Homer Central High School - Odyssey Yearbook (Homer, NY)

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26 THE 1926 EPIC Philip Lindberg gave us a short talk on Sportsmanship. He is the physical training teacher for the boys in Homer Academy. He trained a very successful basketball team this year, and they received the New York State Basketball trophy. Last, but not least, is Laura Knapp. She is giving aesthetic dancing lessons in New York City. She is quite popular in New York social circles. Of course, I will not have to tell you that I was there, and that my position in the world is the History teacher of Homer Academy. By the way, I nearly forgot to tell you where the reunion was held. Well, it was held in the gym of the school building. Did you know that Mr. Walker is now the head of the New York State Institute for Mental Defectives. He came back for the reunion, and said that he attributes his success in this line to his experience with the class of 1927. I had a letter from Laura this morning, saying that she was very sorry she could not attend the reunion, because she was unexpectedly called to New York. She said it was something about her work as English teacher at Mount Holyoke. I think that our class has done its part in the world, don't you? So sorry that the whole class could not have been together. Your old classmate, Mary P. Shearer Glass will Most worthy President, Classmates, and Friends: You are now gathered together on this most sad and solemn occasion to listen to the last will and testament of one of the finest, brightest, and ablest classes that has ever graduated from Homer Academy, and to accept from this class, which has honored the dear Alma Mater by its presence for the past four years, the most precious possessions of its members, possessions which the class has guarded and loved faithfully. We, the Class of 1926, who are about to sever all connections with Homer Academy and Union School, a school which was in earlier days frequented by seekers of knowledge from every state in the Union, a school which is yet renowned for the scholars it produces, a school which is sit- uated in the very beautiful little town of Homer, with its green, churches, Old Ladies' Home, and David Harum Hotel, a town which is even more beautiful than Little York or Dresservilleg we, in these last few hours of perfect happiness, do hereby make known to you and to the people of the country that we will distribute our virtues and merits, and perhaps some of our failings, to our friends who, we think, are most in need of them.

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THE 1926 EPIC 25 The two Helens of our class were there. Helen Miller is matron of the Home for Aged Women in this town. Helen Adams is the wife of the proprietor of the old Tully Farms. Helen Miller has changed a great deal. She is not the quick, jolly girl of our school days, but instead is a woman of thought, quietness, and dignity. Helen Adams has changed only in that she has fleshed up someg just enough to be nice-looking. Marion Gallup, who is head of the most exclusive boarding school in New England, came for the day, and brought with her Marion Miles, who is one of the teachers in the school. I did not know Marion Gallup when I saw her. She had bobbed her hair, and was dressed not at all like the mistress of a boarding school, but more like a schoolgirl. Marion Miles had changed little. Norris Tallmadge has just come from abroad where he has been preaching from the pulpit of the largest church in London. Perhaps he is a direct descendent of the well-known Thomas DeWitt Tallmadge, who was also a great minister. I think Norris must have got his growth right after he finished high school, for he is at least six feet tall, and, judging by looks, weighs about 230 pounds. Harold Spencer came to the reunion in an airplane. He is an aviator, doing dare-devil stunts for the motion pictures in -Hollywood. He is not alone in Hollywood, however, for he has taken his Cook along with him. He was dressed in the latest fashion and was envied by all the boys at the reunion. Marion Morenus has distinguished herself by being the hair dresser in Homer. She has her beauty parlor in what used to be Carroll Potter's dry goods store. Charles Darby gave us a piano solo. He is playing the large pipe organ at Bailey Hall, Cornell. Thelma Gordon was at the reunion, and she said she is spending her time sitting in the office of the Cortland High School answering telephone calls and doing the correspondence for the school. Bud Pickering entertained us with some of his clever stunts. He is comedian at the Wieting in Syracuse. He is soon to go abroad, where he will perform before the King and Queen of England. The Homer Academy Home Economics teacher, who is Cleo Burgett, and the milliner of Homer, Grace Simpson, were both present. Neither gave a talk, since they were still quiet and restrained as usual. Bruce Daniels is a lawyer. He said he had just hung out his shingle in Cortland. He hasn't had any clients yet, but aside from that he is doing very nicely. He also has changed. He has grown stouter and has stopped smoking. Ruth Killam is the modern Dorothy Dix, and writes for a number of popular magazines, and also for the Post-Standard. She is not as nervous as she used to be in school, and is a distinguished character around her home, which is in Rome, New York.

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THE 1926 EPIC 27 Listen, then, and I will read to you one of the most marvelous and most wonderful documents ever written since the Declaration of Independ- ence. The following bequests which are indicated in this document we leave unselfishly, and we sincerely trust and expect that they will be received in good spirit and true sportsmanship. We know that you will receive these bequests gladly, and that you will always keep them stored in the mints of memory. First: to our dear Alma Mater, our foster-parent, we leave the finest and deepest feelings of love and appreciation. When, in the future, we may stumble over rough paths and be assailed by temptation, doubt, and fear, we shall always think of our Alma Mater and be comforted. Second: to Mr. Walker, our honored and revered principal, We leave our heartfelt gratitude and admiration for the kind and helpful way in which he has guided our uncertain footsteps for the past three years. Third: to Mrs. Coon, our admired preceptress and history teacher, we leave our true appreciation and love. We shall always remember her for her kind help and guidance. Fourth: to Miss Harris, our beloved Class Advisor, we leave a feeling of love and comradeship, and appreciation of her help to us in this last year of our stay in Homer Academy. Fifth: to the rest of the Faculty we leave the deepest feelings of friendship and gratitude for their Valuable and tireless efforts in direct- ing our faltering steps up the path of knowledge. Sixth: to the Junior Class we bequeath our superior knowledge and dignity. We also bequeath to them the kindliest feelings of friendship, and we hope and expect that they will be able to fill the places left vacant by the Seniors, as ably as the Seniors have done. Seventh: the personal property of the several individuals of our class we leave as follows: Helen Miller, the competent Editor-in-Chief of the H1926 Epic, wills her charming dimples, which have sparkled and danced so prettily on that young lady's fair cheeks and ensnared many a gallant heart, fone in parJ ticularj, to Miss Martha Marble, who, Miss Miller is certain, will use them as- wisely and as well as Miss Miller herself has done. Thelma Gordon, showing her usual unselfish spirit, bequeaths to Bruceil Norton her smallness of stature. Miss Gordon has been sorely troubled this year by seeing the beautifully finished ceiling of Room C so much battered by coming in contact with Mr. Norton's head and she hopes by giving Bruce this gift that the new building will be saved from such afore-mentioned battering. Charles Darby, a renowned musician, very kindly bequeaths his mu- sical ability to Mr. George Letts, who, we hope, will use this talent wisely in his Senior year. Mary Nelson and Beulah, Nadler, besides contributing a wealth of sparkling wit and knowledge to the Junior Class, also bequeath, somewhat