Canastota High School - Toot Yearbook (Canastota, NY)

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THE TOOT 29 English C, the letter which is to correspond with the boy’s block C in all girls’ sports. The girls’ schedule was: Chittenango, 1, at Canastota, 1 4 Camden, 8, at Canastota, 20 Canastota, 9, at Oneida Castle, 7 Oneida, 3, at Canastota, 2 1 Canastota, 2, at Chittenango, 5 Utica B. C. C., 7, at Canastota, 1 4 Syracuse T. C. A., 1 1, at Canastota, 9 Oneida Castle, 8, at Canastota, 24 Canastota, 20, at Oneida, 15. Pitchers, catchers, batters all Canastota High School—Baseball. “Arch” in the pitcher’s box gives his opponents curves, strikes and drops which make their hair stand on end, while the ease with which “Jim” catches the pill and shoots it to first is certainly amasing. The in- field players are net the only strong ones, for “Bobby” Girkie in center, Jones at the left and Williams in the right field, show how well they can catch the ball and use their heads at the same time. “Hank” Golden on third base sure has the “gift of the gab when it comes to talking to the pitcher, but never mind Henry it helps Arch . The team has lost only two out of town games and one home game. Our schedule is: Canastota, 2 1, at New Woodstock, 1 Canastota, 4. at Solvay, 6 East Syracuse, 4, at Canastota, 3 New Woodstock, 3, at Canastota, 1 9 Camden, 1, at Canastota, 7 Chittenango, 5, at Canastota, 12 Solvay, 2, at Canastota, 1 4 Canastota, 2, at Sherrill, 1 2 Canastota, 1 4, at Chittenango, 6 Sherrill, 1 1, at Canastota, 1 2. Our high school track team is something new in Canastota. We have some runners and jumpers in fellows who never showed themselves in any other sport before and, with the aid of Mr. Crisp, have developed a whirlwind team. At the first meet in Utica, Dick McConnel came in fourth in the mile, winning one point for the school and tying Canastota H. S. with Oneida H. S. The team has taken part in meets in Utica and Syracuse but further ac- tivities were suspended because of Regent s exams.

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•28 THE TOOT CANASTOTA HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS BASKET BALL TEAM From left to right, standing, they are—Erma Prosser, Mary Moore, Lila Wakefield. Sitting, from left to right, are—Helen TeWinkel, Marie Gus- tafson, Captain Dorothy Donnelly; Dorothy Tuttle, Doris Parkhurst. For the first time in several years C. H. S. has had a girls’ basket ball team worth mentioning. Under the direction of Coach Crisp and with the co-operation of Miss Bull and some of the other teachers, the team was able to play nine games, winning seven. The team held their final meeting in the form of a banquet in the do- mestic science dinning room, where after a plentiful supply of “eats” Dorothy Tuttle was made captain. After the toastmaster, Mr. Crisp, had called for “speeches” from every- one present, the party broke up. Dorothy Donnelly, Marie Gustafson, Helen TeWinkel, Dorothy Tuttle and Doris Parkhurst received the Old

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30 THE TOOT All C. H. S. from Faculty to students, and especially the staff of the Toot , sincerely regret Miss Carroll’s illness and express best wishes for her immediate recovery. The annual prize speaking contest of Canastota High School was held in the Presbyterian church on Tuesday, March 24. Those who spoke were Mary Milmoe, Mattie Smith, Charles Schlernitzauer, Mildred Wil- liams, Avery Merwin, Helen TeWinkel and James Culver. Their selec- tions had been carefully chosen by Miss Kimber, and much credit is due her for the fine program given. The Wing Prize of five dollars was won by Mattie Smith and the sec- ond prize for girls went to Mildred Williams. James Culver took the boy’s first prize and Avery Merwin the second. HAMILTON PRELIMINARY SPEAKING CONTEST The Hamilton Preliminary Speaking Contest was held in the Methodist church at Canastota on Friday, April 1 5. James Culver represented Can- astota and boys from Syracuse, Camden, Fulton, Auburn, Boonville, Sherrill and Rome also took part. The winners of first and second prizes spoke at the contest in Hamilton on May 1 4. The speaker from Syracuse, with an original declamation, entitled “A Plea for the Immigrant , took first prize while the second prize went to the speaker from Camden High School. James Culver’s oration, “America, the World Power”, was given honorable mention. MY STORY OF AN UMBRELLA I am an old dilapidated umbrella. I have been in this ash can nearly a month. It’s time I was up and doing. I had some adventures before I came to this ash can. My first owner was a nice, rich lady. She pur- chased me from a peddler, but it was not long before the gold plate wore off my nice, shiny head and she loaned me to a friend. I guess her friend forgot where I belonged. I never saw my first owner again. I am nearly done up now. A boy took my ribs to make a bow to shoot arrows, and another removed my silk for a kite. I’m quite broken up. My ribs are all loose from the handle, and I’m just miserable. Here comes another boy. Perhaps he’ll take me; well, so long to my ribs. This one wants my handle for a hockey stick. JOHN MATTHEWS.