Richburg Central School - Quill Yearbook (Richburg, NY)

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Soccer Team School Song Among the hills of Allegany Stands our Richburg School Keeping watch o'er hill and valley Tis our Alma Mater true, We will always love it dearly As each boy and girl should do So let everyone defend it For we re proud of you. When our school days all are over And we’re far away All our good times will be ended But the memories will not stray, We will not forget our teachers Nor our friends so tried and true And the fun we’ve had together In Richburg Central School. —Arloine Corbin ’37 Cheer Leaders Ruth Strickland Ella Belle Wightman Betty Sherwood Evelyn Rogers Our Creed As a student of Richburg Central School. I will endeavor to take this pledge seriously in school, on the street, and in interscholastic contests. I will be loyal—to teachers, classmates, and all with whom I am associated. I will respect—school property. I will support school activities—either as a reliable participant or an as enthusiastic booster. I will be democratic—in school relationships. I will be an example of punctuality and neat- ness. personally and in all my work. I will do more than is required; I will go cheer- fully the “second mile.” I will regard my education which should return dividends and to the public. as an investment to me, my parents. [ 19j

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Future Freshmen Lower Grades Grade Six: The recent change in the sixth grade curriculum is very interesting for it is consti- tuted as follows: Colonial period in history; South America and the Old World in geography; English Grammar; English Literature; arithmetic; science; spelling; oral and silent reading; hand- writing. and the special courses offered. Grade Five: The fifth grade continues the work of the fourth. Each pupil familiarizes himself with the dictionary, writes paragraphs and letters, studies fractions, decimals, and begins denominate numbers. The geography of his state, nation, and continent is part of his work together with the background of American History in Europe dur- ing the Middle Ages and the period of diseovery. Grade Four: This grade is seemingly difficult. It is marked as the beginning of intense use of text books, of independent work, greatly in- creased vocabulary, speaking and writing of good sentences, long division, fractions. and problem solving. Modem and primitive conditions of liv- ing are studied and compared. Grade Three: By the time our small pupils reach the third grade they become more earnest in their study. Geography is begun, chiefly based on the child’s observation of weather, land ana water forms, industries, and necessities of life. The English aim is self expression, grammar and poetry, and arithmetic includes practically all the fundamentals of elementary mathematics. Giadr Two: Attention is given to character- building. training in cooperation, and molding of healthy minds and bodies. Pupils learn to carry in addition, borrow in subtraction, and multiply by two. three, five. ten. They become more proficient in spelling and reading; study stories and poems, and learn the mechanics of written and oral composition. Grade One: Scholarship was formerly considered the chief aim of education—today, citizenship tends to take its place. The aim of the first grade is to accomplish the old objective as well as the new. An effort is made therefore, to appeal to the tastes of children in order to stim- ulate their ambitions and thus give direction and purpose to “reading, ’riting and Tithmetic.” [ 18]

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Purple Quill Staff The Purple Quill Purple Quill: An interest and desire for journal- istic knowledge led a group of post graduates to organize a school paper with a regular staff whose chief duty should be to publish weekly 1,500 words in The Bolivar Breeze. A name contest for this Ode to Our There is a time for every man. When he must labor through Misfortune and a sliding knell. In all that he shall go. But ere the goal is in his grasp And he’s received his ward. His “First Attempt” must clear the way. undertaking was held and of those names sub- mitted the group chose “Purple Quill as being the most applicable, since the contributor, Dick West, said that he received the idea from the school colors and the press emblem-writer's quill. First Attempt Create his mighty sword. All is well that ends well. In all that fortune cries We greet success with hopefulness And faith that never dies. —Evelyn Rogers 35 Activities Noon-Hour Activities: The noon-hour recess of one hour and ten minutes creates, in many schools, a problem rather difficult to handle. However, difficulty has been avoided in the school through the medium of various activities such as: pass-football, softball, basketball, ping-pong, music, ana dramatics. No doubt, athletic participation has been greater, due to its competitive nature, but it has accom- plished the purpose of affording recreation, exer- cise. and training in sportsmanship. The pass-football league was won by the Bisons; the basketball league by the Giants (boys) and Chinamen (girls), and the ping-pong tournament by Ralph Lester. In music, the band, composed mostly of younger musicians, met three noon-hours a week and worked on the rudiments of martial music. The Dramatic Club, which met every Monday neon, discussed public speaking and play pro- duction. Frankly, it can be said that the noon-hour problem was satisfactorily and easily managed, due to the liberal cooperation of the various organizations. [20]