Lacon High School - Tickler Yearbook (Lacon, IL)

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LACON HIGH SCHOOL ASSEMBLY HALL

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AC on HIGH S cuoon. FRESHMAN CLASS HI TORY September the sixth, nineteen hundred and twenty, on a bright, sunshiny morning, a band of would-be Seniors of nineteen hundred and twenty-livet Fl entered the High School assembly room. XYith large, open eyes they viewed everything as if everyone else in the room with equally large, open eyes were looking at them. They all found seats near the windows, as they naturally would. .Ns soon as Mr. Hutchison called school they were directed to the cradle roll seats, which were near the door en the west side of the room, as far away from the windows as possible. XYhen classes were called the Freshies, look- ing as green as they felt, were ushered into the recitation room. They indeed felt very much out of place as they began their studies. lfspecially was this true in Latin and Algebra. as these subjects were entirely new to them. Nearly all of the girls took Uomestic Science. and some cooks they were. Sophie and Nora, experimenting on a cake, baking it without baking powder, to their astonishment found they had, instead of a cake, a flapjack. But these verdant Freshmen prospered greatly and. by the end of the first half of the year, some were ready for new adventures, while others retreated and retraced their steps of the past. The Freshman class was not without actors and actresses, for, in a parade one day. they exhibited their ability in acting. Clyde, act'ng as a dwarf, ap- peared as if he had stepped out of Kiulliver's Travels. Xlabel. as a clown. looked as if she had come straight from Ringling Brosf circus. Mildred main- tained the dignity of the class by acting as elderly lady. The Freshman ani- mal zoo in the parade consisted of half of an elephant llithelj. Paul acted as wild man and surely looked the part. The baseball diamond would have lost its sparkle had it not been for the dazzling actions of tl'e dazzling l.ongy. The cradle roll also receives credit for selling Festival Series tickets: also for soliciting for the school supper. They had the honor of collecting the most provisions for the latter, Clean-up Day was an interesting event in the lives of the Freshmen. They helped in classifying Nelson's Fncyclopedias, cleaned the Domestic Science room and even the baseball diamond. The officers of the class were: Ethel Antrim, presidentg Paul Wenk. vice- president, and Clyde Longman, secretary-treasurer. Xl'e believe even the Seniors were forced to admit that these ever-awakening, accomplished Freshmen were the peppiest class in school. SOl'HllE XVFFRS.

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