Onondaga Valley Academy - Yearbook (Syracuse, NY)

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HI-Y OFFICERS Fall Term Spring Term Presidenl A,A.. YY,,,A, ,,,,,,. B o b Woodworlh Bob Woodworlh Vice-Presidenl .,,,, A,,,,,, , Harold Smilh Harold Smilh Secretary ,,,, , ,,AA Wm. MacDougall Sfaniey Smilh Treasurer .r,,,...A,AA .AA,,,, T homas Lewis Warren Mcliibben Chaplain ,...,,,......Va,Y.,,,,,.w.. .....,. B ruce Brummifl Bruce BrummiH Sergean+ a+ Arms .,Y..,.,......,.A, ,,,a,,,,, R oss Dunham Ross Dunham Corresponding Secrefary ,,,a,,,,Yv,.o, Granl Murray James Carpenfer L ,,- ALLEY'S l-li-Y has iusl complefed ils eighlh year by becoming a member of Q, 'Jig' fhe Nafional Hi-Y Council. For years fhis was +he aim bun' un+il +his year fx 193. Valley had never eniered. This one accomplishmen+ is enough 'lo call our year prosperous and worlhwhile. Sevenfeen new members were Taken in +his year so +ha+ lhey mighl 'rake +he place of fhe graduafing members. Many of fhese iirsi year men have played a prominenf parf in ihe club ac+ivi+ies. Sianley Smifh and Thomas Lynch represen+ed +he chapier al 'rhe Hi-Y Con- ference af Albany. They look along a bill +o be submiHed lo rhe Assembly. On December 2O+h. 'rhree former Valley Hi-Y men now alfending colleges spoke lo 'rhe chapler. Bill Woodworlh of Springfield, Jack Wells of Colgale and Norman Sanger ol S+. Lawrence sfressed The poinr of sfudying in college. The monlhly supper mee+ings were, of course, lhe high spofs of The year's aciivilies. Tri-Y and l-li-Y held a ioin+ supper meefing during February. Afler lhe meeling lhe members of bolh organizaiions had 'rhe privilege of hearing Mr. Marks, commonly known as Mr. Fixi+. The affair was enioyed immensely by all. l-li-Y played an imporlani parl in 1'he colleclion of lhe Alhlelic Tax during 'rhe Spring Term. One of 'rhe main accomplishmenfs of 'rhe year was fhe forming of a cons+i+u+ion for The chapler. Up unlil now 'rhe chapfer had been funclioning wilhoul a consfilu- iion. The documenl was drawn up by a commiilee headed by Grani Murray. If has proved salisfaclory io all 'rhose aiiilialed wilh 'rhe organizafion. Two inferesiing discussions were conducled by Syracuse Universiiy debale slu- denls, one on war and The oiher on isms. The fellows enioyed 'rhese debaies and hope +o have more nexl year. i We will close our I937-38 season wifh an ouling in June. A+ lhis lime abouf fifieen seniors will bid us Au Revoir.

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TRI-Y OFFICERS Fall Term Spring Term Pr'eSider1T V7VV YVV,, ... ,... D oroThy Grossman MarTha Galloway Vice-PresidenT , ., ... .... B arbara Lombard EeTTy WebsTer SeCr'eT6ry .s .7VVV7 , V,,,,, ,.,,,.., ..Y,,.... S hirley Rowland Marion Skinner TFGGSUFSF ...,Y...,YY,,,,,,.,,A.....A.... ..,Y,,.. S hirley Skinner Mary Davison COFFGSPOUCHUQ SecreTary ,,,..a......,. Beverly Conway Neva CurTiss Club Adviser .s,sss,ssss,s,sss,s,.,ssss,.,s,s,, Mrs. Edward C. Miller Miss Geraldine Andrews , i , T-TE Valley chapTer oT Tri-Y opened iTs I937-38 season wiTh a supper meeTing mfg Q P Tor iTs members aT The Y.VV.C.A., Earbara Lombard being chairman of The .03 fa? commiTTee on arrangemenTs. The meeTing was Tollowed by a TheaTre ParTy ii H aT KeiTh's. AT Thanksgiving, Tri-Y donaTecl arTicles Tor a baskeT Tor a needy Tamily and likewise aT ChrisTmas conTribuTed Toys'Tor poor children. ln December The club held a Tinancially successTul rummage sale in a shop on WesT STreeT. AT The TirsT meeTing oT The new year, elecTions Tor The Spring Term were con- ducTed. MarTha Galloway was chosen To represenT The organizaTion aT The annual Tri-Y ConvenTion held This year in Syracuse. Early in February Tri-Y held iTs Annual Dance aT The Y.W.C.A. wiTh The music being Turnished by Davison's Commodores. Also during This monTh a ioinT supper meeTing wiTh The l-li-Y bo s was held aT school. Mr. FixiT, The guesT speaker, proved boTh inTeresTing and helpklul in his remarks on The Younger GeneraTion. A Spring Rush was held aT The home of DoroThy BillingTon. AT The lnducTion Service aT The house oT Marion Skinner, The Tollowing girls were admiTTed To mem- bership: Grace Brown, DoroThy Burns, Elaine CosT, MargareT Diringer, and Shirley STrebel. ln March The club held a very successTul Tood sale aT school. On April I7 a silver Tea was sponsored by Tri-Y wiTh Shirley STrebel as chair- man. BeTTy Kero, Mariorie Willis and James Woodard acTing as guesT enTerTainers, sang Tor The group. Miss Andrews, adviser Tor The Spring Term, poured. The annual banqueT and an ouTing Tor The members of Tri-Y climaxed The acTiviTies Tor The year.

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RED CROSS OFFICERS PresidenT ,, , , ,,,,, ,,,,. R oberT Sharlney Vice-Presidenf , ,Thelma Cogswell Secrefary ,, , Rose Walfer Treasurer . s,Shirley Rowland Q l-TE Red Cross sTarTed iTs fall acTiviTies wiTh a successful Tag day. The Us fi' i money was used To enroll our school as a member of The Junior Red Cross. 1. arm IT' 'Pi Dorofhy Grossman and Thelma Cogswell were elecTed as delegaTes for The CiTy-Wide Senior Council of Junior Red Cross. Charles Kelly, having been elecfed as delegaTe for The CiTy-Wide Junior Council of Junior Red Cross, was chosen presidenf of This organizafion. AT Thanksgiving Time wiTh The co-operaTion of The sTudenT body, we filled TwenTy-seven baslcefs for needy families in our communiTy. AT Chrisfmas Time we paclced a baslceT for a poor family and also filled Two Chrisfmas bags for children in The SaniTarium. These bags conTained combs, Toofh brushes, TooTh pasTe, pajamas, Toys, cloThing and games. The candy sale we held was very successful. The dance held in The Valley Gym on November Twelffh, proved To be a success boTh socially and financially. In The spring we held anofher Tag day To raise funds To send our delegaTe, Mary Emma PeTers, To San Francisco, California, To The Annual ConvenTion held This year from May Zncl To May 5Th. Mary Emma spolce aT The Convenfion, her Topic being, The Supporf of The NaTional Children's Fund. Several sociefies and organi- zafions including Phi Delfa Sigma, K. E., Pi Omega Phi, SenaTe, Oval, Dracova, Van Duyn ParenT-Teacher AssociaTion and Onondaga Valley Communify Club and Valley Parenf-Teacher Associafion, conTribuTed money for our delegaTe. We held a Food Sale which proved successful, and sponsored The Frisco Follies, presenTed during AcTiviTy period, April 29Th in The school audiTorium. We had TalenT from CenTral and VocaTional as well as Valley pupils. The Red Cross Council conducTed a Tinfoil-saving campaign here in school and all sTudenTs responded well wiTh Their conTribuTions. Tinfoil Thus collecTed was given To The Tigris Shrine for The benefif' of The Crippled Children's l-lospiTals.