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

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THE PAPYRUS '23 Witness For The Defense I have just read 'What They Think of Us' and I feel deeply insulted -deeply insulted--but only one-twenty-fourth as insulted as the Junior Class! We are not the most apathetic set in school! I could name a dozen Seniors and two dozen Sophomores that sit in class looking as blank as geese without the pep even to get into mischief, and the teachers don't say anything about that. Oh, No! Well, we're not that bad yet! It may be true that We don't talk by the hour about the most interesting facts, that Euclid was a smart man, or that there is a hidden meaning in 'Idylls of The King' or some similiarly enlightening subject, but it cannot be said that we are a dull class. It is only that we are exercising our brain in a different quarter. And as for us laughing and crying over stories-why it's too im- possible for Words! Laugh at a story when Oliver Loy turns a somersault in his seat? Cry over a story when we have the trials of the girls trying to court Edwin Swain, to weep over? Well I should say not! It takes something to move us. Speaking of Oliver Loy, it is not to be expected that a mere teacher could get ahead of him. In fact-it takes a mighty good one to even keep up with him. And if any of the teachers can do that I don't see Why they should worry about their dignity. The other can be cashed for a good deal more value with the Junior Class. Besides he gives excellent advice. Every- thing he utters is fraught with meaning. You do him an injustice-you do indeed-when you say that his remarks are simple. They're not simple -they are subtle. So much so, it seems that the teachers, even, do not perceive their true meaning. And since it is so evident that Oliver has a very original, very master- ful mind doesn't it seem that a teacher should be proud of the opportunity cf teaching him. At least, that should be the logical conclusion, and here this teacher. is searching for sutlicient cause to send him out of class. We begof ycu. Miss Elvin Cfor we know, by experience, that this has come from such a sourcel-do not. If not for your sake. then for ours. How would we ever get through a recitation Without him? Pity us! Don't send him out. If you have to send some one out, send Irvin Palmer, or Horace Mingle, or me, but not Oliver. We need him, you need him, the girl who sits beside him needs him. I don't think it will do any harm now that school is so near over, to explain that situation to you. Surely, you didn't think it was natural. Did it never occur to you that they might be partners? Did you never wonder how Oliver could deny things so realistically? Did you never question the unsmiling face of that girl? Don't you understand how they work things together and hold up just on the self-control of that girl ? Lastly, we ask you not to think of your associations with our class as troubles. It is the only really uncharitable thing that has been said. How- ever, we are glad you made the confession and we hope that you, have been brought to look at the situation in the right light by this time. fMost of this has been addressed to Miss Elvin not because she is the most important, but because she is the littlest. Tell Miss Hector that she is answered above where it says, 'It takes a mighty good one to even keep up with him' and tell her it's a complimentj David Ireland Page 25

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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

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