Bowling Green High School - Speaker Yearbook (Bowling Green, MO)

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We enjoyed the Spelling Matches and Arithmetic contests which were frequently held in this grade. For our eighth grade we turned our steps to the High School a step we had been eagerly looking forward to for many years but we were doomed to lose that feeling of superiority which we had developed in the seventh grade for we were now just the nbabiesu of the Junior High. Miss Jessie Sanderson was our Sponsor and she worked with us faithfully preparing us for our eighth grade graduation. Can we ever forget the night of the Graduation when we sat upon the stage in our first long dresses and grown up suits? Never as High School graduates can we feel as important or be so dressed up as we were as eighth grade graduates. It was in the eighth grade that our boys and girls basket ball stars made their debut and came out for basket ball practice. Those eighth graders who were out for basket ball were: Claudine Flood, Lillian Palmer, Willeyne Robertson, Edna Gamm, Anna Mae Bonnell, Lora Mae Murphy, J. D. Haley, Henry Eames, Jr., Jack Freeman, Joe Sanderson, and J. O. Mackey. Two new members, Bessie Crane and Lucile Sandlfer were added to our group at this time. In September 1932, we sailed forth as Freshmen and we were as green as the greenest. Miss Cobb was our Sponsor. Quite a number of new faces were seen in our group this year namely: Leroy Feather, Homer Givens, Clark Gillum, Russell Hobbs, Nell Marie Latimer, Ethyl May, Don Hulse, Helen Moore, Lucile Smith, May Virginia Slater, and John Price Wilson. One of the outstanding events in our Freshmen year was the picnic we went on to Buffalo. The good eats we had and the good swim will long be remembered. Our Class President this year was Henry Eames, Jr. Miss Marion Schrock was our Sophomore Sponsor and we enjoyed a large number of hikes and picnics. One enjoyable time was the picnic at Louisiana. Our Class President this year was Merle Henderson. In our Junior year Patty Lee. Vera OFF. Laura R111-h West, and Helen Walker Harrelson Joined our class. Our Sponsor was Mr. Wilson. o

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It was also ln this grade that a certain Senior attempted to eat an apple in school and was made to stand and eat an apple before the class as a result. Grade five was really important for it was then we went upstairs where the nB1gn folks had their classes Our teachers in this grade were Miss Freshwater, Miss Dorothy Lewis, and Mr. Maddox. We were joined by Edna Gamm, our former classmate, also by Lillian Palmer and Myrtle Guy Jett. There was an epidemic of scarlet fever in school and we were examined every day by nurses until the boys learned the trick of drinking lots of cold water before being examined to avold running a temperature. The outstanding event of this year was the organiza- tion of a Rhythm Band directed by Miss Freshwater. Did I we feel glamorous in our costumes of red wool Jackets and white trousers and skirts? In our sixth year we were Joined by Evelyn Shy who came in from a Rural School. Miss Louise Hose, our teacher was sick most of the year and Mrs. Middleton substituted, assisted by Miss Freshwater and Mr. Maddox. M . Maddox wrote one of his interesting plays and taught us the ability to perform in it on Halloween. Our class won a half-day holiday for selling more tickets than any other class to the Operetta. The upper grades produced a Gypsy Operetta and we all took part and felt very important in our gypsy costumes In the seventh grade the name of J. O. Mackey was added to our role. We were really HSomebodyH in the seventh grade for were we not the oldest pupils in school and how we did lord it over those who were unfortunate enough to be in the lower grades. Our teachers in this grade were Mr. Ballance and Miss Freshwater. The boys took Manual Training under Mr. Ballance and the girls took sewing under Miss Lewis. The grade school put on a Negro Minstrel which was very good and the following members of our class took part in it, J. D. Haley, Henry Eames, Claudine Flood, Willeyene Robertson, Jack Freeman, Lillian Palmer, and Edna Gamm. ,, ir

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le shall not forget the Sunrise Breakfast with the Seniors which we enjoyed at 5:00 A. I. but several Juniors were left behind and they have always regretted it Another enjoyable affair was the trip to Briar Patch with the Seniors. The High Light in any Jun1or's life is the Junior- Senior banquet and how beautiful and chivalrous we all looked and felt on that night of nights when we met in the basement of the Christian Church which we had geiorated to resemble a ship. Our President was Lillian a mer. Our Senior year has been a happy one as all Senior years are. Some of our members have made outstanding records as basket ball players, being named on All Star Teams. Some others have been outstanding in Debating, Track, Dramatlcs, etc. and we have been very happy under the leadership of our Sponsor lr. Elmore. An enjoyable social event of the Senior year was the Senior party and we will always remember our picnics, and the Baccalaureate sermon on May 10th. One new member came into the class this year J. C. Humphrey who moved here from Elsberry. Now that our school life in Bowling Green is closing we shall always consider it a privilege to have had B. G. H. S. as our Alma Mater and as the years go by and you'll always find us ready and loyal and boosting for our Dear Old High. By-Claud ine Flood e G ir