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

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PRIZE SPEAKING The Junior Prize Speaking Contest was held in the high school audi- torium on Friday evening, April 15, 1932. As a few more had tried out for the contest than usual the tryouts were much more interesting. Those who were judged best of those trying out were honored with speaking at the contest. Marion McCarthy with her recitation, “Tobe’s Monument” won first prize of the girls with Persis Hall, who recited ”As the Moon Arose,” as a close second. The declamation, “Story of Jean Desprez” won first honors for Jay Mercer; the second prize for the boys being won by William Bort whose selection was “The Bald Headed Man.” Others taking part in the contest included Dorothy Hotaling, Mildred Rich, Robert Hunter and Paul Powell. The judges of this contest were Mr. S. S. Kilkenny, Mr. W. E. Davis and Miss Marguerite Jones. The Senior High School tryouts, with only about one-half as many try- outs as last year, were held on Wednesday afternoon, March 22nd, the judges being Miss E. M. Roth, Miss P. Palmer, Miss I. Pike and Mr. H. E. Elden. The 4 girls who were judged best of the 16 trying out were Mar- garet Adsit, Mary Reddick, Barbara Gere and Frances Belknap; the four boys, Clayton Reddout, Burton Frawley, Charles Button and Bernard Fauler. The Bigelow Prize Speaking Contest was held on Frdiay evening, April 29th. The first honors were given to Barbara Gere, whose selection was “Annie O’Brien” and to Burton Frawley, who gave a selection from Daniel Webster's Address on Washington (1832) at the Centennial Anni- versary. The judges, Principal W. H. Powlesland of Syracuse, Mrs. J. C. Birdlebough, Phoenix, and Principal A. Y. Zogg, of Liverpool bestowed the second honors upon Margaret Adsit, whose recitation was “The Mallet’s Masterpiece” and to Clayton Reddout, who recited “Marc Anthony's Oration” by Shakespeare. Notable credit was given to Charles Button for his declamation on “The Foreign Policy of Washington,” Mary Reddick who recited “Ole Mistus”, Bernard Fauler whose selection was “National Honor” and Frances Belknap for her recitation, “The Rivals.” The two, Burton Frawley and Barbara Gere, who won the first prize of five dollars, were also entitled to represent Baldwinsville in the County Prize Speaking Contests. The Boy’s Contest was held at Jordan on Friday evening. May 6th, with our representative receiving the third prize. The Girl’s Contest was in our own auditorium on Friday evening, May 13th. Barbara Gere, who represented us, won second prize, the first prize being given Betty Campbell of Camillus. I’m sure that we feel proud of the students who are taking an interest in public speaking and hope that this fine work will be carried on through the coming years. Laura A. Dickinson. DRAMATICS This year we have had several very interesting plays given in our Assembly periods. Miss Roth, our director, has been untiring in her efforts to make these plays successful. “Squaring It With the Boss.” “The Trysting Place” and “The Two Bonny Castles” were among the plays given in assembly periods. At our Minstrel Show the play, “Her First Assignment” was presented. Characters were: F. Belknap. O. Hosmer, K. Ryan, E. Glass. M. Heagle, V. Van Wie, A. Mowins, E. Chaplin, L. Dickinson and M. J. Davis. “Whiskers” another play given at the Minstrel Show was later taken to Skaneateles and given in the assembly period there. Characters: W. Baker, N. Lee Kittell, M. Reddick, M. Parry, V. Milkowski, C. Reddout, M. Adsit, J. Henderson and C. Muldoon. 33 Jane Henderson.

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 THE ORCHESTRA io. The orchestra, under the direction of Miss Roth, started the year iy.n-.i2, with the line record of having won three consecutive first prizes m the annual County Orchestra Contest. Dining the first term, they were given the privilege of playing at the unondaga Hotel, not to broadcast as some hoped, but for the entertainment o the guests. Shortly after this, an invitation was received for us to play at the dedication of the Fabius High School, which invitation Miss Roth immediately accepted. )VitJ? l!lis fine rec0l'd, Miss Roth decided, that instead of entering the n?l.Lly pontfst’ t0 enter the State Contest. This idea also occurred to Miss in nieCJ°r,?f the East Syracuse orchestra, always our closest contender ! Contest. So as not to have all the orchestras playing at one lYim dlvlded int0 sections in which preliminaries would be m ’ tke tour best orchestras to compete in the contest. Baldwins- f V nracsue ind Johnson City were the class B orchestras to play forcing- n pS °? 22nd. Again East Syracuse was our nearest rival, contes? wA Vm ? flace with the local orchestra. On May 7th, the fina th® order nr at.11G Crouse College in Syracuse. East Syracuse reversed Creek a close second1 °U t,lis occasion winning first prize with Silver concert°llim °V 0f t,le contest we were invited to take part in a musical considered ™ » fordan ,on Fr day, the 13th. Although this is generally niadn le i, !'Cky day- u did not turn out so for the orchestra, who winsviile well represented!!SUa1, alone with the special chorus making Bald‘ still a Id e° and Hn''f,,0,!'‘c.h®stra did not win any prizes this year, they are uinish good music at every school entertainment. Jack Shea. 32

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THE JOURNALISM CLUB The Journalism Club, which has expanded to some extent, is now in its second year of existence. Meetings of the club are held every ednesc in the library during the twenty-minute period. The club's chief aim was do a creditable job of editing the school paper, “The Crimson and Win e- Through the cooperation of Mr. Davis, of The Gazette, the members wei taught how to write heads, news stories, and editorials. The club membership numbers about thirty. In January election officers resulted in the following: President, Frances Belknap: Vice dent, Sam Watson: Secretary, Josephine Connell, and Treasurer, David Clary. A new board of editors for the “Crimson and White was also ap- pointed. They are as follows: Editor-in-Chief, Elizabeth Walter: Managing Editor. Maurice Carroll: Literary Editor, Frances Belknap: News Editor, David Clary; Exchange Editor, Edward Stevenson, and Alumni bditoi, Nellie Lee Kittell. David Clary. TO THE ALMA MATER As the years roll on, and they surely will, You’ll be fondly enshrined in my memory still. And though I may wander unto far distant shore. My thoughts will turn back to my school-days of yore. C. Muldoon. 34