Athens High School - Arena Yearbook (Athens, OH)

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CLASS HISTORY Seated by the wrndow was an old man watch rng the croxx ds of younv' hlffh school students go mg to school for the flrst day of that yefrr Some were very younof and trmrd lookrng Whrle others were more sophrstrcated A far rxx ay look came :into hrs eyes as he recalled hrs ovxn hrgh school ays He remember ed th rt d ry rn September rn the year 1920 when the Freshres who were destrned to gradurte rn 1924 entered the portfrls of th rt dear old burldrnff on the hrll After mrny mrs drrectrons rntentron rl and othervxrse they reached Room 18 whrch xx rs to be therr home room They soon bec rme rccustomed to the lrfe of hrfrh school students but rn thrs process thev rlso de veloped rnferrorrtv complexes The freshmen were xerv much honored one dry xx hen rn rssem bly xx rs crrled rn therr especral honor Much to therr roy rnd embrrrassment they were marched around the room rnd after therr debut we e Urv en ta s xx hrch re rd I 'rm r fr eshm rn The clfrss was or0an17ed and bob Schmrdt became pr esrdent under xx hose leader shrp the ye rr xx as crrrred to r close The follovxrng year the class rg un rssembled but wrth the more dwnrfled trtle of sophomores Agarn the class w rs orv rnrzed wrth Bob Schmrdt 'rs presrdent and Mr Wrse as cl rss teacher At the begrnnlng of the second semester the entrre student body moved rnto the new burldrng Dur rnv the spr1n0 a cl rss party was grven whrch shoxx ed therr abrlrtv to entertfrrn Thus the sophomore ve rr c rme to an end September found these students rn school as Junrors At the first class meetrng Dow Roush was elected presrdent Durrng the fall a class party vxas frven vxhrch xxas zr huge success I the sprrnv r class meetrnvf was held at whrch thev were lnformed that rt W rs the rnnual custom of the rumors to entertrrn the senrors by fr Junror Senror Prom After much plannrng the prom was 011611 on Mfrx 21 By thrs trme the rrngs rnd prns xx ere selected for the senrors of next year frnd rll xxere antrcrprtrnff the trme xxhen they mrffht xxe rr them The senror yefrr as mrvfht be expected xxas the most excrtrno rnd eventful of all four Phrl Onff W rs elected pr esrdent Dow Poush Vrce Pres On Apr rl 22 the senrors of the cl rss of 1927 ushered rn fr nexv tr rdrtron namely Hobo Dry whrch vx rs to be hfrnded doxxn to the lower cl rss men xx hen thex h rd efrrned the rwht to be called senrors On thrs drx every member of the cl rss was to look hrs xx or st efrch vrerng vxrth others for that honor John Alden and Alrce Mclxrbben xx ere selected as the most typrcal hobos On Mry 20 the Junror cl rss entertamed the senrors wrth the usufrl Iunror Senror Prom June the 3rd came rnd the cl rss made rts fin rl publrc appearance at commencement Where they recerved therr drplo mas The old man had fallen asleep perhaps to dream of these remrnrscences 22 A ' s 1 ' 7 I . l c . . 1 ' ,, - . - . . . Q c , 1 c . ' c c c '. ' ' 7 c C - . ., ' I L . . r I 2 1 ' ' ,' I I 1 ' ' ' 5, ' ' . n . x. K . . . o 4 o . ' ' 4 f f 1 C . f . . . ' ' ' ' . . , ' ' , xc ' , c c I C C - 9 - ff - - ' H x ' ' . . H . . ' . . , ' rr , . ' I . . . 2 ... I c 2 h 7 , 4 L7 , ' 2 ' C, . ' 2 - v 1 1 D n i 1 . - v . 4 , , ' ' I ' ' Y C 7 C y c c , I 1 H 77 ' r. ' - . ' C y f . - C - D c . 6 1 . ,I . . I Y y c 1 . l D 1 r S 4: s L., x . . V 2 - 2 ,. ' w ' 2-r 1' Y r V 1 ' ' ' ' 2 ' 2 2 - rdent and M2l1'1011 McClure, Secr'etar'y-Trezrsur'er'. v' 1 ' . ' . ' I- 1 I 1 c 2 ' . . ,,, 2 ' 2 2 . -. 1 ,1 . , ' N ' ' K , - . ' I f f 1 1 C a , . . - - 1. - ' , I - . - J 1 1 A o Z c 7 c v - I It 4 D A y, y 1. c g 2 , I c c c . c K .7 2 f C, r -. ' 7 ' v I ' ' r v . ' I' D 4 ' 9 ' . 2 , 7 2 x v . .fr ' . 1 2 - - Z W ' y .K , C ' ' 7' . . . . f V . . 1 l 1 L . c , 7' 1 I 1 2 2 ' 2 , ' . 2 ' ' - ' -C 1 - c e ' . , ' 1 1 - -1 ' ' ' , , ' . ' . 1 4 c oc 1 C 1 , ' - ' 4 - - 4 1 ' ' 1 ' - c . c . , . . 1 . V. . . . - ' O O 2 c .

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THE ARENA COMMENCEMENT SPEAKERS 'lop row Ralph Dupler Mrs Prlce Phll Ong Bottom row Elmer NOFYIS Marx Halxslck Helen Rouelr Ollve Carpenter HUb81tllfl3tl'9HV l v. 1 Q I ' . , .. , I . ' Y' -1 .v l 1 - -J 1 l ' .

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HE ARENA CLASS P 9100 Front Street Chrcago Illrrrors June 1 1945 Dear Mr Harshman This letter urll undoubtedly prove an entrrely ple rs rnt surprise At thrs trme of ye I1 erch A H S ffrrd s mrnd seenas to return to the old burld rnff rnd hrs old frrends So rt was wrthr me I was peacefully dosrng rn my study after spendrng a strenuouos day doublrng for Ben Turprn when I heard the regular snappy steps of the postman outsrde Expectrng a contract from the Harold Lloyd Corporatron I qurckly sought my marl MV first letter at once belrttled the rest md I was on my toes rmmedrately It contarned rn rnvrtatron from Robert Prerce whom no one has ever been able to banrsh from hrs mrnd to vrsrt hrm at hrs laboratorres as soon as possible promrsrng me a delrvhtful and drstrnctly seasonal surprise Robert as vou undoubtedly know rs now a master chem 1St and electrrcran has hrs laboratorres rn Osh kosh Iowa You may be sure that I left on the next arrplane Arrrvrnfr at Oshkosh and the lab I was rmme dratelv conducted rnto Vrcs prrvate experrmental room I was amazed at the network of W11 es bat terres etc that nearly filled the room and de manded an expl matron This sard Vrc rs the latest wrrnkle rn telephotography Wrth rt I h we been able to photograph bv radio and drrect the focus to any pl rce whrch I desrre I could not suppress a marvelous whrch rnvoluntarrly rose But contrnued Bob with the same old rnebrrrt R OPI-IECY ed turnkle rn hrs exe I drd not rnvrte you here merelv to show you thrs latest rmprovement for rt rr 111 be a few months yet before I announce rt Even yxhrle I xr rs working I could not help re rnemberrnv our old class of 27 for Spring was rn the ur So rn mv erfperrmental task I tuned rn on our frrends rnd here you see my results He handed me a photo album rnd memories began to strr tt the first page There appear ed John Alden rn the Chautruqua crrcurt makrng a huge hrt as fir st tenor As a specral number on the same crr curt James Boden and Margaret Atkrnson were featured rn a vrolrn duet rccompanred by Vrr gene McAdoo The next page showed Phrl Ong and Ed Rustrn helprng Paul Whrteman out of 1 trght place rn a promrnent nrght club The dazzlrnfr hostess was none other than our Dottre Hrghley Along wrth these was a prcture of Margaret Lav erty who rs now plar rng a lead rn Abres Irrsh Rose The next page revealed the closrng scene of the Jones Smrth murder trral rn which Dow Roush the prosecutrnfr attorney for thrs crty was leavrng the court room after defeatrng Clarence Darrow counsel for the defense The presrdrnff Judge was ROSIB Coen who has establrshed a fine reputatron because of her farr decrsrons And by the way could you guess who rs mayor of our fur crty ' Feorffe Brown hrmself George was elect ed by a vast marorrty when he announced hrs plat form as favorrng the rnst rllatron of smear proof lrpstrck at all rnter sections Then came John At krnson who rs now first mate of a trans Atlantrc steamer Ercperrerrced vobs on the same boat are I I 7. . . 7 H . . . I . . a ' I l D I 9 - ' l . , v . , I ' 1 - ' . 1. - Z y ,Q V . . - ' . 7' . ' . ' . . , ' 1 , ' - w 1 1 C ' - 6 . K , 2 2 ' ' . 2 ', 2 . 2 '. N re ' - , . 7 ' . ' - '-' . . . u . . 5 c A - , c . . I . i. . . Y I I . O c . , , c . , . 1 . . . . , l c C, . C . 2 . 1 r . . . . . . . I r ' 1 u A I 1 D 1 - A 1 ca 1 I A 1 l I 4 ' 1 C s ' . 9 5 1 u I 1 A . c , c . . . . . I . . . . . I . 1 . Q C C C , l O , . , - 7 a - v 1 L C. ' , - . . a 5 1 . I . . . D. . - - ' 7 , - 1 Q 1 , , . . . 1 - v o 9 I I 1 I tr 9 ' ! . ' ' O ' , X. . . . 1 . 1 u u 1 . c y ' C - 1 ' ,, , l w 4 l I , u I ' Q C ' u ' n - ' ac' ' ' . . ' - c r' 2 . , , . J C , . - - . 2 I ' C - C G . y . , . L . . 2 - 1 ' ' 77 '- - K. n u , ss an ' ' ' . ' ' . . - ' nr. . - y C as U , ' ' ' .'. . .' - - , , c c ' c . r D