Windsor Locks High School - Herald Yearbook (Windsor Locks, CT)

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THE HIGH SCHOOL HERALD. 27 Hearty congratulations are due the High School Boys’ Chorus for the fine per¬ formance of their selections at the Junior Red Cross Entertainment, May 3rd. See this man, this noble man, This man so patriotic, He has subscribed, O, let me see, To Red Cross, Y. M. C. A., And to Bonds of Liberty. But Oh. How queer. The Pledges were not paid ! (After Commencement) “The Faculty and Visitors may first pass out, then the Graduates may leave, and finally the Under¬ classmen may pass away and meet their friends below.” If there aint no such word as aint anyway, and sure we never seen it, it seems we can’t hardly have decency enough not to stop here. J. M. M., W. F. C. Rensselaer Poly technic amf Science Institute Counos in Civil Engineering (C. E.) Mechanical Engineering (M. E.), Electrical Engineering (E. E.), Chemical Engineering (Ch. E ), and General Science (B S .). Alio Graduate and Special Courses. Unsurpassed new Chemical, Physical, Electrical, Me¬ chanical and Materials Testing laboratories. For catalogue and illustrated pamphlet showing work of graduates and studenu and views of building and campus, apply to JOHN W. NUGENT. Registrar. John W. Furey Dry Goods and Groceries 90 Main Street WINDSOR LOCKS, CONN. We Sell Shoes Come in and see our elegant assortment of Stylish Shoes for Summer, for ladies and gentlemen. All shades, high or low cut, and also Hosiery to match. No need of going to the city for stylish Foot¬ wear. Come here and get our prices and save your money to buy more War S av|nc s S tamps L. D. CUTLER Post Office Block, Windsor Locks Telephone 177-5. 180 Main St., Opp. R. R. Station The real place to buy CHOICE FRUIT of all kinds in their season. Venetian Ice Cream the year round. Also Cold Drinks, Confectionery, and Fancy Boxes for your girl. VITO COLY

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2G THE HIGH SCHOOL HERALD. it is my honor and privilege to perform, in the presence of you who are gathered here, this public expression of farewell. To the Members of the School Board, to Supervising Principal Jackson, and to the Members of the Faculty, in behalf the Class of 1918, I wish to extend our sin¬ cere appreciation of the service that you have rendered us. and of the sacrifice that you have made that we may be fitted for carrying a heavier burden and assuming a greater responsibility because of your en¬ deavors. Members of the High School—We re¬ gret that this is our last meeting together. May you. with the assurance of our friend¬ ship and svmpathy, successfully complete the remainder of your high school career. Classmates—Behind us lie many days of pleasant work together, and before us— everything. Let us not dwell on the past, but let us look forward, ready and eager to fight our own battles, and resolved, each one of us, either to find or make a way that will do honor to the Windsor Locks High School. I bid you farewell. Jarvis M. Morse, ’18. THE EDITORS’ VACATION DAY. Whew ! We editors have had one big job of it this time ! We’ve read over sixty-one copy pages of oratorical spout¬ ings about theories of education, principles of government, formulae, of the ancient chemists, and beliefs in a life beyond the grave. (Such is the light character of Commencement essays.) Our minds have finally relapsed into a condition described by the Class Historian of ’18 as a “state of aberration,” and by another authority as a “state of mush.” Our thinking machines have been liquified sure enough, and if you dont believe it, just read a little further. We have attempted to describe five High School celebrities, but our brains, being, as we have said, in an unsolid condition, the names slipped us. You will have to guess them. 1. A delicate little flower is she, Slim, and singing blithely, May her beauties ne’er forsake. Nor her letter packet break. 2. (Listennow:)“Schwisszz, schwisch, ashions—is your cow sick—asions !” 3. Is it really a curious freak of Na¬ ture or Fate that a negro should be named Mr. White, and a person stationary in height be called -! 4. “Cluck, cluck, sputter ! Come on with that book there, what do you think this is? Get out o’ here or I’lls slam you one ! Come on !” 5. It is the one who would like to be “it” but cannot; so she must carry on and bluster, a truly Junior Brownie Buster. Hold on Jonathan, this nameless busi¬ ness is too wearisome. Let’s have some names, and plenty of them. Some day John will Byrne with grief and pity for Genevieve if Henry should Cutler, and then perhaps being Eager, he will lay a Violet on her grave. But after all. Fred Warns us that Myles Bi-ard-li old enough to become a Soph¬ omore next year, and that Miss Root Isa¬ belle—about both of which facts, Joseph will not Holler-an-ything. “If we were to have a picnic, would we go to Helen Groves? “Suppose that Jack C. should per¬ manently remove to Hartford; would May get a Nu-gent? “Helen is my Shepard, I shall not want, she leadeth me-er—a—never mind where. Well I swan ! If our brains haven’t run out.” Somehow, Graduation essavs have a sort of sameness to them. The lack of originality seems to grow greater and greater each year until we fear that the limit will be reached, (in spite of Algebra) when there will be no originality at all. Then, to avert this calamity, we offer here a Model of a Commencement Essay which will be preserved and prove a life saver to future graduates when they shall be ship¬ wrecked on the shore of “Desert Dryness.” IVar Friends:—As I see your welcome races to-night. a reeling of Indescribable sadness comes over me ror I realize that this Is our last meetfn? here as a class in the high school. For Tour long years we have tolled upward along the path or knowledge, spending many happv days under the Instruction or our devoted teachers who have so heroically endeavored to breathe Into our minds the essence or learning. Classmates:—As we are about to separate at the parting or the ways, let us each strive to remember the lessons we have learned In school, and thru practicing them, cllmh ever upward until we reach the portal or the lire eternal. “Farewell, rarewell. ril never see thee more. Farewell.”

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Compliments of TRAINING SCHOOL PAD Frederic k Wenger run DENTAL HYGIENISTS AT THE Bread and Pastry FORSYTH DENTAL INFIRMARY FOR CHILDREN WINDSOR LOCKS BAKERY Regular Course 12 Months, Fee $100 BIG BARGAIN. Royal Medicated Cuticle Doctor Soap For a short time only 5c per Cake; 12 for 50c. Special Course to Graduate Nurses, 6 months, Fee $50 Next Term begins October 1st, 1918 This is quality and if bought on the present market would retail for three times the price. Further information and prospectus furnished by KEEVERS’ GROCERY 40 Main Street Windsor Locks HAROLD DEW. CROSS, Director 140 The Fenway, Boston, Mass. Spraying Alfred Jenkins Materials Fine dt For all kinds of Insecticides. Footwear Complete Stock Now. Walk-Over Boot Shop The F. S. Bidwell Co. 222 Main Street WINDSOR LOCKS, CONN. WINDSOR LOCKS, CONN.