Woodbury High School - Warrior Yearbook (Woodbury, CT)

Text from Pages 1 - 36 of the 1931 volume:

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CONN. 4 4 4 .j. 4 4 4 4 4 4 .j. 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 • 444• • 44444 1 5 444444444444444444444444444444444 4444444 Pane Six % CHICK STARTER R. R, (’HICK FEED A FULL LINE OF FEEDS FOR YOUR GROWING CHICKS C. L. ADAMS COMPANY Woodbury Southbury The Woodbury Shops, Incorporated Fancy Lacquered Boxes Cigar, Cigarette Tobacco Boxes Bridge and Poker Boxes Work and Vanity Boxes Serving Trays Page Seven who throughout her association with Woodbury High School has been the inspiration and guide of every class and who, in our turn,has counseled us in our ignorance, helped us in our need, been patient when we were guilty of misdemeanors, and sympathetic when we were in trouble, we, the Class of ’31, dedicate this Wide Awake. To MISS A. CLARK Staff Lillian Hicock, ’31 Dorothy Morgan, ’31 James Lockwood, ’31 Oscar Lovdal, ’32 Frances Smith, ’31 Raynall Coley, ’33 Editor-in-Chief Assistant Editor Business Manager Asst. Business Mgr. Art Editor Illustrator 444t+ t+++++ t+++ +t4 + 'M+ 'M + t ++ +++t+4 H H' Page Eight ROBERT ALLEN BRINLEY “BOB He knows the joy of smiling and making other people smile. A. A. Council (1). Minstrel (1). Dance Committees (2, 3, 4). Assistant Business Manager of the Wide Awake (3). Mirror Staff (3). Class Marshall (3). Member of A. A. (1, 2, 8, I). Class President (4). Cast of The Worm (4). President of Magazine Club (4). Novel Club (4). Hail all! Here comes President Bob. With an ideal mixture of dignity and jollity, he has proved capable of conducting a meeting of the class of 31, a hitherto impossible feat. Bob is the envy of all the girls in the possession of the original school girl complexion. He is noted for his ability for making blunders in French class and although he thinks French stories should In-printed in English in order to be more easily read, he considers the knowledge of the French tongue a great asset. With his abilities as statesman, executive and writer, we shall expect great things of Bob, and we have a feeling that he will make a rapid rise in the world of politics. CHARLOTTE HENRIETTA CROFUT CARLOTTE Let gentleness my strong enforcement be. Member of A. A. (1, 2, 3, 4). Glee Club (3). French Club (4). Class Historian (4). Charlotte has the reputation for being the quietest girl in the class, and is noted for her promptness in doing assignments. She may frequently be seen in the rear hall in the company of Mike before and after school. Charlotte is always good natured and although she is the class light weight, you have to go some to get the best of her. BURRITT ROBINSON CURTIS CURT Cupid is a knavish lad Thus to make poor females mad. Agricultural Judging team (2, 3, 4). Class Treasurer (3). Class Historian (4). President and Adviser of Agriculture Club (4). We know that many a feminine heart will be saddened when Burritt departs in June. We have long realized that Burritt favors the Junior class, but nevertheless he has been quite indispensable to us. We also know that Burritt will soon be carrying off all the blue ribbons and medals for high grade cows and chickens. We are proud to say that we have as one of the members of our class one of the Future Farmers of Woodbury. Page Nine HAROLD WILLIAM DAVIS “BUD “Who art thou that canst so touch my soul?” Crosby High School (1). Baseball (2, 3, 4). Track (2). Dance Committees (2, 3, 4). Class Vice-President (3). Novel Club (4). Magazine Club (4). Secretary of English Club (4). Class Gifts (4). “Oh yes, I know you’re jealous, but I can’t give everybody a break.” — “All the women follow me around.” — “It’s an uncontemplated pleasure I assure you.” — These and similar expressions identify our hero. Oh yes—we know you, Buddy—comical, good looking, athletic, always cheerful—and we wonder whatever the school will do for excitement next year. No more waste basket harmonies, no more thrilling scares, no more funny jokes and no more home runs. Within a few years we expect to hear that Bud is playing with the Yankees and we are willing to wager that box receipts to World Series games will then be increased one hundred percent. ESTELLA UPSON DICKINSON “So cheerful, gay and happy, so free from all vexation.” A. A. (3, 4). Glee Club (3, 4). President of Latin Club (4). Class Song (4). We have always been thankful that Estella came back to Woodbury to graduate with us. She is always brimful of funny stories, and her favorite sport is contriving by some means or other to make someone jump. If there are tacks anywhere near Estella beware, for her favorite implements are tacks, geometry compasses and pins. Last winter she distinguished herself as guard on the basketball team. Estella plans to be a nurse and we hope she won’t use the tacks then. ROBERT WILLIAM FOWLER “CHET” “Oh it’s nice to get up in the morning, But who wants to be nice?” Dance Committees (3, 4). Cast of the Florist Shop (3). Cast of “The Worm” (4). Dramatic Club (4). Magazine Club (4). Class Vice-President (4). Class Salutatorian (4). What on earth is that blue streak coming up the road?” “Oh that’s just Chet making up for lost time.” As the dust clears somewhat we see the outline of an automobile and hear the bang of its door. Chet has been consistently late for four years now, but as it never does seem to have any effect on his marks, we say, “More power to him.” He made a hit this year in the school play. The Worm, and in taking the part of “the worm” cleverly showed how any worm, however weak, may turn. Chet is also noted for his ability in playing the violin. .g. j, j. ,g� •5� 5 4 5 5 5� 3 4 4 • • 5 5 4 4 4 •fr 8� 4,4� LILLIAN FRANCES HICOCK Many’s the poem she’s recited, And many's the lesson she’s done, And many an A has been given For her work along with her fun. Class Secretary (2). First prize Woman’s Club Essay Contest (2). Treasurer Glee Club (3) . Literary Editor of Wide Awake (4). Cast of “When the Whirlwind Blows” (3). Glee Club (3, 4). Secretary and Treasurer of A. A. (4). Class Secretary and Treasurer (4). Cast of “The Worm” (4). Editor of the Mirror (4). Editor-in-Chief of the Wide Awake (4). A. A. (4). Secretary and Librarian of Dramatic Club (4). President of English Club (4). Dance Committee (4) . Poetry Club (4). French Club (4). Honor Roll Club (4). Class Valedictorian (4). Yes, Lillian always knew her lesson and moreover we believe that the more she had to study the better she liked it. She has proven herself successful in a great many lines, particularly as Editor of the Mirror and in Dramatics. She is the type of person who can always be depended upon to faithfully perform the tasks given to her, no matter how difficult they may be. Lillian’s plans for the future are unknown, but we wish for our Valedictorian the greatest success and happiness. JAMES EDWARD LOCKWOOD “JIMMY” “Sleep hangs upon mine eyes, my bones would rest.” Baseball (1, 2, 3, 4). Basketball (2, 3, 4). Basketball Manager (4). Tennis Manager (1, 3). Class Treasurer (1). Sports Editor of the Wide Awake (3). Class Secretary (3). Cast of “Silas Marner” (3). Cast of “The Exchange” (4). Mirror Staff (4). Baseball Manager (4). Business Manager of the Wide Awake (4). President of A. A. (4). President of English Club (4). It has been a source of wonder to us for many years how an individual of Jimmy’s apparent fragility can be such a wizard in athletics. He appears as if his favorite recreation consisted in the advantageous use of a nice soft sofa, but if you hold such a degrading opinion of him, you certainly would be surprised if you should see him on the Tennis Court. Jimmy is noted for the interesting questions he can ask, particularly in Trig Class to ward off embarrassing ones aimed at him. He plays the banjo and is one of the famous comedians of the “Bud and Jimmy” Company. We do wonder who will occupy the waste basket in the Freshman room during spare moments next year. 4 + +++++ +++ ++ +++++++ +++++ ++++++++++ +++ + • • •! ❖ 4 • ❖ 4 BARBARA FENN ISHAM “BOB’ “Smile and the world smiles with you.” Basketball (1, 4). Wide Awake Reporter (1). Class President (1). Glee Club (2, 3, 4). English Club President (4). Nature Study Club (4). Dramatic Club (4). Dance Committee (4). Graduation Essay (4). Always smiling, always happy, Bob has the reputation of being the best natured girl in the class. With her ready wit she is capable of making serious thoughts appear foolish, though never missing their full significance. Always ready and always willing to help, she has become the right hand man of the class. Bob has also made a record as a student and we feel sure that she will accomplish great things at Storrs. “There is an air of interest, thought and deep soliloquy.” Glee Club (3, 4). Poetry Club (4). Novel and Short Story Club (4). French Club (4). Class Song. Mary has distinguished herself as a scholar having completed her course in three years. She is very conscientious and persevering and these characteristics should serve her well throughout life. Mary is class shrimp but size isn’t any indication of brain power. DOROTHY ARIAIL MORGAN “DOT” “A laugh is worth a hundred groans in any market.” Glee Club (2, 3, 4). Glee Club Manager (4). Assistant Editor of Mirror (3, 4). Dance Committees (3, 4). Assistant Editor of the Wide Awake (4). Secretary of English Club (4). Cast of “The Worm” (4). French Club (4). Dramatic Club (4). School News Reporter to The Woodbury Reporter (4). Member of A. A. (1, 2, 3, 4). Poetry Club (4). Graduation Essay. Well, here is little Dottie. We wonder just what the “little” means when we gaze upward and see her towering stature. Dot is a friend to all and no activity is complete without her. WTith her witty remarks and happy smile, she is as good as a tonic and makes us forget our troubles. W’e wonder if there is anything that Dot can’t do. We are proud to have in our class so fine a musician and soloist, and we hope she won’t forget us when she becomes famous. 4 .g 4 4 Page Twelve DOROTHY EVERELDA PARKIN “DOT” “Love of all nature was her gift.” A. A. (1, 2, 3, 4). Class President (2). Glee Club (2, 3, 4). Cast of “When the Whirlwind Blows” (3). President of English Club (4). Secretary of English Club (4). Poetry Club (4). Dramatic Club (4). Class Will. Down from High Street every morning strolls Dot to the old gray school house. She looks like an angel with her long golden hair and her smiling blue eyes, but, oh my, you don't know the half of it. When there is anything to be done, Dot from the kindness of her heart is always ready to help, and we can testify to the value of her opportune assistance in many a tight place. She has always been a great friend of the Sophomore Class and we wonder why. She is often original and she coined the now famous expression “white whales.” ELIZABETH MARIE PARTRIDGE “I seek one man, one man and one alone.” A. A. (2, 3). Secretary of English Club (4). Secretary of Magazine Club (4). Poetry Club (4). Novel and Short Story Club (4). Dramatic Club (4). Dance Committee (4). Class Poet. We hear that Bessie is all through seeking now, and we unite in wishing her the happiest of married lives. With her dark eyes and quiet smile, she seems to us a part of the poetry she delights in reading. However she is capable of making class meetings interesting with her firmness in upholding her views. Without her quiet assistance we would have found ourselves many times at a loss. AMY ELSIE POULIN “Her step was royal—queenlike.” Glee Club (3, 4). French Club (4). Dramatic Club (4). Class Will. Amy has added interest to many classes this year, through her own interest and the initiative she has shown in accomplishing more than was required in the curriculum. Did you see the marvelous project she did for Modern History? Yes Amy is industrious, but she has a ready sense of humor and we are indebted to her for many of the witty articles appearing in the Mirror. Although we do not know what Amy intends to do after graduating, we are sure she would make a very excellent storekeeper with very little practice. FRANCES LILLIAN SMITH “FRAN” “Looking wistfully with wide blue eyes as in a picture.” Class Secretary (1). Glee Club (3, 4). French Club (4). Dramatic Club (4). Dance Committee (4). Art Editor of the Wide Awake (4). Class Prophecy. “W'ho is the tall demure girl with the dreamy blue eyes?” Don't you know Frances? She has be:n an indispensable worker on committees for dances and class entertainments. Rumor hath it that a certain member of the Junior Class will be very lonesome next year, and you must believe us when we say that we feel the utmost compassion towards him. DOROTHY EDITH WEASA “DOT” “Thy smile has brightened many a young man's life.” Class Treasurer (2). Track (2, 3). Basketball (1, 2, 3). A. A. (1, 2, 3, 4). French Club (4). Dramatic Club member (4). Nature Study Club (4). Dance Committee (4). Class Prophecy (4). There will be many long faces in June when Dot leaves our midst. Dot is in her element when on the dance floor and gatherings at school and about town would be far from complete without her. We have heard that she has developed quite a liking for the great north woods and a decided antipathy for the gypsy moth, both for some deep, mysterious, unknown reason. We feel sure that Dot will always make a decided effort to obtain what she desires in life. Page Fourteen VALEDICTORY ESSAY LILLIAN HICOCK “Sandburg - A Man of Hie People” “The fog comes on little cat feet. It sits looking over harbor and city on silent haunches and then moves on.” One would scarcely believe that the few lines just quoted could cause such a furore in the literary world that a complete revolution of the ideas of poetry would ensue. However, such has been the case in regard to this brief symbolic poem, with its graphic and daring comparison, whimsical in its originality written by the poet and biographer, Carl Sandburg. Carl Sandburg of Swedish descent was born in Galesburg, Illinois, January 6, 1878. His father was an uneducated man whose real name was August Johnson, and he worked as a construction hand on a western railroad. Carl’s schooling was very irregular, and at the age of thirteen he went to work on a milk wagon. Soon afterward he became a partner in a barber shop, and then a scene shifter in a cheap theatre, a truck handler in a brick yard, turner apprentice in a pottery shop, dishwasher in Denver and Omaha hotels, and a harvest hand in the Kansas wheatfields. He was occupied in these various positions for six years. These positions gave him an ideal training for his life work. When war with Spain was declared in 1898, always ready for adventure, he enlisted in Company C, Sixth Illinois Volunteers. When he returned, he entered Lombard College in Galesburg, and there became interested in literature. Although working his way through college, Sandburg was captain of the basketball team as well as editor-in-chief of the college paper. After leaving college, he was advertising manager for a department store, and worked as a district manager for the Socialist-Democratic party of Wisconsin. In succession he was a salesman pamphleteer and newspaper man. On the staff of a business magazine, he became a safety first expert, and his articles on Accident Prevention brought him as a speaker before many manufacturers’ conventions. In 1904 Sandburg published a pamphlet of twenty-two poems. They were uneven in quality, but were forerunners to his later poems, similar in style, but not as intensified. His occupation as a newspaper man deterred his appearance before the public as a poet, but in 1914, a group of his poems appeared in “Poetry —a Magazine of Verse,” in the same year his famous poem, “Chicago,” took the Levinson prize of $200.00, and a year later his first book was published. He had arrived. His Chicago poems were published in 1916, “Cornhuskers” in 1918, “Smoke and Steel” in 1920, and “Slabs of the Sunburst West” in 1923. He has written many mystical short stories for children, among them the “Rootabaga Series” in 1922, and Root-abaga Pigeons in 1923. But the great masterpiece is the Biography of Abraham Lincoln. It is not at all difficult to discover the elements which make this biography so interesting. There are none of the dry statistics which are usually supposed to make up a biography. There are statistics to be sure, but they are used merely as incidentals rather than as the main theme. For example in a biography of ordinary type we read that “Abraham Lincoln, politician and statesman, was born in Kentucky, February 12th, 1809.” How different is the account of Lincoln’s birth which Sandburg gives. He writes in his conversational way that “One morning in February of the year 1809, Tom Lincoln came out of his cabin to the road, stopped a neighbor and asked him to tell the “granny woman,” Aunt Peggy Waters, that Nancy would need help soon. “On the morning of February twelfth, a Sunday, the granny woman was there at the cabin, and she and Tom Lincoln and the moaning Nancy Hanks welcomed into a world of battle and blood, of whispering dreams and wistful dust, a new child, a boy.” “A little later that morning, Tom Lincoln threw some extra wood on the fire, and an extra bearskin over the mother, went out of the cabin and walked two miles up the road to where the Sparrows, Tom and Betsy lived. Dennis Hanks, the nine-year-old boy adopted by the Sparrows, met Tom at the door. “In his slow way of talking—he was a slow and quiet man, Tom Lincoln told them ‘Nancy’s got a baby boy.’ A half sheepish look was in his eyes, as though maybe more babies were not wanted in Kentucky just then.” This is the story as told by a man who saw the human side of the affair, who did not simply state the date of Lincoln’s birth in order to show' Page Fifteen that such a man, who later became prominent, did come into existence at that time, but who shows to us the pathos and homely circumstances surrounding Lincoln’s life which made the man before he became prominent. Even in his prose writing, Sandburg displays the soul of a poet, for not many biographers, in telling of a man’s life would stop to remark on the beauties of the natural scenery surrounding him or to relate humorous incidents connected with the man. While reading the Life of Lincoln one can easily believe it to be a moving and interesting novel, so vivid, yet accurately is the stage set and the drama of Lincoln’s life enacted upon it. Sandburg himself has an ideal background for writing a biography of Lincoln, inasmuch as he himself was born and brought up in the locality where Lincoln spent the greater part of his life. He has an intimate knowledge of the background from which Lincoln stood out, and so is enabled to make him real to us. Oftentimes in telling a story he lapses into the dialect so familiar to him and to Lincoln before him. He adopts his style of writing to the subject, and uses simple words in a conversational manner. He seems to particularly admire Lincoln’s ability as a story teller, and relates many of the famous Lincoln anecdotes. One of the many stories of Lincoln which he tells concerning his marriage is as follows: “At the Edwards house that evening the Reverend Charles Dresser in canonical robes performed the ring ceremony. Behind Lincoln stood a Supreme Court Judge, Thomas C. Browrn, fat, bluff, blunt and an able law'yer not accustomed to weddings. As Lincoln placed the ring on the bride’s finger and repeated the form, “With this ring, I thee endow with all my goods, chattels, lands and tenements,’’ the Supreme Court judge blurted out in a suppressed tone that everybody heard, “Lord, Lincoln, the statute fixes all that.” The minister kept a straight face, became serious and then pronounced Abraham Lincoln and Mary Todd man and wife in the sight of God and man. Sandburg is a student of human nature with wide powers of observation and no matter what the subject may be, he never loses the common touch which endears him to all readers. He gives to us a realistic picture of Lincoln the man. He does not tell us merely of Lincoln’s accomplishments, but of the man, and his character and background. He does not attempt to make Lincoln appear superhuman, but portrays him as a very human person, humorous and pathetic. In order to make the picture even more realistic, he deals at length with Lincoln’s surroundings, his family, his friends and his opponents. Surely a man who can give to us a picture of Lincoln as an everyday man, while still retaining his dignity and grandeur must be a very interesting man himself. As a biographer, Sandburg is in the front rank. With his man to man method of writing, he inspires a personal interest in the subject. What more can we demand of a biographer? Sandburg, however, not only excels as a biographer, but as a poet in the modern sense of the term. Sandburg as a poet has been attracting much attention lately, and his poems represent the diction of the modern poets. He is not a singer as was Tennyson, for his poems are always speech, sometimes violent, almost indelicate, but always vividly interesting, and even beautiful, eloquent and dramatic. His harsher poems seem to be just statements, but they have a staccato rhythm all their own. For example in his poem, “Cool Tombs” he says: “Pocahontas’ body lovely as a poplar, sweet as a red haw in November, or a paw paw in May, does she consider? does she remember?—in the dust—in the cool tombs?” One likes his poems because of the man back of them for his poems are expressions of his personality, and seem to change with his moods. Some are loud and harsh, and some are the most beautiful and gentle of lyrics as is Monotone: “The monotone of the rain is beautiful, And the sudden rise and slow relapse Of the long multitudinous rain. “The sun on the hills is beautiful, Or a captured sunset sea flung, Bannered with fire and gold. “A face I know is beautiful— With fire and gold of sky and sea, And the peace of long warm rain.” But such a lyric is usually followed by a violent poem like Chicago, showing how deeply he feels the injustice and the tragedy of life in a big city : “Hog butcher for the world Tool maker, stacker of w’heat, Player with railroads and the nation’s freight handler, Stormy, husky, brawling. City of the Big Shoulders.” They tell me you are wicked and I believe them for I have seen your painted women under the gas lamps luring the farm boys. And they tell me you are crooked and I answer: Yes; it is true, I have seen the gunman kill and go free to kill again. And they tell me you are brutal and my reply is: On the faces of women and children I have seen the marks of wfanton hunger. And having answered so, I turn once more to those who sneer at my city, and I give them back the sneer and say to them: Come and show me another city with lifted head singing so proud to be alive and coarse and strong and cunning. Flinging magnetic curses, amid the toil of piling job on job, there is a tall, bold, slugger set vivid against the little soft cities. .j. ... ❖ ❖ 1 • • ❖ • ❖ • Page Sixteen Fierce as a dog with tongue lapping for action, cunning as a savage pitted against the wilderness. Bareheaded Shoveling Wrecking Planning Building, breaking, rebuilding. Under the smoke, dust all over his mouth, laughing with white teeth. Under the terrible burden of destiny laughing as a young man laughs; Laughing even as an ignorant fighter laughs who has never lost a battle. Bragging and laughing that under his wrist is the pulse, and under his ribs the heart of the people. Laughing! Laughing, the stormy, husky brawling laughter of youth, half naked, sweating, proud to be Hog Butcher, Tool Maker, Stacker of Wheat, Player with Railroads and Freight Handler to the Nation.” This is a poem crying out against the evils of society. Many others of his poems have this same great purpose. His poems show a broad experience and the able use of his great powers of observation. Some of his poems are concerned with the beauties of nature,—poems of atmosphere. He shows much freedom in his choice of subject matter, and makes extensive use of naturalistic material. While his harsher poems show a dissatisfaction with the evils of the world, his lyrics show an abundance of reverence, faith and trust. And so, although Sandburg’s ideas of poetry may be new and strange to us, we are enabled to consider him a poet in the true sense of the word. A poem which typifies the character of the man is the lyric “Loam,” in which he expresses his idea of the democracy of mankind, in that all humanity comes from the same place and at death returns to it. It is only during man’s brief earthly existence that there is any inequality in station. And so he says: “In the loam we sleep, In the cool moist loam To the lull of the years that pass And the break of stars, “From the loam, then, The soft warm loam, We rise. To shape of rose leaf Of face and shoulder. “We stand then, To a whiff of life Lifted to the silver of the sun Over and out of the loam, A day.” Classmates:— After four years of work and play we have reached the goal toward which we have so long been striving. We are glad to have reached it, yet when we think that this same group will never be together again in just this same way our gladness is somewhat dimmed. To the faculty we want to express our grateful appreciation for the kindness, sympathy and forbearance they have shown to us throughout our High School course. In the future let us in our various occupations give the best that is in us, that we may reap accordingly. And let us always remember our high school days when we were “kids” together. LILLIAN F. HICOCK. Salutatory €s ay ROBERT FOWLER “GERMAN POST - Since the end of the war Germany has been faced with the problem of forming a new government that will satisfy the people in Germany, and also satisfy the other European countries. In addition she has had to meet the conditions of the treaty of Versailles. At the close of the war a republic was established with a president at the head and two houses, corresponding to our Congress. Representatives to these houses, represented districts according to population, and also territorial divisions. At the end of the first year, Germany was faced with the problem of making reparations of two and one-half bil- PROBLEMS” lion marks. In order to meet this, the new government had to borrow from foreign countries, mostly from the United States. When Germany was unable to meet these notes, her industries were taken over by bankers and business men in the United States so that now instead of having German business, run by Germans, it is directed by foreigners. There is a great deal of political warfare going on in Germany. There are twelve or thirteen different parties of which the Communists, the Socialists, and the National Socialists or Nazis are the three leading ones. A few years ago, an Page Seventeen ex-soldier of the German army gained recognition, and a band of followers, by delivering a number of fiery speeches. His band grew rapidly and many important men joined his party. This man’s name is Adolph Hitler. While delivering one of his speeches he was arrested and sentt need to jail. All his followers left him and every one thought that his party was doomed forever. After staying in jail for about six months he was released, and started forming hi party again. In times when business is good, no one will listen to him, but when business slows down, he can convert many people to his ideas. In 1929 the business depression offered an excellent chance to increase his party and Hitler doesn’t pass up any chances. His party gr w so fast that now he has over six million people under his direction, making his party the next to the largest party in Germany. If Hitler could gain control of Germany, the first thing that he would do would be to repudiate the treaty of Versailles. In this way reparations would be stopped and the eastern boundary of Germany could be changed. The next thing that he would do would be to do away with all large department stores and large business firms. Everything would be owned and operated by individuals, and wealth would be distributed more evenly among the people. The Jew is a public enemy of all Hitlerites and would be quickly expelled from Germany. The Jews are bankers and consider the treaty of Versailles merely a business transaction, and they expect to live up to their part of the contract. Hitler wants to cancel reparations and therefore one of his slogans is “Down with the Jews.’ Other countries are objecting to the ideas of the Germans. The more the Germans seek revising of the treaty, the more determined France becomes against it. Neither is Great Britain going to give up her ex-German colonies, or is Italy going to surrender Alto Adiege. As to the Polish Corridor (meaning Poland’s access to the sea made possible by the seizure of Danzig and part of Silesia, which formerly belonged to Germany) many people in Poland think it a decided advantage to abolish it, but the Polish government doesn’t share this point of view, and it has instructed its representatives abroad not to discuss the subject. The amount of the German debt to the United States has been reduced about two-thirds since 1921, and if another serious depression should take place the debt would probably be cut still further. It is only a question of time now before something will take place, whether it is a revision of the peace treaty or a new war between France and Germany. If war should take place, the destruction and ruin would be considerably greater than that of the world war. If the treaty is revised, any settlement would be the signal to unloose all the forces that menace the stability of Europe and such action would also be a definite encouragement to the extremists in every country. ROBERT FOWLER. “MICHAEL PUPIN, SCIENTIST AND INVENTOR” Dorothy Morgan. The great modern scientist, Michael Idvorsky Pupin, is a fine example of a foreign boy who came to America and made good. He was born at Idvor, Hungary, in 1858, the son of a stern Serbian herdsman and a pious peasant woman, who knew the scripture from beginning to end, although she could neither read nor write. Pupin’s education began in the little school of his native village, but soon it was noticed that he possessed unusual ability as a scholar, so he was sent to a school at Prague in Bohemia, where he remained until he set out for America. While he was at school in Idvor, he, along with the other boys, spent his summer vacations on the pasture lands caring for the herds of oxen. In Hungary, on perfectly clear summer nights the stars are so bright that the sky looks black by contrast, and on such nights it was impossible to see the oxen if they were more than a few score of feet away, but the boys could hear them if they pressed their ears to the ground. Because of this they placed their knives in the ground and by putting their ear to the handle they could hear every step of the oxen. Th n they estimated the time of the night by the light of the stars and by their position. Thus light and sound were associated with Pupin’s way of thinking even at that early age, and this was one thing that helped in his dealings with vibration of sound. These associations also led him to question his teacher “Kos,” through whom he first heard of Franklin, and his kite, and who finally convinced him that sound was the vibration of bodies. When he was at Prague he received a letter from his sister informing him of his father’s sudden death, after only a brief illness. Michael immediately wrote his mother that he would return to Idvor and help her care for the land, but she wouldn’t listen to it. He knew what a burden his schooling would be to her and he was going to try to relieve her of it if possible. Then one day he saw an advertisement of the Hamburg-American line, offering steerage transportation from Hamburg to New York for 28 florins, and at once he decided to try his fortune in the land of Franklin and Lincoln. He sold his watch, his clothes, and his books, to make up the sum necessary for traveling expenses. Finally after a few days of traveling hardships he landed at New York harbor. When it came his turn to be questioned by the immigrant officials he was very much alarmed. They asked if he had any relatives in America, and he replied that the only American people he knew were Franklin, Lincoln and Harriet Beecher Stowe. This amused the officials and he seemed so honest and so really helpless that the officials let him by because they were so deeply impressed by him. When he landed he had just five cents % . «|� • :• ► ❖ ❖ ❖ • ❖ • ❖ • ❖ - ❖ • ❖ • ❖ • ❖ ❖ ❖ • • � � « • « j� � j Page Eighteen ❖ ❖ •: • ❖ ❖ ❖ i ❖ • • • ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖ • • ❖ • ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖ - ❖ ❖ • §� ❖ ❖ • ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖ in his pocket. He invested this in a piece of prune pie, which turned out to be a bogus—it had nothing in it but pits of prunes. What did this poor young immigrant bring to this country? Apparently nothing, but as he says, he brought “a knowledge of and a profound respect and admiration for the best traditions of his race,” and this he feels was his key to success. Pupin started his career in America by working in a boiler factory. From the boiler factory he entered a cracker factory and during this time he roomed with a scholar named Bilharz. Pupin entered Nassau Hall as a night student and was taught Latin and Greek by this friend, Bilharz. After he had finished at Nassau Hall he continued his studies, both at home and abroad. He first entered Columbia, then later he attended Cambridge University in England, and finished his studies at Berlin University. He is now professor of science at Columbia University. Although he writes a great deal he still has time to continue the deep study of electricity. Every chance he could get he experimented with simple objects, and in 1892 by the simple observation of bagpipe tuning he invented “electrical tuning.” At that time all mechanical difficulties had been overcome in the telephone but still it was found that when the wires were carried beyond a certain point, the sound became very indistinct. A scientific problem which no one could solve stood in the way of using telephones over long distances. For awhile this prevented any progress, but before long Professor Pupin heard of it and solved the problem. By experimenting with the problem of propagating electrical motion from one end of a long conducting wire to the other, Pupin invented coils for conducting electricity along wires. This invention was patented and is used by the American Telephone and Telegraph Company, thus solving the problem and saving a great deal of money in transmitting sound over long distances. A foreign-born citizen of the United States has many occasions to sing praises of the virtues of his country which a native-born citizen has not. Such occasions arise whenever the foreign-born citizen revisits his native land and hears what his own people think of America, with opinions based upon European prejudice, and born of ignorance. Professor Pupin says that America is a wonderful country, full of wonderful opportunities, a country of wonderful men, and a country of idealism and not materialism. “American materialism is an invention of ill-informed Europe,” says Pupin, “but the European who has lived in the United States and has had the good fortune to catch the spirit of America, revolts when he hears this phrase, and he rightly should.” On the other hand Americans are too quick to criticize immigrants and not quick enough to praise them. Pupin deserves much greater praise than he has ever received, for without him the progress of the telephone would have been slowed up for several years. Furthermore in Pupin, America has one of the most successful scientists, (particularly along the line of electricity), and teachers of this age. He should be considered as one of Franklin’s greatest followers. America cannot claim him entirely but she should always pay him due honor for he has added much to her credit, in the line of scientific experimentation making some European countries respect American scientists more than they have respected them in the past. Dorothy A. Morgan. ♦♦♦♦ LATIN IS A LIVING LANGUAGE Barbara Isham. In order to prove this statement I must show that Latin is now living. When a thing is living it continues to exist. Surely, Latin continues to exist for we speak it every day. Every time you call the doctor you are speaking Latin because doctor is a word that hasn’t been changed since the Roman times. Every time you say you are superior to your next door neighbor your sentence is partly Latin because superior is another Latin word. Every time you refer to a cantata in which you are singing, you speak Latin because cantata is an old Latin word. Every time you see an animal you are seeing a Latin object because the word animal was handed down directly from the Romans. Every time you look at the pendulum of a clock, you are looking at an object with a Latin name for pendulum is a Latin word. Many other common words which we use every day are derived from Latin and in order to understand them better, Latin is necessary. For example, manicure comes from manus, meaning hand, and curare, meaning to care for, hence it means, a person who takes care of people’s hands. Tent comes from tendere, meaning to stretch, and it is a shelter made of some strong material which is stretched over poles. Fine comes from finis, meaning end, and it means a sum of money which is paid in order to put an end to a transaction. Secretary comes from secretarius, which means a keeper of secreta or secrets. These words are so familiar that people don’t stop to think of their origin. When you were elected Ceres of your Grange did you know what the title meant? Ceres was goddess of agriculture and mother of Proserpina. Proserpina was carried to the underworld and only came up at the command of Jupiter. Ceres grieved so when her daughter was in the underworld that all things died. This time was rep- i Page Nineteen resented as winter. When Proserpina came up again it was springtime. Many such interesting stories are connected with every day incidents. State mottoes are usually in Latin. The United States motto, “E pluribus unum,” meaning one composed of many, and the Connecticut nn tto, “Qui transtulit, sustinet,” he who transplanted, sustains, are used very ofen. When we travel in a strange graveyard we notice Latin inscriptions. In memoriam is very common and such expressions as “Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori, it is sweet and fitting to die for one's country, are used occasionally. Secondly, we wish to point out the fact that Latin is commonly spoken in school. Some people who go to school, boast that they are not taking Latin, but whatever the subject which they are taking may be, Latin is bound to be encountered. Let us study physiology for a moment. Did you know that there are more than 200 bones in your body, every one of which has a Greek or Latin name? Did you know that in science you are known as homo sapiens? Did you know that you are the possessor of eight bicuspids? Did you know' that without the orbicularis oculi you could not go to sleep at night? Or if you wish to study Physics you will find Latin a great help in learning and remembering terms. For example, heat conduction, from Latin conduco, to lead, means transference of heat from molecule to molecule. Aqueous, from Latin aqua, means pertaining to water. Capillary tube, from Latin capillus, meaning hair, means a tube resembling a hair. A calorie from Latin calor, meaning heat, is a heat unit. In zoology, as in Latin, we find that a horse is equas, a cat, felis; a dog, canis; and a rabbit, lepus. In Chemistry it is much easier to remember the symbols for different chemical elements, if we know the Latin names. Tin has Sn for a symbol, its Latin name is stannum. Mercury has Hg from Latin hydrargyrus, a kind of quicksilver. Au means gold in chemistry, which is taken from the Latin aurum. In botany Latin helps us to remember the parts of flowers. Stamen comes from the Latin word stamena, which means thread. Sepal comes from sepalum, leaf and petals from petalum, petal. Pansy comes from pensare, to ponder, and it is often used as a symbol of thought. In English w’hen one reads Milton's poems or Shakespeare's dramas, frequent references are made to mythology. Have you ever had to spell the word separate, or the word aeroplane, in a spelling match? If you happened to know' Latin the words didn't bother because separate comes from separatus and aeroplane from aer. In the professions Latin is essential. In law such terms as alibi, meaning presence elsewhere, mal fides, bad faith, and pro tempore, for the time being, are Latin expressions, and can be much more easily remembered, if the lawyer has a knowledge of Latin. In the study of medicine, stimulant comes from stimulo, to arouse or incite; fever comes from Latin febris, fever; inflammation comes from inflammare, to set on fire. The musician learns the meanings of many Latin words. Did you ever notice an f on a page of music? That f means firm and loud and comes from Latin, fortis. Dulce, meaning soft and smooth is taken from Latin dulcis. The minister encounters hymns with Latin names, phrases from the Bible in Latin, and, if he is a Catholic minister, carries out his services in the Latin tongue. This list might be prolonged indefinitely. Latin is commonly objected to because it is called a “dead language. It is said that no one speaks it now. Latin is spoken extensively even at present. Catholics repeat prayers and hymns in Latin. Lately a broadcasting station has been opened in the Vatican at Rome. This promises an extended use of Latin as a spoken language. Latin is not a “dead language; it has only changed its name. “Popular Latin has never ceased to exist. It is the language of France, Spain, Italy, Roumania, and all the Roman countries of today. Its history has been unbroken from the founding of Rome to the present time. says Professor Frank Frost Abbott. Latin isn't generally spoken in the form used by the Romans of Caesar’s day. But does anyone speak the English as it was used in the time of King Alfred? If you read the Lord's prayer in the English of that day you could only understand six words. We do not speak the English of Chaucer's time either. And yet English today is not called a “dead language. We only say that it has changed greatly since the days of King Alfred and Chaucer. In the same way Latin has changed since the days of Caesar, but in its modern form (now called Italian, French, Spanish, Portuguese, and Roumanian—the latter a direct survival of the language of the Roman legions quartered in that country—)it is still 90 per cent Latin. The Latin language when spoken is beautiful and dignified. Listen to the Lord's Prayer in Latin. Pater noster, qui es in caelo, sanctificetur nomen tuum, adveniat regnum tuum, fiat voluntas tua, sicut in caelo, et in terra; panem nostrum quotidianum da nobis hodie; et dimitte nobis debita nostra sicut nos dimittimus de-bitoribus nobis; et ne nos inducas in tentationem, sed libera nos a malo. Ita fecit. In conclusion, Latin myths surround common objects with beauty. Do we ever stop to think, when we are looking at the stars, of the story connected with the big and little dipper? Jupiter fell in love with a beautiful maiden, Callisto. But Juno, Jupiter's wife, wras jealous and to stop this affair, she changed Callisto into a bear, and she was driven into the woods and deprived of her home. Jupiter vainly looked for this maiden, and after a long search, he discovered her and her little bear son. In pity for their sufferings, Jupiter put them both in the sky, where they are known as the Great and Little Bear or the Big and Little Dipper. Barbara Isham. ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖ • Page Twenty ❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖❖ f i | Class; 20aj peedjes | PRESIDENT S WELCOME Robert A. Brinley. Ladies and Gentlemen; friends of the class of 31: I, as President of this class, wish to welcome you to these our Class Day exercises. We hope that when you leave us tonight you will have enjoyed a pleasant evening, which will remain as a fond memory of this class of 31. CLASS SONG (Tune—The Loreley) Mary Mirfield—Estella Dickinson. 1 Throughout four years we’ve been striving, To reach a higher goal With books and compositions, Which tried our very soul. Our teachers’ kindness and patience Have guided us on our way, For surely without their helping hands, We ne’er would have seen this day. 2 Oh tell me why this rejoicing? What gladdens everyone? ’Tis the Seniors in their glory, The class of 31. Their faces will grow dimmer Across the fleeting years, But echoes of Woodbury High School Will still ring in their ears. CLASS POEM Elizabeth Partridge. Has anyone read the Book of Life, Who can tell from beginning to end, Of the ways of the world—the good and the bad Of the fates of his fellow men? CLASS WILL Dorothy Parkin—Amy Poulin. Know All Men by these Presents; That we, the Class of 1931, of Woodbury High School of the Town of Woodbury in the County of Litchfield and State of Connecticut, being of sound and disposing minds and memories, do make, publish and declare the following to be our last will and testament, hereby revoking all former wills by us made: To Raynall Coley we leave a Post Office so that he may pass notes to Maude Eyre in French class without danger of interception. To Robert Abbott, an application to join the navy and see the world. To Robert Fray we leave a leather-bound book entitled “I.” To Lester Norton we leave all of Buddy Davis’ toys. To Robert Smith a report card which requires only a typewritten signature, to save him the bother of imitating his father’s writing. To Russell Coburn and David Appleton a pamphlet, “How Minister’s Sons Should Act.” To Bruce Crighton we leave a chair in the front of the room so that his ambitions as a comedian may be realized. To Austen Bennett a new Ford car so that he won’t lose weight walking home from baseball practice. We live as tho’ in a story Characters in the plot of life, Puppets upon a strenuous stage To win or to lose in the strife. From the days of earliest childhood, And e’en thru the days in this class. We have been loved, guided, cherished. Protected from the ways of the mass. But tonight when we pass through these portals We must part from our friends who are true, Who’ve prepared us to march ever onward Into a day that is new. Two trails lead to the sunset Two trails to that distant range; One leads o’er a path that is sunlit The other—a way that is strange. When we come to life’s last chapter, When the pages of life are but few, May we know that success means character, That to our dear friends we’ve been true. To Rabert Fumire, an automatic reducing machine. To Oscar Johnson, Burritt Curtiss’ surplus knowledge on “How to run a farm.” To Robert Smith, Charles Westerlund, and Rabert Fumire a special permit to stop at Kimball’s corner and smoke cigarettes coming to and going from school. To Henry Canfield, we leave Charlotte Cro-fut’s desk in the Senior Room so that he may communicate with Irene before class. Burritt Curtiss leaves to Sidney Platt the care of that certain Junior girl. To Charles Westerlund we leave a new voice so that he can whisper without talking out loud. To Judson Darrow, Buddy Davis’ sense of humor. Page Twenty-One . •• I- To Adam Wittek a drum to help him make a little more noise. To David Appleton we leave a library so that he may have a wider range of questions to ask of any typists who might be visiting school. T« Wayne Tarbox a diary in which to write down all funny little happenings. To Frank Somers we leave a flashlight to help him find the bright spots in life. To James Rowley a compass so that he can tell where he is going. To George Morris we leave a time table to help him to get to school on time. To Brewster Reichenbach a toothpick so he will know how it looks to be really skinny. To Harry Hull we leave a bed so that he can rest occasionally from his hard work. To George Coad, Charlotte leaves a goodly supply of candy and chewing gum to hand out to the rest of the girls. To Benny Gwiazdowski we leave the task of showing the class of 1932 how a Senior should act. To Oscar Lovdal a book on astronomy so he will learn how to become a basketball star. To Kenneth Bradley a ladder with which to climb to success. To Stanley Lusas a banana peel so he will make a slip once in a while. To Russell Coburn we leave Brinley’s “Secrets of Bluffing Revealed” in ten volumes. To David Stiles an elephant so he will have a trunk in which to carry home his books every night. To Sigurd Lovdal a parrot so he won’t have to do all of the talking. To James Wilson some moth balls to preserve that school girl complexion. To William Swanson a broom to sweep the cobwebs from out of the corners. To Kenneth Minor we leave a butcher knife so that he can make people think he really is going to do something. To Frank Matula a rolling pin so he will be able to show who’s boss. To Gertrude Smith a set of compasses to aid her in her study of architecture. To Robert Weasa a pine tree to remind him of that somebody. To “Joe” Krakauskas we leave a Ford truck to carry away all his “knock-outs.” To Luigino Bruni, a package of firecrackers to wake him up. To Reginald Wittek a job as a traveling salesman so he will have a new line to give his friends. To Gerald Taylor we leave Jimmy Lockwood’s ability to entertain his classmates. To George Salokas, instructions on how to become the answer to a Maiden’s Prayer. To Philip Scoville the job of attending Davison’s road stand in Minortown so that he will be nearer Alida. To Miss Clark we leave some earmuffs to protect her from the loud voices of the class of 1932. To Mr. Coombs we leave a horse and wagon to remind him of the good old days. To Miss Brucker we leave a separator to separate the Juniors and Sophomores from the Seniors and Freshmen. To Mrs. Coombs we leave a year’s subscription to the “Good Housekeeping Magazine.” To Mr. Clark we leave an omnibus to transport the Agricultural Boys. To the Sophomore Class we leave a magnet to draw them closer together. To the Freshman Class we leave a Book of Etiquette. To Norma Robinson we leave a jar of honey that she may always retain her sweet disposition. To Margery Butler we leave Dorothy Morgan’s position as class giggler. To Nettie Clements we leave directions on how to keep those stray locks under control. To Alice Tuttle we leave a fashion sheet. To Beatrice Lautenschlager we leave a tone control, not for the radio but for her voice. To Anne Plungis we leave Bob Brinley’s ability to slur over words so that her mistakes may not be audible to the teachers. To Irene King we leave a pick and shovel so that she won’t have such a hard time finding the answers to her algebra problems. To Catherine Minor and Frances Plungis we leave a tube of glue so that they may never be apart. To Warren Mansfield we leave an axe so that he won’t have to use his penknife to cut up the school desks. Page Twenty-Two To Mary Laukaitis we leave an elevator to carry her up and down stairs at the end of each period. To Ruth Burton we leave a story book of “Brave Knighthood” to enable her to realize that young men are of some use in this world. To Elizabeth Dana Martin we leave a woman sized laugh so that she can be heard when she laughs. To Emily Klatka we leave a life insurance policy to insure her safety running around the Freshman room at noon time. To Katie Kowaleski we leave a lemon so that she may know what it is to be sour. To Florentine Curtiss we leave a box of “Pep Breakfast Food” to make her a little more lively. To Elizabeth Booth we leave money with which to buy her lunches so that she may have a real reason for going down to the restaurant. To Maude Eyre we leave a screen behind which she may chew gum in Latin class so Miss Clark won't see her. To Irene Hoyt we leave a pair of “Wear-for-Ever” shoes for use between the school and Canfield's drug store. To Irma Judson we leave the largest seat in the Senior room. To Grace Platt we leave a gray wig so that the boys will not have a reason for leaving home. To Mae Swanson we leave a moth-proof bag for the basketball mascot so that he won't smell quite so strong of moth balls in the fall. To Melvina Welles we leave an accomplished dancer to whirl her around the hall at noon hour. To Helen Travers we leave a bust of Burt Curtiss to keep on her desk in the Senior room next year. To Dorothy Thomas we leave Dorothy Weasa's directions how to become a REAL vamp. To Margaret Smith we leave a bottle of Mel-len’s Food. To Virginia Wells we leave Dorothy Morgan's height. To Louise Smith we leave a book by Bob Brinley bearing the title, “How to obtain those dangerous curves.” To Esther Lundin we leave a jar of Freckle Remover. To Elsie Dickinson, a box of cosmetics to keep her school girl complexion. To Alida Warner we leave a ribbon so that she will always have a beau. To Phyllis Sharrow we leave a book of jokes so that she will always have a reason to blush. To Helen Belz we leave Amy Poulin's one and only dimple. To Dolly Wight we leave an aeroplane to carry her to and from Sherman Hill. CLASS PROPHECY—1931 Frances Smith—Dorothy Weasa. Introduction:— I will now put on the magic cloak and take the magic wand and see what the pot of fortune reveals to this class of 1931. Ah—I hear music—I can see an orchestra— it is playing in New Milford. It is directed by Robert Fowler, a popular violinist and a great composer of popular music. I can see large buildings—The capital of the United States towers above them all—The White House—A private library in the White House— Two large desks—At one desk sits a girl typing and working industriously—It is plainer—Oh!— It is Lillian Hicock, our much-loved classmate of '31. Faintly I see in the distance on the top of a high hill a white house which seems to be on a large estate of a wealthy banker—Four or five small children are playing about with a girl who seems to be a French maid—Suddenly I can see a nicely dressed lady among a group of other ladies—she seems to be entertaining her bridge club—Now a fine car with a chauffeur and a tall man arrives—The lady meets him and I know at once it is her husband—It is plainer— Oh it is Mary Mirfield, another of our old classmates of 31. Beautiful drives—large dormitories—It is Storrs College—On entering what seems to be the main building I see many groups of students talking—they seem to be very excited—They are talking of a certain girl who entered six months ago. She was so studious and industrious that they have promoted her. She will become a member of the faculty of the Agricultural Department. They are talking of h r home town—it seems as though they said, Woodbury—why— yes,—they did and it is our classmate, Barbara Isham. Massachusetts—large buildings—private offices—Head Manager of the Forestry Department is the most prominent office—we enter—a young lady is dictating private letters to a Secretary. She must be writing to friends in Naugatuck. She is nowT turning to her forestry work—She takes a great interest in the groups out working under her. She looks familiar—It is Dot Weasa—But we didn't have to guess much because of the great interest which she took in forestry while in Biology class. I can see the suburbs of a large city—there is a sign on this large brick building—It is some sort of a home for children—The sign is plainer, it says, “Dawson’s Orphan Asylum,”—specializing in the correct feeding of the children. We enter the building—a woman meets us and offers to show us through the building—She says that she is at the head of the cooking department—we recognize her as Amy Poulin—This leads us to believe she acquired her ability in getting refreshments for English Club of Woodbury High School. Page Twenty-Three ❖ ' I can see a small town in a valley—The church steeple towers above all—A small bungalow beside the church—It is the parsonage—In the house a woman is working industriously in the kitchen—a stalwart man is in the study—He seems to be preparing a sermon—The woman enters the study and speaks to her husband—It � .s Dorothy Parkin, who has married a minister. I can see a building which seems to be some sort of a telegraph school—I can hear the clicking of a telegraph machine. The operator is Charlotte Crofut—who is studying telegraphy— and taking a special course in “code”—(Coad). What? A voice orders me to see Dorothy Weasa and give her this cloak and wand so that she may reveal what she sees. Frances L. Smith, Lo! a large white building looms up—nearer —nearer—the large white door slowly opens— a spacious dignified room comes into view. A gorgeously carved desk—a stately young, stalwart, cheerful gentleman is seated behind it. The flourish of drums. The President of the United States—our dear old class President, Robert Brinley. He acquired the ability to act as President during his Senior year as President of the class of 31. Wait—another vision—a big newspaper office—many desks of sub-reporters—busy young men—the picture fades to the front center desk —-a young lady, tall, slender, and dark haired. She is the head of this big newspaper firm which directs the Naugatuck, Roxbury and Woodbury papers. “Why”—it is our smiling news reporter and classmate, Dorothy Morgan. We believe she learned this trade in Woodbury High, where she was school news reporter. racer—our classmate, Burritt Curtis—who has taken many honors for racing since his days in Woodbury High School. A large hospital—moanings, screechings and we meet the head nurse, a gruff spoken person, who has developed the new method of sticking pins and tacks into her patients as a new' w'ay of curing people. We believe, however, that she first learned this art in Woodbury High, and we soon recognize her as our classmate, Es-tella Dickinson. We see a small town—a circus—Everyone is excited. We enter the tent. The chief point of interest in the whole show is a monkey. The monkey really is a young gentleman and he is performing some very thrilling stunts. Hanging on a rope by one hand and swinging himself at a great speed, then letting go to fall in a big heap into a net. We believe he developed these animal antics in Woodbury High by hanging out the Senior window by one hand and performing other tricks for our Senior teacher, Miss Clark. We soon recognize him as our classmate and humorist, Harold Davis. Another vision—I can see Mrs. Coombs w'atchful eye, the vision fades—darkness—Reluctantly I give up the magic cloak and w'and, thankful that the visions didn't fade, before I had seen into the future of each of my classmates. Dorothy Weasa. “Fifth Avenue”—a wonderful shiny car comes into view—a lazy, sleepy, yet dignified looking Compliments of chauffeur at the wheel. We follow it. A beautiful apartment, spacious and lovely, and we come face to face with our sleepy classmate, James Lockwood. Another scene—and a lovely one—a cute little kitchen, an apron—a child’s toy—a young lady is preparing dinner—singing to herself. Why it is our sw'eet tempered classmate, Elizabeth Partridge, who is waiting for the return of her husband, who has something to do with trees. Still another vision—an odor of antiseptics— a prominent Roxbury man—a dentist’s office—a sweet vision in white—the dentist’s helper— wavy hair—a sweet smile, and we come face to face with our quick tempered classmate, Frances Smith. CURTIS HOUSE ❖ ❖ It fades—we draw nearer—a race track—confusion—a tall, thin young gentleman clad in a leather jacket. Why—it is the world’s champion • ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖ Page Twenty-Four CLASS GIFTS James Lockwood—Harold Davis. To Charlotte Crofut we present: A rope that was originally meant To secure horses when they became too bold But we give it to her to hold Mike Coad. To Mary Mirfisld, we give this gift And hope that it will give her a lift We know she’ll be grateful, that’s a fact When we hand over this nice compact. Robert Fowler, most of you know, Is very, very, very, slow So in order that he may rise with the cock We’ve saved for him this alarm clock. Buddy Davis, our class mascot, For himself a girl has got In order to save him from any mishap We’re giving him this back roads map. To Jimmy Lockwood, our class sheik, Who with the women is very weak This money to spend in Waterbury May save his dad a financial worry. HISTORY OF CLASS OF 1931 To Burritt Curtis, who looked after a certain Junior lass We give this invitation from the present Junior Class. Of Bessie Partridge, it is said A bug boy she is soon to wed, So we thought in order to help the thing We’d give her this silver, for she has a ring. To Robert Brinley who stays out most of the night, We give this nifty flashlight. Dorothy Morgan has been going out In most any car that could get about But in some of them she might get wet, So we’re giving her a taxi for Chet. Dorothy Weasa as you know Likes to have a boy in tow We’re giving her this big spy glass So she can see all boys who pass. Barbara Isham, we’ve been told Has become so very bold That to Storrs she must proceed This traveling bag she’s sure to need. Lillian Hicock, our smartest girl, Has kept our weaker minds in a whirl. In gratitude, we shall now adorn her With this magnificent medal of honor. Estella Dickinson wants to be a nurse We hope that her patients won’t get any worse So before her nurse’s cap she dons We’re giving her something to practice on. Dorothy Parkin’s hair is so long That she needs something big and strong To help her keep these long locks in We hope she’ll use this new hair pin. Amy Poulin when she comes to school Walks quite noisily as a rule. In order to stop these thunderous peals We give to her these rubber heels. Frances Smith we hear of late Has been having many an out-of-town date These tickets we’ll give her that came from a friend That dances in Roxbury she may attend. Charlotte Crofut—Burritt Curtis. We entered upon our Freshman year in nineteen twenty-seven. The class officers were, Eleanor O’Neil, President; Barbara Isham, Vice-President, (who became President when Eleanor O’Neil left to go to St. Margaret’s); Frances Smith, Secretary, and James Lockwood, Treasurer. The faculty during our Freshman year consisted of Miss Clark, Mr. Clark, Miss Geddes (who left at the end of the year, to be married), Miss Ronalds and Mr. Burnap, who also left us to take other positions. We became quite proficient as gigglers by the end of the year, an art which we still retain. Jennie Atkinson, Clara Crownshaw, and Ever-ette Bassett preferred work to school, and left us during the year. Helen Capewell and Grace Platt also left, due to illness, while Louise Ha-quist and Richard Cooper moved to another town. We will never forget our first experience in giving a program for Assembly. What to give was the problem. At last we decided to give an exciting ride in an automobile. Each person represented some part of the automobile, such as the wheels and spare tire. First one tire blew out and then another, then we had engine trouble and it was necessary to call a mechanic. After he had fixed it we continued on our way. After awhile the fender fell off, next the spare tire left us and last but not least the car with one great shudder fell in a heap with an awful clatter and bang. When we went back to school as Sophomores we considered ourselves just about it and tried to run the school, but we soon found out that the Seniors and Juniors held the sway. Shirley Dolan, Stephana Wittek, Harold Davis, Bessie Partridge and Benjamin Gwiazdowski joined our class in September. Our class officers were President, Dorothy Parkin; Vice-President, Stephana Wittek; Secretary, Lillian Hicock, and Treasurer, Dorothy Weasa. � :« � ;. ;« «j« � ; •;« � ;•� ;«.j.� ;«� ;«• « � ; «j� � •« � . � • •;« � ’• ►;« � « •« � ;• � � • � « � . ••• Page Twenty-Five We all had to behave ourselves under the rules of our new principal, Mr. Coombs. The other members of the faculty were Miss Clark, Miss Sweet, Mr. Munsell and Mr. Clark. We lost only one member of the class, Stephana Wittek, during the year, but at the end • f the year, Shirley Dolan left us to move to California. In Biology class Mr. Munsell was bothered by our smiling faces. We managed to find the bright side of everything especially in the di-secting of worms. Frances Smith was nearly overcome one day, either by the strong odor of the ether or the sight of the worm. Our Junior year started in much the same manner as did our Sophomore year with the exception that more respect was paid us. The same faculty presided over us during our Junior year. Several classmates left us during the year. They are as follows: Edith Allen to go to Miss Beard's School, Marion Goodsell due to illness, and Arnold Galpin, who left us because of injuries received in an accident. At the end of the year Alice Bower left because she preferred work to school, Elaine Koch left to take a business course, and Julia Kozenieski Henley left because she preferred married life. Our class officers were: President, Elaine Koch; Vice-President, Harold Davis; Secretary, James Lockwood, and Treasurer, Burritt Curtis. On December 18th and 19th one act plays were presented, “The Exchange, with Edith Allen and James Lockwood members of the cast; “The Florist Shop, with Robert Fowler one of the cast, and “Silas Mam' r with James Lock-wood one of the cast. “When the Whirlwind Blows was also presented with Dorothy Parkin and Lillian Hicock members of the cast. We gave several dances during the year and Dorothy Morgan and Robert Brinley were Assistant Editors of the Mirror. Chemistry class was merely a repetition of Biology class. However instead of the sole brilliance of Mr. Davis, Jimmy Lockwood and Bob Brinley began to ask questions which more than once remained unanswered. As for Lab period in Chemistry, we wonder how Mr. Munsell ever survived. When fire extinguishers were made some of the girls lost control of the extinguishers and instead of extinguishing the fire nearly drowned their teacher. We left school in June with our heads in the air thinking that at last we were Seniors. We entered our Senior year with great hopes and ambitions, realizing that our school days at Woodbury High were nearing an end. When it came to the question of election of class officers there was a great deal of confusion and quarreling. Finally they were elected as follows: President, Robert Brinley; Vice-President, Robert Fowler; Secretary and Treasurer, Lillian Hicock; Mascot, Harold Davis. Wedding bells rang merrily during our Senior year when Miss Sweet, our English teacher became Mrs. Coombs. The other members of the faculty were, Miss Clark, Mr. Coombs, Mr. Clark, Miss Jagger (who left us due to illness), and Miss Brucker (who succeeded her). Mary Mirfield and Estella Dickinson joined our class the beginning of the year. The play, “The Worm, was given, with Robert Fowler, Dorothy Morgan, and Lillian Hicock members of the cast. Lillian Hicock was elected Secretary and Treasurer of the A. A., and James Lockwood, President. Lillian Hicock was Editor of the Mirror, with Dorothy Morgan and James Lockwood, Assistants. James Lockwood, Barbara Isham and Estella Dickinson were our basketball stars. Harold Davis and James Lockwood represented the Seniors on the baseball team. Our class was represented in the Glee Club by Dorothy Morgan, Lillian Hicock, Frances Smith, Mary Mirfield, Estella Dickinson, Barbara Isham, and Dorothy Parkin. Now we are ready to graduate after four strenuous years of hard work. Class elections Most popular girl—Dorothy Morgan Most popular boy—Harold Davis Best looking girl—Dorothy Weasa Best looking boy—Harold Davis Best dressed girl—Bessie Partridge Quietest girl—Mary Mirfield Best natured girl—Barbara Isham Neatest girl—Estella Dickinson Most quick tempered—Frances Smith Best housekeeper—Amy Poulin Most literary—Lillian Hicock Class lightweight—Charlotte Crofut Tallest boy—Burritt Curtis Best excuse maker—Robert Brinley Laziest—James Lockwood Neatest boy—Robert Fowler Longest hair—Dorothy Parkin .5. j..j..j. j , 5� 5� 5� 4 3 5 Page Txvcnty-Six SCHOOL NEWS The officers of the various classes for the year 1930-1931 are as follows: Class of 1931: President—Robert A. Brinley Vice-President—Robert W. Fowler Secretary and Treasurer—Lillian F. Hicock. Class of 1932 President—Oscar Lovdal Vice-President—Sidney Platt Secretary—Phillip Scoville Treasurer—Alida Warner. Class of 1933 President—Russell Coburn Vice-President—Stanley Lusas Secretary—Maude Eyre Treasurer—Sigurd Lovdal Class of 1934 President—Austen Bennett Vice-President—Ruth Burton Secretary—Marjorie Butler Treasurer—Melvina Welles. The officers of the Athletic Association for the year were: President—James Lockwood. Treasurer—Lillian Hicock. The Athletic Association has at last decided on a uniform letter to be awarded to the athletes. The A. A. is grateful to all who supported it during the year through attendance at the basketball and baseball games. The High School presented on March 4th and 5th a three-act play, “The Worm,” which was very successful, the proceeds augmenting the Senior class treasury. The cast was as follows: Jim, Sue's boy friend Naylor, Joe’s “boss” Miles, a business man A Shyster Lawyer Irish Policeman Taxi Driver Furniture Movers I Wayne Tarbox Russell Coburn George Morris Oscar Lovdal Robert Brinley Brewster Reichenbach id Stiles, Gerald Taylor The Mendelssohn Male Chorus gave a concert under the auspices of the Glee Clubs at the Town Hall January 22. The Glee Clubs and Violin Club gave a concert on March 31, and April 1, and were very well received. This was a welcome addition to school presentations and the first of its kind. A number of dances were held throughout the year which were socially as well as financially successful. The first was given by the Seniors in September and the second by the same class at Thanksgiving. The Juniors gave their first dance during the Christmas vacation, and the Seniors their last during the Easter holiday. We are all looking forward to the Prom to be given by the Juniors on June 12th. Mr. Louis Williams gave a science lecture at the Town Hall in October which was greatly enjoyed. According to all accounts, a highly informed and skillful man, exhibited before us one afternoon, the methods of making interesting articles by means of glass and technical instruments. Those articles that he made, were a bird, a pen, a magnifying glass—of water, and a peculiar pipe. He also showed the process by which one may make spun glass, telling during the process of making it of the world’s need for glass. The exhibit was attended by the majority of the school, and was worth the time and the money. In place of the annual School Day of the Women’s Club, this year, a Parent-Teacher meeting was held under their auspices. Mr. Johnston and Mr. Coombs addressed the group, after which each teacher was introduced by one of the students in her room. We are sure this did much towards promoting interest and understanding between our parents and our teachers. A typewriting exhibition by Miss Remo Poul-sen, the holder of the World’s Amateur Typing Championship, was greatly enjoyed by the school. Mr. Haynes of Meriden took several pictures at the school. Many group pictures including classes, glee clubs, basketball, baseball and the cast of the “Worm” were taken as well as several individual pictures. Joe Baynes, “The Worm” Robert Fowler Mary, his nagging wife May Swanson Sue, their flapper daughter Lillian Hicock Ralph, their son Joseph Krakauskas Ella Louise, a cousin Dorothy Morgan In the school terms of 1930 and 1931, there have been more changes in faculty than have heretofore been made. Mr. Clark, our teacher of Agriculture, Miss Clark, teacher of languages, and Mr. Coombs, teacher of history, mathemat- Page Twenty-Seven ics, and Principal of the school, have all been faithful, and to them we hereby express our gratefulness. Miss Jagger, history and science teacher, left after a short illness, for which we were sorry. Miss Brucker has taken her place. We are grateful to Miss Harvey, who was ever ready to help us out in any shortage of teachers. Miss Sweet, history and English teacher disappeared sometime around Valentine’s Day, and Mrs. Coombs has since been in our midst. ♦ ♦♦ BASKETBALL NOTES As usual, it took the girls’ team half the season to “wind up” sufficiently to come within reach of their opponents. Newtown and New Milford won over Woodbury by very few points. Washington received one slight victory over the team, and after the second game with us, went home badly battered. Bethel came out at the head of the league. In the non-league games with Thomaston, Shelton and Naugatuck, the team learned the futility of playing teams, used to practicing on larger floors. The girls' squad consisted of: Irma Judson, captain; Estella Dickinson, Phyllis Sharrow, May Swanson, manager; Gertrude Smith, Melvina Welles, Alida Warner, Emily Klatka, Helen Travers, Barbara Isham, Elsie Dickinson, Dolly Wight, Lillian Hicock, Ruth Burton, Candace Thompson, Dorothy Thomas, and Margery Butler. The team was coached by Mrs. Coombs. The boys’ basketball team played 20 games, winning 6 and losing 14. The members of the squad were: Bennett, Canfield, Coad, Coley, Fowler, Fray, Gwiazdowski, Krakauskas, Lock-wood, Lovdal, Rowley, Salokas, Scoville, Swanson and Tarbox. They were coached by Mr. Coombs. The baseball team, coached by Mr. Coombs, has played nine games and has won six. The batting and fielding of the team has improved and it should be near the top of the league at the end of the season. The usual lineup is: Davis 3b, Fray p., Salo-ka '. c., Krakauskas l.f.. Gwiazdowrki r.f.. Lock-wood lb., Tarbox 2b.. Coley s.s., and Scoville c.f. Subs., Reichenbach, Lovdal, Coad. THE MIRROR Our weekly paper, the Mirror, has given us practice in writing editorials, poetry, stories, and nursery rhymes. The Juniors and Sophomores have proven their skill as artists as we notice from looking at the portraits of sportsmen and teachers. We hope the Mirror may be as successful next year as it has been this year. May you also find an editor as co-operative, literary, and influential as Lillian Hicock. You will also lose Dorothy Morgan and James Lockwood from your staff. Mae Swanson and Oscar Lovdal have had practice enough so they should be able to do their best next year. We hope Raynal Coley will not lose his famous pencil with which he has drawn his contributions so welcome, yet humorous. THE SCHOOL CLUBS A welcome addition to school life this year and of great benefit to all are the numerous clubs which have been meeting bi-weekly for the greater part of the year. They have added interest to the routine of classes through their informality and deviation from the established curriculum. Through them we have been enabled to learn things which might have been missed in our regular courses. They are interesting as well as educational and have given to many an opportunity for taking part in school life, hitherto unavailable. The clubs organized are as follows: Girls’ Glee Club, Boys’ Glee Club, Violin Club, Latin Club, French Club, Dramatic Club, Poetry Club, Magazine and Debating Club, Novel and Short Story Club and the Nature Club. ♦♦♦♦♦♦ GIRLS’ AND BOYS’ GLEE CLUB These clubs, under the direction of Mrs. Coombs, were organized for the purpose of obtaining a deeper appreciation of music. The Girls’ Glee Club sang before the Woman’s Club and between the acts of “The Worm.” The clubs combined with the Violin Club to present a concert March 31 and April 1. The concert was very well received, and wre hope it may be a forerunner to others in the years to come. The Glee Clubs made a trip to station WTIC in Hartford in order to have an audition. There are possibilities of their broadcasting in the future. The Glee Clubs will also furnish music Commencement Week at Baccalaureate, Class Night and Graduation, so we also have them to thank for saving extra expenditure for an orchestra. THE VIOLIN CLUB A violin club was organized by Mrs. Coombs this year with seven members starting. Four girls continued throughout the year and took part in the concert. It gave the members a chance to practice and learn together many new selections. THE LATIN CLUB Estella Dickinson, ’31,—President. Louise Smith, ’34,—Secretary. This club, under the guidance of Miss Clark, held several meetings throughout the year, all of which were used to the best advantage. Latin crossword puzzles were solved and many Latin songs learned. A motto selected as suitable for a school club was “Age quod agis” (finish what you attempt). Pins in the shape of a Roman shield were purchased with the initials L. C. (Latin Club) and 1931 on them. 4..j. .5. 4. .5. .5. 5 ❖ ♦♦♦ ♦ 5 2 2- 1- -I- -5 2 2- 5 !• 5 -2- -I- -I- -I- ❖ !• 5 -I- ❖ -I- 4� Page Twenty-Eight + FRENCH CLUB The French Club held its meetings under the leadership of the French teacher, Miss Clark, for the purpose of learning to speak French with ease and without thinking of the language as only another difficult subject. In the course of our French Club meetings we enjoyed French games and cross-word puzzles. The club took much interest in puppets and several of the members made these small Marionettes in the true French manner. The Marseillaise and many other French songs were sung at meetings. DRAMATIC CLUB The purpose of this club, under the direction of Mr. Coombs, was to give to its members a deeper appreciation of drama, and the ability to distinguish between good plays and plays with little or no value. Every member read several plays, and some outlined plots for original plays. Members of this club presented “The Worm,” and as a result the Senior Class was greatly enriched. POETRY AND NOVEL CLUB The Poetry Club, led by Mrs. Coombs, met in order to appreciate modern poetry, mainly nature, religious and character poems. Poems were collected by members of the club from magazines and papers, and poetry note books were made. In this way the group enjoyed the newest poems. They also made a study of the poems of Robert Frost, a typical American poet. The Novel Club of Woodbury High School held its meetings under the leadership of Mrs. Coombs, with the purpose of reading some of the modern novels by well-known authors in order to appreciate fully the type and style of the average American novel. Among the authors and their books discussed were Booth Tarkington, Sinclair Lewis, Mark Twain, Oliver LaFarge, and Willa Cather. In connection with Novel Club was Short Story Club with an aim to learn what a short story should consist of, and how it differs from a novel. In this club a study was made of O. Henry's type of short story in particular. THE MAGAZINE AND DEBATING CLUB The Magazine and Debating Clubs were organized by Mr. Coombs for the purpose of reading and discussing the current topics of the day. The club is scheduled to meet at 3:00 p. m. every other Thursday with Robert Brinley, the President, presiding. Russell Coburn is the Vice-President and Bessie Partridge, Secretary. Each member makes a report of an interesting article he has read, and the group discusses the topic in general. As a result the members have become more interested in what goes on in the world about them. NATURE CLUB Purpose: To study nature. At the first meeting held, we elected Helen Travers as President. During the meeting it was decided to have a different group take charge of each meeting. At first we were assisted by Miss Jagger, who later left the school on account of sickness, and her position was taken by Miss Brucker, who gave talks � n the lifferent kinds of rocks she had collected during her college years. AGRICULTURE CLUB On November 7, 1930, at 3:00 o'clock, with Mr. Clark as temporary chairman, the Vocational Agriculture boys of Woodbury High School, organized a chapter of “The Future Farmers of America, which is an agriculture club that has certain requirements which members must meet, such as having a project and a definite amount of earnings in the bank, obtained from the project. Mr. Clark called the meeting to order and the following officers were elected: Burritt Curtis, President and Adviser; Kenneth Minor, Vice-President and Treasurer; Sidney Platt, Secretary and Reporter; Mr. Clark and Philip Scoville, Advisers. Page Twenty-Nine The purposes of this club are to have judging contests, create a greater interest in vocational agriculture work, to have the farmers of the community become acquainted with the work of their boys by giving banquets, fairs, and other activities that bring the farmers in contact with their sons and the sons of their neighbors; also to have the boys become men who are interested in community work. The activities have not been great this year, but we expect them to be greater next year. Meetings have been held every other Friday since organization. After the business session the meeting is turned over to the program committee which gives short interesting programs. It was voted at one of the meetings that a Father and Son banquet be given. Mr. Clark was elected chairman of the banquet committee. The banquet did not turn out to be a financial success, but it was a success otherwise. Prof. Roy E. Jones, the speaker of the evening, spoke on The World Poultry Congress. We also had with us Prof. C. B. Gentry of Storrs Agricultural College, and Mr. Coombs, both of whom gave a short talk. The High School girls served the dinner, and Mrs. Clark and Mrs. Minor prepared it. We were fortunate enough to have Mr. Horace Ericksson give a short talk to the club at one of our regular meetings. His talk was on Arbor Day and Forest Fire Prevention. THE SENIOR ENGLISH CLUB One of the most interesting features of the year to any Senior has been the Senior English Club, otherwise known as the “Curriculum ad faciendum meliorem anglicum.” A constitution modeled after the constitution of the United States was formed. Meetings were held every Friday afternoon during English class period. A schedule was arranged whereby each member had to be responsible for one program and one other program jointly with someone else. There have been many interesting programs by the members themselves and many interesting talks by outside speakers. The speakers whom we have enjoyed hearing throughout the year are as follows: Rev. Edward Hickcox of Southbury, whose topic was “W’ho Is the Lover of Good English?” Mr. Harmon Boyd, who spoke on the subject of “Credit Instruments.” Rev. M. E. N. Lindsay of South Britain, who spoke on the “Effective Use of English.” Mr. P. R. Savage of the Woodbury Telephone Co., who explained to us the workings of the telephone system. Mr. A. E. Knox, who told us of the newspaper of today and that of fifty and sixty years ago. Dr. Harold E. Travers, who spoke on “Ancient Diseases.” Mrs. Hoadley Willes, who spoke on Social Service Work, and the duties of a Police Woman. Mr. William Burton of Woodbury, who spoke on Insurance. To them we express our gratitude for the trouble they took to give to us these interesting and educational talks. The English Club has enjoyed several social events also, among them a farewell party for James Lockwood when he started for Florida, and a kitchen shower and party in honor of Mrs. Coombs. Each member feels that the formation of this club has been of the greatest benefit, and we heartily recommend its continuance in the future. FRESHMAN-SOPHOMORE NOTES As for social activities, these two classes have not had many, but they have given to Woodbury High School a number of promising athletes, actors, actresses and singers. We sincerely hope that they will continue to improve and expand in order to give our school and town something of which to be proud within the next four years. ♦♦♦♦♦♦ JUNIOR ACTIVITIES 1930-1931 Many of the Juniors have taken part in either basketball, baseball, track, glee clubs, or the school play. One of the largest Junior activities of the year was the Junior dance, at Christmas. The hall was decorated in the class colors, Maroon and Silver. The posters were also painted in these colors. Paul Buckmiller's Orchestra furnished the music for the evening. A faithful few did the decorating, and it is hoped that more of the Juniors will participate in the work, preparatory to the Junior Prom, which will be given in honor of the Seniors. ♦♦♦ SENIOR NOTES The class of 1931 has just completed a very happy year, and we are sorry to say, our last. We have been kept busy writing for the school papers, playing baseball and basketball, acting in plays, singing in concerts, so the year has been a full one. The class traveled in to Waterbury to Gualtieri’s Studio one fine day, and had an experience that none will forget. We are still haunted by that momentous word “Next!” We gave a number of dances during the year which were very successful, and which we enjoyed planning. 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