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

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30 THE HIGH SCHOOL HERALD grams and in collecting tickets at the door. The Prize Essay Contest and Concert given in the Memorial Hail on May 29th was a great success. We know this is true from the fact that it took the judges a long t.me to decide the winners of the prizes and no one left the hall during J;he program. The lirst prize was given to Joseph Conroy who spoke on “Indian Rights” and the sec¬ ond prize to Josephine Wallace who spoke on “My Home Town.” The program was as follows: Junior March .Ascher Pilgrim’s Chorus.R. Wagner High School Orchestra The Voter’s Responsibilities..Mary Byrne Radio .Mildred Orvis Maytime .A. S. Sullivan Girls’ Glee Club My Home Town.Mary Chesnalevitch Indian Rights .Joseph Conroy Melody in F .Rubinstein Misses Anna Sweeney and Doris Mather Forestry .Raymond Hancock Immigration .Robert Jackson My Home Town .Josephine Wallace Irish Love Song .Mary Byrne Star of Hope .H. Kennedy Joseph Lodola Business Assets .Ethel Goldfarb Increase of Forest Protection Lester Davies One Fleeting Hour .Lee Girls’ Glee Club Tobacco .Gertrude Cone Forest Protection .Nellie Connolly Violin Obligato “Fiddle and I” ....Goodere Josephine Wallace, Joseph Lodola, Caroline Lyman Value of Physical Training George Lashway Hidden Treasures .Kathryn Sweeney Metropolitan Life .Ascher High School Orchestra Mrs. Kathi’yn B. Leary, who has charge of the Commercial Department, attended the Eastern Teachers’ Commercial Associa¬ tion held at the Providence-Baltimore, Providence, Rhode Island, April 26, 27 and 28. The next meeting will be held at At¬ lantic City next April. We had a visitor from Peters Co., who showed us several styles of rings and put up the proposition that we should save money during the summer to pay for them. This proposition seemed agreeable to all of us, but we couldn’t come to any decision. We decided to wait until he comes again or until we have seen other styles. Ethel Goldfarb, ’24. -(o)- SOPHOMORE CLASS NOTES Sophomore Athletics: This year the High School has put a fast baseball team on the diamond, largely through the playing ability of the Sopho¬ more members. We have four men on the team, catcher, first and third baseman and fielder. O’Leary is a real “Shang” behind the bat. He is a sure hitter, and very seldom gets caught stealing. Few pitches get by him and he has developed a fine throw to second. Rhorlich on first is a dandy. He makes very few errors and generally hits safely. He is a wonder when it comes to working a double steal. Wadsworth on third is there. He is a good field and a fair hitter. He ought to make a good ballplayer with a little more experience. In the outfield also we shine. Midden in left field is our star outfielder on the team and one of the surest hitters since he is a marvelous waiter. After a pitcher walks him once or twice he gets wise and pitches to him. Then “Speed” leans on the ball and away it goes. Sophomore Musicians: Not only is our class a producer of star ball players but also of musicians. In the High School Orchestra we have three members. Anna Sweeney is the pianist and “Joe” Lodola and Felma George are the violinists. “Joe” accompanied by Anna Sweeney assisted the Juniors and Seniors by rendering solos at the Senior Play and at the Junior Prize Essay Contest. Sophomore Science: The Sophomore Science Class has been very much interested this year in the study of Frogs and Fishes. We brought several specimens to the lab¬ oratory as soon as we could get them and studied them carefully—both internal and external structure. At the same time we brought eggs which hatched and we have since been watching the development. One day we noticed that two of our polly- wogs had developed front legs as well as

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THE HIGH SCHOOL HERALD 27 Members of the Board of Education: The class gratefully appreciate what you have done for us in the past four years by your faithful help, advice, and interest. Parents and friends: To you we are greatly indebted. By your generous and loyal support you have en¬ abled us to obtain our high school education. Undergraduates: We thank you for your co-operation in all our undertakings. On every occasion you have served us with a willing and cheerful spirit. Classmates: We are still members of the Windsor Locks High. In a few moments we shall be graduates and may we be as credible to her as alumni as we have tried to be to her as members. Now we are about to leave the harbor for life’s journey and let every one have a definite port to sail to. Before lifting up the anchor to set forth, we bid you all farewell. Nelson Parmelee, ’23. JUNIOR PRIZE ESSAYS. INDIAN RIGHTS. In the early days from the time of Col¬ umbus until the Indians were pushed from the coast, every white man landing in this country was welcomed by the red men. In return for this welcome the Indians re¬ ceived cruelty and injustice. The white man kept pushing him westward. This oppression caused many wais and mas¬ sacres. Very seldom was the Indian paid for the land seized or treated fairly in any way. In 1775 the Continental Congress resolv¬ ed upon a plan to care for the Indian pop¬ ulation. The red men were told to go to the other side of the Mississippi, but the majority of them resisted. When the Government tried to force them, it met with stiff opposition. Finally, however, the Indian had to go into the west. This plan was no better than before, because the settlers who come inland from the west coast were as bad as the others and con¬ tinued to oppress the Indians. In 1830 the government gave territory to the Indians in Oklahoma and the Da¬ kotas. There were various opinions among the Indians. Some were satisfied with a reservation and others were not. The lat¬ ter had much trouble with the United States and caused 1 the historic battles with Custer’s troops. At last the Indians were subdued and peace reigned over the coun¬ try. We had made over one thousand treaties with the Indians and as General Sherman said. “We broke all of them.’’ Then Captain Pratt, not satisfied with seeing things standing still, opened a school for the Indians. They showed such intelligence! that they were admitted to Hampton Institute, Virginia, in 1878. Out of the first three hundred students only twelve failed. Since then they have showed such marked progress in their edu¬ cation and industrial development, that many other Indian colleges have been built. At present only one-fifth of the Indians de¬ pend on the Government for support. There are now three hundred and thirty- six thousand red men in the country and they are pleading the right to vote. Most of the Indians now have an education fully as good as their white brothers and so they claim the rights of a citizen. The Indian is 100% American and has an edu¬ cation. Should color make the difference? Why should a race of people who have all the requirements of a citizen be declared ineligible? The Indian race is worthy of our deepest interest. Here are a people full of natural pride and bound together by a natural feel¬ ing much stronger than we ourselves know, who are looked down upon and misunder¬ stood. It is a nation being reborn and w.e do mot even give it the idle attention of our leisure. It is just beginning to feel the freedom of life under law. If the sorrows and wrongs of the past do not affect us, let us at least sympathize with the hopes of the future, for the Indians are a race of men that showed their great love and loy¬ alty to their native land by sending seven¬ teen thousand five hundred men to France to fight for a liberty that they are not allowed to enjoy themselves. Joseph Conroy, ’24.

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THE HIGH SCHOOL HERALD 31 hind ones so we decided that a small island should be provided that they might rest there part of the time and so develop their lungs. This we did. Now we are watch¬ ing to see the tails go. We are not the only ones interested in Biology for we have frequent visitors from the other classes. John Bercury, ’25. - (o) - FRESHMEN CLASS NOTES The Freshmen held a class meeting Tues¬ day, June 5, to elect a new treasurer, the previous one, Charles Colli, having left school. Helene Leary was elected. A baseball team picked from our class defeated the Grammar School in a tightly contested game, the losers playing a good ball, but the pitching of Bassenger being too much for them. The score was 12 to 11. On Friday, June 8, the Freshmen gave a prize speaking contest, a prize of five dollars having been offered to the best speaker and a prize of two dollars and a half to the next best. The program was as follows: 1 . Selection by the Orchestra 2 . Recitation, The Builders Margaret McKenna 3. Recitation, Somebody’s Mother Margaret Brett 4. Recitation, The Way to Wealth Edward Micha 5. Recitation, Better Than Gold Frances Orvis 6 . Recitation, Psalm of Life Pearl McCauley 7. Duet—Oh, That We Two Were May¬ ing May Byrne Josephine Wallace 8 . Recitation, The Liberty Bell Mary McHugh 9. Recitation, Love of Country Raymond Bassenger 10. Recitation, Patriotism Elizabeth Jackson 11. Recitation, Song of Life Florence Migliora 12. Recitation, The Chambered Nautilus Sarah Compaine 13. Recitation, Selection from the “Stren¬ uous Life” Joseph Klemas 14. Song, Welcome, Sweet Spring Girls’ Glee Club 15. Recitation, The Village Blacksmith Mary Girl 16. Recitation, The House by the Side of the Road Helene Leary 17. Recitation, America For Me Mary Poloski 18. Recitation, The Arrow and the Song Sophie Markman 19. Recitation, Find a Way or Make It Henry O’Leary 20. Selection by the Orchestra First prize was awarded to Elizabeth Jackson, and second prize to Margaret Brett. Edward Micha, ’26. -(o)- ATHLETIC NOTES The baseball team has just finished a short but fairly successful season. The first game was with the Sufiield Seconds. It was a heavy hitting contest, and ended with the locals on top 25-17. Rhorlich got a home-run with the bases empty. Davies pitched and Leary caught. The next game was a setback at the hands of the Agawam High School team, on their grounds. Davies pitched a fine game, fanning ten Agawam batsmen, but the breaks of th e game were against him. The final score was 9-8. The following week we had sweet re¬ venge for Agawam came here, full of con¬ fidence but it was a different story this time. The locals were the winners 9-8. All of our scoring was done in one inning. The feature of the game was when Henry O’Leary made a home-run and tripled in the same inning. Then came the game with the fast St. Thomas Midgets which resulted in a de¬ feat for us. The final score was 18-7. This closed the season with two victories and two losses. There were also three inter-class games between the Juniors and the Sophomores, the former winning two of them. -(o)- GIRLS’ TRACK MEET The girls held a track meet with Enfield High on Friday, June 8. The trip was made by truck. The score was 42-25 in favor of Windsor Locks. As usual when our girls are put to a test, they came out victorious.