Woodbury High School - Warrior Yearbook (Woodbury, CT)

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 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»

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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-

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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.