SUNY at Oswego - Ontarian Yearbook (Oswego, NY)

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SENIUH ELASS UFFIEEHS Ralph Caccavelli . President Marion Mullen Vice-President Robert Merril . Treasurer Florence Q'Neil . Secretary Florence B. Chambers Advisor We have come to the end of one road, and to the beginning of another. We hope to be able to overcome those obstacles which lie before us, for our school, our Alma Mater, has given us the ability to solve many problems. Qur mission in life is the greatest of its kind, may our service to society be recognized when our worlc begins to talce shape. We are the builders of the next generation, may the foundation vve build be as strong and sturdy as those before us. To you, my classmates, l bid farewell. It has been a pleasant visit and one that will linger in the minds of all of us. We are to separate now, but with the thought that we will all meet many times in the future. And now, good luck. May success be yours. R. J. Caccavelli President of Class 1936 '14

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SENIUHS-INDUSTRIAL ARTS JOSEPH LUCZYCKI . . . President JAMES VAN OOT . . Vice-President ln September T932 a group of young and ambitious men entered Oswego State Normal School as freshmen in the lndustrail Arts Department. After three years of thorough training we were graduated with hopes of entering the teaching profession, Some of our classmates did find positions, but a group of fifteen men returned to talte the fourth year of training, which has been established as a start in transforming the lndustrial Arts Department into a state teacher's college with degree granting power. We started our fourth year by doing good worlc in class and we engaged in a varied line of extra-curricular activities. The Spealcens Union was organized as a new activity by our group. We believe that such experience as that will enable us to do better worlc when we leave to teach. ln June 1936 our school days at Oswego are ended. We realize that the fourth year in the lndustrial Arts Department has given us a better understanding of our worlc and will enable us to improve our teaching profession. As our last words as students we wish the coming graduates of Oswego Normal School the best of lucl4 and success in their lifefs worlc. We as graduates hope to enter the teaching profession and boost the name Oswego, but it's up to you to continue the worlc where we left off, to improve in every department so that in the near future our Alma Mater can be rightfully and proudly termed Oswego State -l'eacher's College, First Row: R. Fralick, W. Walker, J. Luczki, J. Van Oot, F. O'Conner. Second Row: J. Terminella, E. Dexter, J. Bond, S. McCann, E. Prosser, W. Cleary 13

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SENIUH HISTUHY To see us now one would never lcnow that once we were the Hgreenest of the green. Yes, once away baclc in 1933, we were poor, lowly Freshmen entering the portals of the great institution, the place which has been our worl4room and social center for three happy, fruitful years. This .lune we go forth in great splendor, confident that we have achieved something and are now ready to face life with all its perplexities. Qne of the first functions we attended, under the pressure of rules made by upper classmen, was the Freshman Dance. We were lined up and paired off to dance while the upper classmen loolced us over. We Hhobnobbedn through a delightful, if painful, evening with Seniors who thought they lqnew everything and tried to malce us believe them, with Sophomores who thought they l4new everything and couldn't malce us believe them, and with Freshmen who knew they had much to learn and admitted it. As we became acquainted with our dear old Alma Mater, we realized that we weren't going to be so badly treated. The upper classmen met us more than hallway when we attempted to malce friends. The spirit of friendliness that always pervades the atmosphere at Cswego Normal wrapped us in its embrace, and soon we too were a part of this institution of teacher training. Our present principal and leader, Dr. Ralph Swetman, was also a Freshman. This thought helped us over many difficulties in our first days. l'le came from the West bringing with him the ideal of friendliness. l le created a school in which every one has a cheery Hello for everyone else. Our class was well organized and our members became active in the various phases of school life. We planned and enjoyed a class party. We participated in sports and government. It was during our Freshman year that the new Associated Student Body Constitution was written and adopted. Our class was represented and actively partici- pated in the worlc of the Constitutional Committee. We were proud of our Student Council representatives and Class officers. ln the Fall of 1934 we returned to the school and we were playing the role of upperclassmen. We continued to hold an important place in activities and to a great extent we built up our position as a class of high ranlc. ln May we held a delightful Prom in honor of the class of 1935. ln the Fall of 1935 we enrolled for our third year. Our classmates were the Associated Student Body officers, and we were the ones who had happy recollections of other years spent at Oswego. We were Seniors. We had serious worlc waiting for us. This last year has passed rapidly. June 1936 is the date of our graduation. Our banquets and dances will have a greater attendance of alumnae members than in any previous years. We are being honored as the Seventy-fifth graduating class of Oswego State Normal. That is one happy memory we will always carry with us. We leave our school with inter-mingled feelings of sorrow and joy. We experience sorrow because we regret that never again can we be freshmen, sophomores or seniors in this school. It is a joy to talce with us memories of Qswego and to thinl4 about our future. We have a grand goal in life. To our care will be entrusted the building of character and personality of the next generation. We leave you with this thought: The road to our hopes may be fatiguing, But we're sure of reaching our goal, If good judgment is guiding our footsteps And patience possesses our soul. Class of 1936 15