Onsted High School - Wildcat Pride Yearbook (Onsted, MI)

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M' 'so'- X X sriuiorg CLASS HISTORY We, the class of '42 arrived at the gates of Onsted High School feeling that the world 'and school were both at our feet. Much' to our surprise, we found that the world was not there to admire our brilliancy, and that the school still remained independently intact upon its mound. However, during that year, after a painful Freshmen initiation we were able to demonstratesomewhatourbril- liancy and cooperation in school activities. Moreover we had many enjoyable class parties under the supervis- ion of Mr. Huber, our class advisor. Then in our Sophomore year the school slowly began to realize that we were very much alive. We found our- selves being accepted for basketball, clubs, and various activities. One of the highlights of this Sophom re year was the vengence of last years sufferings. We were able to inflict the same painful experience on a new group of unfortunate green freshmen, as we had suffered theyear before. Mr. Hill led our class during this year. By autumn of 1940, we 56 Juniors, were able to as- sert ourselves as real upperclassmen by successfullypre- senting our play, nHere Comes Charlien, under the direc- tion of Miss Miller, our class sponsor. Some of our boys made the first team in basketball and baseball. In the spring we honored the Seniors atourannualJunior-'Senior banquet and with this our Junior year was drawn to a close. Finally we reached our Zenith of achievement -- the Senior year, where we made final preparation to go to make a world of our own. During that year we raised funds for our trip in the spring. Our efforts to do so centered first upon a play 'Mama's Baby Boyu, which was presented in the school and because of its success, it was again presented at tho Grange Hall in Tipton under the direction of Miss Filer. Thanks to the cooperation of many people in andnear Onstod, the custom of collecting papers and selling them was a success. This helped very much in raising neces- sary funds for our trip.

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4' is ,WSW X. NNN X ' ff? I 1' if If29 N7 X . Still another View brings us to Pittsbur?, Pennsyl- vania, where we see Don Dart and Dean Barrick ow working for the state taxi cab company. Dean has just heard from Elzie Black who joined the navy as soon as he was gradu- ated from High School. Now in New York Cityg Naomi Pickford and Ruth Pike are busy running a successful business--writing society columns for two of New York's daily papers. In the Congressional Library in Washington, D.C. we see Paul Gibbs looking up references for the debatelw is preparing. Back near Bowling Green, Ohio, Helen Baker is busy with her duties as Dean of Women, in one of their large Colleges. Ruth Wooden is Girls Physical Education In- structor at the school where Donald Seeger is teaching agriculture. We see a neon sign near ,Toledo, Ohio, bearing the inscription of Kent Forrister, Real Estate. Betty Steuwe is a long distance telephone operator near by. And new back to Onsted, we see Loraine Glancy,woHo- ing his fatherfs farm successfully. Alas! The vision grows dimmer and fades into the pastg and we see our classnates no longer. Georgia Merx Mary Abbott coming events cast their shadows before. - Campbell When all else is lost, the future still remains. - Bovee

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QXLZFV Ig., ,J-is 7 'yxallf ' ,qfjj x fix f Xxy . 'Z , lk , ul ,X f X In keeping with patrotic defense measures instead of our usual trip to Washington and New York we planned a cruise of the Great Lakes, Class officers during this senior year were: .President . . . .Donald Seager Vice-President. . . Harlan Woerner Secretary . . . .Helen Baker Treasurer . .Mary Abbott Reporter. . .Ruth Wooden L L L , f History makes haste to record great deeds, but oftenzneg- lects good ones..- Hosea Ballou That which history can give us best is the enthusiasm which it raises in our hearts. - Goethe History is only time furnished with dates and rich with events. - Rivarol All history is but a romance, unless it is studied as an example. - Rev. Dr. Croly J