Schuylerville Central School - Schuyler Yearbook (Schuylerville, NY)

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Otc SettiuT (Class The Senior class of ’J2 has not had four years of smooth sailing on a smiling sea. There have been dissensions, and often we have found ourselves in the slough of despair. Yet when I think it over, I believe that, after all, we may be glad even of the storms we have met. We have come through everything with fair success, and certainly we are better for our experiences. There were practically no Freshman or Sophomore activities along social lines during those two years, but it was there that we were lay- ing a basis for future scholastic and athletic honors. The outstanding event of our Junior year was, of course, the Prom which we continue to be proud of to this day. Our Senior year has been the year of testing our caliber, it might be said. It is in this year, perhaps, that we have experienced our deepest feelings, both of despondency and ecstasy. Our money-making propositions seem to be enlightening and quite plausible now that they form part of the past. 1 hope we shall all benefit by our mistakes when future occasions arise as far as money-making is concerned. I suppose each Senior class is the same in this respect, because it always seems to underclassmen that the difficulties are not there until they are actually in them. The two crowning events of the four years in high school are the Washington trip and graduation. The one far surpasses all expecta- tions in rich experiences of beauty and splendor. The other is yet to come. I don’t yet know whether we shall greet it with laughter or tears, but at any rate we have had four years of high school fun which no one can take from us. ESTHER CARLSON, ’32 Continued from page 8 ARE WE AWAKE desire to gain more knowledge. Or it may he that his hero is a well educated scholar, and therefore he will apply himself to study because he wants to be like his hero. A book, a story, an ambition may also serve to stir up the drowsy faculties of the student. Suppose, for instance, that the boy wants to become an electrical engineer. He must have a high school education in order to fit himself for the institution of higher learning. So we see that while physical and mental sleep have their advan- tages, they furnish rest for the mind and body, mental and physical alertness are much more important. Physical alertness furnishes an opportunity for seeing the world; mental alertness makes it possible for the student to advance to higher learning. Nine SYLVIA BARKER, ’32

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Ari' laU' Aliutlu' “A sleeping fox catches no poultry.” If you were to peek into one of the rooms of our high school at noon, to wander through the halls when classes change, or to observe a ball game during gym period, vcu would have no doubt but that we are all wide awake. But this wakefulness of ours concerns only our physical selves. Mentally many students are walking, working, and thinking while overcome by sleep. One of the causes for this mental sleep is lack of physical sleep. The person who is sleepy in the classroom cannot be wide awake men- tally. Another cause for such mental lethargy is inability to throw oil the malady. One becomes so accustomed to sleeping mentally that he is in a sort of trance. This mental slumber results in laziness and ignorance, and may even lead to crime. When the student is lazy he will learn little and will, therefore, be ignorant. The mind, if not occupied with the good things of life, of literature, and of science, has a tendency to fill itself with things of lesser consequence, and the result too often is crime. Students who are asleep mentally lack interest in studies, in sports, in clubs, and in other outside activities, and are generally inattentive. Mental sleep has few advantages. Its greatest good is that it permits the mind to rest while the body is still working. Do you sleep all of the time? Of course not! How foolish of one to think that! Sometimes one may wake from a most enjoyable nap to find himself the object of a joke. How angry he is with himself for having yielded to sleep. He may even find that he has missed a beau tiful view or an exciting event by falling prey to those forty winks of sleep. Train yourself to sleep at the correct time and in the right place Physical awakening may be a difficult experience. You may want to sleep a little longer if your hours of sleep have been short. But the insistent ting-a-ling of your alarm clock finally succeeds in getting you out of bed. The effort employed in waking from physical sleep, how- ever, is feeble enough in comparison with that required for waking from the long winter’s nap in which some people indulge upon arriving in high school. Intellectual alarm clocks are needed for this awakening. Some teachers are intellectual alarm clocks. They have such a magnetic per- sonality that you are really forced to work hard to attain a high scho- lastic record. Class projects, such as scrapbooks, posters, and hikes may also serve as such alarm clocks. Another alarm clock is hero-worship. A freshman may have as his ideal an upperclassman or one of the nation’s celebrities. He will learn all that he can about his hero, and, in the learning, acquire a keener Eight Continued on Page 9

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JAMES HOEY Jim is president of the class; His fortune’s on the make. Stand up folks and let him pass 'Cause he sure takes the cake. BETTY HARVEY Betty is a spunky kid Who loves to boss a task; To her be sure to doff your lid— She doesn’t need a mask. JAMES COCHRANE Jimmy is a funny child Who likes to criticize; He is so very meek and mild. You’d never black hif eyes. KATHLEEN COFFIN Let’s take our hats right off to Kay She sure know how to write. She does her work ’most every day; She surely is all right. CORA WILLIAMS Cora worries 'bout her work; She does it every day: She’s the kind that doesn’t shirk; She thinks it doesn’t pay. DOROTHY SHEARER Dot can act quite peaceably And work with all her might; She seldom sees things favorably And seems to like a tight. SYLVIA BARKER Who puts her work upon the rack To suit us to a Tf Who puts us square upon the track f Why. efficient 8. M. B.l ESTHER CARLSON Esther leads in scholarship; She really takes first place. From her manners take a tip; We like her quiet face. MARY CUDAHY Mary from the Emerald Isle How you can draw and paint! We sure do like your sunny smile; Too bad I You’re not u saint. ERNEST PROVOST Ernie to his business tends; He rarely stops for fun. His pathway slowly upward wends; Hard work he will not shun. Ten