Lansingburgh High School - Odyssey Yearbook (Troy, NY)

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Mater Ahna Mater L. H. S. Fondest thoughts with- thee do rest, Scarcely can our song express Our love for thee. Q All' the treasures that you hold, Treasures finer far than gold, You gave us to have-to hold, Dear'L. H. S. Alma Mater L. H. S. Though the years take us from thee V Faithful to thy memory We will always be. ' Ever at thy shrine we'll sing Words of grateful offering, Our hearts throb While memories cling Dear L. H. S. -ROSALYN C. CONNOLLY, '23

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'3' - ' THE ODYSSEY ' '3' 73' This code of rational law is the foundation of the systems of practically every country of continental Europe even to this day. But the fact remains that he was assailed by several dangerous ambitions even from his boyhood. As a boy in Corsica his most intense emotion was his hatred of France and his desire to avenge his beloved Corsica against her oppressor. His boyhood ambition died after he escaped to France, an outcast from his native land. His next two ambitions were the conquering of Italy and Egypt. Now, desirous of power, he overthrew the Directory, and soon had himself proclaimed Emperor of France. Not yet satisfied, he set out to conquer Europe, and he almost succeeded. This overpowering ambition had made him supreme over half of Europe, yet it was this same inordinate desire making him try ever for more and more, that eventually brought about his abdication to Elba, and later his Waterloo and his subsequent exile to St. Helena. All these points have been presented to forward the idea that one of the main duties of history is to serve as our teacher and guide on affairs of nation, of state, of community, and of the individual himself. Everything turns on the point of view. The reader is the spec- tator of the pageant, he must be cool to judge and discriminate, with no bias toward praise or blame, content merely to observe as the constant stream unfolds itself in all its changing colors, but with mind ready to judge human actions and motives, an imagination ready to seize on the ever-living drama of fact, and a heart ready to respond to those countless acts of heroism that have ennobled great men and great races, and with them all humanity. Then and then only is he a pupil of History, the great teacher, and then only can he make himself entirely fit for service to his country and to his fellow-man. -RICHARD HOPKINS. Kfalledliicltory :ESF 'iqfilLASSMATES, we pause now at the end of four years of study Q, and four years of pleasant friendship, at the time when we j g must leave our beloved Alma Mater. The ever-present goal of Commencement Day We have at ' wif last secured with the aid and cooperation of those groups of people who rank as more than friends to us. To our faculty we owe our deepest gratitude for their unfailing and understanding efforts in furthering our best interests, to our prin- cipal we owe heartfelt thanks and praises for his able supervision and advice during our high school course, to our parents is due great appre- ciation for their many sacrifices and their sound advice, and to the Board of Education we owe grateful recognition of their ever-present desire to promote our welfare. For a long time now have our paths of life been close, and the direction parallel in all respects, but now comes the diverging of the ways-permanent, perhaps, for a few of us. Be that as it may, nothing will ever serve to drive from our inner minds the remembrance of the good times and friendships we had to- gether in Lansingburgh High School. Alma Mater, the class of 1931 bids you farewell! -RICHARD HOPKINS. 22

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-:-f- THE ODYSSEY 'I' BARBARA VIVIAN ALDRICH Bob 792 Fourth Avenue No Wasler of Wordsu Bob is indeed a quiet lass in srhool, but we doubt very much if this holds true always. A member of Adelphians, Girls' Hi-Y. Glee Club, O. G. A.. O. A. T., French I Club. HAROLD L. BASHFORD L'Bash 7-12 Fifth Avenue Never come lo school today if you can rome tomorrow. We d0l1ql see Harold about M-bool very often. We often wonder what his outside interest is. Maybe we'll find out someday. MARIE EDNA BATTAGLIAV Ric 601 Fourth Avenue Act with stern truth, large faith, and loving will, Up and be doing! God is with ns still We should think something was surely going to happen if we ever saw Marie when she was still. She is so full of pep that she even makes Mr. Taylor smile. We wonder if she is quiet when she goes out with her big flame. A member of Girls, Hi-Y, Adelpbian Soeiety, Glee Club., Dramatic Society. Odyssey Board. DOROTHY L. BONESTEEL Dottie 106 Seventh Avenue Gentlemen prefer blondes, And most blondes prefer gentlemen lf you don't think so ask Dottie. She knows- or perhaps Howie can tell you. A member of Adelphiuns, Choir, Dramatic Society, Glee Club. and Cheerleader. IDA ELIZABETH BOTHWRLL lan R. F. D. No. 2, Troy, N. Y. She goes .straight and clo:e to the very heart of yon One would leave to go a long way in the world before he could find a sweeter girl than Ida. She is always ready to help one out of any diflirulty. By the way, we are not the only ones whose hearts Ida has captured. A member of Girls' Hi-Y, Adelphians, Glee Club.