Celoron High School - Sentinel Yearbook (Celoron, NY)

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THE PIONEER-Nineteen Thirty-one PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS In behalf of the Class of '31, I wish to welcome every parent and friend who is present at these exercises tonight. This is an occasion that each individual of the class has been anticipating with pleasure during the whole year. We have been anticipating it, yes, but we have failed to realize before just what it would mean in our lives. Now we begin to sense that commencement is a sort of stepping stone from one era in our lives to another. It marks the ending of our old career and the beginning of a new one. However interesting these ensuing careers may be, I know that each of us is going to find it just a little bit hard to end our school days in dear old Celoron High. There is nothing which can take their place and there are no memories which can ever gain precedence over the ones which we carry away with us as we leave this school for the last time. Opinions change very much! A year or so ago, many of us scoffed at the idea of be- ing sorry to leave school. We felt that some days were drudgery and it would be a fine thing to have it end. We were sure we'd have no regrets. Now that graduation is so near, perhaps we may give a word of advice to the underclassmen, the juniors especially. We hope they will enjoy their school days to the fullest extent, making the most of them. Once again in the name of the Class of 1931, I wish to welcome our parents, teach- ers, and friends. ' AUTUMN BOARDMAN Class of '31 PRESENTATION OF KEY OF KNOWLEDGE In the name of the Senior Class of 1931, I herewith present the Key of Knowl- edge. We hope that it will guide you to great achievements during the coming year. This key was presented to us by last year's Senior president, who conferred upon us a great favor in the giving of it. Whether or not it has served us well, you may judge for yourselves by the records which we have made. If we have, in your estimation, im- proved any since our junior year, you may be sure that it was due to the good influence of this key of knowledge. We are sure that we could not have survived without it. Let us hope that it will serve you as well as it has served us. When you feel perplexed over some rather deep problem, you have only to glance at this key and the matter will be solved at once. u We, therefore, present to you this key, instructing you to keep it only through your Senior year, use it wisely and often, and present it to the Senior Class which will take your place next year at this time. AUTUMN BOARDMAN U61

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THE PIONEER-Nineteen Thirly-one mencement of a new phase of our life-new, we hope, and more interesting than before. Our experience in this school is invaluable, and we will treasure our memories which we carry away. And now, I must say farewell, friends, in the name of the Class of '51, AUTUMN BOARDMAN Class of '31 SALUTATORY Parents, faculty and friends: It is, indeed, a pleasure to have you here with us to- night. Since this in all probability the last program that will be given by this group as a class, it is our utmost desire that you enjoy it as much as we have enjoyed preparing it for you. As we continue with our program tonight, dear friends, it probably will bring back a memory, to some of you, of the day when you too passed through a similar experience. You may not have had the many modern conveniences nor such a beautiful new school when you graduated but, nevertheless, whether you held your commencement exercises in a little red school or in a large city high school, graduation must have seemed just as important an epoch in your lives then as it does in ours now. We feel that we have reached the first and easiest goal of our lives and that we are on the verge of entering into a new and strange experience-that of depending entirely upon ourselves to succeed or fail. Up to this time we have had the counsel and advice of the faculty who have never failed to give us advice and encouragement if we sought it. Often when we have been on the brink of despair, a word of encouragement has given us new zeal with which to continue on the road to success. We want the faculty to know that we realize hat they have done for us during our high school career and also to know that we appreciate their interest and kindness. Then, too, we wish to thank our parents and friends for all they have done to make it possible for us to be here welcoming you tonight. We have spent four long, yet seemingly short, years of laborious studying to gain this achievement which is ours. We are happy because we have accomplished that which as been our greatest desire, yet we are loath to leave the friends we have made here and also the teachers. We realize that after tonight circumstances must change somewhat. Although we shall endeavor to cherish the same feelinge for our former classmates, we shall of necessity be dependent upon ourselves and shall be more engrossed in our own welfare than we hitherto have been. Whether we go on to college or any other school we realize that no other graduation will seem so important as does this one. That is why, parents, faculty and friends, it gives us such great pleasure to welcome you here. We want you to know that the class of 1931 heartily appreciates your presence. FLORENCE JOHNSON Class of '31 l15l

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THE PIONEER-Nineteen Thirty-one PROPHECY It has been thirty years since those seven youngsters ended their high school careers at that memorable Celoron High School. It was only yesterday wen I was feeling rather meditative that I decided to take a spin in my friend's little model airplane. This is in Pittsburgh where I have been living as a perennial bachelor since I left school. It wasn't long before I found myself flying over Union City, and following an urge, I headed for that little section of Jamestown which was once called Celoron. Airplanes still carry their own fuel and as luck would have it, I found my supply exhausted right between Bus- ti and my destination. As it was, I made a quick forced landing, swooping down right into a farm yard of chickens which had innocently been devouring their daily sour milk. Amid the flying feathers, terrified chicks and howling hounds I clambered out to be confronted by an enormous ferocious looking farmer before whom I quietly wilted. just as he was about to grasp me by the collar, his sweet wife stepped out and reproved him with a quiet, Now, john. It was no other than Florence johnson, my old school mate. She easily held him back while I offered my apology and explained the situation. It ending up by my promising him a ride in my plane after supper. This made him very excited and showed what a lovable fellow he really was. What a supper we had! There was everything imaginable from heaps of chicken fricasee to sparkling old fashioned hard cider and pumpkin pie. just as I was loosening my belt to enjoy the last morsel of my third helping of pie, the tranquility of the scene was rudely broken by the noisy wheezes of an ancient roadster coughing violently as it ascended the driveway. That must be Marian, remarked Florence, and she was right, for presently in stamped the blustering Miss Quist, raving about the way Harold Marsh conducts his flourishing banking busi- iness. fYou see, she is Harold's head secretaryj. At first she didn't recognize me, but after the heat of her exertions had subsided she took time to notice who I was and be- came very fluent in her exclamations of pleasure and surprise. As usual she was raking everyone over the coals, discussing their affairs pro and con and so it was that I learned the past fate of my former school mates. Imagine Bill Adams with a gigantic hooked nose, long curly white hair and an enor- mous wad in one cheek as he putters around in his laboratory. You see, he made his for- tune long ago in politics and hazardous business ventures. Most people are rather afraid of him now because he knows so much. He lives with little Myra whom he has con- siderably subdued. Their home is Alling's old place which has the whole back part con- verted into an experimental factory. Right now they say he is working on perpetual mo- tion, mind reading and the materialistic qualities of ghosts. Between his work and his quarrels with his wife concerning her lack of economy, he has only a short time to sleep and eat. Now and then he relates to one of his nine children how he and Mr. Schrader used to keep the old school in hand. This of course appeals to the imagination of his family who are just as wild and unruly or even worse than he was in his silly moments. Manley Lown finally discovered the alluring charms of Miss Autumn Boardman and she succumbed with due dignity to his ardent love making, by agreeing to undertake together the trials of a married life. Success dogged the heels of the ambitious Manley and he now holds a commanding position in the Amidon Furniture Company while his U71