Perry High School - Eclipse Yearbook (Perry, IA)

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--9631 933 -ECLIPSE- ' Senior Class History In order that the reader's mental capacity be not too heavily taxed, nor too much appalled by the vast amount of dates, heroes, and incidents of this said class, only the most important items have been selected. We shall divide the career of the 1933 class into four periods: Ancient tFreshmenlg Medieval lSophomoresl, Modern tjuniorsjg and Contemporary 1Seniorsl. ANCIENT+1ll the year 1929 A. D., on September 1, one hundred green fresh- men landed in the assembly of the Perry High School and, after going' through some of the hardships of finding class rooms, etc., they settled down to work and established their headquarters at this place. The most important events at this early stage of the new class were a few home room parties, in which they all had an enjoyable time. This group of people had, in its midst, a famous orator who held the as- semblies speechless with his famous talks. This person was Gilbert Nead. Also, this group boasted of two other famous people, Ellsworth Lester and Francis Wilcox. When these little freshmen crashed through the line for a touchdown, or slipped the ball into the basket, their classmates were proud to hail them as heroes. MEDIEVAL-September 1, 1930 was another great date to be remembered. It represented the second attack in the four year seige. This year many of the class members were in the May Pageant, tripping around, and working to be graceful. At this stage the minds of these new settlers were beginning to ad- vance and they had little time for having parties or participating in frivolous- ness. Their freshman basketball hero now played a double role. He became brave and went into the backfield of battle. MODERN-As the years rolled on, this same group was advanced to the age of Juniors and they were ranked as upper classmen. Their closeness to the line of victory made them decide to set up a government of their own, with Francis Rausch as president. Gilbert Nead, DeWitt Gibson, Barton Fitzgerald, Helen Cole, and Wilma Krasche were sent to Ames to the High School Leadership Conference, to talk over the affairs of their organization. On April 14, this class put on the famous operetta, Putting It Over . Though the profit was small, it did not discourage them in the least and on May 6, the Great Feast was given in honor of Hour superiors, the 1932 Seniors. The heroes of this per- iod were Bert Shearer and DeWitt Gibson, who were in the front line of battle. At this time Helen Cole came into the limelight and, with her fiddle tucked under her chin, won second place in the state contest. CONTEMPORARY-During the last year in this famous institution, these one- time 6'Green F reshmen are known as the Sophisticated Seniorsi, and, because of this, felt themselves worthy of writing and publishing a book. The dates in this period are not as important as the events. Almost every week a special session of the 1933 class was called for the purpose of deciding upon important matters-class rings, class annual, announcements, etc., and so on. Some long and heated debates were held, but no bones were broken. Only time will determine the true importance of these seniors who succeed- ed in their last battle-graduation, but a detailed record of their present im- portance may be found by studying the other pages of this book. Remember-histoy is an excellent teacher, and it is hoped others will profit by these recorded experiences of the class of '33. QWIILIWIA KRASCHE rf-X up ? fllll' 'V .lllllml l 'Wm lil.. I,,,.,mffff' .tllllml 652715

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SWSA1 9 33 agcL1psE- Senior Class Oflicers I N i L GILBERT NEAD President ------- - Vice-President - - FRANCIS RAUSCH Secretary-Treasurer - PAULINE XVERNER CLASS MOTTO: To rofit bv our astg to ain in our resentg and to succeed - p f ' 99 4 ln Our uture. CLASS FLOWER: Pink Rose. CLASS COLORS! Blue and Silver. CLASS SPONSORS: Miss Bender, Miss Cain, Mr. Gossett. l U, fxw -M1 n ,H 26 .U hh H1 . nlh .-, J lflfmll rlrn I mm'

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X'96c 1 933 -ECLIPSE---A l Seniors Through Junior Eyes Oh Seniors, though you try to show your dignity and sense, lt seems to us wise Juniors, but a pitiful pretense. But when at last you graduate, the Juniors take your place, And in the dear old High School, for you there is no space, And there's a longing in your hearts to come back just once more, The best that we can do is wish you all the luck in store, X So you'd better not be haughty, for the time to leave is near, And though you're Seniors now, some of you will be Freshmen just next year. --ALICE Wluzox li 1 A Www '- XMI' if 28 KH will . Ilul, iv, I 'Nami' 'ln I mm!!