Schuylerville Central School - Schuyler Yearbook (Schuylerville, NY)

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S liUYLER ST Ah'.• Seated: .Mary McDermott. Activities: Mary rudahy. An; Bessie Booth, Classes; Mary Reed. Classes; Sylvia Barker. Editor-in-' hief; Mildred Mans. Business Manager; Barbara Potter. Sports; Bet tv Harvey. Literary; Leon i Bennett. 'U Standing: Alice Smith. Circulation; E. K uherine Gibson. Adviser: James Hoey. Sports; Charles Nichols. Advertising; .I.jmes Cochrane. Humor; Ruth Esmond, Literary. Harriet Birch. the Typ- ing Manager, is not in the picture. Hite Ini' nf ublirntimts One of the most interesting of all the extra-curricular activities is publications. It is not only instructive for the student engaging in the work itself, but is also enjoyed by the great majority of the stud- ents. Those not belonging to the publications group have watched with anticipation each Tuesday to receive a copy of the ECHOES. Xow we have another product of publications, THE SCHUYLER. Every student in high school has had the opportunity to contribute to our annual. Many contributions have been accepted and are contained within these pages. It is evident then that the work of publication also gives students the means of en’arg’ng their literary experiences. If a person wished to measure for himself the grade of work done in Schuylerville High School, THE SCHUYLER would be the best source of opinions for him. He would see for himself on the the print ed page the extent of the intelligence and the range of the interests of our students. This could be done any number of years after the pub- lication of the annual. THE SCHUYLER, with its many articles on various subjects, represents the “cream of the crop” among our literary efforts. Continued on Page 38 Seven

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PUBLICATIONS GROUP First Row: Jack Cummings. William Loomis. James Cars cad den, Patsy Nardelli. Alan Meader. Second Row: Barbara Potter. Ruth Esmond. Alice Smith. Sylvia Barker. Artemise Seney, Leona Bennett, Mary Cudahy. Third Row: Edith DeGrechie. Bessie Galusha. Lesley Barker. Dorothy Shearer. Joseph DeGrechie, James Hoev. Harriet Birch. Ernestine Miner. Grace Russell. Bessie Booth, Pauline Petralia. (triune itf ;§'♦ 3i. ,5'. Have you ever stopped to think, when reading a copy of the “Echoes,” of the busy and industrious group who make up the publi- cations staff? Every Tuesday and Thursday there is a grand rush for Senior room and publications meeting is on. When publications was first organized, we were divided into two groups, each with its own particular staff and members. The two groups, namely Group 1 and Group 11, competed with each other in putting out a bigger and better “Echoes” each week. Hut finding that this did not work so well, we combined the two groups, revised the staff, and with the concentrated efforts of both groups endeavored to publish a still better “Echoes” every two weeks instead of weekly. The work in publications has proved interesting as well as instruc- tive under the capable supervision and direction of Miss Gibson. We have accomplished a great deal and now, with the addition of a few new members, have attempted also to put over the “Schuyler.” We leave it to you—have we succeeded? Six ALICE SMITH, ’33

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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