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CLASS HISTURY . XVILLIS G. BHOADBOUKS OUR brief and eventful years have passed since we were first ushered into the harbor of our future hopes, our pres- ent ambitions and our past remem- brances. Four years of toil have at last brought us together as graduates of a school which we should be more than proud to call our alma mater. Few of us can ever forget the occas- sions of joy and sorrow which have followed us throughout our work g-the happy friend- ships, the memorable occasions, which have made our schooldays seem only too short. When as unsophisticated and wondering freshmen, we first entered what seemed to us then as nothing-but a dark labyrinth of study and unbroken monotony, little we knew of what was in store for us. Aimlessly we wan- dered about the halls and study rooms, im-pressed by each new spectacle which presented itself. How we feared, and secretly hated, all members of that dignified group of persons whom we have learned to call our faculty, knowing' nothing of the patient and persevering nature which was concealed by a stern countenance, a knowing demeanor and a commanding voice. But, in our second year, events began to take a more lively aspect and things began to dawn upon our benumbed senses in a different light. Little by little we lost our modesty and reserved silence which had piloted us safely through our first year. But no one can tell what a stage our present situation might be in, were it not for an incident which to us com- prised the very height of romantic excitement. That parcel of individuals who were pleased to call themselves Juniors in spite of much opposition, and who persisted in displaying their school spiritv too conspicuously,-got ufiredf' as some of the older and more enlightened of our fellow students were able to inform us. We had organized some weeks before as a Sopho- more class, which, to say the least, was a distinctive mark of our awaken- ing. Some one devised a plan for announcing meetings to members by placing secret signs upon the blackboard in the study hall, which however, succeeded in informing everyone but ourselves of our whereabouts. Who can forget how some one ran off with our precious eatsv while we were holding one of our conclaves,--how some one else got mixed up with the pugilistic element of the class in attempting to interfere with our proceed- ings. But all this was as a passing thought. Our fondest hopes and ex- pectations were at last realized on the night of June 21st, 1910, when the Board of Education took otiicial recognition of organized classes in the Batavia High School. , . 'iTle'gx,, i '
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.J-. countenance told us that he was celebrating the blm- nibbons which his pedigreed Bershires won him at the t'ounty l uir. Funny Brunton :md Elsie Marcus were there too. Fanny is teaching orntory, and Elsie, music in the public sehoolsp Cecil Constable is teaching Greek. lsn't it strange she has never marnied? l snixose it is because she i-an't decide which one to take. X Poor Wilfred Hemner. after he linished his course in George Washing- ton College he meant to try fora government position: but nthere is no place like home. so he still poses as the tallest man in ltnshyille. The other day I went to theiY. W. C. A.. of which institution Anna Bossart is now general secretary. for dinner. Pauline l'l'eii'er was tlu-re. She is justly famous :is the captain ol' the National Basketball League. Did you go to the game they played in your town last winter. Great wasn't it? Grace Hyde is coming to visit me next week. She is just back from China, where she went as missionary. Lola Hyde principal of a busi- ness school in Le Roy is trying, assisted by Mary Churchill. to induce some solid truths to stick in the heads of sundry refractory pupils. Emily Churchill, you doubtless know. is the wife of a prosperous farmer, she lives on the Byron road now. We ought to be thankful in these disturbing times to have at least some element battling against the Sutfragettes. Mildred Lowe, Lorena Cooper, Margaret and Laura Lawson, Ethel Tuttle and Florence Hunt with Evelyn Call, as chief instigator and orator, are touring the country as Anti- Suffragists, delivering lectures against smashing windows fas a general rulej and preaching that 'fWonian,s place is in the Home. Of course you knew Frances Stewart and Doris Hines had gone into partnership, conducting a shop for ladies fashionable attire. I found the prettiest hat in there. They are certainly right in style for they go to I'ris at least four times each year. The entire force is engaged just at present in designing and making Ruth Leflelds trosseau. Arerft you awfully interested sin politics this year. I am so anxious to know who will be nominated as governor, Horace Hussey or George Lawson. They have run each other down so much though lately that I have almost lost any respect or sympathy for either of them. Something like Taft and Roosevelt of a few years ago! The papers are just full of the awfnllest scandal. It-seems Langbridge Whitcombe invented a contrivance for rescuing olives out of the bottle and now Guy Patterson declares that Whitcombe infringed on his patent for the same artqiele and has brought suit against him with Harold Harris as lawyer, ' -' ' . all 'iilxgiyou know 5ny'r1nng'nmei about the members ot the class, just let Qiknow, for,I am thinking of writing a book on the famous achievements Q litwfiifttvthei Batavia I-Iiglgi Sdhool graduates. Do write soon for I have wasted 3.5 f aiyigteirfa little und-night oil. on you. A i ' , ' . ' Your :friend,. ' , ,A u , 'xg 4 1 A -' 'llonornv Fincnoir. ' Want , x ,pp uanuuiaaunun. vi. i ...K 4 .,.,,,, , , ny vw a 'N , .9 ':x,, 74' Jgfk' X. ,.i .a
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In order to take advantage of such an opportunity which had lieen uu- expeetedly and somewhat reluctantly showered upon us, we decided to organize early in our junior year. Ullieeis were elected and the first officially recognized underelass was launched on the sea of education. Smooth sailing prevailed throughout the greater part ol' our junior journey until we struck a snag at the annual minslrcl show, where we oueupied box seats as the result of our labors in disposing of tickets. The calmness ol our voyage was somewhat disturbed at this juncture hy the sudden disappear- ance of our class banner. which had been lel'l unguarded on the walls ol' the theatre. Murmurs of vengeance were heard among our members for several weeks, until our lost treasure was returned as mysteriously as it had been taken. Q To recount all the pleasant and unpleasant events of our Junior year would require a reinarlcable amount of courage. Perhaps the most con- spicuous of our many achievements in the social world are to he found in the commencement festivities in which we engaged with a somewhat lavish hand. Although the gratiiication ol' our luxurious desires brought financial disaster to our treasury, no one can deny that we had the time of our livesf' Graduation appeared as a distant speck on the horizon to some of us. while to others it was less remote, and to a few, l am sorry to say, it proved but a mirage. Still we struggled onward amid the guiding induence of our instructors and have at last asseiuliled. at the end of the race for a last look at the course we have run. For seine it has been straight and smooth, others have met with an uneven and somewhat stony path, but we are all now on equal ground,-all winners of that great and priceless prize,-education. Someone has said that 'ihistory is just in the making and so may our deeds and our actions prove to future generations and may we continue throughout life, making a history for ourselves which shall be an enduring momnnent of the opportunity which we have grasped. May we always look back to the days in B. H. S. with a fond remembrance and may we never lose sight of the motto under which we departed,-'LEsse Quam Viderif' . . l'.:.m..unr.su a
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