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

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THE COUNTY SPELLING CONTEST The county spelling contest will take place Friday, June 3rd, at the Baldwinsville High School. As each district is entitled to four representa- tives there will be twenty to compete. Miss Frances Burns, a sophomore, represents the High School, and Winifred Baxter, an eighth grader from the south side will represent the grammar school department. Many different ways of spelling the same words were found on the papers of the high school pupils. There were three county tests issued by the Superintendent of Schools, Mr. M. D. Green. The one missing the least number of words in the three tests would represent the school. Frances Burns missed ten words in the three tests', therefore she represents the High School. In like manner Winifred Baxter won the honor to compete with the other schools. A dictionary, as a prize, is offered the best speller in the high schools of the county. The person winning in the grammar department wins the right of competing in the spelling contest at the New York State Fair. FINAL POEM Our work is done, Each joke and pun Is now a part of history. And how we ever got it done Will e’er remain a mystery. Perhaps you think we handed you A trifle more than was your due, Perhaps you think that your fair name Was quite left off the .Scroll of Fame. But you were so great you know, Or else we slighted you because Your character was lacking flaws. Now either way you look at it, Put on the coat, it sure will fit. And so we won’t apologize Or linger to philosophize; You have our book, We’ve earned a rest, And anyhow we did our best. E. Deline. 15

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19—CLASS POEM—21 Through the four long years of High School, Some may have lingered more, Til now at last we leave the school, Never as students again to pass the door. } The familiar and well-remembered halls remain, Loved and cherished in our memory; With thoughts of sadness, we sing the last refrain, “Loyal to thee, Alma Mater, shall we always be.” As through the years to come and go, We shall look back and cease to wonder At our thoughts of leaving so; Familiar nooks and places without number. Still, how proud we are to boast Of our class’ most vaunted prowess, Of what we did and did the most, However, cutting classes, skipping school, we do confess. Class of 1921, most ambitious and respected, Turn their faces toward the setting sun; Watch with abated breath, hopes erected, Linger, for the answer sure to come. After all is said and done, Happiness, joy and pleasure come. “Proelium est purgum”—and won, Glory to the Class of 1921. Adsit '21. ALMA MATER Where the golden sunset mellow Tints the western sky, Proudly stands our Alma Mater On her hilltop high. CHORUS— Join the chorus, speed it onward, Loud her name we yell; Hail to thee, our Alma Mater, Hail! all hail B’ville. So she stands upon the campus Among the towering trees; Gently nature wafts her praises On the evening breeze. When the future years o’ertake us And we leave thy halls, We shall always love and cherish Days within thy walls. Loyal to thee, Alma Mater Shall we always be, And we’ll always keep forever Sweet thy memory. 14

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