Joice High School - Jo Hi Se An Yearbook (Joice, IA)

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 There have been six great events In the history of this world. The first was the appearance of Adam and Eve. The second was the rise of King Tut. The third was the death of Julius Caesar. The fourth was the crossing of the At- lantic by Columbus. The fifth was the reign of Joe Louis. And the sixth was the entrance of the Class of 1952 into the Joice High School. Of these the first five were of minor importance. Adam and Eve, I believe, are now dead. King Tut is in a museum. Julius has been eclipsed by Onele Joe Stalin. Columbus has moved to Ohio. And Joe Louis is trying to keep from be- coming a faded cauliflower. But the class of 1952, not only is history, but is still making history. In September 191 8, twelve meek, frightened Freshmen crept unhesitatingly through the halls of Joice High School. What instruments of torture might be awaiting us we did not know; from the dungeon horrors of medieval England, to the guillotine of France, to the electric chair of modern America, we suspected and expected everything. The four meek girls; Lorna Haroldson, Eleanor Malloy, Blanche McLain, and Clarice Arneson huddled into one group and the eight humble boys; Richard Abraham, Darrell Bang, Merlyn Heimdal, Darwin Bang, Junior Rogness Donald Ball, William Rezabek, Glen Rogness, huddled into another group. There certainly was no chivalry in our class in those days J Those stern, heartless, teachers scared us by voicing nothing beyond the ordinary directions. That pack of reprobates, the Sophomores, also scared us by saying anything they could think of that might have a dampening effect on our ardor and to discourage our ambition to become educated, so that we might all become president of the United States. In spite of all this we prospered during the first year. Little by little our greenness wore off, and our true intelligent natures began to assert them- selves. We survived the various tasks set before us by those whose work has the oreating of geniuses, and came back in the fall of 191|9 with the rank of Sophomores. During the second year it took the combined efforts of all our teachers and the Juniors, and Seniors to keep us properly squelched. In our new wisdom we wanted to symbolize the revolt of modern youth, and it was during this revolt that some of the boys of our class began to discover that the girls in the class were human beings, and were interesting; and likewise, a few of the feminine members of our class discovered that a little smile is a dangerous thing. Even though this year was one of the most important in our class history we lost three of our classmates. Blanche enrolled in the Fertile High School, William enrolled in Sacret Heart Convent at Rockwell, and Glen Rognes enrolled in Hill- crest Lutheran Academy at Fergus Falls, Minnesota. Our third year in Joice High School was one of grezt progress. In number we barely held our own, but in wisdom we became mental giants. We learned how to recite upon various subjects without advance preparation. We learned many successful excuses for avoiding home study and others for not having completed it. We became practiced in the art of finding reasons to be away from school, and other equally good arguments in favor of not making up the missing class work. We learned also that in union there is strength and that not more than one pupil should ever do a math lesson or complete a typing assignment. Our Junior Year was also one with many new experiences----the first of which was the class play. Showdown at Sawtooth we even surprised ourselves at the evening performance, after our hilarious practices. Also our Junior—Senior Banquet, which was a great success. This year is almost as fresh in your memories as it is in ours. There were many activities involved with being a Senior—the Banquet, the class play, and This page sponsored bys HUSO STANDARD SERVICE EVANS' DRUG STORE Joice, Iowa Joice, Iowa