Watkins Glen High School - Senecan Oracle Yearbook (Watkins Glen, NY)

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4 THE ORACLE. EDITORIALS. WHEN The Oracle of Watkins High School made its first appearance a year ago it was received with an enthusiasm which clearly showed that its editors had not done their work in vain. They perhaps had a more difficult task to perform than we who have the work in charge this year, for then tlie path of The Oracle lay through unknown waters abounding with dangerous rocks and shoals. Fortunately, for the sake of American literature, however, she was brought through safe and sound, although it may have been stern foremost. Still we do not wish to convey to our readers the idea that we have taken our ease, simply because we have said our task is not as difficult as it might have been, for we have not, but by unity we have made the work much lighter, and by brain combination we have improved the general quality and attractiveness of the work. No one, more clearly than we, can imagine the hugeness of our task or perceive the difficulties with which our path is beset. But as the time draws near for The Oracle to appear before the public there is a feeling among us that, although we have not reached our goal, perfection. we have made such an improvement over the preceding Oracle that we feel justified in saying that if the future editors of The Oracle are able to make as great an advance over their predecessors, Watkins High School will claim the honor of having made the giants of the editorial sanctum of the 20th century. R. V. F., ’01. 'F in the days of ancient Greece the people believed in the foretelling of events. Accordingly many temples were founded for that purpose, which were dedicated to some god. These temples were called Oracles, for the priesthood attached to them were believed to receive their revelations from the gods. The most famous of them was the Delphian Oracle of Apollo, whose priests were able to make revelations so that they might be interpreted in any manner. Now, in the days of the twentieth century, in the United States of America, there is only one—The Oracle of the Watkins High School. Although its priests do not get their revelations from the gods, they are able to after-tell events with great skill, and their sanctum sanctorum is so jealously guarded that like the ancient shrines it means death to any mortal who dares to cross its threshold. It. V. F., '01.

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THE ORACLE. 1901 ORACLE STAFF. Editor-in-Chief: Seth W. Wkbb. Assistant Editors: J. Cameron Argetsinger, Percy W. White, James A. Hope, William T. Taylor, Robinson V. Frost, Chester A. Hawes. Fred. Sanford. John E. Hendy. 3 COMMITTEES. ENTERTAINMENTS: William Taylor, Chairman; Frost, Hendy. White, Sanford. Hope. BIDS: Frost, Chairman; Argetsinger, Hope. ADVERTISEMENTS: Argetsinger, Chairman; Hendy, White. PRINTING: Hope, Chairman; Webb, Argetsinger, Taylor. Frost. ARTISTS: James A. Hope, H. E. Bradley.

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ORACLE STAFF.