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

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8 THE HIGH SCII'OOL RECORDER mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Our social features consisted of a Junior-Senior Christmas Dance and a Senior Dance, both of which were highly successful. Our great dance, the Senior Ball, will be held on June 5. Everyone is working for it and we hope it will turn out as fine an affair as the Junior Prom of a year ago. HWhile the Chimes Rang, HTrifles,H ttConsumers ln Wonderland,H ttValley Forge, and HThe Last Full Measureil were some of the assembly plays we presented. Our dramatic talents were finely revealed, in the Senior Play, ttlt Pays To Advertiselt by Megrue and Hackett. Now our four well-filled years of high school have come to an end. Ned Roohan and Ralph Kellogg have earned the titles of valedictorian and salutatorian, respectively. It is our cherished hope that the years to- come will prove as enjoy- able and profitable as the years of the past in Saratoga High. Olive Bathrick.

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THE fIlGH SCHOOL RECORDER 7 The next year we returned as full-fledged sophomores, a little more sophisticated and decorous. We elected Ned Roohan as president, Bev- erly Waring as vice president, and Ladislav Dejnozka as Secretary-Treas- urer. Cecily Weiton and John Moore represented us on the Student Council. Under the direction of Miss Harrington we presented two plays, one in recognition of Book Week, the other in observance of Easter. We were very active in sports this year, when several of our athletes were welcomed on the Junior Varsity basketball squad. As sophomores we had a good cause to be extremely proud of Jean Malloy and Ned Roohan. Jean was awarded one'of the prizes given to the twenty lead- ing interviews submitted in the ttScholastici, contest and Ned won third place in the National Latin Contest under the auspices of the A. P. S. L. The autumn of 1934 made us upper classmen and gave us the privilege of looking down our noses at the antics of the freshmen. At our first meeting, Ned Roohan was again chosen the head of our class, to be assisted by the vice-president, Jean Malloy; the secretary, Rose Cailenius; and the treasurer, Beverly Waring. That year we had equal representation with the seniors on the Student Council, our members being Cecily Welton, Ralph Kellogg and Mary Ann Hyde. Bessie Mat- thews and Andrew Richardson ably represented us as reporters for the ttRecorderW In preparation for the next years responsibility as traffic officers, we took over in the spring of 1935 the traffic duty under the supervision of the senior chairman. Theodore Welton. The most impor- tant of our extra-curricular activities was the Junior Prom, which proved a success in every way. In September, 1935, we attained our greatest achievement. We were seniors. The class elected Ray Calkins as president, Beverly War- ing as vice-president, and Jean Potter as secretary-treasurer. Ned Roohan, Dorothy Waring and Schuyler Smith took their seats on the Student Council. The huge task of editing the ttRecorder was placed on the reliable shoulders of Jean Mailoy. who also acted as Miss Peppy. Credit is also due Ralph Kellogg and Schuyler Smith, who ably assisted her. With the fall months came two new activities, football and ttHome Room Guidancei7 Football was not exactly new but it had been away for so long that everyone welcomed it as a new sport. The students and the citizens of Saratoga Springs gladly supported this restored game. The ttHome Room Guidanceii program was planned to promote initiative, desirable social attributes, and increased unity of purpose. To the bset of my knowledge, it has accomplished its aims.

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THE HIGH SCHOOL RECORDER 9 CLASS POEM And they are as a young forest, A strong young forest of many-specied trees. Fresh clean verdure stretches eager toward the sky. Long hard rooting wisely holds to warm brown soil. Beautiful in whole, in each part beauty shows. The splendid oak, the slender birch, - Slim elm, and constant maple, The charmed spruce, with stardust Sprinkled even at this early age, The quick and ever-growing pine, And simple blossomed dogwood tree unite, Each touched with vivid life, to glorify, Fulfill, and earn their place and plan on earth. And they grow as a young forest, The Great Head Forester using all His aids. New, broad spaciousness gives room for added growth. Weak, dead branches, parasite, may find no place. Nature gathers forces, plies them on to work. A gentle rain, a beating rain Washes clean and stimulates them. A glowing sun, magnetic, Draws them upward, reaching toward the light. From north and south and east and west, Causing great symphonies of sound, testing Their strength, teaching them when and how and why To yield 0r brace for struggle, soars the wind. And they are as a young forest; And they grow as a young forest; And they shall be as a great forest, in future time. Jean Malloy.