Southside High School - Edsonian Yearbook (Elmira, NY)

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June, Ninefeen Forty-one E D S O N I A N Page Five Board of Directors Principal ............... . . . Clifford M. McNaught, M. A. Director, Commercial ........ Director, Academic . . . . . . . Directo1', Home Economics . .. Director Vocational ........ I Girls' Adviser ...... . . . Educational Adviser . . . . . Clifford L. Harding, B. C. A. Osmond Gr. W.all, M. A. Francis A. Sanford, M. A. Albert E. French, B. S. Mrs. S. Carolyn Austin, B. S. Jarana A. LaBurt, Ed. M. Secretary .......... Rose R. Hoffman Commercial Music Science Benjamin Botnick, B. S. Dorothy E, Connor John A. Barlow, B. S. Ruth M. Cole, B. S. Florence M. Collins, B. S. Marion Connelly, B. S. Elizabeth Grube William F. Stewart, B. A. Donna D. VanAllen, English B. S. Florence Callahan, M. A. Pauline Cooper, A. B. Mabel I. Haupt, M. A. Mrs. Celia E. Hutchins Mary S. Jenkins Helen R. Jones, A. B. Mary C. Lennon, A. B. Ruby H. Smith, A. B. Irene St. John, B. S. Home Economics Irma Carmody, B. S. Jeanette R. Draine, M. A. Edith E. Lee, B. S. Eleanor A. Robinson, Mathematics B. S. on, Ed. M. Helen E. Bower, A. B. Winifred D. Lucy, A. B. Kathleen M. Butler, M. A. Thomas E. Stenson, B. S. Leslie J. Stottle CIndustrial Placement Mgr. James S. Wilson, M. A. D Industrial Arts and Vocational Auto Mechanics Ira D. Maynard Electricity G. Lewis Parsons Machine Shop Varner I. MacRorie Leslie Travis Printing Ralph D. Palmer Related Subjects David W. Allee, B. C. E. Sherman R. Mears, B. S. Sheet Metal and Plumbing Charles E. Tinney Wood Working William M. Lantz Social Studies Margaret F. Flynn, A. B. Myfawny King, B. S. Alice Magenis, M. A. Henry J. Prechtl, A. B. Sylvia Rockwell, B. S. Mabel E. Zimmer, Ph. B. Art and Drafting Mrs. Helen S. Winsor Lynn D. Hunt, B. S. Virgil B. Langworthy, M. A Mrs. Luella C. Bogart, B. S. Stanley W. Krouse, Ruby M. Lee, B. S. Kenneth C. Winsor, Modern Language A. B. B. S. Mrs. Marie H. Adams, A. B. Elsa Brookfield, M. A. Winifred A. Prechtl Latin Madeleine Daly, A. B. Eva A. Spicer, M. A. Minnie M. Baltimore, A. B. QSub.j Librarians Jean M. Barber Margaret Workley, B. S.:, Asst. Physical Education Florence B. Dale Ralph V. Moore, B. A. Roland George, B. P. E. Maintenance Cafeteria Manager Margaret R. Steff School Nurse ell M. Florence Stapleton Head Janitor Otto Ring Engineer James Higgins

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Page Six EDSONIAN June, Nineteen Forty-one p0ur Chief and His Associates u K The Right Thing at the Right Time' '-Miss King. There is no greater test of our true ability, no greater assurance of fu- ture achievement, than a practical understanding of our school motto. Throughout the coming years, that guiding principle must enter into vir- tually every hour of every day. It must be the keynote of each decision, of each spoken word, of every action that guides our lives toward the suc- ccss of which we dream, or the fail- ure which we loathe and abhor. Through our high school years, we have been groomed ,for a distinct place in life. We have become con- scious of an awakened ambition that all men and women should possess. With that ambition, we have parted thc mist of future years and fixed our eyes upon our desired goal in life. Many of us have already taken our first steps upon the road which, through the labyrinth of uncertain- ty, seems to lead toward our ambi- tions of the future. Yet, no such goal is attainable without certain qualities and certain phases of char- acter. We may aim high and far, but without a strong foundation of principle, our aim will never be true -we shall fall short of our target. There are many qualities that need be listed as essential to our success: honesty, perseverance, loyalty, de- pendability, and vision, to name but a few. Yet the finest blending of these qualities is quite useless with- out that one keystone for the struc- ture of our future lives- The right thing -thanks for everything, Miss King. The right time -right now. Writeups by Dorothy Call Loyalty is that quality which prompts a person to be true to the thing he undertakes. Mr. Mc- Nazught. There is no greater guarantee of successful accomplishment than a love of the task undertaken. Yet, coupled with that love, is another force, equally indomitable, equally essential - - - the force of loyalty. There can be no great accomplish- ment, no lasting triumph in any work without a deep, unswerving devotion that must drive us forward to final achievement. Verbal or mental acceptance of any task must be coupled with a sincere determina- tion to bring it to a successful con- clusion, to be loyal to all it may require of us by way of strength, fai,h, or perseverance. We must be true to that which we believe in, whether it be work, or friends, or ideals. In that faith, we shall find a true strength. f'If you are careless, slipshod, in- different, nature assumes that you wish to be a nobody, and grants your wish. Success hinges on loyalty. Success is not an incalculable quality which, like a wandering vsdll- o'-the-wisp, rests aimlessly upon one man's shoulders or upon another's. It is the hard earned reward of men and women who have not been afraid to face life squarely, who have never hesitated to work and fight for that laurel of achievement which we have labeled, success It is the out- growth of ceaseless effort, diligence, and toil, of great caution, persever- ence, and a never lagging interest in that work itself. Indifference, lack of enthusiasm, and consequent disloyalty to our work or interests, constitute strong dissentions to suc- cess, so strong, indeed, that they may well be the forerunners to com- plete failure. !Don't let your education stop with graduation! '-Mr. Stottle. 'With the 'completion of our sen- ior year, we have passed through the doorway that opens. upon the thres- hoid of our future.? We shall have reached the fifst goal of every young scholar, the goal of graduation. Yet it is with some feeling of humility that we may well pause to look back upon the past four years of high school work - - - work which has partially prepared us for the years to come. The training, the increased un- derstanding of life, the practical knowledge that we now possess are worthy both of our pride and of a new feeling of security. Yet, they are but the preliminary hulwark be- hind which we pass over that thres- hold into the future we must now attempt to build for ourselves. The building of that future shall have but scarcely begun with graduation, E , K and by the same token, so shall our education have but passed through the first phases of its development. Never should we attempt to shut the doors of knowledge the moment that we have passed across that stage with diplomas in our hands. That piece of paper represents much to our eyes, yet it does not mean that there is no further need for expansion of education and growth of mind. We must continue to seek more knowledgeg We must continue training our minds by reading, talk- ing, and remaining ever alert to all that is about us. The portals leading to learning are ever wide, barring no one who desires to pass beneath their arched way. Regardless of whether or not our formal education shall have reached its conclusion with graduation, the doors of learn- ing will always remain open. Every- day has its lesson and education is synonymous with life.