Andover High School - Trojan Yearbook (Andover, KS)

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l T1Tii?2l7E:3 .1m2'j ' . .5 T A-A sfzirvvtzrs-.M 'Qlfflp Scfcvl ,555 93' Cowfflff JU IUH HISIUHY September 2, l9h7 was a very thrilling day for us -- just the thought of our first day in high school turned our hearts for a couple of flip- flops. This was the largest There were nineteen of us. We really were a sight for sore eyes on The boys dressed like girls -- ribbons, make-up overalls and shirts. We had a wonderful odor class to enter high school in four years. the day of our initiation. and all. The girls wore around our necks all day. It had a fragrance that was somewhat like Tabu -- well, we can dream can't we? That night was climaxed with an all-school party. From that night on, we were full fledged high school students. The officers for our freshman year were: President--Tom ie Laisure, Vice President--Don Beck, Treasurer-- Walter Courtney, and Secretary--Deanie Perrine. At the beginning of our Sophomore year we had lost Elmer Nelson,Vernon Upshaw, Harry werts and Marilyn General Educational Development alency which with additional school diploma. This year was few members of our class who Wager. In December, Test and received a high school subjects rather an uneventful Harry Wilscam took the Ncertificate of Equiv- entitled him to a high one, but we did have a took part in various activities. Jeanne, Norma, Deanie and Pat were in the Triple Trio. While we are proud to say, Dutch, Don, and Marion lettered Don lettered in baseball. Our Don Beck, Vice President--Norma --Deanie Perrine. At the beginning of this class. Phyllis Hill came to us in basketball. Tommie, Marion, Dutch and officers for this year were: President-- Royse, Treasurer--Jeanne Aubuchon,Secretary year, l9l4,8-14.9, there were seventeen in our from Whitewater and Nellie Brown from East High Wichita. The first semester we had the misfortune to loose Andy McElhiney, who went to Rose Hill, to live. At the Beginning of the fifth six-weeks it was our good fortune to add another to our ranks, Charlene Oakes, who came to us from Plainview. That brought our total number back to seventeen. One of the high lights this year was our class play, 'Aunt Minnie From Minnesotan, which we presented November 22, to a well filled house. December 22, we sponsored an all-school party. We first went to the theatre in Augusta: then to the skating rink to finish an evening of fun. The Junior English class entered the one-act play contest which was held in Wichita in March. we presented 'The Re-taming of the Shrew,' Tommie, Warren, Marion, and Walter entered the Annual National High school Essay Contestgwriting on the subject: Wmy Part in America's Future.' Another outstanding highlight of this year was our Junior-Senior Banquet which was held in the cafeteria, Thursday, May 5. In imagination, we took the seniors and other guests to the land of the Southern Seas, where blows a Hawlian breeze. In the moonlight so fair was a garden rare. The Juniors and Seniors had a tryst to keep there. ' Those participating in extra-curricular activities were: Walter, Don, Tommie, Bob, Eugene and Marion in basketball. Jeanne, Phyllis H., Deanie, Pat,and Norma in the sextette. walter and Don were in the boy's quartette. Norma, Pat, and Phyllis Hill in the girl's quartetts. We combined fun with hard work, this year, in order to start our class fund, since up to our junior year our bank balance stood at zero. At the beginning of the year, we served a dinner to the superintendents and principals of the county. We sold magazine subscriptions, Christmas cards, and took turns with the seniors serving food at the basketball games. We felt that our efforts were rewarded when we took invoice of our bank balance at the end of the year: this was what a unified class could do. Our class officers for this year were: President--Walter Courtney, Vice President--Don Beck, Secretary--Deanie Perrine, Treasurer--Nellie BPOWDQ I3