West High School - Senior Occident Yearbook (Rochester, NY)

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THE 6 C C1 DEN? 149 WILLIAMSON DON D.......................Birr St s My feet are heavy now, but on I go. Were not thy feet quite always so? Prepared No. 7.......University of Rochester Tennis Tournament; Senior Dance Committee; Class Track, 1, 2; West High Day, 1, 2, 3; Class Basketball, I. WINEGARD, GEORGE A................81 Atkinson St. George Winegard, you see, a right jolly young elf— I laugh when I see him in spite of myself. Prepared Webster Union Academy.........P. G. Glee Club, 3, 4; Debating Society, 2, 4; Class Memorial Committee. WISER, C. VINCENT.....................87 Hamilton St. Little children should be seoi And by no means heard. My, but Vincent’s awful good, Never says a word. PPP Prepared St. Mary’s School.............Albany Law Senior Party Committee. it PROGRESSION Freshmen Sophomore Juniors Seniors Not to crib Not to cut Not to snicker Not to bluff To study hard To graduate Not to crib Not to cut To study hard To graduate To study hard To graduate To graduate

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Price per Copy, 10 Cents Yearly Subscriptions, 75c; by Mail, $1.00 THE STAFF Faculty Member - • - Miss Dunsford Editor-in-Cbief - May Schenck Associate Editor - Harold McNamee Assistant Editors—Francis Charles Seyfried Ruth Strong Marian Miller St ff Artist ... Mildred Mason Business Manager - Forrest Dewey Advertising Manager - William Taft Asst. Advertising Manager - Floyd Owen Entered as second-class matter October 23.1906, at the Postoffice at Rochester, N. Y., under Act of Congress of March 3.1879. The New System The new term, which has just opened, ushered in the much talked of and en- tirely different daily schedule. The com- plete success of this new system cannot be definitely pronounced as yet; it is too young and some time will be required to test it thoroughly. However, we are all hoping that it will aid in raising the standard of West High School. After much deliberation it was decided that some strenuous effort must be made to lessen the number of failure marks, and the present schedule is the result. It is expected that there will be less studying to do at home now than before. A great many of us will not be affected by this change, but nevertheless this is a big feature, for there are few homes where ideal studying conditions can be obtained and concentrated study is the key to a successful high school career. We will all do some studying in each class, , every day, supervised by the teacher of that subject. This should help both pupil and teacher in getting better results. It is a question whether or not the later afternoon session will instigate more skipping than the old time. So many events start before three-five P. M. that this is to be looked for. However, the “Vic's” last show doesn’t go on until four P. M. so we should all try to be satisfied with that. The new plan has been tried elsewhere with good results, and we seriously hope that nothing but good will result from it here. The co-operation of every stu- dent and teacher will make that success possible. Everybody sort of dislikes a “butter- in” and so do we! However, it makes us feel rather uncomfortable to say it, because, although by no means do we consider ourselves “butters-in,” there is a feeling that we've sort of interrupted perhaps, the smoothest course of success that our Occident has ever known. I wonder if you feel that way? We are trying our very level best, to smooth down that threatening bump in the course of success—and perhaps even make it smoother—tut, oh my! That’s a job that seems a perfect mountain! Hasn’t our Occident been just splen- did?—and the Class-book Board feels it and takes this opportunity to say, that though we aren’t “butters-in,” and though we’re working like everything,