High-resolution, full color images available online
Search, browse, read, and print yearbook pages
View college, high school, and military yearbooks
Browse our digital annual library spanning centuries
Support the schools in our program by subscribing
Privacy, as we do not track users or sell information
Page 3 text:
“
THE CLIFTONIAN Clifton Springs Qrade and High School COMMENCEMENT NUMBER JUNE : 1929 THE SENIOR CLASS—ALL ABOARD FOR WASHINGTON They are—left to right: Albert Bosshart, Wayne Cowell, Herman Mark, Olive Griffiths, Elva Lannon, Miss Greeny, chaperone; Dorothy Walters, Mary Robyn, Lillian Smith, Doris Case. SENIOR ROLL ELVA LANNON Silver Street “GWENDY” We’d love to be a patient With Elva for a nurse. Salutatorian; Class Vice-President; Senior Play; Public Speaking Contest (3, 4); Debate; Basketball (1, 2); Dramatic Club (3); Glee Club (2); Wearer of C.; Cliftonian Staff (4). Clifton Springs Sanitarium Training School. LILLIAN SMITH Shortsville “SMITTY” She makes them all sit up and hark For at athletics she’s a shark. Secretary Senior Class (4); Senior .. ‘ Play Cast; Glee Club (2); Dramatic Club (3); Debate (4); Captain Basketball (3,4); Basketball (1,2, 3, 4); Wearer of C. Rochester General Hospital. DORIS CASE Crane Street “CASEY” When Doris “tickles the ivories” Oo-la-la! Valedictorian (4); Treasurer of Senior Class (4); Won Prize Speaking Contest (3) ; Orchestra (4); Glee Club (2); Dramatic Club (3); Cast Senior Play (4) ; Debate (4); Basketball (2); Editor of Cliftonian; Wearer of C. P. G.
”
Page 4 text:
“
THE CLIFTONTAN ALBERT BOSSHART Main Street “DEL” I’m right; you’re wrong; so don’t argue! President of Senior Class (4); Prize Speaking Contest (3); Won Prize Speaking Contest (4); Manager Basketball (4); Baseball (3, 4); Cast Senior Play; Chairman Debate. Elgin College. OLIVE GRIFFITHS VanVranken Ave. “DUD” I love to play, I love t’ dance, But most of all, I love romance. Cast Senior Play (4); Debate (4); Prize Speaking Contest (4); Glee Club (2) ; Dramatic Club (3); Manager Basketball (2); Basketball (1,2,3,4); Editor of School News (4). Undecided. HERMAN MARK Crane Street “HUNCE” Herman is quiet, Herman is short, Herman is every inch a sport. Cast Senior Play (4); Debate (4); Basketball (2, 3, 4); Captain Basketball (3, 4); Baseball (3, 4); Captain Baseball (3) ; Wearer of C. P. G. MARY ROBYN Bunker Hill “MARY” Another reason why women aren’t the weaker sex. Editor of School News (4); Stage Manager Senior Play. Geneseo Normal. WAYNE COWELL Teft Avenue “O! WAYNE” A blower of many horns, Who doesn’t blow his own. Orchestra (1, 2, 3, 4); Property Manager Senior Play; Baseball (3, 4); Wearer of C. Undecided. DOROTHY WALTERS Broad Street “DOT” A Dot with a Dash to it! Dot is pretty Dot is neat Dot is witty And quite petite! Editor of School News (4); Glee Club (2); Dramatic Club (3); Manager Basketball (4); Captain Basketball (1); Basketball (1, 2, 4); Business Manager Senior Play (4); Debate (4); Wearer of C. P. G. Salutatory: Reverence for Law To the Board of Education, to the Faculty, and the friends here assembled, I bring the greetings of the Class of Nineteen Hundred and Twenty-Nine. We are glad to have so many friends with us on this glorious occasion. Lincoln has been eulogized as a national hero by great orators; he has been heralded as a genius by great statesmen, but I, in my humble way, wish to speak of Lincoln as a man of great foresight. As children we learned the Gettysburg address, beautiful for its simplicity and sincerity, we read his letter to Horace Greeley as an example of astounding logic, and I wish to review for you, tonight, the address given before the Young Men’s Lyceum of Springsfield, Illinois, January the twenty-seventh, eighteen hundred and thirty-seven, called by him “The Perpetuation of Our Political Institutions.” This speech, like Lincoln’s other speeches, is simple but impressive and comes from the soul of the man. Given before a group of young men he tries to impress upon them their duty to their country. The speech was given at the time of the slavery agitation, when in the North the Fugitive Slave Law was being disobeyed and in the South mobs were taking the law into their own hands. He says that America is the fairest portion of the earth in regard to extent of territory, fertility of soil and climate, and that in this fair land of ours we have religious and civil liberties, not what we ourselves have toiled and labored for, but legacies which were bequeathed to us by a hardy, brave and patriotic race of ancestors. Nobly they performed their task and it is our just duty to carry it out the way they themselves would
Are you trying to find old school friends, old classmates, fellow servicemen or shipmates? Do you want to see past girlfriends or boyfriends? Relive homecoming, prom, graduation, and other moments on campus captured in yearbook pictures. Revisit your fraternity or sorority and see familiar places. See members of old school clubs and relive old times. Start your search today!
Looking for old family members and relatives? Do you want to find pictures of parents or grandparents when they were in school? Want to find out what hairstyle was popular in the 1920s? E-Yearbook.com has a wealth of genealogy information spanning over a century for many schools with full text search. Use our online Genealogy Resource to uncover history quickly!
Are you planning a reunion and need assistance? E-Yearbook.com can help you with scanning and providing access to yearbook images for promotional materials and activities. We can provide you with an electronic version of your yearbook that can assist you with reunion planning. E-Yearbook.com will also publish the yearbook images online for people to share and enjoy.
