Larwill High School - Reflector Yearbook (Larwill, IN)

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The last week of school, May 7-ll was spent Ver! enjoyably seeing the sights and scenery in Ohio Pennsy vauia, NOW York, Ontario, and Michigan. Niagara falls, going through the customs, coming back through Canada and visiting the Ford plant and Greenfield Village near Setroit were high- lights of the trip. , ' Senior Sunday Service was held Sunday afternoon, May 1. The graduating class had charge of the services. Six class mem- bers spoke, the mixed chorus sang two numbers,an6 the boys chorus two numaars.- Graduation was Thursday night, May 12. Lyle Tucker, President of International Business Uollege waS the speaker. Mr. Yoder presented, the diplomas? The band and an ensemble furnished music, Seniors the opening and closing prayers, Vera Fritz CLASS FLOWER . 4 , the class of 'Q9, have chosen the Red Carnation 4 as our flower. The carnation is a sturdy plant and the red color stands for bravery. Like the carnation, we have developed into sturdy young people. We have under gone changes and have learned to be good citizens of our country and community. We will be the uture leaders of our country and shall keep striving toward greater things. We will not be content with things as they are but will try to accomplish better things for the future. As the carnation grew in strength, we have grown in knowl- edge. Our education' will help us live in the world with a better understanding. A I Lola Joy Western

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Dean Eberly, Robert Watson, Harold Mitchell, and Neva Bills found work. Robert Bridges returned again from Fort Wayne and Ronald Wolfe joined us from Wolfe Lake. Harold Blanchard won'the Local Cross Country Run, the girls and boys were runners up in the inter-class tourney. The boys won. Phyllis Eley represented Larwill at the Dramatic Reading Contest. Charles Heintzelman, Jr., Albert Bohnstedt and Betty Bohnstedt learned speeches, also. On October 22, a three-act, mystery-comedy, WThe Green Mid- night,W was presented. It was directed by Miss Fowler, our Junior Sponsor. On April 26, we presented a big shin-dig for the Seniors in the gymnasium. We used as our theme, WLife On a Southern Plantation.N This ended our Junior year and we were ready for the last year of journey. At last, in the fall of V48 we were ready to cross the last of the barriers, and gold was not far off. We had left a lot of members back along the trail, but only success and riches lay before us. Rex King left us to settle on a farm: Robert White was elected to replace Rex as our Vicea-PPesi+ dent. After a few weeks of school, Harold Blanchard a d Robert Shook left us to work. Mary Schrader was married during the summer. Flossie Stidhamu decided to return from Atwood and finish school at Larwill. Near Christmas, Lyle Lynch came from Elmhurst. Lester Menzie did not have enough credits to graduate with us this year. Early in October it was decided to again publish an annual. The sales campaign took place in January, which totaled 150 subscriptions, and work on the annual was begun. Mr. Brem- mercamp of Robert's Studio took the Senior's pictures, Oct- ober 15. Group pictures and grade class pictures were taken in January. In November a magazine sale was sponsored to earn money for the trip in the spring. An all-school dance was held April 8. Thirteen members of the class rehearsed and presented the class play, WYou'll Die Laughing,U on March 31, and April l. It was a huge success. We cleared 390. on it. Marzh ll found both DCff and girls playingiiithe inter-class tourney. For the first time in years the second team de- feated the first team, but by a very close score. Dwight Deeter, Sheldon Marrs, Gene Souder, and Lavon Kitson were presented with gold honor sweaters, each having four blue stripes, indicating the number of years played on the'varsity eam. The Junior-Senior Reception was given April SO. The gym- nasiu was transformed into a Dutch scene to comply with the theme, Uwindmills of Holland.n Class Night was on Friday, May 6, in the assembly. The theme was the California Gold Rush. Every member of the class was a forty-niner--Eighteen Forty-Niner, that is.

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VALWDICTOHY arents, teachers, and friends, we the forty-niners of Larwill High, are travelers on the high road of learning and tonight we pause at a sharp bend in the way. Until now we have shared the comfort and com- panionship of a closely knit group. From this point on, there are as many small paths as there are individuals. We are turning our backs on the planned life of the class- rooms at Larwill. From here forward, we make our own decisions, our coming and going untimed by the bell, our only discipline, our conscience. Childhood and early youth are in the past. They appear formless and disorganized as they fade into -the distance. We have shed them like used, outgrown garments, keenly aware that now more will be expected and less forgiven us. eThose shortcomings and lapses, overlooked in the very young, have no place in the adult world. Our approaches to life's demands must be geared to the swift era in which we are living and the first step in this ad- justment is to make certain that our thinking is clear. In an age when man will travel faster than the speed of sound, there is no place for slow mental reactions. It would be a disadvantage for. us to consider ourselves Ueducatedu simply because we have completed one small phase of the endless process of learning. Everyone should strive to keep aglow the flame of Ndiscontentu which inspires and beckons you to go forward. with but one life to live, one set of energies to use, it is the duty of each graduate to thoughtfully consider by what definite means he can best further and contribute to humanity, Our lives should not be considered as level roads, but as roads reaching upward toward our goals in life. We should be determined to live our lives each day as we would climb a steep mountain, slowly but steadily giving an occasional glance toward the top to keep the goal in view. We should take time out for amusement when we may and lend a hand when necessary to a fellow climber who finds the going too rough. May we travel che rfully, confident that the peak, when reached, will be a worthy climax to the long steep Journey we will have completed, fe realize we could not have completed even the first lap of our journey without the understanding and encouragment of our thoughtful parents and patient teachers. I am sure that all of us wish to express our thanks to each and everyone of you for being our guests tonight and for making possible this educational stepping-stone to our future careers. Marlouise Schuh