Lanier Township High School - Lanierian Yearbook (West Alexandria, OH)

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A LESSON IN SPELLING Every time I get to having some fun out of college life some person, or a reason able facsimile of sarne, taps me on the arm and whispers, You just keep laugh in Happy Lips just wait until exmns! I suppose they are trying to be kind but I have no desmre to look like the lead m Arsenic and Old Lace simply because of a few well aimed questions Rzght now I think I should tell you that exams are not to be feared Those th that stum stum fall around like a paper backed encyclopedia, not da-daring them selves to sp spe that as to say anything for fear they ll mechanically recxte Mil ton s Paradxse Lost or the Map Projection best suited to Greenland are absolute ly redic redi s1lly! Many s the time I ve heard of a case where a sutdent actually b ecalne ill fburpj excuse me over the thought of an exam. Th1s is sunply a mental comlition uarpj excuse me brought on by the rnmd and the nervous system and is wholly uncalled for fburpl! Always there xs the student who crarns for the big event only to discover that every sentence he starts he can t seem to See what I mean? But now to enhghten your warped mmds a few facts on sarne Retire to a secluded corner devoid of pep rallies, barroom chatter, 20 plece bands and the like Comfy? If so, begm to leaf through a few books reading lines aloud that strike your fancy and that vaguely resemble the subject on which you are to be tested Start to take notes, making sure to meznorize the questlons you tlunk the prof will ask on the exam fThis latter itern must be left to the ingenuity of the student as It stimulates thought and keeps me from answering a questxon which I don t know Now let me see, uh huh, I think I ve told you just about everything Wasn t so hard now Sport, was it? I ve gone through exarns before and I m still sane To revlew subtract Paradxse Lost from the hypotennse, use projectmn of the verb, to be, always mclude Henry III of New Zealand and conjugate the northern wmds to elirnmate any interference from Z1pp1ty Do Da Then. good gads I ve become so confused, I don t even know my own name SCHOUL DAYS Then the whlnmg school boy, w1th h1s satchel and slunlng morning face, creeping like a snazl unwxllmgly to school then suddenly h1s school lrfe IS over A new life hes ahead a new world to conquer Recollections of the school years are recalled as m a m1rx-or like panorama spread before the semor s eyes Incredxbly only twelve short years ago this year s semor be ' ' u .- I C- ' ll n I I U ll ' OO - , . First, list all subjects to which you have been exposed this past semester, gathering - ' . ? . . , .J o D . . o '

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School Da fs Contmued wildered then by his strange surroundmgs, the lovely teacher, and all the boys and g1.rls was as green as the early summer grass Presently af ter a chaotrc week of adapting hunself to strange surroundmgs and EXDGT1 ences faxntly recogmzmg a sense oi respons1b1l1ty, wmnmg new pr est1ge over little brother takmg A papers home to Mother, learmng to wield a penc11 and crayon, garly makxng frxends at recess before tirne s up he frtted school mto his life Onthrough hrs elementary years chrldr en s plays modelmg 1.n clay playmg Witch Cops and Robbers , Red Rover and all those other garnes created by the v1vid irnagmatwns of h1s playrnates and huns-elf c1pher mg matches spelling matches Al1ce 111 Wonderland on he went t1l he came to jumor I-hgh Then the fnrst days of knowmg more than one teacher becom 1ng mterested m basketball and track havmg that frr t thrzll of attendmg the High School a embly then suddenly Hrgh School bursts on hun That mferlor freshndan feelmg, struggling through algebra and Latm, the scrarnble for recogn1 1on in music and sports, first e1ect1on of offxcers fust freshrnan party then surnrner brought th1s first Hzgh School eplsode to an end That year trials anx1ety and h1larity 15 gone Harder stud1es, geometry, Latm II that xnklmg of Shakespeare, thus, the sec ond canto becomes the thu-d Arnb1t1on s f1re burns wrth renewed v1gor Ideas and opinrons show ten dencies toward becommg defmite fr1endsh1ps are more flrmly cememted, scholastlc and extra currlcular aCtiV1t16S are much more mtense for the JUHIOI' now has h1s eye on the future, whzch slowly takes on an aspect of real1ty Tune races by jumor electrons class play Almost Summer , tournaznents Mrann Muslc Day, Boys Ernsernble Wlnnlng fust m the state musxc festrval, junmr Semor receptxon all these thmgs take place Once agarn sprmg closes the th1rd canto Autumn, glorious m 1ts grand array of colors heralds the new reglme Seats at the assembly wlndows mmstrel show wemer roasts, 'Macbeth class play mus1c festwal M1am1 Meets themes scholarshmp tests, mter vlews jumor Semor receptlon all these are xmportant events durmg the Semor year May 1nev1tably rolls around wrth the last crammed week, Baccalaureate and f1nal1y Commencement wrth whrte formals for the g1I'1S and dark su1ts for the boys The Senror dazedly accepts hrs sheenskm then suddenly It 1S over A new llfe lies ahead a new vorld to conquer L B d by WALBWORTH BROTHERS M U B I ' I 7 -- , , - ' ll D9 0 I o n Q u ll O Ol- 4 . . , . . . . -- , , ' Ll ll il I! ll Il I I . . . Q 2 - . D 0 ,, . . .. , . 0 1 . 3 - . . . s . . S . . Ss M. . . 0 . . ' D 9 . . . . . of , . Fall introduces a new person, the confident, awe-inspiring sophomore. 1 . ' . . . . . . . . . , . . . ' 9 . . .A ,,' . . - ' 1 D I . ' -- , , . . I , I . . . , ., S D I I 1 1 1 , Q Q1 . . , . ' I A 5 . . . Lnhnguphod llcohno, Me., . ,A.