Charlotte High School - Witan Yearbook (Rochester, NY)

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Miller-Carton Trip In their trim little sixteen fool open out- board motorboat. Ardcan Miller, a Charlotte High School Itoating enthusiast, and his cousin. Hd Carson, visited Toronto in a trip around Lake Ontario during July of 1933. The Toronto Daily Star gave them an interesting write-up. n this trip the I toys planned to stop at every port on the lake if possible. On their runs lietwcen ports, they exjicricnccd much unpleasant weather and choppy water. However, tin's only added to the excitement they were seeking. ( )ther displeasures were the shipping of a few gallons of water and the bucking «if a stiff head wind which is often found a few miles out. To insure smooth sailing, the young mariners would shift into th wake of a larger boat whenever possible. Their outfit when “at sea” consisted only of bathing trunks. Both ln»ys are carefree adventurous indi viditals and have lieett motorlioat enthusiasts for a numlier of years From Peru to Charlotte (Continued from pni e eleven) The procedure in an oral examination is very peculiar. In front of the teachers, there is a bowl with numliered slips of paper in it. The student taking the examination takes one paper out. and hands it to the professor. He glances at the numlier. and reads tile question numliercd in the same manner, which the stu- dent tries to answer. Not much stress is laid on the oral exams because the presence of a government official unnerves anv student about to take it. All sorts of holidays are observed, not only religious and political, but even such a day as when a president was shot. The government changes so much that the students are prac- tically in a perjietual vacation. « )f course, if the President was not well liked, they would not g«i into mourning hut if he was lieloved by all. schools, stores, theaters and all other institutions would close their doors for a week or maybe just a couple of «lays. When one registers for his coining school year, he is given an identification blank which shows that he is a student, which lie presents at different times, such as in getting a pass Wt ltv Latkoox. mihk'iik or •mi nMimitmun. 80 iiS lit Cf Iwrt litLv OblM tkL1 Sf-ifl h. .... . f h y Our Kentucky Kernel If you think «if a Kentucky Colonel as an o! l man with a long white lieard, may we pre- sent one exception to the rule. Ardcan Miller has been a colonel for two years and he has hardly been capable of growing a long white beard in that time. for the street cars. On the blank, his name, address, age, and year in school are printed. The only inter-scholastic sport played is soccer, with a liaskctbull game thrown in now and then. There are also a few track meets, hut soccer is king. Baseball is not well known among students, and a great deal of interest is shown by students, if anyliody approaches with a glove and hall in hand. SB l VTEB

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iCOiCMVvtktoM. iCKlMVHKV. k4 I ah» . I U . (tut) 1 Ltmmnimow l? m $w Atn ■ Y wowkm : Tin tovwwfcu'l A 0 V K»vST 1 Wv t kG »Vt! •fcy Were You a Winner? The winners of the Colonial I James Essay Contest were Adclc 1 . Heilman, and Robert Wright. Adelc. who won first prize received $35, and Robert $15. Peggy W arner wort a trip to Chicago in the .National Cherry Pie Raking Contest. In the Rochester Savings Rank contest for the l est essay about hanking the winners were Kusterman. IV-1; Raymond Hudson, 11-2; as follows; Louis DeLaney. IV-2; Marjorie Dorothy DuVal 11-1 ; Retly Aldrich, 9A; Inna Bryant. f B; Marguerite roth. 8A; Mac Collins. 7A. David Bishop won first prize in the poster contest for ’( )ur American Cousin. Edward Sangiacomo. second, and Henry Beishcini. third in senior high school. In junior high school William Meeker won first prize and Donald Anderson second. Six pupils from Charlotte High School were accepted February 28 for the Inter-High Training Choir, by Alfred E. Spouse, super- visor of high school vocal music. They were Janet Ferguson. Janet Stripp, Bcruadine Lc- Roy. Helen Harper. Bruce Wyman, and Vin- cent I larding. Ruth Ven Vertloh represented our school March 16, in Pittsburgh, in the Eastern Na- tional Music Conference. She was one of two sopranos chosen at a city wide contest in which all the high schools were represented. What Ails Charlotte? A pupil with a sense of humor will find our nurse’s office a veritable treasure-house of humorous incidents. Miss Kehrig is often caught chuckling over some excuses and answers given her by ailing pupils. 'flic nurse, after administering a close of soda for a headache, asked her patient whether lie could stand it to go back to his class. Oh yes.” answered the pupil quickly. I'll rest there. What class is it? the nurse said rather surprised. Economics. I always sleep there. Recently Kit Carson was seen in the wait- ing room and when the nurse asked him what was the trouble with him he replied. I think I have a temperature. The nurse is going to request a rest room for overworked pupils. Probably some ham- mocks or steamer chairs would be enjoyed by those afflicted with headaches, toothaches, colds, no-slecpitis. and the other serious dis- turbances which keep pupils from their classes. --------............ Radio Club The Radio Cluli of Charlotte placed u| on exhibit at the Hobby Show some of its mem- bers’ handiwork shown in the picture, (p. 14). Bruce Wyman, a government licensed mem- ber. operated amateur radio station W8MNW at the exhibit, contacting stations VE3ADS in Toronto. Canada, and W8FL’G in the city. In the picture are Bruce Wyman. Ray Spaf- ford. and Ken Henderson to whom the trans- mitter. two shortwave receivers and the other equipment belong. The reason for the exhibit, other than repre- senting the club’s activities, was to show the public what an amateur operator does and how he does it. n amateur is a person, licensed by the government, who lias a hobby interest in radio. He may talk or use the medium of dots and dashes for communication. Some amateurs talk with others all over the world. Join the Radio Club and enjoy radio! si x

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A Scrap Book for the School By June Griswold Sixty Years of Charlotte Schools—A Scrap Book Mrs. Kmnia Pollard Greer has given to the school a scrap book which today tells the history of Cliarlotte’s activities for over half a century. Mrs. Greer, a former Charlotte teacher, started the Scrap Book in the year of 1S72 and has kept the programs of the commencements, musical festivities and school exhibits in it. In looking over the Scrap Book one finds that many of the participants are leading men and women in the community today and their chil- dren are enjoying the Charlotte High School life for which they laid the foundation. The presentation of this Scrap Book to Mr. Spinning, on behalf of tlu Public Schools of Rochester, formed an ini|iortant part in the 9A commencement exercises last June. It is hoped that the students will cherish this gift which Mrs. Greer has made possible only by the work of a life time. Present day pupils will have to live fifty years to appreci- ate what it contains. The Story of a Concert Tour By Mildred Lee Alxnit a year ago the Lake Avenue Baptist Church Choir was invited to sing at the Calvary Baptist Church in Washington. D. C. In accepting this invitation we decided to make a tour of several Ivastcrn cities. At six-thirty in the morning of April twenty-third, sixty of us were ready to start the tour m which we had all been looking forward. That day we sang in Sayre, Pa., and in Williamsport. Wednesday we were in Phila- delphia. Thursday morning we had only time to see the high spots of the city. I believe everyone in the choir received a thrill when w« sang at Pendle Hill, a Quaker school. It is a very old stone house up on a beautiful hill. All the class rooms are in a remodeled barn. Bach building is white-washed. Frederick, Maryland, was our stop Thurs- day evening. Fatly Friday morning we went to Washington where arrangements had been made for a sight-seeing trip around the city. For those who had not been there before, the Lincoln Memorial and tlte Unknown Soldier’s tomb were most impressive. After a successful concert at the Calvary Baptist Church, our buses took us to New York. We stopped in Princeton. N. J.. tor breakfast at the Westminister Choir School of which our director, Prof. G. A. Lehman, was a student and later a member of the faculty. There, we had the honor of singing in their beautiful chapel. To me the biggest thrill of the trip was singing “Hosanna” for the com- poser. David Hugh Jones, who is a memlier of the faculty of that school. Almost immediately after our arrival in New York City, we went to the Columbia Playhouse, for a half hour coast to coast broadcast. In the evening a small group of us saw the (Continued on puyc thirty-five) EIGHTEES