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

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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-----

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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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CLASS HISTORY'fCOn'tJ ping from the newspaper which stated that we would have an extra week of freedom. We soon found that the delay' in the installment of a new heating system was at fault. A new janitor, Mr. Trumbull,was the efficient attendant of this furnace. Thne again had marched on and taken its course. Mr. Martens had taken the position of Commercial instructor and Mr. Cummins had decided to try his hand at teaching music. lFate had seen fit to rob us of four more of our mem bers. This made a huge vacant spot in our class and we hated to face the year without them. The four missing links were Bernard Wilhelm, Andrew Sterling, Donald Neiling and Floyd Durliat. This year Bob Bruce acted as Class President, Jim as Vice President, Helen Wagner as Treasurer, Betty Cody as Secretary, Dale Richardson and Theone Reimer as Student Council and Miss Nye as Class Sponsor. Eater on during the year, Mary Tyler moved away. The play NReady-Made Family was produced and it certainly proved to be a huge financial success. The proceeds of course were used for banqueting the Seniors. Our banquet was given in the Legion hall in Bowling Green and the success of the' evening depends upon the opinions of the Seniors of 1936, however, we were well repayed when they gave us the honor of marching in with the Seniors on the night of Baccalaureate. We were also glad that various members of our class had been remem- bered in the last will and testament of that year. Then, after three more months, ithe goal of our school life seemed more like a reality. Two new teachers appeared on the scene at this time Miss Daniels replaced Miss Hanawalt in the Home Econom- ics Department and Miss Snyder replaced Miss Nye as Eng- lish, Latin and French teacher. Marcella Schwab failed to appear at school this fall. Dale Richardson was elected President, Jim Baumber- ger as Vice President, Dorothy Dowden, treasurer, and Miriam Leiendeeker, Secretary. Agnes Drummer and Bob Bruce were elected as Student Council Members and Mr. Brand'as Class Sponsor.