Hammond Central School - Spotlight Yearbook (Hammond, NY)

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HAMMOND HIGH HAPPENINGS colors are green and red. The seventh grade officers are: Audrey Merritt, presi- dent; Harold Chase, vice-pres- ident; Rodger Cuthbert, secre- tary and treasurer. The class colors are blue and gold. Some of our boys are play- ing on the high school baseball team this year. Ernestine Demick. INTERMEDIATE ROOM The pupils in the Intermed- iate room are practicing their June play. The following students sent in their penmanship drills to the A. N. Palmer Company: Mary Chase, Lulu Belle Si- mons, Catherine Scanlon, Ur- sula Fielding, Catherine Con- ger, Virginia Craig, Kathryn Demick, Mabel Foote and Donald Smith. If their drills are accepted, they will be awarded progress pins. The mumps have greatly spoiled our attendance this quarter. Virginia Craig is the last victim. Trapping has been very good this season. Many mice have been captured. The boys who had the high- est averages for last quarter are: Robert Emrich, Merle Laid law and Donald Smith. The girls are: Catherine Con- ger, Mary Chase, Catherine Conger, Virginia Craig and Kathryn Demick. Our teacher went and got married ! Can you beat that ? —Catherine Scanlon. PRIMARY ROOM The children in the Primary Department have become members of the Palmolive Health Club. The pledge is: Before each meal and after play, Fll wash the dirt and germs away. They have kept a record for six week and each one has earned a beautiful pin. The pupils of the second and third grades have taken the tests for the Silver Star and Gold Star buttons present- ed by the Palmer Writing Co. They are now anxiously await- ing the report of their success. Frances Smith has had per- fect attendance so far this year. Those present every day are: Douglas Schermerhorn, Trevor Atkinson, Jean Mac- Lachlan and Eva May Pierce. The trapping in the Pri- mary Deprtment is line. Up to date, ten mice have been captured. An arithmetic contest was held in grades II and III. The

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HAMMOND HIGH HAPPENINGS FRESHMAN NOTES The Freshman Class must not be forgotten. Of the four classes this is the largest. In January we welcomed two new members, William Massey and Winona Slate, now making a total number of fifteen. The following officers were elected: Isabel Moore, pres- ident; Jean Stiles, vice-presi- dent; Dorothy Conger, secre- tary and treasurer. Our motto— Jog On.,, Class colors—Maroon and silver. Virginia Rodger, the young- est high school student, has the highest average among the Freshmen. Leah Salisbury left school the latter part of March. We often wondered where and when Jean got the habit of gum chewing and why she stopped suddenly soon after the twenty-fifth of April. Why doesn't Dorothy bring any more peanuts to school ? She used to cause considerable excitement at times. One of our promising young Freshmen is keeping company with a sober Senior. We wish him luck. Virginia Rodger Jean Stiles GRAMMAR DEPARTMENT Irene Baxter and Ernestine Demick have perfect attend- ance. Beatrice Nicol and Charles Yerden have been present ev- ery day. Our average attendance was low in February as a result of an epidemic of mumps. We had seven cases. Six of our number have join- ed the 4-H Club. We have been very proud of our basket ball team this year. The players were: Alton Richardson; r. f. Alton McLear, 1. f. Malcolm Barney, center. Rodger Cuthbert, r. g. Harold Chase, 1. g. Ivan Hall, sub., guard. Alton Richardson and Mal- colm Barney were the winners in a recent spell-down in our department. Some of our boys are becom- ing famous trappers. Our to- tal for the season is 40 musk- rats, 3 weasels and 9 skunks. The eighth grade pupils have elected their class offi- cers : Malcolm Barney, president; Ernestine Demick, vice-presi- dent; Janet Gallagher, secre- tary and treasurer. The class

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HAMMOND HIGH HAPPENINGS child having the greatest num- ber of perfect papers in Grade III was Frances Smith. Ella Louise Welch was the winner in Grade II. The children of the Primary room enjoy their new sand- table. They also enjoy the Toy Store Project. —Frances Smith. TWENTY-THIRD PSALM The High School professor is my shepherd and I am in dire want; he prevents me from lying down in my bed; he leadeth me to distraction with his exam questions. He shaketh my resolutions to get a high school degree: he leadeth me to make a fool of myself before my classmates. Yea, though I burneth my light until my mother howleth : I fear much evil: for he is against me. He assigneth me extra work as punishment in the presence of mine enemies; he anointeth my quiz papers with blue pen- cil marks, and my zeros fiilleth a whole column. Surely theories, exams, and themes will follow me all the days of my school career and I will dwell in the bughouse forever. JOKES The end of the year was drawing near at St. Lawrence University. Bob Smith had tried his finals and failed them all. Fearing to face his father he sent his mother a telegram which read as follows: Mother: Exams over, flunked everything. Prepare papa. The following day Bob re- ceived this telegram from his mother: Papa prepared. Prepare yourself. Leah Bates—“I wonder how old Miss Charter is?” Mae Carter—“Quite old, I imagine, they say she used to teach Caesar.” Miss Charter—“Oh it must be nice to know everything.” Erva—“Yes, it is.” Mr. Northrop: “I will now take some sulphuric acid and—” Marshall: “That wouldn't be a bad idea.” Miss Charter—“Give me a sentence containing deduct, defeat and detail.” Maurice Edgar—“De duck went over de fence with de feet before de tail.”