Ontario High School - Echo Yearbook (Ontario, NY)

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Ontario High School c-fi wb Increasing ever as the years flow on, But ere the child to age has grown, we know Thru' pleasant paths of learning he must go Before engaging in the sturdy work of life Vifhere all around there's pain and care and strife. As students we have come to where today From out these pleasant fields we take our way. Thus far our lives have been all gladness everywhere, But now we hasten to the life of care. Uur teachers in this school have been most kind, We understand quite well we'll never find Such friends again to- help us on our way, So cheerful and so willing as were they. Now, we confess we oft were very bad, But for our mischiefs we are truly sad. Still always in our schoolwork, be it known To all the lower classes we have shown The noble way to learning and to fame And blazed the trail for them the way we came. But now the time has come to leave this place, To go into the world its care to face. Yet we will go where duty calls us ever Forever moving onward, like the river, To bear our portion of the great world's work VVhere none must dare to falter or to shirk. En Avant, forward, always be our aim As we toil on and up to heights of fame. With steadfast purpose we will onward go, As toward the sea the river keeps its flow. Thus to the stars thru' strife welll ever climb And rest not till we reach those heights sublime. Then here's to the brave class of twenty-three, The noblest, bravest class you'll ever see. Our banner with its silver and old rose Now leading, on before us ever goes. Then here's to the teachers who have helped us thru' Here's to the boys and girls so nobly true, May each have happiness with wealth and fame, Success and joy, and a world-wide honored name. l l M r. Start- In what course do you expect to graduate, John? John-Oh, in the course of time. 28

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The junior Echo vga- e' IW? yourselves. Had it not been for the talent of the other classes and a member of the sixth grade, that would have been a failure. If you will kindly bear in mind these gems of thought you will be known to the world as well as the police as the class of 1924. Do you wish for kindness? Be kind. Do you wish for truth? Be true. 'What you give of yourself you will find the world w'ill re- flect back to you. Life is a mirror, and if you smile, that smile shall be sure to return. Bear hate in your heart, and e'er long all the world will with hatred burn. A This Key of Knowledge, which you have tonight conlided to our keeping, is received by us with a realization of its deep signi- ficance. To the best of our ability we shall endeavor to discharge the duties which fall to us as custodians. We shall advance at such a rapid rate that as you see our tail light going around the next bend- Excuse our dust! Senior Class Poem By Myrtle Allen Une day as wandering thru' the forest wide A sparkling little brooklet I espied, And, meditating there, as in a dream, I followed in my thought that little stream. I saw it hasten down the mountainside And thru, the grass-green meadow softly glide. lt cheered and watered all along its way As on it went from morn ,till end of day, And, as it hastened onward, mile by mile, The stream was growing larger all the while. Thru' deeper valleys now its course it took, Until into the river flowed the brook. Here, on its swelling current, day by day, lt bore the nation's commerce on its way, While onward, ever onward, flowed the tide Until it reached the ocean deep and wide. How like this little stream, though Ifnis human life z its growth, its changing scenes, its calm and strife- At first the tiny child with dance and glee Starts babbling toward the great and unknown sea: Then, larger, stronger growing year by year, Life's lighter burdens he begins to bear, He takes the tasks that face him, one bv one, .27

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Lunior Echo f-'N 'WJ Editorial By Ruth Turner HIS is the second edition of the junior Echof' Our editorial board has worked long and hard with an untiring spirit, that we might give you a work of which we could be duly proud. Wle want to thank you all for your fine support, and especially our classmates for making possible the nnished pro- duct you no-w have before you. ' As our class is a large one, composed of twenty-two members, who were all brimming over with ambitious school spirit, great things were and are expected from us. We hope we have no-t dis- appointed you in your good opinions. At the first of the year we were told that it would be our task to publish the Annual. This news was met joyfully by the class and each one was willing to do his share. The motion was made that we call our book by the same title as that of the preceding year. This was voted upon and carried in our class. Gui' professor, Mr. Start, then suggested the plan of putting the motion before the un- der-classmen. This plan was carried out and met with their ap- proval also. The custom is therefore established that each suc- ceeding classgw its edition of the annual The junior Echo. We have tnade it our aim to give you a book to show what we are, by our best efforts, able to accomplish and not simply an in- strument by which to obtain your money. We want you to be proud of us for what we are and what we have done. Through our faithfulness to our work in this effort we have been able to give you a larger book, containing pictures and more pages than that of the preceding year. We will not say it is better than last year's but will leave that for you to decide. Gur only wish is, that we have succeeded in our great ambition. Junior Class History By Lelah Rouch HE CLASS OF 1924, consisting of thirty-four members, met in November, 1920, as Freshmen, and elected the class of- ficers for the year. Mildned Turner was elected president, Ruth Turner, vice-president, Ethel Young, secretary, and Donald Fewster, treasurer. The class colors chosen for the year were car- dinal and cream, and the motto was Now we have launched, where shall we anchor Later in the year we purchased class , 29