Corning Free Academy - Stator Yearbook (Corning, NY)

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m mn4if Ulhe Sfafuryo-m m A CONFESSION Martha E. Littleton When we came upon him. it was one of 'those breathless afternoons that give to spring its reputation. Not a sound broke the early afternoon stillness save, perhaps, a stealthy scratch of pencil against a writing pad and the occasion- al flutter of a sheet of paper as it was turned over or laid aside to give place to another clean sheet. For the Senior, the only occupant of the stage, was busy,-- writing a book to be called, Chronicles of Climbing. Pausing in his work a moment, he told us that he was writing a modern novel, which was going to end happily and for that reason, was going to win the Pulitzer prize, the Ladies' Home Journal prize, and several others offered for the year of 1930. He is sure of success for he is writing about the struggle of the class of 1930 of Corning Free- Academy for self-devel- opment, four long years of struggle against: a, the Regent's Board, b, the Regent's Examinations: and c, the C. F. A. faculty, all three elements having confronted this valiant class for the aforesaid four years perpetually and constantly threatening, Thou shalt not pass! The theme of this novel offers great possibilities, also, for it is All for fun and fun for all. Delving into the past history of the class, he found the follow- ing happy episodes and incidents with which to work it out. The Freshman re- ception and the Freshman return party of the first year, the reception given the Freshmen the second year, the Junior Fall dance and Junior Prom of the third year rise to the grand finale, the Senior Christmas Ball. With his plot and theme outlined, he now proceeds to construct the sub-plot, very necessary in a high class novel, he told us. It is to be The struggle of the class of 1930 for scholastic and social achievement. The issuance of five weeks' marks for the first term in 1926 marks the incentive moment, while the Very fitting climax is that after four years of endeavor C?J the final Stator check-up shows that twenty-five mem- bers of the class have been on the honor roll at least once during their high school period, and eighteen have earned at least one scholarship chevron, while Lorraine Van Deventer is Valedictorian, and Helen Austin, Salutatorian. Socially, and in a citizenship way, this marvelous class has had ten of its members honor- ed by election to the Sportsmanship Brotherhood. However, the biggest honor, in both scholarship and social achievement, comes to all of the class with the Commencement sheepskin The Senior includes a second sub-plot. The struggle of the class of 1930 for financial achievement to place his brain-child on the highest possible liter- ary plane. A novel with two sub-plots is bound to be good, he says, and con- tinues, This one starts when all of us had to pay a quarter for the party we returned to the Sophomores our first year here, and proceeds with some forty dol- lars cleared on the reception given the Freshmen the following year, and sixty dollars cleared on the card party given as Juniors, Cwe broke even on our dancesi, advances through the miracle of making some money, though but a small sum, on the Senior Ball, and reach- es a huge climax of clearing over three hundred dollars on the Senior Play. I might add, also, that the obstacle here is +NI31l4+

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if lj 2 5 1 at 1 u r :lQ4a+--mgflfggifeifef-HBBBH-H A how we are going to spend all of this wealth. Now for a few frills to give my novel a really pro polish. I have to consid- er the speech of my characters, don't I? That's easy! What do the members of this class do more of than talking? Nothing! Then, too, we have had a lot of plays. As Freshmen we presented Square Pegs in assembly and at the tournament at Ithaca and received a kindly commendation. Sophomore year, Helen Austin wrote us a one-act play called Sam's Adventure in Content- ment. and we won loud acclaim when we presented it in assembly. Several of us figured in plays given by the Sympos- ium in our Junior year, and we had a king and queen of our prom who showed considerable histrionic ability in presid- ing over the fete. Then we led the line of presentations in the assembly program contest by presenting a night club sketch as Seniors. Leo Schosger Won first prize in the one-act play contest sponsored by the Sportsmanship Brotherhood of the state, and we presented it, along with a sketch written by William Shakespeare and Helen Austin, at the Stunt Night en- tertainment and scored two hits, no er- rors. Then we scored a home run of popular acclaim when we presented Mrs. Bumpstead-Leigh as our annual Senior Play. We have entered the sec- ond act in the Ithaca tournament, and Alice Janette Bailey and George Mc- Cauley in the county speaking contest, where they won first girls' and second boys' places, respectively. The Senior then refers to his handy pocket compendium entitled An Easy Way to Write a Novel Novel and a look of concern crosses his countenance. What's the matter? we ask. Look at this. 'The style of a writing is important' Why this class has seen so many changes in the lengths of skirts, types of coiffures, placing of waistline, strife between belts and Suspenders. great enlargement of trouser space and such vascillating sentiment concerning the color of ties and shirts and jazz sweaters, what can I do? Oh just sing in your introduction, 'This here novel, it ain't got no style, and leave it out. What's the matter now? This bally thing says that if a plot is going to be about a whole group I've got to have a few individuals to represent the group. What'll I do? How about the class oflicers? Great! A knockout idea! and he notes: Presidents, Catherine Lindsley, Robert Hovey, Leo Schosger, and Charles Nitsche. Vice-presidents: Frank Be- yea, Dorothy Batchelor, Gretchen Brun- ing, and Isabel Bonicave. For the first two years, Secretary-Treasurers, Robert Hovey and Norman Beck, and for the last two years, Secretaries, Martha Lit- tleton and Norman Beck, and Treasur- ers, George McCauley and Clifford Grid- ley. Members of Student Council, jun- ior, Isabel Bonicave, John Deneeng sen- ior, Marjorie Hood, Robert Shields. Stu- dent Council officers: Howard Wheel- er, president, Paul Clark, vice-presidentg and Leo Schosger, secretary. Rather in the background, but nevertheless decid- edly in evidence are the following, who have served as class advisors: Miss Re ihan, Miss May Waterbury, Miss Tobey, Miss Gaston, Miss McDermott, Mrs. Erwin, Miss Kretschmar, Mr. Cor- win and Mr. Miller.