Allendale Columbia High School - Clavus Yearbook (Rochester, NY)

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5 , As freshmen. we, as a group, did not participate in varsity athletics al- though a few were on those squads. There was noise, nevertheless, as we cheered our team to victory. ln foot- ball, the record was five and three. Although it did not have many games of its own, the second team provided the opposition for the varsity crush- ers during practice. We innocent. little freshmen were the victims of the unmerciful attack of Hoard. Sco- field, Reynolds and Sutherland. VVe did live through the season. After the December exams and the traditional Christmas breakfast, the worries of school were left as we de- parted for Christmas recess. The new year brought us back to the reality of of school and the long winter term . ahead. lt was not dull, by a long shot as there were skiing and basketball as winter sports and the odd QFD class in which a minor riot was created. This was to be expected of a freshman, though. We all knew the classroom in which a disturbance of the least variety brought gales of laughter from the students and a somewhat serious face from the mas- ter. VVe could only be referring to our beloved science classes which saved the day as far as our dispositions 9 were concerned. After a not too successful varsity baskeball season CIO-125, the Spring exams and liaster vacation we settled down to the final term. The time of the year was Spring. Spring brings spring fever and a lacliadaisical and a HI-can't-wait-for-vacation attitude. We had a good case of this proverbial disease but we dwid want to become sophomores so we studied and sue- cessfully surmounted that week in early Iune. With the joyous occasion of commencement we witnessed our last hours as freshmen. 18

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turning out all sorts of handiworks from bird houses to boats. Of course, there are many little changes that have caught our eye as we have wan- dered about school. The lawn has been mown, and a new sign is very often put out by the bridge when there isn't one there. All .the stakes in the courtyard and lot have been , replaced by stones and the Fields are all black because of the one day we all became pyromaniacs. To alleviate the possibility of miss- ing any of the important events and occasions of our four years of high school, let us briefly recall each year 1 as it specifically concerned us. I946- I947 i Four-ninths of the Class of 1949 was an integral part of this freshman class. Mike Baltzer, David Cockcroft, Iohn Hutchens, and Skip Way were the nucleus of that class. It was one of varied interests and activities. Hut- chens got his first Qfirst of many to comej football letters. Cockcroft and Hamilton represented the class on the Student Council. I suppose that we could consider ourselves as typical freshmen. We were a rambunctious lot, often incur- ring the displeasure of our master. We worked little and played a lot. Our outlook on life was not all amuse- ment, though, as there were exams to pass and courses to complete. I 17

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On September err, we commenced on a year of more active participation in school activities and athletics: We entered into varsity athletics and con- tributed to the Crow's Nest. Way and Weymouth were the oliiciai rep- resentatives on the Student Council. As we counted our number on that hrst day we discovered ten in our class and one new member of the Class of 1949. Bob Hargrave arrived after one year at Loomis. It must have been that this boarding school didn't agree with Bob. All of us made the varsity football squad and many of us were given the chance to play in games thus affording us the opportunity to perfect our play and build out bodies for the next two I years. We were used again as guinea pigs for the first eleven. The varsity record? Four wins, two losses. Hutchens got his letter. After the Christmas vacation, we continued on the long trek of the oft-traveled road of sophomorism. The 'wise fool'-wise in our own mind but a fool in others' minds. We were that. In Winter sports we learned of Hargrave's prowess on skis and witnessed the games of the first basketball team to complete a season in the new gymnasium. One of our g oup, Tom Barrett, was a member of the starting five which compiled a record of eleven wins and nine losses. Once again Barrett was on a starting varsity. This time it was baseball. The team won 62Z'7o of its games finishing the season with a five-three record. Barrett, Peter Snell, and Clark Weymouth left Allendale at the end of this year. They were sorely missed as they left a big dent in our membership. Commencement time approached again and we thought joyously ahead to our sum- mer plans and looked back upon the stage in our development in which we were known as the 'wise fools.' I9