SUNY Plattsburgh - Cardinal Yearbook (Plattsburgh, NY)

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A is for Angell so lovely and fait, Also for Adams as cross as a bear. B is for Bullock and Baker today. Burke and Bourdeau, so childish and gay, Also for Barber who likes her own way. C is for Calkins who talks night and day. D is for Donohoe, you know who I mean, Also for Denicore so lank and so lean. E is for Elizabeth, a student for fair. F is for Foster, with head in the air, pfw Also for Flora all butdened with care. LI dJ G is for Gertude whose hair is like gold. a H is for Hamilton whose love ne ' er grows cold, Or it may be for Hayes who does what she ' s told. I is for Irene, who likes to be seen. J is for Junior so tiny and green. K is for Kitty who likes children small, Also for kitten who strolls thro ' the hall. L ts for Leon whose nerves are quite shattered. M is for Mitchell whose heart is all tattered, It may be for Marrion the girl with a smile, McCoy or Mason, the girl you can ' t rile . N is for North, the girl with a bow. O is for Obadiah, our teacher you know. P is for Peggy, a confirmed flirt, Peck and Parkhurst, so witty and curt, Also for Persons with the peg-top skirt. Q is for Questions, which make us all fret. R is for Rocke who plays Juliet. S is for Stevens, whose lite is a cinch, Sutherland and Simpson who ' ll do on a pinch, T is for Trombly who smiles all the time, Thompson and Tilly who keeps us in rhyme, U is for US, Noble Seniors I say. V is for Vangie who sleeps life away, W is for Walker, Wicks, Wilson and Wray Also for Wyella so happy and gay. X is for Xams, which make our eyes wet. Y is for Yesterday, the day we regret. Z is for Zero which most of us get.

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Ruth Sutherland is Domestic Science teacher in the same school and Leaina Bourdeau teaches the music and mathematics there. Realy, I am glad to know that some of the girls had intentions of teaching after getting their training. Eunice Foster always said she had, but that sparker made us skeptical. I thought she would not wait a whole year after getting out. Suddenly, a tapping noise caught my ear and around the bend in the road came a large car. In it were seated Flora McMartin, Catherine North and Clara Byrne with typewriters in their laps. Charles Hamilton with a megaphone was standing on the front seat giving this for dictation : Whatever else I Ham, I Ham True, Yours truly, Charles Hamilton. 1 called out to the girls that I thought they were earning their ride. The Doctor says this is the only thing that will soothe his nerves, they said. Dora Denicore stayed home and did his bookkeeping for him, because she would rather do that any day than go motoring. Or camping ? I suggested. 1 know a fine place where there are a great many of those long legged birds, ' Herrons ' , said Mary Taylor. Yes, but how did you know ? You can ' t tell me anything new about those birds, said Mary. You know Alice Mason was such a good camper ? She took a course in Domestic Science at Columbia and now teaches how to camp and cook correctly. Irene Clifford advised her to use for her bread only flour made of home grown wheat, for Irene knows a perfectly good Miller who understands his business. Alice always want- ed things just right though, so she finally decided to give the job to Bell Hayes as she is first class at grinding. Bell puts in Buttons or anything and gets fine flour. Lavina Rocke sometimes helps her as she is so big and strong now and always had such a firm foundation. What is that sweet music I hear, 1 asked. That is coming from the dancing academy which is conducted by the Misses Trombly, Stevens and Barber. It is said people who go there learn in one even- ing to tango, twinkle and even hesitate. ' I do not believe they hesitate long if Jennie is really serious, do they? No, for if they did Helen Barber would give them a close shave and then they would feel quite Trombly. Tell, did Aledia Myers finally marry the automobile with the man in it? Yes, but they would not let her carry any roses at her wedding for they said they would all wither with envy if they once caught sight of Ledia ' s cheeks. Ethel Ney, Louise Braim, Helen Muldowny, Satie Crawford and Myrtle Wilson were her bridesmaids. They looked so excited. Folks say they are really respon- sible for the match as they conduct a matrimonial bureau, you know. What a nice crowd of happy, prosperous people, I thought. I am so glad I have a glimpse at all of them. Where am 1? What have I been doing? Sleeping? Dreaming all this time? Those berries I ate made me sleep, those wonder berries. How glad I am that I ate them. I rubbed my eyes and sat up. The sun was just sinking in all its splendor. That is just what I wish and prophesy for this class of 1 9 1 4, I said a long, sunshiny life with just enough clouds in it to make a beautiful sunset.

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President ' s Address CHARLES HAMILTON ' 14 WE today appear upon this platform for the last time. The first time, a year or more ago, we advanced day after day to the front of the platform with trepidation, and now, though not having the same feeling of alarm, we tremble be- cause by and by we shall, as a class, sigh, perhaps drop a tear, and depart, each to fill his niche in this old world of ours. And in filling this niche our class motto, Inferta Signa will mean a great deal to each of us. It means that this is not the end of our progress, but that we shall endeavor to discover something new each day and thus push forward; for we all know how true it is that he who does not progress must retrogress — must see his companions pass him in the race for the better opportunities. This is not a world in which one may stand still, nor go to sleep to near the edge of the bed, lest we fall out. Our watchword will ever be Forward . I wish to take this opportunity to thank my classmates for having honored me with the presidency of the class, and for having contributed their time and ingenuity to make this class the most successful as well as the largest that has ever been graduated from this institution. During the entire two years the mem- bers of the class have worked together in harmony. Each has assisted the other. Committees have done their work promptly and well. Voices have been lustily raised in unision to proclaim to all the world that the Senior Class of 1 9 1 4 of the Plattsburg Normal School was a reality. Again classmates I thank you for your hearty cooperation, and wish that you may be as successful in training children or in any other line of work as you have been in helping me. It has been the custom for some years for the graduating class to evidence in a small way its appreciation of what this school has done for it, — to in some way add to the already beautifully adorned walls, rooms and corridors. We therefore present to the Plattsburg Normal School as a companion piece to the Scout this statuette, The appeal to the great Spirit. As each one of you in the future, may pass this statuette, I hope you will bear in mind that the members of the Class of 191 4 are in tfi2 same manner appealing to the Great Spirit to guide them in making of themselves not only successful teachers, but real men and women. Friendship T TPONlife ' s uneven pathway, friendship meaneth much to all ; It makes every burden lighter, when we answer Duty ' s call. Here in our Alma Mater, we have learned its meaning deep ; And a bright and shining beacon, are these friendships that we keep.