Fayette High School - Falcon Yearbook (West Terre Haute, IN)

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DISCCDVERY The drscovery of the class of 1900 xx as an accrdent Four ye ns 'wo early one mormng rn September 1946 the faculty of the Fayette Hrffh School cauffht 1 fflrmpse of rn anxrous xnd frrffhtened 5.1 oup huddled together Just 1ns1de the door To the casual eye they seemed merely an or drnary Group of boys and gnls xx ell dressed reasonxbly good lookrnof and b ldly frr htened Gently tryrnff to drspel the fears of the strfmffers the faculty bade them enter and spent the next fexx days tryrng to gram then conhdence and fr rendshrp Thex succeeded after 0f19 lt drlfrcultx rn accomplrshrng. thrs THE FIRST EXPLG RATIGN The dr covery haxrnff been reported to the ruler of the h1 h school C P Lrgeett h recerved the nexxs xx 1th mfuked delrffht and a fexx mrsvrxrngs and examrned the report cards of these llld1V1dLldlS xx hrch xx ere presented to hrm These cu ds supposedly denoted the degree of mental alertness possessed bythe oxxners The drscoverers recerved the permrssron of the prrncrpal to explore carefully the natures and rntellects rf any of the stranffers md rf possrble to make of them val uable addrtrons to the country Accor drngly each of the drscoxerers became an explorer care of the var1ous explorers They xxere tfluffht many nexx and stranffe customs and mrnners and xx ere requrr ed to learn drfferent lessons Before too long they became com pletely at home rn therr nexx surroundrnffs They xx ere permrtted to form an orgamzatron of then oxxn and elected M1 Jordan rs therr sponsor Dorrs Ann Dreher presrdent Leon Blackburn Vrce pres Jackre Jox Sec Treas and Mary K1tCh9D nexxs reporter Durrnof the Inst month of th1s year the annual freshmen sophomore ball game vx IS played The sophomore boys beat our boys but the ffrrls upheld therr honor by defeatrnf the sophomore Cfrrls They suffered much avony and desparr durrnfr thrs perrod because of the socral func trons vxhrch they xx ere requrred to attend rn order to acqurre porse and drgnrty The male freshmen rn partlcular found the dances torture but the females enjoyed them Greatly In tlme hoxx exer these functrons became festrve occfxsrons for everyone The lntellects of these lndrxrduals xx ere found to vary ln keenness from sponges to razors but on the xxhole they turned out satlsfactorrly and many shoxxed srfrns of unusual abrlrty IH var1ous fields At the end of the year a terrrble drsfxster befell the freshmen Many had therr growth retarded a year by rt and a fexv xvere permanently drsabled and left the class forever The drsaster xx as called final examrnatrons and It ranks as one of the xx O1St massacres of the trme Wrth the comrnfr of next September they recerxed a nexv name As xx as customary they became sophomores 13 D u C -7 v C I . 1 2 n cc , u . w ' ' , c c UC, c D c 5 . 2 . I ,III III I I . . . II I I I . . ' C . D. v C 1' - wy ' - . I . 6 Z . ' O, 2 I gl ' . ' ' cn . h C .5 h 1 C f y - v . ' . ,- ' ' . ' C I' ' I v I II ICIII .. III. I II .I ' 'S . v' G . . - . 'g I I NI ' .D , e u - v v C x .5 C v 5 v n u I I I . -. - I CI I I I . . I I I . ' s . I ' ,I v, I v u u 1 fn. The strangers were divided into a small group called freshmen and assigned to the C x u' n 1 I v n r G C v n 5 E v u . I u ' 0 n , - L . . I I I . O . v u r . n w 1 'r . . y v , Q. I I . .I . . .I . I I . I I . I: I,I I- . II . I , . . I u. 5 y l . b, u - C r v2 I . O . . . EI . I: I I D .I I. II . I. I . I I . . I I . CI I I , , .I I I . . I I 7 I K v 'o , D. I C . . -1 . . I . I . . I .I , . . O 7 . , ' Y 1 5 Ci 1, f'

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CLASS PLAYS DAMSELS IN DISTRESS SENIOR PLAY 12 HBACKWOODS ROM EO -JUN IOR PLAY

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TI-IE SECCDND VCDYACE The S0ph0HlO1 es found the 10L1lL1l16 of the classloom much 838191 as they emba1ked up on the11 second voyage Much to then su1p11se hoxx eve1 they d1SCOV916d that there vxas st1l1 much xx hlch they d1d not undelstand and knoxx about so they pushed braxely on th1ouUh the underb1ush of lg1l012ll1C6 hopmg befole the tlme allotted fo1 the1r explora t10l1S vxas ove1 to 1e3Ch xx hat xxould compensate fo1 all theu tlllle and effolt a genlus The soclal fllllCl11OllS of thls D91lOd xx ele dellffhtful The most lmpoltant ex ents 1n cluded a Valentlne Palty at Ca1olMa1shalls home and a hayude g1V9l1 by Do11s Ann D1ehe1 We enjoyed many othe1 gay events dllllllg the xear We affam elected Mr Jordan to gu1de us on ou1 xoy age Ronald Balma vxas elected D19Sld6!1t Dous Blackburn VICE presldent Malgle Meadlo Secretaly tleasuler and Balbala Nauffle nexxs 1913011261 BV the end of the second xeal of ou1 vovaffe the folloxxmff people had dropped out of tl19JOl11ll6V fOl va11ous 18350115 Lols Flench Nolma Halgxs Nolman Jackson Ha11x Walkel Paul Robmson Forest Edmonson V11 gll A1nold Leslle B1ockme1e1 Donald Cox J e Cummms Halold Doxx ell Gerald D1ehe1 Samuel GIDDS LeRoy Hayes Challes Jackson Maw Kltchen Della Puffh Maltha Steele and Laxx1ence No1man TI-IE Tl-HRD VGYACE ln the th11d 5ea1 oxxlnv to an old educatlonal custom the sophomores became Junlors and then p1OIll0t1Oll made the11 sense of lmpoltance lnclease out of all due propol t101'l Thele xemamed lll the g10l1p twenty five eage1 and alert students 1eady to start out on the th11d yeal of the voyage Mr Bam xx as elected to act as the leader of the group on the th11d lap Leon Bl3.Ckbll1Il xxas elected p16S1d8Ht Ronald Balma X106 presldent Barbara Naugle secretal y treasurer and Dorls Blackburn nevxs reporter The Jl1ll10I' senlor prom held 111 the Mayflovx er Room of the Terre Haute House gave us somethlng to xx ork fo1 duung the year Our first blg event xx as the outdoor carmval held IH Octobe1 In December a square dance and box supper was held To start the nexx year a scrap drlve xxas held It was then tlme to start our class play Backwoods Romeo xx hlch xxe presented three tlmes A Gala party was held Ill the home economlcs 1oom 111 the spung and everyone declared the affalr to be one of the best ever held To ea1n mole money the group conducted a magazme sale and contest Beulah Drengacs had charge of the sales At the end of the year vxe xx ere qulte surprlsed to find that we had actually earned a sufflclent amount of money to entertam the semors m the t1ad1t1onal manner xxlth a dlnner and dance at the Te11e Haute House Thls p1 oved to be one of the most enjoy able xeals of ou1 JOUI ney 111 Splte of the fact that It xx as a 5ea1 of hald xxolk 11 1 1 - v D u 1 ' 1 - ' 1 1 1' y 1 ' 1 v ' 7 7 ' v ' ' 1 v 1 7 1 c v 1 . v 1 1 Y ' U ' 1 I 1 1 . , . . . . . . V. v 4 . . ' Y . - C, . 4 1 - 1 1 0 ,L C 1 0- I v 1. . . ' 1 . 1' 1 1 1 . . ' 1 ' ' 1 r v b . . 1 - u O. I . - D 1 '. s - 1 1 1 7 7 7 Y 7 o v - 7 1 1 v' . . c v o ' 1 1 1- 1 1 D 1 1 1 I s I 4 7 - ' 7 Y 7 1 1 . - 1 -D 1 D 1 - 1 7 7 Y 7 7 A . 1 v 1 1 ' 4 Y V 7 7 7 7 7 1 v D s 1 4 v 1 1 K 7 1 7 C: 7 7 ' -.-.lil . 1 r I Q V. - . . 7 D ' 7 7 - 1 1 . . 1 - 1 ' 1 , ' 1 1 ' ' 1 - 1 1 . 1 1 . Y ' 1 1 y 1 ' 1 7' - ' , ' 7 7 7 1 - 1 . 7 7 7 7 ' . 7 Q 4. . v V . . . 1 Y . , . , ' , ' u , . ,, Y . Y . . . ' 9 - ca ' . ,. . , . A 1 ' , . 7 y . . - r V. . A 1 . Q . 7 V ' Q . ' . . ' v 7 1 1 v 1