Pendleton Heights High School - Papyrus Yearbook (Pendleton, IN)

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- 'a w'a ' 'i 'vvi'1 THE PAPYRUS '23 OFFICERS DAVE IRELAND ELOISE HARDY NELUA McKlNNEY CLASS COLORS-Pink and Green CLASS MOTTO I3 sharp, B natural, but never B flat. What THEY Think Of Us They are the most apathetic set of people it has ever been my ill fortune to meet. You can tell them the most touching story you know, whether humorous or sad, you can rave about their exasperating manners or their adamant understanding, or, praise them-if you can bring yourself to do so enthusiastic a thing in the face of such utter indiierence,-and they sit there in the most anserine way imaginable iEditor's note-You'd better look up that word-it'll surprise youb and never bat an eye. Some of them won't even laugh. I'll swear there isn't another group of persons in school-or in the whole town for that matter, and heaven knows that Pen- dleton is cold enough-that could look at the antics of Oliver Loy and keep anything like composure, yet I have a girl that sits right by him who never so much as smiles. Of course there's no question to it, that if it comes to a case of competition between Oliver and myself, I am out of it. Even when I correct him I have to turn my head away to keep from laugh ing and losing what little dignity I do have. I can't understand them, and I don't know what to do. I dislike to have a class come into my room, sit down answer just the questions I ask, with never an extra comment or an unnecessary word, unless its from Oliver. And even he-if he would say something that was smart I could send him out of class but he just says the simplest things -takes advantage of ever mis-statment I happen to make, answers the literal meaning of questions and things like that, really inoffensive in them- selves but very effective in getting my goat. I don't know whether the rest of you have those troubles or not-or whether or not you even call them troubles but I do, and I don't mean to endure them. Eeither they must be stopped or I must be brought to look at them in an entirely different light, and that is why I have made this confession-to see if you could do one of those things. fAs spoken and seconded by Miss Elvin and Miss Rector in a faculty meeting, relating to school problems, in which John Heath was accidentally an unseen member.J -P. H. S.-- This space is dedicated to Frank Car- michael, who departed this life January 2, 1923. His going was like the turning of a day of sunshine into a night of gloom, for his IN life was full of sunshine and brought good cheer to all of our hearts. Frank was a friend to all, his first thought being others, not of himself. He is greatly missed by the entire school, but we, the Junior Class feel that we miss him the most of all, be- cause we have lost one of our dearest and T H' - M J best pals. Page 23

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THE PAPYRUS '23 Page 22 J UNIORS FIRST ROW: Morris Manuel, Oliver Loy, Russell James, David Ireland, Edwin Swain, Horace Mingle. SECOND ROW: John Heath, Howard Gaither, Evan George, Nelda McKinney, Mildred Adams, Eloise Hardy, Howard Mingle, Horace Tunes, Irvin, Palmer. THIRD ROW: Maurine Harrison, Eleanor Clark, Ethyl Human, Grace Alley, Miss Kunz, Dorothy Hayes, Mildred Marlowe, Eliz- anola Hazelrigg.

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THE PAPYRUS '23 v W A THE HISTORY OF THE CLASS OF '24 We have now reached our last mile stone and know that at the next turn of the road we shall have reached our destination. There may be glad ones then but some few will be sad, as it is fitting that they should be. But why cross a bridge before the river is in sight! My duty is to relate the history of this class, truthfully, briefly, and to the best of my ability. ln accordance with that resolution, then, I begin as follows: We entered Pendleton High School in the fall of 1920. Our class was a very large one composed of members from Pendleton and the neighboring vicinities. We came, all light hearted, gay, and bouyant! No cringing fear or abasment felt we as freshies! High School held no terrors for us. We had gone to school for eight years and it had never entered the niinds of even the cleverest of us that the teacher assigned lessons, expect- ing us to use the time in the assembly in preparation for those lessons. So we drifted-indififerent io all pushing and probing-smiling, irresponsible. and happy. The time soon came when, if we wished to do as other classes did, we must have some officers. We elected David Ireland, as our first president, Nelda McKinney, vice-president, and Eloise Hardy, Sec'y-treas. whose names yo uwill still find prominently mentioned in the class annals. Our first party was a thing of note, held at the home of Horace Tunes, lt was a Halloween masquerade party and certainly a hilarious affair. At different times later in the year, we enjoyed equally good times at the homes of Howard Gaither and Paul Reedy. Then began the second year with our number sadly decreased, the class having lost a few altogether and left others to help the new Freshman class over the rough places. Finally we began to awake and feel that we had a standard to make and uphold. To help us in this a new pupil came to our class, a live wire, namely, Edwin Swain fRosebudb of Kansas City. We lost Mary Preston from our ranks because she had interests in outside affairs-a husband and a home. And still another was wooed and won- Beulah Bates-leaving but twenty-four members to face the work we had left undone all this time. This third year in High School has been a joy to us, and we hope, nay we are sure, that our teachers like us better as students, for that is what we have learned to be. Two important additions to our class are Irvin Palmer, a quiet studious fellow who never gets demerits, and Dorothy Hays-who we are afraid is just Irvin's opposite in every thing except her head-not the outside of it as you know-but its contents. Others without whom we cannot even imagine our class are: Oliver Loy, comedian, equal to thc comic section of Judge and Life, Eleanor Corrie, our famous reader, How- ard Gaither our model student, but alack-a-day! who often times has to fake Exams on account of a slip in deportmentt and Ethyl Homan. Neldt McKinney and David Ireland, who have all done their share in upholding the class in both scholarship and worldly affairs. It has been our most honored privilege to establish a precendent for Pendleton High School, by giving the Junior-Senior Banquet on another night than Commencement night, as has always been the custom. If the results compare to our eiorts the Banquet will be an ample reward in itself. And now with a smile for our past mistakes. and an optimistic outlook upon the future we take up the final responsibilities with happy hearts. Eloise Hardy '24 Page 24