Weaver High School - Portal Yearbook (Hartford, CT)

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WEAVER HIGH SCHOOL In January, 1924, more than fourteen years ago, the portals of the Thomas Snell Weaver High School were opened to the students of the district. The student body was comprised of 820 pupils, many of whom had transferred from H. P. H. S. In June of that year, a class of 39 girls and 16 boys grad¬ uated — the smallest class in Weaver history. Mr. William Holden, formerly associated with H. P. H. S., was appointed Weaver s principal, and served in that capacity until his retirement in 1935. Mr. Holden was succeeded by Mr. Frank H. Burke, who had previously held the position of Vice-Principal and Acting-Principal during Mr. Holden’s leave of absence. In September, 1932, the system of double sessions was adopted so that a greater enrollment might be accommodated. Until the practice was abandoned in 1934, the student body numbered more than 2200. Today Weaver houses approximately 1600 sophomores, juniors, and seniors. The freshman is no longer with us since the advent of the junior high schools. [ 10 ]

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FOREWORD e| In compiling this your classbook, the editors have endeavored to make it a complete and accurate record of the different branches of school life, so that in future years you may have something to serve as a pleasant reminder of your activities at Weaver. If there are any errors, we ask you to overlook them, and we trust that those who have been the unsuspecting objectives of any ‘‘slams’’ will take them in the spirit of fun in which they are meant. We wish to acknowledge here, our indebtedness to Mr. Larrabee and Mr. Cunningham, without whose invaluable aid and services this book would never have gone to press on time. And so we give you— The Portal of 1938. — The Editor. [ 9 ]

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Weaver, today, is a veritable den of activity, for the school can boast of numerous organizations, among the most prominent being the “Girls’ League”, founded in 1924, and The Lookout, established in 1925. The Inkspot is the most recent addition to the list of student activities. Weaver athletic squads have been noted always for their outstanding sportsmanship on the field. Weaver’s greatest victory, no doubt, is the Thanksgiving Day win over H. P. H. S. in 1931 when the Green and White carried home the prized City Title in football. The years slip swiftly by as students come and go through Weaver’s famed portals. Yet the magnificent edifice that is Weaver will stand for years to come as a constant reminder of our younger days which will mean so much to all of us who have spent them within these “halls of learning.’ [ 11 ]