Madisonville High School - Annual Yearbook (Madisonville, OH)

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Class N ame-Kewpies President........ Vice-PresidenL . Secretary. . . .945? J UNIORS .g. 6M0 '1- Class Flower Pink and white sweet peas Class M otto CLASS OFFICERS ..... C. D. Demar Treasurer. . . . . . ....... .Mary Eastman Historian . . . . . . .John C. Todd CLASS YELL Demar! Demar! Who is he? He's our President! Cawt you see? Bees and Goops Who's Between? Kewpies! Kewpies! Seventeen! Blue and Gold! Gold and Blue! Wyre the Kewpies-Who are you? 27 Facultijicer...., . .. ., Class Colors-Navy Blue and Gold ............... .Helen Brown . . .Mary Eastman . , . Miss Louise Spilman

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JUNIOR CLASS HISTORY .lm. N 1913, we entered M. H. S. and, although we were only little Freshmen, we felt much larger and more important than we do now. Soon after the opening of the school year, the excitement of the flag rush began. There were many scraps and the colors were often stolen from the Bees by us. Finally, the night of the rush came and, although we put up a hard fight, the Sophomores succeeded in getting their colors up. The rest of the year passed quickly and without any excitement until Class Night approached. We were now wondering what name we should be given. Many names leaked-out, but not until Class Night itself did we hear the right one Kewpies. Willis Horton, a Brownie, read us a modifica- tion of the Gettysburg speech and at the end gave us our name, a. name of which we have been Very proud ever since. Besides this, we were presented with a Kewpie doll, which now presides in the trophy case of M. H. S. The next fall, we proudly entered the High School, not as Freshmen, but as Sophomores, bearing the name of Kewpies. We were then considered dignified and old enough to hold Class meetings. At the first meeting, which was, by the way, a great event, we chose our oflicers and our colors and planned the flag rush. Soon after this, Mr. Merry told us that he thought it would be better to do away with the Hag rush and have scmething safer and saner in its place. We decided upon a Iield meet between the Sophomores and the Freshmen, and the losing side was to entertain the winning side. The day for the field meet came and we won. 29 The Freshmen, with Mr. Peoplesl help, gave us a very pleasant evening in the school auditorium. It was a masked party. There were games and dancing and de- licious refreshments, and we decided that we would like to do something just as nice for them if possible, in the Spring. The Winter passed with hard study and many anxious days. And When Spring came, we began to plan for a picnic for the Freshmen. We decided on AuIt Park, and Mr. Merry gave us a half-holiday for the picnic. We were forced to postpone it several times because of rain. But the day on which we had it was beautiful. Mr. and Mrs. Merry, all of the High School teachers and some of the Grade School teachers went, and they all said they never went to a nicer picnic. Soon after this, the term ended and each and every Kewpie departed for his or her home. On September 7, 1915, we again entered M. H. S. Although we had decreased as a. whole, as individuals we had increased. The boys had very deep voices and the girls had their hair done up, that is, a great many did. We set to work with vim and, if it had not been for the Freshmen, we would have continued to study without interruption. But they were preparing the Freshmen- Sophomore Party, and it made us recall the happy times we had enjoyed as carefree Sophomores. But now, as Juniors, the expensive burden of the Junior-Senior Picnic lay heavy upon our shoulders. Finally the longing for one little night of pleasure grew so great within the heart of the Junior President