Ontario High School - Echo Yearbook (Ontario, NY)

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CARD EDU Nl We are proud of our Board of Education because they are constantly trying to improve our school for us. This year they have installed fluorescent llghting and have had the first floor interior decorated. They plan to do the other two floors in the very near future. Last summer, a sturdy macadam driveway was built. Floyd L. Risley President Teachers Committee John Baart Merton Vande Walle Purchasing Committee Teachers Committee Building and Grounds Committee Carl B. Mepham Auditing Committee Treasurer Frank Vandewater Peter Moll Teachers Committee Building and Grounds Com lttee Purchasing Committee Auditing Commlttee Arthur W. Risley Clerk Lloyd Williams Building and Grounds Co mittee Glen Spink Building and Grounds Committee Standing--J. Baart, G. Spink, P. Moll, A. Risley, F. Vandewater Seated--F. Risley, M. Vande Walle, L. Williams, C. Mepham

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4-:Q 4, We wish to dedicate this nineteenth edition of our yearbook to. Mr. Lloyd McGowan for his cooperation, loyal understanding, and unfailing good humor. Mr. McGowan has served us for two years as an agriculture teacher. This year he brought forth the Wayne County Ag Basket- ball champions. He has also supervised winners in various agriculture contests. Mr. McGowan has been always ready to offer his car and his own services in transporting teams and in chaperoning parties. He is always willing to help and advise, and he has proved a friend as well as teacher, not only to the agriculture students, but to everyone. DEDICATIC

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MY WAGE I bargained with Life for a penny, And Life would pay no more, however I begged at evening When I counted my scanty storey Fbr Life is a just employer, He gives you what you ask, But once you have set the wages, Why, you must bear the task. I worked for a menial's hire, Only to learn, dismayed, That any wage I had asked of Life, Life would have paid. Jessie B. Rittenhouse TO THE CLASS OF 1941! The little poem which I have selected to fill the top space on this page supplements very well the dynamic motto which you, the Class of 1941, have adopted, Uwe are not on top, but we are climbingn indicates that you are on your way to better things. You imply that you intend to get to the top--where there is always room. Too, you fully realize that it takes time and hard work to get there. There is always hope for those who realize their shortcomings and are willing to work for improvement. It is always with a pang of regret that I phrase a message to the Senior Class. This is especially true of this year's class. About 12 years ago I rode into Ontario on the HOntar1o Flyeru to begin my duties here. About the same time a number of tiny tots scrambled into their seats in the first grade. These same tiny tots are now on the verge of leaving their Alma Mater. Yes, you guessed it, you are the class to which I refer. We have traveled the path of knowledge together. It has been a most enjoyable experience for me to see you grow. Your joys have been our joys, and your sorrows our sorrows. We faculty members take a pardonable pride in feeling that we have had a hand in your success to date. From now on you are more or less Hon your ownn in this cold, cruel world. Some will go on to collegeg some will stay home and work on the farmg and still others will obtain positions with business and industry. , The best advice I can give you is to think carefully about the future. Do not be blinded by the glitter of a job in the effing. All that glitters is not gold. Weigh carefully your decisions before making them. You may be better off to stay on the farm or to go on with your education, than to take a position now which may only be temporary. Money is not everything. A man is poor, even though he may have many dollars, if that is all he has. The temptation is great at this particular time to give up the idea of further education to take a job now which pays fairly well. Look beyond the end of your nose when you make your decision. Life in the next few years will no doubt be filled with sacrifice. The lessons you have learned in Ontario High School should stand you in good stead. uLife is just one darned thing after anothern, states the cynic. Yet even the disagreeable things may be of real help to you. A philosopher once said that it's good for a dog to be pestered with fleasg it keeps him from thinking too much about being a dog. Good hard work, sprinkled here and there with failure as well as success, is good for us. It is said that most of us will rust out befzge we wear out. So with hard work, Class of 1941, you will get to the top. Best of luck n e c imb Mmnfff PRI CIP L