Batavia High School - Batavian Yearbook (Batavia, NY)

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. Class Ilistory OUR- short years ago, we were ushered into ll. ll. S. bewildered, frightened treslnnen. lYe had no idea. ot' school spirit or loyalty. Our only ailn was to arrange our prog'rainine so that we wouldn't have more than two Algebra and three Latin classes a day. This ditiieulty was straightened out hy the S'YlllllZIlllt'l'lt' hand ol' the teachers. who have worked so interestedly and t'aithl'nlly with us during' our high school course. Then caine organization. lYe we turned out sixty strong, as the Class of 1915. could old ll. ll. S. help hut he proud? We were full of enthusiasm and entered, heart and soul, into all the activities of the school life. lYe iirst gave a dance, which unlike inost dances, turned good money into the. treasury. The next step was to buy pins. Our ehoiee was a pretty, gold shield with ll, H. S. and our numerals. The last activity of the F1-eslnnan year, was a joint picnic, which everyone said was the best yet, with the Sophoinores. Then we ourselves were Soplioinores. Although the nuniher of the class was somewhat smaller than the registry of the first year, we still had the saute enthusiasin. The class gave a dance that was right, and which was considered one of the niost important functions of the year. Later we had a sleighride twe went in carryallsl to Lelloy. About forty inade the excursion and ereryoiie enjoyed it iininensely teven the chap and two or three others who were accidently left hehind and rescued laterl. Our enthusiasm hlossoined during the track season, and in the interscholastic track ineet we offered an individual cup to the winner of the 220-yarcl dash. XYhen we hecaine Juniors we thought that we needed hetter pins, and Consequently chose our new, original one. lYe gave two dances, one at Cl11'iSl1l1ZlS and the 'tProin in June, hoth of which were greatly enjoyed. In debating, the Juniors took the lead and won the honors from the Seniors. Although we ar-coiuplished much during our three past years, we feel that this, our Senior Year, has heen and will end, the most success- ful. YVe have energetically t'hoosted the Literary Society, tllee Clubs, Orchestra and most of all, athletics. The Batavia boys, aided hy the faithful efforts of the Seniors, have won renown on the gridiron, the Court, the track and the diamond. On Ai-hor Day we fultilled school traditions and planted the class tree. Tile have not only fulfilled tradition, hut also estahlished precedent in similar ways. A Shakespearian Play, will he presented by the Vlass 27

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'fBut these are not people that remained in Bata. i I 'nterruptled fftell about some of them. VEL, 1 V 7 an ' ' lVell, he started in again, 'fright across the street. lives H91611 Mahaney and Kathleen Forsyth, they have given up all hopes of mare riage a.nd have settled down as old maids. It's too bad one of them canlt cat-ch Hiaroild Page. All he does is lounge around the Ba.t.a.via Cllub and spend the money his dad left him. But Teresa Maher is just the opposite from these two. Instead of settling down she is busy making money. She collects the socks, etc., which were knit. for soldiers during the Eu- ropean IVar and were never sent. She sells them and makes' a. good profit. f'IVha.t are they going to have for entertainment this week ? I asked. t'The principal thingjf answered Ted, 'tis a circus composed of one time Batavians. And our class is well represented too. Gladys Lown is the fat woman and Edmund Brown the giant from the interior of Africa. Briss Farrall acts as the wild man from Borneo, while Dave Birmingham is the leather-lunged spieler at the entrance of the side show. Gertrude Crehan, Mary Donahue and Helene O'Connor are known as f'Tl1e Trio with Trusty Teeth. They carry each other around by ropes which they ha.ng onto by their teeth and go through a. lot of fancy stunts while hanging by their teeth. It's really quite thrilling. Of course there are others in the circus but these are all from our class. But say Tedj' I asked, 'twho are the three girls .across the street? They look a little familiar. f'IVell, I should think they would you went to school with all three of them. The one on the inside is Iiathlyn Kaulfman, She is a. woman suffrage leader now. The one in the middle is Sue Thomas who is now head nurse in our hospital here. Next to her is Edna IVestacott, who is famous as a photoplay writer. HI guess l've heard from all our old friends now but two, I sighed with relief. f4They are Fat Xlfeldgen and Randall Howe. - Howe,U exclaimed Teddy, is dead. He died from exhaustion caused by chasing after every girl he saw. IVeldgen is just wha.t he was cut out to be, a big fat alderman in New York City. ffIVell, I exclaimed, 'fWe certainly are some class. Everything from Redmond, the statesman, down to Howe, the suicide, can be found on our roll. But just the same we average up pretty well a.nd Pm mightv glad that I belong to the Class of 1915 of dear old Batavia High Schoold' Lyndon Spencer, 115. - as

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of 1915. XV e have made the The Picayunew a monthly and this paper has been loyally supported by the Seniors. The Senior Class has participated in the Western New York debat- ing league and has won both debates in which it. entered. The Senior Annual of this class is to be much larger than the pub- lications of previous years. lVe are looking forward to a few more good times, as the Senior Cl-ass, then we will go out into the big world. Let us never forget the pleasant fellowship, which we have enjoyed, during our high school career, and, as we go on, let us bear in mind that '4Scientia est Potential' Sibyl Collins, J15. QE Arbor Day Oration E ARE assembled here this afternoon to dedicate this tree to the memory of one whom God has seen fit to remove from among us. llle plant trees and tiowers over graves so that the memory of those gone before will not pass from our minds. The act of planting the tree is of little moment, and will soon be forgotten, the memories connected with it will remain as long as life itself. It is for this reason that we dedicate our class tree to the memory of Miss Annabel Miller. To us the pure life and earnest. endeavor of our former teacher will ever be an inspiration. Nile remember her for 'her personal interest in our progress, for her cheerful spirit and her conscientious efforts' for our good. The loss of her young life is a real loss to us and to our Alma Mater. May this tree grow to be a towering elm, so that in future years when occasion brings us to this site our minds will wander back to the past, and once more our high school days will be brought before us. The surroundings with which we are now so familiar will not stand the test of time without some change. llut we sh- ll t f 'l -, a no ,ai to recognize the towering elms and shady maples which adorn the campus. This little elm which now seems so frail, 'will then be among the greatest and command our attention, not only because of its beauty and strength, but also because of the memory of her to whom it was dedicated by the Class of 1915. Harold lV. Page, 315 ' 28