Schuylerville Central School - Schuyler Yearbook (Schuylerville, NY)

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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

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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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MEMORIES OF THE PAST A group of pupils known as the “Seniors,” who are about to end their happy high school days, reflect back to the dear old days when they were just beginning high school. It was on a September morn back in nineteen hundred and twenty-seven that a group of timid children, ranging in age from twelve to fifteen, assembled in the huge study hall to prepare schedules for the coming school year. It was in this same hall that we first became acquainted with our good-natured, ever-willing principal, Mr. Spencer, as well as with an almost entirely new faculty of the high school department. Our first year as freshmen ended uneventfully, as most freshmen years do. Our sophomore year followed along about the same lines except for the fact that we were a changed crowd, which means we were noisier and more sophisticated. In the junior year we worked hard to put across the annual junior prom, which turned out to be a success. As juniors we also enjoyed a picnic at Lake Sunnyside. under the guidance of .Miss Potter and Miss Lasher. We presented Miss Potter with a mesh bag as a farewell token for her kind and earnest work at S. H. S. And now comes the final lap in this four-year marathon as we enter the senior year at Schuylerville High School. At first we had to work diligently to raise funds for our Washington tour and 1 think every senior that went will agree that it was well worth the effort. Just a few more weeks before regents and then everything will be a dream for most of us. At the end of our high school career we shall leave dear old S. H. S. and go out into the world to make our living or continue our school days in college. At this time we all wish to extend our sincere thanks to Mr. Schultz, who has helped us so zealously and whom we are glad to have had with us on our tour of Washington. James Farrell, ’31. To THE CLASS OF ’3l ;wy THE CLASS OF ’34 Greetings: We. the members of the freshmen class of S. H. S., Wish you joy. wish you health and wish you happiness. You are leaving joy behind you. You are entering a new kind. May it bring you pleasant memories Of the joy you left behind. We shall miss you. our first seniors, And the scenes will oft return Of that first year at dear old Schuyler High And for you, we'll sadly yearn. With the last and loving message— And true hope it does not lack— May you always he sincere and true To the Orange and the Black. Light Leslie Barker.