Charlotte High School - Witan Yearbook (Rochester, NY)

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HIGH SCHOOL The WIT AN THE JUNIOR HIGH ORCHESTRA The Junior High Orchestra made its formal debut on December 7 when it played several selections at the Parent-Teachers’ Association meeting. This orchestra under the direction of Miss Dorothea Smith, rehearses every Tuesday alter School, and it has often played in assembly. The following are members of this organization: Elisc Mazza, Elsie Haynes, Amy Pownall, Wilma Dale, Ealt Kalmbacher, Roberta Hunt, Leona Anderson, Grace Van Dam, James Clark, June Tuppcr, Robert Bowen, Margaret Hanna, Janice Hunt, Antoinette Cooper. Ruth (iuyatf, Joe Gianfortc, Janet Stripp, Margaret Giles, Helen Mcquay, Margaret Wright, Russell Evans, Charles Whetten, Robert Sickelco, George Frey, Charles Gilgcrt, Charles Onderdank, Kenneth Mothnrp. JUNIOR HIGH GLEE CLUB The Junior High Glee Club is a musical organiza tion which trains the members in chorus work which will enable them to be more efficient for the Senior Glee Club. They meet Friday after school for one hour. The officers who were elected this semester are: Roberta Hunt, President Grace Van Dam, 7 v-President James Williams, Secretary At present there is a campaign for membership. The group is divided into two teams, the Red Team and the Blue Team; Bonita Rogers is the captain of the Reds and Albert Dixon of tfic Blues. At the close of the contest Mr. Marsh, their dircc tor, will award a prize ro rhe person who obtains the largest number of new members. JUNIOR HIGH SOCCER The Junior High has finished quite a successful soccer season under the leadership of Mr. Bell, their coach. These Junior High boys who have iusr now- started their career through Charlotte are going to he the boys who will be Charlotte’s future leaders. Watch these Juniors of Charlotte climb to the Top. JUNIOR HIGH SOCCER SUMMARY Goal Jack Stakley FB Ray Finlagson LB Robert Godfrey HB l-'red Gray IIB Dan Kendall, Benjamin Spagnolia HB l eonard Robinson, Edwin Scheck LVV N eman Gibbic, Paul Hauser El Louis Martil C Jim Williams, Captain Rl Alfred Gray RNV Edwin Ward W on 4 Lost Tied 1 All the above men are insignia winners. Mr. Bell, Coach BASKETBALL: JUNIOR HIGH The Junior High has started its basketball season untier the instruction of Mr. Bell. They practice at Jefferson Junior High School. LEAVES The leaves an turning red inti brown They’re making a carpet upon rhe ground The wind blow them here, and tht wind blow them there They're hurrying and scurrying everywhere. Some fall in grass that is cool and soft Others keep wearily wandering aloft. Mf.i.i sa Comer, 8A2 -

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The WIT AX C H A R I. O T T R kszJ tosV fi T V■i r' V S' ! Junior Iligk Depar£meni AN v: “'Vs 4 p r 68 North hast 45th Street Miama, Florida December 2, 1931 Dear Mrs. Mahoney and Class, Our trip was very interesting and I wrote clown everything that was worth knowing about. I will let you peck inside niv diary. With all the kisses and good-byes to say we didn't leave until Sunday afternoon. We went to the lake and our friends followed us there. Wc finally left Monday morning at 8:to. The Morning was beautiful and driving over the roads was like flying in the air. At 10:30 we crossed the Pennsylvania border. The country there was beautiful but not differ- enr than New York. The Alleghany Mountains were very pretty. Wc drove through them for miles and passed through many small towns, reaching Harrisburg, the capital of Pennsylvania, at 3:30. We could have gone on to Washington hut we didn't know how long it would take us. Our hotel was near the capitol and that night we walked past it. It looked like the one at Washington except that it didn’t have as many steps. Tuesday at 7:30 wc left for Gettysburg which is a very interesting place. Wc saw all the battlefields, The Battle of Round Top Hill, and others. Maryland was a pretty state, too, with two beautiful colleges. It was9:30 when we reached the border line. Wc finally saw the capital at Washington standing so strong in the sunlight. At 3:15 wc arrived at Petersburg, Va. The soil is grey with peanuts growing everywhere. From Petersburg to Georgia wc saw cotton fields for miles. We reached North Carolina at 5:20, staying all night at I lenderson. Wednesday morning we arrived in Raleigh, the capital of North Carolina at 7:25. At South Carolina the smoke was so thick that wc had to stay in Charlestown. When driving wc couldn’t see the sides of the road and many cars came together. It was twelve o'clock when we crossed the Georgia border line. I forgot to tell you about the negroes. They live in little log cabins along the road. Some arc in the middle of the cotton or peanut fields. At Savannah wc saw very few palm trees. Florida, our last state, we reached at quarter to five Thursday P. M. and stayed all night at Jacksonville. Wc left at five minutes to ten because of more smoke caused by the negroes who light rhe forest. Friday night wc stayed at Fort Pierce and left Saturday morning. Wc came to the end of our journey Saturday noon at five minutes to twelve with a mileage of 1 , 88 miles. What a beautiful place Miami is! Palms every place you look. I guess wc will have a Palm tree for Christmas, while you will have a pine tree. I go to Miami Kdison Sr. High School, but it is nothing like Charlotte. There arc no penmanship nor guidance classes, we haven’t any assembly programs and we don’t have any after school games. It seems as if wc study and study and study. Our house is about two miles front school and my father takes me every day. We have seven pine trees, and orange, lime and grapefruit trees in our yard. Thanksgiving I was in the hack yard and found two banana trees. We all go swimming after school and sit On the beach and get tanned. I am sitting on the porch with the temperature at eightv-three. The streets here arc one way and wc often make wrong turns. I hope you all have a very joyful Christmas and a very happy New Year. Your former Student and Classmate, Betty Baker 26

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The WITA N C HARLOT T E THF. CHEST Against the life line the breakers dash, Moving the rocks and stones, then crash! A chest is thrown upon the shore Emptied of water, but waiting for more. The tide comes in just as before. With a crashing, dashing, bellowing roar The chest is washed again to sea There to stand and not to be Washed in again' AsrioNETrr Coorei, 7B1 I AM GLAD Glad that I live am I. That the sky is blue, Glad for the country lanes. And the fall of dew. After the sun. the rain, After the rain, the sun, This is the way of life, Till the work be done. All that we need to do Be we low or high, Is to sec that we grow Nearer the sky. Josephine Chelimi, 7A1 THE GREAT STONE I-ACT (Insprnd by iht il'.ry of Salhauifl f lav-thorn f) As 1 sit in the valley at twilight. And ga .c at the Great Stone Face, A sense of wisdom creeps o’er me That all my thoughts embrace. After a day of labor In the holds of com and grain. I walk slowly homeward Along the narrow lane. At evening come my lessons Not in the village -.:hool But watching the Man on the Mountain, In the dusky weed «1 cool. Not an evening passed in the valley That valley o! Echo lake, That on this lovely bench My place I would not take. Not only the feeling of wisdom Comes from the Great Stone Face But a feeling of grateful kindness. In the profile, and of his grace. Carol Ward, 7A WINTER SIGN'S The leaves arc falling ro ihc ground. The wind is blowing hitter. Soon Jack Frost will come around The symbol of old winter. Bkmxadine Bakimmman, 8Ba AUTUMN When the leaves arc turning yellow. And pumpkins get ripe and mellow, When mr fireplace grows much dearer As the winter months come nearer. And long before the night I hc sun has hid from sight; The trees will moan and sigh They know that Autumn time grows nigh. Margaret Stebbivs, 8B3 TREES IN AUTUMN When Autumn come» The trees must all Change their raiment For the fall. Some trees arc bare. Some please the eye. No artist can paint them Against a fall sky. Janet Otto, 8A2 THE LEAVES The leaves arc turning red, gold and brown. They fall from trees and come drifting down. fh wind takes them up and whirls them around Some of them never again to touch the ground. Mae Henry, 8Bl HARVEST TIME Don’t mourn for the summer It will come around soon, The harvest is gathered Can't you tell by the moon? The leaves arc all yellow With splashes of brown, I hc pumpkin is mellow On it there’s a green crown. The birds have all down South to their nests, Leaving the trees To long winter's rest. Selma Michel, 8B3 AUTUMN Autumn has come merrily at last, And summer has gone swiftly past. Master wind has made his rounds. He has blown the leaves all over the ground. Also Jack Frost has visited for a time We know when we look at the foliage line. When we see the Pumpkins for Hallowe'en, I think Jack Frost has a very good scheme. But there arc more leaves to tumble down. Snow brings .1 blanket to cover the ground, Maks Hughes, 7B1 28