Fulton High School - Fultonian Yearbook (Fulton, NY)

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THE SENIOR YEAR BOOK-FULTON HIGH SCHOOL 7 part of the new Fulton High School. In the old school, when the school day was over, the doors were locked and the building abandoned for the night to the mice. Today the High School is a center of activity. On the stage we find a Erst-class drama getting its finishing touches. In the ofiice, the debaters are busy with their briefs and arguments. From the gym comes the sounds of the athletes priming for a coming contest, or on some occasions the pulsating rhythm of a dance orchestra, for high school dances are the most recent and most successful of the innovations ot the new era. Do people protest that this increasing activity will lower the standard of the school? For an answer, we refer them to the marks of the past two years, as compared to those of four or live years ago. In those days when school life moved in a slow and measured tempo, there might have been cause for such a protest, but with the new building came that new element-spirit, energy, call it what you may--that seems to enable people to do more and better things in less time than before. Today, more than ever before in the history of the school, is the student body capable of great things. And so it is that we of the Senior class, on the eve of our graduation, look back with pleasure, but without regret, on the old days. We are in the midsttof a new era, and in the bustle and activity of these days, the old times quickly vanish into the dim past. With the graduation of the next class, that of '28, these things we have spoken of will be no longer in a memory, but a tale learned by hearsay. But let us not forget, in the pride of our achievements, that to those that came before us is due the honor of establishing the high name of Fulton High School. And re- membering, let us not forget that to us, and to those that come after, is the task of upholding that name, a task that may be accomplished by continuing in that admirable and commendable spirit in which the school moves at present, the very essence of which is embodied in the two words LET'S GO!!,' -JAMES C. FANNIN, DANIEL C. XNILLIAMS. Miss Anna Kimber Seldom has an institution been so fortunate as Fulton High School in retaining for such a long period a teacher of Miss Kimber's ability and character. A native of Fulton, Miss Kimber was graduated from the Fulton High School in the class of 1892. After teaching a year in the Walradt Street School, she entered Cornell University, later re- turning to Fulton High School as a teacher of mathematics. During the twenty-three years of her efiicient and loyal service, she has ever been an inspiration to the students. Because of her sympathetic under- standing of student life and problems, she has exercised an influence far- reaching in its effect. It is with deepest regret that we relinquish Miss Kimber. We wish her happiness and continued success in whatever she may undertake in the future.

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6 THE SENIOR YEAR BOOK-FULTON HIGH SCHOOL 5865-3 1 I Editorials Gi -rQ95i Well, Well, Well! Autres tempf, aulres maeursf' Since some erudite French philosopher first put this obvious truth, other times, other customs, into words, the old maxim has never missed Hre. And once more, in the case of Fulton High School, it has proven true. How many of us about to graduate the ancient customs and tradi- recall tions which firmly bound the student body of the old Fulton High School? How with many recall the semi-reverence which the under-classmen re- garded that group, the cream of the Student body, the Senior class? Certainly one's memory must be short to forget those old times, better to be recalled than continued. School life was an endless following of hide-bound tradition. The conservative majority would quickly turn thumbs down on any radical idea. Those time-honored walls, the ivy-covered masonry, the sombre, brooding atmosphere of that venerable pile was anything but con- ducive to new ideas, new enterprises. True, school spirit was not dead, but it was dormant. Something had to happen- Something did happen. In the mid- dle of the fall term, 1924, Fulton High School shook off its age-old lethargy, and stepped out and did things. Storing her ancient traditions in the place of their birth, the old building, she moved bag and baggage into the new quarters. CCurtain to denote the passing of two and one-half yearsj Pk PK Pk Well, well, well, the old school has changed, and how! The perpetual Senior is slowly be- coming a thing of the past. No longer do students remain in our halls for six or eight years through love of the old Alma Mater Qsarcasmj. No longer does the Freshman tremble when some upper-classman glances in his direction. To be sure the old reverence of Freshman for Senior has not disappeared, and it never will. But to a great extent it is much less noticeable. But one old-time custom has come down to us from the days of the past. That of applauding the Senior in assemblies has justly survived. On the whole, however, these remnants of a by- gone day are extinct. And it is fitting that they should be, for they do not belong to the new and better Fulton High School. In the words ofthe poet The old order changeth, giving place to the new. It is with pleasure that we see the Freshmen and Sophomores attending social functions which in the old days were patronized almost exclusively by the Juniors and Seniors. The Fresh- man of today may be young, but in the activity which began with the new building, he quickly drops his grade- school manners and becomes an integral

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F SENIOR YEAR BOOK-FULTON HIGH SCHOOL nr '39, i. THE SENIOR CLASS