Batavia High School - Batavian Yearbook (Batavia, NY)

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C1766 BATAVIAN X OSCAR G. WHEAT, Dusty November 28, 1902 Ambition: Chemist. Course: Classical. . Activities: Class Cl, 2, 3, 455 A. A. C3, 433 Football C41 3 Huntley Contest C4j. There is no wisdom like franknes.r. LUCILE D. WHITE, Cea1y November 24, l904 Ambition: To travel. Course: English. Activities: Class 145. A quiet maid but 'very wise. SAMUEL H. Woon, Peach .1-V,..lXfIay 6, 12905 Ambitions: To sell programs atfcbronatiqgs. 1 Course: Classical. .-tif, f FEQQ3.: Q1 Activities: Class Cl, 2, 3, 415 Af C2',f5 4Dg fBicayune Staff C3, 4D 3 Business jManage.1jf,P'ica- . Y yune 41 5 Student Council C3b,j5Senior -13, 415 Class Prophet g4J3 HunTleyQ.Contestf:Gj. f He mastered whatever wasikifqjfworihi the if In knowing. ,l x K. ELLA M. WOOLF June 30, 1904 ' Ambition: To learn to concentrate. Course.: Classical. Activities: Class C3, 43. N ever hurried, never jiurried, As she goes her gentle way. PEARL P. WURTZMAN, Wurtzy ' D 'c. 25 1903 C f Ambition: To coach the B. H. B. B. T. Course: Business. I . U Activities: Class Cl, 2, 3,411 A. -C3fs45S Girls' Basketball C1, 2, 3, 413 CaQta,1Fl'jBiSket' ball C3,4l. . M U Actions speak louder than'::913voriis. t-A 21 4

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1.15595 V. 1 fone BAM C FLORENCE C. REED, Floss December 22, 1902 Ambition: College. Course: Classical. Activities: Class C455 A.A.C455 Class Poet C45. She does all things well. HERBERT B. ROGERS, Cornroast May 19, 1903 Ambition: Water boy in Hades. Course: Classical. Activities: Class C3, 455 A. A. C3, 455 Class President C455 President Student Council C455 Huntley Contest C455 Senior Play C3, 45.j . W'0uld that I were as I think-I,gif11f,1f . I ' Q75 -I also - - Y -r OLGA L. SCHWNINGEL February'-gl,'1ZTO' Ambition: College. Pfifgfff .F Course: Latin-English. fe 9? fe. aa'- Activities: Class Cl, 2, 3, 455 A, A ,g11,i25'3,I,45. No, but they always ai'-'. . it K JOHN M.'SLEGHT, jack june 30, 1901 Ambition: To'make money. Course: Varied. f Activities: Class Cl, 2, 3, 4, 55 5 Class President C255 Student Council C255 Football C455 Bas- ketball C455 Senior Play C45. As we advance in life we learn the limit of our abzlme.v. WALTER T. SOUTHWORTH, Waltl' March 4, 1904 Ambition: To Own a Rolls-Royce. Course: Classical. Activities: Class Cl, 2, 3, 455 A. A. C3, 455 Orchestra il, 25 5 Picayune Staff C3, 45 5 Senior i Play C333 Class President C355 Student Coun- ' C11 C353 Editor Batavian C45. Then he would talk' ' ye gods, how he wolcld talk! 20 ' ,fi . , ,, Q, -..f,-il

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Com BATAXIIAN X tlllaaa iianag---tlblh Cfiraila amh Nvln Oh, a wonderful stream is the river Time As it runs through the realm of tears With a faultless rhythm and musical rhyme, And a boundless sweep and surge sublime, As it blends with the Ocean of Years. There is a certain modest city with a broad and attractive Mainstreet on which traiic ne ar ceases except, perhaps, in winter, whenthe heavy snows make the roads iinpassable. A century and a half ago the western part of New York, where this city is located, was a dense wilderness, inhabited only Liylndians and wild beasts. The death-like stillness of the forests was broken only by the fierce howl of the wolf and the, savage sa-sa-kwanl' of the Indian warrior. A narrow indian trail, uiispeak-:T-fy difficult fo. tie? -3 znfn to traverse, passed through the present site of this cityfjatavla. Hou zfer, rife close of the Revolution found tile fierce Indian spirit quelled to such a degree that they began to give up their claims to the lands in Western I-Jew York. In 1798, Joseph Ellicot began the survey of the lands pus chased by the Hol- land Company from Robert Morris in the years 1292-S-4. The land office of this company was transferred from the place where Clarenfe Hollow is now situated to the present site of Batavia in 1802, as Mr. Ellicott deemed this a fme location for the village he hoped to found. He chose his location because it was central, on the line of the Indian trail from Canada to New York, and directly in the path of the immigration moving westward. In the same year that the site of our city was selected, a public road was cut through the newly-founded Batavia and pioneers began to cut down the trees and hew them out for their future homes. In the next year, through Mr. Ellicott's efforts, Genesee county was created with Batavia for its county seat. The population of the new village was increas- ing at a satisfactory rate, and the legislative act designating it as the capital of the new county gave it considerable prestige. Determined that the village which he had founded should enjoy the full benefits which naturally should follow its selection for this important purpose, Mr. Ellicott at once began plans for the erection of a court house and a jail. As time went on, Batavia, a name meaning Holland, grew in population, size and wealth. Educational buildings, churches, large stores, and factories grew to 22 . 'S