Howard High School - Scraps Yearbook (Howard, KS)

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Q 77 ,,, 511, W LETTE? FROM LITTLE BENNY Dear Senior: Well: Well: Well: Look whoz hear: The Sofomores of 1940-412 You no, I herd in a roundabout way that some'eres some-body somehow wanted two no about us so we'll tell'em. We started too school, as most good littel boys and gals do when they gets to that certain stage, as the greenest of Freshies lat year. We became not quite so green when we were inishiated by the so--called sofistikated Sofomores of last year, upperclassmun Junures of this year. Us girls wore knee pants while the boys maid whooppee with our dresses and make-up, We all wore green hareribbons and honions to make us look greener than we natchurely wood. Us girls had to bow to the Sofomores while the boys curtsied to them. And, of coarse, we had the tradishonal task of carrying books. Our nest grate event was the Old Settlers Reunion which happened on September 29 and..... ...... the school parade. Our Freshmun flote was HTrezure Islandu and we got forth plase our of fore entrance. We thot our flote was clever but the jedges didn't. Bout the first offisial act of our class as Freshmun was to elect offisers which wer, President, Charles Angellg Vice Pres. Mark Floryg Sec.Dorothy Morrowg Treasure,Ruth Richardg Chear-leaders, Helen Aleza- nder and Jerry VanBuskirkg Studen Council Representive, Mary Wisner. The Freshmun had there first party as a mascerade Hallowe'en party, which quz completed with luscioud eats. CRefreshmuntsD As uzual we plaid games but wuz premitted to play Post Office which bust ed our harts clean to. e HUs'nsU next went into the headlines Calmostb in the Interclass bascetbal turnimant. The Freshmun girls wuz runner-up to them thar Seniors girls but wuz de-feated 8 to 4 in the finuls. CThe boys got beet, 2313012 in the first round.D Us Freshmun had a Frezurc of Scavenger hunt on November 26 with 55 of us their. Dicky Heisler, Lee Garmon, and Ruth Richards on the priz. It wuz sugested that the rezon for that wuz that they wuz the committee that fixed out the list of t ings to get. Could of been. Our next festivity wuz, of coarse, the all shool Xmas party at which ever-boby enjoyed theirselves. We Freshmun also had a good time. Us Freshmun started the bal rolling in 1940 by having a leap year party at the skool house on Febuary 14, Of coarse, their were some steedies and then, of coarse, their weren't. Then came to famus notis again when upon a five minutes warning a grupe of people had to get up, in chapel, on the stage and give a de-bate. The Senures and Freshmun lost to the Junures and Sofomores. Next Page

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'r-'- A ls- 'n FRESCTAN CLASS KISEORY The do or of 30 Od The freshmen took in a to- old H.H.S. were tal of 311.20 at all schooloyoned today as carnaval. That's going the largest fresh- great gunsiulldwsay. man class since Qalling-gllmgargi r l939 stumbled in Be on the lookout for un- with a standing lucky freshmen caught by army of 42. Tis- the semester exams. fortune struck 2335 is all. them however, and before they could Frgghies L0seuQyM1er1 recover from the Shelf ygyTiag ' shock that coach t f'eot2.nz.r ll Elder their wane bet'een ','Q, the Eureka home room teacher, and the Howard Freshmen they were duly in'- and at the xGflHliHf the itiatcd by the so- soore was 5 to O in Trvor phomores. Time of tke freshmen. The lWGDt OHS they crowds grew tense , then thrived on the tea- Stroshury funUlcd and chers mistakes but Rader recovered then were '.fe plauged on Rader fu Wlnf :nd Cri or tests. They fin- reoovergd than Crigerzf-W ally finished the --av uL+t's the uae, sn? first senesterq how the genre at the ff with f.yini colors. of the game Was: From than on it Eureka 52, rss a slain, life Hotnyard 6 ' 2703.1 1IfLCfQ.' . .. Grades Went down of ' and the QfflCQ ' ras filled With PARTIES freshies and their Halloween D'Q F CQQGS. SQ taef Vent: nar'ies, The freshmen had a niiare nikeS,, and other ioue time Friday night miscellaineous Qctobey 21, at thg High activities, Coach School auditorium on Elder at the head, Halloween. After they the Freshies at were thoroughly mystified the bottom. THGY and SCQVQQ to thg bgne, stuck it out though they had refreshments of HUG commencement cider and doughnuts. f0HHd 41 fT95h' men looking ton years older than when they start- ed and not that much smarter wav- ing goodbye to old H.H.S. hanny to say qoodbve. , f W , ,, t new learn Qag Ciao orr' six A.f. after Chrisnas and all through the school not a croa- ture ras stirring not even the freshmen. Their eyes were placed on the oifice with care waiting for Nr. Lange, who soon would be there when all of a sudden there arose such a clattor, they sprang from their seats to what was the matter They glanced at the SGG clock, said fifteen after nine, then ran down the stairs, two steps at a timcg at lest to be held vith a joyous pang, Lhc 313 sfgcv'ic:Qri 5 , fL!3CE iTl3Tq.CTl'S , Zhu sei?-fs, aiu--Lange Juniors Hit Hard by Ereshman Five. The Juniors underwent the most terrific battle of all times when the Fresh- men Blitzkreig smashed them out of existance with a score of 8 to 7 in favor of the Freshman baSK9tball team. Quails Helpful in Freshf men Seniorldage Qame.l If some of the Seniors hadn't left school for a little quail hunting the closeing margin of 8 to ll in favor of the Sen- iors would have been greatened to a large ex- tent. It was the closest basketball game between the freshmen and seniors in History. - 1.1 ' erm as R fffwf 1 , V - .. 4 ffl 4, ,f . , 1 - r , --1 K. - , , f ' Y 1. -,Q Aff! g.i.gi,.:: roualiggz::a,. .'r-...,...,..,m-,..:.- .4 ,1l..f:,.. . . .it ...si..,.n:s..fn