Onondaga Central School - Onondagan Yearbook (Nedrow, NY)

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LANGUAGE CLUB L AL- Al - . Q First Row Willi:.ni Barcza, Ioyce White, lane Usherwood, Philip Group, lean Berry, Aldo Stilwell. Second Row Carol Ochsner, lean Carpenter, Anne McNeill, lrono Devine, Ieanette Hubert, loyce 1 H1 Tld . Amxdor, een i en Third Row Iohn Wlirxlen, Ernest Case, Gladys Paul, Doris Emmort, Laura Case, Stanley Heath, Miss Thompson. A club organized this year, the Language Club is a group of interested pupils from the language classes. Membership is open to those who have taken or are taking Latin, French, or General Language. Members choose projects which interest them and which are related to their own field of language study. They work in small groups or individually after the business meeting is con- cluded. Officers elected for the year, were chosen according to Roman titles: Consuls tjoint Presidentsi, lane Usherwood and Philip Group, Praetor tVice- Presidentl, Aldo Stilwell: Quaestors tSecretary and Treasureri, Marilyn Chick and lean Berry. Meetings were held once a month on Thursday in Room 208. Activities included the making of a scrapbook on the part France played in the war in Europe, study oi Roman houses and the making of a floor plan tor a model house, drawing French provincial costumes, making Latin and French Christmas Cards, and modeling Roman arches of soap. A Constitution for the Language Club, written on a scroll in Latin, was made and signed by the Charter members. At the close ot the year, several members took part in a Latin play, Latin Begins at 8230 and in a French play, Le Petit Chaperon Rouge. GIRL SCOUTS Troop 99 was organized in May, l938. Mrs. Gertrude Ballard is Captain and Mrs. Robert Clark, Lieutenant. There are twentyeone registered Girl Scouts. They hold weekly meetings with a supper every month. Last summer four girls attended Camp Hoover on Carnperships and the Troop has taken two overnight hikes to Camp Hoover this year. For the State Fair Gpening in 1940, Troop 99 was selected for the Guard of Honor, in which twelve uniformed girls took part. ln March, the Troop gave a Parent Teachers' Association program. They presented a play, Magic Gold Pieces, and movies on Camp Hoover. The speakers were Mrs. George Mulhauser and Mrs. Redington. The Parent Teach- ers' Association gave the Troop a Troop Flag and the Girl Scout Office gave it an American Flag. no QQ ,L

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BOY SCOUTS X ilk M AL First Row Richard Fernalld, Ward Hitchinqs, Carlton Abbott, Ellis Fernalld, Benny Gann. Second Row Eugene Hawkins, Harold Abbott, Duane Andrews, larnes Burns, Frank Burns, Karl E'drldqe, William Block. Third Row Ted Chick, Paul Kenyon, Dana Harter, Robert Townsend, Billy Smith, Stuart Harter, lohn Whalen, Mr. Moore. Troop lll was reorganized last September under the direction of Mr. Moore. Carleton Abbott was elected Senior Patrol Leader, Ward Hitchings and Ellis Fernalld became Patrol Leaders, and Benny Gann was selected tor Scribe. The Winter and early spring meetings were spent passing tests and playing Scout games. When better weather came we held our meetings out-ot-doors by the creek, where several outdoor tests were passed. Four boys have joined the Troop since lanuary. LIBRARY CLUB Lett to Right Eileen Houriqan CPresidentl, Marjorie Krakau tSecretaryj, Katy Block, loyce Abbott Miss Getman, Helen Zukowski. Freda Heer, Patrrcian Smith, Ella Flanagan tV1ce-Presidentl. There are ten workers in the Library Club, which meets every other Tues- day atternoon, with Miss Getman as Faculty Advisor. The girls have learned how to charge out books, return them to the shelves, mend and rebind them. Each girl spends one period a week at the desk doing the regular librarian's Work. A Christmas party was held in the Winter and a picnic in the spring. ,,.2g. ,.

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FUTURE FARMERS ASSOCIATION First Row Raymond Volles, james Block, Lester Fish, Wayne Gardner, Iohn Zukowski, Gerald Flanagan, Carlton Abbott. Second Row-larnes Burns, Thomas Watson, Chitord Reed, Alvin Brown, Edward Luchsinqer, Mr. Carley. Third Row--Purcell Amidon, William Perkins, Clarence Putman, Austin Brown, Dale Bailer, Harold Curtis. The Future Farmers Association started its year's activities with a Iudging trip to Delhi. The members ot the team were Lester Fish, Arthur Wadsworth, and Raymond Volles. Onondaga Central placed tweltth out ot eighty-six schools in the contest. During this contest, the boys traveled 400 miles over eastern New York State, judging eleven classes of cattle. Our next activity was a booth exhibit at the State Fair, from which we received S22. Individual exhibits ot some ot the boys also won S20 for the F.F.A. Club. In August, Lester Fish and Arthur Wadsworth represented Onondaga Central School in a Iudging Contest at the New York State School of Agriculture at Morrisville. Here the team placed first among forty schools and received, a silver cup. In November, the F.F.A. Club entered another judging contest at the New York State School of Agriculture at Canton. This time the club was represented by Lester Fish, Arthur Wadsworth, and Raymond Volles. The team placed titth among forty-two teams competing. During Farm and Home Week at Cornell, the entire F.F.A. Club went to Ithaca for a day and competed in several contests. Here, Lester Fish placed fifth in judging potatoes. The F.F.A. Basketball Team, consisting ot Iames Block, Captainy Lester Fish, Raymond I-Ierr, Gerald Flanagan, Wayne Gardner, lohn Zukowski, and Raymond Volles, placed second in the Western Section competition. Our team was the only team in the county to deteat Skaneateles, which won the county championship. The F.F.A. Club has earned S20 by selling seeds this spring. The officers for the year were: Austin Brown, Presidentg Purcell Amidon,, Vice-President: Philip Russell, Secretaryg Lester Fish, Treasurer: Arthur Wads- worth, Reporterg and Mr. Carley, Faculty Advisor. -- 31 -