New Britain herald., 1921-06-23
large ATTENDANCE
At CLASS BANQUET
Many Humorous TOaStS Rendered
By H. S. Pupils


Britain High school held at the Elks'
club last eveing. According to the
students who attended, the banquet
was a success and those who did not
attend missed one of the best social
events of the school year. Earle. NJ.
Lambert acted as POSTMASTER and ex-
tended a welcome to all those present.
Curtis Clifford, president of the class
gave a toast entitled our Glasses" His
toast in part is as follows: I'VE as a
class will not be able to be together
much longer. Tonight is one of our
last good times together and we will
soon be alumni only to be able to look
back to the many good times the class
Of 1921 had together.
In our freshman year, of course.
like every other freshman class. we
were bit afraid to do anything
against the rules. We were always on
time and had our lesson prepared. The
best thing in our freshman year was
the reception rendered us by the
Sophomores where we went into the
gymnasium and watched the upper
classmen dance.
when we came back as sophomores
the next year. We felt ourselves in
n new plane where we could look
down upon the freshmen. During this
year we DeShn 10 Idhe al III
things about us and the turn had come
for us to give the reception to the
freshmen.
The following fall we came back
as Juniors End we really did feel big.
That year we took a big part in school
affairs. Our prom and class day enter
tainment were the two big events of
the year. last fall we started our
senior year and we certainly kept
things goings with our dances. civic
club meetings and other social events.
In closing I wish TO say that in order
to beat us our Successors will have to
be pretty good"
Miss Edna Nelson then gave an in
teresting toast on "our Boys" which
in part read: Ever since the time
when Adam first opened his eyes to
the morning sun, there have been
boys in this great world of ours. But
never in history has God poured forth
upon us a more noble, intellectual and
courageous specimens Of youth as are
Assem- bled here tonight Great as the
honor may be to me, to speak of such
an assembled group of the SO said
specimen let me mention, without
hard feelings, a few examples:
%. Curtis Clifford, our class pres
dent who has led us through battles.
StuuieS, dHo hohoi W ioio sh0 oohiSi
of 1921.
ca. Lewis Chapman. who has car
ried us around with his notes of jazz
CD. Paul Lucas our class orator |
and hamm actor.
+ (4). Zuker and Satular are the |
best men in the school If appearances
count for anything.
(5). Bob Peplau who has won a |
swaeter for athletics. I guess.
CO.. westIock with his noble /
height cannot reach everything.
Cd. Milton Jones who has been
voted class beauty.
go. Howard Clark who is a fine L
example Of military training.
(9). Bill Rotherforth who has
made a splendid business Of gathering
Bees Hives.
"Our Girls"
The next toast was that given by
.eroy Fleischer entitled "Our Girls"
n part 1t follows:
Girls. Do you remember the time
when you thought you were fiunking
certain subject SO you went up to
he teacher and gave him a hard
uck story. wined and pinned and
one of the hundred unpre-
do you remember the times that
'ou were dismissed for illness when
test followed the next period. But
a fellow tried to do these things,
Ie was caught, tried and expelled.
FOR you girls after four years of
'luffing. worrying and wondering you
ave arrived on the threshold of
Ife, graduating from the New Brit
in High school.
And the way our senior young |
iris dress. Speaking Of their skirts
shall speak shortIy-their length
sn't length at all. The girls are the
ause of this business depression at
he cloth factories, for ten years az,
he dealers sold ten yards of ma
eriaI for "A skirt while today they
re lucky to sell one
The bare shouldered and bare |
rmed evening gown is another dis
race. But here In one time when
We have TO give the senior girls
title credit. They nearly always
over up their arms with a tulle
CART.
For every dance, they have to
ave a new gown and a new outfit.
hats why the merchants charge so
much for ladies' clothing. And look
where the price OF our socks is now.
Its getting SO that us fellows can't
nd our socks half of the time. so
It's hope that. the girls hurry up
nd change their style of hair dress
ng Ii takes them an hour to comb
besides putting on spit curls and 1
atural curls. why some of our girls
ave from eight to ten curls bor-
ering their face.
"our girls finally arrived at the
tate where thew were unable to Ii