Bryan High School - Zeta Cordia Yearbook (Bryan, OH)

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ZETA coRD1A ff-A1 A A A-f--1- 1--f-4 of our colleagues who presented their part of the program. And last of all we received our diplomas from Mr. XVyandt. And we were then ready for the journey through B. H. S. Sorry to say we here lost some of our mem- bers and gained new ones from the country schools. On the morning of the 6th day of the ninth month of the year of our Lord, one thousand, nine hundred and twenty-one, in other words, September 6, 1921, a crowd of gay giddy young things gamboled up the walk, entered the High School, tripped up the stairs to the Assembly Room and humbly accepted the seats as Mr. Baker asigned them. The class taken as a whole, and judged by its actions was without doubt, the most brilliant Freshman class the school had ever known. But so shy! The members absolutely refused to expose their brilliancy. Almost before we knew it we were Sophomores and thereupon assumed a greater dignity and also a very patronizing air toward the Freshies. VVe took our place in all the high school contests, games and the entire life of the high school. Our Sophomore and junior years witnessed the departure of several members who deemed themselves ready for life's work. The crowning feature of our junior year was our reception to the Senior,Class of ,24. This was pronounced the best party that any junior class had ever given. As the summer months glided by we found ourselves at the beginning of our Senior year. Again we assembled in these halls of learning to reap the fields of knowledge and gather in the brain food, abetted and seconded by tea- chers old and new. Not only new teachers came but students from near by towns came to mingle with us and to become acquainted with our wondrous skill of acquiring knowledge. Neither the teachers nor the students have been disappointed with us and we sincerely doubt whether our dexterity and unusual ability can ever be surpassed. With simple manner and with lofty courtesy we opened our aims and hearts to our fellow students and helped them over the thorny paths. With calm serene Wisdom and foresight we looked out over the heads of our fellow students and provided for the school's welfare. These plain walls were studded with the lovely jewels of modesty, self sacrifice and hard work. The class of twenty-five has been wonderfully proficient in learning how not to learn. In fact we do not believe in letting our studies interfere with our education. Yet over looking these facts we believe that our class has set an enviable record not only in scholarship but also in literary, oratory and athletics. It is with ease that we pick the future national heads of the Hi Y and Friendship Clubsg a future Daniel Webster, even a Mayor of Wfest jefferson. Ladies and Gentlemen, may I present the class of 1925. - A ez: ,. 193 I ! X . 'Ny T ji at -. , ,J1ct1'f ,. -W va:-, vw...

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id , rights-Q 1 V 6- 'ix N 15. 5 i s F i s -- -- -- -4- -:ta-61:1if-,ZQ:-Jf,?,:-J:-,,:zf,:1::-.as-,aunt.A-J zE'fA,CORDI A ..--.--sas-5. gf ,L L ' 1 I s F 1. 1? Q. il ,s 4? 5? QT i i i i I i i i i i l L l ,B l :- Class History September I, 1913 was a most important date in the history of the United States. On that day the famous class of ,25 was first introduced to the Bryan Public Schools. XVith our hair combed smoothly, our faces washed so clean they fairly shone, our dresses starched so stiff they might have stood alone, we became a slave of that tyrant Last Bellu. Everything was new and strange. VVe lost the care- less freedom of our former day. Great indeed were the burdens-in our mind at least-which we now carried on our shoulders. However we soon lost some of this feeling of great responsibility and could again laugh and play. Sum- mer came and we were allowed to return to our old carefree, happy, life of yester- day. Another September dawned and soon was lost in the past. Many Mays waxed and waned and We were full-fledged fifth graders. Here our class was separated. Part left for the new Lincoln building, and the rest stayed on at the old Park building. Two more years past with added responsibilities and pleasures. At last we were all together once again. We were now a part-the biggest and best part-of junior High School. How proud we were. And why not? Were we not the first seventh grade to have the privilege of attending junior I-ligh School? Everything was different now. VV'e moved from room to room to recite, our class was divided into sections, and last and strangest of all a bell was always ringing, or so it seemed. VVe were quite grown up. In the eighth grade we came under the personal supervision of Mary Hub- bard. She set new standards for us and saw that we attained them. VVho will ever forget the excitement that reigned when one of her famous sentences was to be parsed? Or who can forget the word of scorn and contempt if we did not parse correctly, or for that matter, the word of encouragement and praise when we met with her requirements. I think every member of the Class of i25 who ever knew'Miss Hubbard has in his heart a tender memory of her that will never fade. VVe laugh together over her idiosyncrasies, her unfailing knowledge of what went on behind her back, her assumption that her eighth grade could do no wrong, and the number of times a day we were called up to pick up her ruler. And then We think of her fearless policy of right and wrong and her fair dealing with every one and a sincere admiration wells up within us. I think that we could have no better example to keep before us in our future life than Miss Hubbard's long, honest, unselfish career in the training of several generations of Bryan's citizens. At last, after such a momentous question as what to wear was settled, the night of graduation arrived. With a breathless anxiety we hoped and prayed for the success of our play Fun in the Podunk Limitedu. VVe were rewarded. lt was successful, or at least our fond parents and friends made us believe so by vigorously applauding. And then we sat back and enjoyed the discomfort

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