Canastota High School - Toot Yearbook (Canastota, NY)

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THE TOOT 7 The Board would “ toot,” too, for The Toot. Canastota High School has long needed a periodical wherein the achievements of her sons and daughters might be recorded. The Board of Education hails with pleasure the advent of The Toot, an organ which will bring us in closer touch with the activities of the school and which will stimu- late a greater interest in all phases of school life. Let it bring to our attention the examples of those who have won fame and distinction through their scholastic or athletic ability. Let it encourage a greater loyalty for the Red and White and foster a greater respect for the traditions of the school we love. Wm. Dobson The Toot extends its sincere sympathy to Mr. and Mrs. Simmons in their recent bereavement. The Staff wishes to thank most heartily the contributors, both in art and literature. Those contributing cuts were: Anna Barott, Ethel White, Helen Winkle, Alma Snyder. Those contributing stories were: Herman Fowler, Anna Barrott, Margaret Dailey, Mildred Williams, Gertrude Tubbs, Mildred Denel, Madelene Bettinger, James Culver, Pearl Bushe, Florence Sherman, Lois Te Winkel, Darwin Gregg, Helen Te Winkel, Ruth Tufts. The thirty-seven dollars received from a candy sale, held in Pres- ton’s store and the various school halls on November 12, enabled The Toot to start its bank account. The staff of The Toot wishes to show its appreciation to those who in any way helped in the candy sale; especially to the committee in charge—Leona Bell, Kathleen Tuttle and Edwin Maynard. L. E. T. It is not easy— To apologize, To admit our mistakes, To begin over, To be unselfish, To study, To take advice, To be charitable, To endure success, To forgive and forget, To shoulder a deserved blame, —but it always pays.

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6 THE TOOT Merry Christmas No more pencils, no more books, No more teacher’s saucy looks. Hooray! It’s Christmas vacation. You rush for home leaving all thoughts of school behind. Just hear those shouts of joy over the hockey matches, skating, coasting and last, but not least, the presents which are to come in the next few days. Though it is farthest from your thought, The Toot does not forget you and through all your fun and frolic it toots its greeting, “ Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.” L. E. T. Let’s Go, C. H. S. The basketball team is rapidly rounding into shape under the supervision of our athletic director, Mr. Crisp. The first game is expected to be played on December 10th. Games are now reported pending with Dartmouth Freshmen, Colgate Frosh and Syracuse Frosh, also with Lyons, Cazenovia and Oneida. A great many teams of local repute will be seen in action in our Old Cigar Box this year. If we’re going to have a team, let’s stand behind it. Bring the old Colgate spirit here to Canastota. The players can’t do it all. They need a lot of backing. Get behind them. Give them your support. Go to the games and let the team know you’re there by your songs and cheers. J. A. C. Out for Something and In for Nothing Have you ever thought of yourself as a grafter or a parasite? The recent report cards prove that a great many of you have not been toiling over your lessons to any superfluous extent. Indeed, they show your colors: You are out for something and in for nothing! You are eager to grab all you can get and give as little as possible for it. Hasn’t this system (the sponge process, we have heard it called) been tried just about long enough? Aren’t you tired of living on somebody else? Now is the time for you to begin for yourself. Do your best in your school work, go in for the orchestra and glee club, give suggestions to The Toot, get out and cheer for the basket- ball team. Put yourself into all you do. Don’t try to get something for nothing. Be willing to pay a fair price and you will find that you have received your money’s worth. L. E. T.

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3 THE TOOT Your School and Mine By Supervising Principal E. G. Simmons Too often we think of public institutions as something apart from ourselves and for which we have no direct responsibility. But each citizen is a joint owner of every public institution. We must learn to think of each public institution as something we have created, some- thing we will help to maintain, and something whose policies, pur- poses and products are our handiwork. The schools are not different from other public institutions. They depend upon the people for support. They are a concrete expression of community spirit. Their improvement depends upon the time, thought and money furnished by the people of the community. As the measure of a nation is its public institutions, so the measure of a community is its community institutions. Nothing is more directly derived from the community than the public school, and nothing has a more direct influence on the community of the present or future than the public school. It is true that no factor, not even the school, can take the place of the home in moulding men and women, but the home is a product of the family, the school a product of the community. Man gives of himself to his family through the home; he may give of himself to the community through the school. There is no better medium through which we can provide for the future welfare of our community than the public schools. Every improvement in the elementary or secondary school system has its source in a fuller realization of civic oppor- tunities on the part of one or more citizens. At the same time it has a definite effect in the increased opportunity for every boy and girl— the future citizens. The Canastota of tomorrow is built upon the Canastota Public Schools of today. Continued on page 24