Saratoga Springs High School - Recorder Yearbook (Saratoga Springs, NY)

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THE HIGH SCHOOL RECORDER 5 This Is London? one of the most successful plays produced by the High School. Later the class joined with the Juniors in giving a very enjoyable dance in the gymnasium. This affair took the place of the usual Senior Hop and J unior Prom. I could scarcely believe my eyes when I saw the class so diligently bending over their studies after the dance. Was it preparation for the Regents? No ....... then it must be the Senior essays which caused such a display of diligence. An assembly soon after was devoted to the delivering of the prize winning essays. This year the Womenis Relief Corps and American Legion awarded the first and second prizes respectively, to Katherine Powers and lAnna Laffan; Charles Swick and George Pierce. I had come to the middle of the page numbered 1928 when I saw Father Time pick up his pen and carefully trace the words Senior Ball, Class Day, and Commencement With much space between each two, on Which he can finish writing of the successful career of the Class of 28. CLASS PROPH'ECYe1928 BY GEORGE PIERCE Twenty years ago today, the Class 0f 28 graduated from the. Staratoga Springs High School. Among the parents and friends of the graduates was a wealthy, middle aged gentleman of leisure. None knew from whence he came nor why he was there. As later events showed, this man was quite eccentric and had many strange ideas to occupy his spare time. He had taken a deep interest in one member of this graduating class and because of this interest he determined to devote his time to tracing the activities of the members of the graduating class. You Will all agree that this man was quite eccen- tric. After this little introduction I will now endeavor to explain to you the extent of the 01d manis investigations. In the year 1948 the old man died and I was made executor of his will. It was through this office that I was able to discover the queer hobby of the old man. As I was going over his papers I came upon a huge file, in which I discovered the complete history of every member of the Class' of 28. Knowing that many of these people were still living, I determined to write a history of the class using this strange file. Although many of the people had been engaged in various occupations, to simplify the task, I took simply the last entry in the file to compile the account which follows:

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4 THE' HIGH SCHOOL RECORDER CLASS HISTORY BY DOROTHY FRICK Recently I found an opportunity to gaze over Father Timeis shoulder into his year book. The page was numbered 1924 and I saw a record of peculiar looking individuals gathering at a school. As I bent farther over, I discovered that it was the Class of 28 entering No. 4 school. I immediately became interested and settled myself comfortably to watch their activities. In December of the same year they took up quarters with upper classmen in a fine new High School. the first one they knew. They explored it from roof to janitoris de- partment, from the Manual Training to the Home Economics suite and they decided that they could not ask for anything better. They began to study in earnest, only laying aside their books on such occa- sions as on the day Mrs. Phelps took the biology classes to Albany. Impatiently I waited for Father Time to turn a page, for the group was no longer Frosh but Sophomores. To Florence Ketchum i and Edward Pilkington fell the task of writing accounts of the hap- penings of this worthy class for the Recorder? The class gallantiy made its way through Sophomore troubles, bade farewell to Mr. Haifieigh and turned to welcome Mr. Calhoon, the new principal. At the end of the year, the school noticed the class to the extent of awarding a few of its members the emblem of the Sportsmanship Brotherhood. Then Father Time turned another page. I hardly recognized the group of Upperclassmen, for they had at last attained that prestige. With royal blue and gold as colors, the class carried these honors with dignity under the leadership of John Hayes. This year Josephine Applegate and George Pierce were chosen to represent the J uniors on the Recorder staff. Class rings gave the group that distinction which every J unior experiences when he wears the class circlet for the iirst time in the presence of an underclassman. Then came the Prom and an opportunity for the Juniors to show their ability to entertain successfully. With a certain joy and regret I watched Father Time turn to the page numbered 1928-joy at their success in attaining Seniordom, regret at the thought that soon the record would be completed. They Wisely chose Robert Hodges and Mary Lynch as President and Vice- President to help surmount the obstacles of this, their greatest year. They assumed with pride and great anticipation the responsibilities of editing the Recorder. At Christmas they took an active part in the exercises Which consisted of a number of actsii of vaudeville. They further displayed their dramatic ability by cleverly staging So

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THE HIGH SCHOOL RECORDER The lirst name on the file was Jean Allerdice who, together with Josephine Aipplegate and Lenita Armb had organized a huge Jazz Band which was world famed. . . .Fred Asfoury and Edward Pilking- ton were the leaders of a great movement to do away with all kinds of languages and sciences and mathematics in the high schools of America. Truly a worthy cause. . . .George Fedush, the famous marathon runner, was conceded to be Americais best hope in the coming Olympics. Percy Weinstein, a former miler, was the only man to be feared by Fedush. . . .Alice Gibbs and Dorothy Frick were touring the country in an effort to elect Helen Swan and Elizabeth Temple to Congress. . . .Elsa Brown, Edith Nachman, and Helen Flanagan were running a lunch cart in the city of Corinth. . . .The bridge across the Atlantic was built by the famous engineers, Robert Hodges and Walter Pratt. The contract for the bridge across the Pacific went to their rivals, Karl Eddy and Robert Darrow. It seems that the firm which built the bridge across the Atlantic started from each side and built toward the middle. When they reached the middle the two ends were a mile apart and they were forced to build a span sideways to make ends meet. The sharp turn in the middle made everybody mad so the Pacific contract went to the other firm. . .. Alekander Elder, the tree surgeon, was in the Sahara Desert planting watermelon trees for the weary travelers. In this task of quenching thirsts he was assisted by Faust Farone, Frederic Begnal, and Peter Chiperno, a soldier of fortune. The more I saw of that file the more I marveled at the patience and ability of the old man. He should have his picture in the Hall of Fame. But I must continue with my account. Clement Duval was doing good for the New York Yankees until Umpire Jack Britten entered the American League. Morris Schwartz said that he was prejudiced. Morris was the famous pilot of the New York Club. . . . In the Olympic Skating Contest, Walter Guy and Stuart Rowley copped all the honors for the United States. The fancy skating went to their wives, nee Eula Gregory and Irene Viele. . . .Jack Harrington, in his dash for the presidency was frantically supported by Senator Leo Zuckerman of New York and Senator Charles Swick of the same state. . . .Donald Sturdevan, the famous coach of the American Olympic Boxing Team, felt quite certain that his men would easily win something or other. He based his hopes on Kenneth Darrah, heavyweight, and Joseph Noonan, lightweight. . . .The two Stoddard Brothers had become famous for their Cough Drops. . . .Edward Maddock, Walter Lawrence and Frank Maynard were the managers of a big string of hotels in this country and that. It is said that they had more in that than this. . . .Marjorie Begnal, lAlnne'Leggett, Mary Lynch and Josephine McCarty had formed a quartet and, managed