Sauquoit Valley Central High School - Saghdaquadah Yearbook (Sauquoit, NY)

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SCHOOL ACTIVITIES CDLLINS FESTIVAL The Collins Festival was again presented in our school this year. The entertain- ment consisted of the following programs: The Davies Singing Party ...., Oct. 23 Bessie Andrus, melodist .,.., Oct. 30 Frank Johnson, lecturer . .,.. Nov. 6 A three act play, '4Cricket ..,. Nov. 13 C H IQISTMAS DLAV Newspaper Club Mr. Faville and Mr. Clark On December 21, a Christmas play, L'Merry Christmas from Grandma, was pre- sented. The play was written by lhree high school students, Elnore Vlfhite, Christina Mayton, and lflizabclh Casper. The grade schools also clramatized short plays which lhcy wrote themselves. Thc following clubs wcrc org inizcd during the school year: litiquetle Club . Science Club .. Archery Club Model Airplane Club . Photography Club Clee Club , . . Orchestra . , Future Farmers Library Club , . ,, Dramatic Club . . Home Making Club Campfire Club . , , . Sketch Club ..., . . . . Hiking Club , . . . . . . , Correspondence Club ., . . . , Mr. Clark . .Mr. Clark . . . Mr. Trask ..Mr. Polly Mr. Pembleton . . .Mr. Axtell , . . Mr. Axtell . Mr. Rogers , Mrs. Jenks Mrs. Prichard . . Miss Green . . . Miss Rich . . , .Miss Rich . Miss Slayton .,Miss Parker DIQEZE SDEAIKING On May 5 the prize speaking contest was held. The contestants in the girls' division were: Alice Lasher, Eleanor Trombly, Margaret Smith, Jane Borden, and Lois Wood, in the boys' division, John Donahue, William Wfilliams, Hugh Stephen- son, Harold Davies, and Norman Wfilliams. MUSIC EXHIBITIDN On May 7 the orchestra held a musical exhibition under the direction of Mr. Axtell.

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DHYSICAL EDUCATIUN DEMUNSTDATIDN The high school pupils presented on April 23 an exhibition of the work done in gym classes under the direction of Mr. Trask. The following program was presented: 7th Grade Boys 1. Tower Ball ,,.,,.,.,., .,., ,,., .....,...,,,.. 2. Athletic Dance ........,,....,.,....,...,.., ,......., . .Sth Grade Girls 3. wfhe Brishes Quarreli' .....,. ......... .... 5 t h and 6th Grades, Clayville Directed by Miss 0'Connor and Mrs. Lyons 4. :4Sambow Clog ...,.,.. , . ,....,.. , . . . . High School Girls 5. Volley Ball ..,... . . High School Girls and Boys 6. P ramids ....... . . ....,. . . ..,.. . ,Junior and Senior High Boys Y 7 ', ..... .... . ,.,. ....,. , . . . 4th Grade, Sauquoit Directed by Miss Glendenning 8. Tumblers ..,,... .... .... .... .,..,... J u n i or and Senior High Boys 9 Horizontal Bar QHigh 84 Lowl . ..........,.... Junior and Senior High Boys . Wllhe Magic Basket 10: Military Tap . . . , , ....,.... . , . . . . . . .,,. . . High School Girls Pianists: Mrs. Mabel Clarke, Miss Lucile Perkins During this past year we began a Health Education program, to teach the forma- tion and practices that are essential to health. Your Board of Education has pur- chased Health Education Books for the first six grades in both grade schools, and rural schools. MILITARY TAP DANCERS Front row: Elizabeth Fyfe, Eleanor Trombly, Vivian Robinson, Mildred Clark, Marguerite Castle, Alice Lasher, Mary Jones, Naomi Kingsley. Back row: Doris Stone, Virginia Hubbard, Isabelle Szlachta, Dorothy Rohl, Antoinette Head, Helen Head, Shirley Way, Doris Zambon. These girls danced for the entertainment of the public at the annual gymnasium demonstration rn April 28. The dance was under the direction of Mr. Trask. The costumes were by Mrs. G. Trask and Mrs. H. Pughe. -1 , , fi-1-lmf ff 1 H. as . . ,, , if . n-. , ,,,- C :Y 3.

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CDMMEIQCIAL CONTESTS The annual commercial contests were held in Utica Free Academy on April 2414. The participants from this school were as follows: Commercial Arithmetic .,......,,...... Kenneth Kirby. Bookkeeping I ........ ...4 H arry Rider, Marjorie Coodenough. Shorthand I .... Elnore White, Martha Towne, Joyce Kirby, Marguerite Castle, Margaret Smith. Commercial Law . . . . . . ....,. lflnore White, Joyce Kirby, Joe Gimmillaro. The contestants for commercial law placed third in that subject. The shorthand team, consisting of Martha Towne, Elnore White, and Joyce Kirby, placed the high- est of any team from schools of four counties. The prize was a silver cup on which will be engraved the name of the school. Martha Towne won a bronze medal for placing third highest as an individual. The team went to Syracuse on May I5 to compete with winners from other parts of the state. The outcome of the contest, however, was not known at the time the book went to press. J IMMY'S fl DST MCVI E Since it was Jimmyls fifth birthday, I thought I would take him to see his first movie. Little did I realize the embarrassment that I was to suffer in consequence. I made my first mistake before we had even reached the theater, on our way I innocently bought Jimmy a bag of peanuts with shells on them, and we then con- tinued blissfully on our way. When we reached the theater, I bought the tickets and gave Jimmy his, thinking that he would like to hand it to the usher himself. Jimmy, however, didnit see why he should give up his ticket and the usher, firm and relentless, wouldnlt let us in without it, even though he saw it in Jimmy's hand. Matters seemed at a standstill, with me standing helplessly by, when Jimmy suddenly seemed to de- cide that the ticket was of no value anyhow and so gave it to the usher who haughtily waved us into the lobby. I held my breath as we passed through it, not knowing what to expect from Jimmy. Fortunately nothing happened so we started into the theater proper to look for our seats. We didnlt get very far though, because Jimmy simply refused to step an inch farther into the place when he saw it was dark. I felt like grabbing him by the collar and yanking him to a seat, but I knew what would follow if I did, so I refrained. Instead, I meekly recrossed the lobby with Jimmy and humbly and tearfully begged the haughty usher to secure a flashlight and to accompany us to our seats. He glared at us and seemed to be on the point of throwing us both out when the manager appeared so the usher, too, had to pocket his pride as I had done and help us to our seats, pushing us into them a little roughly, I think! but then who could blame him? Thankfully I sat down with Jimmy beside me, thinking that things were all right at last. They were for about two minutes, and then Jimmy started rattling the paper bag that held the peanuts. Not satisfied with this, he started cracking the peanuts and then crunching them between his teeth. Never before had peanuts made so much noise. People turned and glared at me, and one lady even hinted that shc would go to the usher unless the noise was stopped. The mention of that usher was too much for me. I grabbed Jimmie and bore him, yelling and shrieking, out into the lobby and so out into the street. There a policeman grabbed me, thinking, I suppose, that I was kidnaping the still shrieking Jimmy. Had it not been that two friends of mine came along just then and assured the policeman that I was Jimmy's uncle, I think that Jimmy and I would have spent the rest of the day in jail. Doubtfully the policeman finally let us go, and after our release, my two friends grinned and went laughingly on their way. As for Jimmy and me, disgraced and subdued, we slunk home and went to lied. . Dorothy Wenz.