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

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How It Feels to Be a Freshman NSIGNIFICANT! Decidedly so! As you enter the big building in September, when Juniors and Seniors alike are lmrrying from room to room, and when a vast array of in- structors confront you, cold shivers chase up and down your spine and truly there seems to be nothing more insignificant than an humble Freshie. You almost long for the quiet of the grade school and its one serene teacher, but no, you are a Freshman, and gather courage when you see others in the same predicament. Timid- ly you accost a Senior, inquiring the way to the Freshman Assembly. A wicked twinkle lurks in his eye, and from his elaborate instructions you can derive no understanding. Your spirits rise at a friendly nod from an upper class-man, and joined by several kindred Freshmen, after many false attempts you at last arrive at the desired goal. The arrangement of your schedule is an arduous task, but when it is completed it adds one more item of comfort to your feelings. VVhen you feel that you are established in the study hall, a superior class- man, smilingly asserts, This is my seat, and you seek another only to be ejected many times before you finally find a seat that you may call your own. The lockers are a source of mental agitation, for when you are confident that you have found your own, you are exceed- ingly surprised to find that the key will not turn. Much to your chagrin you see that you are in the wrong section and therefore start out again on a search-a more careful search- and with relief find that the key will turn. Hereafter you wear your key about your neck, thereby showing that you are a student. of the High School. The gym seems almost a place of recreation to you for you always have the privilege of playing on the apparatus be- fore the class is called. You find your tired muscles relaxed, and after a cold shower and a vigorous rub, you really feel that life is again renewed. Domestic Science and Manual Training have their allurements also, for the art of creating something attracts you, and is only surpassed by the pleasant hours spent in making a chair or sewing on a dress which you wear proudly. The sports soon claim your attention and with a true High School spirit, you enter into them with your whole heart and soul. The rudiments of football are explained, cheer practice is attended, and you find yourself an enthusiastic rooter at each game. Next basketball looms on the horizon, and you feel inspired as you are loyal to each night's practice, and shout yourself hoarse encouraging the Quintet The mid-year exams enshroud you in gloom, for although you have faithfully performed each day's work, you cannot hope to escape examinations in all of your studies. You feel gratified to hear that you have only one to take, but the Hunk papers are flying around so thick and fast, that you are in deadly fear that one will hit you at any time. You do not feel assured until the cards are distributed, when your heart almost ceases to beat, but you are now a Stale Fresh- man, and may play pranks on the incoming class. As time passes, you wish the days were longer, for you can scarcely find hours enough for your numerous duties. The old saying that no one is busier than a Senior, does not appeal to you, for no one is as busy as an important Freshman. With rehearsals, rhetoricals, committee meetings, music classes and other electives, all the time that you can possibly spare from your regular studies is completely taken. Words cannot express the happiness of being one of the student body of the Piqua High School. That you may be- come a Sophomore is now your highest ambition, and to be a loyal supporter of the dear old blue and red. BERNARD OSTERTAG, '20.

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