Wethersfield High School - Elm Yearbook (Wethersfield, CT)

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V I hitnriala THE SPORT OF KINGS It's glorious fun to sail, for thereis romance on the sea and every pleasure seems tame compared to the thrills afloat. To weary ones, who are tired of crowded highways and the same old scenery, there,s nothing finer than life aboard some salty schooner. I shall never forget my first experiences on ship. I was pretty green and scarcely knew starboard from larboard. The first time that I wit- nessed the stowing of provisions before putting out, shivers of delight ran through me, and I wondered what Fortune had in store. I saw visions of myself leaning over the rail, or being swept into the waves by one of the booms. Thus, when we had weighed anchor and were under sail, I prac- ticed grabbing the handrails and rigging in every precarious position I could think of, that I might be prepared for the worst. Happy days followed when I was ever under our skipper's patient supervision. I-Ie taught me the laws of the road, the use of charts, and the general navigation of the boat. I soon learned to sail her alone, and, as I sat at the wheel, I felt very cocky, indeed. There were all sorts of new things to do aboard, but when we were bouncing right along with scuppers awash, it was my greatest delight to stretch out on the bowsprit and watch her as she dipped gracefully into the brine, while above me the huge white canvas billowed with every jolly capful of wind that happened along. As the season passed, I encountered every kind of adventure imagin- able, and with disappointment, I saw the good ship hauled out for the winter. The love of the sea and sailing had gripped me in its talons and threatened not to lose its hold. Ye can have your steamboat racing, but gimme the run in a gale Of a well-geared, able schooner what is driven by snow-white sail, For I've known the thrill of a piling sea and the sky in a cloud-fleck'd gown And ten knots in a windbag when she's running her Easting down! Olive Symonds, '29. THE OCEAN The ocean seems to me a vast place of brooding mystery, seldom broken by the raw, shrill noises of man and his ingenious inventions. It is a place where I can dream, where imagination has no limitg a place where I can lie upon the sandy beach, basking in the sun and building my own castles in the air. It tends to breed in me the lust for adventure and ro- mance. As the ships pass by, - schooners, liners, square riggers-each carrying its own cargoes of wreck and wrong and shame, I have a picture line enough for any artist's brush, or tales strange enough for my author's pen. Truly the ocean is a giant magnet that draws me irresistibly to its sandy shores year in and year out, to dream and dream of things I shall do when I, myself, am a gentleman of adventure. -David Van Ausdall, '30. 4

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RICHARD TIIOLIAS WH,ALEN ......... HREDU A loyal, just, and upright gentleman. Red has a good Word for everyone. His horse Sense and ready Wit have been a big factor in keeping peace among the members of our class. He has been a leader in school activities and in athletics. Favorite Diversion-Athletics. Record-Basketball C35g Captain Wethersf1eld's first championship Basketball Team C455 Soccer C353 Baseball C3-45 g Secretary of Debating Club C45 3 President Athletic Council C455 Property Manager of the Senior Play C455 Student Council C355 Junior Marshall. ELLSWORTH ADAMS ........... BUD With a rattle and a bang! Bud is the little boy in the Senior Class Cin body but not in spirit.5 Every- thing is Ia joke to Bud. He'll laugh and bluff his way through life and come out on top. He is interested in making over cars-Otherwise junk dealing. Keep it up, Bud, your jokes Will pull you through. Favorite Diversion-Annoying student-council. HORATIO EDWARD HARLOW' ......... RATIO A smile goes a long 'wayf' 'tRatio, the boy with a Smile, always willing to help, always smiling even when his lessons aren't done! He is interested in mechanics and electricity. He will make good in the business world. Success to you Ratio. Favorite Diversion-Driving his Ford. ' Record-Assistant Business Manager of Senior Play C455 Treasurer of Democ- racy Club C455 Democracy Club Play C455 Baseball C1-45. KARL GONIETZ ...... . . . . . HANK MeLhinks there is much reason in his sayings. Karl is one of our serious minded classmates. He is a good debater and has been a good supporter of the club this year. He has given invaluable service to the decorating committees in the past four years. Karl expects to go to Connecti- cut Agricultural College in the fall. He Sure Will make a good farmer. He can already milk a cowl Favorite Diversion-Debating. Activities C35 . Boys FREDERICK BOOTH JAIVIES LAWRENCE GRAYDON LOCKWOOD HOWARD MAYNARD ALWYN BRODERSON DUKE SAVOY ALBERT JOHNSON ALWYN BRODERSON JAMES WELTON GRAYDON LOCKWOOD ALBERT JOHNSON RICHARD WHALEN JAMES LAWRENCE RICHARD HUGHES JAIMIES LAWRENCE HOWARD MAYNARD MAI.COLINI STANNARD BURTON WOOLLEY ALWYN BRODERSON RICHARD HUGHES HOW.-XRD MAYNARD DUKE SAvoY DUKE SAVOY JAINIES LAWRENCE Record-Glee Club C1-253 Debating Club C453 Democracy Club C455 Social SENIOR STATISTICS Best Looking Most Popular Best Dressed Class Bluffer Peppiest Class Cut-up Laziest Best Sport Class Giggler Noisiest Quietest Best Athlete Best Speaker Neatest Class Optimist Class Pessimist Most Dignified Best Drag with Faculty Worst Drag with Faculty Wittiest Class Borrower Most Courteous Class Flirt Girls RUTH TOWNE MILDRED HANNUM BETTY STOCKWELL EDNA JAMES MILDRED HANNUM HELEN LITTLE EDNA JAMES BARBARA WELLS GERTRUDE FRANCIS BARBARA WELI,S MARY PRACON HELEN LITTLE HELEN LITTLE RUTH T OWNE THELIVIA MACLACIII..AN BARBARA WELLS BETTY STOCKWELL BETTY HANLIER BARBARA WELLS HELEN LITTLE BARBARA WEI.I,S MARY DENNIS BETTY HANMER DOROTHY WICKSTRAND BURTON WOOLLEY Done Class Baby Most for W. H. S. ARLINE BROWN CAROLYN SINIITH l I

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NOTRE ADIEU Il y a un petit sentiment de tristesse dans notre classe, car apres quatre annees d'amitie heureuse, nous partons tous, l'un de l'autre, et nous allons, comme on dit, chercher nos fortunes. Les uns vont travailler, et les autres vont loin dlici a l'ecole. Qui sait quand nous serons ensemble encore une fois? Dans une annee peut-etre rencon- trons-nous a une reunion, mais quels changements auront lieu parmi nous, quelles difficultes aurons-nous erencontrees et auron nous sur- monteesg et surtout, aurons-nous le meme sentiment de bonne volonte et dlamitie que nous avons maintenant? Personne ne peut dire, mais on espere que dans les annees qui viennent, nous penserons llun a l'autre et at nos quatre annees ensemble avec un peu de felicite et de regret. M-Florence Bill, '28, LES ENDROITS HISTORIQUES DE WETHERSFIELD ll y a beaucoup d'endroits d'interet a Wethersiield. Il y a la maison des Webb ou Georges Washington s'est arrete une fois. Cette ancienne maison est possedee a present par les Dames Coloniales et en are on peut la visiter. Llorme, qui a plus de deux cents ans, est un grand orgueil de la ville depuis beaucoup d'ans. Puis il y a l'ancien ed i fice de l'academie de Wethersfield ou sont la bibliotheque et les bureaux de la ville. Cet edifice qui etait une fois le lycee, endure depuis une siecle et un quart. Il y a aussi beaucoup de maisons anciennes et il y a encore beaucoup de familles dans la ville portant les noms des premiers possesseurs de ces anciennes maisons. -Mildred Hannum, '28, LA MAISON WEBB La maison Webb, une des maisons historiques de Connecticut, est situee dans la ville de Wethersfield. Elle est une grande maison blanche du style colonial, et elle est meublee partout a la vraie mode ancienne. Dans chaque corniere, il domine la vieille atmosphere coloniale de la paix et de la beaute. Cette maison etait possedee autrefois par Jean Webb, qui s'en est servi comme une sorte de taverne, mais quelques annees plus tard elle etait achetee par Les Dames Coloniales d'Amerique.', On se sert de cette maison maintenant comme une place d'interet et elle est souvent visitee par les touristes. Son orgueil supreme est la chambre ou s'est endormi George Washington. On dit aussi que dans cette maison M. Washington a fait son traite avec M. Rochambeau. -Dorothy Hartman, '28,