Horace Mann High School - Horace Manual Yearbook (Gary, IN)

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SENIOR OFFICERS Treasurer Secretary Fletcher Thomsen Maxine W'insor Vice-President President Eugenewsz Homer Hales Q0 .,. 1936-1937 The first few weeks of high school confused and bewildered us. Why were our upperclass- men so aloof and condescending? Kfter all. they were Freshmen oncc. However, unassum- ing airs :md friendliness soon won them over. Then we had our first class election. and we must admit we felt a little self-important cast- ing ottr ballots on the second floor landing. YVP chose well: .lean Lauer. Arthur Cash. Bob Swank. and Mickey Brennan won the offices of presi- dent. vice-president, secretary, and treasurer. rc- spectively. As soon as we saw how well good old H. M. was doing in football. we developed a very intense school spirit. Horace Mann was state champ when we were Freshmen. Our school spirit carried us over to hasketball. and we began spending our Friday evenings yelling ourselves hoarse over sinkers from the far court and balls that rolled around the edge of the has- ket and dropped on the outside! After the game we went to .lake's for a coke. and our reputa- tion was made if we got kicked out. Spring came, and with it, the Freshman Play. The Princess and the Swineherd was the first Fresh- man play that had been given for quite a few years. Betty Neff made a winsome princess and George Stierer a truly regal prince-in-disguise. Close upon the heels of the play came our class dance. Well fortified with dancing lessons from the Y. we all attended. It took place in An Old-Fashioned Garden. where a moon and sprays of lilacs and apple hlossoms provided a roman- tic background. The dance was a great success. Even upperclassmen attended and enjoyed them- selves. We were now nearing the end of our Freshman year. Next year we could look down on Freshmen as we had been looked down upon. l',U I li 'l'N'IiN'l'Y 1937-1938 That inevitably hectic Freshman year has aged us perceptibly. hut, glory be. we have survived persecution. and are now men and women of the world- -Sophomores. if you please. To show our artistic superiority over the rest of Horacc Matin High School. we produce a truly magnifi- cent play. Kutrinlfrt. with Schulz and Rustad as our gifted Russian dancers. For weeks wc revel in phoney accents. Communism. and lengthy beards- then comes Mann-E-Acts. and we par- ticipate so thoroughly that we really surpass the upperclassmen. Burner. Bachmann, Cash. and W'oodward lead the parade straight to the end of the year. and ottr big dance. Since we arc such kindly souls. we decide to help the Houn- dering Freshmen to the best of our tremendous ability. and so we collaborate with them and givc a Freshmore dance. A lack of funds is. of course. a minor reason for merging with our inferiors. However. we still enjoyed tremen- dously descending into the depths of the hriny green ocean for our Deep Sea Doodle. A good time was had by all, and we anticipate being Juniors. with less homework. if possible more cokes. and an equal degree of fun.