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New Britain herald., 1919-06-26
ADDRESS OF WELCOME
 BY CLASS PRESIDENT

President Edward F.. Dawson de ltvered his address of welcome in be- half of the class, as follows.
 Parents, teachers, friends and classmates: It is my privilege to well come you to these exercises. It is a pleasure to us to have you here to- night and to offer to you a program which, We trust will merit your con- mendation
 "Graduation time is ostensibly the occasion for gaiety. On the surface there are rippleG of joyousness and congratula tion--but deepeh-in the true hearts of things runs current of retrospective longing and regret. As seniors we leave familiar scenes and loved faces with a wrench more Woeful than We would care to admit During the last few days we have looked back on the pleasure and privileges of our school with misty eyes
 ..~'' We realize, dear parents and teach CTS, that for four years you have ex- erted every effort that we might fit ourselves, through education for a bet ter life. We have had both l?oppy times and some real sorrows. War and the experiences has taken some beloved classmates and teachers. We have sorely missed them. Individu- ally We have had our separate stru- gleS to make good by the end of our senior year. As a class We have chosen to express something of what we feel We have learned. The fol- lowing motto: Non palma sine pulvere, no honor without labor.
 Because of the knowledge we have thus gained we step with confidence out of our high school life into life of larger sacrifice, labor, joys and sorrows. We feel that We shall not forget what we have learned; that your instruction shall not have been given in vain.
 Although VIC are leaving ~. B H. s. we shall not forget our High achool. We shall ever feel a part of it and shall be interested in it's affairs We shall always be ready to lend such support as loyal alumni can give we shall repoice in our schools victories and feel chagrin at it's defeats. It is to you underclassmen of N B. H. $. we leave the task Of upholding and fostering the active school spirit. We arc leaving the school with an en- Vlable reputation which we feel we have helped foster. It is your duty and privilege to preserve that reputa- ton, at it's present high level and to let nohting lessen it's good name
 And now, to you, classmates, and to you, dear friends, I bid 8 formal welcome to this evenings entertain nent in the name of the class of 919."
New Britain herald., 1919-06-26

And lastly to guard the funds of our
 class, We chose Rudolph Anderson from the
 mass We had a wonderful football team, It had pep and it had steam; Our players played in the good old
 style, Working hard all the while We defeated our opponents by
 roundly score, Until VIC met Hartford at her own The game was played as on a battle
 field, They slugged and slammed to make
 us yield. And when that game was through We had nothing, and they had thirty
 two. But we acquired som ething that they
 lacked, We could stand being hit, and not hit
 back. But when we sum up the games in all, We won more than we lost that fall. Second Half of the Senior Year. (Miss E. M. Humphrey-F. P. Dean) In March death visited us so sudden
 ly that almost none could coma
 prehend.
New Britain herald., 1919-06-26
CLASS PROGRAM IS
 DIFFERENT THIS YEAR

The class night program was differ ent from that of other years changes having been found necessary because of the size of the class and while many of the individual parts which made up the program of other years were missing the topics were covered in another way.
 The com plete osram follows: "Amorsa -Mazurka'' .
 ........... High School Orchestra Address of Welcome. .......
 ............ Edward K. Dawson Class Song--Trio and Chorus, Lillie Bertlni, Mildred Sedgwick, Adcline Ohrnan
 Colonial ~dinuet and History.
 First year-Helen Egan, Francine Wachter.
New Britain herald., 1919-06-26
NEW BRITAIN HIGH SCHOOL GLASS, ,l
 CLASS NIGHT EXERCISES WITH SO

Class night exercises of the class of 1919, N. B. H. S., were held in the Grammar school auditorium last night and the parents and friends of the graduates were furnished an eX- cellent entertainmen by the Sradu- ates Miss Harmed of the faculty and Q committee appointed by the class president, headed by Chairman Charles Campbell were in charge of the decora tions and their work in pre- pairing the auditorium was responsible for it's very pretty appearance.
 The stage scene was in the form Of an international extravaganza, and pupils taking part in the exercises were goWned to represent the different nations, All taking individual parts in the exercises were chosen by a com carried out some time ago, only those proving themselves ca pablo actors and actresses having been honored with flaces on the program.
 The High school orchestra under the direction of Miss Illga Harvey furnished the music for the singing of class songs and for tho Minuet, Spanish, Turkish, Russian and Greek dances. A quartet composed of Misses Lille Bertni, Mildred Sedge- wick. Adeine Ohman and Doris Bradley sang High School Days" and Miss Gladys Fogarty assisted by the chorus sang ''Sometime'
New Britain herald., 1919-06-26

 in heat And so to the Vocational did we re- treat But twas a short-lived retreat, for
 we soon received heat. Tho we vowed day session
 couldn't be beat.
 III. Soon after, the students were given chance To help make the gas masks in a few local plants, As result of this chance, they soon were enhanced With several new garments for the coming spring dance Our own junior prom caused much admiration And even exceeded our own expecta- For such admiration. determined our station And we waited with glee for our next celebration. Our next celebration was the pageant in May Which was held instead of our an nual class day. The proceeds of this day, to the Red Cross we did pay To become their auxiliary, and this was our way. Thus came tho end of our junior year, And vacation time was very near Tho at times it was drear, we looked forward with cheer, When as dignified seniors we would return here.
 First Half of Senior Year.
 (Harold Wallin) When we entered school in fall, We were dignified Seniors, one and all: We thought ourselves grown-up and wise, Both in intellect and in size. The time passed happily, day bY day, Until the flu came our way; Then so many were ill or indisposed, That for three weeks our schools was closed. The flu caused sickness and much strife, It took away happiness; 1t took away life; But when at last it did depart We returned for new start. The important thing that we did here. Was to elect officers for the ensuing year. For our leader we chose that day, Edward Dawson to lead the way We next chose Helen Egan, a pretty lass, To be Vice President of our class; And for Secretary to keep our notes, Eunice Humphrey received most votes.
New Britain herald., 1919-06-26
FOUR CLASSES ARE
 TOLD IN HISTORIES

First Half of Freshman Year. Miss Sophia Ginsberg: Now our High school days are past But it's true they've gone too fast; We're a group of girls and boys Leaving all our High school joys; All of us will now depart Some on other courses start But tho happy High school days They will always with us stay. When We entered here four years ago We had little thought of veal or woe: For we were young and verdant then, And in our class were boys. not men. Day by day we all did grow, And as all the people know, The members of the class did meet And we elected, so to speak. A ruler for cur Freshman year, Holgar Johnson, with us here. Nice-ruler, too, we chose the day, And Eunice Humphrey led the way. Now for secretary of our class We chose Julia Grove from out the
 mass. l. ast of all, a keeper of the coffers, And Georgc O1cott was the acceptant
 of our offers. Now many happy days did pass. And to welcome our dear class, The Sophomore students did arise And gave us all g, big surprise; Twas in the form of a reception, And all did come without exception. merry time was had by all And laughter rang throughout the hall,
 Second Half of the Freshman Year, by Miss Helen Beach. The school board had been kind to us
 that year; They made us go to school but half
 a day, While they. because the room for us
 all here Was insufficient, tried to find a way To build another school, that we all
 day
 Might haunt the halls of learning. So
 it came That the Vocational High school was
 built. Though we at first were shy, we soon
 became Used to the newer school and life
 went on the same. But still, anotEor danger lurked Us For though our teachers all had been
 so kind, To try our knowledge. they devised
 nlid-year And final tests so hard to haunt our
 mind,
New Britain herald., 1919-06-26
CLASS WILL READ
 BY MISS BEACH

The class will was read by Miss Hel- en Beach, as follows
 Be it known to all Persons that We the Class of 1919 of the New Britain High School being of lawful age and of sound and disposing mind, mem ory. and judgment, do hereby make and declare this to be our last Will and Testament
 We give, devise and bequeath to our lawful heirs as follows:
 I. To our Alma Mater we leave our dearest wishes. Our fondest mem- ories will ever be of you.
 II. To MT. Slade we leave our deepest love, admiration, and thanks for his guidance during our four years at High School.
 III. To the lower classes we leave our great amount of school spirit, May they love the school as we have done.
 ". To the faculty we leave the following rules: Tests must be announced at least & week in advance.
 The two days before tests shall be spent in thorough review
 No questions shall be asked on sub fleets more than 8, month old
 All Seniors shall be exempt from sests given the day after q dance.
 v To the Junior Class we leave our old shoes. We hope that some day they may be able to fill them.
 VT. To the Sophomore Class we leave 9 case of bombs to be set off periodically to keep them awake.
 VII. To the Freshman Class we
New Britain herald., 1919-06-26
FtOLD
 .JOLLI1N

Within our memories we hold r5
 spect and regret for Miss Seltzez
 our teacher. our friend. Our Civics Club gave a pageant
 raise money for the Bee. S We made it patriotic to show th4
 ours is the Land of the Free. E In May was a day of good feIlowshi8 and class spirit, Each class had its own color and theatrical merit, Tn the gym were booths which mana goodies displayed, While each boy and girl danced whiI3 the music was played. In June came our prom, where va danced to our hearts content. Till the clock struck one and thd hours were all merrily spent. Twas fitting that we should end with a banquet,
 Where the best of good will is found to prevail, Before leaving N. B. H. S. and into the world setting sail.
 Class Songs.
 The songs sung during the evening were composed by members of ths graduating class and submitted to s song committee several weeks ago From among the large number of songs submitted the committee chose those written by Julia Grove, E. L Loomis and Helen Beach.
 The class songs are:
 Dear old High School Days. Tune-"Dear Old Pal of Mine" Four long years we spent here. fouj long years of joy, Years which we will neer forget; The time has come for parting, We must say goodbye, In years to come we'll sing this with a sigh.
 Chorus. Oh, how we'll miss you, dear New Britain High,
 Memories of days spent there will never die;
 Fondly do we ponder. gladly would we wander, Back to you once again, New Britain High.
 There were days when we were happy,
 Days when we were sad, Days made bright by teachers dear, They worked so hard to teach us, The things that we should know, To them our love we'll always show.
 JULIA GROVE.
New Britain herald., 1919-06-26

Continued on Ninth Page).
New Britain herald., 1919-06-26

leave a book on Camou1age to helr them disguise their greenness. VIII. To MT. Moody we leave 2 sold traffic badge in recognition o1 his excellent service during sixth 1. periods.
 TX. To MT. Farnham we leave 8 book entitled, "F'atherly Advice to In , tant Daughters.' X. To all undergra duates we leave , the following momentoua questions for their deep consideration: If Harry bought some Bradbury's doughnuts would Isa belle foot (Toote 1 the bill? Could Helen Hubbard cross a river if Harvey would ford (WoodforG) it? If George O'Brien disliked blue, would Mary don a, hue Donahue) to please him? Could Harriet Chamberlain go homo at night without large sparks (Sparks) to light her way? XI. To Barnum and Bailey's Cir GUS we leave Claud Leroux's laugh. XII. To Miss McAuley and Miss Harvey we leave an adding machine to keep track of pupils on Social Science trips
 XIII. To William Burns we leave a v cyl have 10 part?"
 XIV. To Miss Ordung we leave John Bunny, Frank Griffin and George McGuire to act as her repair men.
 XV. To Miss Hamilton we leave q life subscription to the BEE and BEE HIVE in recognition of her hours of work on them.
 XVI. To Elizabeth Irving we leave c' graduate hearts
 XVII. To the Junior girls we leave Ruth Schaefer's little curl and Will liam Kaplan's marcel wave to be used on dress occasions only.
 XVIII. To the athletic teams we leave the command to defeat Hartford at all costs
 XIX. To Miss Crawley we leave an Automatic Dictation Regulator guar anteed not to exceed five words a minute.
 xxx. To the most ambitious Junior girl we leave Eunice Humphreys pop ularity.
 XXI. To Miss Yates we leave the Craftsmanship of tho School Detective Bureau.
 XIII. For use before midyears VIC leave a special supply of candles and wet towels which may be had by ap plying at the bookstore.
 ENIII. To Miss Harmed we leave our most gracious permission to be married as soon as school closes.
 XXIV. Tn the hands of next years Board Of Publication we leave the BEE and the BEEHIVE. Please treat them gently and keep them growing.
 XXv. To Robert Doyle we leave black diamond (Diemand)
 NNNI. To the School Board we leave a bag of grass-seed to rebeauti- fy the spots so ruthlessly tramped down by us.
 XVII. To Henry Christ and Eurith Wachter we leave the spots on the StaiTcases occupied for the last three years by Charles Vibberts and Evelyn Riglow.
 XXVIII. To Howard Crane and Esther Rchm we leave the exclusive use of the Reception Room between periods.
 NAIN. To the school we leave our heartfelt sympathy for the loss of the Class of 1919.
 XXX. To the Junior Glass we be- queath all stray property herein not disposed of.
 In Witness Whereof we have here
New Britain herald., 1919-06-26

More difficult exams 'twere hard to
 find But just the same we foundered
 through each one Till every test was folded up and
 signed And as we all departed, one by one, All turned, all heaved a heartfelt sigh,
 and said, "'Tis done!"
 round, our school Became all fun and frOIicking and
 play.
 was the rule To bar the Freshmen from this
 glorious Day, Our noble class set out to show the
 way To all who followed, and all dressed
 up. The boys Wore collars, a. la Buster Brown, and
 they Encased their legs in stockings white
 The noise Of lordlv upper classmen quite upset
 their poisc. Our girls wory varied colored stock
 ings. red And green, or black and white; their
 lovely hair Held back by ribbon bands, Each
 teacher said They thought the boys looked cute.
 but as to their Opinion of the girls, they did not dare Express it. With these gay times, the
 nnemry store Of every one was filled from that
 1a1-icrI And as the end of school came round
 once more Each happy grew to think, Next year,
 a Sophomore.'
 First Half Sophomore Year.
 (NIiss Anna Bruce) After summers gaudy blooms had
 faded. And swiftly fleet the leaves of Autumn Gathered once more those joyous boys
 and girls. Tn sweet glad voices to each other
 called, Greeting faculty and friends as sopho
 moreG. Problems Of Sophomore days now
 we'll begun The choice of leaders, wise and true
 was raised; And we'll they chose for their trusted
 President William O'Brien, most worthy of
 praise. For Vice President, resourceful, will
 ing Gertrude Smith As Secretary ever faithful, devoted
 Doris Bradley, And for Treasurer, Holgar Johnson,
 honest sincere. Thus for q time they studied. Then suddenly without warning, A cloud as black as midnight pail Spread OCT the school and grieved the
 hearts of all. Victim of pestilence, their Submaster, Counselor friend Gave up the life lie was no longer
 able to defend Professor Davis-Well beloved. sin
 cerely n1ourned and missed Tn his place their haltia= e--tsteps Along scholastic paths to guide Came AJr. Farnllan- sc1n
New Britain herald., 1919-06-26

Sometime. Tune Som etime." New Britain High, New Britain Highy We recall fond memories And as we think we rem ember The worth of those by-gone days. Our High school days, our High
 school days, Are gone, neer to return And I know some day We surely will think of those days. Somewhere, somehow, sometimes
 someday We will be thinking of you Though we're all so far away We will think of you each day The years we spent in your dear halls We will rem member each day We will ne'er forget, we'll ne'er re-
 gret Som etime, somewhere, someday.
 Till We Meet Again.
 Tune: Till We Meet Again.
 Verse I. As we gather together this evening To part with old New Britain High, All the memories dear We've gathered each year, Return as we whisper good bye.
 Chorus. Fare thee we'll our dear old High
 school days Songs in praise of thee we'll ever
 raise And in future years recall Teachers friends, good times and Now the time has come for us to
 part Grief and sadness now fill every heart
 (Continued on Ninth Page).
New Britain herald., 1919-06-26
High School Days,

 Tune-"Little Birch Canoe and You. Now we must say goodbye, To old New Britain High .. Where many happy hours we've spent The time is drawing near When we'll be leaving here, And on our paths of life we'll wan der. Goodbye to friends and pals, Goodbye to teachers, too, Goodbye old High School days " loved; And now we all must leave And many of us grieve, To leave the dear old High Schoo days.
 Refrain. High School Days, now the time ha come for parting, We must leave you now forevermore Farewell pals, and all friends tha we've made here, Goodbye school days that we all helt so dear.
 E. L. LOOMS.
New Britain herald., 1919-06-26

unto set our hand and seal this Twen- ty-Fifth Day of June, One Thousand Nine Hundred and Nineteen.
 THE CLASS OF 1919. Witnesse
 JOHN BUNNY, 1920. DOROTHY BACON, 1921. THOMAS LONG, 1922.
New Britain herald., 1919-06-26

Determined we'll their problems to de-
 eide Grateful to him, his kindly interest
 and advice Oft will they recall. First happy function of the year A reception devoted to those children
 Dear, And they so bashful, slow and green With music gay, bright lights and
 buntings sheen With patient sophomores did try to
 cheer and welcome Sweet tinid Freshmen into this the
 Best of Schools
 second Half of Sophomore Year.
 (Iiss Louise Williamsl Then after Christmas celebrations, full
 of jollity and fun, We set to studying and carried off As
 by the ton, When runors of class day reached our
 ears. We all decided that our boys should
 be peers of the farm, And our girls amid cheers should
  The glad day now gave place to the
 unusual work, While gay dances were given to the
 Senior Class, And our part in Athletics was vigor-
 ously growing, On America Day the SOphomores
 glowing with spirit and pride, a Go If of ho i'm hot ro1,o
 for America. Soon came the time when our Sopho-
 mores studies were ended and The thoughts of becoming gay Juniors
 scared high in our minds AS we frolicked and worked through
 our first summer of war.
 First Part of Junior Year.
 (Charles Campbell.) AS juniors we returned in hordes to
 school, With dresses new and ties, and suits and shoes. Twas certain we, the whole domain
 would rule And startle cen the faculty with views. A pilot strong must guide our ship
 of state, So chose We Arnold, of the tribe of
 Wallen, Staunch, strong and bold. If fashion any time disturbed the waves. We knew he'd guide us all serenely Miss Loomis fair, for our vice-pres- ident we named For she was clever. talkative and
 bright Our actions and decisions must needs be recorded, Our weighty thoughts writ in lan- guage golden, So, for this task, Emma Zimmerman For treasurer, and to make our And every cent record, and never lose, Paul Nilson chose we to collect our dues. He ably handled every sum, And wealthy grow this man-so now He's ever since supplied the school with gum. Then with the aid of several senior men, A busy buzzing bee began to fly, Blown from the beehive grown through several years Into the school, till now devoid of
 bees, We thought that every month this bee would buzz, So many contributions sent we in, But the bee was often heard of, still more seldom seen Our country called, though most of us too young To join the colors and in the field of fight, Yet we observed the heatless. the wheatless days, And bought Thrift Stamps and many Bonds. But there were four more lucky than the rest Who gallantly became real fighting men: Linton, Andrews, woodford, John son. each Took place in line---A worthy fight to win. ;ro+o l. in 2T9T
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