Hancock High School - Memento Yearbook (Lemay, MO)

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through lack of fuel, real enthusias. There was another important event of that year. Hancock's newspaper had its birth and was called Hancock's Hewsette. Although through a lack of facilities we have not been able to print a very elaborate one, we are sure that it has done mych to bring home school interests and news, which of course, in reality is the true purpose of a newspaper. The following term Hancock had a new superin- tendent and wi th him came more advances in school A activity. The Eugene Field Literary Society was founded and all pupils eagerly participated in all of the Society's affairs. Assembly meetings were held fostering all musical, oratorical, and dramatic talen ts. In the Fall of this year the high school stu- dents met and decided upon their colors. Until this time the high school had no definite colors and for this reason it seemed an important advance in its formation. 'ihe colors chosen were Ilidnight Blue and Gold. At this time the students voted in favor of Caps and Gowns to be worn for Commencement Day. .ill were decidedly pleased with this plan. in interesting feature of this year was the program the high school offered in the annual celebrati on of Iashington's Bi rthday, The Circus. The horse, the elephant, the camel, and the giraffe, and similiar small animals found in a menagerie were all represented and a sharp eye would detect some of the pupils acting faccordi ng to a few per- sons viewsl just like some of their ancestors. Who? gk?

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