Union Endicott High School 1939 Graduation Issue (Endicott, NY) - Full Access

1 II E t'.. ~-E ~ D I C 0 T T T I G En 7 0 T WRITI G A E~SA y .\ APELLA HOIR TO TTE1 D L Factual Acl'IHII\t of a \\'ritl'r':-. Quandary A thrt>c-m~g · l' :·1y due in class tomOITOI\. \\'hat to wrih· about! \\'(• t•aze thou ,htfully ( dthoul n•action, how •q•r) at a Ji t of sug •c:t d topies. • ome– how, thP\' tlo not SCl'lll to stir our soul to lit 1'31"\' a. pimtinns. \\"e gaze at thP list a whill' lon~::Pr, thinkin"' that perhaus 'if w do SO Jon r C'IIOU"h Olll' intl•lJPCt might be . Utfi– cientfy • timulall•d. atching our:elf dozing off, we <onw to tlw conclusion that perhaps that idea we n't work . o well aft I' all. lf WP it and look out the open window .1 while, surely we shall S<'e 01 h<•ar :omc>thing that •dll 111 o\'ide us with enough enchantinl! thoughts to <' down on paper. \\e waiL Thn•e SCI'(''Inlill r t•hildrt•n Oil rnllel'-!:kate" pass; ... a nur~e 'h(•l'lin"' a Jll'l'lllllbulator; . . . a sih·el' monoplane roar: overh ad-if it should sudd('nl\· bur. t into flame. we might ha\'(' an intNcstin r topic. A few peopl pass: going dn \'ntown, we pre ume.... a few mon• p c pic Jla in the oth I' direction: going hom , w would s•• y. \\'e wipe from our furrowed brow, a fe, · bead: of p rspiration, and woncll•r why th•: teacher couldn't ha\'e waited for a cooler clay to have u write a comp. :ition. We debate the pos.·ihiliti : of an ::ay on "heat." < .• we d •cidc; our literary pow r might de crib th to]lil· :o '\ h·idly that we would ivc the t achcr a !iUnstroke. A familiar rattling- and clanking comes up th stn·(·t, accompanied by an equally familial :lroma of abancl1,n<'d orange :kins, potato pee liwr:-;, dt·~<'ll rated tnm~toe:, and what-not. It i: tlw gnrbarre truek making it: weekly rounds. We fullv apJII'Cciat(' the sen·ice oi garbag-e-IIWII to huma11ity, and we man·cl at th<• faithf II .11ul unprejudiced Jll'rformance of thei1· dut ,., .. "o doubt tht•v n··1lizc their im– pot'lant ,;o. 'tion. We languidly con:id r th~, potentialitil' · of 'l di strlation on th' merit!< of ~:u ha~t'·llll'n. An t'Jlticillg subject. It would makp an inll•rp. ting l'·. ay; n•ry interesting indt•ed, an1 "c hop that sonw day sonw under:talldin~ JIPI' on will be duly in:pired to put into \Tiling tlw hazar lou.: (think of brav– in lh~' danr{<'I'S of banana pe Is) tale of garbag -nH'II. :till h:n·ing 11othing' to write about, w~· m ·dilate furthc1'. We han• read that medi– t~tion i. g-ood fm tlw soul, so by deep medi– tation Jl ·rh, ps we shall rpcci,·c man: :piritual b nefits. We r •Ia.· and ntl'ditat(·. In our 111 ind we t•on templatp Ya riou. subj cts su'tallc fm· an t' say. About fiye minutes lah·r "e di cov •r '·e are smilingl:· meditating upon th lo\'ely time we had at th dane Ia. t 11i •ht, and upon the party "'" ar goin~ to t6morrow night. . s o11c thought gradually lcatis to anoth •r, we d cide that • TATIO. TAL M SI FI l\f us ic ,' ucces ful in .ts Approximately GO m mbers of the a cap lla choir of the -E High , chool attend d the national music conte:ts h ld in ew York ity, lay 26, at the Ilarr m High chool. At the time of writing, re, ult of th con– le:t. in • • w York were not known, but it i. a feat unusual in the Endicott \'ocal department that a ch01 a! ~roup . hould attend a national cont st r gardl ss of the contest results. The choir neci\' d a second divi. ion ratin~ in l!l:J at the • bte conte. t. held in mstcr– dam. This rating made them eligibl for tll state contc. t h ld thi. year at Am. terdam where they reeeiv d a fir:t divi. ion rating. Fit·:t dh·i. ion i: equi\'alcnt to the 95-100';( dass of high :ehool music ratings. Jn:trunwntnl winners in the . tat mu. ic t•onle. t: which were h ld in Am terdam ~lay fi and 6 \:er Peter Theodore•. piccolo; L onard l'ancro, cornet; Donald Fred rick, nthony La:orte and David L wi:, clarinet trio. All received first divi:ion ratings. ~econd division rating:s wer won by th" bra. s quintette compos<'d of Herbert 'rumb, Lt•onn d Panaro, Roland Caiozzo, C dric \ ani and L onard Ri,· nburg; :\1 rle Dile:;, baton t\ •irling (no fir. t division ratings wer ginn in this field); Lawr nee Wil on, doubl ba.;s; Ann (;onion, voeal solo. In the local district cont .ts h ld in -E High :chool April th, fir ·t award. wer won by Audrey Loomi., xylophone :olo; L onar,l l'a1 aro, cornet; the clarinet trio and the b1 a. quint t; i\largar t Hanley, nn Gordon, Alma John:on and Alice Po. t, vocal soloi ts. St·cond livJsion ratings .v t' r ceh·ed by L onard Ri\'enburg, Fr •nch horn; Pet r Theo– dore, pkcolo; Lawren('e Wil:on, :tring bas:; .Julia Hitkey, \'oeal solo; and the girls' qual'– tett compo: d f l\largar t Hanley, lma Joh'lson, Rih l\lastrangelo and Alic l'Mt. mayb we ought to g-o for a :pin on ou;_· bkyde to refre. h our wearied nen·c:. ur 1-'· we would pa:s innumerable things that would undoubtedly inspire our uninspired mind t•J a('hiev a gr at literary ma:l rpiece. A: we climb on the trusty bike, howcv r, we abandon our g-ood inh·ntions in favor of t·cally njoying our ride; we could not po.. ibly do so if our thoughts wer burdened witl ('are: of the daY. It is bc.'t that w wait until another time t~ brood upon our essay. Our teacher, of cout-.·<·, will sympathiz with our fruitle:: labors, and forgi"e u upon our coming to clas in th morning, unpr•~par d. -B tte Lou ;\1c oy Engli h 4