Canastota High School - Toot Yearbook (Canastota, NY)

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THE TOOT 25 Future Farmers of America The Future Farmers of America is the national organization of farm boys studying vocational agriculture in public high schools thruout the United States. Six years following the founding of the organization at Kansas City, 47 states the Territory of Hawaii and Puerto Rico, had formed associations of Future Farmers of America affiliated with the national organ- ization. There were at that time approxi- mately 82,000 members, in 3500 local chap- ters. The Future Farmers of America is a non-profit corporation designed to reorganize and develop tendencies to organize into “granges” or groups and put enthusiasm and pleasure into work and recreation. By estab- lishing strong local chapters in each school where vocational agriculture is taught, an outlet for these instincts and tendencies is afforded by the vocational studies. The organization affords an excellent opportunity to teach the vocational student some of the fundamental principles of group leadership. The purposes for which this organization is formed are as follows: 1. To develop competent, aggressive, rural and agricultural leadership. 2. To strengthen the confidence of the farm boy in himself and his work. 3. To create more interest in the intelli- gent choice of farming occupations. 4. To create and nurture a love of country life. 5. To improve the rural homes and surroundings. 6. To encourage cooperative efforts a- mong students of vocational education in ag- riculture. 7. To promote and improve scholar- ship. 8. To advance the cause of vocational education in agriculture in public schools of United States and its possessions. —STEPHEN CIMINO

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21 THE TOOT Press Club Capitalizing on two years of existence as the student newspaper of Canastota High School, “We, the Pupils” ended a very suc- cessful journalistic season during the latter part of May. Under the leadership of Char- les Borgognoni as editor-in-chief, Audrey Near, assistant editor, and Mrs. Tornatore who again served as advisor, the student newspaper gained even greater heights than was achieved by last year’s great newspaper. The first appearance of the newspaper was during the latter part of October. On November 3 and 4. “We the Pupils” became a member of the Empire State School Press Association at the convention held at Syra- cuse University. Four members of the CHS Press Club acted as CHS delegates to the said convention. On November 4, our editor was one of the five chosen to speak over WFBL as part of the convention program. By their attendance at the convention, “We the Pupils” profited very much. Upon returning, the delegates retold the helpful hints and aids they had obtained at the dif- ferent sessions. It was from this time to February that “We, the Pupils” appeared to C. H. S. students as an eight page mimeo- graphed newspaper published every two weeks. During February, “We, the Pupils” un- derwent another change. The newspaper was published every week on Friday mornings. At first the routine seemed hard and too la- borious but after several weeks, the staff buckled down and published weekly issues. The last issue of the paper proved to be a “real buy” for C. H. S. students. The paper consisted of over 15 sheets of news that had been printed on the newspaper’s sheets dur- ing the course of the school year. It was truly a grand finale to a grand newspaper which deserves the praise and glory of every student in Canastota High School. —THERESA GARAFOLA Baseball Under the coaching of William “Pinky” Schmidt, athletic instructor at the Canastota High School, the baseball team had a fairly good season winning 3 and losing 7. The team consisted of only two veter- ans of last season. The team started without any veteran pitcher but ended with two sea- soned ones “Ted Shirmer and “Louie” Cre- taro. The scores are as follows: C. H. S. 10 ....................Cazenovia 12 C. H. S. 15 .....................Sherrill 18 C. H. S. 2.....................Hamilton 8 C. H. S. 7 ... Oneida 12 C. H. S. G ... . Sherrill 5 C. H. S. 4 . . . Hamilton 12 C. H. S. 2 . . . C. H. S. 11 . . Chittenango 4 C. H. S. 9 . . . Chittenango 5 C. H. S. 3 . . . Chittenango 8 Lettermen are: Edward Cretaro, “Ted” Schirmer , “Al” New, Dewey Romonogli, Lou- ie Cretaro, Erny Cretaro, Frank Morano, Tony Eppolito, Don Phipps, Bill Stearns and Harry Galavotti. —WILLIAM STEARNS Mrs. Tornatore (annoyed ): “How do you “Why are you so late this morning, Mc- manage to make so much noise in the kitchen Nab?” Jennie?” “I squeezed the toothpaste too hard and Jennie: “Well, just try to break four plates it took me half an hour to get it back in the without making a noise.” tube”.

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2« THE TOOT K. E. Society We started off in a novel way this year by having a rush party so that we might be- come better acquainted with the rushees. It was a huge success with many likeable girls present. Eleven girls were taken into the So- ciety at the solemn initiation at the home of our president Mary Tibbits. We were well represented at the K. E. Convention by Frances Setticase, prize speak- er and Barbara Gleason, business manager. Frances brought honor to our society by win- ning second prize. Due to the fact that Miss Goff was un- able to continue as our advisor for a time, Miss Peters ably assisted us. During the Christmas holidays we held our annual ball with Helen Ely as chairman. Amid the streamers of blue and gold, the K. E. colors, many couples danced to the strains of Herb Dowd’s orchestra. It was a success in every way. Several candy and sandwich sales were held during the year for the purpose of rais- ing money. The first meeting of 1940 was held at Mary Tibbit’s home. The following officers were elected: President..........................Helen Ely Vice President .............Frances Setticase Recording Secretary............Doris Durfee Corresponding Secretary........LaVerna Fox Treasurer ...................Annie Morecroft Chaplain ..................Carmella Rinando The food sale which we sponsored in March was a grand success financially. Also a three cent supper was successfully held at the home of LaVerna Fox in the latter part of the month. The annual card party was held at a later date this year, being in March. Although not as successful as last year, about $15 was realized. We close now wishing the K. E. girls of next year as enjoyable a year as we have had this year. —JOAN and BETTY SMITH