Caruthersville High School - Cotton Blossom Yearbook (Caruthersville, MO)

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Fall Heralds Registration REGISTRATION DAY! At this time, it seems as if nothing but freshman boys are signing up for their first year in high school. GRINNING WITH PRIDE, “most typical freshman” winner, Virginia Bingham, accepts her prize from S.A.C. Vice President Jackson, as Streete and freshman slogan winner, Ann Adkins, look on. 18 Fall Se pteraLber Octoher Nove-joatbe RESHMEN, FRESHMEN, everywhere—signing up for lasses is a busy task for freshmen and faculty alike. Special events were welcoqie interventions in the daily grind of C.H.S. Assemblies, football games, crownings, track meets, elections, special weeks . . . all these extracurricular activities helped to vary the everyday routine and to make school life more interesting. August 30-31—Registration. It was a time for both old and new students to catch up on old friendships and to make new ones. Excitement, expectancy, and various emotions filled the air during those first hectic days of registration. September 3-7—Freshman Week. With the support of the Student Council, the upperclassmen tried to help make the “lost” freshmen feel at home. Bright name tags and a big brother and sister speeded up the “get-acquainted process.” A “typical freshman” and slogan contests were sponsored among the freshmen. To climax the eventful week, the newcomers wrere honored at the Freshman Frolic, a dance that gave them their first taste of social life in C.H.S. September 10-13—Elections. C.H.S. students faced an important task this week . . . the selection of class officers, S.A.C. representatives, homeroom officers . . . and the organizing of other clubs. September 14—The First Football Game. Filled with the pep and enthusiasm of the season’s first game, C.H.S. pepsters journeyed to Hayti to watch a victorious Tiger squad trounce the Hayti Indians.