Clifton Springs High School - Cliftonian Yearbook (Clifton Springs, NY)

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22 THE CLIFTONIAN School Days We have had a good school year and our teacher has made it as pleasant as possible. At Christmas we had a nice play. The name of it was “Mother Goose” and we enjoyed doing it. Around April our teacher, Miss Bee-man, started an Audubon Club. We learn about birds, their color, their names and habits. We also got six bird leaflets. We made some bird books of colored construction paper and pasted our birds in them. They are very pretty. We are making some large Health Posters now and have found it very interesting work. We go to Gymnasium this year and have lots of fun. We try to make baskets, every three we make we get a star and the one that gets the most stars gets the chart. Paul Maslyn won the chart. We have had spelling charts for correct lessons in spelling and those were won by Anna Johannisson and Aleine DeGraw. We have enjoyed working in the new building and have tried to keep it clean, also enjoyed Gymnasium very much and it has seemed nice to have general assembly. We liked the Liquid Air Demonstration, the Art Exhibit and Christmas entertainment. We have enjoyed a very pleasant and profitable year. BY PUPILS OF GRADE 5. WRITTEN BY PUPILS OF THE SIXTH GRADE At the beginning of the year we had twenty-five pupils. Since then our number has gone to twenty. E. K. The sixth grade had a very successful year. Those who have been on the Honor Roll most of the time are: Isabella Adams, Doris Goodman, Edith Kauder, Janette Lancashire, Irene Lan-non, Mary Alice Madden, Mary Virginia Miller, Elaine Moran, Lois Snell and James Walsh. We have been putting up a very hard fight to keep the banking cup away from the rest of the grades. Sometimes we had it for two and three months at a time. We worked hard to get it for the last month in the school year. But lost it. L. S. Every Tuesday and Thursday afternoons .from 2:30 till 3:00 o'clock we have gone down to the gymnasium to play basketball. Miss Jones was referee for us. When the weather became warmer we went out doors to play baseball and Miss Jones played with us. The ones who didn't care to play baseball played on the swings and on the trapese and some took walks. M. A. M. We observed book week and had some new books which are: “Tom Sawyer,” “Call of the Wild,” “Understood Betty,” “Rainbow Gold,” “The Japanese Twins,” “David Goes Avoyag-ing” and “Dandelion Cottage.” The teacher read some from each of the books to get us interested. We also had book posters and book reports. R. O. S. Christmas was a very exciting time. We had a drill in which a number of girls took part. On our return to the room we received presents; we drew names so all of us would get a present. On our desks were popcorn balls and Christmas candy. We had a very happy time. E. M. Valentine’s Day was February 14. We all received nice valentines and candy. We all had a lovely time. L. A. S. For the Art Exhibit the sixth grade gave a play, “Patriotic Women”. The following girls of sixth grade took part: Irene Lannon, Rose; Mary Virginia Miller, Martha Washington; Isabella Adams, Grandmother; Doris Goodman. Betsy Ross; Helen Joyce, Madame de Laffette; Lois Snell, Miss Clarbia; Elaine Moran, Mrs. Franklin; Violet Kless, Molly Pitcher. M. V. M. H. J.

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THE CLIFTONIAN 21 SECOND GRADE During the year there have been 30 children registered in the second grade, 16 girls and 14 boys. The Primary department gave the Thanksgiving program in the Auditorium. The Second grade were costumed as Pilgrims and gave a series of tableaux. This grade also had a part in the Easter sale of hand work and, as the money raised was used for purchasing shrubs for the grounds, we were asked to take part in the planting. This grade gave a short program. During the winter we had a feeding station for the birds on our window sill, we had nuthatches, chickadees and downy woodpeckers as guests. This spring we were fortunate in having orioles outside our window and we contributed bits of string for their nest. The new easel has been a source of much pleasure. The children have enjoyed painting pictures to illustrate the story work. This group seems exceptionally talented in that line. THIRD GRADE When school opened in September, the Third Grade contained twenty-eight pupils. During the year four boys left us, so we are finishing the year with twenty-four children. During the year the grade has twice been the proud possessor of the Attendance Banner, and three times it has won the Banking Cup. Seventeen of the children have won their Palmer Method Buttons. This is the largest number of children who have ever succeeded in winning these buttons in the Third Grade. At Christmas time the children dramatized the story, “Peter and the Strange Little Old Man,” as their part of the Christmas entertainment. Afterward, they enjoyed a tree and presents in their own room. The members of the Fourth Grade were their guests. On St. Valentine’s Day they had a party. The valentines which they sent to one another were distributed, after which refreshments were enjoyed. Before St. Valentine’s Day they sent val- entines to the children at Oak Mount Sanatorium. At the picture Exhibit in February the third grade chose “The Torn Hat,” by Sully, as their special picture. George Barton posed to represent the picture. All of the children enjoyed this exhibit very much and added much to their knowledge of the masterpieces of art. One warm day in April, the class and their teacher took a trip to the Outlet. They gathered specimens of soil along the way, as soil was their special topic for geography during the month. They also observed the birds and flowers. During April, they also made Health Posters. These were placed on exhibition in Griswold Gray’s store. FOURTH GRADE All members of our grade have thoroughly enjoyed the new school, especially the gymnasium, which added interest and zest to the winter indoor play periods. At present baseball is reigning high. It is predicted that from our ranks a few Babe Ruth’s mav be developed. The work in Geography has been most interesting. This, in part, has been due to our new facilities for stereop-tican slides on various countries. We took a vote for the favorite subject. Geography took first place, Nature Study, second, and Arithmetic third. In March, we formed a Junior Au-budon Society to motivate the study and protection of birds. Our social activities consisted of two parties. Everyone had a good time in a small way. M. K. MacANIFF. Miss Frantz—“What does, ‘He stayed not for brake’, mean?” Sue—He never stopped for a mechanical contrivance to reduce speed by means of friction.” Mrs. Hall—“Why have you been getting such low marks this term?” Eloise—“Why, don’t you know that everything’s marked down after Christmas?”

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THE CLIFTONIAN 23 The sixth grade was the first grade to go down to the clinic for their “Posture.” They were all very nervous but when they got down there it wasn’t bad at all. Dr. Cravener offered two dollars for the one that has improved most. We go down to the San gymnasium every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday for exercises. C. K. We are watching a robin’s nest outside, which is on the old steam shovel. We looked in it a week ago and there were two blue eggs in it then. The week after that we looked in it. There were two little robins in it. We looked at them but didn’t touch them. The mother is very busy feeding and caring for them. E. D. At the beginning of the year Peter Swetz brought a little rabbit to school. Miss Jones read the story of “Raggy-bug,” the story of a rabbit’s life. Miss Jones had the rabbit on her desk so we could see. It suddenly began to hop off. Then they put him in an empty desk for the rest of the afternoon. Another one that paid us a visit was a turtle. It was visiting the fourth grade; the children were out playing. They left the door open, so the turtle walked down the hall. One of the boys picked it up and brought it in. They soon found the owner and took it back to fourth grade. Isabella Adams and Irene Lannon brought some polliwogs. They caught them with a net near their homes. Some of those caught were brought to school. They are very interesting. D. G. We all have certain health rules to follow and we thought it would be a good idea if we would make posters. Every one had a different rule to represent as follows: Drink milk, eat vegetables, clean hands, out-door exercise, etc. Mr. Banks was very kind and let us exhibit our posters in his window. C. O. D. The sixth grade is having an art exhibit in History. The boy’s are going to make houses out of cardboard such as the Dutch Homes, New Englanders, the farmers who lived in the woods, and the Southerners. The girls are going to dress dolls as they were in Colonial times, and make furniture, and other Colonial things. I. L. Our geography exhibit is very interesting. Each pupil has made a large map of some European country. By the rise of clay we have been able to show the physical features; mountains, rivers and lowlands very plainly. Where the real products cannot be obtained we are using pictures to show where products should be found. I. A. For arithmetic we had one paper of every kind of arithmetic we had this year. For English we have book reports, poems and other compositions. J. L. We presented a play, June 13, 1930, “Who Stole the Tarts.” Those who took part were: Mary Alice Madden. Elaine Moran, James Walsh, Robert Ostrander, Francis Gilligan, Evelyn Chalker, Helen Joyce, Mary Virginia Miller, Violet Kless, Doris Goodman, Irene Lannon, Edith Kauder and Lucile Shanz. F. G. SEVENTH GRADE On September third we assembled in our pleasant room to begin our duties for the year. We were more enthusiastic than usual, since this was our first day in our new building. We realized that we were to have many more opportunities this year than before, having such ideal surroundings to work in. We have enjoyed being members of the Athletic Association and attending the games. The Assemblies have brought us much pleasure not only in attending them but also in taking part. Other activities that have been of much interest to us are Gym. periods, our morning news club, bird study and a field trip for the study of nature.