Le Roy Central School - O At Kan Yearbook (Le Roy, NY)

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illiam Shakespeare and Page Eighteen T H E R E D A ND BLACK Co mmencement Number EXTR. C ., FROi CO The importance of Little Things Dear Friends: The class of '23 bids you welcome. In the olden days whe11 the crops had been harvested and the work for the year accomplished, the farmer invited his friends and neighbors to feast and rejoice with him. This is our harvest feast, our work is done, our reward at hand. Your generosity and care have made possible our harvest and we thank you, If it is 11ot great, we beg you to be- lieve that this little will serve as seed from which greater things will grow-until each of us shall reap an infinite harvest. The importance of little things cannot be emphasized enough. There is some little idea in the life of every business man that, if properly developed, will bring great. great results. Students in high school! Students in the grades! Do not neglect the little things! The little things we are neglecting today may be the very ones that, if worked out. would complete our lives. The work that seems unimportant may carry in its accomplishment the destiny of a nation. Jar one chord the harp is silent, Move one stone the arch is shattered. Une small clarion cry of sorrow Bids an armed host awake. Une dark cloud may hide the sunlight. Loose one string. the pearls are scattered, Think one thought, a soul may perish. Say one word. a heart may break. -Velma Smith. ,-,i,i.i-1 The Greatest Force in Civilization Literature i11 popular conception is a thing apart from life: it is regarded as a bore by the unimaginative school to be conquered: by a society lady from her social round to the real student. a serious study. What is literature? It is the laoy or :i tiresome study as a nnzments' diversion feeling. the thought and the emotion expressed that makes universal appeal. livery generation has its task to do and its record to leave. All tween Sparts and Athens in the year 500 B. 4'-. has sunk into insignificance. Their mounment remains in AesopS Fables and Homer's l'llliad. that quickens into life the the passionate heroic exertion be- heroes of old and serve as an inspiration to the ages. Had Greece depended upon the bravery of Miltiades, the wis- dom of Pericles, she would long since have ceased to in- fluence the world. but old Homer perpetuated her greatness and there is not one of us here tonight but has been mightily influenced in his material and mental life by this writer's innnortal piece of literature- 4' 4 4' ik . C ENT But, says the practical man, look at Henry Ford's large auto plants. at the discovery of the the invention of the submarine a they not obscure tl1e works of W Ralph Waldo Emerson? But we ESSAY ' X-ray and radium, and nd the aeroplane! D0 must. not forget that be- fore these material achievements must be the vision and this vision of the poet or writer. More tha son: Dipt into the future, as far and. ll are accomplished there or prophesy is the gift tifty years ago Tenny- as human eye could see. Saw the vision of the world and all the wonder that would be Saw the heavens filled with magic sails. ct immerce, Argones of Pilots of the purple twilight. costly bales. Heard the heavens filled with a ghastly dew From nations airy navies grapp All of which we see to-day-bu the battle flags are furled, dropping down with shouting and there rained ling in the central blue. t he saw beyond Where In the Parliament of man: the federation of the World. It is true indeed that a dro1 D of ink may make a mil- who said Let me write the songs of a nation and I care not who makes its laws- for literature is the most powerful lion think. Wise indeed was he makes greatness- It informs, it re propaganda for all that ceates the dust of buried . As material achieve- emotions, it influences. it inspires ments are the body of the national 'soul and like the soul immortal. Science to the lifefliterature is the -Margaret Fay 0'Neill. Rescue As our forefathers gazed upon they discovered larger and more v they little thought the day would be exhausted. Yet slowy, surely, Our great forests are a thing of inexhaustable coal and oil fields t the the spacious forest. as aried deposits of wealth, rrive when these would at day is drawing near. pastg our supposedly are becoming smaller and smaller through the increasing d age, an age that demands as a d ness alone. as many tons of coal Somehow these demands must be be preserved or the commercial si Greater than the immigration iss attention of our legislations for question of international peace, years has held the center of the mands of an industrial ,y's supply for one busi- as formerly supplied the for more lumber in one state of Maine, an age that calls week than was demanded by our met, these resources must 1 iiuence, yes. even our personal l' ue, ancestors in a decade. wremacy, the political in- herty will be imperiled. that has occupied the onthsg greater than the .hat for more than two world stage. greater than

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Commencement Number T H E R E D A N D B L A C K Page Seventeen that direction, we behold Gertrude Cooper, who writes the words to Senor Miserintino's entrancing songs. A stately young woman next takes the stage and re- ders a very touching reading. As we listen we realize that the noted elocutionist is our erstwhile jolly Noble. Olive Harding has married a young Botany. They are now touring Wimpis, a rare type of bi1'd. of but one in the entire world. The August Sllll beats down circus tents. Here we lind many amuses' the audience as a clow11 and plays his noted mouth organ. Alton MacDul'lie seems to have found his vocation as a Wild West cowboy. Velma Smith iinds more pleasure in training wild animals than she would have had in teaching school. Jinnny Kenna, as a ferocious pirate, con- ducts a unique side show in which one is supposed to find Captain Kidd's buried treasure. Betty MacHardy sells hot- dogs and Rudolph Lapp runs the merry-goround. This position is only temporary, however, for he has invented a radioless radio, which will probably cause an industrial revolution- Three cheers for Rudolph. Frances Hoffman runs a shop on Fifth Avenue. Her gowns are the envy and despair of all other proprietors. Such are the results of taking the home making course in L. H. S. Peggy O'Neill caused quite a sensation by eloping with a Syracuse student known by the mysterious name of Ing. We always thought that Peggy would do something roman- tic like that- Florence Ganiard. has become a noted lecturer and has formed many clubs and societies. At present she is tour- ing Siberia to raise money for buying overcoats for the South Africans. Now we behold the calm peacefulness of a sunshiny day in the country. We imagine it is in the vicinity of Lin- wood. A young lady seated beneath a maple tree is gazing sonlfully up at the sky as if seeking inspiration. Near her is a great stack of unwritten papers and a barrel of pencils. It is the vice-president of the class of '23. This means that the president must be somewhere near. Yes, there he is down by the creek. He is crawling on his knees, intently eyeing the ground, a microscope in one hand and a curious net in the other. Emerson Cullings has become a Professor of Zoology in a large college and his hobby is collecting and pickling rare insects. Marion Ptisterer has won fame as the authoress of The Dancing Dumbbell and is making a fortune from her best-sellers. We see a stately old colonial house with an old-fashion- ed garden stretching away at o11e side. Near a fountain a young lady in the costume of 1774 is standing by a gal- lant youth, also of the period. Slowly he takes her hands and leaning toward her murmurs some never-to-be-forgotten words. We go forth to win for thee and old Virginia. Thats all for to-day, a voice breakes in on our remin- iscences. Turning. we see for the first time a camera man and director. Miss Connor's picturesque southern play, friend, Doris Professor of search of the said there is Europe in which it is hotly on the great white old friends- Allan Eligh -1 In the Days of Washington. is being filmed with the orig- inal hero and heroine. George Jones will continue his cinemai career and it is p1'edicted will be a great .sm-cess. But when this picture is linished he will have to look about for a new leading lady- For it is rumored that Graf-4. Crocker will ma1'ry a wealthy brewer. The senior who took down this prophecy as it appeared ill the crystal had a nervous break down on linishing it. She has had to give up her plan of coaching a football team and is taking a much-needed rest at a summer 1'esort in Tim-buck-tu. --lfllizabeth Brown '21 Our Alma Mater Four happy years she has held us, Secure, within her lofty walls Four joyous years we have known And walked through her spacious halls, Now we are leaving her sadly, To become this great world's toy, But we, ever, will fondly remember Our dear Alma Mater, LeRoy. her -G. U. '23. 1---- Commencement Program Invocation Fatima-Valse Oriental 01-011939-,I 'Salutatory-Value of Little Things Velma Maude Smith The Greatest Force in Civilization Margaret FayO'Neil1 L9 ROY S0113 Boys' Chorus 'Science to the Rescue William Champion Wansor '?fThe Genesee Valley of Yesterday Marion Louise Ptlsterer Violin Duet Largo-Handel Castella Hees, Mary Elizabeth Given 'Builders of Success Do1'is Alene Noble 'i 'Tl1e Tree Grace Louise Crocker Loves Greeting Orchestra i'The Need of World Peace George Poole Jones Valedictory-Our Highest Duty Florence Josephine Ganiard Prensentation of Diplomas Jollilication Orchestra Note-W Scholarship Hon01's l'i'Literary HlJl10l'S 'i'Oratorical Honors A school paper is a great invention, The school gets all the fame, The printer gets all the money lilltl the staff gets all the blame. -Exchange.

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Commencement Number T H E R E D A N D B L 1-1 C K Page Ninetee any engineering feat in the annals of our land, is this great issue of conserving or dwindling resources. Do you re-ali..e what may be done i11 this magic palaze of chemistry in the intertst of coal alone? Do those thou- sands who shivered through two months of winter, as the millions who were inactive because there was 110 coal to develop the power necessary in the great manufacturing plants of the world. realize that under our present system of burning coal the I'nited States alone loses two-million dollars a day? It is time that every man interested i11 the future of our wondxrful country, awakens to the fact that unless something is done, we will be lacking many of the things we consider the necessities of life. Science stands ready to help. Already she has takn the refuse of the sawmill and given us the great energizer, sugarg already from the useless cttion seed she has developed a valuable article of food: already from the wastes of our high explosives she has fashioned ivory which rivals that of the mightiest elephant that ever brathed. Yet these are but pygmies in size compared with what she stands ready to do if YOU but summon he1'. -William Wansor. The Genesee Valley of Yesterday The old order changeth yielding place to new. Sweep from your vision the great cities, the rushing trains, the broad-highways. speeding automobiles and well culti- vated lields. In their place imagine villages composed of long houses, wigwams and tepee, skilfully manned canoes, dirt trails winding in and out along river bank or lake shores and vast forests in which wild life abounds. You will have Western New York as it was a short time before the French and Indian Wars. It is unfair to say that the Indians were entirely cruel or barbarous. for early settlers tell of the moral tone and high sense of honor and loyalty of their copper skinned neighbors. Proud of their mighty lliltltlll, they upheld its traditions and customs with rigorous care. As the Indian was a constant traveller it was neces- sary that he have trails. So, centuries ago a network of trails bound the Indian villages together, just as to day broad highways bind the thriving cities and towns in closer union. The trails winding in and out through the dim lofty recesses of the forest were but fifteen or eighteen inch- es wide: worn smooth and hard from a century of tramp- ing IIl000ilSlIl9ll feet. They crossed the crests of lofty hills looking down into deep wooded valleys. They followed the banks of swirling streams and babbling brooks skirting the marshy and rough places. Could the Seneca of two hundred years ago visit the Genesee trail to-day. he would tind all l1is old surroundings so altered that he would not be able to realize that this was once his home. Strange vehicles whirl, at an un- believeable pace over the trail broadened and covered with macadam. the wooded slopes are covered with towns and farmsg the hills dotted with green and brown fields re- lieved here and there by la1'ge orchards. The only famil- iar thing he would see would be the muddy Genesee. which goes on its lawless course forever. But, no longer does the redskin roam the woods and plains. He is fast disappearing from his native land. Be- fore many years have passed the remnants of the true Americans will have departed. They will be but the dim memory of a far distant yesterday. -Marion Pfisterer. The Builders of Success The XY01'lll judges a man by his success. and his success by the same practical standards as it does real estate- You have walked down the street and have noticed the sign For Sale, tacked on a house. You stop to look at the house and snmetimes the lot even attracts your attention. You think. I'd like to own that house, or else you say- Who would want to live there? Did yo11 ever stop to estimate your success as you do the value of that property? Your advantages and opportunities might represent the lot, and your success the house. Are you the type that is admired? There is the man who has had countless oppor- tunities. money and influence and yet he has done noth- ing to bring himself above the ordinary level of people. He is really the personiiication of a beautiful building lot. dis- figured with a run down house and surrounded with faded bill boards. Tll91'9 are so lnany people who belong to this class of opportunity wasters that no one has made him- self important enough to be used for an illustration. Then there is the man who has had the average opportimities. a limited education, a little money and some influential back- ing to start him in life. He can be compared to the aver- age city house built upon the average city lot. He neither benefits nor distigures the 'world. There is the man who has started in the pursuit of great things, but who tired of his task' and capped his structure when he had completed but one story, thus making it out of proportion. He belongs in the class with the man who has started many things but who has accomplished none. with the man whose struc- ture is like that of an old fashioned farm house with wings that have been added from time to time ni-nrring the beauty as well the usefulness. Butt there are different types of men like Roosevelt, Milton and James. who have had opportunities. money and iniiuence and who have made the most of their advantages. erecting structures like state- ly colonial mansions. their beauty set off by their natural surroundings. But there is a higher type than this. men like Lincoln, who have built upon the barren rock a castle, wonderful both in art and inspiration. So magnificent is this structure that in gazing at its beauty we forget the jagged rock. the years of trial that were needed for its completion and lose ourselves in admiration of Lincoln, our greatest builder of success. --Doris Noble.