Oswego High School - Paradox Yearbook (Oswego, NY)

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'I 1 -'Cfv' FARODOXQQ5 - 'BZE Cilass .frkiory EBSTER defines history as a narration of causes and effects. Therefore, the history of our class is the cause and effect of it. The cause of our class is that there happened to be ninety-five students in the school plucky enough to graduate in l922. The effect is more doubtful. Oswego is to have a new high school next fallg this places us in a peculiar position. By our various activities did we prove to the citizens of Oswego that the students were worthy of a new shool, or did we treat the old school in such a cruel manner as to necessi- tate a new building, or do we appear so dumb that the public think it's about time we got a new high school? I wonder. Will you ever forget that opening day of school in September, I9l8? We were all assembled in the portable-some of us from St. Paul's, St. lVlary's, No. 6 and the Normal. And then we were summoned up to the third floor where Miss Hinckley, Prin- cipal in Mr. l..eighton's absence, explained the complicated facts about one's program. We heard some passing Seniors remark that the business course was easiest. Of course we all immediately decided that we were cut out for captains, or at least top-sergeants, of- finance. But when we came back from lunch most of us had strict orders to take a normal or college course. The dreams of drawing those pretty ovals in business writing were drop- ped for the harsh reality of writing Latin derivitives, and learning that there were two unknown quantities-X and Y-and our troubles had well begun. An epidemic of influenza broke out and we had a nice long vacation till everyone got tired of having the flu , Then we went back to school and continued our work. Then lVlr. Leighton came back from the service and we met him as principal for the first time. Then came our sophomore year with many of us still Miss Hinckley's freshy freshmen. Now we had graduated from Miss Hathaway's Cat present Miss Robinsons, room to the third floor and were now real high school students. Here we met Pythagoras-and most of us continued to meet him for some time. Do you remember the time Margaret Mylott proved her ability as a worshipper at the shrine of Zeus in the Glee Club concert in St. lVlary's Hall? And our Snowshoe Club with the dances at the Opportunity School after our hikes? At this time our boys started to part their hair in the middle like the Senior boys, and our girls began to think puffs fcommonly called Ucootie garages by our unsympathetic elder brothersl a necessity. This year we took up French and learned a new way to say, lf you please . ' 319 ons 128