Manlius High School - Mirror Devil Yearbook (Manlius, IL)

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THE MIRROR THE CLASS VOYAGE The day of days in our young lives had arrived.' Labor ‘Day, 1933.' It was then that v e boarded this ship of learning, the dirigible,-Manlius High School. In this large and roomy ship we were to navigate the charted sky paths of learn ing and understanding, guided by the commander and the crew. On Labor Day we merely walked through our ship to acquaint ourselves with the plans for our trip and with our classmates and the crew. As we studied the maps for this four year journey, we felt a few qualms--would we make it, or might we take to a parachute before it v as all over? Then recalling the stories of the' happy times of earlier voyagers, we were encouraged to go ahead and do the best we knew. Soon v e became accustomed to the routine on board and could find our way from one cabin of knowledge to another .without blazing a trail. Names and faces v ere connected and the crew made us £eel at home. We elected class officers and chose a special steward. -Air sickness and the altitude in the Sky of Learning affected a few, but upon the advice of the Steward, they soon over came these weaknesses and took their daily nourish ment of algebra, Latin, etc., with some degree of assimilation and comfort. We rounded out our first year's journey, feel .ing less green , and more accomplished as navigators in the dirigible. Next year we would show r the little Frosh. the v onders, the traditions, the jokes of our companionable life aboard the Manlius High School. After a summer of fun and work, we returned in the fall of 1933 anxious to start the routine of life aboard. Knowing our way about, we serious ly considered discarding our parachutes, but thought better of it when, upon scanning the' passenger list, we discovered a few missing names. This., second year, with its Initiation Party,geometry, themes,.and ancient 'history came to a close