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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
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flfo 'Faspioi Er - 'BEE Having suffered some casualties in Regents we arrived at our Junior year. Now we had a new principal, and l guess he didn't tell us how dead we were! He had some pep and, with all our activities started by him, the school began to be a real high school. He was a pal and was with us in our troubles and our joys. Will you ever forget Marion Hunt and Louise Cays playing Mary Pickford with their curls? By this time our boys had insisted upon long trousers, commonly called iilong jeans , and the girls came to school with hairpins in their pockets which they used in putting their hair up after they reached school. But, do you remember how they always took it down before they went home? The girls were now finding powder puffs a necessity and boys essential as a topic for conversation. The boys, down in the basement smoking on the sly, were discussing where they were going to get the price to take their latest crush to the coming dance. Meanwhile, more worthwhile things were happening on the second floor. Everyone remembers poor Happy Houlihan who was always being put out of school. But never mind, Happy started our school paper. We all gave it our support and, with the staff, made it a success. About this time Joe Hourigan began to distinguish himself as an athlete. Will you ever forget those football games over at the Fort and our exciting basketball games at St. lVlary's? Then Mr. Riley decided that we were going to have a school play in which many of our juniors participated. After this came the prize speaking contest in which two of our members distinguished themselves. Then we reached the highest stage of our school careers. We became Seniors! We spent most of the year in hard study. just before our Easter recess we noticed that our class treasury was lacking in necessary funds for our year book. An.d then didn't we hustle with our candy sales and minstrelsl Remember Tom Hennessey and all his pretty flowers and his box of sardines? Remember i'Say It With Liquoru? lwonder how jack knew so much about it. Next came the school play in which many of our fellow classmen took part. And then our second prize speaking contest in which some more of our class distin- guished themselves. Our class, in addition to other activities has produced the first year book of the O. H. S. This has been the product of much faithful work on the part of the staff and we believe that the results obtained are worthy of our effort. We've been entertained most royally by our faculty and by the honorable juniors. Now that we are graduates we look back upon our years in High School as the most pleasant years of our lives and realize that the training and knowledge which we acquired there will be a great benefit to us in the future. ALICE WRIGHT, Class Historian. 315 oxs cf-fe - 'azg
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