Canastota High School - Toot Yearbook (Canastota, NY)

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20 THE TOOT Freshman A The organization of the Freshman A class turned out favorably with Charles Mosier as president. Among the other officers were: Gertrude Tubbs, vice-president, and Ruth Bradley, secretary and treasurer. The advisors are Miss Botsford, Miss Bussy and Mr. Hoag. The Hallowe’en party was held in the attic of Gertrude Tubbs’ home on Peterboro street. The attic was decorated in yellow and black crepe paper and corn stalks. The costumes were very quaint. The boys came as farmers, wearing overalls, with large red hand- kerchiefs around their necks. The girls were dressed as witches, gypsies and Colonial dames. The costumes of the advisors were very pretty. Among the numerous amusements was fortune telling, which furnished a good deal of fun. The corn roast was held at the home of Arthur Devine. The Fresh- men and their advisors were present. Freshman Team The Freshman A basketball team has been organized. Margaret Daily is manager, and the team is as follows: Kathleen Tuttle, center; Margaret Henry and Marie Humphrey, forwards; Margaret Daily and Mildred Fritz, guards; and Mildred Matthews, Lila Wakefield and Dorothy Tuttle as subs. Freshman B The Freshman B class organized soon after school started, with the following officers: president, Fred Procter; vice-president, Mildred Sullivan; secretary, Helen Williams; treasurer, Travis Vreeland. The class advisors are Miss Stafford, Miss Kimber and Mr. Hoag. The Sophomores did not prove to be as skilled detectives as those of previous years on the night of their corn roast, which was held October 6 at the home of Esther New. Freshmen Circus The Freshmen B entertained the Freshmen A at a circus held in High School hall on Friday, December tenth. The visitors were kept busy visit- ing the various side shows among which were the Siamese Twins, the Living Skeleton, the Fat Lady, the Burns Family, the Missing Link, the Wild Man from Borneo, the Bearded Lady and the Fortune Teller. Clowns and Barkers besides a Toe Dancer furnished much amusement. As a diversion the amateurs served pink lemonade, popcorn and apples, after which the guests were made happy by balloons, squawkers, confetti and all-day suckers.

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THE TOOT 19 Sophomore A Corn Roast On October eighth the class met at the school and were conveyed by automobile to Bushnell’s Grove at Lakeport. Here they built a fire and were soon busy roasting frankfurts. After eating hot dogs and doughnuts, they gathered around the fire and told stories. After this the party broke up, and all declared that they had spent an evening which would be pleasantly remembered among the Sophomores. Sophomore A Party The Sophomore A class entertained the Sophomore B class with a masquerade party, held at the home of Francis Grems on October 29th. Some costumes caused much merriment by their originality and clever makeup. In the early part of the evening Miss Graves asked each person to step forward separately, while the others guessed who it was. Edwin Maynard, as an old farmer, won the prize for the best costume. One whose costume was worthy of mention was Erma Frosser, as a negress. Games were then played until it was time for refreshments, which consisted of doughnuts, popcorn balls and grape juice. One of the best stunts of the evening was a mock wedding in which Miss Wier was the bride and Eugene Larcher the groom. At about twelve o’clock the party broke up. Sophomore B The Sophomore B class organized October fifth with the following officers: president, Glenn Mowry; first vice-president, Francis Grems; second vice-president, Dorothy Eccleston; secretary, Ethel Brooks; and treasurer, Eugene Sorcia. Their advisors are Miss Conklin, Miss Goettel and Mr. Hoag. Corn Roast On the eleventh of October the class held a corn roast at Mowry’s cottage at Kinloch Point. Each member had the privilege of inviting one outsider. Miss Goettel was unable to go, so she invited Miss Wier to go in her place. After everybody was through eating they grouped around a fire and told ghost stories. The Sophomore B girls’ basketball team was organized with Ruth Tufts as manager; Annette Plank, center; Dorothy Eccleston and Pearl Bushe, forwards; and Ethel Brooks and Ruth Tufts, guards. The boys’ team has not been organized as yet.

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THE TOOT 21 Alumni Notes Many of the class of 1920 are taking courses in colleges or other institutions this year. Lulu Yorton, Roger Casler, Milmoe Brown and Kenneth Bushnell are in Syracuse University. Grace Near, Josephine Roberts and Muriel Doyle are receiving a nurses’ training at the Crouse-Irving Hospital. Elsa Robinson is attending the State College for Teachers at Albany, and Manila Wright is teaching school at Stockbridge. Estella Roberts, Ethel Near, Dorothy Weaver, Grace Near, Jose- phine Roberts, Lula Yorton, Harry Casler, Roger Casler, Thomas Donnelly, Robert Haines, Robert Milmoe, Arthur Germer, Milmoe Brown, Kenneth Bushnell, Cleon Tondeur and Irving Zaph are among the former Canastota students who spent the Thanksgiving holidays in town. These and others are expected here to pass the Christmas vacation. Miss Catherine Farnham, who is attending school this year at the Wilkes-Barre Institute, was in town over Thanksgiving spending the holidays with her mother. Several Canastotans attended a meeting of the Cornell Alumni of Madison County, held in Oneida on Monday, November 15. The meet- ing was called to make plans for a Cornell endowment fund. Officers were elected and it was decided to hold meetings once or twice a year to keep the county interested in the affairs of the college. Scholarship The Hurlbert Hodge scholarship, which was awarded last June to Beatrice Hoover ’20, has been re-awarded to Milmoe Brown ’20. The change was necessary because Beatrice Hoover was not taking the subjects which the scholarship required. The Man on the Job Continued from page 12 been brave of me not even to make an attempt when I knew what the consequences would be if I did not? God sets before us tasks of this type, and we may do them or we may not. That remains with us. I did the whole thing from a sense of duty and I am sure duty demands no reward.” “I am glad of your attitude,” said the superintendent. “I was one of those young men in the train and when I heard of what you had done I promised myself to reward you at my first opportunity. Twenty years have passed and the opportunity has arrived. I have come to keep my promise with myself.