Ontario High School - Echo Yearbook (Ontario, NY)

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THE JUNIOR ECHO Page Twenty-five Charge to the Juniors O-DAY, we, the class of l925, are leaving Ontario High T School, glad that we have finally reached the goal for which we have been striving for four long years. But ....... now that we have reached it we are reluctant to leave. During these four years spent in high school we have had our grievances, won the friendship of some and the hatred of others. But today we hope that those differences will be forgotten, for the time at least. As the members of the class go out and make their way in this world, each and every one of us will look back upon the days spent in Ontario High as the happiest days in our lives. Juniors, it is my pleasant duty to leave in your care this won- derful key of knowledge which we received from the illustrious class of '24. We have been so successful from following the advice they gave us, as to its use, that we wish you to have its benefits also. We hope that you will make as wise use of it as we have in unlock- ing the storehouse of knowledge, and that you may thereby bring honor to yourselves and to your school. Take this key and notice the colors of former classes that have been helped greatly by using it. Each group of colors signifies that a certain class has been the possessor of this key. We sincerely hope that you may be benefited by it as have the people before you. l wish to compliment you for being so attentive to this address. One does not often find children that are able to listen understand- ingly to such profound instructions. But I suppose you had hope of learning something both wise and helpful from us before we leave. That is a wise idea. Always follow your superiors and you will not go far astray! May you realize, the distinction, the influence and the power of your example. Seek to uphold the dignity of a senior class. Turn your class spirit into channels really helpful to the school. Pledge yourselves to pass this key on with the same high ideals as those which bring it to you. Now l wish you the greatest success in your senior year and after life.

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T H E J U N l 0 R E C H 0 Page Twenty-four To Elizabeth Waterman-A set of stabilizers when she plays the piano. To Gary Raup-A grain of sand. To Marion Eaton--The privilege to be out eight nights a week. To Rexforcl Ransley-A swivel chair so he can keep turning around in his seat without injury to his neck. To Ernestine Fuller-A storage tank for her excess supply of laughing gas. 4To Myron Leenhouts-A new rattle for his Ford. To Gretchen Horner-A little love nest just for two. To Lester Ameele-An ounce of sweetness for his disposition. To Leila Brewer-A quantity of T. N. T. to be taken in large closes to overcome that languid feeling. To Arthur Alborn-A new face to take the place of his pres- ent one when he has worn it out by smiling. To Dorothea McCarthy-A potato masher to use on her lVlurphy. We, the class of I925, do hereby appoint, as joint witnesses of this, our last will and testament. ELSIE. DeROO, residing at Fruitland, N. Y. RALPH SMOUTEN, residing at Ontario, N. Y.

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THE JUNIOR ECHO Page Twenty-six Junior Response Hubert Keeley Members of the Class of l925:- Today we are here to take part in your last exercises in Ontario High School, an event which will everlastingly linger in your memory. This Key of Knowledge, which you now have consigned to our keeping, is received by us with a realization of its deep significance. To the best of our ability, we shall endeavor to discharge the duties which fall to us as its custodians. The possession of the Key of Knowledge impresses upon our minds its great symbolic meaning. lt opens to us the garden of thought and learning, leaving us free to follow its course or to stand idly by, once we have entered. Success in acquiring knowledge means patient and constant effort. Failure awaits him who fails to strive for the goal. But knowledge is not all we seek in life. True education means a development of all our faculties, or in other words, our character. We may not all be famous but we can all be persons of character. We congratulate you upon your graduation, which is proof that you have done well, and we hope you will succeed as well in the future as you have in the past. ' Now it remains for us to bid farewell to the class of l925. Life is before you. lts results will be success or failure. To suc- ceed you must put forth your best efforts, you must display courage under difficulties and you must observe the laws of God and man. That the class of l925 may attain to this success is our sincere wish. We wish to express our gratitude to you, the class of l925, for keeping this Key of Knowledge for us and we shall use it diligently, hoping to discover that it will open up to us richer stores than you have found, thus enabling us to advise, even more wisely, our successors. We have been friends together, Together broken rules, But bless me, who could help it, Attending public schools? ::::::::1o4:::::l::::1::::::roo4:::::pQooo4::