Decatur High School - Ravelings Yearbook (Decatur, IN)

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SOPHOIVIORES

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RAVELINGS lduninr Gllaaa Biainrg In the evolution of our Junior class we just naturally rolled into High School, and since then have passed through that stage of barharism and savagery which is so manifest in Freshmen classes. From the very first we gave everyone the impression of being all that good Freshmen ought to be. Within a few days we had learned to talk and were sufficiently ac- quainted with ourselves to know our own names. We also distinguished ourselves that year by giving the first class party. One moon-light night in October, we piled on a hay-rack and started on that historic trail that leads to the home of Herman Miller. It is hard to write in so few words the history during our Sophomore year for it was so full of happy incidents. And now, in our Junior days, although we are small in number, we. are the most loyal class in high school. We have stu- dents who deserve more than mere mention These students have done their best, always with the thought not only of gaining person- al strength and honor, but for the honor of their class and school. And, now, we have attained so great eminence that our class may rightly be called the center of school activities. We have entered for everything. Both our boys and girls have upheld our honor in athletics-our number of boys and girls on the first teams are sufficient to prove this. We have been first in oratory and our Junior play, The Man From Home' has by its splendid success, shown our dramatic' ability. Can any of the other classes boast of such excellence? Our aim is high. We are working toward that ideal dream of perfection. We have done our best and although the Junior class in the future may surpass us in some things they never can excel us in Hdelity to old D. H. S. I hr Ehminr lag The Juniors presented their play The Man From Home, Friday, May 1, at the Bosse opera house. The play was a wonder- ful success and the Junior deserve all the praise that can be given them. The cast was as follows: Daniel Voorhees Pike-Albert Gehrig. The Grand Duke Vasili Vasilivitch-Vic- tor Kruetzman. The Earl of Hawcastle-Fred Ball. The Hon. Almeric St. Aubyn-Herman Miller. lvanoff-John Clark. Horace Granger Simpson-Harry Knapp. Ribiere-Walter Rilling. Mariano--Anita Swearinger. Michele-Florence Mann. Carabiniere-Dent Baltzell and XVnyne Beavers. A Valet-Ralph Grill. Ethel Granger Simpson4Fnnny lleller. Comtesse de C1121llllilf-2'llYf'Jil'0ll0 Gregori: Lady Creech---F1'iefl:1 XYilliams.

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RAVELINGS Snphnmnrr 01.13155 lbiaturg When We, the Sophomores of D. H. S. ent- ered High School We were a crowd of awe- stricken kids upon Whom was placed the title Freshmen. But We soon lo-st our tim- idity and awe and made both the upper and lower class-men ''sit-up-and-take-notice'' of our display in athletics, our part in the Mus- icale contest with Bluffton and the fact that We have in our class the champion speller in high school. i We lost several of our members during the summer, Wayne Spaulding, son of our former Superintendent C. E. Spaulding who accepted a p-osition as superintendent of the Columbia City schools, and Clyde Rice, one of' our country students, Who, While hunting last summer, accidently shot and killed himself. Now as a full fledged Sophomore class we came back in the fall, strong and eager for Wo-rk, after the summer's vacation. At the 4 first class meeting of the year, the following officers were elected: President-Helen Walters. Vice President-Ral1,h Tyndall. Secretary-Earl Archbold. Treasurer-Mildred Yager. Class reporters-Josephine Myers and Ry- ford Macy. Miss Gibbons, the former Science teacher, was chosen guardian. After Miss Gibbons left, about the middle of the year, Mr. Rit- tenhouse, the present Science teacher was chosen as guardian. Our class has taken quite an interest iii athletics this year, basket ball especially. We also are quite literary, for didn't a Sophomore 'girl win the second prize in the Rave1ing's Prize Story Contest? And altho We have done nothing startling or wonder- ful this year, we at least, think that we are a class for D. H. S. to be proud of. J. M. '19,