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

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- e -f f 4-e---as -s at ur Trip t HALL ABOARD THE 2:37 MONDAY MORNINGXV This was the call that twenty-one seniors and Mrs. Prichard and Mr. Trask answered. One would think that the trip down to New York might be a good time to snooze a bit. Quite the contrary, everyone seemed wide awake. We arrived in New York at seven-thirty and immediately went to Hotel Chesterfield and got ourselves established. The first important job was breakfast and everyone seemed to have a good appetite. At eleven o'clock, we went to Music Hall in Radio City to see Reap the Wild Windi' and the stage show. This is the largest theater in the world with a seating capacity of six thou- sand two hundred. The ceiling of the theater is a great dome and the lighting effects are very beautiful. The picture and stage performance were both very good and the enti1'e group seemed to enjoy them. Monday evening at seven o'clock, we took the guided tour of Rockefeller Center. This, the huge mid-city development which com- prises twelve acres of land, is the greatest building ever undertaken under a single own- ership. This project is built on land bought from Columbia University, and in time the whole project will be reverted to the Univer- sity. On this tour we saw eleven different build- ings: The British Empire Building, La Maison Francaise, the Palazzo d'Italia, the Interna- tional Building and a twenty-seven story office building. On the west side of Rockefeller Cen- ter is Radio City which comprises the R. C. A. Building, seventy stories high, on top of which is the observatory. From this observatory, we had an excellent view of New York City at night. This was a very beautiful sight. The other buildings in Radio City are the R. K. 0. PAGE TWENTY-FOUR ew York Building and the Radio City Music Hall and Center Theater. The R. C. A. Building contains seventy sto- ries and rises eight hundred and fifty feet in the air. Within its walls are offices, broadcast- ing studios, roof gardens, restaurants, theaters and shops. On the eleventh floor of the R. C. A. Building are the gardens of the Nations, thir- teen in all. These have smooth lawns, shrubs, and flowers. In front of the main entrance to the R. C. A. Building, we saw the sunken plaza eighteen feet below street level. This plaza contains fountains and gardens where dancing is en- joyed in summer and skating in the winter. The R. C. A. Building also contains the fa- mous Rainbow Room and Rainbow Grill. This is so named from the color of the organ set in a white dome over a revolving dance floor. lt has crystal chandeliers, jade green chairs and flashing mirrors. The New York Museum of Science and ln- dustries called the '4Hall of Motion is on the ground floor of the R. C. A. Building. Une IIIUSI see this Radio City to really appreciate the wonder of it. After visiting Rockefeller Center, we next went to see Tommy Dorsey's Orchestra and Bob Hope in HI Married a Blonde , at the Paramount Theater. When this show was over it was midnight, so after a bite to eat we returned to the hotel for much-needed rest. Tuesday morning we took the guided tour of upper and lower Manhattan Island. This covered the entire island giving us a sight of the slum sections, and business, and fine resi- dential sections. New York City consists of five boroughs: Manhattan, The Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens, and Richmond. Manhattan has twen- ty-two square miles and a population of one million, nine hundred and eighty thousand.

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., f.v.C 4 Industrial rts and Defense AT THIS CRITICAL PERIOD in the history of our country, Industrial Arts are especially important. With the ever increasing shortage of help in indus- try, more and more of our boys and girls are finding opportunities to step into trades at the close of their school days. Industrial Arts courses are not organized to prepare students for specific trades but serve their pur- pose by showing what the different trades are like with regard to materials used, types of work done, requirements for entrance, financial returns and chances of advancement. The preparation for the trades is left to vocation courses. During the past year, Industrial Arts departments throughout the country were asked to participate in the movement to prepare for war. Scale model airplanes, 500,000 of them, were urgently needed by the Army and Navy for the training of military and civilian pilots, airplane spotters, and many others who are concerned with the recognition and range estimation of our planes and those of the Axis nations. Our school received a set of 50 planes which our students have been building for the past two months. Included in the set are bomber, fighter and observation planes of the United States, England, Russia, Germany, Italy and Japan. These models are solid models and must be made to exact scale. This requires the ability to read drawings, a knowledge of materials as well as the use of tools. Many of our students are qualifying for the Certificates of Award which are given by the U. S. Navy, Bureau of Aero- nautics, for the completion of one or more models which pass the final inspection. Until this year, Industrial Arts courses were offered as electives only, but with the addition of another course this year, the State Education Department granted its approval for both major and minor sequences in the field of Industrial Arts. This should mean a much larger enrollment in these courses in the future. Glee Club THE GLEE CLUB, under the direction of Mrs. Reilly, meets on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays, the eighth period. During the past year this organ- ization has given many entertainments for the public. It has presented numbers at Christmas time and plans to do some more for graduation in June. Three singers from this school have represented the Glee Club in Ilion: Betty Tuttle, Joyce Perkins, and Helen Bawol. On the whole, this club has had a successful term and looks forward to having many new members next year. Library Club THE LIBRARY CLUB holds its meetings every Monday in the library. The club is made up of fifteen members and their advisor, Mrs. Jenks. The following officers were elected: President, Esther Terns, Vice-President, Rosemarie Blackstone, and Secretary, Winifred Ebert. The activities of the club are rather limited, but the club has had sev- eral parties this year and most of the members find that the club is really worthwhile. PAGE TWENTY THREE

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lfxff 7 ' v' C 4 On this trip we say many interesting sights, a few of which I will mention. We saw the statue of Washington which stands in front of Federal Hall where Washington was in- augurated president, the oldest church built about 1750 and still being used, and the Cathe- dral of St. .lohn the Divine. This building is French Gothic style of architecture. When completed it will be the largest Gothic Cathe- dral in the world. The church is being built on donations and when completed will be without debt. The seven chapels, the nave, crypt, baptistry and the choir have been com- pleted. Since 1924 over fourteen million has been contributed but it will require many millions more to complete it. It was in the choir of this church that Walter Voll sang be- fore he came to Sauquoit. Down at the harbor we saw the Normandie lying on its side. On Fifth Avenue we passed a horse and carriage. These belong to a little old lady who has never ridden in an automobile, but every day takes her ride in her carriage with her driver. We drove through Chinatown and Harlem, thru the Bowery and saw the house where Al Smith was born. We visited Grantis Tomb on River- side Drive and looking up the river from here we saw the famous George Washington Bridge. We saw the Woolworth Building which is sixty stories high and for eighteen years was the highest building in the world. We also saw the Empire State Building which is now the highest building with one hundred and two stories and 1265 feet high, and the Chrys- ler Building which is the second highest struc- ture in the world. It is 1046 feet high and has 77 stories. We stopped at Battery Park and saw the aquarium from the outside. This is no longer used as an aquarium but is to be used by the Navy. These are only a few of the many inter- esting sights we saw on this trip. Tuesday afternoon part of the group went with Mr. Trask to the Yankee Stadium to see the ball game between the Yankees and the Browns which ended in a three to one victory for the Browns. The rest of the group went with Mrs. Prichard to the Empire State Build- ing. Here we took the elevator to the obser- vatory and got a view of New York in the day- time. We also visited some of the stores includ- ing Macyis, Gimbel's and Saks. Tuesday evening we went to see Abe Ly- manis band and the picture MLarceny , star- ring Edward G. Robinson. At eleven-thirty we went to see the CBS Broadcast of the Sanka Coffee Hourw. This was very interesting and amusing with Harry Vonzell the Master of Ceremonies. Wednesday morning was open to the indi- viduals to do what they chose. Some went to Saint Patrick's Cathedral, the finest example of Gothic Architecture in America. Others went to the Museum of Art, the rest went shopping. Most of the group took the trip on the ferry to Staten Island. On the way you pass Bedloe Island on which stands the Statue of Liberty. This is really an imposing statue guarding the entrance to our free land. We also saw Ellis Island, the stopping place for immigrants be- fore they are admitted to our country. We all enjoyed riding in the subways and found that you can travel a long way for a nickel. At one-thirty Wednesday we left our hotel for the Grand Central depot and our return home. When we arrived at the train we found that we had a special coach to ourselves, one of the modern, comfortable type with adjus- table seats. We enjoyed our trip home very much because we had all kinds of diversions and plenty of eats. The Senior Class feel that their trip was a great success both from the standpoint of edu- cation and fun. For the short time spent in New York each one feels that they gained a fair knowledge of this great city. PAGE TWENTV FIVE