Ovid Central High School - Ovidian Yearbook (Ovid, NY)

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Dec. 4 Dec Dec Dec Dec. Dec. Dec Jan Jan Jan Jan Jan Jan Jan What is the reason for the seniors pulling their hair and racking their brains? Could it be the essay on in- flation they had to write? How nice-no school again. Must be that the gods are with us. The first peaceful Dec. 7 since the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. Game at Odessa. Score: Ovid 38- Odessa 32. Assembly- Christmas in other lands. Representative from R.B.l. talked to juniors and seniors. Basketball game at Romulus. Score: Ovid 44-Romulus 34. Benefit dance for Billy Duncan. A complete success. Christmas program. Why all the smiles today? Oh, yes, Christmas vacation starts. As if l didn't know. Excitement is brewing, incessant talk- ing begins-ahs and ohs are audible throughout the school building, for today ended the Christmas vacation and everyone was eager to tell what he or she did, and what gifts they received. Individual pictures taken. Camera in good condition. Basketball game with Interlaken. Score: Ovid 34-lnter- laken 17. Juniors put on a silent play, terrific! Basketball game with Dundee. Score: Ovid 28-Dundee 48, Ovid's first loss. Discussion of year book. Game at Trumansburg. Score: Ovid 35-Tru- mansburg 26. Two members added to faculty-Miss Stanton, homemaking teacher, and Miss Coleman, librarian. Game with Odessa. Score: Ovid 26- Odessa 28. 28th to 31st regents week. Woe 's me . . . 28 Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Mar Mar Mar. 8 Mar. 14 Mar Mar. 1 Game at Romulus. Score: Ovid 42- Romulus 34. Officers chosen for year book. Game at DeSales. Score: Ovid 30-DeSales 33. Basketball fans really got their money's worth at this game, Ovid was right in there pitching. Sampson takes another vacation. Pictures given out, they caused quite a bit of excitement. Teachers were on warpath. Game at Interlaken. Score: Ovid 56-Interlaken 21. 11th and 12th holidays to commemor- ate Lincoln's birthday. Hustling to and fro to have pictures taken for the year book. Game at Dundee. Score: Ovid 33- Dundee 32. Pep assembly. Game with Trumans- burg. Score: Ovid 38-Trumansburg 36, tied for first place. George Washington's birthday. No school. The proofs of senior pictures came. No one fainted. Our new history teacher arrived-Mr. Lattin. Game at Odessa with Dundee. Score: Ovid 26-Dundee 32. 4-H movie. School out at 2:15, all-star game. Pictures for the year book arrived. Everyone anxious to see them. Curi- osity killed the cat, but satisfaction brought it back. Get out your books, kids, and prepare for the five weeks tests. Ouch-! Seniors get measured for caps and gowns. Oh, our aching feet-! Frank Brokaw, our new principal, ar- rived. We all think he is swell. Oh, the flowers that bloom in the Spring tra la . . . Yep, today is the first day of Spring. The whole school is alive with vim and vigor.

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Sept. Sept Sept. Sept. Sept. Sept. Sept. Sept Sept Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. Oct. SCHOOL CALENDAR Vacation over-school begins. Oh, what a beautiful morning . . . Band played for V day celebration. Band made a return engagement. Faculty picnic. The faculty took time to recuperate from the chaos of the first few days of school. Who can blame them! The school was a live wire on this day, for it was the day the student council representatives were chosen. Voting day! No, not for president of the United States, but for our class officers, who take upon their should- ers the task of leading the class. Big day for the Juniors-Mrs. Ditmars, too-for the senior rings were ordered. Being iuniors last year we can sym- pathize with you, Mrs. Ditmars. This is a memorable day for the Ag boys, for they had a fair-and it was a success! l went to the animal fair, the birds and the bees were there. . . We filled Red Cross boxes for children in countries ravaged by war. Teachers' Conference. Wonder what they confer about- Hi, ho, come to the fair . . . Tru- mansburg fair. To be or not to be, that is the ques- tion. That is right-Shakespeare, but are this is the day the characters chosen for the senior play. Was that Shakespeare turning over in his grave? Welcome back, Richard-crutches and alll-Richard Jennings returned to school after an absence due to an accident on the football field. Being wounded in action entitles him to the Purple Heart. Fight team, fight! were the sentiments echoed by everyone, as this was the first football game of the season. lt was played at Odessa. Oh, . . . moaned the senior class-play prac- tice tonight! Movie on Russia at War. Benny and his Bluebirds were en- gaged to play for the F.F.A. dance. There'lI be a hot time in the old town tonite . . . 27 Oct. 25 Oct. 26 Oct. 30 Oct. 31 Nov. 2 Nov. 6 Nov. 8 Nov. 9 Nov. 14 Nov. 15 Nov. 16 Nov. 20 Nov. 29 Nov. 30 Dec. 3 W Mystery, intrigue, fascination . . . are linked with India. We were acquaint- ed with this land at an assembly given by a lady who had spent a good deal of her time there. Abravcadabra, abra cadabra-what happened! What came out of the hat? Look! haw did that happen? What is he going to do next, were cries uttered by a spellbound audi- ence when a magician visited school. Beware, take care or you will be cast under a spell by the witches, for to- night is Hallowe'en Eve. The hall's jumping, the hepcats are in the groove, the band's solid-well reet! Give me some skin, my friend, and let's get on with the dance. ln case you are curious, this refers to the Hallowe'en dance given by the Juniors. Football game at Trumansburg. Movie on History of Aviation. Not one boy fell asleep. Well, girlsf?l Movie-March of Time. Miss Mannix and troop marched, over to Hadley Hall, in Willard, to practice for the play. Scrap paper drive opened. The teachers, in order to see what was being done in other schools, went visiting. Here is hoping they had a good time- Camera, lights, action . . . ! The first presentation of the senior play. Be calm, Miss Mannix. Miss Mannix more confident. The second night of the senior play. First night a success. Whew! the last night of the senior play. The tension that hangs over Miss Mannix and the senior class has nearly diminished. The play over- a success. The iubilant seniors cele- brate. Music festival: Romulus, Interlaken, and Ovid. Happy day! School's closed! Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow . . . No school. Need more be said- Sampson students on vacation, no bus. Some people get all the luck-

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Apr. Apr. Apr. Apr. May May May Wish I could say there were no school today, but even if it were true, no one would believe me-today being April Fool's day. Oh, boy . . . Easter vacation at last. Sad and forlorn we return to school from Easter vacation. The seniors have one foot in the grave, for today their play is due. Have pity on such as we, Miss Mannix. What man teacher received a May basket? Invitations. The senior class received their graduation invitations. Watch out, kids, that you do not run short. On this day of days the seniors hand their masterpieces into Miss Mannix. Could this literary genius be attri- buted to the fact that what they had to write about was themselves?- ahem-with a little touching up. 29 May June June June June June i Two days off from school. Seniors need them to recuperate. Year books are ready. The day of reckoning has come. Your past catches up with you. Nothing can help you now. Are you doomed, or can you be saved? You will find the answers to these questions when the regents paper reaches Albany. Baccalaureate services. This is the first day the seniors sweat it out in their caps and gowns. Get out the glad rags all you seniors for the big time tonight-the Senior Ball. The end of the road has been reached in our school career, and we have few regrets. Some of us may have wished we had studied a little harder, but other than that, we have derived all the benefits we could out of school life. So to our friends that we leave behind, we say, Adios, mi amigos.