Prairie High School - Commentator Yearbook (Sharpsville, IN)

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, f : 'Si'E' '57533 CLASS OFFICERS President ---------- Roscoe Shuck Vice-president ----- Robert Lineback Secretary-Treasurer- Leone Hicks Sponsor ------------ Mrs. Watson CLASS HISTORY On a sunny, September morning in the year of 1925 twenty-seven boys and girls wended their way to the Prairie Township School for their first lessons. At the ringing of the bell twenty-seven pairs of feet skipped into the school room where the owners were greeted by the smiling teacher, Miss Gross. UI sh ll have a very interesting class this yearn, thought Miss Gross as she looked into ' the beaming faces and noted thc different expressions - fear, happiness and wonderment. Although all the pupils were eager to begin their school careers, now and then a tear rolled down a little cheek. But soon all became accustomed to school life and grew more bold and mischie- vous each day. My, how grown up they became! The next few years were comparatively uneventful. Of course, there was a change of teachers, and new scholars en- rolled while others left the community. The class steadily progressed in their three r's - readin', 'ritin', 'rithmetic as well as taking up added studies and entering the usual school activities. When they had advanced into the sixth grade, their teacher, Mr. Lineback, prepared them for that much-talked-about room, the assembly. At last the much-anticipated time arrived in the sev- enth year when these students moved with their belongings to the assembly. At first it seemed difficult for them to become accustomed to the change, but by the end of the sev- enth and eighth grades they were quite at home there and were now ready for high school. In the fall of 1933 there were twenty-three Froshies ready to be initiated into high school. Oh! what troubles they had, but they found consolation in this poem:

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, 1F!'Ui'5iH?!F3HHIriLe.!'f' O, Freshie, greenest of the green, O, child of emerald hue, What would Prairie be Without the aid of you? The Seniors all look down on you ' But Freshie, donftyou care- The Seniors would not Seniors be, If they'd not once been there. 1934 and 1935 And there's a Soph, But do not laugh, He thinks he's nitl you see. He's very wise. Consid'ring size His head's not plumb empty. During the sophomore year the subjects seemed more difficult and it became necessary for school work to be taken more seriously. The junior year was a busy time with its studies and the added work of planning and financing the annual reception given to the departing Seniors. The play,nFull of Youthn, given December the tenth, was a great aid in financing the reception. Sometimes those Juniors got awfully blue When they couldn't balance up their account, But they just charged it up to profit and loss, No matter how much the amount. After a lot of effort and time, the reception was given and thc Juniors felt amply repaid for their eff- orts to give the Seniors a good time. Now after all these eleven years of schooling, there are nineteen members of the Senior Class of l936 and'37. The days we've spent in high school How quickly they have passed, We scarcely now can realize That these days are the last. ' Jai'-i.fTi19!l'T'fP N'