Mount Vernon High School - Hoop Pole Yearbook (Mount Vernon, IN)

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CLASS HISTORY FRESHMAN YEAR “Extra—Hoop-Pole Seen Remarkable Change! New Era Hawn in Ml. Vernon High!!” But wait a minute, let’s look into this con- fusion and find just what it is. And it is the future SENIORS of 1950! Yes, 110 roaring, ripping and robust freshmen crammed them- selves into homeroom 30 on this tine ( ?) fall day in 1946. These freshmen weren’t the only drastic change brought to this institution in 1946. The Hoop-Pole Jr., our school paper, came l)ack into production after ten years of lieing idle. We were as powerful as weak be- cause early in September we had a gridiron queen. “Bobby Sox” entered our school with a dehut of two plays presented by the Jr. Dra- matic Club (all freshmen). This is truly a year of change—the letters WPA have been com- pletely revised in meaning. The new term for them is “Women Pay All”—and we did ! Some- one surely oj ened a window because “in-flu- cnza” and we all got a vacation. During the county tourney our hopes were built up—but let down in the semi-final, over-time game with New Harmony. Finally spring rolled around and all freshmen were bitten by the—bug!!! Along with spring came something new for us youngsters Honor Day. We were given scholastic, athletic, and attendance awards. Cosh did we hate to leave this wonderful place just when we learned our way around, too!! SOPHOMORE YEAR “Sophomores Make Comeback” Comeback from what? Oh, summer vaca- tion. that’s what! We all decided that if we should split up into several rooms, perhaps others would think we had increased in num- ber. So on August 29. 1947, some went to Room 23 to he under the dominating monarchy (?) of Robert Egloflf, a few trailed farther down the hall to Room 24 and Miss Howard, and then Room 25 wanted to he different, so they switched sponsors between semesters, having Mrs. Nelson and Miss Andis. We announced our queen candidates, which had been picked secretly last year. And even better than that, ours was elected! And in electing her we also broke a school record by having two queens reign during the football season. And what a season! Winning all the games except the most important one against our old foe. Dale. Mr. Frederick Sjobiarn, a concert pianist, was our guest for an F.C.A. program. We all at- tended the Spruce Ball in December. All we could manage to dig up at the basketball queen crowning was a maid of honor. During the Christmas holidays, we had a blind tourney. Really, it would be too much if we were host and also won the title, so we let Richland win. Margaret Bauer, one of the friendliest members of our class, died of pneumonia following a short illness. In the same field of sports, bas- ketball that is, our class sponsored guess what? Yes. give yourself a pat on the back because you’ve guessed it—a donkey basketball game. By a mere slip up. Bosse of Evansville defeated Mt. Vernon in the sectionals. Our team was defeated in the annual intra-mural contest. I wonder if being coached bv a Senior had any thing to do with the Seniors defeating us in the first game? Twenty of the Silly Sophomores served at the Junior-Senior Prom, “Club 48.” And before we knew it. the end of this year had rolled around. JUNIOR YEAR “Begin Early and Be Safe” That was surely the motto of the school ad- ministratiini when they planned the school cal- endar this year. Because on August the 27th, we trodded our little pahbies up to the school door. We had an excellent football team this year since three members of the team were Juniors. The only fault of this team was that it just couldn’t seem to make more jx»ints than did the opposition (hut, of course, this was a minor item). But shortly after the beginning of The 1950 Hoop-Pole 19

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HOOP-POLE TYPING STAFF Sitting — H. Mathews, J. DeKemper, T. Weiss, Head Typist, K. Darnell. Standing —M. J. Cullman. B. Willis, J. Bishop. M. Miller, B. Bauer, J. Schaefer, R. Niemeier, U. Weatherford. K. Russell. M. L. Cullman. The 1950 Hoop-Pole DECISIONS

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CLASS HISTORY (Continued) school, we had a change in the weather. And boy, were we ever glad! Our class sweaters arrived in a time of need. Two new executives took office on September 21 and three were re- elected. Hurry, hurry or we will miss him. What’s this? The President of the United States, Harry S. Truman, visited our town on September 30. Just call us regular Fuller Brush salesmen!! The goal for magazine sales was $14,000, and we went over $254. Preceding our Thanksgiving vacation, the school threw a big shing-ding called the “Turkey Trot. Ac- tually, we had no turkeys that could trot, but you get the general idea (an all-school party). Another vacation! But what came before it nearly, but not successfully, spoiled it E-X-A-M-S. No one can say we aren’t worldly wise. A Junior won the State United Nations Contest. The county tourney will be mentioned, period. But reviving our players we made New I larmony work to win the next scheduled game by a double overtime. We made it to a semi- final game in the sectional meet. (An article in the school paper was entitled “People in Brief.” Who admitted that the favorite food of the Jun- iors was onions?) Prom time rolled around and we chose as our theme “A Night’s En- campment. This was to honor our guests, the Seniors of '49. We felt charitable and offered our services as ushers at the Baccalaureate and Commencement programs. Four members of our class were elected to the National Honor Society. Three boys went to Boys’ State and one girl to Hiris' State. SENIOR YEAR “Main Floor of M. V. H. S. Vacated— For Seniors Yes, we Seniors changed our tune and de- cided to form a strong union. We had as our capital the library on the main floor. It was an old custom for Seniors to be in the library, but in recent years they hadn’t been. We elected all sorts of things that first week—a queen candi- date. class officers, and decided to have as our Senior Statesmen—Cavan and Pence. A new organization was formed, the Art Club. Knock, knock—“would you be interested in buying season football tickets, play tickets, everyday cards, Christmas cards, or stationery?” That was our door-to-door campaign. And did it work! We sold $753 worth of cards and stationery, $400 over our goal. The football team was good and bad—not quite good enough and yet not too bad. The annual staff was selected so we could get this publication pre- pared for circulation. Whoops! Careful don’t fall! CRASH! I warned you to be careful— yes. we had a Senior skating ] arty, with no fatal casualties, eh, Mr. Pence? The basket- IkiII queen crowning was very successful with the Seniors right in there pitching. We all had a wild night at that “Fall Round-Up.” (What was the name of that thing we did on the gym floor? “Skip to My Lou,” you say?) Christmas rolled around and so did vacation. As usual, we were host to the blind tourney. Boy, this is the berries! These 3-day school weeks are tops! Yes, after returning on Tuesday, we were dismissed Friday because of sleet, snow, and flood. We prepared ourselves in every detail as exam time rolled around. Since this was the last time we would have to concentrate on them, we wanted to be good. Hood, did I say? Best, because we were Seniors. One day a package arrived. For several days and months after many of us spent our days, nights and everything else at play rehearsal. Yep! We were all “Eighteen in June.” Did Julie ever fall olt the balcony. We all buckled up to keep the tears from rolling as we l egan to choose our announcements, robes and decide where to have our class picnic. Frederick Sjobiarn, a concert pianist, made a return engagement. He seems to be improving with age, doesn’t he? We all dressed up in our best bib and tucker on the night of May 5 — Junior-Senior Prom you know. iosh, did we ever feel left out because we didn’t get to take final exams this year! But we made up for being left out, as we shined on Honor Day and Class Day. We could hardly believe it, but no use kidding ourselves we had commenced. 20 The 1950 Hoop-Pole