CLASS HISTORY
We started out 12 years ago as a little band of hopefuls, 33 in number, to learn of the good things in school life, not considering there would be anything that we wouldn't agree to wholeheartedly.
Well, during the next 8 years, we learned of these minor difficulties and finally, in the fall of 1950, we found an equal number, 33, of us in the first year of high school. However, one of our classmates cheated us and skipped a grade in the meantime. This was Lawrence Cairns, but we succeeded in picking up another classmate who wasn't blessed with so much knowledge. Donal Lifgren and Melvin Olsen quick school to seek other opportunities in the armed forces, Alta Grant became our only new member during the freshman year.
After a struggle, 28 of us managed to become a class an the next higher step on our ladder of success, a class called sophomores. We started this year off with a bang by electing Doris Wheeler, President; Howard Vrooman, Vice President; Eleanor Collins, Secretary and Treasurer. During the course of the year, Don Marting passed his January exams to become of our beloved group, while Lewis Briggs passed his January exams to become a junior. The only person leaving school was Alta Grant who moved away.
Our Band increased to thirty during the summer, and in September we bombarded the science room with our sophisticated band of Juniors. We promptly elected Doris Wheeler, President; Bernard Smith, Vice President; Norma Gualt, Secretary and Eleanor Collins, Treasurer; to show the lower classes our superiority and to warn the seniors to watch out. Beating England by a few days, we held our own coronation on May 5th. We elected Howard Vrooman, King, and Rose Bellino, Queen, of our Junior Prom, which was our first major success, The Coronation. Juanita Quackenbush, Doris Frey, Rex Accurso, Mary Jane Askew, Grace Guttridge and Karin Sandin moved from our homeroom to diminish our little band to 24; however Don Martin came to the rescue again and the number was increased to 25.
Returning to school in the fall of 1953, and receiving our classrings, we knew we were all striving towards one goal, that of graduating. Our name was changed to seniors and our superiority became known. To guide us through our final year of schoo llife we elected Howard Vrooman, President; Rose Bellino, Vice President; Norma Gault, Secretary and Doris Wheeler, Treasurer.
The Senior Play, Brother Goose, was a great financial success. With the auditorium filled, we knew the outlying communities were behind us which gave us needed confidence.
As we have reached our destination, we must leave the unknown destinations, places, and lands to the new senior class. We know that the class will get aid and sympathy.
We will strive toward goals of our own individual choices, but we wlll never forget the goal we had in common in our journey through school.
1954•16
The 1954 Almedian - South Kortright Central School Yearbooks - SKCS 1954 Almedian
