German Township High School - Laureola Yearbook (McClellandtown, PA)

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20 THE LAUREOLA October 7—Had assembly today. October 8—Had assembly again today. Practising for the big game of the year. The one with Redstone. October 9—Practised yell again. We have some new ones. Can hardly wait until tomorrow. October 10—9 A. M. Everybody is going to the game. I wonder if we shall w’in. 7 P. M. My! Redstone is peeved. We beat them 7-0. Some of the Freshmen from Redstone informed us that we were Germans. October 13—Had assembly, and Professor Wheeler told us how the boys won the game. October 14—Girls had athletic meeting today. The Annual Hallowe’en Party will be on October 24. October 15—Great excitement. The Junior rings are here. October 16—Sophomores are getting ready for the Freshman Reception. October 17—The Juniors received the rings. Beat South Union today. Score 7-0. October 19—Sophomores gave the reception to Freshmen, Friday night. October 20—Nothing much happened today. Oh yes! we did have a staff meeting. October 21—Elected officers for Franklin and Lanierian Societies. October 22—Girls are getting ready for the party Friday night. October 23—9 A. M. There is some talk of not playing Frederick-town today. 3:30 P. M. They are going to play Fredericktown. October 24—Do not have time to write today. The Girls’ Athletic Association is giving party tonight. October 27—Party sure is some success. The boys beat Fredericktown. October 28—Nothing happened today but study. October 29—Nothing happened at all this week. October 30—We play Mount Pleasant Friday. Boys are practicing. October 31—Lost the game today. 6-0 in favor of Mt. Pleasant. November 3—Well, well, well, this is November. Turkey and report cards will soon be passing our way. November 4—Today is the presidential election. I wonder who will be president. According to the Seniors, Coolidge will be president. November 5—Seniors were right. The Rpublican party won by an overwhelming maj ority. November 6—Girls had basketball meeting today. Mr. Wheeler and Mr. Newcomer are the coaches. Mr. Taylor is the stage coach. November 7—Had assembly today. Heard that the Seniors were going to start orations soon. November 8—Getting ready for the game tomorrow. November 9—Going to play South Brownsville. I bet Brownsville gets mad. November 10—Well we won the game. But South Brownsville was mad. November 11—This is Armistice Day. But no vacation. Oh well! we’ll get out earlier in the spring. November 12—Went down on the field today and practiced yells for game Friday. November 13—Had a pep meeting in the auditorium for the game tomorrow. November 14—Last home game today. Had the snake dance and

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THE LAUREOLA 19 (Halwtimr REMINISCENCES OF 24 AND 25. September 1—Our labor has begun. Can’t tell much about school today. You know how it always is. September 2—What a mob! You’d think the zoo had broken loose. But they tell me it is the Freshman. September 3—We aren’t quite arranged yet. But I suppose we’ll be all right about the end of school. September 4—What do you think ? I have just found out that Shuss is married. “I always did think he was the nicest man.” Oh! well such is life. September 5—We have a new teacher named Shaner, and let me tell you that man sure knows how we ought to work. Thank goodness this is Friday only 1?? days more of school. September 8—Yes, this is blue Monday. The teachers are beginning to talk about the Final Examinations. Perhaps they believe that, “Distance lends enchantement to the view.” September 9—We just know that we can’t get Physics with old Cicero hangin’ around. September 10—Election of officers today. We were all elected. September 11—Every day in every way school gets more and more. Nothing exciting happened today. September 12—Having experiments in Physics. Getting very interesting. September 15—What’s the world coming to? We had assembly. Practised cheers for the first football game. September 16—All classes but Seniors had class meetings today. September 17—Started to sell tickets for the football game. September 18—Great excitement today. Mary Connell broke her bottle. Had assembly, today, to practice cheers for the game, tomorrow. September 19—Game today with Carmichaels. We won of course. We haven’t the school spirit we should have. September 22—Juniors had their first test in Physics. Wasn’t as bad as we expected. September 23—Had assembly today. Gave $20 to the boys that made touchdowns. September 24—Boys had athletic meeting today. Girls tried to have one too ? ? September 25—A representative from the engraving company interviewed the Laureola Staff today. September 26—Game with Point Marion today. Second victory for us. Score 32-0. “September”—Today is Monday. “September”—Nothing happening these days. October 1—Yes this is the first day of October. The report cards should be rollin’ in soon. October 2—Had assembly today. Collected money for the flower fund. October 3—Don’t feel very good today, as we lost the game with Fairchance. October 6—Lunchroom started.

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THE LAUREOLA 21 everything. We won. Some of Dunbar’s players hurt. November 17—Blue Monday as usual. November 18—Seniors started orations today. November 19—Had assembly today,—and Mr. Bumgarner gave a lecture on different kinds of meat. November 20—Had more orations today. November 21—Boys played Alverton today. We lost. November 24—We have two days for Thanksgiving and two weeks for Christmas. Something is going to happen. November 25—Everybody is practicing for the literary program tomorrow. November 26—Program was very good today. Good-bye old dear until Monday. Don't eat too much turkey. December 1—That’s exactly what everybody did do. They ate too much turkey. So we didn’t have our lessons today. December 2—Had assembly today. More orations. December 3—Nothing happened today worth mentioning. December 4—Had assembly again today. Talked about the Christmas Program. December 5—We are going to draw names soon for Christmas gifts. December 8—Having assembly most every day now. December 9—More orations. December 10—Program is being prepared for the Christmas entertainment. December 11—Drew names today. December 12—First basketball game. Boys play Connellsville today. Hope we win. December 15—Grand and glorious news. We won the Football Cup. And also beat Connellsville. Everybody celebrating. School dismissed at 2 o’clock. December 16—Had assembly today. Practicing everyday for the program. December 17—Only three more days until vacation. December 18—Cup is going to be presented tomorrow'. December 19—Well we received the cup this morning, and we excused at noon. Program tonight. So good-bye dear diary until after va-caiton. January 5—Well here we are back again. Had assembly today. January 6—Informed that Mid-term examinations come on the 15 and 16th of January. January 7—Nothing happening today only assembly. January 8—The Juniors are sure studying Physics for the exams. January 9—Big basketball game tonight. California Reserves play German Township. January 12—California “RESERVES”???? won, but not by a large score. January 13—Every day in every way the exams are getting nearer and nearer. January 14—The day before the exams. Nothing to say. January 15-16—EXAMINATIONS. January 19—We all passed???? The Juniors made very high??? “GRADES.” in “GEOMETRY.” January 20—Not studying. Taking a rest after the exams. January 21—Everybody has a cold. January 22—Still have colds.