Canastota High School - Toot Yearbook (Canastota, NY)

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THE TOOT BOARD OF EDUCATION Charles H. Hoffman, President Norman L. Stafford, Treasurer. David H. Hoyt. William H. Maynard. Albert E. Campbell. Glen F. Bogardus, Clerk. The Board of Education is compos- ed of five members and a clerk wno is superintendent of schools. Charles II. Hoffman is president of the Board and is serving his second term as president. He was elected in 1927 tr serve his third term. Norman L. Staf- ford was elected Aug. 1, 1925. Dr. David Hoyt who finished out Dr. War- ner’s term was elected in 1927. Al- E. Campbell and William H. Maynard were elected in 1926. The chief activity of this Board ' as the constructing of the new hign school which took much cooperation on the part of the board. The building was constructed under the supervision of Supt. of Schools Glen F. Bogardus. The Board met at eleven regular meetings during the past year and three special meetings were called. By these meetings many difficult pro- blems were solved and much valuable time given by members of the Board.

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0 THE TOOT word borrowers of all nations. All the countries and peoples with whom 1 li English had any political or commei' cial relations in modern times wer. made to contribute to the English vo- cabulary, French, Spanish, Portugese, Germans, Persians, Chinese, Russians, Malays, Hindus and the American Indians. English is the commercial language of a large part of the world today and its influence in this field is steadily growing. Jessie Molt THE RED AND WHITE It seems as tho in the past the or- ganization of a school paper lasted for a short time. In September 1925 a column was started in the Bee- Journal under the name “High Scho 1 Notes.” Herman Miles and Leo Rob- erts wrote it one week and then An- tonio Balducci and Charles VanZan P wrote it the next week. In September 1927 Mr. Milmoe kindly presented High School with a whole page of his paper. A staff was organized under the name of “Red and White,, and started the year with some good is- sues with VanZandt as Editor-in-Chief Tony Balducci as Associate Editor. In January Tony resigned and it was a case of missing and missed. The paper struggled along till June. At this writing the paper is planning to put out its last issue for this year. On the whole the Red and White was quite a fair success in the year 1927 1928. We Always Wondered The nervous old lady stopped the conductor. “Are you quite sure the train will always stop when you pull that little rope?” “Of course it will,” replied the con- ductor. “The other end is tied around the engineer’s neck.” George Wash- ington Ghost. Athletics And Physical Culture In High School As the years advance we notice that greater stress is placed upon athletics and physical culture in high school. In former days the school be- gan at 9 A. M. and with an hour re- cess at noon ended at 4 P. M. The pu- pils recited and studied during this period with no relief from the monot- ony. Now, nearly every day the pupil has relief from the studying in the form of physical culture. After the school day there are different forms of athletics for both boys and girls. In the spring there is baseball, ten- nis and track, in the fall, football, in the winter there is basketball and hockey. These are the main high school sports. In former days there were few sports for the student. If he indulged in athletics, the pupil had no instruc- tor to make him proficient in the sport. Today, nearly every high school has an athletic instructor and a phy- sical culture teacher. Since there were very few sports in former times, few students wished to remain in school after they were sixteen. With the advent of athletics into the modern high school curricu- lum there is an inducement for the older student to continue his high course. Sports also cause a student to get higher marks in his studies since he cannot participate in athle- tics unless he has a certain average. Each year more stress is being pla- ced upon athletics. As newer methods of teaching are being developed high schools can well afford to give more time to athletics and physical culture. Harold A. Armstrong A Boon To Humanity Goo: “How did the professor make his million?” Magoo: “He put fenders on grape- fruit spoons.” —Penn. State Froth,

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8 THE TOOT CLAS ISTOHY The present Senior Class enterri high school in 1924. The Freshman of- ficials were: Pres. Algeuia Warner, Vice-Pres. Lawrence Sevy, Trea . Penelope Farnham, Sec. E. Smith. W , as freshmen acted frightened and backward towards the upperclassmen, “Green.” But as we became more ac- customed to their habits and acquaint- ed with the students, we knew wuai really was expected of us. The only activity of that year was a party held in the gymnasium of the old sch o' house at which everyone was preseui.. We entered the Sophomore year waiting patiently for the day to come when we would have a lot of fun wPa the Freshman. Of course we did ev- ery thing imaginable to them, but they didn’t seem to care. You'd be surprised to see how “game” the Freshmen are getting to be. The ac- tivities held that year were a party held at one of the members home and a corn roast at the OxBow. We ho 1 a very busy time trying to keep tin. Juniors away, but we enjoyed the pas ties very much. The Junior year was entered wit'i hopes of everyone studying hard iu order to pass our exams and that wo might become dignified Seniors. The Junior class officials were: Presi- dent, Jessie Sorci and other officers. We held a party that year in th • old gymnasium. When the Seniors were thru earning money we very eag- erly went to work and earned money lo entertain the Seniors before they left us. We gave them a picnic, which was held at Suburban Park. Every one enjoyed this picnic by riding on the Merry go-round for nothing. In the evening most of the students dan- ced at the large dance hall there. The Seniors in return gave us a pic nic which was held at Panther L.ih-a We, Juniors enjoyed the picnic ver; much and certainly enjoyed thi “Eats”. Seniors. Our last year in high school. We all regretted to think of June 1928. The officials this yea- were Pres. Jessie Sorci, Vice-Pres. Mary Sicilia, Treas. Evelyn Smith. Sec. Charles Capparelli, advisors Miss Mackey and Miss Sheehan. This was our busy year. We earned mon- ey by selling pencils, jello, Christmas c3rds, Mah Jong coffee, magazines, candy, holding card parties, a fare- well party iin the old high school a play entitled “The Goose Hang High”, two vodevils and a dance. We kept bothering the town people con- tinually until we really think we warn boring. But we certainly appreciate their patience. All the social affairs were well attended by the alumni members and town people. Leaving the old school house certainly did break our hearts we missed the creaking of the stairs and the ticking of the old clock. But, nevertheless. I don’t think anyone would like to give up the school building we have now. Another important event In our Senior year was the trip to Wasning- ton. Nineteen members of the class enjoyed the trip. Miss Mackey an i Miss Powers were our chaperons. The total earnings were $680. These earn- ings surpassed the earnings of ail the former classes. We are proud of It and also are proud of our advisors, who really ought to have all the credit. We want to thank the people for co- operating with us and we are sure we would never made a success of our Senior year if they didn’t aid us. Mary Siciii.'