Schenectady High School - Shucis Yearbook (Schenectady, NY)

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E221 THE 51-1UC15 EQ! VOL. XIII Established by the Class of 1900 No. 4 Looking Backward Dear classmates, the time is fast approaching, VVhen to high school we must say farewell. ' Let us survey the past again together, On our last four years let our memories dwell. VVhen as Freshmen we First came here, VVork was strange, friends ever fewg Our part in the school appeared nothing, There was so little we could do. Then as Sophmores, next as Juniors, How quickly those years seemed to pass by, And we became what once seemed mighty, Seniors of Schenectady High P, And now our last year is almost iinishedg High school days are nearly past, And we must take up Iifeis new offers, To do our part in the world at last. And so farewell, dear school of ours, Our last wish is: May happiness bless Teachers, pupils, books, lessons, All that's connected with S. H. Sf' Margaret L. Dalton, Jan? '19. 3 Q

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Bvhiratinn To JVIiss Qflgnes Buck Our Class Dean We, the Senior' Class of january, Nineteen Nineteen of the Schenectady High School Dedicate this Year Book

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Class History It is with mingled feelings that we anticipate the wonderful event, graduation. YVe experience regret because of the fact that our sojourn in Schenectady High School is so fast drawing to a close, and we will have to separate, leaving those two buildings which have grown dear to us during the last four years. Then again we are happy in the thought that we are about to complete a task, and finished labors are pleasant. VVhen we entered Schenectady High we were overcome with awe upon beholding the stern dignity of our teachers and the intricate turn- ings and twistings of seemingly endless halls and winding staircases. VVC were not long in' learning, however,,all the mysteries of these halls and staircases, nor in finding out that our teachers were not as unrelenting as they looked. The joy of being on the honor roll we felt then for the first-and last-time. In our Sophomore year we began to realize that we constituted a part of Schenectady High. Before that, we had hardly dared to dream of such a thing because of the decisive looks cast upon us by the upper classmen if we were brave enough to announce that we were Freshmen. The Juniors we looked up to with reverence, and the Seniors -oh! wonderful beings! VVe fairly worshipped them. VVe became Juniors ourselves in a short time and gloried in that fact. VVC delighted in saying over and over to ourselves that we' were Juniors in Schenectady High, we were in our third year. Then, suddenly, wonder of wonders, we were Seniors! Glory radiated from us. Vile stalked through the halls 'disdainful of Freshmen and all less-high classmen in general. VVQ deigned to look condescendingly on all those who were inferior to us in knowledge and less sophisticated in the ways of Schenectady High than we. Before that time class meetings had been to us tiresome bores, to be evaded whenever possible. Now in our Senior year they became interesting. VVQ are sure We do not know what we would have done without the aid of some'of the members of the class arising on those occasions and expounding to us their ideas of how to guide the graduating class in all its ways. We did not have a Junior Prom, as has been the custom with all classes, because of the conditions existing on account of the war, but our Senior Ball will justify all of that. Our class entertainment took the 4