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

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THE ORIOLE N1NE'TEENFoRTY GLADYS E. NEWELL SocxAL ADVISER HAMILTON H. BOOKHOUT SUPERVISING PRINCIPAL QQ! ifffig ix ' P 4 11:5 3 lin?

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NINETEEN FORTY THE CDRIOLE To GLADYS M. SKEVINGTON THE GRADUATING CLASS DEDICATES THIS 1940 ORIOLE, IN TOKEN OF THANKS T0 OUR CONSTANT FRIEND AND ADVISER MOUNTAINS WHAT D0 You COLLECT? My hobby is mountains. Not the actual towering masses of earth and rock that pierce the sky and give grandeur to Nature's landscapes, but moun- tains climbed, or, like Everest, mountains seen from afar. Sharing the vicissitudes of the staff that has produced this 1940 Oriole has brought to mind a number of the rare specimens in my museum of mountain memories. Following the trail of the former staffs, we expected to profit much from their experience, and began the ascent with the hope of an almost effortless climb, like my visit to Pike's Peak by high-powered automobileg but, as on that August day in Colorado we were met by a blinding snow storm, so the Oriole staff ran into many an unforeseen difficulty. It was hard going, presenting unexpected problems, and calling for courage and per- severance and some innovations, but the splendid results have justified the toil and labor, even as the magnificent sunrise over the Pacific rewarded my strenuous, exhaust- ing climb up the steep cinder trail to the summit of Fujiyamag for now I remember, not the stress and strain of the ascent, but the glorious view from the cratered crown of japan's sacred mountain. We faced some testing problems and tempting risks that might have resulted in disaster, but we solved the ones and avoided the others. Thus we escaped the tragedy that might have been, more successfully than those misguided pilgrims of VVest China who year by year climb their sacred Mount Omei, and seeing Buddha's Glory ftheir own shadows projected on the clouds in the valley belowj jump into the arms of their god only to be dashed to death on the rocks. We make no claim to having attained perfection. We have not scaled the dazzling heights of that Mount Everest. We have, however, glimpsed them. While we must rest content to view them from a lower altitude, as I cherish the memory of the gleam- ing, snow-capped Everest of the Himalayas, one hundred and three miles away from where I stood on Tiger Hill, near Darjeeling, India, we greet those who come after us with the inspiring, though strange device-UEXCELSIORX' Page jvc 5181 5. bl .J-I iii If ' , , -6:4 I A 5- -1 . -

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N NETEEN FORTY TI-IEC O 1 . .-. EDITORIAL STAFF l.l-:xxox IS. l,RINC'lf lJox.xi.n lVlc'GU1RK. . . Yvxxl-3 Vl'll.l..-XRD. , . lXl.XRli.-XRICT Klxo. . . , .Edifor-in Clmf , , .A sszfstauf Editor . . ,.f1ss0r1Irlt0 lfzilftor , , ...... I f'llfIlI'l' Edirol' 'l'uoxiixs l,lcox,xRn .A.. . I .Plzotngmplzy Ezlitor lNl.xR1oN Sxoox I JEAN HEMYICR Xi . . , .,.... llnnznr Hzlitors Rl'Tli C111.1,1f3TT. .... .,.. C iirls' Spar! Editor ROISICRT l7i's1Nra1cR .4,. .... B 0-vs' Sport Editor Hoxxixko ISAIXIQR. . . ..., Business Manager RICIINIONIJ YOUNG. . . . .Subsrript'i0n .Ilanager ,AIJl'Il.AllJlC S.x1N'r .... .... A flziertisrng illaviagcr P1111,L11' FORNIELI, ..,..... ..,........., Y 'ypist f'iI,ADYS M. Smcviwcrrox ............,...... Farulty Aziwfser SUBSCRIPTION ASSISTANTS Mollie liestetl, '40, Frank Stapf, '40, Phyllis Henry, '40, Barbara Hansen, '40, Richarcl l.yncli, '41, june Nodine, '41, Albert De-Shaw, '41, Betty jean Mace, '41, Ruth liillogh, '42, Frank Howd, '42, Jeanne Keyser, '42, Frances Arclizone, '42, I.eRoy fook, '42, Virginia Remington, '42, .loan Gilbert, '43, lilmer Beau- I mont, '43, Owen Young, '43, Robert Hodgkins, '44, XVilliz1m VVacle, '44, james J,- j---..,-:Elf Parks, '45, .I une tlensen, '45, blames Agar, '45, ' l , Pays ll fi : ' ,K 141' . 'I g -, fwl, If 3 '-