New Britain Herald Newspaper, January 31, 1924, Page 3

NEW BRITAIN DAILY HERALD, THURSDAY, JANUARY 31, 1924. W BRITA I N H. S. MID-YEAR. GRADUATES SEE LIFE - THRU ROSY SPECTACLES AT CLASS NIGHT FROLIC The first mid-year class to be grad- uated from the New Britain high | school held its class night exercises at the Senlor high school auditorium last evening surrounded by elaborate | winter setting. Musical numbers with several good speeches made up one of the most enjoyable programs to be presented at the school in some time. The auditorium .stage decorated for the occasion in Christmas trees, and other outdoor follage was a pleasing spectacle. The graduates dressed in outdoor costumes made a splended appearance. Principals in Exercises Those who took part in the exer- | cises are as follows: Harold Roberts, Catherine Travis, Dagmar Carlson, ¥Ebbe Anderson, Myrtle Unkelbach, Philip Zucker, Sarah Rowley, Mabel | Carlson, Margaret Klag, Eranoohy Kevorklan, Abraham Rosenthal, Reni Neri, Ebba Elmgren, Beatrice Peace, Eva Peterson, Ethel Frederickson, Beatrice Peterson, Mildred Johnson, Esther Tuttle, Eva Swanson, Gladys Hogaboom, Willlam Camp, Philip Zucker, Hyman Caslowitz, Abraham Fichman, John Casale. The following songs were rendered to the notes of popular airs: “Senior High School Days Are Over” to the tune of “A Kiss in the Dark,” written by Reni Neri; “When We Go Out” to the tune of “When You Walked Out, Someone Eise Walked Right In,” written by Eva Swanson and Esther Tuttle; “Longing For Our High School Days,” "to the tune of “That | Old Gang of Mine,” written by Wil- liam Camp and Philip Zucker; “We're Sorry Now,” to the tune of “Who's Sorry Now,"” written by Eva Swan- gon and Esther Tuttle; “We Love Our School Days,” to the tune of *“Last Night on the Back Porch,” written by Willlam Camp and Harold Roberts; “Ode to Our Class” to the tune of “Drink to Me With Thine Eyes,” writ- CATHERINE TRAVIS Vice-President HAROLD ROBERTS President {us step by step through our tnnr(-!(ius(mrv Hjerpe was elected prf'shl‘»nl,? | High school education. | Dagmar Carlson, vice-president; Mar- | “Now the four years are over and |garet Klar, secretary; Charle | we are facing the problems of life as|ley, treasurer. With the aid of all |they really exist. Some of us will the classmates, they made the name! enter upon business careers, some will [of this class recognized within the gO to college, but I am sure that all {school. To make us feel more at | willestrive loyally to make the future | home, the sophomores at that time, |the same success we have had In the [introduced us to the school by a past. % |treshman reception. Everyone who ten by Gladys Hogaboom. “Ipros Scientla Portestas Este—or |ytended the affair had a pleasapt The Program | ‘knowledge 1s power' is the motto of [ jma The only regret of this class, The program follows: “The Orange | OUF Class, may we follow 1t§3deals and iy the following year, was that it Men,” by the chorus; “When We Go | C4estly live by them. boing | €2UId not in turn welcome the incom- Out,” chorus and class; class history, | Ve are happy tonight in ,_"“.‘“‘mg freshmen; as the custom-of hav- Ihilip Zucker; “We Love Our High | considered a part of the New Britain School Days,” chorus and class: ode to | HIED school, but there is an under- our class, principals, chorus and class; ‘Iylng eloment of sadness ‘xn ,( "1’ & farewell, principals, chorus and class; |thOUENt that we will be separated | problems, by Mabel Carlson, Margaret | oM 1t and all it means, grad e Klar and chorus; interpretative dance, | {hat 1ong looked forward to goa| bes Jteni Nerl, Ebba Eimgren, and Hymen | "€ but two days away.However this Caslowitz; topieal song by Mabel Carl- is no time for long sp hes, we ion Address of Welcome By Harold Roberts. The address of welcome by Presi. dout Harold Roberts was as follows: “Tradition says that I, as the pre: dent of the mid-year class of 1924, should extend a cordlal welcome to all gathered here this evening, but to me this seems unnecessary for have ou not as yembers of the Board of {ducation, as our parents, as our teachers and as our friends followed | Photo by Murray Studlo PHILIP ZUCKER Class Wistory abandoned, that the was opportunity class | gave t made ;. “Seni: ” | prepared for you this ening a :;'.“(.r,"l'"‘lchg)r'::u:;ul scfl:;or “:,” u‘-“{]‘”l‘ll!l‘rlnhwml-m which we hope you will | Myrtle Unkelbach: “We're Sorry enjoy, and so in’llu- name of the xx?ldi Now,” Sarah Rowley chorus and class; | Ye8r class of 1924, I bld you one and | “Gone Foréver,” Eranoohy Kevorklan |all a most hearty welcome, | “Longing for Our High School Days,” | — chorus and class; philosophy, Cathe ;Class History rine Travis; memories, principals and H . chorus; postlude High school chorus. ‘By Ph]hp ZUCke%‘V n,xTJ'.'-.:“'('«-'E::Z"..: l:'a:u‘xr';h;x,n':} l'll"hv class history by Philip Zucker argaret Klar, Thomas Kelly, Eva |follows: o) :'u:uon and Katherine 'rnn’.. The| “The history of the mid-year class officers of the class are Harold Rob.|0f nincteen twenty four is equal to erts, president; Catherine Travis vice- that of any previous graduating 8. : Dagmar Carlson, secrotary; | Although its numbers have n ihbe Anderson, treasurer, Mrs, John |greatly reduced, it has achleved its McGraw s the class adviser, {aith; to make the most of the oppor- {tunities that this high school offers. “There is a saying, "Do not judge a book by its cover. Then, do not | judge this class by its size, but by its| | achievement. ! | “When this class entered the New Tiritain high sehool, it had nearly two . [hundred enrolled. As this was the ATy Ifirst time a class entered the high fng such a reception school in the middie of the term, ar-| “The first | rangements hiad to be made to accom- | mid-year had fo show their color and |modate it. Although conditions for class spirit was class day, The class some were not satisfactory, the performunce tha a most in general made the best of it impres “In the first election of this ¢ vorable for ass, | "1 DAGMAR CARLSON peretary the first mid-year class. It had ter- mihated its first year at the local Quig-| high school. As it is a custom in the | school to elect new officers another election was held. Roberts was elected President; Rena Neri, vice-president; Beatrice Peace, secretary; and Gustave Hjerpe trea- surer, “That year will be remembered by the class as a pertod of happiness for our accommodations were a gre deal better, As sophomores, the time went by very quickly, Then the time came when we realized that we were Juniors. That year we elected Joseph Curioni, president; Bessic Kramer, vice-president; Rena Nerl, secretary. and Harold Roberts, treasurer. The ranks were fast thinning, It seemed as though fate were working against us, In the third year, more dropped out than in the two previous years, “Then eame our Junior Promenade; comething new in the history of the school, Never had a social affair of this sort been held during the winter months, The committee, consisting of Myrtle Unkelback, Rena Neri, Bea trice Peace and Esther Tuttle, work ed with zeal and were rewarded by the affair turning out to be one of |the most successful ever held here, “At the beginning of our senlor year, we eclected Harold Roberts, president; Catherine Travis, vice president; Dagmar Carlson, sceretary; and Ebbe Anderson, treasurer, | “We had about 70 members, most of them determined to stay with the jclass, if the faculty allowed, The ma Jority of them succeeded and will in Itwo days recclve the coveted diploma | “Last Jgne the 1924 mid-years flew {their color at Class Day, a far better performance than those produced by them in the previous three years This fall, preparations have been made for the first mid-year gradua tion and also the accompanying acti vities President Harold Roberts an nounced the committtes and work was started at once “Exeept for two soclals for the pur of raising money, the first afair ch year, pose Harold | t | [ Photes by Murr FEBBE ANDERSON Treasurer program of the evening was well ar- |ranged. It seemed as though the af- ir were planned hy men of exper ience, not pupils of a high school. The number present was a far larger pro- portion than any other class has mus- tered, Great eredit should be to the committee, consisting of ¥ | Anderson, Dorothy Mercer, Dagmar | Carison, Beatrice Peace and Bernice | Hall “Last Friday night was the Promenad It was a soclal and fi- nancial suee , as all agree, Our sin- cere thanks go to the committee, con- sisting of Everett Johnson, Myrtle Unkelbach, Esther Tuttle, Rena Neri, and Beatrice Peterson. “Committees of less importance which, however, completed ¥ work were the photograph, consisting Kramer, Mollie Nair, Eva m, Constance Halgis and Philip Zucker; the motto committee consist ing of Dorothy Rossberg, Abraham tosenthal and Hyman Caslowitz; the song cemmittee, consisting darah Rowley, Mabel Carlson, A Benz, Gladys Hogaboon and Elmgren “For the in their should go to a Mrs. MeGraw has give her time advising the com mittecs and helping h class in every possible way “During the latter part of the senior year, the Senfor elub was in the bands of the mid.yoars. [President Harold Roberts, likewise president of our class, made this club, with the ald Miss Harvey and Mrs, MeGraw of the most enjoyable in the school. The attendanfe at each meet ing s greater than that of any in lous years. lasting their Senior necess of . | success of the mid-years undertakings, the honor person worthy of it She Al of vari the m w pre ‘A8 A mid-years of we will, in June for which Alice editor-in-chief I the da minder to high school have the Zevin has and Harold Roberts, business manager; they, with the aid of My, Sallee, hope to make this bool the best that this high ever of nected school offer with seene you our cla its setting of a for what it is has worked “Tonight night program winter carnival worth No committee harder than this one with William ‘amp as. chairman, Margaret Kiar, Thomas Kelly, Catherin« Fyva Swanson. “In the four years that has been at the high school, m changes have taken place A new method of teaching has been adopted The detention room for punishment has be eliminated. Reserve Offies aining Corps has been and more opportunities to learn t have bheen offered by the opening the new state Trade school. “Finally, as the first mid-year grad- nates, the mid-year class of 1924 closes its school history. In rs to come, we hope to stand behiha our motto, “Knowledge is Powe not for- getting our happy days in the New Britain High school from Februa 1920 to February, 1924." Class Wil By Myrtle Unkelbach. The class will by we of | forolws | testame Bechive our books “Be it known we, the mid-year senior class of 1924, of the New Britain high school, of the eity of New Britain, in the county of Hartford, in the state of Connecti- cut, being of lawful age, of sound and disposing mind, memory, and judg- ment, do hereby muke, publish, and declare this he our last will and hereby revoking all previe ous wills and codicils made by us. “We leave beloved principal, Louis P. Slade, sincere preciation for carnest help our her to all pers to to omr our most gratitude us during ap- his stay and to adviser, Mrs, John most grateful Interest she has taken make our senior 0 our class McGraw, leave thanks for the in helping us successful, > the underclassmen, we leave we our MYRTLE UNKELBACH Class Win Murray Studlo and pos pe property which Lost and Found T aueath ront ow i depurtment the th June class of privileg esem 1 v ¥ have gradu | leave to James Connelly a Burke's speech on conclla- ; to John Cianci, a bdok on poli- and to Ben Rogin, one of our all heroes, a spelling & nk. I'o Raolo N we leave an alarm clock with the privilege of using it during classes that he may keep awake well be on time for “We copy of tior | ties; foot 50 as as school “To the faculty we To Mr. Cassidy, Ford; to Miss members of leave the following a tin horn for his Souther, a bettle of black ink to use when correcting examination papers; to Mr. Gilliano, a song book gnd a red bandana; to Mr. Golf, a memor- andum book and a watchman's badge; to Miss Norma Regan, a pocket mir- ror; to Mr. Campbell, a package of toothpicks “To relieve Miss puble, we leave ¢ pass and the a Holmes of much to Bill McCue, a privilege of sleep- ing during classes if he so desires “To the New Britain high school, we leave the money remaining in our class treasury. This is to be used to replace the chemistry apparatus broken in the laboratory and to help pay for a few of the table blotters ruined in Room 31. “To each member of the football and basketball teams, we leave a puckage of chewing gum for we real- ize the possibility their running short of such in the future, “To the undergraduates, the following to solve: Why does Miss Yates like golf? Is there dan- ger of Miss Ferguson falling into the grip of a Taylor? Why. has Mr, We s fondness for the New York, New Haven Hartford railroad line “To ‘Abe’ Rosenthal choice of two positions advertisements of either Arrow Collars, | “To president, | Roberts, we leave the dedication of a song ‘I'm Homesick For the Sunny South,! We wonder just who the at- [ traction ean be ! “To the freshman !the privilege of learning how to dance under the personal instruction Rernice Hall and Hyman Caslo- | witz “To the ! freshman color orang B ! protect it as we have “To the Amphion clu class ‘handsome’ and Quigley, “To the t we leave and we leave the posing for ‘Slickum’ or Harold class our class, we leave class mbout to enter their leave our class ¢ they cherish and ye we leave our Charles we actor, managemert of the Capi- tol theater, leave our sincere thanks for the many times they have furnished us with amusement on Fri- day afternoons, “We to the New Britain high school a drinking fountain to be in- stalle the third floor of the Academic bullding. This we know will be much appreciated by a meme I the faculty “To the sewing deps five pair patkages of ncedles those which aceidentally during the year » Mr. Moody appointing him last will witness W or ment, we of selssors and to replace® disappeased lenve doz we leave this wili, executor of tostament we thix our and “In our hand January twenty-four, “The Sentor Mid-Y Per MYRTLE UNKELBACH thereol JOHN SLADE BARNEY GOOGLE “ANDY MI thereof have this thirticth hundred of nincteen and ar Class of 19 witness ess who felt he | could avail him- ting with bureau at man engaged in bus an employe self of ons commur the United States Veters 983 Main street, Hartford It 18 sincerely hoped and expected Iby the hieads of the United States | Veterans burcan in Hartford, that the {men in the city of New Hritain, who can in any way help, will do so and by 8o doing secure a capable, efficient an and also fulfill an obligation that is owed to those who fought for their country in time wi need —Campaign to Secare Work for Rehabilitated Ex-Service Men | William H. Holland Co- operates With Captain Bannigan in Placing Former Fighters Trained by Government. t the present time holds a commis sion in the organized reserve. Work- ing under the supervision of Captain Thomas 1. Bannigan the United States Veterans burcau in Hartford, has been securing cmployment for ready for men have CITY ITEMS. at he some 150 men who will be work about July 1. These heen specially trained for the past three yoars and are not allowed 1o scek employment until they have passed Tgid tests as to their abllity to perform the work for which they have been trained In connection with this work Presi- dent Calvin Coolidge has sent a com munication to the Chambers of Com- meree, Itotary elubs, Lions elubs and industrial heads urging them operate with the veterans bureau in securing employment for these vet erans who were disabled in the of their country. In an excerpt the president’'s communication he says that while much has been accom plished by the veterans bureau a great deal more has to be done. Lieutenant Holland explained that there are three distinet divistons of rehabilitation: Induction—That is the gathering of the men who are 1o re ceive courses of training offered by the veterans burean, of which there are some 500 courses. In gathering the veterans to undergo such training it is necessary to know their pre-war : vocation, their preliminary education, Sy : and their natural leaning toward any _ s one line of work. 2. Training—The training of the men Is done In severa wehools thronghout the country under congidered to be leaders in their special line of work. No ex pense spared in obtaining capable instructors The third and Aifficult problem of the rehabilitation of the veterans and the onc/vhich is is sccuring Home cooked luncheon Crow- ell's—~advt f 210 Chestnut ation for ap- itain General James Moylan street underwent an o pendicitis at the New vesterday According to word received here o yesterday a drive has been started for employment of veterans of the World War who have been rehabilitated. Within the next 60 or 90 days there w1l be a number of loca1 rehabilitated veterans who will be seeking positions in the industrics of this city. In that connection William ‘H. Tiolland, em- ployment reprgsentative of the United Biates Veterans' bureau of Connectl- eut, was in this city yesterday and met several heads of manufacturing concerns. Mr. Holland is an expert in employment work, being for many yoars a personel man and employment representative for several leading con- cerns of the country He is a vet eral of the Philippine campalgns and . WOMEN! DYE ANY GARMENT OR DRAPERY Kimonos Dresses Sweaters hospital Hallinan's meeting of 1 of the | e held thia dlening th I ik Hosiery West Maig, Mrs, 1 Great Barrington the ek at the of T sant street Victrolas, Sonora advt Howard Lunch at A ac to school t ' st | church will service from Dresses and kind Ndg lnughter are spending William May Kiz 1 th Professiona Fuller and Mary of tter we home of Edisons at Pleree's Mis of 16 Hun ® phrey street was rated iti« Monday Hartford Pierce & ( layer 1 herd, w New ¥ home on Prital Lak or th ed to HEALING CREAN 1S QUICK RELIEF = FORHEAD COLDS Holland vids and ecatarrh magic pleased 10 so sealing antiseptic throngh men who are 3 mos encountered for them charge of this with the utmost tion of the employers Mr. sald that ho-was immensely with the cooperation he had rece from those emplovers he had wewed and he felt sure that the Britain manufactarers would see | justice and reasonableness of employ |Ing a veteran, who is specially trained Kach 15-cent package of “Diamond for his special line of work, and who Dyes” contains directions so simple |risked his all when he was called any woman can dye or tint any old, upon. worn, faded thing new, even if she| Mr. Holland sail that Bas never dyed before. Drug stores ment head or industrial aell all colors. cstate man, insurance man, now being cmpMyment Those being met Waists Skirts Draperies Ginghams Stockings in work are fved 1 . Your right up and Hawking and stay stuffed up 1 thre the ifilir 1 & stop. micerable ¥'s Cream Apply stant medy bott ir droge nostrils Millions_er more than - this re y years. any depart and head or real | Jors any | known for ]muwp' rs Eight American army fly Ohio. But that is only part of parts of the trip. there's the 11,450 gallons of lubricating oil. mant Clayton L. Bis J. E. Fechet, Major W. G. Kilner, Lieutenant R. Left to right, they are: Licutc STATE TOWN CLERKS 10 REPORT ON BEES Failure of Many to. Comply With Law Is Noted 31 take heed New Haven, Jan Failure of of 1 th g town clerks quiring her ma then to report have jes was noted Iy names o ke rs who . istered vie warning erim the register preventing and to baild honey The alered the 1 rks to report the names and localities of the The objcct was nnecticut ¢ nt station today The requiring bee-keepers was to assist the state inroads of “fonl brood wp the ot law i production general assembly uiring town ¢ - Yen another period dawned upon!of the class was the banquet. The |fered to its graduates Tl';ere’s More to Flying 'I;han Flying Uncle Sam’s jobs. n, port registrat S LIVE YOR KD s wmna He ne them mplify tanght T to aid The plancs mast be kept The little item of gasoline calls for 90,600 gallons of Above is the staff charged with financing, supplying, Lieutenant lv,m\l\ and Lieutenant St. Clair Street. PHOTO BY U S AIR SERVICE office Nelson (engineer who s have been selected for the round-the-world flight, according to an announcement from Dayton, n shape, re-fueled and especially equipped for certain to be distributed all along the route. Then, feeding, repairing, ete. the flyers), Colonel routing, s WATCH NAGARA IGE FOR BREAK Serions Results Would Follow Sudden Thaw w hirlpool . ypoast CARIITY gged JUPGE W