Buckland High School - Whitefeather Yearbook (Wapakoneta, OH)

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WHITEFEATHER Page Fifteen CALENDAR SEPTEMBER 3. Students resume another year's work. 4. Freshmen still look amazed. 8. Those Bells! We're late for classes again. 10. Organization of our Little Theatre Club . 12. Seniors elect class officers. 14. Magazine sale starts. 20. Seniors give their first party. 28. Pictures are taken for the annual. 28. Freshmen follow the seniors' example and give a party too. GCTOBER 1. Girls' Glee Club is working verv hard. 9. Freshmen are no longer bewildered, but still green. 11. Mr. Harrod springs a test in history class. fGrades I ? ?l 17. A storm? Did anyone get hurt? 20. Plans are made for a Hallowe'en Carnival. 21. Pictures arrive for the annual. ' 26. No school. 29. Big Debate on capital punishment. 31. The Big Carnival. NOVEMBER 1. The first snow. 8. The Annual Staff elected. 9. New Hampshire game here. 12. Here's to a better paper yet: staff meerfing. 14. .luniors happy, class rings have arrived. 16. Seniors are studying limericks in English. 16. No game. 20. Six weeks' tests. Why is everyone so nervous? 22. Buckland Christian Church gives three plays in school auditorium. 23. Minster game there. 28. New Bremen game here. DECEMBER 7. New Knoxville game there. 10. Debate Club meeting. 11. Christmas seals distributed. , 1 ll. Names drawn for Christmas exchange. 14. Game at Waynesfield. 17. Debate Club starts class work. 19. Assembly meeting. 20. Grade Gperetta. 21. High School party. 21. Cridersville game there. 21. Vacation begins. JANUARY 4. New Hampshire game there. 7. Back from vacation. 7. Buckland beats St. joe. 9. High School assembly. 11. No game. -18. Semester tests. Seniors choose invitations. Minster plays here. New Bremen game there. FEBRUARY Seniors' pictures are taken. Ground hog sees not his shadow. but Ned Place does. American problems tests goes into the waste basket. American problems students do not study because of no assignment. -14. Institute days. Mr. Harrod is ill. Mr. Mort takes his place. A20. Mr. Mort is still our teacher. He says it is still Napoleon days. Pep meeting before tournament. Tournament. Tournament. Tournament. Richard Redick makes known his choice for Huey Long. Last day of February. MARCH junior-Senior tournament. juniors are beaten badly. After the rain, the sunshine. Why are the Seniors carrying such large sheets of' paper around? Mr. Howsare speaker at assembly. Tryfouts for Junior play. junior play cast is chosen. St. Patrick's day. Rev. Shady gives an address to the assembly. White shoe parade. Be careful tomorrow. APRIL April Fool. Chose covers for annuals. . junior Play dress rehearsal. Debate on school books. Junior play. Seniors see finished pictures for the annual. Last series of debates finishede-negative victors. Deadline for annual to go to press. Senior play cast chosen. Senior pictures distributed. MAY Everybody happy. junior-Senior reception. Senior examinations. Baccalaureate Senior play. Commencement exercises. School closes. Alumni reception. After the clouds, the sunshine.

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Page Fourteen WHITEFEATHER Senior Class History There is an old saying that history repeats itself. What happened last year, the year be- fore, and still farther back, is again happening this year. As before, the class colors of '35 will soon be history along with the colors of other classes. Commencement, the present goal of all, is repeating itself. As before, it brings with it the end of our high school careers, but not the end of the things which have happened here- Memories may become dim and faded but they linger forever. Many ponder over the meaning of that word, commencement, whichis not the end, only the beginning. ls this the end of the fame and glory which, together, we have achieved in these past four years? Down deep in my heart I think that it is not. The fame and glory which Napoleon won is still living todayg Wash- ington, Lincoln, and many others are still re- garded as great men. Why? Because of the fame and glory which they won. Why can't the things which we have done in the past few years, then, live on, if not forever, at least as long as we have the ability of recalling past events? Ah! you ask, What have we accomplished and what changes have been brought about in the high school, if not because of our presence, at least during our time here, that we should re- call them? With your permission, I will tell you. Four years ago we came straggling into the high school assembly, widefeyed, open-mouthed youngsters, awed at the dignity of the seniors, at the boldness of the juniors, and the feigned nonchalance of the sophomores. After looking them all over, we took the seniors as our pat- tern and carefully followed them through our first year of struggle. The second year- Guidance? No! We had earned our place and from then on meant to hold it. 0pportunity knocks but once is the old saying and the music department knocked. We-especially the fairer sex-made good use of this privilege and now are turning out some fair vocalists for the world to admire. In athletics, we offered the best to uphold good old Buckland High School's established name. Dramatics? Talented were our numbers and many did their best to show their histronic abilities. As juniors we began to wonder, How will the school progress without us? -as classes before us had pondered. But each new year brings to us an eager and more determined body of juniors striving for the place that rightfully belongs to them. So as seniors we are merely beginning a new and more advanced life, making way for our under-classmates and filling spaces left vacant by our elders. Graduation is but the stepping stone to success, or at least to the life to come. For' ward, into the strange and new life, we marcha ready for the onfcoming events, both partial and impartial, which may darken our way. We are, I believe, very anxious to put ourselves to the test and try out our abilities which we have cul- tivated during our life at this school. Shall we succeed? Time alone is the recorder. What new activities, what new ideas of scho- larship, and life has Buckland High seen during the past four years which we should recall? ln '31 a man of high ideals of scholarship was induced to take over the reins of this school. lt has been only with his indispensable help that we have been able to add the dramatic club and greatly increase activities of the glee club which had been organized the year before. Each year these functioning bodies have grown stronger and to remove one now would cause grief. Since our entrance in '31, the Pioneer our school paper, the typing class in which many are in- terested, and our debate club have been or- ganized. In addition a fine school orchestra is now being built and a play-ground has been built for the lower grades-not a large one, it is true, but at least one of which we are justly proud. No matter what happens, sacred memories cling in our minds and some day we may recall a verse from l.ongfellow's poem, The Old Clock Cn the Stairs. ' All are scattered now and fled Some are married some are dead' Y 7 !! Ah! When shall they all meet again? ' 'FOREVER-never-NEVER-Forever. ' ' By joe BILL BRUNER

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Page Sixteen WHITEFEATHER Class Prophecy Extra! Extra! American Theater to open under new management. I u'.ii:kly purchase:l a paper ani to my surprise found out that an old schoolmate, Harold Smith, had taken upon himself the management. His intention was to make the pictures more local in order to arouse community interest. Soon afterward I arrived at the theater where I found the opening picture was to be Scenes From Everyday Life. Although the massive auditorium was crowded I succeeded in obtaining a seat near the front where I could see the picture vividly. When the elaborate curtain was withdrawn, a tap dancer, Opal Sunderland, appeared on the stage arrayed in a beautiful costume. Her graceful dancing was highly ap- plauded by the attentive audience. The opening scene presented Richard Redick, before an eager audience in a vast hall delivering his inspiring in- augural address. I then recalled my casting a vote for him in the fall election for governor of Ohio. After his prom- ising address, he introduced his private secretary, Olive Mitchell, to the citizens, telling of her ability as a success- ful secretary and of her diligent toil while rising to her present position of specialized stenographer and book- keeper. VVhat! Burl a farmer! Ihad always visualized him as a famous athlete although I had no doubt that he would become a prosperous farmer. He was shown as manager of a large well-equipped farm near Buckland. Near his modernized barn he was presented a trophy as prize for one of his beautiful black horses which he was holding by the reins. The next scene portrayed horses although not the same type. They were bucking bronchos of the far west. Is that Marjorie Graessle riding the small brown one? Surely it is! Who could ever have thought of her doing this? She was later shown teaching cowboys on the ranch classical songs and singing to her heart's content. She certainly seemed to be enjoying outdoor life. From the shadows of the next scene a lady clothed in black appeared before a group of foreign children. She was spreading the Gospel across the Atlantic to little Russian Slavs who gave their undivided attention to her message of love. Florence and her missionary husband conducted a home, hospital, and orphanage for the helpless and needy. Scene of a basketball game! Sure. and Bob Baker is coach! It was a very exciting game with close Hnals, but Bob's renowned team of Y. M. C. A. lads won. He walked from the players' bench with dignified pride to the middle of the court of the Y. M. C. A., where he conversed with the coach of the opposing team. His wife, Mary Kathryn, sat in the cheering audience, taking notes concerning the game which would appear in the sports paper she and Bob were editing in Chicago. Her ambition, to be a suc- cessful journalist, was now realized. A polished and clomineering society leader was out- standing in the subsequent scene. Of course it was Norma Cook who was wearing a monocular of sparkling gold, and leading the tiny, curly-haired dog down the most fash- ionable avenue of New York. Another scene showed her entertaining on the terrace of her estate two other ladies of high social rank. A large sign appeared on which The Tomato King of Ohio was written in huge letters. It was none other than Bob Tangeman who stood in the middle of the gigantic field of tomatoes eating one of the largest and supervising the laborers who were picking them. Imagine him being Tomato King and managing a widely known canning factory. A peculiar minute machine aroused the curiosity of the spectators in the following scene. The inventor, Bob Fry, a physicist, had recently patented it. The long sought for explanation of perpetual motion was discovered. Bob very expertly explained its everlasting motion by which continued work could be obtained without expenditure of an equivalent amount of work upon it. At last the law of conservation of energy was violated. The hospital shown in the next scene shadowed the aud- ience with sadness for the still white walls recalled sickness and death. Opal Richardson, a trained nurse sat by the beside of a very il! patient reading Biblical stories to him which changed the young man spiritually to a Christian. Two days elapsed. The same young man had passed to higher realms and was being taken from the hospital in a huge ambulance by Ned Place to his funeral parlor in a quieter section of Denver. Hollywood actresses appeared on the screen during a Christmas Ball, dancing to the rythm of popular music. The spectacle was unusual because all had red hair. Mary Binkley, a nation wide renowned beauty operator had dyed their hair and was creating a craze among society for it. She was conducting a large school at Reno for girls who wished to follow her type of work. It was none other than Mary Morlock who furnished entertainment in the next scene with her venturesome and daring life filled with bravery and dauntless acts. She was piloting her silvery airplane through the fleecy white clouds like an enormous bird. The chemistry laboratory in the scene immediately suc- ceeding presented to view the results of a serious thinker, Ioe Bruner. He was relating the history of his discovery before the class of chemistry students at Harvard University, stating that he had obtained a new compound from sand which he named sandoline. joe said that in the future it would replace gasoline as a fuel in engines. I was astonished to find my own life portrayed in the following scene. I wondered when the picture could have been taken, until I recalled that a visitor had come to school where I taught one busy day in january. He had asked to take a picture of my students while at their study. I remembered that then I thought it queer for an Ohioan to want a scene of a school in Florida. The concluding scene presented the manager, Harold, standing in the immense theater personally addressing the citizens with an oration for better movies. The inspiration I received from Scenes From Everyday Life caused me to reminisce on happy school days and old friends. Time had changed their modes of life, but they had remained loyal to B. H. S. by diligently apply- ing their knowledge acquired there. By Doius BURNFIELD