Auburn High School - Follies Yearbook (Auburn, IN)

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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.

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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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In Chemistry Class MARCH Oh, the rollicking, raucus month of March! High winds — low winds! They blew to Auburn, who was at this time a participator in the Sectional Basketball Tourney, one win and one loss. Though the season was officially over, the tornado of the tournaments went over the state, blowing regional honors, in the Auburn regional, to Beaver Dam, a 193 3 partici- pator in the state tournament. They were one of the few state tournament teams who played in 193 3 to again participate in the state tourney. The State Champion- ship trophy went to Logansport. A gay group from Auburn was borne on the gale to Indianapolis where they watched the State Tournament — the premier sports event of the Hoosier High Schools. This group included the ten members of the basketball team who had so courageously fought for Auburn. Except for the Noon League Tournament in Auburn, basket- ball was over for another year. The Girls ' Chorus and Glee Club united in a concert at the Methodist Church, where they sang a group of charming songs. Jean Buss played an organ solo. On the afternoon of Friday, the 23 rd, Jean Buss and Charlotte Lochner, togeth- er with several other aspirants for discus- sion honors, represented the school in a discussion contest in the little gym. Jean took first place, which entitled her to compete in the Regional Contest the last of April. Did one hear that patter of running feet in the upper halls? That was Zeke getting his material together for the com- ing track season. Things were not as bright for this sport as they were last year, but Zeke always manages to make something out of what he has. Members of the Follies Staff feverishly began submitting delayed copy to the chieftain. The annual tearing of hair — frantic labor — and nightmares of the of- ficials — was again in full sway. The Senior girls held two feline dis- cussion meetings to decide on light or dark, long or short frocks in which to Commence! Big Dave was elected to the humble job of business manager of the track squad. The last of April, Myers represented Au- burn at the State indoor track meet in the Butler field house. He was entered in the 60 yard dash and the shotput. He took first place in the shotput. This is the first year that Auburn has not had more men who were skilled enough to be entered in the state meet. This is also the second time that the school has sent Jess to Indian- apolis within two weeks. We point with pride at his prowess, but view with alarm his expensiveness! Al and Lue Waiting for 10