West Winfield High School - General Yearbook (West Winfield, NY)

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, Y --we THE SENIOR TRIP TO NEW YORK At this time of the year every Senior has two main thoughts in his mind. The serious thought of graduation and the happy thought of spending three days in New York with the rest of his class on the yearly Senior Trip. We are leaving West Winfield at 11:00 A.M. on June 28, and intend to arrive at Hotel Plc- cadilly about 6:00 P.M. and have dinner in the Hotel dining room. Later that evening we will take the combined National Broadcasting Company Studio and Television Tour. This tour will take approximatly one and one half hours and will be conducted by trained guides. It will include visits to points of interest in the development and a description of all art work, architectural features, and the history of our project. We expect to find the television Studio very interesting for this is such a modern invention. The upper floor of the seventy story RCA Building will be our next aim. This story, 850 feet above the street is a promenade 200 feet long and 20 feet wide. We are anxious to see how it feels seventy stories up. At the end of the tour we will stop at the Radio City Music Hall for a movie and the HRockettes.H If time permits before retiring, we hope to see the Bright Lights of Broadway. The following morning we will board the yacht Marilda at West 42nd St. and Hudson River. On this boat trip we will see Ellis Island Immigration Station, Statue of Liberty, Battery Park, Queensborough Bridge, Tri-borough Bridge, and the Navy Yard and see the cruisers and Battleships anchored and the New York Skyline. The afternoon and evening will be spent at the New York World's Fa1r.Perhaps later that evening we will visit floor 102, of the Empire State Building, 1250 feet above the ground. Friday morning we are allowed to do any individual sight-seeing or shopping that we wish. In the afternoon we will start for home, tired but happy andqfull of the wonders of New York. --Betty Jane Watkins -x 149 S if f-7 fy 5 w QM A Sw

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Feb. 20--Girls from Leonardsvllle and Richfield Springs met here to compete with WWCS in a Girls Playday. 23--Mary Swanson's chair is minus one leg since her nspllln in the library. 25--Sauquolt met our basketball team here. Mar. Z:-'The Ghost Tralnn came to town. -Clinton played here. 7--Helen's trust in Earl is completly shattered. Today he removed her seat and she sat not so-comfortably on the floor. Z--The Ut1calJubilee Singers entertained us in assembly. l --Cornie wrote a composition using all the words we learned in WA Tale of Two Citlesu and coined one of her own when she ran out. 25--The bus took us to Oneonta High School for a Chemistry Congress. Several returned hoarse from the continuous warbling. 30--Our girls went to Frankfort for a Girls Playday and came home hungry. 31--The junior class unearthed several new uGablesn and NGarboesN when they presented their three one-act plays. Apr. 1--The WWCS Band took second place at the Holland Patent Festival. 6-15--Easter Vacation. ' 20--In the senior home POOH Kelly sat on a tack. Pfft! 2l--Sophomore Dance. NA merry time was had by alllu 25--The seniors set this as their deadline for getting ads for the yearbook. The Physical Ed. Department offered an Indian Pagaent as its annual demonstration. 26--Several seniors insisted on four poses as they looked too much like themselves in the first three pictures they had taken for graduation. Seniors were measured for their caps and gowns. 28--The junior class had the honor of being the first class to go roller skating. May 2--The WWCS baseball team played its first rival game with Sauquolt today and came out victorious. 5--'The Singapore Spideru cast competes in contest at Bridgewater. 6--Our band goes to Amsterdam to compete with other school bands. 8--The Band and ChoruB combine to hold a concert. 10--The Home Economics girls held their annual Mother and Daughter banquet. 12--Larry Holl1ster's orchestra played for the Junior Prom. 15--The seniors went on a roller skating party and some wished they had crutches the next day. 19--nWorld's Fair' at WWCS. 25--The Cherry Valley Music Festival was held at WWGS. 29-30--No school. June 2--Radio Performers increased the senior bank roll. 9--Senior Class Day. 19-23--Regents determine who's who and who 1sn't. 26--Senior Graduation. 27--Sen1or Ball. 25--Seniors start on trip to the World's Fair today. Oli If I can keep my marks above the deadline, When I'm loaflhg and yet passing courses toop If I can make a teacher say, NThat's f1ne,H When I've done lt all with little or less adog If I can bluff and not get tired of blufflngg If I can dream without letting dreams interfereg If I can go from math to Latin strutting With lessons vague and feeling little fear, Why not? --Janet Smith lil After Miss Burgdorf had given a short explanation of the WPA Kit asked: Uwhy did they remove Harry Hopkins from the WPA?H Miss Burgdorf: Nwell, rather than kill the whole WPA, they Just removed the head.' ill Betty Jane had been looking at him eagerly for a long time while they sat ln silence. At last she spoke, 'I was just thinking, that it must be lovely in Sweden.u 'Why,W Caddy asked, becoming suddenly interested. 'Because so many matches are made therefu

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Fmqlummg - 1 ,Inf N W In 1 SALUTATORY Tonight marks the occasion of another commencement exercise to be held in West Winfield, and the sixth from this-our new school. We are indeed happy to see such a well filled assembly, and we, the class of 1939 most heartily welcome you to our graduation. We know that a feeling of deep interest and pride prompted your presence here-- to share with us our joy--and we sincerely appreciate it. We have enjoyed our four years in high school together, and tonight we are filled with contrasting emotions- ---Regret-that our school days are over---Happiness that we have attained the goal for which we have striven. We trust that our accomplishment which brings Joy to our hearts tonight, may be increased many times in the ensuing years. In closing let me once again, on behalf of my class-mateS extend to you a most cordial welcome. --Janet Smith VALEDICTORY We are gathered here tonight to commemorate the close of our hlgh school career and the commencement of a new life in which we hope to make even a greater contrib- ution to the world's heritage. It would be unfair to pass into l1fe's sterner side without first thanking you for giving us a start on such a clear, calm sea. Without your aid we might have been retarded by many barriers that would threaten to wreck our vessel for life. To you, our teachers and friends, we express our sincere thanks for all you have so cheerfully done for each one of us, and we trust that the years to come may demon- strate to your satisfaction as well as to our own that you were really as successful as your ambitions could desire, in turning us out-men and women. We expect great things from ourselves, and we trust that you, too, may look forward to great things from us and that you may not be disappointed. Parents, we realize that it is your silent influence, throughout the under- current of our school activities, that has laid the foundation for this hour and has made it possible for us to stand thus proudly before you. We now begin to grasp more definitely the value of your work in installing into our minds your own lofty We do realize how greatful we must be to you, through principles and noble ideals. all life, for these years of training. Tonight we stand at the very gateway of l1fe's activities, prepared by these years of careful instruction and watchful guidance to make our lives hapry ones. As we look back how easy it is to estimate the Wvalue receivedu of our school days. Now our time has come for the working out of our npromise to pay!W The world will at once look at us to pay back the wealth of good things it has been bestowlng upon us. It will demand our noblest character, our highest demonstrations of attainment, and our most faithful, self-sacrificing service. So as we step forth we hope to walk ln- to the world bravely, with full realization of all that is required of us, and of our ability to meet every requirement. We hope to make our controlling spirit the loy- alty, courage, resolution, and high minded integrity shown in these lines with which we must now bid each other farewell, SAW A THOUGHT,-REAP AN ACTIONg SAM AN ACTION,-REA? A HABITQ SAW A HABIT,-REAP A CHARACTER- SAW A CHARACTER,-REAP A DESTINY. --Elizabeth Kehoe