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

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About eighteen students signed for the class. These with Mrs. Lower studied pantomine, voice and diction, characteri- zation, dramatic criticism, stage settings, play directing, plat- form readings of plays, types of the drama and the student and the drama. The text book used was “The Stage and the School” by Ommonney. During the year many plays were worked out: One of Ihese was presented in the auditorium “Two Crooks and a Lady” by Eugene Pillot. MARJORIE MYERS ---0O0---- Athletic Association The Athletic Association, which was first organized in 1918, is still maintained under a slightly revised constitution. This Association is organized every year for the purpose of giving support to our athletics. As its governing body the association elects students to a council. The representatices are chosen twice annually. Pro- fessor Elden is chairman. The members of the council for the first semester were: Seniors—Michael Sawyer, Frederick Palmer Juniors—Leland Rice, Frederick Pulver Sophomores—Harlan Hudson Freshman—Carl Smith The members for the last semester were: Seniors—Frederick Sullivan, Martha Sullivan Juniors—Leland Rice, Frederick Pulver Sophomores—Charles Huhbs Freshman—Robert Otts The high light of the Association’s social activities each year is it’s Athletic Banquet held for the purpose of honoring the students who receive block letters. This year it was held at the Presbyterian Church. The toast-master was I). Charles O’Brien. The honorary speaker of the evening was Roy Simmons. After the banquet the guests went to the gymnasium and enjoyed dancing to the pleasing music of the “King’s of Rhythum.” ARTHUR SHEA 23

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Musical Review This year’s Glee Club entertainment was patterned after last year’s and had the same name, “Musical Review”. The performance was given January 29, and repeated the follow- ing evening as a means of raising money for the Red Cross Flood Relief Fund. A one act play entitled “My Turn Next”, presented under the direction of Mr. Elden, headed the program. The actors included Michael Sawyer, Walter Williams, James Weeks, Frederick Pulver, Jeanne Gere, Phyllis Long and Betty Foster. The second part of the program was new to our school; it consisted of a tumbling act which was Mr. Guerrera’s con- tribution to the success of the evening. The last and biggest part of the entertainment was an “Eddie Cantor” program under the direction of Miss Roth, Mr. Cary and Miss Forest. There we found the quartet sing- ing many a favorite tune,, Rubinoff pulling the bow over the strings, the famous “Floradora Sextet” dancing and blithely- singing, the pupils of the Sehroeppel Studio of Dancing and Julia Sanderson and Frank Crummit singing “Good Night My Love”. As a finale a large chorus gathered and joined in the spirit of the “Eddie Cantor” program by singing “ 1 Love To Spend This Hour With You.” The “Musical Review” was a real financial success as it cleared about $100 for our Baldwinsville Academy funds and gave about $70 toward the Red Cross Relief Fund. LUCYANN DAVIS Dramatics At the expense of her free period and much of her spare time, Mrs. Lower organized for the first time in the history of the school a class in dramatics. Those who took the course received no regents credit, because the library did not have, the required number of books on the subject and also because there had been no time to submit an outline of the course of study to the State Education Department in Albany. It is hoped and expected that next year’s class will receive a half unit for the course, as the library had added many books on dramatics this last half year.

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Glee Club President James Williams Vice President Frederick Palmer Secretary Michael Sawyer The two big events of the Glee Club this year have been the Annual Spring Concert and the Musical Review. The latter was known in earlier years as the Minstrels. The Musical Review was a social as well as a financial suc- cess from all points of view. Every member of the Glee Club (80 members) took part. The auditorium was filled to capac- ity the first night. The Review played again to a large audi- ence the following night. The proceeds of the second night’s performance went to the Flood Relief Fund. The Annual Spring Concert was also a decided success. Other activities of the Glee Club for the year have included singing in Assemblies and for the Parent Teacher Associa- tion, and as a whole the Glee Club should be congratulated on their successes of the year which have been under the di- rection of Miss Elizabeth Roth, the musical director. The following seniors are Glee Club members: Allen, Betty Henderson, Robert Aplin, Isabel Klasmier, William Bartnikowski, Bernadine Morehous, Robert Bond, Robert Cenci, Carmella Clarke, Francis Davis, Lucyann Doran, Carolyn Gere, Jeanne Gettman, Dorothy Harrington, Margaret Neuport, Kenneth O’Brien, Adrian , Parry, James Rowley, Donald Sawyer, M ichael Stearns, Harold Voorhees, Catherine West, Kirby ISABEL APLIN SPORTS Track The track team of 1937 has bad a fairly successful year so far and it looks forward to the rest of the season. The team consists of almost all t lie members of the last year’s team with the exception of Milton Stafford, Wilbur Smallwood, James Turner, Warren Virkler, James Williams, Howard Kratzer 24