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

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ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION The Athletic Association, which was first organized in 1918, is still main- tained under its original constitution. This association is organized every year for the purpose of giving support to our athletics. All students are represented in a council which is chosen twice annually and of which Professor Elden is chairman. The members of the council for last semester were: Seniors..................Sidney Luce and Walter Mercer Juniors.........Frank Harrington and Wallace Smallwood Sophomores..............................Burton Frawlcy Freshmen..................................Barbara Gere Soon after the association was organized last September a meeting was held for the purpose of electing officers for the football and basketball seasons. Those elected for football were: Manager, Wallace Smallwood; assistant manager, Robert Birney; Cheerleaders, James Bishop and .......... Basketball officials were: Girls’ manager, Helen Stryker; assistant man- ager, Frances Weeks; boys’ manager, Walter Mercer; assistant manager, Frank Harrington. After the basketball season a new council was elected as follows: Seniors.................Merton Brad way, Richard Decker Juniors.......................David Clary, Carl Donahue Sophomores............................Victor Milkowski Freshmen.................................Ralph Bradway At a meeting held the first of April, the following officers were chosen for the baseball season: Manager, Walter Mercer; assistant manager, David Dillenbeck. Because, undoubtedly, of the fine example set by the Seniors, the associa- tion has a large membership for this year. RICHARD DECKER. ATHLETIC BANQUET This year’s Athletic Banquet was a great success. It was held on Decem- ber 18. Only Senior high school students, alumni, and faculty were eligible to attend. The dinner, served by the ladies of the Methodist Church, was followed by the usual toasts. Charles O'Brien as toastmaster, his usual job, gave a few “warming up” remarks and then introduced Dr. Kratzer, the president of the Board of Education. The featured speaker of the evening was Eric Faigle, Assistant Cross-Country Coach at Syracuse University. Other speakers were Coach Getman; Walter Mercer, representing the students, and Fritz Crego and Jack Kelly, Baldwinsville alumni from Cook Academy. After these speeches the block letters were awarded by Professor Elden. When the students and faculty had joined in singing the Alma Mater, everyone went upstairs, where music by the local talent, the Harmonics, in snappy syncopation, furnished plenty of pep for dancing until twelve. MARION KELLY. SENIOR BALL Speaking of successes, I think our Senior Ball this year was one of the biggest of the year. The committee in charge engaged the Grange Flail as a suitable place to hold it. Lee Ilotaling and his “Midnitc Suns” were chosen to furnrish the music for the great event and no better choice could have been made—with the exception, perhaps, of Guy Lombardo or Ted Lewis. The time was set for Friday, May 28th. The hall was very prettily deco- rated with the class colors, orchid and green. It was rather warm for dancing but after every dance the refreshment committee served very good punch to those who were suffering too much from the heat; so it really wasn’t so bad. After dancing until one A. M. we went home, happy over the fact that everyone had had a good time. If they hadn’t it was their own fault. HELEN PERKINS. 25

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SENIOR ACTIVITIES We opened our social year with a sleigh ride. Despite the lack of snow on the Smokcy Hollow road everybody had a marvelous time. Afterwards there were refreshments and dancing in the school library. On May 20th the class had a movie benefit in order to raise money for graduation expenses. Each member of the class had a street or two on which he made a house-to-house canvass with these tickets. In this way everybody was reached. We made forty-five dollars, which will help meet some of our expenses. MARION HUDSON. THE JOURNALISM CLUB The Journalism Club, recently formed, has been added to our list of school activities. This club aims to improve the “Crimson and White” by making it a more interesting and up-to-date school paper. In addition to editing the paper, the club is expected to promote a growing interest in Journalism. Everyone interested in Journalism is invited to become a member of the club. The officers of the Journalism Club are: President, Wallace Smallwood; vice-president, Kathryn Ryan; treasurer, Frank Harrington; secretary, Bur- ton Frawlcy. ROSALIE DANN 31. DRAMATICS This year has been a very successful year in dramatics. They have been carried on with great enthusiasm. A new plan has been adopted, which is that Miss Roth gives parts in plays, etc., to students. These plays are given during our assembly period and as exchange programs with other schools. The exchange programs were: “The Love of a Bonnet.” given at Skaneateles. The characters were: F. Weeks, M. Sadclmyer, H. Thompson, O. Hosmer, N. Kittel and M. Cook. Elizabeth Gere gave “The Highwayman.” At Marcellus the play “Bills” was presented. B. Heaton, F. Wilkinson and G. Hawley were the characters. A recitation, “A Sisterly Scheme,” was also given by Barbara Brown. “Box and Cox,” an Old English play, was taken to Solvay. Those who had parts in this play were E. Gere, C. Reddout and V. Milkowski. Other plays given in the assembly were: “Her Busy Day,” “Carrying Out a Theory,” given by the Junior High. In addition to this a very clever Marionette show was put on by E. Griffeth and M. J. Wells. Other events that have helped dramatics are the minstrels and prize speak- ing contests. VELMA COOK. ORCHESTRA The close of this semester marks the end of eight years of orchestra work in this school. Eight years ago Miss Roth organized the first Baldwinsville High School Orchestra, and since then, under her excellent training, the school has been furnished with good music for every occasion. In fact, since its organization the orchestra has played for every school entertainment and contest held in the high school auditorium, and for many others sponsored by outside organizations. Of course all of the best musicians were furnished by the Class of 1931 and the orchestra would be spoiled by our leaving if it were not for the lucky fact that Mrs. Hill has consented to let Miss Roth use several members of her band to fill the vacancies. (Mrs. Hill's band is made up of pupils in the first and second grades in grammar school.) The school orchestra has broadcast from Station WFBL. It is to be noted that the first broadcast was made hardly more than a year after the orchestra was organized. A fine tribute to Miss Roth’s ability, we might suggest. 27