Wethersfield High School - Elm Yearbook (Wethersfield, CT)

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E5 A Ai 5 f 1 A35f mg . -i: 'f,,Q'Qy ,-f' G A J S PM ff? ...gf ink 4 5 lc a X ,,,. ' , i.: V ., U- .W M -A 1 f 3 Q : 'S' -, k , V -,. '-gi? 1 N n f ' 1 g is ,Q aj Z 'Q ,gf 4 T' wg I : .Qs .igkg ' it ' .vi WP? Q , . , 7 i f U ,, 4 f ar, i . mv fvf' : - ' , ing, g a,.i':zis, ww. . N.-L . 11 K 3 an P. 1 f f I Q 1 ' 1 ' 5 1 .- 4-- ,, x 4 . ' ' 1 1 I ' .. 1 1 ,h 1 '- . UA if ' . n 4 The class of l94O is proud to dedi- cate this ELM to Mr. Lawrence Wilson, who has proved himself to be not only a fine instructor but also a sincere, un- derstanding friend to allo CLASS OFFICERS President . . . . . Richard Ross Vice-President . . Priscilla Spencer Secretary . . . . . . Jane Adams Treasurer .... . . Annabel Webb Student Council . . Donald Bosworth CLASS HONORS Valedictorian . Q . Paul Mitchell Salutatorian . . Richard Jones FOREWORD This is the eighteenth publication of the HELMH. Since the year 1922, when the first ELM was produced, many changes have been made in the contents, the size, and the method of publishing. In some of the books, the changes were very great indeedg in others, they were comparatively slight. Our aim this year has been to produce an ELM that embodies the tra- ditions and the spirit of former ELMS, yet one that would be distinctly our own and not mo- notonously repetitive. It is our hope that these alterations have brought us one step closer to the perfect ELM. To our faculty, whose guidance and advice was of great assistance, and to those students without whose willing co-operation this book could never have been produced, the ELM Board wishes to express its sincere gratitude. If the ELM has accomplished its purpose, it will, in years to come, call forth fond memories of lasting friendships and memorable incidents of our high school days. Here, then, is your ELM to read and re-read. The Editor Vol. 18 Literary Editor Dorathea Crabbe Staff Mary Tyler Ethel Bacon Betty Willsey Russell Root Athletic Department Jane Adams Gilbert Hogle Donald Bosworth Richard Haskell Advertising Manager Daniel O'Connor Staff Mildred Kelly Doris Clark Photography Editor Richard Jones THE ELM Editor-in-Chief Edward Dexter Assistant Editor-in-Chief Joseph Boney, Jr. June l94O Art Editor William McKee Staff Ernest Rettig Celia Matthews Shirley Gray Doris Clark Production Manager Robert Bangs Assistant Production Managers Paul Mitchell Wilbur Campbell Typing The typing classes under'the direction of Miss Weisul and A Miss Witt Faculty Advisors Mr. Harry McKniff Miss Marjorie Viets 5 1 QF NJ L p 5 D .W Jane A. Adams Jane UI am in earnest.H With her patience, gentle manner, and sense of duty, Jane should certainly be successful in the field of nursing. She has also been a supporting member of our class teams. po s l,2,5,4 Traffic Squad 5,4 etary 4 Leaders Club 2,5 e Club 1,2 French Club 5 taff 4 Newell B. Adams HBurtH NHaste makes waste.H Although HBurtH is very quiet in school, he is very prominent in any hockey game that he enters. HBurt' will certainly be welcome at the trade school, where he intends to take a course in tool-making. Class Soccer 5 Class Basketball 5 Ping-Pong Club 5 Sylvia B. Anderson Sylvia HBrightly smile and sweetly sing.H Sylvia is doing well in her music and some day we may see her name in lights. She is interested in personal shopping and we agree she is wonderfully fitted for the job. May your dreams be realized, Sylvia. Senior 4 French Club 5 o I cies Club 1,2,5 I I E 1 fl.N.mq5 Z7V1T4!44, f3EZ!lL!J2l Henry J. Ahrens Henry HBlushing is a virtue that few moderns possess.H if l95S brought the nanswer to a maid- en's prayern to Wethersfield High. We have all become aware of his good looks and neat appearance as well as his quick blush. May you have the best in the fu- ture, Henry! Varsity Track 4 Class Basketball 5 Class Soccer 5,4 Class Track 5,4 Ethel F. Bacon Ethel nFor too much rest itself becomes a pain.H Ethel works hard at everything. She is quiet, so we don't know her too well, but we do know she has high ambitions and receives marks to be envied. She is al- ready an accomplished musician. Success is surely written in her future. ELM LEAVES Staff 4 I o ' L Bessie A. Bac Bessie ' se t fgiucc s is con n f pur se.' QQ ess' cage o us in Junior y ar, and by e grf ' manner has made nyff iends S Cave us a won- r ormance in our Senior Plays. Bess! f 3 ...f port 5,4 ELM LEAVES Staff 5,4 eni Play 4 Latin Club 4 Q ta 5 Glee Club 5,4 obert E. Bangs nBobH I HHappy am I, from care I'm free. Why ain't they all contented like me?H X K y. od salesman, for he gets along HBobH is an easy-going fellow with air of jovialit He should be a very ell with the fair sex. He will do well n whatever field he chooses. lass Soccer 5,4 Senior Play Class Basketball 2,5,4 ELM LEAVES Staff Traffic Squad 4 ELM Staff fx C l Ellis Ag seek pil. H twoodu 4 HAbility i th Q? of m n.H HAtwoodH is know to s Jlk for his ability in athletl 1 4. fun, and his ready wit. His p ',a' 5 dis- position has capt 'ed tfi '-. ts of many of his fans, both fa f and female. Varsity Soccer 3,4 Class Soccer 1,2 Varsity Basketball 5 4 Bowling l varsity Baseball l,2,5,4 French Club 5 Senior Play 4 Glass Basketball l Ping Pong Club 4 Traffic Squad 4 Jfqok' v Olaf fgfeazojf Joseph M. Bo -y, Jr. uJoeH nThe .ent p eness mes fe sincerity.U H ' P Il HJoe earnest and sincere in undertakes, but his fine and carefree manner belie every task sense of h this fact. May good luckn be your friend at the University of Connecticut, HJOGII 0 Varsity Track 5 Senior Play 4 Class Soccer 4 Operetta 5 Traffic Squad 4 French Club 5 y ELM LEAVES Staff 4 ELM Staff Dramatic Club 2 Class Secretary 2 Rose P. Boni Rose HWhose yesterdays look backwards with a smile.H Rose has always been a rather quiet member of our class, but she's left many with her closest pleasant memories friends. She has a talent for writing description, an unusual hobby. Don't ever lose your agreeable disposition, Rose! Sports 1,2 Donald H. Bosworth HDonN HA personality spreads like the waves of the sea to the imperceptible end.n H I Don sn enviable personality, vers- atility, and grand disposition have made him one of our best-liked and most popu- lar students. We have all admired his remarkable athletic ability. The best of everything, Don! V. Soccer 2,5,4 Ping Pong Club 2 V. Basketball 2,5,4 Traf. Squad l,2,5,4 V. Baseball l,2,5,4 Class Basketball 1 Class Soccer l Student Council 2,5,4 George H. Bradley, Jr. nBrudn HA calm demeanor, half disguise.H XX , nBrudH is another member of our iet club. Although seemingly very serious, he is liked by allvnmnknow him for his ever-present wit and humorous songs. You have our best wishes, George, in whatever the future holds for you. Varsity Basketball 2,5,4, Senior Play 4 Class Basketball l Class Soccer l,2,5,4 Class Track 1,2 Wilbur E. Campbell Nwilln nModesty, thou art a virtue.H Wilbur is an artist, especially where plaid is concerned. His cheerful and playful disposition has made him many friends. Despite his artistic talent, Wilbur remains modest and unassuming. Best wishes for future success, nWillH. Stagecraft Club l Senior Play 4 Latin Club 4 ELM LEAVES Staff 4 59415 Us E444-5 x 0 U WLM Virqi a M. Carney nGinnyn H'Tis good to be mer y and wise.u y V 1nia's rese is a guarantee X,f mer ment. ne h ,een here only tw rs, but e and efficient r has mad r liked by all. She h found for rself a definite place in our class. ots of luck, uGinnyH. George Chandler HBoxieH nHis only fault is that he has no fault.H George is one grand fellow. His good sportsmanship is outstanding, and is to be equalled only by his friendli- ness. We're sure he'll make a success of life with his ambition and resolu- tion. Varsity Soccer 5,4 Class Basketball l-4 Varsity Baseball 5,4 Class Track l,2 Eileen P. Chapman nEin HStyle is the thought of mann HEi'sH love for dress designing a- long with her pride and charm have made her noticed by all. She is also an able gym leader. Best of luck with your fashion designing, Eileen! Sports l,2,5,4 Leaders Club 2,5,4 ,Ping Pong Club 2 Traffic Squad 2,5,4 French Club 5 Glee Club 1,2 Julia C. Chuck nBlondien nThose about her, from her shall learn the perfect ways of honour.n Julia is a quiet, friendly, and truthful type of person. She has the will to work and always does her best, and therefore possesses the essential qualities of a good stenographer. Sports l Glee Club l Myrtle Clapp nMyrtU HA friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of Nature.n All those who know Myrtle agree that she is truly an asset to our class. She has never failed to be a steadfast friend to her companions. We wish you all the luck you can use, Myrtlgtf' 'lp 1' Sports l,2,5,4 dr T fv' 'M' Doris L. Clark Doris HThe mildest manners with the bravest mind.n Few could have as many good qualit- ies as Doris and yet remain so natural. Artistically inclined, she has done more than he share for our class. Her in- fecti laugh is something to be remem- ber d. Best of everything, Doris. KH tt .F Club 1 ELM LEAVES Staff 5,4 tvs at-1 Pg Club 2,55 ELM Staff X11 '-fn 1 , M rathea Crabbe HDottyH ' om l 'on like peaches and cream ' wit that sparkle and teeth l that gleam.H Lucky HDottyn is blessed with rare eauty plus a personality as lovely as her face. Because of her unlimited ac- tivities and unselfish attitude, we ' feel sure HDottyH will obtain happiness and success. enior Play Traffic Squad 4 QP Operetta Glee Club 5,4 ELM Staff French Club 5 Secretary 5 Sports l,2,5,4 ' e sportsman-like attitude have Rose P. DeLaura Rose NA good laugh is sunshine in a house.n Rose is never seen without a smile. Good-natured and industrious, she will make many friends and win success. Best of everything, Rose, for you deserve it. Sports l,2,5 Leaders Club 4 Dale de Moulpied nDeen HThere was a sound of revelry.u NDeeH is known for herdgood-humored kidding and ever- eijp laughter. She likes e gm Siu -Pro work and al S53-L' with h r we hbpe that you will carry as ges of hap- piness for yourself, as did notes from the office for students. Edward W. D xte ' nNedu I 'A d among menu Ned excelled in athletics and h s red his studies. His willing- ness d ability to lead us, with his im to be carrying on the f tr - ition. Varsity Soccer 2,5,4 Senior Play Varsity Basketball 5,4 ELM Editor Varsity Track l,2,5,4 President 5 Class Soccer 1 Traffic Squad 2, 5,4 Class Basketball 1,2 French Club 5 Student Council 5,4 Marion F. Dix nDixieH HLaugh, joke and be merry.n Marion is the possessor of a keen sense of humor. She finds most of her enjoyment and good times outside of school. No one knows what the future holds in store for her, but we know she will be an asset to the business world. Loretta M. Donovan Loretta HA merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance.H Loretta's ready smile and good dis- position make her a good friend and will win many friends for her in the future. Best wishes to you, Loretta. E. Judith Dorman HJudyn NShe is a winsome wee thing.H All who know nJudyH know her as a true friend. She is a kind person, likes a good joke, and is an excellent commercial student. We know you will succeed, HJudyn. Sports 2 Leah Dorman nLeN HAS merry as the day is long.n Leah, with her giggles, is a fun- maker. She can l h angone's cares away. She excels a c mmercial stu- dent, and we agzggkiggtagt she will suc- ceed in the bu ess 410 f. Sports 2 Wilfred W. Duchesneau HBillH HA lion among ladies is a dreadful thing. Bill entered our class in the mid- dle of his freshman year from Bulkeley. Although reserved in school, he seems to have made many friends, especially among the fairer sex. His quiet determination will carry him over the greatest of life's obstacles. Leo J. Dusseault nDeucen nMen of few words are the best menu HDeuceH is another of our quiet but humorous lads. Although unknown to many people, he holds the school record for minute shooting in basketball. If the State University wants industrious stu- dents, nDeucen, they nt you. Senior Play 4 NJJQ sac XJZO w lllam R. Enquist slap uNever trouble trouble 'til trouble troubles you.n nSlap'sn greatest and only worry dl seems to be that occasionally school interrupts the hunting season. We shal Q1 Q! miss your hearty laugh and friendly e 1 v manner, nB1llH. You have our sEj NQQ wishes for your future. Q0 Class Soccer 4 Se or Play 4 Q French Club 5 QL, Q, XO- ' me Marjorie E. Gannon UMargeH UNothing is impossible to a willing heart.H I 'Margen is a very quiet member of our class, but her close friends know her to be as lively as the rest. In- dustrious and energetic in every way, the future will be happy. Sports 4 ' Florence . de nLeftyn I oy rise sin me like a SU U1OPD . ll ' U CQD Lefty S always smiling, full of vim and vigor, and ready to do her share of work. Capable and willing in her chosen field, she'l1 go far. We're all for you, Lefty . Sports l,2 Operetta 5 Orchestra 1,2 ELM LEAVES Staff 4 Senior Play Glee Club 5,4 4. Freder Goodrichbb nFredn h r plea ure is today e me . HF is vacious lad who is seldom ound i a quiet moment. Fun is his a m, and hi mischievous smile indi- cates that he gets his share. If there is a place in the business world for a cheerful individual, nFredn is just the person for it. Class Soccer 2,3,4 Senior Play 4 Gertrude H Graves NTrudien , HBeauty lives with kindnessn When nTrudieH arrived here in her sophomore year, it was Hartford High's loss and our gain. Her industrious nature, charming personality and poise have reserved for her'alasting spot in our hearts. Here's to you, nTrudieH. ELM STAFF 4 Dramatic Club 2,5 Stagecraft Club 4 Shirley Gray nLeeU HFew persons both feel and understand art.H In her single year with us, nLeen has become known as one of our class artists. She combines her artistic abil- ity with a charming, poised personality which we believe will insure her success as an office worker. ELM Staff 4 Stagecraft Club 4 Beverly A Gregory NBevH nShG is witty to talk with And pleasant, too, to think on.n uBevH has appreciation for the fi- ner things of life, and enjoys dancing and movies, too. We all admire her neatness in clothing and her ready smile. She is an excellent pianist, and we know she will go far in her chosen field. French Club 5 Glee Club 1,2 Sports l,2,5 Thomas C. Grimes nTomu nGeniality and sincerity his possessionsn , Tom is a friendly, sincere llow with a grand sense of humor. Hi r cord on the track team is enviabl His earnestness and ability a destined him for success. Varsity Track 5,4 e io Play Class Soccer 4 E LEAV ff 4 Class Basketball 5,4 Traff quad 4 Class Track 5,4 G1 Club 4 French Club 4 John W. Halliwell Jack Class Soccer 5,4 Senior Play 4 HH1s fancy lost in p easant dreams. nJackn is inclined to be one of our thoughtful students pursuing the even tenor of his way in our corridors. We have heard little from him in school and we wonder where he has kept himself. As yet, his future is undecided, but what- ever it may be, our best wishes are his. Class Track 2 I 7p241,. Naom Hanna lj Mickey V and gan to thought.n nMickey has the rare ability to do well in such varying fields as studies, journalism, art, dramatics, and sports. With her sincerity, friendliness, and becoming grace she will be successful in life. Sports 2,5,4 ELM Staff 4 Leaders Club 4 Stagecraft Club 5 Senior Play 4 ELM LEAVES Staff 5,4 Glee Club 4 Dramatic Club 2 Sidney Harlow nSidn Simple is the expression of sincerity. nSidH is one of our good-natured classmates who is a friend of everyone who knows him. His broad smile and sin- cerity will surely win him many friends in the future. We predict success for him as a telephone lineman. Class Soccer 2,5,4 Class Basketball 5,4 Richard E. Haskell nStreamn nFor I have many friends.n nStreamN is everybody's friend. As a history student, soccer goalie, and golfer, he is known to us all. His quick work in the goal has often turned defeat into victory for W.H.S. Trinity can certainly use you, HBotU. Varsity Soccer 5,4 Class Soccer 1,2 Varsity Basketball 2,5 Stamp Club 1 Senior Play 4 Class Basketball 4 ELM LEAVES 4 Orchestra 1 French Club 5 Gloria J. Hauschulz Gloria HCharms that strike the sight And merits that win the soul.n Gloria is the reserved and studious type of person. She is poised and well-mannered, and has an understanding of everyone. Because she has these gifts, we expect big things from Gloria. Sports l,2,5 Joseph H. Heim uJoe Hwell, perhaps, but I have some ideas of'my own.n UJoen has opinions of his own and knows how to use them. He is an in- dustrious fel w th a pleasing person ality. W k ow he will do well at Trade Soho l. Cl ss C- 3 1 Marjorie C. Herold NMargen nSilence more musical than ' any song.H HMargeH is a little girl with a big heart and a sunny disposition. She's made many friends these past years and will gain many more. Stick to it,Marge, and you'll certainly make good! Sports l,2,5 Glee Club 3 Operetta 5 Orchestra l,2,5 Leaders Club 5,4 Gilbert Hogle Q nGilH Why wasn t I orn rich I instead ndsomel nNeve dull moment' Hogle, is what we c l him! Gil will long be re- membe for his ability as a miler a so for his outstanding performance the pampered darling . Keep singing Gil, and the world is yours. Varsity Soccer 5,4 Class Soccer 1,2 Varsity Track l,2,5,4 Traffic Squad Senior Play Glee Club ELM LEAVES Staff Ping Pong Club Class Basketball l,2,3 A Alice T. Hyer Alice Trustworthy, loyal, helpful These lree, 4 ds, really describe Alice's ca 'BX '15 p f'ectly. Plus these qualities how er he has a delightful sense ya' Y 1 9 i pendent manner which ,war if-. ice has won many friends ere 9nd continue to make others. Anne Hyman Anne The joy of living sparkles in her eyes. Anne's collection of male hearts is a large one indeed -- and little wonder, for her pretty face and vivacious per- sonality are bound to please. We feel sure the popularity Anne has won for herself here will be hers wherever she goes. Sports l,2,5,4 French Club 3 Glee Club Ping Pong Club Senior Play 4 Lucille W. Isaacson Too y ,,l1 without delightf Tooty believes in her share of fun but she can be practical, too. Al- ways generous and kind-hearted, she has made many friends. A real person, she will make an efficient secretary. Sports l,2,5,4 Senior Play Leaders Club 5,4 ELM LEAVES Staff 3,4 Glee Club 1,2 Ping Pong Club 4 syn ,iLife is not life at al ,fade og' D 4 W William Isaacson fBilln HThy sharp wit--thy perfec c H To many people, nBillu i one of our noften seen but seldom he U class- mates, for he is very c l and se f- contained. His friends owever, ll us that he has a witty re ark fo ry situation. Keep smil , HBill and may the best of luck yours, Stamp Club 4 -.L 'S ' , .yi May-Britt Johansonsy 'ff, UMayn nIt'3 good ti3Q ?,qxqd tI'ue.n HMayH ' afgbbd jg? s dent and likes music' ved herself a that suc s y e yours in whatever true f 1 mp nions. We hope you attempt,uHMa '. Shirley V. Johnson HShir1' HA sweet and charming girl is she with a captivating smile.H HShirlH is one of our most cheer- ful students. She possesses a winsome smile which has attracted many of us. With her outstanding ability in the Commercial Department, she is certain to go far. Senior Play 4 Knitting Club l Richard T. Jones 'Dick uMusic that hath charms to soothe the savage beast.u Dick's scholarly habits and musical talent have furnished him with a fine bid for success. His helpfulness and fidelity to his friends have made a place for him in our hearts. Varsity Soccer 4 Senior Play Varsity Track4 ELM Staff C1385 Soccer 5 ELM LEAVES Staff 4 Class Track 5,4 French Club 5 Ski Club 5 Orchestra l Traffic Squad 4 Glee Club 4 Mildred V. ly nMillyn 'I m y be small--but--oh myln In pitq er slightness, NMillyn has vit lity nd ersonality enough for one ce size. HMi1ly'sH character wi sure her happiness in life, for she depe dable,willing,sensible, and opt istic---qualities which will surely spe l success. Sports 5 Anna M. Klatt Anna HA cheerful smile is always worth while.n Annais known for her cheerfulness whether in the classroom or corridor. No matter what she is doing, she is al- ways-happy and friendly toward everyone. Her willingness to work will help her to go far in the business world. Sports l Shirley N Kretzmer Shirley HFor blonde thou art.u Shirley is one who loves fun and laughs. She is deeply interested in the Girl Scout movement and, like all Girl Scouts, is Na friend to allu. Loads of success, Shirley, in things to come. Joan B. Kus Joan My heart is 11145 a singing bird.n Joan always looks as neat and snap- py as if she had just stepped out of a band-box. Her proficiency in secreta- rial work only rounds out the personal- ity of a very attractive girl. Sports 1,2,5 Russel J. Landeen nRussn uHaste Makes Wasten Another member of our class who is often seen but seldom heard is HRussn. A slow manner testifies to his belief in nHaste Makes Wasten. His pleasant na- ture is always enjoyed by his associ- ates e John A. Lawrence xiii nJohnnyn nSpeech is the index of the mind.n uJohnnyN is one of the most outspo- ken members of our class, and has an opinion to voice for most occasions. With his abilities to be a real friend and to work sincerely at the job before him, we are sure he will succeed in his engineering studies at Rutgers. Baseball Mgr. 4 Senior Play 4 Class Soccer 5,4 ELM LEAVES Staff 4 Ping Pong Club 5 Varsity Basketball 4 Ping Pong Club 4 Class Soccer 4 Class Basketball 1 2 K LeRoy Lewis, Jr. Red nTwo heads are better than one, if one is a red head.H nRed'su activities outsidecM'school exceed those inside. He was one of the best players on the varsity soccer team. He says little but is well liked by all. His adaptability in grasping new things will aid him in his future work. Varsity Soccer 4 Class Track 2 Varsity Baseball 5,4 Ping Pong Club 5,4 Class Soccer l,2,5 Traffic Squad 4 Class Basketball 2,5,4 Orchestra 1,2 May Libera May F NA little nonsen no and then.n 'May is u un and is a good sporoi A player on the athletic field, he nj TS outdoor sports. Keep that ing tu y, and you're boun go a l ay. Sports 5 Evelyn E. Logan , NEv1en nThe gen ind by gentle deeds is known.n on't h ar m' from nhvien but ho know h ke her a lot. She is hard and co oientious worker. She plans to go on in the business world-- Good luck, HEVN. Sports 2 Caroline F. Loveland HCarrien HThey that govern the most make the least noise.u HCarrieN is a tried and true friend of many. Her grand sense of humor will enable her to see the silver lining of every storm cloud. Here's hoping that you make good, HCarrienl Sports 1,2,5,4 Lois H. Lydiard WLC nDiligence is the Mother of good fortune.n is one who receives those marks we d7h1 like to have-but she de- serves th . takes an active part in sports. W er ambition and friendly nat e she l make a place for hers in4fiQQ2EQ4: ,4- Sports 1,2,5,4 ELM S 4 Senior Pla 4 Leaders Club 5, Y ELM LEAVES Staff 4 Arline A . Lyman OQUJMS Arline Uwe grant although.s e had much wit She was very shy using it.n Since Arl s so quiet, only her best friends k ow w tty she is. She enjoys all s o s - r excellence in commercial wig s us that she will make a good cr a for some business man. QW Sports ,,5 Glee Club 1 fy lf' Robert L. MacGranor pn nBlimp' NA fri d eed is i e track tea A ch he so bly assisted. He is one of bigger oys of our class, but his hee t is even larger than he is. With his good nature, he has made many friends at W. H. S. Mwfr Bob h a y help --just ask the Varsity Track 5,4 CManagerJ Claudia Malentacchi Claudia of a merry heart hath a nti ual feast.n laud s ery nature and fun- lo ng spi e her one of the eas- st girls get along with. She excels n shorthand and is a competent typist. he is well-equipped to get along in the business world. Dominick J. Mancini nDomn NThe world is all before us.H NDomH looks with confidence to the future, and therefore we have seldom seen his face darkened with concern. His serious moments reveal his earnest and sincere nature. A real friend of those who know him, we feel his confidence is justified. Class Soccer 2,5,4 Ping Pong Club 5 Class Basketball 2,5 Theresa E Marino Theresa HGentle of speech, beneficent of mind.H nBe friendly toward alln seems to be Theresa's motto. All her friends are familiar with her pleasant smile and her carefree ways. Commercial work is her specialty, and she is an exceptionally good typist. sports 2,5, gs G. Fra Rl tteson nFrank' nPa ' nce is the key of content.n Ns ran H is one of our mechanically a bout e operation of automobiles n r di . However, with his patience ndxp verance he will be more than just a rdinary mechanic. The Class of '40 wi hes you success, NFrankn. E gncl ned i viduals. He can tell you Senior Play 4 French Club 5 Celia D. Matthew Gaily the U -- sitio 1- -nv ed y all. A e a st wmti 1 perswnality that tops! wor - we na, Celia ELM Senior Play Ce s a re. tpal th who n he a d r -eady it d good i e Aol i t d I 0 x f , 1 S 5 l 1,1 Lorraine McCarthy aine n'Tis only noble to be goo .H Those who know Lorraine find that she has a deep personality and the abil- ity to get her work done. She intends to enter the commercial field where we believe her quiet, calm manner will serve her well. Continue the good work Lorraine. Glee Club 2 Jeanette G. McClure Jeanette nBeauty is powerg a smile is its sword.H Jeanette is one of the prettiest members of our class. Her record in her commercial classes is something to be proud of. Her warm smile is appreciated by many. We know she will make a very good secretary. Sports l William J McKee NBillN roved himself to be one elpful studi s. An ar- e 1 as a f anist, HBilT ven s much en' nt in both these arts We liked our clever decor- a ons for our dances, HB1llH. V Track 5 4 Operetta 5 Class Soccer l 2 5 4 ELM Staff 4 C Basketball 5 Glee Club 2,5,4 C Track l,2,5,4 Orchestra 1,2 Senior Play 4 Stagecraft Club 1,2,5,4 Irene M Montebello nRedu HSweet is every sound, sweeter thy voice.' Irene is unique---being the only senior with auburn hair. She joined us in her sophomoie year from Springfield High Her ambition is to be a competent secretary Wethersfield High will miss your very friendly ways, Irene. ELM LEAVES staff Min! w,,,1,-4, Thomas A. McCue NMiken HMastery in athletics is my goal.H nMikeN has often displayed to Wethersfield High his outstanding ath- letic ability in all sports and has glo- riously lived up to the McCue tradition. May his good nature among his associates be an asset to him. Varsity Soccer 4 Class Basketball 1,2 Varsity Basketball 5,4 Varsity Baseball 5,4 Class Soccer 1,2,5 UThe grea r s e slave W 1 1. Paul S. Mitchell Paul HI take all knowledge to be my provi ce.H 1'00-5'4 '9-624.Qa,vwEo.,4-vvbflf Ev with his studies and the L LEAVES, Paul has always had time for a word for everyone. We all envy Paul's skill in expressing his thoughts, and we hope that his success story will be as long as some of those words. Class Soccer 4 French Club 5 Stamp Club 1,2,4 Traffic Squad 4 Student Council 5 Orchestra 1,2,5,4 Senior Play ELM Staff 4 ELM LEAVES 5,4 Dramatic Club 1,2 :w giliw Klvmll ifosf- Barbara I. Morris H ,bn uThe mildest manners and the gentlest heartn - We don't know much abou B cause she doesn't make' he e very often. She likes n is o friend. She has amb ness world. We w s c Sports 1,4 A79 Emily-Jane Motten UEmn Of good xkegginning cometh a good end.H uEmu s varied interest in Scouts, m cs, and Music. She al- ways p in a plug for Youth Hosteling and d k Mpc follow in her broth- er's oo epsq She has made many f ' we sh you success at Teach- er lege, nEmn. Senior Play 4 French Club 5 Operetta 5 Glee Club 5,4 ELM LEAVES Staff 4 Roberta R. Murrey nBertN HShe is as kind as she is fair.n Roberta is a reliable and efficient commercial student. She is polite and kind, so all her friends look to her for sympathy and understanding. We wonder if she'll make a better business woman or housewife. Leaders Club 2,3,4 Sports 5,4 Betsy M. Nazarrc nBetH nThat which costs the least and does the most is just a friendly smile.n Betsy is the hard working, faithful type-H-willing to lend a helping hand at all times. She always seems to be hap- py, and her pleasant smile is a welcome sight. We wish there were more girls like you, Betsy! French Club 5 Vivian A. Nord HY Sports 2 Senior Play Gladys V. Noren HBlondien HSilence is a fine jewel for a womann Gladys is small and quiet, but she participates in all sports. We under- stand that she is full of fun when with her closest friends. Success to you in the business world. No matter where Hvivu is, she al- ways has a good time. jokes, and laughter, she companion. Would that we a joyful personality like llvivll outh is the time for fun.n Full of fun, is everyone's all could have yours, nVivH. Ping Pong Club D el A O'Connor uDann DNV . :FQZX 9 Clarle f 1 nChaP1l6n appiness seg o be shared.H NCharlieU is one of our best natured classmates. His smile and cheerful per- sonality have made him the favorite of the underclass girls for several years. His pleasing attitude will be a valuable asset in any type of work. Varsity Track 4 Senior Play 4 Class Soccer 4 Ping Pong Club 5 French Club 5 . The part was aptly fitted and naturally performed.H HDan'sN interpretation of the devil in our Senior Plays is certainly a high spot in our class activities. His mis- chievous humor and cheerful attitude plus excellent business ability and com- mon sense are sure to make him nclickn in the commercial world. Class Soccer 2,5,4 ELM LEAVES Staff 4 ELM Staff 4 Senior Play Stanley F. Peer nOccupied people people.n Stan' is one class- mates. Outside of sc o s very in- dustrious being 0 0 : 1 his work will surely enab chosen work as a Class Soccer l nStanu are not unhappy 0 in h s Stam Club l 2 n v of gl, , xcu ,'v most of the time. .- 1, ,tr Q a ,bfi ability 1: 0 11115 1 ,: vf' if f K J Edith B . Pr may HI will sit down time will come w hear me.u nEdien loves he it part of her life part in sports and orchestra. With her ant disposition, she Sports l,2,5,4 Senior Play 4 Barbara1 .Preston nbobbien nSuch sweet compulsion doth in music lie.u Barba is.quiet, and loves music. She ha ' concert-mistress of the Orch s the past two years. She inte s to udy music and we know she will for the motto is, nLove d you will excel in it.n Y OF Orc estra l,2,5,4 HEdiell the will now but hen you and has made takes active high school ambition and pleas- is bound to succeed. r music . She in the Glee Club 3 Orchestra l,2,5,4 Ernest I. Rettig nErnieu nArt just thrills me -- studying kills me.n HErnie'sH bright remarks and imper- sonations of radio stars are well-known around school. His individualism makes him an outstanding character. Who knows? He may be a genius, for he is different. Stagecraft Club 1,2,5,4 Evelyn J. Robertson A jovial, coaxing way e frankness, generosi y of s W IIEVGYII UA smile for all, a we c me gla , ha it - 9 . 8 Evey is a - i a ke se e e all may be sur:y gv y il cceed n of humor will A -I - re m . k ll ey!! g- thetic understandi , an . e her profession. o , Sports l Glee Club l Francis P. Rondinone nRondyN Hl'm sure that care's an enemy of life.n Always smiling and joking, HRondyn has often evoked loud laughter by his remarks in class. But we know that he is serious in his wish to become a tool- maker. The class certainly hopes you achieve your aim, nRondyU. Stagecraft Club 5,4 Class S, cer 4 Senior Play 4 Oi 4 Operetta 5 Russe l o HRussn NSi ce is more eloquent than words.n ' su is one of our quietest class m 'e school he is usually busy with hi udies or his work, both of which he o, n a careful,patient manner. We he ill do well in his further stu- e rinity. '44 Vars y Track 2,5,4 ELM Staff 4 French Club 5 Stamp Club 4 Richard . s nDickn 5 ,J l XX'An if we would speak true, M ch to him is due.n ic 's modest, friendly manner J . Although he has great and enjoys his orchestra to become an engineer. X L xg n If 'wo him the presidenm of t'- - oriqizgg mus ' l ta ent work, he plans Varsity Soccer 5,4 Orchestra 1,2 Class Soccer 1,2 Senior Play 4 Class Basketball 5,4 Operetta 5 Class Track l French Club 5 President 4 Traffic Squad 2,5,4 Student Council Glee Club 5,4 Fred E. Salling nFredH nSleep in peace, and wake in joy.u Fred will long be remembered by his friends for his naturalness. He can be depended on to hold his own in any situ- ation and these two qualities are bound to take him far. Class Soccer 4 Thomas R. S nSkipperN H y e, Easy gon 'To s a a -goin low showing frien nes o al . l'goes from day da wi never a worry, and he lets O e care of itself. His erf e s and readiness to help will carr m mrough the hardships of life. Class Soccer l,2,5,4 Class Track l-4 Class Basketball l,2,3,4 Ping Pong Club Varsity Baseball 4 John Schindler UJohnnyn Oh Johhny, Oh Johnny How you can talk.n X . H'-',nyH is the kind that always s a N-at- answer up his sleeve. His wit , .ks have brightened many a - -: ' Johnny's portrayal of -- the Senior Play is still a t of much enjoyment. More power K ou, Johnny wr P ay Orchestra 1 aft 2 Dramatic Club 1 Margaret J. Schubert nPeggyu UHonest labor bears a lovely face.n Margaret is a serious student, but she also has a good sense of humor. We have enjoy d ddbning you, Margaret, and wish you lbgkof gin? fortune. N.C::jEiP Sport ,Ura Richard Schoepflin HSheffn HLet Nature be your teacher.n Dick is an all-around good sport. His sense of humor and friendly attitude will help him wherever he goes. Dick wants to study forestry and be an out- door man. We wish you all the success and happiness possible. Class Soccer 2,5,4 Class Track l-4 Class Basketball 2,5,4 Senior Play Grace M. Setterberg Grace NI hate nobody: I am in charity with the wor1d.U We all admire Grace's even temper and pleasant manners, which will aid her in attaining her goal. Always as neat as a pin, she'll be successful in the future. Sports 2,5 French Club 5 Leaders Club 2,5,4 Operetta 5 Glee Club l,2,5,4 Rita A. Shearer Rita HThey nev al n that are a o ie i l H A n e thoughts. R ta ve qu e we think it ld c kn er better. She ac me ber in sports and is y or fun jEj?il3?6p She is a good ude and has many ambitions. Good lucl n everything, Rita! Sports l,2,5,4 Phyllis M. Sherwood nPhyln HShe is so wondrous sweet and fair.H Since Phyl is so kind-hearted, well mannered and sympathetic, she is liked by all. She enjoys good humor and is an ardent sport fan. Her natural ways and pleasant personality will enable her to make a success of her life. Walter T. Shicko nwaltu nLife is a Songn Some day we may say of Hwaltf NI knew him whenn --for he is gifted with a beautiful tenor voice, which should carry him far in the field of music. Our sincere wishes for success are yours nwaltu. Glee Club 2,5,4 Class Basketball 2,5,4 Operetta 5 ELM LEAVES Staff 4 Senior Play Class Soccer 2 ewefpzwfb Java' John H. Spence IlJaCkIl NA man he seems, of cheerful yesterdays and confident tomorrows.n uJack'sn friendly greeting and happy A Q VC' Priscilla spencer N49 X Till nIt's o as natural,when you're T a lly nice. qYxrFcfgTilln ay best be described as a Hswell kidn. ly disposition, she also has proven her worth on the support many scored. We our D. A. R. Sports l,2,5 4 Vice-President 4 Glee Club l disposition have made him many friends in W.H.S., all of whom hold him in high es- teem. He works industriously, and we know he will do a fine job at the University of Connecticut. Senior Play 4 The possessor of a friend- gym field, for without her a goal would not have been were proud to elect you as candidate. Leaders Club 2,5,4 Ping Pong Club 5 ELM LEAVES Staff 5,4 Traffic Squad 5,4 Robert G. Spencer NArtn nFor he's a jolly good fellow.n There is nothing Art enjoys more than a good time, but he finds most of his enjoyment outside of school His sense of humor is envied know he will go far with his mechani l ability. Class Soccer 2,5 Basketb by mas. X Sv M95 Mildred N. staron nGuyn nMy heart is true as steel.H nGuyn has the qualities which make for real friendship, and she will always stand by friends. We know she was a great hcl the typing room running off sten s. We wish you lots of luck, Mild e . if Sp Nl, My .. Walter R. Stenstrom nwallyn nHis quietness is just a mask.u Because of his shyness, Hwaltn has not given any of the girls here a break which many would appreciate! nwaltu really loves a good time and is full of fun. He is also capable and earnest, a boy marked for success. Frances Stockwell uBlond1eu HA good disposition is a quality worth having.u For a newcomer Frances has made many friends with her amiability. She ly do well in commercial work. Girl Reserves 4 Roger Tabshey Roger QnTake life too seriously and what's it worth?n Disappointments of the past or con- er's nature. He is content to take t ngs as they come. He intends to be- ome a craftsman, and we wishkUm1success in his trainingensthe Trade School. Q n for the future are not found in Class Soccer 1,2 is one of our excellent commercial stu- dents and is especially good in short- hand. With this ability, she will sure- Vernon A . Tardiff Vern NStudies scare me notn Vernon is an unassuming fellow but surprises his teachers now and then with a burst of knowledge. He is the life of the party with his true wit and facial expressions. He will surely succeed in whatever field of endeavor he may choose. Mary Tyler Mary Actions speak louder than words. ' Mary is one of the quiet memb QSKQW of our class but is also m alum diligent and eff1cieqE.SrSgeg2 made an enviable rec d fqm erself here, which we are ure ge will live up to in later life. 49 ELM Staff Ada H. Van Buren Aid Happy-go-luckyg easy-go-free Nothing in life bothers me. We admire Ada's willingness to work and her ability as an athlete. Her ready smile and her cheery ways have won her many friends. We are sure she will succeed in whatever she undertakes. Sports l,2,5,4 Swimming 2 Leaders Club 4 , Gl Vs J. alsche Gladys is life I do enjoy nl y r. Although she seems rahher eae ed her friends know her as vi- aci us in nature, and pleasant in ad s came to our class in her 1 er nal ty. Her curly hair is envied by . 6QEibgY 4 s S Evelyn J. Wanic Evelyn nwhatever is worth doing at all, is worth doing wel1.n One of our quiet students, Evelyn came to Wethe sfield High in her sopho- more year. S ' is a hard worker and be- lieves in earneiz s dymk Keep up that spirit, Evelyn, ' d Zgufglll go far. -s I Sports 1,2 I N Operetta 5 Glee Club 5 ,f , 1 .' Annabel Webb nwebbien uHer ways are ways of pleasantnessn Annabel is a vivacious person with a spontaneous wit and a cheerful dispo- sition. We've all admired your athletic ability, Hwebbieul Luck in the future, Annabel. Sports l,2,5,4 Operetta 5 Treasurer 5,4 Ping Pong Club 2 Traffic Squad 4 Knitting Club l Glee Club 5 Eunice V. Webster nDixien HA merry heart doeth good like a med1cdie.' Eve vgqr - - -ws nDixieH likes er r he fri5': y afa ':f y dispo- sit he ik-1 -3 'v iii-g1:ys 'he piano an -s in the Wo -- - 1 or: Club. e'll surely be li ed at West- brook r. Sports 2,5,4 French Club 5 Senior Play 4 Glee Club l,2,5,4 Mary E. Wehrly Mary UHer smile is unexpected and delightfuln Mary's calm face hides a sense of humor which is sincere and refreshing. Her athletic ability has enabled her to turn many a defeat into victory. Mary's straight-forward, frank, and fun-loving nature appeals to all who know her. Sports l,2,5,4 Leaders Club 2,5,4 Chester 4. lard HChetu NM a ever modest known.n ' het' ends to be a quiet student, bu e has a mischievous sense of humor 11 s thin xqnfor is classmates. us o nt works to his i eb b s t to accomplish th wor b re . These qualities wil m ke him el dm t the UQ ofGonn. Class Soccer 4 f Senior Play 4 Stamp Club 1,2,4 QS orchestra 1,2,25 Betty M. Willsey UBetn nThere are smiles that make us happy.H Betty's smiles have long been a source of pleasure at W. H. S. Her pop- ularity, like her abilities, is bound- less. Our loss when she leaves, will be Connecticut Un1versity's gain. Sports l,2,5,4 Operetta 3 Vice President 2,5 ELM Staff French Club 5 Traffic Squad 2,5,4 Dramatic Club 1 ELM LEAVES Staff 4 Senior Play Glee Club 1,3 Ping Pong Club 5 Elsie E. Wolfe nTinyH HSmall of stature, large of heart.n Although Elsie is new to us this year, she has won many friends with her mischievous smile and peppy attitude. Being a music lover, she enjoys dancing. With such a winning personality she is bound to get along happily wherever she iso Helen C. a Helen HI havgigi milkgngs or arguments! I yi' ess a d wait. en el ev in being seen but se ar . ever-twinkling black eye tel u her friendly personal- W sh ew you. better, Helen, just the me - good luck. Sports l,2,5, Alexander Roman nGubn nFor they can conquer who believe Hwycmmn HGubn is one of our leading Demo- cratic students although usually quiet, his thoughts and ideas are willingly ac- cepted by his classmates. You have what it takes to make good, nA1exH, so keep working. Class Soccer 3 IN MEMORIAM HAROLD WATERMAN of graduatlon However, the pleasant mem or1es that heleft will always remain w1th to whose loss is felt, again, at this period us. B ,TTEQQTUE E 7 THE CURTAIN RISES Through the gently swaying wisteria could be heard the musical conversation cd' knitting needles and a rocking chair. Early after- supper strollers could distinguish in the fading twilight the slim form of a busy worker, as they passed the small cottage set so cosily among the sheltering elms. Rhythmically swaying back and forth on the ancient rocker sat Martha. Her deep blue eyes looked unconsciously at the corner post of the spotless veranda as her mind wandered far from the work her nimble fingers were creating. The expression on her smooth, well-tanned face was one of welcome solitude -- escape from the fast-moving world beyond her in the twilight. A glossy black cat looked sleepily up at his mistress from his rocker beside Martha. Such prolonged silence from his usually cheer- ful mistress aroused his curiosity. He stood, obviously hurt, on her daintily ruffled apron. The steady conversation between needles and rocker ceased as she dropped her work to stroke the smooth fur. As she soothed the now contented animal, her eyes, that had once been harbingers of gaiety, filled with tears of sorrow. The drops hovered on the edge of her eyelids as if fighting to stay close to those dark blue pools, then reluctantly gave way to the pressure behind them and slowly tumbled down the path of all tears. It was fully a minute before the purring pussy discovered that his precious fur was being flattened by the steady flow of warm, salty tears upon his head. He shook himself uncertainly, then moved slight- ly to one side to avoid further harm to his lovely coat. Then it was that Martha ceased stroking his lengthy body and reached for the lacy handkerchief in the cuff of her well-worn dress. As if the sight of the dress had pierced another wound, the tears flowed faster and she hastily grabbed at the handkerchief to wipe them away. She sniffled once or twice, brought her head up to a courageous level, and looked straight out through the now barely moving vines with a proud look on her tear-stained face. nI'll be brave. I'll never let anyone know how cruel this life has been to me. Like a great actress who hides her true self and be- comes another person the moment the curtain rises, I'll act my part. I'll pretend to be gay and happy until the ache in my heart becomes too great for me to stay in this world. I'll--- Martha! Martha's courageous speech ceased. Mar-tha! Are you going to stay out there all night? Land sakes alive! For a girl your age, you're certainly acting mighty queer' lately. Come in and have some nice cold lemonade andgo to bed. You know, Pa, I do believe Martha kind of liked that silly salesman who came here to town last week. Don't you mind, Ma. She did the same thing the time the shoe salesman was in town and the same thing when the candy salesman came to town. She'll get over it. After all, she's only fifteen. Virginia Carney '40 SPRING The season for sliding, skiing, and skating is evidently over, and the traditional young man's fancies are lightly turning to what he has been thinking about all winter. But these thoughts contain radi- cally different ideas, pertaining to one's frame of mind. As for me, there are two different mental attitudes toward Nature, the sarcastic and the appreciative. A theme written in the first attitude Cthe one I try to avoid? would read as follows: Yes, Spring is here again QI have not been in doubt that it would be here againl. The garden needs spading and weeding, the grass needs rolling, and the hot and stuffy days of working on, the farm and udown in the meddern at lO6O F. loom up ahead, plus many other little things that go to make Wethersfield, or any other town, beautiful. A theme of' this calibre can never contain real sincerity, so it cannot be appreciated. It tires the reader because of its dejected atmosphere and mimics the work of truly great writers. Having subdued my' antagonistic attitude toward this topic fwhich invariably precedes the writing of a required themel, I 'would begin with a new and more genuine mental concept, presenting the finer atti- tude I have when not hampered by school and tradition. When unhampered, the bud, bird, and bee season seems to be continually beautiful. One cannot help enjoying these first few days of spring. While walking through the woods and forests, a musical atmosphere continually fills the air, and one becomes enraptured completely by the serenity of the woodlands. To see a black duck with her young, schools of fish gliding carelessly through brooks and streams, game scampering to and fro all 111 merriment, delight your soul and. fill your heart withr gladness, each new walk bringing forth new and more profound developments in Nature's panorama. I do not believe that there is any greater unity' of impression than that felt by young and old, rich and poor, during the spring season. Fred Ellis '41 FALL Sunset gone, clouds that scurry, Everybody in a hurry, College songs, and cheers in vain, Fur coats at a football game, Hands in pockets, stamping feet, Hot chocolate a steaming treat, Outdoor picnics, collars high, Bright scarfs and sweaters going by, Chestnuts toasted, fireslde glow, Notre Dame on the radio, Burning leaves, a fire call And this is Fall. Marjorie Stickels '41 CELESTIAL WELCOME The Angel Peter sat disconsolately on the edge of a cloud, his feet dangling over, gloomily contemplating the earth. What strange animals those human beings were, living their bitter, selfish, unim- portant lives through! Peter cocked his head on one side and looked down simultaneously on three battlefields. Then he shook his head in a discouraged manner. It really wasn't any use. He had hung around all these years waiting for somebody to get beyond the first gateman, and nobody had come. People just didn't come to Heaven as they used to, and as a result he was very lonely indeed. Once or twice he had almost made allowances as in the cases of Marie Antoinette and Cleopatra, but his beloved spouse had put an end to any ideas he might have hadg and those two heartbreakers had been speedily dispatched from the sacred portals. So here he was, without a soul fliterallyj to talk to. Then, on looking closer, Peter perceived that in two parts of the world considerable activity was going on. What was it this time? he wondered idly. Looking still closer, he saw that while one nation was in deep mourning, several others seemed to be rejoicing heartily and having a rather sticky revolution. These facts conveyed nothing to Peter, however, because as he put it, nThose human creatures are always mak- ing a fuss about something! He sat dejectedly back on his cloud meditating deeply on eternity in general, and had just come to the dire conclusion that his lot was a bad one Cwhat with sitting up here forever, and alone at thatl, when a trumpet sounded. In his excitement Peter fell off the cloud and flew furiously around, his wings flapping wildly to and fro, like blinds on a house in a high wind. Then his cynicism returned and he scrambled disgustedly onto another cloud, muttering unheavenlike things under his breath. A similar scene always occurred when the trumpet announcing the arrival of another eager soul sounded. Why, asked Peter impatiently of himself, did he always get excited when he knew very well that nobody within the last century had been allowed to enter the pearly gates? And, to make matters worse, he had lost his halo in the shuffle of falling off one cloud and climbing onto another. Then, even as Peter reasoned with himself, the impossible happen- ed. He heard a murmur of voices, a creaking noise, and a dull clang. These prosaic sounds were music to Peter's ear because they signified that someone had actually got inside the first and most difficult gate. Trembling with joy, he crawled along the edge of his cloud and peered down. He saw the stranger pass the second and third portals, and then to his horror, a slight argument ensued at the fourth. But in real- ity it wasn't an argument at all, merely an amiable conversation. Peter breathed a sigh of relief as the fourth finally swung open and slithered shut, and the remarkable stranger floated up to him. He tottered uncertainly towards the man and gingerly touched him. To his inexpressible joy, the newcomer did not evaporate in thin air as Peter had thought he would, but appeared to be amused by Peter's actions. uAm I glad to see youln said Peter emotionally. CELESTIAL WELCOME Ccontinuedl Then he suddenly recognized the stranger and beamed on. him jovially. - NMy wife and I are great admirers of yours, and we certainly hope you'll like it up here.n nI'm sure I shall,n the stranger replied, his enthusiastic voice ringing gravely against the bright ceiling of the day. nYou're the first human 'being I've seen since Abe ILincoln came here in '65!n said the Angel in a burst of confidence. nI'm delighted to see you! My wife will be, too. She's around here somewhere. Let's see ---- .H Just then a terrific noise shook heaven to its foundations, and a voice cried, uYou can't come in here! I know who you are and I've got orders to ---- .N uS1lence!N roared a thick voice. HI go where I choose.n The sounds of heavy feet and the opening and shutting of four gates were heard, and finally a second visitor rose into view. Peter uttered a sharp cry when he saw the man's face. ' NYbu know me, of course,n said the personage, matter-of-factly. By this time, Peter had swung into action both physically and verbally. UI never thought I'd actually enjoy sending someone away from here, but I do nowln So saying, he grabbed the man's collar and shook him violently. nBy the way,n the Angel continued maliciously, HI notice your colleagues are having a. tough time of it down there,n and he forced the personage's head over' a passing cloud just in time for him to see one comrade shot and the other put into a concentration camp. NThis is gng place you can't have,n said Peter, a note of final- ity in his voice, and he dropped the outcast delicately into space. nThat's a job well done,N the stranger said laughingly, nbut I'd have liked beating up Mr. Hitler myselfln They walked on, talking of this and. that until Peter suddenly said, nOh, there's my wife. I'll call her. Yoo hoo! Look who's here, dear! Will Rogers, a little late but here at last.n The sun sank just then 111 a blaze of gold and purple, leaving a strangely happy, pacific world and. arnerry heaven. to the quiet moon. As a poet has said, nGod's in his heaven--all's right with the world!n Eleanor McKniff '43 f WAS IT I? The dark, driving, unrelenting rain beats pitilessly against my shiny gray helmet. My roughshod feet are driven deeper into filthy, oozy, slippery, black mud that coats this part of 'Sunny France.' nSunny Franceln Hal I wish I could laugh or even smile.. In- stead, a mirthless, bitter sneer twists my sleep-starved face. My brain is stupid and sluggishg it has ceased to remain conscious of the monotonous sucking and squishing noises caused by the countless numbers of feet being pushed into mud and then drawn out. Squishl S...uckI Squish! S...uckJ and so the selfsame weary sounds beat their rhythm far into the black, black night. But enough of that. I was born John Thorton in a small town located in the great American middle-west. Early in life I showed an aptitude for paintingg this gift was further encouraged byarich uncle who eventually sent me abroad to study art in France. Oh, what glori- ous days those were! My whole being tingled with the vibration of youth, and I lived in a world of romance! Nor did I experience these joys alone, for I had the good luck to win as a boon companion a young German art student called Rudolph I-Iessburg. Rudolph was as enthusias- tic as I about painting, and he showed a real genius that hinted hopes of a great future. Then abruptly the ominous forbidding news of con- flict raging between domineering Austria and little Serbia thrust it- self into our debonair existence. Rudolph hurried home, leaving me in Paris. Events tumbled after one another with amazing rapidity, and in a few weeks France and Germany had called home their ambassadors. Carried along by the flood of national spirit and fire of that time I enlisted under the tri-color of France. Since then my body has withstood two solid years of fighting and has caused my former roman- ticism to vanish completely, leaving behind a grim, silent, profes- sional soldier. On that dark, rainy night we were marching to our front line trenches in order to take part in a mass attack the following day. Many were marching to their doom and well they felt the fact. Finally after enduring a hideous nightmare of prolonged marching, we reached the trenches and, throwing ourselves into the mud, slept the remaining part of' dawn. Hot black coffee was served to restore our muddled senses and soon we were prepared for the charge. I can still see the picture of that morning vividly outlined by low-hanging clouds and in the picture--a man who nervously clutches his bayoneted rifle. I start as I recognize the figure--for it is Il The signal sounds and his spiked boots dig frantically into the mud for footing -- then over the top he goes and tears recklessly toward the enemy trench! Rat-a-tat-tat--the machine gun sends its speedy leaden messengers of death into the moving ranks of men! Cannons belch flame and smoke- men scream and dash madly about, vainly clawing the air! Cruel barbs of wire imbed themselves in the flesh of the advancing wall! The wall cannot be stopped-- it gathers momentum and. outlined by the hellish glare of guns plunges into the enemy trenches. He is in that wall and his mind is blank as he sees the ghostly figures of men below him. He leaps upon them, tearing and slashing with his bayonet. Thrust! Twist! Thudl He remembers his bayoneting instructions well--he thrusts again with deadly accuracy into a dim gray shape--suddenly and violently his body shrinks away from its victim and stark horror clothes his face like a mask as he murmurs hoarsely, nRudolph1n Rus sell Root '40 THE GRANDEUR OF NEW HAMPSHIRE SCENERY The hills and valleys surrounding Squam Lake in New Hampshire presented the finest setting imaginable for filming colored panorama. The whole environment was, as yet, untouched and unmolested by eager tourists, who so often commercialize such settings. The more I exam- ined the surroundings, the more impatient I became to capture and pre- serve this beauty on film. The following morning found me putting out of Livermore Cove with my Johnson outboard motor, camera, and five hundred feet of colored film, in the direction of Baldy Mountain. En route, I stopped just short of Mooney's Point and attached the camera tripod to the hinges of the boat and loaded my camera with one hundred feet of East- man Kodachrome colored film. The camera I was using was a Cine- Kodak sixteen millimeter special, with F'l.9 lens, which made the tak- ing of underlighted subjects possible. I then continued north to an island called Chocara , but known to the islanders as Church Island, and took some pictures of the sermon in progress. There was on the island a hand organ, a large bell, used to call the surrounding marine churchgoers, and a natural stone pulpit, all of which filmed very well against the blue sky and white cumulus clouds above. The best was yet to come. The real pictures I wanted to get were from the lofty peaks of Old Baldy. I rowed quietly away from Chocara Island and , upon reaching a suitable distance, again started the Johnson Seahorse . It must have been two hours before I advanced beyond the innumer- able small islands and pulled up to a deserted, half-rotted wharf which extended about four feet below the surface in the clear crystal- line water wi th its pebble base. I choked the gas supply on the out- board and loosed the tripod and camera from the sockets of the boat. Then, holding the camera in one hand and the tripod in the other, I managed to tight-rope walk the only safe beam on the wharf to shore. Immediately in front of me was an apple orchard terraced in the slope of Old Baldy, which I made my way through and up an Indian path to the various levels of the enormous glacier deposit. At these various levels I took close-ups of birds, rare shrubs, and some quadruped wild life with the telephoto lens attachment. The real thrill came at the top -- there, spread before me, were Big Squam Lake, Little Squam Lake, Lake Winnipesaukee, White Lake, and islands too numerous to mention. I couldn't wait to start turning the camera. I advanced to the southern side of the mountain where a sheer cliff of trap rock descended at an eighty degree angle to a depth of fifteen hundred feet. From below it appeared as a giant bald spot, from which it gets its name. After using up three hundred feet of film on this, I sat down on a moss-covered rock and enjoyed wild strawberries that were growing at my feet. Surely this was God's country. It was about four o'clock when my better judgment won out over my longing to stay--the journey home would take three hours, so I started. The way back was just as interesting as the primary trip--taking stills with my ARGUS camera and using up the remainder of the colored film on the various islands, and on small items the photo- THE GRANDEUR OF NEW HAMPSHIRE SCENERY fcontinuedl grapher likes to include on his film--a school of fish, wild ducks contrasted against the burning sky, or as I did, an owl with its young perched in a lone pine tree. These go to add a human interest touch which is always good material. My father could not understand why or how I had used up so much film until he saw the results in our living-room back in Connecticut. Fred C. Ellis '41 OUTSIDE A SHOP WINDOW On a recent visit to Hartford, I witnessed a sad and discouraging sight. I rode up the main street intending to get off at a certain place and go to an evening meeting of our club. I rang the trolley bell and alighted from the trolley. Brrl it was bitter cold and it was snowing furiously. I crossed the street end paused for a moment to watch two window decorators dressing a window in one of the city's shops. I heard a clear voice cut through the howling wind. Not just an ordinary voice, but a pleading voice, pleading by means of a song. I do not know the name of the song because I was startled to see a young colored boy step out from behind a large pillar of the store. He was a boy of' ten. His clothes were of little Protection to his frail body as they were torn and poorly patched. His shoes were so worn and wet that he might as well have been barefooted, but he sang with such clarity and sweetness as I have never heard before. A gray-haired negro, cleaning up shop, opened the door and tossed the ragged boy a coin. He nodded appreciation and raised his voice to sing for all he was worth. Soon several people had gathered around as the ragged boy sang. He finished his song and slowly came up to me. He looked up at me with tears in his eyes and said, Would 'ya like me ta sing sumpin' , mister? I said Sure , and handed him a coing others followed suit. Then I felt something fall upon one cheek, then the other. Could it be the snowflakes falling upon my face? I left hurriedly as I was ashamed to let the people see that I couldn't hold the tears back. I half-walked, half-ran so as to lose sight of the pitiful crea- ture. The faster I ran the louder the singing became, until finally I looked back. No one was following me. Was it 'my imagination or was it my emotional heart singing because I had done my little part to help a ragged boy? George Bradley Jr. '40 - - mfg-41--4-.gf--Q-Q ww-vm -Y --vvywy-vw-gf 'f--rvym-we-fm'4--'g -'-rm-I' 'Tv-f 1fv1w1v1s-qgfswsvr' - .. RIP WINKLE AWAKES Slowly the old man turned his head as a first motion upon awaken- ing. His beard trailed on the ground and was interlaced with weeds that had grown through it for the past forty years. Yes, Rip Winkle was finally awakening after forty years of sound sleep. When he had gone to sleep, New York was a thriving little city, with buildings eight storys high and even one or two horseless carriages on its cobblestoned streets. Rip had spent almost half a century asleep on an obscure park bench. And now life once again became a reality for him. His eyes opened and he yawned contentedly, for he remembered that he was to have a date withhis best girl that evening and he was plan- ning to pop the question . He stood up halfway, for that was as far as his weed-confined beard would let him. He started with surprise when his eyes fell on his beard, so long and thus entangled. nMy,n said the old man, nHow nm' beard has grown, and I only shaved yesterdayln The naive old fellow stooped and 'weeded his goatee. Then, standing erect, he started walking toward the entrance to the park. As he neared the gateway, his eyes came to rest on a huge build- ing directly before him, and a little way off in the distance. He scratched his head in wonder, and it felt so good that he scratched it again. What sort of building was that? There were no buildings stretching off into the sky like that in New York. Rip pinched him- self to see if he was awake. nYes, I'm awake,n he said aloud. nBut maybe I'm not in New York. Maybe I have gone to some far-away place and forgot about it.n But nog Rip saw a bright silver sign at the roadside with words printed on it. Don't pick the flowers--New York City Police. No doubt a- bout it--Rip was in New York. His mind a little fogged, he proceeded, nevertheless, along the road leading to Lexington Avenue. As he stepped in sight of that street, his ears already filled with strange sounds, became very conscious of the roaring of engines. nI'll bet they're having a race of horseless carriages,n said Rip to himself. But as he drew near enough to see, he fell over in fear and amazement. Long, gracefully lined automobiles, resembling mon- sters with loud horns and roaring motors, greeted his eyes and ears. Gradually the smell of gasoline burning reached his nostrils, which quivered as much as his trembling body. He stole around the gateway and stood staring dumbly at the usual noontide traffic of one of New Yorkfs streets. - nMy, but the air is bad here,u Rip exclaimed. He was tempted to run back into the park for a breath of fresh air, but fascination held him to the spot. Rip had about five dollars of change in his jeans, so he decided that he had better find a place to eat, while he puzzled over the strange happenings around him. nLet's see,n said Rip. nJohn 0'Hara used to have a restaurant down this road a little way. I had better talk to John about all this, and get something to eat.n For by this time, Rip had begun to realize that he had overslept. ?f'1gf5'wurgwgg?mw1!s RIP WINKLE AWAKES fcontinuedl He walked cautiously down the street with his long beard tucked in Ins pocket. The crowds of people dressed 111 strangely styled clothes frightened hing but he kept right on, hoping to find John O'Hara, who could undoubtedly enlighten him and set him straightcnmre- cent events. As he came 'before the place that once had housed John O'Hara's restaurant, he found not O'Hara's restaurant but a large hall with a sign above it saying Automat in bold red letters. Rip looked in the large window and saw people eating. This must be the place. But just then Rip noticed a small sign at the bottom left hand corner reading, Sam Goldstein's Automat Open All Day . Rip mustered his courage and marched in. He sat down at a tableg a man nearby in a white uniform asked him if there was something wrong. No, said Rip uncertainly. But I would like something to eat. To this the waiter replied, Outside, bum! We entertain paying cus- tomers only. Rip thereupon explained that he was the proud owner of five dollars in American money. With this said, he demanded service, whereupon the doubting'wait- er took some of' his money gadgets and slots under it levers, and out popped two apple pie. These he handed ing how dreadful it was to streets unleashed. Rip ate and. walked over to a window with various He dropped a few coins in, pulled a few hamburgs, a cup of coffee, and a slice of to Rip and walked disgustedly away, think- allow such old, demented fools to walk the heartily, every drop bringing new vigor to him. As he finished, he picked up a cigarette from the bowl of them on the table before him. After carefully examining it, he lit it with the match provided, and suspiciously puffed. A magazine on the table looked interesting, to say the least. But it surely was a scandal to allow women to Ihave their pictures taken in such small bathing suits, he thought. Rip spent the next few hours reading the magazine. It was nLifen magazine and after reading it and stealing a few glances at the girl in the bathing suit on the cover, he was convinced that he had fallen asleep for an awful long time. He even began to get accus- tomed to his situation, and left the cafeteria with a light heart and a full stomach for a tour of inspection of the modern Babel. Joseph Boney '40 THE SUN In the evening at twilight when all is ghostly still, I love to sit and watch the sun as it sinks behind the hill. For Thou! O Sun! can calm my soul with majestic rays of light! You seem a living thing to me, OI Herald of the night! My thoughts are never near but always far away As I watch your waves of color at the ending of each day. Please, O God! When I am old and my stay on earth is done, Let my life gently flicker out with the setting of the sun. Pauline Hahn '42 WAR IS LIKE THAT It was a fine day. Not a day for war--it was too bright. I ran along the road endeavoring to escape the oncoming raid. I was think- ing only of nm' own safety and of how frightened I was. Then I saw them, two men--they were fighting furiously. It looked as though they were trying to Ikill each other. I thought it was possible that they had not heard of the impending air raid. I ought to tell them. But on the other hand, 511 doing so I would be endangering my own safety. Suppose the bombs should start falling before I could tell them? I kept on running but I couldn't do it. I had to tell them. I ran to- ward thenm and as I drew neax' I was surprised to note that they were both Englishmen! One was small but powerful, km must have been be- cause he seemed to be giving the other, who was a big, hulking fellow, quite a beating. I grabbed the nearest one by' the shoulder--he was the smaller one--and tried to pull him off the other. He jumped up, swore at me, and struck viciously. I went down dazed. I could not seem to think-- it was like a nightmare. However, I did hearanew sound, like that of high explosives--the air was rent with splintering crashes. The raid! I had forgotten it had begun! I glanced fear- fully at the two men. The small one stood, unperturbed, over the other, who was lying groaning, counting a. large roll of bills. Then suddenly, as I watched, the air just overhead was split with a deaf- ening screech--a blinding flash-- I seemed to be drifting through endless corridors of space. But as my vision slowly cleared, I found I was still in, the same place-- yes, there were the two men. Now, to my' surprise, the small fellow seemed to 'be shouting apologies to the other. And still more sur- prising was the fact that the other man wms forgiving him--smiling at him! As they were apologizing to each other I remembered that hor- rible blinding flashy I laughed loudly. They looked at me puzzled and asked me what was so funny. Agaixx I laughed and said, nNothing, except we are dead. Jack Halliwell '40 WAR! War! What a cruel and gruesome thing, Where bayonets clash, and bullets ring, Where men fight bravely for what's right, And strive for peace with all their might. War! Where hopes are gone and morals Shattered Villages wrecked and people Scattered. Oh, if war could just be crushed And all this awful hatred hushed, This world would be a better place In which a man could show his face. Alexander Penny '42 FAMILIAR TO OUR EARS The sounds and noises around our school which are familiar to every Wethersfield High student, are an important aspect of the school because they are indications of the activities of the persons who com- pose the living part of the school. A Every school day begins with the monotonous rhythm of a thousand pairs of feet mounting the north stairway -- the pounding, rapid steps of the cheerful Rocky Hill students, just released from their 'bus ride -- the plodding footbeats of the senior lad who 'faithfully listens to the Night Owl's program and gets to bed in the small A.M. hours-- the rush up the stairs, just as the 8:50 bell sounds, of the little fellow who had missed his usual auto ride. The conversation in the halls before 8:50 has an unvarying pat- tern. nHello, Dick. Did you do your chemistry' problems? Anne came over last night and I d1dn't do them. You can help me in 'study'.n nHi, Anne! No. You can't borrow my English homework. Doris has it and I don't think it's right anyway.n CTeacher's voice! nYou'd better get into your home-rooms. The bell will ring any minute.' Our friends run through the rapidly emptying halls to their re- spective home-rooms. A doorslam, just after the bell ceases ringing, announces that some classmate is hoping that his home-room teacher will overlook his discrepancy. The day is begun with the prayer as the class choruses, -- n0ur Father, Who artU....Then the question, -- Frank, where's the excuse you forgot yesterday for Monday's absence? WI forgot. I'll bring it tomorrow.n The anxiously awaited ringing of the bells sends the students milling into the corridors and dutiful Hi's greet fellow students. Following our friends to their geometry class, we hear that everything is goi-ng nicely. .... Did you hear Bob Hope's program last night? He told the one about ..... H Where were you yesterday during track practice?n .... nl think Ellis and Bob 'skipped' today. ...nac- cording to the courant, the Norwegians...n ...nHow do you do the fifth problem'? Because teacher must interrupt the conversation to explain this request, the student's attention is temporarily ndistractedn. You can construct an altitude on the hypotenuse making CD equal to... The explanation completed, discussion is resumed. This period concluded by the punctual bell, our friends go to their French class, where a grave silence is interrupted only by the shouted conversation of members of the Traffic Squad loitering in the corridor. The stillness is maintained during the writing and correct- ing of the daily test. 'I'hen begins the translation, ... In the Latin Quarter of Paris, one finds the famous universities or ...W UNO, that's translated 'where'. It's a peculiar thing. When I was studying there, we always used to ...,u and the students are treated to another interesting discussion of life in Paris for the rest of the period. FAMILIAR TO OUR EARS fcontinuedl The ringing of the bells interspersed with three minutes of the bustle of talking, rushing, crowding students occupies the time re- quired to travel to the laboratory. The respectful silence is broken ...nAre there any questions on. your reading for today? If not let's get those problems out of the way. Mitchell, what do you have for the first one?u NPoint two four nine grams.n I don't seem to agree with that. Jones? and so on until the problems are corrected and explained. ' nNow, if you'll lay your books aside. In the contact process for production of sulfuric acid, what are some of the catalysts used? ... The discussion continues, and is usually so absorbing that the members of the Traffic Squad forget to leave a minute early, and arrive at their posts to find a pair of seventh graders racing along the hall. nwalkln This stern command goes unheeded until another member of the squad seizes the culprits and makes them-- go back and walk--. Meanwhile, the shouts of a group of eighth grade lads as they conduct a friendly fight, pushing one another into the way of passing students arouses the ire of a teacher leaving his room who promptly ceases the action with a sharp command. Some of our friends head for the cafeteria now, but we must spend a period in the study hall. Entering the library we encounter Gerard wandering about looking for the seat nearest the greatest number of his friends, until the teacher icily invites him,-- 'Take the front seat near the desk.n This must be repeated as Gerard, pretending not to hear, hastily clambers into the nearest one. When this situation is administered, we hear, You're all here for work. We'll have it quiet,n whereupon she settles down to work. This is the sign for commencement of hostilities. To show their re- gard for Gerard, his friends gather the scraps of paper found so abun- dantly under the seats, crumple them into handy missiles, and at fre- quent intervals the well-trained ear harkens to the gentle pelting sounds as the paper wads strike our friend's back. Grasping a well- compacted wad which has landed on his desk,. he turns in his seat and with a powerful throw, hurls it whence it came. The success of his shot is acclaimed by a feminine giggle which startles the teacher who looks up to see Gerard turned triumphantly upon his victim. nThat will do. You may leave the room.n After a collection of gasps and sighs of mock astonishment, the group returns to the usual routine of passing notes, smiling at friends across the room, and whispering foolish questions about homework. The eagerly awaited tones of the bells send the study hall occu- pants rushing to their lockers. The dull metallic thuds as books are tossed into lockers, plus a few crashes here and there of books fall- ing from the top shelves because someone has extricated his lunch too hurriedly, are added to the usual confusion of conversation which nmst be shouted to be understood. Around the cafeteria tables, the problems of school life, home- work, teachers, tests, keeps student tongues working between mouthfuls of a sandwich. --'That English test 'was a.'snaph How'd you make out?n . FAMILIAR TO OUR EARS fcontinuedl 'I was robbed. I should'a got a 'D'.n fHis usual replylj nwho took my apple? Come on...n The din of hundreds of voices makes study impossible for the Junior atthe corner table who is strug- gling to memorize nCrossing the Plains' for a test the following peri- od. An unfortunate lad who has failed to complete his history report greets a. classmate with, 'Lois, can you stretch out your- report so there won't be time for mine?n nMine is too short for that, but you might ask John to. He's good at making things up.n Not being able to find that individual, our friend goes to his class with a touch of gloom in his appearance. The teacher opens the class w1th. nNow, what were we discussing yesterday? I think we were reviewing the provisions of the National Bank Act of ...... the banks were allowed to issue .... At this time, this point should be brought up. Not all the banks....n Thus the mono- logue continues and the period ends with a request that the reports be presented the following day. The slower pace at which the students pass to their last class shows how the activity of the day is beginning to have its tiring ef- fects. In their English class, our friends try to cram in a few min- utes of intensive study 111 case they are quizzed on their assignment. The welcome announcement, NI guess rm: one will mind ii' we omit the quizz today,n --brings a closing of books and. an easing of tension to the class.--nYour reading dealt with the poetry of Burns. In what way does it represent a contribution to democratic thought?...N After a period. of leisurely discussion, the students return to their home-rooms where the dominant question is, nAre you going to the game today?n After dismissal, the corridors are jammed with people for a short while until they leave the building or linger in twosomes about the stair landings. Outside, the steady beat of jogging track- sters as they ntake a lapu is the keynote of athletic activity. By three-thirty a crowd has assembled around the baseball diamond. nHey Ellis! Hit one for me.n nO.K.I The first ball p1tched.n With the game under way the usual cries punctuate the air at ran- dom intervals. nKnock it out of the parklu nCome on, Tom y, boyln nRobberJ Robberln CThe umpire, of courseD...Near the end of the game, with the score very close, a close play quiets the spectators, until the decision is rendered, bringing either cheers or disgusted angry nOh'sn and nAh'sn. The final nput outn raises a cheer of satis- FAMILIAR TO OUR EARS fcontinuedl faction from the crowd of nrootersn oz' sometimes just from the little group which accompanied the visiting team to the game. The students rapidly depart homeward, and the sounds they make are heard no more until the arrival of the first 'bus load of students the following day. Paul Mit chell '40 JUST ONE SIDE She was only a simple woman, the whole thing was very bewildering to her. She had always worked hard, mostly just to keep alive. The land itself was poor, and it was all she had. She and Emil had strug- gled bravely to support themselves and the subsequent additions to their family until there were three sturdy sons to feed. Only now these offspring so dear to her, were gone. Why they were gone had been explained to her, but in her despair she refused to understand. She only knew that they were gone. The small cottage which had been home to her for so long might at times be called picturesqueg seen from a distance in the fading twi- light, it reminded one of a famous painting of an old German thatched hut with its typical shrubs and vines making a soft green background. She stood in front of it now, watching the three small figures slowly crossing the green pasture towards the village on the other side of the distant hill. She wondered dully how many other mothers were praying for their safety, which she realized was useless. Soon even those figures would be gone and only their vague memory would remain to her. She was growing old. All her life she had worked to give them a good start in their lives by having a prosperous farm which could be owned jointly by them after she was gone. And now all her toil was wasted, wasted because of the ambitions of a man whom she had never seen. She knew that her sons worshipped this man, he was their idolg he would make them the greatest people on the earth. She found herself wondering for what good that would be even if it were pos- sible. Emil had died a few years agog after he was gassed in the Great War, he was no better than an invalid, she had supported him as well as her three sons. She had given them her all to make them strong and fine men to better the world wrecked by the war that had wrecked her Emil. And now, it was wastedg everything she had worked for was gone. She stared at the hill so far away that now hid her sons from her. She was alone, all alone. But no, wasn't there -- yes, someone was coming. As if in a mist she saw a blurred figure approaching. Why, it was Emil. Of course, coming back to her! She staggered toward him, out over the green pasture, crying, nEmill Emil! They're gone! I'm all alone! They found her next day, lying halfway across the green pasture. But she wasn't bewildered, she wasn't sad, no, she wasn't even fright- ened. She was in a place where there were no wars and where she would never be alone again. Frank Shearer ' 41 1 1 ,' w'fi:f-V 1 ON THE TOP OF A HILL ' On the top of a high hill nearby, there is a pleasant spot that I have known for several years. It is a large mossy plot, in which stand two maple trees about ten feet apart. I often sit between these two trees, whence I can see the meadows below, stretching out across the river valley for a mile or so. Then there is the river itself, and beyond that the hills rise again to form the other side of the valley. I have been here many times for a variety of reasons. Usually it is for the joy of walking. Often, when the sun is shining brightly in a deep blue sky, I go there to watch the clouds come over the horizon, like sheep coming out of the fold. At other times, if it is raining, I button up my old raincoat and tramp through the mud, just to feel the wind in my face and the rain on my head. At such a time, I head up the hill to watch the sheets of rain come driving across the mead- ows, or just to revel in the joy of seeing things growing. There are other times, though, when I go to the hill to think a- while and solace myself. Such is the case if I have experienced some emotional distress: if I am saddened by some news, or if I am in de- spair because I see that some goal toward which I have been striving is seemingly unobtainable. At the time, I don't realize what attracts me to the top of the hill. After I am there, I know that it is the beauty, the peace, and the quiet that I seek. Thus under the spell of Nature, I realize how unimportant I am to this vast world. As I look eastwards across the valley, I see houses on the opposite hill in which there are people whose problems are probably greater than mine. In my m1nd's eye, I look even farther east, to Europe and its wars, and I marvel at how free I am from trouble. I also experience a deep- er truth, that is hard to comprehend if one has not been close to Nature. What makes the beech tree different from the birch? Why is the oak sturdier than the maple? Why does the sap flow in the spring and why do the buds burst into bloom? Surely, there must be a pattern to life! A pattern, yes, not as something inescapable as the medieval man saw it, but as a pattern in the sense that behind everything from the tiniest atom to the greatest monstrosity, there is a Supreme Being that is all-powerful. As a result of such thought my mind is clear and my despair has vanished. But more important is the re-establishment of a greater faith in God and a realization of the truth in Milton's words, He also serves who only stands and waits. We do not have to make a visible show of worship for God. We can do it with just as much fervor, silently. It is my belief that we do not have to be in church to be in touch with God. In fact, being in touch with Nature seems even closer. After all, Christ's own sermons were usually delivered in the out-of-doors on the soil that Our Father created, so that here was established the first House of Worship. As Bryant said, 'The groves were God's first temples. Ned Dexter ' 40 'Q 92? FINGERPRI NTS There are still a lot of folks out in the Broadlands who think Big City people haven't any scruples. I usedixnthink so, too. That is, I did until I knew the Samuel Stipples. And the Stipples, I'd have it known,were born and brought up in the very shadecd'the Univer- sity of Chicago. They had a 'big house and. no children, so they rented out light housekeeping rooms to respectable tenants. When I confessed that this was nm' first trip west of' the Mississippi, they just took me under their wing. And mind you, their tenants had to toe the mark. Here the estimable Mrs. Stipples glared triumphantly. No funny business, even if they offered to pay a dollar more a. week, like that art stu- dent last month. She had often asked. Samuel how they happened. to let that queer- actin' Mrs. Wayne and her baby in. 'Course, my landlady put in, they hadn't seen anything wrong yet, but she never had no mail nor visi- tors, and that didn't look right. And she couldn't go away and leave that kid alone up there in their house every night. Even if she did work at the Telephone Company, like she said. Yes, the Stipples made me feel right at home. I'decided to have a double lock put on my trunk, and to meet the mail man at the door. Coming frmn a. week-end one cold Monday morning, I met the land- lady easing her huge bulk gently down the long, tortuous stairway. Somehow I kept thinking of ancient French prisons and old hag jailers with bunches of jangling keys. Old Sam, fresh fTOH1 the furnace, waited at the bottom, holding his grimy hands away' from his clothes, his curious eyes on his wife's face. I worried around with the unsorted mail, pretending JI wasn't listening, so they wouldn't include me in their conversation. I never cared much about gossip before breakfast. nHer kid's sickln She wheezed into a chair and lifted her aching feet. 'Told her to take it to a hospital. Ain't goin' to have no one dyin' in this house scarin' all my tenants.n Samuel studied his work-lined hands carefully. He was consider- ably slower of wit than his large mate. Uwe-el, Mary, whyn't she git a doctor?n WTold her to,n snapped his wife, Hand what's more, that kid's got the northeast window pane all smeared up, slappin' its dirty hands a- round on it. Told her she'd have to wash it herself. Ain't cleanin' no more windows till after Christmas. Go wash yer handsln I kept thinking about that sick baby all the way up to :my room. Cute little fellow, too. I'd seen him looking out of the third story window, mornings. Didn't look like he hed. enough milk and sunshine, but you ean't worry over every pathetic sight you see in a big town or you'll go crazy. FINGERPRINTS Ccontinuedl I hesitated. a rninute at the Wayne woman's door, but recalling that I'd been snubbed for nq'pains before, I moved on, hoping no one had seen me there. The next day Mrs. Stipple said the baby' had been taken to a hos- pital, and it relieved me a lot. A small towner just can't help feel- ing responsible for the rest of the world. A couple of nights later' I heard someone sobbing in the hall, and presently a knock at my door. I peered out, cautiously. A girl, who would have been. pretty if she hadn't looked so scared and tired, slipped past me into my room. She dabbed her red eyes with a soaking ball of linen. uI'm Mrs. Wayne,n she choked. HI hope you'll pardon my bothering you, but you looked like you might understand.n After much urging, she sank hopelessly into my whining rocker. nHow is ----- ,N I began, and. at the stricken look on iher face, could have bitten nw- tongue. She didn't need to tell me. I knew. There wasn't much I could say. Just made her a cup of tea, which she couldn't drink. Finally she told me all about it. She didn't have a husband, he had died after they had. been married only two months. The baby was all she had, andiizhad been worth the struggle,loneliness, and heart- ache just to keep him with her. But now ------ . She rose suddenly and grasped me by the shoulders. Her eyes held a wild light. CPerhaps Mr. Stipple was right when. he said she was queer.l I shivered, involuntarily. HI never could afford U9 have a picture taken of him, and I want you to help me do something. Will you?n It was a command. Her fingers bit into my shoulders. I nodded. The next morning I sneaked past Mrs. Stipple, who was sorting linen, and dodged into the bathroom. In a minute I heard Samuel come shuffling down the hall and announce: We-el, Mary, that cuckoo dame in No. 10 moved out last night.n nYeh. Well, I'm kinda glad of it. She's paid up till Saturday night, so we don t lose nothin!.n 'We-el, hardly nothin'.n nWhadda yuh mean, 'hardly'?u Why, when that fool woman pulled her freight last night, she went and took the northeast window pane with herln Barbara Knapp '41 THE PINE The little pine tree stood close 'beside the mother pine at the top of a wooded hill and listened when the other whispered. nGrow straight and. tall,n the mother pine said. 'Reach toward the sky and try to touch the stars. So the little pine tree stretched and reached and tried his best to grow. Sometimes the winds lashed him, but always he straightened up and went on reaching toward the sky, and always the gentle mother pine whispered beside him. When several years had passed, he was almost as tall and beautiful as she. One night a. great storm came. The wind was so strong that it blew the mother pine down. The little pine missed her greatly, but he never let himself forget that she had told him to grow straight and tall. He was always trying faithfully to hold himself erect and to grow fast, and he succeeded very well. One day when snow hung heavily on his dark green branches, some woodcutters came to the forest. The pine tree heard the ring of their axes far off. He trembled a little. I hope they will not take me, he whispered tothe wind. But when the woodcutters saw the straightyoungpune they stopped. Here is a fine one, they shouted, straight, tall, and strong as a pole.n After the woodcutters had cut and trimmed the young pine, they fastened him to a sledge and drew him away to a mill. All winter he lay on. the floor at the mill. One fine warm day, when the air was soft and the snow all gone,somenwn came to the mill. We want the tallest, straightest pole you have, they said to the mill owner. They walked around the mill searching until at last they spied the pine. 'Here is a fine one,nthey said. The pine's heart sank. So that was what he was now, nothing but a pole! And once he had been a tall, magnificent, straight tree. It took two wagons hooked together and drawn by several horses to haul the pine tree away. He was carried to the top of a. hill and there his smooth sides were covered with a. glistening coat of white paint. Then he felt himself being plantedg he was standing again in the cool, dark earth. This time, though, he had no roots and it took a strong bed of cement to hold him firm and straight. Left alone, the pine tree looked around himg it seemed almost as if he were back in his old home. But this hill was not so high as the other. It stood near a quaint little town, and a white road wound a- long its side. There was a school house on its slope, and a little park at the top. The following morning men came and fastened a long fine rope to the top of the pine, and later a crowd of people gathered on the hill. The pine wondered what it all meant. What a splendid tree that must have been, he heard someone say. nThey could not have found a straighter or a taller one.n -7 .W T THE PINE fcontinuedl After a while a procession came into sight over the brow of a hill. There were old soldiers and many children, all marching to the music of a band. When the marching stopped a man made a speech, and when he had finished there was an instant's silence. Then two sol- diers stepping forward took hold of the rope, and suddenly a beautiful banner moved upward', fluttering and swinging from the top of the pine, a radiant flag, starry and free. The band played nThe Star-Spangled Banner,n all the soldiers stood at salute, and the people bowed their heads. The pine was thrilled through and through. UI tried to reach the stars,n he said to himself, nbut instead the stars have come to me.n Helen Krol '41 A BIG MAN AND A LITTLE MOUSE He was alone in a little cabin among the hills, alone that he might rest and escape life's problems--be free from students, lectures, philosophy, essays, and life. At the close of a quiet day, near the heart of namre, he had fallen asleep, but he was aroused by the click ofamouse-trap on the floor near the bed. There was no call for wakefulness on that score, it only indicated that one of the little pests had met its fate, that was the reason he had set the trap. The welcome click was followed by other unexpected sounds so persistent that he arose and lighted his kerosene lamp to investigate. Instead of killing its victim outright in the usual way, the trap had caught a mouse by one leg, and the little creature, in its mad efforts to free itself, had all but gnawed its tiny leg in two. The big man and the little mouse looked into each other's eyes. I don't know what the mouse saw, but the eyes of the animal were full of pleading, and its little paws were raised in the attitude of sup- plication. It was almost more than the man could bear. Responding to the mute appeal, he killed the creature, re-set the trap, blew out the light and once more settled himself to sleep. In vain he argued with himself that he could not be overrun with mice, that the manner of catching this particular mouse was an accident, that its pain was over, and that the next mouse would never know what had killed it. Over and over the bright, pleading eyes haunted him, the mute gesture of the uplifted paws puzzled him. Did mice pray? He got up and sprung the trap, but even then it was a long time before he could cease wondering about men and animals, life and death, and their relation to each other and to him. A man who thinks and feels cannot escape problems even alone in the night in a cabin among the hills. Florence Gilde '40 GO SOUTH Hello, Ma, any mail? Owen came into the neat sitting-room and looked among some papers on the table for the expected letter. His mother, who had heard the same question every day for months, shook her head. After supper Owen went to his room to think things out. This continuous delay of the letter was getting him down. It was all right to hold out for what you want, but should you do it when you discover that you are up against a stone wall? As he sat on the side of his bed, his brown face showed him deep in thought. His light brown eyes that were a stronger contrast to the color of his skin looked away into space. Owen did not see the old unvarnished chest of drawers, the crooked mirror or the faded rugs all kept neat and clean by his mother. He didn't think of his promise to himself, how he would make things easier for her when he got through school. His discouragement kept his thoughts on himself and he brooded. Even as a child Owen had let ch1ldren's slights hurt him. He seemed to think that they were against him because of his color. His grandma used to comfort him and tell him not to mind. These little hurts would prepare him for the bigger hurts that come into every one's life some time or other. Grannie was right, he thought. Dear grannie--she had been dead for two years, but he could still see her before him, her wrinkled face so near the color of his own and the same light brown eyes that surprised you because though set in an old face they were young eyes. 'I'hey would light up when she began to talk to him, especially about the South. For in spite of the stories told about the South and its treat- ment of Negroes, Owen's grandma loved and always talked about the time when she had lived down South. She would sit and smoke her pipe that she had owned so long it somehow looked like her. She was always interested in Owen'splans for the future and her one wish was that Owen would someday teach in Ala- bama. Son, she would say in her slow, flat way of speaking. Spite ob yo' been edicated up No'th yo' ought uh go down home tah teach. De people down dere needs good sma't young collu'd men lak yo', son. Corse yo' ain't gwine tuh get much money, but, son, money ain't de only t'ing what counts. Ah kin still 'member my ma tellin me 'bout slavery befo' an after dey was freed. She alway sad she t'anked God fo' freedom but she fel' sorry fo' de poor folks igneran' and trusting in de future. In order not to be a burden on his mother, who had helped him with his schooling, he had obtained a job as an elevator operator in a department store while waiting for what now seemed would never come. GO SOUTH fcontinuedl Never once did he consider the offer to go South. He would rather stay North and run the elevator while he waited, waited. Not yet, son. When would it come? What if it never came? But they had told him he had been placed on the list as a teacher for the grammar schools. That was a year and a half ago. Every night for the last two months when appointments were being made, Owen had come home from work asking the same question. nDid I get a letter today, Ma?n His mother shared his disappointment and each day tried to start a conversation about anything that came into her mind just to ward off' the question. Did I get a letter today, Ma? She looked at her son now and saw that he was tired and dis- couraged. She tried to cheer him up. Don't mind, song one of these days when you least expect it, you'll come home and find your letter. No, Ma, he replied in a dull tone of voice, I think they're stringing me along. They don't want a Negro teacher here but they won't come out and say so. If they would say it instead of' .keeping me in suspense and living in hope, I wouldn't mind so much. You know what Grannie used to say. 'Go South, sonl' She'd be mighty pleased to know you had an actual offer to go to Alabama and teach, that was her old home. Well, I'm not going to accept it and go where I'd be treated like those other poor Negroes are treated, Owen said shortly. Why should he go South to teach? He, Owen Fowler, who had been born in the North and gone to school there. His education had been a good one. He had been an honor pupil in both grammar and high school, and he had finished college at twenty-one and continued his studies for two more years. But after that it was wait, wait, wait! He saw men, they made promises and then he heard no more. An offer had come through an agency for a teaching job in Alabama but he considered its acceptance an admittance of defeat. But dey worked ha'd an' saved and sent dey chilluns tuh school, so dat dey could grow up edicated an hab mo' den just han' and foot work. Dey thought dat de chillun could git jobs dat 'pended on how much learnin' dey had. How much learning they had, Owen smiled bi tterly. Learning--what GO SOUTH Ccontinuedl good was his learning doing him now. No more work that depended on hands and feet labor! Poor black, dark brown, light brown, yaller man working hard and saving for their children so that they might become educated. Educated for what! Now he could see his grannie taking the bread out of the oven and she was saying: nSom dey didn't know dat dey chillun an' grand chillun would learn to follow in dey footprints an' keep on doin' de same kind ob work dat dey pa and grandpa did befor dem regahdless ob how much learnin'. Dey didn't knowg if dey had ob known dey might not hab shouted and sang case dey was free. Dem dat stayed South worked an' savedg sent dey chillun tuh school, not tuh a white folks school case dey ain't allowed tuh gog but dey go tuh a school ob dey own folks, taught by dey own folks. From what ah heah dey is mo' chillun dan dey got teachers fol Can't you see dey par'ents and grandparents who shouted an' sang case dey was free. And some who had tuh steal so dat de chillun wouldn't sta've, so dat dey could hab de chance to lib in dis worl' as free folks. So dat dey might hab de good of learnin' an from learnin' dey would hab de chance tuh unner-stan', de right of life, liberty and pu'su1t ob happiness. An in unnerstanding dis right dey might learn tuh lib in dis wor' free from oppression an' intole'ance.n nLlve 111 this world free from oppression and intolerance,u thought Owen. Could it be done? Could it ever be done? One of the ways to help would be education. It's mostly the ignorant that are oppressed. And here he was able to help his race by teaching them and refusing to do so. How thoughtless and selfish he was. Stubbornly holding. out for a job where he wasn't wanted, when he could obtain a job where he was wanted and needed. nwhat a fool I've been not to see before this, that they not only want me in Alabama, but need me.n He went downstairs to the sitting room, sat down at the desk and found the letter from the agency in Alabama and began to write to them. His mother came into the room, looked over his shoulder just in time to see him addressing the envelope. She saw that it was addressed to Tuskegee, Alabama. 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WON 5 LOST 1 TIED 5 Individual Scoring Dimes 9 Chandler 8 Dexter 4 Goals scored Goals scored Wethersfleld 6 Wethersfield opened the ly trouncing Portland, 6- 1. player on the field, scoring quarter was five minutes old. ed for the other three goals Wethersfield 4 Bosworth 1 Gilbert 1 T. McCue l May l Wentworth l R. McCue 1 by Wethersfield - - - -27 against Wethersfield - 12 Portland l soccer season in grand style by decisive- Chandler proved. to be the outstanding three goalsg two of them before the first R. McCue, Gilbert and T. McCue account- Windsor 3 At Windsor our boys barely eked out a victory at the expense of Windsor High who courageously fought in the latter stages of the game in an effort to pull out a victory. The credit for scoring went wholly to Ned Dimes, who 'besides booting in three terrific drives, made a beautiful head-in. Goal tender nBot' Haskell truly showed his worth in this game by making many incredible stops. Wethersfield 4 Bloomfield O Bloomfield was the next to fall victhn to Coach Ritch1e's boys in a rather roughly played contest. Dexter kicked through two penal- ty kicks, while Wentworth and Dimes netted one apiece for the remain- ing count. Wethersfield l Glastonbury 3 Wethersfield tasted defeat for the first time at the hands of the small but alert and aggressive Glastonbury High squad. Captain Dexter booted in our only tally by way of a penalty kick. VARSITY SOCCER 1940 Front Row: KL-RJ R. Ross, N. Dimes, O. Sweeny, N. Dexter CCapt.D, D. Bosworth, E. May, D. Gilbert. Second Row: CL-Rl G. Stewart, R. McCue, L. Lewis, R. Wentworth, T. Rust, J. Pimm, G. Chandler, T. Camillieri. Back Row: KL-RD G. Stevens, CMgr.J E. Beck, T. McCue, R. Haskell, Coach Ritchie. VARSITY BASKETBALL 1959-1940 Front Row: CL-RJ N. Dimes, O. Sweeny,EL Beck fCo-capt.D, D. Bosworth ICO-capt.D, N. Dexter, T. McCue. Back Row: CL-RJ B. Allen CMgr.U, J. Donovan, R. Landeen, R. Kennedy, Coach Ritchie. SOCCER Ccontinuedj Wethersfield 1 Portland l In our first game at home Portland came to town with a team vastly improved over that which they had in the first encounter between the two teams. Thanks to Dexter's penalty kick, Wethersfield fought to a 1- l deadlock with the visitors. Wethersfield O Trinity Varsity O In the next game, Wethersfield journeyed to Trinity College and engaged in a practice tilt with the Varsity. Our team came home sat- isfied with having held the superior Trinity team toa scoreless tie. Wethersfield 4 Bloomfield O Wethersfield forwards let loose with a barrage of drives in dup- licating their previous feat of blanking Bloomfield, 4-O. Chandler led the assault by tallying two goals, while Dimes and May contrib- uted a goal apiece to the cause. Wethersfield 2 Glastonbury 2 Acting host to the snappy Glastonbury outfit, our varsity played to a thrilling 2- 2 deadlock. This game proved to be one of the most grueling and exciting contests of the season. A nip-and-tuck battle all the way, it looked as though Glastonbury would carry away the laurels when one of our boys slipped through a goal with but a few minutes of game-time left to play. Haskell again played an excellent game in the goal, while Chandler and Bosworth each tallied a goal for our score. Wethersfield 4 Trinity Frosh l In the final game of the season, Wethersfield came through with flying colors in conquering the Trinity Frosh, 4-l. Once again a family affair was sighted as Captain Ned Dexter of Wethersfield matched efforts with his brother Dick of the Frosh. Chandler and Dimes each managed twice to push the soggy ball, from the constant rain, past the goal lines. INTER-CLASS SOCCER - 1959 Keen rivalry again dominated the annual inter-class games. Com- petition was stronger than ever this year as it was the first time in the history of the inter-class games that the series ended in a tie and forced a play-off to decide the winner. The Juniors, under Ned Dimes' direction, finally captured the championship in the play-off by defeating the Sophomores, I5-O. The other coaches were Don Bosworth- Seniors, Dick McCue and Ed May- Sophomores and Dick Ross - the Freshmen. SOCCER Ccontinuedj TEAM WINNER SCORE Freshmen vs Sophomores Sophomores 1 - O Fresh en vs Juniors Juniors 2 - 0 Freshmen vs Seniors Seniors 1 - O Sophomores vs Juniors Juniors 1 - 0 Sophomores vs Seniors Sophomores 5 - 1 Juniors vs Seniors Seniors 2 - 1 Juniors vs Seniors Juniors l - O Juniors vs Sophomores Juniors 3 - O STANDING TEAM WON LOST POINTS Juniors 4 l 8 Seniors 2 2 4 Sophomores 2 2 4 Freshmen O 5 O J eeeaseeeeaeeeeeeeaeaeeeesaeesae4ea+ VARSITY BASKETBALL - 1959-40 The Wethersfield High School basketball team came through a grueling season to equal the school record made by last year's team, winning twelve and losing five. The games this year featured many last minute sprints and overtime periods. The principal scoring was done by the fast-breaking forwards, Co-Captain Bosworth, Sweeney, and McCue. The good defensive work cu' Dexter and all-around playing of versatile Co-Captain Ellis Beck produced a team of which we should be proud. The games and scores are listed below: Wethersfield Saybrook 15 Wethersfield wet1'1eI'S.f.i9ld G-l9,St0I'1buI'y Glastonbury Wethersfield Bloomfield 51 Bloomfield Wethersfield Southington 26 Wothopsfiold Wethersfield Simsbury 47 Simsbury Wethersfield Glastonbury 25 Wethersfield Wethersfield Wilson 45 wilson Methersfield Windsor 57 Windsor Wethersfield A.S.D. 18 Wethersfield Wethersfield Plainville 51 Plainville Wethersfield Morse 45 Wethersfield Wethersfleld Simgbupy 16 Wethersfield Wethersfield Wilson 51 Wethersfield Wethersfield A.S.D. 29 A,3,D, Wethersfield Windsor 56 Wothopsfiold Wethersfield Plainville 56 wethopsfield Wethersfield Bloomfield 20 wethersfield I BASKETBALL Ccontinuedl Saybrook Khomej ' Wethersfield got off to a good start by defeating a weak Saybrook five. McCue, Sweeney, and Bosworth led the team to victory by ac- counting for 25 points. Glastonburyiawayb After three quarters of Wethersfie1d's five being on the short end of the score, Bosworth finally pulled the game out of the fire in the closing minutes with two nsuckersn to keep the slate clean. Bloomfield fawayj Although Wethersfield held a 22-ll lead at the half, our five had to do some fancy shooting in the final minutes to bring the score up to 51-50 in favor of Bloomfield. Then with three seconds to play, Bosworth tied the score, putting the game in to overtime. Beck made a foul shot and Sweeney a basket to win the game. Southington Chomel , With another last minute spurt, Wethersfield tied a strong Lewis High quintet only to be defeated in the overtime period. Bosworth and McCue led the scorers in this low-scoring game. Simsbury Cawayj In a nip-and-tuck free-for-all, first one side having the edge then the other, Simsbury out-scored Wethersfield 47-46. Bosworth rang up nineteen tallies. Glastonbury Chomel It was not until late in the final quarters that Wethersfield subdued the plucky rival from across the river. Beck finally,ngetting his eyen, broke into the double figure column for the first time this year by rolling points. Wilson Cawayj In a thriller in which even the Coach went wild, our fighting five overtook a very strong Wilson aggregation in the closing seconds for our first win over a Glass B team. Windsor Qawayh The accurate shooting of ulggyn Kosiorek handed Wethersfield its worst defeat of the season, although our boys fought valiantly to the end. BASKETBALL Kcontinuedl A.S.D. Chomel Wethersfield easily defeated A.S.D. in an uninteresting game. Bosworth received the scoring honors with 14 points. Plainville fawayj With Wethersfield leading Plainville the greater part of the game an opponent scored a basket against Wethersfield with ten seconds to play to tie the game. In the overtime, Bosworth sank a foul shot, but a Plainville man dropped in two fouls and Wethersfield lost. Morse fhomeb In one of the best games ever to be played at Wethersfield, our quintet beat a tall, experienced Morse five. Both teams battled hard for four long periods only to have the game end in a tie. Sweeney flicked in three nsuckersn early in the overtime period, while the ubusiness menu made only three points to give Wethersfleld the vic- tory. Sweeney, Bosworth, and Beck accounted for 42 of the 48 points. Simsbury Chomel With revenge in their hearts, our team swamped Simsbury by 21 points. Sweeney and Bosworth led the victors with 9 and 8 points respectively. Wilson fhomei Both teams had trouble finding the basket, but Wethersfield fi- nally overcame Wilson to raise our tournament hopes. A.S.D. Cawayf Clicking beautifully for three quarters, Wethersfield rolled up a 44-12 lead. The team fell apart in the last quarter, but the lead was too great for the American School to overcome. Plainville lhomel . Wethersfield in a well-played game won over a strong Plainville five. Bosworth and Sweeney rang up 50 points between them. Bloomfield Chomej Wethersfield closed this excellent season by winning a fine game with a very good Bloomfield quintet. Bosworth playing his last game at W.H.S. ended the season brilliantly by amassing lO points. rr- ' rx sv Q BASKETBALL Ccontinuedb Individual Scoring Donald Bosworth . . . Owen Sweeney Ellis Beck . Thomas McCue . uNedH Dexter . HNedn Dimes . nJackn Donovan . George Bradley . Russel Landeen . The Junior Varsity did well this year, seven games. Captain May and NDickn McCue nSecondsN. Points 155 157 128 75 44 59 6 5 5 winning ten and losing led the scoring for the Inter-Class Basketball 1940 The Seniors won the school championship' Freshmen teams in school history. The Seniors over one of the best got off to a bad start, being defeated by the Juniors in the first game, but won the rest of the games and the school title. Team Won Lost Seniors 5 1 Freshmen 2 2 Sophomores l 2 Juniors l 2 Schedule Scores Fresh en vs. Sophomores 16- Freshmen vs. Juniors ll- Freshmen vs. Seniors 28- Sophomores vs. Seniors 26- Juniors vs. Seniors 18- 15 10 16 Sophomores vs. Juniors 14-12 10 16 Freshmen vs. Seniors 58-17 Winners Freshmen Freshmen Seniors Sophomores Seniors Juniors Seniors -1.. -. f. BASEBALL With the termination of winter sports came the national sport, baseball. In the season of 1959, W.H.S. won six games and lost four. From this team came veterans to play in the 1940 campaign. They are: Captain Ellis Beck, who played shortstop, nRedn Lewis, the center- fielder, HTomu McCue, who played outfield last year and will probably move into the infield for the n4On season. Since the Elm went to press before the final selections for the team were made,wNecannot say definitely what the positions will be. However, from the information contained in a Hpre-season releasen it seems safe to say that nJackn Donovan will handle most of the pitching with George Chandler as his receiver. Coach Ritchie predicts a successful season, but win, lose or draw, Mr. Ritchie always produces a team of which we may be justly proud. Baseball Schedule Tuesday -- April 25 -- Bloomfield -- A Friday -- April 26 -- Glastonbury -- A Tuesday -- May 7 -- Bloomfield -- H Friday -- May lO -- Wilson -- H Tuesday -- May 14 -- Simsbury -- A Friday -- May 17 -- Windsor -- H Tuesday -- May 21 -- Wilson -- A Friday -- May 24 -- Simsbury -- H Tuesday -- May 28 -- Windsor -- A Friday -- May 51 -- Glastonbury -- H TRACK In response to Coach Carlton's call, a large group of students met in the gym to try out for the track team. In the crowd were the Senior veterans Captain HGiln Hogle, a sure winner in the mileg nTomN Grimes, last season's sensational half-milerg nNedU Dexter, a man who does well in both the sprints and middle-distance runsg and Russell Root, who made a good showing last year against stiff competition in the pole vault. Our Junior stars include nNedn Dimes, the highest point getter for W.H.S. last season, and the main-stay of the team, nBobH Kennedy, who shows promise in the sprintsg Richard Jobson and UTomn Camillieri in the weights. The only Sophomore veteranis nwaltu Tyler, who seems to be filling his brother's shoes in the quarter mile. These men, guided by the encouragement and enthusiasm of Coach Carlton should lead the track team to its fifth straight victorious season. Track Schedule Thursday -- April 25 -- Southington -- H Thursday -- May 9 -- Trinity Frosh -- A Thursday -- May 16 -- Woodrow Wilson -- H Thursday -- May 25 -- Windsor -- H ' Thursday -- May 50 -- Greater Hartford -- A Friday June 7 CQCQVIQCQ A .,,.. ,,,,,. .. .. ., V - .. . 5 G.. W --,-K,-1-pm.-u,,v,f,. -,,,,.,-K-.5-.15--,fm '-1-vs:-'rf-rvne wmv-gp - -S 'swwvws-fwm VARSITY BASEBALL 1940 Front Row: CL-RD J. Donovan, B. Morton, E. Beck CCapt.l L. Lewis, D. Bosworth, G. Chandler. Second Row: KL-Rl G. Stewart, D. McCue, D. Gilbert, L. Tracy,T Scanlon, R. Steele. Back Row: CL-RJ J. Lawrence CMgr.D, Coach Ritchie. VARSITY TRACK l94O Front Row: QL-RD D. Meehan, R. Kennedy, T. Grimes, G. Hogle, R. Root N. Dimes, F. Tucker, H. Ahrens. Second Row: CL-RD C. Officer, W. Willsey, W. Tyler, N. Dexter, M McCmber, R. Jones, G. Gamble,'T.Camillieri, R. Hauschultz Casst managerl. Back Row: CL-RD Coach Carlton, J. McKee, N. Kidney, W. McKee, R Jobson, C. Richmond, A. Rollick, R. McGranor. GIRLS' SPORTS We, the girls of the class of 1940, have tried to do our best in the field of sports as in our other subjects. Our Freshman year brought us the deck- tennis victory won by Priscilla Spencer and Mary Wehrly. As Sophomores, Eileen Chapman and Annabel Webb became our only champions, when they emerged as the top ranking badminton players of the school. Now that we are Seniors, we cannot boast of any championships, but we can boast of real sportsmanship and hard playing every minute. We yielded the speedball title, which last year was ours, to the Juniors, who were also the winners in basketball. We hope the girls of the Class of 1940 will be remembered as hard-fighting girls and true sports. GIRLS' SPEEDBALL CHAMPIONS 1959 Front Row: CL-RD S. Hauschulz, S. Anderson, M. Bassell, G. Shea, N. Webb, B. Cornwall, F. Dessell, E. Briggman. Back Row: KL-RJ H. Norris, G. Dalenta, N.. Fay, P. Schorer, J. Hodgins, C. Bronkhorst. GIRLS' LEADERS CLUB First Row: CL-RD E. Martino, E. Chapman, G. Setterberg,An Van Buren, L. Hogle, E. Gorman, P. Spencer, B. Buck. Second Row: CL-RJ J. Dexter, G. Shea, E. Gilbert, B. Cornwall, M. Gorecki, M. Bassell, R. Murray. Third Row: CL-RD L. Lydiard, N. Hanna, J. Chesely, J. Hodgins, N. Webb, D. Suppicich, M. Herold. Back Row: CL-RJ G. Dalenta, R. DeLaura, P. Sohorer, B. Knapp, N.Fay M. Wherly, E. Briggman, F. Brown. GIRLS' BASKETBALL CHAMPIONS 1940 Front Row: CL-RD B. Buck, N. Fay, C. Bronkhorst, J. Hodgins, B. Cornwall, M. Bassell. Back Row: CL-RJ S. Anderson, H. Norris, J. Chesely, G. Dalenta, P. Schorer, N. Webb, D. Suppioich. 'S' C H G O L, moi uw CLUB NEWS The Latin Club, officially known as the Junior Classical League, was formed this year under the direction of Miss Inman. The League, a national order, is a branch of the American Classical League. There are fifty members, maintaining an NAU or HBH average in Latin, who attend the monthly meetings, which offer varied programs of plays, games, songs, and refreshments suggestive of Roman days. The club members want to share with all this knowledge. Those Latin Students who have received UAW or HBH for two years may become Associate members but have no vote. The Photography Club was formed again this year in January. It was decided to limit membershipto.five persons, which persons must be members of the Freshman class. The officers are as follows: Presi- dent -- Julian Bissonette, Vice-President and Treasurer -- Laurence Allison. The Ping-Pong Club meets every Tuesday afternoon under the direc- tion of Mr. Ellis Backman. This is the first year Mr. Backman has been in charge and plans have been made for a bigger and better organ- ized club for next year. All members were put into groups according to their ability and experience, and a tournament was held in the middle of April. Some of the people who have been active during the Tuesday meetings are: Eddie Higgins, John Higgins, Donald Grant, Bill Smith, Bill Willsey, Bruce Coates, Lucille Isaacson, Vivian Nord, Ken Walsche, Lydia Hogle, Elsie Economos, Joyce Watson, Mary Kelly, Gordon Harris, Bob Hauschultz, Bob Douglas, Bob Dillon, Victoria Bertolini. Little was heard from the Glee Club until the first week of May. At this time under the competent direction of Miss Lane the Glee Club presented a delightful concert. Among the selections included were: John Peel, The Prayer from Hansel and Gretelg All Through the Nighty Father Almightyg Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiringg Turkey in the Straw, Waters Ripple and Flow. The vocal solo parts were taken by Barbara Stronach, soprano, and Carlton Ralston. Other soloists were Ethel Bacon, pianist, and Bar- bara Preston, violinist. Through the initiative of Mr. Francis ersfield Junior Stamp Club was organized and Mr. Kelrstead the Weth- early in the school year. The club adopted a constitution and elected officers. In the very beginning the club was totally masculine. ested in stamp collecting joined. During and numerous games served to make the time Later, girls also inter- the meetings stamp-trading fly. This organization wel- members. The present of- comes visitors and is anxious to get new ficers are as follows: President -- Paul Mitchell, Vice-President - William Allen, Secretary -- Betty Cack, Treasurer -- Leslie Mitchell. This year the Leader's Club have had frequent tests so that only the capable leaders could remain in the club. Priscilla Spencer and Mary Bassell took care of basketball, and Mary Wehrly had charge of baseball. The ELM LEAVES produced many interesting papers, this year. Paul Mitchell was its competent editor-in-chief, Daniel O'Connor, business manager, Leslie Mitchell, production manager. H ELM LEAVES STAFF , . K .... . g . f i Q First Row: CL-RJ B. Bangs, B. Willsey, G. Hogle, C. Suppicich, R. Jones, E. Motten, E. May, L. Lydiard, W. Shicko. Second Row: CL-RJ D. Almquist, A. Pescolido, P. Spencer, P. Mitchell, D. Clark, N. Hanna, S. Doyle. Third Row: CL-RJ C. Bronkhorst, P. Cramer, R. Haskell, D. O'Connor, W. Campbell, C. Kellogg, J. Griswold, A. Mattsen. Back Row: CL-RD Charles Lawrence CFaculty Advlsori, T. Grimes, J. Boney, W. Legeyt, L. Mitchell, J. Lawrence. ELM STAFF First Row: CL-RJ M. Tyler, E. Bacon, J. Adams, N. Hanna, P. Spencer B. Willsey. Second Row: CL-RD D. Bangs, M. Kelly, D. Crabbe, D. Clark, L. Lydi- ard, D. Bosworth. Third Row: KL-RJ R. Haskell, W. McKee, E. Dexter, P. Mitchell, W. Campbell, D. O'Connor. Back Row: CL-RD J. Boney, R. Jones. TRAFFIC SQUAD 1959-1940 First Row: KL-RJ D. Beaumont, J. Clark, P. Cramer, B. Cornwall, J. Putnam, J. Adams, B. Willsey, P. Spencer. Second Row: CL-RJ F. Griswold, G. Hogle, E. Chapman, D. Crabbe, M. Boney, A. Webb, R. Bangs, R. Ross. Third Row: CL-RD R. Jones, P.Mitchell, E. Dexter, J. Boney, D. Bos- worth, G. Harris. Back Row: QL-RJ T. Grimes, Laurence Wilson CFaculty Advisorl, E. Berg, E. Beck, E. Dimes, C. Adams, L. Lewis. STUDENT COUNCIL First Row: CL-RD Hanmer, R. Meisterling, A. Pesquesolido, D. Ahm- quist, B. Parsons, B. Smith. Second Row: CL-RJ Harvey Fuller CFaculty Advisorj, W. Meisterling, J. Griswold, C. Adams, E. Dimes, B. DeWitt. Back Row: CL-R7 D. Bosworth, D. Clark, R. Grimes, E. Dexter, R. Ross. SCHOOL DANCES The Seniors chose Betty Willsey and Tom Grimes to act as co- chairmen for the Freshmen Reception held in November. Paul Ray fur- nished music in the auditorium, which was decorated in the Freshman class colors, old rose and grey. ' The nHit Paraden served as general motif for the Sophomore Hop held in January. Jean Clark and Bob Whorf were co-chairmen. Gil Bayek and his orchestra furnished the music. Doris Beaumont and nBuzzH Ralston were co-chairmen for an unusual dance decorated to portray the medieval period. Gil Bayek again sup- plied the music. The Junior Prom was certainly a great success. Inspiredtw the year 1940, the Student Council sponsored a Leap Year Dance--held in the latter part of April. nDonN Bosworth was gen- eral chairman of the affair. . Since this book went to press before the Senior Ball, we cannot say much about it. We do know, however,' that it was in the capable hands of Betty Willsey and Joe Boney. FACULTY First Row: CL-RJ H. Hayes, A. Weisul, M. Veits, A. Colson, K. Bene- dict, A. Conley. Second Row: CL-RJ W. Carlton, D. Berquist, D. Hale, E. Backman, C. Lawrence, R. Kierstead. Third Row: KL-RJ L. Wilson, M. Inman, 0. Olson, F. Murray, C. Barnes, C. Adams, P. Fullerton. Back Row: CL-RJ F. Steves, H. McKniff, H. Fuller, G. Ritchie, H. Francis, W. Dudley, R. Collins. SENIOR PLAYS The Senior Class presented three one-act plays on December 8, 1959. uThe Pampered Darlingn, a comedy, was directed by Miss Rae Col- son. The cast included Betty Willsey, Dorothea Crabbe,EuniceWebster, Gilbert Hogle, Robert Bangs, Sylvia Anderson, Anne Hyman, Lois Lydiard, Walter Shicko, Ellis Beck, and William McKee. A tragedy, Hauf Wiedersehenu, was presented by Bessie Bacus, Naomi Hanna, John Lawrence, John Schindler, Richard Jones, and Jack Halliwell. Miss Marjorie Viets directed this play. HThe Devil and Daniel Webstern was directed by Mr. Harry Mc- Kniff. The members of the cast were Paul Mitchell, Emily Jane Motten, Joseph Boney, Daniel O'Connor, Richard Haskell, Thomas Grimes, Richard Ross, Florence Gilde, Ethel Lawrence, Edith Priddy, Vivian Nord, Richard Schoepflin, George Bradley, Francis Rondinone, Franklyn Matte- son, William Enquist, Ned Dexter, Leo Dusseault, John Spencer, Charles Officer, Fred Goodrich, Wilbur Campbell, Leroy Lewis. The Stagecraft Club, directed by Miss Anne Conley, had charge of the scenery. Robert Whorf, in his position as chief electrician, did a fine job on the lighting effects. SENIOR PLAYS CAST Front Row: CL-RJ R. Bangs, A. Hyman, E. Priddy, D. Crabbe, E. Motten, V. Nord, B. Willsey, J. Lawrence. Second Row: CL-RJ R. Jones, G. Hogle, B. Bacus, L. Lydiard, E. Web- ster, N. Hanna, D. Ross. Third Row: CL-R7 N. Dexter, W. Shicko, D. O'Connor, P. Mitchell, J. Schindler, R. Schoepflin, T. Grimes. Back Row: CL-RJ F. Rondinone, W. Enquist, F. Matteson, J. Boney, R. Haskell, E. Beck, W. Campbell, W. McKee. ALUMNI NOTES Here are some excerpts from letters of a few of our graduates from whom we have not heard in recent ELMS. Robert Boies '59 Yale University I have made the Freshman track team and hope to win my numer- als ---- and I've also been active in a Political Science Club here, besides making the Dean's list. Since leaving W.H.S., I've won a Sterling Memorial Tuition scholarship and a War Dept. C.M.T.C. scholarship. Don't ever let anyone tell you Wethersfield doesn't prepare you for a big university. That is strictly the bunk! Editorial Note: Bob has distinguished himself by being in the ninety- ninth percentile of his class at Yale. Bill Tribou '58 - University of Connecticut I intend to major in Government, and right now I am struggling with the Connecticut Constitution. I earned my numerals in Fresh- man track. This fall I earned my letter by winning a place on the varsity cross-country team. This winter I was on the varsity indoor track team. I followed in the footsteps of another Wethersfield boy, Jim Rankin, and joined the Eta Lamba Sigma Fraternity. Outside of track and studies, my only activity has been the renowned nbull session . Karl Wolf Class of '59 Romford School For the past year I have been attending Romford School. The faculty chose me to be editor of the school paper for the present school year. . I was very fortunate to be elected by a committee set up by Congressman Miller as principal candidate for appointment as a cadet of the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York. Sherman Adams '57 Immediately after graduating in '57 I secured a job witheameat market here in town. I worked with this establishment for a period of ten months, and then in '58 went to California to live. I decided that I should like to go to college there in the fall, so I enrolled shortly after my arrival, and was quite annoyed when I was told that it would cost me nothing except the price of my books. I entered college in the fall of '58, and stayed through the first semester. I should have liked to complete my four years, but due to unfortunate circumstances, I had to cut my education short. College life out there is quite a bit different from that in Eastern colleges. In California you are allowed all the nropen you want. If you don't make the grade, it's your fault. + 1 1 4 , ALUMNI NOTES Kcontinuedj Barbara Grant '59 Colby College During July and August, I was a counselor at the Times Farmin Andover. In September I headed northward to Colby College in Water- ville, Maine. Living at college is a strenuous task in itself---and to try to fit study, play, social life and sleep into twenty-four hours is a real problem. I studied enough so that I was fortunate in making the Dean's list. Editorial Note: Barbara has also contributed to the literary mag- azine of the college. Irvin Schmid '58 Springfield College I am a freshman at Springfield College, where I am studying natural science in order that I may become a physical education teach- er and coach some day. College is much more fun than high school even though it requires a lot of work, too. As far as marks are concerned, I won't say much except that they are as good as, if not better than, they were in high school. My sports program so far has included soccer and gymg I am cap- tain of both teams. At present, I am out for the track team. Anthony DeJohn '59 I think that the Teachers' College of Connecticut is very inter- esting. I happened to be fortunate enough to make the football team. 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Compliments of Howard Johnson's Silas Deane Hwy. KEENE ' S SPORT SHOP Serving you in all your needs for Eugene F' Kelly, Prop' SPORT or EVERY SORT. 185 Main St., Wethersfield, Conn. Right NOW It,S Baseball, Golf, Tennis Phones 9-5568 H 9-5569 Store of Quality Goods at Low Prices 226 ASYLUM STREET HARTFORD Telephone 6-8559 THE GRA-ROCK COMPANY - Beverages - Wethersfield Connecticut Sam the Tailor Compliments We clean, press, and repair of Everything you wear.N A Friend Main Street Wethersfield Compliments of Compliments of H. W. Carlson Electrical Contractor Central Beauty Shop 545 Middletown Ave. Webb. Compliments of HIGHWAY GOLF RANGE Briggaman's Esso Station Silas Deane Highway 444 Silas Dam Complete Lubrication Next to Haward Johnson's Service Compliments of JORDAN LANE GOLF RANGE 415 Jordan Lane Wethersfield, Conn. Compliments of CHARLES C. HART SEED COMPANY Tel. 9-1590 Wethersfield, Conn. Gulf-Silas Deane Station Cars called for and delivered Complete lubrication and washing service Phone 9-0955 Earl A. Jenkins, Mgr. Mrs. Carvi11e,s Valley Coal Company Silhouette Potato Chips Coal, Coke, Fuel Oils and Gas Phone 9-0025 ll Wells Road Wethersfield For Quality and Service Silas Deane Highway, Wethersfield Call 9-1087 Fried Clams Clocks made to order Agent Sessions Clocks ANTIQUE CLOCKS Bought Sold Repaired Refinished Tel. 9-0541 Richard Dexter 51 Main St. Rocky Hill, Conn. Compliments of Compliments Of A Friend Class of '41 Seed Growing Wethersfield's Oldest Industry nFine Quality Vegetable, Flower, and Farm Seeds Lawn Grass Seeds and Fertilizern Telephone 9-0082 Orders Delivered Promptly COMSTOCK, FERRE AND COMPANY 1820 - 1940 Compliments of B R O W N S T U D I O S 61 Pratt Street Telephone 2-8905 Hartford, Conn Wethersfield Milk for Wethersfield People C E N T R A L D A I R Y I N C. 252 Church Street Resident Dealer for Quarter of a Century Perfectly Pasteurized Milk and Cream Butter and Eggs Deliveries Twice Daily For Quality and Service Phone 9-0501 1 1 J? .1, 11 qi' -I X :ly P I N? 3? '1 -1 T ,Q1 1 -.F H -il ' I 5f' 5 . L :- L 1 . 1-E Q ' Y' ' qi x 1 1-W' ew ' ..' 1 Q1 , , 6 1 Q . gf Q ' 1 si 1 M1. ku 3 5 'Vit ,M 1 I 1 i. 5 1 , 2 ? 1 L 1 1 . 1 . 8 -Q., 1 1 . i 6 f 5 3 i f 6 1 1 1 1 4 I 1 I 1 1 1 Y 5 1 1 1 l 1 1 , 4 1 5 1 gf-1.a,,i.', if 9 fx I 1 4 , 1 . 1 1 1 1 ! 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