Milton Township High School - Miltonian Yearbook (Milton Center, OH)

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CLASS HISTORY I wonft start out by talking about the green Freshmen who first aauntered through the Milton Twp. High School halls in the fall of l955. I still maintain that only the finished product can tell the story of an object's true value. Whether it was due to our greenness four years ago, or to rigourous study throughout our high school career, I do not know but I truthfully feel to-night that we are an alto -gether different group, our one big regret being that all of that group of twenty-five have not followed us to the end of that trail whose destination, at that time, was un- known. I realize that some in our group have progressed farther than others of us yet Andrew Jackson was once term- ed a stupid student by one of his teachers but the name of the instructor was never remembered. Remember, due to the fact that I wasn't personally acquainted with him, I'm sim- ply stating what I overheard one day in History class when a special report was in progress. Things went well for the first week of our high school life. During this brief period of time our class election occurred leaving the following names exposed as our offic- ers: Pres: Bob Bruce, V. Pres: Carl Meyers, Sec: Donald Neiling, Treas: Floyd Durliat, Student Council: Kathleen Gorfman and Jim Baumberger. Miss Grass was our class spon- SCT: No real excitement invaded the quiet of our peaceful arc of learning after the Freshman initiationis excitement had cooled off. We certainly showed them that if anyone could take the hard knocks without flinching we could. I believe any of us can still close our eyes and see that em- barrassed look on the Freshmen's faces as that barefoot par -ade progressed accross the floor. During the first semester of this year Mary Tyler and Andy Sterling started into school as two more Freshmen. When we returned to school after taking the exams of the first semester we found that Vance Porter had dropped from our group. Our life this year was very much routine. We studied and recited to the best of our ability. It seems that in whatever walk of life we may picture ourselves, there is al -ways a goal shining ahead of us. This year we strived un- ceasingly to show the upper classes that when they burned

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' ' C Mu.'roN1fxND , SALUTATORY Parents, Members of the Board of Education, Teachers, Relatives, and Friends: We, the Class of Nineteen-hundred, thirty-seven ex- tend to you sincerest greetings and cordially welcome you to this, the closing scene of our career, as high school students. It is indeed, with deep gratitude and apprecia- tion, that we greet you on this evening, realizing that our days at Milton High have been made possible only by your untiring efforts, and sacrifice, For four years, we have pursued our course of study endeavoring to increase our knowledge, with victory as our aim, Tonight we have accomplished our task and have reach- ed our goal. As we go forth from school life, into lifefs school,victory shall continue to imspire us to still great er heights, The years that lie before us present further duties and obligations. Our high school education has formed a firm and solid .foundation of knowledge and character on which we shall be able to build our future activities. It has created a lasting impression in our minds, which shall be instrumental in shaping our destinies and determining our future success. It is our most earnest desire to take advantage of every opportunity afforded us that might make us more ef- ficient and capable of facing the problems of the world. Hopportunity when lost is never regainedn so we shall ac- cept its challenge willingly, and without hesitation. It is success, lifels greatest diploma, that we wish to attain and shall strive to win. UA voice comes down the blue, From every kindling peak, That calls us nobler work to do, And nobler goals to seek, To climb to loftier zonesg Where kings of earnest thought Reign, and still wrestle for new thrones, With purer gold inwrought. Forsaking, everywhere, The prizes cheaplier won, The eternal morn of true and pure Shall light us on and on, Till, over summits dim, In purple glooms afar, We see, through deepening glory, swim Our'victory?s morning star. 4 -4-Agnes Drummer C'19:5!,D -----

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S 'ml CM11.'roN'1,LxND ------5- CLASS HISTORY icon' ty us for green wood theyfd have some pretty wise ashes, so to speak. I believe that we weren't such a complete fail- ure that year because the intelligence test grades at the end weren't so entirely disheartening. Due to lack of funds our school closed in the later part of April this year. Even if our vacation did extend over a period of four months we soon stood in the door of the study hall once more trying to find the desk which would shelter our belongings until Mr. Brimmer saw fit to move us to a more restricting position. This year we found a few changes in our school. Opal Richmond had moved, Mr. Bricker had given up his place as Commercial teacher and we found that Mrs. Sparks was to fill the place. Miss Goughlerfs place as Latin and Eng- lish teacher was filled by Miss Nye and in two weeks Mr. Brimmer gave up his position and Mr, Daniels entered our school as the Science Instructor. This year Jim Baumberger held the position of class President,Theone Reimer was Vice President, Miriam Leien- decker was Secretary, the Treasurer was Agnes Drummer and the Student Council was Herbert Emrick and Mary Tyler. Mrs. Sparks served as Class Sponsor. A few of our group felt far less harassed this year due to the fact that the faculty contained only five mem- bers instead of the usual six. Since the school treasury was long since depleated our music instructor, Miss Crass had been released. I believe that anyone will testifyto the lost feeling among the pupils with the knowledge that there would be no choruses that year. At the beginning of the second semester, we found another vacant chair in our class. In checking over our former list we found that Bill Harshman had dropped from our ranks. Our class was getting to the age where we hat- ed to see any one drop out because a year and a half had been accomplished and we had begun to realize that none of it was in vain. School was again dismissed in May. The biggest share of us, however, realized that we wouldnft have felt so faint when we looked at those grade cards had we concen- trated more the night before the final examinations. As September lst neared we happened to notice a clip- C'1937Dff-----