Monroeville High School - Viking Yearbook (Monroeville, IN)

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SENIOR CLASS HISTORY In the fall of thirty-four the Good Ship Knowledge, loaded with twenty- eight passengers, set sail from the shore of grade preparation with Mr. Kinsey and Mrs. Georgia (Youse) Morris as our captains and Arthur Parnin as our pilot. ; As we were pulling anchor to leave on our four year journey we heard the captains shout Ship Ahoy, All Men on Deck Stand By! After we had all rushed on deck to see what had happened we saw four life boats coming our way. When they were close enough, we could see the names Erwin, Besancon, Monroeville Catholic, and fackson Townships written on the boats. We welcomed this small group to our Freshman class, which now had a total of forty-four passengers. We pulled anchor and started on our journey. For the most of us the sailing was quite smooth, but a few who were not used to sailing became very ill. They soon recovered when a party was thrown on deck for everyone. The Freshman class became very much interested in Biology during the first semester. Mr. Yoder, acting as our head captain, divided our class and had a contest, the losing group serving a lunch to the winners. Soon all expressed their desire of stopping for awhile, and the ship was anchored near the shore of Summer Vacation where all disembarked, after being notified that the ship would sail in September. After four months of recuperation, we were all eager to begin the second lap of our voyage. As we all met on deck to have the roll taken, we found that there were eight missing. These persons, who were Chester Bowen, Luther Gibson, Rita Kever, Gerald Oberley, Harold Oberley, Edith Smith, Frank Smith and Doris Morgan, seemed to find the sea too rough for them and soon chose other ships or other seas on which to sail. This left the small group of thirty-five in all. Robert Kreager was selected pilot, and Mr. Doty was elected Captain. Our new Captain shouted All Aboard! the gang plank was drawn and we were off. The first large rock which we hit was Geom.etry. Many of us received quite a shock from this accident, but we soon got over it when a party was given by Phyllis Myers. Soon, on one side of the ship, another rock was encountered. This was the Rock of Latin. Our injured feelings this time were soothed by a party on deck. We then found that History was a tunnel through which every member of the class must successfully pass. In keeping with the darkness, Audrey Oberley held a Halloween party in which everyone participated. After a short time the captain began peering out into the distance as though he were looking for something, and we all became very frightened. But we had a hearty laugh when we found that he was only looking at the shore of Port Vacation, where he soon safely landed us. We then rested until the following September. When our group had met refreshed and ready to start a new year, we found that Robert Kreager had fallen overboard and someone had rescued Doris Morgan and brought her back to start the third year. This year brought Page 15

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ARTHUR PARNIN— Art (Sensational) Glee Club; Basket Ball; Soft Ball- Viking Staff; Senior Class Play; Hon¬ or Roll; Sportsmanship Trophy; Sa- lutatorian. ANTHONY SCHALL— Tony (Bashful) Shop Club; Manager Basket Ball Team, ' 38; Soft Ball. ELIZABETH PATTERSON— Toots (Shy) Art Club, ' 37, ' 38. RUSSELL SCHNE PP— Henry (Riotous) Glee Club; Operettas; Shop Club; Art Club; Viking Staff. LOUIS POWELSON— Louie (Facetious) Glee Club, ' 37, ' 38; Basket Ball, ' 35- ' 38; Soft Ball; President Glee Club, ' 38. NORVAL SINGER— Singer (Dignified) Glee Club; Junior Class Play; Basket Ball, ' 36, ' 37; President Junior Class; Operettas; Dramatic Club; President Senior Class. JACK RICHARD- Bess (Enticing) Basket Ball; Glee Club; Soft Ball- Junior Class Play; Operettas; Secre¬ tary Sophomore Class; Senior Class Play; Athletic Medal, ' 37. BERNIECE SPURGEON— Spurgeon (Dreamy) Glee Club, ' 36- ' 38,- Basket ball; Junior Class Play; Operettas; Dramatic Club. Page 14

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SENIOR CLASS HISTORY (Continued) three new sailors to the crew who took the place of Mr. Quinn and Mr. Bush. They were Mr. Smuts, Mrs. Martin and Mr. Miller. We Juniors then became curious to learn all about them, so we chose Mr. Smuts for our Captain and Norval Singer for the pilot. In order to get better acquainted with each other, we soon had a party. It was then that a great storm came up. This was in the form of Shorthand. During this time a very hard rain of brief forms came upon us, and several of the members were so nearly drowned that they had to give up, but the rest of the class finally struggled through to the end. We then sponsored a play entitled Oh, Doctor! Soon afterward Mr. Smuts announced that he was leaving our ship to sail on other seas. Audrey held a farewell party for him at Christmas time; but to our great surprise when we came back after Christmas Mr. Smuts was there to greet us and again take up his work with us. At last the ship was anchored in Port Reception, where thirty-five mem¬ bers met at the Anthony Hotel in Fort Wayne on April 17, 1937, and spent an enjoyable evening with the members of the ' 37 graduating class. A few days later, to offset the work of the reception, a big chicken supper was served by the Junior girls in the Home Ec room. Since we were so close to Port Vacation, there was not much more studying done that year, and we soon heard the Captain telling us that the same ship would sail again the fol¬ lowing September. On September 6, 1937, the Good Ship Knowledge pulled anchor and started sailing. We had again lost several passengers. Ruth Hennig, Goldie Franz, and Doris Morgan all chose other occupations, and Vea Ball was lost in the Sea of Matrimony, leaving the total number of thirty-one members. There was also another great loss to our class at this time, for Mr. Smuts finally left us for good. His place was filled by Miss Dickison. Mr. Miller also left us, leaving Miss Lewis to take his place. Norval Singer was again selected pilot and Mr. Martin was elected Captain. Since we were on the last lap of our voyage, we had learned until this time where the pitfalls were; and we did not collide with so many rocks. This kind of life became very tiresom.e; so we arranged to have a wiener bake and hamburger fry at Webster ' s Grove. Soon afterward we had our pictures taken as a remembrance of each passenger. Port Graduation was drawing nearer and nearer, and each member of the class became more sorrowful that we must soon disembark, to sail to¬ gether no more. When we reached the shore there were thirty-one in all. As we bade each other farewell and looked out into the distance, we could see nothing but smooth sailing, but we were warned that there were many pitfalls ahead of us, and there would also be many other ships which we would have to successfully pass. So as we took this little piece of advice to remember, we sailed away from the shore of Port Graduation, never to see it again. —Bonita Barkley Page 16