Valparaiso High School - Valenian Yearbook (Valparaiso, IN)

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HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL. V. H. S. V. H. S.! ' tis of thee, High School grandissime! Of thee I sing; School where the faithful plied! Hughart ' s and Skinkle ' s pride! Through all thy portals wide Let wisdom ring. My alma mater, thee, Fount of diploma-cy! And fads galore: I love each frescoed wall, Platform, stern desk and all School-mates, what ' er befall, I thee adore. Let Rah, Rahs rend the air. Let Juniors brave and fair Hail Valpo ' s banner: Let Freshmen ' s tongues awake; Let Sophomores partake; While Seniors all records break, To do thee honor. Teachers and text-books! thee, Now to posterity. We do resign: Long may our minds be bright, Charged with thy classic light; Illuminate with all thy might, Nineteen ought nine! — WM. JOHNSTON.

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EIGH SCHOOL AyXTAL. ui-er. After inaiiy heated diseussiuiis as to the niaiinei ' of entertaiuiiig the Seniors it was finally decided that the Juniors invite the Senioi-s to a hop in Armory Hall on the evening of ] Iay 25th. For two weeks before the glorious event the Junior girls were busy making pennants and, the day before, both boys and girls decorated the hall. Their efforts were well rewarded for the hall never looked so well before, and the Seniors were gracious enough to say that it would be almost impossible for it to look i)rettier. The ' ' hoj) ' was the final event of the season and finished the career of the Seniors who grieved because the} ' had completed the four years ' course and had finished their High School records. As a Senior body, the class has been a wonderful one. Wallace was again chosen President and, besides serving in that capacity in a highly acceptable manner and acquiring more than local fame at basketball, he has found time aside from his studies to devote himself to oratory. He represented Valparaiso High School in the Declamation Contest at Chicago University in November, 1908, and was Valparaiso ' s contestant in the County Oratorical Contest in April, 1909. The class of ' 09 is honored in claiming also Valparaiso ' s other contestant. Dorothy Arvin, as an ex-member. In the early part of the year the class met together to select a class pin. After many meetings they finally chose a little gold owl bearing a fitting inscription as an appropriate badge of their advanced state of wisdom. The class decided that during its last year of toil it would enjoy itself to the highest possibility. Therefore, on one occasion, they occupied the gymnasium informally; on another, they called en masse on a young lady and her friend, incidentally interrupting a quarrel; and on another they took their suppers and mounted a hay-rack and went out to Grace Dillingham ' s. It is unnecessary to say that they enjoyed themselves on this last occasion. Towaid the end of the year there is always a frantic scramble to make up delincjuent credits, but failui ' es are uncommon and will be so in the class of ' 09. Although oui- nuiiilxM- is less than half as great as when we were Freshmen, still, twenty-eight of us — twenty-three girls and five boys — Avill walk the plank on the night of May 28th, graduates of Valparaiso High School. -CORIXNE BLOUNT.

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