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

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GLIMPSES OF 1929 IDA XVIXSOM : Philanthrophies of 19293 Secretary Senior Class, Vice-President, Sophomore year: Vice-President of Honor Society, Secretary of ORACLE, Senior year, Reporter of ORACLE, Freshman year: Archery, junior year: Soccer, Senior year, Choral Club, Honor Society four years. And her voice, it tinkles gaily As a silver stream may rung And her smile is always present, For she's brimming o'er with fun. CHARLES NEVILLE: President of Class, Junior year, Athletic Editor of ORACLE, Senior yearg basketball four years, Varsity two years, Interclass two years, baseballg Treasurer of Class, Senior year. He's very athletic, And joins in games of every sort, In basketball or baseball He always plays the sport. ELIZABETH FELT: Valedictorian3 President of Theta Sigma Nug Honor Society four years, Contributing Editor, ORAC,'LE, Senior year, ORAKTLE reporter, junior year. The queen of all the Senior girls, A natural leader is she, just made for all these social whirls, As you can very well see. FLORENCE DoRN: Salutatoriang Treasurer of Theta Sigma Nu, Honor Society four yearsg Baseball, Senior year. A faithful worker, tried and true, Deserving of our praise: Never failing in her task. Thorough in all her Ways. l9l

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COLLE GE lectures. His mind will be sufficiently developedgto enable him to go to college after several years' absence from school without any serious loss. Now to those who intend to go to college next fall. We will be rather isolated during our freshman college days. We will be rather green, much as We were in our freshman days in high school. To you, I say, have confidence in yourself and trust your nerve. Nerve has pulled many people out of an uncomfortable position. I mean nerve that is honest and proceeds from deep convictions, not the kind of nerve which We.. associate' with loud boasting, daring and the like. Do not be content with just getting by g have high ideals. Make every day at college justify itself so that you will have sufficiently pro- vided for your after self and will say that your college days have 11ot only been glorious, but also truthfully educational as Well. A. G., ,29. ...nf if , Q --.. i l 'a1 v l6l

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THE ORACLE RUTH' HARTER : ' Commencement Speaker, Theta Sigma Nu, Recording Secretary of Theta, Senior year, Honor Society four A years, President of Honor Society, Senior year, Re- porter of Senior Class. Pretty, dainty, fine as gold, Always a smile on her face, Virtues she has a thousand fold, Who ever can take her place? HELEN- BAUSCH 1 Commencement speaker, Sergeant-at-Arms Theta ' Sigma Nu, Honor Society four years, Baseball, Senior year. You laugh not at another's loss, V Begrudge not what another gains, Your heart is big enough for all, And your friendship never wanes. IQATHLEEN MILLIS: Commencement speaker, Corresponding Secretary, Theta Sgma Nu, Senior year, Editor-in-Chief of ORACLE, Senior year, Honor Society two years, As- sociate Editor, junior year, Glee Club, Freshman and Sophomore years: Soccer Team, Senior year, Squad Leader, Junior year, Archery, junior year. She seems so very stately, But you can never tell, Our Kathleen's the best of sports, We know that, oh, so well. MAUDE LANTZ : Commencement speaker, Honor Society four years, Soccer, Senior year, Assistant Secretary, ORACLE, Senior year. She's very, very capable, A teacher she should be, If you could see her in shorthand class I'rn sure you'd all agree. l10l