Charles W Baker High School - Lyre Yearbook (Baldwinsville, NY)

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wills his gift of “gab” to Carl Hofmann. 7. Alada McHale, widely known for her power to keep still through all the days of her High School career, wills her love of orange and green and her great gift of silence to Evelyn 'Smith. 8. Ruth Warren, who lately has- been thinking of petitioning the Board of Education to ask them to build a pair of back-stairs (Baxter) although she already has one which ought to answer all purposes, wills her power to run away and Hyde to Ethel Preston. 9. Olivia Moyer, known throughout the world for her great stage presence and her great mental gifts—you have often heard that she never forgets Be Line, wills her life of Gayetty to Ellen McDermott. 10. Barton Meays while acting as cheerleader gave us the long rah yell. After we had all ceased yelling Barton forgot himself, ne kept on yelling Cla-rah, ‘Cla-rah, Cla-rah. Barton, however, wills that famous front seat in the study hall to James Gifford. 11. Neil Adsit, who has won fame and renown in the athletic world, bequeaths to Gordon Gayetty his charming smile which has cheered so many during his course. Lastly, e do hereby appoint the Faculty of the Baldwinsville High School, executors of this Our Last Will and Testament, hereby revoking all •former Wills made. CLEMADEAN REID. THE 1921 BASEBALL TEAM At the beginning of the 1921 baseball season an Onondaga County Baseball League was formed, composed of the following high schools: Baldwinsville, Skaneateles, hast Syracuse, Marcellus, Solvay. Jnmesville, Onondaga Valley, and Minoa. Seven games were played by each team. Besides these teams, Baldwinsville played games with Phoenix and Ly- sander High Schools and Travis Preparatory School. The pitching and batting of the team was good considering the fact that many of the players had never played high s'chooi uaseball before. The heavy hitter of the season was Catcher Kingsley, playing his first year of baseball for B. H. S. David Veeder, Neil Adsit, Ernest Reed and Charles Young, all did honorable duty on the hurling mound. The infield was well taken care of by Cecil Gayetty, James Fuess, Richard Loveless, Arthur Fel- lows and James Gifford. Clifford Dunham, Arthur Weldon, Claud Duffy and William Giddings held down the outfield berths all season. FOOTBALL FOR 1920 The 1920 football team experienced a difficult and unsuccessful season. A very'hard schedule of ten games was played. The team was one of the lightest that has represented Baldwinsville in many years. Nearly all the games were played in rainstorms or on snow covered fields and at no time of the season was the full strength of the team represented on the playing field, many players being kept on the sidelines on account of injuries. In the middle of the season the team lost its captain and star player, Barton Meays. u The 1921 team is expected to have a banner season as nearly all the players of last fall's team expect to return to school. At the Athletic Banquet, held in February, block letters were awarded to the members of the team by Professor Elden. Those who received block 3

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what’s she got to smile over. Well of all things, it’s our own little optimist. Mary Sears. ’Member Mary used to say, “Oh, don’t feel blue lust ’cause you’re down in the mouth, Jonah came out all right?” Why, who can this distinguished looking gentleman be. He looks like a minister and—of all things it’s Claude Duffy. Now I see Edwin Deline. He is a noted “fizzician”. Where, did you say? I’m afraid I can’t answer that question for you—the name of the soda fountain isn’t very distinct. Here’s Virginia Vosburg. She’s just starting out in her airship to give a vaudeville performance in Mars. Oh, well, she always was crazy about height anyway. And now I see Barton, surrounded by a crowd of girls as usual. I don’t suppose it's necessary to tell you he run6 a beauty parlor now. Why, here’s Alada, teaching music just as I expected. But there must be something wrong with her eyes, she’s wearing black glasses. Oh, now I see the trouble, she has a young man in her eye. Don’t look so surprised and don’t think this crystal is lying, even if you have heard her say, “Beg pardon, did some one mention boys? Oh, speaking of boys reminds me.. Don’t you just hate spiders and toads and lizards—horrible things!” clara McCarthy. LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT We, the graduating class of 1921, of the Baldwinsville Academy, being of s und mind and memory, and knowing that our last moments in B. H. S. are very rapidly approaching, do hereby make, publish, and declare this to be our Last Will and Testament, that is to say: First—We direct that all our just debts and graduation expenses be paid. Second—We bequeath to dear B. H. S. our beloved Alma Mater, where we have experienced many pleasant hours, trying situations before the ♦faculty and many undue punishments because of our lack of skill in not getting away with things, our best wishes for the future improvement of B. H. S. Third—To the faculty, “Our Guardian Angels,” we leave our heartfelt sympathy for the many hours they have spent suffering with us. Fourth—To the student body, our inferiors, we bequeath those cherished back seats, our high marks and our rules for exemplary conduct to be used .accordingly. To the following pieces of humanity we bequeath as follows: 1. Flossie Freer, who just recently decided to return to High School next year in order to retake Physical Geography and learn more about a Brooks bank wills her Marcelle waver to Alma Weeks. 2. Virginia Vosburg, who is one of our great musical personages, be- stows her surplus height on Frances Mawhinney. 3. Edwin Deline, who proves that the proverb, “Absence makes the .narks grow rounder,” wills his Dodge to Shirley Wormouth, in order that he may buy a new Moyer. 4. Mary Sears, our star actress, wills her virtues, punctuality and spas- modic attendance to Roswell Horner. 5. Clara McCarthy, who is desirous of becoming the rival of that Red Cross nurse, Clara Barton, bestows upon Vera Gates her powder puff and mirror. 6. Claude Duffy, the ever faithful captain of the famous baseball team of 1921, known throughout town for the wonderful games it has played.

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