Greenfield High School - Bulletin Yearbook (Greenfield, MO)

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45 ' 9 V-, 1 , -S-.A-is -- . A - ' 'Q .-Q w- L-:.:v-:. 'f-:jf-W 3 - K T ' , fffbl ,,ff ,I fi' , f l' ,. X 3 ef C' 1' f ' X JS'-16 -fair? X .W .. -. f ' 4 , , , if . fzyf ff X 'L i ,.g g 1 5 . i D GEORGE RYAN, President and Historian. ANNA WILSON, Secretary. JACK HUDSPETH, Treasurer. T is entirely right and proper that a class composed of such talented students as ours should leave a written record of its achievements for the benefit of posterity. Not only will such a record be of beneiit to coming generations of high school students, but it will be a reminder to us of the happy days we spent together as sophomores. For these and many other reasons, we shall, in a simple, straightforward manner, record a few of our many great achievements. It was not without regret that we saw our freshman year draw toa close, but we re- alized that our parting would not be long, and that we would next be' sophomores, a title that would be, at least, more respected. When school opened the faithful of our class were in line and ready, even eager for work. We found that our number had decreased, but those remaining were more closely united, and hence the class was stronger. At the very beginning of our second year's work, as in our freshman year, we resolved not to follow in the steps of any preceding class, but rather to raise the standard of this year's work higher than ever before. It has taken de- termination and perseverance to keep this resolution, but as the year closes We feel sure we have kept it Well, and have left behind a record that succeeding classes will do well to imitate. Our enthusiasm over literature is unbounded. It is said that we have only one fault, and that is that we are rather inclined to discuss too freely questions that arise in the class. This may be Qwe cannot sayj becauselthere are so many girls in the class. We are not so sure that the failing is a bad one, for it makes our recitations much more interesting than they are in some of the upper classes, where they do not discuss them freely enough. In all our discussions we follow the old maxim: Whatever you do, do with all your might. We have read in class Cin addition to the textb Shakespeare's McBeth, Eliot's Silas Warner, and Emerson's Self Reliance. Many other books were read outside of class, and Ray Montgomery has read one good book for each week of school. And there are others in the class who have records almost as good. Those intricate problems of algebra, which so puzzle most sophomore classes, we un- raveled like Arabian sages. This was only the result of our intense and continued applica- tion. It has been reported that a sophomore has, at times, taught Prof. Melcher's higher al- gebra class for him. Be this true or false, there are plenty of us who know enough algebra to do it. We took, this spring, a course in graphic algebra, something generally given in college or university courses, and unheard of heretofore in Greenfield High School. If some classes had done as much they would be very proud, and, unlike us, would brag about it. We were much puzzled with Caesar, but after a time our proverbial perseverance pre- vailed, and we were able to master him. Many of us are so interested in Caesar that we have frequently spent the whole noon hour reading and discussing our lesson, On account of our habit of close observation and intelligent questioning, we have de- rived much benefit from the study of zoology and botany. i With a scalpel in one hand and a drawing pencil in the other, we have spent much time, this year, in the realm of grasshop-

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Junior Class Song. Tune- Let Me Go Back, from the opera - Royal Chef. HELEN HARRISON. E are the Juniors- Don't you wish that you Could be, like us, A Junior, too? H We are so jolly ' And all the teachers They say: Those Juniors- Why, they're just peaches, They know their lessons, Oh, perfect, quite 3 Know all the questions When they recite. My! What a pleasure To teach such classes As those bright Junior Lads and lasses! CHORUS: We are the Juniors The jolly Juniors, And we're striving the livelong day O'er the seniors, The sophs and freshies You bet we hold our sway. O'er mathematics, or Cicero, We are the J uniors' Of Greenfield High School ' In this dear old Greenfield town. ! , Our high school days, To us so dear, Will all be over In one more year. Then we w.ill leave you, Perhaps for college, To learn the higher Branches of knowledge. And we will enter With never a fear, , Thanks to our learned Teachers dear. Professor Melcher Will in the future Be glad to say he Was once our tutor. ff 1 2 aid' . -.2fQ... - I S 1., .ac spy- 2. 9 . ,-fi? 3- -way ', .. ..j 'gg ,Q ' .:-4.2,-, ' :aaa s g- .., . -1131 'TL-.L .. J' ,gr gt ' - gg, . '5. :.n'..l , ef - --.W , se, 1 a .., -5: 1. :3gd,-e:- j N4-n--v a A Lachrymose Lament. With most. profuse apologies to the blank verse chaps ANON. . HAT shall a young Junior, What must a young Junior, What can a young Junior Do with such a teacher? Bad luck to the penny That tempted our teacher To give such hard lessons Just to see us labor! We're always complaining, From morning till eveningg We fret and we fume, The weary day long- He gives us such lessons! Our blood it is frozen, Oh, dreary's the night .As we pore o'er our books. We hum and we hanker- We fret and we canker- We never can please them, Do all that we can. They're peevish and cranky With all the poor Juniors- Bad luck to the day We met a school teacher!

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pers, fish and iiowers. It isgreatly feared by Miss Thompson that some of our discoveries will revolutionize the science of biology, though this is our first year at it. On account of the keenrivalry among the classes this year, our class spirit has been stronger than ever before. on May 4th We gave a program that will long be remembered by all who saw it. It succeeded beyond four wildest hopes, and we are certain that it com- pared favorably With the programs given by the other classes. It is doubtful if any other class furnishes 'as ,many talented literary workers as does our class. We do not say this merely to boast, but simply to state the truth. This early eminence in literature foretells, a bright future for us, for literary Work trains in the pupil that part of his mind that he will most need. As We close the school year We review our work with as much sadness as pride, for it Will be many days before we hear again the merry songs of the chapel or the happy voices of classmates. But there is a' great satisfaction in a work well done, and hence we are happy, even though school closes. When next you hear of us we will be juniors, and we look for- ward to our work in that year with pleasant anticipation. Without a doubt it will be like our preceding years, as respects work and achievements, as well as the brightest, happiest year of our lives. An now all who would know more about us are asked to follow the advice given in one of our yells 1- ' SAY- . A Do you wantto hear the story l Of the class of greatest glory? rWell,. just wait Till we graduate- . That will be in 11908, -1-g---3. Wise 'Sayings by a Wise Guy. . ' A sornoivronn soLoMoN. FOOL despiseth the prof's admon- ition and studieth not, but when examination cometh around, doth he not, in truth, get up against it? Beware of the junior, girlfor she breaketh the heart and 'careth not a blankety-blank, neither doth she pretend to repair the dam- age. The sophomore practiceth each night up- on the play and lol it taketh two literary critics, a large yellow dog and a wooden In- dian to tell him from Richard Mansfield. Windy communeth much with 'the 'moon and shaketh ,oft his dancing pumps, but didst thou say he glommeth not the grades? The sophomore maketh out his study re- port in full, but next morning, behold! he knoweth not the page of his lesson. He that conneth well shall get a pass, but he that dependeth on his rep, a fool is he. Forty. per cent is the inheritance of the eiglgh grader and a pass is the gift of the Lor . Beware of the 'eighth grader and shun him as a scourge, for doth not ignorance ooze from his very pores? X The eighth grader pineth for the notice of the upper classmen, but when he getteth to be a senior he straightway forgetteth all about it. I A 'soft answer turneth away wrath, but goeth not in a Math examination. ' Whoso parteth with his horse getteth a condition plastered upon him, and toileth like an iron foundry ere he removeth the same. The farmer lad' inibibeth much knowledge from his science teacher, and parteth with rural superstitionsg but until the dark of the moon he soweth nary a potato, It is a wise senior who falleth not down upon his N0vid. l It is better to be right than tonbe pl-esi- diellli, and it is better to con than to be right.