Canastota High School - Toot Yearbook (Canastota, NY)

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THE TOOT 29 CLASS POEM I saw a message blurred the other day “The world’s door keys are knowledge”, so it said; A wise man’s words - by many but half read By others quite unnoted, thrown away. For this wide land, is ours and so is life, Each what we make it, nothing more or less. We have the chance, have we the willingness To fashion more of peace and less of strife? Diplomas which we work for with such care Are keys which open merely one small door. Let’s not stop here, for surely we must dare To try our best to open more and more Before us lies a future free and fair The riches of earth’s knowledge to explore. —MARY CHADICK CLASS MOTTO Amor patriae est nostra lex” CLASS FLOWER Daffodil CLASS COLORS Navy Blue and White

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28 THE TOOT A TYPICAL DAY IN C. H. S. 8:00—The rural students, in the “dawn’s early light”, run to catch those com- fortable vehicles that whisk them a- way to school. 8:25—The first bell rings, to the dismay of Romeo, calling the students to their home room for roll call. 8:29—Jerry Haines runs into study hall and is amazed to find that he has a min- ute to spare. 8:30—The second bell rings and classes be- gin. The majority of Seniors are in study hall first period, hurrying to finish the lessons that just didn”t get done the night before. 8:45—Mary Chadick at school. Train sched- ules, school schedules and home schedules seem to conflict. 9:00—The Bargabos brothers prance in with their pink slips showing compli- ments of Mac’s office. 9:10—Second period begins and half of the Seniors hurriedly glance at the “Ob- server” before going to Social Stud- ies class newspaper test. The other portion of the class hurry to English class. 9:30—In Social Studies a heated debate is in progress over some timely topic. The less interested members of the class amuse themselves with throw- ing paper wads. Above the commo- tion, Miss Mackey can be heard say- ing, “The assignment for tomorrow is to read three chapters in the text- book and write a book on China.” Meanwhile across the hall in Eng- lish class, the other portion of the Senior class manage to appear inter- ested in the poem Miss Clines is read- ing, while George catches up on his sleep. (The morning after the night before.) 9:50—Finds the mathematicians in Trig- onometry. 10:40—The Seniors who went to Social Stud- ies second period now go to English and vice versa. If there is to be a vo- cabulary test the English students hurriedly return the borrowed Di- gests to their rightful owners. It takes a long time to look up thirty words in a dictionary. In Social Studies class Jerry Hain- es tries to prove to Miss Mackey that she is wrong. 11:30—Finds many of the Seniors hurrying to chemistry class. To the dismay of the rest of the students it is “Lab- Day”, when anything can happen. 11:40—The silence is interrupted by a terri- fic explosion. When the debris and smoke have finally settled, we dis- cover that Antone has blown up a hy- drogen generator. Air and hydrogen just don’t mix. 12:00—The masterminds in Miss Powers Study Hall are working ovei'time— but not on their lessons. They are concocting ingenious schemes, which if successful, will enable them to pur- chase their lunches early. 12:10—All eyes are on the clock and every- one is ready to run when the 12:15 bell rings. 12:15—They’re off! The mad rush for the cafeteria is on. The slogan seems to be “A friend in the lead is a friend indeed” because those who lose out in in the race find friends who let them in line. 12:30—The “lovebirds” pair off on the bal- cony while Miss Dominy puts the finger on the sly little chorus mem- bers who would like to play ball or go uptown. 12:59—Miss Powers chases Bill Caldwell out of her room. 1:00—Afternoon classes begin. The boys who have been playing baseball dash into the study hall to be late for roll call and are invited to one of Mr. McLean’s famous “math parties.” 1:15—The silence is broken by the thun- erous voice of Miss Dunn as she or- (Continued on page 52)

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