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

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Lawrence as v1ce presldent and Anna Ctnneld as seeretary and treasurer We at once welcomed the new members to hlgh school w1th a receptlon All took part 1n games and danc1ng and later refreshments were served Every one seemed to have a good t1me Upon gatherxng together our cast for A Buneh of Fun , we found that w1th httle praet1ee we eould present the play agaln Actlon was 1mme d1ately taken and early 1n the fall the pl ay was g1ven 1n Jefferson and W1ndham Now we htd presented our umor play 111 most of the ne1gh bormg towns and some new plan had to be de v1sed Th1S dlfflculty was solved by hold1ng a serres of bake sales In thrs way about one hun dred and fifty dollars was reahzed Because of the large number 1n the class It was necessary to earn a greater amount of money so that our tr1p could be taken Cmdy was sold and a card party was held but we dee1ded that xt would be necessary to fmd some greater source of meome so we gathered together the talent of our elass and on March 2? and 24 we presented After You I m Next rn the gymnaslum Mr Hanulton and Mlss Danlels were our dlrectors The play wts a great success and we were fortunate 111 havmg good weather so that our gate recerpts brought us about one hundred and nmety dollars Th1S put us at ease con ernrng our financral affa1rs and gave us t1me to prepare for our well earned hol1day m the cap1tol Clty On Frrday Aprxl 6, chaperoned by Mlss Dan lels and Mr Hamllton a jolly group of twenty started at SIX a m for Wash1ngton It was hardly posslble to have a better t1me than we had durmg IX our ten day sojourn Wlth all the attract1ons of the e1t1es and the h1stor1eal plaees sueh as the bat tlefield at Gettysburg to entxee us we could not allow ourselves even t1me to rest In Wlshmgton we v1s1ted nearly all our gov ernment bllllfllllgb and places of mterest The ex perlenee of course was of great value to us, not only because of the pleasure lf afforded but also beetuse of the knowledge wh1ch lt enabled us to Obtdlll easlly Alter return1ng home we were xsked to put on our play 111 Smalley s New Theatre We gladly aeeepted tlns 1l'1V1t3.t10l1 s1nce It gave us a chance to start ra1s1ng money for the pubhshlng of the Camera Slnee that t1me we have been taklng part lll the P1'Odl1Ct1OIl of a school book wh1ch we hope w1ll be a suceess Cornehus Brown was elected ed1tor 1n eh1ef Angelyn Lawrence assistant edltor 1n chlef Beatrlce Cronk and Anne Moore, adver ager Margaret Hamllton athlet1c editor and Wa1nwr1ght Potter, joke ed1tor The rest of the class as assoc1ate edltors are backlng the staff to the best of therr ab1l1t1es And now as the four years draw to a elose 1nd we look back over them we feel that they have bee11 the happlest days of our llves and wlsh rn some way to express our gratltude to dear old Stamford Sem1nary for her careful gu1dance We w1ll endeavor to show our worthmess of th1s con stant eare by belng a cred1t to our beloved Almt Mater MFB28 A J 1 g . 1 . , I Y I 2 x I . l . . E 1. . E 7. 3 E' ' E , E ' ' ' 5 9 E 1 ' , 1 s s s 2 ' I I ' I a . ,, A ' N , 4, V ' ,Q J V A . 3 ' bf S T D I Q . I - 2 f - . I ' ' ' ' . 2 5 ' 2 I ' , se nw K' V . I . r A ' ' 5 t A 2 g I I . f. is . 3 3 , . . , 1 E' l , I, . V I I . . , ' - , t1s1ng managersg Warren Shaver, busmess man' v ' ' l .K ' a . , 1 l as, - - ' . r V . , , . 'I I -' I , . ' , 2 A 3 ' 3 C D lv f' , t I v ' ' ' , Q 6 ' ' e z . , . . 1, . , ' Ee' fr S .' ifergtg .f f W4 l. I 1'7 THE 1928 CAMERA

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C5lve HISTORY OF THE CLASS of '28 --0-il'I0,'Q325.5ll9l+ NDER the careful superv1s1on of Mrs Soears a large and ambltlous class passed from the e1ghth grade m une of 24 and became proud members of the academ1c depart ment Here we were greeted by a large number of puplls from rural schools and our class 1ncreased to forty SIX students Such a large class found lt dxfhcult to choose ofllcers Our first meetxng ended w1th M1ss McPhee as class adv1sor FFHHCIS Govern as presxdent Naoma Effner as v1ce pres1dent and Cornel1us Brown as seeretary and treasurer Among our first soclal affa1rs was the recept1on QIVCII by the class of 25 Shortly after th1S we held our hrst hot dog roast at the Country Club Wlth M1ss Mahoney and Mr Duncan as chap erones Nothmg out of the ordmary happened durmg the w1nter months except that we eelebrat ed on one cold n1ght by go1ng on a slexgh r1de to br1ghten up our sp1r1ts Among the first act1v1t1es for the purpose of earnmg money was an attempt to do what Fresh men had never done before to hold a bake sale Two bake sales prov1ded about flfty dollars Thxs sum enabled us to have a good tlme at Coopers eroned on th1S trmp by MISS McPhee A spec1al boat was hlred and we went around the lake Due to the large number of pup1ls It was found neees sary to hlre ears Because of th1s fact we were re lleved of all of our money and only the thoughts of our good tnne rema1ned for the startmg of our Sophomore year In September of 26 we began our Sophomore year The flrst dec1s1ve movement on our part was the ealhng of a elass meetlng We were sorry to see that our class had deereased unt1l only twenty SIX puplls rema1ned However, we came 11nmed1 ately to the KOPIC 1n d1SCL1SS1011 and eleeted elass ofhcers MISS Mahoney was ehosen elass adv1sor Margaret Hannlton as pres1dent John Gray as v1ce pres1dent, and Angelyn Lawrence as secretary and treasurer As Sophomores our m1nds became more settled and we began our h1gh school work 1n earnest The class aet1v1t1es were few but we managed to take first prlze 1n the 1nterclass song composmg contest Thus we added another snceess to our l1st and began to prepare for our Junlor year Tlus year we ehose MISS Coon as elass advlsor Angelyn Lawrence as pres1dent Margaret Ham1l ton as v1ce pres1dent and C0fIl6l1US Brown as see retary and trelsurer Early 111 the year a hot dog roast was held at the Country Club w1th M1ss Coon ani Mr W1lson as chaperones A few weeks later our class began plans for earmng money After due cons1derat1on lt was declded that the best money mak1ng scheme was the pre sentmg of a play Before any act1on had been tlken to forward th1S deslgn however the Semors who were St1'1V11lg to obtam sufhc1ent money for the1r Washmgton tr1p asked us not to start earn mg money unt1l they had limshed For th1s reason we d1d not put on a play unt1l about Easter tlme We selected the play A Bunch of Fun , and w1th M1ss Hubbard as dlrector we were soon able to stage 1t 1n Davenport on Aprll 8 Two weeks llter we gate the play 1n the gymnaslum and our gate rece1pts amounted to about one hundred and fifty dollars Inv1tat1ons were received from ne1ghbor mg sehools urgmg us to put on our play 111 the1r towns Owmg to the short t1me wh1eh rema1ned before Regents we were able to glve our play 111 Roxbury 1nd Hobart only In both of these towns we made cons1derable sums of money Wlth our bank aeeount 1nereased thus by the proceeds of our play, we were enabled to make our un1or Prom on May 25 a great success No ex pense was spared ln deeorat1ng the gymnasmm and havmg a good orehestra Vve were well rewarded for our labor by the large crowd wh1eh gathered at our dance and the proceeds were sueh that the aet1v1t1es of our Jun1or year eould be ended w1th over two hundred dollars 111 the bmk On the Siturday of Regents week we held our p1en1e at Sllver Like ehiperoneel by M1ss Coon The tr1p was made more Jolly by 1011111152: the Soph omores who held the1r p1Cl11L there on the same a Our Sen1or year has been by far the most fun and the one IH wh1eh many of us have worked the hardest earmng money for our Washlngton tr1p We orgamzed at onee Ll10OS1Ilg M1ss Danlels as class advlsor GLOIQC Harrxs ts 171 L,S1C.lC1'1t Angelyn I ' ' 1 . Y . I . J y A -a , ' 'B , 1 r , 1 1 ' '3'r . I . 4 . 1 L I . K , . y , . l . . H 8 , , , . . ' 1 C . L - 1 - ' ' I ' 5 3 3 W . N ' f 5 1 9 . . . f . 1 I ' - ' I 7 1 A . . ,- l LL 51 ' , N, , , . . - . . l . R s V ' 1 l ' x I D ' .1 3 'H ' sl . ' I , ' . . ' . 5 . ' S , I . 1 5 ' - ' - . , , 1 l t 1 town at the end of the school year. We were chap' r , A Q ' 5 . I Y ' , ' I -T I T T .3 . 1 w ' J ' , ' . f . V I 3 . 4 L I s 1 I V ' , - 7 , , Q 1 x .1 5 H T U T K 4 n P I T - Q N x - f ' 1 . ' ' . . , r I ', S 2 1 w N w S 5 V ' . I ' 1 , - y Q V I' '- ' V 2 N, 1 Q 1 x D . . , . , . , - , , , . . f d y. , , .Q I , 3 , l I r I . 5' ' v K ' I . . . ' ' ' , , . , . ' 1 V - N - ' ' . ' . , V . , . . , 7 L , , -K . Q , , . STAMFORD SEMINARY

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C5lae PROPHECY OF THE CLASS of 28 -+-I0llC',238ZL',9ll6I+- HO would have thought that out of our m1dst an mventor would make his appear anee' XVhen I fII11Sl'1Cd sehool I seeured 1 13051121011 111 the Ed1son Eleetrical Researeh and devoted my t1me to the study of rad1o frequency waves After eonstruetmg a tube which stepped down the enaanatxons of the beta rays to an aud1o frequeney I was able to lntercept from the a1r both hght and sound waves 1n sueh a way that they eould be reprodueed lonw after they had been or1g 111 1ted By a meehameal proeess 1nvolv1ng the use of this new type of tube a vitaphone and tele v1s1on all of wh1eh were operated by a keyboard sueh lS 1 typewr1ter It was poss1ble for me to re 1d the past as well IS the present aetlons and vxords of 111y of the many ID1ll1OI1 mhabxtants of the e 1rth While adjustnaq the maehlnery and 1'l1I'lI'l1l'l0' 1eross the keys at random I typed my sister s name Sun enough' The tElLV1SlOl'1 gave a elear plcture Miry was just stoppmg her Stutz roadster 1I'l front of a large jewelry store A young man came out of the budding sm1l1nff ev1dently he knew her I IISIILIILCI to the xitaphone and what do you know? He was the owner of the establ1shment and their fr1endsh1p was strong What fine 1dea that QIVCS me' Now I can see the pletures of all my old sehool fr1ends and find out just how the world has used them since fave years 190111 '78 Anna Canheld IS f1rst on the program She had been our seeretary and treasurer 111 our SCIIIOI' year 111d she surely guarded our finances well Now she IS the governors prxvate seeretary No not boxerno1 Sm1ths he 18 pres1de11t now Never theless We are 1llfCI'CStCd 1n her employer because he 15 R1el1ard Frame a former graduate of our sehool Stunford 15 eert11nly well represented 111 affairs of the state That remmds me of Anna s s1ster Mar1a11 She l11d 1lw1ys been fond of sports and sportsmen Something 111 New York had drawn her attentxon I v1onde1 what lt was? I can find out by typlng her IIIIUL 111 that 1DySt6I'10L1S maclame Ah' IIOW I knoxx I hlVt seen hun before HIS name is Tom He must be the attraetlon of the metropolls What about Bee Cronk7 She was a worker Nou 1f I remember rxght she planned to enter Trammg Class and then to go to Normal I ean soon find out The keys are pressed 3.23111 Bea tr1ee Cronk that s right there 15 her p1eture who wouldn t I'?LOgl1lZC her smile? She IS now a busy teaeher and IS Wflflllg a letter to eancel a11 engage ment Ill favor of a more agreeable one The so11nd of a 13121110 draws my 8.ftC1lt10l'l That remlnds me of Naoma Effner who used to play the P13110 III sehool Her des1re had bee11 to be a eomposer and she generally earr1ed out her plans Naoma must be quite far away her vo1ee IS se 1ree ly aud1ble Right again' She IS 1n Hollywood Her musieal eomedy Better Late Than Never has m1de her famous V1ola Eklund was another member of our class She had a l1k1ng for young sehool teaehers It my mlstake a young sehool teaeher Now IS my el1 1nee to find out how the rornanee has progressed Well she hasn t ehanged a b1t but the V1t1pl10I1L has It that she doesnt know whether she will marry a m1n1ster or a lawyer In elther else It w1ll be the same man' Now there IS Bud Govern He must have made a sueeess of whatever he undertook Bud knew hlstory but he found It hard to tell others what he knew However he had no dlflieulty Ill argu 111g p0l1t1CS Ill see how he progressed 111 eollege There he IS lS happy as ever He w1s a star on the Syracase football team as well as the baseball 111111 Now after teaeh1n1f history for a few years lt Columbla he IS running for President of the United States Let me see' Vvfhy there s Peg Hamllton One wouldn t be likely to forget her She made a ree ord 111 seholarsh1p for our elass of 28 a11d entered Mount Holyoke the follow1ng year The f1ets ea11 soon be learned Yes Holyoke was proud to ela1111 her There she 1S just Elllghfllllg w1th a good look mfr chap dec1dedly blonde from a br1ght red roadster bearmg the golden 1llS1gll1'1 Where Eeon omy Rules The 5 and 10 1 . 1 1 . 1 1 f 1 1 , , 1 A 1, . 1 1 . 1, 1 1 . , 1 . , 1 .. . . 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