Charlotte High School - Witan Yearbook (Rochester, NY)

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Page forty-six 'PHE NVITAN SYS A Vision of the Alumni 2, f-Q56 NIE day a group of alumni took a l Mr l . . trip through Charlotte High hx School Some wanted to see the MQIJ' fine building that their former classmates now attended and others wanted to see some of their one-time teachers. As they entered the front door they saw Miss Stowell crossing the hall and entering the office. Someone remarked that she had been graduated from the old Charlotte High School and she was now the principal's secre- tary. The crowd followed her into the office to talk over old times. Much to the surprise of many there was their old classmate, Miss Lighthart. who was working with Miss Stowell. The group of graduates moved on down the hall toward the northern end of the building. Stoppfng at the first room one of the mem- bers of the party exclaimed, Why, there is Mrs. Denise, the star Latin pupil in our class. Listen she is talking about -est divisa in partes tres-'. They wandered down the long spacious hall. As the group neared the third floor they recognized the voice of Mr. Lacy who had been in their graduation class. A masculine member of the party exclaimed with a sigh, Gee, the pupils who go here to school are lucky, and to the question 'WVhy ? he replied, Haven't you noticed all the good- looking teachers around P Someone made the suggestion that the crowd go out on the roof to see what they could see. Most of our good friends looked across the street and pulled a handkerchief from their pockets. A young man asked where Ruth Punnett was but no one seemed to know. Ruth McKee. who was recently elected an officer of her class in the Buffalo School of Pharmacy, said she could see her, off in the distance. She said she was in a large building, as she looked the vision became clearer and she observed that the name at the entrance to the grounds read Denison University. By this time they were all in a daze and could see as far as Ohio. Ruth was studying a book on sociology. ' sg! 72 All of the curious individuals were looking around the cities to see if they could see any old friend. Concetta Mazza, who was in our midst was looking around the R. B. I. and there she saw four girls from old Charlotte. They were Ruth Garrett, Zylpha Humphrey. Janet Barry and Virginia Riley. Studious little Mary VanKesteren spoke up and said she could see three boys coming from one of the buildings at the U. of R., Good- looking Shep Shayne is one,ambit ious Everett Gardner and smiling Norm Spafford are the others, she continued. Immediately someone asked if anyone could see Pauline Bott. VVhile in search of Pauline a sharp-eyed girl spied Helen Hushard at Naz- areth Academy. As each member turned to see Helen, Pauline came running out of the building to meet her-the problem was solved. Suddenly Ruth Gordon, also of our party, started to laugh and said, just look at the Gas and Electric building, see it? There is Evelyn Hunt hossing Florence Sparks and Helena Flemming around! On the door it says Dem- onstrator-Home Service Department. Milan Brace and George Helbergf' cried someone. Look, over at T roy. at the Rensse- laer Polytechnic Institute, they are studying Chemical Engineering. A politician, glancing toward Greece. saw the recently elected supervisor Gordon Howe working hard. He was seated on a desk in a large oflice. VVhy there is Bill Tiernanf' remarked a very observing boyfl he is at the Buffalo School of Pharmacy. Anona Page was seen by Bob Trayhern. Cwho was skipping classes from the U. of RJ working for the North VVestern Life Insur- ance. Bang! the door was slammed and brought our friends out of their psychic reverie. They started to go downstairs but the door was locked. They rattled it and it was opened by one of their former teachers, and they walked into the reality of school once more. MILDRED LEE,

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TH IC VVITAN Page forty-seven E E mini zz - --- g certainly puts a lot of pep into his work. Q Q if E Two dramatics classes have been formed. , V 2 They meet back stage on'Mondays and Wed- v.v.v.v.v .v.v.v.v.v.v.v. .v.v.vss.v.v!.v.v.vsss. .v.v.v.vx.vx.v.v nesdays durmg Second pffflod, and OH Mondays Library Reading is to the mind, what exercise is to the body, as by one, health is preserved, strengthened and invigorated, by the other virtue Cwhich is health of the mindj is kept alive, cherished and confirmed. -Addison. During the past three months of this term, Septpepmber, October and November, the library has circulated 7,953 books, which is an increase of more than 3.400 over the number taken through the same period of time last year. Miss Cashman is now preparing a book order and she is always glad to -receive sug- gestions of certain books which you have read and enjoyed and feel would be an addition to our library. Have you a hobby? If you have, look it up in the library. Miss Sage has made us a very generous and. from observation of the use being made of them, a much appreciated gift of a complete volume of the Fortune magazine. The issues are from january through December, 1932. Book Exhibit During book week the Library displayed, in one of the cases in the center corridor, a col- lection of new books. Books with a special appeal were chosen such as: Phillips-Stamp Collcctingg Cole-Guida' Through W'0rId Clzao.s',' Wardlaw-Basketba,Il,' Chase-Mexico ,' Post-Personality of a H 0me,' Burton-How To Sec fl Play, Stevens-The Theatre from Athens to I?r0c1d'way,'Reid- Smrs for Sam and lastly, an autogrophed copy of the Newberry Prize Book of the year- Young Fu of the Ufvpfwr Yantsc by Elizabeth Foreman Lewis. This exhibit attracted much attention and the students were pleased. The next exhibit will be a display of the several autographed copies which our library possesses. Dramatics This year we have a new dramatics in- structor with us. He is Mr. Jesse Ogden. Those who have come into personal contact with him, have found a genial, kindly man who and Fridays, sixth period. ln class the members read plays, learn the names of all the stage equipment and the art of putting on plays. The members of the second period class on Mondays and Wednesdays are: Suzanne Fis- ler, Florence Gordon, Ruth Gregerson, Eileen Guyett, Lucy Hope Lyon, Margaret Schlenker, Beatrice Van Kesteren, Burtis Dougherty. Robert Godfrey, and Charles Livermore. Members of the sixth period class on Mon- days and Fridays are: Irene Albert, Caroline Brewer, Eleanor Cross, Martha Darrohn, Angelina DiMarco, Lillian Faber, Rita Foy, Lorraine Halter, VVinifred Heisler, Virginia Horton, Barbara Korzen, Frances Marcille, Pauline Zenker, Robert Black, Fred DeMarse, Robert Dreher, Kenneth Henderson, Kenneth Hersey, Dean Lawson, William Spears, and john White. Assemblies Sept. 6-First assembly in which we organized. Sept. 15-Student Council took oath of office. Sept. 22-Student Council had public meeting endorsing 10-10 Plan. Sept. 29-C. R. A. rally led by John White. Oct. 3--We had a speaker, Dr. Strock-the president of a college near Agra, India. Oct. 12-Soccer Rally. Oct. 19-Skit for the minstrel show. Mr. Bird made a highly successful Mae West. Oct. Z6--More Minstrel Show and still more Soccer. Pep Meeting for the Marshall game that afternoon. Nov. 2-The Lions Club met on our stage to explain their plan for making some money for the school. Nov. 10-The Armistice Assembly. The dra- matics class presented a play-X:O. Nov. 17-Miss Elmore, the first of the four big entertainments by the Lions Club. Nov. 21-Dr. Emerson, formerly of the New York Board of Health, spoke on The Relation of Alcohol and Personal Effici- ency. g Nov. 28-Basketball assembly in the gym- nasium.

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THE WITAN Page forty-five Student Council The Student Council which represents the students of Charlotte High School has worked this term with great zeal and enthusiasm to benefit and promote the welfare of the school. Established in our new building, the council has had ample room for new ideas and plans which would make us worthy of our splendid new building. Much good has been accomplished this term and many suggestions and plans have been outlined which may be carried out in the near future. At the beginning of the term the ten-ten plan was adopted to raise necessary funds, and this plan with the aid of teachers and students has proved to be a great success. It has not only provided a great bargain to students, but has contributed in paying for many needs of the school. Probably the greatest accomplishment was the solving of traffic problems outside the school and in the corridors. A traffic com- mittee, with Robert LaFave as captain, was formed and this group of boys have worked earnestly and conscientiously to help solve many trafnc problems outside the school. To aid corridor traffic a set of rules was drawn up by the council and passed out to the students. The Student Council has tried to remedy the discourtesy in assemblies, but since stu- dents have continued to be noisy and dis- courteous they are stressing this matter still further. We hope that this may be remedied and that all students will do their part. The representatives have been seriously dis- cussing citizenship awards, and although noth- ing definite has been decided as yet, we expect to reach a conclusion soon. Good ideas, lengthy discussions, and good judgment on the part of the representatives have brought about some excellent results. The Student Council feels that it has done its part in upholding the principles of our school and in making this a better place to be. Dorothy Nicol.