Ontario High School - Echo Yearbook (Ontario, NY)

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----- JUNIOR sci-io CHARGE TO THE JUNIORS 6 . H J. Donald Fewster l ONlGl-lT as l stand here l cannot help but feel a little sad for l think Ontario High school after having a glorious part in base- ball and other activities, will decline to its former state of inac- tivity. Because under the leadership of the Senior class these heights have been reached and when it graduates, because of lack of leadership, the school will decline. l will give you an example of our leadership. When the Athletic Association was organized we, then Sophomores, had more of the offices than the other classes com- bined. We now have all of them. The highest average of anyone in the high school has been held consecutively by a Senior with an average of around 95 per cent. Of our championship baseball team, the manager, the captain, also the pitcher, and other players, were from our class. This shows that we excel in leadership, scholarship, and athletics. We are not one-sided but good in everything. We have not attained these things by luck or chance but by continually striving and working to obtain our object. We held our course in spite of everything and by our grit and deter- mination won out. l won't tell you any more for l know that you now have an insight into our greatness. To whom will this leadership fall? The logical place is to the Juniors but they are not fit and cannot hope to take it. They are not in anything. They are not able to do much as is realized by the ruling authorities of the school, for they wouldn't let the juniors put on a play for they knew it would be a fizzle and these same authorities thought quite awhile before letting them attempt the annual, but finally allowed them to try it but then with misgiv- ings. They are copying our annual as much as possible, trying to imitate our success. They are the smallest class in school for they have only nine members. Of course some small classes may say, Quality and not quantity is what counts. But they cannot, for they haven't the quality. The Junior honor seat has always been taken by one with an average of 91 per cent, the lowest average for an honor seat of all the classes. When they bought their rings they wrangled and argued over the selection of them till finally after several days, and, being reprimanded by Prof., they decided on one but then not without hard feelings. This shows their class spirit. But l will not continue further, l see tears gathering in their eyes as they think of how they have failed in the past. Now l have shown them, their mistakes, l would like to help them. l will give them this key to knowledge, which has done so much for us and l trust can be used by them. But who is this here to receive this wonderful key, a girl?l?l?l Couldn't you juniors get a male member of your class to take this key or wouldn't they do it? Are they the kind that lie down and let the women do the work? If so maybe this explains the cause of your'many failures. But now take this key, use it diligently, and make up for, in the future, what you have not done in the past. 24

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1 JUNIOR ECHO To Gretchen Horner-A clay pipe so when she breaks Jim's, it won't be so expensive to replace. To Carolyn Fuller-A living model of the pictures she has so often drawn in her textbooks-the ideal of her dreams. To Oleta Conrow-A life- buoy. To John Furber-Smith Pratt's gimmes to supplement his own. To Myron Leenhouts-Some of Dr. Wallace's reducing records to play on his little tin phonograph. To james Whitbourne+A pair of reflex spectacles to see his own faults. To Mable Ruffel-Having decided she would like to be a Brewer, we leave her a case of empty bottles. To Ralph Casey-A little fiddle of his own so he won't have to play second fiddle any longer. To Anna Moque-A prolonged birdseye view of the rest of her classmates. To Marian Eaton--A nice soft cushion on which she may rest her weary head after long hours of strenuous study. To Esther Dickinson-A pair of wings so when she hurries to catch the trolley car, she can't stumble and fall down. To Garry Raup-A pair of ear-rings and a string of beads on account of his fondness for ladies' jewelry. To Lucille Stoll-A credit account at Woolworths. To Harland Hogeboom-A batch of dough for you and the Baker, To Paul Bailey-A flask of water drawn from the Fountain of Youth. To Rexford Ransley-Carlton Cone's book on etiquette. To Lester Ameele--A reserved seat in the back of the study hall. To the class of l925, our real and rightful successors, we leave our Senior dignity. May they uphold it forever, with all seriousness and gravity, endeavoring to realize its vast importance, in spite of their light mindedness and irresponsibility. Now comes the one thing hard to part with. To our suc- cessors we must leave our places in the hearts and thoughts of our teachers. They will love them, unworthy as we feel they are, even as they have loved usg they will show them all the same tender kindness and attention that they have bestowed upon us, and the same interest in their attempts and successes. All t.he rest and residue of our property, whatsoever and wheresoever, of what nature, kind or quality it may be and not herein before disposed of fafter paying our debts and funeral ex- pensesl we leave to establish a school building fund. And we, the class of l924, do hereby appoint, as joint witnesses of this, our last will and testament: Clara Lebbert, Clifton Esley. ln witness whereof, we, the class of l924, the testators, have to this will, set our hand and seal this twenty-third day of June, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-four. Signed, Glenna M. Porrey, in behalf of the class of l924. 23

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JUNIOR ECHO 0 . JUNIOR RESPONSE Hermia C. Hallauer N behalf of the members of the class of l925, we wish to express our gratitude to the Senior class this evening, for keeping this Key of Knowledge so carefully for us. We have listened with wonder and awe, to your self-praise and important advices you have given us. We receive it with hearty thanks. Never again shall we be guilty of such oversight, if such you think it is, for experience, we trust, has made us wiser and we hope by the time we have spent four or five years in high school we shall be able to boast of as great accomplishments as you August Seniors now claim. If we have failed in the past, the future will find us more provident. ln speaking to you this evening, l would like nothing better than to praise you most highly for your noble deeds of which you have just spoken, but where did you leave the deeds that belong with the other side of the question? It is plain to see that some of your class are not affected with the fault of doing their work in a hurry, as you have almost suc- ceeded in doing four years work in five or six years time. If you continue in this approved method you will doubtless have grey hairs before you finish college. As for the baseball team, the captain and pitcher alone did not win the championship. There may be only two boys in the junior class, but if it had not been for one of these, with his earnest interest in athletics and his witty team work, as catcher, Ontario High school would still be striving for her first silver cup. Certain members of the Senior class have had a great fault of coming in late continually, and causing the monitors to waste much time in discussing whether or not they had been seen lately promenading about the halls. Do you wonder that Mr. Start has had to lecture so often on tardiness? Again, during the three years that we have spent with you in this school, did we ever see you undertake a task, willingly, without groaning and complaining about it? How often you used to relate your imagined troubles to the teachers as an excuse for inability to recite! Do you expect to continue throughout your lives in this deep rut of fickleness? Such are your convictions tonight. Our attitude may some- what differ from that maintained in the past, but we are in earnest, or try to be. After all we wish to thank you Seniors for the interest you have taken in us, and are very grateful for the example you have set before us. l assure you it is with a feeling of regret that we have to think that this night separates us from you. We will use this key of knowledge to the utmost of our ability, noticing that you have not quite worn it out with hard usage. 25