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

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OUR FACULTY MR. G. H. GOOLD—Principal Graduated: Hobart, B.S.; Cornell, M.S. Hobby: Going places Likes: C. C. MISS EDNA K. DANA—Vice-Principal, Senior Advisor Graduated: Oberlin, A.B. Teaches: English Hobby: Interior decorating Likes: Afternoon tea MRS. ELIZABETH M. CORYELL Graduated: Syracuse, A.B. Teaches: American History, languages Hobby: Playing the piano Likes: Discussion of Latin MR. EDWARD DOLAN—Junior Advisor Graduated: Houghton, A.B. Teaches: Mathematics, history Hobby: Collecting mules, etc. Likes: Month of Mae MISS MARY B. LYMAN Graduated: Syracuse, B.M. Teaches: Music Hobby: Making scrap books Likes: Eating MR. ROBERT E. WATERS Graduated: Hamilton. A.B. Teaches: Sciences Hobby: Photography, radio Likes: To tell stories MISS FLORENCE EELLS Graduated: Keuka. B.S. Teaches: Commercial subjects Hobby: Playing bridge Likes: Canada MR. CHARLES MARTIN—Soph Advisor Graduated: Ithaca, B.S. Teaches: Athletics Hobby: Eating ice cream Likes: Mary Ann MRS. MYRL V. CLARKE—Frosh Advisor Graduated: Syracuse, A.B. Teaches: Freshman English. Librarian Hobby: Memorizing poetry Likes: Walking at night MR. HARRY W. KITTS Graduated: Cornell, B.S. Teaches: Agriculture Hobby: Making ash trays Likes: To do things MISS MARGARET CAIN Graduated: Buffalo State, A.B. Teaches: Homemaking Hobby: Reading radio guides Likes: To listen to the radio MRS. ETHEL LATTIN Graduated: Syracuse Teaches: Junior high Hobby: Animals and flowers Likes: Teaching MRS. GEORGIA CARNEY Graduated: Cortland Teaches: Junior high Hobby: Traveling Likes: Bull dogs MR. FRED LERCH Graduated: Penn Yan Academy Teaches: Junior high Hobby: Making stringed instruments Likes: Baseball MRS. BREWER Graduated: Geneseo Normal Teaches: Sixth grade Hobby: Children Likes: Society MISS BERNICE SLOCUM Graduated: Cortland Teaches: Fifth grade Hobby: Playing accordion Likes: Church work MRS. EVELYN WARNER Graduated: Cortland Teaches: Third and fourth grades Hobby: 4-H clubs Likes: Concerts MRS. JESSIE LEE TIMMS Graduated: Cortland Teaches: Second grade Hobby: Raising flowers Likes: Iloseback riding MISS EVELYN ARTLIP Graduated: Geneseo Normal Teaches: First grade Hobby: Reading, flower gardens Likes: Bicycle riding --------o-------- Morning In the morn I sometimes see, When a new day first is breaking, Soft hues of rose and silvery gray That call the earth to waking; A touch of gold is in the east, A bit of blue far in the west. And in the south a soft, white cloud Upon a wooded hill doth rest. Evening Later, when the day is ending I see a million things and one; Far off by a purple mountain I see the setting of the sun Blending lights and shadows well All to make a grand array 0 colors bright and colors dim For the slowly, fading day. —Ohara Nordquist. --------o-------- Faithful All winter long the postmen work, As faithfully as ever, Come stormy days, with sleet and snow, These good men fail us never. Our little boxes now and then Are pillowed all in white, The postmen brush the pillows off, And pack the mail in tight. They whistle and sometimes they sing, While driving here and there, Glad that they can bring good cheer, To people everywhere. —Betty Boyce. PAGE 5

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stove. If they did, and Mrs. B.... finds it burned. Oh! Oh—“c’est dommage!” 1 had had my supper so I didn’t care much about the food. I went into some other rooms, probably class rooms. In one room I thought I had found me a wife, but I was mistaken, it was a stuffed dog. What a disappointment! In another room I found a bird in a cage. Finally I came to a room which must have been the principal’s office, for it had a large desk and a radio. The radio gave me an idea. Turning on a radio was a favorite trick of mine. I found the right switch. An orchestra was playing “Dipsy Doodle.” It was too loud and fast for me so I ran down the hall and up some steps. When I reached the top I ran into a janitor talking to the boy. They caught me and I’m sorry to say, “I got my ears boxed!” and they sent me out. Dick was calling me. He saw me come out of the door so he “boxed my ears” again. I have learned now to keep out of new school buildings, and I’m warning all other pups to keep away also. Now that I am an old dog and almost ready to die, I hope that my story will take effect. I should like to give a little more advice, but I’m getting weak. I only ask that you make your own lives a little less like ‘‘a dog’s life.”—Bertha Chaapel. YOU’RE OUT A True Story Biff! The ball flew through the air over the left fielder’s head as “Jasper” Carpenter hit a home-run. The face of every member of the Trumansburg team fell a mile, but their countenance changed when their “speed-ball” pitcher struck out the next three men. Trumansburg then came to bat. Our pitcher, Luman Terryberry, stepped into the box, started his slow motion wind-up, threw the ball and the umpire called “Ball one!” The next two balls pitched were strikes, and Terryberrv’s face lighted up as the batter went dowm swinging. The next man walked, but the next two men “flied” out. It began to look like a ball game. In the next inning Trumansburg got one run which tied the score at one up. The score remained the same for the next two innings and then—Bulk-ley hit, Lattin hit, Ostrander hit, Chaffee hit, everyone hit, and the score was five to one. Nevertheless, Trumansburg did not lose courage. Terryberry allowed no runs after that, but as he stepped into the box at the last of the seventh he looked tired. Coach Martin noticed this and when the bases became loaded, he put Gerald Lattin on the mound. Lattin had not pitched until this year. He was in a tight spot. He walked the first man, which brought a run in. The next two men hit a “pop” fly which left the score at five to two. The next ball pitched sailed past catcher Willett and a man came home. And then—a short hit—a man came home—the score was five and four. What the next man did wfould decide all. Lattin pitched two strikes, and three balls. The next pitch was the deciding one. The crowd was tense; silence prevailed. Lattin started his stretch. The ball zoomed past the batter; the umpire raised his right hand and yelled, “You’re out!”—Robert Smith. LAFF THAT OFF Ed. Carpenter and Bob Smith were late for school one morning, and Mr. Goold angrily asked, “What made you late, Bob?” “I was dreaming that I w'as going to Florida, and thought the school bell was the siren of the boat,” answered Bob. Mr. Goold then asked, “What have you to say for yourself, Ed?” Ed dryly answered, “Um - - - I wras seeing Bob off.” Bill Ostrander: “You’ve got my dime.” Gerald Lattin: “You’re a dime liar.” Mr. Dolan: “Will your w'atch tell time?” Jack Halpin: “No, you have to look at it.” Mr. Goold: “Lois, howT many stencils are there in the office? Are there a half a dozen?” Lois: “No, there are only six.” Mr. Waters: “What do you know' about ethyl alcohol?” Gratia Gikling: “Nothing, w'ho is she?” Bill Rundle: “What’s good for a weak lung?” Mr. Martin: “Open your window and throw' out your lung.” Mr. Waters: “What is a vacuum?” Norma Van Lone: “I can’t think right now, but it is in my head.” Deanie: “Do you think Kate MacDow'ell’s hair is dyed?” Marie: “I know it’s not; I was w'ith her when she bought it.” Miss Dana: “What instrument of war does the earth resemble?” Arleen Wood: “A revolver.” John Willett: “Let’s cut classes and take in a movie.” Minon Leanord: “Can't do it, John, I need the sleep.” Coates: “Did you hear about a couple of boys breaking some plates of glass charged with a high sum of money, Mr. Waters?” Huffy: “Mr. Waters, would you call that a physical or a chemical change?” Mr. Waters: “I’d call it a financial change!” Luther: “Terryberry, have you ever been to the zoo?” Terryberry: “No.” Luther: “You ought to go, you’d get a kick watching the turtle zip pass.” Mrs. Clarke: “Have you done your outside reading yet?” Carol Crane: “No, ma’am, mother says it’s too cold to read outside.” Ed. Carpenter: “Wanna fly?” Barbara: “You bet.” Ed. Carpenter: “Wait, I’ll catch you one.” PAGE 4

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JUST REMINISCIN’ September 7—Gosh! Seems to me they start school earlier every year! September 9—Teachers sure don’t believe in delaying any around here. Assignments could keep me busy for a week—Ho hum! September 14—Gee, is the new gym teacher ever swell! Think I’ll take up athletics in a big way! September 24—Glee Club try-outs today—oh well, guess Miss Lyman just can’t appreciate my sort of talent. September 29—Tried to skip school this morning, but mom said---- October 1—Say, is our soccer team swell and did we take Breesport! October 8—They say that education is the sum total of all things you haven’t been taught—no wonder they give us a day’s vacation while the teachers get educated! October 19—Luther Erie was elected president of the Senior class today. Nice assistants too, with Marcia Bundle and Anne Kozak. Osco Peterson is at the wheel of the Freshman class, while Bob Smith and John Bulkley carry on for the Sophomores and Juniors. October 25—It seems that they have changed this school into an experimental station, using us as human guinea pigs. Maybe it won’t be quite that bad though,—some of these practice teachers aren’t bad-looking experimenters. October 28—Was I embarrassed this morning? Miss Eells caught me chewing gum and started recitin’ a poem about a gum-chewing girl and a cud-chewing cow! November 1—The Seniors are suddenly becoming aware of the Freshmen—no wonder! The Freshmen are eagerly (???) selling candy to help get their elder brethren to Washington. November 10—Am I good! I passed in every exam. What did I get? Oh—75! November 11—Since Mrs. Coryell has returned from having her tonsils out, her theme song seems to be “Whispering.” November 19—Why the worried look on everyone’s face? Oh, nothing! Report cards appeared today is all. November 22—The Sophomores are beginning to give class broadcastings over a fake “mike.” They are looking forward to using the real one in the new school. November 29—A Freshman, taking science, tells me that sound travels at the rate of 400 yards per second. There seem to be exceptions to the rule. Scandal—1,000 yards; flattery—500 yards; truth— 2V2 yards; alarm clock—??? December 10—First basketball games of the season—at Spencer. December 19—What’s this about Jane Burris being presented a stork at the Christmas party! December 22—Christmas program and party— and lots of presents. But, tragedy! No oranges this year. I thought the depression was over! ’Mid tears and heart-aches we take leave of our little old school house in favor of bigger and better educational opportunities. Now for vacation. No more school ’till next year! Hooray! January 3—Old Santa was good to me, considering ----Now to buckle down ’till June. It won’t be hard, if I can only keep my eyes off all the fancy fixtures in this new school. January 7—First home basketball game—with Interlaken. Did we take ’em! January 18—First Senior supper—in our new cafeteria—and did we eat! January 26-28—The fatal days! I was once told “A fool can ask more questions than a wise man can answer.” Say, no wonder so many of us flunk in our exams! January 28—Today is the day—when hearts flutter and heads whirl! I wonder why? The Juniors are putting on their annual prom. February 1—With Helen Jean just back from having scarlet fever, and Miss Eells just out with it, everyone is being examined, and say!—You should see all the lucky kids sittin’ down in the front hall, ready to go home. It seems to me they look a little too cheerful to be sick. I coughed and sputtered around too, but the nurse just told me I couldn’t be healthier if I tried! February 4—Who is that lurking around the corner? Oh, it’s only the “Pest.” February 7—Mr. Clarke has left and a new science teacher, Mr. H20’s, has arrived. Very appropriate, don’cha think? February 10—Our new chemistry teacher explained to the class that the law of gravity kept us from falling off the earth when we were upside down. Curious Ray Campbell wanted to know how the folks stayed on before the law was passed. Did I laugh! February 14-15—Farm and Home Week—a vacation for the Ag. boys and the homemaking girls. Why, oh why, didn’t I take homemaking? February 19—Basketball teams went to Interlaken tonight and turned the tables. The usually victorious boys lost, while the girls—they won! February 28—The Freshmen like “Ivanhoe” so well that they are publishing a newspaper and a magazine about it. Imagine! March 4—All-star game—and did we see stars! March 11—Here’s another trip for somebody. Oh yes, it’s the basketball team this time. They’re off PAGE 6