Gowanda Central School - Valley Bugle Yearbook (Gowanda, NY)

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. ' i'!ifLQ2 f ,x. it . N ,S C1-.K 9 A ew B THE VALLEY BUGLE ANNUAL Everyone has or should have two worlds as it is and 'Kas it might be . The former is a world of reality, material and progressive with some joy, some sorrow and a great deal of hard struggle. In it one may easily fall by the wayside, so wearied that he is bereft of the desire to climb higher. Here facts are facts and so cold and unalterable that one cannot pass around them. One must Fight through to mould character. The other world is a creation ofthe imagination. It is ethereal- something lovely and rare, cool and soothing like Hinnocent sleep, balm of hurt minds . It is a corner of refuge to those who fall in the real world, giving strength and the will to go on. Have you two worlds or are you anchored to life-long reality? LOUISE PL1ss --b- G. H. s. -- g Chit-Char . Those who have not yet returned their report cards must do so by Monday or bring a quarter. These familiar words come to the student body once every five weeks from the ever- pursuing Mr. Wilbur. Long ago when we were freshmen we thought that this announcement was in the na- ture of a severe lecture. But now, after four years of donating dimes and quarters for failure to return the tell-tale reports, we have come to the conclusion that the announce- ment is an appeal to charity. Last year Mr. Baldwin took a trip to Europe and Mr. Wilbur traversed the United States on our liberal donations. Inasmuch as the revenue from the missing report cards is not enough to compensate both men, Mr. Wilbur makes a few extra dollars each year by charging for breakage in the laboratory. Walter Krebs recently stated that he was going to bring his card back this quarter and fool Mr. Wilbur. Louis Bentley and Walter Chmiel have been taking extra precautions lately and are breaking about two test tubes daily. We hope Mr. Baldwin and Mr. Wilbur will have an enjoyable vacation this year but it is generally known that our charity donations will not be as much this year due to the stock market crash this winter. Mrs. Chojnaki was forced to hand over her duties to Mrs. Bailey for a week because of illness. It is common report that she was a victim of this same market crash because she failed to sell her Public Utilities at 68. Perhaps this explains her malady. Lloyd Sherman has been working hard getting .ads for the paper. He has been faith- fully hounding Mrs. Bury for a full page ad. Thus far no success has been reported but perhaps he would have better luck if he went in the daytime instead of eight o'clock at night. But then his line goes over better at night. The only person on the school payroll who does not give low marks and make lazy students remain after schoolg the only person who does not care if you sit in the wrong rooms or whisper during school hours, in fact, he is a most obliging chap, if you should hap- pen to drop a piece of paper he will come around and pick it up for you, if you lose an article of worth he takes extra pains to see that it is returned to you. Everyone knows this remarkable man. His name is Cap Howard, our Janitor. Beware! Freshmen! Do not try to put anything over on Cap for he is a truant officer and a good one, too. Helen Franklin says it takes a clever girl who can appe-ar sufficiently hesitant with her kisses and still give them expertly enough to warrant another. Everyone knows that Helen is a clever girl. BY HOWARD Ross

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THE. VALLEY BUGLE ANNUAL 7 EDITORIALS Our future-our uncertain future for which we have been preparing four high school years is upon us, indeed, too soon, and do we realize what is before us? Is this future to be - success or failure? Are we going to criticize or co-operate? Steinmetz tells us that Co-operatiion is not a sentiment - it is an economic necessity. Nothing can exist without co-operation, it is an necessity. At the sound of the word co-operation, everyone feels his individuality is at stake and determines to banish the word from his vocabulary but, through it our individuality will grow. Call it what you will, it is co-operation that keeps a family happy, a school going, and the government of any country alive. What causes the down- falls but criticism? It is easier to be critical than correct, but are we going to criticize and fail or co-operate and be successful? But even if we do co-operate, if we co-operate only because of selfish reasons and if as we move about this world, we fail to adjust our- selves to our surroundings and go on through life in selfishness, will it be success or fail-' ure? As a square peg must be rounded before it is of any use to a round hole so we must adjust ourselves to those about us. But with both of these steps toward success, egotism will build an unsurpassable barrier between us and success. VVe have studied and learned during these four years but are we going to stop here and think we know all there is to know? - the egotistical type - or are we going to go on learning? A In summing up, there are but three steps toward success and three contrasting ones toward failure,-co-operation, adjustment, and growth, versus criticism, selfishness, and egotism. VVhich steps are we going to take? Is Gowanda High going to be proud to be our Alma Mater or is she going to be ashamed of us? lt is up to us, about to take another step in life, to pause a moment and thoughtfully consider. NELL-GRAY VVILCOX - c. H. s. 1 Building After several years of writing and talking on the subject, we have succeeded in arous- ing people to the need for a new school. Next year we shall move into the new building- that is those who are still here will. The Seniors who were the most earnest workers and talkers in its behalf will reap none of the benefit. Therefore, it is up to the Juniors and Sophomores and Freshmen to enjoy it to the best of their ability and to make the most of the chances it gives. They must use it once for themselves and once for the Seniors who hoped it would be done in time for them. The school is nearly built but when it is finished the building must not stop. It will furnish a chance for the buil-ding of bodies that the Seniors have missed. The Juniors are going to have opportunity to use the gymnasium and may they use it to the utmost as the Seniors would if they could. The school will offer a chance for the building of minds. There will be more room, and therefore new classes will be offered. This will increase the chances for a student to acquire a large and more inclusive education. There will be many extra classes for which the Seniors have longed in vain, for in spite of our scoffing and joking about studying we like and appreciate the school and its classes. - , As the physical and mental parts of us grow, let us not neglect our moral side. The school is noted for its good sportsmanship, its co-operation, and its cleanness. The Seniors have played a great part in the growth of this reputation and they are hoping that in the new building our reputation may grow. We want the true us to grow as the school grows - not the us others see but the one deep inside. We do not want to be like the old building that was too small and out-of-date. VVe do not want to be like the disorderly pile of bricks that was left when the building was torn down. Instead we want to be like the new school that is rising in its place-the school that offers opportunity. At present the school seems perfect. It is up-to-date. It is bigger and better than the old sch-ool. It is just what we need now, but the Senior class sincerely hopes that some day it will be too small and old-fashioned and that it will be torn down again to ma-ke room for a still better school. It is fine now but we want Gowanda to grow, and the registration to grow, so that in time another new school will have to built. Nothing we build will last forever. We do not expect it to. The secret of success is to do our best as long as we are needed and then cheerfully give way to something or someone who can supply what the world needs better than we can. '- Dokoruv TOWNSEND, Assistant Editor

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THE VALLEY BUGLE ANNUAL ' 9 Senior Prize Essays The Art of Being A Conformist The easiest way to live a comfortable and successful life is to conform. By conform- ing, I mean subscribing, or at least appearing to subscribe to the. ways of the majority. It does not matter if the conformist is a scoundrel. It he regularly attends the church in power and joins the largest organization, he will have no trouble in getting ahead. In almost every small town there is an organization fusually .a churchj that controls the school, and the whole town in general. If there be any unenlightened individual who is so indiscreet as to disagree with any of their policies, he is immediately ostracized and branded as immoral, irreligious and unpatriotic. Many men have been ruined simply because they preferred to conduct their own bus-iness themselves. I know of a teacher who lost his job simply because some old ladies objected to a perfectly legitimate use of the word damned Once upon a time golf was regarded as a rather idiotic occupation. People could not see any sense in batting a little white ball around half the time and cursing the other half. Now a person who does not play golf is regarded as slightly warped, or at least extremely Hdifferentf' Why is it that men take great pleasure in chopping up the turf with inadequate instruments, yet have a collossal aversion to doing the same thing to the garden with instru- ments especially designed for the purpose? It also appears rather strange to the casual ob- server to s-ee men walk for miles for exercise .and yet refuse to cross the street for some groceries. Many mail order houses guarantee your money back if you are not satisfied, but try to get it. The Constitution of the United States is much like them. It guarantees freedom of speech, press and several other things, but try to speak when and where you wish and write what you want to. Boston furnishes a good example. If anyone who is suspected of radicals beliefs is caught addressing an audience on the Boston Common he is immediately rushed off to jail. In London the Hobbies stand around and listen to the soap-box ora- tion. A Constitution is not an unmitigated blessing after all. But why be disturbed about it? The earth will keep turning and the sun shining re- gardless of what we infinitesimal specks of humanity think about it. Why drown ourselves in bitter tears, over something that makes no difference anyway? As numberless learned men have said The more we know, the more we know that we know nothing. RAYMoND BALDWIN - c. H. s. if Fantastique The sky was lovely last night. It spread majestically into space like a great strip of soft velvet. The moon, hidden deep in the heart of a cloud, emerged bashfully and shone among the branches of a budding tree. Everything became embellished with a mist of sheerest silver. I looked straight upward and the vastness terrified me. I felt uncomfort- ably insignificant. Yet it fascinated my very soul and a strange desire over-powered me to take a trip to the moon. What could I do but mount my chariot Adventure, drawn by faith- ful Imagination and start off ? ' Oh, how high We went! Up, up, and ever up, with cool, kissing winds brushing on one side and dew descending for the dawn on the other. The first 'star was very pale, for it could see Dawn in the distance and already the little star folk were putting out their twinkling candles. g