Clay High School - Crystal Yearbook (Oregon, OH)

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SENIOR CLASS HISTORY As sophomores we gave our hrst assembly with entertainment furnished by Irene Pocsik, Frieda Huss, Jewel Bricker, Bernice Rupp, and Virgil DeLisle. It would hardly be fair to omit that Virgil read an original and very enjoyable poem by Mary Helen Lovell. We passed from a rather quiet year into the whirl which engulfs juniors but- With the third year came the delicate process of edging-when everyone was on edgegthe edge of being sent to the othce for making one of those flippant remarks for which juniors are noted. Of course, we had the right to be somewhat superior for were we not upper classmen? W'ere we not represented equally in congress QStudent Councilj with the seniors? Several social events marked this year as the high water mark of our school lives. We gave our hrst evening play Three Taps at Twelve. It must have been goodg more screams were heard from the audience than at any other play given at Clay High. A Weiner roast was held to celebrate and did we celebrate? The end came with the Junior-Senior Prom and for what junior is this event not a triumph? Of the eleven members of the honor society eight were juniors. These in- cluded Dorothy Danner, Sylvia Henninger, Eleanor Albertson, Margaretjaschob, Oral Corson, Herbert Schumaker, Helen Heckerman, and George Frahn, The fourth year we were examined and polished4polished to such a slippery smoothness that we slipped right throughgeven though we shouldnt have. The Honor Society kept all its members and added Robert Schumaker, james Carstensen, Bernice Rupp, and Freda Dutterer. We put on another play A'Who Wouldn't Be Crazy with Oral Corson and Irene Pocsik taking the leads. This excited as much laughter as our hrst had aroused screams. We regret only that we must leave Clay School which has backed us through four long-sometimes tedious-but mostly happy years. We've slipped right into the luxurious idleness that always accompanies a prolonged depression. Its a splendid rest cure. We will never want to rest again. So you who are still on the line in the Clay Hi Knowledge Factory would do well to hang on to your jobs. You're assured of four years employment which is much better than being one of the idle poor.

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SENIOR CLASS Pre.ride1z1f.' Oral Corson Vice-premz'e1zt.' Walter johnson Secremzgu Lillian Diefenthaler T1'mfzz1'ei'.' Jewel Bricker Motto: Labor Caizqzzerf All Colors: Blue and Gold Flower: Yellow Tm Rare HISTORY We came, we saw, we passed Qby the grace of God and the facultyl. We arrived-what was left of usgafter riding miles in busses minus floating power, badly bruised by the knee action of our too vicarious companions, vet eager to start our work in the Clay Hi Knowledge Factory. I, who have always violently opposed mass production, was thrust into a room with over a hundred other Freshies and told to get to work. Our implements were textbooks, notebooks, paper, pens, and pencils. With these, the foremen Qteachersj declared we might carve our names in the Hall of Fame. I remember wondering if the Hall of Fame were made of wood and think- ing what a magnificent pile of sawdust there would be should all of us succeed with our carving. We must have shown good judgment in selecting our president, Oral Corson. We elected him to that same ofhce the succeeding three years andfwell-we've decided if he ever chooses to run for president of the United States he'll have the loyal support of all us seniors regardless of what party he is a candidate. The next year was a little better than the lirstfthe same old grindethe same old grindstone, but we needed sharpening. Our first few days were spent enjoying the escapades of the freshmenftheir missing classes or coming excitedly into ours, only to slink awayeunseen, they hoped. However, something more important than freshmen entered our lives at that time. We were working industriously in an attempt to get grades which would entitle us to a place in the honor society. Eight from our number succeeded but that comes in next year's story. As we realized that we were being looked up to, we began to grow more dignified and sophisticated. With our increasing self-respect, the upper classmen became more respectful to us.

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