Phelps Central High School - Highlights Yearbook (Phelps, NY)

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.. , .-..,......-- - . - 6 SCHOOL DAYS. PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS. Theodore H. VVarner. Friends, Teachers and Fellow-Students: It gives me great pleasure in behalf of the Class of 1908 to extend to you who have honored u by your presence to-night a most hearty wel- come to our Class Day exercises. But mingled with feelingsfof pleasure are pangs of regret. for as a result of an examination held last week the verdictwas given that the Class of 1909 could not live but that her High School life must expire next Friday evening. So this is the last time that we shall be assembled as members of Phelps High School. It is there- fore with a stronger appeal than ever that Qui' Alma Mater presents herself to us tonight. And her right to our services which at best cannot meet the desires of our affection is much clearer, now that we have so short a time 'neath her roof. Perhaps we have at times thought that our lot here was for the most part work but now that we are leaving we can plainly see that good times, such as we can never more enjoy, have been ours. Especially during the last half year have we as a class experienced many pleasant hours. Not a few of these were the Class spreads given by the girls where d ties very tastily gotten up were very taste-1 fnny gotten down. I In the history of Naughty-Eight,-Qui' Principal would perhaps tell you that we are the 'Naughty-Nine,'-this is a great day. But how little the world seems to notice. VVhenl we met our friends today they exchanged the same commonplaces as though it were yester- day or 1 e day before yesterday. This morn- ing the Sunwrose as usual, shed it's same steady rays throughout the day and this evening set in no greater glory. However S this is our farewell meeting and though we must part our ties of friendship need not be broken. I Artemus VVard once stated that he would lpresent a short prologue of about ten minutes in length and of nearly the same width. But iperhapsf' he said, it is not necessary to speak of the depthf, VVe have arranged a pro- lgramme of an hour or so, in length, but like llfliard, we will leave it for our hearers to de- ltermine its depth. Please don't consider what I have said as a lpart of the programme-I am here more as fa preface or table of contents. The real chap- gters are to follow. i CLASS HISTORY. l Edna Elizabeth Kfegiah. As I was thinking of the class of 1908, my .thoughts turned to the history of each mem- lber. jotting these down, I obtained the fol- llowing facts: - l First came our President, who attended school in what is known as the Henpeck dis- trict. I-Ie lived so near the school house that lhe generally arrived in time as he needed onlv lto start when the last bell was ringing to be lin his place when the roll was called. After Ihe had gained all the knowledge that this Jschool could afford he started to come to lP'helps High. He could not keep up his record lof attendance here as in the other school since he had farther to go. But altho' he has been late a few times, he has worked hard and espe- cially in Greek in which he has the honor of standing at the head of his class,-and also at the foot. He has always had a liking for the girls, but could never make up his mind which he liked best, until some time ago he discovered the charming ways of a certain young lady of the junior Class. Since then his mind has seemed more settled and we are sure he has a bright future before him. I next thought of the history of our Vice- President. She had even a shorter distance to go to school than our President. In the

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Published by the Class of 1908, P. H. S. THEO. H. TVARNER, Edlf0l'. . TVA O. M1,'1,cH.xY, Asst. Editor PHELPS, N. Y., JUNE, 1908. CLASS ROLL. Theodore H. VVarner .... ...... P resident Olive E. Stryker ..... . . .Vice-President Edna E. Kregloh. . . ...... Secretary john F. Needham. . . ...... Treasurer Ethel M. Donnelly .... ....... V aledictorian Auriel A. Harvey .... ................ P oet Edgar C. VVilbur ....... Presentation Qrator Lena E. Benton... ............ Musician Iva 0. Mulchay .... .... I unior Roaster CLASS CALENDAR. Commencement Week Programme. june 21 .............. Baccalaureate Sermon june 23. . . . . .Class Day Exercises June 24. .. ........... Class Banquet June 26. . . ........... Commencement June 27. . . . . .Base Ball, Alumni vs. H. S. EDITORIAL. Hli-.1 At last vve deem our annual as near ready as it ever will be to meet the cold, criticising stare of an unrelenting public. If the result of our efforts meets approval, may it add to the credit of our class, but othervvise, may we not lose in esteem, having at least tried, Wife know many errors vvill be found herein and we beg merciful indulgence. The class of '06 published an annual which they very frankly called The Limit. We congratulate them upon taking the lead in this undertaking, theirls being the first class of P. H. S. to publish a class paper. They set a good example which we are the first to follovv. Cf course we are conceited enough to think that we have made some slight improvement as we should. XYpuld it not be of great value to P. H. S. if each suc- ceeding class deemed it a pleasure and duty to publish an annual, making each number better and larger than the one preceding. For the name chosen. c'School Days. we make no excuses nor do we think it needs any explanation. However let us say that we think that we are in a position to sympathize with parents who have had difficulty in decid- ing upon names for their children. TNG: take this opportunity to thank all those members of the High School who have shown their interest by contributing material. VVe wish particularly to thank the business men who have made this paper possible by inserting advertisements and to all who have helped us in any way, we extend our grateful acknowledgement. THE FACULTY. The jolliest-Miss Brockway. The vvittiest-Miss Bull. Theone who enjoys sports-Miss Higbie. The good story teller--Mr. Bolton. The one who enjoys company after school il -Miss Hall.

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SCHOOL DAYS. 7 -F11- THE FACULTY. little school-house in sight of her home, she studied hard and finally made up her mind to see if she could enter our school. This she was allowed to do on account of her sweet way of asking for admission. After she had started she tried to get some young manxuon a stringf, But all her charms failed to accom- plish this feat. Altho' she was sad at heart, she always kept a cheerful expression on her face. Wfe thought all her efforts were in vain until one day not long ago she came to school full of joy and hope for she had received a Post Card from some young man in Auburn. The Presidents of both the junior and Sen- ior classes seem to have grownfond Olives this last year. It is a shame they have not discovered their good qualities before this late hour. Our Treasurer has always lived in this vil- lage and started in the lowest grades of this school. Ry hard labor, he has pushed on until he has at last reached the top of the lad- der. He has always been bashful and did not dare look at a girl. If one looked at him, he would blush rosy-red. But he has gradually gotten over this. owing, perhaps, to the many class gatherings which we have had this year. lt is reported that one girl has already asked him if he intends to get married this leap year. But he told her he thought he would wait four years more. - Our prophetess commenced her school career in a country school house about a mile and a half from her home. She trudged back and forth to school, eager to produce more wrinkles in her brain. But her principal reason for going was in order that she might sit with the boys. XfVhen she came down here to school, she was obliged to give up th' pleas- ure on account of her father's threats. Here she has been very successful in her work, passed all her examinations, and now stands at the head of her class. Our class musician also started to go to school in a country school. She never studied much on her lessons because she was so much