James Whitcomb Riley High School - Hoosier Poet Yearbook (South Bend, IN)

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Glenn - 'Pal 1aSl d Pfmcl h me n an h 0119 Frank E' Bdgiouswhdflidul' t nic' be l Superiniengided uviisoalwdvs l we S. Kfogcrsf uve Y RILEY . . . what an awesome place it was to us that day . . . nearly five years ago . . . when a few of us appeared as eighth-graders . . . shy and uncertain . . . the smallest class in school . . . bewildered by the rush and activity . . . part of which was caused by Riley's basketball team's appearance downstate . . . somehow we struggled through that first long year . . . How glad we were to see the new arrivals from Saint Matthews' and Center Township in the ninth grade . . . they say there is confidence in numbers and each new student certainly did help a lot . . . we began organizing and starting activities . . . we elected Roger Winter to be our first class president . . . early in the fall we took over the concession stand at School Field for one game . . . how proud we were afterwards when we discovered we had a larger treasury balance than any other freshman class in the history of Riley . . . remember the signs we wore, the 49ers ? . . . forty-nine sounded so far away then . . . it seemed as ii we'd never make it . . . And then in the tenth grade . . . at last! . . . the final big addition to our ranks . . . the graduating classes from Oliver and Lincoln were enrolled . . . at last we had as many students as the juniors and seniors . . . for the first time we really felt as if we had a place in Riley . . . we elected Mr. Earl Webb to be our head sponsor . . . a com- mittee of six was appointed to draw up a constitution . . . lim Axelberg, the new president, served as chairman . . . we sponsored our first major social event . . . the Snow- ball Shuifle . . . that was the year of all the coal-miners' strikes and the dance had to be postponed so many times . . . In our junior year we had better luck . . . Santa's Prance went off as planned . . . right on schedule . . . remember how Pete Smith. playing Santa Claus gave crazy' presents to Pete Ranick and all his other officers . . . In the spring we watched the seniors and their activi- ties more closely than ever before . . . maybe we were beginning to realize that it wouldn't be so very long . . . And then, quite suddenly, it was fall again and here we were . . . seniors!!! for the first few weeks it was nothing but fun . . . we wished we could go on being seniors forever . . . then the Guidance Counselors. check- ing credits and asking about our future plans sobered some of us a little . . . being a graduating senior carried a little different responsibility . . . and once in a while we thought just a little . . . about what might happen after graduation . . . most of us, though, put such sober thoughts way back in our heads and enjoyed just being seniors . . . there really wasn't much time for thinking anyway . . . the arrival of our class rings . . . the election of Bob Pama- chena to lead us through our last glorious year . . . won- dering about those all-important senior pictures . . . trading graduation cards with all our classmates . . . the Harvest Hop, our last informal dance . . . the fun and excitement of the campaigns in the selection of our football queen . . . All-City Prom . . . our last basketball tourney . . . our bas- ketball queen . . . Sears Day . . . Cap and Gown day . . . and more glorious of all . . . our very own Senior Prom ! . . . They followed each other in such rapid succession that we didn't have time to think of each individually. but now. as we look back, we realize that ours was the most wonderful senior year Riley has ever seen . . . at least to us . . . even the sober-beauty of our baccalaureate services was more perfect than ever belore . . . Now its here! The day we have been waiting for . . . the tinal glory of seniors . . . our day or Riley's day . . . it's all the same, for we have been a part of Riley all these years . . . our glories, Riley's glories . . . now and forever . . . our troubles, Riley's troubles . . . and now our day . . . graduation . . . Riley's High School's day! oil' kept ve 'thfulw to se' - urnef wlcorllmue lcledlts Exawbemfhicl' will o-1' sex? - of dS nee n ' Regjgsgic :j:s:e as li depend o SC , me we us Wwe knot'