Pittsford High School
Pittsford, MI 49271
The Blue and White
1924 Yearbook

Sophomore Class Roll

Chester Bohner Lee Church Frances Lamb Helen Leonardson Neil Miller Clifford Walton Beulah Hackett Kenneth Crocker Vivian Lickley Clifton Letherer Frances Schuster Beatrice Pinkham Marie Hale

Dorothy Bowditch Marian Cook Myrtle Cook Dorothea Cook Norma Knowles Miles Holliday Leora Johnson Ruby Sanford Dean Salmon Margaret Camp Clive Riddle Donald Armstrong Elsie Marowelli

Class Officers

President: Chester Bohner
Vice President: Margaret Camp
Secretary: Marie Hale
Treasurer: Ruby Sanford
Yell Leader: Miles Holliday

Class Colors: Pink and Green
Class Flower: Pink Carnation
Class Motto: Hammer It Out

The Voyage
Class of '26

    On August twenty-eighth in the year nineteen hundred twenty-two, nineteen beautiful and charming young ladies and eighteen bold and dashing young men stepped aboard the good ship Pittsford High School.  R.W. Barshney, our valued friend and chief officer, received us graciously and answered our many eager questions concerning incidents of our voyage and its probably length.  He informed us that if we were persevering and diligent in our duties we should easily reach our destination at the end of four years.
    At nine bells on the second the anchor was lifted and our long voyage to the Land of Learning was begun.
    We soon learned that we had duties to perform on shipboard and that our routine work was closely supervised by officers of the deck.  Then too, we found that ship records were kept and that the officers entered in the books such marks as A, B, P, and F.  Naturally there were a few cases of sea-sickness and in cases of rough sea a few were tempted to throw up Algebra, Latin or other disagreeable things but our stewardess calmly but firmly insisted that they hold them down, and assured them that soon all would be smooth sailing again.
    Dean Salmon was chosen as our First Mate.  We placed our flag (pink and green) at the prow and it is still floating in the breeze.  Just above us hangs our motto: "Hammer it Out."
    We were socially inclined and were not long in becoming acquainted with our fellow passengers and soon felt very much at home.   To relieve the monotony of our trip we gave a social and gained a great deal of fun and some money by so doing.  An especially interesting stop that we made was at Cook's Sugar Island.
    Stopping at several ports during the first months we lost four passengers.
    Eight months or so after we came aboard, the "Junior Banquet" was given.  It would be interesting to relate our many experiences, our wonderful lessons and to describe the many souvenirs we have gathered from every port, but space will not permit it.
    The gales, the tide of averages, waves of problems and billows of examinations we were able to withstand.  At the end of nine and one half months we received our passports and passed out of the Freshmen Sea.
    When we entered the Sophomore Sea various changes took place.  Chester Bohner became First Mate.  We left five passengers at a port in the Summer Channel between the two Seas.
    One of our fellow passengers entertained the Soldiers of "Twenty six at a party.
    A social and a stop at Cook's Island have been prominent among the sources of entertainment while on this sea.
    One of our number has been transferred to another ship and another has decided to give up the trip.
    Our voyage is now nearly half over and we trust that the remainder may be as pleasant and profitable as this part has been and that its close, we may enter safely the Harbor of Success.
Dorothea Cook '26

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