Washington High School - Surveyor Yearbook (Rochester, NY)

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SURVEVING OUR CCDAT OF ARMS F i tp-sf ! IT' 1 '51 ll ig Y. fwsvv-'x If-h ii 4 1 T r The origin of this seal of honor is quite a fascinating one and centers around a person who has universally been acclaimed the embodiment of high ideals and of personal attributes-George Washington. With the establishment of the first junior high school in Rochester, New York, it was decided that in order to form a strong bond of attachment, the appellation of the First president of the United States should be adopted for the name of our school. Washington lies continually been the object of deep respect and veneration, furnishing a source of inspiration to those who wish to emulate his success- ful efforts and distinguished personal achievements. Recurring ever to his integrity and probity, Washington High has adopted his coat- of-arms, in modified form, to symbolize our hopes and ideals involving character, honesty, and perseverance. In the center ofthis coat- of-arms are two heavy bars representing the eighth and ninth grades, and above these are three stars signifying the higher grades- namely, the tenth, the eleventh, and the twelfth. The name of Washington High School surrounds the central motif on our school seal. It has been a pleasure and privilege to bestow school awards on those students who possess superior abilities and high scholastic standings. Among these is the Lions' Club Award presented to a boy and a girl each of whom has fulfilled the above requirements. An additional privilege granted to our school after it had been fully established as a high school was the opportunity for brilliant and ambitious students to attain their objectives by winning scholarships. The outlook is exceedingly attractive and the future looms bright, for it is anticipated that the present senior class will equal or perhaps exceed the outstanding success of last year when five awards were granted to students in our school. In the realm of sport activities, the members of our teams have reflected with increasing ardor, the zeal and enthusiasm instilled within them by fervent school spirit. The entire school community joins in offering hearty encouragement and in urging the teams to continue their splendid progress. The Washington coat-of-arms represents to us the height of aspiration and personal achievement, and serves as a goal to ambition. lt is a constant source of inspiration to those of us who wish to succeed, but in anxiety and speculation it also implies the admonition that only by exercising supreme will power, fortitude, and unceasing effort can we reach our goal. A challenge andaperemptory declaration to all, our coat-of-arms manages to exert a powerful yet beneficent influence upon each and every one of us. 20

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-l-l-llf PAST JuNE193Q Listen, my children, and you shall hear The tale of the deeds of the class of this year. Graduating in June, in thirty-nine, Every man who is now alive Remembers that famous day and year. That class is the one which produced a movie Remember Popeye, Felix, Pluto, and Miclcey. For the price of five cents an admission was gained To improve the funds of the class just named. A minstrel show was given anon, Which featured singers, tap-dancer, and clown What snap the songs and dances had Featuring old-fashioned melodies and latest fadl Next the Lions' winners we claim Whose names are printed in the hall of fame. A. Manevitz and Sylvia Werner, the two Whose real worth the Lions' Club lcnew. Dances sponsored by thirty-nine Were classed by all as superfine. They danced and shagsged to the Rhythmaires, Underclassmen floclced in crowds and pairs. 19 The Courtesy Party in our junior year Was filled with thoughts we all hold dear 'Twas not what we gave but what we shared And our joys to the old follqs can't be compared. O we've had honors in holding offices too, ln school activities we've had plenty to do. Proud today, indeed, we are Of blonde Ann Schuler and Jo Ferrar. Our class at present is very well-lcnown, Ben Salzman as president gives it tone, Koven as vice-president, in sports renowned, Malce two leaders who can't be downed. Sylvia Werner, that industrious lass, ls Editor in Chief and Secretary of the class. Angela Joy is our social leader, Myl how Washingtonians heed herl We give all praise and honor due To Miss Atlcinson and Mr. Clair, the two Who have given our class such thought and care Who all our troubles have been willing to share.

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Tl-IE PRESENT lt is doubtful whether Paul Revere would ever have been able to ride a horse, if he had gone to high school. At any rate we can be reasonably sure that, with typical high school efficiency, he would have delivered the wrong message. The high school student cannot be held entirely to blame for being such a peculiarly warped individual. l-lis condition can be more than partly ac- counted for by the excruciating routine to which he is subjected. Evidences show that the high school curriculum tends to affect even the most stolid individual. The following scientific survey will substantiate these facts and prove conclusively that the average student shows marked signs of affectation even after only one tortur- ous day in school. ln this slightly mellow drama, we catch the student coming and going, so to speak, prov- ing that the poor thing just hasn't a chance. ln Panorama l, is revealed what is apparently an enthusiastic, determined student who, with quick pace and sure step, is approaching the Wash- ington institution of higher learning. lt just goes to show how you can't keep a good man down. After having slept off the ill-effects of the round of week-end parties, strenuous dates, DAZE WORK Listen my children and you shall hear Not of the story of Paul Revere, But of a tale of sorrow and woe Which the high school student must undergo. 21 and late evenings, he returns to brave anew the perils of school. As our subject arrives in the homeroom late Ctardiness is one of the habits fostered in high schooll, he prepares to adjust himself to the inevitable. ln Scene Il we find our object of study, slightly discouraged but not downcast, peer- ing from between piles of textbooks and other accessories. CThe blank look is merely a means of spiritual fortifica- tion.D Episode lll reveals our guinea pig in chemistry class, where he is sub- jected to the awful, redolent stenches and the poisonous, irritating vapors which befuddle his brain and rack his frame-and they speak of the horrors and cruelty of war! ln the cafeteria, Scene IV, we find a victim having a difficult time with her lunch. Small wonder! For a short while we lose our quarry, who is himself lost in the tur- moil, but in Candid Shot V, we again come across him in study-hall where, worn and exhausted, he is resting peacefully. After a few more trying periods such as gym and trigonometry, de- signed to demolish the brain and the body we finally see in Swan-Song Vl, our imitation of life passing out, and we do meanlPASSlNG OUT!!