Christian Brothers Academy - Purple and Gold Yearbook (Syracuse, NY)

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Page 34 PURPLE AND GOLD P Class Will YVe, the class of 1926, of the Christian Brothers Academy, City of Syracuse, County of Onon- daga, State of New York, United States of America, being of unsound mind, as a result of overstudy during the past four years, in irlucid interval, do hereby make, publish and declare this to be our last will and testament, in manner and form following: First: We leave to the faculty at large the following suggestions which we think would meet with the approval of the student body: 1. A smoking room on every floor. Let the Camels and Yara be included in the tuition. 2. Short class periods and a much longer noon hour. 3. Cards and bones would help to relieve the boredom at the senior tables and perhaps the aforesaid bones and dice would be handled with delight by our successors of the class of 1927. Second: To the school in general and at large, we be- queath the following trifling gifts as tokens of our esteem: l. Our photographs for the art gallery in the lower hall that you may look at and admire the class that has set the pace in all school activities and imitate their good example. Heed ye of '27. 2. Most important of all, the space we are va- cating too soon and regretfully for all of us of '26. Third: To the class of 1927-B we will and bequeath: 1. The corner room, If only walls could speak! 2. The history books in the school library with our advice to follow each page with a glass of water sipped at leisure and with pity for those who have to con so much of what is past and gone. 3. The privilege of giving the football team their annual banquet. 4. Our technique in basketball and our Stop, Look, Listen yell and Choo, Choo, Rah, Rah! etc. 5. The well-thumbed dictionary. Be kind to it. lmitate us who have treated this work of the ages with awe and trembling. Fourth : lVe bequeath to the school at large the inter- ests and upkeep of the Purple and Gold, that the doings and glories of C. B. A. may be known and broadcasted. Hark Ye, our successors: the Purple and Gold means much to ye all and the Year Book an untold wealth of reminiscence to '27 4 Fifth 1 The subjoined specialties: 1. Our Arthur Cleary has agreed to bequeath his antique cuspidor to any deserving Pinch Hit boy of the basketball team of 1927, the same cuspidor by the terms of this will to be duly burnished for use near the desk facing the Brother. 2. Don Gorman has willed, with no malice pretense, his comb and brush, both perfectly shaped and fumigated to Fecny of the second year. Sixth: Tothe library we bequeath a new cabinet, to have and to hold the trophies won in the field of athletics by our class. Seventh : To the next Senior Treasurer, Spike Reddy, famous for his success at gold digging, bequeaths his spirit of '49 and his old treasury register, thumbed daily by him for the gouging of a five cent fine from luckless wayfarers who could' not impress the hardhearted Tin Lizzie drivers with the urgent need of their C26 spendthriftsj getting to C. B. A. before 8:45. To their suc- cessors of '27 is bequeathed the dolorous sighs at the parting with the nickel to invest in C. B. A. currency so needed in our matchless cafeteria.

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U PURPLE AND GOLD Page 33 Where Will You Anchor? U The rising sun peeping over the purple horizon discloses a beautiful picture as we stand on the hill overlooking the bay. Thru the white morn- ing mists we can barely discern the quiet waters of the bay. The sun rises a little higher, the mists are scattered, and we see a ship Hoating on a bay of molten gold. The sun is above the horizon now, and we per- ceive signs of activity on board the anchored vessel. VVe hear a faint, faraway sound, the anchor is being raised. A light breeze rumples our hair playfully, and a moment later the sails of the vessel quiver, then fill out, and the ship begins to move. Quietly it sails thru the placid waters of the bay, past the headland and out into the alluring but treacherous waters of the deep. As the ship passed us, we marvelled at the graceful lines of the hull, the beauty of her sails, and the air of staunchness that bespoke a master builder. Thing of beauty tho she be, yet shoals, reefs and storms threaten her. All too soon, mayhap, she may become a derelict or gruesome wreck. Stop a moment, you who are embarking. You are sailing thru a peaceful bay, school life, to- wards the headland, commencement. Beyond the headland, What? Do not expect to sail straight from the head- land to the port of peace and success. You can- not do it. Furious gales of disappointment and disillusionment will strike your vessel and, per- chance, capsize it or drive it on the reef of des- pair. You may strike a calm of laziness, your ship may drift slowly but surely to the whirlpool of failure. Youmay lose your pilot, ambition, and drift hopelessly until your hull becomes a waterlogged derelict. There are many places to anchor,-ports, roadsteads, sheltered bays, beeches, reefs, the deep sea. Your destination is the thriving port of success, the capital of the country peace. You of '26 have been launched under the most happy auspices, the devoted care of parents and teachers has watched your upbuilding. Their hopes and fears are launched with you,-hopes of a bright, successful future, and the fears that the storms of life may find you too weak to weather them. XVith the solid Christian principles instilled into us for our chart, with our faith as our compass and hope for anchor, we cannot but defy any storm. lYith the Star of the Sea to look to, where else can we anchor but in the harbor of peace where all the storms of life will be forgot- ten in the thought that we have reached Home, welcomed by our Father, and assured of an eter- nal enjoyment with the dear companions of our schooldays, and with those whose love and soli- citude made easy and encouraging our journeys thru life. Let us of '26 be faithful and encouraging to one another thru life. Launched as we all have been with the most promising prospects, we shall surely anchor in our port of destination,- Heaven. ROBERT C. PALTZ '26 Class Motto: Nunc deducemus, ubi stabimus. Now we launch, where will we anchor?

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PURPLE AND GOLD Page 35 Eighth: Fran Bishop, Ben Weiss and Duster Hopkins give and bequeath their musical compositions to the school orchestra, especially The Snake Charmers XValtz which should make future audiences wriggle with delight. u Ninth: To Hank OlHara, Bobby Burns, the big cigar man, leaves his supply of wisecracks and bad breaks. Tenth: After due consideration, Fran Bishop, our cheerleader, has agreed to will his husky tenor voice to Majewski that he may train for the fish peddling business while leading C. B. A. rooters on to victory. Eleventh: After looking around, our Senior Council has decided to will their task of maintaining order to Five or six of the incoming Seniors of '27. Twelfth: Big Ben XVeiss, our Sergeant-at-arms, be- queaths his job as head waiter in the Cafeteria to Peanut Allen of Glens Falls fame. Thirteenth : ' 1 Don Gorman, the barber's delight, has agreed to will his daily lunch to the Prescott School Cafeteria. It should go as far as the loaves and fishes. ,gg I Fourteenth : To Slim Murphy we bequeath our inostisin- cere thanks, without him we would have had to purchase a window pole. Fifteenth: VVe give and bequeath to Johnnie Bishop Matt Costello's position as Professor of Dancing - The Charleston a specialty. Sixteenth: jeff Dwyer leaves his football number, the famous SIS to Bill Ryan. May Bill wear it as bravely and valiantly as jeff has worn it. Imitate Jeff, Bill: hit them high and hit them low as he did for the glory of old C. B. A. Seventeenth : To 1927 we bequeath and devise our Class Spirit,-being first in every drive whether for C. B. A. or for any good work sanctioned by the faculty. ln these we have led all, even to our Year Book, wherein will be found the evidence of the Postage Stamp qualities of '26-B. Eighteenth : - VYe give and bequeath to f27 our dignity 'as Seniors with a solemn behest that they maintain said spirit unimpaired, and reinvigorated as it should be by our successors of the class of 1927. Nineteenth : To our Brothers and friends at C. B. A. we bequeath our sincere gratitude and heartfelt thanks for their faithful support and help in all our endeavors during our Academic career. XYe nominate, constitute and appoint our Night Vfatchman, the same being the Janitor, as ex- ecutor of this, our first, last and only will and testament. ln witness whereof, we have hereunto sub- scribed and signed our name at the end thereof, and sealed these presents, and do here declare, publish and decree the foregoing as our first and only will and testament, this twenty-seventh day of june, nineteen hundred and twenty-six A. D. ' THE CLASS or 1926. Attorney for the Class: JOHN VV. GooLi2Y '26.