New Britain herald., 1923-06-14

were so engrossod IN the hook that
became unconscious OF my surround
ings and before knew II, my hat and
coat weer flung over a table and ]
was settled comfortably In a chair.
The first pages contained the names
OF those who had entered with mo IN
tho fall OF 1919, and as ] went over
the list ] succeeded In placing quite u
number OF them, connecting each
with some event which recalled,
There was Joseph SaNonis, the violin
list OF great note. During his first
year nj High school he played on Sow
cral occasions In the different class
rooms when. after two years. the
ADMINISTRATION discouraged the use of
music in the class room activities we
often wondered what the cause was.
Included In the list were also Board
man. that stalwart young student.
who publicly condemned 'cribbing'
and 'bluffing, Warren Hale whose sole
aim as traffic officer was to see that
all his fellow students were safely in
stated in their class rooms before the
last bell ceased TO ring and Duke
McCabe, who always weighed less
after he had INDUCED in shave.
II also recalled Helen Kelly, who
was constantly at odds with Paul La
Har over the atter's conduct in the
Civics and English classes. On the
next page was list OF the officers of
the year. James Skinner who, at the
close of the first year, was numbered
among the missing, was president,
Constance Taylor, the vice-president,
Margaret Allison. the secretary and
Russell Haigis the treasurer. Then
followed list of the social events,
which included the freshman recep
ton, class day and several others.
Well do | remember that Class Day
when we were. for the first time,
adorned in lavender, the color be-
oueathed to us by the Class of 1919.
That was the day on which all spirit
cd Freshman young women wore law
ender waists and all Freshman young
men lavender ties socks. or some
other lavender article of clothing.
Laughing and merry making occupied
the minds of us all that day rather
than the delightful pastime of study
ing. The next subject dealt with was
Our class was represented
by Murtha on the football and base
the principal ones of that year, the
year which we spent mainly in ac-
ouainting ourselves with the methods
of the school. That was the year in
which we were reduced from the
feeling of superiority of the eighth
grades to the lowest grade of
'Freshies But we outlived the year
and advanced to the Sophomore stage,
a step higher in the struggle for sue
cess During that time we managed
to hold our own little better and
gained the name of being an eXtraor-
binary class. We were we'll represent
ed in the field of athletics by such men
at 'Battler' Murtha on the football
and baseball squads. Duke McCabe
and Weir on the baseball and basket
ball teams, LaHar on the basketball
and track teams and Reynolds and
Zehrer on the football team. The
same year 'Battler' was elected to
head the class, Helen Kopf was chos-
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