Sherburne Central High School - Monarch / Opus Yearbook (Sherburne, NY)

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Claw fihkioffy N September 1, 1939, Adolf Hitler sent his armies 'across the border into Poland. A week later the Class of 1952, thirty-two strong, marched into the kin- dergarten of Sherburne Central School. This was the start of our long march across the field of education. Our first years in Sherburne Central were quiet years as we learned the rudiments of education and became acquainted with our fellow students and teachers, as well as with the school and the school system. During our final years in grade school, we began to show our talents on the stage. We presented an assembly program, called Old and New Schools , in which we contrasted the way our school was run with the way schools were managed in our parents' day. Gloria Gaines and Mary Wheeler took the part of teachers, while the rest of the class played the role of pupils. The next year, realizing that some of our members possessed dramatic ability, we staged the play, Polly Pop , in the evening so that our parents and friends could enjoy it. Under the direction of Mrs. Hartman and with Dick Crosby taking the main role as Polly Pop, the play was a huge success. While we were enjoying our elementary school days in Sherburne, our friends in Smyrna spent a wandering year in first grade since they moved to three different schools during that year, but they finally ended up in their beautiful new school. After passing uneventful first years, in fifth grade they pre- sented a group of native and European folk dances at a Grade Day assembly. Dramatic presentations for their sixth grade included a Christmas assembly and the Grade Day assembly, which featured a flower fan- tasy. In 1946, the year the Class of 1952 entered the seventh grade, price controls in the United States ended. As we spent our first days in seventh grade, it seemed to us that controls over us had ended also. No longer did one teacher stand over us all day to make sure that our work was done. This was the year we moved from class to class. Our friends from Smyrna joined us in the halls of Sherburne Central this year. Our seventh and eighth grade years passed quickly, and we were ready for the big jump into high school. I 4 4 .lu M bf I HAPPV ' A , H. .. 'K.k,,M4W,,.-f ' The year 1948 was the year that the Berlin Airlift began. This also was the year that we became fresh- men. We must have thought that we were big wheels around school as we started our own paper airlift in study hall. However, we soon learned this was an unwise practice, and with a little help from the teachers, we soon ended it. As freshmen, we numbered sixty-eight with Mrs. Whitney and Miss Bryan as our advisors. With the arrival of our sophomore year, many of our members were getting well established in athle- tics, band, and chorus. This, too, was the year when many of us would be taking regents' examinations for the first time. Our Sadie Hawkins' dance was the main event of this year. Although we were rather amateurish at this sort of work, we did very well. At the annual field day in June, we lost by one point to those hated seniors. FIELD A f N xxlfy X 1 18

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We started our junior year at a rapid pace by en- gaging in the annual magazine sales against the seniors. Even though we lost in the final tabulations against our more experienced rivals, we made a good showing plus a large profit. Our next project was our booth at the School Fair. We worked many long hours to make fudge, which we finally had to sell for taffy. I REIIEIIRSR JR' Y 11:7 After an absence from the stage for four years, we returned in our junior year to present two plays. In the First play, The City Slicker and Our Nell ,jim Franklyn and Gloria Gaines took the main roles with lim Franklyn aringing the house down as he portrayed the city slicker. Dur other play was Drums in the Night , starring Lester Hotaling and Lena Clemens. Our biggest project for our junior year was, of course, the Junior Prom. After spending many nights working on the decorations, which we finally finished by painting stones in history :lass the day of the Prom, we beautified the gym to represent an underwater scene. Gloria Gaines was :hosen Prom Queen. We ended our days as underclass- nen by soundly trouncing the rest of the classes in the innual field day. , . , A 5 gfi?f.,, . gs lg. ,., '. f..v,.-f-:vM,,5k in Mini. ,V g Q91 - ,. QW.. Q pl A ff? J? '49 19 Q 5 , . 1 : .-4. 4 L 3 V 2 m V Seniors! Finally after many years of hard work and struggling, we were Seniors. We had reached our goal toward which we had started on that warm September morning in 1939. Upon starting our senior year, we learned that Miss Brothers would guide us through our final year in high school. To begin our year, we elected capable Dick Crosby as our class president. Once more we had a booth at the School Fair, but this year we left the fudge- making to the juniors. Shortly after this, we started canvassing the town to sell magazines. This year we were victorious over our less experienced, but spirit- ed, rivals even though the issue wasn't decided until the last day when we finally won by a few dollars. We spent the winter months in preparing our yearbook copy. In spite of the long, tiresome hours of work, we really enjoyed this project, and upon completion of our OPUS '52, the entire class was satisfied with a job well done. To finish our year, we are looking forward to a senior play, commencement, and our senior trip. l A is I Our final wishes for success and good fellowship are directed to all of the classes which will follow us through Sherburne Central School. May they enjoy their school days as much as we have ours.