SUNY at Cobleskill - Voice Yearbook (Cobleskill, NY)

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cows arc known the world over for production, lie must have a convincing way with the cows, too. Frank Prior is still a confirmed bachelor but lie is making plenty of money in the poultry business. Me has become the Grand Exalted Master of the Bachelors Association of America, which he tried to organize while on the Hill but failed utterly. Herbert Bonstcll has a very successful barber shop and specializes in coloring hair. Ilis charming wile, the former Eleanor Hack, is supporting the family bv leaching in a nearby school. Raymond Bari lit is now residing near the old home at Staalsburg and we now see him driving his oxen with an old corncob pipe in bis mouth Ilis moustache has grown and he has whiskers. When his oxen slop he still remembers his old saying, “You can’t do that. It will go hard with you. Ward Mines is the director of the military academy at West Point. John Greuter is known as the Tobacco, Cabbage and Potato King at Cutskill, New York. Pauline Hostash, now Mrs. Fail Rickard, has given up the teaching profession and is now keeping house for Earl. Marion Matticc has become famous through another source than teaching. She has only begun a very successful career as an actress in Hollywood. Milton McRorie and his wife, the former Ella Sholtcs, arc running undertaking parlors at their home in Springfield Center. Sophie Krvwy is touring the country giving lectures on “Etiquette ' Helen Eckerson is now' happily married to her first, last, and only State School infatuation, Wilson Dodge. For the past 7 years she has been putting into practice all that she learned on the hill. Ed y I he Boss taught for several years in a small country school near Wells, New York. To our great surprise, she married the janitor and gave up teaching. But to our greater surprise, the janitor was her old friend, Fred Pettit. Stanley S. Best is still residing on the old home farm. He seems to be still broken hearted over the loss of that South Salem flame with whom his Junior year at State School was spent. Poor Stanley lias a chance yet, however, as he lias accepted the poultry instructor’s position on the Hill. There ought to be some nice girl there yet. Feta 11 (an street became interested in dancing. She will give a very worthwhile exhibition soon at Slate School. All those who were acquainted with her will receive complimentary tickets to the exhibition by writing to her .it her home address. Written bv: “HOOT” GIBSON “NEIII” BIJYCE EDYTHE BOSS Ttcenly-six

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from his grandfather. They are now planning to retire as farmers and become speculators in the slock market. Alice Clapper is now leaching at State School. She succeeded Miss flodgdon. who resigned her position to accept another one nearer her home. Robert Brundigr has changed his occupation from farming to grave digging. Farming seemed too dull for Robert, so he married Ruth Barber and they are now happily r siding near the airport at Albany where Bob's old pal seems to bring him quite a lot of business, lie uses the well known foolproof planes. Carl Butler and tin former Anna Kggers are now residing on Carl's new farm at Summit. They seem very happy in their new home. It’s surprising what basketball games will start. Marion Bryant lias become a missionary to Africa. We hear that she is doing well in her work there. Mrs. Vanderwerker has settled down and become a typical homemaker. Occasionally she may Im seen with her two small daughters at State School. Edith Tompkins has become a well known authority on “Modern Aids to Beauty.” At present she may be found at Athens. Wallace Jones has recently been graduated from the theological school at Boston. Who would ever have thought the ministry would have a stronger appeal to him than teaching? Laurence Gibson and bis wife, known to us as Cora Ward, have decided that two can live as cheaply as one. They are now living at South Hartford. Katherine Ostrander lias become a famous poetess. Her most recent volume of poems is entitled “To Orson. ' As for Mabel Buycc, her fate was settled before she came to State School. She lias been happily married for the past nine years. She is the mother of a son, Raymond, and two daughters, Helen and F.dna. Raymond Colburn soon decided after lie left Stall School that it was lonesome living alone, so he married a blonde girl from near his home. He is now a very successful poultry and livestock man. lie is bringing his wife and three daughters, Katherine, Mabel and Mary, with him to the alumni gathering ibis year. Mrs. Calhoun lias finally accomplished her heart’s desire. She will begin a new school in Australia in 1912, as the private instriirJress of the many sheep ranchers. We wish her all sorts of good luck. Mr. and Mrs. James l cggett arc now residing on Grant 1 jggctfs Fruit Farm. James lias made a great success in the fruit business, due to his manager, George Kricksen. George gave lip his Coldcskill coal business and lias become the ambitious, enterprising manager of this flourishing estate. Mrs. Leggett, the former Betty Moot, is taking tou'ists to make up the deficiency caused by her husband's easy method of spending money, lie acquired this habit while still on the Hill. Madeline Bellinger is engaged at present in perfecting a car which will run into telephone poles and not damage tin ear or hurl the occupants. The last we heard from Bulb Failing, she said she was all Wright now. even in name. She became Mrs. Karl Wright on June 31. 1931, shortly after she had completed her course in Home F.conomics and Karl had finished liis work in Teachers Training. As for Karl, lie is now a professor of psychology at Stall School. Scott ('.halfant still owns the Brewery and still is feeding liis cows on brewery grains. He lias now developed a successful llolstein-Persian purebred herd and bis T uenty-five

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Last Will and Testament of the Class of 1931 In llie year of our Lord nineteen hundred thirty-one, we, the Senior (.lass of New York State School of Agriculture, in the village of Coble-kill, town of (.obles-kill. County of Schoharie, and Stale of New York, now having reached our goal, still being of ouii(l body and mind, both mentally and morally, do hereby ordain and establish this, our I asl Will and Testament, to be executed as follows: 1. To our Alma Mater, we do hereby will and bequeath the love, honor and respect of tin graduating class. 2. To our loving, considerate, and thoughtful faculty we will our best regards and hopes for another class as quiet, as steady, as well behaved and as unique as we were. 3. To the dignified Juniors, we will our Senior seriousness, all of our social obligations, the nerve to carry on for another year so that they will In able to profitably keep up the noble work which we have thus far so nobly advanced. 4. To the blossoming and absent-minded Frosh we will and bequeath the book. “Do Unto Others As Others Did Unto You, ' and rules for how to apply the principles. 5. To our stern and rigid director, Mr. Lee V. Crittenden, we present the book. “Hardships of a Senior,” for him to distribute at the beginning of the year to prospective Seniors. 6. To Miss Biles and Miss llodgdon, we bequeath a generous supply of shock absorbers to use in the cars before attempting some of the country roads in vain efforts to produce rural teachers. 7. To Miss Prentice, we will a set of mechanical Home Kckers so she can wind them up when she gets sick again and have them carry on the work alone. 8. To Mrs. Herron, we will a set of lenses so she can watch the dorm, parlor when there are young sprouts calling. 9. To Mr. Moot, we bequeath a pacifier to keep him quiet at basketball games. 10. To Mr. Collycr, we bequeath a book of etiquette so lie can leach better manners to the boys at Bortell s. 11. To Mr. Hoddcr, we bequeath a smoother and better method of hypnotizing everyone instead of a favored few. 12. To Mr. Curtis, we will a new medicine case, including a song, “All the King’s Horses.” to sing to bis patients. 13. To Miss Van Alcn, we extend the ability to enrapture and hold men—namely Van—and a request to give the girls next year an even break. II. To Mr. Day, we will and bequeath a more polite and attentive music class so he can try out some ideas of group singing. 15. To Mr. Gregory, we will a supply of mufllers to use to deaden the noise of cars when he is having an 8:15. 16. To Mr. Huey, we will a new and more modern smile-—bis old one is a little worn. 17. To Vlr. Teed, we bequeath a prism so he can look around corners and find out what is going on. 18. To Mr. Wheeler, we will all the trouble and sorrows of the Senior (’.lass, which they cannot lake along with them, since he is so able to l»ear them. 19. To Mr. Hcwcs, we will a phonograph which he can set going when lie runs out of something to say in class. Moral: The phonograph will never be used. Tucn'y-scven