Girard High School - Cardinal Yearbook (Girard, IL)

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FRESHZNIEN HIST OR Y A bundle from heaven was left at the front entrance of the h1gh school the mornmg of September 4 1947 On the blue blanket enveloplng the bundle was a card stating It was to be delivered to Mr McGee who would be responslble for 1ts contents durxng the next four years Before the august body of the hlgh school assembly the bundle was opened and found to contam a squlrmmg klckmg cry ng mass of humamty whlch when untangled was found to contam seventy heels seventy f1sts and th1rty f1ve heads all attached to thxrty fxve bodxes The most notlceable thmg about th1s conglomerate mass was 1ts pecuhar color whlch had a decldedly greemsh hue After one look Mr McGee decided these roar1ng mfants needed watchful care and a specmal diet So he called on nurses Blackburn Sm1th Hamilton Osborne and Albert and old them to glve good strong doses once a day of Enghsh Latm hxstory mathematlcs and agriculture Even these strong med1c1nes d1d not have quxte the effect he deslred so takmg a large brown bottle labeled general sclence off a shelf and muttering to h1mself Thls w1ll flx em he shook the contents and poured It down the1r throats It was remarkable what feedmg and care dld for the bables In one week s t1me they were able to toddle through the halls and cl1mb up the sta1rs wxthout ask1ng dlrectlons from anyone They learned to slam the1r locker doors to blow bubble gum to cllmb on a hlgh stool and to toot a horn The green tmge on the1r cheeks faded to a dellcate pmk They learned to say such slmple sentences as May I have a pass? and What s the lesson for tomorrow? It did not take the chlldren long to learn to 1m1tate the1r elders They heard there were such thmgs as class organ1zat1ons so they wanted one too A meetlng was called Each one expressed h1s ideas as to how It should be conducted The windows and doors of the room reverberated wlth all the oratory that poured forth from the llps of the thlrty f1v andldates for the offlce of presldent After the dm of the battle was over lt was found that james Hughes had won wlth Don Collms as treasurer and Ruth Chandler as secretary Mlss Donaldson was the sponsor One mornlng strange characters appeared on the campus and 1n the halls There were L1ttle Boy Blue Bo peep L1 l Abner Dalsy May Pop eye a clown a pollceman and many others These strangers proved to be the Freshmen undergo1ng part of the 1n1t1at1on unposed upon them by the Sophomores The second and best part of the 1n1t1at1on was the party the Sophomores gave them that evenlng at the Country Club From that n1ght on they felt they were an lmportant part of the student body As Freshmen they found they had ldeas of the1r own When asked to take part m the Homecommg parade they decorated a float usmg the nursery ldea as the1r theme When Allan Foster Leroy Molen and Darrel Dlckey were asked to take part ln the broadcast over statlon WLDS on February 18 sponsored by the Future Farmers of Amerlca and tell about George Washmgton as a farmer they dzd the1r parts very cred1tably The whole school was proud of them In March the class returned the1r soc1al obl1gat1ons to the Sophomores by havmg a party for them The games and stunts were fun the refreshments were ample and everyone had a good t1me When the end of May came they felt a l1tt1e regret that the1r Freshmen year was over and never agam would they be the baby class. 1 1 1 1 1 , 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 , 1 1 1 1 4 1 1 1 1 1 . 1 - 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 I 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 f 1 1 1 1 1 1 . 1 1 1 Q I ' no - 11 ' ' 1 1 I so - - - 1 11 - - , 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ' g 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 an 11 11 1 A 1 an 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 . 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 - 1 ' 1 1 1 1 1 K4 - g 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1, 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 I 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1, 1 1 1 , 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 , 1 1 1 1 1 1 ' 1 1 1

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