College Preparatory School - Milestone Yearbook (Cincinnati, OH)

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Thursday, September 7. was the scene of much gaiety and subdued joy at returning to school one year older and a summer wiser. Girls still fresh with vacation tans grinned, laughed. and greeted old friends and new. The halls, so recently quiet. were soon jammed with students, and at 8:45. the school year officially began. It is traditional each fall for the seniors to initiate the new freshmen into high school, as part of the culmination of their progression to the sacred halls of high school. This year freshman trials, as the seniors fondly call them, began with a picnic in Alms Park with a few minor. humiliating tasks. It was not uncommon to see a pig-tailed girl stumble down to Keys Crescent load- ed with her big sister's heaviest books. Groans abounded with the assignment of ridiculous essays. horoscopes, or over- whelming quanitites of cookies for the avaricious big sister. The last trial was that of appearing in cos- tume the day of the freshman skits in convocation. As decreed by their big sis- ters, they appeared as cigarette packages or pencils or folksingers. A final. solemn slumber party complete with rituals, and the innocents of the ninth grade were welcomed into the worldly high schoolt

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a year of progress Moments pass, and smiles broaden months pass, and flowers blossom; years pass. and the world goes forward, glorified in progress But this is the chronicle of one year, and the progress of one school from a September of gold leaves to a June of ivy chains. Girls grow. become mature. Buildings rise; the school also goes forward. But in a world of progress, there are some things which do not change, especially the spirit of our school. Our love for the ever-ad- vancing school is symbolized by the dignified trees, stalwart. true, and ever-watchful, shad- ing new buildings. and new girls. 50 let us watch. observe, and experience the progress of this year. i , w. e4 um..u

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The fall hockey season, with all its bruises. flying sticks, and crazy pucks, brought victory to the se- nior class and the blue team. Senior captain, Holly Drew, and blue team captain, Terry Harrison, were hailed by their supporters and congratulated by their worthy opponents. In the traditional hockey games with Summit and Hillsdale, the CPS team, having made much prog- ress in the past year, slaughtered Summit l-O. but put up a valiant hght with Hillsdale, losing only 4- 2, a prophetic score repeated as the schools' junior varsity teams clashed. The margin narrowed to two points this year. But who knows what progress next year's team will make!