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

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THE PEPPER POT 15 cn untiring efforts and have ever been loyal to us we do extend our most sincere gratitude. The cooperation of the Class as a whole has been excellent. We could not have had as great success or have made as much money if this cooperation had been lacking. 1 have enjoyed the privilege of being president of such a fine class and I wish to thank every member for their support and cooperation. The Junior class has aided us financially by the sale of candy, therefore we wish to thank them, as well as the entire student body for their splendid help during the whole year. The merchants and business men of Watkins Glen have aided us in almost every event. AVe appreciate their support. AVe send our sincere gratitude to Miss LaDow, Frank Cole and Frank Milieu for help in the Senior Play. AVe do not only wish to thank those mentioned above but everyone who has in any way aided us in our banner year. CHARLES LOVE, President of the Senior Class. -----------o----------- Valedictory It Can’t Be Done By Chester Allen Dill It can’t be done! That is the age-old cry of the standpatter, the conservative, whose own thwarted ambitions and desires make him cry down anything new. Those things outside his own experiences seem impossibilities. lie can’t do it himself and anyone who tries is a fool. 1 suppose that the first time Mr. Neanderthal tried to kill a sabre-toothed tiger with a bow and arrow instead of the old trusty stone hammer, all his relation and most of his friends cried, “It can’t be done. Just fancy, killing that fierce tiger with one of those flimsy arrows. Mrs. Neanderthal will surely be'a widow.” But the arrow

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14 THE PEPPER POT of Music and the rest, four, exjfect to take Post Graduate courses. We have gotten a foundation in our high school. We appreciate the help of our parents and faculty. We are sorry to leave our school friends—but we want to go on and advance in knowledge (we hope) as well as in years. We are young, ambitious, impractical (yes) but filled with determination to succeed. Our confidence in ourselves is great. We have accomplished one tiny mile in the vast distance we have yet to go. Do we feel badly because of this mile which we have covered? No! We are glad to be graduated! We are glad to go on! We want to begin to see and to do worth while things. The “happiest time of our lives,” will begin when we commence our life work, the work we love to do, whether it be that of a teacher, an artist, an author, a pianist, a journalist, an architect or a landscape gardner, the work in which we shall succeed! —Jane Archer, ’28. The time is approaching when we will become the alumni or W. G. H. S. All through our High School years we have been happy. 1 am sure that every one of us love the dear old school and always will. We could not have enjoyed our High School life if we hadn’t been given support from our teachers, classmates and friends. We wish to thank Mr. Depew, our class teacher, for this loyal support and the interest that he has taken in us. We made greater successes of everything by his executive ability and patience. We appreciate everything he has done for us and we owe him a great debt of gratitude Our parents deserve a great deal of credit for standing by us and keeping us in school so that we could enjoy the pleasures which have been ours. Their interest is greatly appreciated. Mr. Beers, our principal, has stood by us through thick and thin and we wish to give him our sincere thanks for all he has done for us. To our teachers who have giv-

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16 THE PEPPER POT sped toit’s mark and Mr. Neanderthal ceased to be a fool and became a hero. Columbus was considered the worst kind of a lunatic. Visionary was the kindest name applied to him. “Sail around the world! Bah!” said the cant-be-doners, “he’ll fall off the edge and not only kill himself but all those honest seamen who are foolish enough to sail with him.” Columbus, beside being a mariner of parts was the possessor of a sense of humor. He gave a reply to those critics that has become a classic. Taking an egg, he passed it around and asked any one of his hearers to make it stand on end. None could. So Columbus broke one end, and set the egg on the flattened end, where it stood. “ We can do that,” said the critics. “Yes,” replied Columbus, “you can now that I have showed you how.” Eventually Columbus gathered together the necessary ships, men, and money to make the voyage that he wished. History tells us that he neither sailed off the edge of the earth nor was devoured by a sea serpent. Instead, he discovered America and became one of the out-standing figures of history. When the Colonies, exasperated by England’s taxation without representation, decided to break away and become an independent nation, many people loudly and vigorously opposed such action. “It can’t be done,” said they. “Imagine setting up in opposition to one of the strongest nations in Europe. England will send over a few soldiers and those so.called patriots will take to the woods. Besides, all this task of war and being independent is hurting our trade and shipping.” But George Washington took a green rabble of untrained men and turned out an army that fought to a standstill the picked fighting men of the Old World. These ragged and half-starved Colonists hung on, fighting doggedly, giving the red-coats no' peace until finally France lent a helping hand and victory for the cause of liberty was gained. These same Colonists founded a state that has lived to this day, a heritage of which we can be justly proud. Robert Fulton was too lazy to row a boat, so he rigged up a pair of paddle wheels to make it go. From this