Draper Central High School - Dragon Yearbook (Schenevus, NY)

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gfdddzy Ladies and gentlemen, Board of aducation, Superintendent, Teachers and Friends Upon behalf of my client, the Class of 1949, of Draper Central School of the village of Schenevus, State of New York, U S A I have called you together upon this solemn and serious occasion, to listen to her last moments Cutting so rapidly loose from life, and finding so many things of such gigantic proportions to be attended to before the end should come upon her realizing at the same time that she had no longer any time left to spend in cultlva tion of her own virtues, she did, collectively and individually, deem it best to distribute these virtues with her own hands to those friends to whose needs seem best fitted As a result of this announcement a wild scene took place admist most frantic pleading and srrambllng among her friends for this or that so long coveted glory, but she has tried to be just, as well as generous and impartial, and distribute wisely unto those who will make the best use of such gifts as she has 1 her power to bestow, the talents that so long served her faithfully these four years These are her decision, as at last definitely arrived at through very deliberate consideration Owing to the flighty conditinn of her brain, and the unusual dis turbance in its gray matter, begs me to state for her that may quite possibly have been mistaken in her inventory, but such things as she, she hereby gives into your possession, praying that you will accept them as a sacred trust from one who who gone before Listen, then, one and all, while I read the document, as duly drawn up and sworn We the Class of 1949, in seventeen individual and distinct parts being about t pass out of this sphere of education, in full possession of a crammed mind, well trained memory, and almost superhuman understanding do make and publish this, our last will and testament, hereby revoking and making void all former wills promises by us at any time heretofore made, or mayhap, carelessly spoken, one to the other, as the thoughtless wish of an idle hour And first we do direct that our funeral services shall be conducted by our friends and well wishers, our principal and his all wise and ever competent faculty, who have been our guardians for so long, only asking, as the last injunction of thg dying, that the funeral be carried on with all the dignity and pomp that our worth our merit, our attalnments, and our positions as Seniors of 'grave and reverend m1en,W must certainly have deserved As to such estate as it has pleased that fates and our own strong hands and George Bucholz leaves his small feet to Bob Roth Joe Schoeberl leaves his shyness to Isabel Stilwell Harold Whiteman leaves his wreckless driving to Nelson 0'Br1en Dick Schmiedel leaves his manly shape to George Page We hope George makes use of it Carolyn Ross leaves her shape to Katherine O'Br1en Lois Williams leaves her self to George .del Delores Sugarick leaves her smile to Mrs VanPatten Marguerite Gladstone leaves ability to talk in study halls to John Ellis Mary Hubbard leaves her gift of gab to Wanda Barnes Roberta Higgins leaves her skill in rifle club to Walt Kalberer Alice Dubben leaves her walk to Frances Decker Agnes Bond leaves the sly ways she uses to humor Miss Swackham er to Jean Ross Albert Dulkis leaves his innocence to all lower classmen Francis Delaney leaves his insanity to Jack Nagle, as much as he hates to part with it Norman Skellie leaves his unruly hair to Mr Hoder Phyllis Palmer leaves her high marks and ambition to Dick Norton To Miss Jamison we leave better Law classes and many more interesting trips to Cooperstown with plenty of root beer The members of the Senior Class leave to Miss Swackhammer their happy disposl tions Mrs VanPatten we leave more courteous study halls Mr Chase we leave more good students like Roberta and Marguerite Mr Dennington we leave quiet and better attended ag classes Mr McCune we leave several assistants to help him supervise his Senior Eng lish Classes Tb Miss O'Brien we leave a new ruler to keep order in eighth grade English To Coach Clllberti we leave many more winning teams and also some hair dye to aid in the concealing of his slowly ggzying locks 0 n to: . o ' - or ' 1 brains to win, for us, we do dispose of the same as follows: To . . To I O To . . . To . -

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If anyone should ask me where this story, legend and tradition came from, I should answer, why from Draper High School, from four long, hard years of study, from four years of firm endeavor in athletics and the classroom Should you ask me where Draper High School gathered such a band of students for her Senior Class, I would tell you, from the green lanes of the country, from the eight grades just below us, from far off schools of learning and from far and varied places If still further you should ask me how all these students ever heard of Draper High SchgQ1,1 would further answer your inquiries straight way in such words as follows One day at the doors of Draper High School stood our noble principal, Professor Huntington Lifting his arms he sent out a message calling students to his school Soon they came from the east, the west, from the south and from the northland and gathered around the principal with all his teachers They were shy and modest and bashfully they eyed the principal and all his faculty But soon their confidence returned as there are not other teachers who have such a way with the students as ours And so off the classrooms they went a noisy bunch of students As Freshmen, they stood all the trials and troubles of getting adjusted to high school Some got along very well, while others never seemed to find the right way of getting along in their classes and with their friends In response to Professor Hunt 1ngton's call the following students entered the portals of Draper High School Norman Skellie, Larry Russell, Albert Dulkis, Clark Whitney, Harold Whiteman, Robert Edgecomb, George Bucholz, Glenn Decker, Richard Schmiedel, Nicholas Moffre, Myron Mulford, Georgia Mae, Katherine Carroza, Roberta Higgins, Ruth Sandman, Phyllis Palmer, Carolyn Ross, Alice Dubben, Lois Williams, Mary Hubbard, and Marguerite Gladstone This first year our advisor was Miss Linehart As Freshmen, we didn't have many activities The class officers were President George Bucholz, Vice President Lois Williams, Treasurer Phyllis Palmer, Secretary Alice Dubben Our class contributed Larry Russell, George Bucholz, Albert Dulkis, Harold Whiteman, Robert Edgecomb, and Norman Skellie to the Junior Varsity team We had a few dances and a game party We didn't make much money that ear y Our second year we came back to school with seven boys and eight girls We had lost six students who were Katherine Carroza, Georgia May, Myron Mulford, Nichols Moffre, Larry Russell, and Robert Edgecomb Our advisor again was Miss Linehart Again we accomplished little other than a few dances, just for the fun of it Gerald Scanlon joined our happy throng as did Joseph and Ludwig Schoeberl Shortly after Ludwig left Our class officers this year were President Lois Williams, Vice Pres ident Phyllis Palmer, Treasurer Norman Skellie, Secretary Alice Dubben teacher We became expert salesmen after our magazine subscription campaign during February and March, and as a result, netted around 8200 for our treasury Ve also had bake sales, dances and parties to swell our coffers so that we could be Washington bound in '49 We gained three new pupils tkis year They were Agnes Bond, Phyllis Downs and Delores Sugarick Our Junior Class officers were President Marguerite Gladstone, Vice President Albert Dulkis, Treasurer Lois Williams, Secretary Norman Skellie Our Senior year began with two members absent Gerald Scanlon and Glenn Decker gained Bud Delaney from Milford This year we have had a series of advisors started out with Miss Bourgiois After a Short time she left and we had a new teadher, Marshall In November, Mr Marshall left and Miss Bourgeois again taught us Now we have as our final advisor to end our careers at Draper, Mr Leland We have been selling refreshments at the home games this year We have also presented a play, entit led nBashful Bertien This was a big Success, netting us over 8100, and besides that it was a lot of fun to present We have also had a number of dances and are planning on a few bakesales to help us raise enough money to make our trip to Washington in April Our caps and gowns have been ordered and we are thinking about invitation orders now Our class officers this year are President Roberta Higgins, Vice President Lois Williams Secretary Carolyn Ross, Treasurer Phyllis Palmer We feel that we have accomplished a great deal in our high school life and we dis like the thought of leaving Draper but, even though our High School life is ending, our real life is just beginning Here at Draper we have learned many a lesson, worked out many 8 PPOW-em and DOW we 11111515 leave AS brave and gallant victors we must pass fI'OI11 Draper Central and take our places with the peoples who have already learned Life's lessons 15 ddf ' . to As Juniors we were under the watchful eye of Miss Kinney our Home economics -- . We - . me Mr. . . .

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HISTORY fCON'TJ ther who had found her greatest ambition in the highest of all worldly vocations the ma ker and keeper of the home Verily was my soul rejoiced there at as I gazed my last up on Agnes Bond and Harold Whiteman And it came to pass, even as I watched the home lights die away, that sweet strains of music held my soul entranced by the beauty and perfection of their harmonies, an as I looked about to know whence they came, behold I did find, even as the queen of world's music, the same one who in high school, and I felt myself falling into line and kheppng step with Marguerite Gladstone's martial airs and behold a change came over the spirit of my dreams, and I felt within my heart a strange, burning to see my old school mates, Phyllis Downs, Albert Dulkis, George Buch olz and Joe Schoeberl, till the Spirit of Prophecy, responding to my unspoken wish, con ducted me to a bachelor girl apartment in a large foreign city where Phyllis was sitting by a large fireplace awaiting the return of your prophetess to complete the charmed cir cle And now the Spirit conducted me to a large ballpark near California where George Bu cholz was a catcher for the most famous team of the time and Lo! Albert Dulkis appears with a bucket of water Alas the once athletic star 0fDraper has been brought to mere ly carrying water for this great team And verily, as I beheld this scene and marvelled there at, thinking 'Aye, even shall it straightway come to pass with each and all of us,'1o, the strains of music died away, the veil was drawn over mine eyes, shutting out from my vision the Things to B , and I turned mine eyes back to the Things that Are, sure that as 'coming events cast their shadows before,' only goodness and truth and properity shall follow all the day: that are to come to the fair and talented members of the Class of 1949 Mr Hoder we leave many more students like Bucholz and Delaney Miss Kinney we leave a better Homemaking D Class and a new boyfriend Mr Leland we leave more intelligent classes like this year's American History Class the remaining students at Draper we would like to leave all of our dignity, good man ners, consideration for teachers, ability in all subjects and high ideals but after careful consideration we find we need them all for ourselves To the Board of Education, faculty and Mr Huntington we leave it 1sn't hush but we leave and you should be thankful 13 d so e WILL K CON' TD To . . To . To . . To -