Woodbury High School - Warrior Yearbook (Woodbury, CT)

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 HELEN ELIZABETH TRAVERS HELEN” Who does all things well.” A. A. (1), (2), (3), (4). Basketball (1), (2), (3), (4). Captain Basketball (4). Third Prize, Essay Contest (1). Athletic Editor Wide Awake (2). Glee Club (2) , (3). Junior-Prom Committee (3). President Nature Club (3). Dramatic Club (3). Dance Committee (3) . Waitress F. F. A. Banquet (3). Chairman Prom Committee (4). Class Secretary (4). Operetta Cast (4) . Senior Party Committee(4). Mirror Staff (4). Honor Roll Committee (4). Class Will (4). The girl with the telephone smile in her voice. If everyone had played basketball the way she did, no other team would have had a chance. The Mirror profited by her literary ability. Dances would not have been successful, had she not been on the committees. We know a certain Senior who has waxed athletic and acquired a taste for dancing, in order to gain her interest. Grammar school pupils are due to learn a great deal from Helen. ALIDA LUISE WARNER LIDA” Teach not thy lips such scorn, for they were made For kissing lady, not for such contempt.” A. A. (1), (2), (3), (4). Basketball (1), (2), (3), (4). Class Treasurer (1), (3), (4). Nature Club (3). Dramatic Club (3). Dance Committee (3). Boys just wilt when Alida comes on to the scene, yet we notice that there is always a group of would-be-admirers around her desk. All the Litchfield hills are swept” in her skiing escapades. She excels in all sports. She likes to collect souvenirs too, so if she is ever your doctor, watch out, or she’ll take something to dismember you by.” REGINALD PAUL WITTEK REG” The maidens prayed”— Class Marshall for the Class of 1931 (3). Class President (4). And look what happened! We have to look up to Reg, not qnly because he is so tall, or because he’s our Class President, but because he deserves it. If you’re undecided about anything, go to him, and watch him look you straight in the eye while he tells you what’s right. An able leader in class activities, it’s no wonder we place him at its head. Even the front seat of the school bus is reserved for him, but that’s another matter. You know— The brave deserve the fair and The fair deserve the brave ” Page Thirteen « ■«•I

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MAE AURORA SWANSON SWANNIE” Not that she loves studies less, but fun, the more.” A. A. (1), (2), (3), (4). Basketball (1), (2), (3), (4). Basketball Manager (3), (4). Art Editor of Wide Awake (1). Wide Awake Staff (2), (3). Editor-in-Chief of Wide Awake (4). Mirror Staff (2), (3). Ed-itor-in-Chief of the Mirror (4). Class Secretary (2). Committee Basketball Championship Banquet (2). Cast of Silas Marner” (2). Glee Club (2), (3). Dramatic Club (3). Cast of The Worm” (3). Dance Committees (3), (4). Treasurer of A. A. (4). Secretary of English Club (4). Cast of Operetta (4). Honor Roll Committee (4). Prom Committee (4). I’ll do it.”—and she does! Dancing, designing, playing basketball, writing poems or articles for the Mirror, planning parties, singing, taking part in dramatics—all these activities seem equally easy for Mae, and if her giggles are any indication, she enjoys each one. She used to be very proud of her Swedish ancestry, but just lately she has seemed to favor the Irish. CHARLES HURD WESTERI.UND WESTY” The worse the scrawl-the dose-the better.” A. A. (1). If the above quotation is true, Westy will make a wonderful doctor. Westy’s curly hair is sure to call forth admiration, but the thing which we will always remember about him will be his grit in resuming his studies after his long illness. If you can put some of that into your patients, Westy, how successful you will be. DOROTHY ALICE THOMAS DOT” Music hath charms.” A. A. (1), (2), (3), (4). Glee Club (1), (2). Basketball (1), (2). Number please? The latest one. Then her fingers fly over the piano keys, and everybody for rooms around dances the tedious noon hour away, dances until its time for our joyous classes again. Oh yeah? Say you leave that expression alone. Dot has a monopoly on it. We think this is an appropriate time to thank her for her music, and when she gets her own orchestra, we’ll be on hand. Page Twelve

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 Commencement ibbresses; Valedictory Essay The History and the Value of the Science of Mathematics Sidney S. Platt Mathematics is a science which deals with magnitudes, quantities, numbers, and their rela- »» tions. As long ago as Three Thousand, B. C., the Egyptians knew a great deal about mathematics. Many of their methods, to be sure, were cumbersome, but Arithmetic, Algebra and Geometry were all understood, to some extent. The Babylonians, too, knew something of the science, and they made use of it in their study of Astronomy. The Greeks worked out a theory of numbers, but they were chiefly interested in Geometry, and they left little to be discovered in that field. Although the Romans made little contribution, the Hindus and Arabs developed to a creditable degree. Arithmetic, Algebra, Geometry, and even Astronomy. It is not fair to give the Arabs credit for our modern system of numbers, as is usually done, for the Hindus invented it, and the Arabs merely borrowed it. The results of this Oriental study were carried to Spain, by the Arabs, and in a short time, Europe began to take an interest in mathematics. The Renaissance gave new birth to Mathematics, and from this time forth development of the science was fairly rapid. Descartes, who lived in the seventeenth century, made elementary Algebra practically what it is today. Other great names in the history of mathematics are those of Kepler, whose contributions to Geometry were epoch-making; Newton and Leibinitz, who practically remade higher mathematics, by their discovery of the principles of Calculus. Though the work of these masters left little to be done in regard to the fundamental theories and principles of mathematics, these later centuries, have been by no means idle. They have evolved many new methods and applications, some very difficult, and beyond the reach of any but scholars; others, which have as their object the simplifying of the lower branches of the science. The invention of the Arabic numerals was one of the very first steps in simplification. In order to appreciate this fact, just try to keep your accounts in Roman numerals. Any one who has studied Geography, Physics, or Astronomy knows that he has had much use for mathematics. He knows, too, that he has used numbers, not as abstract things with no connection to the concrete afairs of life, but, rather, as a means of finding out certain very definite facts. This phase of mathematics which considers theories and principles, only as they are related to the material world, is known as Applied Mathematics.” Pure Mathematics treats of theories and principles for their own sake.” The student who masters the multipication table is studying Pure Mathematics; it makes no difference to him whether he is considering grains of sand or the solar system, for two times eight makes sixteen, in either case. The tendency at the present time is to make mathematics, as studied in the schools, more practical and to give problems which have a definite relation to the life of the pupil. There are two principle values of mathematics, as encountered in school, namely; the practical values, and the mental values. Most of us spend our time working, earning money, with which to buy merchandise of one variety or another. In buying, a knowledge of mathematics is not only practical, but essential, if one does not wish to be cheated. This incident, from my own experience, is offered in illustration. Once there lived in my neighborhood, a woman, who knew nothing of mathematics. She went to the market to buy some meat. She took the meat, and paid one cent to the clerk. She then stood waiting for some change. The meat man, who knew something of mathematics, told her she hadn’t given him enough money. Some clerks, knowing her deficiency would have taken advantage of her. More people than you imagine, are in a similar plight. Of what use is mathematics in training the mind? Mathematics, because of its being pure logic, stripped of all sentiment and prejudice, stands out as a fine subject with which to train the mind. Common sense and observation tell us that something worth while does happen to the boy who uses his mental powers methodically and vigorously. He is forming a habit of thinking in an orderly fashion. Is there another habit more valuable? Page Fourteen