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...W . -.- - - -- -.-.,. -. , 20 --- PARIS HIGH SCHOOL YEAR BOOK, 1943 H nasium and the subsequent games that we played there, but those pleas- lrires were practically offset' by the ,act that there were windows in the doors of all the classrooms. We re- sented it terribly, andlwheneverxone of the teachers or the principal pass- ed by and eyed us through the glass, we fastened him orlher a unit- ed, resentful stare which. was even rnore hostile because it had no appar- ent effect. , After.two days We,.all agreed that we hated and loathed the new school, and we wished that we.could go back to the old one. It took at least a month before We settled down and decided .that.it wasn't such a bad 'place after all. , Unbekno.wn to us,. though, , we had passed, notmonly from one school to another but fromwone era into an- other. Coincidentally with your gration, Victorianism breathed its last. and we were coming into what was called the flapper age. Skirts that had hung modestly between the knee and the ankle suddenly ascend- ed to heights well above the knee. Girlish, rounded figures became un- fashionable, and . tomboy'? outhts were the order of the day. They con- sisted of boy's shirts and ties ,and very short, tight skirts, Simultan- eously off came the girl's hair .and ninety percent of them sported boy- ish bobs with hair shingled like. a man's. It was also at this time that the slang term, Hot dog , swept, not only the school, but the whole of the North American continent. . It was the birth of slang as a living part of the American language. Is it any wonder that we allfelt a bit befuddled? Two years before, in the winter, the girls had unquest- icningly worn what was then referr- ed to as our long underwea1 '. We folded them as. neatly as possible around. our ankles -and pulled our warm hose over them, The high- laced boots covered the worst of the bulgss.. A neat, slim ankle was not a required feminine charm, We were quite resigned to the 'fact that our ankles had the same general contour as those of an elephant. Not years, but months later, We all threatened to die if our mothers did not ,at once supply us with silk stockingsl A charming coiffure also disap- peared from public view at about this time. It was called 'tcootie-de-lod- ges. ' I can offer no alternative name, as I know no other. It con- sisted of taking the sideuhair, back combing it industriously, and smooth, ing it into great puffs over theears. It gave the general effect of large, bulbous ear-muffs. The top hair was brought in a low swoop over the forehead and the back firmly held in place by a hair ribbon or a barret. With the outward changes came many others, equally revolutionary, The charleston, forerunner of the big' apple, was the dance cfm the day. Gone was the comparative dignity of the waltz and forg- trot. .We charlestoned to and from class. We charlestoned down the street and even in our rooms at night in front of the mirror to attain that essential degree of perfection. She by Rider Haggard was the po- pular novel of the day, replacing I., MQ. Montgomery's. 'fAnne of Green Gables. Rudolph Valentino was our hero, .and the most admired b,oy.Iat school was a sloezeyed lad who walk- ed with. the sinuousgraceof a pan- ther. Radios were becoming popul- ar. Two years previously in my class
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'PARIS HIGH SCHOOL YEAR BOOK, 1943 lil treasures for posterity, the construc- tion of the school was carried rapid- ly forward, until finally, on March 28. 1924, all was ready for the offic- ial opening. The Star-Transcript again states in part: The formal op- ening of the New High 'School last Friday evening will go down in his- tory as one of time red letter events in connection with Paris. From the hour of seven o'clock until past ele- ven, when the building was open to the public for inspection, it is esti- mated that some fifteen hundred from town and disfrict took advant- age of same. In the gymnasium sev- eral hundred had assembled, and which had been handsomely decorat- ed with flags and bunting for the oc- casion under the direction of C. B. Robinson. During the evening capi- tal selections were rendered by the Kuhlman Orchestra of Paris . . Miss I-Iopg Dunton favored with a recita- tion in her usual winning manner . , . Mr. E. O. Apps, chairman of the Boardg the Honorable J. S. Martin, Provincial Minister of Agricultureg Professor A. T. McCrimmon, ex- Chanicellor of McMaster University and Professor Maybury of Stratford made addresses. This brought a most enjoyable evening to a close. The following is a list of the pre- sent Board of Education: E. O. Apps CChairmanJ, Dr. D. Dunton, Dr. F. Barron, H. C. O'Neail, Dr. W. Gould, Dr. W. Logie, D. A. Briggs, J. P. Gregory, F. Luck, George L. Telfer, Frank Huson and D. McTavish. Three members of the last year's board who were warmly interested in the erection of the new High School were Andrew Taylor, Duncan Telfer, and Miss H. McCosh. The majority of the 131 contem- porary pupils were relrcant to 'leave the old High School, and at first th'-:F were unhappy in their new palatial academy. They resented being torn from all the hallowed memories and traditions of the venerable Old High, and being shunted into a new, shiny, rectangular box, that 'somehow had the unpleasant air of a rich upstart. The mood of one pupil is feeling- ly revealed in the following sketch It was eaglv spring when we moved from the old High School to he new. The daffodils were blow- ing goldenly against the old brick Walls, and the Campus was brightly green at the old school when we left.: when we arrived at the new, we advanced up the slick, new pave- ments between seas of mud, and the only campus we had was a rough field at the back, where cows had browsed six months earlier. The change was heralded by a certain amount of excitement on the part of the pupils and staff: but un- derneath was a nagging, wistful feel- ing of nostalgia. The sensation one has when leaving a shabby, comfort- able home for a fine, new apartment. There were no formal speeches by the mayor or the president of the school board. We simply packed up our books and betook ourselves to the ostentatiously new building at the other end of the town. We tour- ed t.he wide halls and bright rooms, peeked into the laboratory with its excellent equipment, and viewed with alarm the square, dark cham- bers that were designated as com- modious lunch rooms. We had been accustomed to eating in a convivial group of both boys and girls in the big downstairs room that was second form at the Old High. Of course we enjoyed the gm-
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