Weaver High School - Portal Yearbook (Hartford, CT)

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Above: Delphine Dumas, Victoria Wash¬ ington, Eli Skora, Deborah Shor and Sue Kopel wait for class to begin. Right: Gloria Jones and Leona Smith at¬ tend a class in Distributive Education. Center: Sandy James turns around to speak to Sheila Mink during study hall. Far right: Senior girls take their front seats for an assembly program. 6 %

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“Weaver High is Mellow,” chanted by loyal Beavers 1967-68 was the year of the buttons. Although Weaverites with spirit wore many tags and pins, including one which said, “Beat H.P.H.S.,” the favorite button of them all was a round, green and white one which boasted, “Weaver High is Mel¬ low.” This song, chanted at all of the foot¬ ball and basketball games, caught on as the key phrase of Weaver life. On the light side, Weaver High is mellow simply because it is made up of mellow people who prefer the soul music of James Brown, Aretha Franklin and the Tempta¬ tions to the psychedelic effects of the Beatles, Rolling Stones and the Strawberry Alarm Clock. More importantly, however, Weaver is mellow because its students have worked this past year to be winners, not just in sports where players carry home heavy trophies, but in the most difficult area of all, understanding. From the neighborhood riots of September, to the threatened walk-out in February and a predicted long, hot summer in June, Weaverites faced breakdowns in communi¬ cation. But Weaver, unlike other schools in similar situations, sat down to study itself, to define its problems and come up with answers and fast action. The most valuable result, overwhelmingly approved by the student body, was the creation of a thirteen member Human Relations Board which gave Weaverites a voice in their own affairs and a means to solve their prob¬ lems. It is a unique solution, it comes from the students themselves, and belongs only to Weaver. The theme of the 1968 PORTAL is “Weaver High is Mellow” because this short phrase contains everything which is really important to W eaver. School spirit is at its height in sports. Weaverites, some in their state championship football jackets, rise up to cheer Weaver at the first Weaver- Hartford High basketball game.

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Weaver takes on a new look; daily details change Daily life for the student changed dramatically during the past year. The first sign that things were changing was ap¬ parent on the first day of school when Weaverites, returning in their new clothes from a summer of fun, found that the building had been redecorated over the vacation. The old, long cafeteria tables had been replaced by smaller, walnut finished tables which accommodated four students. Clock¬ watchers immediately realized that the clocks had been synchronized, and the near-sighted ones were delighted to find that Arabic numbers had replaced Roman numerals. Al¬ though a fresh coat of paint brightened the rooms and halls considerably, Beavers knew that beneath it all, Weaver was just as mellow as ever. In addition to keeping track of the scheduling office which seemed to jump from room to room, Weaverites had to learn to keep track of the days of the week as an activity period was added to Wednesday’s schedule to give Student Council and other clubs a chance to meet. Weeks passed, however, before hungry Beavers stopped yelling, “Lunch time! ' ’ only to learn that it was Wednesday and they were nineteen min¬ utes early. Life became impossible for Weaverites who were accus¬ tomed to travel through the halls without a pass as the monitors appeared to insist on law and order. Suggested by the students themselves, the monitor squad was formed so that responsible and respected Weaverites could help in the or¬ derly management of the school. The monitors, wearing green armbands, stayed by their posts during class periods to control hall traffic.