Decatur Catholic High School - Tattler Yearbook (Decatur, IN)

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THE TATTLER E SENIOR CLASS HISTORY Chapter I It was on a golden morning in the September of '19 that ten supercilious, but inwardly quaking Freshmen, entered the new D. C. H. S. They were: Irene Holthouse, Helen Gass, Chatz Niblick, Mugs Mylott, Gerald Kohne, Snitz Schneider, Andy Appleman, Paul Phillips, Norbert Gase and Ray Mougey. The new High School course was the laboratory of a new venture and we fresh- men were to be the experiment. What the result of the experiment was to be, lay shrouded in the sonibre veils of the future. After a few weeks we became accustomed to the High School regime and soon became engrossed in the work. Our faculty con- sisted of a staff of four: Religion, taught by Fr. Seimetz, our pas- torg Latin, by Fr. Kroeger, assistant pastor, English. History and Bookkeeping taught by Sr. Antonitag Mathematics, and Music by Sr. Odelia. VVe distinguished ourselves this first year by publishing the first issue of the Tattler, our official High School organ. We took it upon ourselves as the first class of D. C. H. S. to select the school colors of Green and Gold. We chose green and white as our class colors and the white rose as our class flower. This first happy, sunshiny year passed all too swiftly. The summer of 1920 came and snatched us away, and we enjoyed the rare title of Sophomore. One phenomenon marked this Freshman year. As Freshmen we were invested with the rare privilege of not having any upper-classmen to kou-ton to. It was a great year. Chapter II The following September found us again at old D. C. H. S. But our numbers were decreased for a few Sophomores were absent from the ranks. Gerald Kohne, Raymond Mougey and Paul Phillips entered the Decatur High School. Norbert Gase decided he liked the great outdoors where he would find Sermons in stones, tongues in the running brook etc., and became a decided asset to his father on his farm. But the rest of the old class were there with vim and pep. Sr. M. Vera, our new High School English and Latin teacher, gave our pep and ambition a big boost and soon had us thirsting for knowledge. We were also very glad to have five Freshmen to order around and be supercilious to, and we never wasted a opportunity to boss We gave a High School entertain- ment also this year under the capable direction of Sr. Vera and Sr. Odelia. The College Girl and the Milkmaidl' Charlotte Niblick cleverly portrayed the College Girl and Anna Dowling made an ideal Milkmaid. The members of the Glee Club took part in the Chorus. The boys also rendered a group of songs very pleasing- ly, and this very successful school year closed with a flourish the first week of June. Chapter III Another September found us stationed again in old D. C. H. S. All of the fully-fledged Juniors were back with the exception of Helen Gass who left us to try her newly-acquired commercial wings in the great commercial world. As Juniors we assumed many new privileges and felt pretty cocky. We now l0rd:d it over three Sophomores and eight Freshmen. In February we gave another High School entertainment, and the Juniors had prominent parts. The boys shone in a comedy Dixie Land and the girls scintillated in a rendering of the musi- cal treat Peer Gynt Suite. The rest of the term flew by, and another summer rolled 'round.

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THE TATTLER SE IOR CLASS WILL We, the Class of 1923, of Decatur Catholic High School, ot tne City of Decatur, the State of Indiana, have come together upon this most solemn and serious occasion, to frame our last will and testament, and in our last moment to bestow with a dying hand a few gifts upon our successors. After long and deliberate consider- ation, we have at last tome to these conclusions. We pray that you accept them as a sacred trust from those who have gone before. Item I XVe leave and bequeath to our two Reverend Fathers and to all our teachers, our sincere affection, our heartfelt gratitude, and the whole unlimited wealth of our eternal memory. VVe can never fully repay them in this life. We can only pray that our great Father will repay them in the Great Unknown Beyond. It will be theirs to watch our onward march, to note every trial, every at- f9lHDi. BVGPY victory, every success, and honor that we may achieve, and accept for themselves the honor and praise, knowing that it is all due to their faithful instructions. Item II lVe give and bequeath to our faculty all the amazing knowl- edge and startling information that we may have furnished them with in our various examination papers. Vile know that we have imparted much to them in this way, that must have been entirely new to them, as well as to everybody else. VVe trust that they will make use of such bits of wisdom and enlightenment for the educa- tion of the classes to follow, if they see fit. Item lll VVe give and bequeath to the editor-to-follow, of our famous school paper, The Tattler, all the events of our lives, past, pres- ent and to come, with all the wonders, sensations, hair-breath escapes. brililant attainments, and other deserved notoriety and fame, trusting that they will furnish plenty of news items for ages to come, and may serve as an inspiration to the younger students. Item IV lVe give and bequeath to the Junior Class as a student body: tal Chatz's musical ability to soothe the most troubled mind, to move the hardest heart, and to force a smile to the face of a pessi- mistg tbl Snitz's mechanical knowledge of all inanimate ma- chines, from the racing motorcycle down to the balking typewrit- er: Ich Mugs journalistic powers for creating an interesting news item out of anything, as well as her facility for inspiring an indolent student to write a hair-raising story: idl Irene's master mind in mathematics, so that if you have any perplexing problems that cannot be worked, her spirit may enlighten youg and finally, tel Ardy's historical knowledge of all events that have happened beyond his, and everybody's else memory. Item V WF! individually give and bequeath to the individual members of D. C. H. S. the following property, to-wit: First of all, we will to the freshmen-class-to-be all the cuds of gum that we may have overlooked before leaving. These will be found in any out-of-the-way corner or crevice.