Stamford Union Free School - Camera Yearbook (Stamford, NY)

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CLASS HISTORY '27 ln September, 1923, we climbed the second flight of stairs, making a bold ascent from the preliminary to the high school department. As soon as we had learned our A, B, C's in respect to the rooms, we called our frol- icsome Freshmen class together in room C and elected our class officers: Hilda Lynch, as President, Raymond Govern, as Vice-President, and Ger- trude Decker, Secretary and Treasurer. The dignified Seniors initiated us into High School by a reception given for us early in September. As students we were dumb but the succeeding classes show no improve- ment, so it's well that we reached High School when we did. At the end of our first year we went to Cooperstown Lake for a picnic with Miss McPhee as chaperon. As Sophomores in '24, we chose as our class officers Raymond Govern as President, Gertrude Decker, Vice-President, and Bessie Canfield, Secre- tary and Treasurer. We elected George Lewis as our council member. We soon planned a roast to be held at Utsayantha Lake. Miss Mahony was our chaperon. This was an eventful trip and lingered in our minds for some time. After this we studied and we did not have another trip until June. Just after Regents we went on a picnic with the Junior class to the Devil's Kitchen and enjoyed ourselves immensely. As Juniors, we were fewer in number but not in spirit. We elected Gertrude Decker as President, George Stevens as Vice-President, and Bessie Canfield as Secretary and Treasurer for class officers, and Raymond Govern and James Moore to represent us in the students' council. ln January Ray and James joined the Senior class, so we elected Bessie Canfield and Hugh MacLaury for the rest of the year. We chose Miss Cowles as our faculty advisor. '- September twenty-second we went on our roast with the Sophomore class at the old club house, Miss Coon and Mr. Wilson acting as chaperons. After the roast we went to the new club house and enjoyed ourselves danc- ing and playing games. In January we picked out our Senior rings. Early in April we began to look forward to raising some money for our Washington trip for our Senior year. April twenty-fourth we had our first bake sale, making about eighteen dollars. May twenty-first we put on a vaudeville sketch, Foiled by Heck, and a comedy, f'Billy's Chorus Girl. These were great successes and we cleared about fifty dollars. On June fourth we held our Junior Prom, and under Miss Cowles'

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HUGH MAC L AURY MARY MOORE HOWARD RAYNQR RESSIE GANEIELD JOHN GRAY HELEN LAUX KATHERINE HASTINGS GEORGE STEVENS ADA MABEY IRWIN DENT LESLIE WILGOX ROMIETT GAYLORD GERTRUDE DEGKER ASTRID EKLUND

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supervision it was made a grand occasion. We took in one hundred and twenty-four dollars, clearing about forty. Thus we closed our Junior year with a neat sum in the treasury for our trip to Washington. After school was closed we enjoyed our annual picnic at Pine Lake. Mrs. Griffin was our chaperon. When school opened again in ,26 we felt somewhat better acquainted with Stamford Seminary than when we were Freshmen. We very soon or- ganized our Senior class, choosing Irwin Dent as President, George Stevens as Vice-President, and Bessie Canfield as Secretary and Treasurer. Sep- tember twenty-first we held our reception for the incoming Freshmen. We ordered ninety-six dollars worth of candy and sold this during the next few weeks. We also had a bake sale to start the year. The last of October we had a Hallowe'en social in the Churchill Memo- rial Building and cleared forty dollars. Harpersfield also put on a play, Down East, about this time and we received one-half the receipts, our share amounting to eighteen dollars. In December we solicited advertisements for a calendar. In this way we raised twenty-five dollars and had two hundred and fifty attractive class calendars to distribute. December twentieth the Senior talent gave a play, uAt the End of the Rainbow, which brought in one hundred and thirty-seven dollars. Janu- ary fourth we took the play to Grand Gorge and made forty-four dollars. January twenty-ninth we held a bake sale at Tooley 8: lVlcAlpine's store. This was the third in the series of five bake sales which we held to raise money for our expected trip. On February fourteenth we held a Valentines Card Party. We still lacked a considerable sum from the amount we desired, so we arranged with the Senior class of Hobart to give their play in the Churchill Memorial Building. In this way we raised fifty dollars more. We sold arm bands and skull caps of the school colors and two hundred and eighty-eight dol- lars worth of candy during the year. On April fifth we gave a movie at the Churchill Gymnasium which closed our money raising campaign with a total of six hundred and forty- five dollars in the treasury. April fifteenth we started on a ten day trip to the national capitol and New York City. We went by way of Harrisburg and Gettysburg and came back through Philadelphia and New York. We all enjoyed a wonderful time and concluded a most educational trip.