Plymouth High School - Mayflower Yearbook (Plymouth, IN)

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THE PILGRIM JUNIOR CLASS HISTORY On September Sth, 1911 among the throng of High School p-upils that mounted the steps to fthwis revereld-edifice were about sixty young people whom ithe others persisted in looking ufpon with a slighltly scornful air, and classintg as Ereslhies. We fdiidn't 'mind this much as we had, long ago, heard that this must be our title. Wttnh quaking hearts, but with outward com- posure, we mounted those steps and fou-nd our way to the destined Freshie end of mhe Assembly-accompanied with the usual applause by our uplper classmen, especially the dignified Sophomores. Of course we were rather timid at first -hut in a few weeks we learned that he had to descend several liights of confusing stairs to reach ,the LaJbr1atory, that the English ,room was at the far end of the hallg that the Reference table was a rather diginvilied place to study, that all Freshmen, especially boys, had to be initiated, and that we were supposed to have a Class Meeting. Finally we stored uwp enough courage to have a meeting called. With a little aid on the part of the Faculty, Chester Tompson was eletced presi- dentg Bertis Tomlinson, viceapresidentg 'Grace Milner, secretary, and Lloyd Keyser, treasurer. During this year the Freshmen made it known to their upperolasstmen that although they were Freshmen 'they possessed an abtunfdtance of intellect. Then when the last of May came we left our title to the nexlt class. When we again ascended the steps the next Sepitemfber we were.Sopho- mores. 'Oair-icliass has somewhat diminished this year, for now we num- berab-out lthirtyf a. number having dropped out and a couple coming in. This year the Presidental c-hair was given to Lloyd Keyserg vice-president to Grace Milnerg the .report book to one of our new members, Helen Grierg and the money box was entrusted 'to .Bettis Tomlinson. During this year we as Sophomores distinrguished ourselves on the Honor Roll, and in the Oiratorical Preliminary our .representaltiv-es, Ruth Rhinehart and Chesiter T'hom'pson,, ran the Seniors -alolase race. Walter Wise was our chosen editor for the Senior Annual. 'llnldeedl the class of '15 is rapidly gaining prominence. f W A 'third Sgptemher we have gathered at tlhis dear old H. S. bluilding. We are now enjoying Juniordom. 'Once in a while we look down upon the Freshies with a slightly scornfu-l air,for we must revenge a bit of the great wrong inflicted upon us when we were Freshies. This year Martin Ness was elected presidenttg Carol Humricliouser, vice president, -Grace Milner, secretaryg and Elias Maxey, treasurer, tour money 'box is now over f'low,inig.J This year we have lt-ruly became really popular. This yea: s Basket Ball team 'boa-sts a Junior captain. Martin Ness tmore widely known as fDiennyJ, and besides a number ot Junior players. The Track Team also boasts a Junior captain, Erwin Haag, our Athletic star. The 'Honor Roll agains exhibits a. host of Junior members. Our H. S. paper, f'The Pilgrim, has been is-up-portted by Juniors much of this work being done by our editor Ruth Rhinehart, and reporter, 'Bertis Tomlinson. The Junior edition of this paper, especially showed our interest and skill. The Juniors were w-ell represented in Oratory this year, Holt only represenlted, but they vaont of the H. S' Orators. 'First honors among boys, Chester Thompson, among girls, Ruth Rhiuehart. As a class we certainly feel proud of any Junior effort. We extend our sincerest thanks' to our class

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THE PILGRIM workers, in 'whatever line it may be, and especially to our most faithful president, Martin Ness. Also to those teachers wiho have inspired and helped 'us 'thru lbhese many years of VH. S. life. We sincerely hope that Seniordom will iiind us and cherish us as prosperous as the past three years have seen us. Marie A. Carothers ,li5. THE DANCE. Dorthea was very, very provoked and her pretty dark face was cloud- ed as she ahsently stroked -the hack of the large grey and white cat which was asleep in her lap. And surely she had good reason to be down-cast for that evening was the dance, which selie had looked forward to so eagerly. And now, just when she was most eager for -the time to ar- rive, and had 'mentioned some of her plans for the evening at the supper twbleyher father had refused to permit her to go. When she asked him for some reason he had handed her a letter which he had received from the suiperintendent of schools that afternoon, in which he compiained of the work that Diortheai was doing in school, and said hhat as she was fail- ing in her work at school that only hard, earnest work could prevent hier from losing all her credits for thalt semesters' work. ,And so her father had ordered her to stay at home that 'evening and prepare hier studies for the following day. 'Doromhea told the ioalt that she had promised herself that very day to situdy awfully hard, and that she really was going to do it tool. But my father is a irnean-, old, thing not to let me go tonight especially, why I have borrow-ed my suit and every thing and then just every one is going, she told the cat confidentially. She picked np the suit, she was to have worn, and thought dismally of how well she would -have looked as a young man. For at this dvance, some of the girls were to don rnen's attire and escort their ladies to the dance. With sudden determination she decided to go to the dan-ce, oven with- out helr fatlher's consent, so hastily donning her costume, she viewed her- self in the mirror, Well, I do look like a boy, she 'said to the -cat. Slip- ping on her long raincoat and locking the door behind hier, she crept silently down -the stairs and out the front door, which by some unushal go-od fortune didn't creak as it usually did. At her arrival at the hall she was greeted 'by all the 'girls for Dorthea was a great favorite with all. All dancing ceased while Dorthea told them of her meeting her father on ithe street. And when I saw him coming there was really nothing I could do, but just go on and pass him. ,So I -pulled my cap down as far over my face as possible, pulled my coat collar up as far as it would go, dug my hands down deep into my pockets and with a manly stride walked past him and tell me that I am qiuite some fellow because he didn't recognize me. And thrusting her hands deep in her pockets in an true man's fashions she walked down the hall just lto show them how much she did look like a boy. 1Well we'll dance this for poor D-orthea, who is at home studying so hand. And catching her they were off.