Gas City High School - Epoch Yearbook (Gas City, IN)

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4 ' ' UW--T-- T H E E P O C H, 1 J .2 1 ------0 N'x Sul' 2 X C lf' 3 -fist - ---E-W -L. Sept.. 13-We start in school for the last time. VVe notice a number of new faces. Sept. 16-Y-Hi organized today. Miss Kerr is new honorary member. Sept. 20-First Senior class meeting. Oflicers elected. Sept. 21-Some girls reported to school without their hair combed. Wonder why? Y-Hi? Sept. Z4-Senior weiner roast called oft, because Freshmen have party and initiation in the Gym. Sept. 27-Class pins and rings ordered for Juniors and Seniors. Sept. 30-Program changed for last time? Oct. 6-Hi-Y organized today. Oct. 8-Junior-Senior color iight. Seniors won without trouble. Oct. 11-Miss Jacoby is brave today. She stood by a dead snake and said, Just look, class, I am not afraid of it. but I wouldn't touch it for the World. Oct. 12-Annual Stat? met with Mr. Smurr, representative of the engravers. Oct. 13-Sunshine Society was reorganized. This club is a place for girls to discuss girls' p1'oblems. Oct. 15-Marion Normal Quartette sang for convocation. Oct. 16-Great accident! Senior president slipped on the first step of Junior High stairs and went down to the bottom. Oct. 29-Rev. Davies spoke for convocation. Fine talk. Librarians give Halloween party for teachers. Y-Hi party at Van Valer's. Nov. 2-Election was held today. The general election ended as ours did. Nov. 5-Pep session held. Mr. and Mrs. Oliver arrived late, looking self-conscious. Nov. 11-Civics class received a half-cent stamp from the postoihce

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01i.1-THE EPOCH,1927 0 FRESHMAN RECEPTION The 9A class entertained the 8B's with a very pleasant reception the evening of September 17, 1926. The evening was spent in the initiation of the new Freshmen. Refreshments of ice cream and cake were served and a good time was enjoyed by all. HI-Y CHILI FEED On the night of October 3rd, the Hi-Y held a chili feed at the high school. Afterwards Willis Hutchins made a speech on the Hi-Y principles and expectations for the coming year. Next a iibbing contest was held in which Mr. Routh and Mr. Gotschall starred. The succeeding and last number on the program was an indoor baseball game between the fibbing contestants and the remaining members present. The game was very ex- citing, the outcome being indefinite. THE CRANK PARTY On the evening of October 25th, 1926, the Four Cranks entertained with an elaborate banquet at the Wayside Inn in honor of the seventy- third anniversary of the Indiana State Teachers' Association, which oc- curred the preceding week. The first speaker of the evening was the Right Honorable Beesicks Joshua Brophy, who spoke on the subject, Evolution and Its Relation To Me. This address was very loudly applauded. The second speaker was Bishop Horatis Lincoln Routh, who spoke on Love, a subject always highly entertaining to an audience such as that present. Other orators of the evening were Madame Methodist Episcopal Jacoby, Sir Lancelot Aristotle Gotschall, and Lords Romeo Caesar Car- mony, and Wallace Hagenbach Leach. Guests of the evening were Mr. and Mrs. Job Pratt, Mrs. Wallace Hagenback Leach, Mrs. Beesicks Joshua Brophy, and the Misses Harriet Beecher McCormick, Mercuria Compton, Mignonette Riordan, Letitia Amanda Albertson, Gretchen Walling, Gabrilla King, Ferdinanda Riley, Lucinda Longfellow and Faith Andrews. I The menu consisted of steak fGas City's specialtyj, H. S. Freshman's Misfortune, Policeman's Favorite, Jeweler's Delight, and Everlasting Sweet. Miss Rowena Guilliams and Miss Cordelia Zell sang a number of negro spirituals, which added a most pleasing contrast to the serious pro- gram of the evening. The hostesses were the Misses Oleomargerine Kerr, Hallelujah Over- man, Miranda Jones, and Mehitable Standiford. Y-HI HALLOWE'EN PARTY The Y-Hi girls held a Hallowe'en party at the home of Erna Van Valer, October 29. The evening was spent in playing games and dancing. Refreshments of orange ice and wafers were served to the Misses Louise Smithson, Dorothy Boller, Ruth Lewark, Margaret Howard, Elizabeth Howard, Bessie Lyons, Thelma Richards, and Messrs. Russel Smithson, Fred Gordon, Willis Hutchins, Clarence Hollenback, Charles Harris, Dee Adrianson, Ralph Groves, Arthur Walsh, Albert Spurgeon, Dick Van Valer and Miss Erna Van Valer.

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oli-1--TH E EPOCH,1927-l- o after an interesting visit there. Nov. 12-Seniors are divided into two equal teams of boys and girls respectively to sell Annuals. There's a chicken feed to be given by the losers, not corn and oyster shells, either. Nov. 12-The Tigers take Van Buren into camp by 'a score of 17-15. Not bad, considering the lloor. Nov. 15-Books for the first Senior play arrived today. Tryouts have already started. Nov. 28-Several Juniors entered the Senior class. Two back seats in the first three rows were taken out over the week-end. Nov. 30-We now have a King Ben in our class. Guess who? Nov. 30-Everybody back from Thanksgiving vacation. Dec. 6-Miss Jacoby absent, having broken her arm yesterday. Everyone came sliding to school instead of in their usual dignified walk. Dec. 7--Senior play practice is getting along fine. Dec. 10-Convocation was in charge of Charles Ray. The program was in observance of Indiana Day. Dec. 14-Since it was so nice and warm today, We had a fire drill. Tickets for Senior play went on sale today. 16-High School Operetta was a success. 17 Dec. Dec. -Senior class play postponed because of so many other activities. Dec. 20-A popular question: What do you want for Xmas ? Dec. 21-Well, it's off again. What? The class play. Dec. 22-Community Xmas Sing. Dec. 23-Hurray! Xmas vacationl. Only one week, though! Dec. 24-We win the Summitville game for our Xmas gift. Dec. Dec. Dec. 25-Saturday-our usual vacation-weekly. 27-No school-hurray! 28-Between 7:00 and 9:45 p. m. some of the most dignified people in school fthe Seniorsj were seen enjoying a Wild West Show. Some were biting their finger nails, some laughing, and others crying. Dec. 29-Some of the Senior boys planned to go gunning, but that's as far as they got-just plannin' the trip. Dec. 31-Our Editor-in-Chief had a culvert, on the Muncie Pike, talk back to him, so he decided to give it a bump. More expense for Oren 8: Son. Jonesboro handed us the short end of the 32-22 score. fOur time is coming.J Jan. 1-Miss Miitsch, a graduate of last year, is our new office girl, Miss Smith having resigned. Jan. 3-A black pine box makes its appearance on the reference table. Domestic Science pupils begin serving lunches. Jan. 7-Tigers cover themselves with glory in a game with the in- vincible Upland five. Score in our favor. Joe Miitsch seeking a quick way out of school, runs his hand through the front door. Date for Senior class play has been set for Jan. 13. All Seniors are making a big drive to put it over. Jan. 13-Seniors have a parade to advertise class play. Senior class play tonight. Lost, a craw-dad from Biology laboratory. Miss Jacoby thinks it was probably served at the Avalon hotel last week. Jan. 14-Play was reported as being a big success. Everybody carry- ing home some books to prepare for finals. Jan. 17-Final Exams. Jan. 18-Same.