Central High School - Almanac Yearbook (Toledo, OH)

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those Who had not might be excused. After these had gone, he told us that noW, as We Were sophomores, We might organ- ize as a class if We desired. Of course We did and so he presided as temporary chairman. We Were not very Well versed in parliamentary laW but We set to Work to choose our officers and succeeded in electing Frank Mettler, presi- dentg Ethel McKisson, vice-president, Murray Pease, treas- urer and Ethel Oannan, secretary. A committee consisting of John Adams, John Taylor, Helen Mills, Violet Richie and Mary Thacher, Was also appointed to draW up a con-- stitution. That Was about all We could do, so We adjourned -thoroughly happy, for noW We Were not only sopho- mores, but also members of the class of 1901. NOW that's What I call smart. Havin' a constitution and president just like the United States. Why there Wasn't anything that there easterner told about that could compare With that. I'll bet that there Frank Mettler is the proudest boy in seventeen counties and, by What I know of girls, I'll Warrant you can't get Within a rod of them tWo that are vice-president and secretary. If my boy ever gets to be even treasurer, I alloW there ain't a man in this t0Wnship that'll Walk With a straighter head than me. When I sent him there, I thought maybe I'd only have him stay a year, but When I got that letter and after What he told me When he got home, I said to myself that I'd see him through the Whole shebang if it took every cent I had. So When the vacation Was over I sent him Waltzin' back again. His startin' in this time Wasn't anything like the other one. He knowed all the ropes and didn't make no blunders. He said the freshmen didn't have much shoW this year because they Went to school at the same time the others did and the sophomores didn't do much else but stand around and talk about them. His Erst letters didn't have much of special interest in them except that the soph- omores Was a havin' a good time and enjoyin' themselves. But along in December I received one that run as folloWs: DECEMBER 20, 1898. Some time ago the juniors put up a Hag on the school. It had been put up in the night and Was proudly floating N

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there one morning when I came down to school. Scarcely any one saw it then, but at noon everybody did and it was the onlyutopic of conversation. The juniors bragged about it and said they would like to see anybody take it down. fY0u see they had fastened it to the top of the pole instead of running it up the halyardsj. Well the seniors said that the sophomores ought to take it down and the sophomores thought the seniors ought to take it down. As a result, nobody took it down that day although some sophomores tried it. But that night ive sophomore boys took it down and kept it. Soon afterwards, they went down to a store and bought some cloth just like the flag and gave each sophomore a piece which he wore the next morning in the auditorium. At noon there was a iight. The juniors say they won, because they all managed to quit the battle with some black and red. If this be so, all the sophomores have to say about it is that they had better change their colors because those who wore them in the shape of a black eye and a red nose didn't look well. I thought I'd put in that letter to show you some of the capers they got into. This wasn't the only one, but it was about the worst. During all this time they'd only had one of those class meetins that he told about in the first letter and they didn't do much in it so I thought I wouldn't say nothin' about it. But 'long in February, I got a letter tellin' about a class meetin' that amounted to somethin' so I'll put it in. j FEBRUARY, 4, 1899. We had another class meeting last Wednesday. The president, Frank Mettler, presided. First the constitution was read and adopted. Then new officers were elected. The following were chosen: George Fugate, president, Ethel McKisson, vice-president, Walter Towers, treasurerg Ethel Gannan, recording secretaryg John Corkery, corres- ponding secretary and John Adams, sergeant at arms. This business took up so much time that we had to adjourn. Tomorrow is senior rhetorical day. I wish that I didn't have to go to school. This is about the worst thing that we have to take from the seniors. We looked forward to the nrst one of these days with pleasure. When it came, we were disappointed. The second time we thought that they were better than lessons. Next time they were at a par value with lessons. They have since dropped about fifty per cent. and will probably take another fall tomorrow.