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Freshmen Here is the story of my experiences and thoughts before I entered Rockford High School and afterward: Before-I have recently graduated from grade school and will go to R.H.S. in September. I am quite sure that I will cut a figure over there. I will probably ' be captain of the lightweight football team and well known throughout the state. I don't want to seem conceited but I cerf tainly feel that not less than onefthird of the fair inhabitants of R.H.S. will be at my feet inside of a year, I am going to start in training for the football team right away. I want to be well up on the ine points of the game when I start in. Also I am going to practice on the saxaphone. Wheri I am not playing football I will be in the band. I feel quite confident that I will be the drumfmajor for a semester at least. Afterward-My first day was full of exciting moments. I think I was lost at least ten times. Once I wandered into the auditorium. I certainly felt simple when, as I walked down a long aisle a titter ran over the room. Werit out of that room much faster than I went into it. - L I was hurt more than once on the ANNA BICIIR subject of my smallness in size. I didn't think I was very small, but many, many people over there seemed to think so. Of course I was a regular moving locker at first. Ch! The pangs I suffered as I walked down the hall amid many remarks such as, Did you forget your key? Whcm took your locker away from you? and Say, Bill, look at the Freshief' At lunch time when I ran for the lunchroom and dinner, I knocked several people down who, of course, didn't act as though they had just received an invitation for a picnic. I tried to push through the flocks of people on my way to classes and on every side I heard, Look at the Freshie, thinks he's in a burning JACK THORNE building, See the greenhornf' and other remarks such as these. Another boy and I were having just all kinds of fun sliding down the runway over and over again, before a hooting audience of students made us wish we had the power to go up in smoke. Of course the timefworn joke about the elevator was tried on me to see if I would bite, the one where the little freshie goes up to the big Senior and asks him how to get to a certain classroom, then the Senior directs him to the office where he will find the elevatorf man. Of course, later I was enlightened on the point of this moss' backed joke. This ended my experiences for that day. Qne day I was sick and couldn't go to school. I almost drove my mother frantic by asking her not less than fifty times during - A the day if she thought high school could get along without me for a day or so. As the days passed I didn't seem to become as bright and shining a light in the many asso' ciations as I had expected to. I guess the biggest reason for this was because I didn't exert myself enough. HONOR STUDENTS f14I
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Une of my chief troubles in my freshman year was about my appearance. I could not make my hair stafeombed. This I considered a very big trouble. I was awkward and instead of making up with the girls I evaded them as much as possible. Nlany future stars were begin' ning to shine around me while I plodded steadily and uninterestf - edly on. Some were on the Owl Staff, some started, already, in athletics, others in band and orchestra, while some were in R.O.T.C., still others joined clubs and figured quite a bit in their affairs. When I became a staleffreshman last February I used to look with scorn at the forlorn freshies wandering lonesomely around the halls with five or six books in tow. I felt some pity for them, however, as I remembered my own days as a freshie. I began to realize more and more that I was not as essential to the administration of the school as I had supposed. It certainly hurt my pride of which I have a great deal. I saw all about us classmates who had entered one activity or another. Some were on the road to athletic fameg some gave promise of becoming fine musicians, and others were leading ' in the clubs. Still I saw that there was no one to take the place I had once planned on. There was yet time. Three and onefhalf years of time. It seemed a great deal but I decided to start immediately. I went up to see Mr, Haight about joining the band, He was very encouraging till he asked me to play for him. I explained that I had not yet learned to play the instrument I chose. I started taking lessons but didn't get much time to practice as the call for spring football came out about that time. I had to work every afternoon then which necessitated being excused from the clubs to which I had belonged. I still kept up Glee Club, however, Mrs. Neidhardt would have given me the lead in the operetta I am sure, if I could have carried a tune. I had all i - the other necessary qualifications. I ' though of trying out for the Debating team but they said my appearance was not prepossessing enough to command much respect. All this was changed a few weeks later, though. My birthday arrived and dad gave me a new suit!-my first long trousers, I felt very proud the first I day I wore them but I seemed to be all legs. Everyone noticed meg I felt very important, strange to say. One day when I was in my Algebra room after school, the girl who sits next to me in class came in to study. She smiled at me. I never noticed her before but she had a nice smile. The next night I found I needed help with my lessons so went up to see my teacher after school. She was there again-the girl with the nice smile. I def cided to give up spring football and band practice, I really needed a great deal of assistance with Algebra and right after school was . . a most convenient time. The next quarter I got on the Honor Roll, ANDERSON TWINS FYFRICTI' XIBAXIS EDWARD CARTER Inever feel insignificant any more. Iknow all about this school now. I never get lost or carry more than three books at a time. Next year I think I'll join a few organizations and start on my road to fame, There's plenty of time yet-three years to look forward to, Ilil
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