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

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CHESS AND CHECKERS This is the fifth season of chess and checkers. Preceding teams have given a good account of themselves and. not to he outdone, this year’s team have given a good account of their ability along these respective lines. Much interest was lost in the games because of more attractive sports, but those who constituted the teams did not feel their time wasted. All games were closely played with the chess team having won two and losing one, and the checker team making close scores of all the matches. The following received insignias: Chess, George Sawyer, Charles English, Ora Hunter and John Mawhinney; Checkers, Frank Walters, George Sullivan, Oscar Westfall and Wilner Haas. —Oscar Westfall. PRIZE SPEAKING The third Annual Junior Prize Speaking Contest was held in the Ncadeniy Auditorium, Friday evening, April 7th. The eight contestants were: Elizabeth McCarthy, Helen McNeil, Mary Joyce Wells, Dorothy Storm, Louis Gettman, Charles Palmer, John Crego and Jack Bunny. Mary Joyce Wells and Louis Gettman won first prizes, while Dorothy Storm and Charles Palmer received second prizes. On Friday evening, April 28lli, the Bigelow Prize Speaking was held in the Academy Auditorium. The five girls were: Mary Reddick, Marion McCarthy. Helena Ferguson, Ellen Chaplain and Barbara Gere. Mary Reddick received first prize and Marion McCarthy won second prize. Miss Reddick made a creditable showing when she represented us in the county contest on May 5th. The four boys contesting were: Burton Frawley, Victor Milkowski, Richard Rury and Wallace Lampson. Burton Frawley was judged the best speaker. However, the fact that he won first prize last year barred him from receiving the first prize this year. Nevertheless, by winning first place it gave him the right to represent the Academy at the contest held in Ethridge May 12th. He received first, prize in this contest and brought back a silver loving cup. The first prize money for the local contest went to Victor Milkowski and second prize to Richard Rury. The coaches for these two contests were Miss Palmer for the Juniors, and Miss Roth and Mr. Elden for the Seniors. —Catherine Luke. ORCHESTRA The Orchestra began the season at a fast pace and has not faltered yet. On October 29, with the help of a special chorus, the Orchestra gave a musical pro- gram for the Dairymen’s League Convention at the Hotel Syracuse. They were on the air from 12:30 to 1 :(X) and gave an excellent interpretation of some of the most difficult symphony arrangements of well-known composers. November 18 the Orchestra gave a concert at the Goodwill Congregational Church in Syracuse. Besides the regular orchestral numbers there were several solos, duels, and cpiartets, a violin ensemble, directed by Mrs. Phoenix, and an English horn solo by Mr. Silvio Meneguzzo, accompanied by the Orchestra. The Orchestra, Glee Club and Dramatic Club joined forces on January 16th, and gave a program to raise money for the Welfare work Miss Roth is planning a concert for June in which the Orchestra shall present several new numbers. Besides the major accomplishments the Orchestra has played for: assembly, minstrels, Parent Teachers, Christmas exercises and Prize Speaking. The Academy Orchestra for this current year has agreed to not participate in any contests, hut rather arc planning to take a trip to the Adirondacks and there play at some hotels which will bring a splendid climax to a fine and successful season, and we wish the musical organizations of Baldwinsville Academy many more such fruitful seasons. —Marion Heaci.f,.

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TENNIS Tennis, although not sponsored by the school, is ushering in its fourth suc- cessful season, enjoyed by many of the students of the school and thus is prac- tically considered a part of the Academy sports program. It is in the form of a club and is headed by Richard Decker, who last year won the Interscholastic singles championship of Central New York. Haldwinsville Tennis Club boasts of having two of the first clay courts in New York State. '1 his year for the second consecutive time they are holding the invi- tation tournament for interscholastic players in Central New York. This tourna- ment will run for four days, namely, May 22, 2.1, 24 and 25. and will find most of the stars in that class participating and will find Richard Decker the defending champion, attempting to hold on to his title. Last year’s team won six out of the seven matches played, their sole defeat coming at the hands of a strong Binghamton outfit. I lie prospects for this year’s team looks equally as good, as it finds several experienced players back. The strong Manlius Military Academy team is to he met this year and will find six matches of singles being played. The boys who will probably play in this engage- ment are: Richard Decker, David Clary, Paul BugdanutT. Charles Cole, Burton Frawlev and Wilbur Smallwood. Robert Bemey is manager of this year’s tennis team and he has assured the boys of matches with the two strong teams representing Vocational High School of Syracuse and Skaneateles High School, along with several other matches. —Jack Dunham, MINSTRELS On February 17-18, the Baldwinsville Academy held its annual Minstrel Show. The combined work of Miss Roth, Miss Forrest and Mr. Elden made it a huge success. Two plays, “Pa’s New Housekeeper”, in which Burton Frawlev. Ellen Chaplin, Dalton Brooks, Charles Button, and Jane Doran cleverly played the roles assigned to them, and The Orange Colored Neck Tie’’, featuring Victor Milkowski, Betty osburgh, Barbara Gere. Caroline Rowe, Carlon Cook, Margaret Adsit and Thomas Turner, gave the audience many minutes of enjoyable entertainment. The “Dusky Beaus and Belles” gave credit to Miss Forrest’s ability to produce a peppy dance in harmony with the Minstrel spirit. The Dusky Beaus” were played by Jane Montague, Frances Weeks, N’orlyn McMullen and Glenna Con- nell, and the “Belles” by Jenny Canestrare, Elizabeth McCarthy, Doris Vandervecr and Catherine Vorhccs. Then the Circle! Interlocutor Frawlev, and the end men: Brooks, Smallwood. Mercer, and Wilkinson, gave the circle a snap and zest never before found in the Academy Minstrels. Appreciation is also extended to Mr. Cohen, our own Sam Watson, to Lelia Smith, the Glee Club, and the accompanists, James Henderson and Helen King. Everyone went home feeling years younger and livelier than before, thankful and pleased with their attendance at the Minstrels However, they alone did not benefit, as the Academy evenly distributed the proceeds between the Parent Teachers’ Association and the Orchestra. —Gi.I'NNA CoNNFXt,. DRAMATIC CLUB This year the Senior High School has enjoyed several very interesting plays given by the Dramatic Club, under the direction of Miss Elizabeth M. Roth, who willingly gave her time to make these plays successful. The following are the plays and the casts: “An Afflicted Man”, presented by Robert Wilkinson, Charles Button, William Reid, Jane Doran and Edith Pickard; “Jerry”, a one-act play, given by Burton Frawlev, Maude Marvin, Dalton Brooks and Barbara Adsit. Tlie Junior High School also presented two very interesting plays for the Senior assembly . Louis Gettman, Charles Palmer, Helen King, Marion Mc- Carthy, Lillian Bell and Marion Reer presented the comedy, “The Dearest Thing In Boots”. “Frances and Francis”, was played by Nancy Bigelow, Doris Van Derveer and Charles lludton. The Academy also presented two plays at our Minstrel Show—“The Orange Colored Neck Tie” and “Pa’s New Housekeeper”.—Virginia MacLachlan.

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GLEE CLUB The Glee Club, first organized in 1913, had a membership of thirteen girls, who met every other week after school. This year the Glee Club has a member- ship of sixty-three and meets at least three times a week for a period of twenty minutes during school. The members also have the good fortune to receive school credit for their work. At a meeting earlv in September, Kellie Lee Kittell was elected president: Margaret Adsit, vice-president; Burton Frawley, secretary; and Frances Farley, treasurer. The Glee Club, which is under the direction of Miss Elizabeth M. Roth, pre- pared a cantata for the Christmas exercises of the school and took part in several assembly programs. It also took part in the annual High School Minstrels. The Special Chorus, made up of about twenty-four members selected from the Glee Club, sang numbers for the Junior and Senior Prize Speaking and for the County Prize Speaking for Girls. The present Glee Club, which has just completed a successful year, sincerely hopes that all future Glee Clubs will enjoy as many good things as it has and that they will become larger and more renowned as the years go by. —Helen McManus. THE JOURNALISM CLUB The Journalism Club during its three years of existence has accomplished creditable results in editing the “Crimson and White , our school paper. The Club lias expanded until now there are twenty-two members. During meetings held every Wednesday in the Library during the twenty- minute period, interesting talks have been given by Mr. Elden, Mrs. Lower, and Mr. Willis Davis, of the “Gazette , on topics such as editorial writing, lettering heads, sport stories, sport articles and so forth. The editors this year were: Editor-in-Chief, Frank Harrington; Managing Editor, Victor Milkowski: Assistant Managing Editor, Robert Beniey; News Editor, Barbara Gere; Literary Editor, William Reid; Joke Editors, Helen Lonergan and Jane Montague. The officers from September to January were: President. Catherine Ryan: Vice-President, Sam Watson; Secretary, Victor Milkowski; Treasurer, David Cleary. The officers for January to June were: President, Victor Milkowski; Vice-President, Robert Berney; Secretary, Virginia Johnston ; Treasurer, Martha Mercer. “All work and no play make Jack a dull boy. Therefore, the Journalism Club likes to vary its work program by a bit of social activity now and then. Its big social event this year was a dance held in the Town 11 all last fall. Elizabeth McQuAin. ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION The Athletic. Association is the most important student organization in school. It is through this organization funds arc collected to maintain the expenses of the various sports. The Association sponsors all sports recognized by the County League and gives aid to several not sponsored by the league. As its governing body the Association elects students to a council. The Seniors were represented the first semester by Victor Milkowski and John Movvins. The Juniors elected Burton Frawley and Dominic Bochino. The Freshmen and Sophomores elected Reeder and Hudson, respectively. In the second semester Percy Green and Paul Bohdanuff spoke for the Seniors, while the Juniors elected Martha Mercer and Clifford Grego. Hudson and Cole represented the Sopho- mores and Freshmen. The high light of the Association’s social activities each year is its Athletic Banquet held for the purpose of honoring the students who receive block letters. This year it was held at the Seneca Hotel, the toastmaster being D. Charles O’Brien, while the honorary speaker of the evening was Roy Simmons. After the banquet we went up to the gymnasium and enjoyed dancing to the pleasing music of “Postal’s Silver Moons”. A good time was had by all. —Percy Green.