Onondaga Central School - Onondagan Yearbook (Nedrow, NY)

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STAFF OF INSTRUCTION Martin A. Helfer, B.S. . . . Dartmouth College, A.M., Syracuse University Supervising Principal Harry P. Watson, A.B. . . Princeton University, A.M., Syracuse University Vice-Principal, Latin and French Edith Daugard, B.S. ....... Syracuse University Mathematics and Science William Davies, B.S. .... Cornell University Agriculture Jane Doolittle, B.S. .... Syracuse University Home Making Francis Mear, B.S. . Springfield College Physical Education and Science Kathryn Phillips, B.S. ..... . . Syracuse University English and Dramatics Erwin von Schlichten, B.S ....... Colgate University History and Social Studies Frances Vroman, B.S. ..... Ithaca Conservatory of Music Music and Library Helen Alexander ........ Syracuse Normal School History and Mathematics-Iunior High School Evelyn cliff ......... Syracuse Normal School Sixth Grade Margaret Flanagan ..... Cortland Normal School Fifth Grade Mrs. Ruth Rogers ..... Cortland Normal School Fourth Grade Genevieve Abbott . .... Syracuse Normal School Third Grade Doris Tanner . .... Syracuse Normal School Second Grade Violet Bowen .... Syracuse Normal School First Grade Mrs. Pauline Morey ..... Oswego Normal School District No. 16 Dorothy Judd . ..... Brockport Normal School District No. 17 7

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FACULTY Top Row: Jane Doolittle, Doris Tanner, William Davies, Erwin von Sehlichten, Robert Clark, Helen Alexander, Evelyn Clift Middle Row: Ruth Rogers, Francis Mear, Harry Watson, M. A. Helfer, Barbara Nichols, Kathryn Phillips, Dorothy Judd First Row: Violet Bowen, Frances Vroman, Genevieve Abbott, Margaret Flanagan, Pauline Morey, Edith Daugard It is the sincere desire of parents to grant the privilege of education to their childreng it is the sincere desire of the members of the faculty of Onondaga Central School to aid the parents of this district in the attainment of the objectives which they have established. THE TEACHER IN PRIVATE LIEE-By Walter Lippman excerpt from address given at 72nd Convocation of the University of the State of New York: This is the meaning of higher education, that it protects and promotes the standards by which a community makes its decisions and judges its actions. Higher education is higher because it is higher than current opinion, because it is concerned with the ultimate criterions by which current opinions are guided, tested and corrected. And higher education exists only where men recognize that the criterions of conduct must be developed and expounded to a community by a ministry which owes its deepest allegiance, not to the civil government or to the rich and powerful or to the multitude, but to that universal tradition of learning which grows by revelation and reason and experience and experiment. -5- The em!! cvnl of Effurufiozz is, to discipline ralbfr lbun fo furnixb Ihr' mimi, to frain if In the mv 0 iii azwz lmwrrx, rnlbrr 1191111 fill if wilb Ihr' 1Il'CllHIIll!lfi0l1S of 0fbffX.,, TRYON EDWARDS

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TO HELP STUDENTS The Guidance Department is organized to help students with their plans. It is well enough just to ramble around when out on a holiday tripg it is necessary occa- sionally to wander aimlessly for a certain amount of relaxation. But to reach a goal, even on a hike, you must make a plan and establish an objective. True, you may arrive without having done much thinking and planning, but this is the exception rather than the rule. The wise individual thinks of his future and prepares for it in the present. The schedule of studies that a student is following in high school and the activities in which he is engaging both outside and inside of school ought to be part of a plan that he has made for his life. How much of your success in the future depends upon your present education? That is a very important question to ask yourself in making your plans for each school year. To answer that question correctly it is necessary to realize that education means much more than just attending classes and doing homework. It means, for instance, learning how to think straight, how to express thoughts, how to communicate thoughts to others. It means learning how to cooperate in a friendly, helpful manner with other people. It means learning how to enjoy yourself when you are free from the obligation to do any particular thing, in other words, learning how to play, how to spend leisure time constructively. Education also means learning along what lines your abilities and your interests lie, so that you will recognize those vocations at which you will have the greatest chances for success. It means DISCOVERING YOURSELF, developing yourself, making the most of your opportunities. It means getting one hundred per cent out of life because you are joyously putting one hundred per cent into every day of life. Education carries along with all of these things, because it means development not only of your mind but of your whole self, body and soul. Your disposition toward your studies, toward your school, your teachers, your fellow-students, your parents, your brothers and sisters, your spare time-all of these are of tremendous importance to you for your own future, whatever form that future takes. It may be that you will be puzzled at some time about yourself. Perhaps your failure to be like someone else whom you admire, or your inability to achieve some athletic or social or scholastic goal, will worry you. You may wonder what vocation you ought to train for, or how much longer you should go to school, or whether you are in the right kind of school. All of these are the kind of questions that the Guidance Department will help you to think about and perhaps to answer. The counselors of the Guidance Department are interested in YOU AS AN INDIVIDUAL and are eager to discuss your problems with you, problems ranging all the way from the choice of a club to the choice of a career. Their aim is helping you to find yourselfn and be able to gain more from those pleasant days spent in Onondaga Central School. REPORTS FOR PARENTS' EXAMINATION AND STUDY The report card your boy or girl brings to you at the end of each ten weeks period for your examination and signature is a fair and unbiased opinion of the school Work accomplished, of the development of character attained as recorded by the teacher or teachers your child may have. After noting any unusual condition of marked improve- ment or deficiency, please feel free to consult the teachers or the principal. Those pupils who are listed on the honor roll of Onondaga Central are ones who have attained an average of 90 or better in their school work. During the school year 1936-37 eight to ten boys and girls reached this average. Why not plan to include yourself in this group next year? -g-