New Britain herald., 1915-06-24
Class History
By Edward Martin

All the worlds a stage.
And all the men and women merely
! players
AS we stand here tonight, gazing
backward over the scenes of the last
four golden years, how forcibly are
we reminded Of those words Of the
iInm ortal Shakespeare.
-Four years have flown on rapid
wings and in that time this High
school was our stage with you and I
the players, while each one in his time
played many parts ir the drama we
enacted here.
When the curtain first rose upon
our play it was September. 1911.
eel players crowded on the scene,
company Of raw recruits. The parts
were not well Learned, the players shy
and awkward, while just TO stand upon
the stage and falter through our lines
before critical audience of upper
classmen required great courage.
Our Comedy Of Errors went on
from day to day and the first serious
and interesting scene IN which we
were called to take part was q class
meeting and out of the group there
stepped to the front a president,
Harold Malone; a vice-president,
Eleanor White; secretary, Barbara
Payne, and a treasurer, Irving Fletcher.
Our status was now fully estab-
iished and the sophomores invited us
TO join with them in merry dance
which they called freshman recep-
tion in our honor
We played no heavy or important
parts as freshmen but stood by man
fully and cheered Justify while the
school football team went through the
nonotonous form of defeating Hart
ford and adding a league champion
ship to the score of our school. As
June drew near We had mustered up
sufficient courage to sing the school
songs as fitting climax to the first
act
Two months had passed when next
the curtain rose. 1t was again Sep
tember-but this time 1912.
The scene was set in the same man
ner the players were the same;
nothing was changed except our
name, for they called us sophmores
nav and we played our parts with
more assurance.
A notable event was staged early in
this act when we gathered together
enc day to hold class meeting and
the toga OF office was placed upon the
shoulders OF Alan Hall as presidnt,
Mildred Robinson as vice president,
I.eonie Grove as secretary and Steven
Donnelly as treasurer, all of whom
wore the robes with dignity and
proved q worthy choice.
And then we made our stage the
scene of merrymaking when we ten
dered the entering class reception
which they greatly enjoyed. although
r ~ he -
was long and the way hard.
So the play went on from day to
day while we drank in history. Latin,
and science, and absorbed by the rush
or daily events we hardly noticed the
passing OF time until June crept round
gain and tho curtain fell upon Act
II.
Again the muses. called With
Criner steps we trod the boards this
time, but we were not 50 many now.
for some had gone 10 act their parts
in the drama of life.
At the beginning the scene took on
rather an exciting air because OF the
coming Of new stage director, for
Mr.. Akers, who had 30 faithfully
managed the cast during the past two
years, had gone. and Mr.. Slade was
TO take his place as our leader.
"A hurry Ol EAEltSiuGHL WAS III II1G
ali also over the inauguration Of the
one session plan which proved most
popular with US.
Our Junior class meeting afforded q
medium for the display of the talents
OF the willy politician and the bud
ding statesman, when after a spirited
contest, we singled out to play the
role OF president. Fred Stevens; vice
president, Catherine Mills: secretary,
Ethel Brady. and treasurer ossian
Bennett.
Then followed an event which
thrilled the actors with joy, a foot
ball game with Hartford. On a
memorable day our sturdy boys bat
/ tied long and Well with our heredi-.
| tary rivals, and when the time was UP
I they came forth victors. They had
| won the day and as our class was rep
resented on the team we took our part
| III celebrating the victory.
1t was in this year that the progress
| OF feminism was ably demonstrated
| fy the girls when they founded the
Aloha club in which no boys We're
| either required or desired.
vivid memory is the scene of the
junior pron---a great success which
brought to pleasing close our third
act an dour Junior year.