Hammond Central School - Spotlight Yearbook (Hammond, NY)

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10 HAMMOND HIGH HAPPENINGS Philadelphia after, the league season had ended, the Scarlet and Brown sufFered another defeat due to the ill luck of drawing the Adams Center team, Jefferson County cham- pions, as opponents. Their cen- ter man was a big fellow, six feet seven inches tall. Pie put Donald Dunham in the shade. However, our boys had a chance to prove that they are good losers. The fellows are now training for baseball. Once more the student body stands back of them in support of good clean sport. The girls' basketball record differed somewhat from that of. the boys. Due to the lack of practice, they did not play any games until December 5, when they met Waddington. This game resulted, in a defeat, as did all the others, except one which was played with Pleuvel- ton. The coaches, Ploward Felt and Wm. Derby were forced to work with inexperienced play- ers, making it difficult for them to try to organize a win- ning team. At the end of the season the girls had improved a great deal. It is hoped that next year a more successful team can be produced. ALUMNI Did you ever wonder what becomes of all the graduates of .Hammond High? Many of them, are seldom heard of. Oth- ers achieve quite an amount of fame. Of our more recent alumni, Rutherford Rodger '23 seems to deserve first recognition. Upon graduating he attended St. Lawrence University for two years and McGill Univer- sity, Montreal, for five years. In the latter he studied medi- cine. Since then he has been employed as interne at the Hepburn Hospital, in Ogdens- burg. We expect that his ca- reer will be one of service to humanity. William Dehart '24 is now studying medicine in Bellevue Hospital, New York City. His brother, Robert, who gradu-

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HAMMOND HIGH HAPPENINGS An unusual amount of inter- est has been shown in the school athletics during the past year. Miuch of this was due to the fine new hall built by the Knox Class. The townspeople began at the first of the season to support the team admirably. The hall was always filled to capacity and often many peo- ple were forced to stand. This they cheerfully did in order to be able to witness the games. At noon on the days when games were to be played, de- licious dinners were served to the players, in the Knox hall. The mothers and friends took charge of these. The boys ap- preciated the interest shown in them and always played to the very best of their ability. The first game of the season was postponed because the boys had not been able to prac- tice as the hall was not yet completed. The next game, played at home with Richville as the opponent, was a victory for the Scarlet and Brown. During the entire season, fourteen league games were played. Of these our-boys have to their credit 9 victories. There were also 6 non-league games, providing 3 victories. At the close of the. league season, Morristown was in the lead. Hammond was tied with Rensselaer Falls for second, place. A championship tourna ment was played at the State Armory, in Ogdensburg. Lots; were drawn and Hammond was fated to play Morristown.' The result was sad. At the end of the regular time, the. score was tied. A three minute over- time was enough for the ene- my stars to gain three baskets. However, our boys would re- treat no farther, for in. the game with Waddington, Ham-, mond won. The team’s high scorer was our fair-haired center, Donald Dunham, selected as center on the mythical St. Lawrence Val- ley team. His record is 120; points for good old Hammond High. Cy McDougall was sec- ond high, having made 76 points. In the tournament played at

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HAMMOND HIGH. HAPPENINGS 11 REMINISCENCES ated the same year, has been very ill. Ruth Dooley ’28 is a student at the Rochester Athenaeum. She is taking a course in diet- etics. It is reported that she is a very able student and is mak- ing fine progress. Most of our graduates who have entered higher vocation- al fields have become teachers. Louine Rodger graduated from St. Lawrence University and later obtained an M. A. degree at Columbia University. She is now employed as French teacher at Freeport, L. I. Ruth Stiles and Helen Laid- law who were also teachers, have been married during the past year. The latter now has a small son. We are looking forward to wedding bells for Ruth Allen, who teaches at Al- exandria Bay High School. Of the sixty-seven graduates since 1918, twenty-one have entered Ogdensburg Training Class, seventeen have gone to college and seven have attend- ed Potsdam State Normal. This makes 67 per cent of the grad- uates who have entered higher fields of learning. How is that for the record of a small school ? By An Old Student. If we allow our memory to turn back a few years, we have a mutual picture of the old school building on the hill with Prof. Sayre and Miss Day hold- ing the reins upstairs. Being; next door neighbor to Robe- son’s Bakery, we were daily customers. We see a studious bunch of girls like Marion Wil- son, Caroline Conger, Helen Cuthbert, Helen Bicklehaupt, Vera Demi.ck and Lottie Sim- ons. The leaders in the restless gang were Scotty McGregor, Dean Moore, Stephen Jones, Brick Lockie and Douglas Rog- er, who startled all the village fathers by roller skating on Woodside’s roof. Billy Demick and his box of candy could al- ways be found at the reference, desk. More than one girl tried to vamp Norris Soper. These happy memories bring back many good times, and I for one, still hold that the old friends are the best friends. Florence W. Gallagher.