Woodbury High School - Warrior Yearbook (Woodbury, CT)

Text from Pages 1 - 138 of the 1938 volume:

1 1938 THE WIDE AWAKE 1938 :;: The Year Book Of Woodbury High School, Woodbury, Conn. $ £ £ : $4 $$ $ £ $ £ £ Editor-in-Chief Vincent Paul Daury Assistant Editor Justine iiarguerite Clark Editorial Board liargaret Olsen, Alice Platt, Addis Morgan :;: Frontpieoes and Sketches Table of Contents Dedication Woodbury High School Faculty Senior Class of 1938 Adeline Joan L'atula 1 2 3 4 Class History — Ellen Elizabeth Barnes, Charles Buckland Curtiss 19 Class Prophecy —- Evelyn Raoonet, Louise Thompson, Poter Duda — 21 Class Gifts ----- Agnes Shortt, Winona Eawson, John Nelson ---- Class Will — 'larjorie Cassidy, Catherine Keintzler, Parker Nutting 28 Salutatory Essay - THE CAUSES OF AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENTS - Anna Kozeff 33 Essay —- Conservation John Richard Huyler 37 Essay ------ Diesel Engines Vincent Paul Daury 40 Valedictory Essay THE INQUEST OF CIVILIZATION Justine Clark 44 Class Poem Katherine Lucille Shean 48 Future Farmers of America 49 Autographs of Senior Class and the Faculty 50 Woodbury High School Notes -— Retrospect 51 1 2 We the class of 1938, in appreciation of his willing help and encouragement to all the Agriculture classes throughout our four years of high school, dedicate this our year book, to our Agriculture instructor, ELLIS F. CLARK is 3 !( : K •: ♦♦A ■ = a 1937 WOODBURY HIGH SCHOOL FACULTY 1938 St );! £ ’ 5' Julia A. Clark:— Woodbury High School, Columbia, McGill, Teacher of French and Latin Sllis F, Clark:— Mount Hermon School, Massachusetts Agricultural College, B. S., Graduate work at Cornell University Teacher of Vocational Agriculture John D« Coombs:— Bates College, B. S., M. A. Teacher of Mathematics, Principal of Woodbury High Sohool John A. David, Jr.-Bates College, B. S., Technische Hochschule, Darmstadt, Germany Teacher of Science Isabel Ingham:— Middlebury College, A, B. Teacher of English Allen G. Smith:— Mount Hermon School, Colgate, A. B. Teacher of the Social Sciences .• $ $ M. E. BE LZ D R. BRADLEY L. D. CABLE _ 4 ET.T.WW ELIZABETH BAEHSS---- Light of stop and heart is she.u Basketball (1,2,3,4), Manager (2), Cast of GROWING MINS (2) Choral Club, Class Vioo-President (4) Whenever vre see a tall erect girl walking around with her head up «nd a dreamy look in her eyes, we know that it is Betty, Who knows, she may be looking up to our tallest senior. However this sort of dreaminess leaves her when she is on the basketball floor, for there we see a girl fighting earnestly for her team, Betty participates in all school activities, danoes, parties, and sports. Let’s hope she continues her good record at Bates College where she is pinioning to go next fall, GEORGE GRISWOLD BASSET ------ rioase go ’way and let mo sleep, F, F A. (2,3,4), Dairy Judging Team (2), Cast of THE PERFECT ALIBI (3), Ag Essay Contest, George happens to be the smallest member of our class but he never allows this fact to get him down, He is an ardent member of the F, F, A. and has done well in farming. He also manages to get in his forty winks in somo of his classes and to rate as Miss Ingham’s pet peeve. Little man what new? MARY ELLEN BELZ -—- As she wills, she does. Class Vico Prosidant (l). Class President (2), Editor, The Frestaum Timos (l), Mirror Staff (2,3) Jaunty and flippant, yot dignified and earnest, that’s Mary, 5 ♦ ::• Impressions of Mary vary; we see her earnestly studying in the class room and she is on our first honor roll but she can be hilarious and is fond of a good time. Mary is independent, ambitious,and determined to get along in the world. What a background for nursing, her intended profession. tf DORIS RUTH BRADLEY------ Why worry? I don’t. Basketball (1,2), Cast of THE PERFECT ALIBI (S), Dance Committee (4), Mirror Staff (3) News? Better not tell Doris for she intends to be a neespaper reporter. She expects to go to Post’s next fall a3 a start for her vocation. Even if Doris does run second to Winchell, wo’ll always remember her as the girl who liked to heckle the poor teacher in Problems class. Maybe she will come back to Woodbury in a few years to write tho story of the now sohool v.’ith the modom system of education. How about it Doris? LOUIS DANIAL CABLE ----- Silcnoc is a virtue. Louis is our most quiet boy, but when he is on a fishing expedition, this trait leaves him. Many is tho trout that has fallen victim to his skillod hand. We arc sure that his quiet manner 'will ■win him many friends after ho leaves us. MARJORIE FLEMING CASSIDY------- Bettor late than novor.” Basketball (1,2,3,4), Manager (4), Cast of THE WHOLE TCHN’S 6 -;: ♦ ♦ ::: ♦♦♦♦ TALKING (1), Cast of NOTHING BTJT THE TRUTH (3), Senior Danoe Committee (4), Class Will (4) Marge never failed to be tardy for school hut she could always be dopended on to help on a party or danoe committee. When you see a group of hoys, it’s two to one she s in the vicinity. By the way Marge, how much gum did you throw in the waste basket in four years? Always the center of attraction and joining in the fun, she trips the light fantastic with the greatest of eaco and nevor did she miss a school danoe. JUSTINE MARGUERITE CLARK ---- She mixed reason with pleasure, and wisdom with mirth, Basketball (1,2,3,4), Cast of THREE LIVE GHOSTS $2), Class Wide Treasurer (2,3), Student Council (1,2,3), Valedictorian (4) Awake(4) Staff Jakie is one of those rare girls who excel not only in one thing but in several. A glance at the honor roll always shows her name on or near the top. Her uncanny ability to make baskets at the crucial moment has often spelled doom for the hopes of the opposing team. She intends to go to Connecticut College for Women next year and we feel sure that she will continue her fine record there. ALICE LOUISE COER --- The silent thoughts are often the doepest, Tall, blond, and quiet — neat and well groomed — an excellent source of advice — an authority for help in Latin — a conscientious student —• a nico friend and a grand classmate. V � ' � jr� ix • � - + ,: t r r. r. r, ’ ' . n A.L.COER c. B.CURTISS V. P. DAURY 7 CHARLES BUCKLAND CURTISS --- I have always preferred cheerfulness to mirth. F. F. A. (1,2,3,4), Secretary (1), ft-esident (2), Treasurer (3), Ag Judging Team (.1,2,S,4), Ag Essay Contest (2,3,4), Senior Dance Committee (4), Student Counoil (l) Charlie is one of the Ag boys, silent but with a ready smile. He oertainly has made progress in the F. F. A. during his stay here. We can readily say that Charlie deserves the title of most dependable bey for he is always ready to help us out at our class functions. Whatever Charlie takes up as a life work, we are sure that he will make good. a VINCENT PAUL DAURY------ A man of much ability. Basketball (2,3,4), Class President (3), President of Student Council (3), Cast of GROWING PAINS (2), Junior Prom Committee(3), Mirror Staff (2,3), Editor-in-Chiof of the Yiide Awake (4), Basketball Sportsmanship Award (4) Spig is always in the thick of tho game or the fun or whatever is going on. He is usually on every committee for class affairs. He soems to have oaught the eye of several fair damsels for he won the title of our best looking boy. In addition to this he was voted the best sportsman on the basketball team. Whatever vocation Spig chooses, he will probably lead the field in a short time. :: !;: PETER ALEXANDER DUDA------ I love to meditate on anything but books' 8 Cast of tho Perfeot Mibi (3), Senior Party Committee (4) Pete is a great tease, as we ought to know after four years. His pride and joy is a motorcycle and he takes a lot of kidding about his model T Ford. He lias a mind for mechanics rather than English and would rather be funny them, famous. A good fellow whom everyone likes. SHIRLEY NATALIE GARRIGUS ----- Tranquility, thou better name. Than all the family of Fame. Entered from Wilby High Sohool, Waterbury, Conn. (4) Shirley is one of those mysterious newcomers with whom we haven’t had much time to beoome acquainted. But in the short time that she has been here she has proven herself to be a good sport. She is seldom seen to smile in sohool but when she leaves the building her countenance changes. Shirley enjoys a good time as much as any of us and she can skate with the best. GEORGE ALFRED GRFEN ----- For he’s a jolly good fellow, Greenie, during the past four years, has acquired a host of friends because of his witty vocabulary and his jovial manner.lt might be said that he is a practical joker, but some of the jokes that he springs in English Class aren't too practical. We'll always remember Greenie as the boy who was a good sport and with whom we spent many happy hours. $ JOHN RICHARD HUYLER----- Consider each duty not as a task but as an ;; : 9 ■: ofportunity. F. F. A. (4), Conn. Dairyman's Essay Contest (4), Commencement Speaker (4). Dick was with us in our Freshman Year hut loft us the next year in favor of New Jersey. The drawing powers of W. H. S. finally got him though and he oame hack this year to graduate with us. He hadn’t lost any of his hrain power during his absence and he finished as the third highest boy in the class. He has a sharp wit and uses it to good advantage. CATHERINE FRANCES KEIIITZLER---- As long lives a merry heart as a sad one. Cast of GROWING PAINS (2), Cast of NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH (S) Poop-peep. Clear the road boys. Katie is on the warpath again. We oower beside the road and hold our breath as 'Catie’s old Ford roars by. She is never too busy with her driving to cheerfully wave her hand to her friends despite the oncoming traffic. Katie is another of our belles who intends to become a nurse. We only hope that her driving doesn’t get her into the hospital before her training starts. MILDRED IRENE KITNEY ---- Let not quietness deceive. Choral Club (3) Mildred, fair of complexion, light of heart, jovial, fun-loving, happy-go-luoky yet studious and sedate. Whom do we always go 10 ■.?. to first when wo have a ;'oko to tell, an assignment to prepare or some trouble to unburden? Yes, you’re right, it's Ilillie. Lillie has always beon our friend and we hope she always will bo. We wish her all the luck possible in her nursing career, j}t • ❖ ANNA K0Z3FP------ Genius is fostered by industry Salutatorian (4), Choral Club (3) Anna certainly doserves much credit for the climb she has made to the top of the honor rcll. She is that calm collected girl who is always studying but never making work of her studios. She does easily and thoroughly the assignments which most of us cannot do at all and still has time to take up dancing and music on the side. Her ambition and ability should carry her a long way, ■� ! ■ i-ATTY IC0Z3FF-- Hover port off until tomorrow what should bo done today, Mary has two characteristics which make her scam decidedly different from most of the girls in this school. First, she is quiet, and second, she is always busily engagod with her books. It is indeed a rare occasion when anyone sees I.ary day-dreaming or looking out of the window. She managed to keep the pace set by her sister in scholastic achievement and we predict that she will keep right on and make somebody a very efficient secretary, EDUARD JOSS HI LIZAUSKAS----- No sooner said than done. L t- --: 11 Basketball (1,2,3,4), Captain (4), Basoball (1,3,4), F.F.A. (1,2,3,4), Presidont (4), Ag Judging team (1,3) This ambitious young man came from over the hills of North Woodbury to loam the art of scientific farming. He not only has become a successful farmer but ha3 many other accomplishments to his credit. He was one of the reasons why Woodbury was always in the running during the basketball season and his hustling work in oenter field and a few timely clouts with his trusty bat made the baseball season muoh more interesting. He also has a taste for autoing in the moonlight along country roads. But when he settles dcwn to work he always makes things hum and we know he will continue to do so, ADELINE JOAN MATULA------- More water glideth by the mill than wots the miller of, Adeline was elected the quietest girl in our class but sometimes we wonder. One can hardly speak of her without mentioning her ability as an artist. She is always sketching and both the Mirror and the Wide Awake bear witness to hor ability. Sho ought to lend an air of peaoo and pleasantness to any siok room if sho follows her present intention of becoming a nurse, but we bot sho does not remain a nurse all hor lifo. RANDALL KARRMANN MINOR---- Talk, Lord haw ho oan talk. Class President (l). Student Council (l). Baseball (1,3,4), Manager (3), Track (2,3), Cast of THE PERFECT ALIBI 4c 4c $ :J: 4c 4c a|c jJc £ 4c 4c 12 Rube personifies the bravm of our class. He was a decided asset to the baseball team with a mighty pitching arm and a hefty batting average. He is ever ready to play practical jokes and can give expert advice on the art of window breaking. Rube and his Ford were often at school in the morning but nowhere to be found in the afternoon. They laughed when he started to play the piano and they have been laughing most all the time wherever ho was. In fact Rube is a synonym for mirth in any language. 3 : 4c age ; Jc c 4c ADDIS WILLIAM MORGAN------ The art of living is keeping me broke. Cast of GROWING PAINS (2), NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH (3), THE PERFECT ALIBI (3), Junior-Senior Prom Committee (3), Class President (4), Senior Class Marshall (3), Wide Awake Staff (4) Here is William the Conqueror. What fair maiden has not gazed upon his diminutive form with a few heart throbs. Vie had some hope for Bud until he went to work at the First National, but no man passes an apprenticeship there without developing his Shylookian characteristics to their fullest extent. But as a class president Bud has endeared himself to tho hearts of all of us. JOHN NORMAN NELSON------ Give me a loaf of bread, a jug of wine and — well, another jug. Entered from Crosby High School (3), Baseball (3,4), Captain (4), Senior Prom Committee (4) Nellie has only been with us a year and a half but in that :� : !) • ■!• :!: : ;;.- a I r, r, i i i i i i i i i i i I I i i ____ M. E. RACENET A.V. PLUNGIS 13 ♦♦a time ho has established himself as an all round good fellow. He filled the catchers position on tho baseball toam with no trouble at all and put a lot of much needed pep into the team. Many a foul beoame a put-out when Nellie started in pursuit of impossible catches and no dance was ever complete without his lightning steps. He is also a chicken farmer of some renown. :;i ! PARKER BRADLEY NUTTING --- A lion among ladies is a dangerous thing. Cast of THE KNAVE OF HEARTS (l), THREE LIVE GHOSTS (2), GROWING PAINS (2), NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH (3), Mirror Staff (l), Class Treasurer (l), Class Vioo-President (3), Basketball (1,2,3,4), Baseball (1,3,4) Parker has boon on outstanding figure in sports for the past two year3 and has made a fine record in baseball and basketball. His interests arc varied. Ho seems to have an interest in Northficld which is not scholastic and ho looks forward longingly to tho Supreme Court Benoh. Here’s luck to Judge Nutting. $$ £ : S-. s S MARGARET OLSEN----- Let not my brilliance frighten you. Class secretary (2), Class vice-president (l). Student Council (1,3), Choral Club (3), Scholarship Award (l). Wide Awake Staff(4) Margaret’s bright curly hair goes well with her sunny disposition and keen wit. She is equally fond of chewing gum (Miss Ingham’s pet peeve) and driving her Ford V-8 during the noon hour. Work is play for Margaret and we used to see her name at the top of our honor roll 4 l|c 4c : i $ : ]t:$::: $l!i:i ::: $:0t $ $£4 ’S‘£ = t 14 't'Ilt 1 t + until she become a business woman. We knew that she will be just as successful in life as she wa3 in school. ALICE LOUISE PIATT------ She is a winsome, wee thing. Class secretary (2), Choral Club (3), Wide Awake Staff (4) Alice is a studious young lady and she has a way of making teachers see things in the proper light. Maybe it!s those don t-hit-me-I'm-a-wounded-fawn eyes. She is headed for Danbury Teachers College and many new facts may be unearthed by this studious Miss. We wonder if she will always stick to Hath as a field for research. The odds are against it. LOIS GERTRUDE PLATT----- She that oould think, and ne er disclose her mind. Red hair, brown eyes, and a swell sense of humor. What more could one wish in ono girl. This girl, who is a whiz in Latin, acts very seriously but don t let that fool you. Still waters run deep. Lois is a groat pal and a truo friend to everyone. if. 4c £ ALVniA VIOLET PLUNGIS ----- Kind hearts are more than coronets. Basketball (1,2,3,4), Captain (4), Senior Danoe Committoe(4) Vee is our most athletic and best dressed girl. She has many times been on party and dance oommittoes or anywhere where there was work to bo cheerfully done. She is good at trucking but she is no truok as her basketball record will prove. We all regard her as a 15 - :; V ;.' :IV V true friend and helper and we know that her ever present smile and friendly manner will stand her in good stead. .it WARY EVELYN RACENET --- A merry heart goes all the day 3asketball (1,2,5,4), Class Ii’opheoy (4) Whom do you see at basketball games, baseball games, parties and danoes? Why it’s Bvie of course. Evie is a hard worker, not only in class activities but in her studies. 'Ye know that she villi continue to vfork hard and will succeed wherever she is as she has done in high school. As a last word, Evie warns the underclasanen of the coming alumnae basketball game next Christinas vacation. The alumnae should bo about due for a victory. WINONA LlIRIAM RAISON----- Lot him lovo me just alone. Let him be my very own. Choral Club (3) Winona, who appears to be a solemn, hard working student is really a good sport and a lot of fun. Although she hates to be called Winnie, she has a winning smile and is always ready to give a helping hand and a ohoorful word. May she have many friends and success in whatever she undertakes. tv KATHERINE LUCILLE SHEAN ----- Oh, it’s nioe to get up in the morning. But who wants to. Cast of THE WHOLE TOWN'S TALKING (l), NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH :(! !:: :(::(; •.:: K. L. SHE AN A C. SHORTT 16 Sftft fc Lucille may be voted our slowest girl and class pest but It is a case of slow but sure. She is a staunoh supporter of all school activities besides having many hobbies. Liusic, writing poetry, and hiking are a few. Her oonstant hiking on Main Street must have kept the shoe stores in businoss. Give her time and there is no telling to what heights she may attain. £ £ £ if. AGNES CECELIA SKORTT ------ Look inward, for you have a lasting fount- ain of happiness at home. Agnes keeps many jokes to herself. She would not think of going to olass with an assignment incomplete. She is very quiet and reserved but she is full of the Old Scratch. Watch out, that sweet smile gets than. With her ambition, pleasant personality, and steady habits she ought to accomplish a great deal. a;: if if ajc if if if $ if BURTON GRISWOID SMITH------ I am a strong, silent man. Burton is always quiet in school. He never causes a disturbance in any of the classes or study halls, but out of school he is a different fellow. When his time is not taken up with trying to figure out what part of his motorcycle will break down next, he is usually headed for waterbury just in case a oertain far girls are around. £ ) ft : BERTHA SQUIRES SOMERSET ----- Is it love that makes me dream? Bertha is always very still and serene but we often wonder just what it is that makes her that way. We usually see Bertha study- $£ $ $ $ £ ££ £ ‘ ££ 17 ing but sometimes a dreamy look oomes into her blue eyes and she seems to forget studying for the time being. What is the matter Bertha? Are you depressed, or is it the spring weather? Her easy going, calm manner is certainly envied by most of us. GEORGE CURTISS STURGES------ Well bom, well bred, ingenious, inno- cent, yet wise.” Class Treasurer (4) George always looks down on all of us but that is because he is by far the tallest one of our class. We all admire and look up to him as a friend. He is quiet and serious in school and always a gentleman if not a profound scholar. at= i? •' ❖ $ LOUISE JAKE THOMPSON----- The gentle mind by gentle deeds is known. Clas3 Secretary (3,4), Cast of GRCF7ING PAINS (2), Junior-Senior Prom Committee (3), Class Prophecy (4) Here is a young lady who aspires to fame. We have but one suggestion to offer; no one ever accomplished much while dreaming of the opposite sex. However, so far she has made good and the prospects for the future are bright. Most of Louise's school activities consist of being on dance and party committees. Iler summer vacations are spent at the Curtis resort and her winter vacations at the Drakeley ranch. ❖ $ 4c 4c JOSEFH ELMER WIGHT, JR.----- The majority is always right and I m usually the majority. 18 v ♦ •; F. F. A. (2,3,4), Secretary (2), Besketball (1,2,4), Baseball (4), First Prize, Dairy Judging at Storrs, On winning Connecticut Milk Judging Team at Eastern States Exposition, Second Prize, Dairymen Essay Contest (4) Joe spent four years finding all the possible ways to get in Dutch with the school authorities but managed to find some way out of his difficulties each time. His steady string of successes in all Ag contests lends some weight to his contention that he is always right. Besides his success as a farmer, he once made the honor roll and this last season held the pivot position on the basketball team. .it ! : $ !!= « 19 CLASS HISTORY -------- Ellen Elizabeth Barnes, Charles Buckland Curtiss $ ■ !;• We opened our Freshman year with a class of 50 members. We were all pretty green and struggled through initiation seeing many of our members nearly drowned in the fountain. We thought we were pretty big but we soon had our minds changed for us. Our teachers during our Freshman year were; Mr. Coombs, Miss Merwin, Miss Clark, Mr. Sauer and Mr. Clark. After a few months of school, we had a disorderly meeting in which we elected Randall Minor as President. In a later meeting, we elected liary Belz, Vioc-Prosident; Margaret Olsen, secretary, and Parker Nutting,Treasurer. We talked about a class party during the winter but it did not materialize until spring. Erma Yurkes loft us in the middlo of our Freshman year, preferring married life to school. Other Froshmon to leave were; Floyd Smith, Owen Scholan, Lillian Davis, Joscphino Ross, Gcrturdc Griffin, and Richard Huylor. Tho next September, we come back as silly Sophomores and on October 7, 1935, wc oloctcd class officers. They were; Mary Belz, President; Ifcxrgorct Olson, Vioc-Frosidcnt; Alice Platt, Secretary; and Justine Clark, Treasurer. Mr. Sauer had left and was rcplacod by Mr, Smith. In March, wc had a party with Vinocnt Daury as master of ceremonies. We elected a oemnittee to select three samples of class rings and in a later meeting the class made the final selection. Dorr Exford, Galen Groves, and Lloyd Stitham joined us in £ £ $ £ j t $ 4c j(s £ $ ijt £ sfc £ ; 4c £ c $ $ £ £ 4c 20 ,M K; :: our Sophomoro yoar. Galen Groves, Lloyd Etithan, and Francos Oberstadt loft us at tho ond f the same year. Wo started our Junior year with a tang by electing Vincent Daury, President. Later on, ito elected Parker Nutting, Vico president; Justine Clark, Treasurer; and Louise Thompson, Secretary. Ur. Knox had toon rcplaood by Mr. David. Henry Joselovitz mot with an accident and did not return. At the end of our Junior year, wo cooperated with tho Seniors in producing the annual Junior-Senior Prom. This was tho last function of our Junior year. Classmates leaving at the end of the year were; Dorr Exford, June Tucker, Ethel Kaiser, Edna Ingram, and Margaret Karrmann. Elsie King droppod out to join the class of 1939 at a later date. Now at last wo were Seniors, the largest class ever to enter tho Sonior year at Woodbury High School. Our class officers were: Addis Lorgan, President; Betty Bamos, Vice-President; Louise Thompson, Secretary; and Goorge Sturges, Treasurer. Miss Ilcrwin had left us to teach in her homo town. New L'ilford. She was replaced by Miss Ingham. Wo started our Senior year by giving a dance on October 6th. We surprised everyone by making an unusual profit. On February 21, we gave a party. In April, we attended a social given by the Not Milford High School Senior class at Not Lilford. Stanley King loft us at the- beginning of our Senior year. We are now graduating with 4,974 pounds of Seniors, 207 feet high, wearing a shoe size 263. !::!;! % 21 CLASS FROiLLECy c Peter Lh'da, Evelyn Paoenet, Louise Thompson + m t '■ Time: Friday, August 13, 1948 Plate: Woodbury General Hospital Circumstances: Ptrter Duda io sitting in a vrheclohair. Evelyn Rasenet as a nurso, and Louise Thompson as a secretary, discover him, _______ ......._ .;= ...... --------- -------- EVELYN: Yes, it's the sane Peter Duda that went to school with us. What happened to you? T5TER: Well, I was following Joe Wight in an automobile as he was rushing to the aid of a sick cow. I was going to help him with the cow but I failed to make a sharp curve and I ended up here. LOUISE: Dr. Groen sent you this message. PETER: (reads) Sorry to hear of your accident. George Green. Well vl.o would have thought that he would become a doctor ------- but then he was always taking something apart. LDIJISE: I can only stop a minute as I have some more letters to write. How long lias Woodbury had this hospital? EVELYU: In 194G, when Woodbury dooided to have a hospital, Mary Eelz, Adeline Matula, Winona lawson, Agnes Shortt, Mildred Kitney and myself with the aid of our classmate Dr. Green, started the organization. The building was constructed from plans drawn jy Burton Smith. PETER: Isn’t Margaret Olsen here also? LOUISE: Oh no, didn’t you know? She is running a tea room in Holly- wood. PETER: Speaking of Hollywood, who is the handsome chap on the cover of this magazine? : 22 4 $:| « ft :!- :� • EVELYN: Why, isn’t that Vincont Daury? LOUISE: Yes, it certainly is, and did you notice the improvanent in this magazine since Doris Bradley took it over, PETER: Well remember how the Mirror improved when Doris Bradley started writing the articles in it, EVELYN: Well speaking of magazines, thore seems to be a lot of articles about the coming election. It promises to be a good one, PETER: It ought to be, look at the candidates. They are our old classmates; Marjorie Cassidy, for the Democrats and Parker Nutting, for the Republicans, EVELYN: Remember how they always took opposite sides on all questions in Problems Class! LOUISE: Our classmates sure are getting to the top. Remember Dick Huyler? He is Secretary of Agriculture now. EVELYN: Oh look what I found, a picture of Alvina Fixingis and Jack Nelson. They are taking the place of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogors in the movies, LOUISE: They are! Well they wore always good dancers in high school. PETER: Have you heard anything of Alice Platt? EVELYN: Oh yes, Alice is a math teacher at Woodbury High School and Lois Platt is a kindergarten teacher. Anna Kozeff is also a math teacher but she is teaching at Connecticut State College. LOUISE: Well the old school must be improving with their help. By the way, I ran into Bud Morgan the other day and he is now a radio an-nounoer on the N. B. C. network. I listened to one of his programs and 23 £ «:!• « •: -I' - heard Lucille Shean play her violin. She plays every day ovor the N.B. C. network. PETER: That reminds mo, Justine Clark plays the piano at the Metro- politan Opera House. I heard her one day vrhich reminds me; when I came out of the Opera House I hailed a taxi and to my surprise, the driver was none other than Catherine Keintzler. EVELYN: She had hotter not come through Woodbury too fast or she will be taken before Judge George Sturgos. LOUISE: Oh, so he is a judge, well I'm not surprised. By the way, I heard from Betty Barnes the other day. She is running a goat ranch in the hills of Kentucky. PETER: Remember how she used to got Ur. Smith's goat? EVELYN: Charles Curtiss has sure changed his plans of becoming a farmer. He is now a big business man in Chicago. LOUISE: Have you ever been to Cable National Pork? PETER: Cable National Pork? LOUISE: Yes, it was established by Louis Cable after he made his money hunting big game in Africa. EVELYN: Yes, and Bertha Somerset and Shirley Garrigus are lion tamers in Ringling Brothers Circus. PETER: Lion TamersI They were tho quietest and timidest girls in our class. I visitod George Bassette at his chicken farm in New Hampshire and he told me that his business was growing so that his books were getting so complicated that he would have to hire a secretary. I suggested iiary Kozeff and he said that he would give her the job without !]t : : c 3 }: ! ;'- ?A ♦a ' '• •' an Interview as he remembered her talents well enough from high school. LOUISE: Speaking of talents, have you read the latest book of the week? When I looked nt it, I was astonished to see that the author was our brilliant classmate, Alioe Coer. EVELYN: I always know that she had a mania for writing but I never thought she would beoome an author. PETER: I bet you don’t knar what Eddie Lisauskas is doing. EVELYN: A great basketball star? PETER: He is loading a quiet, happy, married life on his Horse Radish Ranch in Arkansas. Quite a long way from Weekeepeemee. EVELYN: He certainly has gone a long way from hone but Randall Minor has gone farther. The last I heard from him, he was on a bicycle tout around the world, LOUISE: Well, I must go back and finish my letters. I’ll try to come in � nd see you again before you leave the hospital Pete. I’ll see you again soon Evie. Goodbye. (Exit) CURTAIN fc :): !!: : : ! ! 25 CLASS GIFTS John Nelson, Agnes Shortt, 'tfinona Rawson I To Betty Barnes; a hook of excuses, so she can get out to see him more often. To Mary Belz, a horse to pull her up Grassy Hill, so she won’t ho so tired when she gen6 home. To Doris Bradley, who has trouble with her oar, yre give a ohauffeur to help her turn the Packard around the corners. To Louis Cable, our quietest hoy, we give this noise maker, so that we can always hear him coming. To Marjorie Cassidy, we give this monkey, so that she will always be happily amused. To Justine Clark, a basketball to help her keep up her good record in oollege. To Alioe Coer, whose favorite pastimo is reading, we donate this book so that she will always have something to read. To Charles Curtiss, we give a bottle of wave set to keep his curls down. To Vincent Daury, we give a oheck, so that he will have money for gas to put in his brother’s oar. To Peter Duda, our amateur meohanio, we give a model T Ford to work on and thus shorten the long hours after school. To Shirley Garrigus, a telescope, to help her watch the house on the hill. To George Green, a bottle of glue, to keep him always with his friend Pete. To Richard Huyler, our industrious Ag boy, we give a book on farming :• 26 £ :}: + :)■ $ to help him he a success in the future. To Catherine Keintzler, a calendar, so that she may find same time to sleep. To Mildred Kitney, a chart for her special patient when she becomes a nurse. To Anna Kozeff, a slide rule, to help her in mathematics in college. To Mary Kozeff, a typewriter, to help her with her secretarial work. To Edward Lizauskas, a cow, so he will have a good start in farming. To Adeline llatula, a box of crayons to use in her drawing. To Randall Minor, a little doll, so he won’t miss her next year. To Addis Morgan, a college diploma, so he can spend more time on his jokes. To John Nelson, a pair of knitting needles, to keep him out of mischief. To Parker Nutting, a bible, so he will always have something worth while to preach about. To i.iargaret Olsen, a little oil for her V-8, so on her date she won’t be late. To Alice Platt, a date book fbll of dates, so she will be well supplied. To Lois Platt, a book of games, so she may keep her kindergarten happy when she becomes a teacher. To Alvina Plungis, a book of fashions, so she may always be well dressed. To Evelyn Racenet, a baby doll to practice on before she becomes a ■•. !;: 27 ♦ ♦Sf : ::: :'! ::! '- child nurse. To Winona Rawson, we give this broom to start her in housekeeping. To Lucille Sheon, an alarm clock, so she may keep all her engagements. To Agnes Shortt, a oheerful waitress, wo give these dishes in case she breaks some. To Burton Smith, our bashful senior boy, we give a box of powder to cover up his blushes. To Bertha Somerset, we give a joke book, to pep up her spirits. To George Sturges, a flat iron to place on his head so he won’t grow any taller. To Louise Thompson, a pair of rubber soled shoes, so she vd.ll not get wet when she goes walking with her Ducky. To Joseph Wight, a book of basketball rules, so that he may learn them before ho has to teach them again. sjc Jt 5|C ★ 4 $ £ 28 CLASS WILL Marjorie Cassidy, Cathorine Keintzler, I'arker Nutting :; I: :;: . £ . . :; £ :. •' :. :;: 4: In the name of Woodbury High School, Cheorio. We the class of 1938, of Woodbury High School, in the county of Litchfield, and the State of Connecticut, being of sound mind and disposing memory, and under no undue influence, except from our teachers, and of the age of 743 years, do make, publish, and declare thiB to be our last will and testament, hereby revoking all former wills by us made, FIRST; We direct the payment of all our just debts to our beloved teachers, the faithful school board, and the poor taxpayers; and all other expenses incurred by us, SECOND; We give and bequeath to the Class of 1939, believing them to be of a dosorving character and of an appreciative naturo, our text books which are in excellent condition, having been only slightly used by us, THIRD: Wo give and bequeath to tho Class of 1940, believing than by now to have reached the age of discretion, our library privileges, cs-pooially tho daily perusal of tho funny papors and joke books, to help prepare for the hard work of tho next two years ahead of them, FOURTH; Wc givo and bequoath to tho Class of 1941, all of our good manners as well as our skippod detention periods, the latter however, to be used only at the discretion of tho toachcrs because of the fact that tho af ormentioned class consists of minors and incompetent persons, FIFTH; Wo give and boquoath to the nucleus of the 1939 basketball squad, with no restrictions, the use of all our worn out equipment. .. 29 . -• ::: including that which wo nay have accumulated from other towns SIXTH: All tho rest and rosiduc of our ostato, tre givo, devise, and bequeath to the following pooplo: To Marjorie St. Pi err o, Jeannette Curtiss, and Marion McConvillo: -r-Justine Clark s ambition. To Jeanc Home: Doris Bradley's book Bravo Knights ,so that Jeano may know that young men arc of some importance in the world. To Frank Hveem; we leave Burton Smith’s suburban, so that he may accommodate more girls at one time. To Joan Sears: Betty Barnes basketball ability. To Shirley Bagwell: Louise Thompson's position as the neatest girl in the senior room next year. To Richard Sears: we leave Lois Platt’s jolliness so that he will get some fun out of going to school. To Dot Champol: Alice Platt’s instructions in the art of vamping. To Carleton Smith: Anna Kozeff’s ability in mathematics. To Charles Burdick and Ed Smith: we leave Randall Minor’s size and playthings. To Albert Laukaitis: Charles CurtisG curly hair. To Thelma Lovdal: Marjorie Cassidy’s reputation as the biggest eater. To Anne Drnkeley: Lucille Shear’s rapid walk, so that she will not be mistaken for the statue of Venus. To Beatrice Vfhitney: Mary Belz’s laugh, so tint she may be heard as well as seen. To Roland and Edward Manzi: Louis Cable's quietness. 30 0 ;: ,■■. ::• To David Savage: George Sturges’ way with the women and his official title of Lady Killer To Eleanor Bassette: Alvins Plungis' knowledge of the rules and the game of basketball. To Prisoilla Hioock, Amelia Johnson, and Gladys Smith: we leave Cath- erine Keintzler’s pep, vim, and vigor. To Townsend Howxhurst: Richard Huyler’s industrious habits. To Jack Mulvey, Marco Petruzzi, and Bob Lynn: we leave Jack Nelson’s danoing ability To Louise and Mary Ingrams Mary Kozeff s quietness, so that they will not disturb their classes. To Tommie Shean: George Green’s detention periods, for every little bit added to what he has makes just a little bit more. To Eugene Metcalf and Dawson Halstoad: Peter Duda’s wit, to help then make a hit with the girls. To Eleanor Munson: Alice Coer’s height, so she may more easily dance with that oertain eighth grade boy. To Edwin Walston: Vincent Daury’s ability to throw chalk without get- ting caught. To Richard iDccwson: we leave Bud Morgan’s constant care of Margaret Shean. To Minnie Terroll: Mildred Kitncy’s charm and poiso, so that the teachers will not know that she is in the library. To Edith Wooden: wo loavo Margarot Olsen’s Ford, so she can got to school on time. 3 :::::: :..' 31 To Annn Mae Platt: Evelyn Racenet’s technique of carrying on a conversation during class. To Reginald Bonnett: Parker Nutting’s guardianship of Rachel Dawson. To Ted Chapin and Gordon Seymour: Eddie Lizauskas’ knack of taking the longest way hone on a moonlight night. To Bully Raconet: wo loavo Adeline Matula’s ability to draw so that her time in school will not be wasted. To George Wolcott: Joe Wight’s belief that a little learning is a dangerous tiling. To Alida Bloodgood: Winona Rawson’s hair ribbon, so she may never be without a beau. To Joan Mason: Shirley Garrigus’ magic wand, so that all her tricks may work. To Harry Eyre: George Bassette's instructions on Hew To Do The Tail- board Spin. SEVENTH: We hereby give and bequeath to our teaohers the following: To Mr. Coombs: some playthings, to help amuse his Algebra classes. To Miss Clark: a French Class with which she may be well pleased. To Kiss Ingham: a loaf of bread, so that she may not forget that mem- orable summer at Bread Loaf, Vermont. To Hr. Clark: our thanks for developing such fin© Ag students frem the farmers in our class. To IJr. David: the skeleton of a mouse, so that the Biology Class oat may not get lonesome. To Mr. Smith: instructions in the ext of salesmanship, so that he will 32 $ . £ have batter luck selling tickets and pencils to the Problems Class. In witness whereof, we have hereunto set our hand and seal this 14th day of June in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and thirty eight. CLASS OF 1938 Signed, sealed, published, and declared, as and for their last will and testament, by their said testator in the presence of us, who by their request, and in their presence, and in the presence of each other, have subscribed our names as witnesses hereunto. Sleepy Dopey Sneezy � w r� � � t � � m 33 CAUSES OF AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENTS Aram Ko eff t, - There are many conflicting opinions as to what causes the most automobile accidents but aooording to the records, too great a speed for existing conditions causes more accidents than anything else. Moving bodies are governed by the laws of physios. The force possessed by them is called kinetic energy. The kinetic energy of a o body is expressed by the formula KE equals mv 2 or, in other words, the kinetic energy of a body varies directly as the square of the velocity. This means that if the speed of a car is doubled, the kinetic energy is four times as great and if the speed is made three times as groat, the kinetic energy is nine times as groat. This energy possessed by a moving object must bo absorbed in some manner or the moving body will continue in motion. The energy which must bo absorbed beforo a car going 40 miles an hour can be stopped, is four times as great as if the car were going 20 miles an hour and 16 tines as great ns if the car were going 10 miles an hour. The energy of the moving car is taken up by the compression of the engine, the brakes, and the friction between the tires and the road surface. The relative stopping distances at various speeds varies as the square of the speed if all these factors are effective but if the brakes are defective or the road surface is not dry and fim, the relative tine and distance required for stopping is even greater than the ratio which I have men- tioned. The time from the instant when danger is sighted until the operator takes his foot off the accelerator and applies tho break is at loast | of a second under ideal conditions. During this time, a car ■fr -:: - 34 going GO miles an hour will travel the length of this hall and a car going 40 miles per hour will travel the width of it. If the reflex actions of the driver arc not perfect, a greater distanoe will he covered. he driver almost never allows for this extra distance. A moving object tends to keep moving in a straight line and the force necessary to keep a car on the road as it rounds a curve is governed by the sane law as applies to the stopping of the car. If a car has just enough friction between the road and the tires to keep it on its course at 25 miles per hour, it would be disastrous to attempt to travel the same curve at 50 miles per hour as 4 times the force would be needed to prevent a skidding or overturning. In all these cases, we assume that conditions are nearly ideal and identical in all cases. If water, ice, snew, tar, or loose gravel cover the roads, the danger is immediately increased. The significant fact about accidents under such conditions is that when such conditions prevail, the fewest accidents occur. This is because people know that the laws of inertia and momentum are working to their great danger at these times and make allowances for them. The laws of physics work all the time but we do not seem to realize it and until drivers do, the accident and death rate will continue to be high. Is drunken driving a major cause of accidents? No one will contend that anyone who cannot control himself should be allowed to try to control a car and a drunken driver is a menace to life as well as property, but the accident records show that less than lO S of drivers involved in fatal accidents had been drinking. While this is no 35 v - reason to claim that one may drive after drinking, it shows that the main reason for accidents is to be found elsevhere. It was thought that defective cars were the cause of many accidents but since the regulation requiring the inspection of all cars trice a year has been in effect in this state, the accident rate has not fallen and has even increased slightly. This is pretiy good proof that the cause of accidents is to be found in the driver. Are women drivers responsible for more accidents than men? This is a debatable question. Women are involved in fwer accidents but they drive fewer miles. The only way to prove anything would be to get the total number of miles driven by men and divide it by the number of men drivers. Then compare this with the total number of miles driven by women divided by the number of woman drivers. No satisfactory figures have been assembled but as yet there is no evidence to prove that women as a class are more dangerous drivers than men. Some people believe that drivers who are missing a leg, arm, or an eye; who are paralyzed or have some physical defect; should not be allowed to drive. As a matter of fact these people often develop a skill which is unsurpassed by others. They have to pay closer attention to the job of driving and are the cause of a rather small percentage of automobile accidents. The person who trios to show off in traffic, who disregards or breaks as many traffic laws as he can, is a real menace. He should be looked down upon and one should keep out of his way. He frequently involves others in accidents while he drives away free, but guilty. =4. =!' 36 Many accidents are caused by drivers who have driven for years. They become careless and overconfident because they have not been involved in any accidents. A driver must always be careful no matter how long he has been a driver. It is not fair to put all the blamo for accidents on the driver. The pedestrian shares in it. His carelessness in walking in the road and crossing tho streets are responsible for many accidents. The great percentage of accidents aro not caused by defective cars or by drivers with physical defects. The roal cause is carelessness on the part of pedestrians and speed and carelessness on the part of the drivers. These causes can be removed. The only thing needed is careful attention to driving conditions at all times. This will stop most accidents and nothing else will. ; :: :! 37 CONSERVATION John Richard Huyler When Columbus discovered America, dense forests covered practically the entire country. Huge tracts of virgin timber stretched for hundreds of riles without a break. The fleer cf this forest was oomposod of undent ■-ush, ferns, and decaying material; affording excellent opportunity for the absorption and retention of any moisture that nature might provide. Of the original forest area of aproximately 80C, 000, 000 acre3, only a little over half new remains. Vfhon the first settlers came, they cleared some of the land in order to build their homes and plant crops. By hunting, fishing, and cultivating gardons they came to be self-sufficient and to provide for the bare necessities of life. As cities grew, there also grew an ever incroasing demand for produoe and moats whiah the city dwellers could not provide for themselves. This started the present onc-crop system. Farmers thought that by contoring their labor on only one crop they oould mako noro money. Consequently they planted every piece of tillable land to that one crop, not oven leaving space for vegetable gardens. Instead of producing everything he needed, the farmer became almost as dependent upon a constant inflow of money as the city dweller. To add to his troubles, the ever present threat of erosion become a reality. The experience of mankind has sham this to bo the inevitable result of human oarolessnoss as in the case of the dead lands of China and Mesopotamia, now only barren wastos where once grow luxuriant vegetation. Whenever forests have been cleared away, erosion has set in on the bare land. Destroying vegetation has allowed tire 38 $ : rains to take away the top soil which finds its way down gullies, streams and rivers and eventually out to sea. It is estimated that the Mississippi River carries off annually about 400, 000, 000 tons of top soil from the farms in its watershed. It would require centuries to replace the fertile soil that is being washed away in a single generation. In the years following 1914, there developed in Europe a great demand for wheat, resulting in the plowing under of vast sections of our Great Plains. By 1920 this European market had ceased to exist and hundreds of acres of land were abandoned. The thick prairie grass which once covered this land had now been killed leaving the land exposed to the wind, rain, and sun. The rain, due to the lack of natural impediments, like the roots of trees and grasses, quickly ran off, taking with it much of the top soil, '' hat was left dried up and was carried off by the wind and scattered throughout the country. In 1934, and again in 1936, the country experienced the worst drought and dust storms we have ever known. '!.ratorholes and rivers dried up and all living things either died or moved away. Tho general impression was that the devastated land could nevor again be a prosperous whoat growing country, this is not the case however. Many sections have alroady been rcolaimod by tho use of contour plowing and strip cropping, and aro producing fair yields today, The major problem today is that of reclamation and flood on-trol. Tho Civilian Conservation Corps has enrolled many unemployed young men and put them to work reforesting land which is unsuitable us 39 ! ;;! for cultivation and building trails, roads, and lookout stations in our state forests. The Soil Conservation Service—as the name implies-is encouraging farmers to plant soil conserving crops by promise of payments if their work is done correctly. The federal government became interested in the reclamation of desert lands soon after the turn of the century. This was evidenced by the construction of such works as The Roosevelt Dam, Boulder Dam, Elephant Butte, and others. These dams may serve a three fold purpose; they furnish water for irrigation, they supply power for oleotricity, and thoy prevont floods, iuscle Shoals of T. V. A. fame and The Grand Coulee Dam on tho Columbia River are examples of dams built for flood control and tho development of inexpensive electric power. Conservation and reforestation are types of work which will never be completed. When oil and coal are taken from the ground, their waste by unscrupulous persona must be prevented. When forests are cut dam, new stands must take their place. sjt £ ft: DIESEL ENGINES Vincent Paul Daury tf ::: Rudolph Diesel vras bom in 1858, of German parents, in Paris, At twenty-one he graduated fror. Munich Technical College as an engineer. Moved by the lav.' efficiency of the steam engine, he planned and built his first near-type engine in 1892. Attempts to start it resulted in an explosion that destroyed the engino and injured its designer. His second trial brought him fame, however, and in 1897, he produced a single cylinder, 25-horse power model. In 1913, while crossing the English ohannel. Dr. Diesel mysteriously disappeared. His death or whereabouts from then on has never been ascertained. As in all internal combustion engines, the Diesel obtains its power from pressure exerted on pistons by the combustion of air and fbel. The gasoline engine burns comparatively expensive gasoline, ■whereas a Diesel bums cheap fuel oil. A four-cylinder gasoline engine has a oarburctor in which gasoline and air are mixed to form an explosive vapor. This flows to the cylinder where it is comprossed by the upvard stroko of the piston and then ignited by an electric spark. The ensuing explosion exorts a. tremendous pressure on the piston, thus giving the engino power. There are four strokos in a gasoline engine: namely, intake, compression, power, and exhaust. The Diesel engine goes thru these same four strokes but on the intake only air is taken into the cylinder. This air is compressed until it has a pressure of about 500 pounds per square inch as compared to the gas engine’s compression of 90 pounds. When the air is compressed to this extent, the temperature rises to 1050 degrees Fahrenheit but the cooling system of the engine -': 4? « 4' '� V ‘ £ 4 ;!: reduces this to a final temperature of about 910 degrees Fahrenheit. Just before the piston roaches the top of the compression stroke, a charge of oil is sprayed into the cylinder. The temperature of the air in the cylinder is so high that the oil is instantly ignited. The resulting explosion gives the engine power. The piston, after completing the power stroke, returns and forces the burnt gasses out through the exhaust. Fuel injection confronts the Diesel engineers with many problems. The fuel must be sprayed in at exactly the right time, that is, botwoon tho time the piston is at the top of the compression stroke, and the time when it starts on its powor stroke. This timo interval is mcasurod in hundredths of a second and thus callB for delicate injoction systems. There aro three possible systems: the air injection system, common-rail system, and pump injection system. The air injection system employs an air pimp driven by the engine itself. The compressed air forces the oil charge into the cylinder at about 900 pounds pressure. This system gives good combustion but the compressor takes about 8?. of the engine's power and is too expensive. The common-rail system or the pump injection system is usually preferred. The common-rail system employs a pump that maintains an oil pressure of about four thousand pounds on a line leading to the spray valve on each cylinder. The pump injection system has an individual pump for each cylinder. Diesels are divided into three groups: low, medium, and high speed engines. Low speed Diesels are widely used in factories and pow- 42 I!: :! i!! $ $ £ ,« er plants where steady power with heavy loads Is needed. This type of work calls for sturdy construction and stationary mounting. Medium speed engines are used for somewhat lighter loads. The high-speed Diesel is making fast progress, due to the introduction of light durable metals. This type is used in power shovels, locomotives, tractors, irrigation pumps and marino service where light weight and high speed are necessary. At present, about 10,000 Diesel trucks are in service in hurope. Americans, slow to adopt this engine for truoking, are now employing a large number in long distance freight trucks. In 1932, there were no more than six Diesel operators in the United States, but one year later 15 fleet owners had Diesel trucks on regular runs. Today there are over 1900 trucks of this type in the United States. Many of the operators reported 80 saving on fuel and maintonanoe. The total showed the Diosol far more economical; the ratio, as compared to gasoline trucks being 5.9 1 in favor of tho Diesel. Diosol tractors in this oountry produce a third of the total Diosol horsopowor and comprise half of the numbor of those engines horo. By combining this engine with streamlining and light metals, engineers have produced extremely fast and efficient railroad trains. Operating costs have dropped a dollar per train mile. There are already more than 150 such trains on regular runs throughout the country and more are being built. Diesels have invaded every field where motive power is used. : 43 t - !)! !:: ! ♦ ■ including aircraft. There are many planee and dirigibles being powered by Diesel engines. It is only a matter of time and a few improvements until the Diesel will drive the present gasoline engine almost entirely out of existence. $ : : Jic J C :« t:$:::$ fc : ; .s r y: : fc i:t=.':i(.'C ; Jfc 44 THE INQUEST OF CIVILIZATION Justine Marguerite Clark -f A modem, walking in the streets of London or New York, is probably convinced that whnt he sees about him cannot pass away, that all future time will know the life ho lives. No one of us with our tendency to magnify the present, will dispute this. But no less proud, no less confident, were Paris and Agamemnon of Trojan fame; proud Belshazzar in his Babylonian palace, or the indomitable Alexander. To these may be added the unknown, unnamed multitudes that toiled on the sites of the Asiatic civilizations, in the Valley of the Nile, in Central Europe, and upon the Amerioan Continents, whose existence was then unforseen. We do not have to go beyond the shores of America to find evidence of a historio past. Time and nature have buried all our proud past beneath the dust and ashes of accumulated centuries. During the nineteenth and twentieth centuries a searoh was begun for the records of the past. The subjeot of archaeology, considered in the light of excavation, is of the most intense and absorbing interest. The most extensive projects in excavation in North Amerioa on the sites of ancient civilizations, have been carried on in Yucatan and Guatemala, in our own southwestern states, and in Indiana. Of these excavations, those in Yucatan are considered most important. Years ago excavations were undertaken by individuals; now museums, universities, and other institutions sponsor expeditions for this purpose. The Carnegie Institute, in Washington D. C., an organization whioh exists for the purpose of scientific research, has sent Dr. Sylvanus Morley annually for many years to Central America. Dr. Morley with his spade, his alert eye, and his keen imagination has 45 $ t ‘been an energetic and tireless worker in reclaiming from their resting places, the invaluable records and treasures of buried civilizations. His activities centered around the Maya cities, principally in Chiohen Itza, the great Maya oenter in Yucatan. Yucatan itself is very easy to find on a map. It is a large peninsula branching from the lower southeastern part of Mexico, thrusting itself like a huge thumb out through the Caribbean Sea toward Cuba. The first traces of the Maya race were found south of Yuoatan in Central America, but for some reason the race moved north and started building in Yucatan their first sites, marked with dates corresponding to 450 A. D. Although this is the earliost date found, we have reason to believe that civilization of one typo or another has existed on our continent for more than a hundred centuries. All these centuries have had the opportunity to destroy and bury city upon city. Yet at this oenter of ancient civilization the archaeologist finds fragments of remarkable sculpture, ranains of palaces, temples and pyramids, and numerous other relics from whioh the history of the times long past can be road. The paintings and sculpture of the Mayas show a simple poacoful life, basioally agricultural, but having considerable commerce, weaving, and pottery, and expert metal work. Sunken lakes toll the story of human sacrifices and of a Feathered Serpent god who the Mayas believed coiled itself about man’s life and guided it. Relics from tho mound of a High Priest’s grave show that they believed in a life after death with rewards and punishments. Tho Mayas are generally conceded to be the earliest to 46 - «■ ,(' ,(! ’ , ',‘,M' ! make marked advancement, having set standards of symbol writing and astronomical lore. They invented a calendar, instituted in 580 B. C., which was the most exact day account of the solar system until tho Gregorian oalondar of 1582 A. D. In the ruins of other cities of Central America has been found further evidence of tho Mayan marvels; at Capon in Honduras are many perfect specimens of sculpture, at Quirigua in the jungle in Guatemala are found magnificently carved columns, and in Uaxaotum, the most ancient and longest ocoupied Maya site, is found a sequenoe of dates. Comparatively little excavation has been done in these cities. As we travel north, we oome to Mexico City, The center of Aztec civilization, inforior to tho Maya but having the some grandiose style. Let us leave these lost and found troasures of Mexico and go north to the United States. The Southwest - New Mexico, Arizona, and Utah - has, through its messages scribblod in anoient ink or engraved on stone tablets, turned a large part of America s prehistory to history. Here the climate is favorable for the preservation of anoient specimens, graveyards and large dry oaves. The southwest reveals eight separate cultures in consecutive order. Even the first of those is not primitive enough to have been that of the first inhabitants. The hills formed by the building of structure upon structure are now sources of buried treasure. The National Geographic Society financed our most extensive excavation projoot, at Pueblo Bonito in northwestern Mew Mexico. Here $$$ ft $ $ $$ ❖ ; :£♦♦$ $ 47 $ ■ :( ; fcljc ft « « ♦ :;: oaves, cliff-dwellers' homes, burial grounds and ruins reveal the crafts and daily lifo of all eight cultures. Mexico has strongly in-flu oncod the political, economic, and social lifo of the Pueblo Indians. Their villages are the show places of the Southwest, for the Indian has changed his customs very little in the past few centuries. Here the Navajos, Apaches, and Spaniards live much the same as their ancestors did. With the good fortune which the excavators should have from now on, much more valuable information should be unearthed regarding the history of the early civilizations of this continent until from the past, long hidden from man’s view, is built up the history of the raoes that formerly lived here. !.any thousands of years from now it may well be that our awestruck descendants will find, in the midst of a great sandy desert, the remains of the Empire State Tower. Our present civilization too, may some day pass away. : ,($ ;:: $$£ . $ $$ $ $ « $$£ r_ r_ r_ L L L L L L L L L r 48 CLASS POEM Katherine Lucille Sheen 4 A Winner Hover Quits And A Quitter Never Wins As we look upon the past and the fun that wo have known. And the friends who've stood so fast,and the good vd.ll they have shown, Wo’ro inolined to shed a tear, as wo realize they arc gone And throughout oach coming year, memories will linger on. Wain recall Woodbury High, with its study halls and Chom, Latin, Frcnoh, Geometry; partioiple, and theorem; All the teachers, from whose aid wo have profited and found That,though book-loro tcnd3 to fade,their true friendship will abound. Though tho game of life is tough and at times it� s hard to boar. And the road is tom and rough, opportunities aro raro. Wo shall not bo pessimists, whom defeat and strife chagrins For, A winner never quits and a quitter never wins. FUTURE FARMERS OF AMERICA 49 ;: .;: The first r.enonter was started with Edward Lizauskas as President., During his term ten new members joined the Chapter. Gordon Seymour was elected President in February for the second semester. At the Eastern States Exposition, Ted Chapin helped Connecticut place third in the milk judging contest. Joseph Wight won first prize in the Brovm Swiss division of tho Connecticut Dairymen’s Essay Contest whi1e Charles Curtiss placed second with his Ayrshire essay. After tho high school basketball season closed, the F.F.A. formed a team and played a few of the nearby towns. Although they did not win all the games, they had a lot of fun and only wish tho soason could have continued longer. On Maroh 24, the Chaptor hold it’s fifth annual Father and Son 3anquct, If the attendance increases as much next year as it has this year, a larger Community House will soon bo needed. At the County Egg Show held in Litchfield, Gcorgo Bassctte and Harold Honnosscy took first and second prizes respectively in tho brown ogg class of the Vocational Agriculture Division. John Nelson won first prizo with his dozen of white eggs, liar Milford, Winstcd and Woodbury compotcd. The judging teams representing Woodbury High School won the sweepstakes at the annual judging contest at Storrs April 22, 1938 and brought home the banner for being first out of seventeen schools. Woodbury won first place in poultry and placed second in the dairy and milk judging contests. ♦+ 1 [ [ [ L L L L ' L L L L L ' L L ' ■ L L ' r $ t H $ $ $ )( I f r xwSkvu 0, G . j y L. t Iyi ? t] tnj:JL ■ - ■ O AyTl } . (p Q AJ STiu 't S'- ynx s' , . rs A V, ? Cf'Cwsy 0 AA' L lsV Jy cfv l oSA jl CtSts 4 a lJU J| , il y AL $'('r k) J ,:-M, U ft ;r j X L |T hy aaj K (ry j! ' ChU$i UL tys. iGutU las D yo-t- i f) $ yt lAJ- yVasuru 'i Ivf .vuCrvux Vrt. i ? C ro • Cjpx yjz a. 'Suj u v Xazh XO !W. Jrfrf Sd K cl J‘ Wy J icuQy 2]Uow t '73- 4, ($MTn‘ |3avru O 'vwn. £, sl, jJ - LsO c J OjU qal (It is f. Ci 't3tA iU. B CtA dZoA «a. (yt'WUv Kcr £V C- A. £ 9 ' t s crfA . ( _ ‘Bl)Qs s lsJ' ' ' OM i. StsaXA C L C ifi J,. iD. C o crrrO if. « fc s Xi :}c EDITORIAL BOARD: Alice Plrtt., Vinronb Dour , Justine Cloilc. Addis Morgan, Margaret Olson (No - in the picture) JUOGUKr TEAM- Robert Lynn, George Bas ette, Eugene Metcalf, Gordon Seymour, Charles Curtiss-, Seated: Ldvrard Lir.auskus,Theodore Chapin, Joseph Wight. SOIL TESTING, (left-to right) J, Piolard Hit lcr', Edrard Lizauskas, Charles Curtiss, Gecrge Bnssetbo, Ellis F� Clark, Jolin Nelson, Joseph Wight. F« F« A., Seated: J. Richard Fuylor, Robert Lyrr, Thocdore Chapin, Garden Sc riera , Joseph Waghh, Edward Lizruskas, Charles Curtiss, e.-nd rcr; Ellis I'� Clark, Warron V; he cl or, Arthur Gobdwin, Chra-1 cs Ring, Cu-gono Metcalf, Albert Laukaitxs, NLvico Potruzni, Louis Pamcleo. Pack rev;; Irvin Lawrence, Iv yron riercc, George Bassette, Harold Olsen, Warren Hoiet, Robert Holet. CHSM LAB: (Standing, left to right) Justine Clark, Peter Duda, John A, David, Jr., Mildred Xitney, George Green, Jaok Mulvey. Seated: Burton Smith. BOYS BASKETBALL PICTURE: Back row (left to right) Carleton Smith, Roland Manzi, Edward Manzi, Thomas Sheen, Ralph Fray, J. D. Coombs, Seated: Joseph Wight, Albert Laukaitis, Edward Lizauskas, (Captain) Vincent Daury, Parker Nutting GIRLS BASKETBAIi PICTURE: Standing (left to right); Rva Lizauskas Alida Bloodgood, Joan Sears, Joan Mason, Eleanor Bassette, Frances Laukaitis, Emily Racenot, Eleanor Munson, Seated: Louise Munson, Betty Barnes,'Esther Sanders, Alvina Plungis(Captain), Evelyn Racenet, Justine Clark, Marjorie Cassidy. JUNIOR CLASS PICTURE: Back row (loft to right) Gordon Seymour, Richard Dawson, Theodore Chapin, Albert Laukaitis CaTloton Smith, Marco Petruzzi, Warren Laris, Frank HVcan, Jack Mulvcy,' Tamsond Garrigus. Second row: Lillian Bashinskas, Laura Halstead, Anna Mae Platt, Dorothy Champol, Priscilla Hioock, Joan Sears, Eleanor Bassette, Margaret Clara Olsen, Elsie King, Jane Olson. Seated; Shirley Bagwell, Bnily Uranus, Marion IlcConvillo, Marjorie St. !Jierro, Eugene Metcalf, Margaret Shean, Louise Munson, Jearmetto Curtiss. SOPHOMORE CLASS PICTURE: Back row (left to right) Richard Sears, Louis Rarmelee, Robert LautonSchlager, Edwin Walston, Goorgo Stone, Tansend Havnchurst, Charlos King, George Wolcott, Roland Manzi, Second row Gladys Smith, Alida BlOodgood, Ellen Kowalski, Amelia Johnson; Esther Sanders, Edith Wooden; Joan Mason, Ellen Kozeff, Nina COle, Minnie Terrell, Enily Racenet, Thelma Lovdal. Seated; Mary Treat, Julia Henning or, Albert Sherwood', Eleanor Munson ! Beatrice Whitney, Thomas Shean, Alice McConville, Catherine Carlson. FRESHMAN CLASS PICTURE: Front ro 7; Robert Holet, HarVoy Walston, Ralph Fray, Charlos Burdick, Richard 'P'latt, Edward Smith, Gilbert Atwood, Jack Metcalf, James Miller. Second row; Inry Ingram, Eva Lizauskas, Vora Norton, Helen .rhitohcadt David Savage, Reginald Bennett, Helen Shortt, Anne Drakeley Hope Somerset, Doris Beardsley, Third rev.-; Richard Hine, Ethel Norton, Louise Digram, Alma Coer, Dora Shaw, Mary Nauiolcas, Thalia Hicock, Jeane Horne, Frances Laukaitis,Rachel Dawson, Isabel Strattman, Eleanor Curtiss, Alfred Platt. Back row; Irwin Lawrence, Warren Wheeler’, Myron Pieroo, Arthur Goodwin, Ella Carles, Agnes Makl, Betty Wilson, Robert Green, Harold Olsen, Warren Holot, Edward Manzi. 9 JUNIOR CLASS SOPHOMORE CLASS FRESHMAN CLASS 51 ft$ M £ « l l|' l|c £ :4r «|ttt :ji We are able to look back over tho past school yoar with a good deal of satisfaction. One year ago our basketball prospects seemed rather poor as the Class of 1937 contained sevoral stars of the girls1 team and most all tho boys on the first team. In spite of this we have had the strongest teams in the history of tho school and the spirit of cooperation and sportsmanship among the players has never been equaled. The girls won 5 league games, which included a victory in Vfashington for the first time in over 10 year s, and lost 3, The boys won 6 league games and lost 4, This is the first time that both teams have won the majority of their league games in the same season, Tho parents, who had so generously furnished free transportation for tho teams, gave them a banquet in appreciation of their fine showing even after they failed to win the championships whioh were within their grasp. The fine spirit sharm by both tho boys and girls will be more to the lasting credit of Vfoodbury High Sohool than any cup or pennant. The baseball team contained the best potential material that we have ever had but the fact that no practice is possible is too great a handioap for any team at any time, Aftor playing for a time until they had tho equivalent of a fevr weeks praotioe, the boys began to win. The final results shewed 4 victories and 5 defeats, Randall Minor was the only veteran who was able to pitch or hit consistently. This year, for the first time, both the Junior and Senior classes gave a Prom, The Juniors held theirs on April 22 and tho Seniors on June 3. The committees from each class did excellent work fc « $ : $-.;t ft : :;: T 52 « 4 $ ft and did so well that we will have two formal danoes a year instead of one as formerly. The committee in charge of the Junior From consisted of: Margaret Shean, Marjorie St, Pierre, Marion MoConville, Anna Mae Platt, and Jeannette Curtiss. The committee for the Senior Prom inoludedj Addis Morgan, Charles Curtiss, Evelyn Raoenet, and Parker Nutting, John Nelson, Marjorie Cassidy, Alvina Plungis,Lois Platt, Vinoent Daury, Agnes Shortt, and Louise Thompson, The Editorial Board of The Yfide Awake have tried to make thi3 issue the best so far. Wo will let you decide whether or not they have succeeded. The size of this book is the maximum for one typewriter and one mimeograph when both machines have to serve the entire 12 grades of the building as well as the needs of this book. The price of The Wide Awake has been raised to §1.50 in keeping with the cost. It remains to be seen if it will be supported well enough so that it oan bo continued. We have had one neve member of the faculty this year. Miss Isabel Ingham has been the teachor of English, We have enjoyed her very muoh and we hope that her various English classes were not the cause of her deciding to exchange teaching for matrimony. The moving picture camera has become quite a oommon sight about the school. Several interesting sights and persons are being reoorded for posterity. ♦ � ' ♦ + :• 4-.|c ';.• St .), $ ,,, „ .(,.£ 53 t . The 'Tide Awoke Talks Book I am The Wide Awake, the high school year book. For ten years I have never spoken but this year I can no longer resist the urge to talk about myself, I used to be a slim thin thing whioh came from the presses of the Brass City Printery and people paid to have their namos on my pages but in 1935, I got tempermontal and told Mr, Coombs I would have no more of that, Sinoo then I have received more attention and consideration in the school office and I have grown fat with the treatment. You see me this year fatter than ever,It is partly the fault of the Seniors, They keep coming in larger numbers each year until now I have 37 and of course I have to say something nioe about each one. In all, I have shown the pictures of 221 seniors-------I missed two somehow, I got the pictures of 12 of the 14 teachers who've been in Woodbury High School during the past 10 years but the other 2 got away. How cross the faculty used to be when I wanted their pictures. I bet Mr, Sauer and his mustache would be forgotten if it wore not for me. And then I started following the olassos through high sohool. Why I remember when George Sturges was ju3t a spook and look at him now. And the essays! Henry Partridge, in 1929, told the world that the Kellogg Poaoe Paot would not work but he was out of order. In 1931, Robert Fowler predicted the rise of Hitler before Hitler took over Germany, Stanley Lusas explained the cause of depressions in 1933 but nobody did anything about it. Probably the girls did just as well to stick to biographical subjeots. 54 M ' But I am getting serious. Thoro are nany amusing things spread along ray pagos. Class VTills you know, and Prophocys that have not oome true, and Class Gifts that were supposed to ho useful tut which were not, I used to get poems when Robert Abbott was here to write them, but the oreativo urge of the present high sohool studonts seems to run more to Jokes. They even say that my pages would bo improved by some of the spioe of life but that dour meohanio who run3 off those pages, rules all that out. I have managed to get a few piotures of events in sohool and out. There is Mr. David1s Lab and Mr. Clark and his boys in the Ag room, and some piotures of the senior girls when they were not posing, and some free hand art. I think I am better than ever this year and I might toll you more but that man’s here again scowling like a Puritan at a pionic. It is too bad really............. ' ’!' !! ',‘ !:t