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

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Dear Miss Larcon, I think that I should let you know that I knew John Lake. You were always foremost iin his thoughts and his last request was that I bring you this jewel. Before Lake sealed the note he put a beautiful diamond brooch in it and wrote on the outside in bold hand writing, 6'Miss Larconf' She would find this in the morning, and by that time he would be far away. No one heard him leave as he crept stealthily out into the gray dawn. As he was on the road, there came over his face a sad smile, one of defeat. In a few short hours wedding bells would be ringing and there would be great rejoicing in her home, while he, John Lake, trudged on alone through the many years to come. -CORNELIUS BROWN '28 SCHOOL NOTES SENIOR RECEPTION The annual Senior reception was held in the gymnasium a week or two after school was resumed in September. The Freshmen were bedecked with green ribbons so that other members of the school could distinguish them more easily. In order not to make the evenimng too formal, games were directed by '6Prof Wilson. The Freshmen considered the eats the high spot of the evening. By the time the evening was over, the members of Stamford Seminary were better acquainted. CHRISTMAS PLAY A Christmas play, The Crosspatch Fairies, was presented December 23, 1926, in the Churchill Gymnasium. The cast included members of the first seven grades. The play was under the direction of Miss Folger, and by her talent the play was really a good one. STAMFORD SEMINARY PRIZE SPEAKING CONTEST The Prize Speaking Contest was held in the Gymnasium on Thursday evening, May 5.

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She thinks-'l began Lake. Mrs. Larcon checked him. '6See,', she cried, there they aref, She pointed through the window and Lake saw the girl he loved come slowly down the street beside a tall, handsome looking fellow. He arose unsteadily and said, I will have a smoke in the garden. He hurriedly left the room and once in the garden he dropped down on an old bench and pondered until he was nearly distracted. Suddenly his thoughts were interrupted by soft voices. Grace was saying, George, dear, tomorrow I shall be proud to be your wife. Why should he permit another to take advantage of that false mes- sage from the distant North? He went back to the Inn, where he found Grace and Calvin standing in the hall. The girl turned as Lake came through the door and smiled at him. Mother told me about you, sir, said Grace. She said that you would be staying at the Inn for a time. There' was not a shade of recognition in her eyes. Then Lake retired to a corner where he watched the preparations for dilnner, unobserved. So this man, George Calvin, was rich. He was one who could give her more than he, John Lake. What was a little gold after all? He was just a Wayfarer in the world. He was about to tell her that he was John Lake, but he drew back for that might shatter her happiness. He had brought her jewelry and had thought only of her, but she had forgotten him and believed him dead. She 'came over to him and spoke. You are from the North, I sup- pose? Yes, I am from the North. You are going back? Yes, very soon, very soon. Both his hands and voice quivered as he said, I have not paid for your hospitality, and saying this he laid a large piece of gold upon the table. I may be gone in the morning early.', i You speak so sadlyf' said Grace. She was happy, why should he hurt her by letting his identity be known? He had been through self denial in the solitude of the North. In the little room which had been allotted to him, he sat down and wrote a message:

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The contestants were trained under the supervision of Miss Helen Hubbard. - P R o c R A M - Music-Masonic Orchestra Lasca ---- F. Desprez Viola Eklund The Cross of Gold - - - ..W. 1. Bryan Cornelius Brown The Master's Violin - - - Myxrtle Reed Martha Dibble Song-In Fairy Realms - - Marzo Girls' Chorus The Mission of America - - A. J. Beveridge Irwin Dent The Whistling Regiment - - Harvey Hilda Lynch The F irmament of Memory - - Woodrow Wilson Warren Shaver Song- Spring ---- Hadley Girls' and Boys, Chorus Lincoln - - - Lewis Bates Mildred Ingles Imaginary Speech of John Adams - Webster George Harris A Second Trial - - - Sarah Winter Kellogg Anna Vamosy MusichMasonic Orchestra J U D c E s Prof. Mills, Oneonta State Normal School. Principal Van Dusen, Oneonta High School. Principal Perkins, Hobart High School. The girl to represent Stamford at the contest in Delhi was Miss Viola Eklund. The first prize for the girls went to Miss Anna Vamosy, and sec- ond prize to Miss Hillda Lynch. The Hrst prize for boys went to George Harris, and second prize to Cornelius Brown. Mr. Harris won at the Delhi contest the first prize for boys, and Miss Eklund the second prize for girls. We hope there will be as many contestants in the contest next year and that their splendid work will continue.