Independence High School - Orange and Black Yearbook (Independence, KS)

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URANGE I ser sae-ezesleres is i The Trail of The Seniors Four short, tedious years ago a brave band of Pfilgrims departed from the valley of happy, care-free way for the summit of the Mountain of Knowledge. They hit the trail which led through the Independence High School, b-ecause they deemed it to be the easiest and shortest trail to their destination. So one bright sunny day in September they manfully turned t-heir faces toward their goal and set out on this perilous journey. They soon found the steep, rocky path of experience to be beset with many obstacles and unimaginable horrors, but their dauntless spirit drove they ever onward. Usually the weather was pleasant, but at times the wrath of the storm gods would vent itself on these innocent Pilgrims. They would be deluged with great downpours of demerits-the terrible thunderbolt of -the faculty-that forced them to take refuge in the damp gloomy cavern of detention. But these storms were of short durationg the sun of dicipline ultimately prevailed and drove the storm clouds away, allowing the Pilgrims to continue on the trail. While thus wearily toiling onward under the burning sun of school dicipline, with nothing to quench their thrist but the bitter, yet invigorating water of physical training, their path 'became so devious and their obstacles so numerous that many of them fell by the way slide to loll on the shady slopes of laziness and to quaf the soporific nectar of self contentment. But the remaining Pilgrims, imbued with ever increasing strength, crossed the slough of Mathematics, swam the ,torrent of history, waded the mire of English, leaped the abyss of science, surmoiunted the rugged crags of music and, after many o-ther prodigious feats of strength, finally reached the summit of the Mountain of Knowledge. Here they found, as compen- sation for their many ltrials and labors, the rosebush of success from which each of the surviving Pilgrims were allowed to pluck the sweet flower of graduation. The world pays homage to the wearer of the much thought flower, not only because it is la symbol of the knowledge which he has acquired, but also its possession is evidence that he has fought and won the first battle of life. No Molly coddle of puerile pampered youth ever wore it, but only those who have proved themselves to be paragons of ag- gressiveness, doers and not observers, possessors of strong, rugged char- acters and indomitable willsg in fact, only those who are indelibly stamped with the mark, of verile 'Manhood and Womanhood are to be found among the favored few. We are sure this hardy endulrance will not desert them when they make their plunge 'into the whirlpool of life, but will cause them to stem the tide of failure and to safely reach the shoals of success. Twenty-three ln me any ew 'i .xi AQ- are aa sl .4-

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' RANGE BLACKJ EHZQ XKEMEI SMITH BROWN BRADY PRESCOTT CLASS COLORS: Red and Silver CLASS FLOWER: Red Rose Senior Class Song Oh, we are jolly seniors and we go to Senior High, And soon there'1l be no school at all, We'l1 leave you bmy and by. This is the year of all the years that Seniors run the school, Sophomore-s and Juniors and Freshmen have no rule. Who are We sir, we're the Senior Class, Sophomores and Juniors, stand by and let us pass. We're gritty thru' and thru' And we're the gang in High School That tells you what -to do. Oh, we are jolly Seniors and we go to Senior High, And soon there'll 'be no school at all, We'11 leave you by and by, Twenty-two If 56 K xi--we-axe as I

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ORANGE i f :sf-Q SQ mleffs 9.-va we Era sl i Twenty-four WALLACE SPRADLING, Collegiate Debate 3, 4. He talks like a book, his admir- ers all sayg What a pity he doesnit shut up the same way. NOTE: That's what won debates for I. H. 'S. GRACE HAMLIN, Collegiate Mixed chorus 3, 4: Girls' Glee 'Club 3, 45 Orchestra 45 Annual Stat 43 D. S, S. Club 43 Y. W. C. A, Cabinet 3, 45 Operetta Wild Rose 39 Thirteenth Chair 4. . Kindness has resis-tless charms. DONNA KRUEGER, Collegiate Basket Ball 2, 3, 4, Declamation 3: Debate 45 'Girls' Quartet 3 Glee Club 3: Mixed Quartet 3: Chorus 33 Co-me 'Out of the Kitchen 45 Wild Rose 3g Y. W. C. A. Cabinet 43 Delegate Estes Park 35 Dee Dee 'Club 4: You can't tell whether she is go- ing to say anything or not until she gets through. EARL HINDS, General D, S. S. 4. V g My idea of an agreeable person is one who agrees with me. ROY CARR, Collegiate Football 3, 4, D. S, S.g Spanish Club: Science Club. The Sheik. FREDA CARROLL, Normal One whose manners toward others Wins friends. ll. EbW53Q 3E d