Woodbury High School - Warrior Yearbook (Woodbury, CT)

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ADAM JOHN WITTEK A sporty man, a little too noisy, but a good fellow withal.” Glee Club (1). Violin Club (1). Class Treasurer (2). Debating Club (1). When it comes to being quiet or to being noisy Adam prefers being extreme either way. This buoyant lad has grown up under our noses and now towers over our heads. However his large build and muscular strength only seem to make him all the more of a gentleman. It seems natural to look up to him and we believe the world will do the same. ENIOR CLASS ELECTIONS Best Looking Boy—George Coad. Best Looking Girl—Ruth Burton. Most Conceited Girl—Margery Butler. Most Conceited Boy—James Wilson. Most Ambitious Girl—Margery Butler. Most Ambitious Boy—Frank Mulvey. Most Popular Girl—Polly Overton. Most Popular Boy—William Swanson. Most Polite Girl—Olive Hine. Most Polite Boy—Frank Mulvey. Best Dressed Girl—Virginia Wells. Best Dressed Boy—Judson Darrow. Noisiest—Dolly Wight. Quietest—Virginia Wells. Class Bluffer—William Swanson. Class Pessimist—Judson Darrow. Class Optimist—Esther Lundin. Class Vamp—Esther Lundin. Class Sheik—Adam Wittek. Most Athletic Girl—Esther Lundin. Most Athletic Boy—William Swanson. Most Musical—James Wilson. Most Literary—Margery Butler. Teacher’s Pet (boy)—George Coad. Teacher’s Pet (girl)—Margery Butler. Best Girl Dancer—Emily Klatka. Best Boy Dancer—Austen Bennett. Best Citizen—Frank Mulvey. Neatest Girl—Anne Plungis. Neatest Boy—Bruce Crighton. Class Baby—Judson Darrow. Best Natured—Dolly Wight. Wittiest—Dolly Wight. Class Pest—William Swanson. Class Heart-breaker—Austen Bennett. Best Business Woman—Ruth Burton. Best Business Man—James Wilson. Best Personality (Boy)—Frank Mulvey. Best Personality (Girl)—Emily Klatka. Slowest—George Coad. Page Twelve

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VIRGINIA MARY WELLS Still to be nr.it, still to be d resit, As you were going to a feast. G!ee Club (1 I. Operetta, Bits O’ Blarney (2). Operetta, Fire Prince (3). Nature Study Club (1). Virginia has kept all the girls in a state” since she entered high school. Which means, that her clothes have been envied and wonder expressed at their variety. However, she does not spend ail her time on clothes. She is a good friend as those who knew her will tell you. She is quiet and you might say, our most ladylike girl. Virginia is a.so our shortest girl. Perhaps the reason why she has so many clothes is because it takes only a few inches of cloth, (slightly exaggerated) to make a dress for her. DOLLY LOVEJOY WIGHT Age cannot wither her, nor custom stale her infinite variety.” Glee Club (1). Operetta, Bits O’ Blarney (2). Basketball (2). Member of A. A. (2). Class Dance Committee (2, 4). Operetta, Fire Prince (3). Secretary of English Club (3). Class Secretary (4). Class Will (4). To appreciate Dolly you have to know her. Not only is she one of the most popular girls in the Senior Class but in the whole school as well. Besides being attractive, Dolly dances, can make you laugh quicker than a clown, receives good marks, has more friends than we can name, is well read, can converse intelligently and is an asset to any social gathering. What more can you ask of one girl? JAMES ERIC WILSON With the air of a man whom nothing could turn from his purpose. Member of Glee Club (1). Operetta, Bits O’ Blarney (2). Operetta, Fire Prince (3). Class President (4). Conceited? - Yes, but sometimes it pays to be a little conceited,” quotes Jimmy, our Class President. Maybe he is correct and maybe he has a right to be conceited, for such accomplishments as his in dramatics, singing, and at the piano certainly deserve some credit and distinction. He not only heads the class in music but also in argument, at which his boiling point is low. Ceramic art is his hobby and may be used as a side line along with the development of his other interests. Page Eleven

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VALEDICTORY ADDRESS Ruth Burton “Clara Barton and the Red Cross” The average American considers the Red Cross organization as one of the many matter-of-fact luxuries of our twentieth century. Every year we give a dollar or more to someone, and in return receive a piece of paper to stick in our window and a pin for the lapel of our coat. It required many years to organize the American Red Cross and it should not be considered without also thinking of the great philantropist to whom we are indebted for the founding of this most valuable society. It was Clara Barton, who spent nine years convincing the government officials that an organization of this kind should be started in the United States and who became its first president, an office which she held for twenty-three successive years. December twenty-fifth is the birthday of our Saviour; because of this it seems significant that Clara Barton, a woman who gave nearly every year of her life laboring in the worthy cause of humanity, should also have been born on this date. She was born in North Oxford, Massachusetts in 1821. Throughout her life she struggled against two disadvantages, nervousness and ill-health. She was educated at Clinton, New York, after which she started the first public school in the state of New Jersey. When she first opened this free institution, she had six pupils but within a short time the enrollment increased to six hundred. At the outbreak of the Civil War, Miss Barton volunteered as a nurse in the hospitals along the front. She was not satisfied to care only for the wounded as they were brought to her, but realized that some relief must be brought to the suffering on the field. She was told that a battlefield was no place for a woman; yet she was determined and finally received permission to take her supplies to the front. For two years, Clara Barton and her helpers braved the dangers of a great many battles and brought aid to both the Nothern and the Confederate soldiers. In 1864, she was given command of all the hospitals along the James River. After the war was over she was appointed by President Lincoln to help in a search for the thousands of missing men. She established the Bureau of Records and, with the co-operation of the families of the dead sol- diers, marked the graves of twelve thousand men who were laid to rest in the National Cemetery at Andersonville, Georgia. When she had completed this work, Miss Barton went on a trip to Europe. In 1870, at the time of the Franco-Prussian War, she came to realize the advantage of their organized Red Cross societies, while helping with them at the front. In 1873 she returned to our country, her one ambition being to persuade the United States to establish a Red Cross and to accept the Geneva Treaty, by which the various organizations were bound together. After nine years, she reached her goal. The American Red Cross Society was founded in 1881 and it was Clara Barton who became its first president and who also secured the addition of the American Amendment to the Geneva Treaty, which provided that Red Cross societies should help in disasters of all kinds and not just during wars, as formerly. After its organization, no government money was appropriated to the Red Cross and it was left entirely to its self. In the spring of 1882, although there was no money, they began their work when the news came that half the state of Michigan was on fire. A few supporters gave money in order that supplies could be sent to the suffering population. In the following year, 1883, the Ohio River flooded its banks. The loss consisted mostly of vegetation which was replaced by a noted seed dealer who was interested in the work of the Red Cross. In 1884 there was another Ohio River flood, followed by a cyclone. Clara Barton went at once to Cincinnati where a boat was hired by the Red Cross. This boat went up and down the river and distributed clothing and coal. When the public realized the great value of the Red Cross, a great many more people pledged their support. When aid was no longer needed from the organization in the flooded areas, the various companies separated. They had been working steadily for several months and Clara Barton was so tired that she was unable to walk without aassistance. Before she had had time to rest, the Secretary of State called upon her to represent the United States at an international Red Cross conference to be held Page Thirteen