Batavia High School - Batavian Yearbook (Batavia, NY)

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1912 SENIQR CLASS,

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GENEALOGY ' 96' Sept. 1909-Vlass of 1912 entered B. H. May 11, 1910- Sophs of 1912 organized in Blounfs Hall. Otticers elected: President, J. B. Jones, J r., vice president, Florence Mc- Elverg secretary, Wilfred Reamer, treasurer, Ivan Dexter. Class Colors--Green and white. Class flower-white carnation. June 24, 1910- Soph picnic at Horseshoe Lake-Committee, Dorothy Sherwin, Florence McElrer, Harvey Keeney, Willard McLean. June 21, 1910-Recognition of class organization by Board of Education. July 15, 1910- Soph Dance at Horseshoe Lake. Sept. lo, 1910-Organization of Junior -Class Q1912j in high school. Officers: President, Wilfred Reamer, vice president, Florence Hint, secretary, Helen Parker, treasurer, Ivan Dexter. Oct. -1, 1910-Wine and pearl grey selected as class colors. Class motto- adopted- Esse quam viderifj Red rose selected as class flower. Xov. 17, 1910-Juniors occupied prize V box at Minstrel Show. Class Banner stolen. ' Dec. 26, 1910-Class Banner recovered. June 21, 1911-Junior nPI'O1ll.:7 . June 23, 1911-Junior Picnic at Horseshoe Lake. Q . Sept. 15, 1911-Organization of Class of 1912. Ofiicers: President, J. B. Jones, J 125 vice president, Lloyd Grinnell, secretary, Florence Mc- Elverg t1'easurer, Venetia Telfair. Feb. 16, 1912-Occupied prize box at f'Elope1nent of Ellenf' May 3, 1912-Dedicated tree in ineinory of Harvey Ford Kenney. , June 24, 1912-Senior Banquet and Ball. June 25, 1912-Comniencemcnt Exercises. June 27, 1912-Class Day, tt Y ' ' rulln. L.-,.. A V J'

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X -4Q,fgz-ggvfevm-of o i 1 ,.:: It V- ORATIO 96' LfA.SSR'lA'l'lCS and feilow students, we are assembled here this afternoon to dedicate a tree in honor and memory ol' one whom the grace of God hath seen tit to remove from our midst-Harvey Ford Keeney. May this tree, nature's sym- bol of beauty, strength and grace, stand through future generations as a memorial to that life endowed with all the power, strength and noble ambitions of youth. One ma' ask of what sivnificance is the 3 s planting ol' a tree? ls it merely a cold formality and without any real meaning? The act itself, to be sure, will soon be forgotten, but the WILFHED B- REAMER nicinories .conneoted with 1t will never pass pings Qmtol,-I into oblivion. liorty years from now, perhaps, some one oflus will have occasion to pass this well known site, where four vears 'es then we shall sax' the four best rears . 3 . . 5 . of our lives were passed. And what recollections will spring up before us? Members of the Class of 1912 will pass before our mental Vision in quick succession. We will try to locate each and every one somewhere in the tangle and confusion of this busy'world. Some we may be able to account for and others we may not. All the surroundings with which we are now so 5 familiar may not stand the test of time without - ii:-7 :' I , I 'ah' some change. But wc cannot tail to recognize the towering elms and shady maples which adorn the ,jf '-1 1 . s ,sf campus and with which we were once so intimate. 335.311 And the little birch tree now seems so frail and ii iii -.u. an delicate a thing will then be among the greatest and will command our attention, not wholly be- cause of the beauty, strength and grace of the tree itself, but because of the memory of him who on July 1.5, 21911, was taken to the great and better beyond and to whom our little birch tree was alfectionately dedicated. -summer-'HSI an-n. ,. ... sin