORTER “Dot” Her rapid lauKhters, wild and shrill.” East Windsor School ; Girls’ LeaRue 3. 4; Girls’ Business Club 3. 4 , Chairman of Prize Committee: Leaders’ Corps 4b ; Athletic Association 3, 4. Doris has a habit of lauRhinR at almost everything. Let’s hope she laughs at this. BENJAMIN RABINOVITZ ‘‘Napoleon” For e’en though vanquished he would argue still.” Northeast School ; Debating Club 3, 4, Executive Committee 4a: Pre8id?nt of Classical Club 4a: “Owlet” 3b: Lookout” 4a: Boys’ Club 4b: Athletic Associa¬ tion. All Benjamin needs is an audience. He’ll find something to talk about. If he doesn’t make Con¬ gress, we’ll probably find him the barker” in a circus. DANIEL C. ROANE “Dan” A quiet man at most, who upon occasion. May be roused to converse and to laugh.” Classical Club 4: Boys’ Glee Club 2, 3, 4: Upper Choir 2, 3, 4 : Football Team 3 : Athletic Association 1. 2, 3, 4. Dan” never wastes his words—they’re too valuable. He’s been a comfort to those of us who have had to listen to those who have not emulated his economical example. FRANCES B. RONNICK 4 T tf r raiiny Men’s eyes were made to look : let them gaze.” Arsenal School: Upper Choir 2, 3, 4 : Girls’ League 3, 4: Girls’ Glee Club 3b, 4, Secretary 4b: Ingleside Club 4b: Editorial Board of Class Book : Athletic Association 3, 4. Fanny’s” favorite sport is keeping the men-folks interested. She’s one good sport. 25 CLASS BOOK of 19Z6B — Thomas Snell Weaver High School GEORGE J. ROSENBAUM “Rosie” “There is always room for an able man.” Arsenal School; Freshman Glee Club; Student Coun¬ cil 1, 2b, 3a: Junior Usher; Scholastic Prizes; Upper Choir 2, 3, 4; Classical Club 3, 4, Secretary 4; De¬ bating Club 4, Treasurer 4 ; Dramatic Club 4, “Merry, Merry Cuckoo”, “Seventeen”; Weaver Circulation Manager of “The Chronicle” 4; Welfare Committee of Boys’ Club 4b. George, unlike most good students, did not retire into a shell, but came forward and took an important part in school activities. ETTA R. RUDY “Eddie” “Oh lady, while in thy early years. How prodigal of time.” Northwest School; Girls’ League 3, 4; Ingleside Club 4b. How Etta does love to talk ! No, we don’t mean in recitation. Well, it’s a common feminine (?) failing. RICHARD J. RUFFKESS “Dick” “I would study, I would know, I would admire forever(?)” Thirkell School, Detroit, Mich. ; Football Team 3; Baseball Team 4 ; Athletic Association 1, 2, 3, 4. “Dick” carries a bit of excess weight. It doesn’t seem to hamper his really graceful efforts on a dance floor, but when it comes to sliding into third base— wow, what a crash ! ANNA H. SACHER Ann “For every season she hath dressings fit. For winter, spring, and summer.” Northwest School; Girls’ League 3, 4 ; Choir 2, 3, 4. Monitor 4; Glee Club 2, 3, 4, Vice-President 4b; French Club 4b ; C. H. L. S. 4b. “Ann” sings about as well as she dresses, which is saying quite a bit. She was one of the few hopeful ones in that hopeless College French 6 class. 26 CLASS BOOK of 1926B — Thomas Snell Weaver High School DOROTHY SALMON “Dot” “The lauKhter in her eyes, That o’er her face in ripples gleamed.” Arsenal School; Art-Crafts Club 3, 4, Vice-President 4a; Girls’ Business Club 3, 4, Vice-President and Treasurer 3b ; Upper Choir 2, 3, 4 ; Student Council; Class Treasurer; Girls’ League 3, 4; Athletic Asso¬ ciation. “Dot” has a pretty strong hold on our affections and admiration. We shudder at the thought of sepa¬ ration. HAROLD SHERRY “Harry” “He puts his hair in papers each night.” Northeast School; Commercial Club 3, 4; Upper Choir 3, 4 ; Boys’ Club 4b ; Athletic Association 3, 4. Harold always makes it a point to let you know he’s present. We don’t mind that so much, as his attempts to be witty. LEAH S. SHERRY T L.ee “A rare sweet smile, A will inflexible.” C. H. L. S. 3b, 4, Vice-President 4b; Dramatic Club 3b, 4, In cast of Seventeen”; Girls’ League 3, 4; Class Historian; Circulation Board of “The Chronicle” 4b ; Editorial Board of “The Lookout” 4b. Winsome, motherly, “Lee”, we’d love you lots more if you weren’t sarcastic so often. Don’t spank us. Mother, we’ll be good. GERTRUDE R. SIEGEL “Git” “How far that little candle throws its beams.” Ingleside Club 3, 4, Executive Committee 4 ; Girls’ 1 ’ UPP® Choir 4; Athletic Association 1, 2, 3, 4. Git 8 favorite hobbies are men and clothes. Per- haps that’s why this little head had no room for scholastic aspirations. 27 CLASS BOOK of 1926B — Thomas Snell Weaver High School RUBEN SKLAR “Rube” I cannot check my girlish blush.” Glee Club 2, 3, 4 ; Orchestra 2, 3, 4 ; Upper Choir 2, 3, 4 ; Boys’ Club 4b ; Athletic Association 4. There is a rose that seems to bloom forever on “Rube’s” spacious cheeks. Just the same, it takes a real man to make all the noise on a trumpet that he does. RALPH L. SMITH “Waffles” “God be thanked, whate’er comes after, I have lived and toiled among men.” Northwest School; Dramatic Club 3b, 4, Secretary 4b, “The Florist Shop”, “Seventeen”; Glee Club 2, 3, 4; Boys ' Club, Chairman Music Committee 4b; Upper Choir 2, 3, 4; Athletic Association 1 , 2, 3, 4. Ralph is a gentleman of the first order. He is one of the few that have treated the school piano with due courtesy and respect. LENA SOHN Lee Love me not for comely grace But for my pleasing ways and face.” Northwest School; Girls’ Business Club 3, 4, Execu¬ tive Committee 3a ; Girls’ League 3, 4; Ingleside Club 4b; French Club 4b; Upper Choir 2, 3, 4; Athletic Association 1, 2, 3, 4. Lena has a very demure appearance. As the age- old wag says, “Appearances are deceiving.” NORMAN L. SPELMAN “Nordy” “Such a cute boy—too bad h smokes.” Northwest School; Junior Usher; Boys’ Club 4b. Many queer things have happened to “Nordy”, he was even a Junior Usher. Who says miracles don’t happen ? 28 CLASS BOOK of 19Z6B — Thomas Snell Weaver High School ANNA STRAKA “Ann” “She sits in silent watchfulness.” Public School, Queens, Astoria, N, Y. ; Girls’ League 4 ; Athletic Association 4. Anna’s translations of the Aeneid have kept dear old Virgil quiescent in his disturbed grave. JEANETTE B. TAYLOR J can There is a garden in her face Where roses and white lilies blow.” Northwest School ; Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4, Librarian lb, 4a, Treasurer 4b; Ingleside Club 3, 4, Chairman of Program Committee 4b ; Girls’ League 3, 4 ; Upper Choir 2, 3, 4 ; Athletic Association 2, 3, 4. Somehow we feel that our class wouldn’t have been complete without this sweet and gentle girl. LOIS R. TAYLOR “Lo” “We are such stuff As dreams are made of.” Northwest School; Art-Crafts Club 3, 4 ; Girls’ League ; Athletic Association 3, 4. Lois can save, cook, and sew. With these qualities, Lois ought to lead our class to the turbulent sea of matrimony. JOSEPH UNGAR “Slinieiulrick” “Come heed my strains And trip the light fantastic.” Arsenal School ; Glee Club 4 ; H. P. H. S. Orches¬ tra 1. 2; Weaver Orchestra 3, 4, Librarian 4b: Boys’ Commercial Club 4. Treasurer 4b; Upper Choir 4; H. P. H. S. Boys’ Club 2; Weaver Boys’ Club 4b; Athletic Association 1, 2, 3, 4. We never heard anybody use that nickname, “Joe”, but as a favor to you we’ll let it pass—we’re gener¬ ous that way. You’re considered to be a wit in some portions of the class. 29 CLASS BOOK of 1926B — Thomas Snell Weaver High School SADYE E. WEINBERG “Dec” “If ladies be but young and_ fair. They have the gift to know it.” Girls’ League 3, 4; Ingleside Club 4b Business Club 4b; Upper Choir 2, 3, 4; Athletic Association 1, 2, 8, 4 . If Sadye had not been so aloof, she might have been more popular. One must mix with the crowd to be liked by the crowd. HOWARD WEINSTEIN ‘‘Howie” “Faithfully conning book-lore. Through all these fateful years.” Northeast School; Science Club 3: Rifle Club 8; Debating Club 4b; Boys’ Club 4b; Upper Choir 4; Junior Usher ; Athletic Association 1, 2, 4. Truly, our hats are off to one who finds mathe¬ matics and the sciences so submissive to his deter¬ mined attack. LOUIS I. GOLDSTEIN Lou “Silence is the fence built around wisdom.” Public School No. 66, Brooklyn, N. Y. ; Debating Club 4, Executive Committee 4a, Librarian 4b, Con¬ stitution Committee 4b; Classical Club 3b, 4, Execu¬ tive Committee 4 ; Boys’ Club 4b, By-laws Committee 4b; Athletic Association 3, 4; Weaver-Choate Debate 4b : Junior Usher. In this reticent student we believe that we have an all-around genius. We cannot imagine a more con¬ scientious fellow. 30 CLASS BOOK of 19Z6B — Thomas Snell Weaver High School JBrabuation Program Iphifrenia In Aulus (Gluck-Mottl)—The Orchestra Salutatory. Home Life—Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow. Circus Time.7. Some Uses for Newspapers. Serenata (Mozskowsky)—The Orchestra .. Sylvia Julie Kappel . Ralph Lewis Smith Beatrice Shepard Johnson . . . .George Albert Mackie Stirring-up Interest in Politics Gypsies and Vagabonds. Heards in Self-IVfense. aledictory. . Howard Weinstein . Alice Maud Marks . Meyer Gere George Jonas Rosenbaum Valse Charmante (Chenoweth)—The Orchestra Presentation of Diplomas Mr. Fred D. Wish, Superintendent of Schools Clasig pigfit Program Address of W elcome Class Song. . Samuel I eonard Goldjarb . The Class Words and Music by Jeanette Burden Taylor Oration. Leonard Isaac Feingold Class Song. The Class Words by Sylvia Julie Kappel Music by Rose Ruth Hav ' erback Ls sav. Anna Helen Sacher Violin Trio by Manuel Glass, Paul Harry Kanefsky, Joseph UnKar Accompanied by Elizabeth Lester FlaKK Minuet (Dueesk) A SonK of India (Rintsky-KorsakoffJ Class Song.. The Class Words by Ruth Hilton Music by Elizabeth Lester FlaKK History. Leah Sarah Sherry and Ralph Lewis Smith Prophecy. Rearle Dorothy Chaimson and George Albert Mackie School Song... The Class W ' ords and Music by Rosalind Feldman, 1924B CLASS BOOK of 19Z6B — Thomas Snell Weaver High School Cfjairman’s; HUbresis! LL the world’s a stage and all the men and women merely players”, Shakespeare once said. So it has been with us. From our early days the school has been our stage, and we have been the actors. In our time we will have completed three definite plays—grammar school, high school, and college. It is the second which we are mostly interested in. We, the actors, have played various parts, our roles being the hero, the clown, the trick¬ ster, and nuisance. It was a four-act play mixed with tragedy and humor. Each act was filled with suspense, surprise, conflict, and entanglements. In the first act we, the actors, felt ourselves to be at the mercy of our managers, fearing to do things not in accordance with our instructor’s plans. In the second act we lost that fear that prevailed in the first act and worked more freely, enjoying our work. It was the next a ct in which we learned tricks and schemes of avoid¬ ing our work. Along came the fourth, and final act of the play, which we are now about to end. Here we reaped the reward of our success—honors. Selfishly we clung to our honors, not knowing that it was honor, not honors, which we sought. Now we are about to bring to a close this extraordinary play with the usual epilogue. This epilogue will be spoken by chosen actors. Some of them will review for the last time the roles of all those who have had a share in this memorable play: others will fore¬ tell the roles that we will play on the greater stage—the world. These chosen actors are the orators, the historians, and prophets. Parents, teachers, and friends, you have been our audience and have found joy in watching us. This play has been presented especially for you. Throughout the acts you have watched us with keen interest, and marvelled at the changes which took place in the roles that we played. You have been friends, as well as an audience that appreciated the work we accomplished. It is for this reason that we want you to be with us to the end, to furnish us with the inspiration which you have given us throughout the play. We, the Class of 1926B, welcome you, and hope that you will enjoy this epilogue. Samuel L. Goldfarb. CLASS BOOK of 19Z6B — Thomas Snell Weaver High School ClagSi l ration OF WHAT GOOD IS AN EDUCATION ? 30DAY, the Class of 1926B stands on the threshold of a new home, as it were, where it will live for some years to come. In that home are ninety-two different rooms, each for an individual member of the class. That home is called “Young Man¬ hood and Young Womanhood.” During the years that he or she will live in that home, each member will furnish and decorate his room according to his tastes, aptitudes, likes, and dislikes. It must naturally be understood that the education which each member has received in this high school will stand him in good stead for furnish¬ ing his room. Therefore, it is not only an issue of importance to the country as a whole, but, also rather momentous to the members of this class and to you, their parents, teachers, and friends, this question—“Of What Good Is an Education?” When we leave here, many of us will enter different occupations: some of us will go to college and some to work. About forty years hence, many of us will be successful lawyers, doctors, or business men: others of us may be presidents of banks or of large corpora¬ tions. In other words, we shall be materially successful. Those of us who are so will tell the world that we made successes, that by out labors we have become successful and that our high school education has stood us in good stead. I agree that it will stand us in good stead: but for what? To make a large fortune? To be at the head of a large concern? Is that for what our education will stand us in good stead, or will this education, which it has taken us four years to get, teach us to see and appreciate life, art, literature, and the beauties of nature? 3.3 CLASS BOOK of 19Z6B — Thomas Snell Weaver High School Today, America has reached such a degree of economic efficiency, that whatever we do, however we do it, is reckoned in dollars and cents. It is for that very reason that as we progress economically and thereby materially, we lose ethically. Take a lawyer for in¬ stance. The average lawyer has a fairly good education. He has without doubt read or studied “The Merchant of Venice or “Macbeth ; and yet, in order to make money, he fails to utilize the basic ideas that these Shakespearean dramas bring to him, so. when he wins a suit of $500, he will keep $200 or $300 of it—the lion’s share—and return the rest; he will try by all tricks of the trade to defeat a political opponent. Yet, he has studied “The Merchant of Venice , which shows him what monetary greed can lead to, and “Macbeth , which shows him what personal ambition can lead to. Or, take the employer as an example. Was there not a time when employers used their employees as machines? Didn ' t they keep them in ill-lighted, ill-ventilated cellars? Give them a most meagre wage and kept them sometimes as long as thirteen, fourteen and fifteen hours a day? Yet, these same employers read and studied many books and poems which dealt with the subject of tyranny in ruling fellow men. But, in their “money-madness , they forgot the ideal things they learned at school and remembered only the material ones such as the law of supply and demand. This is not a new problem. This same problem has vexed the world for a long time. John Ruskin, in his essays, said, “Above all, a nation cannot last a money-making mob; it cannot with impunity—it cannot with existence—go on despising literature, despising science, despising nature, despising compassion, and con¬ centrating its soul on pence. So, the question resolves itself into “Of What Good Is an Education? An education is valuable in many ways. The man who uses his education for the greatest and best good is one who does not use it primarily to make money, but also to see, appreciate and love life, nature and all beautiful things. The man who uses his education to best advantage makes money too, but in his desire for it, he doesn’t lose sight of the other things which his education has taught him. If he sees a man stumble, he 34 CLASS BOOK of 19Z6B — Thomas Snell Weaver High School will not step over him to get advantage of him, but he will help him up and on his way. If he sees a man who has become successful through that man’s own efforts, he will not be jealous of him and criticize, but he will keep that man as an example to pattern. If he gets a position as master of men, either in an office or factory, he will not demand unfair labor and hours at unfair prices, but he will real¬ ize that his employees, too, are men, and as such are deserving of as much a share in life as he. As he passes from place to place, he will keep his eyes open to the beauties of nature—the sunsets that he sees from his office window, and the foliage that he passes in his limou¬ sine on his way to the office through the park. He will notice them and appreciate them and in his heart and soul, he will thank the great Power above for His wonderful handiwork. In other words, he will use his education to help not only earn a living but to help him develop his soul—that which shows the manliness in a man. If we use our education to develop our souls, it will be of benefit not only to the individual but to the mass of society and to some¬ thing higher than that—the nation. It will be the greatest tribute and thanks that we could bestow on her for so graciously giving us the opportunities to get an education. For, by cleansing our souls, we will cleanse the nation. We will do away with graft, do away with “log-rolling” and corruption and “spoils systems”, and in their places, wc will put men, men who realize and understand the respon¬ sibilities of their jobs as public officials and who will ever act for the good of the people, for the good of the nation and for the good of the world which looks to America for help and for inspiration- Leonard . Feingold. 35 CLASS BOOK of 1926B — Thomas Snell Weaver High School GROWING UP O grow up! No matter how far back we may look into our somewhat nebulous past, and recall the various incidents of our pastimes and play times, we can always recall one sensa¬ tional thought, one predominant desire, one glorious illusion, one goal for which we would have fought all powers of earth and heaven had they turned out to prevent us from attaining it—and that is, to become what I hope we all are today—young ladies and gentlemen. It is the instinct of the race, the instinct that makes us the greatest civilized people of all ages, the desire to be bigger and better, and we find this natural impulse lying in the smallest babe. How many of us have had the opportunity to watch a little tot learn to walk? How many falls the poor darling takes, and how many bruises on his dear little body! But does this allay his progress? Does this lessen his determination? Never! Even in his baby mind, the desire to walk is strengthened, not weakened. The proverbial “That which is not worth fighting for, is not worth having are the words which mark even his destiny. And when this first ambition is achieved, just watch the glow and sparkle of his eyes, which seem to shout, “I have won; I can walk! There follow after this many incidents which mark the child’s natural search to know, to act and to become. His fingers soon become trained to know the meaning of “yes and “no , when he touches a hot stove, but he has learnt a lesson in life and as usual, at a cost. One accomplishment leads him to another. He walks and then he talks. He hears other people speak, listens to their words, grasps them, regardless of their meanings, and then uses them with great ego. And why is he so proud? It is because he is imitating us. We are his ideal, his affinity—Grown-up. 36 CLASS BOOK of 1926B — Thomas Snell Weaver High School Then comes school days, the first great, real opportunity to learn a nd grow in mind. Of course, to the timid, the first few days are an ordeal, and to the lazy and sluggish, a dread. But all children arc thrilled at the beginning, just as we are thrilled now at the end. Once started, how the years do fly! They go fast because most of the time we are happy—happy in school time, because we are grow¬ ing in mind: happy in play time because we are growing in body. And during our play hours, there is still visible the lingering desire for maturity. How we rummage the closets to put on mother’s long skirts, her high heels and big hats, father’s trousers, and collar and tie—perhaps sneaking his pipe into our mouths. Many of the boys can recall, no doubt, the pleasant memories of smoking their first cigarette—even if it was only cubebs. Each year the pencil mark to show how much we have grown creeps up and up by the side door, like a rising tide. We soon put away our toys and begin to display an air of importance and wisdom. Why, we are growing up and will soon be in high school! As for judging our age by our apparel or our braids and curls, this was all very well in former times when bobbed hair and short skirts were not in fashion. Here is one advantage for growing up during this generation. However, we are now drawing away more and more% from childish ideas and fancies and feel our superiority over the smaller children until we reach high school, where we are put through the refinery just as the cane sugar is sent through the mills to be purified. In high school at last! Does it seem possible that after eight long years of learning in grammar school, we have finally attained our aim. Here, alone do we suddenly realize how time has passed and how we have grown. It is here also that we are to receive some of our finishing touches. At first what great enthusiasm we show! The first few days, we are seen plodding home, heavily laden with books. This novelty wears off, however, sooner than we realize. Little by little, fewer books are taken home, and we start shirking our school work for our pleasures. All too soon do we discover the meaning of demerits and the art of inventing excuses. How fast the demerits accumulate after we have received our first one! Never¬ theless. we continue our daily routine, thinking nothing more of 37 CLASS BOOK of 1926B — Thomas Snell Weaver High School growing up, as we believe that we have reached our full growth. Not only are the grinds or the so-called book-worms occupied with procuring more knowledge, but the other pupils also begin to crave for wisdom to judge soundly and deal broadly with the facts of life. Our curiosity is aroused and we are affected by a desire to know more about life and some of the problems that remain to be solved. We soon consider another event that we had supposed was out of our reach, but that is experienced very shortly—that is, to attend our first party. The next stage is, that of the Tuxedo and the evening gown. At the mere reference to evening clothes, how many pleasant controversies can be recalled to mind? Our strongest argument and main plea was that we were grown up and therefore must have even¬ ing apparel to display our dignity. This point was well disclosed in the play Seventeen.” We next form the impression that to be really grown up, it is necessary to go out with fellows, or to take out girls like big brother Bill. After experiencing many embarrassing moments and learning many new rules concerning etiquette, we realize that there still remains much more that is to be learned. Thus we again proceed on our path to full growth, trying to live up to the standards which we believe are very necessary to distinguish us from the kids”, as we term others who, to our minds, do not display as much maturity and wisdom. Little further change is discerned until the last year. The majority of us discover, at this point, the great importance of educa¬ tion and prepare for entrance into either the business world or college. We soon realize that there is always room for improvement, and although we may cease to grow in body, we are continually growing in mind. So, we consider ourselves ready to step forth and brave all difficulties of life. We may not have finally obtained our life’s desire, our glorious illusion, and our goal for which we have waited so impatiently—being grown up—but we still have this station of life to look forward to. Just as we look up to the moon, may we look forward to our continuous growth. So let us wait patiently, instead of trying to grasp for it as a child would, if he could. Anna H. Sacher. 38 CLASS BOOK of 1926B — Thomas Snell Weaver High School Place —W. H. S. Schoolroom. Time —April 1, 1950, at 2.30 p. m. Characters —Dot, Leah Sherry: Bob, Ralph L. Smith. Dot is seated in the classroom working on a Latin assignment. Dot —“Caedo-caedere-cae-cae. (Repeat) Bob is heard whistling. Dot —“OBob! Bob!” Whistling ceases suddenly. Enter Bob carrying books. Bob —“Hello Dot! What’s the trouble? You look terribly worried!” Dot —“I am. You would be if you didn’t know the third principal part of ‘Caedo’.” Bob —“Well, I do know it. Caedo-caedere-cae-cae—” Dot {interrupting) —“Cecidi, Caesum.” Bob —“You took the word out of my mouth. That was just what I was going to say.” Dot { writing down the parts) —“Latin makes me sick. Only one more month of it and I’m through. You’re taking a lot of books home tonight.” Bob —“Don’t worry. I’m only taking these to the library. Here’s what I’m taking home.” {Takes small book from pocket.) Dot —“What’s that large book you’ve got there?” Bob —“Oh! that’s the Class Book of 1926B.” Dot —“1926B? That’s—that’s—twenty-four years ago. Let’s see it!” (Dot and Bob sit and look the book through hurriedly.) Dot —“Look at the way the girls wore their hair. If a girl has bobbed hair now she’s considered old-fashioned.” Bob —“Oh! here’s the history of the class.” Dot —“I wonder what they did when they were in school? (She CLASS BOOK of 19Z6B — Thomas Snell Weaver High School reads) ' About four years ago the Hartford Public High School opened its portals to us—one of the largest classes that it ever wel¬ comed—the Class of 1926B. We entered the Hopkins Street build¬ ing, as all little freshies do’.” Bob —“I’m glad that we didn’t have to go there. It’s so dark compared to our school.” Dot —“Yes, we certainly are lucky to be in such a lovely school. (Continues reading) ‘We suffered the taunts and teasing of the upper classmen and longed for the day that we might do likewise. There were many things that we had to become accustomed to. The most important thing was the homework. We had had very little homework in grammar school, and so when we entered high school it seemed as though we should have to spend all our spare time in study’.” Bob —“I remember when we thought so too, but it didn’t take long for us to get over that idea.” Dot —“Maybe that was what you thought, but I always spent my spare time in study.” Bob —“Oh well, that goes without saying.” Dot [continuing) —“ ‘One of the biggest thrills of our lives was experienced when we were first called Miss So-and-So and Mr. What’s-his-name. It made us feel prominent and insignificant at the same time. When we became Upper Freshmen the first separation of our class took place. Some flunked, some left, and some went to the Broad Street building. ITe rest of the year went uneventfully, except for demerits, which are the bane of the Freshmen’s existence’.” Bob —“Isn’t it funny how we change? At first we’re afraid of them, but after a while they don’t bother us any more, until we take our report cards home.” Dot —“ ‘In September the second separation took place. Those of us who lived in the North District and were destined to be Weaver students went to Broad Street in the afternoon. We were dismissed at six o’clock and spent the rest of the evening getting home. Finally after many cartoons had been published, showing us going home with lanterns and many objections had been raised by our parents concerning these night voyages, we were transferred again to the morning session’.” 40 CLASS BOOK of 19Z6B — Thomas Snell Weaver High School Bob —“I bet they missed one thing by that change.” Dot — What was that. ” Bob —“Sleep! ‘sleep that knits up the ravelled sleave of care, the death of each day’s life, sore labor’s bath— Dot —“Say, you certainly do remember your ‘Macbeth.’ {reads) ‘We spent our study periods—if such they may be called—in the Auditorium, using heavy sheets of cardboard as desks. The first clubs formed were the Boys’ and Girls’ Glee Clubs. Every few days we would hear rumors concerning our immediate transference to the new school. After hearing many false reports, we began to think that we should be graduated before ever reaching there. Finally in the February of 1924, we entered the Thomas Snell Weaver High School. Then it seemed as though we were entering again as Fresh¬ men, because everything was new and strange as it was when we first entered high school. The hardest thing that we had to become accustomed to was having two lunch periods. We were always tak¬ ing the wrong one. We enjoyed especially our environment, because— Bob —“They didn’t say anything about the mistake of taking both lunch periods: I wonder if they had to scramble for stools as we do now?” Dot —“I guess that was the same and always will be.” ( Reads ) ‘We enjoyed especially our environment, because of the beautiful park across the way and the unaccustomed quiet.’ I had to take charge of the Latin class today and my voice is so tired that I don’t feel like reading any more. You read about the Junior and Senior years.” Bob —“That’s the first time I ever heard a woman admit that she was tired of talking, but seeing it’s you, why I’ll do it. Where’s the place? (Reads) ‘Finally in our Junior year we were allowed to enter the activities of the school. During the first month of this year we were trying out for various clubs, and many members of our class were admitted who later proved to be the leaders of these organ¬ izations. During this year our athletic field was started. Even though our boys had no field, they showed great prowess in all games and made us proud of them. We enjoyed the basketball games best of all. because they were followed by dancing. The Girls’ 41 CLASS BOOK of 1926B — Thomas Snell Weaver High School League gave a Fashion Show. The school turned out for this in surprising numbers, especially the male portion’.” Dot —“I wonder why the boys were so interested in fashions?” Bob —“Oh, it wasn’t the clothes they were interested in. [Reads) ‘During the spring of this year the boys started out with high hopes to form a tennis team, but somehow it never materialized, at least we never heard anything about it. Our Senior year opened with disappointment for some of us. There was no room in Weaver capable of holding our large class. About twenty of us had to be separated from the rest in Room 240 and go into Room 216. One of the most important events of the year was the activities of the Debating Club’.” Dot—“The members of the Debating Club always seem to be prominent in everything, don’t they?” Bob —“Well, that’s why they’re debaters. (Reads) ‘The first debate to be held in the City of Hartford took place between the Weaver Debating Club and the Hopkins Debating Club in the Weaver Auditorium. A cup, which had been offered to the winner of this debate, was captured by our team, which was composed of four members of the Class of 1926B. The second debate was be¬ tween our Club and the Choate School Debating Club. In this, the victory also fell to us. On this team there were three members of our class. Another important debate was the one between the Weaver Debating Club and the C. H. L. S. The girls—’.” Dot —“Proved their ability in arguing, and the decision was awarded to—? Bob —“To them, of course. No fellow could win out against a girl when she starts talking. (Reads) ‘The Girls’ League staged a School Revue in which all departments were represented by little playlets. Many of our class participated in this. One of the chief events of the evening was a typewriting contest in which a 1926B girl succeeded in winning the prize. The basketball season was un¬ usually successful. The quintet defeated Torrington, who were State Champions at that time, Hartford High, and many other note¬ worthy teams. In February, our class was united again in Room 227. Soon after this the Boys’ Club, one of the best and finest institutions which can be introduced into a school, was formed and 42 CLASS BOOK of 1926B — Thomas Snell Weaver High School the first president of this was a member of our class. At their first supper many of the girls were waitresses’.” Dot —“I can wager that the boys turned out in goodly numbers for that, too.” Bob —“That’s all right. I notice that most of the girls show up when the boys are waiters at your suppers.” Dot —“That’s an entirely different case.” Bob —“Oh well, we won’t argue. ( Reads) ‘In the spring of the year there was a large music festival, the first of its kind ever held in Hartford. This was given by the grammar schools in the North District, our Glee Clubs. Choir, and Orchestra. This was given two nights in succession and was enjoyed immensely by visitors from all over the state. Soon after this, at the Glee Club Concert, a girl of 1926B had the honor of being soloist and scored another triumph for us. Another important event was the decision of the faculty advisers to have a weekly of our own. This decision was carried out and our Lookout was started. The first editor was one of our very prominent members, who did a great deal to get the paper firmly established’,” Dot —“What would we do without that paper? It is a vital necessity for any school to have a paper, and it’s a privilege to have one as good as The Lookout.” Bob —“I agree with you there. Dot.” Bob {reads) —“The Dramatic Club followed its usual custom and presented a well-finished production, Booth Tarkington’s ‘Seventeen.’ In this, also, 1926B was well represented. It will soon be June 16 and on this day our class will make its final separation.” Dot —“Well, that class certainly made history for the school. I wonder if they made history for the world? Why, it’s four o’clock! I’ve got to go!” Bob —“What’s your hurry? Don’t you like school?” Dot —“Why, of course; but the Dramatic Club is having a theatre party tonight and I’ve got to finish my homework before I go. Aren’t you going?” Bob —“You bet! I wouldn’t miss it.” {Gather up books; exit.) The End. 43 CLASS BOOK of 1926B — Thomas Snell Weaver High School Clasig Propl)ec| Scene takes place on the deck of a trans-atlantic liner; George Mackie is reclining in a chair, evidently he is ill. Pearl Chaimson walks in and starts as she sees him. Pearl —“Why George, where have you been? I haven’t seen you since you disappeared before we were five hours out. You haven’t been seasick, have you?’’ George —“Oh, no! {Great sarcasm) Weren’t you? Why that storm we had the day before yesterday was something terrible.’’ Pearl —“What storm?’’ George —“What storm! Why—why—didn’t you—?’’ Pearl — “If you mean that spell of roughness we had for a little while, I don’t call that anything.’’ George —“And you weren’t sick at all?’’ Pearl —“Oh, I’ve had several trips across. I never get seasick any more. It was so nice of you to tell me about this private corner of yours up on the boat deck.’’ George —“Well, this is my nineteenth trip and it’s the first time I’ve been ill. Come to think of it, you are the only person of our class I have ever seen on the boat. I have seen quite a few back in the United States, though.’’ Pearl —“So have I. Last year I spent about three months look¬ ing up the members of our class. You see, Leah Sherry is still busy writing her index to the telephone directory and she helped me with some of those that are still in Hartford. Ralph Smith is working for the Hartford Dispatch and Trucking Company. He is one of their best movers. Lucile Ewing and Julia Elam live in the town, too. They have gone into the business of writing songs. Their latest hit was We feed the baby onions so we can find him in the dark.’ And Elizabeth Elagg never moved away, either. She is still taking care of the ducks in Keney Park.’’ George —“Oh! I remember some other people. Meyer Gere’s organization for spreading new ideas about education has its head- 44 CLASS BOOK of 1926B — Thomas Snell Weaver High School quarters in Hartford down on Commerce Street. Meyer’s lieutenants in this organization are Howard Weinstein, Harold Sherry, Harold Lutwack, Abraham Hurwitz, and Thomas Murphy. I heard Meyer making a speech once. I just caught one sentence of what he said This is it: ‘The prominent educators of this country remind me of ostriches rushing blindly forward with their heads buried in the sand.’ Meyer was always a queer chap. But what he is doing is nothing to what Dick Ruffkess has done.” Pearl —“What’s that?” George —‘-‘He just had his ' Thesis on Early Etruscan Philoso¬ phy’ published in the Atlantic Monthly ' Pearl —“Leah told me that when the circus came through Hart¬ ford she saw three friends of ours. Lena Cravzow was the fat lady. She weighed four hundred and fifty-five pounds and eleven ounces. Beatrice Johnson was a bareback rider, and Jo-Jo, the dog-face boy, turned out to be A1 Michelson. But, speaking about fat people. I’ll weigh ten pounds more when I get to Paris, if I don’t stop eating on this trip. {Glances at watch ) Why it’s time for the morning broth now. Do you think you could drink some?” George —“Oh no: I don’t believe I dare.” Pearl —“But it’s delicious, and they serve it steaming hot.” George —“Well, I don’t know—” Pearl —“And they have salted crackers with it.” George —“All right. I’ll try some.” Pearl —“I’ll go down and get two cups.” George —“Thanks. {Exit Pearl; George takes several letters from under robe, some of which he spills on the floor.) “This is the first time I’ve had ambition to look at my mail. Ah! here’s a letter from Sid Moses. Let’s see what he says. ‘Dear George: Congrat¬ ulate me. Last night, as you probably know, I fought Jake Ludgin for the world’s heavyweight championship. Well, I won. Knocked him out in the thirteenth round. I hope that you are having a fine trip and that you are not seasick or anything—.’ ( George drops the letter and picks up another.) I wonder what Dink Bernstein has to say, too? {Scans first page of letter in silence.) What’s this? ‘I have a new job posing for two hours each afternoon in the window of Gimbel Brothers’ store in What the well-dressed man should wear. 45 CLASS BOOK of 1926B — Thomas Snell Weaver High School Right across the street from us Paul Kanefsky runs an exclusive women’s dress shop, and he has Sadie Weinberg, Anna Straka, Rose Haverback, Florence Gassner, and Mary Manilli as his models. Lena Sohn is his secretary’.” Pearl (enters) —“I met Frances Ronnick as I was coming out of my cabin. The poor girl doesn’t know what to do. She has been wanting to marry a certain young man, but she hesitates because his complexion matches her dog’s nose and she’s afraid to take a chance.” George (cut in) —“For fear that it might kill her dog?” Pearl —“Yes, that is probably what she thought about it. She told me, too, how lucky Fannie Becker, the Blumberg sisters and Tillie Goldberg were in getting into an office as stenographers and bookkeepers, where there is no restriction as to the time of arrival. (Settles herself in steamer chair.) I have the ship’s paper here; do you want to see it?” George —“No; you read the headlines to me, will you?’ ' {Pearl makes an exclamation.) George —“What’s the matter?” Pearl —“Look at this. (Reads) ‘American girl, graduate of Weaver High, conquers Channel. Sylvia Kappel, attractive society girl, today at 3.54 completed her swim of the English Channel in seven hours and thirteen minutes. Her trainer, Howard Brady, who followed her in a motor boat, had considerable difficulty in keeping up with her. As she reached the English shore, she was greeted by her dear friend Jessie Mills and other admirers. Miss Mills was unable to accompany her friend across, due to the fact that she had an engagement to dance in a fashionable cabaret Charleston contest. ' (Gives George paper) Here; all the rest of it is politics. I have some steamer letters that I must answer. There is one in particular you might be interested in. It is Alma Arnurius’. (Looks in bag for letter) I must have left it in my cabin. I will go down for it now.” (Exits.) George (glances at paper) —“Say, what is this? (Reads) ‘The offices of the real estate firm of Blum, Bloom, Blum Bloom were found deserted this morning. It was later discovered that they sold a piece of land in Elorida, that never existed, to eleven different per- 46 CLASS BOOK of 1926B — Thomas Snell Weaver High School sons on the same day.’—I’ll bet they are the ones who sold Sid Kauf¬ man the land he bought in Florida. I’ll never forget what he said when I asked him how he liked it.” {Enter Pearl .) Pearl —“What did he say?” George —“Who? Oh, he said it was all wet.” Pearl —“Well, here’s the letter. I’ll read it. ‘Dear Pearl: I have just finished reading Edith Fishman’s one hundred and tenth novel. It is intensely romantic. All about dukes and duchesses in love and it ends up in a royal marriage, which brings me to the topic of my letter. Prepare for a surprise! In two months I am to be married to the Prince of Siam in the palace at Bankok. I certainly hope your travels will bring you there then, as I am having several Weaver graduates as my guests. Esther Blodgett and her husband will be there. Barbara Nicol is coming, too. She lives so far out west that the trip won’t be so long for her. Vera Flemsley will be my maid of honor. You must have seen her picture several times, because she is one of the most popular models for magazine covers. I have already picked my ladies in waiting. They are Beatrice Dietz, Elizabeth Donovan, and Lois Taylor. Donald Hiscox is the chief butler of the royal palace. I really meant to make this a long letter, but Sadie Case just called to take me for a ride in her car. Affec¬ tionately, Alma’.” George —“Oh, did Sadie Case finally learn to drive? How long did it take her?” Pearl —“About three or four cars: but she is a good driver now. Last spring she took me to Mount Holyoke University, where Selma Goldberg is a professor of modern languages. On the way up we saw a billboard with a picture of Jeanette Taylor on it, advertising ‘How to keep that school-girl complexion’.” George (looks over letters that have fallen on floor) —“Here’s the one I was looking for. I knew A1 Breed would write to me. ‘Dear Mac: I’d like to write a long letter to you, but it must be just a short note, because I am leaving for Oklahoma in an hour and a half. I’ve a big job with the Carnation Milk Company. I’m at the head of the department that has charge of keeping the cows con¬ tented. My chief assistants are John Connelly, Phil Montano, Lewis 47 CLASS BOOK of 1926B — Thomas Snell Weaver High School Johnson, and Walter Kaiser. They serve hot chocolate and animal crackers to the bovines every hour’.” Pearl —“That reminds me of something our Weaver girls have done. In order to bring down the price of potatoes, Gertrude Siegel, Pauline Palatnick, Doris Porter, Alice Marks, and Betty Kaplan, under the leadership of Rose Gere, have established a cauliflower ranch in northern Mexico. It is a great success.” George —“You know, Saul Hoffman was going to come across with me, but he injured his eyes and couldn’t.” Pearl —“What did he do?” George —“He tried to read all the editorials in The Lookout while riding on a merry-go-round. ( Pause ) What’s that badge you are wearing?” Pearl —”Oh, that’s the emblem of the National League for the protection of wild and woolly flappers. Dorothy Salmon is our president and some of the most prominent members are Lillian Colton, Estelle Cohn, Estella Glassman, and Minnie Pomerantz.” George [proudly) —‘‘Well, you see this badge?” Pearl —“Yes.” George —‘‘Well, that shows that I have the distinction of being one of the laziest members of the Amalgamated Order of Satisfied Saps. Manuel Glass is the president of the Association. Its purpose is that it shall have no purpose. Membership is limited to the ex¬ tremely ignorant and those unwilling to do any work whatsoever. George Rosenbaum is the vice-president and Louis Goldstein is the secretary and treasurer.” Pearl —‘‘Isn’t Leonard Eeingold in it, too?” George —‘‘No; he felt that he had to have seclusion with his thoughts, so now he is leading the life of a clam-digging hermit on the Maine coast.” Pearl (looks off stage for a moment) —‘‘Look! See that fellow swabbing decks? Doesn’t he look familiar?” George —‘‘By George, he does. It’s Norman Spelman! Of all things! I thought he was in partnership with Ben Rabinovitz in New York.” Pearl —‘‘What is Ben doing? I never did hear.” George —‘‘Oh, Ben is an inventor. His last scheme was a new 48 CLASS BOOK of 19Z6B — Thomas Snell Weaver High School kind of shoe polish. It never worked on shoes, but they could have used it on stoves, except that it eats holes in iron. I think I’ll try to walk around a little. (George gets up and walks about; he is very weak. ) The week before I sailed I spent quite a bit of time around New York trying to find Red Harris and Boomie Fish. I didn’t meet with any success, but I did see Madeline Philbrick. She is now John D. Rockefeller’s secretary. I also went to the Metropolitan Opera and heard Anna Sacher, the famous soprano singer.” Pearl —“I know about Red Harris and Fish. Harris is going to New York University. He expects to graduate in the next three or four years. And only last month Boomie Fish was at our house trying to sell my mother a vacuum cleaner. He told me that he landed his job as a salesman because all the references that he had said that his head was full of vacuum.” George (picks up paper) —“I see that there is going to be an entertainment on board.—And what do you know about this? J ' hey’re having a moving picture featuring John Hurley and Matilda Ludgin. It is called The Girl with the Gilded Ankles. And they are having an Our Gang Comedy, with Sidney Arenson, Alice Hays. Fidward Gibbons. Overton Olds, Etta Rudy, Ruben Sklar, and Daniel Roane.” Pearl —“And Joe Ungar’s Unguentine Orchestra is going to play some of the song hits from that new musical comedy, I Love A e, in which Ruth Hilton is taking the leading role. It is running on Broadway now and Eugene Jess plays opposite Ruth, interpret¬ ing the role of a dangerous bachelor. Do you think you can go?” George —“I might try it, but I must write to Sam Goldfarb first. He and Sam Aaron work in the same office now. Aaron is a draft clerk. T hat is, he opens and closes windows. But Sam Goldfarb has a big job. He’s got thirty-five hundred men under him.” Pearl —“Thirty-five hundred men!” George —“That’s what I said. He works on the twenty-seventh floor of the Woolworth Building.” ( Dinner bell rings.) Pearl —“That’s the bell for dinner. Are you coming down?” George —“Dinner? H-m-m-m—well, I’ll try anything once.” Pearle Chaimson. Prophetess. George Mackie, Prophet. 49 CLASS BOOK of 19Z6B — Thomas Snell Weaver High School Hasit anti Cesftament E IT HEREBY KNOWN to all manner of men and beasts, that We, the Senior Class of 1926B, do hereby indite and set forth our Last Will and Testament. Just as in times gone by, our venerable and much-respected predecessors, amidst great groans from the uttermost depths of their hearts, much lamentation and gnashing of teeth, handed down to us, in due order, the great insignia and proof of importance—upper seniorhood—so we, from our lofty pinnacle of assured success, renown and fame, do make known the awards of our class, the most brilliant and most brightly scintillating, which eclipses, as it should, all other present and previous upper senior classes. Item One —To Overton F. Olds, Jr., we bequeath the drinking fountain next to Mr. Sisson’s room. Item Two —To the Lower Senior Class we donate our unsurpassed store of knowledge and intelligence. Item Three —To the Freshmen we leave our individual ability to make the Honor Roll. Item Four —To John Hurley, Esq., we hand over the privilege of warming the bench. Item Five —To the Faculty we give our thanks and appreciation for the patience, tact, and understanding which they used to educate us. Item Six —To the Athletic Association we bequeath the moral vic¬ tories which have gained us such lasting fame. Item Seven —As we may rest assured that he will take good care of it, we give over the entire school to the care of Raleigh Dresser. Item Eight —Any amount of change, bills, or any currency used in this or any other country, except Russia, found in Room 227 , after we graduate, may be had bv The Lookout to help make up its deficit. Item Nine —Inasmuch as he is adept at handling them, we bequeath whatever miscellaneous ciphers or demerits which we may have forgotten to report to John Ellsworth. 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' . 62 CLASS BOOK of 1926B — Thomas Snell Weaver High School CJje GIRLS Dorothy Salmon Sylvia Kappel Leah Sherry era Hemsley Sadve einberg Anna Sacher Lncile hawing !• ranees Konnick Dorotliv Salmon Kranees Konnick L� ‘ah Sherry IVarle Chaimson Keatrice Dietz Lsther Blodgett Marv -Manilli Kdith Fishman Esther Blodgett Erances Konnick Beatrice Johnson Jessie Mills Etta Kudy Esther Blodgett (iertrude Siegel Alma Amur ins Doris Porter Jessie Mills Jeanette Taylor Kuth Hilton Sylvia Kappel Kuth Hilton Erances Konnick Elizabeth Donovan Gertrude Siegel Dorothy Salmon Sylvia Kappel a mmentlp Most Popular Busiest illiest Best Looking Most Conceited Best Dresser Greatest Spendthrift Most Girlish Boy Most Boyish Girl JSeatest Best Dancer Greatest Politician Most Talkative Quietest Greatest Flirt Most Bashful Most Pessimistic Greatest Heart-breaker Best Sport Best Athlete Most Dignified Laziest Cutest Daintiest Peppiest Silliest Most Serious Most Courteous Most Snobbish Most Capable Most Sarcastic Biggest Borrower Most Credulous Biggest Bluffer Best All-around Has Done Most for W .H.S elite BOYS Samuel Goldfarb Manuel Glass George Mackie Allan Breed Albert Michelson Dwigbt Bernstein Norman Spelnian Kalph Smith Sidney Arenson Saul Hoffman Leonard Feingold Benjamin Kabinovitz Louis Goldstein John Hurley Sidney Arenson Harold Sherry, Meyer Gere John Hurley Samuel Goldfarb Samuel Goldfarb Ralph Smith Dwight Bernstein David Bloom Ralph Smith Louis Harris Louis Harris Louis Goldstein Kalph Smith Sidney Kaufman Manuel Glass Meyer Gere Saul Hoffman Albert Eish Sidney Kaufman Samuel Goldfarb Manuel Glass 53 CLASS BOOK of 1926B — Thomas Snell Weaver High School 0ur l ramattc Jmpersfonationsi These Charming People. Our Graduating Class Introduce Me. John Hurley The Early Bird. Louts Goldstein Bustin’ Through. Ruben Sklar What Price Glory. Ask George Rosenbaum Just Suppose. We Should Flunk After All Oh What a Nurse. Esther Blodgett The First Year. When We Were Freshies The Caveman. Harold Blum The Perfect Clown. Mackie The Big Parade. Getting Our Diplomas Steppin’ Out. Al Arnurius Hogan’s Alley. Any Weaver Corridor Lord Jim. “Son’ Brady Where Was I ?. “Rusty” Harris Sporting Life.. High School Days 7 he Little Irish Girl. Sadly Lacking Lazybones. Sol Hoffman Bobbed Hair. Very Rare (?) Tessie. Blodgett The Live Wire. Frances Ronntck Below the Line. Those Who Flunk Classified. Everybody is, in the Class Book Irish Luck. Tom Murray (he passed) The Best People. You and I The Merry Widow. Time Will Tell The Everlasting Whisper. Room ITLl The Best Bad Man. Harold Blum The Cyclonic Cavalier. Hurricane Hurley Dance Madness. At the Reception The Midnight Sun. “Son” Brady Too Much Money. What Have Youf Whispering Smith. Not Ralph, of course The Cowboy Musketeer Hiscox T he Unholy Three Refer to Miss Forbes Havoc . College Board Exams The New Commandment Thou Shalt Not Whisper That Royle Girl That Ronnick Girl 54 CLASS BOOK of 1926B — Thomas Snell Weaver High School Hlptabetug O irlsf A is for Ainurius, A very sarcastic dame. But the way she does the Charleston Has brought her lasting fame. F is for Fannie, Both Becker and Ronnick; One is quite harmless The other a tonic. B is for Blodgett, A popular classmate; She’s quite a heart-breaker And we think she’s just great. G is for Gertrude, Her last name is Siegel; Called a big bluffer. We don’t think it’s legal. C is for Chaimson, Our dear Prophetess. Of our future lives She made an awful mess. II is for Hilton, With golden hair; Voted most snobbish We don’t think it’s fair. I) is for Deitz, And Donovan, too. Were there many more D’s, What would we do ? I is for Intermission At the Plays and Dances. For flirting and primping— It offers fine chances. K is for Ewing, (We’re in the throes of dejection.) .Ah! A happy thought— “That school-girl complexion.” J’s for Jeanette, Of the Taylor clan. We know that she’ll get A good-looking man. 55 CLASS BOOK of 19Z6B — Thomas Snell Weaver High School K’s for Kappel, Second in rank; She went through four years Without playing a prank. L is for Ludgin, Miss and not Mister; For it’s not “Jake” this time, But his nice little sister. M is for Mary, Surnamed Manilli; She’s one of these girls Who never are silly. N is for Nicol, ’Tis “Bobby” we mean; She ran “Vee” Hemsley A close race for Queen. S is for Salmon, Who from us took Our very last cent— For this Class Book. T is for Taylor, Miss Lois R.; Her complexion didn’t come From a cosmetic jar. U is for Ulysses, A prize-fighting projector; Who signed up Achilles To polish off Hector. V is for Vera, Called “Weary Vee.” That she’s the prettiest Is the Class decree. O is a letter. Which nobody claims; Among our girls. For first or last names. W’s for Weinberg, That golden-haired lassie; She admits she is pretty And knows she is classy. P is for Philbrick, So stately and serene; Some day we may see her On the moving picture screen. X is a symbol In Algebra used; When you’ve made its acquaintance You’re never confused. Q is for Queer, Which all the world is-zle, Including this Rhyme Which is somewhat a fizzle. Y is for You, Omitted this time; ’Twas only because We could think of no rhyme. R is for a gild. Whose last name is Rudy; She’s graduating now With very little study. Z is for Zounds— An expressive word, Used long ago But now never heard. 56 CLASS BOOK of I9Z6B — Thomas Snell Weaver High School Hllpijatjeto 2?ops! A is for Aaron, A figure well-known; By the girls liked so well, That he’s kept at the ’phone. H is for Bernstein, “Dinky” of course; He acts like a mule. And laughs like a horse. C is for Connelly, A long-legged guy; His only desire. Is to let time fly. I) is for Donald, Hiscox his name; Mutilating targets Has brought him his fame. E is for “Eddie”, Gibbons the plug; Every night homeward His books he did lug. F is for Feingold, Who likes to debate; He’ll enter politics, Or a similar fate. G is for Goldfarb, A flash with a ball; Either basket- or foot- “Makes no difference at all.” H is for Hurley, Weaver’s sudden sheik. He became a woman’s man In just about a week. I is for Me, Who I am you do not know. You think that I’m another guy. But it really isn’t so. J is for Jess With freckles be-spattered. Yet by the girls They say he is flattered. 57 CLASS BOOK of 19Z6B — Thomas Snell Weaver High School K is for Kaufman Who shows no remorse In praising his idol— “Sid” Kaufman, of course. L is for Ludgin, Alias “Jake.” They say he’ll graduate— For heaven’s sake! M is for Mackie, Our wittiest lad; Most of his wisecracks Are really not bad. N is for Norman, Of massive frame. Spelman didn’t study much. But he’s with us just the same. O is for Olds, Who is a jolly sort. But his merry jokes and pranks Look bad on his report. P is for Pluck, Which the Business Board had; They were thrown out of places But got their ad. (i is for Quiet, And there’s no denying That to keep us quiet Mr. Robins ceased trying. R is for Rabinovitz, That little chatter-box; For this simple fault We give him many socks. S is for Smith, A pianist of note; As the most girlish He got every vote. T is for Trouble, Which camped on our trail; But in the end We didn’t fail. U is for Ungar, “Schmendrick” by choice; When he stops playing We always rejoice. V is for Virgil, Publius Virgilius; Some day his works Are bound to kill us. W’s for Weinstein, Who’s fond of ' Science; He and Meyer Gere Formed a queer alliance. X stands for X, A very hard letter; We’re giving you this For want of a better. Y is for You, Whom we have abused; We really didn’t mean it. And hope we’i-e excused. Z is for Zero, That ever-hated grade; ’Twas only for laggards That this mark was made. 58 CLASS BOOK of I926B — Thomas Snell Weaver High School HI Ctabio Program FROM STATION 1926 B Saturday, June 16, 1939 7.30 7.45 8.15 8.30 8.30 (a) You may be a Boon to your Mother, but you’re only a Baboon to Me (b) You may be Called a Live Wire, but you haven’t Shocked Me at all p. m. Bed-time Story by Frances Ronnick p. m. Manuel Glass and Hotel Snitz Trio p. m. Address by Geo. Mackie, “Women I Have Known’’ p. m. Novelty, B. Rabinovitz will make a Short Speech p. m. A1 Breed singing own compositions: 9.00 p. m. 9.30 p. m. 10.00 p. m. 10.15 p. m. 11.00 p. m. Sam Goldfarb and his Demented Cohorts Don Hiscox and his Classic Demons Nature Poems b y Harold Blum Ralph Smith and his Seasick Serenaders Talk, “Why Bald-headed Czecho-Slovakians Use Spelman’s Anti-Friction Hair Tonic’’ By N. Spelman 59 CLASS BOOK of 19Z6B — Thomas Snell Weaver High School Cime I© ill Cell Alma Arnurius Ambition —To Get Married Realization —Did Fannie Becker Ambition —To Experience Love at First Sight Realization —Still Experiencing Esther Blodgett Ambition —To Win a Charleston Contest Realization —Teacher of Old-time Dances Jennie Blumberg Ambition —To Marry a Trolley-Car Conductor Realization —Married a Motorman Sarah Blumberg Ambition —To Marry a Motorman Realization —Married a Conductor Sadie Case Ambition —To Attend a Prize-fight Realization —Sewing Teacher Pearle Chaimson Ambition —To Sing like Anna Sacher Realization —Waitress in Quick Lunch Estella Cohn Ambition —To get a Demerit Realization —Translated Sanskrit Lillian Colton Ambition —To Commit a Daring Deed Realization —Joined Camp-fire Girls Lena Cravzow Ambition —To be Just a Sailor’s Sweetheart Realization —Married a Plumber Beatrice Dietz Ambition —To Enter Business Realization —Missionary Elizabeth Donovan Ambition —To be Called a Flirt Realization —Stenographer to Blind Author Julia Elam Ambition —To Fly an Airplane Realization —Telephone Girl Lucile Ewing Ambition —To Disagree with Somebody Realization —Governor of New Mexico Edith Fishman Ambition —Poet Realization —Vaudeville Star 60 CLASS BOOK of 19Z6B — Thomas Snell Weaver High School Elizal)cth Flagg Florence Gassner Rose Gere Estella Glassman Selma Goldberg Tillie Goldberg Rose Haverback Alice Hays era Henisley Ruth Hilton Beatrice Johnson Rel)ecca Kaplan Ambition —To be Introduced to the Prince of ales Realization —Queen of England Ambition —To Vi ork in an Insurance Office Realization —Member of L nited States Secret Service Ambition —To Go to Honululu Realization —W ent to Simsbury Ambition —To See Life Realization —House to House Saleslady of Colored Glasses —Department Store Clerk Realization —Lighthouse Keeper Ambition —To Become Interested in Prison Reform Realization —1. C. S. Graduate Ambition —To Have People Stop Making Puns on Her Name Realization —Changed her Name to Jones Ambition —To Be a Heroine in Real Life Realization —Superintendent of Girls’ Business College Ambition —To Remain Single Realization —Married at Nineteen Ambition —To Read “The Count of Monte Cristo” Realization —Still Reading “College Humor” Ambition —Artist Realization —Cartoonist Ambition —To Obtain the Correct Time Realization —Female Hermit Sylvia Kappel Matilda Ludgin M ary Manilli Alice Marks Jessie Mills Ambition —To Go Over Niagara Falls in a Barrel Realization —Archaeologist Ambition —To Swim English Channel Realization —Nearly Drowned in Bathtub Ambition —To Escape Automobiles on Broadway Realization —Barelv Escaped Horse and Buggy Ambition —To Become Fancy Ice-Skater Realization —Slipped on Banana Peel Ambition —To Form Society for Cleansing Heathens’ Morals Realization —Part Owner of Laundry Barbara Nicol Pauline Palatnick Madeline Philbrick Ambition —To Become Great Pianist Realization —Became Typist Ambition —To Succeed Nita Naldi Realization —Louise Fazenda’s Only Rival Ambition —Private Secretary to Governor Realization —Private Secretary to President of the Lnited States 61 CLASS BOOK of 19Z6B — Thomas Snell Weaver High School Minnie Pomerantz Ambition —To he Parisian Fashion Designer Realization —Overall Manufacturer Doris Porter Ambition —Become Tennis Player Realization —Made an Awful Racket Frances Ronnick Ambition —To be Musical Comedy Star Realization —Professional Chaperon Etta Rudy Ambition —To Become Witty Conversationalist Realization —Weather Forecaster Anna Sacher Ambition —Become French Scholar Realization —Still trying to translate “Pecheur DTsland Dorothy Salmon Ambition —To Benefit Humanity Realization —Founded “Home for Dilapidated Sopranos’ Leah Sherry Ambition —To Do Something for Her Country Realization —Bought a Poppy on Memorial Day Gertrude Siegel Ambition —To Add Height to Herself Realization —Married a Six-foot Fellow Lena Sohn Ambition —Become Mathematics Expert Realization —Operates Adding Machine Anna Straka Ambition —To Bungle a Latin Translation Realization —Greek Scholar Jeanette Taylor Ambition —To Improve Hamlet Realization —Developed Real Estate in Small Village Lois Taylor Ambition —To Do a Noble Deed Realization —Invented Corn Cure Sadye Weinberg Ambition —To Rise to Great Heights Realization —Married an Aviator Samuel Aaron Ambition —Sheik Realization —Night W atchman Sidney Arenson Ambition —Artist’s Model Realization —Wax-Dummy Model Dwight Bernstein Ambition —Had None Realization —Did Nothing David Bloom Ambition —To be Petted Realization —Did His Own Harold Blum Ambition —To Sing a Solo Realization —Ribbon Counter Cleik 62 CLASS BOOK of 1926B — Thomas Snell Weaver High School Allan Breed Ambition —Editor of Life Realization —Editor of Scholastic Howard Brady Ambition —To Second a Motion Realization —Banjo Player in New York Night Club John Connelly Ambition —Gate Crasher Realization —Hospital Orderly Leonard Feingold A ni bit ion —A u th or Realization —Editor of Sub-Titles Albert Fish Ambition —Revise Constitution Realization —President of Soviet Russia Meyer Gere Ambition —Abolish Education Realization —English Teacher Fdward Gibbons A m bid on —Chemist Realization —“Soft” Drink Magnate Manuel Glass Ambition —To complete Coleridge’s “Kubla Khan” Realization —Horatio Alger’s Successor Samuel Goldfarb Ambition —Not to Smoke Realization —Nickel Cigar Fiend Louis Goldstein Ambition —Humorist Realization —Edited Virgil’s “Aeneid” Louis Harris Ambition —Congress Realization —Page Boy Donald Hiscox Ambition- —To be a Singer Realization —Blacksmith Saul Hoffman Ambition —To Do Something Realization —Managed a Paper Route John Hurley Ambition —To Keep His Hair Parted All Night Realization —Baldheaded Abraham Hurwitz Ambition —To Grow a Moustache Realization —Safety Razor Salesman Eugene Jess Ambition —Ladies’ Man Realization —Dress Manufacturer Lewis Johnson Ambition —Princeton Facultv Realization —Salvation Army Worker Walter Kaiser Ambition —To he Arrested Realization —American Consul to Archangel, Russia Paul Kanefsky Ambition —Income Tax Collector Realization —Ashman Sydney Kaufman Ambition —Tell the Truth Realization —Still Trving 63 CLASS BOOK of 19Z6B — Thomas Snell Weaver High School Jacob Ludgin Ambition —vVviator Realization —Hearse Driver Harold Lutwack Ambition —To Learn Some Sw ' ear Words Realization —Maker of Blue Laws George Mackie Ambition —To Outlive Methuselah Realization —Murdered for Making a Pun Albert Michelson Ambition —Detective Realization —Dog Catcher Philip Montano Ambition —To Play a Harp Realization —Coal Shoveler Sidney Moses Ambition —To Grow Lip Realization —Got Lost in the Bulrushes Thomas Murphy Ambition —Beauty Doctor Realization —Barber Overton Olds Ambition —To Trounce Kaufman Realization —Sunday School Teacher Benjamin Rabinovitz Ambition —To Translate Latin Realization —Professor of Lettish Daniel Roane Ambition —Tight-Rope Walker Realization —Dressmaker George Rosenbaum Ambition —To Flunk a Subject Realization —Ladies’ Man Richard Ruffkess Ambition —To Exist Realization —Existing Harold Sherry Ambition —To Create an Impression Realization —Sat on a Tack Reuben Sklar Ambition —To Write a Worth-While Article Realization —Testimonial Writer for Cosmetic Company Ralph Smith Ambition —Dean of a Girls’ College Realization —Pugilist Norman Spelman Ambition —To Enter Vaudeville Realization —Poet Joseph Ungar Ambition —Cartoonist Realization —Steamfitter’s Helper How ai d Weinstein Ambition —Detective Realization —Adopted by Mary Pickford 64 CLASS BOOK of 1926B — Thomas Snell Weaver High School l©ant Mbtjertisiements! WANTED—A job, by a party willing to work; graft working a specialty. Harold Blum. WANTED—A huge pair of shoes. Saul Hoffman. WANTED—Three stenographers, by John Hurley, only females need apply. WANTED—Students imbued with the desire to become instructed in the manly art of self-defense. Ralph Smith. WANTED—A good position in a high-class aquarium. A. Fish. WANTED—Pupils who desire to be tutored in the Latin Classics. George Mackie. WANTED—An enterprising group of young salesmen to solicit orders for Kaufman’s Honey-Balm Shaving Cream. WANTED—Salesmen for Hiscox’s “Book of Etiquette. Splendid opportunities for the right men. WANTED—A barber; will give music lessons in exchange. Meyer Gere. WANTED—Hair dye; any color but red. Louis Harris. WANTED—A position as a snake-charmer. Slant-eyed Connelly. WANTED—A maid who is adept at ironing dress shirts; must be willing to sift ashes in between times. Albert Michelson. WANTED—Apartments suitable for giving of spiritual seances. Professor Jacob Ludgin. WANTED—A position as the political boss in any large town. Beniamin Rabinovitz. WANTED—A reliable alarm clock. Louis Goldstein. 65 CLASS BOOK of 1926B — Thomas Snell Weaver High School ifotir Hsesi Behold the Freshman! It is the most insignificant bit of humanity that entereth Weaver’s portals. On the opening day it runneth about after the manner of a decapitated chicken and it asketh the most absurd and meaningless questions. Then a little later it formeth the habit of rapping upon classroom doors, and it peereth into affairs that are of but little consequence to its blighted understanding. As it becometh accustomed to its lowly state, it delighteth in the throwing of spit-balls, chalk, and erasers, for which it receiveth multitudinous quantities of demerits. On the whole, it is entirely useless and closely resembleth an atom or a molecule. Behold the Sophomore! He is a Freshman turned to a being on a higher scale of humanity, easily to be compared to a tadpole turned into a frog. If possible, he receiveth more demerits than when a Freshman, and he studieth naught; but beguileth the time by inventing sayings with which he attempteth to crack wise, to the utter disgust of all who are forced to listen to him. Behold the Junior! He liveth far above the Freshman and the Sophomore and he scorneth to hold conversation with them. He studieth. Nay, more, he studieth to advantage and passeth some of his exams. In his own quiet way he is very useful to the school. Behold the Senior! Speak thou the name Vvith hushed lips, for it is sacred. ’Tis a name most holy, and one to be exalted for and wide. Nay, even to the ends of the earth is the name of Senior to be praised. He is lord, master, a supreme being; in position he towereth far above all others. He embodieth all that is knowledge, and wisdom, and power. He revealeth no ignorance, for he hath none. He moveth about in a realm of high intellectuality. He loveth none but those of his own kind, and he speaketh to none else. His dignity is supreme, therefore he receiveth no demerits. When instructors would be fain to punish him, he causeth them to tremble with but a single glance of his fiery eye. He is a figure to be held in awe. to be reverenced, whose example it is wise to emulate. Without the Senior, there would be no school. 66 CLASS BOOK of 1926B — Thomas Snell Weaver High School Hutograpijsi CLASS BOOK of 19Z6B —Thomas Snell Weaver High School HE KNO� VS- MD he is KNOW VhC K OF KMowktp ’C ' coNMNc dO-CrETTE. -vj l( 0 Lifv r -v ,TuDeHT: TH T ORiXE; tooP- TitlTCT .5T.rt, P ’A.- _Y� u (r(7T TO DO ITO d-l e ♦♦IN ' F� -V=£-VV -- ' I OAT ANP KG5P OH TO TME foH 5AKE I NCK T station. oNi,V vi’o bNI ON CE J OUK V MITE _ rt.ANNEl- ' S NO ' , N6T -jasT ( Si MtOjWtN V £ C-OT POWN _ ' Uo gnytv E95 68 Advertisements OUR ADVERTISERS If it had not been for the generous support of our Advertisers, the cost of publishing this Class Book would have been prohibitive. 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