Weaver High School - Portal Yearbook (Hartford, CT)

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PORTAL BOARD Front Row, Left to Right — Miller, Mann, Wicks, Welch, Hoffman, Booma, Lajoie, Brynga, Beresky, Ritvo. Back Row — McCullough, Pivnick, Weidl, Tulin, Walders, Ciarleglio, Brody, Young, Cohen, Lynch. Swicker, Friedman, Meltzer, Rosenthal, Aprea, Homar, Carroll. HISTORY OF THE PORTAL From the founding of our institution, Weaver High School, in 1924 until 1934, each senior class chose a different title for the class yearbook. At that time, two books a year appeared because of the half year promotion system. The Portal originated with the class of 1934A, and the name has been used ever since for all class books. Leon S. Plaut served as the editor-in-chief of that first Portal; Edwin Ballenger, as the business man¬ ager. At the time, Mr. Raymond F. Bosworth of the English department supervised the editorial board. Mr. F. Eliot Larrabee became adviser in the fall of 1935. Mr. Robert P. Cunningham has served as adviser for the busi¬ ness board since 1933. [ 12 ]

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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 ]

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PORTAL BOARD Editor-in-Chief Grace Booma Associate Editors Florence Beresky Edward Carroll Jeanette Brynga Edward Aprea Vivian Lajoie Sidney Cohen Mary Lynch Abraham Homar Muriel Prince Herbert Pivnick Sarah Ritvo Robert Rosenthal Muriel Swicker Leonard Tulin Miriam Young Donald Walders Anne Welch T ypists William Weidl Mildred Brody Rivian Miller Pearl Friedman Faculty Adviser F. Eliot Larrabee BUSINESS BOARD Manager Saul Hoffman Assistant Manager Claire Mann Assistants Angela Ciarleglio George Meltzer Edward McCullough Joseph Neiman Secretary Elizabeth Wicks Faculty Adviser Robert P. Cunningham [ 13 ]