Piqua Central High School - Piquonian Yearbook (Piqua, OH)

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IVXIOR. CLASS 27

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The Junior Class HE Junior Class has a roll of 70. Now don't try to count that number on the class picture to see if we are telling the truth. Since the beginning of this school year we have lost some members and received others. Some of the latest to enter were Daniel Rubens and Gretchen Hoffer. We are a very fine class, as every one knows, and we do not deny it. Indeed some of us are much oppressed with the sense of our importance as members of such an exceptional body as the Junior Class of '17, while others are quite unable to assume a befitting dignity. A glance at the picture will show this, and if you look well you will be able to pick out those who are differently affected. The Juniors are proud, 'its true, but it is not the kind of pride that goes before a fall. They have a right to be proud, and for several reasons. First, they are proud that they are not like the Sophs, young and unseasoned, nor yet like the Seniors, self important and vain. Then they are proud of the many shining lights in the class such as ---- but what is the use of naming them since every one knows them? And then the Junior number of the Piquonian! What class would not be proud of such a number printed in their name and gotten out entirely by members of the class. No such thing has ever before happened in P. H. S. There have been other Junior Numbers but none for which the Juniors alone were responsible. On the afternoon of May the fourth, when the staff dis- tributed the result of their labors, every Junior was ready to sit in judgment on the number of the Piqucmian published in their name. They sat, they read, they applauded. The .lunior I'iqum1ian was made, through the experience of the Juniors on the regular staff, a number worthy of praise. As some one said, the staff did well and contributed to another Junior success. Although so much had been done. it was not until the spring term was well begun that the Class was organized to work as 26 a unit. John E. Meeker was chosen to lead the class to victory -and to Overlook, while Ruth Rogers and Harold Greena- meyer were elected to do the work. The auspicious occasion was celebrated with speeches by the newly elected officers. Unfortunately no copy of these orations was made at the time, and they are lost forever. The chairman. exercising the author- ity given him by the class, appointed the chairman of several committees to whom were entrusted the success of the Junior- Senior Picnic, and a committee to take charge of the Junior class picture. Everybody having been given something to do or to think about, the meeting was adjourned. Immediately the Jinx got after the picture committee. The sun came out only at inconvenient times and seemed to have an special abomination for Juniors. After many disap- pointments the committee at last got all of the necessary factors together at the same time and the picture was taken. From time to time rumors were spread about concerning the doings of the picnic committees. Otherwise their silence was to be commended, if they were expending their energies on their duties in proportion to their silence. The class as a whole, however, was just as talkative as ever and as none are more loyal than Juniors, the committees were left in peace. Per- haps they owed their safety to the reports which were made at the weekly Junior meetings. These Junior meetings were held every Monday at 3.15 in the Freshmen Assembly Room. The class attended nobly and held their peace until the motion to adjourn was passed, whereupon each and every individual went forth arguing and criticizing boldly. There is one thing of which Juniors like to think, and that is next year. Seniors are respected by everybody, except Juniors of course, and next year we Juniors shall be Seniors and properly appreciated. It is quite unnecessary to say that every Junior is resolved to do astonishing things next year. Next Year! It's the sunny land beyond the Alps to us. NORMA THOMA, 'l8.

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On Being a Sophomore QAS the Members I am glad I am a Sophomore because I am between two nujful extremes: the terror of being a Freshman and the sorrow of being a Senior-Margaret H ubbard. The biggest advantage of being a Sophomore is that one year of my four years' course is past and but one year remains before I am a lordly Senior-J. Scott Wilson. There really is only one disadvantage in being a Sophomore and that is the denied privilege of telling the Juniors and Seniors what to do-Margaret Harrison. As I cannot be a Junior I am glad that I am a Sophomore. The Freshman year is one of despair, the Senior one of excite- ment, but the Sophomore is the most interesting, for it is one of enlightment-Georgia Williams. The chief advantage of being a Sophomore is the seat in the upper assembly which adds about an inch to the newly-fledged Sophomore's chest expansion-Thomas Wiley. Une of the reasons I like being a Sophomore is because we no longer have to worry over algebra problems, and, also, we begin to feel more at home-Murray M arm. The Sophomore class dramatized the May Day Playg the class as a whole has shown real school spiritg and is, I think, the best in P. H. S. Should I not be proud to be a Sophomore? ellorothy K ress. When you are a Sophomore all your Freshman bashfulness is gone and you aren't afraid to laugh for fear you will make some mistake as you are when you are a Freshman-Cecil illunlr. I'm glad I am a Sophomore, Although I know not whyg If the teachers will have softer hearts, I'll get through bye and bye.-Kenneth Moore. of 1919 see themselvesj When you are a Sophomore you have more privileges and you aren't afraid to go into the school by the front door-e Robert Becker. As we think of the different classes we are well satisfied with our own. 'The dreadful Freshie days are past. We have two more years in which to witness the defeats of our rivals by Piqua Hi. VVe are happy because one member of our class helps in all three teams to bring victories. Next year we hope that we may win many honors when we compose the Junior Class of P. H. S.-Catherine French. I am glad that I am a Sophomore until I make some gram- matical mistakeg then I wish I were a Freshman again so that I might have some excuse for my error-Loraine Stephens. I am glad that I am not a Junior or Senior because I should be entirely too young when I graduated-provided I didn't fail-Mabel M cl l'Illl01lgll,. I am not sure that being a Sophomore another term would be very agreeable, so I am trying my best to be one for only one year-Eleanor Zimmer. The advantage of being a Sophomore is, that you can run the Freshmen out of your seat in the assembly room and you don't have to do as much work as the Juniors and Seniors- Ray Klopfer. I am glad I am a Sophomore, because I would'nt be a Freshie, and especially since I can't be a Junior until I get a few more credits'-and I don't know when that will befltussell Free. I am proud to be a Sophomore for I belong to the best class in the whole high school-Dorothy Frainston. As a Sophomore I begin to think that the Juniors and Seniors are not so terribly smart but just a little more confident-'Roy H iggins.