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19 3 9 THE ORACLE 19 3 9 To the Students and Patrons of the Oracle: The Staff has asked me to write a brief message to you by way of greeting or editorial for this year book. This I am very glad to do for several reasons. Perhaps the principal reason is that the ORACLE as a year book of our high school has always been a project dear to my heart. I still love to get out the ORACLES of former years, let my eyes wander over the faces of seniors of other years: of track, baseball and basketball teams over some of which I was class adviser, or team manager, and. strange as it may seem, even coach. A parent of one of our seniors came to me a few weeks ago and said: History repeats itself. Here is an application blank for my son for the Syracuse University Scholastic Track and Field Meet , and then my mind went back to the day when 1 accompanied that parent, along with some others, one being the uncle of one of our present juniors, to the Syracuse meet of yesteryear. Our high school has graduated men and women who are occupying responsible positions in the financial and scholastic world of today and it is a pleasure to look back and review by means of the ORACLES the school days of these people. This is the greatest value of a year book: not what it means today, but what it will mean some day to those who are now pupils and seniors. A year book, like the ORACLE, reflects the life of the school and should represent a cross section of the school community. We have tried to keep this in mind in making former year books as well as this present one. Some humor and some nonsense must creep in. of course, but we still try to keep to the main purpose of portraying to our patrons and community something of what our school means not only to us who are in it. but to the outside world as well. To accomplish this, we make it as pistorial as possible, for what the eye sees, the mind remembers. This year's class has been under the immediate care of Mr. Stephen Davis as adviser. I know that the members of the class have a warm place in their hearts for him, because of the many hours of thought and labor he has given to make the extra-curricular events of the class year a success. He has had. as assistant. Mr. Richard Walsh, to whom also the class owes a debt of thanks. This class has made quite a record scholastically, since we are to have six members on the Commencement program who have an average of all marks for the four years above ninety per cent. The whole first quarter of the class might be called honor students, since they all have an average of eighty-five per cent or better. The valed;ctorian has an average of 93 and a quarter, while the saluta-torian is not far behind. All of this is a matter of pride to the principal and faculty and should be to the parents. So, in closing, I extend my best wishes to every member of this class that each may try his best to fulfill his destiny and be a credit to the school which sends him forth, keeping in mind the fact that we never fail if we do our best, no matter what the actual results may be. 12 John A. Beers, Principal.
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19 3 9 THE ORACLE 19 3 9 STUDENT COUNCIL SEATED: Frcudenheim. Barrett. L. Crego. Knapp. Bartone. R. Smith. Haley. Allen. Burrell. Bell. Allen. Scaptura. Mcrscher. Curry. STANDING: Muratori. Werman. Zam-mett. Tillman. Mitchell. Lingo. Dunbar. Nichols. The Student Council is the governing body of the high school. It is made up of one representative elected from each home room, both Junior and Senior High. The only exception is Senior study hall, which is represented by two members. The election of officers takes place early in the fall. The Junior and Senior classes are the only classes eligible to nominate a candidate to each office. Both Junior and Senior High vote. Those honored with offices this year were: John Allen. President: Marguerite Burrell. Vice-F.esident; Margaret Haley. Secretary: and Bob Smith, Sergeant at Arms. The duties of the council are to try those who commit offenses in the hall during school hours. It is the duty of the Sergeant at Arms to bring the offenders before the Council, where they are immediately tried and sentenced. The penalty usually results in the offender being required to stay 45 minutes after school for three nights. This detention period, as it is called, was instituted for the purpose of punishing these offenders. The head monitor is usually present in the council and presents for discussion any difficulties that may arise in the halls. From the council the President elects an assembly committee whose duty is to find a suitable program for vacant assembly periods. Mr. Beers is the adviser of the council and guides it in its deliberations. He announces the board assemblies and remarks on the extra-curricular activities of the school. Each representative later reports the results of the meeting to his home room. This Student Government is an important factor in the student's school life. It gives him a part in the running of the school and teaches him the fundamentals of cooperation and good will. 11
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