Geneva High School - Legend Yearbook (Geneva, IN)

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Sophomore Class FRONT ROW: Milo Lindsey, Arthur Zehr, Forest McWhirter, Forest Watson. SECOND ROW: Bland Stahl Glen Vorhees, Merle Lee, Rich Glendening, Sanford Acker, THIRD ROW: Edna Mesel, Mary Hoskinson, Ruth juday Dorothy Larue, Mary Pontius, Helen Hale, Mearl Burris. BACK Row: Lucile Greene, Mildred Pontius, Mary Hou deshell, Alta Fink, Mary Hale, Tina Ford, Ruth Shoemaker, Rena Macklin.

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Junior Class Histor On the second of September 1911 the jolly Junior class of '15 marched into the Geneva High School and was seated in the Assemblbf. We numbered twenty-three, namely: Mary Ineichen, Katherine Fravel, Ina Bolds, Virginia Pyle, Olive Shimp, Althea Throp, Ruth Dickerson, Pauline Greene, Met- ta Haviland, Isabel Weeks and myself, David Cross, Ray Mc- Collum, Brayton Pyle, Harry Steeckle, Ralph Waldo, Clyde Good, Ray Mann, Edward Blosser, Fred Shug, Earl Shimp, and Fred McWhinney. In February we were joined by Bess Wright from Albany. Our instructors were Messrs. Griffey, Roop, Sawyer, and Miss Cook. Our lives as Freshmen were busyg we took leading parts in all the H. S. entertainments, on account of the discovery of our wonderful musical talents. So that when Saul was given, several of the class had important parts. We were not slow in taking up our social duties either and at seasonable times we entertained the H. S. at the Coliseum. The next year we bravely took the floor as Smarty Sophies our class having only ten girls and five boys of our own Fresh- men class, Irene Reed from Chicago joining us but Isabel Weeks moved to Oklahoma, Ruth Dickerson to Illinois, and Metta Haviland quit to work. Ralph Waldo and Clyde Good moved to Indianapolis, Earl Shimp to Ohio, Fred Shug and Fred McWhinney also quit to work. Our teachers this year were Mr. Griffey and Mr. Millikan, and Miss Lung. About holidays Cupid's arrow struck Althea Throp and she married John Greene. We as Sophomores then barred Cupid from our class. This year we entertained extensively and won the name of the most active class. At the end of the term a meet was held with Petroleum in our town in which the Sophomores partook. Curly Mc- Collum being the catcher on the baseball team and Doc Pyle runner in the running match. Several of the girls took part in the music and reading thus helping our school win so many points. This year as well as before our girls's quartet consisting of Ina Bolds, Bessie Wright, Louise Mattax fclass of '14J and myself furnished entertainment for many social gather- ings. As we climbed higher and became Juniors we realized that only once would we pass this way. So the third year of High School found us more studious than ever not forgetting the time for fun. We realized that we get out of life just what we put in it. We are in number, four boys and twelve girls, Hazel Byers of Ridgeville, Nelle Jones of Pollingtown and Isabel Weeks of Oklahoma having joined us. David Cross deserting us and joining the Senior class. We followed the instruction of Mr. Griffey as Supt., W. H. Egly as Prin., and Miss Lung Ass't. A good faculty indeed. We decided that our class contained as much talent as any other so we gave a play entitled Plain People Dec. 4th. From all reports this play was the best ever given in Geneva. On the girls's basket ball team our class furnished Bess Wright and Isabel Weeks as forwards and myself as center and Curly always playing star substitute for the boys. This closes the history of the class of '15 up to this date. Our minds are debating where we'll have the Junior Recep- tion, also a big, hard exam, stares us in the face only a month hence. With all these splendid qualifications why shouldn't we be the greatest and largest Senior Class ever sent from the Geneva High School '? fWait and see., INEZ PYLE

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History of the Sophmore Glass Time is going fast. Study is on full blast. Teachers res- pect us at last. Belive me! 'Tis the Sophomore class like the Greeks at Thermopylae Pass. We study together in one solid mass. If you will go back with me to about the year of 1902, you may see the little white headed boys and curly haired girls, with their lirst pencil, tablet and book walking swiftly down the streets or on the broad country roads, toward the t-emple of knowledge. Even then, if we could have read their minds, we would have found them thinking and dreaming of the future in the old G. H. S. Those who spent their eighth grade school days in Geneva were: Ruth Juday, Merle Lee, Helen and Mary Hale, Lucile Greene, Forest Watson and Forest McWhirter, Mary Houde- shell, Mary Hoskinson, Edna Mesel, Mildred Pontius, Glen Vorhees, Sanford Acker, Mearl Burris, James Leidy and Rena Macklin. We studied very hard for none wished to be left behind. Miss Daniels was our teacher and she taught us many things, which, our high school teachers now put to daily use. In the spring of 1912 the high school gave all the eighth grade pupils a welcome party. Those who joined us on entering high school were, Dorothy LaRue, Mary Pontius, Tina Ford, Alta Fink, Richard Glenden- ing, Milo Lindsey, Arthur Zehr, Bland Stahl, and Marie Buck- master. However James Leidy and Marie Buckmaster only stayed with us during the Freshman year. We were a happy band of twenty-six. We elected Arthur Zehr for our class president and Helen Hale for treasurer. Our teachers were, Mr. Griffey, Mr. Millikan and Miss Lung. We studied very hard and were given the dignity of being promoted to the Sophomore class. And now in our Sophomore year, what a mighty class we are! Our boys take the foremost part in all the athletic sports, some of us are good debators, some singers and cthers mus- icians, and one of our number was voted the most popular girl in school. One of our boys has gained the name of Abe Lincoln, Jr. We have set our ideals high. As Emerson said: We have hitched our wagons to a star. We shall strive to live up to our ideals, keep our wagons well oiled and in two years become Seniors of the dear old G. H. S. -RENA. '16,