EDITORIAL
War, the plague of mankind, has fallen upon this great land of ours again. With this war came something that has been felt by very red-blooded boy in the United States. Inter-Scholastic sports were stopped for the duration.
In the New York State War Council, there is a physical fitness office which has undertaken the job of establishing a program for physical fitness. In this program, competetive sports between schools are recommended.
The States War Councils Physical Fitness program, and particularly the combined inter-school activities, are heartily approved and strongly recommended by General Ames T. Brown, New York State Director of Selective Service, as preparation for possible military service and service of civilian protection workers on the home front.
Can any of you imagine an army man without initiative, self-discipline, spirit of team-work, ability to sacrifice personal glory, vigor, cooperativeness, leadership, speed, strength, agility and endurance? It is the aim of army instructors to have men with these qualities. If a young man, before going into the army, participates in vigorous sports such as football, cross country, basketball, ice hockey, track and field, imagine how much better prepared for army life he will be.
Inter-school sports raise the morale of students as well as that of older people. Athletics provide relaxation after a nerve-strained day either by hearing about or seeing an inter-school game. The game also relieves the war strain on school students.
In view of these points, it is my opinion that inter-scholastic sports shouldn't be abandoned.
GENERAL NEWS
Office News
We are all very glad to hear that school is out December 22, 1942, and that we don't have to return until January 4, 1943. We hope that you have a Very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, and will come back to school prepared to start the New Year well. You all should know that regents week extends from January 18th trhough the 21st. There will be no school Friday, January 22nd, because we want to give the teachers a chance to read our poor writing. You know how it is when you have to read your own writing in class.
Our patriotism is shown by the buying of $1257.50 worth of War Saving Stamps and also $950 worth of U. S. Bonds at the end of the last 14 weeks. Let's keep the good work up, because we all know we want to win this war and Uncle Sam is depending on our help.
Guidance Office
When Miss Geesler interviewed earlier this year she found that we are interested in some of the following vocations:
Business..............21
Aviation..............17
Agriculture...........17
Nursing...............11
Of the remaining students, 15 were undecided.
Miss Geesler wishes to remind you that both boys and girls rae urged to take math and science. The boys should concentrate on these subjects because they are essential in the armed forces; the girls, because they should be prepared to replace men in defense jobs.
The Victory Corps is getting under way "with a bang." Miss Geesler thinks we should have 100%
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general membership. The air and sea division is the most popular with the boys who are qualified for the special requirements.
Senior Play
We Seniors felt proud of our Senior Play this year. Because of tire and gasoline rationing, we thought that we would not have a very good turn-out, but the results were surprisingly successful. There were between four and five hundred in attendance. The Senior Class earned approximately $110 in clear profit. We wish to express our appreciation to Mrs. Baker who directed the production of So Help Me Hannah.
Nurse's Office
We really haven't much news for you from here. We have had all our yearly examinations by Dr. Andrews. We were very glad to find that the majority of the cildren had no serious physical defects.
Faculty Party
The annual faculty party was held Friday evening, December 18th in the Central Building. The committee in charge included the following:
Miss Paulsen, Chairman
Miss Helen Gould
Miss Maynard
Mr. Farquhar
Mr. Wells.
The war had a definite influence upon the party. Instead of the usual exchange of 10 cent gifts, there was an exchange of 10 cent war stamps. The skit presented by the faculty members reflected the changes caused by the war. Refreshments were served at the end of the evening.
CLASS NEWS
Seniors
The seniors again occupy room 31 under the watchful eye of Miss Geesler. We were very sorry to lose three of our members, David curtis, Arthur Harrington and Andrew Lindesky. We hope "Dave" and "Art" like the Army life, anyway.
At our first Senior meeting we elected class officers as follows:
President.......Eleanor Cown
Vice President..Jeannette Pardy
Secretary.......Catherine Schabloski
Treasurer.......Doris Rivanera
These results show which sex dominates.
Our Senior Play was such a great success that our Treasury now holds the sum of $297.79.
Our plans for the future include a dance on February 5th 1943 with Boyces Orchestra. We hope this will be a great success; will you be there? We hope so.
Juniors
We finally got around to electing class officers. they are as follows:
President.......Stanley Wickham
Vice President..John Peters
Secretary.......Wallace Rich
Treasurer.......Margaret Tyler
This room has been a rather quiet one as yet, but wait till we get going! Jim (Fat) Van Buren seems to be our chief gossiper. (What has your little brother been doing lately, Jim?)
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The 1942 Almedian - South Kortright Central School Yearbooks - SKCS 1942 Almedian
