Walnut Hills High School - Remembrancer Yearbook (Cincinnati, OH)

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still were further from the tap than from the This knnwlerlge. tneelher with the fun that we were lmttum, yet there were wine helmx m. allowed to chutm- our nwn euursce gave us a cer- tain feeling of inmot'tanee, ll'ith the new year came new hnpch, new fears. We ate tacked Caesar with as much strategy and tierce- new aspirations, ancl-na new regime. news ax he attacked the pour Gauls: we grew angry at the ancients for carrying on SO many warng and for making so many laws; which we. their unfortunate descendants, were forced m learn, alas ! only to forget: we strnn'Irletl through an geumetry with ll offered as the toothsome ref ward to crown our eFforts. The hrgt course of the dinner. huwever, llltl not agree with some. and w they never tasted the toothsonie ll. Thott- who were hardy enough to finish the banquet felt the necessity of a rest, and SH we all retired tu prepare ourselves for the next feast of knowledge. Junior! up with the hair. down with the dl'css- es. long trousers the fail! ll'ith great expecta- tinm of fun we stepped on the third rung 0f the ladder, and as we lifted our feet to the fourth, we realimwl that UHF expectations had been ful- filled. Many WUHthl'flll changes came over use not least among which was the fact that our courage r05e t0 the point where boys and girls actually exchanged words and even went to the extent of walking to school together. But. please. dear reader, do not think that all our time was devoted to fun. The dread with which we had been accustomed to view the physies laboratory wure ut't' when unee we had entered it. Q t-l 33 We left Caesar mu the battlefield anrl jtillt'l'lC-tetl tn Rume tn hear Cieeru wail friml tlle ruxtrum' l I tempura. U mores! Wt ynnnger friends by haying; CULtrtCOthy. 'lS'il vents plztit. or Merci again astuumled our l in the twentieth uf May we hatl our first taste of Senionlom, and in hunur of the went. every girl irlcreaSetl her height by a towering top knot and a dignified manner. And, 215 Lmning event; east their leNlHlVH' befure. we felt as though we were really. truly Seninra. when we sat on the stage and did the work for the excited graduates. This was almost the last event in Our happy jnninr year, and we disbanded tn await Feptenr hm: 1mm, At last it came, aml With it seventy j-wuus boys and girls. with all the dignity of the Seninr. and all the guml cmnratleship mt three yeai'si association. The year started with an exciting electium and when the YMCA were counted. we found that the reins of gtwernment had been placed in the hands of live enmpetent officers: llemw Uttenheimer was elected ltrea'itlent. with tiwentlulyn Aiken as his able. assistant: we chime Joe Mater to write up the i'tloings ut' nnr wow derful elas's' meetinga: we thought the financial problem too great fin- one little head. no we selected two treasurers, Ella May ankins and Robert Bentley. This quintet proved an able crew for the Ship of State. they guided her. Through pleasant waters Nuw and then we discmharleetl for little trips into Pleasure Land. The first landing was made on Halloween. when we repaired tn an ancient

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Ahm'r: - H111 the bright lativmz of youth flzcrr is no snrh word as 'fm'l. wrm-w rn Then shall nlll' names. Familiar in their mouths as household wurtla He in their timving cups freshly remembered I'RRAH for Naughty Seven! Hurrah fur the Naughty Seven- h' ! ! Seventy Hf Naughty Seven 3!! H Hurrah for the Naughty t int 0f the 1m. hundred who four years age: were taunted lay the mmls. Freshie, Freshie. don't yum cry; You'll he .t Senior hye 11ml bye, nnly seventy uf us have had the prophecy fulfilled, and mm; in our turn, are able tn taunt the Freshies. For, being only human. we cannot resist this. temptation. although xm- well remem- her hnw these consenting wards roused our own youthful ire as we wandered through these halls 1:! learning. searching for some room. the Inca- luiE-L 9 tion of which was vague in our innocent minds. hut ennccrning which we were too proud to ask. Hut we could endure being looked 1h rwn upon in SCIMML because we were looked up to out of school, at least by the district school pupils. who gazed at us with open mouths and staring eyes. as we calmly recited ttAmo. amare. alnavi. amatum. But with the passing Hf the months, our tliftidence passed away. H'c unraveled the puzzling maze of rooms, and sorted out the jumble of names, tacking each name tn its rightful owner. and we even dared tn 1m k the SL-niurx' full in the face. With a great deal more confidence we faced the September Of 190-1 than we had faced the same month nf 11m, t lm' feet Wtrk' firmly planted on the .secuml rung 0f the ladder, and though we

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barn, gaily bedecked with grinning Jack 0' lall- tcms and bright autumn leavcx; and t0 the music Of a. minstrel hand we nmrrily danced the hours away. Unr next jaunt was into a motlernly- equipped gym, which was transformed by the Snft radiance of Japanese lanterns into a fairy palace fit for elves to dance in. A brilliantly, lighted hall room invited us tn make a third stop. Lured mm by the dreamy musiQ u'c matched the flight of time with the movements of our twink- ling feet. .X5 3 last treat, the pilot turned our bark up the Beautiful River. The moon brought the foliage on either bank into dim relief, and marked a silver The 0117 trancing music was waftwl From the salon the path arm; the softlyilapping walcrs. happy faces of our companions gazed into our own, and some of us thought that we had been wafted into Elysium. And mm: with full sail and swelling hearts, we are entering the safe haven, and wry few of us can guy that We are run sorry that the delightful voyage is o'er. RUTH RENNER. AMIEE EINSTEIN. 10