Washington High School - Sunburst Yearbook (Washington Court House, OH)

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'CHE SUNBURST 27 We had become fairly familiar with high school, when we took up the third lap of our journey and established oursleves in the assembly next to the Seniors. A Debate Team was organized consist- ing of five Seniors and three Juniors. It was coached by Mr. Walter Sittler, who likewise taught Public Speaking. This may account for the unusual brilliance with which many of our members express their views concerning various matters. By this time another class member had fallen prey to Cupid's darts. Some moved away, while others fell by the wayside. Seventy were left to continue the journey started three years before. Of these sixty- two sit before you tonight. Here let us bretahe freely, for we are at last the Seniors in the dear old W. H. S. There are three of our members on the Sunburst Staff. One is the editor-in-chief. Four of us sit in Student Council. Miss Virginia Ellies was the captain of the Girls' Basketball team this year while Harold Rodecker came to the front in Boys' Basketball. Forest Smith ably cap- tained the football team through a very successful season. During the Spring Vacation our class was greatly saddened by the death of Miss Minerva Stevenson, who, possessing a rare personality and charm, had won a place for herself in our hearts. In spirit she lives with us yet. She was an active mem- ber in the Glee Club. Our picnics and class activities have cemented the ties of a frendship which time cannot blot from the memories of a loyal and true class. Ours is a cooperative and coordinated class. It has true demo- cratic tendencies, and we feel certain that the proper attitude toward study has been manifested by the majority of the mem- bers. Not long ago, the Musical Concert. or May Festival, was given, with a consider- able number ofiSeniors participating in both Glee Club and Choral Society. It is a known fact that we are the largest, finest looking, brainiest and best class ever graduated. Our load character- istics are left for the faculty to decide. That we are the largest, everyone knowsg that we are the finest looking, well, looks speak for themselves. That we are the brainiest and best, may be proved. by an examination of our records, and if that doesn't satisfy, just ask the faculty, who have been heard to remark on the wonder- ful expansion of our heads within the past few months, especially since we've become the all-dignified Seniors. During these four years just past, so rich with varied experiences, our heads have been so filled with information, that the wonder is, they do not burst. Don't be afraid to ask us any question from Ancient Egyptian lore down to the present time, for we are yours to com- mand. As to American History, Civics, and the Constituton, we are your Solons, for we've had it from north, east, south, and west, but particularly - West. As for Latin, we are more modest, be- cause Caesar, with his many legions, con- quered the majority of the class, leaving but six Satellites to glory in his mother tongueg with the eloquence of a Cicero and the charm of a Vergil. We, who were overcome byCaesar, were Hook fedJ in by Spanish. but we found satisfaction and revel in El Placer De No Hacer Nada and Fortuna, Mathematics was completely mastered in our class, so completely, that its rough road has become a royal road and many, so eager to retravel it, have remained in the Geometry classes two or more years. The sciences--in Physics. the classes simply made Mr. Kay wonder, so much, indeed, he has ofttimes been heard to re- mark very lovely things in our behalf. We feel sure that he is extremely well pleased with his work in science and if he could possibly see reflected anything of fact. fable, or fancy, as the years roll on, that he has endeavored to teach us, his work shall not have been in vain. Our class is well supplied with women electricians, en- gineers, telegraphers, chemists. to sav nothing of the male experts, and the world need look no farther for masters, for the Edisons, Watts. Morses. and Grays will soon be supplanted-all because of our ex- cellent training under the calm and patient direction of Mr. Kay. English has taken a good part of four vears. and still there are oceans to learn. But its study has developed talent among us, of which we are justly proud. Not only are we conversant with Chaucer, but we feel a sadness because we mfust leave the society of Carlyle, whose essay still Burns within our minds. Our excellence is known not alone in the regular course, but we rank unexcelled in

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'CHE SUNBURS T The Senior Class History It does not take the pen of a seer to tell what this, the largest Senior Class of the Washington High School will do--for its future is strongly foreshadowed by its past, and now, it is my pleasant duty to relate that past, so that she who runs Cto prophecyj may read its future. About twelve years ago, yes, you who have helped us through all our trials and tribulations, over stormy waters, you who have been our constant guide and inspira- tion through all these years, you probably remember when we, the scattered forces of this illustrious class, stepped beyond the realms of our backyard and playhouse, into the world of school. Unconsciously, all these forces have gravitated to one center. Tonight we make our initial bow to you as one, for we are a strong, unified body, pos- sessing a love of loyalty for our Alma Mater. Let us forget the present, to go back through the long halls of memory, and once more mirror on its walls those golden pictures which we hold so dear. There were the Misses Bell, Channel and Kerrigan, and others, who in their calm, tender and patient ways presented to us, for the first time, the first glimmering no- tion of what school really means. Once tasting of the divine fruit, we thirsted for more, consequently, as We passed through the grades, we pursued our studies with intense eagerness. Those trials and triumps of our scat- tered forces were not few, it is true. but it was the advent into high school, in the fall of 1920, a hundred strong, that made us realize we were a real power in this world. We were leaving the grades so competently headed bv Mr. William McClain. When Mr. McClain left us, his place was filled by Mr. Harry S. Rees, whom we have learned to love and respect as much as we revered Mr. McClain. Finding Mr. Probasco and a whole corps of teachers ready to receive us, im- agine our feeling, when on that beautiful September day, we set our feet in the strange halls of higher leraning-but our hearts and souls were earnest, we had a strong and true purpose. Thus have we been able to win out. Immediately our Freshmen athletes stepped out on the football gridiron, and in the winter some of our girls made the basketball team, in which they have played the whole four years. By the end of our Freshman year, we had become very well acquainted with our teachers-nor were they wholly unac- quaintedxwith us-the duties we were ex- pected touperformg and the upper class- men. Especially well known to the Dale was the Flee, to Virginia, the Lamb Our Sophomore year was very eventful. Mr. Probasco left for higher fields of work and Mr. Thompson took the wheel. There he has been for the last three yeras, labor- ing steadily with us and for us. In these years of constant association with him, we have learned to appreciate his service, thus honoring and respecting him. It is with deepest regret we leave him and the mem- bers of the faculty, who likewise hold their places in our hearts. ' Our Sophomore Carnival was one of the best ever witnessed and it netted us a goodly sum, which we saved, adding to it, from year to year, until we have purchased our Senior Memorial, a Baby Grand Piano. We had some real talent for music in our class, besides the Glee Club, among which the Misses Williams, Limes, Ellies, Callendar and Baughn starred as soloists, while Miss Wolf and Mr. Flee played in the High School Orchestra. Miss Callne- dar, Miss Sodders, Warren Creamer and Raymond Flee have continued in this vital and important function of high school. Near the close of the Sophomore year one very dear member of our class left us. Lester Icenhower, whom we all loved as a classmate, entered into the realms of that unknown land. A great sorrow was cast over the class, which only time could soothe. Soon, three of the members of this noble class were fatally wounded by Cupidis arrows. Those who remain have not been hit yet, but the prospects, in some cases, look very favorable. Willard Mitchener, be-cause of his abil- ity, made the high school term in three years and graduated with the class of '23. Miss Norine Chaney also left us, enter- ing Miami University, but returns to re- ceive her diploma with the class.

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28 THE SUNBURST the field of drama. Just remember the Gold Bug and When the Clock Strikes Twelve and my point will be proved. Among the finer arts most assiduously pursued by our boys is that of hair dress- ing. Stacomb seems to cool their heated brains, and also seems to have set the style for the handsome creatures of the under- graduate classes. We are not self centered in our inter- ests, and we hope to see the underclassmen excel in everything they undertkae. Boys, we'll be there on the field, rooting for you and dear old W. H. S., we'll be waving her banner of blue and white in the breeze, when proud victory crowns your efforts, for- We'll honor Washington, We'll honor Washington, While breezes blow, Or waters fiow, We'll honor Washington. Now, my dear friends, should you desire to hear more of us, give good heed and you'll soon be wondrous wise. We have an Alfred, not the Great, but the Handsome, who is thought the best looking of Washington High School. A Smity, who by his brawny muscle and nerve to face the world is considered the most representative of this high school. Besides, we have a Park, in which there is a single Violet. There's a pet Flee, a Paw-o-line Coil, a BarfkJger, a mu- sical Wolfe, a Martin, and a W fhlisslerf' There's a Hay-ward, re- markable for its Merritt,l' from which we feed the menagerie Crisenberries, however the Jay is especially fond of this delectable dainty. The Haines or the two wheeled Drays which convey sightseers through the Park, Terry on the Archfibefd7 Rfhboadfejsv to the Kat Barnes. There's a lovely Dale in which a Flee, continually buzzing his beautiful Caryl, makes his home, while nearby the Rhine CoilCsJ along which Vir- ginia dremas of her English home. or a little trip to Lancaster, thence to John Hopkins University. On the river is the Fisher managing her Orr with extreme difficulty for it is of the Bernard type. Here the musical Wolfe is also found Rowe fingJ. Gwendolyn -who sings Ladd fieJ no more but wishes him to Mary -can only shutter Ka Ka -and murmur Thee! Those two Jones Kids usually play in the Park, though Dot's mother fears she is Browning from the sun's rays piercing through the ElfmJwoods g and that Doc must be chaperoned, threeby needing a Dean, By the Callendar we never get our dates mixed, but the honorable Steven- son seems to be a bit confused in that she writes not on Treasure Island but For- estfryjf' We are very sorry for our President, Duane, who must continually Neal, One day Janet and Ollie, who are always Rush fingJ somebody, were try- ing to make a conquest of Ben, biut he, like his namesake, Milton, was inter- ested in Hyer pursuits and social pleas- ures. We are very glad to say that Esther M. Sherfsb De, Hart instead of idan. Cur friend Verna has decided to leave the Concert Stage, to spend her life beside the babbling Bruch. H We extend our Park to you to be vis- ited at your earliest convenience. We promise you Presto fnb service and Ed- ward might even take you and your dog Mac, Roan. While, ifyou broke your hook when Engling, Evelyn would surely Sodder it for you. Duane was reading in the daily about some organization, which held on to all problems with tenacity, it had loyalty, hon- esty, dependability. eagerness to do things honorably and wellg-he raised his head, thinking what a Mark of distinction this class has. for as he said, It possesses these traits and more - and then. with a great cry, these words. Here's to the mem- ory of the Class of '24. Here before you is the largest class in the history of your schools :you have had a glimpse at the past of that class: will you not join me in this toast to its future? To the Class of '24-May its future jus- tify the faith of the citizens of this com- munity in its young people! ALBERTA ROBY.