Bethlehem Central High School - Oriole Yearbook (Delmar, NY)

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(irinU Class ihstory We are told that class histories are never read. However, one has to be written, and this, my adventuresome readers, is the history of, we feel, one of the most interesting classes ever to be graduated here—or elsewhere. This class of ' 36 is a large one—the largest to pass through these portals. There are nearly a hundred fine, upstanding, history-makers of the future. It seem incredible that four years have passed since the class first assembled for its four-year sentence to hard labor! Due to the large numbers seeking a higher education (vountarily or compulsory) we, the then eager Freshmen, were forced to be content with a mere half-day! These delightful mornings were spent in the old Delmar School. Our Sophomore year began where our Freshman year left ofif, only we didn’t report for duty until afternoon. The new building was ready for us (and a few others), after the Thanksgiving vacation, and with much excitement we took up our new quarters and organized our class. We started a dancing class which was attended in large numbers. Not to be outdone by the socially-inclined older classes, we staged a Sophomore dance. We started our Junior year with a masquerade ball, and again sponsored the dancing class. The Juniors, with the cooperation of the rest of the school, enter¬ tained interested spectators at the second annual circus. Of course, the most outstanding event during the year to us was the Junior Prom—held in our impro¬ vised Dutch Garden. The Senior year is a busy one and a gala one—dotted with a series of “Oriole dances, and crowned with the Senior Ball. Following the precedent established last year, we are adding our tree to the .Senior Row. Our class has contributed materially to the various athletic groups in the past four years, with members for the basketball, baseball, track, soccer, tennis, golf and bowling teams which have enjoyed successful seasons. The benefits and pleasure derived not only from athletics but also from dances and various other kinds of entertainment have blended in to make our high school life so pleasant to remember. Our history is not complete without mention of the teachers who have so whole¬ heartedly given themselves to the molding of our minds, and who will be remembered not only for their teachings but also for their sympathies and friendliness. Twenty-four 1 9 3 B

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($rioU r ' ©tJjcr JfflemtierS of tfjc Class of 1936 j Raymond Browntxe; Jr. Helen Wiliielmina Frank Grace C. Kuhn Edward Rufus Stott Janet Nadine Taylor “TO THE SENIORS” The old order changeth, yielding place to the new, but they all end in the eternal nowhere. So be like the rest. It would be futile to say, “Be different,” for your happiness will probably lie among the tangible things of this mundane sphere. But if I have you wrong, and you are one of the few who can live on beauty and for¬ ever chase the ephereal land, “east of the sun and west of the moon,” go on, for you and you alone hav e the gods awaited. —B. Macklin. 1 03 B Twenty-three

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