Woodbury High School - Warrior Yearbook (Woodbury, CT)

Text from Pages 1 - 142 of the 1947 volume:

We, the class of 1947, dedicate this yearbook to the entire faculty of Yfoodbury High School, whose kindness, help and understanding have nade the past four years happy and memorable ♦ � � � � � � � � � � � ¥ :: 4 � . � � � «,, � , ,� ,, , � ,� , ,� ,� , « The Year Book Of Woodbury High School, Woodbury, Connecticut Editor Assistant Editor Carl Wilfred Drescher, Jr, Rosemary Catherine Ford Dedication Table of Contents 1 Woodbury High School Faculty 2 Seniors of 1947 4 Class History —— Virginia Ricock, Gladys Ilicpck 11 Class Propheoy Rina Grecenko, Arthur Johnson 14 Class Poem -------- Rosemary Ford 22 Class Will ——- Samuel Green, Donald Terrell, George Underhill, Lorraine Cristofano 23 Class Poll 30 Class Directory 32 Things We'll Never Forget 33 Songs 34 Essay — THE PROBIEK OF ADVANCED EDUCATION — Virginia Lee Hicock 36 Essay — THE STORY OF IEDICINE -------- Carl Wilfred Drescher, Jr. 41 Future Farmers of America 46 Group Picture Names 48 Sports 50 Retrospect 51 This And That 53 + t + 1 1947 WOODBURY HIGH SCHOOL FACULTY 1947 ;i Julia A. Clark:-——- Woodbury High School, Columbia, McGill Teacher of French and Latin Ellis F. Clark:—— Mount Hermon School, Massachusetts Agricultural College, B.S., Graduate work, Cornell University, Teacher of Vocational Agriculture John D. Coombs:—— Bates College, B. S., M. A, Teacher of Mathematics, Principal of Woodbury High School. Edward P. Derwin:——- Holy Cross College, A. 3. Teacher of Science Mrs. Miriam S. Kerr:— Smith College, 3. A. Supervisor of Music Mary M. Meehan:—— Albertus Magnus College, B. A. Teacher of the Social Studies Mrs. Howard Titus:— Mount Holyoke College, A.3., Middlebury, M. A. Teacher of English 2 Viola Titus Julia A. Clark Miriam S. Kerr Edward P. Derwin Dorothy West Mary Meehan I, I, I, I I I I I ■ .It William A. Wagner:-— Springfield College, B. S. Director of Physical Education Dorothy II. West:----- Framinghan Teachers College, B. S. Teacher of Homenaking t ? 3 .1 .1 .1 .1 ■ .1 .1 .1 J J J .1 J J J J J J J J J 1 JOSETTE MARIE BOGLIO Glee Club (2-5-4), Vice President (2), Treasurer (4), Class Will (4). Jo is our quiet, unassuming Senior. She is one of the members of the class who plan to go on to college, her choice being Ober-lin. This is rather far from Yale Divinity School but Jo can overcome that via the mails. She can usually be found in the company of Marion and Gladys and it's too bad that their four years together end in Juno. Good Luck! Josotte. MARION ELSIE COOPER Glee Club (1-2-3-4), Fashion Show (1-2-3-4), Class Will (4). Red or Coopie if you prefer, will probably go down in history as a friend of the Freshmen........she's an all around good sport and can usually be found at any and all school activities. She hasn't told us what her plans are but anything can happen! And 10 to 1 she'll be a smashing success at it. LORRAINE SPAULDING CRISTOFANO Fashion Show (1-2-3-4), Glee Club (1-2-3-4), Class Will (4). Shorty is the ball of fire that keeps everyone on the go from one end of the day to the other. Her sense of humor and her antics have kept Us in stitches for the past four years. She doesn't let her fun interfere with her studies too much, having made the honor roll quite a few times this year. ♦ ♦♦♦v ,,. , ,,,, ,,,,,,,, 4 K-li 4 m ti)i .f Engaged, she's going to make marriage her career. It's bound to be a success and besides, what fun! CARL Y.'ILFRED ORES CHER, JR. Basketball (2-5-4), Baseball (2-3-4), Class President (1-2), Vice-President (4), Scholarship Award (1), Student Council (2-3), Newspaper (4), Forum (3-4), Editor - Wide Awake (4). Carl is our basketball star and he really loves to throw that ball around! He's been on the class officer staff most of his years in W.H.S., besides being a consistent honor roll student. Conn. University will probably get him next September and we have a slight inkling that he may end up in the sawbones profession. We know he'll make good, but then making good is no new accomplishment for Carl. JOHN PAUL FORD Scholarship Award (2), President 1943, Class Sketches (4). Jack is our leftover from the class of '44. At that time Uncle Sam called and after his Junior Year the Army Engineers claimed him. He was discharged and came back to W. H. S. to get that diploma. Come next September, Connecticut University will see his face. He's just one of the many veterans all over the U.S. who are finishing their education. The best of luck, Jack! ROSEMARY CATHERINE FORD . Secretary (3-4), Executive Committee (1-2), Fashion Show (1-2) 5 R. C. Ford N. T. Grecenko S. Green + + n' n,i, mmt,i,mmll,mmilmf:tim:tjfjL0li Glee Club (2-3), Forum (3-4), Scholarship Award (1), Newspaper (4), Assistant Editor - Wide Awake (4). Rosie is our original senior. Even her two-toned hair shows that she is quick to experiment. A journalistic career is her aim and unless she changes her mind we know she'll be a great success at it. Rosie is another one of us who will grace Connecticut University next fall. Vie know she'll have plenty of luck but we wish it to her anyway. NINA TAMARA GRECENKO Executive Committee (3), Forum (3-4), Scholarship Award (1), Glee Club (2-3), Class Prophecy (4). Neen is the only member of our Senior Class who is Russian, which is a distinction in itself. She is usually found arguing with Mr. Derwin or cooking up something with Rosemary. Of course, there are those trips to New York! Neen's another one of us (gee, there're more than we thought) who'll grace the Connecticut University campus come fall. A major in biology is her goal and if we know her, she'll get it in no time. Good luck, Nina! SAMUEL GREEN, JR. President (3), Executive Committee (2-4), Baseball (1-2-3-4), School Will (4). Sammy is the wolf of our Senior Class. What he doesn't know about the opposite sex! Sometimes he even lets them interfere with his home work, but not very often. Sam has been the object of teasing ever 6 4i since he made a statement in Problems class that a mem could make a million dollars honestly. Come to think of it, if anybody can do it, Sammy can. He is not quite definite about his plans but he nay go to college. It's just another step toward that honest million. We're rooting for you, Sammy. Good Luckl GLADYS RUTH IHCOCK Glee Club Glady is the only blonde among us and we do mean blonde. You can see her a mile away with that lovely hair. Yfhen September casr.es, trotting off to Cambridge to study art there. From what we've seen she has all the makings of an artist and then some. We know she’ll miss all her pals, but then, it's a nice town .. and Harvard is in Cambridgel VIRGINIA LEE HICOCK Ginny is the genius of the Senior Class. Not a month has gone by that her name was not on the honor roll. She too intends to go to college, preferring Lliddlebury in Vermont. It is a rare event not to find her in school, but during the summer you never know where you’ll see her. This summer she intends to go to Kennebunkpcrt, He. We know that no matter which college she attends, she'll be on the honor roll. Yfe can't imagine her being anywhere else. HAZEL ADA KOLLERAN 7 G. R. Hicock V. L. Hicock H. A. Holleran D. J. Lawrence D. W. Terrell G. H. Underhill A. N. Johnson, Jr. A. M. Mackowiti Transferred from Stratford High School, Class Sketches (4), Honey is a newcomer to the Senior Class, having arrived early in the Fall from Bridgeport. She really took to us and vice versa, •cause she's made many friends and gotten very happily engaged since she arrived. Needless to say, she can usually be found in the company of Gil. We know she will make a success of marriage the way she does everything else. Good luck, Honey ! ARTHUR NELSON JOHNSON Transferred from 3ulkeley High (4), Class Prophecy (4). Art came to us last December from Bulkeley High and made friends with everyone immediately. He is the tallest boy in the Cj.ass, which is a distinction in itsolf. Art intends to make radio and stage work his career, but his momentary ambition is to own a new Cadillac! We'd gladly give it to you if we could, Art, but since we can't, we'll just wish you all the luck in the world. DOROTHY JANE LAWRENCE Executive Committee (1-2), Vice-President (3), Fashion Show (1-3-4), Class Will (4). Jane is the small Senior with the brown hair and the friendly smile. She's rather serious but can always be counted upon to share in a good joke. She's taken four years of Komemaking so she ought to 8 t make some man a good wife. Lately Jane has been working in the telephone office, and though she mixes up a few numbers once in a while, she'll probably make a good operator. She hasn't told us of her plans for next year but whatever she does, it will be fun and a bang-up success as well! ALICE MAE MA.CKOWITZ Fashion Show (1-2-3-4), Executive Committee (1-2-3-4), Class Sketches (4). Al was voted the best dressed and most popular girl in the class to say nothing of the most attractive, and we all think a lot of her. She can usually be found cruising around in her father's car and she can hardly wait until it's hers. Al is planning to attend Post Secretarial School in the fall and gee, what a secretary she'll make! The best of luck to one of the swellest girls we know! DONALD WILLIAM TERRELL President (4), Basketball (3-4), Treasurer (2-3). Duck , being voted the most modest boy in the class, tries to live up to his reputation. Ee was elected to be our president in our last year of school and he s done a wonderful job. Anything our class does wouldn't be complete without Duck. He's a good sport and the life of the party in his own modest way. He hasn't informed us as to his plans but with personality and good nature, he's sure to make friends 9 I L L L I I I I I I I I r 1 r wherever he goes. GEORGE HENRY UNDERHILL, JR. Executive Committee (3), Baseball (2-4). Gut is the male counterpart of Lorraine, because his natural sense of humor just makes everybody feel good. Of course Gut is the eighth plague to Miss Meehan but he certainly made Problems class interesting. George is interested in farming and intends to make that his career. Y e know he'll make a success of it and also, look at all the animals that he'll make happy} Good luck, GutI 10 Lbb I v nr LH 91 N SSfcTlD UtbJ 3A nx Noiivndfc y CLASS HISTORY +++ + + ++ --t+ + + i, m In September 1943 a bewildered group of child prodigies, later known as the class of '47 descended on W.K.S. Having been told that it was our duty as future citizens of the United States to gain a little knowledge, we proceeded to do so at once in various ways. We got off to a good start by electing Carl Drescher President, George Greenlaw Vice-President, Sam Green Secretary and Donald Meyers Treasurer. Having a lot of surplus energy to use we sponsored a dance which was financially successful, a social which even the faculty enjoyed and a skating party at which the cocoa wasn't burned - a previously unheard of thing. We also filled our little heads with such essentials as English, Latin, and Algebra. A certain prominent member of the faculty v as moved to remark that some of our freshmen papers gave him mental indigestion. Yttiat does he think they gave us? Our freshman year saw no basketball due to wartime lack of transportation but future baseball stars got their start in the spring of 1944. V e came back to school in September 1944, no longer meek, all enduring Frosh, but confident Sophomores. After trying in vain to find a new way in which to initiate the Freshmen we returned to the tried and trusted methods of former classes. Trusty Carl Drescher was elected Preaident for a second term, Josette 3oglio was bur Viee-President, Barbara Herman our Secretary and Donald Terrell Treasurer. Miss Lacey left the faculty and her place as social studies teacher was filled by Miss Meehan. This was the year of presidential elections and arguments waged hot and heavy. The history teachers, school bus drivers and the democrats in and about W.II.S. breathed a sigh of relief when they were over. « .■� « v 4 tt 11 :' £ We had a very successful bowling social even if the pin boys lost weight dodging wild balls. Our Thanksgiving dance was well attended and did much for our bank account. Our skating party and social repeated the successes of our freshman year. The winter of our Sophomore year we had both a boys' and a girls' basketball team. Though they took it on the chin they showed good sportsmanship and paved the way for future champions. September 1945 found us back in school - upperclassmen at last. During elections we decided third terms weren't constitutional and replaced Carl by Sammy Green. Vfe gave the worthy Dorothy Lawrence the office of Vice-President, Rosemary Ford was elected Secretary and honest Don Terrell held down the post of Treasurer. Deciding we'd like to graduate in style we raised our dues from $1.00 to $2,00. One of oUr favorite classes without doubt was American History. No one will ever forget our arguments ( debates to the general public ), fiery class meetings and the forums at which we were represented. Maybe Miss Meehan will try to. Chemistry was a general disappointment. Nothing blew upl The event of our Junior year was the semi-formal Valentine's Dance held February 14th. It was the first of its kind attempted since the beginning of the war and was very well attended. It was a social and financial success. Will the decorating committee ever forget the two hundred hearts they had to cut out? This year we returned as dignified Seniors, one of the smallest classes on record. However quality instead of quantity is generally ! 12 : = preferred. Donald Terrell was elected President giving his post of Treasurer to Josette Boglio. Carl Drescher was elected Vice-President and Rosemary Ford Secretary. Deciding we weren’t yet as rich as we should be dues were again raised. Vie held a food sale which resulted in our becoming the Rockefellers of Woodbury High School. On December 4th we took our place in the long line of Senior classes of W.II.S. that have attended the Ice Follies in the New Haven Arena. Mr. Derwin, who accompanied us, repeated his famous remark that they made dancers out of skaters instead of skaters out of dancers . We had nice weather and enjoyed ourselves thoroughly. This year the school paper, the Mirror, arose from its grave, and has been published once a week, thanks to the efforts of the faculty and entire student body. At the time this is being written we are planning the Senior Prom, Class Night Activities and that day of days, Graduation. This ends the history of the class of ’47, For four years, during war and peace and the beginning of the atomic era, we kept the teachers of W.H.S, in a condition between ecstasy and despair. Now, on the eve of graduation we give our sincere thanks and appreciation to the faculty for what they have done for us O.K. class of '48. Take it from here. Virginia Hicock '0 ladys”Hlnook 13 L L L L L L L r T Gladys Hicock Alice Mae Mackowiti John Ford Lorraine Cristofano Nina Grecenko Donald Terrell Carl Drescher Mrs. Titus, Miss Meehan, Miss Clark Rosemary Ford 9 CUSS PROPHECY Scenes Municipal Court Times 8sOC P.M, on a summer evening Judge, Baliff, Police, members of the Senior Class — Cast. Enter Art Johnson and George Underhill, carrying steering wheel and gear shift..... Escorted by policeman, Baliff announces names. Judge emerges and sits down. Judges Names please. Baliffs Arthur Johnson and George Underhill. Residence, former, Hollywood, California; latter, Woodbury, Connecticut. Charge— reckless driving, insulting an officer of the law, and (aside to Judge) premeditated contempt of court, we think! Judges (rapping gavel) Court will please come to order. Kindly state details of the case. Arts But- George: Hiccup. Judges Silence! Was it you. Sergeant, who arrested these men? Sergeants Yes, your Honor. George: Your Honor! (scornfully) I bet he runs a roulette wheel in the basement of this rat trap! Judge: (looking severe) Please continue with your testimony. Sergeant, Sergeants Well, I was riding around in my patrol car - tending to duty you understand, when down by the Rigor-llortis - Come in and Get Stiff - Cafe, these fool3 came driving around the corner and ran right through Andre Pappoophnik s Specialty Shop - 14 • ,-,4 4 Judge: Was anything damaged? Sergeant: Your presence is requested at Mrs. Panpoophnik's funeral on Tuesday - just kidding, your Honor! Seriously,Pappoophnik's store looks like an A bomb hit it. Being the upstanding officer of the law that I am, I ran over and dragged these two lost weekends out of the mess. Naturally I arraigned them, being able to tell at a glance that they were inebria - inebr - - stewedl Judge: Thank you. Sergeant, And now, have you ‘gentlemen' anything to say for yourselves in your defense? George: Your Honor, we were on our way - Judge: Kindly refrain from waving that steering wheel around while you are addressing the court, - continue. George: Well, as I was saying, we were on our way to a little card- Art: Your Honor, we were driving to attend the reunion of our old high school class. We will not be so low as to contest the testimony of the Sergeant here, who says we were intoxicated. Having a condition of which I do not know the technical name, I have been instructed by my physician to always carry something to drink in my limousine. IF we are intoxicated, it is because some vicious prankster must have mixed some intoxicating ingredient into my Dr. Pepper's Florida Water. Needless to say we are deeply grieved over this accident. And to think, wo have not seen our dear old classmates in TEN years! This may be the last time we can gaze upon our dear old history teacher. Miss Meehan - poor sweet soul! (sniffle) I beg- Commotion outside - Small policeman staggers in, dragging Nina and Rose- 44 44 4 4 44 4 4 44444 444 , 4, 15 fc :? mary — Sam follows, Nina: NO! NO! NOl Rosemary: (turning to Sam) It's all your fault, you orookl Sam: I've never stolon a dishonest dollar in my life. The game was fair, I tell you! I've been framed! Judge: Order -— wait a minute. Nina: YOU'VE been framed, you refugee from Murder, Inc., you stole every dollar I had! I'll sue - Judge: Wait a minute - Rosemary: You should drop dead, you- you cadj Oh, how COULD you do it to your own classma — Why, George UnderhillIJ!I What are you doing here? George: We got hauled in on some trumped up charge. Weill! It's great to see some of the old gang again! Sam: Gee, what a coincidence!J (shaking hands and pounding George on the back). Hey! who's that sitting on the floor over there? George: Oh, it's Art - he's crying. Sam: Good Lord, what for? George: Beoause he'll be late for the reunion and he can't see the old gang. Rosemary and Nina: Art!! When did you get in from Hollywood? We saw your last picture - it was terrific! Art: (jumping up) Hey! Where did you kids cone from? Sam, too! Oh, this is too much for my nerves (swallows a handful of pills —-- shakes hands with Sam, greets Nina and Rosemary in a customary manner). Where 16 + have you been keening yourselves? (looks at Sam) Are you living Old lian? Sam: Oh, I get along - (in undertone) I've got a sure thing in the 5th at Pimlico. Now for a nominal fee I night - Art: It's a deal. (Drags a roll of bills from his pocket) I haven't too much here Judge: WAIT A MIIJUTEIIJ (Everyone is automatically silent. They all look at the Judge). Judge: (in a hurt tone) Now, if youpeople wouldn't mind- George: Nust you make so much noise? We're discussing something important hero (noticing Judge's astonished expression). Let's have a little respect here, shall we? Imm-ra-m-m? Nov let me see—what were we talking about? Rosemary: I don't remember, but if we don't do some fast talking and quick - we won't get to our class reunion at alll Art: Well, gee, vrhat were you pulled in for? Nina: We were waiting for a taxi, when we recognized vrhat we thought was Sammy jay-walking across 42nd street. Sure enough it was 11 We called to him and was he surprised to see usl We were standing there talking over old times when Sam's Cadillac drew up to the curb and he invited us to stop over to see his club and then we would drive to the reunion together. Rosemary: And you should see that club of his I It's up on Vanderbilt Avonue. It has real skin wallpaper in the dining roomj Nina: So, to pass the time away, it was only 6:30, we load supper. What £ « tt -.:: :: :? $.-$« « it 17 T .1 J J J J J J J J J ; ; T ++ v z + ++ + ++ + food, too, and then HONEST SAM here invited us to play a friendly game of poker. Needless to say, we used his cards I Oh, every time I think of it, I burnl George: (laughing) You mean Sam gyped you out of your money? Rosemary: You're telling me! I will admit that we made one mis- take though. We created such a rumpus that the police stepped in and we were dragged to - to- to this place. Judge: We’ll have order in this placel Nov —names of these- (enter Alice Hae, Dorothy and Hazel). Alice Mae: All right, all right, so I passed a red light or two - I don’t see why you have to be so nasty about its Judge: (to himself) Good Lord, this place looks like Bellevue. (Enter Donald, carrying full gasoline can, slopping over.) Donald: A horrible mistake has been made}] I’m innocent, I tell you, innocent!JJ Baliff: AhaJS Siphoning gas I Donald: How dare youl Judge: Then what is that gasoline can doing in your hand? Donald: Well - er - ah - a horrible mistake has been madel This isn’t gasoline. It’s petrolI Alice Mae: Donald Terrell! Well! You certainly haven't changed much. Still up to the same old tricks! Dot: Donald will never change. Al, just look at all our classmates! We could just as well have our class reunion here. Art: More truth than poetry! Anyone got a bottle opener or a strong ♦ $ $ $ 4 £ $ $ 4c 414c 4c 18 pair of teeth- Judge: Baliff, I tell you it's no use. (Enter Virginia and Jack). Virginia: You cad, you bounderl.'.' Striking a ladyl Jack: I did notl Virginia: 3ut you thought about it and that's just as bad. Baliff: Just a minute! What is going on here? Jack: I am charging this woman with assault and battery — oh, the in- justice of it all!it Judge: WHO are you? Ye GodsJil this court sounds like Coney Island. Jack: We are the diplomats to Slobovia and Excrasnia, We just got into a small political difficulty. Everyone: (disunited) DIPLOMATS I!1 You? Virginia: (drawing herself up) And why not? (enter Josette, Gladys and Marion -- all look around). Marion: I have a funny feeling that we're in the wrong place, Josette: Oh, we couldn't be. The policeman told us to bring that bit of pasteboard down here. Baliff: (wearily) Well, what can I do for you? Gladys: Is this the Municipal Court? Baliff: Yes. Josette: Well, a policeman stopped us and informed us that we were to come here. Marion: YesJ He even escorted us. (extending piece of cardboard). Baliff: (examining it) This small piece of cardboard happens to be a ticket for speedingJ «$ !fc :S3 S3$ I : . 19 ♦I Josette: Oh, don't be silly We weren't going fasti Hazel: Hi kids!! Vty goodness, our whole class is here. I guess we'll have to have our reunion here and now and make the best of it. Alicei Uh - Uh-J Carl and Lorraine are missing. (Enter Lorraine) Lorraines I've been framedIJJ I'll suell I was just going to borrow that rotary sign for a joke I Please let me go I I've got to get to a class reunionl Chorus: Lorraine!.'I Lorraine: Whoops!!!I What do you know! Hi, everybody! Hazel: Good to see you - we were just saying we might as well have the class reunion here. Lorraine: Good idea. I have a case of Pepsi in the car Art: I have some chewing gum. Nina: I've got a cake. Rosemary: This could never happen in a million years! Donald: Gosh! I hate to start without Carl- (enter Carl) Carl: Always ready to oblige - here I am, gang! This policeman here (looking at Sergeant) pulled me in for the silliest charge! Just because I used an ambulance fof a very important case. And since the patient happened to be sitting up in front with me instead of lying on the stretcher in back, I was arrestedl Lorraine: Well, hurry up and tell us - did the patient die? Carl: Heck no - but she can certainly play a game of billiards!! Sam: So the class of '47 is back together again. How have you all been paying your rent? V 20 Carl: As you know, I’m a doctor. Alice: I'm one of the highest paid secretaries in New York. Hazel: Ity husband supports me. Lorraine: Mine too. Dot: Ify ranch in the San Fernando Valley isn't anything to sneeze at. Marion: I don't work. A rich old aunt died and left a million dollars to me. I live in Florida. Josette: You should see the portrait I've just finished of Mr. Coombs! Gladys: I work in the art department at the Museum of Natural History. Rosemary: !£' hovel is nearly finished. Nina: And her plot is set in ny Florida mansion. George: I'm living at ease on the farm. Judge: This is most interesting. Virginia: Judge, wouldn't you like to join us? After what you've been through, we'd like to show you a good time. Judge: Don't mind if I do. Sam: Let's all o over to my place. We can cancel our other reserva- tions! Everybody: Wonderful idea!!! Everyone breaks into school song as they leave arm in arm. Nina Grecenko Arthur Johnson ♦a 1 21 CUSS POE I.! + ++++ + We face the world unsure, afraid, With all our fortunes yet unmade. We stand before a great abyss Will we jump, safe, or will we miss? We wait by a fast opening door. When we pass through we'll walk no more Along the old familiar way. We've spent our last bright golden day Among the sure and easy things That broke our hearts, or gave us wings. But now we'll walk o'er other sod. With fates unknown to all but God. We cannot see, we do not know Where the road leads, before we go. But this we know, that out afar Is our own private gleaming star, And in its light as on we roam We'll tread our happy way toward Home, Rosemary Ford + f i, , i, i,il ,, +mmilmmlll,mmtmt,1mm 22 CLASS GIFTS « :; Hi !!! : !; •• «! !« Hazel Holleran:----- this wedding ring to go with her diamond. Samuel Green ----- this push cart to make his million dollars honestly. Hina Grecenko — this shadow to prove that she does have those exciting times. Alice Mae Mackowitz ----- this car for her trips to and from Post's. Gladys Ilicock --- this string to tie around her finger to remind her of the times that she should have cone to school. Virginia Ilicock — Donald Duck as a competitor in her sarcastic remarks. Arthur Johnson —- this one way ticket to Hollywood to spend his time with the actresses instead of talking about them, George Underhill —- this house so he'll always have Mickey's Room. Carl Drescher ---- this sign Dr. Carl Drescher to encourage him. Dorothy Lawrence ---- this friendship ring so we'll always have her as a friend. Donald Terrell —- this story of his life, by Walt Disney. Rosemary Ford ---- this bottle of peroxide, so she can do the rest of her hair. Marian Cooper ----- the singing role in Romeo and Juliet, John Ford ---- this new car so he won't pester the dealers. Josetto Doglio —- this ticket to Oberlin, Ohio. Lorraine Cristofano —- this driver's license from Sears, Roebuck L Co. Josette Boglio Marian Cooper Dorothy Lawrence ♦ $ : ■ : 22A • •• • • • • • « • • CLASS WILL To Roberta Bansleben: A hone nearer the center of Southbury so that Mr. Coombs will be able to find it. To Robert Beardsleys A new oar. To Donald Bennett: A job in Porto's Florist Shop. To Jane Boyd: A contract with the Quiz Kids. To John Brigham: A seat on Andy's rocket ship. To Patricia Brownell: Another friend to take the place of Jackie . To John Clark: A car so he won't have to depend on other people. To Esther Coe: A license of her own. To Edith Cole and Barbara Norton: A crowbar to pry them apart. To Dononic Computzzi: A date with Pat Porto. To Eleanor Couch: A job at Scoville's. To John Deschino: A permanent place on Margie's Hit Parade. To Marilyn Green: A private telephone so she won't disturb anyone else. To Blaine Hartford: A ticket to Sweden so he can go along with Jean. To Mary Louise Henderson: A boyfriend so she can go out with Bessie. To Jane Hicock: A megaphone so she can be heard. To Robert Johnson: A job pitching for the Southbury Town Team. To David Lacey: Chewing gum to stick him to his pal Wagner. To Melvin Lautenschlager: A shorter name. To Chandler Leavenworth: An anchor for his Ford so he can stop flying. To Florence Lindberg: A fortune teller to tell who’ll be her next date. To Mary 3ird Mackay: A job as Girl Scout leader. To Jacqueline Moore: A hone near an Army Camp. To Robert Munson: An injection to make him immune to detentions. $ : $ £ 23 L I L I I I I I L L I r r r r r r [ r r r To James Opperman: A new car so it won't break down when he's out with Nancy. To Edward Phillips: Free postal deliveries to Medway. To Mary Richards: A ring from Joe. To Allen Ruffin: A bicycle in place of a car so the rest of us can drive in safety. To Andrew Scoville: A rocket ship so he can go to Mars. To Louise Strattman: A boyfriend of her own. To Robert Turner: A car so he can use his license. To Marjorie Weed: The song, Oh, Johnny . To Carolyn Wood: Ifer mother's permission to go out. To Janet Anderson: A box of tobacco to remind her of Prince Albert. To Anne Barnes: A job as telephone operator so she can listen in on other peoples' conversations legally. To Evelyn Barnes: The high school of her dreams. To Virginia Bassette: A oareer as an opera singer. To Joyce Bice: A rabbit to remind her of Bunny . To Evelyn Brunet: A new Packard so the old one won't embarrass her. to Anthony Calabrese: A car of his own to save his father's. To Alfio Candido: A dictionary so he can translate those Syrian words. To Katherine Coe: Some height to help her in basketball. To Richard Cromwell: A private school to keep him out of trouble. To Ernest Ehrhardt: An alarm clock to wake him up to the fact that a certain Freshman likes him. To Joyce Fawcett: A trip to Hollywood. ;� W � ‘ � � 4 = , i . t . r . « , , , , , . , 1 24 ■- ♦ To Jean Fenty: A bulldog to remind her of Dick. To Ernest Finch: A free ride to Flanders Road every night. To Arlene Grisgraber: A job as a woman wrestler. To Edwin Grisgraber: Some pills to change the color of his hair. To Walter Harrison: A job as a professional football player. To Dale Hartford: A serial number to go with his haircut. To Althea Hicock: A permanent date with the hairdresser so that she'll always have that Esther Yirilliams' hairdo. To Ellen Hicock: Her cousin's report card. To Patricia Hicock: A lower average so her sister won't be embarrassed. To Joyce Kolleran: Karel's way with the men. To Shirley Houle: Buddy's wavy hair. To William Houle: A ticket to North Carolina. To Elsie Jackson: A date with Van Johnson. To Alice Johnson: A D on her report card so she can see how the other half lives. To Dolores Klesitz: A job as mascot on the U. S. S. Providence. To Betty Lewis: Helen Olson as a permanent pal. To Robert Lewis: Some more tricks to play on Miss Meehan. To Jean Lindberg: A room at Taft School. To Edmund Lusas: A job as teacher in a school with thick carpets. To Ellen McCarthy: A telephone company all her own. To Herbert liadlung: A date with Katie Coe. To Fred Metcalf: An alarm clock so he can get to school on time. To Lorraine Parsell: A job assisting in the Homemaking Department. 25 L I I To Herbert Partridge: Some reducing pills. To Garwood Platt: Some energy to get him through the next two years of high school. To Pat Porto: A screen test. To Isabelle Raymond: A dog to remind her of Scotty . To Kenneth Robinson: A tractor lawnmower so he can mow more lawns. To Harold Sanders: A report card to remind him that there i£ school. To Florence Shea: A spatula so she'll always have her Turner. To William Starchak: A midget racer to compete with Schindler's. To Richard Stephen: Some freckle remover. To Edith Terrell and Betty Platt: Private telephone wires. To Harold Traver: A job as plumber so he'll always have his Fawcett. To Harry Weiss: Some chicken feed so he'll never be broke. To Charles Williams: A decoder for his Latin translations. To Richard Wolff: A license to go with his name. To Robert Beers: Some pretzels to go with his name. To Joan Bennett: As good luck as her namesake has had. To Ann Bower and Emily Metcalf: Glue so they'll always stick together. To William Brandt: A trip to New York to compete for the Silver Skates. To Harry Brazec: Someone to pester when Hazel leaves. To John (Larry) Brownell: Five years' supply of stamps so he can write to Jed and not be broke. To Daniel Candido: Some height so we can tell that he belongs in high school. To William CjUrk and Robert Chase: Training so they can make next 4 4 j 26 : year's football team. To James Coer: A gag so he won't giggle so loud. To Jean Computzzi: A home nearer the center of town. To Allan Coombs: A Sears, Roebuck license to carry until he gets a leg- al one. To Ella Cooper: Charlie Harris as a permanent companion for her, noon- t hours. To Thomas Dawson: A longer reach so he can knock more clocks off the wall. To Janet Drescher: More homework so she won't have to talk on the tele- phone all night. To Edith Ann Eyre: A job as artist for the school paper. To Alice Fawcett: A ride in Traver's airplane. To Claire Fleming and Nancy Mitchell: More New Year's parties at King's To Catherine Forman: A date with Herbert Madlung. To Frances Grisgraber: A haircut. To Olive Guy: More sweaters. To Marion Hallock: The title Slim . To Charles Harris: A car so he can get to Pomperaug Avenue more often. To Helen Hatfield: Half interest in Hialeah Race Track. To Joan Hawley: Permission to stay out late. To Howard Hicook: A separate room so he won't bother the rest of us eighth period. To Carl Johnson: Some vitamin pills to give him some pep. To Harvey Johnson: His brother's pitching arm. £ ’f'ft tj' 27 � 4 � + To Mary Louise Jordan: Happiness so she'll always have her smile. To Katherine Kamerzel: A rope to tie her down. To Charles Lautensehlager: His brother's baseball ability. To Jayne MacDonald: Eer boyfriend's nickname. To Richard Manville: A way to get to things at the Town Hall. To Emily Metcalf: A license so she can drive legally. To Arthur Minor: More size to help him in prize speaking contests. To Linda Mitchell: A curtain around the back seat on the bus so no one will bother her and that Sophomore boy. To Patricia Moore: A 4—year position on the softball team. To Elizabeth Nordstrom: Legal rides to basketball games. To Heleh Olson: Good tips at the Curtis House. To Raymond Opperman: A job as cartoonist for the Republican-American. To Elizabeth Rhoades: A bird book to remind her of Finch. To Donald Rice; A permanent job as school pest. To Shirley Stephen: A part with the Dead End kids. To Esther Terrell: Immunity from trouble. To Cynthia Weasa: Some glue so she can stick to one boyfriend. To Mr, Coombs: A well-trained chimpanzee to take the place of his Al- gebra I class. To Miss Meehan: A one-way ticket to California and a pair of water wings so she can get around when she gets there. To Mr, Derwin: Some new jokes to tell his classes. To Miss Clark: A catwalk around the blackboards so she can reach the top of them, � ,, � ,,„,, 28 • • To Mr. Clark; More land to make his Ag classes better farmers. To Miss West: A peace pact with the Navy. To Mrs. Titus: A class that will pay attention while she is teaching. Samuel Green Donald Terrell . George Underhill Lorraine Cristofano $ 41 : :k CLASS POLL � Most Attractive Most Courteous Most Modest Most Dependable Most Agreeable Most Studious Most Serious Most Mischievous Most likely to Succeed Most Popular Most Gullible Most Angelic Most Inquisitive Most Stubborn Most Original Most Industrious Most Humorous Most Absentminded Best Dressed Best Athlete Best Dancer Best Good Sport Biggest Bluffer Biggest Flirt Alice Mae Mackowitz Dorothy Lawrence Josette Boglio Virginia Hicock Marian Cooper Virginia Hicock Dorothy Lawrence Lorraine Cristofano Rosemary Ford and Virginia Hicock Alice Mae Mackowitz Gladys Hicock Josette Boglio Lorraine Cristofano Rosemary Ford Rosemary Ford Virginia Hicock Lorraine Cristofano Nina Grecenko Alice Mao Mackowitz Virginia Hicock Alice Mao Mackowitz Marian Cooper N5na Grecenko Rosemary Ford Samuel Green John Ford Donald Terrell Carl Drescher Donald Terrell John Ford John Ford George Underhill Carl Drescher Samuel Green Donald Terrell John Ford Arthur Johnson Samuel Green Arthur Johnson and George Underhill Carl Drescher George Underhill John Ford Samuel Green Carl Drescher Samuel Green George Underhill Arthur Johnson Samuel Green • • ,, ,„, 30 Class Clown Lorraine Cristofano George Underhill Class Pest Lorraine Cristofano George Underhill Class Pessimist Virginia Hicock none Class Optomist Nina Greccnko and Rosemary Ford Carl Drescher Noisiest Lorraine Cristofano George Underhill ■Wittiest Nina Grecenko George Underhill Laziest Gladys Hicock Arthur Johnson Cutest Hazel Kolleran and Rosemary Ford Donald Terrell Teacher’s Pet Virginia Hicock Carl Drescher Teacher’s Problem Lorraine Cristofano George Underhill First trip to the altar Hazel Ilollcran Donald Terrell Who taught me most The Faculty What the school needs most Hew School Dullest Subject Problems of Democracy Why did I go to High School To get a diploma Favorite Car Ford Favorite Singers Dinah Shore Perry Como Favorite Actress Ingrid Bergman Favorite Actor Guy 3,!adison Favorite Magazine Life Favorite Radio Program Supper Club Favorite Subject Homemaking Favorite Toaehcr Mr. Derwin Favorite Pastime Dancing 31 r r r ' ■ f r I I I : : L I r CLASS DIRECTORY Josette Boglio Breakneck Hill Middlebury, Conn. Wbry. 5-7291 Marian Cooper Pomperaug Ave. Woodbury, Conn. 8-2 Lorraine Cristofano R. F. D. 1 Woodbury, Conn. 330 Carl Drescher, Jr. Middlequarter Rd. Woodbury, Conn. 294 John Ford ?. 0. Box 446 Southbury, Conn. 5126 Rosemary Ford P. 0. 3ox 446 Southbury, Conn. 5126 Nina Grecenko R. F. D. 1 Southbury, Conn. 6768 Samuel Green Maiden Lane Southbury, Conn. 6043 Gladys Ruth Hieock Main St. Southbury, Conn. 6051 Virginia Hicock R. F. D. v 3 Southbury, Conn. 6536 Hazel Holleran Fish Rock Rd. Southbury, Conn. 5587 Arthur N. JoJftison, Jr. ?. 0. Box 25 N. Woodbury, Conn. 134-5 Dorothy Lawrence R. F. D. v3 Southbury, Conn. 5392 Alice Mae Maclcowitz Main St. Southbury, Conn. 5361 Donald Terrell R. F. D. 2 Woodbury, Conn. 20-13 George Underhill, Jr. Flanders Rd. Woodbury, Conn. 236 -2 :; 32 THINGS TO'LL NEVER FORGET When the clock fell ??? off the Study Hall wall. George Makl! John Leach's boxing bouts and onion sandwiches. Broken windows around W. H. S, When Bob Johnson pitched a no-hit, no-run baseball game. Cutting out hearts for our Junior Prom. When our school was on fire. Mr. Derwin's tests. Underhill's Ford. Y ’hen Mrs. LeGrow was substitute teacher our Freshman year. Miss Meehan's hairdoes. The day we graduatedI THINGS TO WANT TO FORGET Detentions. Mr. Derwin's tests. D's on our report cards, Mrs. Titus telling us we were the worst English class she had all day (when we were Freshmen). 33 ’! ,l' � RUMORS ARE FLYING ----- Is Miss Meehan going to California? I DON'T KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT YOU -------- Problems of Democracy. DOING WHAT COLES NATURALLY --- Loafing in Study Hall and olasses. YOU VYON'T BE SATISFIED ---- Miss Meehan when she gives an assignment. SOONER OR LATER We'll get out of W. H. S. DON'T FENCE ME IN ---- June 11th (Graduation night). FOR YOU, FOR ME, FOREVER MORE —- Old W. H. S. PASSE —- We hope we do. I'Ll A 3IG GIRL NOW---After graduation. AMONG MY SOUVENIRS —- A diploma. ONE MINUTE 'TIL MIDNIGHT----Cramming for exams. MA, SHE’S MAKIN’ EYES AT ME ---- Miss West in eighth period Study Hall. SURRENDER --- Those erasers, ALWAYS —- Miss Clark. FIVE MINUTES MORE-----When Mr, Coombs has charge of Study Hall. HOW CUTE CAN YOU BE —- Virginia. YOU KEEP COMING BACK LIKE A SONG ------- School Days. CARELESS --- Papers on the Study Hall floor. TO EACH HIS CWN ----- Love life after school's out. 'TIL TIE END OF TILE ------ Sam making his honest million. BLUE SKIES ----- Vacation. DARK EYES — Mrs. Titus SEPTEMBER SONG----We won't be back we hopeIII SOMEWHERE OVER TIE RAIN3CW --- A job. ALL TIE CATS JOIN IN ----- When the girls get together. •.: !;; 34 CLASS GIFTS Hazel Holleran — this wedding ring to go with her diamond Samuel Green —— this pushcart to make his million dollars honestly Nina Greoenko — this shadow to prove that she does have those exciting times Alioe Mae llackowitz —— this car for her trips to and from Post's Gladys Hicock — this string to tie around her finger to remind her of the times she should have come to school Virginia Ilicock —- Donald Duck as a competitor in her sarcastic remarks Arthur Johnson —— this one-way ticket to Hollywood to spend his time with the actresses instead of talking about them George Underhill — this house so he'll always have Mickey's Room Carl Drescher — this sign Dr, Carl Drescher to encourage him Dorothy Lawrence — this friendship ring so we’ll always have her as a friend Donald Terrell — this biography of his life, by Walt Disney Rosemary Ford —- this bottle of peroxide so she can do the rest of her hair Marian Cooper —- a post graduate course for three more years John Ford — this new car so he'll stop pestering the dealers Josette Boglio — this priority so she will be sure to go to college Lorraine Cristofano —- this driver's license from Sears, Roebuck Josette Boglio, Marian Cooper, Dorothy Lawrence 35 THE PROBLEM OF ADVANCED EDUCATION iji Every student who graduatos from high school this year and wishes to go to college faces a serious problem. At one time a boy or girl could go to college for a few more years of protection from realism, or a breathing space before plunging into the business of the world. Many, of course, took their education soriously. Today the situation has changed. Colleges are accepting only that material which they believe will be most benefited by advanced education. This sudden crisis is due, in a large part, to the return of the veteran to the campus. Many young men who, in civilian life, would never have gone to college are taking advantage of government funds to do so. Space shortages are accentuated by the fact that not only the veterans themselves, but their wives and families must have homes on or near the campus. I am completely in favor of education for the G. I. but it seems hard that many civilian graduates, of the highest ability and intelligence must be denied an opportunity to develop their faculties because of them. During the years immediately before the war, college enrollments were at their peace time peak. The number of college graduates per year has steadily risen since 1900. In 1910 there were 22,557 men and 11,621 women graduates, and in 1938 there were 97,678 men and 67,678 women graduating from our colleges and universities. The Educational Directory for 1943-44 gave the following statistics: Thoro were 752 oollcgos and universities, 455 junior colloges, 227 nomal schools and 268 professional schools, a total of 1,702 educa- 36 ++Z r‘ • ' )l tional institutions. Of this number 1,203 were co-educational, 219 were for men alone and 280 were for women only. In a poll conducted by the Institute of Student Opinion among more than 69,000 typical high school boys and girls, it was found that 42J? of the girls and 48 of the boys plan to go to college - a goal that is surely impossible for many of them. There are other factors besides the return of the veteran to the campus that arc affecting the colleges today. More civilian graduates than ever wish to matriculate. Every college today, especially the state universities, is swamped with applications. For example, the Woman’s College of Lliddlebury was able to accept only 90 girls out of 800 applicants after closing their lists on January first. At the University of Connecticut no woman can get a room on the campus unless she is majoring in hone economics or nursing. The University of North Carolina will accept no woman until her junior or senior year. 3ut where does she get her first two years of education? Some universities such as that of Connecticut have extension schools in many cities which take care of thousands of students unable to be accommodated on the campus. The logical solution to this problem is the founding of more colleges. This cannot be accomplished immediately, so colleges have raised their standards, trying to solve the problem by eliminating students of lesser ability and poorer qualifications. However, some colleges have recently accepted veterans who had not even completed their high school courses in preference to the civilian graduate. The state universities and the better known colleges are the most • ,„ 37 r r ' - ■ ' ■ ■ r. I . . i i i overcrowded. Many of the smaller colleges and the teachers' colleges reported last year that their quotas wore not filled. The conception that the larger the institution is the better the education one can receive is not necessarily true. People also think that if one goes to a teachers' college, he or she must prepare to be a teacher. This also is a misconception. Teachers colleges offer a variety of courses, and one can choose from several careers, such as art, music or dramatics. Some liberal arts collcgos will accept teachers' college transfers. During the war many colleges opened all their facilities to military personnel who furthered their education under the Army and Navy V-5 and V-12 programs. Many colleges eliminated their usual summer vacations and adopted accelerated programs so that the turnover of students would be faster. The womens' colleges, of course, were not subject to military courses during the war. Today they are the only colleges not swamped with former G. I's. Many women, unable to enter co-educational colleges, have turned to the womens colleges. They, too, are crowded today and, in addition, their entrance requirements are usually more strict than those of a co-educational institution. It is interesting to note here that the number of women graduating from high school has exceeded the number of men by as much as 50 5, but the number of women graduating from college has consistently boon smaller than the number of mon. For those who want some oduention boyond high school but do not care for a college degree, thore are the commercial schools. These offer a variety of courses such as secretarial training, accounting, book- . 38 keeping and other courses. A business knowledge is never a handicap and the ability to type and keep accounts is a great asset even if one doesn't plan to be a secretary. These schools are also feeling the pressure of the veterans' demand for education, and enrollments have increased. There is also the junior college which comprises, in some cases, the last two years of high school and the first two years of college. The fundamental purpose of the junior college is the extension of the education of thoso not going on to a four year college course, or providing a general basic preparation for those who do expect to continue with college or university study. Many students have entered institutions of this kind with the hope of transferring to a four year college. During the past year or more some new colleges havo sprung up. One enterprising educator converted army barracks into classrooms, gave students and their families homes in quonsot huts, staffed his classes with competent professors, and was ablo to give the opportunity of advanced education to a thousand young people who would otherwise probably gone without it. The proposed peace time army, if made up of teen-aged boys, might help to ease the situation. It might also teach young men useful professions at the same time. For those not desiring a general education, there are the professional schools such as medioal, law, and divinity schools. However, these are also crowded today. I think it is beconing more and more apparent to young people today that the bettor education they have, the better the job they can get. 4 39 A college education helps one in any walk of life is a typical comment of high school students who want higher education, and I believe that it is so. All of us v:ho want higher education are willing to work for it -and wait for it, too. This desire for education is an encouraging omen. We should all strivo for a nation, a world even, of enlightened educated people. Education, if properly administrated, will show all poople the right and true way to a better world. Virginia L. Hicock , ,, 40 THE STORY OF MEDICINE 9 ! There are very few people in the world today who do not receive some of the many benefits of medicine. These benefits are made possible by the many many years of research, experimentation, and common everyday observation, which has preceded our present generation. Hippocrates, the father of medicine, lived in 460 B.C. He was perhaps the first example of a doctor who worked for the interest of the people. He exomirvod sick people and recorded their symptoms and signs of disease without theorizing. Other people had recorded symptoms of disease, but their records were rendered useless because they theorized and it was impossible to tell where the facts stopped and where the theories began. The next great doctor to come after Hippocrates time was Galen who lived in 131 A. D. He was the first man to acknowledge facts and prove theorios by experiments. He theorized a great deal, however, and many of his theories were thus rendered useless. For a great many years, medicine v as placed in the hands of the monks. They were the only people of that day who could read and write. During those years, no advances were made and medicine remained at a very low level. During the time of Charlemagne there were no public health rules; hogs ran wild in the streets and nothing was done to protect the people from disease. It was during this period that the term, Doctor first came into use. At this time, teachers of logic were the most envied people since they could road and write and woro very learned. Because those who practiced medicine were considered learned in physical sci- 41 onco, the term Doctor was applied to Medicine. About the year 1100, surgery was looked upon with scorn by the so-called, Educated doctors . They felt that since barbers cut hair, they should be the ones who carried out the surgery which was requirod. For this reason, as well as the fact that there were no antiseptics, surgery in those days was very dangerous. The 16th century physicians were the first physicians to be trained at universities. They knew no more about the treatment of disease than did the physicians who preceded them. They used spices such as cloves, cinnanon, and pepper in an offort to control disease. Of course their efforts wero futile. The faults of the 16th century physician were many, but the groatest was his failure to seek knowledge. To be a good physician in those days, all one had to do was to loarn from the old books with the flowery language and false subject matter and practice what one read. Hunan dissections were frowned upon as a horrible practice. During the war of 1536, in which gunpowder was used for the first time, surgery was used a great deal on the battlefields. Because of the invention of gunpowder, much knowledge of anatomy was gained. Dentistry of the 16th century consisted of someone taking an instrument which was used to grab the aching tooth and pulling. Sometimes not only -the aching tooth was pulled but several others as well. This vrtxs plainly brutal. To fill the gap left by the teeth which were pulled, teeth were wired in place. A little later, people who were in need of money sold their teeth. These teeth were stuck in the jaw of another person whose teeth had just beon extracted. Often, the false teeth of 42 � , + � � � � � , ,,, ,, this nature lasted for several years. In the 17th century, medical journals appeared for the first time and doctors formed societies where they exchanged ideas. There were three superstitions which were universally believed as influencing matters of health. They were palmistry, astrology and witchcraft. Palmistry was telling the health of a person by reading the lines on his hand. Of courso, we know now that they aro merely places where the skin is fastened firmly to the underlying flesh. Astrology was one of the strongest superstitions until Ilalley predicted that the comet which now bears his name would appear in a certain year and it did. From that point on. people didn't believe in astrology so firmly. The third superstition was by far the worst because people wore accused of being witch� es and killed. People believed that a witch was capable of creating a spell, disease, or misfortune on a person. This was called black mag-io. White magic ms when a person was made we11 by witchcraft. Also in the 17th century it was brought out that there were many diseases instead of one disease with many different forms as had previously been believed. 3aeteria were also discovered with the aid of the microscope. It wasn't until the 18th century that innoculation was used as a preventive measure against disease. The first innoculation made was as a preventive against smallpox. At first, pus was taken from the sores of a person who had smallpox. This was called innoculation and many times the patient who was being innoculated contracted the disease and died. Later, the pus from the sore of a cow who had smallpox was taken. 43 + � This was called vaccination and was far less dangerous than the previous innoculation. This discovery has almost wiped out the threat of this dread disease. A good example of its use is in the recent outbreak in New York which has resulted in comparatively few cases. If vaccination had not been used, this could have become a serious epidemic. Excopt for a few of tho more aggressive ones, doctors of the 18th century lived like noble lords, wore powdered wigs, and rode around in carriages. They placed tho emphasis on their social standing and appearance instead of their knowledge. This of course, did more to hurt the profession than to advance it. From this time up until the present day, the knowledge of medicine has grown by leaps and bounds. Early in the eighteen hundreds, surgeons were given a rating equal to that of any physician. Doctors changed from looking backwards to looking forward and they sought the much-needed information concerning disease. The stethoscope was invented which made it possible to detect heart trouble and tuberculosis. This in itself was a great advancement. The X-ray enabled doctors to see human bones for tho first time without dissecting the body. Doctor Crawford Long, in 1842, used an anesthetic for the first time in surgery when he removed a tumor. Nitrous oxide and ether v ero the two standard anesthetics of the day. Long didn't publish his work, however, and so the first public demonstration of an anesthetic came at a later date when e-ther was used for a log amputation. Infection usually sot in after any surgical operation until Lister discovered tho use of carbolic acid as an antiseptic. He used it to kill bacteria successfully in Scotland. «.- « 44 The discovery of antiseptics and anesthetics was one of the most important factors in the development of surgery. The recent war has brought forth the discovery of many medicines, previously unheard of. Undoubtedly, many of these medicines will be proved beneficial. Wars, beyond a doubt, have done a great deal for the advance of medicine. Looking back over the years, we realize how ignorant people v ere in their early beliefs concerning disease. We see how medicine has advanced down through the years. The advance was painfully slow until the middle eighteen hundreds when doctors began to use scientific research. From then until the present day, great progress has been made. This knowledge has been invaluable and present day doctors have been greatly aided by it. There are many more things which remain to be discovered in the field of medicine and that is the job of the doctors of today. Carl Wilfred Drescher, Jr. 45 V, «, w . .• « i ' ■ � . • « « + ♦••«- V -4. - : I FUTURE FARMERS CF AMERICA The Woodbury F. F. A. Chapter opened its thirteenth year with twenty six members, fifteen greenhands, nine chapter farmers and two state farmers. The following were eloctod as officers: President Vice President Secretary Treasurer Reporter Dononic Computzzi Robert Dains Robert Vfagner Robert Johnson David Lacey Two of these officers, Robert Wagner, Secretary and Robert Dains, Vice President enlisted in the Army. Their offices were filled by Ernest Finch, Secretary and Richard Cromwell, Vice President. The Chapter reorganized its forest fire fighting teams to include the freshmen. The Western Connecticut F. F. A. Officers' Training Course was held in Woodbury. At this meeting all the Western Connecticut Chapters discussed and attempted to solve their problems. The Litchfield Dairy' Herd Improvement Association held its field day at Dantam, Conn. Our Chapter team composed of Richard Cromwell, Anthony Calabrese and Arthur Minor won the D. H. I. A. banner with the highest team scorej Robert Beers won $15.00 for highest individual score and Richard Stephen won second prize of $10.00 while Harry Brazee was third, winning a pail of calf-ration feed. Charles Coe and Frank Shepard represented the Woodbury Chapter at the Connecticut Dairymens' Association Convention. They attended the 40 L I r. r_ i i L C L L L . National Victory Convention of the Future Farmers in Kansas City, Mo. The Connecticut Rural Youth Award was given to Domonic Computzzi for outstanding leadership in farming. The annual state judging contests were held at the University of Connecticut, April 25th, The Woodbury Milk Judging Team composed of Domonic Computzzi and Harvey Johnson placed first. This gave the local chapter the first leg of the new cup. Harvey Johnson was second in individual rank. The Woodbury Dairy Cattle Judging Team placed second with Ernest Finch taking second honors in individual score. The General Livestock Judging Toam placed fifteenth and the Poultry Team placed thirteenth out of the nineteen teams competing. Ernest Finch and Arthur Minor were our candidates for Public Speaking. Arthur Minor came in first and Ernest Finch second in the quarter finals. Arthur Minor placed second in the semi-finals and third in the finals at the University of Connecticut. The Chapter held its annual Father and Son Banquet in May at which three chapter farmers received their insignia and eight greenhands received their pins. The Chapter sold pencils and sponsored basketball games the proceeds from which were used to purchase chapter equipment; this material includes such articles as greenhand and chapter farmer pins, state dues and transportation fees for the state convention in July. The Chapter closed its year with twenty eight members, fourteen greenhands and twolve chapter farmers and two state farmers. David Incey, Reporter 47 ■ • Freshmen GROUP PICTURES Girls' Basketball: Back row (left to right) Evelyn Brunet, Ellen McCar- thy, Marilyn Green, Claire Fleming, Virginia Ilicock, Front row (left to right) Shirley Houle, Joyce Bice, Katherine Coe, Florence Lindberg, Nancy Mitchell, Frances Grisgraber, Anne Barnes. Boys' Basketball: Back row (left to right) Harold Traver, Harry Weiss, Robert Beardsley, Larry Brownell. Front row (left to right) John Deschino, James Opperman, Carl Dresch-er, Edward Phillips, Melvin Lautenschlager. Boys' Baseball: Back row (left to right) Harold Traver, Dale Hartford, Edwin Grisgraber, William Brandt, Walter Harrison, Larry Brownell, Robert Beardsley. Second row (left to right) Melvin Lautenschlager, Robert Munson, Edward Phillips, Alfio Candido, Donald Terrell. Front row (left to right) Robert Johsnon, Carl Drescher, Samuel Green, John Deschino, William Starchak. Judging Team: Back row (left to right) Harry Brazee, Walter Harrison, David Lacey, Anthony Calabrese, Fred Metcalf, William Houle, Howard Hi-cock, Richard Wolff. Front row (left to right) Ernest Finch, W. Richard Cromwoll, Domonic Computzzi, Harvey Johnson, Arthur Minor, Mr. Clark. Future Farmers of America: Back row (loft to right) Anthony Calabrese, Walter Harrison, Fred Metcalf, Howard Hicock, Kenneth Robinson. Second row (left to right) Richard Wolff, Harry Brazee, Harvey Johnson, Robert Williams, Richard Stephen, Arthur Minor. Front row (left to right) David Lacey, Robert Johnson, Ernest Finch, W, Richard Cromwell, Domonic Computzzi, Mr. Clark. Homemaking: Back row (left to right) Edith Terrell, Betty Platt, Shir- ley Stephen, Helen Olson, Edith Cole, Barbara Norton, Evelyn Brunet, Mary Karrmann, Elsie Jackson, Lorraine Parsell, Patricia Hicock, Jane Boyd, Ellen Hicock, Evelyn Barnes, Alice Johnson, Katherine Kamerzel. Third row (left to right) Ann 3crwer, Esther Coe, Jacqueline Moore, Florence Shea, Jean Lindberg, Katherine Coe, Alico Fawcett, Arlene Grisgraber, Mary Louise Jordan, Edith Eyre, Elizabeth Rhoades Elizabeth Nordstrom, Marion Hallock, Esther Terrell, Jayne MacDonald, Betty Jane Lowis. Second row (left to right) Eleanor Couch, Shirley Houle, Ellen McCarthy, Joyce Bice, Dolores Klesitz, Miss West, Dorothy Lawrence, Patricia Moore, Frances Grisgrabor, Linda Mitchell, Joan Bennott, Cynthia Weasa, Olive Guy, Nancy Mitchell. Front row (loft to right) Isabelle Raymond, Hazel Holleran, Lorraine Cristofano, Marion Cooper, Alice Mae Mackowitz, Jean Fenty, Carolyn Wood, Mary Richards, Ella Cooper, Marjorie Weed. Glee Club: Baok row (left to right) W. Richard Cromwell, Charles Wil- liams, David Faber, James Coer, Richard Stephen. 48 . -J , Second row (left to right) William Clark, Ilarry Brazee, Jane Boyd, Mary Bird Mackey, Patricia Brownell, Mary Louise Henderson, Mary Richards, Josette Boglio, Ella Cooper, Eleanor Couch, Shirley Houle, Charles Harris, Robert Chase. Front row ( left to right) Joyce Fawcett, Patricia Porto, Florence Shea, Jean Lindberg, Katherine Coe, Dolores Klesitz, Mrs. Kerr, Lorraine Cris-tofano, Jacqueline Moore, Marion Cooper, Isabelle Raymond, Louise Strattman, Carolyn Wood. Junior Class: Back row (left to right) H. Chandler Leavenworth, John Brigham, Donald Bennett, James Opperman, Robert Munson, Edward Phillips, Robert Beardsley, Robert Turner. Second row (left to right) David Lacey, Domonic Computzzi, Mary Louise Henderson, Melvin Lauter.schlager, Marjorio Weed, Androw Scoville, Eleanor Couch, Allen Ruffin, Herbert Partridge, 31aine Hartford. Front row (left to right) Floronco Lindberg, Jacqueline Moore, Esther Coe, Jane Boyd, Patricia Brownell, Louise Strattman, Roberta Bonsleben, John Dqschino, Marilyn Green, Edith Cole, Mary Bird Mackay, Jane Kicock, Mary Richards, Carolyn Wood. Sophomore Class: Back row (left to right) Ernest Finch, W. Richard Cromwell, Edmund Lusas, Anthony Calabrese, Walter Harrison, Fred Metcalf, Garwood Platt, Harry Weiss, Richard Stephen, Robert Lewis, Ernest Ehrhardt, Edwin Grisgrabor, Dale Hartford. Third row (left to right) Edith Terrell, Jean Fenty, Evelyn Brunet, Barbara Norton, Helen Olson, Isabelle Raymond, Patrioia Hicock,Evelyn Barnes, Althea Hicock, Elsie Jackson, Ellen Hicock, Alice Johnson, 3etty Jane Lewis, Arlene Grisgrabor, Lorraine Fnrsell, Mary Karrmann. Second row (left to right) Joyce Fawcett, Jean Lindberg, Florence3iea, Ellon McCarthy, Dolores Klesitz, Katherine Coe, Harold Traver, Botty Platt, Joyce Bice, Shirley Houle, Anne Barnes, Janet Anderson, Joyoo Holleran. Front row (left to right) William Houle, Alfio Candido, Herbert Madlung, Charlos Williams. Freshman Class: 3ack row (loft to right) Larry Brownell, Donald Rice, Robert Chase, Kenneth Robinson, Harvey Johnson, Howard Hicock, Robert Williams, Vfilliara Starchalc, David Faber, James Coer, William Clark, Carl Johnson, William Brandt. Third row (left to right) Olive Guy, Holon Hatfield, Ann Bower, Emily Metcalf, Katherine Forman, Ella Cooper, Janet Drescher, Claire Fleming, Elizabeth Nordstrom, Jayne MacDonald, Nancy Mitchell. Seoond row (left to right) Mary Louise Jordan, Linda Mitchell, Joan Bennett, Cynthia Weasa, Patricia Moore, Harry Brazee, Alice Fawcett, Charles Harris, Jean Computzzi, Frances Grisgraber, Edith Ann Eyre, Esther Terrell, Marion Hallock, Elizabeth Rhoado3. Tront row (loft to right) Allan Coombs, Charlos Lautonschlager, Richard Wolff, Daniel Candido, Raymond Opperman, Arthur Minor. 49 t During our first year at Woodbury High School there were no organised athletics. An informal baseball game with Newtown was the extent of that year's athletics. With our second year came organised basketball and baseball. In both Mr. Coombs acted as coach. Transportation was the main difficulty- both for games and practice. Track was added to the list of organised sports during our Junior year and several boys went to a track moot in Litchfield in Hay. With a year of experience behind both tho baseball and basketball squads they made a much better showing than in the previous year. Our Senior year brought a full time athletic director for the school. Ho arrived just at the close of the basketball season. Tho basketball toom pulled a surprise by dofoating Henry Abbott Technical High School, leaguo loaders, in tho last game of the soason. With spring cane baseball and a larger nunbor of boys turned out than in any previous year. This was partly duo to tho increased population of the high school and partly to tho presoncc of tho now coach. Our last gome with Newtown brought out a rivalry between coaches, namely. Coach Wagner of Woodbury and Coach Do Groat of Newtown. It seems that Hr. De Groat was Mr. Wagner's coach at Springfiold College so naturally Hr. Wagner wanted to win this game. Wo won. In our Freshman and Sophomore yoars there wero no organised athletics for the girls. In our Junior and Sonior yoars the girls organised basketball and softball teams. � ,M. SO RETROSPECT It is often difficult to summarize four years of high school into a page or two of a year book. There is so much happiness and disappointment crowded into four years that is impossible to put into words, and all too often retrospection merely follows the blueprint of a class history and in truth becomes a repetition of the same. We feel that we should try rather to analyze and express the changes of feeling and steps toward maturity which we Have experienced in our high school years. We do not think ourselves presumptious in believing that we are better citizens and better people than we were on entering Woodbury High School four years ago. llany of the lessons we learned did not come out ot the English books and the Problems notes. The small measure of tolerance and understanding we have attained and still hope to attain,came, and continues to come, from the friendship and contact with the student body and faculty which we have been fortunate enough to have as companions throughout our four years. During twelve years of school, a pupil meets innumerable situations which test and measure the quantity and quality of honesty, fairness and understanding whioh he has in him. These are being constantly impaired or improved in one way or another by daily experiences- Tie consider ourselves fortunate to have spent our soul-forming years with the teaoh-ors of Woodbury High School. They have not only given us a basic and general knowledge to equip us to face a competetive, material world but they have listened and argued and sympathized with a problem, a disappointment or a bit of news that was just too good to keop. They with- 51 � + + ♦ + stood our pranks and heard us when we had something to say. This freedom of self expression is something for which we are extremely grateful. Disappointments are keener during high school days than at any other time and perhaps it is better so because happiness is equally keen. We know now that life is no easy street but we hare developed a sense of values and have found that happiness in life cannot be had if we have no purpose. It isn't so much where you learn but what you learn and not so much what you get as what you give. For these reasons we feol proud and indebted and a little sad to be alumni of Woodbury High School. Rosemary Catherine Ford I 52 THIS AND THAT � ,. rt Many improvements have been made in the four years we've spent in TT, H. S., but our Senior year has held more surprises and brought more new things to the school than we saw in our other three years combined. For the first time since we entered its portals, 77. H. S. has a music teacher. Music and Gleo Club have become serious subjects. Group singing has come to the fore and it was a pleasure to see and hear the Glee Clubs of many schools blending their voices at the Music Festival in Washington. This year wc have a Physical Education teacher for the first time. Sports have become an organized roality. Our basketball team looks good on tho floor; our baseball team is a hard-hitting reality. In Homcmaking the Fashion Show has grown to such proportions that invitations now aro issued because the hall cannot accommodate tho numbers of people who wish to attond. This cortainly spooks well for tho Homomaking girls and Miss Wost. The prizes which our Homemaking girls won in a recent contest show that their skill can match that of girls in much better equipped schools. The new grade school is in the process of being built, and although the bulldozers, the cranes, and the cement mixers disturb our study not a little, it really is a thrill to know that come fall, same children will be studying in a new school. Tho regional high school has become something more than a dream. The land has been bought and the plans are being drawn up. Good luck to all the graduates to come and may their high school years be as happy as ours, 53 —i r B U3 v- v . . 'ACV 1§£ ® Sa - -- . • % : • EC Ssk ' - f • • r V7 i VC z55 'sJZryj 7hvC- S£% MS 7 - , pC v hn .'-y- 'IV . ' ■ . :’ ■- %y v ;;-