Gloversville High School - Oracle Yearbook (Gloversville, NY)

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,TUNE 1935 ii fx x 2 Q14 WW N1 . S ,fi-QP? 'QW ' .1 gf :riff-' Aff, -7-'tg 'lf J . 4+ brig ' E 1 JW , CL. ,J ' in WHEN WE MUST CARRY ON It was April, and Mr. Dwight Carter was thinking of moving out to his summer home. Every April, when the snow had disappeared and the leaves began to appear on the trees in Central Park, Mr. Carter would close up his Fifth Avenue apartment and go out on Long Island to the big, ramshackle Carter Mansion. The Mansion was very much in need of repair. The roof leaked, the porch sagged, and the paint was 29 peeling off, but Mr. Carter didn't have the money to fix the place up, and as he wouldn't think of parting with it, the Mansion continued to become more dilapitated with each pass- ing of a year. So now it was April. The apartment was closed and Mr. Carter drove out with Ling San, his Japanese man. They took some food, and their clothes, and reached the Mansion around noon. Mr. Carter sighed inaudibly as the car went slowly up the drive. The spacious lawns were badly in need of trimming, and the porch was sagging frightfully. He would have to try and fix it up before Merideth came. Leave the car here, Ling, Carter directed, as the car came to a stop. Yles, sir, answered,Ling San, and jumped out' swiftly, to open the door for Mr. Carter. Dwight Carter stood there a moment, thinking of the past, and the happy days when he had brought Merideth here, as his bride. That was twenty-three years ago this June. Carter turned to get the bags out of the car, trying to blot out the memory of those,care-free days, when the Carter Mansion was one of the most beautiful on Long Island, and when his young wife had danced through the gardens, on winged feet. But it was hard to forget. Each year when he first came out, Carter had those illusions spring up magically before his eyes, to disseminate his thoughts. Ling San was opening the door into the dim hall when Carter went up the steps, bags in hand. Klinda dlark, Mlister Carter, remarked Ling. He hastened to pull up the shades in the front rooms. The sun- light made it at once more livable, and soon, when all the windows were up, the house was comfortably warm, because it was a very warm day for April. . The first thing to do was to get something to eat. They couldn't work on empty stomachs, and there was plenty of work to do. ..:f- -- v ORCHESTRA

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28 GIRLS' ATHLETICS Dear Glory: Here I am again and filled with just loads of news. This will be our last letter for this year and we've got all old business to clean up . You know about all of the other results and everything of the other tournament, don't you? But just in case you've got mixed up or something-I'll just give you a few last minute points. The final results of the Speedball Tournament are as follows: First place-Sophomore team-Captain Babe I-Iavlick. Second place-Senior ll team-Captain Shorty Sharpe. Third place--Senior I team-Captain Jane Hine. Junior team--Captain Angie Clemente. I don't believe that it's necessary to tell you the names of all the officials because I gave them to you once, and really, there's so much more important business to do - I'll just leave it out. Then next came the Gym team and there isn't much to say about it except that the girls done very well and the girls who received credit for this are: 'Seniors--Vivian Bowers, Florence Sanzo. juniors-Eleanor Argersinger, Virginia Beclingham, Doris Conover, Betty Shew. Sophomores-Ruth I-Iagle, Dolores I'Iavlick, June l lindes, Edith Hogan, Virginia I-Iolland, Marion Naish, Anne Po- litsch, Doris Wlieeler. Dorothy Klose received credit too but she's moved to dear old Johnstown - Boo-Bo-ooo. Then next came the Outdoor Clubs and basketball. The final results of the tournament were: Junior Team-First Place-Captain Issy Broadbent Senior B Teamiecond Place-Captain Angie', Clemente Senior A Team-Third Place--Captain Helen Kasson THE ORACLE Fourth Place- Senior C Team-Captain Shorty Sharpe Sophomore Team-Captian Lena Pellegrino Then along came spring-and the girls all got spring fever so we decided it was time for us all to get outdoors so we started our spring sports-Tennis, Track and another Out- door Club. Then next came track. That's always popular - and here are some of the things they run off: High jump, running broad, standing broad, three hop jump, hop, skip and jump, baseball throw, basketball throw, relay, meter races, base running and land sakes, I can't remember anything else. We had our track meet on June 4. Then you know we've held our regular meeting every month of the Girls' Athletic Council . As you know, it is the organization that decides all the Ugonigs-onsesn. It settles all matters Hpeacefullyu. just for luck, I'll tell you who's on it: President- Red Davies Secretary- Ginger', Bedingham Reporters-Jean Welch, Oracle: Babe Havlick, Herald Representatives-Senior, I-Ielen Kassong Junior, Eleanor Argersingerg Sophomore, Virginia Thayer General Manager- Jo Chvila Assistant Manager- Red Davies And our good fran Frenchy is always with us. She sticks by us through thick and thin and never' complains. And she's always ready to help each and every one of us. I'm sure not one of us, who will be gone next year, will ever forget her. Well-we decided lots of things and one is where we'd have our annual banquet this year. We finally decided on the Acer again because we had such a good time there last year. Gosh, you know Glory, you can swim and fish and go boating and eat and dance and oh, gee! Everything up there! No kidding! Honest! We held our banquet on June 7 and Continued on Page 42 .1-f ,. . . Y .- Wee. , U OIR

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30 Ling San had very shortly prepared lunch. Carter was very silent during the meal. He was thinking that the porch must be fixed, if Merideth was to be able to get around. And the roof would have to be patched. He would get the money somewhere, it was for the girl, not for him. That afternoon Ling San removed the coverings from the furniture and they made up beds. Carter decided they should repaint Merideth's room, and the furniture in it, too. Carter slept the best that first night than he had in months. The next morning he drove to the small city, three miles from the Mansion. In the hardware store he fingered a twenty dollar bill caressingly before he gave it to the clerk. The clerk looked at him queerly. Apparently he was a stranger, and hadn't heard' of the Carters, or he would have understood. Carter drove through the town, conscious of quizzical gazes and the jabbering of tongues as they realized Dwight Carter had come out to the Mansion. He stopped at the post office. He greeted the men casually, but did not stop for conversation. There was a telegram for him, from David. Carter read it slowly, smiled, and crumpled it. David was off to Chicago. Would try to run out and see him soon. . Carter's smile was one of pain, because he was realizing that David did not need that apartment any more than a cat needs nine lives, but it was for him. It was Carter's home, as long as he liked, for David to keep up. When he had first asked him to come there it was to be a companionship between the two men. They would always be good friends but that was all. David Denison had never known sadness - and Dwight? Dwight had never known much happiness, except those three short years with Merideth. So they didn't get along, when together very long. Carter had more than once decided to leave, but David would not have it. Now it was understood that Dwight should stay there, and David come and go as he liked. Wlren Carter reached the Mansion, he was pleased to THE ORACLE find Ling San diligently mowing the lawns. It was beginning to look better already, but it would always be lovely, to Dwight. For two weeks they toiled, Ling San cleaning house, and Carter painting. and digging up the garden. A man came out and fixed the roof, and a carpenter repaired the sagging veranda. The Mansion, although still unpainted, was washed in every part that the supple Ling San could possibly reach. Carter stayed up late many nights, walking in the garden, when he should have been sleeping. It was hard, terribly hard to carry on. Everywhere he saw the face of Merideth. smil- ing at him. She had always smiled, even when she was very near the end. Dwight saw the smiling face. surrounded by a halo of bright hair, in the seat which he had built for her between the two great elm trees. I-le saw her on the lawn, playing with little Merideth. And it was hard for a man to carry on when he had lost his money, and was living on a thousand a year when the Carters had previously been worth nearly a million. There were times when Carter had been tempted to bring an end to his misery and suffering, but for the beloved wife's sake, he carried on. Now, after two weeks, he wrote for Merideth. We'll have chicken and biscuit, Ling, and fresh straw- berry shortcakef' Dwight became a boy in his eagerness. And the flowers! We must have some flowers in bloom. Ah, Ling. Yles, Mlister Clarter. We hlab stlawberry shlortcake for Mlissy. Ling San slaw tulips blooming tloday, Mlister Clarterf' Ling San, too, was enthusiastic. Carter received an answer to his letter. A nurse would bring her on to him. She would be there Friday. Dwight could hardly wait. He got out the wheel chair and painted it, and Ling San, with deft fingers made new cushions for her back. He and' Ling San built a trundle-way from the porch to the lawn. BAND