Schuylerville Central School - Schuyler Yearbook (Schuylerville, NY)

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Standing: Olive Jones, Sports; E. Katherine Gibson, Faculty Adviser; Mildred Haas. Junior Class; Homer Van Derwerker. Sports: Virginia Deyoe, Literary; Jane Upright, Sophomore Class; George Ellis, School Activities; Dora De- Panicis. Freshman Class. Seated: Marion Beaulac, Business Manager; Minnie Nitlty, Typing Manager: James Farrell, Senior Class; Elsie VanDenverker, Editor-in-chief; Mary Cudahy, Art; Eleanor Phillips, Humor. OUR TRIBUTE TO THE STAFF The staff of every school annual has much to do and the staff of our Schuyler is no exception. They have been faithful to their duties, in contributing to the welfare of all. At times it has seemed impossible for them to carry on for this reason or that, but they were ever courageous and did not give up. With the help of Miss Gibson and members of the student body, The Schuyler goes to press. We are sure that the whole school and also the community joins us in thank- ing them for our book. Books are keys to wisdom's treasure; Books are gates to lands of pleasure; Books are paths that upward lead; Books are friends, come, let us read. And so is this Schuyler, the best, we hope, in the history of the Schuyler- ville High School. Six Sylvia Barker, '32.

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THE FACULTY Mr. William F. Spencer—Supervis- ing Principal. Cortland Normal; ILS. New York State College for Teachers; Cornell University— summer session; A.M. Columbia University. Miss H el ex I. S h a n x a i i a x—French. A.It. New York State College for Teachers; Cornell Summer School of Music, 1927, 1929. Miss Dorothy Lasher—Commerce. It.S. in Commerce, New York State College for Teachers. Mrs. William F. Spencer—History. Cornell Summer School; Skidmore College; It.S. New York State College for Teachers; matriculated for A.M. Columbia University. Miss Dorothy Wallace—Latin. A. It. Syracuse University. Miss E. Katherine Gibson—English. Maryland State Normal School; It.S. Colum- bia University. Mr. Verne E. Flood—Physical Edu- cation. Farmington State Normal School, Maine; It.S. Physical Education Y. M. C. A. College, Springfield, Mass. Mrs. Louise H. Wiiitenack—Music. Potsdam Normal School. Mr. William Schultz—Mathe- matics. A.It. Colgate University. Mrs. Amos Jaquith—8th Grade. Plattsburgh Normal. Miss Elizabeth Myers—7th Grade. Professional work St. Lawrence University, Canton, N. Y.; New York State College for T eachers. Mrs. Maude Xortiirup—6th Grade. New York State College for Teachers. Miss Katherine McCarty—5th Grade. Corinth Training Oars. Miss Alyce Boivin—4th Grade. Onconta State Normal; Kindergarten Pri- mary Course. Miss Alice Clancy—3rd Grade. (ienesco Normal. Miss Mary Cooney—2nd Grade. Plattsburgh Normal. Miss Mae Northrup—1st Grade. Ballston Training Class. Five

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AFTER GRADUATION—WHAT? The time is drawing near when we, the Senior Class of 1931, will he leaving our dear high school, and it is time for us to pause and see what the future has in store for us. Will it be success or failure? We must not be so filled with pride and the anticipation of great things that we wish to accomplish that we fail utterly to achieve the goal that we have set out for. I think that each of us has set some goal to work for; at least, we should have done this in our first year at high school and worked toward it during our four years of study there. People tell us that to become successful in any walk of life we must fix our eye on the goal and then aim straight for it. This is true to a certain extent, but high aims, alone, will not get us anywhere if we do not look after the smaller details right now. We should keep one eye on the goal and the other on what is between us and the goal. When we have succeeded in accomplishing one difficult thing we shouldn’t stop there, hut work still harder in order to accomplish another, a still more difficult task. We have had four years of work and play together and we have kept gradua- tion as our aim. Now, I think, we are bound to our teachers, who have worked so faithfully with us. to set a higher goal, and as we set out on our way alone, may we ever work to reach it. Elsie VanDerwekker, '31. OUR APPRECIATION The paper, which brought us the news that Mr. and Mrs. Spencer were leaving our school, left us with a feeling of dismay and sadness. Immediately I thought, “Why, what will the history classes of next year do without Mrs. Spencer to lead them on to correct pronunciation of French terms and to the joys of the high art. with which she so well illustrated her points of view? And. absolutely, the school could not run without Mr. Spencer.” During the days which immediately followed in school, there was an under- current of dark foreboding of the evil to come. Again and again Mrs. Spencer was assured that we could not learn history from anyone except her, although 1 doubt if some of us learned anything even from her. I suppose Mr. Spencer heard many of the same type of heart-rending stories. These were not the only roundabout ways in which they were asked to reconsider their decisions. I heard murmurings of “petitions” coming from the whispering breezes, too. Gradually, however, we became reconciled to the inevitable. Perhaps the new principal would nearly measure up to Mr. Spencer and perhaps we could learn a little history from someone besides Mrs. Spencer. I am sure we shall never forget the Spencers, and we hope that they will think of their Schuylerville students once in a while with pleasant memories; and when I say “May good luck always be with you,” I’m sure that all the high school joins with me. Esther Carlson. '32. Seven