Wethersfield High School - Elm Yearbook (Wethersfield, CT)

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E. MALCOLM STANNARD AWARD FOR PRIZE SPEAKING As The Elm goes to press, a noteworthy incident has come to the attention of the editors. Because of a keen interest in prize speaking, and because of a desire to encourage others to participate in this activity, E. Malcolm Stannard of the Senior Class has established a set of prizes for the annual Sophomore-Freshman contest. These prizes Qamounting to fifteen dollarsj consist of two first prizes of five dollars each, and two seconds of two dollars and a half each, for boys and girls. The Elm Board takes pleasure in recognizing this gift to our school, and it hopes that the loyal spirit which prompted it may lead other interested alumni to present awards. Thus a precedent will have been established. TESTS I love tests! The first thing I love dearly is the suspense before the questions are given. With all my heart I like to watch the faces of my fellow pupils grow green and yellow in turn. With all my soul and body I love to have the pupils in front of me lengthen the suspense by holding the papers for several minutes. After I get the test, it tickles me pink to have the teacher say that the test is uso simple. Then, when it is fin- ished, I enjoy immensely of course, those two or three days of waiting for the teacher to correct the papers. After the test is Hnally marked, I adore to be given a mark a few points lower than I think I deserve. But when I look the paper over and find the teacher fair and even generous, I keep my thoughts to myself. -Clyde Salmcms, jr., '31. Cool silver moonlight Casting a sleek sheen On smooth water. Deep, dusky quiet, Broken only By the noise at intervals Of the Venetian housewives Emptying the evening Garbage Into the canal. cm

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WETHERSFIELD'S SCHOOL DEVELOPMENT IN THE LAST QUARTER CENTURY The history of school development in Wethersheld in the past quarter century is intensely interesting when viewed in the light of the present conditions and the probabilities of the future. Twenty-five years ago the school population of our town was two hundred and seventy-eight, and the school buildings were six in number. Four of these were single-room brick structures. The North Brick school had three rooms and the Center school had eight. These schools were situated in various parts of the town: one on Harris Hill, one on the corner of Welles Road, one on Broad Street, two on Main Street, and one on Hartford Avenue. The physical equipment was meager in the extreme, consisting merely of a bat and a ball for the boys of each school and nothing for the girls. The High School curriculum consisted of two years' work. The training offered was a general one and gave only a small choice of subjects. In 1927 there were still six schools, but only one of the four single- room schools was in use. In 1917 the Charles Wright School was opened on Nott Street. It has eight large schoolrooms and accommodates three hundred grammar school pupils. The Francis Stillman School on Hart- ford Avenue, our newest grade building, contains eight rooms, it also has the only gymnasium in Wethersield. At this time the North Brick school was closed. In Griswoldville a, four-room red brick structure takes the place of the old South Hill and Harris Hill schools. The population in the schools is now one thousand, three hundred and twenty, or an increase of five hundred per cent in twenty-five years. Our four-year program now offers a pupil training in these different curriculums: college-preparatory, normal, commercial and general. In 1903 there were no athletic teams representing Vfethersfield. Now we have a soccer-football team, a basketball team, a baseball team, and a girls' volley-ball team. Besides these varsity teams, each class has a team representing it in all of the above sports. These athletic games give each boy a chance to take part in some phase of physical training. Today the opportunities for education in Wethersheld, as compared with those offered a quarter century ago, are manifold. The standards of physical and mental training have been steadily raised. Next year our new eighteen-room high school will open, offering even greater advantages. In this world of specialization and keen competition, an education is a vital necessity. Wethersield should be able to provide the training that each pupil will need in his life work. From an educational view- point, rapid advances have been made in the last ten years. Ten years hence should find our school population doubled, our curriculum enlarged, our physical training improved, and our high school presenting oppor- tunities for development comparable to any in the state. -james Lawrence, '28.

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Contractors for the New High School. The following reliable contractors are furnishing the excellent materials which are being used in the construction of the new high school building. They are further showing their interest in Wethersheld and our schools by giving us their support in the publication of this edition of the High School Elm. EBBETS 85 FRID, 15 Lewis St., Architect ....,......,.i,....... 2-7594 RICHARD JOHNSON CO., 50 Trumbull St., General Contractors ,,,......i ...4...,.,.....i,....4.,,,...,...,.......i... 2 -1 3 62 HARRIS 85 GRAHAM, 54 Trumbull St., Heating .,...,,.. 6-2489 J. MURPHY 85 SON, Ford St., Electrical 69' Plumb- ing Work ..,...i...........,.,..,....i.i...i.,...........,,,....... 2-3809 ANDREXVS 85 PECK CO., Charter Oak Ave., Millwork 2-2176 STANDARD STRUCTURAL STEEL CO., Wethersheld Ave., Structural Steel and Misc. Iron Work ...2-0790 A. LURIE 85 SON, 9 Atlantic St., Sheet Metal anal Slag Roofing ,....,.......,.......,..,,.,....,.........,.,.............,,. 6-0161 E. S. ADKINS, Case St., Slate Roojing ,,,... f ..,,,,..,.,,.,.,., 3-8365 JACKSON 85 SEQUINE, INC., 50 Trumbull St., Mason Materials ,.......,.......................,..,..,..,....,.,........... 2- 5 21 1 TOPPER 85 GRIGGS, Albany Ave., Concrete Reinforc- ing Materials ,.....................,.,,.,.....,.,,.........,......, 6-3 517 HART 85 HUTCHINSON CO., New Britain, Conn., Lockers, Metal Partitions ............,......,........,. . 3260 JAMES MADIGAN, Wethersneld, Furnished Aetna Contract Bond ....,......,..,...........................' ...,.... 9 -1293 EASTERN BRICK CO., New Britain, Brick .........,..,... N. B. 120 L. H. ROBERTSON, Sumner St., Tile 65 Marble Work .6-9167 BIDWELL HARDWARE CO., North Main St., Kalainein Work ...,........,...,..............,.........,.........,......,..... 2-8277 CAPITAL CITY GLASS CO., 14 Chapel St., Glass ...,..... 2-4289 CROSSCUP 85 VALCOURT, 372 Trumbull St., Painters..2-4096 THE HARTFORD SAND 85 STONE CO., 15 Lewis St., Sand E5 Stone ,................,......,.....,,................. ..2-0904 LIBBEY, F. GREY, 48 Trumbull St., Heating ............... 2-5257 TRUSCON STEEL CO., 983 Main St., Reinforcing ,....... 6-8785