1932 Fredonia High School Yearbook in Fredonia, New York * The Hilltopper 1932

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The Hilltopper 1932

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Fredonia, New York

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The Hilltopper 1932
DEDICATION
Claude R. Dye, principal of Fredonia High School for eight
years, will always be remembered by the students of Fredonia
High for his keen sense of justice and his understanding. He has
always been an important factor in every school activity, a partici-
pant not a bystander. His enthusiastic support of the school has
forwarded many progressive and aesthetic projects and has ma-
terially affected the prestige of the school. To him we owe our
high standards and ideals.
In an effort to express our sincere appreciation, the class ot
thirty-two dedicates this, the first Senior annual.
MISS LILLIAN MITCHELL
The students and faculty of the Fredonia High School wish to
take this opportunity to express their appreciation of (he services
rendered to the High School by Miss Mitchell.
During her thirty-seven years of teaching in the Fredonia
Public Schoo’s, the students have found her a wise and firm help-
er in all difficulties. As a kindly critic and as an able advisor, her
counsel and suggestions have been thoroughly anpreciated. Her in-
terest and efforts have been untiring in all worthwhile activities.
Both students and faculty will miss her cheerfulness and
splendid cooperation, and they extend their best wishes for her
success after leaving Fredonia High School.
THE HILLTOPPER STAFF
SENIOR OFFICERS
Left to right—Roger Woodcock, Treasurer; Clarence Hartlieb, Vice-President; George
Horey, Secretary; Ruth White, President.
THE HILLTOPPER
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VOL. 1 JUNE,. 1932 NO. 1
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Published at Fredonia, N. Y. by the students of the Fredonia High School
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THE STAFF OF THE HILLTOPPER-1932
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
Ruth White
ASSISTANT EDITORS
Genevieve Ross...................Sen ior
Beatrice Olsen....................Junior
Marjorie Wirth..............Sophomore
William Dickson..............Freshman
BUSINESS MANAGER
Elizabeth Willcox
ASSISTANT MANAGERS
Millon Roesch...............Advertising
Clarence Hartlieb....Assistant Advertising
Howard Damon..............Circulation
Roger Woodcock....Assistant Circulation
SPORTS EDITORS
George Horey.....................Boys’
Virginia Bowen...................Girls’
FEATURE EDITORS
Ruth Seibert
Lena Lazerony, Assistant
ART EDITOR
Olive Douglass
ADVISORS
Mrs. Grace Saxton
Mrs. Bessie Haniser
Miss Eunice Frisbee
Mr. Wesley Leech
FACULTY
Back row. left to right—Berdina Crosby: Kathryn Whitney; Corriesande Baldwin;
Tillie Tailman; Amy Skinner; Clara Hazelton; Eunice Frisbee. Middle row—Wilson
Moore; Gertrude Gerres; Bessie Merritt; Agnes Dye; Katherine Duncan; Bessie Haniser:
Grace Saxton; Clara Smith; Martha Smith. Front row—Robert Tailman; Eleanor
Smith; Claude Dye; Marian Allen; Wesley Leech.
AN APPRECIATION
As we look back over our high-school career, especially the last two
years, one of the outstanding figures in our minds is Mrs. Saxton. What
a host of pictures and memories her name brings to us! Usually jovial,
sympathetic, and always inspiring us to do our best. A fine English teacher
who makes one really interested in literature, and even belter a fine class
advisor and friend. To you, Mrs. Saxton, the Class of 1932 wishes to ex-
press its sincere appreciation for your untiring service and splendid co-
operation.
TO THE FACULTY ADVISORS OF THE HILLTOPPER
T° Mrs. Saxton, Mr. Dye, Mrs. Haniser, Miss Frisbee and Mr. Leech
is due the credit for the success of this, our first annual and we extend
to them our sincerest thanks. They have ever given us encouragement
and wise counsel and have supported us in every plan. So we express our
appreciation for all their help.
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ALMA MATER SONG
O’er all Fredonia
TowTing high above,
Stands our noble high school
That we all have learned to love,
From far and near we hear
The story told anew
Of our Alma Mater
So glorious to view.
Hail! Hail!
Let your voices ring
In a cheer for our school so true;
Hail! Hail!
Send the echoes flying
Up and down the hill.
F. H. S.!
Her colors are the Orange and Black!
Sing her praises but do not let them lack,
A purpose true and a spirit bold,
Oh! Hail to thee! Oh! Hail to thee again!
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editorials
“ . . . Conquering, holding, daring, adventuring as we go the unknown ways,
Pioneers! 0 Pioneers!”
—Walt Whitman
Buddha, Christ, Paul, Galileo, Copernicus, Columbus, Luther, Bacon, ROs.
seau. Field, Bell, Marconi, Edison.
To its pioneel's, mankind owes each upward step in attaining an enlightened
civilization. They are God’s strong race. They are the Dreamers and Builders, the
Fools and Fanatics, who go forth valiantly, armed with a superb confidence in
their dreams, battling to see their visions of a better world become realities. Fight-
in" and dyin", yet they go on, supremely oblivious to the scoffs and sneers of the rest
of us And sometime they triumph and mankind profits gloiiously.
It would be indeed fatuous for us to consider ourselves in that noble com-
pany’ vet in our small way, we too are pioneering. Ours is the privilege of pub-
lishing our school’s first year book. We are proud of our achievement. We present
‘The Hilltopper” with no apologies. It is our best effort. However, we indeed
realize that we have fallen short of perfection. It is for you who continue our
effort, to pioneer toward that ideal.
Now as we leave this school, we enter a new existence. We are confronted
with its complex problems. The world is tired of selfishness and greed and human
suffering. It needs the fresh and tireless vitality of youth. Life is waiting; Onward,
0 Pioneers!
Ruth White.
SCHOOL RULES
Every organization, whether it be a club of only a few members or a nation-
wide institution, has to have rules and regulations. These rules are drawn up lor
the benefit and protection of each member as well as for the organization as a
whole. But these benefits cannot be secured without the help and cooperation
of each individual.
So it is in school. There is a great necessity for rules and they are made for
the benefit of us, the students. Is it not our duty to abide by these regulations
and to encourage others to do their part?
Most of the rules of the school are restrictions which, to the majority of us,
are restrictions we expect to follow. Yet there is always a small minority of stu-
dents who regard any rule, whether it be just or unjust, as an imposition. Having
accepted this attitude, they are quite apt to break these rules regardless of the
punishment they must bear as result of their misdemeanors.
The rule regarding tardiness is, perhaps, the best example of the general at-
titude of the students. The majority of pupils in every school complete their en-
tire grammar and high school courses without being late more than five times at
the most. Those five times have been caused by unforseen developments or ac-
cidents which could not be avoided. Yet there are some who are tardy on an a'
eiage ol twice a month every year. There is no excuse for such cases caused W
carelessness and indifference, and they should be treated severely. . .
And so it is with every rule, and all are forced to suffer for the misgiving
of a few. Let us, as students of the Fredonia High School, try to remedy this co
dition and make ours a school where rules are not needed except as a code of hono ■
Marjorie Wirth, ’34.
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New things! How often the world scoffs at them merely because they are
new . How often it forgets that everything must sometime be undeveloped and
perhaps crude.
When the first steam railroad was tried out, men laughed and jeered at it and
called its inventor mad. Today our system of transportation and communica-
tion is based upon a huge network of railroads.
We are not trying to compare our first annual to the first railroad, but we do
hope that it wi.l be a basis for later achievement in the school. We have made
many mistakes which we realize, but we hope these will show others how to im-
prove their publications. Although our book may be rather crude, we hope you
will forgive our mistakes and gain as much enjoyment from reading “The Hill-
,topper” as we have had from preparing it.
—Genevieve Ross.
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WOMEN AND ATHLETICS
Machinery which lies idle, without having the proper oiling and use, soon
rusts and becomes worthless. So it is with the human body.
In the nineteenth century and in the early part of the twentieth century it
wasn’t the custom for girls or women, as a general rule, to indulge in sport activi-
ties of any kind. Most of their interests were in keeping house, doing embroid-
ery work, and other domestic duties. It was considered quite masculine for a
girl to p.ay ball, run a foot race, or to engage in any strenuous out-door sport. The
general health of women at this time was poor. Headaches and fainting spells oc-
curred frequently. “Delicate health” was regarded as evidence of lady-likeness
but also the bad styles of clothing accounted for this.
During and after the World War came the change in women in health and
athletics. This was because of the great loss of men. At this lime women began
to lake men’s jobs, both in factories and offices. Il was plainly seen that women
were capable of this work, and so, after the war, they became quite independent.
They look more interest in athletics. As a result our best high schools and colleges
built gymnasiums for girls and organized girls’ teams in the different sports. The
fact that women have been playing an active part in athletics for the last few years
has caused quite a lol of discussion. The question is asked quite often, “Are ath-
letics as valuable to women as to men?" Thomas Wood said, “Girls as well as
boys should learn through practical experience the rules of fair play, generous
treatment of rivals and opponents, loyalty toward fellow players, and the con-
centration of power.” Because the health of a country depends on the health of
the women, why isn’t it a wise thing for women to train and exercise their bodies
with athletics? The preservation of the feminine beauty is dependent upon such
vigorous outdoor life as swimming, hiking, riding, and rowing.
Il seems to me that it is much belter for city girls to engage in some sort of
sports rather than to spend their leisure lime in dance halls, cafes, cabarets, and
cheap theaters. Girls who attend these entertainments usually gratify degraded
human selfishness, while those who spend their recreational time swimming,
hiking, etc., cultivate the higher principles of living. Morality is the fruit of
social discipline, of learning to respect other people’s rights and subduing selfish
desires. For a man the highest commendation upon his conduct is manliness;
for a woman, womanliness. Men and women need training in comradeship. Our
social program should include more of the active sports which devolop the prac-
tice of fair play, the spirit of sportsmanship.
Beatrice Olsen ’33
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TEACHERS
Teachers, the foundation of a school, in whose hands lies the power to make
or break our school days! They stand on a higher plane and reach down helping
hands to pull us up.
Teachers must have certain requisite characteristics. Forbearance, unself-
ness, a lack of pettiness, and above all, a knowledge of human nature are among
the essential virtues of a teacher. In my opinion, we, of Fredonia High School,
are extremely fortunate in having teachers who have the above qualities.
When we first came to F. H. S. as timid, bashful, and somewhat stupid chil-
dren and were reincarnated into intelligent though mischievous Freshmen, we did
not realize the support our home-room and class-room teachers gave us. We never
understood that all our successes in parties, studies, and other things were due to
the understanding of our teachers. We never knew who shielded us from many
merited rebuffs for our cocksureness from upper-classmen. Always the teachers
came to our rescue.
Then when we became bragging, bullying Sophomores, the teachers again
helped us to correct our faults. We were beginning to dimly realize that teachers
were necessary and even nice at times, but we had still not sensed their true
worth.
As loyal, happy-go-lucky Juniors, upper-classmen, we began to find the ster-
ling qualities of our teachers and to go to them for counsel and help. In that stage,
however, we were too busy with our normal, happy school life to think much
about the matter.
Now at last we are Seniors preparing to leave the place where we have spent
four happy, irresponsible years. We are beginning to regard the school and its
teachers with discerning eye. We realize their worth of character with a gasp
only to discover, sadly, that we have almost reached the parting of the ways.
Almost too late.
So you, who are Freshmen, Sophomores, or Juniors, become acquainted with
your teachers and be friends with them before your days in high school are ended.
"Your school days will be more worthwhile and your memories, when you are
gone, happier.
E. Willcox, 32.
SOFT BALL
My opinion of the spring activities this year is very good. The informal “mush”
ball teams afford real competition and give every boy a chance to play. This is
the first year anything like this has evei' been tried and it has so far been very
successful. When a regular Varsity hard ball team has represented this high
school an average of about one hundred and twenty-five dollars has been lost in
just one season. This is another reason why soft ball should be encouraged.
Most of the sport critics say that soft ball will take the place of hard ball in a
few years. I think this is true because quite a few school are dropping hard
ball for soft ball and I honestly think that each spring soft ball’s popularity will
greatly spread and increase.
William Dickson, ’35.
Senior
CONTENTS
Senior Pictures
Class Night Program
Senior Literature
RUTH WHITE
“On fame’s eternal beadrole worthie to be fyled.”
Pres. ’29, 31, ’32; V. Pres. ’30; Basketball, Varsity
’31, Capt. ’32, Inter-class, ’29, '30, ’32; Volleyball
’32; Orch. ’29, ’30, ’31; Ed.-in-Chief, Hilltopper ’32.

CLARENCE HARTLIEB
“None but himself can be his equal.”
Pres. ’30; V. Pres. ’31, ’32; Pres. Athletic Ass’n ’32;
Football ’30, ’31, ’32; Basketball ’29, ’30, ’31, Capt.
'32; Baseball ’29, ’30, ’31; Ass’t Adv. Mgr. Hilltop-
per ’32.
GEOHGE HOKEY
“A great man is made up of qualities
make great occasions.” .
Sec’y ’32; Basketball Mgr. ’32; Ass’t/
'32; Boys’ Atheltics Ed. Hilltopper 1
team ’32. (~
or
(yril Mgr.
Debating
ROGER WOODCOCK
“I am sure care’s an enemy to life.”
Treas. ’32; Ass’t Circulation Mgr. Hilltopper ’32;
Football ’30; Mgr. ’32.
KATHLEEN BARBER
"She moves a goddess and she looks a queen.”
Glee Club ’29, ’31; Band ’30, ’31; Inter-class Bas-
ketball ’29, 32.
WILLIAM BARTH
“I am not in the roll of common men.”
MARY BATTAGLIA
“To set the cause above renown,
To love the game above the prize.”
Glee Club ’32; Basketball, Varsity ’30, ’31, Inter-
class ’29, ’31, Ass’t Mgr. ’32.
VIRGINIA BOWEN
“The noblest mind the best contentment has.”
Glee Club ’31; Cheer Leader ’32; Ass’t Ed. F. H. S.
News ’31, Girls’ Athletic Ed. Hilltopper ’32.
ARTHUR BULLOCK
“Young fellows will be young fellows.”
Inter-class Basketball '32.
SHERMAN CARD
"A bold bad man."
Football ’28, ’29, ’30; Basketball ’28, ’29, ‘30, ’31.
Baseball ’28, ’29, ’30; Tennis ’28, ’29.
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GERTRUDE CASE
“Hang sorrow! Care’ll kill a cat.
And therefore let’s be merry.’’
ALFRED CASTELL AN A
"Discretion of speech is more than eloquence.”
Orch. ’30, ’31, ’32; Band ’30, ’31, ’32; Boys’ Glee
Club ’32; Inter-class Basketball ’31, ’32.
ROSE CASTILONE
"The finest eloquence is that which gets things
done."
Glee Club ’30.
MILDRED CAVE
“Sincerity always has a charm of its own.”
Glee Club ’30.
♦
MABEL CHAMPLAIN
"None knew thee but to love thee;
None named thee but to praise.”
Inter-class Basketball ’29.
MARJORIE COE
“Those about her
From her shall read the perfect ways of honour."
Glee Club ’29, '31, ’32: Inter-class Basketball ’32.
MARY COLTER
"They say I’m very naughty.”
Basketball, Varsity ’29, '32, Inter-class ’29, ’30, 31,
’32f F. H. S. News Staff ’32.
PHYLLIS COSTELLO
"The pen is the tongue of the mind.”
Glee Club ’29, ’30, ’32; Ed.-in-Chief, F. H. S.
News ’32.
EDWARD CRIMENS
“Oh it is excellent
To have giant's strength; but it is tyrannous
To use it like a giant.”
Sec’y '31; Football ’30, ’31, ’32.
MARJORIE CUMMINGS
“A friend is as it were a second self.” /
Glee Club ’29, 30, ’32; Inter-class Basketball ’29-
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HOWARD DAMON
"I dare do all that may become a man.”
V. Pres. '31; Orch. '32; Inter-class Basketball '32;
Circulation Mgr. Hilltopper '32.
IRENE DANKERT
“I’ll speak in a monstrous little voice.”
RUTH DIKEMAN
“A peace above all earthly dignities,
A still quiet conscience.”
Glee Club '31.
OLIVE DOUGLASS
“Who to herself is law, no law doth need,
Offends no law,and is a queen indeed.”
Glee Club '29, '30, '31; Band '30, '31, '32; Orch. '31.
'32; Cheer Leader ’32.
CONCEITA DI PIETRO
"Happy-go-lucky, fair and free
Nothing there is that worries me."
Glee Club '30.
LOIS DUDLEY
“This pretty lass without a care
Has a wonderful gift—auburn hair.”
Inter-class Basketball '29, '30, 31.
NORMAN ENSMINGER
“Then he will talk—ye Sods, how he will talk!"
ARTHUR EVANS
“I hold the world but as the world.”
CHARLES EVANS
“I may justly say with the hooked-nosed fellow of
Rome, ‘I came, saw and overcame.’ ”
Football ’31, '32.
LEONARD FIELD
“Thought is deeper than all speech.”
IS
MARION FIELD
“Smooth runs the water where the brook is deep.”
Glee Club ’29, ’30, ’31, ’32; Band ’30, ’31, ’32.
CATHERINE FOX
“I’ll not budge an inch.”
Dramatic Club '30, ’31; Inter-class Basketball ’31.
ESTHER FROST
“The gentle mind by gentle deeds is known.”
Glee Club ’29, '30, ’31, Pres. ’32.
FRANCES GOSTOMSKI
“Character is the diamond that scratches every
other stone”
ANNE GOG GIN
“A horse, a horse, my kingdom for a horse.”
Inter-class Basketball ’32; Dramatic Club ’30, ’31.
ELIZABETH GRESCOVIAK
"A sunny temper gilds the edges of life’s blackest
cloud.”
ANGELINE Gl GINO
“They are never alone that are accompanied with
noble thoughts.”
Inter-class Basketball *29, '30.
MAMIE GUGINO
“The mirror of all courtesy.”
Inter-class Basketball '30.

JOHN HULL
“He is a great observer, and
Quite through the deeds of
Orch. '32; Band '32; Glee
Basketball ’32.
he looks
men.”
Club ’32: Inter-class
ACKETT
‘VirWe alone is happiness below.”
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FERN JOHNSON
"Is she not passing fair?”
FRANK JOY
’’Well-trained silence hath more eloquence than
speech.”
ROSE JOY
"Patience is ever my motto not expediency.”
ARNOLD KASBOHM
“And even his failings lean on virtue’s side.”
ELIZABETH KNOLL
"Reason is not measured
principle.”
GEORGINA LAMPHEAR
*
“O, thou art fairer
Clad in the beauty I
Treas. '29: Glee Clu
’29, ’32.
by
size oroheight
evening air
usand stars.”
Inter-class Basketball
BERTHA LAWRENCE
“Happy am I, from care I’m free!
Why aren’t they all contented like me?”
Inter-class Basketball '29, 30, ’31.
LENA LAZARONY
“ ’Tis good to be merry and wise.”
Inter-class Basketball '29, '30, ’32; Ass’t Feature
Ed. Hilltopper '32.
HARRY LEONE
“Quietness is a gift few possess."
Inter-class Basketball '31, '32.
SALVINA LEONE
“As merry as the day is long.”
Inter-class Basketball '2 9.
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EARL MARSH
“On their own merits honest men are dumb’’
Band '30, '31.
HAROLD McKALE
"The world knows nothing of its greatest men.”
Orch. ’32; Band ’32; Glee Club ’32.
RUBY McKINNEY
“She is a winsome wee thing.”
Orch. ’31; Band ’30, ’31.
BEATRICE MEAD
“Anxious to learn and be friendly,
Clever and willing to work.”
CLEMENTINE MILLER
“To those who know her best,
A friend most true and hearty.”
Glee Club '29; Band '29, ’30, '31, ’32; Basketball,
Varsity ’32, Inter-class ’31, ’32.
JAMES ODDO
“A happy youth.”
Football, ’30, ’31, ’32; Inter-class Basketball ’30.
MARION POLVINO
“Happy, vivacious and always gay.”
FRANCES PRIVITERA
“With eyes as brown as brown can be,
A better chum you ne’er did see.”
WILLIAM RAETHKA
“Hail to the Chief who in triumph advances.”
Football '30; Basketball '30, Capt. ’31; Baseball
’30.
LOUIS RANDAZZO
“All his faults are such that one loves him the
better for them.”
Pres. Athletic Aas’n ’31; Football ’30, '31, 32,
Basketball ’30, ’31, ’32; Baseball '29, ’30, ’31.
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GRACE RATHBUN
‘‘She’s all my fancy painted her;
She’s lovely, she’s divine.”
V. Pres. Soph. '31; Dramatic Club '30, '31.
MICHAEL RHODA
"A noticeable man with large brown eyes.”
Football ’30; Inter-class Basketball '30, ’31, '32.
MILTON ROESCH
“His only fault is that he has no fault.”
Ass't Mgr. Basketball ’32, Football '32; Debating
Team ’32; Adv. Mgr. Hilltopper ’32,
GENEVIEVE ROSS
“They're only great who are truly good.”
Glee Club '31; F ,H. S. News Staff '31, ’32; Senior
Ed. Hilltopper '32.
LUCILLE ROWAN
“A friendly nature begets friends.”
Band ’30; Glee Club ’30.
JOHN SEDOTA
"All mankind love a lover.”
Football '31, ’32; Basketball ’31, ’32; Baseball '30, '31.
HELEN SCHULER
“Nothing is impossible to a willing; heart.”
Orch. ’29, '30, ’31, '32; Glee Club '29, '30; Inter-
class Basketball '29, '31, ’32; Volleyball ’32.
WILLIAM SCHULER
“Whose armour is his honest thought,
And simple truth his utmost skill!”
Glee Club ’31, 32.
RUTH SEIBERT1K/ \
" So nirnh¥e»and so fullXrfr subtle flame.”
Inter-claefe Basketball /29, '30, '31, '32; Feature Ed.
Hilltopper ’32.
VIRGINIA SLOAN
"Sing away sorrow, cast away care.”
Orch. ’30; Band ’30; Glee Club ’30, '31, '32; Dra-
matic Club '30.
hugh sullivan
“A thoroughly good man is invariably a brave
one.”
Football ’31, ’32.
SARA VALVO
“I fear not loss, I hope not gain,
I envy none, I none disdain.”
LUCY VINCIGUERA
‘‘Cookery is become an art, a noble science.”
ELIZABETH WILLCOX
‘‘Of all the arts in which the wise excel
Nature’s chief masterpiece is writing well.”
Glee Club ’31, '32; Business MSr. Hilltopper '32.
DORA WILLIAMS

“I had rather have a fool to make me merry than
experience to make me sad.”
Dramatic Club ’30, ’31; Inter-class Basketball '32.
JUNE WILLIAMS
“Contented wi’ little, and cantie wi mair.”
Glee Club ’32.
MICHEAL COSIMANO
“Brevity is the soul of wit.”
Football '31: Basketball ’30.
LESTER CORDT
“From the crown of his head to the sole of his
foot, he is all mirth.”
Inter-class Basketball '30. '31, '32.
JOHN PETERSON
“Life is too short to worry.”
NORMAN MORRISON
"For he’s a jolly good fellow.”
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CLASS NIGHT PROGRAM
SALUTATORY
Members of. the faculty, classmates, and friends:
It gives me great pleasure to welcome you, on behalf of the Senior Class, to our
Class Night program. We are very glad you are here. Truly it is the friends of a
class who support its activities who make those activities worth having.
We hope you will enjoy our program. To you, it may seem very much like any
other Class Night you may have attended, but to us it is a great event, for it is
our class and our night. The members taking part are those with whom we have
been working and playing for twelve years. Tonight, as we begin to see the end
of our associations together, we are especially interested in enjoying those friends.
As 1 stand here I feel greatly honored to have been given the privilege of wel-
coming you, but it seems to me that instead, we should be seeking the words of wel-
come from.you. We are about to enter the larger school of life in which you have
gained so much more experience. Is it not we who are the outsiders? Is it not filling
for us to look for the welcome from you? Our success may depend to a great ex-
tent upon how cordially you receive us into your world, your business and so-
cial, centers.
' We wish to express to you our sincere appreciation for the advantages of edu-
cation you have given us, for the service and often sacrifice you have made to
make possible our education. We thank you for showing your interest in us by com-
ing tonight, and we hope you will remember this as an enjoyable evening. We also
hope that when we soon enter your midst, you will extend to us the cheerful smile
and friendly hand of welcome.
Genevieve Ross
CLASS WILL
We, as members of the Senior Class of 1932, being about to graduate from
the highly respected institution of learning, the Fredonia High School, situated in
the village of Fredonia, Town of Pomfret, County of Chautauqua, State of New
York, United States of America, having acquired all, or nearly ail, of the knowledge
available from such institution, and realizing the brevity of our high-school life,
and being of sound and disposing mind, memory, and understanding, do hereby
declare and proclaim this to be our last will and testament.
ITEM I—As a class, we, the Seniors, make the following bequests:
To the Class of ’33, we hereby leave the dignity for which our class is famous
throughout the entire school.
To the Class of ’3-1, we hereby devise and bequeath our power to borrow and
forget to return things.
To the Class of ’35, we hereby will a supply of our common-sense, of which
we have an over-abundance. However, it must be administered in small quanti-
ties, due to the danger of overfeeding starving persons.
To the janitors, in return for their faithful services, any notes they may find.
Said notes will be framed and put in a prominent place in the boiler room.
To the faculty, to show our gratitude for all the kindnesses shown us, we
leave some original ideas to be employed in keeping students awake in classes.
Mrs. Whitney will find this especially helpful in the case of such students as Har-
old McKale.
ITEM II-—We, Michael Joseph Rhoda and James Samuel Oddo, do hereby be-
queath to Miss Skinner, the school librarian, the use of our little friend and ally,
Hugh Crane Sullivan, to report to her after school in case any one she invited to
visit her after closing hours should have a previous engagement.
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HEM Ill—I, Kathleen Barber, do hereby devise and bequeath to Silvia Mille
my excuse to remain out of school every afternoon except Seventh Hour on Won'
days and Wednesdays. n"
ITEM IV—I, Ruth Mabel White, do hereby devise and bequeath to Beatrice
Olsen the sole privilege of combing her hair repeatedly in Virgil class, provided
that each day she have some new way of arranging her crowning feature.
ITEM V—We, Edward Lionel Crimens and Sherman Clayton Card, more
commonly known as Bus and Sherm, do hereby will our half day’s suspension to
Laurence White, in case that young gentleman should go music-minded during
Music Festival Week in 1933. 8
ITEM VI—We, June Elizabeth Williams and Gertrude Whittier Case, do will
all the Junior boys, who are more like kindergartners to us than anything else, to
any Freshman girls who are particularly hard-up.
ITEM VII—I, Mildred Ilene Cave, do hereby appoint Marjorie Wirth as my
successor in carrying out the work of that worthy organization, the W. C. T. U.
ITEM VIII—We, Alfred Anthony Castellana and Harry Charles Leone, do here-
by bequeath to Devere Washburn and Jack Crimens the sole privilege of occupy-
ing the window in the north wing of the second story of Fredonia High School,
situated on West Main Street in Fredonia.
ITEM IX—I, George Merrill Horey, do hereby bequeath to Donald Hartley half
interest in my harem. In case Mr. Hartley should find it too great a task for a
person of his meager ability along that lin e, he may summon Mr. Edwin Miller of
the Class of ’31 to his aid.
ITEM X—I, Beatrice Irene Mead, do hereby devise and bequeath to Helen Leh-
nen my sophisticated nose.
ITEM XI—I, Helen Schuler, do hereby will to Lynn Thies, my violin for her
use in the Hawaiian band which her brother, Henry, is organizing.
ITEM XII—We, Lucy Cora Jackett and Frances Geraldine Privitera, do hereby
leave to Gail Bates and August Peterson our progress in homemaking.
ITEM XIII—I, Ruth Mary Seibert, do hereby will to Albert Higgs two of my
freckles—the one on my nose and the one on my left cheek.
ITEM XIV—I, Grace Fitch Rathbun, do hereby grant to Nancy Hull, the sole
privilege of dating Don Hartley—provided that that gentleman is not too busy
with his interest in Mr. Horey’s harem.
ITEM XV—I, Arnold William Kasbohm, do hereby will to Alec Dickson my
prizes received for forestry work.
ITEM XVI—I, Milton Derby Roesch, do hereby devise and bequeath upon
Roger Woodcock, as a graduation present, my middle name.
ITEM XVII—I, Ruby Luella McKinney, do hereby bequeath to any willing
recipient any positions as stenographer that are offered me, provided I am unable
to fill the position.
ITEM XVIII—We, Lorana Catherine Fox and Elizabeth Mary Grescoviack, do
hereby will our Jonathan-David friendship to Pauline Weir and Betty Crimens.
ITEM XIX—I. Dora Ella Williams, do hereby will Frederick Coykendall to the
girl of next year’s graduating class whom he shall find most attractive.
ITEM XX—I, Norman Henry Morrison, do hereby devise and bequeath to
Charles Matteson, the school undertaker, my interest in Josephine’s former delica-
tessen shop, now known as Petz.
ITEM XXI—I, Laura Genevieve Ross,do hereby bequeath my musical ability to
Frances Hayward.
ITEM XXII—I, Clementine Isabel Miller, do hereby will to Dorothy Camp-
bell my place as drummer in the High School band.
- ITEM XXIII—I, Clarence Louis Hartlieb, do hereby give to any boy of next
year’s Senior class, who may have a car, Mary Colter’s address.
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ITEM XXIV—I, Frank Frank Joy, do hereby grant to Frank Pasquale, the
honor of being Frank to the second power for the rest of his natural High School
life.
ITEM XXV—We, Harold Edward McKale, Norman Henry Ensminger, Frances
Sally Gostomski, Rose Angeline Joy, Lena Phyliss Lazarony, Salvina Irene
Leone, Lucille Lina Rowan, Sarah Josephine Valvo, and Lucy Nettie Vinciguerra,
not desiring to show partiality, do hereby leave our entire estates to a general fund
for the relief of the unemployment situation in study-halls.
ITEM XXVI—We, the two Field mice, Leonard and Marion, do hereby reveal
the secret of our successful existence to Eleanore Hegmann and Robert Merchant.
ITEM XXVII—I, Fern La Favre Johnson, do hereby devise and bequeath to
Lucy White some of my golden tresses.
ITEM XXVIII—I, Virginia Elizabeth Sloan, do hereby will to Ruth Lovelee
my dancing talent.
ITEM XXIX—I, Mary Elizabeth Colter, do hereby leave to my sister, Ann, my
formula for exercising the jaws to prevent lock-jaw.
ITEM XXX—I, Rose Marie Castilone, do hereby leave to next year’s Virgil class
all the translations which I wrote out provided they have not been already passed
around so much that they are worn out.
ITEM XXXI—I, Howard Minerd Damon, do hereby will to Walter Cardy, my
curly hair in order that said Mr. Cardy might be more attractive to Jean.
ITEM XXXII—I, Arthur Milton Bullock, do hereby leave my position at Petz
to Kenfield Lewis so that he might have more money to spend at the matinees
he attends in Buffalo.
ITEM XXXIII—I, Concetta Catherine Di Pietra, do hereby leave to my sister,
Sarah, any of my boyfriends that I cannnot take with me, provided that said sis-
ter be very kind to them and, provided that I be permitted to see each of them once
a week at a time to be decided upon at my own convenience.
ITEM XXXIV—We, Bertha Marian Lawrence and Lester Lavern Cordt, do
hereby leave to the younger members of our respective families, our respective
Flying Torpedoes, known to the common-minded as Fords. ,
ITEM XXXV—I, Marjorie Mary Ellen Coe, do hereby bequeath to Mr. Dye
one of my pigtails which he may place in his museum as a souvenir from one of
the greatest composers in the Town of Pomfret.
ITEM XXXVI—We, Phyllis Louise Costello and Mamie Jennie Gugino, do
hereby leave our red hair to Fairl Johnson in order that Bus Crimens might have
a change of scenery.
ITEM XXXVII—I, Mabel Louise Champlain, do hereby will a round-trip ticket
to Cleveland to Patty Holcomb, with the condition that said Miss Holcomb will
not date any of my boyfriends there.
ITEM XXXVIII—I, William Marion Schuler, do hereby bequeath to Rexford
Ingham my Bakery-Truck and several very promising addresses.
ITEM XXXIX—I, Ruth Eleanor Dikeman, leave my blushes behind to Peggy
Fenner.
ITEM XL—I, Elizabeth Florence Knoll, do hereby will to Dorothy Edmunds
my comradeship with Gail Bates along with Gail’s chewing gum.
ITEM XLI—I, Irene Esther Dankert, do hereby leave to George Odell several
shy, sweet glances.
ITEM XLII—I, John Edward Hull, being the only Adirondack mountaineer
in Fredonia High School, do hereby leave to Donald Whitford my best pair of
climbing boots.
ITEM XLIII—I, Esther Fay Frost, do hereby reveal to anybody who cares to
make it his business, how I spend my afternoons.
ITEM XLIV—I, Marjorie Lucy Cummings, do hereby will to Esther Schuler
the address of my soldier boy-friend.
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HEM XLV—I, Olive McNair Douglasmy dimples to Stella Fox.
to a certain Freshman boy.
ITEM XLVI—I, John George Sedota, do hereby leave Jennie in the care of thn
younger John Sedota. ’ e
ITEM XLVII—I, Elizabeth Nelson Willcox, do hereby leave my so-far success-
ful ideas for the Annual to Isabel Gestwicki.
ITEM XLVIII—I, Georgina Mary Lamphear, do hereby devise and bequeath
dimples to Stella Fox.
ITEM XLIX—I, Roger Griswold Woodcock, do hereby bequeath to Ed Rich, all
hats I purchased within the last year for the opening of said Mr. Rich’s haberdash-
ery.
ITEM L—I, Angeline Louise Gugino, do hereby will to any girl who feels blue
at any time, an ample supply of my smiles.
ITEM LI—I, Ann Genevieve Goggin, do hereby bequeath to Edwin Brown the
horse I could not stay on.
ITEM LII—I, Louis Anthony Randazzo, do hereby leave the address of my
Forestville girl-friend to either of the Evans boys in case they are looking for a
date.
ITEM LIII—I John Merril Peterson, do hereby give to my brother, August,
the sole use of my car, provided he doesn’t want to use it at the same time I do.
ITEM LIV—I, William Edward Barth, having been unsuccessful, to date, in
discovering whether Miss Eleanor Smith has a left ear or not, do hereby appoint
my inspiration, Gertrude Christoffers, as my successor in the research work.
ITEM LV—I, Earl Edward Marsh, do hereby will to Dick Edmunds, the
aviator’s license which I almost got.
The foregoing statement was recorded by the testator in the presence of the
undersigned, and said testator swore to be his last will and testament in our pres-
ence; therefore, do we set our hands and seals thereto as witnesses.
(Signed
Lot La Noise
Riotville, Arkansas.
and
Dora Key
Lockport, New York.
Virginia Bowen
Class Testator.
PROPHECY FOR THE CLASS OF 1932
Kathleen Barber
Kay will be queen of the Amazons, regal and commanding.
William Barth
Bill’s future is settled. He will be Social Secretary to his wife, Gert. C. Bait i,
whose social obligations will be numerous.
Mary Battaglia
Mary proved her ability when she directed Miss Mitchell’s class in a play-
see her as chief trouper and director of a Follies.
Virginia Bowen
Ginger will be cheer leader in the next depression.
Arthur Bullock.
Arthur will be Lord High Mucky Muck in his own Utopia where angles,
theorems, molecules and electrons are excluded.
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Sherman Card
Sherm will leave soon for India for the express purpose of cxtab.’ishing a
harem.
Gertrude Case
Gert will invent a new type of beauty treatment so that under the x-ray
beauty will not be only skin deep.
Alfred Castellan®
Al will practice a great deal on his trumpet and some day will compete with
Gabriel for (he position in heaven. We hope he doesn't gel stage fright.
Rose Caslilone
Rose will live in a little house with a pet white rat and will imagine explo-
sions when a pin drops.
Mildred Cave
Mildred will have charge of F. H. S. Glee Club when it beats Jamestown at
Music Festival in 198-1.
Mabel Champlain
Mabe, in charge of a fleet of canoes, will discover the lost island, Atlantus.
Marjorie Coe
Ma rge will be ringleader in a side show exhibiting the only two braids left
in captivity.
Mary Colter
Mary will be matron of an exclusive home for bachelors.
Lester Cordt
Lester will establish a flourishing b usiness transporting commuters between
Lamberton and Fredonia by means of an autogiro.
Phyllis Costello
Phyl will write lurid tales for yellow back magazines.
Edward Crimens
Bus, as a famous inventor, will invent new and wonderful ways of driving
a car without the use of hands or arms.
Marjorie Cummings
Marge will be a soap box orator for prohibition.
Howard Damon
Howard will go out west and ride broncoes until he rides a dark horse right
into Congress.
Irene Dankert
Blondie only has a few years to wait before a little home with morning glories
will greet her.
Ruth Dikeman
Ruth will be matron of an orphan asylum designed especially for little
nephews who might as well be sons.
Olive Douglass
Olive with her instrument of noise sometimes called a clarinet will lead th*-
downs in the Barnum and Bailey circus parades.
Concelta De Pietro
Well, well, Concetta will be presiding over the department of higher mathe-
matics of F. H. S. in 2000.
Lois Dudley
Red will spend her days wiping little noses.
Norman Ensminger
Norm will be chief ballyhooer and loudspeaker of the side shows at the fair.
Arthur Evans
Arthur’s permanent position will be as gigilo at the Normal School dances.
At such his time will be quite taken up.
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Charles Evans
In the next bridge Olympics, Charles will defeat Ely Culbertson. Culhpri
may chew Wrigley’s to help his finesses but Charles chews Beechman’s w°U
rah for Beechman’s ' nur'
Leonard Field
Leonard will become an absent-minded professor and will put his umbrpli
to bed and then stand himself in the corner. a
Marion Field
Marion, from a shrinking little bud, will mature into one of the daisies of thn
field and will be belle of the town.
Catherine Fox
Catherine, some future day, will undertake to convince Einstein that his
theory of relativity is wrong.
Esther Frost
Esther will go into talkies and talk and talk and talk.
Frances Gostomski
Frances will be a school marm presiding over the little red schoolhouse in
her home district.
Anne Goggin
Dolly will lead a famous cavalry attack in the next war.
Elizabeth Grescoviak
Elizabeth will become very proficien t in languages that died long ago and wall
seek to revive them especially Latin.
Angeline Gugino
Angeline will be a private, very private secretary to the Prince of Wales.
Mamie Gugino
Mamie will be companion to a dowager and will gamble at Monte Carlo and
swim at the Riviera.
Clarence Hartlieb
Dutch will be chief inmate of the Colter Exclusive Home for Bachelors.
George Horey
George, as he himself has so often predicted, will be chief ally of Capone in
the racketeering business.
John Hull " ... ,
John will clip coupons until he has to hire a filing clerk to keep track oi them.
Lucy Jackett
Lucy will be the first of the graduates of her homemaking class to make prac-
tical use of her knowledge.
Fern Johnson
Fern will invent a device which, when attached inside the throat, will act as
a loudspeaker. No longer need anyone have an inaudible voice, the billboards ad-
vertising it will read.
Frank Joy ... •
Frank will become famous by changing the currimulum of school. He win in-
clude more of those subjects appealing to students and fewer that appeal to tn
faculty.
Rose Joy and Sara Valvo f .
Rose and Sara will run a famous beauty shop and they will regulate the tas
ionable length of ladies’ tresses.
Arnold Kasbohm -the
Arnold, as a renowned archologist, will seek to find relics of the stone age in
heads of high school students.
Elizabeth Knoll
Elizabeth, to satisfy her own wants and those of her friend, Gail Bates,
establish a chewing gum factory.
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Georgina Lamphear
. . Peggie’s beaming smile will grace billboards over the whole country adver-
tising Pepsodent toothpaste.
Bertha Lawrence
Bert will crash into Hollywood and be successor to Winnie Lightner.
Lena Lazarony
Lena will graduate from an international university in Switzerland with
honors.
Harry Leone
Harry has had such excellent voice training in class recitation that he will
be a barker at Ringling Bros.’ circus.
Salvina Leone
Sally will be secretary to Jimmy Walker when he finally wins the Mooney
case.
Earl Marsh
Earl will reside in a palatial residence. The walls of his den will be covered
with framed, gilt-edged diplomas.
Harold McKale
Harold will be editor of a monthly newspaper known as the Hicktown Gazette.
Ruby McKinney
Ruby will be successor to Winnie Winkle wearing a different dress every day.
Beatrice Mead
Bee, as a nurse, will soothe the troubled brows of all the good-looking young
men patients.
Clementine Miller
Fay will test parachutes at the Roosevelt Flying Field.
James Oddo
James will be a screen hero but will insist upon only one leading lady—at a time.
Marian Polvino
Marian will be one of the high kickers in Ziegfeld’s Follies.
Frances Privitera
Frances will be a cateress to H. R. H. George X and will cause foreign entangle-
ments when she serves spaghetti.
William Racthka
Bud, I find, will earn a livelihood by giving temperance lectures. Personal
testimonials will be given by the lecturer.
Louis Randazzo
Louis will tell fairy tales beginning, “I was al a conference, dear,” or, “Yes, I
always go to bed al 9 o’clock.”
Grace Rathbun
Grace will preside over one of the Soviet day nurseries in Russia.
Michael Rhoda
Mike with his big brown eyes will vamp all the girls from the Bowery of
New York City.
Milton Roesch .
Pug will go to Congress and make himself famous by speaking tor twelve
hours without saying anything.
Genevieve Ross ... . . . ...
Gen will be an artist’s model. All artists who specialize in painting saints will
find she makes a marvelous model.
Lucille Rowan
Lucille will dance her way to stardom and an ample bankroll.
John Sedota . . . L r
John will be summoned to court for working overtime in the Sectota-Lazerony
Corporation, Limited.
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Helen Schuler
Helen will be famous as the designer of doll houses.
William Schuler
Wi.iiam, while driving his bakery truck in Russia, will violate n 1
Five Year Plan, thus causing the downfall of that famous system. Ules Un<ler tllp
Ruth Seibert
Ruthie will be chief joke cector for Ballyhoo.
Virginia Sloan
' Tubby will be a crooner taking the place of Kale Smith. Maybe sb
that moon" over the mountain. le can gej
Hugh. Sullivan
Hugh will use his fertile I.rain and supply lardy students with legitim-t
cases. ate Gx~
Lucy Vinciguera
Lucy, so I am told, will invent a device by which a clock may be turned 1
by mental telepathy. No more tardiness for Lucy. ‘ Jack
Ruth White
Ruth and last year’s S-enio president will reside in the white house. It’s hard
to tell which one will govern the nation and which the white house. ‘ “
Dora Williams
Dora’s name will become a popular byword in every high school for she will
establish in every up-to-date high the new postoffice system that she has lately per-
fected. Just ask Fritzy if it isn t good.
June Williams
June will serve Downy Flake doughnuts in Paradise for surely they must
serve them there.
Roger Woodcock
Rog will invent many labor saving devices. His most famous ones will be to
eliminate the trouble of shaving, having hair cuts and thinking.
John Peterson
John will organize the famous Devil May Care club whose motto will be “No
work.”
Michael Cosimano
Michael will play on the AJ1 Star American team. His position will be “Away
Back.”
Norman Morrison
Norman will sell Dunlop tires to all who don’t -want them.
Elizabeth Willcox
adaw^eCreS® wnia farc n" aware^ aH ™E CLASS 0P 1932
windinoainted High crossH severe ‘C P°inl our v'IlaSe—Can-
'»<hng urse? characteristics and the ™ al llmes a day- However- are we
rathSXde\UV'mn creek r "'1,ich « ™ns alo"S i,s
Froshn?ened “P**®MU Md^ ^dTin Se^tcSl,.m,,,er’ f,ows a,°»S wandering
gather inn;JveJoo were ?£(hfr<?u,gh the doorae? p"?928 anofher class of fresh-
even went toe,h]'s hours hLghtened to dea?h ?r?d°.nia High. Yes, dear little
a grasshetn ° ?e Wrong ronn. before we even { believe we stood huddled lo-
thoiS^iH a jar^m1^.^ classesJ D^^ed enter our home rooms. We
tubae and x ''as ^oing to Rin]1" Tallman’s Chen • lenieniber Bus Crimens carrying
andxysweor|an^loSy clas°? Jn the 1try class of Seniors when he
as a class and elect Vf/ ad difficulties with tubA
Cled the following officers:
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President—Ruth White
Vice President—Milton Fenner
Secretary—Kenfield Lewis
Treasurer—Georgina Lamphear
The best Freshman party that has ever been given at F. H. S. was given in
1929. It was a George Washington party. The committees worked like gnomes.
During study hours Freshmen went to the gym to assist Peg Lamphear in hang-
ing red, white, and blue strips across the ceiling. Well do I remember the program
committee cutting out little red hatchets ’til the wee small hours of the morning.
The school just buzzed after this, the social event of the season. If you don’t be-
lieve little Freshmen’s tongues can wag, just ask Miss Hazelton or listen to Jimmy
Woods.
A number of our class are great music lovers for we dared to skip school to
attend the music festival at Normal that spring. Afterwards we racked our brains
to think up excuses which might pass as legitimate. One certain blonde imp had
to stay home to rest for a dancing recital on band day. A few nobly confessed the
truth and, like martyrs, suffered their punishment.
And so we passed our first year here, rushing through the halls and worm-
ing our way through the crowds of upper classmen, conquering our foes—the de-
clensions, the respiration of the grasshopper, and the Ancient Mariner.
In winter the creek, covered by a crust of ice and snow, flows quietly on. Our
school life burdened with the works of Caesar and Shakespeare as the creek bur-
dened with the weight of wet snow, ran along monotonously for the next two
years.
In our Sophomore year we chose these officers:
President—Clarence Hartlieb
Vice President—Ruth White
Secretary-treasurer—Milton Fenner
We were seemingly lost in the depths of learning. All through the halls one
might hear Sophomores muttering under their breath. Art Bullock could be heard
chanting, “A straight line is the shortest line which can be drawn between two
points,” or Norman Ensminger reciting, “The quality of mercy is not strained,”
or Mamie Gugino repeating, “All of Gaul is divided into three parts.”
Then we progressed from Room 22, our Sophomore home room, to Room 37
to be Juniors in the company of such Seniors as Al Woodcock, Sue Duncan, and
Bill Henderson. We did have certain social functions this year. We bad a class
theatre party, a movie at the Winter Garden, with dancing afterward to the syn-
thetic rhythm of the Rhythm Kings Orchestra. The Junior-Senior picnic, an annual
affair, proved to be heaps of fun.
We elected class officers. Why, do you ask? We had to have a president to
respond to the worldly advice given us by the Seniors on Class night. We chose:
President—Ruth White
Vice President-—Howard Damon
Secre I a ry—Ed wa rd C ri me ns
Treasurer-—Clarence Hartlieb
The snow has melted, the swollen creek rushes on leaping madly over the
rocks. Wc, the class of ’32, filled with the knowledge which we have acquired in
the last three years, have been more than busy with our school activities this year.
We elected officers quite early in the year for there is a great need of officers
for the business of the Senior year. We chose to carry on our business matters:
President—Ruth White
Vice President—Clarence Hartlieb
Secretary—George Horey
Treasurer—Roger Woodcock
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In November we ordered our Senior rings—and by the way, if you haven’t
seen them you want to because they’re the best looking things you have ever seen1
Every Senior can assure you of that.
Could anyone forget the Senior Polar Party, the dancing in the frigid polar re-
gins midst icebergs, igloos, penguins, and icicles.
During the week before April 15th, Seniors went to school with noddins
heads, half-closed eyes and inky fingers. “I was working on my thesis,” was a pei>
fectly legitimate excuse for missing any meeting. Everyone seemed to understand
If you think we haven’t acquired oodles of knowledge from writing such master-
pieces, you might ask Rog something about the history of architecture, he’ll tell
you anything you want to know. And if Milton Roesch can’t tell you about Davy
Jone’s locker or Mabe about Russia’s Five Year Plan—alas—it has all been in
vain.
We are indeed a distinguished class, the class of 1932, the George Washington
Bicentennial class, and the first class in F. H. S. to publish an annual. We have
named our book the “Hilltopper.” In December the individual Senior pictures
were taken. Such primping, and what vanity! Do you know why there was such a
confusion in the appointments for pictures? No, of course not, no one would have
thought it, but nevertheless it’s true because Mr. McLaren told Betsy and Betsy
told me—George and Rog monopolized the mirror for a half an hour—people were
standing in line waiting their turn. During the whole year, we have been work-
ing on the literature, editorials, features, and other of the contents of the annual,
scribbling away ourselves, looking over other manuscript, checking it and then
typing and proofreading. Some of us have really become extremely proficient two-
finger artists. Haven’t you passed by the staff office and heard the clicking of the
typewriter keys and the long pauses between the click? It was Ruth, our Editor-in-
Chief, typing—almost as well as Mrs. Fink too. It has been loads of work, but it was
fun and we hope it will be worth while.
Perhaps some people might think our Senior year should be compared to
winter, but I hardly think so. Spring when everything is fresh and green, is the be-
ginning of the year with all things starting anew. And so this year is only the
beginning of the many achievements of the class of 1932.
Ruth Seibert
CLASS SONG
Four long years we’ve worked and played,
Lasting friendships we have made.
Onward through life we shall tread,
Our motto “Forward” flying ahead.
Chorus:
Our Alma Mater dear and true,
We shall always cherish you
Leaving these halls with sad adieu
We are the class of ’32.
How we love our colors bright,
Courage and purity, (the) red and white.
These will help us life to tread,
Our motto “Forward” flying ahead.
Chorus:
Marjorie Coe
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ESSAY
O Tempora, 0 Mores!
~I saY> Uncle Jake, I saw a sight today that heats anything
in 63.
you ever saw
—Humph!
—Just supposing, just imagine the Akron at Fort Sumter.
. —Let me tell you girlie, they cou'.dnT fight a danged sight belter in them
things, than we did with muskets. Them were the days.
—The one horse shay days, Uncle.
—One horse shay! We won the war, one horse shay or nay.
—Yes, Uncle, but I’d like to have seen you win in 1918 with your one horse
shay methods.
1918, that \\as a war, by Jehosphat! Submarines, zepplins, tanks, bombs!
why il the men of 63 had neon Behind them batteries, the war’d have ended in
two weeks.—1 wish Abe Lincoln could have seen that war. But times has changed;
some ways better, some ways worse:— Let me see now, t’was just .ast year Byrd,
living al the South iole, talked every day to his folks back home; and tweren’t so
very long ago, Lindy flew to France. Some led as how they plan to visit Mars soon
just to establish friendly relations—Now 'stead of walking, you ride, not in saddle
either, but on cushions; ’stead of writing, you telephone; ’stead of sleepin’ and
ealin’, you rest and dine. Not only ways has changed but plain English aint good
for ye.—You weren t even satisfied with boats, but had to fly. Speed, speed, speed,
that’s all you think of. One’d think, as how, you could make the day longer, if you
went faster. You’ve only so many minutes to live, and il don’t matter a dang sight,
as 1 can see, whether you’re goin” a mile a minute or a mile an hour.—Folks don’t
seem as to even stop to cook nowadays. Open a can or two and dinner’s ready.—
Why girlie if we’d ever done some of the things you do! We did our courtin’ con-
servative like, and Weren't esery day we tried a new husband out. Seems like
you don’t go to church any more, leastwise if you do it’s only to meet Tom, Dick,
or Harry.—And the day’s long past when all Salli’day was spent scrubbin’ floors
and all Salli’day, scrubbin’behind ears. You may still be clean an’ healthy, but taint
the old sparkling, shiny face we used to see, or the rugged powerful bodies we
used to have. Nope. A person’d think as you young’uns were a tribe of Injuns on
the warpath with your paint and powder. And the only muscles you have is enough
to win a set o’tennis or make a birdie in one on the golf links.
—Uncle,you’ll go to sleep if you don’t slop.We’re all right. We still have
schools, churches and scoldings. Doni forget either, sir, that women painted in
your day loo. Speed comes in handy once in a while, too. If we're going some
place, we spend the day there, not getting there. — Pretty soon we aren’t going to
eat; we’ll take Thanksgiving dinner in a pill. We’ll have robots to do our menial
tasks. Which reminds me I have a menial task, a whole chapter of Cicero to trans-
late. I don’t believe the Ancient Romans ever worried over evil improvements.
Let’s see page 1, paragraph 2, line 11. “O tempora, 0 mores! Senatus haec intel-
legit, consul videt.” 0 the times, O the customs! The senate knows these evils,
the consul sees them,—and even in Cicero’s time it was.
Anne Goggin.
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ORATION
George Washington
For eight hundred years, through successive generations, the name of Wash-
ington, or de Wessyngton, has been Known lor the valor, chivalry, honor, and
nu.itary distinction of those who have borne it. George Washington, too, preserved
the high ideals and very admirable characteristics of his ancestors. At man’s estate
Washington was a heroic mould, poised and dignified.
The personality of George Washington, his dignified bearing, his thoughtfid
consideiation, not only endeaied mm to nis friends, mil commanded the admiration
and respect of his opponents. He was always remarkable for his firmness and di-
rectness, yet at all times courteous, and in every sense of the word, a true gentle-
man. Early in his life he copied and learned the one hundred and ten Rules of
Civility. These all dealt with courteousness, consideration of others, kindness, and
with personal characteristics and attitudes. Some of these were: “Sleep not when
others speak; Sit not when others stand; and speak not when you should hold your
peace.”
History tells us less than we should like to know about the childhood days
and' social life of Washington. He went to school at Fredericksburg for a time. Here
he joined in all the Jvely games which the boys played, and even then he was a
professed leader. He was especially fond of playing “soldier” and tradition has it
that he was usually chosen captain. At this time in his life, Washington lived on
a farm on the Rappahannock. It was at this farm, it is traditionally said, that
George Washington performed the miraculous task of throwing a coin across the
river. Possibly it might not be inappropriate to state, along with this great feat,
the story of a man who was escorting a party of distinguished foreigners around
the grounds of the home. One of them asked if it were really true that George
Washington in his youth had thrown a shilling across that certain river. The loyal
American replied that every word of it was true, but that in after years he had
done still better—he had tossed a soverign across the Atlantic! But to resume Was-
ington’s early life, at the age of eleven upon the death of his father, he went to
live with his brother at Wakefie d. Here he attended the school of Henry Williams,
from whom he received’ his first instruction in surveying and his first inspiration
to make it his vocation. Washington always enjoyed this occupation and devoted
to it a passionate enthusiasm that never abated.
Washington’s social life was wide and varied; he had many social duties. He
entertained many friends al Mount Vernon. His home was one of the most hos-
pitable ones in the South. Its doors were open to everyone—-rich and poor alike.
Washington had no regard for social distinction. He was as kind and benevolent to
his poor neighbors as to wealthy ones.
Washington married Martha Custis in 1759. She was a widow with (wo chil-
dren—Patsy and Jacky. Never could anyone have found so geni e and kind a hus-
band and father as George Washington. He was always very fond of these two
children and cared for them as bis own. He devoted a great part of bis life to
them, and when they died, al an early age. be was completely grief-stricken. His
unbounded affection for bis wife, as well as for her children, is evidenced by the.
care and courteous attention which he invariably found time to give her, no matter
bow overburdened he might be with the responsibilities of warfare or the affairs
of the stale.
Gouverneur Morris has depicted for all limos the character of Washington in
the following quotation:
“Born to high destinies, he was faslroned for them by the band of nature. His
form was noble—his port majestic. On his front were enthroned the virtues which
exalt, and those, which adorn the- human character. So dignified his deportment, no
man could approach him but with respect. His judgment was always clear, because
his mind was pure. In him were the courage of a soldier, the intrepidity ol a
chief, the fortitude of a hero.”
Dora Williams
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CLASS POEM
Do they say it’s four years since this class entered high?
Four years seem so short when they g.ide smoothly by.
We’ve enjoyed our work; and we enjoyed our play;
Tonight we are Seniors! 'tonight we are gay.
We recall all your efforts, we laugh at your fears.
Parents and teachers thought our marks would bring tears.
So reprools have been given, our follies rebuffed,
And our poor empty heads with knowledge were sluffed.
Now we smile at the tasks which fretted us much,
And hope in life’s school, our zeal will be such
That health, wealth, and fame and blessing galore.
't he future will shower from her bounteous store.
Here’s our president, Ruth, who has showed us the way
To win honors great by working each day;
And, Genevieve, too. with her sweet winning smile,
Kept her eye on her marks and worked all the while.
Then Dora and Anne, with their essays and speeches,
Will set the world wondering what history teaches.
The success of our annual, the first in the school,
Has proved Betsy Willcox was born to rule.
There’s a nice youngster, Ginger, (her last name is Bowen),
On playgrounds or programs, she kept something goin’,
While demure Ruth Seibert attends every game
And yells like a demon; well, it helps all the same.
The girl with the braids, Miss Marjorie Coe,
Tries making things jingle wherever we go.
Our dispensors of gifts, Lena, Roger, and George,
Will spread rays of sunshine as sparks from a forge.
The wisdom of Hartlieb will bring us renown,
For his advice will be sought all over the town.
Friends, do you see, with a class such as this.
There’s nothing ahead but joy and bliss?
A splendid class motto we have chosen to heed,
You may lay aside troubles for “forward” we lead,
And oursemor class colors, the Red and White,
With courage and purity will show us the light.
L. Catherine Fox
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VALEDICTORY
Dear Friends:
To every high school class comes the time, when at the termination of Jour
years, it must say goodbye. Tonight our class is looking forward to that swiftly-
approaching time. Graduation! A goal attained—the reward ol four years of
work. How short they seem, these years that we have spent here. It hardlv
seems possible that the many events of our high school lives can be crowded into
four years.
As we scan them in retrospect, values become clearer. How trivial and petty
the interests, which at the moment, loomed all-important before us. Tonight we
realize that the things really permanent and worthwhile we have assimilated al-
most without conscious thought. Lessons hastily prepared, frantic cramming for
examinations, little disappointments and defeats—all blur into obscurity before
the lessons we have learned—lessons in good sportsmanship, in loyalty, in cooper-
ation, in friendliness, in seeking after wisdom—truly, adventures all, in living.
In this retrospective glance, we recall with gratitude the inspiration and sac-
rifices of our fathers and mothers, to whom we owe our presence here this eve-
ning. We are also profoundly appreciative of the sympathetic understanding and
gcnuinely-helpful attitude of our teachers. Their experience has proved invaluable
to us; their encouragement has led us on to higher achievement. We count them
true friends. We wish sincerely that we may never be false to the ideals which
Fredonia High School has instilled in us.
The thought of graduation brings, naturally enough, an exultation and joy
from the satisfaction of a race nearly run, a course finished. Yet our happiness is
not unmixed with sorrow. But a few weeks, and we shall leave these dear walls
and the companionships we have enjoyed here. But parting is inevitable, and in
truth, would we wish it otherwise? In modern phraseology, “Life is like that”.
So as we say goodbye let us face the future with clear-eyed courage. The world
is waiting. Let us answer its challenge with youth’s dauntless enthusiasm. We are
the world of tomorrow. Will it be a better, a finer, a cleaner, a more splendid
world because we have lived?
Ruth White.
SENIOR
LITERATURE
SPRING
The smell of lilacs
Bursting in the rain;
Whispering breezes
Stirring the leaves;
Leaves, green and pale
Shading the ways
And covering the bareness
Of giant trees;
Flowers, flaming
From the dingy ground,
Bursting their cloaks
And strewing them about,
Brightening the lonely spots
Of Winter’s habitation;
How now, tis spring!
Elizabeth Willcox.
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HAS IT EVER HAPPENED TO YOU?
I! Wi}S We4nesday afternoon, and the next day our exams started. I left the
hisloij class with the grim determination to go straight home to studv English
m preparation for the examination Thursday morning? Of course, on' the way
home. I cotildn t study because everyone was talking with me. With such chat-
ter it was impossible lor me to concentrate on Samuel Johnson, Beowulf, or
Caedmon. I finally reached home and plunged into my self-appointed task.
Io be or not to be—’ I was just getting started when mother entered and
asked me to lake care ol Piita while she went to the store. I made an unconscious
note of this and returned to Keats.
“Who wrote the Vicar of Wakefield?” Bang—just about that time Rita was
crying because she had dropped her rattle. I rushed over and tried to quiet her.
First 1 used my persuasion methods, and finallv I lost my temper. But to no
avail.
“Milton, Wordsworth, Shelly—Walter, will you stop that whistling?” Who
could study with a houseful of hoys? Al four-thirty mother returned and suc-
ceeded in quieting Rita. At last I could study in peace. Just as I began to be
convinced (hat the “Life of Johnson” could he acquired, the door-hell rang. It
was Anna with her new dress. By the time I had finished admiring it and trying
it on, it was time for supper.
“Gee! These pork chops taste good! If it were done when ’Lis done. If—I
resolved to learn that passage at least he fore 1 went to bed. Suddenly I remem-
bered that Wednesday was the night for our bridge club—and 1 had high score!
I simply couldn’t miss that. However, Goldsmith. Keats, Pope, and Burns, no
trumps, honors, and Masefield were mixed up in my mind all evening.
When I reached home I tried to study, hut the voice of Morpheus was
stronger than the call of Shakespeare, and so I set my alarm for six o’clock.
Six-ten Thursday morning, I was up from bed and dressed. After two hours
of early morning study, my spirits began to pick up, and I felt I knew almost as
much as Greenlaw and Miles. By this time 1 was almost confident of making a
ninety in the examination. I was settled at my desk, and the teacher passed out
the examination questions. I stared at the paper. Horrors! II wasn’t English—
it was the day for the Cicero exam!
—Elizabeth Grescoviak
0 DI IMMORTALES
The fury of the gods had been aroused. What was the offense? Coidd it
have been anything which I, a mere mortal had done?
A cloud hid the moon. The stars had put out their twinkling lights. The sky
was black and ominous. Aeolus with all his strength blew the four winds to the
four corners of the earth. He lashed the tall trees, bending their branches almost
to the ground with his mighty blast.
Now and again a jagged f.ash rent the black cloud. A loud, growling rumble
and a crash followed. Jupiter, the king of the gods, was hurling his thunderholts
to the earth. Was one destined to strike me, huddled frightened in my bed?
Could 1 in no way appease this wrath? The awful raging without caused me to
hold my breath in fear and suspense. , , ... , , . ...
The rumbling seemed to grow more distant, the lightening Lashed less otten.
Ah, at last I breathed a sigh of relief. Once more I had been spared. How kind the
gods had been!
—Ruth Seibert.
■IM
through the corridor,-'
Hiii r i r v, mill nun' inure iiinliy ” trembling sfii'b-ot orthes. a ferve-t
ol Iliiiiil.Mglving lor (lie Ill'll Which Ims been lh*< means of extricating hirn frfPPayer
rhilchvH ol I hr IiimIriirloi mid po'ilpmiing his; agonir-; until tomorrow.’ " Jrn {he
liiNhiiillv bi’dlmii Im Irl looms poors fmng ojem, j/Oi ir torth crowds of oh,
lering sliidi'iilM cramming mid jamming Ihr balls. .zoxr the Hattie i.a f,n- 1 2 * 4
hoed, nil yr limoroiiM ri'raluivH I Venture not into the noisy struggle. a*e
Kill ml who m'e engrr Io rifde lift' tool Hrnb, forth to the fray. pp.
slaiwnrl eoiirnpe. n mIoiiI henrl, mid mi iron will vrho would reach the classrrr 5 6 7 8 9 10
One has only Io win n place in Ihe milling throng to he- noroe along effortless?
on Ihe scribing slremn. One dnngrr point, however, must be negotiated with Ur
Hint spol in Ihe lower hull where the two traffic lirif-3. crfjaA at the eighth
room, n U’cncheroUH Mpol mid Ihe inruns ol bringing more than one student to
grief.
There nre three approved methods genera.Jy recognized .oy our students. FirsL
Ihe strong-arm, Ihe method commonly employed by our athletes. The success of
certain foolball players using Ibis system is astounding. In an interview. the ma
jorily of (hear men confessed llinl they owed their extraordinary skill to football.
They declared Hull Ibis game offers Hie best of training tor the daily skirmish
'I'ho exponents of Ihe second system, the dart-and-dash, claim that dartina
in and mil of Ihe cracks and crannies develops a singular agility and that it is with-
out an equal as an aid Io reducing.
Thirdly, there is Hie parasite plan, approved for those of us who are more
timid and delicate. Lucky indeed is be, who Jacking the necessary brawn him-
self, has a muscular friend. Hanging on for dear life, the fortunate one is towed
to his class.
Any one of these three, if the gods are auspicious, will probably deposit the
student in the class room. Oh, of course, cases are on record in which the vic-
tims straggled into class five minutes late. However, regrettable as such misfor-
tunes are, it is felt that they are unavoidable and as such must be accepted-—inevi-
table consequences of this machine age.
Observance of the following rules will help in ihe reduction of casualties:
1.    Keep to the right—especially on stairways.
2.    Indicate your intention to turn left.
•3. Do not stop suddenly. If you find it absolutely necessary to stop, notify the
person behind you. It is usually better to abandon the pencil you dropped
than to risk the probable collision.
4.    The use of teeth, finger nails, and elbows is perfectly legitimate. but the use
of brass knuckles, iron pipes, umbrellas, and similar weapons is strictly for-
bidden.
5.    Remember that when you swerve out of the line of traffic. ycu are endanger-
ing not only your own life, but those of your fellow students as weE.
6.    Proceed with care. Disasters frequently occur when sceed-derncns rush
down the halls and thoroughfares at a break-neck iviee. running down Miss
Merrit or Mr. Moore in their haste.
7.    Be sure to observe the rights of science students. Tb.ev are privileged to
roost outside Mr. Tallman’s door until one-half second before the last bell.
8.    AU accidents must be promptly reported to policemen Merrit and Moon?.
Failure to comply with this regulation will result in suspension of the culp-
rit’s license.
9.    Let your conscience be your guide. (If you have any.)
10.    Finally, remember:
All’s fair in love and war.
Every man for himself.
And may be the best man win.
Ruth White.
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THIS WINE CALLED LIVING
(Upon reading the Rubaiyat)
And what is life
But preparation
For a greater life beyond?
And what of life
But to give and take such joy
As our released souls
When speeding heavenward
May take with them
To Paradise?
The Wine of Life is waiting
To be poured forth.
The crystal goblet stands ready
Near his hand.
When with a sweeping gesture
Omar hurls it off
Into a pile of shining fragments
And in a ringing voice
Proclaims,
“There is no life beyond the grave
So eat, my virgins, drink
And let’s be merry
For tomorrow all must die.”
Then pours he forth the wine,
And it, lacking a reservoir,
Flows eagerly along the table
And creeps into the crevices
Between the boards.
Then drips
Wih a sweet, slow monotone of sound
Upon the floor.
It steals into the aged pages
Of a musty book,
And in it Omar dips his pen
To write
Upon those blood-stained leaves.
And he enshrines his maidens
With the liquid fire.
At last he kneels
To lap so eagerly of this wine
Poured forth
But can not find one drop
To soothe his thirsty soul,
And so he dies
Unsatisfied.
So we, if we would really live.
And drink this wine,
And feel its spirits
Tingle in our blood
And fire our brain,
Must pour it in the appointed glass
And sip decorously from its sparkling
rim.
Elizabeth Willcox.
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GOOD BOOKS
In order to appreciate good books it is necessary to read from a wide field of
literature. We might consider the literary field a ladder shelved with books. That
we may correctly value them we have to read them ail, starling from (lie bottom
shelves, then reaching the top ones with a really eager pleasure, as does a small
boy when he eats the frosting saved from his cake.
Through books we look upon life, the dishonesties, the integrities of <rreat
and smaL characters. And as we stumble through the familiar fables, the'bed-
time stories, and the grade literature, we begin to form a vague idea of that hazv
“something” which eludes us and which our minds are not capable of grasping
In our early high-school years we are introduced to supposedly new authors
of fascinating book lore. Stevenson’s immortal “Treasure Island” is always read
with the same delight year after year by both boys and girls. Homer’s “Odyssey”
strangely captivates the young reader’s imagination, and we laugh and weep
along with David Copperfield and Oliver Twist.
Each year students receive a smattering of Shakespeare. At first we scarcely
appreciate'him but take him for granted because the instructor praises him so
highly. Only after three or four years of high school are we able to i-ealize the
great but simple genius of the man and his superb command of words. As a
master-pianist plays upon his instrument, so Shakespeare plays upon the emotions
of the people. His drama is so nearly perfect and so well-known, that little needs
to lie said about it.
Today we are not without our own famous authors. Arnold Bennet, John
Galsworthy, H. G. Wells, Edith Wharton, Joseph Lincoln, and countless others
rank high in the list. Every student should have an introduction to and an ac-
quaintance with them all.
It is impossible to mention all the values of good books. In hours of leisure
they are our constant companions and it is pleasant to look upon them in our
library, well-worn, faded in color; books that are like old friends. In them we
reach our highest ambitions, hopes, and dreams. Through them we gain insight
into other lives, and often, with their indirect aid, we achieve fame. Thus we
might say along with Arthur Upsom:
“In old books at even as 1 read
Fast fading words adown my shadowy page,
1 crossed a tale of how, in other age
At Argua, with his books around him, sped
The words to Petrarch, and with noble bead
Bowed gently o’er his volume that sweet sage
To silence paid his willing seigniorage.
And they who found him whispered, “He is dead!”
Thus timely from old comradeships would I
To silence also rise. Let there be night,
Stillness, and only these staid watchers by,
And no light shine save my low study light—
Lest of all his kind intent some human cry
Interpret not the messenger aright.”
—Phyllis Costello.
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Senior Study Hall in Warm Weather.
Theres a dreadful epidemic of spring fever in room thirty-seven. The heat
seems to be tell more keenly there than anywhere else.
In spite of the fact that many Freshmen and Sophomores are absent, (one
wou-un t dare accuse a Senior of absence under the circumstances, would one?)
there are evidences of confusion everywhere. Our honorable instructors have very
magnanimously bestowed plenty of lessons upon us, but even the most consci-
entious students seem disposed to postpone the preparation of them.
. great share of the time is spent in squeaking the scats and in seeking more
original ways of making the period enjoyable to the teacher. The boys who arc
not fortunate enough to sit near the windows, at frequent intervals tread the
beaten path to the pencil sharpener to secure first-hand information concerning
the progress of the girls’ baseball game.
This poor girl just ahead of me! She is badly oppressed by the intense heal.
I think 1’L set up my mind-reading apparatus and trace her thoughts.
‘*11 only he’ll ask me to the dance next Saturday. Then I can wear my new
dress. That will make a certain somebody sit up and take notice. Won’t he be
jealous?” “ .
Isn’t it wonderful what modern science can do for us?
"■ What can that Junior be writing so diligently? 1’11 bet it’s his English
theme that’s due a week from today. I’m going to peck—“My dearest—” pardon
me. I didn’t realize what I was intruding upon.
Of all things! Our kindergarten of Seniors is engaged in a nerve-gripping con-
test of shooter-chase. Just as the opposing factions are even, the game is inter-
rupted by the bell.
Well, at last that trying hour is over. I do hope that Miss Smith fully appre-
ciates the time 1 spent in preparing that Virgil lesson.
-—-Virginia Bowen
LET S START A FUND
1.    To send Bud Raethka’s mind to the Dunkirk Laundry.
2.    To buy Mary Colter a davenport,—and we don’t mean a city in Iowa either.
3.    To buy Miss Baldwin a private switch for the bells. We think Mrs. Fink will
appreciate this.
4.    To buy Mrs. Whitney some cuffs.
5.    To buy Howard Damon some wave set.
6.    To buy some ventilation lor the girls’ locker room.
7.    To purchase Gen a gross of “stay rite' hairpins.
8.    To buy a pencil sharpener for Room 33.
9.    To buy “stop and go’’ signals or “keep to the right” signs to relieve the hall
traffic cops.
10.    To purchase a padded suit for “Izzy’’ for use while playing basketball.
11.    To buy a Megaphone so Miss Gerrcs can be hoard during class.
12.    To send all these long-haired Seniors “hippety-hop to the barber shop”—
(and not to buy a stick of candy.)
13 To buy a nice warm radiator lor Miss Smith.
14. To purchase a tin badge, cap and stick for chief director of traffic, Merritt.
15. To install an extension telephone for John and Jennie.
lei To beg, borrow, or steal an ex-ray (with a pretty nurse) for Rog.
17. To bribe Mrs. Saxton to enlighten “Pug” Roesch as to her age.
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SO SAY THE CLASSICS
Shakespeare
1. Any regents paper—“Words, words—words.”
2. Ruth, Lucy and Jane—“The three weird sisters.”
3.    Miss Baldwin—“Stand not upon the order of your going but go at once”
4.    You—upon viewing the red on your report card—“Out damned spot! Out
Out, 1 say!”
5.    Mrs. Saxton—on the day report cards make their debut—“If you have tears
prepare to shed them now.”
6.    Seniors at graduation—“We know what we are but know not what we may
be.”
7.    You after regents—“But for my own part it was Greek to me.”
8.    Don Hartley—“1 was not born under a rhyming planet.”
9.    Tardy student to Mr. Dye—“Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow.”
10.    Atmosphere in regents room—“Fair is foul and foul is fair.”
11.    Arthur Bullock and Kenfield Lewis-—“This is the long and short of it.”
12.    Mrs. Saxton in English 3—“I would the gods had made thee poetical.”
13.    Regents—“Present fears are less than horrible imaginings.”
14.    Any one—at noon—“What! Will the line stretch out to the crack of
doom?”
15.    Any teacher—“Come not within the measure of my wrath.”
16.    “Dinty” demonstrating the “back-flip”—“The attempt and not the deed con-
founds us.”
17.    Any student upon viewing a passing mark in regents—“And they say mir-
acles are past.”
Webster
1. Mr. Dye—viewing the assembly—“A sea of upturned faces.”
Emerson
1. Seniors’ policy in the halls—“Life is not so short but that there is always time
for courtesy.”
Morton
1. Freshman policy in the halls—“Push on,—keep moving.”
Southey
1. Another Freshman policy—“Helter skelter, hurry-scurry.”
Jerold
1. Advice to the love lorn—“The surest way to hit a woman’s heart is to take
aim kneeling.”
Byron
1. Staff of the Hilltopper:
“And what is writ is writ
Would it were worthier!”
A SENIOR MOTTO
The MORE you STUDY,
The MORE you KNOW.
The MORE you KNOW,
The MORE you FORGET.
The MORE you FORGET,
The LESS you KNOW—
SO WHY STUDY?
The LESS you STUDY,
The LESS you KNOW.
The LESS you KNOW,
The LESS you FORGET.
The LESS you FORGET,
The MORE you KNOW—
SO WHY STUDY?
Classes
CONTENTS
Junior
Sophomore
Freshman
JUNIOR CLASS
The class of ’33 started their career as Freshmen with one
hundred and twenty-four in the class roll just three years ago.
How well we remember those Freshmen days! We considered
ourselves very humble and small in the sight of the great
"upper-classmen.” (Freshmen, take courage. The mightly oak
was once a nut!) Not long after sehool started wo had a class
meeting to elect officers. Edwin Brown was elected President,
Frank Pasquale, Vice-President; Jenny Lazarony, Secretary; and
Ben Schneider, Treasurer. At another meeting we decided to
have a party. We were very successful in that Thanksgiving
Prom, it being the biggest event of the year for the Freshmen.
Juno finally came with Regents and the bright prospect of be-
coming Sophomores.
The following September found us in Miss Dye’s room as
Sophomores, with sixty-eight remaining in the class. It is always
natural to leave a few behind, but that loss was made up by
some students that the previous Sophomores left, us from their
class. The sad part of a. Soph’s life is that he is still considered
a lower-classmen along with the Freshie. He does not become an
upper-classman until he is a JUNIOR (ahem!). Well, one day
at the close of school Miss Dye informed us that we were to
have a Sophomore class meeting. At this meeting Ed Brown
was again elected President; Grace Rathbun, Vice-President;
Larry White, Secretary; and Jenny Lazarony, Treasurer. That
year we had a theater party, after which we came up to the
high school gym. hod refreshments, and played games.
School opened again in the fall and found us as fifty-eight
ambitious Juniors. Wo certainly think we have accomplished
a great deal by overcoming so successfully, the Freshmen and
Sophomore stages. At our class meeting we elected Edwin Brown
as President: Edward Rich, Vice-President; Nancy Hull, Secre •
tary; and Peggy Fenner, Treasurer. We are proud of, but sorry
to lose, some of our classmates, Anne Goggin, Dora Williams.
Frank Joy, Grace Rathbun, Catherine Fox, and Josephine Gang!,
who, being more ambitious than the rest of us, have joined
the class of '32. We heartily extend our best wishes to them.
The Junior Girls’ basketball team was the interclass champ
this year, “Izzy” Gestwicki being captain. It is interesting to
know that there are three Juniors, “Deed” Rich, Sam Trippi,
and John Sedota on the Varsity basketball team, and four
Juniors, Jennie Lazarony, Isabelle Gestwicki, Julia Raymond,
and Beatrice Olsen on the Girls’ Varsity team. Six Juniors,
Frank Pasquale, "Deed” Rich, "Larry” White, John Sedota, An-
drew Russo, and Sam Trippi helped make up the football squad.
Besides having attained high honors in athletics and being bril-
liant in classes, the Junior class boasts a rising young architect,
Lawrence White, who made a miniattire soap model of the House
of Seven Gables. It won’t be long now before we have reached
our goal, that of becoming Seniors. To sum it all up, the Junior
class has enjoyed its school days very much in F. II. S.
4 6
Listening Post,
Room 37,
Hill School.
Dear Grandfather Klocko:
At last ’tis 3:45 again and the elite (meaning, of course, those staid, sedaf
and dignified Seniors wno are completely at peace with the world in general?2
have lamentably picked up their books and departed. ' •
The Seniors are a playful bunch, but, ol course, one shouldn’t expect t
much from them. ’Tis said that all work and no play makes very dull Senior0
so why be dull? Why take for instance the light-headed Mary. She believes that
a little game of tag, basketball and perhaps some History C to top it olt, make
pleasant school day. In other parts of this hall prominent groups gather to" nos*
sip on “Bing” Crosby’s latest, dates, parties, Toms, Dicks or Harrys, and what not
Altogether tne school isn’t so dull as one might imagine. If one should doubt this
ask Bill and Gert or that now faded but well liked perennial, Bud Raethka.
The study halls are the most interesting part of the day. There sure are plenty
of those, too, and am 1 “Popularity Plus”? Why Grandpa, I’ll bet I’ve got it ail
over that Gab.e fellow the girls rave about. ’Tis a fact though! I’m the center
of all eyes from morn till dark, especially of the Freshman in the sixth-hour class
who act as if they wished they could climb up and push my hands around faster
than they should go. Why, Time seems to fly through my hands for that period
You should sec the young Freshmen who literally shrink up and hide under the
seat when the dreaded K. Whitney casts her eagle eye in the direction of a guarded
whisper and says, “Brother Card, will you please keep quiet?” This is followed
by a slight titter from appreciative Freshmen who realize that one of the lofty
Seniors has again been brought to justice. Very often this is accompanied by creak-
ing of seats from the young ones in the back of the room until again that Voice in-
terrupts. “If you Freshmen would only keep quiet we might think you belonged
in this Senior study hall.” Silence fo.lows.
Throughout the day I can hear the music, if one can call it that, of the saxes,
trumpets, and what not. Where on earth this world is going to is beyond my
powers to tick out. Although—even stranger noises arc out coining from those
children called Seniors when there is a poor misused Substitute here — sirens,
crooning, humming, catcalls and girls talking. What an uproar! Especially the
girls gossiping.
Right now several fair Seniors are working on the Annual collecting depart-
ment. I i^uess the Old Man Depression has visited the school, too. The Fresh-
man Prom, perhaps, was too much of an attraction. Who knows? Why, one never
hears ol Mrs. Saxton betting on an English project or theme anymore. Of course,
the note and paper business never fails to prosper. Why, I believe it was only
the other day I heard someone say the example of govenment monopoly was the
post-office. 1 guess they overlooked Hie Senior study hall. Postage rates are ex-
ceedingly low now. I think that a fair-sized missive can be sent way across the
room for a special rate. It’s a flourishing business if one gets a reputation such as
Dora Williams and young Frilzy. Why, Houdini himself could never follow the
lightning-like passes between that couple.
Of course, there are many things which I rather believe are better kept seciet
with me or I shall suffer the consequences of a piece of chalk. Altogether t i*s
place on the wall is quite restful and I love to watch those vain creatures struI, <’
watch Miss Baldwin when she impatiently hurries the bell by reminding
office with her keys and the chain system of radiators that the lime is up. ,
Well, ’tis getting late and I find it vary hard to write with my hands cios.
Yours as time goes by,
Augusto Clock.
Donald Hartley
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ON SCHOOL SPIRIT
, ?hl,OeO1iS’ a|S a T?O1F’ may be. di,vided into two classes—the school with a spirit,
and the school without one. Students go to a spiritless school not because they
aie interested in it, not because they like to go, but because they have nothing else
to do. lhey are usual.y dull, uninteresting, and snobbish, whereas the students who
go to a school having a true and line spirit, are interesting, alive, animated, and
compamonable. Ihey go to school because they are vitally interested in it, because
they I eel they are a part ol it, and, above all, because they‘like it.
A school is no greater than its spirit. Such a spirit is determined by the coop-
elation and characters ol its principal, its teachers, and its students. Each must
do his part to make his school the best in his district.
In scholarship, work and strive to achieve a fine record in language, mathe-
matics, history, and the sciences. Don’t let a few do all the work and gel all the
good marks just because they seem brilliant. Work, alone, will heli) each one to
become proficient in any subject. In the classroom the high mark is not the main
factor, but real benefit is derived from knowledge of the lesson. Don’t lose courage
if the subject is too hard for you. Work with it. Get help from your teacher, and,
if possible, from your parents. Make the best recitation you can. Don't be satis-
lied with one high mark, but work to gain more of them and keep a high standard
in the subject.
Put your effort and interest into learning and enjoying music and drawing.
These studies bring pleasure not only to the students, but also to the public. Often
one may achieve fame and recognition through them. You may become a Michel
Angelo or a Paderewski. Who knows?
In athletics, no matter what the game is, play fairly and sportingly. One can-
not always win. So even if the team is rather a losing one, attend their games.
Show them you're back of them. Strong support and encouragement are given to
a team by compact and encouraging cheers from its fellow students. If the team
is losing, don’t let them down! Help the cheerleaders to encourage the team by
cheering the best you can. Cheer leaders don’t go through those motions for
exercise, but to get you to cheer and enliven the team.
team to win. Don’t shirk your duty! If you’re in the stand's, cheer!
cheer leader, lead cheers to the best of your ability. I." v ______
little harder, but fairly, to win and show your appreciation of the cheers.
Al socials and school parties, be sociable and friendly to strangers who may
soon show an interest in your school. Be ready to make their visits pleasant ones.
Help all who are new to your school and its system. All strangers appreciate
this. Make them welcome. Show them that you are working for a high stand-
ard and lhey, too, will try to do their part to help you.
Snobbishness has no place in any school. Students who practice this cheap
characteristic lower their own power of attraction. Few people care to associate
with snobs. Such association is a departure from a purely democratic spirit, a
spirit beloved the world over.
So let us take as our motto, “This is Fredonia High School ’. Then let’s pul
forth our best efforts to make F. H. S. a well-thought-of a n d highly-praised — a
school worthy of honor and recognition. Let’s show the people that we believe in
and hold as our goal the highest standards and the best spirit in scholarship, fine
arts, athletics, and school contacts. Let us enter into each of these in fair, honest,
sportsmanship.
They’re anxious for your
If you're a
If you’re a player, strive a
Eleanorc Hegmann.
FAREWELL TO HIGH SCHOOL
(With apologies to Henry W. Nevinson)
Amid the hustle and bustle of the dignified Seniors we, Juniors, stare enviously
in wonder at these proud students who are so earnest in their preparation for grad-
uation When we realize that we, too, must soon part from high school lorever,
we are thankful that we can take with us the dear old memories ol our happy
ca-hnnl d-ivs spent there. Carefully we sum up in our minds some of the many
delightful things that we shall miss and must say good-bye to forever.
4S
. morning after a half eaten breakfast.
,. ...I bvc lo the run to school every* kick of ing lo sdlOol.
Good-bye io morning an vcic ehewers during classes. Good-
These runs in tl j ing of certain exp- o rooms of the school, and the sing-
bye to the c«L gusls o£ steaiS.
are 8eidom found on the best news
stands.
Good-bve lo the long hours of study m study hall Good-bye to al the good,
old classes and the walks from room to room. Good-bye to the terrible struggles
we b id with such noble men as Caesar and Cicero. Good-bye to the gym classes
Vihn Beams of the ceiling that so often caused hard feelings between teams.
Good-by “to the lun down the lull to the muddy almost swampy athletic field.
Here our brave football men fought so many lines but seldom won. Yet, we real-
ize that we gained a richer quality by it sportsmanship.
Good-bye to the many chapel programs that relieved us from our studies
Good bTC to the socials that were “most public”.. Good-bye to the pushing and
ioslliim of that good-hearted crowd that swarmed in the box-like cloak room every
Sw Where we are going we will meet many crowds, but tew will be so good-
natured and jolly as tills crowd was. Goodybye to the e Ibowing and crowding in
flout of the cloak room mirror where the girls hurried to complete their vanity
Before a certain warning could take place.
b f Good-bve to the lines that leave the building every day and wend their way
like i lorn’ colorful ribbon down the weary length of the hill.
Good-bve to the faculty who taught and encouraged us They were our teach-
<1 ™ninanions Where we are going life itself will be our one great teacher
ers and compai • nn now at graduation and taking a step farther out into the
beC?UfX nf the world We are turning down another road—a road that is more
nes* VXw than the one we have been following in our school-days-a
chfficult o folio i tk n me w & inisstep as there are few sign
nosfs aion"theway togS one. Good-bye lo high school. We are gomg out to
face life for ourselves in God’s great country. Gail Ba[es, >33
THE
I’d been strolling along a sunny path
That wound through hill and dale,
With never a care in the whole wide
world.
When I heard at my side a hail.
“Hi, there, son, you’re off the road,
Where d’ya think you’re goin’?
You’re tramplin’ all over my seeds
there
I just got done a-sowin’.”
At this rebuke I awoke with a start
From my senseless, foolish, dreaming,
And saw on the road an old, old man
With a long, long beard a-streaming.
And then I politely apologized;
His feelings I tried lo soothe,
And proceeded to ask of him the way
On this pleasant road so smooth.
ROAD
This had its effect, for he smiled and
said
“They call this road ‘Seventeen’.
But farther on, it joins another;
It’s rougher, that’s ‘Eighteen’.
There’s many another after that,
All rougher than the last,
And it’s every inch hard going
Till the roughest one is passed.
So keep your head, and a brave heart;
Keep on, to the setting sun.
For there you’ll come to the end of the
trail,
The end of your journey’s run.”
I thanked him then, and watched him, as
He shouldered his long sharp scythe.
Then turning, I trudged on down the road
The road that men call Life.
Donald Smith.
SOPHOMORE CLASS
As I sit by my fireside, the dancing and leaping of the
flames bring back to my memory all the good times we’ve had
since we began high school.
High school! What magic words they were to us when we
were in seventh and eighth grades! And how proud we were,
when as Freshmen, we marched eagerly up the hill, openly
scoffing at the Sophomores, but bowing humbly to the lofty
Seniors who did not even deign to look at us.
Once inside this great building we were torn between a
feeling of abject awe and blatant cocksureness. We rushed
aimlessly about the halls, chewing gum incessantly, and talked
loudly to attract attention (except in the presence of such
haughty Seniors as condescended to share the same halls with
us). How green we were! But I must say our color was more
subdued than that of this year's Freshmen. They are so
boisterous!
We were so excited when we had our first class meeting
that I'm afraid we wore just, a trifle rowdy, but we suceeded
in electing the following officers: President, Harold Cranston;
Vice-President, Patty Holcomb. Secretary, Jack Crimens;
Treasurer, Catherine Rich.
We also made plans for our Freshman party which was
held on St. Valentine’s day and was a great success.
After that we settled down to normal life and work con-
tinued uneventful until Regents in June again caused great
excitement. As a result, some of our number dropped out .if
class but the rest of us became SOPHOMORES.
We all came back to school in September, having sworn
a solemn oath to get down to brass tacks and do some work.
However, I'm afraid most of us had our fingers crossed at the
time because after a few weeks there resolutions melted into
obscurity. Then, loo, wo had our worries, the greatest of
which came with the realization that Miss Dye’s favorite sav-
ing, "Forty minutes after school,” was never spoken in jest. We
have chosen the following officers:
President, Jeannette Frost; Vice-President, Jack Crimens;
Secretary, Frederick Coykendall; Treasurer. Catherine Rich.
We expect them to guide us safely on so that next yen-
we may become JUNIORS.
We do this, not because we are anxious to become Juniors,
but because that is the next step on our way to reach our
great objective. That is to be SENIORS.
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AN INGLORIOUS EXPLOIT
Philco was becoming downhearted. Although he had been taking corresnnn >
ence lessons in "detecting" and 1 inally received proof ol his detective ability fm '
Pink.es Detective Agency (this proof came in the form ot some pretty gitt-edS
documents and a large tin badge which he now sal. shining), he was fretful hJ.71
ever, he could not be blamed for being discouraged, lor up to now he had not h-u
any cases to pul his recently acquired talent lo the test, and above all, to pay
rent tor the oifice which he had rented. He had racked his brain for a solution t
this situation. He had even hung a huge sign over Ins door, bearing in bright rPa
and green letters the words, “Philco Vance’s Delcclive Agency”. This had not
lie.ped any, and now he wished that at least a robbery would be committed in his
town.
Philco now sighed despairingly, glanced lovingly at his badge, which he had
been shining, then pinned it caretully under the lapel of his coat. Finishing this
lie wearily rose, ana grasping his walking cane firmly in his hand (as did Sherlock
Holmes), he set forth into the night. This walk had become a nightly routine of his
in hopes that he would find some person doing the wrong thing at the wrong tinie
(the wrong time being when Philco was around).
Tonight it seemed as though Dame Luck was at last going to change the sour
look she wore every time she met Philco and smile on him. For ahead of him
Philco discerned an exceedingly suspicious looking character—a man whose cap
was pulled down, whose coat collar was turned up and whose kit of something
(burglar tools, Philco assumed) clanged at every step he look. Philco’s intuition
told him that, as told in lesson four of Pinkie’s correspondence book.
Then before many more seconds had elapsed, the object of his suspicions, aft-
er glancing furtively over his shoulder, shipped into a dark alley. Philco unhesi-
tatingly followed; and when the former clambered over a fence, our hero clam-
bered over it too. Then from behind a tree, Philco grew puzzled at the strange
antics of the man. Instead of sneaking u p (to the house as any sensible crook
would, he walked boldly up the walk. Then it was only after this person went up
to the doorand rapped'clamorously on it, that Philco’s ears began lo droop, as a
dark premonition of ill success came over him. But he strained his ears and faint-
ly heard:
“Sorry, ma’am, that I didn’t get here sooner, but my car broke down and I had
to walk. I hope the pipe isn’t leaking loo much and that the ceiling isn’t too wet.”
It didn’t take long for Philco’s fertile mind to grasp the fact'that this was a
plumber and not a crook, and no matter how wet the ceiling was, it was perfectly
dry compared with the wringing wetness of a certain young detective’s feelings
and aspirations as he slunk olf into the night as only a whipped dog can go, his
formerly drooping ears now almost dragging.
Jack Crimens.
MY FORD
Of my old Ford they all make fun,
They say she was made in Eighlecn-onc.
Maybe she was, but then, I’ll bet
She’s good for many a mile yet.
Her windshield’s gone, her radiator leaks,
Her fan belt slips, her springs all squeak,
She rattles the nuts and screws all loose,
But she sure can go on American juice.
Albert Marsh.
r>i
liconderoga Dixon, stretching his long yellow legs. “They
le and doesn t have feelings, but right now I feel tired!” He
, until he accidentaLy kicked Mr. Waterman and made him
FROM A PENCIL’S POINT OF VIEW
“Ho, hum!” sighed
say a pencil is inanima
stretched his legs again
roll over on his side.
‘Vj?1.111311’ wh° had been dozing, awoke with a start. “What’s this?
3, a,,? this, he snapped. “Can’t a person even sleep without being disturbed?"’
Mr. Waterman was feeling quite cross. During English class his supply of ink had
given out and he had been filled with green,—yes, green ink. Green ink did not
agree with Mr. Waterman; it gave him indigestion. Hence his bad temper.
“I’m sorry,’’ liconderoga assured him apologetically. Ticonderoga stood in
great awe ol Mr. Waterman, and so he always tried to be polite to him. “You see,
I’ve been worked so hard today and I’m so tired that 1 just had to stretch mv mus-
cles. I feel better already.
“I be.ieve every teacher in this high school either gave a test or had a written
lesson. I wrote so many dates in history class, that it’s a miracle I can even re-
member 19-12. In geometry I had to write three theorems which were so dull and
boring that I had to be sharpened twice during that period. Why, even the Latin
teacher had to ask a lot of foolish questions about participles and gerunds that I
couldn’t make head or tail of. The only rest I had all day was in English Class.”
“English Class,” growled Mr. Waterman, “that's where I have to work. I've
a good mind to go on a strike.” Green ink still filled Mr. Waterman’s mind and he
could think of nothing else.
“Hush! Here comes the janitor,” whispered Ticonderoga. “Now for a good
sleep. I hope you feel better in the morning, Mr. Waterman.”
Mr. Waterman’s only reply was a snort which ended in a snore.
Marjorie Wirth.
TO AN APPLE TREE
Oh lovely, budding apple tree!
What visions bright thou bring’st to me!
What memories of my childhood hours
Spent ’ncath thy branches twining flowers,
Oh lovely, budding apple tree,
Thou art the dearest friend to me.
Oh, lovely flowering apple tree!
The haunt of every bird and bee,
What fairer sight could come to me,
Than thou, oh flowering apple tree’.
With fragrance filling all the air,
With robins nesting in thy hair.
To me, no pleasanter sight could be.
Than thou, my lovely flowering tree.
Oh luscious fruited apple tree!
Fairest of a l art thou to me.
Thy round cheeked fruits hang red and bi ight,
()h‘ thou art fairest to my sight.
Dear shining fruited apple tree.
Olive Bolling.
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THE PERFECT WATCHMAN
Sam Smith was track watchman on the P. D. Q. and L. lines running from
Salt Lake City through the mountains to St. Louis. The tiny hut in which he kept
his lantern and flags squatted on a pinnacle of rock from which he cou.d see for
miles up and down the shining rails.
One summer evening as he sat in his shack musing over his retirement, which
would come in a few months, he was awakened from his stupor by a sudden rumble
and roai- nearby.
He sprang to his feet and rushed outside to find that a boulder from one of the
lofty ridges had been dislodged and had started a landslide! The stones and loose
dirt poured over the track, wiping it completely from sight.
One glance told him that he could never clear the track single handed, so he
retraced his steps to his hut for his lantern to warn the train which was nearly
due. As he hurried along up the track, he stumbled quite frequently and this im-
Eressed itself on his subconscious mind. When he had gone but a little way, he
eard the shriek of a whistle and saw a blade of light leap across the darkening
sky. At this he hurried faster, and as he saw the dim outline of the great monster
rushing toward him, he frantically waved the lantern. But no answering shriek
of air brakes rang in his ear. Instead, the continual pounding of wheels on steel.
In an instant the giant engine was past him, rushing to its doom. Sure enough,
in a moment it hit the debris and was completely derailed and demolished.
As he hurried to the scene of the wreck, Sam saw why he had stumbled a
moment before.
He had forgotten to light the lantern.
Frederick Coykendall.
JUST A-THINKING
If I were an elm tree
Standing straight and tall,
I’d reach my arms up heavenward
In summer, spring, and fall.
I’d gather up the moisture
To make my buds come out,
And then I’d bask in sunshine
To make the wee leaves sprout.
1 like to walk among tall trees, and think—
God’s people, these.
And when from straight green boughs
1 hear Him speak
I know that He is very near.
How can I fear?
Lucy White.
And then, all decked in leafy green
I’d spread my cooling shade
To rest the trav’ler on his way
So grateful for my aid.
Margaret Brooks.
BRAIN FEVER
This is the poem I was requested to write,
It ought to be good because it took all night.
Let’s see now, it started kind of fine,
Uh—Well, doggone if it didn’t slip my mind.
MY FEELINGS
Last night as I stood in the window
Watching the day depart,
A feeling of sadness came o’er me
And longing filled my heart.
But today as I stood in the window
Watching the new-born day,
There was no sadness in me
And the longing was far away.
John Sedota.
. Catherine Rich
FRESHMAN CLASS
The twelfth of September found many boys and
girls headed for the F. II. S. This year’s enrollment was
the largest it has ever been as there were five hun-
dred and sixty-seven pupils.
After a week of confusion, bustle and worry,
practically everybody had his schedule arranged and
was ready to get down Io serious work. For the next
week or two a stray Freshman might be found fran-
tically dashing up or down the stairs or through a
corridor trying to find the sixth-hour biology or the
second-hour English class, but after this excitement
had passed, everybody (including the Freshmen) set-
tled down to the long grind which woidd not end until
graduation.
After waiting until the January examinations
were over so that we would be sure of who would still
be Freshmen, we elected officers. After three elections
the following officers were finally decided upon:
President, Harry Thies; Vice-President, Alex Dick-
son; Secretary, Diana Loup; Treasurer. Mary Ziezer.
This year’s Freshmen Prom was a huge success
as there were about two hundred and fifty present and
we made Ihrirteen dollars and ten cents. Punch and
cookies were served as refreshments and everybody
thoroughly enjoyed himself.
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JOEL’S ADVENTURE
“Joel, it’s time to gel up. Hurry, or you’ll be late again,” came Mrs. Malcomb’s
voice iroin tlie bottom of tnc stairs.
“Uh huh,” was Joel's reply as he turned over to sleep, “just five minutes
more.”
As you probably have already discovered, Joel was one of those criticized and
misunderstood persons called a Freshman.
Having al last succeeded in getting up and going through the morning routine
of battling, and comning down unruly hair, plus brushing teeth and eating (gulp-
ing) a large dish of oatmeal, Joel al last started to scjioot. Tramping along, he
caught signt of the school house. This started a violent flow of thoughts to race
through his head, among them: “Why do we have to go to school?” Wonder what
kind of a bawling out i’ll get to-day from Miss Benson for not having my Latin?”
“I’d like to get a hold of that fellow that invented Algebra,” and so forth.
At last reaching the school, Joel entered and slowly went to his room.
Al home Mrs. Malcomb was cleaning up the house. Her son’s attitude to-
wards school, friends and everything in particular, worried her. The thing which
puzz.ed her most, though, was his attitude towards school. He was an exception-
ally bright boy and would have been an honor pupil, but that he refused to look at
his school books. That he was ’just naturally lazy” was her opinion and something
must be done to wake him up from his day dreams.
Suddenly a harsh noise was heard—the fire whistle! “What is the trouble?”
thought Mrs' Malcomb. She immediately ran to the ’phone and called for infor-
mation. In the short time that she waited a great fear came over her for she had
always been afraid of fire.
"Information? Yes. Can you tell me where the fire is? The high school?
Oh, my God!” This was terrible, the school was on fire, her boy was in that school.
“What if— .” She couldn’t go on.
The fire siren shrieked loudly as it raced through the streets. The volumes of
smoke were rising high above the trees; and here and there flames darted up.
In the school a panic had risen. Teachers were running here and there in a
mad, but brave effort to direct the children. Smoke filled their lungs; screams and
moans met their ears; and a greyish mist met their eyes as one by one they came out
the outside entrances. Firemen running here and there dragged out limp bodies
and flung the huge water hose at the flames.
At last the majority of the school was out; teachers began checking up on their
pupils; many were scattered; more were present, and a few were still in the burn-
ing building.
Through a grey cloud of smoke a boy, small but sturdy, came slowly stumbl-
ing along. Suddenly he staggered and fell — once more to rise to his feet and
trudge on. He carried someone else on his back, a girl ... it looked like. Yes,
it was! A small girl—she must have been from the kindergarten. Her small form
hung limp over the boy’s heaving shoulder, and her whole body was badly burned.
The sight was pitiful; the boy also was badly burned on his right arm; his clothes
were soaked and his hair singed. A crowd immediately surrounded the boy, seeing
his sad plight.
“Who is it?” yelled one of the men.
“Can’t tell yet,” came the reply.
Slowly, slowly, Joel regained consciousness. When at last he awoke, he found
himself in a large white room. Nurses were moving quietly to and fro. By his side
sat his mother, smiling proudly al him. He at once recognized her.
“Hello Moms,” he said in a harsh whisper.
“My brave boy,” was her reply.
Betty G. Hall.
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IMPRESSIONS OF A FRESHMAN
September and school—not to grammar school, but to high school—and to be
a real honest-to-goodness “Freshman”. To me the school seemed big and un-
friendly, ami to Freshmen who didn’t know their way around and were always
blundering into the wrong classes every day, it must have seemed that way, loo.
When classes passed, the Freshmen were wandering around the halls, looking at
the numbers of rooms and comparing them with those on their schedules. It must
have made rather a funny scene but to the Freshmen it was tragic.
The teachers seemed quiet and dignified because of their position in the school.
But they were, nevertheless, always ready to lend a helping hand to an erring
Freshman.
The upper classmen were noisy, boisterous and quick to “razz”, but just as
quick to help.
In these scenes we were to work and play for four short years. Who knows,
perhaps some day we will be lofty Seniors too, and as we critically survey the in-
coming Freshman class we will wonder, “Could we have possibly been so green
and ignorant as these Freshmen?”
A. Dickson.
A BROOK
From my window I see
A little brook flow by,
It always flows on and on
Never tending to turn back,
It keeps flowing day and night;
Till it reaches its home
In the deep; so let your heart be,
As a little brook, never wanting
To turn back, but always looking
For the morrow, a happier and
brighter day.
W. H. Hartman.
STARS THAT SHINE
Ever since the start of time
When the stars began to shine,
Right down here on Mother Earth,
I often wonder, if she knew their worth.
Many stars are very bright.
Others are almost out of sight;
But the ones a little dim,
Are often brightest within.
Every star up in the sky,
Was put there to guide us by.
That has been since the start of time;
Which shines brighter, yours or mine?
Mary Zeiser.
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“Freshy”
A tense silence reigned in Mr. McLaren's studio. It was noticeable as a con-
trast to the babel of many voices which had filled the room but a moment before.
Scantily clad figures perched on chairs and tables were breathlessly waiting.
Bang! clatter! the ring of the bell was heard. Suddenly the door was flung open
and a pair of dilapidated gym shoes flung into the room heralded the arrival of
someone. Then in rushed Jane, hair on end, face and especially nose very red, puff-
ing and blowing, her coat half on and half off. She flung off her coat and under-
neath we saw a pair of bloomers ten sizes loo large, one leg hanging down to her
ankles, the other caught up somehow, and a dirty sweatshirt hanging to her knees
with the sleeves completely covering her hands.
As Jane shanged into her gym shoes she panted out an explanation. “Oh
what a mess. Had to stay for Biology and when I got down to the locker room
the key board was locked. I went and got “Dinty” and he tried to break it open but
couldn’t. 1 went to the first open locker and grabbed everything in it. It must have
been the locker of a baby blimp but beggars can’t be choosers. Aren’t you glad
I got here though? It would have been an awful picture without me. What! it
wouldn’t have? Now you wouldn’t kid me, would you?”
Finally Jane found a sweatshirt that was the right size and changed into it but
she still had oversized bloomers. These she tucked up and then proceeded to walk
around on tiptoe so that she wouldn’t jar them and cause them to fall.
Well Mr. McLaren arranged the team picture and then jokingly suggested
that Jane also be on the first row and call the team “the White team.”
“No,” objected Jane, “I’d hate to show up my sisters like that.”
And so the picture was taken.
“Whew,” said Jane, “I’m glad that’s over. I was so afraid Ruth was going to
move. If she had, my bloomers would have been sure to come down and that would
have looked like an elevator going down in the picture.”
“No, girls,” said Jane with her mouth full, “I haven’t any candy --- for you.”
Femina Sapiens
DID YOU KNOW THAT:
1.    Miss Smith lost an ear in the war.
2.    Hugh Sullivan is betting even money on the Saxton vs. Raethka talking con-
test.
3.    Bob Merchant is a miss-guided lad.
4.    Peggie Lainphear has started a new fad carrying a “Little Ben” around to en-
able one to awaken in time for his recitation.
5.    Mrs. Saxton’s gift to Bud Raethka on his graduation will be the revelation of
the deep dark secret—her age—
Activities

CONTENTS
Music Department
Athletics
GIRLS’ GLEE CLUB
Our Glee Club has been an active organization for
many years. Five years ago Miss Bertha Taylor had
charge of it. Miss Florence Merle in 192!) took up the
struggle of making the Glee Club a success. Miss Merle
had this position for three whole years and accomplish-
ed wonders. Our present teacher, Miss Gertrude Gcrres,
is an inspiration Io us all and. under her, our club
should continue to grow in interest and achievement.
Every one in the Glee Chib wishes to cultivate a
voice or to obtain an extra credit. We are confident it
is the higher ideal for which they are striving.
Adding to our fame, we have given several import-
ant operettas. I think every one remembers ‘Sun Bon-
net Sue”, “Biding Down the Sky”, and “The Count and
the Co-ed” and all the hard work that was necessary
to make them successes.
In the future I see the Glee Club of Fredonia High
School one of the outstanding glee clubs in New York
Stale.
Ruth Loveice ’33
MUSIC DEPARTMENT
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THE BOYS’ GLEE CLUB
This is the first year that Fredonia High has had a Boys’ Glee Club. It consists
of a picked group of twenty-six boys.
We have six first tenors, four second tenors, four first bass, and four second
bass.
In another year we hope to have fif ty boys in the Glee Club. The boys sing
well together, and when the time conies for them to sing. I am sure they will do
their best. As yet, however, we have not made a public appearance.
Edward Lupean, ’34.
Jim: I am working for the support of literature.
Harry: What are you doing?
Jim: Making bookcases.
Poet: Dash it, the baby must have thrown that last poem of mine in the fire.
His wife: Don’t be absurd, Henry, the little dear can’t read yet.
George Horey doesn’t know the principle parts of “drink”, but he might know
the principle effects.
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THE ORCHESTRA
Our present orchestra was organized by Miss Florence Merle al the beginning
of her first year at Fredonia High, September, 1928. Two members of the pres-
ent Senior Class entered the orchestra at this time—Ruth White and Helen Schuler.
Nineteen members enrolled the first year, twenty-two the second year, thirty-two
the third year, and thirty-four the fourth year.
This new organization, in the year of its birth, won recognition by taking sec-
ond place at the Western New York Music Festival held al the Fredonia Normal
Schocl in April, 1929. The orchestra competed there the following two years, and
it expects to enter this year also.
During the past three years programs have been given al the I. (). O. F. Hall
and al various meetings held in the high school. The orchestra has assisted in the
production of the three operettas given by the Music Department.
Miss Merle was granted a year's leave of absence for advanced study al Itha-
ca. Her place as Director has been taken by Miss Gertrude Gcrres, a former High
School graduate, who was graduated from Fredonia Normal in 1931.
The following Seniors are members of the orchestra: Olive Douglass, John
Hull, Harold McKale, Alfred Casteliana, Ruth While, and Helen Schuler.
Helen Schuler, '32.
Mr. McLaren: Do you want a large or small picture?
Senior: Small.
Mr. McLaren: Then close your mouth.
THE BAND
The year 1929 was the first year that a nand was organized in the Fredonia
High School. A few weeks after school started in the fall of that year, a representa-
tive from McClellan’s Music House came to our school. In the program which he
gave he played several solo numbers on various instruments, he also to’.d many in-
lersting facts about band work. The result was that Fredonia High organized its
first band.
After the band was well organized the next thing to be considered was the mat-
ter of uniforms. The Rotary Club seemed to be quite interested in our progress,
and they helped us to get the uniforms.
It was several weeks before each student learned to play his own instrument,
and succeeded in playing in harmony with the other instruments. The saxophone
always seemed to have a peculiar rhythm of its own, much to the disgust of our
director,.Mr. Montain, and the cornets generally took the lead, and often drowned
out the others. However, one would sometimes hear a harsh squeak from the clari-
nets which let one know that Olive and Dick were there even if, as usual, they
weren’t playing the right notes. In spite of all this the band members learned
to play several pieces, and we made our first appearance in chapel. The program
consisted of six numbers by the who’e band, as well as several solo numbers. The
band also played at the Music Festival, but we did not compete with other bands.
The next year Mr. Miles was chosen as band director in place of Mr. Montain
and their were several new members. There also was a greater variety of instru-
ments that year. We played at several football games, and at Music Festival again.
In spite of all the good work the management of the band seemed to be quite a
strain on the officers and the director. The fact that we exhausted two presidents
during the year, and that Mr. Miles broke several batons proved this. Edwin Miller
was elected as president at the beginning of the year. He soon gave it up and
Kathleen Barber was elected in his place. The treasurer also had a hard time.
Although he was a very popular boy he seemed to be avoided, especially when the
day for band dues arrived.
This year band work continued much the same as before. However, we arc
all working hard, and we hope to make our organization still better than it has
been in previous years. The officers of the band this year are: President, John
Hull; vice-president, Winifred Cole; secretary-treasure, Matthew Kesner.
Marian Field, ’32.
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ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION OFFICERS
Back row—Left to right:Edwin Brown; Edward Rich; Mr. Dye; Roger Woodcock,
George Horey; Donald Lovelee. Front row: Mr. Moore; Mrs. Smith; Clarence Ilartlieh;
Georgina Lamphear; Miss Allen. (Nancy Hull).
The Fredonia High School Athletic Association was organized in May, 1922.
Russell J. Liberty was the first president of the organization and held office
until March, 1924. Edward 11. Heginann was the first team manager and served
several seasons for both footbal. and basketball.
The Fredonia High School colors, orange and black, were displayed for the
first time at the first association banquet which was held on Friday, April 3, 1923.
The Athletic Association is the only organization to which the student body
as a whole belongs. Each year it carries out its program for 'the stimulation of
interest in athletics.
Too Long a Wait
Usher: How many, please?
Exasperated person: There were five of us, but three died.
Sleeping Beauties
Proud father: So you have met my son in High School?
Fred Gregory: Yes, we sleep in the same English class.
.JUST IMAGINE
1. Gertie-Bill.
2. Bud Raethka teaching kindergarten.
Louis: How long can a man remain unconscious and still live?
Dr. Crosby: How old are you?
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CHEER LEADERS
Left to right: V. Bowen; O. Douglass; E. Hegmann.
Three rahs for our cheerleaders! For they have proven themselves most de-
serving during this past year. Throughout the football season their mud-be-
spattered figures were always busy leading us on in still more cheers to spur on
the team. Their enthusiasm never once waned at any of the basketball games in
spite of a rather discouraging season. And who can forget those pep meetings,
the most spontaneous we have ever had. Let us hope there are some cheerleaders-
as capable as these have been for the athletes next year.
Mrs. Saxton is endeavoring to discover which rib of a tardy student’s anatomy
will respond to vigorous punches in such a manner as to enable students to arrive
into home rooms on time.
John Peterson has the secret but will not divulge it.
WHAT IS THIS WORLD COMING TO?
Imagine Freshmen stuffing the ballot box so that they had to have three elec-
tions. Tsk, tsk, Children.
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Hartlieb; Sedota; White: Crimens; Sullivan; Latona; Pasquale; Whitford; Coach
Moore. Front row—Evans; Russo: Oddo; Dunn; Cardy; Mcllvain, capt.: Lovelee:
Trippe; Bigler; Casteliana; Leone.
FOOTBALL
Of the eight games on our 1931 schedule, we won three and lost five. Although
the average does not look so good as it should, the games, with the possible ex-
ception of Westfield, were hard-fought and well-played. The defeat by Westfield
was due to an air of superiority and over-confidence on the part of our boys.
However, there were high spots in the game. Several times we held doggedly on
the goal line; the Westfield goal was seriously threatened twice.
After a week of hard practice the team came back strong and defeated
Northeast. The team entered the game as the underdogs because of Northeast’s
previous victory over Westfield. The eleven men on the team played as one, and
the determination with which the team started was dominant throughout the
game. Hartlieb’s punting and Latona’s line-bucking were some of the outstand-
ing features of the game.
This year we played the St. Bernard School of Bradford for the first time.
The St. Bernard team was fast and dangerous, but our team worked against them
as it did against Northeast. A great variety of plays—bucks, spinners, and criss-
crosses mixed with good punts and passes gave us our second victory of the sea-
son; ■
The Batavia game was the first on the hard part of our schedule. Tolger,
Batavia’s threat, was not to be stopped that day. His punts, end runs, and broken-
field runs were spectacular. Although our team was determined and worked hard,
they could not stop the stronger, heavier, Batavia team. This was the second loss
of the season.
Coach Moore worked harder than ever the following week with the team, be-
cause it was time for the annual Dunkirk-Fredonia game. Although we have
beaten Dunkirk but once, the game is always hard-fought on account of a marked
rivalry between the two schools. On that day the weather was fine and the field,
even though it was a little wet, was fast. The team, the high school students, the
faculty, and the citizens of Fredonia, have reason to be proud of the game played
that day. Fredonia scored two touchdowns against Dunkirk for the first time
in the history of our school! Lackawanna, Jamestown, and Fredonia were the
only teams to score on Dunkirk during the past two seasons. Paluch, Dunkirk’s
star, was well covered and therefore could not do much. Hartlieb, Latona and Se-
dota were largely responsible for our two touchdowns.
The Lockport game was exceedingly rough. Our team worked hard, but it
could not do much against Lockport when C. Leone, Randazzo, and Hartlieb were
taken out of the game on account of injuries. The game was a one-sided affair
with Lockport holding the longer end of the score.
The Gowanda game was played on a nice rainy day in a sea of mud. Tumbles
were prevalent throughout the game. The team worked hard and with the help
of a couple of breaks, we won by a close score.
The last game of the season was played at Salamanca. The game was fast
and exciting. We obtained our lone touchdown when Washburn fell on a blocked
kick behind the Salamanca goal. Salamanca had to work extremely bard to win
her victory that day.
Schedule and Scores of the Games
Fredonia, 0; Westfield, 18.
Fredonia, 27; North East, 12.
Fredonia, 19; St. Bernard, 9.
Fredonia, 0; Batavia 13.
Fredonia, 12; Dunkirk, 21.
Fredonia, 7; Lockport, 20.
Fredonia, 7; Lockport, 20.
Fredonia, 13; Gowanda, 12.
The players who received letters were: Mcllvain (capt.), Hartlieb, Randazzo,
Sedota, Crimeans, Rich, Oddo, Latona, Whitford, White, Trippi, Sullivan, Evans
and Woodcock (mgr.).
Teacher: Why are your grades so low since Christmas?
Sherm: You know everything is marked down after Christmas.
Mrs. Saxton: What part of speech is “kiss”?
Roger: A conjunction.
Miss Dye: If you subtract 14 from 16, what’s the difference?
Roger: Yeah, I think it’s a lot of foolishness, too.
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BASKETBALL
Back row—Left to right:Horey, mgr.; Rich; Randazzo; Sedota; Coach Moore.
Front row: Tramuta; Leone; Hartlieb, capt.; Leone; Trippe.
BASKETBALL
The first call for basketball candidates was issued on the first day of our
return from the Thanksgiving vacation. Practice started immediately after sixty
candidates had. responded to the call. The squad was steadily cut down until but
twenty-five players remained at the time of the Cuba game, just two weeks after
th first call had been answered.
The team dropped its first game of the season and a week later dropped an-
other game to the Alumni. This game was alarming because it is a very rare thing
for an alumni to beat a high school team.
A week after our Christmas vacation the team played its first league game at
Westfield. Westfield scored an easy victory; a victory which was apparent even
in the first stages of the game.
In the weeks following the Westfield defeat, we dropped games to Dunkirk,
Jamestown and Silver Creek. All these games showed Fredonia’s greatest disad-
vantage—the lack of height.
Falconer came here to finish up the first round of the league schedule. The
two teams appeared to be evenly matched and the game was unmarked by any-
thing but roughness. We won our first game of the season and, in doing so, ele-
vated ourselves above Falconer who was dropped into the cellar.
We lost a close game to our old rivals, the Normalites, who beat us by a 32-28
score.
In the second round of the schedule we lost games to Westfield, Dunkirk,
Jamestown, and the Normal School. We did not play our second game with Silver
Creek because of her ineligibility. We won our last game of the season from Fal-
coner and clinched the second place from the bottom in the league.
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BASKETBALL
Back row, left to right: Battaglia, asst, mgr.; Hull; Colter: White; Fenner; Ray-
mond, mgr.; Coach Allen. Front row: White; Lazarony; White, capt.; Olsen; Gestwicki.
GIRLS’ VARSITY TEAM
The girls’ varsity team played a series of five games with Alumni, Brocton,
and Forestville girls’ teams. But success was not destined to be theirs any more
than it belonged to the boys’ team. They lost three of the five games and lied an-
other.
The line-up was as follows:
Forwards—Julia Raymond, manager; Beatrice Olsen.
Center—Isabel Gestwicki.
Side Center—Jennie Lazarony.
Guards—Lucy White, Ruth White, Captain.
The final scores were:
Fredonia, 15; Brocton, 13.
Brocton, 15; Fredonia, 9.
Fredonia, 13; Alumni, 15.
Frednoia, 25; Forestville, 25.
Forestville, 28; Fredonia, 19.
Virginia Bowen, 32.
Soph: Come on take a bath and get cleaned up. I’ll gel you a date.
Frosh (cautiously): And suppose you don’t get the date.
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FAMOUS SAYINGS BY FAMOUS (?) PEOPLE
1.    Mrs. Saxton (at desk): “All ready now.’’
2.    Bud (dreamily) “Women are more charming alter midnight.”
3.    Kenfield Lewis reciting in English -1 "We girls are going—”
4.    Mr. Dye before a momentous football game—“Dunkirk will be beaten, as
usual.”
5.    Our Feature Editor—pen in hand—“Anything you say will be used against
you.”
6.    Miss Baldwin—in the halls—“No loitering in the halls.”
7.    Jane White “You wouldn’t kid me, won d you?”
8.    George Horey—“So I told her I loved her and everything was all right.”
9.    Mrs. Tallman—“Don’t forget to turn up the seats.”
10.    Miss Baldwin—“Look over, think, and listen.”
11.    Miss Dye—“Forty minutes after school.”
12.    Miss Allen—“One step forward, clap hands, dismissed.”
13.    Miss Hazelton—“Alors”
14.    Miss Smith—“From there, please.”
A PENNY FOR THE THOUGHTS OF:
1.    The Latin teacher as she gazes out the window.
2.    Mr. Leech when he hammers his thumb.
3.    Miss Dye when she missed Bud’s face in geometry.
4.    Mr. Tallman when he spills sulphuric acid on his trousers.
5.    Mrs. Whitney when she gets our homework in pencil on notebook paper.
6.    Albert Eldridge (if he has any) while waiting to see Mr. Dye.
7.    Dinty while on hall duty.
BELIEVE IT OR NOT BUT—
1.    Mr. Leech paid insurance on Mr. McLaren’s broken camera after the staff pic-
ture had been taken.
2.    Bud Raetbka is still hunting for the ideal girl.
3.    Ginger Bowen is letting her hair grow.
4.    A Fleur de Lis is Sherm’s favorite flower.
WE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW
1.    Where Milton Roesch got the suspenders.
2.    Where Catherine Fox got her lovely permanent.
3.    What those notes that Fritz and Dora pass after fourth hour have to say.
4.    Whether “Dinty” can do a “back-flip” with less than two men assisting.
5.    How it happened that Mary, Ann, Dutch, Deed, and Peggy all had colds after a
certain Friday night and how did Rog escape.
6.    Why the callouses on George’s knees. Will she never accept him?
7.    What or whom Peggy Fenner is looking at in the Junior picture.
FRESHMAN MOTTO
Don’t study when you are tired,
Or have something else to do.
Don’t study when you’re happy,
For that would make you blue.
Don’t study in the day time
And never study nights.
But study all the other time
With all your main and might!
Doctor: When the symptoms first appeared did your teeth chatter?
Granny: I couldn’t tell you. They were on the table, Doctor.
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The Freshman stood on the burning deck.
And he didn't give a “durn”.
He didn’t have to worry.
For he was too green to burn.
Miss Smith: Where is Caesar now, Sam?
Miss Merrit: Hazel, give the passive voice of: “The teacher scolded the girl.’’
Hazel Washburn: “The girl scolded the teacher.”
Did you hear the one about the Scotchman who was so close he had his face slap-
ped ?
Mrs. Whitney (taking up exam paper): Why the quotation marks here?
Kenfield: Courtesy to the man on my left, teacher.
Betsy: How did you get your hands so dirty?
Ruthie: Oh, I was looking for exchange jokes.
He: I’m crazy about you.
She: Well, run along. This is no insane asylum.
Efficiency
It seems that one of the.employees of Henry Ford dreamed that Henry died.
He dreamed that he saw the black casket being carried by six of Henry’s oldest
and most faithful employees. After the casket came by, Henry arose, looked
around, and offered the following suggestion: “If you would put rollers under this
casket, you could lay off five men.”
Rog: Lend me five dollars, George.
George: I’m sorry but I only have $4.75.
Rog: Well—give me that and I’ll trust you for the 25 cents.
Have you heard the new bankrupt song that goes, “I owe everybody I owe.”
English 1 question: Describe a condition of life in a certain period of time,
such as Civil War period and choose a book to illustrate.
Fred Gregory’s answer: “Pilgrim’s Progress”. Condition of life in a certa
in period—“The landing of Pilgrims in U. S. and the hardships they faced when
they landed.” (We advise Fred to read the book before he reports on it hereafter.)
Bus: What an explorer usually gels—enough for a lecture.
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She: Do you want to lake a walk with me?
He: Why?
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Jim: Do you take exercise after your bath in the morning?
Red: Yes. I generally step on the soap as I get out.
Miss Merrit: Give the plural of radius, John.
John: Radium.
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Teacher: Your answer reminds me of Quebec.
A. Peterson: Why?
Teacher: Because it’s founded on such a big bluff.
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To succeed once may be a matter of luck. But when one distinctive
and successful Graduation Class is followed yearly by another—and an-
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must mean careful and thorough Instruction.
We invite comparison. Executives who have employed our graduates
have said freely that I). B. 1. students arc thoroughly competent and bet-
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Bus Crimens: My mother explored my pockets last night.
Art Bullock: What did she get?
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Mr. Tallman: How did they discover iron?
Gus : I heard Dad say they smelt it.
After all, you know, the best jokes aren’t printed. No, indeed, they’re running
around the Freshman classrooms.
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Miss Gerres: Why do they put bridges on violins?
Jean: To get the music across.
Mrs. Saxton:
How do you say “good-night”?
You’d be surprised.
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LAURA’S
RESTAURANT
3S W. Main Street
ALL KINDS OF SANDWICHES
OPEN DAY AND NIGHT
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Chicken Dinner, 75c
Steak Dinner, 75c
Regular Dinner. 50c
WARREN-KAHSE, INC.
JEWELERS and STATIONERS
OF
SCHOOLS, CLUBS AND COLLEGES
Dance Programs and Favors
Athletic Awards
Trophies
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1018 University Ave.
Rochester, N. Y.
Mrs. Whitney: Name the first American party.
Student: The Boston Tea Party.
Mrs. Saxton: In what course will yon graduate?
Sherm Card: In the course of time.
Compliments of
SCHULER’S
BAKERY
Established 190G
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HEADQUARTERS FOR FINE
RAKED GOODS
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WM. SCULLER, Prop.
33 Temple St. Established 1906
The Art of Entertainment
is to be able to select a hotel that has the
proper equipment and trained person-
nel to deliver the service that your dis-
criminating taste demands. You are
fortunate in having' that hotel in your
community.
ENTERTAIN AT THE
WHITE INN
and receive the commendation of your
guests.
Private dining rooms to suit every
occasion.
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Phone Fredonia 120
Gert: I can never sleep on a heavy meal.
Bert: Why don’t yon try a bed?
Bus: What is your idea of a crying need?
Fairl: A handkerchief, or some man’s shoulder.
Buick - Pontiac
The two leading cars in their
Price Class
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PIERCE BROS.
Fredonia, N. Y.
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Always a good stock of used cars
Best Wishes To
The Graduates of ’32
CATHERINE CANTY SHOP
30 Temple Street
DAMON ELECTRIC CO.
Washers - Radios - Appliances
ELECTRICAL CONTRACTING
“The Largest Little Store in Town"
Phone 3S7-W Russo Bldg.
TRY OUR
GOLDEN GUERNSEY MILK
Twin Farms Dairy
H. F. SALHOFF
Phone 321
Fredonia, N. Y.
Horton’s Service Station
We Handle Only the Best
GASOLINE — OILS
TIBES - TI BES - BATTERIES AND LUBRICATION
65 West Main Street
Phone 155
Mrs. Tallman: Who is the present king, Dora?
Dora (awakened too suddenly): Frederick.
Betsy: Did the box arrive intact?
Don (winking at Larry): Yeah—un tacked.
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NASH - Hl'PMOBILE ■ AVBVRN - WILLYS - FORDSON TRACTORS
Mrs. Whitney: Mr. Card, did we have any actual fighting with France in 1801 ?
Mr. Card: I don’t remember.
.Father: So you had to take another exam. Didn’t you pass?
Son: Say, I passed so well that I was encored and now 1 have io do it all over
again.
Mrs. Saxton: How would you punctuate this sentence: “I saw a pretty girl
go down the street.”
Sherm: 1 would make a dash after t he girl.
She: Do you travel much in that old flivver of yours?
Lester: From coast to coast.
She: Goodness! Have you really gone from Maine Io California in that boat?
Lester: Oh, no, I mean I coast down one hill, then tow it to another hill and
coast down that again.
English 4—A sentence in Wooley’s handbook: “Being in need of a pair of sus-
penders my mother extemporized a pair for me, using some tape.”
Mrs. Saxton called on Roger and asked him what he would do in a case like
this.
Rog replied: “I would use a belt.’’
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RADIOS—SERVICE—REPAIRING
SPENCER & BROWN COMPANY
31 E. Main St.—Fredonia. New York—Phone 303
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