Prattsburgh Central High School - Franklinite Yearbook (Prattsburgh, NY)

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20 FRANKLIN ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL A FRESHMAN'S FIRST REGENTS. VVILLIAM PRATT-1916. What High School pupil is tl1e.re in New York State who does not know or hias not felt the terrors of the Regents' Examinations? lf there does happen to be one, let hiinhaye compassion on the Freshman who has to go through the dread and nerve-racking ex- perience for the first time and lay his flunking not to his igno- rance, but to the harrowing experience. The night before the examination, the Freshman's sleep is fit- ful and disturbed and, awakening at an unearthly hour, he realizes that the dreaded and perhaps fatal morning ha.s at last arrived. He does not care for his breakfast and consumes but a smiall portion of his usual amount. A little study is put in before school time in hopes of fixing some things more firmly in his mind, but the more he studies the more his brain seems to be confused as if everything he ever knew has left, only to return after the exams. have been finished. The walk to school is spent in trying to collect his scattered senses. A deadly sort of stillness reigns over the schoolroom. The talking is hushed and he walks to his seat on tiptoe. A glance at the clock showis that there are but fifteen minutes left before the opening of the examination. Perspiration breaks out on his forehead 'amd he believes that hfe does not feel well. The Regents' box is brought in and opened before his eyes. He at- tempts to fill out the headings on the paper, his hand trenrbles and his writing looks anything but natural. The instructions to candidates have been read and the ques- tion piaper is handed him. Does he dare look at it? He nearly gets up courage only to lose it again. Hle looks around the room at the other Freshmen for signs of agony on their faces. It is in- deed there, written clearly and distinctly. He heaves a sigh and quickly turns over the paper. He glances at it, not one of the questions does he seem to know the leuaist about. A closer scrutiny, however, reveals the fact that perhaps after all he can answer three cf them. Blut he realizes that no one could ever even skin through on these alone. It seems as if the examination might justas well be given up, there isn't any chance for him. The instructions to read the questions carefully come to his mind. He again goes over the paper. Oh, yes! Three more answerable ones have been found. But thirty precious minutes hiaive passed. The other Freshmen are busily writing and he thinks that after all the examination isn't so terribly hard.

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FRANKLIN ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAI Freshman Class 1 1:oN'r How QL1-ft to Highly Tlieroszl llCill'l0V0, liclitln Ferguson, Alicv Layton, llaljoly limiilwly, liornico Bonnott. Mxmvm-2 Row. Victor lVl'2llWlll Sarah Coo mer I5 7 l 7 Gonevicvv Bovcl Alice Pliilli us. V l Beatrice llaldry, Graco Foster, May Canllpbell, lJ0ll2llLl Wlwolcr. - Tor Row. lloward Cumplmoll, Fmm-is Foster, Howard Burke, Morris Burke, John Mcllluuimon, Leslie Cranmor.

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FRANKLIN ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL Toi' How on l'ltll'R'I'Il How. Lesliv Cmlmnter, Howard Lu Gramgv, John lllcklzmimon, liusscll liolts, Morris Burke. 'l'mR1u Row. l'lGfIllltlld 'llllOlll2lS, Aftlllll' Paddock, Francis Foster, llowzlrtl Cilllllblwll, Dwigl1tStit-klwy. Errol Wlncelvl Slcvoxh Row. Donald Wheeler, llelos Saunders, Marion Clztrko, Walter Mahon, Ilurolfl Cook. l'IIRS'l' Row. Victor Wraiffllt ICl'll0St Kvnnoflv Alton Tllonms .5 is ,, v Lester SISSOII. 7 T BOYS' ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION. Arthur Paddock . ,..,.......,,,.,.... President Delos Saunders, .. ,.,,,..,r,.,,,.. Vice-President Park Arnold, I...,,..., Secretary and Treasurer BASE BALL. Russel Kelis, .,..,..A, .- .A,,.,,, , ...., Captain john McM:mimon ,,,, , ....,,,,,,,....,, lNInn:xgcr Erncst Konnedyn- ,.,,.. . .,,., Business Manager TRACK TEAM. Dclos Saunders ,,.. .,,,-.....A.., ..., C Il ptnin Lester Sisson A ,,... Mascot