Windham High School - Crystal Yearbook (Willimantic, CT)

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sf w mV'3i1'Sf3U' GRADUA TION PROGRAM Overture ....... ..... ......... . Coronation March from HThe Prophet ................. Salutatory .................. W. H. S. Orchestra Selected Meyerbeer Helen Safranek The Heavens Resound ..... ..... L . Van Beethoven Morning .... Senior Class Chorus Condescension in Older People ...... ............... Oley Speaks .....Virginia Case Anthology of Class Poetry ........................................................ James Timmins Poems written by Stowell Burnham, Clayton Hunt, James Timmins, Virginia Case, Alice Connolly, Margaret Foote, Katherine Maas, Mrytle Morse, Helen Pollard, Elizabeth Seckerson, Belle Seplowitz, Frances Smith, Lillian Sullivan, Frances Vail, Dorothy White, Ruth Works. Selection ...... Four Worlds ...... Happiness .... Adieu ...... The Home Road .. Compensation ..... Valedictory .......... Grand March from Aida Senior Class Chorus W. H. S. Orchestra 1 Thirteen l W. H. S. Orchestra Rose Borovicka William Lennon Franz Schubert John Alden Carpenter ...Dorothy White Claire Frink .....Verdi

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mg 1... Uf I VY ORA T1 ON INCII the beginning of civilivation the ivy plant has been endowed ., v with religious significance. To the Egyptians it was the earthly representative of Osiris, the god they worshipped as creator-to the Greeks it stood for Bacchus, the joyous god of the festival of harvest--and the Romans used it entwined with laurel to crown their poets at the spring and winter celebrations. So the ivy has come down to us, the symbol of creation, of growth, of the supreme in human effort and achievement. To us, this ivy plant has a more personal significance. lt stands for the years we have spent at Windham High School-the new ideas and ideals we have gained. The unfading green of the ivy leaves suggest the beneficial influence which has been given to us through the effort of our teachers and principal, and which will never cease to guide us in the years to come. The ivy is tenacious, gaining a foothold and sending forth its gallant green banners in the face of the most adverse conditions. So may we go through life, undaunted by misfortune, constantly pressing forward to the realization of our ambitions and ideals. CLAIRE FRINK, Chairmmz VVILLIAM L1cNNoN NlARY Crxscio 1 Twelve 9

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me Waalogoee CLASS HISTORY BJ N THE fateful day of September seventh, nineteen hundred twenty- six, we came fearfully forth upon the gridiron, ready to take part in l'ff?Fftffl a colossal football game. Here, opposed to us, was the Faculty and, also, those mighty players who are chosen every year for All-American dis- honors, Laziness, and Antagonism-for-Study. Strange to say, we did not consider the latter two at all dangerous, but directed our hardest shots at the Faculty, never losing a chance to use elbow or knee on them if the opportunity to do so without retribution presented itself. The first quarter we spent in getting used to the feel of the ball, and in learning the fundamentals of the game and Good Sportsmanship. Green and inexperienced though we were, a few of us already showed promise of greatness to come. Several of our number brought down hard by those deadly tacklers, Laziness and Antagonism-for-Study, were either carried off the field protesting that they could continue the game, or lacked the courage to face again one of those bone-crushing tackles and left of their own accord. The second quarter underway, we proceeded with more confidence. Some of us gained ground slowly, inch by inch, by slow, tremendous, heart- breaking line-plunging, others by brilliant, loose-hipped, dodging and end- runs. fPerhaps it is apropos here to remark that the Faculty gave more at- tention to the former than to the latter.j In both quarters the Faculty attempted to make long gains by tricky forward passes from 'Mid-year' and 'Final' formation. Each time we succeeded in batting the ball down so that no appreciable gain resulted. There were but few injuries in this quarter that necessitated the permanent withdrawal of a player from the game. With all undesirables weeded out, we were now a picked lot, and the third quarter not only found us ready, but eager to renew the battle. lt was I Fourteen J