Gloversville High School - Oracle Yearbook (Gloversville, NY)

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left to Right Back Row Herbert Coloumbe Anne degarty Vlfglhll Rltxm I-red fersler 0121 Costes Marie Mthoney L on .Iuohson I-lexnor Flsterly lester Pross Vera Mre S utr Arm ll Hettock Middle Ron Anne Strlecher V1rf.1n1r DlBuccl Mxry Holmes Joseph Multi, Rose Curley Nmu. Powell Buerlx Thompson Ruth Krzuse Iaura. Kelly Betty Rohbln Marlon Feir brunt Ron M R O Wlgglns Kithlo n Armstrong., Frlnk Bolebruek Albert Pozefslu Ltlgar Ku mrugh llrlxx rrl Stone Bxrhurx lunux Andrew Murriy Mrs Betstv RflllbClH Grade forty one years ago rn l899 the Owl was fxrst recognwed as a student publrcatlon A lt expanded through the Vears rt came to be called the Oracle and was pubhshed as a monthly magazine by the gxaduatlnfr class Contmumg to grow It has become the annual Semm yearbook lhe graduatmg Class of l940 has seen Clovers vllle Hlgh School glow grea'ly during the past four vears educationally athletlcally as well as physical ly and the Oracle staff of l940 has attempted to present a yearbook mdlcatmv these standards Thus the Oracle IS contlnumg tn the pulpoe for XNl'llCl1 xt was orlgmally lntended to typlfy the school its actlvltles the faculty and the student body Under the able guldance of Mr Betsey R0bl son the Oracle staff was organmed at the outset of the school year unllke those of former years when the yearbook ofhcers were chosen ln the be gmnlng of the second semester hlhe yearbook has become a SpCClallZCd Held of actnvxty Tramlne experience executlve ablllty eff clency and hard work are among the requirements to meet the demands of a thoroughly orgamzed school project for whrch the heads of the staff and the advisors are responsrble In addltlon to this the staff IS not composed solely of Seniors but also of a group of dlllgent umors namely Lester Pross Arnold Heacock Vltglnla Rltlro and Mary Holmes who serve as assistants and mll be Immediately advanced from their posltlons as new applicants will be added from the umor Class to get the required tralnlng for even greater effrclency lhu Commencement Day wxll not find all the staff members leaving the school Thls system of orgamzatlon wlll mamtam a number of Informed members to carry on the work of the out going class lhe staff responsuble for the preparatlon and publlcatlon of the Qemor yearbook of l940 rs as follows Edzlonal SMH Edrtor rn Chnef EDFAR KAVANALCH Nlanagmg Edxtor EDWARD STEFIL Organlzatlon Editor BEVERLY IAHOMPSON ANDREW NIURRAY BARBARA joNEs LEON -IACOBSONI josern Memo ANNELIESE STREKHER Boys Sports Girls Sports Photographer Typist Asst Typist lCont1nued on Page 58l twenty nmc l 1 L: ' : ', e 1: . .Is ,z ', J ', 1 1 Sur. rr ' ' 'Z S 'I , 'r' 'z ' 2 ' . .' 4' z'.', .': ' , j . . 1 ,. .J ', ' 's, 2' ,:. ': r. . , t, z e '. 2 ' , 1 ' 1 '1 .2 ' . I ': 1 S ' . 1 : : . u, ' 1 . .. L v . 1 . ,, ,, .. . . - 9 i 9 - . . S , U H . . . . .. -. ' ' V U .. r . A . .. V . . .J- Y ' M ' 3' ' , S v u f 'A ' ' , .3 . . S v I 1 , v . . O , s. - . A V , - - - .. - - J g - - - f ' ' - . 1 , . D, ...... , , . ..... , A . . v. , Q , . , ' ..... A A

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E lett to Pight Back Row Betty Williams Jane Strott Nancy Spicer Cath line Rui ii Ke Joseph Mull Barb :ra Brown Olga Cistes Marie Mihoney Pleintr P isterly Mulnlle Rum R O Wiggins Kenneth Check Elaine Snyder PhlllpVertuc'11 Ruth Kruse IN my Punt-ll Iester Pruss Rose nxley Marion Fear Plona Saunders Mrs Bet ey Ronnson brunt Rim Arnold Heieor-k Warran Praetorius Herbert Dervug Bexerly Thompson Betts Robbins Barbara Jones Edgar Kaxanaugh Bill Peck Husky Oroxxfl The HUSKY GROWL began its year in Septem- ber l939 with approximately 50 students comfnv out for staff work. During the year this number has been reduced by about 20. There are I3 editorial staff members and I3 business staff members. They are as follows: Editor-in-Chief-BEVERLY THOMPSON Assistant Editor-HERBERT DERWG Business Manager--BETTY ROBBINS Boy s Sports Editor-EDGAR KAVANAUGH Girls Sports Editor-BARBARA KONES Cartoonist-WARREN PRAETORIUS Phaographer--LEON JACOBSON Ecltorial Staff-Nancy Spicer Lester Pross Nancy Powell Elaine Snyder Bill Peck Rose Cawley Gloria Saunders Jessie Clifford twenty-eight Business Staff- ane Strott Marion Fear Olga Costes Laura lxelly Betty Williams Catherine Ruf Eleanor Ecasterly Barbara Brown Marie Mahoney Frank Ambrose Virginia Roscoe The HUSKY GROWL published seven issues dur- inrf the year featuring several student activities such as Senior I lay and Operetta. An especially color- ful and interesting issue was published in October for sale at the ohnstown-C-loversxille football game. ln anuary an extensive student poll was conducted. Over 9C0 votes were collected and tabulated in this WINDY CITY POLL published in February. lVl . oseph Check serveu as adviser for the first two issues. Since anuary lVlrs. Betsey A. Robison has supervised publications.

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OHS Chorr All has not been serrousness for the vocal Group however as on the evenrnv of February I6 drnner was grven rn the school cafeterra for chorr members Follourrr thrs there were UHITICS and clancrnff for the actrve organrzatron rn the Boys Gym As a Group the GHS Chorr has only one offrcer rts treasurer Robert Lalvlonte who has held the posrtron for several years However credrt for a great deal of worlc should be grven to those srngers who played the leadrng roles rn thrs year s operetta They are Vrrvrnra Rrtrro Harrv Palmer Rose Cawley Bernard uackenbush ames Donovan Elarne Ackel Doro hy Peck Robert Kemp Sher wood qmrth Ruth Robbrns Vrrgrnra DelVlagrstrrs Albert Ackel Shrrley Holmes Betty Foster and Nrck Javerone Mrs Valerrtrne R Glocl-zner drrected the group durrng the entrre year Evelyn Honeycombe served as accompanrst ldhe GHS Chorr rs actually made up of two chorrs The A Chorr composed of .lun ors and Senrors and the B Lhorr composed of only Sopho thzrty mores Flhe srze of thrs group necessrtates thrs dr vrsron and the two weekly rehearsals As rn prevrous years the annual operetta of the Gloversvrlle Hrgh Schools Chorr composed of 181 students assumed the place of prrme actrvrty rn srngrng for the 1939 1940 year Flhe Gondolrers by Grlbert 81 Sullrvan was presented by the Chorr on Aprrl I8 and I9 Its full color tunefullness and garety were drsplayecl to great advantage by a stage cast of 60 However personal appearances preceecled and followed thrs presentatron On December 6 the group rendered selectron for the annual Y W C A Chrrstmas Tea On the evenrnvs of December I3 and I8 the Chorr gave varred programs at the ewrsh Communrty Center and the Glove Theatre respec trvely On May I0 they rendered several selec trons as a part of the recently rnaugurated Parent s Program Durrng the year a complete broadcastrng system consrstrng of mrcrophones speakers and vrctrola sys tem was presented to the hrgh school by the Musrc Department The funds whrch were secured from the profrts of prevrous years operettas - 0 , . . ' , r B . , a . . L , V U . . , . K. ' rv ' .J +o ' , , D V . . - - uf - n ,D , . . . . v ' i 9 a 4' - 9 - . A , . . . . . , 9 - a 1 . S , , , Q WJ Q . . . . . r Y - D , f Q l v Q . .D - , t. , , J 1 P- Q r ' . ' 9 ' . . , . , , , . v . . ,, . . , 1 - , ' ,