Charlotte High School - Witan Yearbook (Rochester, NY)

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THE WITAN 8 3 ♦8 ♦8 ♦8 ♦8 ♦8 i3 ilTTTTTTTT7T ??T?fT?T7 m?Tm fmi§ Station GL II £ . Irnabraslutg c labyo fBillcr Amunmruig W i In the year nineteen hundred twen- ty-three there entered the portals of Charlotte High School the largest and one of the most distinguished classes the school has ever known. So remarkable were we that the upperclass men held a ball in our honor and we ourselves celebrated by taking a most enjoyable trip to Co- bourg. Those were happy days when: the boys and girls both gathered to- gether in the same study hall; assemb- lies were held in the gym, where all raised their voices in cheers led by those famous leaders, “Ed” and “Red ; everyone made a grand rush for the gym, which was known during the lunch hour as “Danceland. So enjoyable were the days that we sped into our second year before we knew it. Events, however, were differ- ent now, for the boys and girls were separated and put into different study halls; our assemblies were few and far between; “Ed graduated, leaving “Red’ to carry on the vocal lessons alone; our boys' basketball team sent us into fits of joy by beating East High and carrying off the city cham- pionship; the door to the gym was locked during the lunch period, thus burring us from “Danceland. The days dragged by for awhile and then, then we were seniors. Our senior year has been one of re- markable events. The girls have had the advantage of a Practice House; the whole school has enjoyed the new lunch room and a large athletic field; also in the portables, the good old routine of weekly assemblies has been resumed. Miss Carter, our class ad- viser, had the seats removed from her class room and had tables installed for the comfort of her dear seniors (that's what we like to think). Then the room became the scene of many dancing lessons, and eventually the pupils put their knowledge into prac- tise at the several class parties and the grand Senior Ball. We called ourselves the Excalibur Class. The tables in the class room were not round but, by using our imagination, they served very nicely. In the first half of our senior year we did not “Stoop but we helped “to Conquer.’’ The key to our success we will leave with you so that you may profit by it and follow in our footsteps: “TAKE THOU AND STRIKE; THE TIME TO CAST AWAY IS YET FAR OFF. Station C. H. S. signing off. II

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T H K W I 'I' A N A certain room, number 202, Ip the abiding place of English IV-2, Where questions of great magnitude Are daily considered and sometimes subdued. Vou may come to scorn, but remain to praise, When you see how we conquer Emerson's essays. A question is asked, then all of a sudden Up pops Hasty Reid, or austere Rob Dutton. “He means this,” quotes our wide-awake Jim. “The way you get away with it,” says Rob, “is a sin. Then out of this chaos and terrible confusion, We see arising—can it be an illusion? Nay, ’tis Tarrant who joins the debate, His face working terribly with rage and hate. His audience is awed by his magnificent style, As he conclusively proves, he would walk a mile,— If need be, absolutely, for the sake Of sinking the essays beneath the lake. And thus it goes, as orators orate, The snnozers snooze and debaters debate. Paul Martin, '27. n

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T II E W I T A N The Excalihur Class Motto— Take thou and strike; the time to cast away Is yet far off. ” Colors—Azure and gold. 15 Flower—Fleur-de-Lis.