Auburn High School - Follies Yearbook (Auburn, IN)

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Library JANUARY So this is what the New Year has brought us! Many expressive groans greeted the tolling of the bell at 8:3 a. m. on the second day of January. But good times must always have an ending so back to biology, typing, and French and other studies much to the sorrow of most of the student body. The Faculty made Kenney Walter the Editor-in-Chief of the Annual, with Leroy Close as the business manager. The basketball fans witnessed a thrill- ing game in which the heroes took Cen- tral 26 to 2 5. More cheers! For Gar- rett also went under the yoke to the tune of 19 to 8. Where was Garrett? The Five Furies next attempted to take Decatur and Wabash but they failed to do so. Preparation for work on the Follies was begun in earnest with the election of the other people on the Annual Staff. The other students who were placed on the major staff were Fay Thomas, Gordon Merford, and Albert Sockrider. The semester grade cards were passed out and fifty-one scholars qualified for the honor roll. The Sophomores again led the classes with 19, and with the Seniors run- ning a close second with 18. The Senior Group for the four years of high school was announced. Those who made this were Jean Buss, Alice Whitten, Leola Ford, and Ermel Weaver. The Home Economics girls sadly said adieu to Miss Kreft, their teacher, who was transferred to Technical of Indian- apolis. In her place the girls cordially welcomed Miss Swaim, who has done her best to make her classes the best in the school. We will say that she has cer- tainly done a good job of it too. Discussion enthusiasts were treated to a debate at Purdue University, and came home competently prepared to rave about radios and how our government should run them. Mr. Anderson, author of New Moon, wittily and educationally engaged our at- tentions with his descriptions of how to write a book. The Auburn team on playing in the Blind Tourney, seemed to be a little blind, at least during the first game. We lost the first game in the afternoon, but wo also won a 9 point victory over one of our most bitter rivals, Kendallville. Miss Dawson made us read all about Poe and Irving while other pedagogues ply us with harsh admonitions and man- dates. Freshinttn Math Class

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DECEMBER Listening to Radio Discussion The month of mistletoe and holly was joyously welcomed as a breathing space between Thanksgiving and Christmas. On December 1, Auburn defeated the Goshen team by the margin of 14 to 12. Two evangelists, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas, from the Christian church entertained the whole school in an assembly program with music and a clever chalk drawing. Mrs. Thomas played an accordion and Mr. Thomas did the chalk drawing. Zeke proudly awarded members of his football squad with the dazzling silver footballs which, needless to say, were not retained for too long a time by their worthy receivers. We wonder where they went? Drums of Death, with all its harrow- ing episodes with blood curdling screams was successfully presented by a Junior and Senior cast on the 14th and the 15 th. A good crowd was in attendance. The Portland quintet humbly bowed to our boys ' onslaughts to the tune of 21 to 15, but the Kendallville team re- mained unsubdued. Auburn at this time lost another thriller to the South Side Archers. This was, by the way, a con- ference game. Gunga Din ' ' organized his followers into a History Club, whose members chose Albert Sockrider, president. To aid him they also chose Joe Lumm, vice president, and Charlotte Lochner secretary and treasurer. The first meeting of the club was celebrated by a gift exchange, con- sisting chiefly of furry monkeys and diminutive dollies all of which were turned over to charity after the meeting. We hope some child will enjoy them as much as the History Club did. Everyone rushed to the little gym at 3 o ' clock, to watch a Christmas program given by the student body. After this was over they all rushed home to enjoy a much longed for vacation which was to last until the second day of 1934. In this program, Ruth Lige was a winsome maid of the 80 ' s to say nothing of Johnny Morris who depicted an old Roman states- man, and Tommy Mason and Basil Mc- Dougall as the two Black Crows. The sophisticates, coming home from college, gleefully visited Almy and aided in bidding farewell to the end of our 193 3 school year. They said it seemed like old times to get back into the portals of the old school house. Our net heroes chalked up another vic- tory on the home floor. They defeated Bluff ton by a two point margin. Coming from Pi ' p Session

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FEBRUARY Annual Staff at Work The month of red-paper hearts again rolled ' round and winter ' s hitherto docile behavior was rudely interrupted by frigid and northerly blasts coupled with fre- quent snow flurries. The mercury dropped below zero almost habitually. Mr. Ground Hog woke up and came out of his hole to see how this cold world would treat him. He saw some misty object on the ground, which must have terribly frightened him, for he scram- bled back into his hole until some further date. The seniors at this time began to crawl out of their respective holes, one by one, to visit Mr. Jones and his camera. How many times did that camera of his click this year? Angola jauntily proved that she should keep the keg — but only by three points. The next game was with the Hartford City Airdales. The results of this game were too humiliating to mention further except to say that Auburn lost. History Clubbers were dutifully bored by recitations and demonstrated incidents (such as a minuet) on and from the lives of Washington and Lincoln. Taking Pictures The Vergilians wept bitter tears over Dido ' s fate, but that did not faze Pop Weathers when it came to those unex- pected exams. On the home hardwood, the North Side Redskins came and took the game bv a one point margin. Noon league certainly aroused lots of fervor — and it was truly exciting to watch the Freshies defeat the upper class- men. There is really some good material scattered among these younger classes. LaGrange was the next out of town game which was taken by the foe by the score of 22 to 27. There have been whispers circulating through the corridors that Don Coar has dropped from the ranks of the bachelors. If this is true, the school in general wishes him lots of luck. Auburn did win from Beaver Dam. What a shot that was of Myers in the closing minutes of this game! Auburn was defeated by Columbia City in the last scheduled game of the season by the score of 3 1 to 17. The rest of the February basketball history is too gloomy to be here exposed. Columbia City won the sectional at Gar- rett thereby getting the honor of partic- ipating in the regional tourney. Another of the more interesting events of this month was the examinations that all students had to take for scarlet fever. This was done by the health officer, Dr. D. M. Hines. This, however, put an end to what might have been an epidemic.