Holton High School - Retrospect Yearbook (Holton, KS)

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5 ., ,..,, 1. ,, Tim.. T H E H E T H O S P E C T Back row-Powell, Brubaker, Vincent, Y. Clary, G. Baldwin, E. Singer, Reamer, R..John- son, Black. Greenlee, M. Howell, F. Cox. Middle row-Byarlay, Wark, Boyington, Deck, Beeins. Miss Clothier, B. Eyman, Petit, Evelyn Carnahan, I. Singer, R. Bennett. Stewart, C. Dierking. Front row-Abbuehl, Whitty, V. Clary, Cress, R. Lines, Pomeroy, G. Routh, Bradley, Olds, Edward Carnahan. The Mythical Village Once upon a time, way back in the village of Oh, Yeah! there lived a group of people called Eighth Graders. Their main object in life was to make merry. There were numerous ways of achieving this desirable status, but the most popular was the chasing of small creatures named Yo-Yo's up and down the hills and vales of their country. Because of his efficiency in this Olympical occupation, Colonel Billy Whitty was chcsen as Grand Worthy Potentate of the Bedpost when they had reached their seventh year of public life, Scon however. a mere feminine apostle of sweet maidenly virtue, modesty, coyness, and all those effervescent qualities that go to make up an executive was chosen to ill this worthy position, and so Mary Adelaide Deck was placed in office. These personages came to their village of Oh, Yeah in the country of Sez You way back in prehistoric days of the first grade and gradually advanced in learning until they were intelligent enough to become worthy members of Holton High School. In those days they lived in a part of the village of Oh, Yeah known as HI don't knowf' but when they changed their name to seventh graders, they departed from this precinct and entered the third ward of Beginning to know. This gifted class of people had been almost exterminated when Miss Vera Clothier began teaching them how to make beds and wash dishes and presto! changol They were transformed so irredeemably that five of their politicians could not be restrained from entering the dreadful Sea of Eighth Grad: Scholarship tests. They were. however, rescued by their sponsor, Miss Vera Clothier. This worthy heroine threw in one of her own doughnuts as a life saver. The aforementioned doughnut caused an explosion and these gastronomically-inclined pedantics found themselves safe in their little beds dreaming of Santa Claus and the Easter Rabbit. These august personages were Professor John Robert Pomeroy, author of the new sensation Women and Their Idicsyncrusiesgn Cora Dierking, president of the Ladies' Aidg Mary Deck, the modern maiden: Donald Bradley, head life saver at the ol' swimmin' hole: and Berla Beems, the home wrecker, 1 9 3 2 fETif?L77TUl':?' All-HTL PACE WA ll l Q- X -Tl 'la X X

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Back l'mJXX'YKHllll'CllS, H. Moore, Robert Howard, Walton, Shadden, R, Kennedy. Middle tow-W. Hollis, R. Smith, Miss Lyon, R,bert A. Jordan, D2Janes, Bruce. Front row- Hamlet, Edwards, R. Mannell. B. Ross, W, Armstrong, B. Smith, W. Stous. Extracts From the Freshman Bible tCONTINUEDl And it came to pass that a basket ball team was organized of maidens, and they were deleated not on their own ground, no, not once and surely they were a goodly sight. Behold, we did study science at the feet ot Hedge and we learned much. Verily, verily, I say unto you, a glee club was organized in which the voices of our gentle maids rang sweet with melody. Bthtld. we did hold a class meeting and elected Cocherell to be our leader, one of good courage and strong. Now in the days of scholarship tests, we did murmur and prophesy vain things, grieving much lest the tests be too hard. Now as the track season grew nigh, we did speak much concerning it, hoping in all things, believing that we should win all events. And they that taught did give us exams. And many did pass-out. Verily il is written. except the Ireshies study even as the seventh graders do, we shall think. Nevertheless as the winter waned and spring entered. we. trusting in the teachers tor grades, did take the linals and lo, many failed, bitt some passed, Nevertheless, watch diligently tor the time when we shall sit before you, clothed in IllllllLl raiment and shall reeeiye :ine reward as sophomores. So draweth nigh the end ot' the lreslnnan year. t it 'if 1 2 Q Z .... . .. PAGE 13

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X ' T H E R E T R O S P E C T J. Myers, Vestle, R. Hostetter, Berridge, Dick, H. Baldwin, Darling. Middle rowQ Back row-Decker, E. Stowell, Uber, Harwood. McKinstry, Ha1'ris, N. Lewis, Worley Miss Bahret, Taylor, R. Baehni, Hollenbeck, Carter, Lederer, K. Lewis, Lois Schreiber L. Horton, D. Smith, Melvin Smith, J. Mitschele, Hurd, W. Boettcher, Cook, Wicker Jordan. Front row-Junior Bcettcher, A. Eulert, B. Stous, G. Hollis, J. Hinnen F. Mitschele, M. Hoenike, D. Bennett, Milton Drechsler, Hough, Glover. Yesterday, Today- Wllftt of Tomorrow YESTERDAY We started our school life seven years ago in numerous Jackson county schools. Many ot' us who attended rural schools, as well as town schools, graduated with high honors. Our affairs seemed very important to us then, and it was not until we entered Holton High School that we fully realized our insignificance. TODAY As our class entered into high school in the year of the bicentennial of Washington's birth. we desire to perpetuate the noble traditions of Washington and his ideals, the mainstreet realism of these days. At the beginning of this year we chose as our officers Nell Glover, Doris Bennett, Betty Stous. and Eunice Stowell. Judson Hurd was student council representative Thirteen of our members won the J. H. S. honor award, and Nell Glover and Robert Hostetter were chosen as two of the five outstanding students in junior high during the tlrst semester this year. TOMORROW Although our class is small of stature, our aspirations and abilities are not small but continuously developing and reachine, foiward to attain and advance worthy motives and goals. As we have traveled along through this year. all of us have become more serious minded, :ind we hope as time goes by that we will become even more worthy members of Holton High School. Already our class shows evidence of future greatness. Tomorrow will find us. DEI'- haps, as noted athletes, debaters, honor students entering into every type of school activity. Perhaps this short era of insigniticance will instill in us that greatest of quaIities-humbleness of spirit and meel-:ness of mind. As in other lines of work, Well begun is halt' done. Y Y I - A .Y W Y.. ,+. ,.- ,-,,Y, , -.. it 1 luu x 1 it i ui t uini uv um num 1 9 3 Z zzzzzmnxigxizzmmzgirtrjtiigrlzgingiingnniyitgxtirlmizxixQin' PAGE 15