Ontario High School - Echo Yearbook (Ontario, NY)

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ULD AND NEW NEATH THE WHITE AND BLUE By Myron Leenhouts Here's to the school Old O. H- S., Whose memory we hold dear. And here's to the school New O. H. S. Where we start our studies next year. Our hearts go out to you old school, Your name we have long cherished Your fame we're sure will e'er endure Long after you have perished. Sometimes the road seemed rough and long For luck quite often failed us: Sometimes we thought the teachers wrong When they for lessons nailed us. But right or wrong we had to do just as they had requested Though often we would fret and stew And get all recongested. Yet we were never sorry For the work b'lievecl clone in vain We had never a care or worry When tests came 'round again. Yes, yes old school you've stayed by us And let us knowledge borrow You've mothered us through storm and strife Through sunshine and through sorrow. But now your race is almost run Your work almost completed We part with you as children do With toys almost depleted. 'Tis with mingled joy and sadness That from you we take our leave Yet with new and profound gladness As the new school we perceive- Dear Alma Maier loyal. true. To you our voices raise: We'll fight for you the, White and Blue Your name we'll ever praise. i211

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PRE.SIDE.NT'S ADDRESS Rexford A. Ransley IT is with sincere pleasure that the Senior class of l927 welcomes you, our friends, our parents and our faculty. We appreciate your interest in us, which is shown by your presence. We realize that it is an effort for mother to marcel her hair, to clean up the children and for father to put on a clean collar, but now that you are here we hope that you will feel repaid for the effort. Class night always has been an occasion that everyone can enjoy. There is a time for everything and tonight is a time for gaiety, at commencement we can be serious. - We realize that this is one of the most important steps in our lives and we are grateful to you all for making it possible for us to be the first class to graduate from this new Ontario High School, which we leave for those who follow in our footsteps, although they can never hops to come up to our standard. lt was not only through our own efforts but also those of the faculty that have brought us to our goal, graduation. They have tried to make our four years of high school more profitable, more enjoyable and to give us a good foundation for our lives when we shall be more dependent upon our own resources. We all regret that we cannot enjoy this fine new school and realize that the coming classes will have even better opportunities than we have enjoyed. But of course, with their meager mental equipment more inspiration and assistance will be necessary to bring them within hailing distance of the Class of l927. Again let us thank the townspeople, the Board of Education and the faculty, without interested co-operation we would not be here. We owe them a debt of gratitude that can only be re- paid in kind. A . E201

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VALEDICTORY By Anna lVloque Members of the Board of Education, members of the faculty, parents, relatives and friends: Duty bids us to say farewell to you so that we may take our places in a larger world for which you have all helped to prepare us. Tonight we are commemorating one of the most important events of our lives-the completion of our high school course. When we entered school as Freshmen, we adopted the motto, May Knowledge lncreasef' That we have lived up to it is shown by the fact that we are about to depart from our beloved school. We thought of graduation as some future goal to be reached only after four long years of study. The road to graduation seemed long indeed. As Freshmen our minds were immature and it was long before we could see that we were making any progress. But as the days went on our lessons grew easier and when Regents came we tried and passed them. So in the remaining three years, we found that our knowledge had broadened and our minds were better able to cope with the more difficult problems. Now, when we look back, we realize how pitiably short the road was after all. So much of this success we owe to our teachers that we are unable to properly express our thanks to them. They were al- ways so kind and patient with us that without them we would have fallen by the wayside. If in later life our class becomes a credit to the school, which we hope it will, we shall think of our teachers as being first to give us a start on the road to success. lt is with much sadness that we part from them tonight and in bidding them farewell we hope that their memory of us will always be as pleasant as ours will be of them. Members of the Board of Education, you have an even greater claim on our gratitude. We realize that we have had more acl- vantages than any of the classes before us and we certainly ap- preciate them. That you are interested in the welfare of the students can be shown by the interest you have always taken in us. A fine example bf this interest is this new school building with its wonderful facilities. We acknowledge the debt that we owe to you, and as a class pledge ourselves to help knowledge increase in our community. We bid you farewell with the hope that when you look for the advancement of those who have been enrolled in this noble institution, you will not be disappointed in the class of '2 7. Under classmen, we must leave you also. You have made our school life very pleasant for us. No longer will you hear our voices in the school rooms. Hereafter they will ring with the sounds of other voices. We are leaving you in capable hands and trust you will gain much from your high school education. Use your time profitably for we who are leaving know only too well the values of lost time. When we think of you, we are mingled with different emotions-sad to think that after we are gone, you will not miss us-but glad that we are leaving behind us classes whose school spirit is as great as ours. E221