Hammond Central School - Spotlight Yearbook (Hammond, NY)

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HAMMOND HIGH HAPPENINGS Dan Cupid has been active in our school during the past year. He sent a fatal shaft from his bow into the heart of Geraldine Merritt Moore and later a deadly arrow found lodging in the heart of one of our teachers, Lois Daniels Pad- dock. It is reported that an- other teacher and possibly a few pupils have been mortally wounded. The basket ball team, accom- panied by Mr. Campbell and Mr. Northrop, was entertain- ed at the home of Donald Dun- ham where they greatly enjoy- ed sugar and snow. The boys proved to be more efficient sugar eaters than ball players. —Doris Foote SNAPSHOTS OF H. H. S. The eye’s a camera, so we’re told, The fact we know is true; And images of H. H. S. Each day it takes for me and you. When glancing over memory’s book In years to come, I w’en, That certain pictures taken now Will even then be seen. This one’s been snapped so often, We’ve seen it o’er and o’er, It’s Howard Allen on parade, He’s walked five hundred miles or more. And here is William Massey, A question mark, you see, When next they take the cen- sus, A job for him there’ll be. No, that’s not Touchdown, it’s Donald Mac, A jester and a clown, How many times in history class He’s failed to win renown. Here are our faithful guard- ians Of the bulletin board in, th'e hall, As soon as a notice is placed there Virginia and Doris will read it all. A cloud of smoke, a fire I fear, Oh, now ’tis quickly out, For Marshall’s fire extinguish- er Has put the flames to rout. The committee on decorations May remain tonight after school, Jean, Dorothy and Doris May profit from this rule.

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HAMMOND HIGH HAPPENINGS special work after school.” A report of the January re- gents’ examinations showed us that all of the papers were ac- cepted and few of the marks were changed. We have had numerous pro- grams on Friday morning, put on by different classes and rooms. These were very good and enjoyed by all. A certain disease called the “mumps” has been entertained by about half of our pupils. From all reports I judge that this malady was not as enjoy- able as it might have been. A representative of the Par- is Photo .Studio of Ogdensburg visited our school on April 1st and took pictures of all the pu- pils and teachers. Quite an ap- propriate day for such an event. There was a rush when they arrived as everyone want- ed some one else’s picture. It is reported that many of the boys and some of the girls should have ordered more than six pictures. The students were very for- tunate on April 28th in being able to see the eclipse of the sun. A 4-H Club has just recently been formed in this district. It is a good project and pro- motes great interest in farm- ing. We hope that this club will have many successful boys and girls in the contests that are held. Miss Charter a teacher in the Academic department spent a week in Albany during the Easter vacation. The students having perfect attendance for this year, up to date are Delbert Sayles and Florence Nicol. Those who have been present every day are Roscoe Pilger, Leah Bates, Doris Foote, Bessie Miller and Ruth Nicol. Evelyn Goodwin won the con- test that was held in order to find a name for our paper. Mr. Northrup spent his Eas- ter vacation in the Adiron- dacks, trout fishing. Itus said that the only bite he got was frost-bite, as the lakes and ponds were forzen over. It is very odd that he does not seem over-anxious to tell about his luck. The Misses McClellands also went fishing during the Easter vacation. Miss Bertha wore a mackinaw and Miss Ethel wore about three sweaters. They stayed about fifteen minutes and declared that fish were certainly uninteresting pupils.

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HAMMOND HIGH HAPPENINGS Can you see this picture plain- ly? A mathematician, no doubt, At least what Floyd Hunter doesn’t know, He’s not afraid to ask about. Peanut shucks upon the floor, A smell of perfume too, Oh, that’s where Roscoe Pilger sits, Decked out in raiment new. The first bell’s rung, they’ll sure be late, I wonder where they are? Oh, now I see them coming, A couple in each car. Upstairs they rush-, all out of breath, This is a pretty state, For Cy and Isabelle make it, But Ruth and Gander are late. ' A thud, a roar, a rumble, My ! how the building shakes, An earthquake? No, that’s Albert, Perhaps he needs new brakes. The teachers, too, are pic- tured, In poses known too well, I shall never forget Mr. North- rup With finger on the bell. In the classroom sits Miss Charter, Her red pencil never rests, And worse yet, in the labora- tory Miss McClelland is making tests. These snapshots and many others We’re taking day by day. Did you ever stop and won- der Just what your memory book will say? By Madame Queen. DO YOU KNOW THAT New York is fifteenth among the states as a producer of zinc, with an output from her mines in 1927, of 2,980 tons. St. Lawrence county is the chief source of this metal. New York state has nearly three million foreign born in- habitants. Italians form the largest group, followed by Russians, Germans, Irish, Poles and Austrians in the order named. One hundred years ago New York city had a population of about 75,000. There were in the metropolis three stage lines five ferries, one theatre, one library. Hickory wood was