Cortland High School - Co Hi An Yearbook (Cortland, NY)

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'C-BN' '41-3 5 lE CO AN nm9.a- CLASS HISTGRY For the first tlme m the hlstory of thls world the class of 1930 of Cortland Hlgh School assembled ln the old Freshman Hall on September 8 1926 We were two hundred and slxty six green frosh then and most of us tlmldly adv mcecl through the corrldors with open mouths and bulging eyes that we might not get lost However Mrs George our dean who retired a year ago came to our rescue and under her kmdly guidance we were soon ac qualnted wlth the novelty and the routine of high school llfe On the evening of November 16 the class presented three one act plays which were The Ghost Story Ihe 'lurtle Dove and 'lhe Robbery all of which dlsplayed promlslng dra matxc ablllty in the class On Apr1l22 of 1927 we held our class organlzatlon electmg as our officers Dorothy 'VIcGu1re presldent Lew1s Duncan v1ce presldent fwho also was our representative ln the Athletic Advisory Councllb Marlan Buck secretary and Joseph Call treasurer We selected as our class colors silver and salmon p1nk We are proud of the fact that from Ianuary to June there were thirty per cent of our class on the honor roll We were up to the mark not only ln studies but also ln our number of representatives ln extra currlcular activities Ihe glee club was composed mostly of freshmen I'he football squad admitted seven of our members while two freshmen were regular players on the basketball team An lnterclass basketball team was organ ized which won for us the lnterclass trophy lhe freshman class of that year greatly regretted the sudden sickness and death of Robert I wentyman on May 1 Hls absence from the class actlvltles has been felt by all his classmates At Ength our first year was over and we departed for the summer to return ln the fall for a new tas Having convened again m September 1927 we took our places ln the two Sophomore rooms, the school s best athletes lh1s year the basketball team was composed one third of sophs Rich ard Burch was elected as our representative to the Athletic Assoclatlon Again on January 26 death took away from our number a well known and much llked mem ber of the class Alfred Aguzzl whose prommence ln athletics and whose good sportsmanshlp and good will will always be remembered ln the hearts of hls classmates We had our organlzation on March 21 of 1928 electmg as the new oflicers Presldent Gerald Dexter V106 president Dorothy Foster secretary l homas Gllbert and treasurer Bermce Olds Our class colors remalned the same as for the previous year May 18 marked the presentatlon of our class play entltled Second Chlldhood which captured the drama prlze that year Thus came to an end another year s actlvxtles September 1928 saw the class of 30 assembled again but th1s tlme ln the Junlor room w1th Miss Galusha as our dean We were upper classmen' lhe first actlvlty occurring durlng our stay ln the Junior room was our class play Seven Keys to Baldpate given on the evenlng of October 20 Th1S mystery melodrama was the first of lts klnd to be presented m the school audi torlum, and once more we had the d1st1nct1on of takmg the prlze for dramatlcs at the close of the year We gathered 1n the gymnaslum Frlday evening March 15 for our Junlor organlzation party l he officers elected that year were Harriett Hunt president Montgomery Baker, v1ce-president If llzabeth Lucey secretary and Richard Burch treasurer Our class colors were blue and silver Marian Buck and Wllllam Morgan were chosen by our class to represent us in the Athletic Asso :lation Another year wltnessed ln us a star class of athletes buch names as Morgan Dershlmer, Bob Adams Gllbert and Burch were famlllar ln the realm of athletic actlvltles lhe captain of the football team Jerry Dexter was one of us When the lnterclass basketball games were fin :shed our girls team took the trophy while our boys team made second place lhus the class of 30 was shaping itself continually lncieaslng the talents and mterests of lts members But as the nlght follows the day, so does the summer s vacatlon succeed each school year and we left 207 for our hereafters -I1 5. 2 'll' H - ll-ll ll f :aeweee-ee A ee A geese ee A as aaa-e A A A at--s -1 ' ' ' ' Ll , 17 1 ' , . ' , , w t - ' - ' H.. H ,, . .. , , . . . r . . I , . . 2 I b . L X 0 - - Y L. W ,. . ' , , . , ' , 1 ' ' , ' , I6 , . - . 17 AKYY Y 77 KI Y !l ' ' ' ' I . . '. . ' Y . . 1 ' ' . 1 . f . . 1 ' . . 3 A. . , Q: . l , . Z Q Y : ' , ' . . ' ' . . - ' . . . . ,, . , , , . , . . . U , V. , - ,, . . . . . . l . , , . , under Mlss Luker, our sophomore dean, and Miss Gale. Again the class of '30 produced some of . l ' ' ' . . 1 - ' ' - , , , Q . u - - ' - . . - . . , , . I . , , . . . . , . z . y - . - . A ,, 1 . l . ! . 7 1 1. 7 ' 7 . ' . H . ,, . ' . , . . . ' ' L L ! ' i . ,, . . . . ' ' ' u v ' n ' ' I C . W . 1 , . u . . . . , , . . . u ,, I . . . . . I ' I 7 I , . h . . A . ' . Q 1 1 ' Q 1 I l Y . ' ' ' , , . . ' I ' Y ' v ' I I I o , , , . . , . . ' ' ' . l A ll !Y T .. . 3 l

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ELG CLASS POEM THE XOICE OF THE WAX ES Happy was I and wet with spray Strolling down by the sea one day C rashmg breakers seemed to say thls Our message take to classmates there 'l ell them be brax e and ne er despair Pair P ducation has brought light 'l o brighten Life and help the fight lhe boats they ve built in school day life All must last through the storm and strife That they will find on Life s vast seas Fach one has built a craft so strong That it will sail and ne er go wrong As Frosh each one had laid the keel VK hen Sophs each built with wood and steel And J uniors put in motors great So Seniors could dare an unknown Fate And be as firm as great oak trees And take the blame for any slip No one vull guard him from mishaps Or chart his course or keep his maps He must rely on self alone Put not give up and sigh and groan Just bray ely onward sail and sail Each must bevs are the shoals and rocks From which old grim Misfortune mocks Fight off attacks of pirates bold Who will attempt to take his gold VX hen vyaters rlse within the boat And near by gulls begin to gloat Don t break and cry but laugh and ball' Your School the port which you now leave lhe C lass of 'l hlrty will all grleve rl o leave behind such valued friends Who ll take the flag that Wisdom lends And bear it bravely without stain When they are on I ife s bounding main 'I o Past and Future Farewell and Ha Harold MfDzrn1ot! l1'l le-65,3 RQ Sa fs Qi EJ ' ' 5 N9 v , , ' Y 7 7 Y, . 5 ' . l AK X .. .. y , ' , V y n ,l . , . . .J . A , 7 y 7, , . 1 - . w . - , . 1 K, y 7 . Ki ' J 1 . . . , as H , ' . , ' ! Y V :A ry ' ' , . n , . - 1 L V J Each one, alone, will man his ship, n L ' 1 , 1 ' , n y 5 KK V I 7 , v G , 7 - L . , ' f , . as ' Y V , ' Y 7 rw 1 v 1 ' ,' I ' 7 ' , . ' 1 v 7 Y . , . . A s. . .c L , f ll!

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lE 0 A ms. CLAQS HISTORY Contmued Back agam IH September 1999 we came to spend our last xear ln this Alma Mater VK shed all mterests IH chlldlsh things and grax ely took up our respons1b1l1t1es as semors Under the lcadershlp of our dlgnllied dean Mr Loder, we ceased to SmllE and prattle we wall ed clrcum spectly and we became models of proprlety for the under classmen Although we were somewhat smaller than prevlous semor classes we comprlsed a goodlv number of outstandlng students On both the football team and the xarslty basketball team we were well r pre ented as well as IH the non athletlc act1v1t1es Our members of the Athletxc' Advlsory Councll were Charles Stanton Montgomery Baker and Gerald McDonald Beheve Me Xantlppe was our class play glven the evening of December 1 3 I he Qenlor Class ofhcers as elected lre the followlng Presldent H Montgomery Baker x Ice president Ilarrlett C Weyand secretary Gerald I Dexter and trelsurer Dorothy I+ Foster and the colors of thls the gr lduatmg class were chosen as peach and light green February 76 was the date of our organwatlon A dmner at whlch our presldent H Montgomery Baker was the toastmaster and at whlch Rex I' ugene Blbble was the speaker was followed wlth dancmg ln the gymnaslum March 12 our class program was given Soon was begun the magazlne subscrlptlon contest an event common to semor classes for sex eral years back We d1x1ded mto two teams the Red Hots and the Blue Shots At the end of the campalgn a total of 2o6 subscrlptlons had been sold w1th the Reds Wlllnlllg closely ox er the Blues Ihen came the last outstandlng actlvlty of our class on May 24 when we held our Scnlor Breakfast at I'IOXl6 s gorge I he day was raw and cold but our flammg red nec ktxes and halr I'llJlJOY1S helped to warm up the day Now we h we come to the end of our year as semors Now we bld farewell to Cortland Hlgh School our prlnclpal our deans our facultv and our frlends ln the lower classes lhe great ex ents of hlstory come ln wax es In thc h1story of the Cortland Hrgh School the records of the C lass of 1930 wlll seem as they are xlewecl from future years to be the crest of a large and powerful lJlll0W We do not conslder ourselx es as 1 super 1or and profoundly xntellectual group of students We do not clalm that our athletcs can run faster and lump hlgher than then predeces sors of prexxous years or that our actors mcl xctresses ire more talented Nevertheless we :re proud of the crest of that blllow and we smcelely hope that It wlll roll on for mmv years before brealcmg upon the shores of olellvlon Stephen Peel- 'i14lL E965-' M1375 'lf H C . ll-ll ll - N 5 216392: '7 L' 1 , . l ' . . 'Q l ' ' 'Y '. .A . U . ' ve , ' ' ' , . ' . '. ' , ' c .' - . , ' ' ' . . , . , . , . A , . 9 3, , , ' -' ', - f ' ' ' . . , ', l ' 1 ' 4 f 1 AL I . , . . , , , , . , , . x,, ' K Y. . U : , .. , . . , . , . rw - , '. . .. , .. , . , , , . . , . A Y t . V 3 . - , . - . 3 I . V . I 1 1 ' 1 B ' I n I A 1 ' , .. , I ,. .w , . , - 1. i ., , ' . ' . , . . ' ,r .i ' , - r. , ,. 'r ' , ,' ' , g '. . ' . 1 , ' 7' IH assembly 1n the form of several vaudevllle performances. L, . . . ,- . A 7 K , ' Y' ' , , xc u H rr 4 V . ,A , x . . 1 V . . . L LY V ,, I . . . V , v ' ' I - v rw, 4 K, - Y 4 ' A ' . 7 ' ' 7' . ' nl ,Y , ' , ' ' K , ' , , , .l . V' 7 ' Y f In ' l v L . A .Alf 4 . Y mx 1 h rl 1 U ' . 1 ' V' ' . V . V' r - I 1, - . . ., . D . ' . ' . A ,S . . L. . ' ' . ' . .V . K.- : . f' ' 1 ., ' ' .z ar , ,- . ,, ,.., ,Q , ' , - ,. -,'- ' z I .- . , l 9 S S I