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

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FACULTY 1931

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EDITORIAL One of the ultimate results in reaching the goal of graduation, is our in- creased ability to THINK—think clearly, logically, seriously and in a worth- while direction. Each year of high school has furthered and developed us, in this comparatively unfamiliar yet extremely necessary branch of our education. We may have previously imagined that we have seriously pondered on certain subjects but in reality our minds have not been capable of it. Now, we are at the first stage of our mental growth, when it is absolutely essential that we Think and Think well—what the next step of our life shall be and how we can profit by it. A little serious thinking isn’t going to hurt or injure any of us, in fact it can help to an unbelievable extent. Class of 1931—start THINKING. It means Success or Failure. Let’s make our class come down in posterity as successfully, as clear thinking, as victorious as we have proven ourselves to be in high school. THINK! TO THE CLASS OF 1931 After all the good luck and hopes for success left to us. we should be traitors to a trust if we didn’t complete our Senior year with a few laurels, and 1 think we have. The return of the alumni to the school on their vacations bears eloquent testimony of how hard it is to sever the bonds which bind us to the Alma Mater. We sincerely hope that the same sentiment shown by the alumni will be with us also. We also earnestly desire never to forget the efforts of our teachers in making our years in high school profitable and successful. SIDNEY LUCE. TO THE CLASS OF 1932 You are nearing the end of your high school days and we wish you lots of luck for your remaining year. We leave 107 and all our teachers in your care. Make the most of your opportunities! MARION SADELMYER. TO THE CLASS OF 1933 We as Seniors of the Class of 1931 have reached our first goal. It has not always been easy, but it is worth the efforts we put forth. We wish you good luck as you follow us and in 1933 may you all gain the same goal that we as the Class of 1931 have reached. MARTE LAWRENCE. TO THE CLASS OF 1934 Hail to the Class of 1934! Already great talent has shown itself among them. They little realize now. what it means to be a Baldwinsville Senior but when they learn that they are the example of the under-classes they’will gradually acquire that decorum which is essential to people upon whom the conduct of any group depends. We trust, however, that they will uphold the honor of B. H. S. Seniors as high as we have and the preceding classes. Leaving them thus, in the hands of their teachers, we wish them the best of luck. CHARLES DE LYNE. CLASS HISTORY Among the most important world histories must stand always the annals of the Class of 1931, Baldwinsville Academy. It will become, in future years a document second in importance only to the Declaration of Independence the Constitution of the United States of America, the Magna Charta and the Ten Commandments. 5

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Its value will lie in the light it throws upon the early lives of several of the prominent people of the United States. For who knows what poets, states- men, or financiers lie hidden in this class? So we have endeavored to tell you what we know of us. The Class Roll shows our achievements; the Will, our foibles; the Prophecy, ti e promise of our future. What impression we have left upon the school is told in accounts of athletics, speaking contests, debates, journalism and plays. So we have set down our accomplishments thus far, and our hopes for the future. There is no need for the Class History which has always been a part of the Annual. The Lyre in itself is a history—and a promise. BARBARA BROWN. SENIOR PLAY—STORY OF THE PLAY The first scene of ‘ Clarence,” which was written by Booth Tarkington, is laid in the office of Mr. Wheeler. His secretary, Mrs. Martyn, shows his rela- tions with the various persons in his family who enter his office during the course of the morning. The hero of the play. Clarence, enters, looking for a position. He is an ex-soldier whose liver is not at its best. Without intending to, he hears the whole family quarrel, and when Mr. Wheeler learns this, disgusted with the hysterics his wife and daughter have been indulging in, he finds a place for him at his house—‘‘because he can drive mules without swearing.” The next three scenes take place in the Wheelers’ home. Della and Din- widdie, two servants in the household, add some of the humor to the situa- tion. Mr. Stem, Cora’s not so suppressed desire, comes to talk to Violet while Clarence is tuning the piano, which quite upsets Mr. Stem's speech. Clarence can also play the saxophone, and his playing seems to put everyone in a more amiable mood. Both Cora and Della fall in love with him, as does Violet, although she will not admit this. Mr. Stem brings the play to a crisis by declaring that Clarence, whose last name no one is sure of, is sought both by the War Department and his divorced wife, who is seeking alimony. Clarence clears up this mystery concerning his identity by proving that lie is Clarence Smith, Doctor of Science, listed in Who’s Who. Violet promises to marry him. Cora refuses to say good-bye to them, but relents at the last moment and the curtain falls as she sits down, not weeping, but saying reproachfully and lovingly, “Oh, Clarence!” The players in the order of their appearance are as follows: Mrs. Martyn...............................Alice Hayes Mr. Wheeler ......................................Carl Connell Mrs. Wheeler..................................Elizabeth Gere Bobby Wheeler...................................Richard Decker Cora Wheeler....................................Barbara Brown Violet Pinncy.............................Helen Stryker Clarence.................................Walter Mercer Della.............................Henrietta Thompson Dinwiddie................................Edward Hawley Hubert Stem..............................George Hawley ALICE HAYES. 7