New Castle Chrysler High School - Rosennial Yearbook (New Castle, IN)

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WILBUR CONWAY CHARLES McGINNIS MARY RICHEY ROBERT KEMPER President Vice-President Secretary V Treasurer CLASS OF 1931 In the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and twenty-seven there entered into the New Castle 6'Halls of Learning two hundred and ninety-one seekers of knowledge. We came up from the eighth grade, where we had for many months been busily engaged in storing our minds with the honey of wisdom. It so happened, since the hand of upperclassmen, with whom we were to fight a three-year struggle, possessed a feeling of superiority, that we were received with wild welcome and insinuating rejoicings as we started up the slippery by-ways of truth. By the end of the first semester we had subdued a certain class of wild beings known as Sophomores and who, because of their taste for Fresh- man blood, pounced upon us daily and nightly and caused us to feel in our hearts that we must be martyrs to the great and noble cause of education. This group now being under our control we knew that we had successfully begun our journey in a quest for the Fountain of Perfect Understanding. We were even more fully convinced when some of our members, namely, Rowe, Conway, Good, Hornaday, Sarantos, Miller and Groves shared honors in basketball, football and track. The newly organized Science Society chose Jeanice Rucker, a member of our class, as secretary. For the first time in our high school career we began to step to the front of the stage in the play of life. The following September we came back to school with revenge in our hearts. In numbers we had decreased to two hundred and forty-eight, but in spirit and desire we were as strong as ever. The Juniors of today will little note nor long remember what we say here, but they can never forget what we did to them-as Freshmen. In sports we were again represented by the same group that upheld the N. H. S. standard for us in twenty-seven and twenty-eight. Vcrl Bogue gave us the chance to own a yell leader, after hav- ing been defeated in his Freshman year. Vcrl also was chosen as a repre- sentative of the Older Boys Conference, held at Elkhart, Indiana, by the Senior Hi-Y. During the Sophomore year our class also possessed a couple of leaders in the Hi-Y organization, with Nick Sarantos as vice-president and Wayne Harvey, treasurer. Lillian Glazer, Edith Rimping, Ruth Fletcher and Eva Kassen were our prized Latin students, all having placed in the county contest and the latter receiving second honors in the district. The Page Twenty-three F5-I

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two school organizations picked vice-presidents from our midst, Esther Hall being chosen vice-president of the Pep'ers and Don Nicholson given a similar office ln the Leather Lungs. After completing this very successful year we adjourned for a three months vacation, half of our glorious high school days having drawn to The next fall one hundred and seventy-five returned-as Juniors, with bit overconfident in spirit. We began capturing honors from the first of the year In basketball our loyal representatives were Rowe, Mercer, Miller and Harvey. In football the Conway, Rowe, Hornaday, Sarantos, Miller and Groves combination helped New Castle through an undefeated season and Harvey, Mercer, Groves and Rowe aided the Goar men in finishing a very successful season in track. Jean Swayzee was chosen yell leader for the year It seemed that the individual honors for the Junior year rested mostly in the sport field. Of course special mention must be made of the Junior-Senior prom Miss Clara Westhafer was the faculty sponsor. The banquet and a very clever playlet were given at the Baptist church, followed by a dance at the Masonic Temple. We were glad to honor the Seniors and appreciated their cooperation in making this affair a success. Our entry into the Senior year was to us truly a triumphant one. In numbers we had fallen to one hundred and eighteen, but as a group of digni- fied Seniors we were easily given first place in the activities of N. H. S. Jesse Clazer and Esther Hall were elected heads of the Leather Lungs and Pep'ers. In the all-state chorus we were represented by Evelyn Davis and Norman Meek. Wilbur Conway carried away county honors in the 1931 Oratorical Contest, and was also elected president of the Student Council for the school year. Work on the annual was under the supervision of Jeannette Brown, Wayne Harvey, Betty W'illett, and Mark Mercer. The faculty sponsor was Mr. Orville Hooker. Wayne Harvey was also elected president of the Hi-Y, for the second semester. The Phoenix gained popu- larity this year with Esther Hall, Helen Moffett, and Robert Simmons ca- pably heading the staffs. As for sports, the group of Seniors who partici- pated in basketball, football and track will always be remembered by N. H. S. as superior athletes. 9 a close. a feeling of assurance that signified complete understanding tho, perhaps a The class organized for the first time in its career as a class, at the beginning of the second semester. Wilbur Conway was chosen president, Charles McGinnis vice-president, Mary Richey secretary, and Robert Kemper treasurer. The class colors chosen were green and silver gray. The Pre- mier Supreme Rose was selected as the class flower, and the motto, For- ward, Upward and Onward, gave us the needed inspiration to higher attain- ments. Our class play, '4Help Yourself, was the first musical comedy ever given by the New Castle High School. As we pause to take a final review of our high school career we would pay tribute to the faculty that so patiently and successfully guided us during the past four years and in so doing we are reminded of these words of John Greenleaf Whittier: Hln the sweet June Days The teacher and the scholar trust Their parting feet to separate ways. Norman E. Meek. Page Twen ty-four