Batavia High School - Batavian Yearbook (Batavia, NY)

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X , ' . Ihr ' an I BATAWAN X efforts into our preparation for a useful life, may we, with the sublime confidence of john Burroughs, wait and say 'KMine own shall come to me. Listen to his words- ' Serene, I fold my hands and wait, Nor care for wind, nor tide, nor sea, I rave no more 'gainst time or fate, A For lo! my own shall come to me. I stay my haste, I make delays, For what avails this eager pace? ' I stand amid th' eternal ways, And what is mine shall know my face. Asleep, awake, by night or day, '7'li1i frie11ds I seekarefffeeking me, 'Ho' wind can drive iiijgl' bark astray, Nor change the tide of destiny. f l ugh, The stars come nightly to the sity, R, The tidal wave comes to the E I Q Nor time, nor space, Anor declifinor high, Can keep my own away from me. K 'H A -Robert F. Lewis, '21 26

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J Grim BATA Arhm' Bag Gbraiiun April zz, 1921. The world today is dotted with pyramids and obelisks, statues and memorials, erected in honor of the great men and women of history, but no piles of lifeless marble and granite, be their mass ever so great, or their beauty and richness un- surpassed, could adequately commemorate some lives. Some men and women have so interwoven their lives with the lives of their community, their nation, their age, enriching it, enlarging and ennobling it, that a dead shaft would be a mean- ingless tribute. For that lover of nature and the great out-of-doors who'se'r1'a1rielive ihonor today, what could be a more fitting tribute, a more worthy 'memorial, than a living tree. ' 1 ' T ' Dui-' john-Burroughs was a man among men, simple and unaffected, beloved by high and low alike, a friend to .allihe world. Born on a farm among the hills, he tehs us that as a boy the only iarrnuvork that appealed to him wt sugar mak- ing in the mapief woods in the spring. This he thoroughly enjoyed'as it brought him near -to wild nature, and from these trees he earned his lirst money. Through- out all his long,life he never strayed far, or stayed long from the woods and fthe birds he lovedg so deady. U- ri 4 - - John Bui-faugiis ilpved' -...re not as a scientist but as a man. It is said it was enough for hiingo obs e with loving accuracy the already familiar animals and birds, to record -.-eir dc .gs, and to report the truth in English as simple and direct and crystal clear as the note of thrush or brook. Roosevelt in dedicating a book to Dear Oom john, as he was affectionately called, said It is a good thing for our people that you have lived, and surely nc man can wish to have more said of him. Many were the pilgrimages made up the hill to the Hermit of Slabsidesu and the pilgrims found, not a recluse, but a hearty old man with a genial welcome and an earnest hospitality for all, So in dedicating this tree to john Burroughs we are dedicating it also to nature and to an increased love for the woods and streams, the hills and meadows, the birds and flowers 3 to a greater appreciation of the living things around us, and as this tree grows may it serve to remind us that from these living things about us there is many a lesson we can draw. May it instill in us a deeper interest in the things he loved. As we look back upon this tree and remember this occasion in future years, after we have put our best 25 44.-. , .

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'fJ C566 BATAVIAN Gilman uf '21 The Freshman Class of 1917 was the largest Freshman Class up to that time. comprising somewhat over 150 members. NV e elected the following officers in December: President ...... ......,.. I . CLAYTON LOWE Secretary ..,.......,.... ................ R ITA BRIDGE Vice-President ...,.... .,..... lv IARIAN Cum-155 Treasurer ...................................,............................ ARTHUR Curzrrss A committee was appointed to draw up a constitution, and the class flower and colors were selected, the flower-American Beatity 'Roseg the colors--Purple and gold. . ' Our freshman 'ear was s ent more in Gettin? accustomed to our new sur- . 23 . , roundings than in planning any brilnant social evq' -P 1 We did have one dandy party at the Y.M.C.A., which ev-fijv good Senior r-enreppbers. january 11, 1919, the new Sophornores organizedlfor the year. The Presi- dent was Ray Ayers, Yize-President, Bernice Betts, Secretary, Ethel Chandierg Treasurer, Milton Cumfnings. 'Under the guidance of these officers, the class. after its dorruazsi. spe11,'jU.:.f3n to enter the social ring. A party of Sophs went the .Le Roy game at E-.e and did not fall down as representatives of Bl-1.5. Next came a really trulyi' party at the Y.lVl.C.A. which about forty Sophs attended, not to speak of a few juniors. There were also several skating parties throughout the year. During our second year, we selected our class pins and rings and most of the class bought one or the other. Of course, the next year we were juniors, and celebrated the fact by electing Walter Southworth, President, Marian Combs, Vice-President 5 Beatrice Gehring, Secretary, and Everett Ellinwood, Treasurer. The first event in our social pro- gram was the junior-Senior party at the Y.M.C.A. A large crowd attended and everyone enjoyed him or herself. The most important event in any junior's life is the Prom, We had been planning this event almost the entire year. The Prom. was held May 22 at Odd Fellows' Temple, which was decorated with the class colors. The Prom. was a success in every way. The juniors were active in selling tickets for school benefits but their jinx always kept them in secohd place. We were well represented in all the athletics. We won the Inter-Class Track meet, the track team was composed mainly of juniors g and the B. B. team had several 2l'ers in the line-up. Z7 i.1,e?55i i