Wethersfield High School - Elm Yearbook (Wethersfield, CT)

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Nix Rrr r Irzrxr: Xl. ILLIAXIS Self rontamed and ronfidenl loo rrartrral for a Hrrzht through the clouds dur rm.: sthuol hour Myrtle nerertheless hop-r off rn her lersure trme Although our lady of the braids rs quarntly flemurc axratron holds no terrors for her he lrusls the prlut Her precr-non vwrll make her a goml stem: raphcr or housekeeper c rxrtre f lu u n Delratrng Club it Cnmmercral Club 147 Doreorrn jrxxrrrr ROBERTS Dor Hou. good 15 lzfe the mere lwzng Mental gwmnastrcs are as easy for Dot as izorm. oxer the buck for she has establrshed an envrable record rn both the yymnasrum and the classroom Her dr posrtron make her an agreeable companron her reaclrnyz and thrnkrngf make her an rnterestrmz one Attrxrtre f lee Club 41 Democracy C ur 4 Qrnmr Ba kethall Team 1-In Elm Board 1 11 nr rn mlled but fer gr! p VN at r rt rlront I-rannrt that r-x o appealing l rt hr srdelmarrl or those eye so soft and brown ' s harm to but me lrkf hrm anxway no matter hem many trme h goes Io up rn class A real athlete r-. Pldh rml we re proud of hrm Our good wr-.hes to xxrth hrm Actrxrlre-. homer 12'i4r Captarn 14h Basketball C nam 1ll Prue Speakrnrz ! Student C uncrl 17l Treasurer of Cla-.s 'Z Flm Board it Democracy Club and Play 143 THE FEATURES OF THE NEW HIGH SCHOOL Untrl the fall of 1928, XVethersHelds younger people had recerved thcrr educsatron rt the Center School on Marn Street For many years that school had served farthfully and vxell the purposes of the town, hovs ex er, durrng the past few years the torxn has grown as 1 resrdentral sec tron, rncreasrng the populatron to such an erctent as to vmrrant and neces srtate the burlclrng of :r new school Thrs burldrng was completed durrng the fall, makmg room for 1 large number of students There are 21 great many features about thrs burldrng that place rt upon 1 lex tl ruth the most modern schools through out the country H I.. . '.. , . ' . , A - O 5. A. 1 .. .. '. B. 5 l A 't' ' S 2 -- Cl I 11-2-3-Ang ' 1 1? : . ' V , , , , nl YY rr ,., '. ' ' ' rv , . - ' s I 1 : ' l l 1 lg . - ' ' 's' I 4b. J1lSl-lPll Frmxcrs Drxrrxfa . . . FMS ll g' 1 , 1 .9 ll . 'h 's ' z '- ' 1 s ' . s ' 'S . . S . ,V SY X. A. . 2 It'.' ' 'l I1-ll. ' A f ' ' ,' ' , ' ' ' ' . S E' ' ' slr- ' .' . ' 13-lu: ar ' - : '.- ' ' 1515 0 L : ' ' ,4 1. ng , 12-2 : -' ' . . , . f 1 ' ' . . . . '

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ISXBELLE Nlufur WARNER Her exea rm' star? of tuzlzght fa Lzkr twzlzght too, her duskx hazr 'lhe poets who mute of Noulful eye muh! know lwabelle fox vuxtful beauty and xeaponenene-.5 look out txom hers An 3ltlStlC tempexament and a loye of mubm plug dllnrent p1aLt1ce a mfted pxanlet Sh nlll zo fax on WIDKS of Song Actnmea Glee Club 41 9 'S 41 Ouhebtla Z 3 41 lglm Boald 11 2 S 41 Democlau Club 141 SQDIOX ay 141 ELEXNORE Pu LINE WEIIRLX For to see her IS to love I A gay httle guzzle a gute lntle vuggle Eleanore app1oaLheb Good humored and pxetty femlnlnlty at ltS most chaxmmpz has found eycpxesexon A t1n can IS ab good as a Packard lf one l1kes the drner Eleano es phxlosophy Actnmes Latm Club 111 Glee Club 111 Democ racy Club 141 Commexcxal Club 141 ERNEST HERDIAX XKLIDLVCH Ekxln l Calm drmeanor, half dlfgl 0 When Fxmea tall llgule ls not h1dden by chem lcal fume-. lt Lan be aeen bendmg oyex a manual tlalmng bengh H15 heart would not be b1oken lf he enteled no oihex dam looms The 1ules of the ample hfe help h1m to keep that school Zlll compleuon ACUNIUES Latln Club 111 Glee Club 41 2 3 41 P1 ebldem 441 Inlexcla N Basketball I3 ll Student Councll 141 Demouacy Club and Play 141 NI 1121 1 FR111 S01 nm 011111 XX ILLARD 'NI mc IF :ex know not .,.elI mx 5111 mass An ll15Cll.lt3bl9 Mona Lua bmlle a mee Nense of humol and Qelf lellance equal to any sltuatxon gne 'Vlarme hex pronounced lHdlXldl13lll,W S e ment laupzhlnpz at you but with you Ac Xllle G ee Club 1 41 111 Club Senmx Ba ketball 'leam 141 11 , . - - - ' ,.,' ' , - an -- ---.- : '- N- 1'-- : 1 ,- . ' ' ' ' . ' ' ter. ' ' ' A C: ' ' is . , Y - 4. . 71 .- ,- I :is . . . - Q - ' K. , Y! Tl 3 -- 5 Izle -' 5 1 'l 'C ' ','. h ' ': ' t -' ' 5- l 1 - 3 I.:-nt' 11-3-lj:

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Before thus year Wethersfueld students have been greatly handucapped by the lack of a gymnasuum where they could work We now have one xaxhueh guves us all the opportunuty to work and enjoy the equupment that has been furnushed for us It can be converted unto two smaller gymnasu ums xx here the bovs and gurls classes can be conducted separately and ta the same tume or ut may be used as an audutoruum by placung the chaurs on the floor It has all the advantages of a large audutoruum a large stage and many exuts all of xx huch can be reached easuly wuthun the space of a few seconds from any pount un the room As a gym ut us ultra mod ern contaunung a complete supply of apparatus xnuth vxhuch to xnxork Thus uncludes ropes rungs stall bars parallel bars poles mats bucks horses and adequate basketball and baseball equupment In the basement are the two showtr rooms vxhert the pupuls may take showers at any tume after gym vtork There us also a correctuxe gymnasuum wuth specual apparatus The Praetucal Arts Department also offers a new opportunuty for the young people of the student bodv to learn home makung and the manual scuences Thus uncludes sewung and cookung for the gurls constructuon work wuth wood and metal pruntung and mechanucal drawung for the boys The equupment un thus department us of the latest and most progres suve ty pe obtaunable The cafeterua a large vuell lughted room serx es both the faculty and the student body wutlu good nourushung well balanced meals each day The menu consusts of hot dushes salads sandvuuches deserts fruut mulk on Wednesday a W H S specual us served The pruce charged for all dushes except the specual us Hve cents The Scuence Department has a complete supply of modern scuentufie equupment un both the chemustry laboratory and the buology laboratory Thus uncludes unduvudual sunks and gas and electruc fixtures at the desks Thus factor enables the students to do theur work more satusfactoruly and to get a better understandung of the pruncuples unvolx ed un theur experu ments We also haxe a new and more complete lubrary than exer before whuch us beung added to constantly bv the varuous clubs un the hugh school At the present tume ut contauns a large collectuon of scuence books hustory books encyclopeduas poetry buographues travel tales and novels Thus lubrary enables the student body to look up outsude reference work and to reap a full enjoyment from the best books and classucs Durung the past year sex eral new appluances have been added to our Commercual Department enablung the students takung that course to learn to run the mumeograph Eduphone mumeoscope and the calculator The number of typewruters has been unereased greatly durung the past year these are all of the Rox al and the Undervx ood make and each pupul takung typevx rutung must learn to operate both kunds The xuxhole buuldung us well lughted and well heated The telephone serxuce connectung the varuous rooms wuth the office sax es the secretary much tume xx huch vxas prexuouslv spent un the runnung from one room to another We haxe here a progressuve unstututuon vxell buult and well cared for by those un charge It us up to the students to do theur part and to take adx antage of the opportunutues xxhuch are beung offered them F P 29 V . . . Y y ' 1 i 1 I ' 7 . . . a f 1 V ' , ' ' . . Y . . - - . I , r r v ' , . a s ' 9 v s 1 1 1 1 u y 1 ' . , ' 1 r v . ' ' If ' ' ' . , ' , , ' , r - - s 9 r ' r -' r 1 1 s s u ' 4 ' . . Y. . . . 9 9 a s a v . . , . Y . . .- r r v w - w , . Y . . x s a a 1 - . . 7 - . Y V - 1 a v u - . . V . . r r ' 1 . 9 . V.. . 7 . . . -. Y - . V .... Y . Y . Y V. . . V .... Y - . - Y s f . , ' Q -'a. ., .