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CLASS HISTORY In the Fall of ’24 nearly half a hundred green Freshies entered W. H. S., for indeed there were forty-seven of us. We were full of pep and vim and surged along, boys and girls, gentle and simple, fair and foul, rich and poor, merry and sad—all hurrying, bustling, scrambling, we knew not where. The strong pushing aside the weak, the cunning creeping past the foolish; those behind elbowing those before; those in front kicking those behind. Here and there could be seen those who had stopped to get on in the World,” letting everybody pass him as he stumbled along with his eyes on the book. Here another weakling panting for breath gazing wistfully back at the sunny grammar school that he never again will see, and still another youth, with a noble face stands, hesitating as he looks from the distant goal to the difficulties which surround him completely. Some running, some walking, but, all hastening, all eager in the feverish race, all straining life and limb to reach the ever-receding horizon of success. Evidently when the following September came, some of us had welcomed vacation too strongly for there were only thirty-eight who enrolled. This year, instead of walking as we had done before, each of us obtained a good horse and an air cushion with which to ride over the plains of the Sophomore country. During this period we were never long without an ideal for now we knew that brains were what counted. We shined it athletics during ’25 and ’26 too, for letters were earned in each of the major sports by some well groomed members of the class. The girls also did their share in other activities. We had the honor cast upon us of winning the Inter Class Basketball Tournament. We began to realize that true greatness is not accidental so we set our minds and hearts to get an education and insisted upon living a different life. We no longer carried a bound volume containing a memorandum of our sins for the day because indeed we had nothing to put in it. We were gaining knowledge from all angles and began to wonder what more there was to know when we became upper classmen. The following year we registered as full fledged Juniors with an earnest desire to accomplish what we had passed by in the years before. Many of us became engaged in athletics, others taking part in the or- 19 2 7 Page twenty-six
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chestra and chorus while a number of others became members of the dif-lerent clubs and societies. This year we had to finance and put over the Junior-Senior Banquet. The securing of the necessary funds grew to be a great problem, but, before long we had it practically soi ea because ox the Lyceum Course and Junior Class play. Alvin and Loren are skillful men, Working everyone that they can. Dorothy and Geraldine, our class sharks, It’s very seldom they get poor marks. Homer is our Sunday School lad, But when he gets home, he is very glad. Cecil and Eddy, who are Basketball buddies, In order to play, must keep up in their studies. Clyde Conley is his big Velie car, Holds the place of a movie star. Darlene Miller our class blonde, Of going to school she is very fond. Carl our big argument man, Try and beat him, if you can. Berneil and Lavonne are very good pals, It’s hard to beat these two gals. Johnny our clever cheer leader, With yells he makes the big gym teeter. Lee in his big black iemozine, About catching Beulah he is very keen. Fern isn’t fond of any book, But some day will make a splendid cook. Pearl and Margaret are two good students, You never see them when they are impudent. Pearl and Wilda are first cousins, Friends they have them by the dozens. Viola and Charles who are fond of English, The difference in writing’s they can distinguish. William who keeps his Ford looking well, Has a girl—but who, we will never tell. Last, but not least, is Evelyne Gallentine, She and the rest of the class get along fine. All these students of the Junior class, Are doing their best to try and pass. 19 2 7 Page twenty-seven
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