West Rochester High School - W Yearbook (Rochester, NY)

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Senior Annual Board Editor-in-Chief: ' HARRIET L. TROAN. . Assistant Editors: IRIS M. BASSETT . ARLING BROVVN MARY SANDWAY CHARLES STORER Staff Artist : SIDNEY CROSSETT. Business Manager: I-IARoLD LAMBRIGHT. Assistant Business Manager: WILLIAM O'CONNOR. Advertising Manager : WALTER PRIEN. Assistant Advertising Manager: WILLIAM NIILLER. U61

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Class History Every properly constituted history divides itself into periods, which in their turn divide and group themselves about events of singular importance. Such history has woven itself closely about the class of June, 1911. If the use of this bit of our earliest history for a preface may be pardoned, it can be said that our ancestors belonged originally to the one great family known as The world at large. But after founding in VVest High School the Class of june, 1911, this family separated into two distinct parts: the one which contains those few who for rea- sons which cannot be related here did not desire to be graduated with the class 5 the other part comprising by far the larger portion is the one about which this history is being written. - Our' political history may be traced back to a memorable day in the fall of 1907. How long four years seemed to us then! How short they really are when we look back into the past! But a good 'historian does not digress from his subject. What a grand scramble there was at that first meeting! Each nomina- tion received a more hilarious applause than the previous one. But it was soon over and the mob resolved itself into a class once more. Although we were Freshmen, things athletic soon claimed our attention. Perhaps you will ask t-o what effect? Well we had a football team, a basketball team and even one in track. But if we did not have our numerals engraved on a silver cup we were much wiser for our experience. Feeling that as Sophomores we would no longer be looked down upon by the upper-class men, we began to sit up and take notice. This we had no sooner done than to our amazement a dance was staring us in the face. How grand it seemed when we thought that we were to hold our first social event in the cor- ridors of our Alma Mater! It is hardly necessary to say that our Sophomore Dance was a thorough success. We all took an active pant in the work of canvassing for pledges toward the purchase of our beautiful Athletic Field. In our junior year we entered upon our career with all the confidence that long practice secures. We had really been preparing the part for two years and its superiority was no stranger to us, 'though we were not sorry to have the world at large recognize us. It was during this year that the class made its first attempt in drama. Much credit is due Jean Sutherland and Charles Storer, who took the leading parts in our junior Farce Nephew and Uncle and helped to make it the grand success it was. Our junior Prom which was held in Sibley Hall and carefully managed by Byron Marsh is worthy of more than mere mention. That night the mem- E181