Batavia High School - Batavian Yearbook (Batavia, NY)

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The 1934 BATAVIAN General Organization G. 0. COUNCIL First Row-Miss johnson, Miss Mcl.outh, Miss Cehring, Mr Keegan R. Cehring, L Carr, Mr. Novotny, Mr. Weber, M. V Chapple Second Row-L. Olsen, E. Ware, M. Little, C. Nixon R Winters M. Baker, M. Couinlock, C. Davis, R. Ryan, L. l-lawks W Shaw Third Row-R. Smith, P. Davis, M. Salway, C. Rittersbach, l McGahn R. Putnam, T. Knox, E. Philleo, M. Mason Fourth Row-C. Cocco, C. Page, B. Simmons, A. Cumaer, D, Hanley D. Rankin, D. Cover, R. Chapman. HE fall of i933 brought forth many candidates for the officers of the Cieneral Or ' ganization. The names of Robert Putnam Robert Gehring and Carmen Falcone were presented for Presi- dency and Ruth Ryan, Christine Davis and Lois Carr were nominated for Vice-Presidency. As a result of the elections Robert Cehring and Lois Carr were the successful candidates. Our first meeting was called by President Cehring on October 6 h. A ' ' A ' t t this time the council had the opportunity to get under way The first important business was to amend the Constitution. A I - i Fi 'ff-u-.-.-..'..-.-..-,t..- ...,..,.. ht V, V., V i ,

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, ,.,. ...I THE TATLER Vol. 1 BATAVIA, N. Y., JUNE, 1934 No. 1 ORIGIN OF THE SCHOOL SONG Back in the days when there were only five teachers at B. H. S., around l900, Mrs. Douglass, who then taught English, offered a prize to the student in her classes who would write the best school song. Before the song could be written, the school colors and the tune had to be decided upong blue and white were chosen as our representative colors and the tune selected was The Orange and Black. After hard work on the part of the students, and careful consideration on the part of Mrs. Douglass, Leslie Cory- ell's words were chosen: and so today we have our Blue and White. A lot of important things happened back in the days when B. H. S. was small. SHOUTS AND MURMURS The Buffalo Evening News lost two humorists when Miss Brown and Mr. Murbach resigned from the staff a few years ago. Mr. Murbach was a circulation sales- man while Miss Brown did every- thing from licking stamps to writing letters to ladies whose evening papers were delivered on the lilac bushes instead of on the front porches. Mrs. Macintosh completed her work and received her M. A. de- gree at the University of Michigan last summer. During the summer of her course Mrs. Macintosh directed and took part in several plays. She especially enjoyed her part in O'Neil's Beyond the' Horizon. Mr. Albright was head master of the prep school at Albright Col- lege for five years, before coming to Batavia to teach When Miss McLouth went to college, she specialized in langu- ages-and now she teaches mathe- SPARE MOMENTS Miss Hale enjoys reading mod- ern poetry. Miss Hunn has horticulture as her hobby. Miss Loomis is interested in in- terior decoration. Miss Olmsted enjoys operas, concerts and all other musical events. She's a good music critic. Miss Kinnear claims rock gard- ening as her hobby. She has a tiny one in Zll. Miss Appleby divides her spare time between bridge and bowling. She's a champion at both, Mr. Novotny's avocation is girls -especially his baby daughter, Nancy. Miss Thompson's hobby is lit- erature, particularly contemporary literature. Mr. Keegan has 'a motor boat which takes up a good deal of his time in the summer. Miss Cramer's hobby is dupli- cate contract bridge. Miss Gehring's interests are hooked rugs and rock gardening, Miss Haitz plays bridge at the Holland Club. iOur teachers seem to go for bridgei. She also keeps her eye on her nephew Neil. Mr. Doll's acting ability is well known. His hobby consists of an active participation in dramatics. Miss Peterson has a variety of hobbies. She likes Scotty plaques, skiing, nice hotels, and budget planning. matics, Each year she attends summer school at Harvard Univer- sity. Miss Hurst worked in the busi- ness office of the Niagara-Hudson Company previous to teaching. Miss McGregor may be Scotch, but she breaks the rule when it comes to popularity. The 1934 BATAVIAN

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4 t . ,..5-eu.. l 'Qc 'W' 5 7 . ,,..4........-....... -' amendment was made that the number of cheer-leaders for the school year should b chosen according to the number trying out and no d finite limit should be set. Early in the first semester the council inaugurated a new sys- tem of patroling tne halls and cloak rooms during the school periods. Brenton Simmons was appointed chairman of the Patrol Squad and with the assistance of both teachers and pupils the system has work- ed effectively in preventing thefts in the cloak rooms and keeping order in the halls We have had very little trouble with violations of our new rules and feel quite proud of their success. The General Organization presented letters to the varsity football basketball and track men this year and in addition, a letter symbol was given to the members of teams who did not make the varsity teams Miss Loomis and the classes of the Home Economics Department gave their services in making these symbols. Mr. lvlinor also offered his services in cutting the felt for the symbols, for which we are grateful Although we have had many activity period assemblies this year for the purpose of explaining our new patrol system and seek- ing the help of the school on many matters, our only regular assembly took place early in the year. At this time the new officers and councilmen were installed and introduced to the pupils. Mr. l-luff presented the gavel to Robert Cehring, the new President, who spoke briefly Miss C-ehring presented the constitution of the G. O. to the Vice President Lois Carr who also spoke. lvlr. Randall delivered the important talk of the assembly, speaking upon the need of student cooperation in running a successful school. This was the second as- sembly of the inauguration type which originated last year. son tickets successfully again this year. This method enables the students to see all the games at much reduced rates. With Carm Falcone as chairman of the Smoking Council, we have had very little trouble this year. The council has operated especially smoothly and may well be commended for its fine work. lmpresslng the students with the necessity of attention to this prob- lem is no easy task but they have accomplished it quietly and well. Another committee which has done a large amount of work, devoid of praise or recognition, is the Point System Committee. They keep track of the points which every student earns by extra cirricu- lar activities and totals them at the end of the year in order to dis- cover the Seniors who are deserving of activity awards. Donald Rankin has been the chairman of this committee and has done his work well With the fine cooperation of all the committees, the pupils and the faculty the council has had a fine administration, We sincerely wish that the future G. O. s may have as able a presi- dent as ours and many successful years. .C. -The G. O. carried out the plan of basketball and football sea- L '34 ,fl The 1934 BATAVIAN