Herkimer High School - Ye Green Quill Yearbook (Herkimer, NY)

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Ye Green Quill 3 I with King Tut's grandmother's knitting needles, which she had unearthed on her last trip to Egypt. Stewart Cristman had a col- umn-- Big Game by a hunter in African wilds. Then we turned to the magazine section, and on the first page we read- An Essay on Appreciation of Literature by Laurie Snyder. We left the essay to read on our trip for we knew we would find some real values in itg and we prepared to take off. Our Ford plane glided into Herkimer at three o'clock. Our little town had certainly changed. There on the fMain 'Street stood the foundationyvfor a huge new theater. Before it stood a sign New 52,000,000 theater to be erected on this site, Elton Huyck, architectg interior decorations by Lura Harris. A passer- by informed us that these two experts had been summoned from their New York offices to perform this great work. We walked down Main Street, In front of South School we saw a dignified individual. It was Ruth Yale. She greeted us cordially but briefly for as usual she was busy. .She told us that at 4Miss Tuger's resignation she had been made principal of South School. She asked us if We had heard that Paul Zguris was an international tennis star and that Sara Wood was his private secre- tary. Just now he was traveling abroad. Ruth asked us if we had come to visit the K. 8: K. aero-station where two of our class members- Kolarik and Konecnik were in charge. Her- kimer certainly was growing. We went into Munger's and found 'Mary Buchman and Eliza- beth Ring managers of this flourishing store. We visited the prospering new school of busi- ness owned by Genevieve Kelhi and Laura Cook. Of course we visited the High School. It had grown 'by many additions and we felt quite like strangers. We watched the teams practice in the new built stadium, under the direction of a familiar man whom we recog- nized as Chuck Barlow. We had to hurry on or we could never hope to return the register on time. Our next stoip was Ithaca. We reached there the following morning, parked our plane, and watchfully strolled about. To our delight we saw Frank Pelton standing in front of a large hardware store. We learned that he was getting a pat- ent on his recent invention on window locks which he had been working on since 1929. We assured him, although he was already convinced that this was just what the world needed. We visited Cornell and found Eugenia Dievendorf and Alice Murray teaching anthropology. Margaret Coffee was at the head of the Latin Department. We left the campus and were pre- paring to go to our 'plane when a quaint sign caught our eye- Oddities and Antiquities- Bought and Sold Here. Come in and See Our Miniature Zoo. Underneath we read the name, Irene Morse. We left Ithaca for Rochester. Here in one of the large hospitals, to which our register directed us we found Marion Howe, Velma Jones and Grace Loughlin. They had been working here for a few years together. They told us that they had just heard from Alys Ha- gan, who was a nurse in the John Hopkins Hos- pital. Thelma Judson, we were informed was an interior decorator, but at present she 'was abroad studying. In Rochester we met Anna Buff, who was in change of a large theater. She asked us to be her guests at the matinee for she was having a specialty act on. It was called The Singing tHoboJ and Com- pany. Brayton Stadler we knew must be the singing thobol and most naturally our old friend Lois Lanning, the great 'p-hilanthropist was the and company. Anna informed us that she had billed Tom Donohue, the famous ventriloquist and impersonator for a later date. Our register indicated one more visit. We passed a school house, peered within. There was Anthony Wirpsa and surely that was a book of Poems of To-Day in his hand. His face was so stern and forbidding, however, that we quickly walked on. Our plane took us into Buffalo next. On the main street we saw a store bearing the name Sorenson Chain Stores. Within we caught a glimpse of Marie busily giving orders. Edith Downorowicz was -principal of the Buffalo School of Business Administration. Elizabeth Ruff and Rose Puznoski were teaching in the school. We dropped into a quaint shop bear- ing these words 011 an odd-shaped sign- 'tLowther's Luscious Lollypopsf' and eagerly bought a box of the dainty confections. We admired the quaint decorative plan of the shop and Emily tfor it was Shel told us that Eileen Gardinier, the noted designer, had planned it for her. She sold us that Addie Morey was delivering a series of speeches in 'the New York legislature for the abolition of regents. Emily asked us if we knew that Palmer Wag- ner had a large clothing store near there? But tempus fugut, so with our luscious lolypops in hand we once again set out. We next visited Chicago. Big signs adorned the streetsg flags and banners were waving through the city Vote for Robert Howe for Mayor of 'Chicago- On a large store window

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30 Ye Green Quill This carries with it a sort of glory For it is a big step in the strife, Always, always the same old story Of traveling onward with their life. Those of the masses who do not shirk But who carefully, gradually, sow the seeds, Will become successful in their work, And reap a harvest of worthy deeds! They travel toward a clearer light, And tread toward paths of glory, For the top of the ladder is shining bright And forever-this the same, same story! Helen Jacobs, '31. THE WORLD We are going out, a merry band Out into a strange, big land . Called-the World. And in this land we will all be as green As the freshest of Freshies ever seen To meet-the World. Each one will 'go a different way Some to work, others to play Out in the World. Yet we won't forget Herkimer High Even as the years roll by In the World. So here's to the class o' '29, Always loyal, and true and fine, We pledge our allegiance to Herkimer forever, From our old Alma Mater, never to sever! Alys Hagan, '29, CLASS PROPHECY 1929 We were feeling very bored. Life was at its dullest and we craved excitement. It was then that we conceived the novel idea of looking up our old schoolmates, some of whom we had 11ot seen since ten years ago when we had set out to make our mark in the world. But how could we do it? Ah, we had it! We would hop into our little Ford plane and pay a visit Minerva, the goddess of Wisdom. Perhaps she would lend us her -'daily-register, No sooner said than done. Our plane made unusually good time and we reached Minerva at day- break. :She seemed very delighted to enter- tain her earthly guests. We did not stay long, however, for we were anxious to be on our way. We took the precious register, having promised faithfully to return it in a month, and soon we were off on our quest. Our register indicated New York as the home of several classmates so we made that our iirst stop. As we landed, we saw a vast crowd gath- ered about another plane. There was a great hustle and excitementg but we managed to iind out that somebody was about to leave for a fa- mous non-stop flight to Mars. We pushed through the crowd and standing by the silvery plane was our old classmate Germaine Foisey. We watched the plane soar into the air and We sent away with it our best wishes for success and a safe return. Then we went on our way to the hotel, as our register directed. We sum- moned a taxig in large letters on its shiny side we read CAS'SiEILLA'S CQLASVSY C'ABS. The name sounded familiar so we inquired of the driver about it. He informed us that a cer- tain Philip Cassella owned a great taxi ser- vice in the city. We went to the hotelg and there we were heartily welcomed by the joint owners Edgar DesRosiers and Amos Nichols. After we had finished our lunch, we obeyed the directions of our register and proceeded to the Great White Way. We walked a short distance and there dashed upon our view amidst all the brightness a sign larger than the rest Schoolday Sweethearts starring Helen Borkowski and Lee Walrath. Silently we gave three cheers for little Herkimer whose fame had so far spead. We entered the -theater and took our places just as the orchestra be- gan the first overture, and there at the piano was Irene Schrader, the noted music writer. The sudden thud of the drums drew our at- tention away to the other side. There was Steve Merena busily beating the air. We picked up our programs to scan them quickly- Sehoolday Sweethearts, a three a-ct drama by Everett Bliss, So Everett had really followed his youthful ambition for a most successful career. The play was certainly one of the best we had seen in a long time and both writer and actors were to be congratulated. We had decided to spend the next morning in the city. We started out for a walk along Fifth Avenue, for 'there were a few others to be found in this world center, according to our directory. We had not gone far before we came to a store Ye -Smart Tailor Shoppe and beneath the words the name Henry Wicks. As we walked along another familiar name met our eye, as we read a :huge billboard- Mary Cook famed alto at Metropolitan Opera House. On our way back we bought a copy of the HNew York Times. When we reached our rooms we leisurely relaxed for awhile, reading portions of the paper. We each made a dis- covery. Mary Moore, famed archaeologist was presenting the Museum of Natural History

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32 Ye Green Quill we read School supplies and the Latest in Literature, managers Harold Rheinhardt and Eugene Kulchyski. Guided by our register We went to a side street. Another sign met our eyes lHarter's Dancing Acadamy-Les- sons from 9 a. In. to 6 p. m. Through the open window we caught a glimpse of Henry direct- ing a long line of eager tots. On our way to the hotel we bought a Chicago paper. Be- sides bearing news of the coming ele-ction we saw in headlines Robin Murder Case-Solved. Leono Gorski, famed woman lawyer finds evi- dential clue. We perused 'the 'paper eagerly. On t-he second page was a notice Burlin Olyer, with the aid of his powerful arm, fast becoming a star on the All American 'Checker Team. Farther on we found a headline bearing a fa- miliar name, Edward Lloyd's plane wins first prize in National Aeroplane races. The following day we passed a large factory over which flashed a sign Come In and See the Great Athletes at Play. In luxurious chairs before two large machines sat f'Al Lawrence and Timo Worden chewing at a ridiculous rate of speed. They paused long enough to tell us that they were employed as gum testers while training for the All Ameri- can. Vigorously pounding a typewriter sat Dominick Cirillo, We learned that he was keeping in practice for his big season of base- ball. In the newest section of the town we sighted a little store Bedingham's Beauty Salon. 'So Baisley had really used his French to a good advantage. That evening we attended a concert given by Sousa's band. We -came a little late. And the first sounds we heard were the loud blasts of the sousophones. We needed no second thought. None other than Winston Ashman could it be. We learned that lMarie Louise Sharon was :hostess on the Leviathan and had written many poems about her experiences. The next morning we left Chicago. As our plane glided alonlg we saw a beautiful adv. Keep that School 'Girl Complexion and next to it a p-icture of our old friend Doris Gressel. We stopped in Denver for fuel and to visit this beautiful western city. We accidently met Evelyn Wilson. She told us that she was very happy and had come west with her husband, who played in the U. S. Marine Band. Our next stop was in Hollywood. There we met Pauline Shoemaker, the noted banjo play- er who had given up her position as secretary to Henry Ford in order to follow her musical career. She told us that Floyd Gressel had invented a new machine much greater than the Vitaphone which was making him fabul- ously wealthy. So it was that we found our old classmates. They had brought honor and glory to their class and we hoped they would continue to do so. But now we must hurry. For the month was up the next morn and furthermore we had to get back to our respective tasks. Viola Klock in charge of an orphan asylum and Ethel Myers back again for the next talking marathon for which she had declared she had been preparing for all her life. ' We soared up to Minerva, returned her regis- ter and expressed our heartfelt thanks, and as our plane glided downward again our thoughts were with Our Palsf0ur class of '29- Good Luck to them all! E. M.-V. K. '29. YE OLD WILL Be it known, hither and yon, that we the Class of 1929 of Herkimer High School, being of unsound mentality and anatomy hereby swear this to be our last will and testament, a condition largely brought on by overwork and Worry, and wish to dispose of such prop- erty as we have accumulated in the last four or more years by fair means or foul. Firstly, we bequeath to the Class of 1930 all dfebts, just or unjust, which have accrued against our name during interment in this institution, to be paid for from their general coffers. To the Freshmen Class, any gum 011 the study hall iloor which Germaine Foisey may have missed during his recent survey and any initials which may have been carved on the desks. Any residue remaining in our lockers is to be turned over to a fund for those receiving injuries during the noon-hour rush. Everett 1Stradivarius Bliss-This package of Blue-Jays to foster closer harmony between your Adam's apple and fiddle. Albert Spindle Worden-This bottle of Olives to remind you of t'Happy Hectic Her- kimer Hoursf' We're not stuffing you either! Freshman Class-A copy of Hugo's, Les Miserables, since you are becoming Sophs. Alice Exile Rich-A picture to hang on the wall in Miss Detmerts room, so she will have something to look at. Major Frederick t'Hoople Griflin-This bar of iron which can't be stretched. Henry Intolerable Parker-This seven of diamonds, so he can Trump-it. Curline Main Street Mather--This brick to remind you of Wee-dunna-who! CDonohueJ. William UDuekfoot Burton-This seven day