Auburn High School - Follies Yearbook (Auburn, IN)

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MAY Parent Teachers Picnic May Day was welcomed with signs of joy and of regret. Nine more days of school for the Seniors, and only 14 more days more for the Juniors, Sophomores and Freshmen. The Seniors wander around the corridors trying to decide whether to look glum or happy. The Conference, Sectional and State Track meets were held, and our thinly clads represented Auburn in each of these three meets. Miss McKinney, the instructor of music in the Auburn public schools, and Mr. Wilcox, band leader, cooperated in pre- senting the annual spring Festival of Music at the Alumni Gymnasium. The program consisted of songs by the girls ' chorus under the direction of Miss Mc- Kinney and selections by the band under the direction of Mr. Wilcox. May brought more and more serious cases of the terrible disease dreaded most by school teachers — Spring Fever! Many prominent students were smitten and, even several teachers suffered mild cases. Happy Day! The annuals were distrib- uted! Sign my annual, please? was the most popular and most used phrase these days. Contests were on to see which stu- dents could get the most signatures. The lower classmen sent envious glances towards the Seniors who proudly paraded out the doors a full week before the re- maining classes. I ' ll be glad when I ' m a Senior! The envy of the other classmen changed to wonder when the lucky Sen- iors revisited school in swarms! Sunday, May 13, Reverend Craven de- livered the Baccalaureate sermon at the Methodist Church. The Girls ' Chorus furnished the music. Everyone admired everybody else ' s clothes — especially the girls. Several of the girls wept silently into wisps of handkerchiefs. The Juniors entertained the Seniors at the Annual Junior-Senior banquet at Potawatomi on May 14. This is held on Lake James. There was the usual rush over cars, many good looking clothes and food. After the dinner, there was danc- ing and bridge. On May 16, President Earl Enyeart Harper of Evansville College delivered the Commencement address. Diplomas at last! All the girls looked lovely and all the boys handsome. And relief on the faces of parents. At last, on May 18, the annual high school picnic. All the high school each year goes to Circle Park to celebrate the last day of school. Thus is ended another chapter in the history of the school. Willie and Fat 12

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APRIL Noon League Baseball The month of April was introduced by a program given the Sophs to the other three classes. They had won the Season Ticket Drive way back in October. And this was their reward. After this, on the next Friday, the Contest Chorus went to Garrett to help entertain the audience of the County Spring Concert. The home representatives appropriately sang Sym- pathy. Preparations were started for the Op- eretta, The Ghost of Lollypop Bay. This work was supervised by Miss Mc- Kinney, the music instructor. The middle of the showery month brought Mr. Wilson ' s talk to the assem- bly. This was one of the few of the as- sembly programs given the students, at the expense of the school. His subject was Three Wheeling Through Africa — an account of his bicycle trip across Africa from the Congo to Abyssinia. Students quailed at blood-curdling tales of real live cannibals. Although we had Jess Putting the Shot several other assembly programs during the year, this was the only one which was scheduled at the first of the year. It was undoubtedly one of the best. Auburn placed second in a triangular track meet with North Side and Hunting- ton. Jess Myers, who put the shot for a new field record, was easily the best man on the field. He made 22 out of Auburn ' s 29 points. His new record in the shot is 49 feet and 7 inches. Don Coar at this time took four of his best pupils down to the mathematics con- test in Fort Wayne. These four were Jack Smith and Naomi Garman, for al- gebra; Lee Anderson and Robert Nelson, for Geometry. The Auburn track team next went to Goshen for a dual meet. The 26th and 27th presented the op- eretta. And did the ghosts pop? At any rate, the coeds in the play certainly helped in making the musicale a huge success. Mr. Fribley called for entries for the music contest, sponsored by Indiana Uni- versity and the private music teachers, which was held the latter part of the month. Besides the track meets mentioned above, the thinly clads also went to Cen- tral, Kokomo and Kendallville. Several of the best tracksters were sent to the Kokomo Relays. This meet is independ- ent of the regular scheduled meet with Kokomo. 11

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JUNIOR-SENIOR BANQUET Early arrivals at Bauqitet One of the three occasions anticipated by every high school student for four years is the Junior Senior Banquet. May 14th was the day set for this year ' s ban- quet. Potawatomi Inn, at Lake James, again was the chosen location. The Juniors had charge of the entertain- ment. Cars were provided for everyone who wished to go. Though it is a long drive, the attrac- tion of the place more than compensates for the difficulty of reaching it. The picturesque Inn on the shore of the beau- tiful lake makes an appropriate back- ground for the multi-colored frocks of the Junior and Senior girls. The after-dinner speeches by Mr. McKenney, Superintendent of Schools, Lee Anderson, Junior class president, and Jack Sanders, Senior class president, were followed bv dancing and bridge. PICNIC The Auburn High School Picnic is connected with a certain day, a red-letter day in the diary of every high school stu- dent — the last day of school. This year the day fell on May 18. The picnic was held at the usual place, Circle Park on McKenney the Picnic Hamilton Lake. Everyone was asked to take at least enough food for himself, in case no other food was available. There was also the admonition: Don ' t every- body bring pickles and bananas! Mr. Fribley made a speech in the assem- bly, warning all to drive carefully and not to go swimming too soon after eating, and for all to stay on the one side of the lake. It did not take long to become hungry; the lake air and the odor of delicious food! Soon teachers and mothers were kept busy keeping hungry students away from the food. At last the welcome mess call was sounded. And then the excess had to be roller- skated off in the afternoon. 13