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

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PRESIDENTS ADDRESS Ladies and Gentlemen: On behalf of the Class of 1930, I bid you welcome to the Class Day Exercises, a11d I hope that when you have become better acquainted with each of us to-night through personal introduction you will say that we are well entitled to adopt as our motto, lVe lead. Let those who will, follow. ' ' A game of golf that lasts for four years may sound like an extraor- dinary performance, yet it is a matter of fact that the great golf tour- nament which the Ulass of 1930 is about to successfully conclude was started four years ago. No ordinary golf sticks were used such as brassies, mashies, drivers, or mid-irons, but we had equipment in the form of books labeled Algebra, Geometry, Literature, and Science. lVe had no golf professionals in attendance at our tournament, but were helped all along the way by our able teachers, all past masters in the great game of high school golf. At tirst we were all rank amateurs, but guided by our instructors we teed otf to a good start. Every September for four years we came back to try for new skills and new achievements. VVe had not only to play the game under the watchful eyes of our instructors, but we also had to show some initiative, some originality, some original devel- opment. VVe had to improvise ways and means of dealing with new problems a11d new situations. The obstacles and hazards to be met at each section of the green were not to be figured out in advance. They came to us unnounced, and we had to deal with them only on the basis ot' our own inherent skill Plllfl ability. At last most of our obstacles have been met, the fair way, smooth, green, inviting, lies before us, with commencement the happy ending of a four-year tournament of high school golf for the Class of 1930. LEON Donn, '30, f7l

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THE ORACLE FAREWELL Lili The present statf of THE ORACLE wishes to thank the student body of Rensselaer High School for their hearty support. We feel that our efforts have been very successful and gratifying, and hope the students have developed a slight feeling of pride for their publication. Like- wise, we wish to thank the faculty advisors, Miss Boylan and Miss Woriiliam, for their keen interest and whole-hearted co-operation with us in bettering our magazine. ' To the Seniors We Wish to say Good-bye.', To those who, for four years, have been faithfully with us in body and spirit and are now leav- ing us for-shall we say bigger and better aims? VVe present our best regards and Wishes for success. We especially regret the losing of those Seniors who have helped to better THE ORACLE this year. Let us hope We can live up to their standard next year. So we say 'tAu revoirv to our departing friends, the Seniors. D. S., '31. ,jf '1 , 15 1 o , v if N 1 V xr Q xl, ,Q sh ,u 'ini ?,.k' i:i?.'1i'1.,.,.,.,,. , -N ,,.,,,.,,n1-5520 f'?-amass' -vaseyesgq-:r ' .- E61

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CLASS OF '30 IN REVIEW JF XINNETTE C,NDERDONK Honor Society, three years: Businerr Manager of ORACLE, Senior year: 'Treasurer of Theta Sigma Nu, Senior year: Dramatic Club: Senior Debate Team: Interclass basketball, bascball. four years: Soccor, two years: Squad Leader. junior year: Class Poem: Class of '30 in Review. Russell Sage College. Surely I've seen her somewhere, This lass with the Winsome smile, Of course, it was in the air Giving har crate the gun, Fox Dom: President of Senior Class: Manager of Basketball, Senior year: Assistant Manager of Basketball, junior year: Manager of Baseball, junior year: Yar- sity Soccer, junior ycar: Interclass Basketball and Baseball. four years: Subscription Manager of f,IZ,XC'LE. Senior year: Dramatic Club: Choral Club: Senior Debate Team: Class Cashier, Senior year. United Statcs Naval Academy. Here's our noble president, He led this class so fine: But we think he should be a comedian- He makes us laugh most of the time. U1H lVlEI.Il'S Commencement Speaker: Honor Society, two years: Recording Secretary, Theta Sigma Nu, Senior year: Vice-President of Class. Senior year: Treasurer of Class, Junior year: Captain, Senior Class Debate: Soccer, Basketball and Volley Ball: Junior and Senior year: Choral Club, Junior year: Glee Club, Freshman and Sophomore yearg. She's so quiet and friendly, And always so fine: XVe hope she's successful VVith him, all the time. ROBI-'RT lJOL.-KN Athletic Reporter of ORAc'I,E. Senior year: Secretary, Senior Class: Interclass Basketball, four years: Varsity Baseball, three years. You laugh not at another's loss, Begrudge not what another gains: Your ,heart is big enough for all, And your friendship never wanes. l8l