Albany High School - Prisms Yearbook (Albany, NY)

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THE GARNET AND GRAY l7 -1 cj IF ' x X f gf' X 5 is A I f - .git mtg A HAPPY DISAPPOINTMENT XVere you ever disappointed on Christmas? Did you ever run into your living room on Christmas morning expecting to find a pair of skates on shoes and a skating sweater but to your disappointment find a book with a long, long name that meant nothing to you? XYas it the aunt who always gave you just what you wanted? This happened to me and that's why I felt out of sorts. Here, after all my hoping, my aunt sent me a book. The instant I looked at the book I vowed I would not read or open it. Qn Christmas night my aunt came to visit my mother and see my gifts. I thanked her for the book but I think she noticed a tinge of disappointment in my tone. She asked me if I had received the things I wanted. 'When I told her that I was disappointed she looked rather surprised but said nothing. The remainder of the winter I used my old hockey skates and sweater. The skates were a constant trouble to me and the sweater was not far from the appearance of a rag. The winter wore away slowly and at last came spring. and then finally came summer. A friend who was spending his vacation with us succeeded in interesting me in reading. One day as we were looking over some of my books my friend chanced upon the one my aunt had given me. Upon reading the name, my friend who was somewhat older and had read a great deal said, Shame on you! Here is the best book you own, and it looks to me as though it has never been opened. I don't believe you have read this, have you? As he said this he opened the book. You can well imagine my astonishment, pleasure, and shame when he slipped out two ten dollar bills and a note written by my aunt. On the note was written Merry Christmas from your aunt. The money is for the skates and sweaterf, The first thing I did was to get my hat and rush to my aunt's house and l . I

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16 THE GARNET AND GRAY VVith such initiative Philodoxia expects to continue her excellent work to include a victory over 'Logia on Boys' Day. The present officers are: President, George Butman, Vice-President, Davis L. Shultes, Treasurer, George Gildersleeve, Recording Secretary, Van Straub, Corresponding Secretary, Marvin Smith, Senior Marshal, Burage Stiles, Junior Marshal, Lester L. Moston, Senior Editor, Ronald Steeves, Junior Editor, Clarence Stott, Reporter, James Hayes, Critic, Howard B. Noyes. THETA ALPHA NOTES The first term has been a very successful one for Theta Alpha. Under the able leadership of Rosella Lynch, Alpha has accomplished a great deal. XVe have studied the lives and works of such poets as Shelley, Keats, Wordsworth, Tennyson and Kipling. VVe also had several debates on cur- rent topics. The Alpha-Sigma spread was a great success and the good program was enjoyed by all. However, the greatest event of the season was the concert of the Colgate Musical Club presented jointly by Alpha and Sigma. Wie express our sincere appreciation for the hearty cooperation of the faculty, the various committees, the students and the alumni both of Col- gate and A. H. S. all of whom contributed greatly to the tremendous success of the occasion. We only hope that our next undertaking will be as successful The present officers of Alpha are: President, Rosella Lynch, Vice- President, Ruth Lemmle, Critic, Mildred Martin, Corresponding Secre- tary, Edith Davis, Recording Secretary, Mildred McAllister, Senior Editor, Ruth Devlin, Junior Editor, Edna Dewey, Second Junior Editor, Anna Riley, Treasurer, Nettie Brucker, Assistant Corresponding Secretary, Anne Lockwood, Marshal, Alice Donnelly, Reporter, Helen Dolan. COMMERCE CLUB NOTES The Commerce Club came into being through the loyal and faithful efforts of the Commercial Seniors of the class of '22, The small group of members who composed the Commerce Club at the beginning of the present school term were also faithful- and began to build it up, not only in numbers. but also in usefulness. XYell, to make a long story short, it is a growing organization with an unselfish motto of service. A. HOGLE. M, ,AL .14

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18 TI-IE GARNET AND GRAY apologize for what I had done. I also promised to read the book. She only smiled in a knowing way and said, I mean to give you this set of books by giving you one every Christmas. I hope you will enjoy them. CHRIS STAHLER ON BEING SMALL Who is there better able to describe the sensations of a small person than one who is just merging from a rather abbreviated station in the world of longitudinal measurement to a higher one. The beauty of this work is that it is unbiased. In those days when I was smaller than I am now-yet, as old appear- ingg when I was called shrimp by even my best friends, when girls at dances asked, just to be sociable, whether my Dad was small, too, or if I expected to grow any moreg when my clothes were made to order and I wore shoes made for boys, I must admit that I envied a tall person, but now, as I out- grow that state, I miss many conveniences, known only to small persons. It was just last week that upon discovering a parade, I started, in an unconcerned manner, to push my way to the front of the crowd. Some- one roughly pushed me back and asked if I thought I was the only one who wanted to see the parade. A year ago, that same person would have helped me through the crowd. A small man is in no one's way. Did you ever stop to think how much more credit you give a small person than a bigger one for knowing something? And, oh! how much more lenient were the teachers when I was a shrimp. They seem to think a big person has more time to himself than a small one. There is another advantage to being small that I blush to speak of, and yet, because of its very importance, I must. It has to do with beds and bed covers. They seem all to be made for small people. Well do I remember the warmth and comfort that were mine on mornings gone by. Now, in the summer, mosquitos, and, in the winter, jack Frost, play havoc with my nether extremities which, despite all efforts on my part, succeed in keeping themselves as devoid of covering as a band-player's head is of hair. You may think, then, that a small person is perfectly satisfied with his lot, but such is not the case. They think not of what they have, but of what they have not. And so it is the world over. Since the time of Adam, the small have wanted to be big, the big to be small, and those of medium size larger or smaller. Even I, who have always desired to be tall, sit down, on the eve of my wish's fulfillment, to write, not of the good things to come, but of those left behind. Isn't there a trite old saying that says Such is life ? Davis L. SHULTES, '23 .