Elwood Community High School - Crescent Yearbook (Elwood, IN)

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Extracts From a Student’s Diary THE COMET (Editor’s Note: “What! No calendar?” our Literary Editor, Mr. Foster, bawled. So, in' our desperation, we had to try to appease him. Fortunately, the day before the Comet went to press this diary was picked up in the hall and was found to contain practically everything we wanted—and a lot that we didn’t want; for we have had to omit a great deal that was purely personal and perhans a little compromising. Can you identify its author?) SEPTEMBER 7— First day. Walked to school with Francis Henderson. Chased all over town for Bill Magers to get a Civics text this afternoon. Cussed an English 7 essay all evening. 8— Pep session for first football game. Team on the stage. ’Twas probably the background that gave the team the “posing” idea. 12—Monday morn after the night before. Had a date last p. m. with Bob Foster. He makes the hours seem like seconds. 20—Tennis after school. Bob Nagel swings a mean racket. OCTOBER 13—Intelligence scores distributed. Guess I’ll have to get to work or something. Who doesn’t, though ? 20—All out! Teachers’ Convention. Two days to sleep. 24—At it again. 28—Anderson footballs here tonight. Guess Dot and I will go. Had a dandy pep session. Mr. Hosier joined in to put a little zip in the yells. My! What a little inspiration will do. 31—Here ’tis Monday. Had a date with Ed Maley last night. I had forgotten he’s one of the best tacklers, and what an evening! Gee, he’s handsome! NOVEMBER 4—Played Muncie there. Had a date with Paul Wilson, blond “Gable”. 10— Appointed monitor. Ralph Warner stopped and chatted again. Just winked all other times he passed. First snow today. 11— Birr Lovely weather for Eskimos.. Armistice Day walking marathon. Carl Danner and his gang dropped out of line at “Sweat” Shop and watched the rest. School Spirit! Senior Day. El. Hi. 6—Bloomington 0. The atmosphere reminded one of Sunday or Wednesday night—everybody’s arms around everybody else. It was the weather, not the moon. Too bad. 15— Appetizing lecture and slides on Africa. Jr. Sellers seems none the worse or the knock-downcarryout Senior Day Brawl. 16— Snowbound — 15 inches; Sleepbound — 24 hours. 23—“Deport” cards. Vacate for Thanksgiving. Whoops!! 29—Pledge Drive for Comet. Brother, can you spare an installment? DECEMBER 2—First basketball game here. El. Hi. 30-Lapel 21. Home with Gerald Reynolds. Oh' My operation! 5—King Male Quartette. Hear dem bells! 21—Safety Play the sixth period. Whattaman (Don) Goodwin on my right. Christmas vacation ahead. 18 days to “unlax”. 24—Christmas Eve with Bill Mosiman. Looks like Merry Christmas with aspirin for Bill. JANUARY 9—The magnetic peal of school bells beckons us back to sleeping quarters today. 13—Flunk Notices passed out. Didn’t we all? 16—New semester and new program. Hope the kids in my new classes are cute for a change. 20—Hotcha pep session this afternoon. Alex, basketballs here tonight. A date with Don Kincaid. Such politeness must be observed. Page twenty

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JUNIORS Row One—Moses Wittkamper, Vera Mae Ridgeway, Dorothy St. Clair, Edward Boggess, 3A President. Row Two—Nina Terwilliger, Phillip Mc-Donel, Maurice Hutcherson, 3A Treasurer; Cleda Beth Kightlinger. Row Three—Burl Vanness, Marjorie Runyan, Doris Van Briggle, Ray Downham. Row Four—Mary Florence Cochran, Arthur Stickler, Eugene Robinson, Miriam Sosbe. Row Five—Robert C. Smith, Jaunita Ebert, Mildred McCallum, Hubert Etchison. Row Six—Alice Terwilleger, Willard McCord, Reed Schafer, Clarabelle Lamm. Row Seven—James Gorden, Arvona Dowell, 3B President; Dortha Yohe, Robert Wallace. Row Eight—Charlotte Wright, Ralph Warner, Alvy Havens, Mary Sorba. Row Nine—Robert Jordan, Sylvia Balser, Harold Larison, Jessie Lea Shawhan. Page nineteen

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the comet FEBRUARY 7 “Sun Up” “upped” in the auditorium this morning- Giving in to Bogy’s entreaties, I .parked the chassis between him and Woodie. Wept bitterly. “Whoa” is me! Woodie wanted to borrow a hankie but I just had one. 15—Senior class meeting, fourth period. It’s easy to understand why Ket has been class president every year. Such “sox” appeal! E sweaters were awarded the sixth period. Ed Maley was late again. 17—Went to Alex, to see Panthers vs. Tigers. My bodyguard for the evening was Harold Athan. What hair! And his “line” isn’t half bad. 21—Charity game. Panthers 22—Frankton 19. Went to the “Dugout” opening with Pete Wolfe, gentleman and athlete. 24—Pep session. Jeers for Ket, Hank, Paul, Ruth, Red, and Beaty, soon ex-service men. Hartford City here tonight. Had a date with James Adams. Is he really so bashful or is it just a pose? That Cl Let it be herein recorded that the class of ’35 are freshmen no longer. Our self esteem has gone up many points. Let it be further l'ecorded that this class is the most brilliant, amiable, and energetic group that has ever graced the halls of Elwood High School. (Editor’s Note: This last statement will probably be stricken from the record.) We do not say this with any intention to fabricate, for S stands not only for sophomore but also for sincerity. Think of it! We have officers like “drate big peoples”. We really don’t know why we have officers except that everybody seems to think it’s the right thing. We certainly want to do the right thing. Mary Ellen Yarling has been our president and Larry McCarel has been her assistant, though why she should need an assistant is another mystery for our class meets so rarely that even a president seems almost unnecessary. Frances Mae DeHoritv was elected secretary, but her duties have not been so strenuous as to threaten her health, for a secretary can’t take 27— I hear that Anderson Hi. was suspended by the I. H. S. A. A. and the tourney is this week-end. ’Stoo bad. (For them.) 28— LOCAL BOY MAKES GOOD. Bob Nagel made 90 per cent on a shorthand test. MARCH 3— Madison County sectional held at Muncie. Ail the games were something to get hoarse about. Went with Dick Cooley. He’s an expert one-arm driver. Really, Diary, you’ve no idea! ! 4— Elwood battled Markleville for the final game and was defeated on an overtime. Many a fan shed tears. (Not mentioning the team.) 9—The Bell Trio presented an especially enjoyable program this morning. At the close, Harold led a cheer for each of the members, Catherine, James, and Richard. of ’35 minutes without a meeting to “minute”. Marjorie Boston was chosen treasurer only to learn that most of the class couldn’t pay except in individual scrip, which Miss Boston hesitated about taking. Needless to say, we shall, when we are juniors, surpass every other third year class of the past in all respects. We shall have better athletes, more honor students, more eloquent debaters and dramatic performers, and a more attractive annual. The echoes of our achievements shall go reverberating down the corridors of time. Stand aside! The class of ’35 is on its way. We shall slay dragons! Bring them on. We shall end depressions; we shall get our names in the paper. We are the class of ’35. (Editor’s Note—We refuse to take responsibility for the above utterances. Their only excuse is that they are the outpourings of a sophomore’s egotism.) Page twenty-one