Canastota High School - Toot Yearbook (Canastota, NY)

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10 THE TOOT D. ROBERT McLEAN Principal of Canastota High School To our steadfast friend, our patient teacher and our able principal, Mr. McLean, the Class of 1930 takes the pleasure of dedicating this book.

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THE TOOT JUNE 1930 PUBLISHED BY CLASS OF 1930 OF CANASTOTA HIGH SCHOOL STAFF OF THE TOOT Editor-in-chief----------Charlotte Church I.itcrary Editors £va P°An,‘icell° J } Hazel Allis Pictures Editors | Mandalay Grems Catherine McCullough Alumni Editor -----------Madeline Woolsey Sports Editor------------(Jarl Dentler Business Manager Margery Cady Advertising Manager John Dinneen Subscription Manager Alice Stoner {Marie Roberts Mary Frost Emerson Welch THOMAS B. WALDO MEN’S SHOP Up To The Minute Styles In Men’s And Boy’s Furnishings Spaulding Athletic Equipment

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THE TOOT EDITORIAL LOOKING BACK OVER 1930 THE PROGRESS OF CANASTOTA HIGH SCHOOL In reviewing the past school year, the forward progress of Canastota High School stands out impressively along a dozen diverse lines. This suc- cess has not been mediocre; it has been so outstanding as to attract tne attention of the most casual observer. By defeating a number of the strongest league outfits in the central section of the state, Canastota ranks with some of the nearby cities in the basketball field. The staging of the deciding championship game of the North Central League between Rome Free Academy and Oswego High School, was on our court. This proved one more step forward in town and school prominence. The girls’ basket- ball team by losing only one game of the season aided the boys in high ath- letic attainments. The fact that only three regents papers were returned from Albany, points to a higher scholastic rating. During the past year, dramatics have assumed a permanent place in the school curriculum. The Dramatic Club presented a one-act play at the contest sponsored by the William’s School of Dramatic Art in Ithaca; the play received honorable recognition. Members of the club broadcast a one- act play from Utica as a feature of the ‘‘boost Canastota” program; this production was a pronounced success. With these rank the third edition of the Red and White Follies and the Senior play, “The Whole Town’s Talk- ing.” The prize speaking contest was featured among those activities which have increased in student popularity. There was such a large number of contestants this year that two semi- finals were necessary to reduce the number to that required for the finals. The gymnasium has been fully equipped and the school library has been considerably enlarged. A French Club has been organized and a large membership is the result. There is one brilliant factor in the upward growth of the high school which far outranks all other achieve- ments in significance; it adds a lus- tre and a finishing touch to the year of 1930 in school history; it approach- es something of a turning point in a lengthy process; without it no school is even partially complete. This is-- the increase which is manifest in the school spirit of Canastota High School. I know the majority of the student body has failed to note the change; many believe the school has declined rather than progressed in this respect. If you think so, you are wrong! It is by no means a surface growth; it can only be noted by searching and searching deeply into the activities and life of the school. The past two semesters have viewed a change in the old policies of former years. If you have been a member of the Dra- matic Club or the basketball teams you have doubtless sensed and felt this change. Our school spirit has been at last set upon a firm road to ad- vancement and development. Tribute may be paid in a large measure for tnis change in school policy to Mr. Bogardus our Superintendent and Mr. McLean, our Principal. —C. C.