Troy High School - Dardanian Yearbook (Troy, NY)

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I CO . of the stairway. We rushed against it, and, strange to say, the door was later picked up farther in the attic. But we got no farther, for the Principal was General of 1905, and ordered us back. A few of our fellows remained in the vicinity of the school all the morning, and about quarter past eleven Jimmie Byrne and jack Devine did their noble work. Devine waited on the roof of the fire escape. Byrne went along the cornice to the main roof, untied the Hag, and, amidst the cries of Mr. Walrath and the Senior girls, ran back along the narrow cornice, threw the flag to Devine, who threw it to the ground, where three others were ready to carry it to safe quarters. No other class can boast of taking a Hag from the school roof under such circumstances. In order to let l905 break the record in point of number graduated we sent ahead Julia Moss, Lillian Matlaw, Anna Markham, Anna Ratigan, Eva Lavine and John Barsamian to help swell their ranks. But the crowning event of our Junior year was the greatest social event in the history of the school--the magnificent reception and hop tendered the graduating class of 1905 by the class of 1906 in the State Ar- mory, Thursday evening, June 22nd, l905. C0-JCM 1 i ' A , xx W, K Y' L C f f: 'l Y Senior Year found that our number had decreased . to about one hundred twenty-five, but this was almost twice as large as the membership of the class of l905 in the first part of their Senior year, and that class was the largest on record. We found that we had received several new members, Edith Stedman and Matthew Pack from Stillwater High Schoolg Sally Dexter and Florence Bowman from Lansingburgh High School, and Theo. Baird from as far west as Kansas. We learned that Hlckn Thiessen, '6Chet', Lee, Frank Bachman and lack Burke had entered the fresh- man class at the ,Tute, and Warren Stowe had gone on the road as a traveling man. The Senior class room was too small to accommo- date all of us, so Miss Groutis room was used as The Annex. A few of us were given the privilege of scan- ning Virgil under the watchful eye and ear of Mr. Walrath. Most of us decided that we had gone far enough on foot, so a driving club composed of old War horses was formed. A large number started chemistry with Mr. Lundy and enjoyed his original remarks of which this is a sample: The iron industry has grown so large that we can safely say that this is the age of 'steal' H In those days, when we were the subject of so much ridicule, we were told that some day we would have charge of the HT. H. S.,,' our school paper. One thing which we have done and of which no other class can boast, is ,to have a new cover de- sign each month. Those elected on the Editorial Board were: James F. Carroll, Editor-in-chief, May l'lEl'Nl we returned to school last fall we

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..... .....,.....,..,..,..g..g..g..g g..g..9.-5-4--g..g........g..g.... . ..g..g..p..g..g..g.....g..g We shall probably never forget ,the good times with the sand wagon after our unsuccessful attempts to carry out our instructions. The most exciting event of our Junior year, however, was the capture of l905's flag in broad daylight, on Class Day. It had been the custom for the Seniors to hoist their class Hag on the school pole on the evening before Class Day, when it was then up to the Juniors to get it down. Our fel- lows were on hand in large numbers- by 7 o'clock. We waited around until dark, but no flag appeared. Then we made ourselves scarce until about eleven when we assembled at Ned Fursman's barn, where began the long and quiet march from Adams street to the school building. When we reached the build- ing, some got to the roof by means of the pole outside the enclosed fire escape, others went up the inside, and still others climbed up the iron fence and then danced along the stone trimmings of the first story of the building and in through a window in the front. As soon as the latter bunch reachedgthe inside of the hall, every fellow took off his shoes so that the ascent by way of the main stairway would not attract the at- tention of the night watchman. just about l :00 A. M., when the crowd reached the top of the building, Coplon and Milliman got into an argument with a couple of policemen in front of the school. It seems that they did not get to the front of the building with the rest of the crowd, and were just doing the dance act afong the stone work when the two policemen appeared. They probably thought they had caught a couple of young freshmen in the act of making off with Mr. Gardnefs green Latin bag. Their shouts so startled the fel- lows that they lost their balance and fell into ..g-.g..g..g..g..g..g..g..g-.g ..g..g.rg..g-.g..g..g.g 9 9 . . they arms of the cops. They told the officers that they had a friend in the building, but the' night watchman refused to identify them. They then tried to give an explanantion, but the officers told them to save it for a few minutes, so Coploni and Milliman had to ac- company them to the station house. By the time they reached that place Coplon had prepared quite a yam, and after hearing that it was a night when the students were granted certain priviliges, the police sergeant let them go on the promise that they would get all their friendsvto leave the building. a By this time the fellows on the roof began to whistle for something to eat. Bailey, who was on the ground, had a feeling for them and generously paid for an as- sortment of Essex Lunch sandwiches, but just as he was ready to send them up by means of a rope, the cops appeared again and the hungry were not fed. About half past two the fellows who were in the street left to get a little sleep on wagon seats in a barn not far away. They returned about daylight, and their conversation in the early hours brought forth a shower of 'water from one individual in the neighbor- hood, whose slumbers had been disturbed. Since l905 had not hoisted its Hag, it was decided that ours should be thrown to the breeze at 5:00 A. M.. About 8 olclock Mr. Walrath appeared on the scene and We had to vacate the premises. When we were all out of the building, the Seniors Who had been locked up with their Hag in the laboratory lecture room, crawled out, unceremoniously yanked down our battle flag and in its place' unfurled a large and costly i905 banner. A crowd of our fellows witnessed this part of the per- formance from Fifth Avenue, and when they could stand it no longer, made a rush upstairs. The first object to oppose us was a barricaded door at the top

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E. Sibbald, Associate Editor: Charles E. Merriam, News Editor: Mary Cleary, Exchange and Alumni Editor, l-larry G. Coplon, Business Manager: William W. Marden, Assistant Business Manager. At the first class meeting of our Senior year the fol- lowing permanent officers were elected: President and Chairman of Executice Committee, Charles W. Diggeryg Vice-president, Lillian K. Young: Secre- tary, F. Blanche Quinny Treasurer, Russell D. Mere- dith: Executive Committee, Minnie G. Birkinshaw, M. Kathryn Kelly, Wa1'ren A. Norris and C. Elmer Clifton. At this meeting the boys voted to have class hats. The class adopted as the colors royal purple and white, but after much electioneering the girls, at a subsequent meeting, succeeded in rescinding the action and adopted gold and white as the colors. Unly half a dozen fellows have had the nerve to go out alone wearing the class hats. They were white felt with an orange colored band that attracted more attention than some of the queer shapes of ladies hats we have seen this spring. We decided to publish this Class Book, and elected Ujefff' Thomas Editor-in-chief and Herbert M. Uline Business Manager. This is also something which none of our predecessors has done. After much Hfussingf, we secured a majority vote on one of the designs for our class pin, gold, circular in shape, with real make-believe pearls. Some one has always been ready to doctor up the notices that are placed upon the black boards. One day Diggery posted the following: The pins have arrived. All money must be in, as package came C. O. D. Pay Meredithf' A few days later the notice read: The tins have arrived. All money must be in, as Packard came C. O. D. Pay me. I need the moneyf' Again a hockey notice was fixed to read: HI-lookey, To-day, Fourth Period! On the 20th of November about a dozen fellows met in the As- sembly hall and organized a Glee Club. The officers and a majority of the members were Seniors, and we believe they have been working all year on a Hlullabyu-for we have not had the pleasure of hearing them. On Tuesday, November Zlst, l905, we were greatly shocked to hear that Mr. Walrath had been suspended early that morning, and we decided to see if we could do any- thing to show our regard for him. During the three days, when we refused to attend school, we succeeded in arousing the business men to action, and our efforts were not in vain, for after a long struggle Mr. Walrath returned to take up his work is principal of the school Tuesday morning, April 10th, l906. The fellows who attended the trial became quite proficient in cross- examination, and two mock trials were held by the members of the Websterian Society. For particulars ask Diggery and Bailey, the prisoners. We held our Christmas hop at Harmony I-lall Thursday evening, December 28th, and it was, as all our efforts, a very pleasing and brilliant affair. We elected the following Class Day officers on Wednesday afternoon, January 31st, l906: Poetess, Mary D. Cleary: Prophetess, Mary E.. Sibbaldg Prophet, Mitchell B. De Groot: Critic, John F. Thomas: Historian, Russell D. Meredith: Class Song: words, Margaret H. Colvin: music, John P. Ryan: Farewell Address, William W. Mardeng Soloist, Jennie B. Magill. With a view to increasing interest in the spring athletics some of our fellows made arrangements for