Ontario High School - Echo Yearbook (Ontario, NY)

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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

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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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--l--- JUNIOR sci-no THE JUNIOR CLASS HISTORY Mabel Rulfell .-9 F YOU Will look back over the Junior Classes which have pre- ceded us, you will find we are the smallest that have undertaken the publication of the junior Echo, there being at present only nine members. We first met as Freshmen, September, l92l. We were given in our first year the privilege which is given to all brilliant classes, to organize. This organization was composed of twenty-seven members, but at the end of the term six of this number had dropped out. The following officers were chosen: Theodore Mepham, president, Harland Hogeboom, secretary, and Gretchen Horner, treasurer. The class showed their excellent taste when they chose the beautiful colors, blue and gold, as their class colors. Several parties, given by the various members of the class. were Enjoyed during the year the last of which was a roast at l'lolland's ove. The returning class of thirteen members organized as Sopho- mores October 2, l922. The following officers were elected: Donald Charlick, president, Esther Dickinson, secretary, and Clara Lebbert, treasurer. Blue and gold were again chosen for the class colors, and the motto Love, Labor and Laugh was adopted as well as carried out. Miss Remore was unanimously chosen class advisor. Throughout this year, the class proved to be very active. We ended our Sophomore year by giving, together with the Fresh- men, the school picnic at Pultneyville. V The class that returned this year was even smaller than before, there being only ten members. At the beginning of the term the class elected a very capable president, Hermia l-lallauer, and Esther Dickinson was chosen vice-president. Gretchen Horner was chosen secretary and treasurer. Miss Remore, who in the preceding year served us so well, and made our Sophomore year so active and enjoyable, was again chosen our class advisor. The same class colors, blue and gold, were retained, as no other colors appealed to us. Apres le combat, la couroune, was the motto adopted. Soon after organizing we purchased our class rings, of which we are very proud, because of the fact they are not only beautiful but are also the first rings, representing a class color ever worn by Ontario High School students. During the year we have held baked food sales to raise money for the class fund. To our regret, Christabel Covill, one of our classmates who has been with us through our entire course, changed her residence to Port Byron, leaving a 'class of nine. Clara Lebbert held in her honor, a farewell party which the whole class enjoyed. We hope next year all may come back and enjoy the Senior year which we hope will be the most active of all and which we expect to complete successfully. 26