Rensselaer High School - Crest and Shield Yearbook (Rensselaer, NY)

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TH li 0 R.-XCLE 27 we have a week's rest from our climbing. in order to gather strength for the final spurt to Graduation Rock. It was at that time we planned to visit iVashington. To help meet the expenses of this 'trip we staged two presentations. 'l'he Legend of Sleepy Hollow. and a Railroad Min- strel. 'l'hey were both tinancial suc- cesses. .Xt last lflaster vacation came, and thirty-tive or our number. with two of our guides, embarked on a bus for iVashing- ten. XYe had a very enjoyable time, and stopped over at New York. Atlantic City. Pliiladelphia. Baltimore, iVashington. Har- risburg and Scranton. iYe saw many new sights. and many of us had a new experi- ence.-an airplane ride. VVhen we re- turned home it was with the feeling that we had greatly benefitted by the long trip. With the rest obtained at Easter vaca- tion, we were able to successfully scale Senior Peak. and now we stand on Grad- uation Rock, looking across the valley at the World Mountains up which we must work our way alone and unaided. XVe have conquered the' High School Rockies, and we look back upon our achievements with pride and satisfaction. The pleasant glow of affectionate recollections suffuses us. too. as we review the four long, but happy. years spent together as we struggled side by side, Mountain Climbers of 1028. :Lf . . I 0.o:'.,' ' lg' . ii all ' ' ' V , if it f' 1 tr. . 'zz' French Teacher- I compare my third hour French class to a train of cars-two sleepers and an observation. Latin Teacher-- Very apt. I call my Caesar class the Pony Express. People in 1917- To arms! To arms! lfall in. Flapper in 1027- Two arms! Two arms! Fall in. Sadie lfasoldt- Have you something snappy in rubber bands ? llruggist- No, but we have something catchy in iiy-paper. She- Do you want a hunting license ? He- No. I'm sick .mf hunting, I wan: a marriage license. And now comes the tale of the absent- minded professor who kissed his class and gave his wife three themes to write. llot Meek- iVhat is this awful smell in the library ? Irma XVorden- VVhy. it's the dead si- lence they keep here. iiialt Collins- I'll take six of these cards that say 'You're the only one l love.' jimmy lfinke says: Lives of great men all remind us. As their pages o'er we turn: That we're apt to leave behind us Letters that we ought to burn. And that's the end of my tale. said the cat as he backed into a lawnmower. iYhy half the pages in this novel are blank. Yes, you will notice on page 1120 the hero tells the heroine that he will never speak to her again.

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26 TH li ORACLE able to get over them successfully. At Christmas time, however. it became evi- dent that we were making steadier and more substantial progress than we realized. XVhen February came we could look far enough ahead to see that the detinite end of the lfreshman Foothills was not far ahead, but we knew that steady. unremit- ting climbing would be necessary if we were to be over them within the allotted time. Our leaders, and we had many, for there were more honor students in the lfreshman Climbers than in all the other years together, pressed steadily ahead, and helpful guides spurred us on. Before we realized it, June was upon us, and the lfreshman Foothills were behind us. VVith a rousing cheer we pitched camp and awaited with anticipation the renewal of the climb in the fall. lflarly in September our guides assem- bled us for the next stage of the ascent. A few of our number did not remain with us for the Sophomore climb, and we were sorry to lose them. Scarcely had we started to scale Sopho- more Ridge then we realized that we would have to band every ehfort if we were to make it, On all sides were snares, pitfalls and entanglements. Distractions diverted the attention of some of us at times. and progress lagged until the inattentive mem- bers were induced to focus their entire ef- forts on the task at hand. liarly in the year the class organized because we real- ized that organization would effect better results. The following officers were elected : l'resident .........., .,.,.... b lames lfinke Yice-President .... ..,..,. L Qladys Norton Secretary '..,.., . ,.... Dorothy Goodwin Treasurer ...,. .,.. , .... ......., R ichard Evans From the heights of Sophomore Ridge we could see, just starting up through the lfreshman Foothills, another party of mountain climbers who, like ourselves. were eager to master the High School Rockies. When June came we found that, thanks to the steady efforts made under our skill- ful guides. the teachers, we had reached the summit of Sophomore Ridge, which is at the very foot of Mount junior. Mount junior. which we were now to climb, is the second largest formation in the High School Rockies. We found that the knowledge and skill we had acquired on the way up the Freshman Foothills and Sophomore Ridge, were absolutely essen- tial to the successful scaling of this formid- able peak. ltlarly in the year our members assembled again for the election of its otiicers. The following were placed in office: President ....,...,..., .... C lladys Norton Yice-President .,.. ..... S arah Fasoldt Secretary '.......... .,,. L eslie Fleet Treasurer '..... . ........,....,......,,.,.. Marion Judd XVhile we were engaged in this perilous climb one of our members became ill and suddenly. The loss of Harold lfinkle. one of the most popular students in our class. was a great blow to us all. Our guides. though still anxious to help us in every possible way, allowed us to as- sume more responsibility for the success of our undertaking. It was with less dith- culty than we had anticipated that we ar- rived at the summit of Mount -lunior in the following june, and we knew that we were almost ready to begin the final step of our adventure. In September, 1927. we enthusiastically started to climb Senior Peak, which is sur- mcunted by Graduation Rock. On the thirteenth of this month we elected our offi- cers for the last time, ln the earlier stages of the ascent up the High School Rockies a little slipping back now and then was not particularly danger- ous. On Senior Peak. however, one slip may be fatal to the whole enterprise. There is neither time nor opportunity to remedy the damage. Our guides, While they were still willing to give aid Where it it clear that they ex- was needed, made pected us to carry our full share of re- sponsibility. They pointed out to us that we would presently be climbing the VVorld Mountains alone and unaided. and that the more we relied upon ourselves on Senior Peak the easier it would be for us when we were alone on the next range of moun- tains. It is the ambition of almost every Senior to spend a happy Raster vacation. Then

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