Saugerties High School - Sawyer Yearbook (Saugerties, NY)

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CLASS HISTORY By DAVID Asssl. The History of the Class of nineteen thirty-two is written in four volumes. The first, recording the events of our Freshman Year, is quite naturally the smallest. Each year the volume has been a little larger than the year before. With the coming of June, at the conclusion of each school year, we have found that new and greater things have been accomplished .... Let us reflect for a moment and imagine the Class of nineteen thirty-two as Freshmen .... THE FIRST VOLUME In September of the year nineteen twenty-eight, ninety-eight Freshmen entered the portals of this noble institution to begin four eventful years of work and play. New acquaintances were made and old ones renewed. Then began the slow process of acclimation and adjustment. ' At the conclusion of this, we organized and elected class officers. They were: Margaret Brown, Presidentg Richard Carnright, Vice-Presidentg Albert Perks, Secretary: Delilah Crum, Treasurer, and Miss Gahimer our class advisor. Our Freshman year was a busy one. We succeeded in making a very well-liked presentation of the one-act comedy, Spark P1ugs, and a little later promoted a fancy dress party that succeeded beyond our fondest hopes. June came, and we lost some of our number through the usual failure route. Then, too, some of our classmates forged ahead to the Sophomore Class to graduate with the class of nineteen thirty-one. THE SECOND VOLUME Again it is September. Fifty-six nonchalant Sophomores giving all the advice they had and more besides. Extremely overconfldent and overbearing. We must have spent most of our time enjoying ourselves in different ways, because during our Sophomore year we did not write our name in flaming letters across the page of honor in the History of the School. Of course, we engaged in activities, but we were still under the shadow of the Seniorsg if not literally, then figuratively. Our officers: Martin Schlotter, President: Erling Hanson, Vice-Presidentg John Rivenberg, Secretary, Andrew Schroeder, Treasurer and our advisor, Miss Masters, worked hard: nevertheless and we presented another one-act play in chapel. THE THIRD VOLUME The beginning of the third year. Less cocky to be sure, but a haughty group for all that. We were learning that success is not always a. path of roses. Obstacles had been thrust in our way, but we were undaunted. Perhaps we became slightly more cautious, still, we persisted. Our Junior year was filled with worth-while things. We elected our class officers, and for the second time, Miss Gahimer became our class advisor. Erling Hanson was elected Presldentg John Rivenberg, Vice-Presldentg Martin Schlotter, Secretary: and Ingrid Olsen, Treasurer. Early in the fall we treated ourselves to a picnic. It was a HUGE success. Then we gave a play in chapel, The Ghost Story, by Booth Tarking- ton. Shortly after that three of the 'members of our class won prizes in the Prize Speaking Contest. They were: Margaret Buhl, Charlotte Walker, and Raymond Whit- aker. The Hallowe'en Party that we presented in our Junior year was admittedly the best ever. Events followed each other in such rapid succession that we were be- wildered by the time our class rings arrived. Then a committee chose a class banner for us after we had voted our colors to be orange and black. Soon our Junior year drew to a close and we bade adieu to last year's Senior Class with a Supper Dance and party held in the High School Auditorium. THE FOURTH VOLUME In this book is the record of the most eventful year of our school life. It con- tains our hopes, our ambitions, our desires and our achievements. Within this, book is the closing chapter of our Class History. As this last volume is opened, we feel a deep regret that the four years of happy associations are ended .... When our class organized for the fourth and last time in the fall of nineteen thirty- one, we chose Miss Gahimer for the third time as our advisor. Erling Hanson was elected President: Harry McCarthy, Vice-President: Elsie Green, Secretary: and F'orrest Dederick, Treasurer. We again decided to have a class picnic and this one was even more successful than the other. Then we presented another one-act play. The title was Speaking to Father. When the awards of the Prize Speaking Contest were given this year, we found that two Seniors, Erling Hanson and David Abeel, had won the boys' prizes. At the Christmas Exercises, the Senior speaker won a tive-pound box of 3 at 5. XS T ff-ff v 'v,,w4'.',wsn'f ' 'f fu'f,1 ': -4 f'l ':- ws '4+21 V l'1'zf-'11'ff'- -' lf. .BsM'.Q!RfQaslnLi'.!vl'l4..fEWiIIbS4L':':ElMi!:i:t1lwuassi? 4-. :- Page Twenty seven

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IQ ' J av f candy for the class. Just before Christmas time, we sold Christmas Cards in order to replenish our funds. The Arbor Day exercises were held in front of the school on the twenty-ninth of April. The Senior President made an address in dedication of the ivy and the response was given by the Junior Pres-ident, Leonard Gilmore. Early in May we presented a movie benefit. The choice of the picture was made by the class with heated discussion and argument. But finally a picture was decided upon and the success of it was due to the hearty cooperation of each member of the class. Then came the Senior Play. Undoubtedly, this year's play was more successful than any play presented by a Senior Clas . At least we think so, and we're inclined to believe you will agree with us. The cast was excellent, and may the thanks of the Senior Class go to Miss Sheffield and Miss Buffum, dramatic coaches, for the hard, painstaking labor which they spent on the play in order to make it successful. The Senior Ball, presented May twenty-seventh, was the climax of the year's social events. We procured an excellent orchestra, Roger Baer and His Cubs, who contributed a large part to the success of the affair. The decorating committee bedecked the auditorium with pastel colors, converting it into a ballroom. A very large crowd attended, lending an at- mosphere of gayety and enjoyment to the occasion. Before school closed, the Junior Class surprised us by inviting us to a joint picnic, expenses to be paid by the Juniors. We thank you, Juniors! Then came moving up day. The Juniors took the front seats in chapel, and we began to feel like an old garment which is cast off and is no longer of any value. And now the work of four years is ended. The curtain falls on the friendship, joy and labor of our school life. Father Time turns the last page of our Class History and we leave this building through the same portals that welcomed us in nineteen twenty-eight. We have few regrets, and now we submit this, our Class History, to the records of Saugerties High School and hope that the aims of every Senior Class to come will be at least as high as we have tried to make ours. Z GRADU DIVERSO, UNA VIA When God put each of us on earth, He showed partiality to none. He gave us all the same amount of hands and feet, and all the rest. To this He added brain and brawn, and then He said My work is done. It's up to you to make your life. Don't ask Me more: I've done my best. Still, when we were very young, We realized while in our play That the boy next door had thrown his ball Much farther than ours had gone that day. And then-a little older still- We found that tho our mind was keen, Some other student oft displayed The higher marks, when cards were seen. Thus our High School years have shown With truer, purer clarity, The difference in each person's pace- The difference in ability. Though all cannot secure the prize, we're at least all in the raceg Life's the road, and we're the runners. Each of us knows strain and stress To wrest a laurel wreath from Fate. Yet if loss should prove our case, We will tru-st in God and in ourselves-and strive once more to win success. -MARGARET BUHL, Class Poet. -1 ' A' V' 'l 7M 'f:1'G'-7W'll'll 'i' if T '2'f 'f i'l w -' rf. TE:-ilgliqslgigiltil f:+..'Q-elm dlikitf 42 af2QMZ!f-3-+.'-in Page Twenty-eight