Perth Central High School - Highlander Yearbook (Amsterdam, NY)

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From the past . HISTORY OF Tl-IE CLASS OF THE FAMOUS FIFTY NINERS INTRODUCTION While it is the custom of other class historians to exaggerate the abilities 'and attainments of their class, it is a great delight to me that I can exercise extreme modesty in writing the history of our class. In taking a retrospective view of these four years and observing the part taken in the history of Perth Central during that time by the class of fifty-nine, it is alarming to contemplate the pitiable condition of the school had it not been for this class. This assertion requires no proof. The class is willing to admit it, but, as coming generations may be skeptical, it will be well, perhaps, to record the facts. Freshmen: The scene opens at the beginning of the school year of 1955. On stage were 20 boys Qabout to become men, and 13 young girls, all possessed with that strange feeling of awkwardness and timidity which so often attends the starting situation of a new act of life. However, after a few words of explanation and encouragement by Miss Hunter, our advisor, the class of fifty-nine was at ease and fired with the ambition which would carry it to its great achievements. We had not yet learned to stuff a ballot box. So on their own merits, Carol Corey was elected president. The chief assistant was vice-president, Evelyn Motyl. Nan Pickrell was made secretary as she had a real fountain pen, not just an old ball point. The money bags were intrusted to treasurer Susan Brownell only because she had a deceptively honest expression. To fill these coffers, we eager salespeople peddled pencils, paper, cards, stuffed animals and such merchandise. The high social spot of this year was our gals Square Dance. There is no need to dwell on om' academic .stand- ing, for the records show that we were up to par with the freshman standard. Sophomore: In 1956 when the bell rang for the second round, there were now only 16 men but still 13 Junior: women' to enter the ring. About the middle of the sophomore battle anew pugeilist called John fEnos Chestyj Snyder entered the fray. Another welcome and decorative addition was pert Pat Vqinqugkqs, The incumbent campaigner Carol .Corey went in for the second term as class presi- dent. The treasury was growing so we made Susan Brownell vice-president and the treasurer's money was turned over to Barbara Zielinski. Pat Vainauskas borrowed the fountain pen and became secretary. To keep solvent we solicited magazine subscriptions all the way from the suburbs of western Galway to eastern West Perth and from the Vails Mills Drive-In to a glittering dance ex- travaganza we called Winter Wonderland. As in all endeavor for survival, a few will drop by the wayside and so we started our junior year with a class of 25 brilliant scholars. just to solve the wallflower problem we bid good bye to joe Whittey in January. We were now a dozen strong men and a dozen lovely women, which we considered a pretty perfect proportion for any situation. Larry Vickers now took the honor as president. Joe Whittey was made vice-president. Ed Kruger took over the secretary's pen and the safe was guarded by treasurer Don Kosinski. We recognized the fact that there could be some valuable experience in the senior class so we invited them to assist and cooperate in sponsoring a Valentine dance in our beautiful new gymnasium. We called it Red Fantasia and it was so successful that it will be talked about 'by the good people of the village of Perth until Perth be- comes a city.

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Senior: Cupid has, by now, played havoc with the heart of our advisor. She has become Mrs. Olendorf and left us. Mr. Lein capably climbed into the driver's seat and took over the lead reins of us wild mustangs. Beavers would be put to shame if they could recognize the industrious attitude with which we tackled the problems of becoming a senior class that would be pointed to with pride by Perth Central. First a good busines man for our president Dave Frisch. Second the executive experience of Carol Corey as vice-president. Honest Claudia DeGo1yer as treasurer and the literary Evelyn Motyl as secretary. ' The dramatic. highlight of the season was our play Stop the Wedding. Had it beenshown in New York it would have stopped Broadway. After the festivities quieted, we obtained three new members to our troop. Jack Montanye, an experienced senior, john Botta and Pauline Wohn from the big city of Amsterdam. .SUMMARY While concentrating on the activities of our own class, we did not shirk our responsibilities of joining all other classes in furthering the glory of Perth Central in all fields, expecially in ath- letics where Perth is known as the team which fights with the scabbard when the blade is broken. As George Washington is pointed to by historians as the personification of pa trio tism, as Shakesph ere is the fountain head of dramatic literature, as Euclid is the chief'propounder of geometry, as Beethoven is the soul of harmony, as Raphael is the master of art, so will the class of the Famous Fifty Niners be pointed out by the faculty and by the students ofthe future, should truth continue to prevail, as the personification of all that is true, noble, generous and sublime. We cannot feel too grateful to Perth Central and to her earnest, zealous faculty and her splendid spirit of roving, not drifting. We feel our future lives have to a large extent been moulded and our journey rendered more pleasant and profitable by our work here and by the as- so c iation here enjoyed. And so it is with very grateful as well as with very sad hearts that we deliver into other hands the destiny of our schooland turn to face other adventures and responsi- bilities.