Geneva High School - Legend Yearbook (Geneva, IN)

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Freshman Class BACK ROW: Harold Vance, Joe Didot, Irpel Hall, Wm. Buckmaster, True Buckmaster. MIDDLE ROW: Paul Clendenen, Harold Pontius, Robt. Odle, Emile Cooper, Wilson Cross. LOWER ROW: Katherine Glendening, Eli- zabeth Thornhill, Edna Whiteman, Mabel Pontius, Elizabeth Martin, Ruth Pontius.

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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,

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