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

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EDITORIAL Following the precedent established by former graduating classes we have endeavored to publish this Senior Issue, better known as the “Lyre,” of which not only we, but also the entire school can be proud. We leave it to you to decide whether or not we have succeeded. Being the largest class that has ever graduated from B. H. S. and the second class to graduate from our new temple of knowledge we con- sider ourselves worthy of being the “leaders of the school,” as we are known by the other classes. We hope that you will recognize us as such when you have finished reading this paper and have learned of the var- ious activities in which the seniors have taken the leading parts. We wish there was some way in which we could show our apprecia- tion for the people who made our new school possible, thereby giving us a better chance to compete with other schools, not only on athletics but also in other ways such as prize speaking, etc. Had it not been for our auditorium, which our new school provided, we could not have hoped to have such a fine orchestra as we now have, nor could the minstrel shows have been staged with such great success. We believe that you, w'ho have been present at the various entertainments, have been greatly pleased with the results. We hope that succeeding classes will continue to publish an annual such as preceding classes have done. BRUCE ROOT. CLASS PLAY TITLE: “LET’S ALL GET MARRIED.” CAST: Professor Maxwell Carrington, with a reputation for mathematics.................Francis Carroll Ethel Carrington, his sister who has a sweet secret...................Isabel Mills Miss Laura Plum, his devoted aunt .................................Margery VanW’ie Majorie Miller, his dear but distant cousin.....................Catherine Cronin Goldie McGrath, his very competent stenographer.....................Martha Crook Everett Payne, the family lawyer...................................Lester Schaff Rev. Ben. Morris, of excellent intentions.........................James Belknap Dick Havens, an irresponsible undergraduate........................John Miller Jack Foster, who shares Ethel’s secret.......................Robert Turner Biggs, a very satisfactory butler.......................DeForrest Beers 2

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President . . . Vice-President Secretary . . . Treasurer . . . Valedictorian Salutatorian . CLASS OFFICERS ............................ Francis Carroll ................................. Vera Rice .......................... Margery Van Wie ............................. Lester Schafft .......................... Mildred Blanchard ............................ Charles Heaton EDITORIAL STAFF Editor-in-chief ................................... Bruce Root Assistant Editor .............................. Dorothy Chapin Business Manager .................................. John Miller Class Colors—Old Rose and Silver. Class Flower—Rose. Published by the Senior Class of Baldwinsville High School, June. 1925 Price, 25 cents.

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STORY: Young Professor Carrington, who must marry at once or lose a for- tune, has quarreled with his finance, Marjorie. Jack Foster secretly en- gaged to Ethel, proposes that the Professor should marry his stenogra- pher, Goldie. The new engagement has just been announced when Mar- jorie returns. Her pride is wounded, she announces that she is also married. Jack Foster, falsely accused of being a burglar, saves himself by stating that he is Marjorie’s husband. When everybody and every- thing are in the worst possible tangle, it is Jack who saves the situation and everybody pairs off happily. FRANCIS CARROLL. THE CLASS OF 1925 Three years ago our class entered the old study-hall, shivering, half- afraid of Mr. Elden and the faculty. We took the seats given us in the front of the room, and perhaps it was because we were so near the front and because we were so afraid of the teachers—that—at the end of the first quarter, w had the back seats, showing that we had the best marks, for then we were seated according to our averages, the one with the highest average in the row getting the back seat. We stayed somewhere near the back for the rest of the year. By this time we were not afraid of any of our instructors—we had learned to love and respect each one. That was our first year in that old study-hall, and our last, for when we returned the next year—as—Sophomores—it had been made into several small rooms, one for each of the classes. Perhaps the reason for our success this year was the careful watching and training given us by Mrs. Prudhon, who had charge of our room. Last year again we had a change when we went into our new school building—this time to be under the care of Miss Tanner. This year we are the dignified Seniors of the school and the goal we have been working for—graduation from B. H. S.—is near. We have the honor of being the largest class yet to graduate from this school, and of course we are the best. Our motto, “We can—We will.” we will follow through life. And surely where there is determination, there is success. And now we bid good-bye to dear old B. H. S., trusting that she will train all future classes just as well as she has the class of 19 25. TO THE CLASS OF 1926 Belonging to this class are a number who should belong to our class—but who could not bear to leave the school this year, and so have decided to spend one more year in B. H. S. However, we hope they will not decide to spend still another year here. Even though this class takes from us the honor of being the largest class yet—we wish them well. 3