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

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THE HIGH SCHOOL HERALD. 9 ery one of them showed that you had indeed added another to the serried furrows of your brain, for every bit of good hard work of its own violition has this effect. You truly de¬ serve the praise we here accord you. And lastly, may you fill the seats to-day vacated by us with seeming dignity as tho you had been accustomed to so exalted a station for four years. To the individual members of the Junior Class. Malcolm MacDonald—During your vacation practice hard and attain a diminution of celerity in your Rhetorical Performances. Bob Parme- lee, trv to be more careful, in your Senior year, in the use of stationery. Sophomores. It is certainly a very dif¬ ficult task to give you any real advice. You are just far enough beyond the Freshman year to resent childish counsiel and yet not old enough to comprehend such sage ad¬ vice as you have just heard rendered to the Juniors. But let us say; please stop “knock¬ ing” the Freshies and “cutting up” around the halls. You have now come to that stage ; n high school life when “One ought to know better.” After watching you closely for two years we have come to the conclusion that your motto must be, “Alwavs wear a grin.” This is very w’ell exemplified by the girls of the class as well as the boys, and especially by Mildred Ellis. Anna Malloy and Eva Colli. Sophomores, do away with these grins, at least while in school, for as upper calssmen your duties ■will be greatly enlarged. Keep up a high standard of class work, never forgetting that the prime purpose for which you are here is to gain knowledge. Therefore, above all look to your studies first. And now for the Freshmen. Freshies, you have just completed the experimental year of your course. You have risen from that obnoxious position and can no longer be called “Kids” without retaliating. We would advise you Freshman girls to pay more attention to what is going on in school and not let your thoughts go drifting to the land of dreams. One thing in particular, do not spend so much time standing in front of the mirror in the Rest Room trying to arrange your hair in the very latest fashions. Rather devote your time to school affairs. To the Freshman class as a whole. Freshies. try to be content with your own seat in the Main Room. You must know that Fresh¬ men always occupy the front seats. Be¬ cause you are Freshmen there is a large chance for you to grow. Stick to your studies, so that your brain will develop as well as your bodies. Be kind and gentle with the entering class in September. Re¬ member the old proverb, “Return good for evil.” Our school days at the Windsor Locks High are now ended. Since we entered in 1916 we have striven with one aim in mind, that is “Graduation.” In our days spent at school we have learned the meaning of the word “Work.” We would say to you, Undergraduates, that the only possible means by which success may be achieved is by hard work. Always conquer what you begin and never give in until you have reached the goal for which you started, and we assure you that if you follow the advice here given you to-night you will be the pride not only of your parents and towns¬ people but of the High School of which you are now members. Just one more word to all of you. “Work or Fight” our President told us two years ago; “Work and Fight” we say to you— work for yourselves and fight for your school—and tho at the end of your course you will bear no wound or service stripes, your record, I will venture to say, will stand the soldier test and bear the stamp of universal approbation. Anna J. Leary, ’19 RESPONSE TO THE ADVICE TO UNDERGRADUATES. Members of the Class of 1919:— It gives me great pleasure to respond to the words of wisdom which you, the members of the Senior Class, have this night spoken to us as your parting advice. In behalf of the Undergraduates I accept this advice and thank you for it. I listened very carefully to your admonitions and was especially impressed by one statement, namely, “Advice has been defined as the one commodity more blessed to give than to receive.” During the past year we have learned much from the Senior Class in regard to what to do and what not to do; so now we feel that we are indeed twice blessed by this commodity we have receivd to-night in such copious quantities and we are about to give it (in return) to the best of our ability. Next year at this time we, too, will be going out into the world, having finished our course at Windsor Locks High School, but

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8 THE HIGH SCHOOL HERALD. mond Kilty, “That’s what they all say.” Mae Nugent, “You’re all right, the world ’s wrong.” Ellsworth Cutler, “I’ll tell the world.” Helen Groves, “Are you sure now?” Kathryn Nolan, “Well I should wor¬ ry.” Fred Warns, “Aw, what do you care?” Isabel Root, “O. you can’t scare me.” Wil¬ frid Callahan, “Well I’ll say so.” Almost everybody is fond of somebody or something; in school vernacular we are all “crazy about” something; would you know the several crazes of the different boys and girls in our most praiseworthy and crazeworthy class? Anna Oates is crazy about cute soldiers. Anna Leary is crazy about dancing. Mae Nugent about rose-colored novels. Wilfrid Callahan about Clay Hill. George Wallace about talking to girls. Helen Groves about typewriting. Teresa Rooney is crazy about several. Kathryn Nolan about arguments. Ellsworth Cutler about killing the Juniors. Raymond Kilty about “being in things.” Fred Warns is crazy about his violin, espec¬ ially the “E” string, and Isabel Root is crazy about everything. And so comes to an end one phase of the statistics of the class of 1919, Windsor Locks High School—I will leave you to judge of the seriousness of the information I have given you; rest assured, however, that I, the statistician of 1919. labored dili¬ gently in the compiling of that same in¬ formation. But there are several other things that I wish you to know about us. First, in school we have all worked hard and conscientiously the last four years; we have tried to remember that whatever in this world is worth winning is worth striv¬ ing for. Wo know that the bit of parchment which we shall receive to-morrow night is not given to shirkers—to slackers in the battle for success—it is given to those who go on over the top. and who are able and eager to fight their way from trench to trenoh on their way to victory. Second—We are all eager for something more to do. We are far from content to rest upon the laurels already won, to think that just because we are graduating from high school, there is nothing more for us to ]«arn. We know that we are passing out of School Life, with all its memories, into Life’s School, with all its unexplored fields —with all its open doors. Friends of our school—will you not wish us success as we go forward on our way trying our best to be a credit to you and our Alma Mater? Jessie M. Wadsworth, ’19. ADDRESS TO UNDERGRADUATES. Undergraduates of the Windsor Locks High School:— Veni, vidi, vici,—I came, I saw, I con¬ quered—breathes the spirit of the Class of ’19. Now would it not be most selfish of us, to go our way, keeping dark and secret in the depths of our hearts the experiences which have fallen to our lot during these four years of scholastic warfare? Hence, then, dear undergraduates, ere we sever the triple bond of years between us we shall not be blind to those pleading looks nor deaf to those earnest prayers of yours that bid us drop a gentle word of sage advice. Advice has been defined as the one com¬ modity more blessed to give than to recive, and so we, the Class of 1919 wish to gain our parting blessing by dealing out a quan¬ tity of this article fresh from the vat of our experience. We unhesitatingly offer you the benefit of our hard hard earned knowledge and trust you will follow our instructions with undeviating persistence. First, let us advise you all in regard to the more or less familiar matter of whis¬ pering. During the last months several of our fellow students have been obliged to stay until 4.30 A. M. to learn a very bene¬ ficial and instructive article entitled “Mind Your Own Business.” We do not know the author of this splendid prose bit. h t rest assured he deserves undying fame. We have rejoiced with great felicity and glee when we have heard the walls of Classic Old Room Ten re-echo to the strains of, “Nine- tenths of all that goes wrong in this world is because some one does not mind his business.” Members of the Junior Class at present maspuerading under the pseudonym of “Saintly Six.” Before we join the ranks of the Alumni we have some advice to impart to you. Next year you will be Seniors and will find a big undertaking before you. We sincerely hope that when you reach this stage you will not allow the Junior Class to overstep you. One thing in particular do not break the rule we have so succsssfully started this year of causing the teachers no trouble. Again, Juniors, give your most hearty support to the Herald. Maintain at all costs the healthy school spirit so thor¬ oughly aroused by 1919. Never for a mo¬ ment let it wane; rather cause it to increase. By the way. we must compliment you upon your recent Junior prize essays. Ev-

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10 THE HIGH SCHOOL HERALD. we shall have much more to learn in life’s great school, and we feel that some of the things you have taught us not to do will be of equal value with those you have taught us to do. Primarily, we have learned not to waste hours and days in coming to decision about matters where others are concerned, for wasted time can never be regained. When you Seniors sit in the Councils of the mighty and have great questions to de¬ cide, try to eliminate self; in so doing you will earn a reputation for unselfishness. We also advise you to show interest in the plans of others and their fulfillment You have shown much energy and what it will accomplish; maintain this energy thru life. As you leave those who have taught and trained you here for the business world, you will see the necessity of self-reliance. Practice it and thus reflect credit upon the Windsor Locks High School and upon your¬ self. Be careful in small things. Have some aim in life and make that aim a high one. Place a value upon character. If you desire success in life make experience your wise counselor. We could add many more to these words of advice but time forbids. My final word to you is “Never lose in¬ terest in this dear old school,” then the gen¬ erations which follow will behold the efforts of your study and your labor will be crowned with success. Margaret Root, ’20. CLASS ODE. “Robin Adair.” Classmates, we meet again to say farewell, Fond memories of our school in each heart shall dwell, Friends that we love so dear are all gath¬ ered here. While we in sadness say our farewell. Our long and happy days of school are past And now we must put our teachings to test. We thank our teachers dear for all their words of cheer, And in our meeting here we bid farewell. Kathryn E. Nolan, ’19. FUTURE OF THE AIRPLANE. Past, present and future, our three grand divisions of time! And with only one of the three are we really acquainted—the past. The present is too near at hand for to be able to judge accurately and wisely concern¬ ing it, and to everyone the future is a sealed book. In the past the mind of man has accomplished truly magnificent feats; the future is filled with possibilities. In the de¬ velopment of the airplane alone these possi¬ bilities are enormous. Shall we consider a few of them? Truly no better time could be found for such a consideration than this evening—when all of us who are just com- pelting our High School course are looking ahead to the future, partly in jest, as you can easily understand, but underneath the surface, really in earnest after all. It is a long step from the time when the Wright brothers experimented with their air glider to the present age, with its high development of the modern airplane. When we think of the lives and money sacrificed to reach this high stage of advancement, we wonder if it was worth while for man to struggle so hard and risk so much to con¬ quer the air. But when we look forward, and think of the possible future development of the airships and the uses that may be made of the various kinds of Dianes, we feel sure that these brave experimenters have not risked their lives in vain. We all know what a tremendous factor the airplane has been in winning the great World War. but I will enumerate simulv a few of the more important parts it played in bringing about the downfall of military autocracy. No longer is the cavalry the “eyes” of the armv: it has been supplanted by the airplane, which is one hundred times more swift and efficient. The airplane cam¬ era is another development of modem war¬ fare. These pictures taken from a great height, record accurately and permanently all objects which might be invisible to the human eye. for instance, big gun emplace¬ ments, trench svstems. troop movements and even duout locations. Two pictures are usually taken from slightly different angles, and after being developed are pasted beside ea h other on cardboard. The cardboard is placed in a stereoscope which brings all objects into sharp relief. Tn battle the airplane is also used for artillery observation. Fast scout planes, eouipped with wireless are generally used. These planes ascend to a height of about 2000 feet and direct the fire of th ' big guns in the rear. If the shells fall short or go over, the observers send a wireless mes¬ sage back stating the error and giving the