Weaver High School - Portal Yearbook (Hartford, CT)

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Remember Weaver ' s Fighting Team of 45? Remember the Gala Weaver Night? It has been bur object to present in this book, besides remembrances for the future of our alma mater, a picture, tentative to be sure, of what the class of ' 45 will come to in the next fifteen years. In this next decade and a half will be decided the aims for which our soldiers, many of them our own Weaver boys, have shed their blood so profusely, and you, the class of 1945, will have your individual parts to play. Our prophecies for the future, which are to be found on the ensuing pages, are in jest, to be sure, but as a result of our sense of humor (?), we sincerely hope that a profound realization of the roles to be played in the next fifteen years will be deeply inculcated into your senses. And may we act in accordance with our high Weaver standards! Give attention to the notice about a class reunion, at which we hope to compare notes arid see just how our budding geniuses have fared. Remember the reunion!! It has been said before, but it must be repeated: without the creative and systematic ability of Mr. Larrabee and the just plain hard work diligently put in by Mr. Cunningham, this book would never have been possible. We hope it will be worthy of their efforts. So now, without further ado, we submit our brainstorm to the public cen¬ sure and praise and trust that no innocent soul will be slighted by our jovial bantering. May the memories inspir ed by this book lead us on to noble living in the sight of God, and usefulness to the community and country. Forsan et haec olim meminisse juvabit . . .

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s onecvwct At the end of every major war, there comes a brief period in which the conditions of future decades may be changed and adjusted before settling into their hardened mould. The opportunity thus presented is of a very brief duration, and once lost, only another great upheaval can restore it. You, fellow students of Weaver, will pass through this crucial period in the prime of life. Upon you will resolve the responsibility, and also the privilege, of determining the final goals and attainments of the present conflict; you can create or destroy the insidious threat of World War III. Remember Mr. Waring and Weaver ' s Bond Drives?

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‘Dedication ,,, Senior Davidson Seeks Advice There is hardly a student in Weaver who has not come in contact with the warm genial¬ ity, the friendly encouragement, the restless drive, and the extreme capability of Mr. Frank H. Burke, our beloved and respected principal. Somehow, Weaver just wouldn ' t have been the same without him; Frank Burke and Weaver will always remain inseparable in our thoughts. We will always be able to see that long, winding line in front of his office, as he skillfully went through the varied range of natures and personalities arrayed before him; guiding, encouraging, advising, admonishing—but in that friendly, sincere face one recog¬ nized a true friend, ready to lend a helping hand. His was a master ' s touch. Mr. Burke did not remain in the seclusion of his office; he was to be seen all over Weaver. Who could forget his ' ' basso profundo in assemblies, as he roamed around the stage? How he had us rolling in our seats with the story about the curly, red-haired Latin teacher, and the one about the gladiator! We dreaded to hear the familiar, ' ' I your first recitation. We will remember his voice coming over the P. raid drills, see him calmly surveying the teeming torrents in the lunchrc now dismiss you to A., system in the air om, hear his springy steps echoing in the halls while we were in recitation. We missed hin when illness kept him away for any length of time; school just lacked something. Often that rainy football season, huddled up in the uppermost stand with the le was to be seen in vater pouring off his LOYAL FAN 5URKE, MRS. BURKE, AND SON FRANK