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

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EDITORIAL “Conquering and still to conquer.”—Our Motto. It has been recorded in detail well enough to let any historian kno v what the noble Senior Class of 1922 have conquered. The question now before our promising young class is what there is still for them to conquer. We hear the trumpet calling, but we know not in which division we belong. One member, however, is already setting out with an armor of smiles, besides a will of cast iron and other numerous implements of war- fare, to conquet some wonderful creatures called “kids.” We shall all fall in line eventually. Suddenly a firecracker goes off under our feet, and we think it is a meteor from Virginia or a bomb from Russia. How the little things of life make us tremble! Recovering from our fright, wfe see some of our old friends marching on through the battle of life. Some look as if they needed a rousing cheer, or “Backs to backs of benches, please.” Many seem to be using the most valuable tool in the wrorld, the human brain. They are building a bridge of firm foundations across their valley of dreams, pausing now' and then to consider seriously how to connect dreams with realities without crossing the bridge never to return. After our knapsack is packed and our gun is loaded, we must be sure to have an aim in life’s battle before pulling the trigger. WINIFRED HART. CLASS HISTORY Having left the Old World forever behind us in 1918—for such we then, as proud graduates from the Baldwinsville Grammar School, con- sidered ourselves—wre set sail as a band of Pilgrims bound for a new land. All summer long we wandered about, tossed hither and thither by the waves of opinion of our friends and advisors, as to what we should do and where we should go, whether to let the trials and joys of school life be forever a thing of the past, or to enter upon the more serious voyage of high school life. Some who were discouraged left us along the way; but most of us resolved at least to attempt the journey, leaving our future in the hands of fate. All questions concerning our course wrere settled in the meantime. The much-longed for and long dreaded day finally arrived w’hen we should be- gin our first day in the New World. We set out early to begin this first day successfully by getting possession of the abodes most sought for by all new- comers—the back seats. Some succeeded while others failed. Soon, how- ever, we were told that the back seats were reserved for those having the highest averages the previous year; therefore, we must take seats in the front of the room till we should have earned this honor. This was only a minor trouble, as we soon learned; and only one of our many plans to be destroyed that day. We then began to make out our schedules for the year, as a necessary task to be completed before we ex- plored unknown lands—the class rooms. After listening to much advice and many explanations and directions, we finally accomplished it; but not without much confusion caused by changing our previous plans because other “settlers” had failed to “move on” as a result of the fatal regents examinations. This difficulty overcome, our heads whirling with numberless directions, the location of various class rooms, and the laws of the new land, it having been announced that all classes would meet for a short time, we set out on our first trip of exploration. In our attempt to remember all the “don’t,” we forgot where we were going and how to get there. At a loss as to what 8

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CLASS OFFICERS President Vice-President Secretary . . . Treasurer .. . Valedictorian Salutatorian . . Clifford Tappan .... Mae Hencle . Bernice Reeves . William French Lena Belle Loope ...... Vera Gates EDITORIAL STAFF Editor-in-Chief ............................... Lena Belle Loope Associate Editors........John Reid, Vera Gates, Norma Wright Business Manager .................................... Vance Gates

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to do, we decided to follow some one ahead of us whom we knew to be bound for the same destination as we. But in the jostling, thronging crowd going in all directions, we were thrust aside and made to lose sight of our leader until we found ourselves floundering in an unknown wilder- ness. We struggled on. Finally we entered a class room where we looked about greatly dismayed to see no one we knew. The teacher set us right, and we reached our destination fully resolved to know where we were going next time, regardless of all “rules and regulations.” After many such experiences, we became accustomed to our new life and soon learned to break the rules, do what we should not do, and make ourselves regular nuisances. For further information, we refer you to any of our teachers. Thus the first and most exciting days of our high school life passed by and we became initiated freshmen of B. H. S. Freshmen: As freshmen girls, our first trouble came with initiation into the famous and renowned Glee Club. We were fully impressed as to the importance of the event by the constant reminders of the members, Again and again, we were told of the terrible punishments of those who broke the rules of this sacred society. We survived and soon began to enjoy terrifying others. Before the first baseball game, the freshmen boys were called out to roll the baseball diamond—the usual task of the freshmen. Sophomores: As sophomores, we began to share in the honors of our new land. One of our number was chosen to go to the Valley as the rep- resentative of our high school in the County Spelling Contest. Another was treasurer of the Athletic Council. And still another was on the vic- torious Girls’ Basketball team. Juniors: Having thus shown our ability at home, we extended our fame to other communities through several of our remarkable singers who took part in the successful cantata given in Oswego by our girls. This year we were represented in the Athletic Council by two members, one of whom was treasurer and the other secretary each term. The baseball manager—who, we were lately told by one who ought to know, was far superior in all things—was of our number. The victorious Girls’ Basket- ball team of this year also had several of our class on it. So, too, had the Boys’ Team. The speakers at the Athletic Banquet completed our laurels lor that year. Seniors: As Seniors, we gained similar honors on the governing body for athletics; one member being secretary each term. The Glee Club owed its 1922 success to three of our worthy members. We crowned our honor as speakers at the Athletic Banquet and at the Junior-Senior Banquet. We feel proud to say that we have representatives from almost every walk of life; one having already attempted matrimony, while still another is a ris- ing young banker. The latter, however, evidently believing in beginning at the foot of the ladder and working up, for he is now engaged, we notice, is carrying the bank’s mail to and from the post office daily. We have already delayed too long and must now leave dear old B. H. S. True to our name of Pilgrims, we must still wander further in quest of new honors. ELLEN McDERMOTT. GLEE CLUB ACTIVITIES (1921-1922) At the meeting of the Glee Club, which was held October 13, 1921, our worthy officers were elected. Three of this estimable group were Seniors. As they have all performed their duties with care and precision, we are pleased to extend to them our profound thanks. But we are sorry to say that our secretary left our number in February to embark upon a more favorable cruise upon the sea of matrimony,—a novice from Syracuse hav- ing volunteered his services as captain. 9