Hammond Central School - Spotlight Yearbook (Hammond, NY)

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32 HAMMOND HIGH HAPPENINGS I ;! I Class of 1931 Only a year ago at this time, we, the class of ’31, were among the ranks of the students of Hammond High. We too occupied desks there and likewise, we too, tried to look intelligent when Mr. Northrup enter- ed the room. Now we are all divided, each pursuing the course Life intends for us. We are pretty well scattered. Temporarily, we are even divided by two nations, for I am at present living among our foreign neighbors north of us. It is interesting — the way conditions can change in so short a period. It doesn’t take long for a group to become divided; to have separate interests entirely apart from any group interests they may have had. Evelyn Campbell, whom we expected would go to college, is now training to be a nurse in a hospital in Cleveland, Ohio. She will have a hand in looking after the health of the present generation and those to come. Leah Bates is now putting in time until she will be old enough to follow the same profession. Marshall Tyler is still listed among the population of Hammond. He, at least, knows there is “no placo like home,” even if the rest of us do not. Howard Moore, having tried Cornell University, has also learned that lesson. Cy McDougall, I guess, has decided that farming is a pretty good occupation after all. Doris Foote is in Potsdam Normal and will prob- ably in a few years be back in Hammond, sharing the ALUMNI NOTES

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HAMMOND HIGH HAPPENINGS 31 1st Place — Hammond. 2nd Place — Norwood. 3rd Place — Morristown. 4th Place — Adams Center. Best Defensive Player — Bowhall of Norwood. Most Valuable Player — Colburn of Morristown. Most Popular Player — Burt of Adams Center. High Scorer — Gibson of Norwood. The All-Tournament Team chosen was as follows: Right Forward — Covell of Morristown Left Forward — Dunham of Hammond. Center — Colburn of Morristown. Right Guard — Gibson of Norwood. Left Guard — Howie of Hammond. The Friday night following the winning of the Tournament a sumptuous banquet was given the teams by the townspeople at which time they were congratu- lated on their success during the past season. —Donald Dunham. Clean - Up - Day

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HAMMOND HIGH HAPPENINGS 33 knowledge she acquired in Hammond High and else- where, with the children of that time. She is the only one who is training to be a teacher. Most of the for mer classes of our Alma Mater have produced more teachers. I suppose our class sort of generally decid- ed that there is an over-production of teachers. Roscoe Pilger and I are both in business col- leges. We will without much doubt, punch typewrit- ers for a living during the remaining years of our ex- istence. Well, we could all do worse than we are. When I recall the compiling of our High School magazine last year, I cannot help but think that if the Editor of Hammond High Happenings censors this art- icle the way the Editor of that publication slashed things last year, there will be very little of it left. But as a final and truly affectionate note, I am con- fident that every one of my class mates will gladly join me in wishing the very best of luck to our immediate successors, the class of ’32. —Erva M. McLear. Class of 1927 Has the Class of '27 been forgotten? Each grad- uation time brings back to me the memory of my nine classmates and what they have achieved. Ina Bates, the Valedictorian of the Class, has suc- cessfully completed a course in a Nurses Training School in Syracuse and is now a trained nurse in that city. Ethyl Tann Carr, Leta Smith Odessa and Dorothy Dodds Robinson have each taken the matrimonial vows to love, honor and obey. Helen Bates has attained her ambition in the teach ing profession and is now employed in one of our sub- urban districts.