Massena Central High School - Tatler Yearbook (Massena, NY)

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TATLER 1931 F arewell, Alma Mater! Winter snows and long hours of midnight study are followed by the joy of spring flowers and the exhilaration of graduation. As the fifty-four members of the class of 1931 of Massena High School pass out from its portals we pause, and as we take a retrospective view we are stirred with emotions of regret and happiness. Regret because we realize that we have come to one of the important milestones in each of our lives where we are about to sever the bonds of companionship which are formed in no other period of life as they are in our boyhood and girlhood school days. Happy because we have been able to measure up to the high standards of our ALMA MATEB and receive from it our credentials of merit. To the members of the faculty who have with patience and wisdom charted and directed our scholastic course We express our deepest appreciation and it is our sincere Wish that the future may hold in store for them an abundance of life's choicest gifts. In this we include not only the high school faculty but our instructors in the grades who helped us to lay the early foundations on which We have since been building. To our parents who have labored and sacrificed to make our graduation possible we join unitedly in this public expression of our appreciation and affection. To that large group of men and women, the tax payers of Massena, who have with such deep civic pride provided us with this beautiful building and splendid equipment and facilities we acknowledge our indebtedness and pledge to them our determination to measure four square to the standards to which they would have us attain. To our ALMA MATER We pledge loyalty and to uphold the ideals and tra- ditions With which it has inspired us during the years ending with this graduation. For some of us this is the end of scholastic labors. Others will endeavor to climb higher the academis ladderg some will engage in business or industryg others will enter the professions or the fields of science, but Whatever may be our lot, Wherever unseen paths may lead us or the hand of destiny beckon, we shall all look back to our ALMA MATER and to Massena with pride and happiness and We pledge to them our loyalty and devotion. This is the creed of 1931. SEWABD EMORY HANMER, '31 Pres ident

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MARION WARNER C arson Peck llfemorial TATLER1931 FRANK SUTTON Undecided Hospital Camp Fire '28g Operctta '30g Llee Club '29, '30g G.A.A. RUTH WING IRENE WHALEN Camp Fire '28g Glee Club Undecided '29, Treble Cleff Club. Supl. A. W. Fortune We learn with deep regret that the Class of 1931 is the last to graduate under the administration of Supt. A. W. Fortune. Mr. Fortune is a graduate of St. Lawrence University and has devoted his life to the public schools of this state. After completing an enviable record as superin- tendent of schools in the city of Salamanca Mr. Fortune came to Massena in 1926, in charge of our school system during five difficult years, exhibiting exceptional administrative ability. During this period the school population, buildings and facilities have very materially increased. He now resigns to enter other fields of service. Mr. Fortune has entered into the civic and social life of the community and has made many friends among our citizens, but it is with the student body he is best known. Always commanding their respect, he has enjoyed their loyalty and esteem. Sympathetic and inspiring, the members of this class have received valuable advise, guidance and assistance from Mr. Fortune, and as this book will be deposited in the archives of our school as a permanent record, we desire to here record in this public fashion our esteem and appreciation of our retiring superintendent. The best wishes of this Class follow Mr. and Mrs. Fortune through the years to come, and may their portion be full of lifeis choicest gifts. '28, '29, '30g Operetta '78

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TATLER 1931 enior Class History We are vastly important now. With the strength of three years behind us the fresh- men regard us with awe and nudge each other as we pass them in the various halls. We spend part of our time letting people know that we are Seniors and the other half trying to set a standard for the Juniors,-though, for that matter each of us is more or less busy trying to decide how and where to spend the next four or five years of our lives. The first three years of' our high school life were none too crowded with activities but we have duly made up for this during our Senior year. We first became organized as a class in our Junior year under Miss Healy. Our class president was Seward Hanmerg vice-president, Florence Matticeg secretary-treasurer, lsadore Greenblatt. We received our first chance to show our worth when we decorated the auditorium and gym for the Commencement exercises and dance which followed. Even the Seniors complimented us on this work. .lust to prove that we were really sorry to see them go, we also gave the Seniors a picnic. We wonder if we will be treated as well this year. Our activities during our Senior year have been so numerous that it is impossible to mention more than the major ones. Our election of class officers took place im- mediately at the opening of' school in the Fall. Seward Hanmer was re-elected class presidentg Florence Mattice, vice-presidentg Isadore Greenblatt, secretary-treasurer. The big event of the year, the Senior Ball was held during the Christmas holidays. This proved to be an overwhelming success and we love to boast that it was the best one ever held. Probably our biggest achievement is the building of the 1931 Tatler. We hope that its readers will pronounce it the best ever, also. As the time to depart draws near, even those who have kicked most vigorously against the educational traces feel some regret. It is hard to think that we have crammed for our last examinations. From now on we will be forced to stand on our own feet, and the question of jobs will be uppermost in the minds of' some of the members of our class. However, Mr. Haake's office has been doing a splendid business and what it doesnit know about seniors, in marks especially, isnit worth mentioning. Without exception we dread our regents, especially since those of January were no pleasure, being exceptionally hard. What with uncles coming from Plumbrook, cousins from Winthrop, and aunts from the four corners of the earth, it is with no little tremor of fear that we think of Commencement. In spite of this, we know that the moment when the diploma is actually placed in our hands will be a great one. Father will wrench it from us the minute we enter the house in order that it may be framed to hang in the most conspicuous place in the home and pointed to with pride to those who may be entertained there.