Montpelier High School - Spartan Yearbook (Montpelier, IN)

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l'koNl Row-Clyde N. Neff, Margaret Gerard, Gloria Garrett, Iirla lily, Patricia Pugh, Ifster Lou Vyilxel, Avis Brown, Frances Notion, Dick Hoover. SIKUNII Rtwc'-lawrence Walker, junior Murphy, jesse Dee Rains, Daniel St. john, Donald Crisamore, Gerald Hawk, Charles Kanedy, Tommy McKean, jerry Gritlith, james Ford. Tumi: Roxx-W'ilma Teegarden, Marjorie Needler, Imogene Helm, Rose Vfunderbaum, Hope lVlcDirmit, Nila Sue Bennett, lone johnson, Margaret Seliwarzltopf, Norma Ilenrod, Mary Ramseyer. IJOURTH Row-.loan McColdriek, Betty Rose Spaulding, Betty Lee, Billie Berry, Janice Keaglu, Phyllis Fear, Margaret Gibson. Bertie Lou Day, ,Iessie Berrier, Dorothy Reff. Alberta Stewart was absent when the picture was taken. Cl'lARI.IfS B. ANTHONY, Ti'u4'fn'r. GRADE SIX ROOM 6 GRADES FIVE AND SIX ROQM 8 FRONT Row-Patricia Ellison, Kathryn White, Bernice Fensel, Miriam Maish, Garnet Vfhitaere, Carl Norman Rhoton. Dwight Bell, Donald Hoffman. Sncozsm Row-jack Pugh, Raymond Rogers, Betty jane Byler, Audrca Campbell, june Bricker, Roseman Dearduif, Max Bedwell, Frank Glattli. TIIIRIJ Row-Lee Barner, George Garrison, Keith Basey, Billy Smith, Donald Huffman, james Teegarden, Lewis johnson, Fred Hoffman. FOURTH Row-Nellie Norton, Betty Hoffman, Arthur jones, Billy Coolt, Herman Coleman, Betty jean Roberts, Vir- ginii Ramseyer, Emogene Teegarden. ORVILLI-Q CLINE, Tearlwr.

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RIEVIERII-3 OIF THE HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING I was constructed in the year of 1922 near the intersection of Main and East Monroe streets. For seven years my view was unchanged. Then early in January, 1939, things began to happen almost in my front yard, for wreckers came and tore down my old neighbor. I was grieved at this, for, although he was not very useful any more and was not beautiful to look at, I was accustomed to seeing him and didn't mind. Besides he looked better than a pile of old bricks. I In a short time, however, the old bricks were hauled away and a base- ment was being dug. This looked inter- esting. I wondered what was going to be built where my old neighbor had stood so long. Probably only a filling station-nothing to get excited about. When the foundation had been laid and the structure began to rise above the ground, I could see that it was far too imposing to be a mere filling sta- tion. My curiosity grew. Each day I watched for some clue to help me solve the riddle. Just before Easter an event occur- red that, I thought, solved my mys- W attended by the school children and their teachers. Could it be possible I tery. There was a cornerstone laying that this was a new school building? Was I to be abandoned? , 1 . All through the summer heat I , , watched the building grow. I could see Mr. Morgan and Mr. Cummins spending much time over there. Would it be completed by the opening of school, I wondered. Meanwhile, I could tell that my interior was being prepared as usual for the opening of school. Surely, the new building was not to take my place, I thought. September 5 brought the first day of school. My students and teachers returned, and I could see the smaller children playing where they always had played. Had I been Wrong in my guess, after all? Finally the building was completed. Then on the morning of September 22 my riddle was answered, for I saw bus after bus stop near the new building and unload small children, who happily ran in at the door. Then I knew the purpose of my new neighbor. I used to wonder where the children came from who entered my portals for the first time. They were much larger than any I had seen playing about the old building. Now I can see all my future children every day and watch over their progress until they become really my own. -15-