Weaver High School - Portal Yearbook (Hartford, CT)

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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 ]

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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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MR. WILLARD C. SISSON Amid the thrill of graduation — the anticipation of venturing forth as matured young men and women to seek our positions in the world, we pause respectfully to honor the memory of a real gentleman, a most beloved member of our faculty, Mr. Willard C. Sisson, who died on February 6, 1938. As we linger, in our mind’s eye, we recreate a portrait of this cherished friend. We vision again his calm, poised mannerisms — inconspicuous yet vibrant; we hear o’nce more his friendly voice as he puts us at ease, whether issuing forth scientific facts or subtle humor; we feel that ever-present admiration for his brilliant mind and his sincere efforts to interest and stimulate us in his fields of instruction — physiology and biology. [ M]