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

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♦ STUDENT COUNCIL AND ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION The members of the Student Council and Athletic Association set out this year to give to the students a democratic form of government. We believe that they did just that. At the first meeting of tin council it was decided that the freshman and sophomore homerooms which weren’t represented at the meetings should lx represented by non-voting members. This was excellent start toward a democratic form of government. During the school year the council, under President Don McCumber has accomplished a great deal. Vincent Lapresi was appointed to the assembly committee, and with .lack Smith’s help, set dates for all the assemblies. Bob Lindner led a campaign to secure members for the Athletic Association. The membership in the Athletic Association was a great deal better this year than it has been in several years. We are proud of this fact. When the council voted to take over the monitor system, Arlene Landschoot and Edwin Weld were appointed to take charge of it. All school activities had to come through the council and the members of the board did a pretty good job. Dates for all plays, dances, etc., were affirmed. As governing body of the Athletic Association, the council paid all bills and approved bills which would make purchasing of athletic equipment possible. Late in the year tin council voted to carry on the Children’s Campaign For Children in ’. S. II. S. The money collected in this campaign was sent to the children in the war torn countries of tin world. Because we participated in this campaign the name of C. S. II. S. will be written in the Archives of the Library of Congress in Washington, I). C. The members of the council accomplished much this school year. Officers and members of the council are: President—Don McCumber. Treasurer—Jack Smith. Sec ret a ry—J ea n deG ra w. Senior members—Jean deGraw, Robert Lindner. Junior members—Arlene Landschoot, Jack Smith. Sophomore members—Edwin Weld; Elwin Griffin—non-voting member. Freshman members—Vincent Lapresi, Fred Gifford—non-voting member.

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Charles Gazlay, B. S., M. A.. Principal -William Spencer, B. S., Asst. Prin., Science Abbigail Mosey, A. B., Mathematics - -Ruby Howard, A. B., M. A., History - -Jeanne Damon, A. B., English and Library Kathleen O’Shea, A. B., French and Latin Elizabeth Taylor, B. S. in Home Economics, Majorie L. Smith, A. B., Music - - - - Harold Button, B. S., Physical Education ...............Colgate University, Syracuse University - State Teachers College, Albany, Syracuse University ......................................Nazareth College - - - - Syracuse University, Columbia University ..................................Syracuse University ................................William Smith College Home Economics......................Mercy hurst College - - - - Crane Institute of Music at Potsdam Normal ..................................Syracuse University Lois Griffiths, B. S., Commercial............................................Keuka College Silas Anderson, A. B„ Eighth Grade -......................Houghton College, St. Bona venture College Sara Murnighan, Seventh Grade..................................------- Waterloo Training Class Verda Jones, Sixth Grade.....................................................Geneseo Normal Ruth Huffman, Fifth Grade....................................................Geneseo Normal Kathryn Mae AnifT, Fourth Grade -.......................................Waterloo Training Class Lena Cowley, Third Grade......................................................Rochester Normal Helen Smith, Second Grade......................-........................Waterloo Training Class Mignon Farnsworth, First Grade...............................................Geneseo Normal Mrs. A. Cole, School Nurse - - - Arnot Ogden Hospital, Elmira, New York; Syracuse I mversity MR. CHARLES GAZLAY, OUR PRINCIPAL -----------------

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SENIORS HISTORY OF CLASS OF ’40 In the fall of ’36, we, the class of ’40, entered upon .......... „ .....„ Ileads, as well as hopes for a prosperous journey through the four years that lay ahead, were hel high. Nothing of importance befell us during our freshman year unless you can call the initii tions important. Officers of the class were: our freshman vear of high school. Id la President—Jean deGraw. Vice-President- Robert Lindner. Se c re ta ry -Tre a s u re r— N o n y (1 a r ver. During our sophomore year we began to take a more active part in school affairs. Several members of the class made the athletic teams. Although nothing of great consequence happened to the class as sophomores the class won’t forget the picnic in Roseland—at least not for a while yet. Officers of the class that year were: President—Wallace Mark. Vice-President—Don M-Cumber Secretary-Treasurer—Nony (Carver. In the fall of ’38 when we came back to school to face our Junior year and our first year as upper classmen, things really began to happen. No longer did the class have to take a back seat for the upner-classmen because we were in that category ourselves. By this time several boys had established permanent places for themselves on the various teams. During the early part of the basketball season the class sponsored a number of dances after the games to the music of a nickel-odian machine. These dances, the first of their kind in our school, proved a big success, financially and sociallv. Then came the big chance of the class to prove what it was made of- The Junior play!!! The play, “The Patsy,’’ was a huge success. The class was showered with praise. On May 19 the Junior Prom was held with Larry Richardson and his orchestra furnishing the music. It, too, was a big success. In June the class went to Owasco for a picnic. Officers chosen for the Junior year were: President Don McCumber. Vice-President Wallace Mark. Secretary—Nony Carver. Treasurer—Paul Ilughson. After three years of work the great clay arrived! We were coming back to C. 8 II 8. as seniors! After three long vears we were coming into our own. Our first public accomplishment was the Senior play called “Hobgoblin House” presented on December 1. After several of the basketball games the class sponsored small dances whi li netted a little profit. On Anril . the ontu-eius Ball was held. The largest crowd to attend a ball in several years attended. lie gym was gaily decorated and a good time was had by all. The last accomplishment of the class ol 40 this yearbook. Officers of the class during the Senior Year were: is President—Nony Carver. Vice-President Don McCumber Secretary Wallace Mark. Treasurer—Dominick Lapresi. (’LASS MOTTO -“Finimus Coepturi” (We Finish to Begin) CLASS COLORS—Blue and silver. CLASS FLOW KR—Red Rose.