Schuylerville Central School - Schuyler Yearbook (Schuylerville, NY)

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As (Others ;S‘rr s Many hooks gathered on the rim of Time that night. There were books from all ages. Books and years have a close connection. What a varied aggregation! There were books which help men abou. re- ligion and to see the right path; there were history books, containing within their covers the stories of the rise and fall of nations; there were famous books for which people had paid large prices. Among them was the Gutenberg Bible which seemed tired, it was so old, bn. nevertheless it radiated cheer and love to all around it; there were books of poetry almost singing; books of science; story books. Some had been well treated; others had many problems. The books were moving restlessly except when they were listen- ing to some book’s story, for they had not had an opportunity to ex- press their feelings in a long time. A dark red book rose. “If the students realized the wonderful events that some of us relate, to say nothing of the trouble of compiling our contents, books would have a different standing among them. There is no use in staying where we are not appreciated,” it said. It had traveled all the way from the library of the Schuylervile High School. A little book, the type from which cheer and faith and confidence are radiated, rose. “1 am sure we are not wholly unappreciated,” it replied. “We do not realize how much our librarian works while some of the students appreciate us enough to spend some of their free pe- riods in taking care of the library. In fact five students have worked as assistant librarians for a period a day during the entire year. They are Raymond Sparling, Leona Bennett, Sylvia Barker, Aileen Cum- mings, and Mary Cudahy. Others who have given their time during a part of the year are Raymond Germain, Ruth Esmond, Thomas Clancy, Dorothy Shearer, James Cochrane, Winnogene Cromie and James Mc- Carty. Many others of the students show that they appreciate us. Each day forty or fifty of them come to the library to consult us or to read us for pleasure. Some days as many as forty of us are taken out by students so that they may read and enjoy us at their leisure. It is our prime duty as well as privilege to help youth to live better lives; to teach them that ‘ It is not only in the rose, It is not only in the bird, Nor only where the rainbow glows Nor in the song of woman heard, But in the darkest meanest things, There something alway, alway sings.’ ” MARY MACKLIN, ’32 Twenty

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(Ehc Jfri'shitmu Class On an exciting day last fall we students of the eighth grade found ourselves seated in the study hall of high school. We had all looked forward to it since we started school. During the winter, as there were no parties or sleigh rides, the girls had inter-class basketball games. At the end of the varsity sea- son, the boys had an inter-class tournament. The Freshmen, as usual, came out at the bottom. We elected class officers under the supervision of Miss Healy. The officers elected were: Wayne Overbagh, our future basketball hero, president; Curtis Betts, who is always leading in all honors, vice presi- dent; Catherine Sirchia, not only because of her penmanship but be- cause of her happy ways, secretary; Dorothy Forbes, one we can trust and like because of her good humor, treasurer; and our well loved teacher, Miss Healy, as class adviser. The Freshmen have had three assembly programs. They were: “King Lazy Bones,” in charge of Miss Shannahan; an imitation of the Fleishman’s Hour, put on by James Carscadden; and a pantomime directed by Miss Healy and Miss Gibson. Although we cannot yet take a trip to Washington, as the Seniors have done, we expect to go to Albany. The Freshmen have been studying hard this year so that they may pass on and become Sophomores next year. WAYNE OVERBAGH, ’35 MARY GRUNER, ’35 Nineteen

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Sealed: Esther Carlson. Edna Periard. Gertrude Urown. Artemise Senev. Standing: James Cochrane. Betty Harvey. Sylvia Barker. Lesley Barker. Mary Reed. James Hoey. (Lite (thrift (Chtb Our Thrift Club is just five years old and still popular among the grade children. During the past five years these children have watched with a feeling of security and satisfaction their small deposits grow to real bank accounts. It is indeed a pleasure to see how enthusi- astic these boys and girls are about thrift. The greatest competition this year has been between the third, fourth and seventh grades. The red banner is awarded to the grade having the highest percentage and the green banner goes to the grade depositing the greatest amount. Grade four has been the proud pos- sessor of the red banner fourteen times while grade three has captured the green banner no less than fifteen times. The highest weekly deposit made by any one grade during the year was $15.80, made by grade seven. The greatest weekly deposit of the combined eight classes amounted to $44.31. The total thrift de- posit for the current year was $940, an average of $22 per week. The boys and girls are to be congratulated for the spirit they have shown as thrift club members and for their commendable efforts to increase the amount of their savings. This habit of thrift, formed in their early life will be an important factor in their later life. The collection of deposits, tabulating of cards and balancing of accounts is taken care of by a group of commercial students who ably fulfill this task and derive from it practical experience in their par- ticular line of work. GERTRUDE BROWN, ’33 Twenty-one