Corning Free Academy - Stator Yearbook (Corning, NY)

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--lu-bf Ellie Staior MUSE OF A SENIOR Oh, 'tis great to be a Senior! Draw a breath and close your eyes, Think the many things we've done together- We've so many common ties. Years ago when most untidy Books piled high up to the skies, How we'd tip-toe 'round the building Lest we'd vex those Senior Guys! . Oh, 'tis fun to be a Senior! How the underclassmates shrink 'Cause we dare to leave the school house For a game of tiddly-wink. Teachers love to tell us crossly Senioritis we have got. We just sit and smile most wisely- Let them rave and fuss a lot. Oh, 'tis sad to be a Senior! Leave those wise old walls behind. Guess the times we've told them secrets, Shown our heart and soul and mind. Gathered for the last time ever, Sing that pledge song from your heart. 'Twill be over all too quickly, From Acaedmy we'll part. -Alice Janette Bailey, '30. -0f9Hr

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G Q :S f H f n r THIS WAY UP From the bannister of a flight of stairs in a western school there hangs a pla- card reading: THIS WAY UP. DON'T STARE UP THE STAIRS-STEP UP THE STAIRS. Many a young person stepping out into the world would do well to adopt this as his motto, remem- bering that there is no elevator to suc- cess. Start right up the flight at the earliest possible chance, and 'the more steps you hit, the more energy you will have to go on when you reach the top. In other words, the more opportuni- ties you take, the better prepared you will be to tackle the job awaiting you at your goal. All along the way, exert yourself to be of service to those with whom you come in contact-you may do anything from keeping your desk and locker at school free of clutter, to ac- cepting an office in a school or church organization. But whatever you do, it develops certain of your characteristics, and pads the step, so to speak, for an easier spring forward and upward. Make friends wherever you go. Look carefully at a friendship-it is a ship for a long voyage. Friendship includes fair consideration of those who oppose you, and soft answers-or none at all- to those who wrong you. Usually, the results of such actions are not obvious, outside of the further strengthening of your character, but in rare instances, the people who speak wrongly of you or to you are but testing your moral strength, and will use to your advantage your favorable reaction. So use those who spitefully use you as some of the steps to success that you shall 'tread on. Myrtle Reed says, Life is like one of those puzzles that come in a box. It is full of queer pieces which seemingly bear no relation to one another, and yet there is a Way of putting it together into a perfect whole. Each step of the staircase is part of 1ife's puzzle-an op- portunity to do or be something. Help yourself to all the pieces of the puzzle that you can without robbing your neighbor of his share. In the end you may find duplications, but they only strengthen the puzzle when it's put to- gether. For the graduates in particular, then: STEP UP THE STAIRS, and 'touch as many steps as possible. -Helen Emery Austin. 4181+

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I O I O I O I I I I I O I I O CQ Q CQ! C OC. O ll o Q pq-o Q an-na n-sexual-no In-no o-Ill' 0 0 ' I' s 6 o .- Oilill Oilil 0i he Sfainfzbuff--Q- lQo A. LUCILLE ANDERSON Lucky, our own private bard, philosopher, and elocutionist, has a broad and interesting road be- fore her. Library Staff, '26-'30, Interclass Track, '27, In- terclass Basketball, '27-28, Captain, '30, Varsity Basketball, '28, Interclass Baseball, '28, Glee Club, '28-'30, Speaking Contest, '29g Students' Associa- tion, Honor Roll, Scholarship Chevron, '29, Stator Staff, '29-'30, Book Exchange, '29-'30, Senior Play, '30. HELEN E. AUSTIN Superlatively versatile. Her fingers perform with equal dexterity on both piano and typewriter. Fame and fortune are hers thru either art. Glee Club, '26-'30g Orchestra, '26-'30, Author, Sophomore Play, '27, Assistant School Pianist, '27-'30, Students' Association, '28-'29, Austoby Piano Ensemble, '28-'30, Stator Staff, '28-'30, Ed- itor-in-Chief, '29-'30, Honor Rollg Christmas Play. '29, Scholarship Chevron, '29-'30, Book Exchange, '29-'30, Orchestra Committee, '30, Piano Soloist with Orchestra at Montour, '30, Salutatorian '30, DOROTHY C. BATCHELOR Dorothy believes in the Scout motto, She al- ready plays the harp but- Glce Cub '26-50, Students' Association, 26- '30g Vice-President Sophomore Class, '27-'28, Ten- nis Tcam, '28, Honor Roll, Scholarship Cnevron, '2J-'30, Stator Staff, '29-'30, Harp Soloist with Orchestra at Montour, '30. ALICE JANETTE BAILEY One of the best sports we know. We have but one regret-tnat we a.lowed her cheer-leading candle to rest under her bushel of reticence. Glee C.ub, '26-'30, Students' Association, '27- '30g Intcrclass Basketball, '27-'28-'29-'30, Inter- class Tennis, '28, Stator Staff, '28-'30, Speaking Cont-st, '2.1g Junior Prom Committee, '29, Senior 'thanksgiving Ball Committee, 295 Senior Play, '30, lst prize County speaking contest. NORMAN A. BECK A model English butler with strong family tradi- tions to upnolu, and possessor of the Senior Study malls most charming giggles. Now, Kitson. mind your entrance. Int rclass basketball, '26-275 Freshman Dance Committeo, '26-'27, Students' Association, '26 '30, Sophomore Play, '27, Committee Sophomore Fool- ban Uance, '27, Secretary-Treasurer Sophomore U.ass, '27-'28, Chairman Sopnomore Dance, '27-'28, llcncr Roll, '27-'29, Glee Club, '27-'30, Scholarship C.1evron, '28, Junior Prom Committee, '28-'29, Chairman book Lxchange, 28-'30, Senior Thanks- g1V1ng' Dall Committee, '29, Stator Staff, '29-'30, Secretary Senior Crass, '29-'30, Senior Play, '30, Senior Program, '30, Little Theater Contest, '30, 4,4 10 I,4,,...