Hamburg High School - Echoes Yearbook (Hamburg, NY)

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-.-.Afff.-.Afffffffv-ff,AYAYAfffffffff.-.Af,-Y-fffffffff.AYA.AvAff.A.1 ,,., E First ParentfTeachers' Association Concluding the most successful year ever achieved by any of the various home and school groups that, from time to time, have been organized, have flourished for a while and died, the Hamburg ParentfTeachers' Association owes a vote of thanks to the school children of the village for their cooperation in this venture. In the autumn of 1929, a membership campaign was announced and pupils in both high school and elementary grades were asked to urge their parents to join. As an incentive, prizes were offered the classes which attained the highest percentages of parents enrolled. Not content with working on their fathers and mothers, many child' ren brought in their uncles and their cousins and their aunts, with such success that some classes rated as high as 107 per cent! As a result, nearly 450 persons attended the opening, getfacquainted meeting on September 19. Without the splendid membership obtained by the efforts of the children, the ParentfTeachers' Association could not have made the progress that it has made in the past season. The P. T. A. has lent valuable support to ventures of importance to the school. The Come Alive Book Contest , instigated by the faculty, was conducted by a special committee of the organization, cooperating with the teachers. Prizes were offered by the P. T. A. and pupils entered the contest spiritedly. Dr. Carry Cleveland Myers was brought to Hamburg by the Forum at the sugf gestion of the P. T. A. His talk, How We Parents Annoy Ou-r Children, was well attended and aroused much profitable discussion. Ten dollars worth of doughnuts, enjoyed at the Halloween festival, were the contribution of the P. T. A. to the success of that occasion. Two megaphones for cheer leaders at high school games also were the gift of the organization. Under the auspices of the P. T. A., two child guidance courses have been formed, one dealing with the training of the prefschool child, the other with the problems of children of school age. The january meeting offered an opportunity for discussion of the new, supple' mentary report cards. The February meeting was devoted to nutrition, with a talk by Miss Jessie Cole, of the State health department, and a playlet by Miss Frances Gressman's fourth grade. In March, Dr. Marguerite Wilkes' lecture on sex education was sponsored by the P. T. A. Children's matinees, with pictures of special interest to youthful movie fans, have also been brought about by the P. T. A., with the cooperation of Mr. George Biehler. Much intelligent surveying of the needs of the community, such as the one con- ducted on the subject of free textbooks, also has been undertaken, with a view to makf ing the next year an even greater force for good in the school, the home and the village. Cfficers of the ParentfTeachers' Association MR, VERNON SIMMONS, Principal H. H. S. ............................ President MRS, LAURENCE Joi-INSON ........................................ First VicefPresident MR, R, A, STEWART ,.,....... ....... S econd VicefPresiclent MISS MABEL MILLER ,,...,........ ......... T hird VicefPi'esident MRS, JAMES ROBERTS ,,.,....,......... .............. R ecording Secretary MRS, WALTER S. WANMAKER ..... ........ C ovresponding Secretary MR, ROBERT W, MIDDLETON .....,.,......... ............................ 'T 'reaswrer QI'5CY9QZ'BC'X9QZ5C'X9 1 9 3 0 efwcxoefsfxaefwfxfa Nineteen 1

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Reading Back Row, Leftfriglit-Risley, Robinson, Erick, Shaw, Brownell, Fuller, Kidder, Clark, Van Rensselaer, Mountain, Marshall, King, Camp, Gruel, Mac Bean, Mrs. Hunt, Ames, Gressman, Way, Mrs. Haas, Higgs, Marion Miller, Robbins, Mable Miller, McLaren, Lockwood Grade School Hamburg Grade School has, this year, gained state wide recognition through the new Hamburg report card. Symbolizing as it does the passing of the old order of education for the newer educational philosophy, the card has centered a storm of recognition on the grade school. Newspapers from coast to coast have commented on the card, while editorials, magazine articles and masters' theses have been written about it. Miss Lovinia Robbins, principal of the grade school, is an educator known far and wide for her progressive methods and attitudes. Under her capable direction the grade school has gone forward rapidly and achieved fame as one of the most progressive grade school systems in western New York. The grade school faculty has had but one change in personnel -in the past two years and all work as a unit toward the strengthening of the Hamburg schools. QZ3C?9Q!WC'X9C-'ZBCXS 1 9 3 0 QZ3C'X9Q!3C'X9Q!5CX9 Eighteen

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1 ffff,-YAff,A.A.A.-.-.-,-fff.-ff.-ffffffff.-v-,AYA,-Y-fffffffffff,-YA.-.-. - v v Y Y ,--f-fffv-fv-fA,A.A.A.-.A.A.-fff.-f.-.-QAYAY-v-Y-,-,-v-Y-ff.-Y-Y-.-Y-.-.-v-.A.-.Q CHAMBER OF COMMERCE Left to rigl1tfMr. Flenniken, Mr. Pierce, Mr. Fisher, Mr. Stratemeier, Mr. Moflitt, Mr. Churchill, Mr. Knapp, Mr. Sharp. Hamburg Chamber of Commerce Community greatness is measured not by mere physical size but by the intelligence and wellfbeing of the citizens. Athens was not large but it was great. Let us strive for a community that will look toward such ideals and measure toward such standards. This was the pronouncement of the president of the Hamburg Chamber of Com' merce at the annual meeting of the Chamber. Such an announcement shows clearly the relationship to the civic group. The same ideals of service to the community are fundamentals of both organizations. The Class of 1930, wishes to thank the Chamber of Commerce for its loyalty in supporting the Senior Annual this year. Not only have the Chamber officials given of their time and energy in cofoperating with the advertising manager, but the Cham' ber membership at large has helped make the book possible through generous contribuf tions to the advertising space. Twenty