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

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24 THE HIGH SCHOOL HERALD The privilege of joining the Scribblers Club is granted only to the Seniors. The members of this club correspond with students in different parts of the world. Unfortunately, due to present - day conditions, corres¬ pondence has, for the most part, been confined to sections of the United States, Hawaii, and Canada. Mary Jane Queen was elected president; Clement Furey, vice-president; Bernice Giista, secretary; and Angela Gragnolati, treasurer. This club is under the guidance of Miss Lucille Smith. Membership to the Latin Club is restricted to students who have taken two or more years of Latin. One of the many successful activities was a dinner which was given for the Aiumni members of the club. The club officers were Virginia Firtion, president; Ann Durnin, secretary; and John Connolly, treasurer. This club is under the direction of Miss Frances Burke. Social activities got under way with the first senior social on Sep¬ tember 26, which was the Seniors’ way of welcoming the Freshmen. Dances of this sort have been given throughout the year. The Junior prom was held on May 22. The auditorium was effectively decorated for this occasion. On February 17, the Senior Class presented its annual play, “Grow¬ ing Pains,” a comedy of adolescence in three acts, which met with the approval of all who attended it. On May 8, the Senior Class left for New York on their class trip. Due to the enjoyable time in New York, May 10, the day of return, came too soon. As has been the custom in previous years, the High School has sub¬ mitted many interesting topics which have made their appearance each month in The Windsor Locks Journal. At some of the weekly assembly programs during the year, it ha.- been our good fortune to be addressed by many speakers, some of whom were Mr. Harold S. DeGroat of Springfield College; Mr. Lincoln Lippincctt of the Lumberman’s Mutual Casualty Insurance Company, Chicago, Ill.; Mr. Richardson a senior of the American International College of Springfield; Dr. Jesse Davis, the Dean of the Educational Department oi Boston Uni¬ versity; Mr. Hamrick, the Dean of Hillyer Junior College; Dr. Hagan from the University of Connecticut; and Mr. Bookman from West Hartford. Therefore, this is just a brief summary of the ' school activities for the past year. Each undertaking has been ' successful and we have been able to increase our activities, due to the facilities which the new school building offers. Bernice Giista, ’42.

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THE HIGH SCHOOL HERALD 2.1 School News On September 8, 1941, Windsor Locks High School resumed classes for the scholastic year with an enrollment of 186 students, or 41 Seniors, 38 Juniors, 47 Sophomores and 60 Freshmen. There have been several changes in the faculty, this year. Miss Rosemary Lceser of the Commercial Department resigned during the summer to accept a secretarial position with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Her place was fihed by Miss Florence McDermott, a grad¬ uate of Boston University. Furthermore, two new courses were added this year: Home Economics under Miss Ruth Hanan, a graduate of the College ot Our Lady of Elms, and Physical Education under the supervision of Mr. Raymond Magwire a graduate of Springfield College. Then during Jan- uaiy, Mr. Robert Jackson, who had enlisted in the army, had to report for dutj at (. amp Eustis, Virginia. Thus his place has been filled by Miss Josephine Preli, a graduate of Mount Holyoke College. In order that the pupils may become more interested in school activities, it has been customary to organize clubs. Two new clubs have been added to those already organized. They are the Home Economics Club and the Hi-Y Club. The former is composed of ail pupils who take a course in Home Economics. The outstanding functions of this club were Harvest Social, a Mother and Daughter Tea, and a dinner which was given for the Board of Education. All met with pronounced success. Officers for the past year were: Barbara Oates, president; Kathleen Holmes, vice- president; Marian DaMonte, secretary; Mary Falls, treasurer. This club is under the direction cf Miss Ruth Hanan. The Hi-Y C lub is composed of High School boys. Their activities take in swimming and basketball at the Y. M. C. A. in Hartford. They also enjoy seeing motion pictures and hearing lectures at their regular meetings. The officers are Kenneth Colli, president; Charles Gibson, sec¬ retary and Edmund Silk, treasurer. Besides these two clubs, we have The Commercial Club, The Scrib¬ blers’ Club, and the Latin Club. All are carrying on projects similar to those of former years. Any Junior or Senior who receives 90 or above in any two Com¬ mercial subjects for the first two marking periods may join the Commer¬ cial Ciub. The main activity of this club is its publication of “The School Crier” under the supervision cf the Misses Casinghino and McDermott. The officers for this year were Mabel Snow, president; Marian Lord, secre¬ tary and Ann Rabbett, treasurer.

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THE HIGH SCHOOL HERALD 25 Athletics As we glance back at our sport events, we feel satisfied with our achievements ' this year. Although we are not too well satisfied with our losses or victories, we are glad that once again Windsor Locks High is par¬ ticipating in other sports besides baseball. At the beginning of this semester cur athletic director, Mr. Ray¬ mond Magwire, started us off in soccer. The team played four games and and in every one of them showed up well. Out of these four games we lost two, tied one and won one. Next came basketball. Realizing that this was our first season in this sport and also taking inito consideration the teams we played, we diti a fair job at it. Out of our whole schedule we won only one game. This game, however, was against Williston Junior Varsity for the benefit of the Naismith Memorial fund. Thus we played in two golden jubilee games: the one with Williston and the one with Simsbury. A close game with Suffield High, which they won by a near margin of 29 to 27, is still re¬ membered by many. With Bob Quinlivan reelected as captain and with only one regular player graduating, we can look forward to a successful season for next year. Now we are in the midst of our baseball season. This season is not as successful as it has been in the past because most of the veteran players graduated last year. Our losses have overrun our wins at the present, but we all have hopes cf winning the Northern Connecticut trophy again this year. The team, this year, under Coach Magwire’s supervision, consists of the following—Seniors: Tom Silk, Charles Mandirola, Stanley Matec, Lawrence Matroni and John Pyznar; Juniors, Robert Quinlivan, Robert Ginocchio, Daniel Price; Sophomores, Howard Krauss, Robert Dowd and Albert Holmes; Freshmen, Glenn Flanders, Charles Wezowicz, Joseph Fitzpatrick, Francis Smith, Videon McCoy. Manager, Kenneth Griswold; Assistant Managers, Jack McCloskey, Nando Garbarino and Jack Durum. BASEBALL SCHEDULE April 14 Simsbury High Here April 17 Canton High There April 20 Suffield High 1 Here April 24 Enfield High Here April 28 Stafford High There April 30 Manchester Trade There May 15 Stafford High Here May 21 Manchester Trade Here May 25 Suffield High There May 26 Canton High Here June 5 Enfield High There League Games Stanley Malec, ’42.