Oswego High School - Paradox Yearbook (Oswego, NY)

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:---- -- - -- +-- -- - -' -'W l 1 ,,,,,,-,, , ,,, - ., -..... 1 - .. .. 4-.4-:I A SUGGESTION To publish a magazine every month is too expensive ia proposition: But too publish a mag- azine the first month, a newspaper the second, a magazine again the third, and so on alter- nating each month, can very easily be clone. It should be possible to make enough money on the newspaper sufficient to cover the loss on the magazine. Further, work should be begun on an annual earlier in the year, contracting for adds separately so that it would not be required to fulfill the magazine contract in the annual as was necssary this year, as, in September we had no intentions of publishing our Annual. , THE PAST Together with the senior class of I92 6, the Mur-Mur staff of l925- I 92 6, is about to step into the past. Our chance is overg our day is done. lt is not for us to say whether we have fail- ed or succeeded. But we can say we have done our best. We have given the best that was in us, even to the neglect of our studies. But we end with the feelings that what we have lost in knowledge of one character, we have gained in that of another: one that will be of im- mence value to us in life. su. -tim- 's is 1

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V H M f .-,-.MiQHaM Ehitnrials OUR TASK IS DONE The moment this book is in your hands our job is done. The work which we undertook last September is finished. And, since it is finished it is perhaps well to glance back and see what we have done. We have changed the form from a newspaper to a magazine form and at the time we en- countered a great deal of opposition. We sent four delegates to the C. I. P. A. convention at Madison, Wisconsin, and won an honor rating. We published school songs for use at football games. We have given more for the money then was ever given before, having ex- pended two and one-half times more than the staff of the preceded year, which in turn spent more than the years preceding. Finally, we have published an annual, replete with cuts and sold it at the low cost of seventy-five cents per copy, when most annuals sell at between one and two dollars. Our year has been one of achievement, one of progress. We summarize what we have done simply to show that the lVIur-Mur is becoming better year by year. And next year it will be so much better that the lVlur-lVIur of this year cannot compare. That is our hope and most earn- est desire. THE ADVERTISERS Our advertisers, the business men of Oswego who have adds in this book are our friends. They gave us the adds to help us, not to help themselves. A few large stores are conspicuous- ly absent, among the-m that of the one who does more for the Oswego High School than any other merchants, and yet we're still guessing as to what he ever did. A pin prick will burst any bubble. It is hoped this one will fulfill its duty. We do not chastise because a business man cannot afford to advertise or does not wish to, but we detest one who talks, but does not act in amanner sufficient to at least give his talk a foundation. We most heartily thank those who have advertised with us in this book. May your suc- cess be as great as that which you have wished for us. OUR PHOTOG RAPHER To let this book go to press without saying something about the aid given us by the IVI. S. Lovell Studio, woud be grossly unfair, inasmuch as this book could never have been either as good as, or could never have been published on time if it had not been for their fine work. The quality speaks for itself, and every picture in the book was made by the Lovell Studio. We got a very late start and in order to get us the pictures on time they were forced to work overtime day after day, and the cost was made almost negligible. The Oswego High School has a real friend in Mr. Lovell and the work of his studio is most highly recommended. F '-qaeag f 'i A 'r -j-gi-K - 1 'ighfgfg t

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.-1-... -1. .. ... i.. -111 M... -. ... .-. ------' if,-tMl5He,MQL5A2EJ fllllur-Zlll-Iur Staff 'EE anh '27 Editor-in-Chief-Dorothy Mott Assistant Editor-James Callaghan Sports - - George Louth Jokes - Gene Smith Alumni - - - Mary Kane Exchanges - Edwin Fitzpatrick Art Editor - -------- Maurice Lester BUSINESS STAFF Business Manager ------- Edgar Hobbie iFFXAdvertising - - - Thomas McGough -I Circulation - ------- Richard Stone GENERAL STAFF Genevieve Walters, Sidney Davis, Rosemarion Fitzgibbons, Edward Quigley, 'Gertrude Weatherston, Margaret Hunter, Virginia White, Walter Fitzgerald, John McGowan. FUTURE Contrary to the former custom, the staff this year was not selected by the out-going staff through competitive writing, but the editor-in-chief was selected and has been allowed to se- lect her own staff, aided by a few suggestions from Mr. Riley, the English teachers, Faculty Advisor and former editor. Our reasons for the change are varied. ln the first place, the Editor sometimes found members on the staff with whom he found it difficult to work. Sec- ondly, the old system of competitive writing is not satisfactory in asmuch as, although one can write well, they may lack the necessary industry and hence be of little aid. Thirdly, the English teachers are more certain of the best writers than we could be, by reading one or two articles written by 'the student, and they are also more certain of whom are the most industri- MOUS. '-5,15 ee 'F he -F as-' Q- -- -- l.. , -' - .. -fi .. as '1 X' '1 if WB l' Eiggfg l