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

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14 THE HIGH SCHOOL HERALD. it would! There is a wonderful fascination in parting the clouds that veil the coming years, if olny for a moment. But stay! Am I dreaming or is the crystal clouding again? Will it after all tell us something more, when we thought it’s revelations were at an end? Yes—I see dimly, a shadowy form gradually manifesting itself—it is a high, brick, ivy-covered building, the old W. L. H. S. and dimly as in a dream, and ming- • ling with the shadows I see faces smiling at me—the faces of the Class of 1919. And slowly, slowly, above the smiling faces there begins to glow golden letters growing at last distinct enough for me to read. And what do they say—these magic letters— twisting and turning among the green leaves of the ivy: “We have gone out of ‘School Life into Life’s School’ and the Windsor Locks High need never be ashamed of us: for we. thirteen in number have builded a foundation worthy of mention.” Helen Groves, ’19. CLASS WILL. Know all men by these presents, that I, the Spirit of the Class of 1919, of Windsor Locks High School. Town of Windsor Locks, County of Hartford, State of Connecticut, being of sound and disposing mind, do here¬ by make, declare, and publish this, my last will and testament, and all former instru¬ ments drawn by me are hereby revoked. Having been allowed mv allotted time by the faculty and FRESHMAN Class of Windsor Locks High School and being absoltuely and undoubtedly sane, as the combined medical force of Windsor Locks can testify, I feel the keen necessity of placing some conditions upon the following bequests. I give devise, and bequeath to the Junior Class the honor of trying to adequately replace the Senior Class and occupying part of one row of Senior seats, seats which we sincerely hope they will fill much better than they did their Junior seats. I give, devise, and bequeath to the Soph¬ omore Class a wooden medal, as a reward for being the champion talkers of all school classes in the State of Connecticut. I give, devise, and bequeath to the Fresh¬ man Class the largest bunch of violets pro¬ curable with the 1919 surplus Class funds. May these blue violets, modest, unassuming little flowers that they are ever remind you of your FRESHman days at the Windsor Locks High School, when you were the most quiet, modest, shrinking, self-effacing, un¬ assuming, and altogether inconspicuous class that ever did or ever will enter the Windsor Locks High School. To Malcolm MacD onald, Kathryn Nolan gives a pair of her old suction sole shoes, so that the next time he endeavors to demonstrate to his friends some new “jazz” steps he won’t fall bang on the floor and run the risk of incurring some permanent injury that will put an end to future jazz¬ ing. To Joseph Hawley, Fred Warns leaves a smile. To Eleanor Root, Isabelle Root leaves her Smith Motor Bicycle in order that she may save herself many steps in looking up historical facts and references in connec¬ tion with her school work. To Anna Lyons, Anna Leary gives her own private wireless outfit with invisible antennae, so that she may in the future entertain her friends Kvithout danger of interruption. To Carl Larson, Ellsworth Cutler gives a carefully worked out formula for a mag¬ ical compound, a formula which has recently been comDleted in the Windsor Locks High School Chemical Laboratory. This com¬ pound, Cutler claims, has withstood a 100% efficiency test in curing young men’s hatred- for the weaker sex; we all sincerely hone that Carl will use this little gift, especially when a new class of girls arrives at the Windsor Locks High School. To Joseph Halloran, Raymond Kilty leaves his ability to get along after regu¬ lar hours, verv modestly and quietly. To John Shaughnessy, George Wallace gives something entirely new to the school world, in the form of a seat on wheels. Thanks to this timely invention, in the fu¬ ture the faculty will not need to keep the whole western front of the assembly room in perpetual motion in order to move John here and there, where he will be seen more and heard less. To Dorothv Parsons, Fred Warns leaves all his old broken violin strings (49 in num¬ ber) so that the next time Dorothy is sched¬ uled to entertain the school she can’t offer the same old alibi. To John Ferguson. Mae Nugent leaves a hydroplane, so that the next time John goes hunting ducks on a well known island less than a thousand miles from here, and his friend goes off with the boat, leaving John marooned on the island, the aforesaid

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THE HIGH SCHOOL HERALD. 13 There is only one woman among them. All is silent. The woman rises and takes her place on the platform and begins to speak, something in her appearance and forceful expression carries me back to Windsor Locks High School days. As she continues I discover that it is our old classmate, Mae Nugent. I am not at all surprised for Mae was considered the greatest orator of our class. She is now the representative from the Seventh Senatorial District and seems to be the first woman in the country to hold such an honorable position. Gladly would I reveal to you the future of the remainder of the Class of 1919, but I w : sh my friend to have the opportunity of telling you the visions of the f uture which she saw that fateful night, so now. Helen, I give the crystal to you. May your in¬ terpretations be clear and true. Kathryn Nolan, ’19. PROPHECY—PART II. Never before had I had the opportunity of looking into one of these curious crystals, so rest assured that I will make the most of the occasion; if you will lend me your attention for a few moments. I will relate to you the future of my classmates. The time I recognize as the Year of our Lord 1930. The first scene carries us into Paris, France, into a beautiful studio—a studio that must belong to some noted person, so grand it is. And the artist, no other than my classmate, Kathryn Nolan, who has be¬ come one of the most distinguished artists Paris has ever known. Kitty is painting what must be her masterpiece—“The rulers of the World United at the Peace Confer¬ ence of 1919.” The next scene is the United States Sen¬ ate in session, the President is sitting in his place and he is familiar to me. He is quite tall and very stout, which one of my class¬ mates can he be? Oh! George Francis Wallace. President Wallace is trying to restore order in that most dignified body of Senators. He is pounding on the table in front of him, but all in vain; for he wants to veto a bill of which the Senators are very much hi favor. This must remind George of the class meetings he used to conduct for the Seniors at school. Wallace was always a good President for our class and I knew that sometime he would succeed in being the worthy President of our U. S. A. Now we discern the interior of the New York Hippodrome, in which is seated a vast audience—4he curtain .is rising, while a great applause is heard from the spec¬ tators. All noise is hushed, when Fritzie Warns, the world’s greatest comedian ap¬ pears on the stage. I am not surprised to find Fred doing so well in the world, for we all knew him to be the wit of our class. The scene changes and we are in Seaver Hall of Harvard University. Here the in¬ structor in charge looks like someone I have met before. Of course, Professor Ray¬ mond Earl Kilty is addressing a class in French. Raymond has tried hard for the past eleven years to be a champion ball player, but owing to utter defeat, has changed his vocation to that of a French professor, and is teaching the pupils to parlez-vous francais. Oh! hear that sweet melodious voice that is rising from the midst of a large singing class. Some of the pupils I recognize as Mdme. Schumann-Heink, John McCormack, Galli-Curci, Caruso and many other noted masters of talent. And the teacher, she is tall, red-haired, blue-eyed and most elabo¬ rately dressed in gleaming pearls; she has not changed one bit from the Anna Oates of the olden days to the Mdme. Oates whom we see in the crystal. She has become the most popular singer in the world. The next classmate as I can readily see is Isabell Root, still the quiet, unassuming Bell. She has shown more patriotism to her country than any other member of the class of ’19 by marrying a well-to-do farmer of Warehouse Point. Just at present Tsabell is viewing her vast stretch of prop¬ erty, with the hope of discovering a gold mine or some valuable diamond-bearing rock. Now an airplane is advancing fast to the foregro und, but I cannot seem to recall which one of the class the young aviator is. The crew consists of a band of suffragettes on their way to the capitol at Washington. As they come nearer, I recognize Ellsworth Cutler. He has become a very efficient lawver and was verv helpful to the ladies of Windsor Locks, in obtaining for them the rieht of Woman Suffrage; and in order that they may reach their destination un¬ harmed. Lawyer Cutler has taken upon him¬ self their problem of transportation. Read¬ ily, can it be seen that he is as much of a woman hater as ever (not specifying how much that is) We have now revealed to you the future of ail our class; and I suppose our magic crystal will tell us no more. But how I wish

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THE HIGH SCHOOL HERALD. 15 John will not be obliged to send an S. O. S. to a certain place in Enfield. With this hydroplane he can just fly right home, sing¬ ing as he goes. Having studied law to some extent dur¬ ing the past winter in the law office of an eminent lawyer, I, Wilfrid Callahan, give to Phyllis Horton a small but painstakingly prepared volume of essays. A careful pe¬ rusal of these essays should teach her how to acquire fiineness and dexterity in man¬ aging her social affairs so that in the fu¬ ture she will never have to send out an S. 0. S. because she got the “wires crossed.” To Amerigo Migliora, Helen Groves leaves a small jar of laughing gas. We hope that Amerigo will in the future crack an occasional smile “during school hours” and not carry that goruchy look of his which is more characteristic of a school teacher than a silly Sophomore. To Eva Colli, Jessie Wadsworth gives a looking glass which is to be hung in the girls’ dressing room for “Miss Colli only.” We understand that Eva can be found almost any old time of the day gazing soul- fully into the girl’s mirror. To Emilio Ricci, Anna Oates leaves an automatic pumping machine so that Emilio will never again become exhausted from his favorite pastime—whispering. To Isabel Eveleth, Teresa Rooney gives a cushioned foot-stool. The Seniors hope in the course of her next three years Miss Eveleth will be able to keep her feet on this foot-stool rather than out in the aisle where several of the Senior girls found it exceed¬ ingly difficult to get by without tripping over the aforesaid Miss Eveleth’s feet. To Robert Parmelee, Ellsworth Cutler leaves his ability to enter the assembly room just as the bell stops ringing and he hopes that Robert will in the faraway future con¬ tinue to uphold the record which he un¬ ceasingly maintained during the past year. To Lillian Nugent, Raymond Kilty has dedicated a board walk shaded by numerous elm trees. This walk has been of untold iov to Ray during the past year and as it takes in a part of Spring street we hope that Lillian will find ie very, very conven¬ ient during the summer. I do nominate and appoint Judge James E. Carroll to be Executor of this, my last will and testament, in the presence of the witnesses below, this 25th dav of June, in the Year of our Lord, Oen Thousand Nine Hundred and Nineteen. Spirit of the Class of 1919. Signed, sealed, declared and published by the said Spirit of the Class of 1919, as his last will and testament, in the presence of us, who at his request, and in his pres¬ ence, and the presence of each other have subscribed our names as witnesses thereto: Robert Parmelee, Elizabeth Sterling, Harold Rupert, Anna Lyons, Francis Wallace. Wilfred F. Callahan, ’19. SOPHOMORE RHETORICALS. Since the last issue of the Herald there has been only one rhetorical program pre¬ sented in the High School, the Sophomore Class having this honor. We can truly say that what we lacked in quantity of pro¬ grams, however, was more than made up in duality, for the Sophomores really made their last appearance for this year one to be remembered. The program is as follows:— “The American Hymn.” M. Keller School. “With the Tide.” Edith Wharton Bertha Ashley. (Written the day after the death of Theodore Roosevelt.) “The Call.” Alice M. Ewell Anna Malloy. “To Those Who Stayed Home.” Vernon A. Vroman Harold Rupert. “America.” Herbert A. Blackburn Eva Colli. Piano Selection, “Kentucky Dreams.” S. R. H. D. Onivas Marion Eagan. “The League Pact.” Laurana Sheldon Redmond Lynskev. “Any American.” Paul Van R. Miller Cecelia Nolan. “Citizens Arise.” Katrina A. Trask A. Migliora. “Our Land.” Florence E. Coater Edith Kenvon Piano Selection, “Evening Chimes.” Alice Morse. TnH W«ins “America to France.” Florence Van Cleve Frances Duggan. “The Return ” William W. Whitlock John Shaughnessy. Music. Danford Barney Rose McCarroll. “To Those Who Return.” Marie L. Eglinton J. Halloran. “Victorious Spring.” Richard Leigh Mildred Ellis. “Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean.” D. T. Shaw