SUNY at Cobleskill - Voice Yearbook (Cobleskill, NY)

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T H E VOICE Y F. A R BOOK 7 THE HISTORY OK THE CLASS OK 1923 I have been requested by my bellow class men to undertake the task of writing the history of our class from the time we first climbed the hill to the New York State School here at CoNilcskill until the present tune- On the eighteenth of October 1920. most of us were sliangers to one another. That was the day we registered, and after we had gone through a seige of filling out our schedules and listing the l ooks we would need to purchase, and liar! listened to a speech of introduction and welcome by Director Knapp, fl don't mean, that that was part of the seige) we commented to gel acquainted. Our history as a class really Itcgins with the time when Miss King, who was then our Knglish teacher, helped us to organize ourselves and elect officers. William Massic. was elected President by a large majority Bartlett Tulhill was elected Vice-President and f rank Wright was elected Secretary and Treasurer. I .arly in the term wc chose our class colors, ted and black, and later we had a class banner made in there colors. When wc first registered there w re seventeen of us F reshmen. Rollin (enter. Cordon Cummings. Payson Derby. Benjamin Oarlock. Fred Hopkins. Lincoln Hunter, Allison Lain. William Massif, Fred Peck. Henry Reynolds. Archibald Smith. Peter TiuiiIhiII. Bartlett Iuthill, Max lomck. Milton Woodwoith, Frank Wright and I. Henry Reynolds soon left Hhool and then there were only sixteen of us. While many interesting, little things, took place and wc were getting letter acquainted all the while, up till Christmas time nothing of much im-p rtanre ha| pcncd. When Christmas vaca'ion was over, only fifteen F resli lien returned. We were very sorry when Fred I lopkins, a well liked iicm! ci of our class, left the school, because he thought he was needed at hxne. Our Class of 1923 has always been well represented by | ailicipants in a | branches of scliool activities. In fact, there is not one of the original c’ass at the present time. who. at some time or other has not I evn actively connected with some student activity. F.arly in the fust year wc were represented by Wil’i ' Mv.sic and Bartlett I utbill on the Varsity Basket Ball Team. Many a victory have they shared and every defeat they owned with the good will that Irccomcs good sportsmen. Wc were also represented oi the basket IniII squad by I jnroln I luntrr. ami Milton Woodworth, who |»th worked haul in the %upi o.i of the leant. Fred Peck is another who h s worked hard for the leant, Init in a dillcieiit way. I le has licen for a 'og time o;ir lcarlcr of cheers and. of late, our lender of cheer leaders.

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OUR FACULTY Standing, left to tight: Karl H. Modder Soil and Crops: William B. Koth Dairying; Frank A. Doolittle—lee Cream Making; Robert A. Browning Animal Husbandry; Howard J. Curtis -Farm Mechanics;Ceorge D. Gregory Academic Subjects; Kenneth C Fox Poultry Husbandry- Seated: Gain M. Smith -Science and Horticulture; Emmons D. Day Crops and Farm Manrgement; Helen V. Chapin—Home Economics;Dorothy Brown Stenographer: Florence M MacDougall— Stenographer;Cwcndolcne Williams—Cooking: Hazel I.. Crill -Cafeteria Manager: Director Halsey B. Knapp.

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T H F. VOICE Y EA K ROOK So ii aflcr the Spring I emi of 1921 had Ixrgun we got lire idea dial »c wanted a claw paper, a periodical devoted to the doings of our Claw. Mas King helped u again here. William Massie was dtosen as business mav ager and under him as assistants were Milton Woodworth. Rollin Center. Fred Peck and Allison Lain. Strangely enough they chose me for Lditcr. I chose Payson Derby to assist me. Now he has the “job” and I mercy-write a little line as a sort of contribution. William Massie, having to many irons in the tire soon resigned as business manager in favor of I-red Peck. We never got out that Class Paper, instead we made it a school pvw:. named it “The Voire and planned to get out a thousand copie- tv year. I he first issue came out in April. 1921 and marked I Ik- beginning ol a school publication that will, I ho|K-. continue to exist ami improve yc»r by year. In Octolscr. 1922, thirteen of us returned as juniors, most of us fron farms where hard work was plentiful and sunshine had left the mark of sod busters” on us. Allison I -»in stayed home to finish I ligh School awl Peter Tuinhull staved to work on the farm at home. I he term wasn’t very far along Iseforc wc got together to re-elect officers and wc did re-elect them for the ballots showed William Massie to Ik- President and Rnrllctt Tuthill. Vice President, I Jncoln I lunter was elected Secretary while Frank Wright was chosen again to handle the money. The Class Basket Ball team soon Itecamc an important phase of class activity with Benjamin Carlock playing center and with Milton Woodworth and Max Tomck forwards, while Payson Derby and Rollin Center wcie the guards. Payson Derby was the captain of the team. William Massie and Bartlett 'Tuthill still retained their positions on the varsity basket l all team with Lincoln I lunter still on the M|uad. Payson Derby and I remained in the same | ositions on The Voice stall, having two more associate editors from the elass of 1922. then seniors. Miss King was still advisor of the editorial staff, Fred Peck was business manager with Mr. Smith, advisory and Rolland Center. Max I omek, Milton Woodworth and William Dickerson, a senior, as assistants. The second issue of I he Voice came out in January 1922 just Irefore Farm and I lome Week and members of the Senior Class constructed a booth and sold some conies rluring the week. At the beginning of the Spring term of 1922 wc took into the Staff memlnTS of the hreshman Class. Donald I crhunc. Athletic I .ditor. Clarence I inson. IJtcrary Editor. Leslie Frost. Lxchangc h.dtior. Carl Gaige. School Notes reporter and Kenneth Turner. Comedian and Cartoonist Rollin Center became business manager and as assistants he had Milton Woodworth and Max Tomck of our class and William Dickerson. I h.«t term wc lost another fellow classman and a good student, Archie Smith, who is finishing I ligh School in preparation for college. I was about this time wc were represented by another man on the vanity basket ball squad. Max Tomck is the man and he has worked hard until he has liecomc a good one. Ap.il 7. 1922 was the beginning of another summer’s work and experience for us and Oclolier 16. 1922 saw us back in Cobleskill minus l.inco’n I lunter end Frank Wright. Wc immediately rcoigani .ed. swelling our numbers by tlse addition of the Home Economic girls. Of course we elected William Massie as president again. Frances Knapp was elected Vice president. I-eslic Frost was elected Secretary and Treasurer and Mr. Day was chosen as Faculty Advisor.