Weaver High School - Portal Yearbook (Hartford, CT)

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Never in our history have the rights of man been as secure as our school- books mistakenly led us to believe. They should have taught us that eternal vigilance is the price of liberty and could have driven the truth home by a realistic discussion of local affairs. They should have taught us that the safety of the state is watchfulness in the citizen. They should have taught us that there are traitors of peace as well as of war and that opportunities for watch¬ ful, heroic, and patriotic duty come to the teacher, the preacher, the editor, the lawyer, and the officer of government, as well as to the soldier. Some teachers have always done this and it is a hopeful sign that more today are teaching as tho’ the future of democracy depended upon that teaching. — Journal of National Education Association. f 10]

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m i FOREWORD For better or for worse, here is your Class Book! Your approval of it is all the compensation we of the editorial and business boards desire for the months of hard, though pleasant work which the book required. Our primary aim was to give you an interesting, modern, humorous, and accurate record of the Class of 1937, and yet retain the worthy traditions of class books of the past. We sincerely hope that this book will bring smiles of pleasant memories and thoughts of happy years spent profitably within the portals of Weaver. We also hope that the “digs” that we have given will be received in the same congenial spirit in which they were concocted. With bits of humor, truth, and sentimentality, we give yo u The Portal of 1937! N. S. L 9 j

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FAC”—SIMILES As cheerful as Miss Levy ' s smile As dignified as Miss Craig As funny as Mr. Carrier’s jokes As traditional as Mr. Carrier s jokes As vivacious as Miss Martin As mild as Mr. Van Schaack’s wrath As determined as Mr. Clapp s walk As individual (if you want!) as Mr. Dow is angelic as Miss Shea As eagle-eyed as Mr Dooey As chic as Miss Arline Talcott As benign as Mr. Crowell As conscientious as Miss Phillips As meek as Miss Hanks As motherly as Miss Bickford As English as Miss Harrison As patient as Miss Best As Bostonian as Mr. Larrabee As original as Miss Regan As business-like as Miss Chapman As cunning as Mr. Cunningham As languid as Mr. Halford As wiry as Miss Drescher As soft-spoken as Miss Forbes As angular as Mr. Gipson As good-natured as Mr. Walch As athletic as Miss Lord As snappy as Miss Moses’ comebacks As genial as Miss Mansfield As knowing as Miss Bodurtha ' s smile As strong as Miss Harper’s objection to gum As eloquent as Mr. Winslow’s speeches As facetious as Mr. Stanley As likeable as Mr. Maines As tolerant as Mr. Hanson As popular as Mr. Waring As deep as Mr. Robins voice As demure as Miss Taft As expressive as Miss O’Hara’s eyes