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

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the Auditorium on May 21st. Nick! Cenci was awarded the first prize of $10 and Marie DeSerio the second prize of $5. The others having the honor of competing were Sanford Weeks and Norman Dristle. Altogether the year’s work in public speaking has been successful and very creditable to the school and those who took part in the various programs. H. E. ELDEN, Principal. QUESTIONAIRE FILLED OUT BY THE SENIOR CLASS 1. Average age. 18 years. 2. Average height, 5 feet 6 inches. 3. Favorite teacher, Miss Wormuth. 4. Favorite sport. Football. 5. What senior has done the most for B. H S., Alexander Jones. C. Do you approve of kissing, (Majority), Yes. 7. Who is most popular. Ruth Colling. 8. Who is most modest, Madora Plaisted. 9. Who is most brilliant, Helen Brown. 10. Most respected. Edna Catherine Moyer and Sanford White. 11. Least appreciated, Charles Klotz. 12. Handsomest boy, Kenneth Tice. 13. Thinks he is. Howard Eggleston and Kenneth Tice. 14. Prettiest girl. Margaret Smallwood. 15. Thinks she is, Katharine Coe. 16. Best student. Charles Klotz. 17. Busiest student, Elma DeLyne. IS. Laziest student. Howard Eggleston. 19. Biggest student. Louise VanDenburg. 20. Biggest politician. Helen Brown. 21. Best parlor athlete. Howard Eggleston. 22. Biggest bluffer. John Clark and Pierre Montague. 23. Nosiest student, Elma DeLyne. 24. Wittiest student. Herbert Klein. 25. Most original. Charles Ilebblethwaite. 26. Craziest student, Adria Gaylord and Herbert Klein. 27. Nicest student, Ruth Osborn. 28. Class “Hard Guy, ’ Howard Eggleston. 29. Nerviest student. Pierre Montague and DeForrest Beers. 30. Best natured, Herbert Klein. 31. Most reliable, Luella McQuaid, Charles Heaton and Tom Comer- ford. 32. Most likely to succeed, Sanford Weeks. 33. Most unreliable, Edith Spongier, Theodore Vader and Ella Cole. 34. Most likely bachelor, Charles Ilebblethwaite. 35. Hardest teacher to bluff. Miss Wormuth. 36. Easiest teacher to bluff, Miss Laurence. 37. Best athlete, Pierre Montague. 38. Best joker. Herbert Klein. 22

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One of the Club’s members won first prize at the local and county prize speaking contests. Members of our club sang at the local contest and also the circle at the time of the minstrels was comprised wholly of the girls from the special chorus. Because of the fact that Miss Elizabeth Roth, assisted by Miss Bridge, has been our instructor, the Glee Club has had a most profitable year. We wish to thank them both for their interest and assistance. We who are about to graduate will feel the loss of such an organization in our lives but we sincerely hope that the coming year will be as great a success if not greater than the past years. RUTH OSBORN. PUBLIC SPEAKING During the year 1925-26 Baldwinsville Academy continued its inter- est in various forms of public speaking and won several victories in in- terscholastic contests. At assemblies and at public school entertainments various students took parts which did much toward the enjoyment of the audiences and gave the participants valuable training for future public appearances. Being challenged by Jordan High School to debate the question: Resolved, That Capital Punishment Should Be Abolished, a team was prepared to uphold the negative side of the subject. On March 12th the Jordan team came to Baldwinsville and an interesting debate was held. Baldwlnsville’s speakers were Helen Brown, Marie DeSerio. Sanford Weeks and Virginia Conklin. Their arguments and method of presen- tation were so strong that the judges gave a unanimous decision for the negative. The Bigelow Prize contest was held April 30th with five girls and five boys taking part. Sanford Weeks, speaking “Spartacus Address to the Gladiators, ’ was given first place with Sydney Cooper second and Richard Sears third. As Sanford Weeks had already been a winner in the contest, he was not eligible for the Bigelow prize, his reward being the honor of representing the school in the County Contest, while the Bigelow- prizes went to the boys placed second and third. For the girls, Ellen W’ilkinson was awarded first place, her selection being “Ole Mistis,” while Virginia Conklin was second and Evelyn Baker third. Virginia Conklin was a previous first prize winner and therefore ineligible, the second prize going to Evelyn Baker. The Western Section League Championship was won by Ellen Wil- kinson, competing at Warners against five other high school representa- tives in the sectional contest held May 7th. This brings another cham- pionship cup to Baldwinsville. Sanford Weeks was a close contender for first place at Solvay in the League contest for boys held May 14th. He was aw-arded second honors, the first prize going to Solvay's representa- tive. The American Legion conducted an essay and declamation contest during the latter part of the year, each student of the high school writing an essay on the general subject of the American Legion. The four essays judged to bo the best were delivered at a public meeting held in 21

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