Ontario High School - Echo Yearbook (Ontario, NY)

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Senior Clan Poem Gladys likes a trombone She fain would have us seeg While Raymond is our baseball star And likes to call on Bee. Roswell's fond of brown eyes In Clifton Springs, we hear, While Edith likes tall boy friends- She thinks they're just too dear. - The curly hair of Alice ls our envy and delight. Floyd drives his Ford to Marion 'Most every other night. Arthur's fond of walking, Though we promised not to tell. Roberta is a treasurer, Whom we like very well. Blondes are preferred by gentlemen, Leah thinks, we knowg While Treesie's fond of dancing On light, fantastic toe. So ends this little story Of each fair lad and lass: ln skill and wit and beauty, They make up quite a class. Though Life comes with its summons That bears us far apart, Fond memories will bind us With loyal, loving hearts. 23

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Cssnior Glass Toem Meredith Dadswell Dear O. H. S., we leave you, We'll miss the faces dear Of teachers and of classmates Throughout the coming year. Our classmates we are proud of, Their virtues I'll relate: I'll tell you all about them, I'm sure you'll think them great. As Freshmen we were striving Our greenness to o'ercome: ln Soph'more year our whisp'ring We stopped by chewing gum. With worried brows, as Juniors, We wrote our Echo Book: And now we strut as Seniors With haughty, learned look. With algebra we've struggled, With Caesar marched through Gaul Each rule without rhyme or reason, We think we've learned them all. Such heights of deepest knowledge Had not been ours, you see, Without the help and guidance Of a patient faculty. We'll try to heed their teachings, And let our light so shine That you will e'er remember The class of '29. Lois is our president, A worthy friend and true: And William wins high honors For our own white and blue. Thelma's found the right one, Her thoughts are at Cornell. While Fern is blithe and heart-free And gets on just as well. 22

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Safumtofy Roberta F. Robertson WE, the Senior Class of l929, cordially welcome you, our par- ents, our faculty, and our friends to this, our last class meeting. Your presence excites within us greater vitality as it proves you have an interest in us. Happiness and opportunity smiles upon us tonight as upon favored children. Class night is the time to be gay, and we horae to prove this by our program which we ask you to enjoy wit us. We realize that our school days here have been only a step- ping stone in the journey of life wherein the goal of success is to be reached only by earnest and persevering travelers. For four years, which seem rather too short as we recall the happy and not useless time spent here, we having been striving to reach the first milestone of our journey which we have now attained-graduation. We are about to take a new road which leads to a second milestone, and in order to arrive at this we must take along as part of our foundation our training obtained here. l If the aim of every school is the preparation for life, that aim has not been neglected here. It should be a three-fold development, spiritual, mental and physical. Development of the mind may be the outstanding of these preparations when it concerns the school, but the others are of equal importance. Our minds are trained by reason- ing, analyzing problems and solving the same. For physical develop- ment the school offers the many kinds of competitive sports which arouse the interest in keeping physically fit. For the spiritual develop- ment, the school trys to develop standards of honor and a sense of what constitutes a real gentleman. So when we turn from this road to a new one, we cannot drop our baggage of learning which we have acquired here, but must take it along for future use. This unknown route will make us an unclasped, not unbroken band: it will bring only separation by time and distance, not in spirit, for our thoughts will often return to the happy days spent within the walls of our school. It is not only through our own efforts that we have attained graduation, but also those of the faculty and Board of Education. To these people, then, who have spent much of their time for our sake, we give our sincere thanks and best wishes. We hope that their efforts will not have been in vain. Again we welcome you all, to this, our celebration of class day, and hope you will enjoy our bits of enthusiasm. ' 24