Central High School - Wakitan Yearbook (St Joseph, MO)

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CLASS OF NINETY-NINE. U r iw cc- .. P i Henry Wachter, President Officers ' Bessie Cahn, Treasurer Grace Rogers, Vice President Pearl Blount, Secretary 1 X , , ff af -1C3 P36 roi! X 5 Gradual in if mmigiiiiiiili .!,,T nior li 'f flillilililillllsm im O ucni pr f? O PYRO li 2, ii .I . ., Wire:-rwvx

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if s.it.s-..,'sfTfif5!W-22?-ff'f2'iZf.+sfS5.faif.n -it-21 1. 1. eff- A - I3 CLASS or NINETY-NINE. Scho-ol was completed and ready for us. For such a beautiful new building we were all very grateful, and felt that we should show our appreciation by our dili-- gent work. Soon came the ed-fedication, which brought large crowds of visito-rs to the school. Then there were fire drills to test the new fire escape. Who- will ever forget the peculiar sensation experienced on the first descent! With this and watching for every straggling cloud that appeared, to see if it were not the warning of an .approaching cyclo-ne, which meant that the school would be dismissed for the day, the first year soon wore away. There is one mo-re occur- rence I must mention. The names of the classes were changed, and we were no longer. Preparatory stu- dents, but had the more dignified name of Freshmen. This pleased: us greatly, for no maftter how much the juniors would drawl out the name Freshmen it was not as disagreeable as to hear them say Preps After a long and tiresome vacation we came cheer- fully back to school. So-me o-f our Senior friends had to-ld us that this was the easiest year of the whole course, and if we wanted to have a.ny fun, we must have it now. As. we were eager to make as good a record as any o-ther class-in all branches-we will- ingly accepted any advice. VVe found there had been some changes in the school since the last year. YW: had lost several of our old -teachers-, anld' had new ones to take theirplaces. Qur firsit duty, of course, was to give these teachers a welcome and acquaint ourselves with their manner of marking. There was nothing of special note took place until after the holidays, when we formed some societies to take part in the annual contests. The class was ably represented in the contests and carried off one or two prizes. The Treason all the medals did not come to the Sopho-mo-relclass was probably due to some defi- ciency on the part of the judges. We were satisfied. however, with our sh-are of the honor. Always- fearing the overworking of our brains we looked forward to the days when circuses would come to- town, for we relied on kind-hearted principals looking favorably upon a petition, which was always sure to make its way to his hand-s before time for the parade. I must not neglect mentioning a few peculiar- i lfliffv UI .Mgt had a gif.-f-gal ,Q instance. he ii tolerate lieiiriiig gy REitS. The lj, had a way of if composure at the young ladies fainti occurrence of thi- his room one flayp to his favorite pun Stand up until told to sit downfi We finished oug creditable showing lVhen we returned sorry to find that chosen some other i pleasant new faces OH better acquaint? a-s their faces hail ir had been assigned i