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

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gre n n iuerriary anfjuef Speakers' Table Mmm, sample that chicken . . . and those biscuits, too . . . Aren't the decorations attractive . . . My, what a crowd . . On May 22, 1941, the graduating class of 1916 together with the Class of '41, the faculty, board of education, and various other well-wishers totaling 140 joined to- gether in the Masonic Temple to celebrate the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Lyre. The plan was suggested by Mr. Ioseph Guer- rera, class advisor. Due to his excellent supervision and the cooperation of the offi- cers of the class of 1916, the affair was a truly great success and will long remain one of the outstanding events of 1941 for those Memorial Trophy IMI 259 Nntvttffvtll Guest for the Evening his position as toastmaster was Wes Get- man, Academy faculty member. Speakers for the evening were former principal, H. E. Eldeng acting principal, Richard A. Ienseng M. D. Stafford, president of the Board of Education, and the Hon. Holland B. Marvin, Mayor of Syracuse, who was affiliated with the class of '16, Highlight of the evening's entertainment was a repeat performance by the class of '16 of their class night exercises. Included in this was an interesting history of the class of '16, presented by Mrs. Donald Kane. The climax and conclusion of the gala celebration was a history of the Lyre , the concerned. Guests of the evening were Professor Arrnatage, principal of the Baldwinsville schools twentyvfive years ago, and Mrs. Armatage. Dishing out salient remarks from They Came i 25 formal dedication of this, the '41 yearbook. to the class of '16, and the dedication of a memorial trophy to the class which estab- lished the Lyre as an institution in the school. The Crowd Sb

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md, ance Every senior class has its quota of dances and the Class of '41 did itself proud in this respect. We've often heard of a winter won- derland but never has its become such a reality as the night of December 23, the Senior Christmas Ball. Everyone who at- tended will certainly remember the atmo- sphere of snow and ice created by a snowy hillside complete with evergreens, and the penguins and skaters, which adorned the walls. Farthest from being forgotten is the twig of mistletoe suspended at the entrance of the snow tunnel leading to the dance floor. The Christmas Ball may be just a past event to some, but to those who danced far into the night to the music of Bob Heffer and his Aristocrats, it will remain a night never to be forgotten. On these two oc- casions all the farmers and farmerettes from here to Phoenix went to town, decked out in calico and the inevi- table saddle shoes- and so did the orchestra Qwhich furnished the cornj. By the time the evening was over the dancers were more than willing to leave the old dance hall and indulge in the pause that re- freshes at the Cozy Cor- ner. Many a doorstep softly echoed the good- nights of the girls and their escorts as both agreed that it was a swell dance, but oh, to hit the hay! Ooooh. y The Seniors also displayed their rural tendencies at a series of barn dances. To the cries of swing your lady, don't let her fall! local square dance enthusiasts swung out at the Woodchoppers' Brawl and the Turkey Trot. This year the Seniors sponsored not one but two of those wonderful barn dances which took the school by storm. To the decoration committees go the credit for the hay piles in the corners and the clever designs of turkeys and evergreen boughs which lent the atmosphere of gaiety. And smell that air, will you? That hay sure smacks of the country-that other odor is only the wood pussies slinkin' around behind the corn shucks. Don't worry, they're well trained!

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