Canastota High School - Toot Yearbook (Canastota, NY)

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THETOOT JUNE 1931 PUBLISHED BY CLASS OF 1931 OF CANASTOTA HIGH SCHOOL Editor-iii-Chief Veronica, Cappareili Alumni Editor Emerson Welch Literary Editors ( Joseph Chapman Picture Editors I William Hamlin i Olive Relyea s Gerald Shaffer lone Robertson ( Veronica Cappareili Sports Editors „ . , | Herbert Norton Business Manager Joy TeWinkel Advertising Mgr. Charles VanZandt Circulation Mgr. Helen Gusswiller A JUNE THOUGHT We have all heard of “May-Day Customs” but we have never heard of June-Day customs” The former Is considered a boundary day that divid- es the confines of winter and sum- mer; the latter which should divide the spring of youth from the summer of maturity. We seniors know that this is a month of orators and orations, who and which are only half right or per- haps a quarter right. “My dear young men and women” they will soon be saying “you go out today to face the world as representa- tives of your dear alma mater. I know that you will always reflect in your lives the lessons you have been taught within these beloved walls.” And the dear young men and wom- en will find unexpected lumps in their throats and the sudden realization in their hearts that after all these walls are beloved and parting from them is more sorrowful business than they had supposed. Principals and teachers will smile more benignly than they have smiled since the corresponding occasion last June and proud parents will listen and beam and blink a- way a te»r because their children have grown up. The orators are partly right, yes, like young men and women they will reflect in their lives the lessons they have been taught but only for a part of the next few years. The technical knowledge which is the school’s leg-

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Bebication In deepest appreciation for her loyal and en- thusiastic service, her wise and constructive leader- ship. her ability for finding ever expanding fields of usefulness, we, the Class of 1931, dedicate this annual to Mrs. Margaret Milmoe. MRS. MARGARET M. MILMOE

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() TI JE TOOT acy will gradually give way to exper- ience as a guide in their life work. The gradings—once so important— will be forgotten. What the dear young men and wom- en will reflect far more is the homes they come from. Technical training is the small part of life’s battle. Disposit- ion and personality, those miracle twins are most of it and these one acquires primarily in one’s early years at home. Look at the men at the top. It is amazing that so many of them have not been technically trained for their positions as leaders. They had a dis- position and a personality that made friends and the friends helped to put them where they are. They had co- operation in the struggle. Against that technical training and a personality that makes no friends doesn’t count for much. A man cannot get very far alone. Those men at thee top came from homes as varied, materially, as the number of men themselves; but i y must have been much alike in one thing. There must have been ex- ample enough there of what is rather inadequately called “the right spirit.” The youngsters learned their first les- sons of character and demeanor there and no school lessons will ever com- pare with them in importance. CLASS HISTORY The freshman class of 1931 was or- ganized in the old high school in the latter part of October 1927. The class officers were: president Charles Van- Zandt; secretary, Raymond Caldwell; treasurer, Muriel Buhrig. Our advis- ors were Miss Conkling and Miss Clines the latter whom we have been privileged to keep with us these four years. On the first day of February the newly elected officers were president, lone Robertson; secretary, Joy Te- Winkel; treasurer Frederick Buhrig. During our first year Charles Van- Zandt founded our school paper the “Red and White” which has now been succeeded by the weekly “Tooter”. Our class provided and decorated the first Christmas tree in our new high school. We were also the first class to levy a tax of ten cents per month for each member. Our only social event was a picnic held at lone Robertson’s camp on Oneida Lake. In September as the Sophomore class our officers were: President lone Robertson; secretary, Mary Newberry; treasurer, Gladys Baldwin. Since Miss Conkling had left Miss Colton, the new Home Economics teacher took her place with Miss Clines as advisor. The first activity was a most suc- cessful corn roast held at the home of Olive Relyea. This year we were also allowed to initiate the freshmen one morning in Chapel which was in- deed a pleasure. A Halloween party was held in the high school gymnasium. This was a success. This year for the first time we step- ped into the limelight by winning the first place in the Inter-Class One-Act play contest and were awarded a sil- ver cup. The contest was sponsored by the Dramatic club and the class ad- visors coached the cast. We gave “Sauce for the Goslings”. The cast included Katharine Greiner, Joy Te- Winkel, lone Robertson, Roland Buh- rig, Howard Bellamy and Charles VanZandt. Since we took first place in com- petition with the juniors and seniors who had had more experience in dra- matic work than we, we felt justly proud of our success. As the Junior class in September 1929 the officers were: president, lone Robertson; secretary, Joy TeWinkel; treasurer, Kathleen Greiner. Our ad- visors were the same as our Sopho- more year.