Fulton High School - Fultonian Yearbook (Fulton, NY)

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FULTON HIGI-I SCHOOL YEAR BOOK 19 It may seem presumptuous for the editors, who have never had any ex- perience in running a school, to endeavor to advise the Board of Education as to how tl1e schedule of the Senior Class Entertainments should be arranged. lNe will not deny nor affirm the truth of such an opinion, but THE SENIOR the presumption of our suggestions may possibly be excused PLAY by a consideration of the fact that they are made only for the best interest of both the school and the students. For years it has been the custom to hold the Prize Speaking Contest and Class Play during the month of June. The adequate preparation for these events necessitates tremendous work on the part of the participants and the results that follow are very detrimental. Much time that should be used in re- view of school work is exhausted by the Play and Prize Speaking The student has to study during the small hours of the night, returns to school tired out and utterly incapable of concentrated study, and his chances of pass- ing the Regents are greatly endangered. In view of this fact, we, the editors, expressing popular opinion, and hav- ing experienced the aforesaid evils, earnestly advise that the Class Play be staged in the early part of the year. At this season affairs and time would not be so pressing and the Senior could do greater justice to both Play and school work. 1-F. H. S.-- Early last fall President Wilson issued a proclamation to the school chil- dren of the United States, asking them to form an organization to be known as the Junior Red Cross. The pupils in the Fulton school responded eagerly and enthusiastically. Soon every pupil in the public schools was JUNIOR RED enrolled as a member. The schools became Red Cross auxil- CROSS iaries, and entered upon their work of aiding the senior branch of the American Red Cross in any way possible. Since then much Work has been accomplished. Pupils in the seventh and eighth grades devote time from their hand work classes, while the High School pupils sew each afternoon at the close of school, under the supervision of the various teachers. Miss Marion Dickerman represents the Senior Red Cross in the organization. Miss Nancy Cook purchases and distributes the supplies, and Miss Adelaide Lowerre supervises the work in the High School. u The children chose the making of layettes as the major part of their activities. By the last of June eighty complete outfits will be ready for ship- ment to the orphans of France and Belgium. Many pupils learned to knit and have made sweaters, wristlets and scarfs which have been used in outfitting the men as they have left Fulton for camp. The High School alone has made and turned over to the Red Cross twenty sweaters. Mention might also be made of the boys who learned to knit and who have been making wash cloths for each layette. The High School boys have done excellent work in making picture puz- zles. Large, gaily colored pictures were pasted upon cardboard, cut into odd- shaped pieces and placed in large manilla envelopes on which were written the names of the puzzles and the number of pieces. These puzzles are used to entertain the convalescents in the hospitals of France. Under the supervision of Mr. Lawton, the boys in the manual training department have made fifty-four large packing boxes for use by the local Red Cross in sending supplies abroad.

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18 FULTON 'HIGH SCHOOL YEAR BOOK he Sardar eh aah threw YE R BOOK PUBLISHED ANNUALLY BY THE FULTON HIGH SCHOOL CLASS PRICE, 50 cents. EDITED BY ROBERT 'J. BOLAND ............. Editor-in-Chief HARRIET E. HUDSON MARIAN A GOODJON 5 ........... Assistant Editors Lucy L. McCalTrey E. F. Sullivan ..... Business Manager Class Room and Corridor W, E, Perkins Harold R. Palmer ........... Grinds Assistant Business Manager R. Neil Hunter ............ Athletics 5 K. J.' Moss ..... Advertising Manager Ruth Quirk ........ .. Exchanges A. B. Chesbro K. Frances O'Hare .... Alumnae 'i ASSiSt8I1t AdV8I'tiSiI1g Manager Ralph Seymour ..... ....... A rt il G. B. Mason .. .... Circulating Editor Entered in the Pos! Ojice al Fulton, N. Y., as second class mail mailer EDITORIALS This year the Senior Class has turned aside from the usual course of events and in place of the Senior Oracle, has published a year book, called The Red and Green. Red and Green are Fulton High Sehool's colors and they stand for Fulton High. Likewise, the Year Book THE YEAR stands for Fulton High and endeavors to put, in clear and BOOK concise statements, the happenings of the past year in school life. The many pictures will, in future years, recall to memory the happy days at dear old High School. The many interesting articles con- cerning classmates, teachers, athletics and social activities will bring back the good times--the best times of our lives. The citizens of Fulton will enjoy the book for surely everyone is interested in the school. The book will be a suc- cess only if the students, faculty and citizens purchase it. The book was put out at a tremendous expense, and many, saying that expense should be cut down during the VVar, have severely criticised us. Yet the Class feels that the school work is not complete without some literary endeavor. Then, why not a good one? The Senior Class wishes that next year's class will undertake a year book, and put out one, better and larger than the one which the 1918 Class edited. The Class of '18 has started the stone-a-rollin, so to speak, and future classes must keep it moving.

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20 FULTON'HIGH SCHOOL YEAR BOOK Tl1e Junior Red Cross has been the recipient of several gifts of yarn and other materials and of twenty comfort bags presented by the 1909 Shakespeare Class and the T. A. E. Club. Each bag contains soap, washcloth, talcum, needles, pins, thread and thimble and a bag accompanies each layette. The children, while doing for others and learning a great practical lesson in patriotism, are becoming more capable and efficient needle-women, and the boys are aiding in every way possible. Truly it may be said that all are learn- ing to do by doing. A T-F. H. S.-- A message by President Wilson: Patriotic boys, girls, men and women of Fulton will you help win the war? Every family must help feed itself. Fresh vegetables must be used to lessen home consumption of staple foods needed by troops and Allies-and there are still other necessities besides these. The people of this country must provide with UNITED STATES adequate food supplies for the future--for next winter. SCHOOL GARDENS Each individual citizen must try to grow as large a por- tion of his future food supply as he can, in order to ease transportation problems, or in other words. to lighten the task of hauling to him for long distances cars full of food. And every group and association of citizens must do the same. It is because so many people last Summer took up gardening in this spirit that there were enough vegetables available the past winter to tide the country over during the periods of transportation conges- tion. The duty of all citizens is this: Raise vegetables to provide food for your- selves. And this applies to every one who owns or can get access to land which may be cultivated. - ' We all have been having the opportunity to serve by not doing certain things, by avoiding waste, and refraining from extensive use of wheat, fats, and other kinds of food. But added to it now comes the chance to do some- thing to grow a garden full of vegetables, each one of which will help win the war. These are the days when you should say over and over to yourselves, not only about gardens but about everything else: Is this thing that I am about to do going to help my country in winning the war? That is the ques- tion which not only you, but every man, woman, and child in the whole nation ought to ask himself. The pupils of Fulton Public Schools have responded to the Call to the Garden with eleven hundred and sixty-three volunteers. For the first time i11 the history of the world has a government turned to'its school children and asked them to mobilize for war against an enemy. The U. S. S. G. army is the largest army in the Whole world. It has five million volunteers who are will- ing to do a small part toward winning this War. Fulton has every reason to be proud of its youthful citizens. They have responded to the call in larger numbers than in the majority of cities of the United States. Five hundred of the Fulton gardens contain four hundred or more square feet. These have been planted carefully and are being well cared for. The pupils of Fulton Public' Schools deserve encouragement and praise for their splendid patriotic work.