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

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TO THE CLASS OF 1932 WITH everybody wishing us good luck and success, we can do nothing but complete our Senior year in HIGH. As with the other classes, so it is with ours. It is hard to break the bonds that bind us to the Alma Mater. We sincerely hope that the sentiment shown by the alumni will be ours also. We also wish never to forget the efforts of our parents, our teachers and the Board of Education in making our years in high school profitable and successful. Chester Kingsley. TO THE CLASS OF 1933 We regret that we will have to leave our home room in your possession, but we know that you will appreciate the honor which is bestowed upon you. If you enjoy your Senior year as much as we have enjoyed ours, we know that the class of ’33 will always remember it as the happiest year in high school. We, the class of 1932 wish you luck and lots of it, together with all the success that may be given to anyone. Olive Hosmer. TO THE CLASS OF 1934 To the class of 1934 we wish not only luck, but the courage to use their respective abilities; for unlike courage, luck is elusive and fails in the crisis. It is for them to see that they keep that courage, not only through the two more years of High School, but on into life, for, so those who know tell us, they will surely need it. Dorothy Kellicott. TO THE CLASS OF 1935 Lo and behold! In the near future you, who are beginning your new life in high school, will attain the coveted goal which we have won. Try hard to follow in the footsteps of the Senior Class of 1932 and all the classes before us. 1 here is your standard! Let no stone go unturned in executing the task that is laid before you. Our hope is the best of luck for your success. 10 Frederick Wilknison.

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honors at the 1931 Athletic Banquet when twelve of our boys received block letters for baseball, football and golf, and in assembly when sixteen boys and girls received block letters lor basketball, chess and checkers. One trick was taken by the honors won by our orchestra in the state sectional contest. Six seniors helped gain the tie place which we won in this contest. Mrs. Cussler, our Culbertson, has taught us some of the rules and finer points and we have profited by her advice, especially during ihe last hand. We did not take the game too seriously. The social and athletic events in which we took part made our studies more bearable and we are justly proud of our regents' average list which is dependent upon the efficient work of our teachers. “Thus endeth the first lesson.” Mary Jane Davis. TO THE SENIOR ANNUAL (With Apologies) Reams of work, teams of work Bales of work before them; Piles of work, miles of work, Hovering o’er them. Forward each lad and maid. Onward, nor be afraid! Vanqish the grim tirade, Blanch not before them! Forward with Staff arrayed. Was there a one dismayed Not though he knew full well What lay before him. Their’s not to reason why Their’s not to make reply Their’s but to do or die, So in the thickest fray, Dauntless we found them. Swift flashed their pens in air, Not a one did despair, Nor wavered nor faltered. Straight to their task they went, Steadfast on victory bent. Not one repiner. Swiftly their work was done, Nobly they fought and won, Witness their year book—none Could be finer. When can their glory fade Oh, the success they made! None of them blundered. Nobly their parts they played Nobly their work essayed— All the school wondered. 9 C. Muldoon.

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CLASS WILL We, the class of 1932, having completed our allotted number of years in high school, are about to depart, hence into the great Unknown. Upon taking a careful inventory of our talents and virtues, we find ourselves in possession of many things which it is our pleasure this evening to bestow upon those who will appreciate them most. Being of what we think sound mind and memory, we do therefore make, ordain, publish and declare this, to be our last will and testament. By it we do give, devise and bequeath upon those supremely fortunate individuals the things we have acquired during our school life. First, we leave to the students in the Junior class that greatest gift of all, the right to take our places when we leave. We hope and pray they will be awed by this sacred privilege, which includes the right to sit in Room 10 7 and to hang their coats in the cloakhall. (We want everyone to understand that when we give, we give all). Secondly, on behalf of all the other students in high school we leave to Mr. Elden a pair of very squeaky shoes which we hope he will always wear to warn pupils of his approach. Following are the bequests certain generous Seniors wish to make: 1. Nellie Lee Kittell leaves her majestic stride to Charles English. 2. Claude Emerson leaves his negro dialect and his dog, “Clem ', to Beezie Smallwood. 3. Laura Dickenson bestows upon Grace Hamlin her adorable sneeze. We know Grace will be simply delighted. 4. Jack Shea and Edward Stevenson together are willing their surplus stature to “Little John” Goodspeed. 5. Oscar Lavoie has agreed to share his extensive knowledge of History with Maud Marvin. 6. David Clary says he's not going to leave anything, thus living up to his reputation of being the stingiest Senior. 7. Clayton Reddout is having one of his pictures enlarged to present to Mr. Getman. 8. Adele Jones leaves her newly acquired permanent to Mary Jane Harrington. 9. Helen Perkins and Winston Baker leave ........ together. 10. Wallace Smallwood bequeaths to Gus Rowe his basketball prowess. 11. Jean Miller leaves her shy and quiet manner to Paul Bogdanoff. 12. Edward Hyle leaves Mary. 13. Mary Jane Davis leaves her stately grace to Glenna Connell. 14. Jane Henderson and Leila Smith, our up and coming opera stars leave their voices to Helen Cunliffe and Amelia Golden. 15. Frederick Wilkinson leaves his toothsome smile to Jay Mercer. 16. Virginia Van Wie has graciously decided to bestow upon Barbara Gere, her much used vanity case. 17. Josephine Connell was on the verge of willing her irresistable giggle, but Johnnie came along and she changed her mind. 18. Ed. Widger bequeaths to future checker players, his facial expression. 19. Elizabeth Walter wills her Pontiac to the school to be used for transporting teachers to and from the campus. 20. Arthur Davis leaves his train announcer voice to Frederick Widmer. 21. John Paddock bequeaths his stacks of tardy passes to Faith Storm. 22. Dorothy Kelljcott and Catherine Muldoon leave their combined artistic ability to David Dillenbeck. He cannot but profit by it. 11