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Tuesday, May 29, 2012

2012: TOM GLOVER'S HHS THE GOLDEN YEARS



CLICK ON THE LINK BELOW AND TURN YOUR SOUND ON. THIS WAS HAMILTON HIGH'S "GOLDEN YEARS." BE SURE TO USE THE PAUSE (II) BUTTON TO READ THE TEXT. PRESS RESUME (")>" TO CONTINUE. FULL SCREEN IS IN THE VERY LOWER LEFT OF THE PRESENTATION.



Saturday, May 26, 2012

1950 - 1952: FROM "RETROSPICE" TO "RETROSPECT"

Over the years, a number of Hamilton High alumni have asked about the transition from the Latin "Retrospice" to the much more logical "Retrospect." As you might imagine, this website is a retrospective visit to our past. Some Hornet in the past was probably a 4 year Latin student who was on the yearbook committee, or perhaps a faculty member who had a mania for Latin, and wanted to save just a bit of his or her high school memories and voila! "Re tro spee che" instead of "Re tro spect."