Medina High School - Mirror Yearbook (Medina, NY)

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The Mirror 1932 ' I A Changing Vt orld ffl R- W0 hundred years. That sounds like a long time, docsn't it? 1A . - . . ln the history of a country, however, it 1sn't so long. Think of YM! the lmndreds, yes, thousands of changes in this old world since 1732, the year of George Washington's birth! I dare say that if he should come back to life to celebrate his anniversary, he would be as much bewildered as Rip Van Winkle to find horseless carriages, great, black, monstrous steam engines pulling long trains, and then those enormous birds that have such a horrible roar for a song, that one ean hardly hear anything but it. lf he survived the shock, perhaps Washington would like to visit the Capital and meet the present President and First Lady. While talking with them he would hear strains of music coming from a cabi- net. When he commented upon it, he would learn that the music was coming from an orchestra in New York City. Imagine his surprise. New York City! lmpossible! Then, at dusk, instead of lighting candles, one of the servants would simply press a button and immediately the room would be flooded with light. Wonder of wonders! What next? All these things and more would the poor, bewildered man see should he return to spend his anniversary with us. l think, however, that it would not take the great and versatile Father of our t'ountry so very long to understand the progress through which the country has passed. Moreover, he would be extremely surprised to learn, how, in spite of this lllCttllll0I'Illl0SlS, the people through the generations have clung steadfastly to the memory of his own traits and accomplishments. lf he could view the homes and schools, he would see the mothers and teachers trying to impress his own maxims and cliaraeteristics upon the minds of the rising generation. l imagine he would have a pleasant little chuckle over many of the little stories told which, however, illus- trate beliefs whieh were truly his. His standards of honesty, truthfulness and a complete lack of fear are those which all of ns should acquire. Then, too, his refusal to accept defeat should teach us also to strive on to our goals in the face of ob- stacles. Une thing' which we should not forget is the ability to be a good follower, which trait, together with all his other characteristics, made him the noblest of leaders. As the Romans described Brutus, so the Americans can describe Washington: He was the noblest American of them all! -The Editor Page Twenty

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1932 The Mirror The Mirrorn Staff of I932 1:'1lifur-in-1'lziwf . NIILDRED Woon l-l.w.w1'i1lff' Ezlifor RUTH AVSTIN Ada-i.wr . . ..... Miss FERGUSON ASSTSTA NT EDI'l'UR,S .llrf . . NIARGARET IIOYT, XIIGRNA VVHEELER 0l'fjIIlll.2'lIfl0ll.S'Z Drunznfiz' and Soviul ..... Doms IWILES Ky Psi, Girl Reserves, Arista ljffllllllfll' and Sm-5111 ...... IDLORA POSSON Boys' Club, Ergonians, Junior High School Stars Jlusif-nl .... . . . . HAnm.n SUZANNE Harmonic, l?and and Orchestra Aflzlwlir ....... Iil'IliAND MKINAGLE l':fll'Hlfl1l l'7lrl.s',w of 19532 f.'NNil: Football, Girls' and Boys' Basketball HISTURIANS MR. PRAY lli.vfnry . . Iialzimim Guin, Fl.oEENc'E CHAMBERLIN l,I'Il'llH'l'l . Bl'IIl'I'liANlJ MAl,l,1soN GUHUON NHYPHPIRSIJN 1 7 Will . GLENN BIAJUMINGIJALIC, DAVID VVIIITIG l,Ul'Hl . . . . . IJURUTHA BRADFORD f,'l11.s-.v of I.'lff.'f K T001 Aims WATEESUN l,'lu,w.w of 1.1134 ffioffj .losEPH VINCENT LYIIISS of 1.0514 H011 Al.1uE U'lJuNNE1,1, I'Iu.w.s' of I.'l.ff5 f20b'2 . Avis BOYLE lf'l1ls.s' of 11135 f207j IQEITH A1.EmGHT Alumni . . . . . VPIRNA GARRETT BUSINESS STAFF ' I'ul1lif'ily . . . . . Nhllli IQYAN T.11pi.wf.w . I'1OlVll'lH BAUON, A-XNTHONY IJUMERUSKI 1 Y Ivy hHEP,xnn, IJURRAINIC VS IENKE Page Nineteen

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1932 The Mirror Speaking of Birthdays . . 1932-What an eventful year of birthdays! This year marks the two liundredth anniversary of the birth of our First Citizen, George Washington, the one l1lU1lll'0lltll anniversary of the establish- ment of the village of Medina, and last but not least, the twentieth anniversary of our own Mirror, In regard to this last mentioned, li believe that I van safely say that there are comparatively few people who really know a great deal about its origin. The ve1'y first number was published in the spring of 1912. lt was a small, paper-eovered book, quite unlike tl1e Mirrors We have known. The eover design eonsisted of a drawing of a hand mirror with the reflection of the old high sehool building, or, as it was popularly known, the old 'tAeademy, in it. There were no photographs in this first Mirror as there have been in its sueeessors, but this feature gradually became a neeessary part of tl1e book. Its editors-in-ehief have ineluded several of the Well-known, promi- nent young men and women of this community, many of whom will be reeognized from the following ehronologieal list, to date: 1912 . Harold Ryan 1923 . . Julia Fay 1913 Charles D-anolds 192-1 Raymond Gilbert 1911- . . Robert Munson 1925 Helen Gillmeister 1915 . James Collins 1926 . Lucia Condon 1916 Carl Helenbolt 1927 . Alice Colman 1917 . Gordon Kibler 1928 . Dorothy Lee 1918 George Brennan 1929 . Gladys Beach 1919 Marian Rowley 1930 Lorraine Garrett 1920 Hdythe Krompart 1931 . Verna Garrett 1921 Velma WVaterson Mary Kerr 1922 . . . Lee Skinner 4 Q. 41 rl f,i ' F, ff, 5 14211 I -The Editor Paze Twenty-one