Oswego High School - Paradox Yearbook (Oswego, NY)

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xsltllfi' ' ww3iQ'A1Wf4 l:'ff4 ind girls received letters for scholarship glee club work or for a dramatic effort We surely were stepping along You see next year we would be juniors With the advent of September l927 came our elevation to the ranks day of our Junior organization we had high hopes of making our Jumor and senior years outstanding for us and for the school We organized rather early and elected Arthur Fox president Ylrglnla Whlte vice president Loretta Kane secretary ack Lynch treasurer With these four and sev eral efficient committees together with Miss Beryl Lewis our soclal advisor we felt that we were well equipped for the year s activities A umor Prom which would actually exceed in music and decorations all past Proms was our goal To this end then we devoted our energy The proceeds from sev eral candy sales a unior Vaudeville the Hallowe en Dance always a gala affair in the social program of the school year provided us with a treasury elastic enough to allow us to give a Prom which surpassed all anticipations Our class motto Put It Over certainly was worked to the limit for this affair A program dance a refreshment booth excellent music and both beautiful and unusual decorative and lighting effects made the unior Prom of l928 what nearly everyone said of it That it was quite the finest and most successful affair of its kind ever sponsored by a high school group Wlth comments of such nature coming to us we felt amply rewarded for the work we put mto the affair Altogether we were feeling very happy for the following September would usher in our Senior year and then we too should enjoy a Prom in our honor After a summer of enjoyment we returned to claim what we felt was ours by right of conquest We had worked three years and could now with great dignity bounce any under classman from our regular seat in 3l3 fThe Seniors Haven We carried our dignity to the auditorium too and occupied with real or fancied pleasure the first few rows of chairs in the balcony. Again class organization took place and for our standard bearers we chose ack Lynch Albertine bchuler Virginia White and Perry Rauch. Miss Lewis who proved a veritable mine of ideas during our unior Year was wisely chosen again as our social advisor. A senior card party the Christmas dance and our share of the minstrel money provided the bulk of of our treasury during the year. Money was neded for our year book and our Senior outing. As we draw near the end of our school life here in the building we have grown to love and cherish, we realize that we have truly lived to the full the four years spent here. ln our number may be found scholars who com- pare very favourable with those of other days, actors whose ability need not be questioned, athletes whose records speak in their behalf and singers who might easily be classed with the best of student vocalists. ln the language of the day, what more do you want? -Kathleen Cloonan. AA KAAIILA .9 i t ' ic' i it . Qflt .5 , ,- ' -J -- , , 1 7 L AAUK AA 9 ' A UKMA of the upper classmen. Now, we were students who mattered. From the . 1 ' - : J ' I . f uf I . . ' .- u f ' ' .. . v . - . .f , J . f ' Y J ' , ' . , f Q I .1 . . . -J ' . . . . I. ' . . . 1 .ht f I . J, . I . . , . . . . . . l v. -y J ' . s . , l ,

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xl Nxt Qsff xx' My 'IM ' Ere the portals of this striking edifice close upon our four years of en deavor let us go back in our memories and review for a time some of th adventurous incidents that we have had a part in while pursuing knowled e of Pythagoras Mark Antony ean Val ean Newton and others too num r ous to mention here Everyone must remember that eventful day in September 1925 when we entered this building filled with ideas of our own in regard to what we should do when we got to the High School A number of us paraded to th first row in the auditorium for we did not want to miss anything that Mr Riley fabout whom we had heard so much might say This proved to be a wise movement on our part as lVlr Riley requested all green members if the school the did not quite call us that to remain in auditorium after the others had departed by groups in accordance with the way each one spelled his or her name to the advisory sections When the rest of the freshies had seated themselves somewhere in proximity to the first row lVlr Riley we had not as yet earned the privilege of calling him Tunk discoursed at some length upon the merits of a college course Desiring to make a good impression we appeared very interested and decided to follow his advice lhen he very kindly asked us if everyone had discovered to which advisory section he belonged Of course we all had or thought we had To our dis may some of us found that we had gotten in the wrong section We lmme diately vacated amid the snickers of our more enlightened brethren you see they had been here for many years and very placidly sought out the room in which we did belong By the time registration day arrived the laborious task of arranging our programs and procuring lockers laborious because we thought it only right to stick with the gang in the matter or classes and the location of lockers was settled we too became settled and were soon initiated into the mysteries of plus and minus signs when used with x and y. We endeavored to learn the why of biology Latin and English. Reports jail mid-terms and more reports followed one another in rapid succession until in une l926 the Regents' exam. liberated a great number of us from our weighty sub- jects. Ol lf someone had only warned us about the trials that were to come in the course called geometry. What with sides and legs of this and that and angles and arcs of everything else not included in this and that, we were kept busy as beavers. Simultaneously we were acquainted with the doings of the ancients. Despite these labours, we made ourselves felt around the school and many bids for entrance to school clubs were received by mem- bers of our group. At the Commencement Exercises in ,lune some of our boys LMAIAA ' s- .0 BAA I- A Qflflllll :iff , , l A nt X A IRNA Class History . . I D . . . . l 1 g .2 J .- t ' . . . l . i . C i - . . . D i . 1 Y. D i . is l , ' 1 ' 'J f

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K Mkt .N l lxlwllfflygf f Class Prophecy Place Cswego Nlany fond memories crowded my mind as l pulled into the old Oswe o station l had been away nearly 20 years and l was curious to see my old home town As l stepped out of the tram l gazed around in astonishment and dis may what a change' Where was the dear old Y Nl C A the Armory the old upper br1dge3 Was that old vine covered building ahead of me tht High School l used to attend3 If so what were all of those little tots runnin around the grounds for3 Had it been turned into a lundergarten3 As l stood there some one tapped me on the shoulder and l turned to gaze into a very familiar face Despite the beard and reversed collar l recognized George Reed He said he knew me instantly and wanted me t come and call on him at his fine parish l was tired so decided to call a taxi and drive to the Pontiac Hotel The taxi was driven by another of my old High School friends Freddie Taylor He was very successful in the taxi business The Pontiac Hotel had been enlarged greatly and was full to overflowing due to the fact that it was election time and there were several Democratic and Republican con ventions scheduled for the week My visit was going to be very interesting because many of my old friends were in the city ln the lobby l met Norman Fenske who said he was the head of a great radio concern and tried to sell me a two hundred dollar vest pocket set After l rested awhile l decided to do a little shopping l was directed to a beautiful ladies furnishing store which to my surprise was owned lx l'red Kelly and Leslie Davis Jointly Perry Rauch was employed in the store as floor walker On my way back to the hotel l met Neal France who insisted l shoulj let him show me a few places of interest The first place we visited was the old High School The inside had changed more than the outside lglevators were used entirely mstead o tht old stairs. One of these was run by Bob Augustine and the other two by George Wallace and Erwin Steeper. The old wooden seats were replaced by handsome overstuffed arm-- chairs. l was glad to hear that a few of the l929 graduates were teaching 5 the school and wished to meet them again. The first professor l me svxs Ned Stokes who was then teaching geometry. Next we met Mildred Benz- ing who was teaching History and Kay Cloonan who instructed in draw- ing. We then went to the lower floor and encountered Helen Christian who was the physical director for the girls. lt was getting late so l suggested returning to the hotel as l had a ve v full evening planned. ln the hotel l met Arthur Fox who was night cle..l-1 oe Lavere was bell-boy and Albertus ones made a very efficient janitor. At dinner that night l listened to very beautiful music by the Pontiac Hotel orchestra which was led by Albertine Schuler. -lack Lynch was sin, Q ing vocal choruses. After dinner l went to one of the prominent theaters of the city owned and operated by Louis Legg. l enjoyed the performance because the in- kMAIlxA f A f o + AMAA w rl kitlzflll Q .ff - AAIIMX . Q tm ntmA . .. ' N- . . I. . . . w J J T '