Johnson St Paris High School - Parisian Yearbook (Saint Paris, OH)

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G. G. G. Club HE brilliant idea of forming a club originated in the fertile brains of some of the Freshmen girls on entering S. P. H. S. in 1917. Our aim was to become better acquainted with each other, to mix a little fun with the awful grind of Algebra and Latin and to instill loyalty not only to each other but to S. P. H. S. as well. A Constitution and by-laws were adopted and the officers chosen to take charge of the organiza- tion were: President, “Kay” Leedom; Secretary, “Jane” Wiant; Treasurer, Marguerite Botkin (nee Perfect). The original members were “Pat” Hunt, Elma Beatty, “Babe” Rudasill, “Lucy” Hamilton, “Peggy” Perfect, “Jane” Wiant and “Kay” Leedom. At the same time we furnished the club room where we met every Tuesday night for a “pot luck” and a trip to the Lyceum. The only royal road to membership was through a process of initiation. So it was a weird and uncanny initiation which took Ethel Pence into the Club on Christmas eve 1919. Through the four years we have kept our name in secret, and now to relieve your curiosity, we feel it our duty, to reveal the name. Take your choice of the following: “Green Giggly Girls,” “Grit, Grind and Gumption” or “Grand Glorious Groupe.” Guess again. It is needless to say that this club stands for the “best of all”—of the cultural side of High School life. It includes much, but none of that which is not best. We have always striven in every way to keep S. P. H. S’s star in the ascendency and bright and shining. 50

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Basket Ball Season 1920-21 HHE Johnson-Saint Paris High School Basket Ball team of 1920 and 1921 with J. M. Turner as coach finished a very successful season. Our schedule was filled early in the season with some of the best teams in this part of the state. Of the twenty-six games played our team lost eleven and won fifteen. Of the losing games only one was lost on our home floor. This game was lost to Westville by a score of 27-28. March 5-6 the team attended the State Tournament which was held at Delaware, Ohio. This time they locked horns with the fast Piqua aggregation and were defeated by a score of 12-14. Although the team lost the game, they did not lose their fighting spirit. This was plain to be seen by the end- less trouble that was given the Piqua Pill tossers throughout the entire game. This years team was built up around two veteran players. New material developed very rapidly from lower class men and although three regular players will graduate with class ’21, the new mater- ial that has been developed this year under coach Turner will no doubt make an all star team for next year. Basket Ball in the Johnson Saint Paris school has not been confined to High School alone but al- most every grade has one or more teams, for basket ball is the leading athletic sport in the school. A great deal of interest was taken in this form of athletics as was shown by the large attendance at the games, not of students alone, but of the citizens of the school district. We wish to thank the people of the community for their loyal support and interest. This was shown not only by their attendance at the games played on our own floor, but also by the interest returns from the games played away from home. Saint Paris 26 Rosewood 7. Saint Paris 25 Urbana Township 16. Saint Paris 52 Concord 28. Saint Paris 38 Marysville 17. Saint Paris 8 North Lewisburg 27. Saint Paris 29 Alumni 20. Saint Paris 17 North Lewisburg 14. Saint Paris 28 DeGraff 18. Saint Paris 9 DeGraff 18. Saint Paris 5 Urbana 33. Saint Paris 22 Bradford 16. Saint Paris 14 Urbana Township 13. Saint Paris 8 Plain City 35. Saint Paris 20 Bradford 25. Saint Paris 26 Westville 29. Saint Paris 25 Urbana 19. Saint Paris 28 Plain City 9. Saint Paris 37 Rosewood 14. Saint Paris 27 Westville 28. Saint Paris 12 Piqua 14. Saint Paris 14 Marysville 25. Saint Paris 19 Shifters 38. Saint Paris 7 Kingscreek 4. Saint Paris 28 Mingo 9. Saint Paris 19 Westville 12. Saint Paris 8 Woodstock 13. Total 551 501 52