Edwards Central School - Hornet Yearbook (Edwards, NY)

Page 16 text:

That avening the group attended a radio broad- cast at the N.B.C. studio. It was a debate between Col. Taylor, leader of the American Legion, and Philip Murray, president of the Newspaper Guild. Ben Grwer was moderator. Later in the evening they attended a professional basketball game at Madison Square Garden. New York Knickerbockers and the Cleveland teams played. The New York teams were much better than the Cleveland. The girls also had a game. The most interesting thing about the Cleveland girl's team was that four Negro girls played in the first line-up. At the half a group of nineteen girls gave some very fine twirling exercises. Easter Sunday turned out to be a beautiful day. The sun shone bright and the temperature was about 80 or 85. Nearly everyone attended church in the morning. In the afternoon, a group of ninety four Including Edwards went to the Bronx Zoo. Mary Hall, Patricia Gengler, and Olive Anne Hosmer got lost. After much walking around in circles and acquiring sore feet, they stumbled upon the rest of the group. Sunday evening the group attended Iceland a musical comedy in three acts composed entirely of

Page 15 text:

graduation. And now as we sit at this banquet to talk over the happenings of the years, we are saddened by the thought that the 43 who left us during the past 12 years cannot be with us tonight. We are out into the world to partake of other feasts and to sit at other banquets, but we shall always remember the happy days at Edwards High School. CLASS TRIP TO N. Y. C. Tfle senior class left Edwards at 5:30 A. it. April 5th. for Carthage where they were to board the train. Mr. Harmon and Mr. Hovey provided the trans- portat inn as far as Carthage. Those who went were Frank Harmon, Paul Whitmarsh, Melvin Ho vey, Charles Woodard, Wallace Hurley, Leona Bullock, Marsha Watson, Mary Hall, Olive Anne Hosmer, Pratricia Gengl n and Lois Finley with Mrs. Smith and Miss McGill as chaperones. It was still raining when the group arrived in New York about 3 o(clock. They were taken by taxie to the Hotel Piccadilly which was to be their resid- ence for the next five days.

Page 17 text:

ice skaters. The co stumes and scenery were beautiful. Monday morning the group toured upper and lower New York, which included Chinatown, the Bowery, the financial district, Greenwich Village and Harlem, by chartered bus. Some of the things they also saw on this tour was the Cathederal of St. John, the Divine, the Little Church around the Corner and many other famous places. This was the most interesting tour. In the afternoon they went to La Guardia airport. They a great many pictures there. That evening they attend- ed the play 0 Mistress Mine a comedy in three acts staring Lynn Fontaine and Alfred Lunt. Everyone enjoy- ed it very much. Tuesday morning the group really traveled. They saw how the N.B.C. studio was built so that the sub- ways would not affect it. They saw how television is made. They watched Fred Waring's broadcast and then they went to the top of the Empire State Building. That evening, the class went to Radio City Music Hall where they saw the movie The Late George Apley . The stage show was beautiful. The Rockettes put on a show of garden scenes by means of ballet dancing.