Odessa Montour Central High School - Odessanean Yearbook (Odessa, NY)

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GENERAL NTH'S There was great applause in our study hall when Mr. Goold presented-the banners awarded to our school in the sport's field- The one banner was- for the 3cys SocGer championship in the Lake Region League hile the other was a Sportsmenship banner won by the Girl's basketball team. We're proud of being good players but also proud of being good sports. On Jan. 17 we enjoyed an interesting talk-by James Byer , an Armenian, who told us of the different customs of- that country. He expertly married Winifred Ptrite and Allen Bulkley in the Arabian wedding ceremony, and Eleanor Brink and Ronald Newberry in the Turkish ritual.•After his interesting talk he sold photographs to the students. In January the Freshman Class waB augmented by new students from neighboring communities, who are skilled in the art of flying airplanes and throwing ink bottles, adding to our already lively study-hall. - Some of the former students of Odessa High School have joined the army.. They are Donald Durfey, James Ely, Ira Ray, and Eddie Fay Lewis, Jr. This year the eight grade students were allowed to come up stairs to take Algebra and Civics. That was a lucky break £ for them, as they will have a few points at the beginning of their freshman year. Farmers Week at Ithaca was attended by a large number of Rom-amaking girls and Agriculture boys. On Friday afternoon of Farmers Week the whole student body were excused from school to go if they wished. A few weeks age we had a speaker £rom Syracuse University who gave an interesting talk on reforestation. He showed color slides in connection with his talk. FRESHMAN NEWS I have been asked to tell how it felt to be a Freshman first coming into High School. I was first impressed by the fact that everything -that belonged to everyone else. Everyone used anything they found, except the seats. Then spme one would come along and say, Move, I have more counts than you, and if they were larger than I, I would; if not , I wouldn't. The Freshman looked like so many lost sheep always ieeking-fer-a-ehanee-to expecting to be grabbed by. a Senior of Sophomore. The Sophomores were always looking for a chance to help the Saniorsm not that they were wanted. The Juniors didn't seem to show themselves much except to threw erasers and chalk. They were probably thinking of the fun they would have next year when their opportunity to initiate came. The Seniors were at every corner and behind avery dcor ready to grab the Freshman as they went by. We soon got use to our envirorjent and worked ourselves in with the rest, throwing things and usxng everything we could lay our hands on. We were well represented in soocer and basketball and I am agraid thatusome of the Juniors and Seniors will have to work, to beat our Freshman in Basketball players. -Continued- '