Peru High School - Narcissus Yearbook (Peru, IN)

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THE NARCISSUS BIG PARTY! Wheel Big event! Sophomore Party! On Friday, November 7, 1930, the Peru High School gym was decorated in attractive colors for the anual Sophomore Party. About eight o'clock almost all of the deah ole Sophs had arrived. We had a very interesting program in which Miss Hunt, Miss Wendt, Miss Kline, Mr. Devine, Mr. Bolds, Mr. Rife, and Mr. Brunner took part. After the program a three-piece band furn- ished music for us to dance. Those who didn't care to dance played cards such as bridge, bunco, and Old Man. Um! Um! Refreshments were served later in the evening. They consisted of sandwiches, nuts, candy, doughnuts, and cider. They were all very good, for Miss Finch, Miss Hoffman, and the Soph- omores labored many hours to make them. 5? A HUNDRED YEARS AGO A hundred years ago today A wilderness was here A man with powder in his gun Went forth to kill a deer. But now the times have changed somewhat, Are on a different plan, A dear with powder on her nose Goes forth to hunt a man. First Row-Morris Rife, Joel Proctor, George Sargent, Robert McClain, James Lynch, Edward Moon, John Ridenour, Henry Mallow, Edward Mosher, Ollie Miller, Don Rassner, Clifford Merrill. Second Row-Luella Reibly, Vera Morris, Mary Roberts, Etheljean Richter, Lenora McMinn, Joan Martin, Helen Sampson, Carolyn Moseley, Kathleen Latta, Margaret Koehnke, Eva Mae Haines, Betty Kerby, Jeannette Kennedy, Charline Samons, Alice Quinn. Third Row-Lucy Maloney, Mary Leffel, Marjorie Beal, Sylvia Dague, Ethel Britton, Helen Koontz, Anna Katherine Mohler, Catherine Cassel, Ruth Keller, Helen McDaniels, Kathryn Loughran, Edna McMinn, Robert Smith, Joe Oates, Herschel Kurz. n 5 Mr. Bittel- How come you said Muscle Shoals when you burned your finger in the Bun- sen burner dame? John Phillips-'tCause that's the biggest dam I know. 5 It must make a policeman terribly mad to wear a bullet proof vest and then get shot some- where else. 5 I rose and gave her my seat, I could not let her stand- She made me think of mother, with That strap held in her hand. First Row-Billy Sturgis, Wilbert Theobald, Eugene Slaughter, Carleton Trook, Harry Snyder, Hubert Scott, Carl Scherer, Emil Zinn, John Truitt, Glenn Webb, George Titus, Nolan Worl. Second Row-Lela Study, Thelma Rose, Mary Shropshire, Mary Ellen Sharp, Louanna Wilson, Geraldine Ram- sey, Helen Stevens, Geraldine Snyder, Mary Young, Shirley Tillett, Mary Selgrath, Mary Wendt, Florence Whittenberger, Donalda Tillett, Jean Wickerham, Margaret Willis. Third Row--Robert Wilson, Mary Shaw, John Sprankle, Lillian Stuber, Lovelle Wilson, Elnora Stanfield, Betty Sperry, Juanita Simons, Donella Youngblood, Corrine Ramer, Frank Richmond. 5 Even a tombstone will say good things about a fellow when he's down. POOR ME. Can't study in the fall, Gotta play football, Can't study in the Winter, Gotta play basketball, Can't study in the spring, Gotta play baseballg Can't study in the summer, Gotta girl! 5' The only thing of moment in life or in man is character. -Dr. Thomas Arnold. :Pill-Tl' Twenty-five

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THE NARCISSUS, g W SGPHOMGRE CLASS C'Ol.OllS-l'urplv and white. Fl,OW'l+1RiYiolot. lX'lOT'I'U-wlhork conqm-rs :ill th nays. ,XDYISORS-Bliss lfincli and Miss lloffman. N September, as everybody knows, school start- ed and work began. We were Sophomores now -not Freshmen any longer! lt seemed wonder- ful. We all thought we would show the upper classmen what we really could accomplish, and this we did! In music we kept the good name of Peru High School up to its standards by having a competent Soph play the piano for the Glee Club. Many Sophomores were in the band and orchestra and many took part in the operetta. We are well represented in athletics. On the varsity football team were two Sophomores, Ty Holland and Herschel Kurz, while several others played on the second team. In basketball we were also well represented, having three boys on the varsity, namely, Bruce, Holland, and Vignary. Many others played on the lower teams and also on the track team. What would P. H. S. do without Sophomores? How many football and basketball games would we have won? What would have happened to the music department-if it had not been for the Sophomores? Shirley Tillett. First Row, left to right-Everett Draving, Howard Diem- er, Richard Crider, Richard Briner, Howard Castell, Neil Grove, Kenneth Bird, Donald Brittain, Franklin Davis, Harry Crim. Second Row-Gladys Butler, Viginia Amos, Florence Berry, Beulah Bohn, Vera Boys, Louise Aikman, Helen Bryan, Vera Butt, Janet Butt, Pauline Chittum, Mary Cheesman, Helen Deal, Charlotte Bowman, Alice Braun. Third Row-Keith Douglas, John Barnhart, Francis Chal- lis, Raymond Cunningham, Robert Antrim, Loren Cunningham, Eugene Burkhart, Hubert Brunner, Joe Hunteman, Fred Bolds. 25? A DENIED LOVER l have loved. ' My love is denied. She spurns by love, She shuns my eyes. What can I do To make her care? Try cave man stuff And pull her hair? To be so cruel, nay says I I'll lay me down-and softly die. 26? Hitch your wagon to a star. -Emerson. Page Twenty-four First Row-John Devine, Robert Holland, John Hemrick, Wayne Griggs, Charles Fisher, Don Hostetler, Delbert Ellis, Gerald Ellars. Second Row-Alice Garland, Catherine Gambee, Naidine Geberln, Lavonne Elliott, Audrey Gurtner, Elizabeth Gretzinger, Elizabeth Hunt, Hermaleen Gipson, Imo- gene Hammond, Vivian Grandstaff, Lexie Gilbert, Olive Jones, Esther Hartz. Third Row-Mary Haines, Leona Ireland, Marjorie Evans, Lemuel Garland, Carl Johnson, Paul Holland, Chester Howenstine, Dorothy Hensler, Ruth Hickerson, Velma Howard. nfs? BASKETBALL BANQUET. The basketball squad of 1930-31, as the guest of Clarence Beauchamp, at his log cabin on West Fifth Street, were entertained with a splendid banquet on March 19. A color scheme of gold and black was carried out. The boys who attended the banquet were Cri- der, Brown, Schmidt, Simpkins, Durkes, Phillips, Britton, Bruce, Vignary, Holland, Cunningham, Watson, and Coach Loveless. Bob Crider, center, was elected honorary cap- tain of the 1930-31 squad.

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THE NARCISSUS FRESHMAN CLASS EAR ye! Hear ye! I will here relate to all whom it may concern the events of the most noble and praise-worthy class, the Freshman class of 1931. The year began by having some of the most dignified members of our class sit upon certain fountains in and about the building fall survivedj. Next in the line of events came the election of class officers. The class elected Robert Coppock president for the year 1931. Leadership was also shown among the Freshmen in the election of sev- eral Freshmen as home room presidents. I am sure all who were elected were certainly proud of their offices. Next came the Freshman party-a social high light of the year. Games were played and delight- ful refreshments served. Our class next went back to short dresses, half socks, and hair ribbons, in an old-fashioned scene in the Freshman auditorium. John Hanna presided as teacher and the pupils furnished the program, which was one of the funniest and most interesting ever given in Peru High School. This honored class played a very active part in the annual Rodeo which was held in the high , CContinued on Page 275 First Row, left to right-Roger Baber, Roland Brock, Warren Conrad, John Crawford, Conrad Baldwfn, Fred Davis, Richard Beck, Albert Cole, Don Butt, Robert Bender, Robert Coppock, Sam Caple, Milton Cypherd, Kenneth Bonney, Roger Clvmer, Monroe Al- frey. Second Row-Margaret Benner, Pansy Davidson, Emma Bayless, Marjorie Baber, Eulah Creech, Gayle Coom- ler, Margaret Bauer, Mary Ackerman, Dorothea Allen, Ruth Beckley, Naomi Day, Evelyn Cattin, Mary Alice Everett, Edith Chopson, Eileen Beckley, Mary Coffman, Alice Carpenter, Mary Ellen Cattin. Third Row-Marjorie Bender, John Chaplin, Carl Chaplin, Ellis Comer, Mary Ellen Bell, Elizabeth Davidson, Mary Buckley, Mary Barth, Dorothy Crain, Margaret Eberle, Catherine Canon, Doris Baker, Vonda Correll, Fern Bowman, Evelyn Cress, Billy Devine, Nicholas Bessignano. First Row, left to right-Russell Jones, Robert Dilts, Will- iam Estep, Ferrol Gipson, Richard Horne, Raymond Gooch, Glen Fenimore, James Huff, Stanley Egnew, Elbert Hiner, Lawrence Hanes, Harold Kelley, John Hanna, George Gutbrod, Arthur Hull, John Heddens. Second Row-Mildred Jackson, Madelyn Humphrey, Eileen Murphy, Velda Fisher, Ollene Earlywine, Georgianna Gehring, Marie Greenwald, Juanita Harmon, Esther Kepner, Mary Jones, Mary Fishtorn, Julia Flagg, Wilma Eber, Maxine Fogleman, Jean North, Virginia Landers, Helen Peterson, Julia Sullivan, Frances Mc- Kinlay. Third Row-Jane Ellen Norman, Katrina Hetzner, Betty Harris, Genevieve Haines, Florence Gruwell, Mae Ellis, Loretta Moore, Eileen Raver, Eileen Lunsford, Margaret Spitznagle, Clara Gibbons, Gertrude Spitz- nagle, Regina Hiatt, Jane Rauche, Robert Engle, Lawrence Elliott, Alice O'Leary. iff THE FRESHMAN PARTY On the 24th of October the 'tFreshies met for their annual party in the gym at 7 330 o'clock. Orange and black, Hallowe'en colors, were used in decorating. The program was composed of two dance numbers and an imitation operation performed be- hind a sheet by Mr. Oury. A number of boys and girls then participated in marshmallow and pie eating contests, a very sticky amusement. Later in the evening games and dancing were enjoyed. Page Twenty-six Of course the part we all enjoyed most was when refreshments were served. At 10:45 the party broke up and everyone went home feeling as though they had had an en- joyable evening. 5 A man's reach should exceed his grasp. -Browning. 5' Hotel Clerk- Have you a reservation ? Virginia Antrim- Do I look like an Indian . 5,77