Charleston High School - Blue Jay Yearbook (Charleston, MO)

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Sopb m re lass 1 tory fhe boplromore Qlass of 11114 errtere di harleston Hrgh behool rs l' re shme rr, forty two strong We were 1rd to be the large st el 1 s th 1t lr 1d ever errtereel K harleston Hrgh 1r1d we ve spent many weary hours 111 tryrng to deterrnrne whether we were largest III number or Ill srze I st have been 111 9171 for the other el1 ses have never h rd the honor of runnrng over us Durrng our lreshmen vear we were all ve rv stuelrous arrel peaeeful We elrsturbeel no one and no one drsturbe el us As 1 result of the drlrgenee shown by the member of our el1ss, we walked off wrth the boy s hrstory medal 1nd only mrssed the seholarshrp by a narrow nr rrgrn In 1917 we nrade our trrurrrphal entry rrrto Hrgh behool as Sophomores But alas, trrne has ehanged rnee we were meek arrel nrrlel Ireshrrren rrrd we hrve ehanged wrth trme Whrle we are not rs stuelrou we rre strll out for ei good trnre and are domg our best to be lov rl 1r1d farthful to our el rss The hrst rmport rnt move made by us was the ehoosrng of an relvrsor anel leader 'lhrs w rs not '1 elrffreult tl k for the whole elass was rn favor of Mrss Clarke arrel she was grven the dr trngurshed posrtron of lookrrre rfter thrrty srv of Charleston s most brrllrarrt voung people Shortly after thrs, the elass oflieers were eleeted rvd wrth Mr Charles Edward Butler as our presrdent, how could we keep from wrnnrng our varrous battles? Vle chose as our vree presr cdent Kathryrre Shelby, and as seeretary anel treasurer, Iranees Tavlor Our good trmes began rn October Our frrst soeral furretron was a prerrre grv en to the honor able Qenrors, to whom rn our Ireshmen vear we looked up wrth awe arrel reverenee but whom we now eonsreler rs our equals '1h1s never to be forgotton prenre was held about two mrles from town, and we re aehed our destrrratron 111 two huge farm wagons V1 hen we arrrveel at the place of our entertarnnrent, we were greeted by prles of empty eans whreh bore the srgn Canned Ifouelyzes , oeeasroned by that eventful nrght a few days prror to our prenr , when the bophomores arrel benrors yerne el forees rearnst the lunrors, who were rehearsrng a eomrng entertarnmerrt at the se hool and who had greeted us wrth hands full of sanel, bottles of rrrk, arrel grllons of w rter After that nrght we all swore a solemn oath that our rowdyrsm was earrneel, ealed, ar el labeled forev er and ever anel worrlel never more leak out It never has, and we know that tl e faeulty hopes rt never wrll After vrewrng these can hrlls we ate our suppers ez Ia cafeterzrr arrel returned home by the lrght of a full moon whether they fully appreerateel our efforts or not, as there has been 110 return engagement After thrs every thrng qureted down a lrttle Justbe fore Xmas we eleereled to errtertarn the puprls oft harleston Hreh by aXrnas program llre releaw IS gre eteel wrth approval bv the w holeelass so the Frrday nrght before the Xmas holrd tv s, we e nte rtarned our elassmates wrth a good program, l 1 X11 rs tree, arrel lop eorrr brll ll el lernonade V e belreve fre nr appeuanees that the latter was enyov ed the most 'lhe proerarrr met wrth great sueeess, espeerally the srx Deers tele rrsj who took a great lrkrng to the Anna Pasketball boys, who were frsrtors For 1 r1ther' lengthv perrod for thus rt seemed to us evervthrng was dead Ivertrng thrnesl ave eeased to happen, and even 111 our elass the puprls seemed to be losrng rrrterest rn thrrrges In February however, the ev er farthful Sophomore boys entertarrred the grrls at Doug las Danforth s lhe grrls were eertarrrly relreved to have the monotony thus broken and they had a very enyoyable trnre At last the Se plromore el1ss rs elrvreled rrrto two I arts M1 s 1ll1ott's spellrrr elas challeng ed Nlrss flrrke s spellrng ela s for a nr rteh Both elasses hael confidence rn themselves and both were determrned to wrn 'Xlrss C larke s cl rss eame out vretorrous arrel was entertarne d wrth a St lat s luneheon 111 the agrrrer lture room Rumors had been e1reul1t1ng rbout that Charleston Hrgh w IS to have no Annu 11 thrs ve ar Do you thrrrk the Sophomore elass ef 1911 would tolerate r drsgraee lrke th rt N V1 hen we heard rt all our he1ds went te gether at onee mel rn sprte of the drseouragrng, tales told rs by Mr Krrk, we have edrteel and publrshed one of the best Annuals ever turr ed out of tl 1 press We had no Annual staff The Sophomore el rss works as a bodv not as rn rndrvrdu rl Therern hes the seeret of our sueeess Even though we are eareless rt trrnes arrel are lrkelv to put other thrngs before our sehool dutres strll we have the rrrterest of dear olel C harleston Hrgh at he 1rt and we wrlleontrnue to keep rt at he 1rt untrl the errel Whrle we have been ehrn eleep rn work vet we find trnre to take part rn tl e retrvrtres of the Hreh School In the annual Russell e rl C onte t we won fir t 1rd rd F and we hope to wrn two first plaees rext y r 'X rered Vtla rv 10 ' 1' 1 .ig l'f I' 1' 2.1 1 '- ' .' . 1 1 W' 1 1 1- 11qf a 1 1 1 1 '1 l 1- ' 1 v1lv1 1 1 ' , bg , 1 1,- 111 1 1 , 1 . 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SOPHO MORE CLASS FRANCES TAYLOR SEC Y TREAS KATHRYNE SHELBY V CE PRES DENT PRES BUTLER WARD

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