Whitesville High School - Wycenian Yearbook (Whitesville, NY)

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 ♦ % DOROTHY TEATER—“Dot” Ambition—Sleep all day and stay up all night. St. Pat’s Card Party 2; Tat- ler Staff 3, 4; Homemaking Club 3; Spring Festival 3; Junior Prom 3; Class President 4; Hallowe’en Fair 4; Senior Dance 4; Yearbook Staff. Major—Homemaking. “Dot chose her major with an eye to the juture. WHO’S WHO Athlete—Earl Ainsworth Future Farmer—Richard Blow Musician—Jean Crittenden I Jitterbug—Ruth Fitzpatrick Artist—Lois Harris Best Humor—Lillian Flamini Most Studious—Arloine Freeman Quietest—Irene Rear Practical Joker—Mary Lewis Wittiest—Betty Smith Calm and Serene—Dorothy Teater 13

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MARY LEWIS—“Lewie” Ambition—Travel “South”. St. Pat’s Card Party 2; Junior Prom 3; Volleyball Team 3; Homemaking Club 3; Hallowe’en Fair 4; Senior Play 4; Yearbook Staff 4. Major—Homemaking. “Mary with her guileless grin. What's the mischief she's been in?” BETTY SMITH—“Smithy Ambition—Nurse. Service Club 2, 3; St. Patrick’s Card Party 2; Junior Prom 3; Hallowe’en Fair 4; Magazine Campaign Capt. 4; Senior Dance 4; Salutorian; Yearbook Editor. Major Latin. “A look of innocence on her face. Behind that mask, what takes 'place?” 12

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CLASS HISTORY It was about twelve years ago that a small class entered the Whites- ville High School to start their first school days. The class consisted of Ruth Fitzpatrick, Betty Smith, Arloine Freeman, Robert Brown, Betty Lou Nelson, Lillian Flamini, Dorothy Teater, Edna Mae Wright and Irene Kear. Mrs. Coats, our teacher, found it very hard to keep us still in our seats. The second and third grade was a continuation of the first grade. It was in the fourth grade that we met Miss Lamb. Here we enter- ed into more complicated work. Although we chased and caught a few birds which had flown in a broken window; we worked hard in order to proceed to the fifth grade, which was located upstairs in the school building. We finally reached this goal and came under the direction of Mrs. Clark in the fifth and sixth grades. A considerable amount of hard work was needed in order to conquer the work put before us. We will admit that we threw a few paper wads when the teacher’s back was turned. At times she scolded hard for it, yet it continued through the year. After completion of the fifth and sixth grades, we entered the seventh and eighth grade room. Here we met Mrs. Barney, whom everyone liked. She always saw that you had your work done, thus everyone passed. In the seventh grade we were allowed to take our first regents, in spelling and geography. In the eighth we finished elementary regents taking U. S. History, Arith- metic, Silent Reading, and English. Stuart and Charles Jones joined us in the seventh grade; Charles Shutt, Lois Harris, Earl Ainsworth in the eight grade. At last we reached High School with only four years to go. My! We felt proud of ourselves. Although most of the class was becom- ing tired of school, when we found that we were to become Freshmen the next year, a new interest came to us. We felt that if we worked 14