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

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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

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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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Tl-IE FINAL VCDYACE And 11011 11e come to the fou1th Illd ff1ef11est 1e11 111 the h1sto1y of the class We '1uto lllfltlfldlly became se111o1s 111 Septembe1 W1th the Uumng of thlS t1tle 11e befrfzn to take ou1selves H1016 991lOllQlV than eve1 befo1e As the 1911 d1e11 to 1 close 11e 11819 pOS1 t11ely d1zLy 111th d10'n1ty All th1s 11 IS looked upon 111th fllCllCllV an1usen1e11t by the te1che1 eXpl0181S NX ho 19 g.11ded the 1esult of then fou1 yeus of hud l1bo1 111th llffhtflll p11de They had co11 ve1ted 1 b111d of 101101 1nt untamed 1bo11 nnes lIltO 1ntell1gent courteous c1t1zens of the school and had lost onl1 the l.lSLl'Il p1opo1t1on lll the DIOCGSS Bette1 1et they had found that f01 XY hlch they h1d been S6I1Cl1lllQ, so e10e1l1 1 PQHILIS lll fact S9X61 l.l of them 1nd all of the class of t11 e11ty nve 11 as pf1ss1ble The Ol ff1ll1Z'1t10H of the se111o1 cl1ss 111s note11o1thy the follo111ng 11st of 0flf'1C91S be lllg Ill ch11,,e Ron1ld Balmi DIC-?S1dQllf DOIIS Bl1ClibLl1ll XICQ p19S1d9llt Beulah D1 eng 1cs sec1et11y B11b11f1 Nlllfflfl t1ef1s ll 91 111d C1101 M11sh'1ll 11e11s 1epo1te1 Spon The Ql1ss plly D1n1sels 1n D1st1ess 11 IS uldged by n1'1ny f1s o11e of the n1ost suc Lessful eve1 2,,lV9l1 It F 1yette F0ll0X1lll0' the pl 1y the U1 oup NX as ente1tf11ned 111th a p'11'fV by M1 1nd MIS D01Il6y at the11 home T110 class p11t1es 11 e1e held du11ng the ye'11 '1nd en1oyed by 1ll A second money l'11 Llill10' p1oJeLt 11 IS Clllled out the S9COIld semeste1 As 1 gl 1nd f1nf1le the ff1oup NX IS 1o1all1 ente1t11ned 111tl1 1 11 onde1ful dlllllel a11d p1on1 It the Den11nff Hotel by the class of 19 01 At the eXp11at1on of the fou1 y8'11S M1 H'1y11o1th eXp1essed h1mself as greatly pleased 111th the add1t1ons to h1s countly a11d D10IlOLlI1C6d them 'Ill h1ghly el1g1ble f01 ldlT11SS1OI1 as Clt1Z9I1S He p131S6d the 11 o1k of the 6XplO1Q1S and p18d1Ct6d that the11 names 111th those of the d1SCOV9116S 11 ould be 1111tten 1n h1sto1y together By the 11 f1y of app1 Opllate celeb1'1t1on a Stl wnffe ce1emony kno11n as commencement 11as held Speeches 11ere made fo1 no pa1t1cul'11 IQWSOH son0's 11e1e sunff 'md sclolls called d1plomas 11 e1e QIVGH to the se111o1s and 1 good t1n'1e 11 fms then enjoyed by all 4- All i 15 , . , . . - 4- v . . ' ' - c D c - t c c . c ' - ' . ' -1 ' - ' . ' ' ,- ' ' v f c . Dc , Dc . . R . L N . . l L, c . . , C Y , . . - 1 O . ' vu v- -n' u u v v 1 c U 4 - c ' , ' ,R , , . . . 2 .X 2 . 2 . , .U . ' - c c O c , c c C, , u A ' c L7 6 ' D ' . ' U7 '- c u v . v 4 4 1 . ' 1 1 u y 4 ' . I ' u u c c c O -c , , c , 2 Y ' lc S c Z . - . ' ' ' 1 . v m -A v . v' ' ' I CC C Cs, Cx , , Q .U I E cy . N: 2 . , . , . Z . c ., . c , c c c c Z, , c L ,c 1 c . c , . ' SOI' for the last voyage was Mrs. Dorney. . . U . 1 ' ' . 77 -. ' - lf ' L c c . . L. c . c r ' 'I' z 2 . ' C, 1 2, C' Q. 'f ' 1 1, Y n 4 r u . v ' 1 1 4 v l v v U' D 1 C 4 C 1 Cx C C C . V A . v I a 'I I iv- D K c . 6 D c c . 2 ..z 1 , D . 12 . U, , . 2 . 2 . . . ' Z D , cs . . . C . , A .. C , . . C 2 C . . Y . . . 6 . c . 7 ' Y I ' v I u. r . 4 r p v C f 9 f o 9 J ' Y n U . 0 u c v 1 u ' 1 1 C s a or 4 Q . ' V . .' ' . . . ' , ' , , c c . f - 1f1Rm.1S1m .-,rs .xyug ' Tip? , Nsrx ll., ,..