Hammond Central School - Spotlight Yearbook (Hammond, NY)

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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.

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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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12 HAMMOND HIGH HAPPENINGS LITERARY HISTORY OF THE BUILDING Some interesting notes have been found concerning the his- tory of the present high school building. A small handbook published the first year of its use, 1907, gives some facts which will awaken the memory of many of the older gradu- ates. The book says, “It is a mod- ern structure and in every way up to date. It was erected at a cost of $18,000. The heating and plumbing system is mod- ern and sanitary. Drinking fountains are located on each floor and everything has been arranged with special refer- ence to the health and comfort of the pupils.” The first library contained 600 volumes for general circu- lation. A collection of rocks., minerals and fossils was also purchased for the use of the school in teaching Natural Science and Nature Study. The courses of study were somewhat differently arranged from what they are at present. Modern Biology was divided into three classes, Botany, Zo- ology and Physiology. German, Cicero and Virgil were also taught. English was separated into Grammar and Rhetoric. Among the students regis- tered the first year were: Sen- iors, Helen Roger, Bessie Felt, and Lottie Shindler; Juniors, Pearl Franklin, Vera Moore, Helen Moore and Mary Haley; Sophomores, Stanley Nicol, Caroline Wyllie and M,argaret Brown; Freshmen, Florence Wilson, Clarence Derby and Roscoe Mills. The appellations of many other well-known Hammond- ites are to be found in the lists of those in the grades. In fact, way down in the second grade, we find Morris Felt, Murry Henderson and Flossie Nicol. These people, all local resi- dents, have no doubt witnessed many changes and improve- ments since they were students. Perhaps they will recall the fact that, despite the quotation concerning the efficiency of the heating system, it was often so