Gloversville High School - Oracle Yearbook (Gloversville, NY)

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ll? T H ic Oimcnn bt barge tn the juninrs T the close of this talk l expect we shall have a spectacular, pyrotechnic dis- play of bombast from our young rep- resentative of the Junior Class. De Nihilo, Nihil fit. Nothing comes from noth- ing. It will be his mission to spellbind you in- to believing that they are a live class, and to this end he will direct his prattle. VVe now come before you in a straight-forward effort to see that you are given the unbiased truth, and noth- ing but the truth. This can be obtained only by an impartial examination of the records con- cerning the functions participated i11 by both classes during the past year. The Juniors have had two school parties, mere money-making affairs they were. The first of the class parties was an affair which they honored by calling a party. There was something peculiar about this Hpartyf' Either they could not find anyone to chaperon it, or they ran short of eats, for when the Vigilant Seniors arrived about seven o'clock, the Junior boys had gone, leaving the girls for the last load. The Senior boys having no quarrel with the Junior girls, allowed them to go in peace. Then they decided to have a sleighride. When the night appointed arrived, young Maider was late to the rendezvous, and so he decided that he would run part of the way so as not to delay the rest of the party too long. Quite oblivious of his co-pedestrians, he breezed by a couple of Senior boys, who hailed him. Where are you going, Maider? Uh! er, er, to the show. Well, isn't that great? We're going too, so come along with us. Seeing that the game was up, he allowed them to drag him off to the show while the rest of his classmates were enjoying themselves. The Seniors, having compassion for his youth, and fearing a shock to his delicate nervous system, allowed him his freedom in time that he might partake of the eats served after the ride. This brief account covers the social activities of the Junior Class. ln contrast to this, the Senior Class have had two school parties. There is absolutely no doubt in the mind of anyone but that they were the finest school parties given by any class. We had our sleighride and six real parties. The Seniors, realizing the state of coma into which the Juniors had fallen, did not make very seri- ous attempts at secrecy regarding any of their affairs. On one occasion Lenz and Maider, two prominent Juniors, with their chaperon, were driving aimlessly around the city when they happened to run across our meeting place. A bright idea occurred to them, so in order to put it into execution they came over and offered to drive a number of the Seniors to the place where the festivities were to be held. flt was a rash thing to do, but I should like to remind you of that old saying, Fools rush in where angels fear to tread. It turned out that instead of taking Seniors for a ride, Lenz was given a ride by the Seniors. At a point a few miles north of the city, George began to complain of some of the effects of the ride, in particular, aching feet. Now the Seniors are a humane bunch, and when they viewed the agonies that the poor fellow was going thru, it was decided that he should suffer no longer, so he was released and given an opportunity to rest his pedal extremities by walking home. This incident was the only oc- currence in which a Junior figured in a Senior affair, and was quite an accident. At no time in the past year have the Juniors attempted to make a concerted effort to join in any Senior function, which l believe to be ample proof that the spring of their class spirit have run dry. The fibers of their being have shrunk and with- ered until they are now but an empty shell. VVe will now turn the pitiless glare of the light of publicity upon another field of en- deavors-athletics. We shall take up first foot- ball. lt seems unnecessary for me to say any- thing regarding this phase of sport, for you al- ready know that it is in this field that Glovers- ville High School reigns supreme. With this knowledge in mind, it occasions no surprise when I tell you that there were six Seniors on the squad and two Juniors. This clearly indi- cates the unwillingness of the Juniors to contest in a man's game. ln basketball tl1e balance is in favor of the Seniors, altho tl1e game is not so strenuous, and really should be more to the aesthetic taste of the Juniors. There were three Juniors and four Seniors on the squad. With almost half the squad Juniors, we marvel that our teams succeeded in annexing as many games as they did with such an insuperable handicap. In the

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JUNE, 1921 rounding country. Emeron will be the boss and will specialize in the raising of small farm products. A senator from New York is about to be elect- ed. Victor Panek is trying his best and it seems he is about to succeed. Some friends are even congratulating him, but he is laboring under a misapprehensionf' for, when tl1e returns come in, Grace Karl, another of our classmates, is found to be victorious-the first woman sena- tor from New York. WVe may well expect some day to hear that Francis Bourne is a great lawyer. He is al- ready unsurpassed in his arguments and there is nothing he likes better. ' A young man is just alighting from a taxi and entering a large drug store. It is owned by Farrant k Co. When the man comes out a little later, he looks up and we see our old friend, VVilfred. One member of our class is going to rival 'Paderewski. Of course, you all guess that it is Evelyn Burr and you are not far wrongj Piano- playing and heart-breaking will be her chief oe- cupations. . Galli Curci seems to be casting jealous eyes on a young lady. They are both in the Metro- politan opera house and the one in question is Nlargaret Lenz. Ruth Vedder will soon leave Gloversville as she finds it a little slow, and, because of her natural charm, will be given a trial in the movie world. She will become, without doubt a sec- ond Uonstance Tahnadge. Because of her great love for children, Emily Hall will be established in the near future as the head of an orphan asylum. Elizabeth Whipple is going to make a bril- liant success in the business world. There seems to be a paper on whose staff she holds an im- portant position. .Because of l1er great ability of making herself agreeable, she will always have many friends. A stage is before us and on it appears a dancer who is world-famous. As she comes nearer and nearer, the lights grow brighter, we see our classmate, Verna La Rowe. Ruth Naish will become a bookkeeper in some large firm-perhaps a New York bank. ln future years we will read a great deal about the dean of a certain college who has introduced many new and successful ideas, which are the result of much dreaming done during her early life. The dean 's name will be Marion Spicer. - 9 Vile see a young lady sitting at a desk with a great pile of novels before her. In the back- ground is a sign which reads: Bookswritten to order - any style - prices moderate - French translations a specialty-Elizabetl1 Hodges. Before a large fire-place, in future years will be seated a young lady darning socks. We al- ways knew her as Adelaide Kenyon. Now her name is-well, do we need to say what? Pauline Karchowsky, unlike most women, will break the world's record for silence. There will be at least one girl in our class who will realize her ambition to be a nurse. Margaret Manwell will be the head of a large hospital. VVouldn't it be nice if Tom could be one of the patients? Because of her great ability to manage things, we expect something great from Phyllis Men- dell, but it seems that she is going to be content at no distant date with the management of one man. Marion MacDonald ought to go on the vaude- ville stage as a eomedienne, but instead she will become a great society leader, due to great fame acquired through illustrations of popular novels. Because of her unlimited ambition, Julia Shufelt will make a great success of her life, especially along business lines. , Due to her great love for teachers, Rosanna Shear will keep a boarding and rooming house, where only the above mentioned need apply. Ethel Lieberman-It would not be at all sur- prising if Ethel carried off the honor of being the first member of our class to be married. lt is so much more convenient for two people to occupy one side of the street than to live op- posite each other. Some day Blanche Noyes will be famous be- cause of her voice, and will make a tour of the country giving concerts. Alice Saxton is going to travel about a great deal, and it seems to be as the companion of a noted lady. It' looks as if Liberty Nicholas might spend her life watching baseball games and carrying flowers to a first baseman in whom she is very much interested. . Henry Houghtaling will be a circus manager and won't be able to refrain from taking the part of the principal clown. ln the future Ruth McGuire will be the wife of a sailor. This life will be especially pleas- ing to her in that a good share of the time she will be a grass widow, which will give her free- dom to exercise her vamping powers. C. DEL Tomo, R. MCGUIRE

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JUN iz, 19221 intra-mural league the SOIll0l'S wo11 a goodly majority of their games played, and finished the season with a percentage considerably in excess of that of the Juniors. In the only game played between the two classes, one Senior outscored the entire Junior team, the final score being 27 to 8. VVe were scheduled to play them another game, but the one beating so demoralized the Juniors that tI1ey begged the coach to save their skins by cancelling the game for them, which he did. Baseball season has just closed, and in look- ing over the squad, we find that the classes have equal representation in numbers, but the captaincy is held by a Senior. Now one more point. The number of Seniors on several of the squads is not very much in excess of that of the Juniors, but remember the Juniors outnumber the Seniors two to one, so that the percentage of the Senior Class on any athletic squad is far ahead of the percentage of' the Junior Class. The Juniors will claim to be THE class, but so far I have not been able to unearth any facts that will bear out their contentions. Did you know that the best, hardest working, most efficient members of the Juniors were Seniors who, beset by misfortune and by the oversight of the inventor of classses who forgot to pro- vide a place for such cases, were forced to join the Junior Class? There are a number of Seniors who elected not to graduate this June, but did they join the Junior Class? Not on your life, they knew a live class when they were in one. And dear Juniors, what about tI1e Senior who did join the Junior Class? He stood it as long as possible, but seeing the utter im- becility of' the Juniors, he decided to increase the amount of his work and graduate with a real class. The Juniors are a bright, learned, intelligent bunch. They are steadfast as a rock, play absolutely fair, even among themselves. They know par- liamentary law from A to Z and backwards. But in the midst of this praise, 'I' remember an event that makes it all a mockery. Juniors! how many presents did you elect for this term. I say two, and it required three meetings in order to choose the final one. They are just like a crowd of young children, never sure of their own minds. l wonder if they're all posi- tive as to who is their president? Chances are, half the class couldn't say for certain. 1.1 Some time ago the Juniors decided that the principles and spirit of' their class should be perpetuated in color. I'm certain the colors they have chosen do them credit-green and yellow. The,Class of '21 has repeatedly been ack- nowledged a scholastic class without a peer. Individuals as well as the class are covered by this record. Some of' this success we attribute to our mascot. It is a ruling of Mr. I7ibble's that no class fracases should occur in the High School building at any time. It is a ruling of the Board of Education that no class fracases should occur in the High School building at any time. Please note that no higher authority in this city can make a ruling in regard to this school. These edicts the Senior Class have al- ways venerated and respected. Winter holiday season was at hand, and the Seniors, following the precedent established some time ago,.had charge of the -Christmas exercises. CThis pre- cedent was ignored by the Juniors during the past year for they failed to offer a single pro- gram for chapel at any timed For the principal decoration tl1e Seniors, in the interest of' the en- tire school, made use of a large tree formerly belonging to the Juniors. Previous to this time we had made an ofiier to purchase the tree but our ofifer was ignored, and the tree deposited in a manner and location which tended to indicate that they had finished with it. During the ex- ercises our mascot was placed on exhibition. M'r. Dibble's iron hand had been temporarily removed, but we entertained no fear for the mascot because in our folly we believed that the Juniors would have respect for the chapel, for the rulings of Mr. Dibble and the Board, and last, respect for themselves. In all these we were rudely disappointed. Showing a disre- gard for honor and discipline that was pitiful to behold, they appropriated our mascot, hoping thereby to gain a small share of the honor and scholastic ability shown by this class. Juniors! This acquisition netted you noth- ing but a loss of respect. Remember, you can never hope to attain our place in the sun unless you do real consistent work. It is in the spirit of assistance that we, the Class of' '21, leave you our records to be used as a goal toward which you may strive in order that our Alma Mater may never have to slacken the pace she has set or lower the standards that she has raised. l+'aANc1s F. BoU1iN1-1, 'I2l.