Minerva High School - Crescent Yearbook (Minerva, OH)

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IQCHLSQCH TQQ Page Twenty-two SENIOR CLASS Patron .............,...... Mr. R. J. Esper President ........ . . . Thomas Weir Vice President .... ..... L indsey Tope Secretary ....... .......... C ecil Rue Treasurer ...... . . . Pauline Stonehill Class Historian . . . Cheer Leader .............. George Steineck . . . . Mary A. Thomas COLORS Crimson and Black Morro El CLASS FLOWER Red Rose CLASS YELL Yea Crimson! Yea Black! We've got the pep! We've got the Whack! '29 ........ That's our line Seniors Seniors '29

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IQCRLSCCCL TQQ A STRUGGLE FOR KNOWLEDGE The war is over! After four, long, dreary years of fighting, the twenty-ninth regiment of the M. H. S. brigade has at last conquered the forces which have tried to prevent it from gaining Knowledge. lt was not a struggle with human beings, but a struggle with books, the weapons were not swords and guns, but rather, pencils, paper, diction- aries and the like, the fighting took place, not on a horrible, mud- covered battle field, but in the study hall and class rooms of Minerva High School. The Hrst battle began in the fall of 1925. Regiment 29 was new on the field and many a private felt his knees shake and his lips quiver as he was called to arms. However, with Colonel Dare Ralston to lead them and Brigadier General DeWitt to direct their course, the youthful soldiers certainly did not let the enemy ride over them. Owing to the transference of Officers DeWitt and Ralston, the regiment entered the second year with new leaders, Colonel Walter Freed and Brigadier General Trainer. There had been a few desert- ers, but the major part remained to carry on the strife and well they did it, too. Of course all of the time was not taken up with fighting. In fact, each year there were many happy hours spent in games and in watching plays given for the entertainment of the weary troops. During the third year Brigadier General Trainer was again the guiding officer and Colonel Mike Forzano was placed in immediate command of the twenty-ninth regiment. By this time the soldiers were well versed in the use of camouflage and the members of one battalion Qchemistryj were gassed. At last the twenty-ninth regiment reached the Front. The officers who directed the attacks in the final decisive campaigns were Briga- dier General Esper and Colonel Thomas Weir. In this fourth year the troops were no longer afraid, but plowed right through the enemy. Although there were no medals given, the soldiers of the twenty-ninth regiment will carry forever, in their minds, the rewards of that four year struggle for Knowledge. -Mary A. Thomas Class Historian Page Twenty Ihre: