Kouts High School - Kostang Yearbook (Kouts, IN)

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FRESHMAN CLASS HISTORY. N A bright, sunny morning in September, a group of girls and boys gathered in the assembly room. Some were joking and laughing, while others were afraid to speak. Then Professor Robertson, Professor Alexander and Miss Kring were introduced to the school. These teachers were known by some of the pupils, hut others had never seen them. The following studies were assigned for the Freshman class: Algebra, German, Zoology and English. After that day we got along nicely. German was taken up as a joke at first, hut became more difficult as we went along—as it twists your tongue in many different knots. Algebra, to talk of, is easy, hut to get, is a job. In Zoology we have our fun dissecting different ani- mals. One day we put a fish in chloroform, hut when it came time to dissect it, Professor Robertson, who is our Zoology teacher, found that it was alive. Not wishing to destroy its life we put it hack in water where it died after all of our troubles. English is the easiest task ot all for us, but we sometimes get the spring fever and have to stay in after school. About two weeks after school had begun we had a spelling match in German, Professor Robertson giving a prize to the best speller. Some tried to win the booby prize but failed to do so; others did pretty well till at the end Josephine Cincoski and Jessie Mansfield stood up. 30

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under Mr. Alexander and learned of that other Alexander the Great, whom we thought almost as great as our Alexander. Miss Kring took the girls further along in Domestic Science and Mr. Alexander still guided his agrieulturals, while Miss Hannon still taught the arts of Music and Drawing. Everybody worked hard and each tried to do his best, so we got along swimmingly, looking for the goal to be reached two years hence. It was during the second semester, on tin seventeenth of February, that our class felt for the first time tlie bitter heart-aches at the loss of a loved one, when one of the most charming and popular young ladies of our class. Miss Ruth Stoddard, was taken from us by death. Her presence is greatly missed, but each one cherishes some remembrance of her and on reaching the honors that will come to the (’lass of 11)17 at the end of their course, we will still think of Ruth as sharing with us the honors we strive to gain. And may these honors he gloriously won by the the (’lass of 1917! FREDERICK METHERD, ’17. 29

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But a little easy word came up and “ Josie’’ missed, so of course, Jessie won the prize, which was a book entitled, “Garden of Allah.’’ Nearly all the pupils are still in the class, but some got the roving habit and dropped out. We hope that the remaining ones will continue to the end, which will he in the year of nineteen hundred and eighteen. You learn about Kir Charlemagne, And the deeds of William the Great, As he fished on the banks of the river Seine, And used Swiss cheese for bait. Of the nobles, lords in castles, On hills so steep and high, Surrounded by their vassals, On all sides around him lie. The kings of the Middle Ages, So very rich were they Ten million a year their wages, And over all their sway. And many were the great battles That were fought in these dark years, As the knights sprang into their saddles, And were away without any fears. So month after month and year after year. History has grown and grown. The books are piled in many a tier And are spread from zone to zone. HISTORY. wIISTORY is a very nice thing, For those who like it well, For often have you heard them sing Of the great, brave heroes that fell. 31