Morris Central High School - Morrisanian Yearbook (Morris, NY)

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CLASS HISTORY In the fall of 1947, eighteen bewitched, bothered,and bewildered fresh- men entered the halls of good old Morris Central. Later that year, Irene Me Mullen, and Francis Olds Joined our class. We elected as our officers; Presi- dent, Donald Decker; Vice-President, Virginia Allen; Secretary and Treasurer, Elsie Jo Smith. George Schoradt, Edward Johnson,Joe Laraphere, and Arthur Bettlol partici- pated In sports. None of them brought any special glory to the class or school as far as I can remember. In the field of music we were very well represented In both chorus and band. Time seems to have dimmed our memories of this year somewhat. It seems to have passed rather uneventfully under the guidance of Miss Leska. All too soon June with Its tests and farewells was upon us. Fall of 1948, twenty of the old gang reported. Three new members joined, adding new problems. Bill Buck, Allen Brown, and Edward Hansen were these new entrants. Our first thought was election of officers. The outcome was as follows: President, Virginia Allen; Vice-President, Pauline Glambalvo; Secretary and Treasurer, Joseph Lamphere. At Christmas time we celebrated by exchanging presents and having a party In the homeroom. Mr. Knapp furnished the refreshments. Those who had participated In sports and music the previous year were a- galn active In these two fields. We all enjoyed our second year In high school with Mr. Knapp as our home- room teacher. Twenty-one,mischievous but eager,Juniors were ready to begin a happy year with Miss Suchy as our adviser. Once more our first Interest was the election of officers. We reverted to two of our freshman officers by putting Virginia Allen In as President, and Elsie Jo Smith as Secretary. George Schoradt was elected Vice President and Onnolee Ostrander became Treasurer. As we only lacked one year of being seniors and because we had heard so much talk by former senior classes of the need of money for the senior trip, we decided It was high time we started our fund. So under the direction of Miss Suchy we presented two successful one-act plays. Later we sponsored a dance and a movie. During the Commencement Week we followed the time-honored custom of putting on the Alumni Banquet. During the first week in school we had ordered our class rings. We then spent many weary weeks waiting for their arrival. David Dempsey and William Kodrlch Joined us too late to acquire rings as Juniors. During this third year, sports and music were again enjoyed. We had many members in both the band and chorus. In sports our girls appeared on the cheer- ing squads and our boys played well in football, basketball, and baseball. We were very proud of the part our class was taking In music and sport activities by the end of the third year. The Class of 1950 chose Pauline Glambalvo and Arthur Bettlol to act as marshalls during the Commencement Exercises. Joe Lamphere gave a very credit- able Junior Response on Class Day. Our Junior year was a happy and prosperous one. We left school In June with high hopes for our last year in Morris Central.