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

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WEST HIGH BEST IN YEARS Quint Shows More Form Than Ever Before Winning five out of the six games al- ready played is a mighty good record for an Orange and Black basketball team. It’s a record that is to be looked up to. The only game we lost was the one which was played with Lima, and that was by a one point margin. Newark is Easy. Newark was an easy pick for our bovs and the pass-work machine carried the opponents off their feet. It was a steady string of baskets and, with Bartlett and Pete slipping the baskets in, the score steadily rose. The century mark could have easily been reached by the Occi- dentals, but owing to the monotony that was established by such a one-sided game the referee cut about eight minutes off of the second half. But even this made the game a record-breaker for it is the largest score ever made by a West High team, we received 78 points to Newark’s 12. Brockport Also Bows. Brockport Normal came to Rochester to make a clean sweep of all that hap- pened to get in the way. They were positive that they had an easy time in store when it came to West High and they had a perfect right; for they were considered by experts the better team and out-weighed our midgets by a good- ly number of pounds. But they were “stung.” West High put up the hardest fight in years. The score was tie most of the time and when one side scored the other side worked twice as hard and scored also. The final whistle was about to blow and the score was 20-20. The ball flew into Capt. Bartlett’s hands. He looked around and saw all the men cov- ered, so down the floor he dribbled and shot a basket unassisted. The whistle then blew and we come out on top by a score of 22-20. This put one of the hardest opponents of the season on ice. Newark Tightens Up at Home. Newark showed much better form on their home court and held us to but 2f points to their 14. West High played a loose game and should have piled up a larger score. This was perhaps due to a change in the line-up and it is a well known fact that when small town teams play on their own court, they usually can shoot the ball through the hoop from all comers, while West High is handi- capped. Occidentals Also Take Canandai- gua’s Measure. The second game with Canandaigua was played on Canandaigua’s home court and resulted in a second victor)' for West High over the academy boys, this sea- son. A brand new shift was made in the line-up with Brigham and Zeitler back in the game; but Zeitler was gently pushed into the wall by a Canandaiguan and was

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154 THE OCCIDENT reer of New York State was the con- struction of the Erie Canal. Since its completion, the state has taken first rank in the commercial world. If the Erie Canal has been so success- ful, what ought not the Barge Canal, a great elaboration of the Erie system, to accomplish ? It will be able to accommo- date about 3,000,000 tons of freight an- nually at much lower freight rates and ten times the volume of traffic on the present canal. It will have magnificent harbor and terminal facilities at each important town with adequate machinery provided to load and unload the barges. One reason for the failure of the Erie Canal was the lack of proper harbor and terminal provisions. The old canal was able to handle boats of an average dis- placement of 500 tons when loaded, while the new canal will be able to handle 3000-ton steel barges mechanically pro- pelled. Therefore transportation on the new canal will be much more rapid. Of course there will be no tow-paths on the new canal. Another advantage of the new canal will be that it will naturally force, on account of its low freights, a reduction of the same on the railroads. The latter have been supreme in the realm of trans- portation long enough and the new canal will compete with them on a fair basis. The people of this state, as well as of those surrounding, will thereby profit, for low freight rates are the magic key that opens the way to profitable produc- tion. They transform the wilderness into busy beehives of industry. They attract business. They increase employ- ment. It is these facts, which cannot be gain- said, that will gradually enter the minds of individuals and corporations about to establish new plants for manufacturing and attract to New York State where they will have access to cheap transpor- tation facilities of the new canal. The magnet of the lower costs of materials and food-stuffs on the one hand, and the lower cost of conveying the finished products to the consumer on the other, will force the establishment of new in- dustries in New York State, and the prosperous expansion of those already here. In this survey of the Barge Canal, I have tried to make it evident that the canal is very desirable primarily because it will be an important factor in the struggle to reduce the high cost of living. Also it will be one of the most important canals in the world, a fact of which New Yorkers may well me proud. Wilbur Coopbr Mildred M.—Do you think the au- tomobile will displace the horse? Helen S.—Yes, it will if it ever hits him. May—Who is that new janitor? Harold McN.—He used to be a bar- tender. May—Oh, I thought I had seen him before. Irene—I couldn’t marry a man study- ing for pharmacy. Vincent—Why ? Irene—Because I would never live on a farm.

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156 THE OCCIDENT caused to lose his book of rules and pro- ceed to use the opponent rather roughly. The referee seemed either to take sides or not to have seen the Canandaiguan on the offensive and ordered Zeit” out of the game. Even with this great loss we piled up a larger score than we did Thanksgiving night. We managed to slip by for 34 points while Canandaigua only passed 20 when the game ended. Shakeup in Schedule. The schedule that Manager Thompson had arranged seemed to be the best in some time but a sudden shakeup in it has caused much trouble. South Park High School of Buffalo canceled both of its games and as this happened just a little before the date for the first game, we were left without a game for that night. There is a possibility that another Buffalo team will be booked up for the open date and will be announced later. No Indoor Track Owing to the poor facilities West High has to train an indoor track team, the sport was voted on to be dropped. In the past years West High has always made a pretty good showing at the vari- ous indoor track meets and, no doubt, would have continued the good work if they had set out to do so this year. When it is necessary to go to the Armory to practice it makes it pretty heard to get a bunch out and it was the best plan in the end to drop it entirely. What we must do now is work twice as hard in our outdoor track practice. Bill—How many jewels in your watch? Seyfried—Jewels! None—I took them all out. I hate any kind of display. Mr. Stowell’s conception of Caesar —“A happy hunting ground for the da- tive and ablative.”