Princeton High School - Retrospect Yearbook (Princeton, IN)

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flt'Nl term. And -:od by a discourse -:img exercises they 3-rt-graiiis, with the 'zinntes before time. the week we had 'art- and Queen - kind of an address, -tnrer who came to s long as he pleased, -ties gave programs. ,id and the Tabard. period was onlitted, t-lt'-possessed Senior, you r Freshman year, -gramme-to read a g of that sort? They the platform, where mhled so that you hat nerve-racking? -her would favor us lx-ery Senior remem- C'ouldn't he make us work those equa- irdi But didn,t we at perfectly dread- work? HA woman ,ld half an egg more old half an egg IIIOFC t store she repeated v many had she all 4 those eggs to set Gilman Qintnrg 1513--Glnntinurh that extra half, and we couldn't figure out where the other half went. And the answer was thirty-one! Our Principal taught the Elementary Civics class Qin the first term, Mr. Unnewehr, the second, Mr. VVebbjg and Mr. McDill taught Botany. Do you recall that leaf herbarium we made in the fall, and how we traded flowers for our flower her- barium in the spring? Mr. McDill offered A-4 recitation grade for the day to the one who should bring him the first flower of any certain kind. Hugh Harris brought one every morning! And those trips to the woods when spring came, when we all piled up on hay wagons, with the whole afternoon to ourselves! Those afternoons we got out of Latin recitation too! Miss Young was our Latin 'teacher and we studied Hale's First Latin Book. Have you forgotten Coqua bona est. Cena bona est,,' and all such interesting and entertaining information? There was a large class which took German, too, first under Miss Keeran, and then under Miss Stork. Look at the Senior German class now. It wouldn't take long to count the mem- bers. VVe had only one English teacher, ltliss Robinson. Our first test was over Tappanis English Literature, and the grades ranged from 2996 to 60927. The second term, Miss Simmons was assistant English teacher. The first day here she spent the whole period telling us what would happen if we didn't mind out. But barking dogs never bite. She was one of the jolliest teachers we ever had. Then the exams! Everyone who got X on his card Cyou remember what X stood forj was sent down to ltlr. Barnes for a lecture. If you flunked you couldn't hide the fact, as you can now. lVhen your turn came, you marched right down stairs, and everybody knew why. For two days after the exams there was a continual stream of students going to and from the office downstairs. But at last it was all over. Wfe came for our cards o11e bright ltlay morning, and rejoiced that we were no longer Freshies.,' Sophomores! How we gloried in our advance- ment, and how we looked down upon the 11ew Freshman class. But we were not the same big class. ltlany were not with us that year who had filled up the Freshman ranks. Our present Principal, lilr. MeReynolds, taught us Morey's Greek and Roman History. lfVe kept note books over all our work, and ltlr. Mclteynolds was so particular and exacting about them that we couldn't even use a new bottle of ink without getting our grades cut down. ltliss Tichenor, too, first met us in our Sophomore year. She gave us our first lessons in Plane Geometry. It certainly puzzled us for the first month or so. It all seemed so ridicu- lous and unnecessary. Anybody with good sense could see that a straight line is the shortest distance between two points. It simply is-nobody denies it. Then why prove a self-evident fact? However, we soon found that it wasn't so silly, after all. Miss Stork relieved Miss Young of the Sophomore Latin class, and that was the year we first learned to ride ponies. Those were the days that tried men's souls. We studied Shakespeare that year, too, and we fully sympathized with the conspirators in Julius Caesarf' We wished they had killed him before he wrote his Commentaries.,' Miss Johnson taught one section of our English class, Cdo you remember the Vicar?j and Miss Traylor the other section. This was the year of Shakespeare and oral compositions. Now, too, we began to take an interest in football, base- ball, the Big Four and the Princetonian., We felt that we were beginning to have some rights in the school: This was the year when the deportment examination sys- tem was introduced. Mr. Hinshaw was Principal and Mr. VVebb Superintendent. Our exemption depended entirely on our deportment grades, no matter how low our grades might be.

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Gllann ltintnrg, 1913 s Jessie Jones, 'i13. y OOKIN G back over the four years of our high Sch00l life makes the members of the Senior class seem like scarred veterans. Of the eighty-five 'Freshies' who entered P. H. S. in September, 1909, Chow long ago that soundsj only thirty-two have survived the strenuous- four years, to be graduated. As for the teachers who knew us as Freshmen-not one remains to tell the tale. T Every time we see a class of incoming Freshmen, we won- der if we were ever so small, so young, and so innocent-looking as they. We know we were just as scared. ' We dare say, that in those early days we have been lost in the intricate mazes of these class-rooms, we have borne the gibes and jeers of the Sophomores, and we have trembled at the name of Principal and Superintendent. But ah! those were good old days! Then no one had ever heard of deportment examinations. The only punishment for whispering or such misbehavior, was the changing of our seats- and that happened pretty often among our classmates. The assembly wasudivided up among the classes: the Freshmen sitting on the east side Cand we extended to the middle of the roomj' then the Sophomores, in a body, then the Juniors and in the last two rows on the west side sat the Seniors. How we look d up. to those Seniors. How we trembled with 'o when the delgned to speak with us! And how we longed fdr fhe da hey tee should' sit in the last two rows Alas! It was yfv en greatest disappointments when these t' one 0 our betlcaflyhlihat of us have had tcitsilfgdvtifiifngrhilflgielili year, 111 e mi e of the assembl a 1, f Juniors at besthand h Y, P ace or Sophomores or Freshman side! some ave never moved away from the Mr. Unnewehr was principal during our first term. And he never once took up our opening exercise period by a discourse on rules and regulations. When we had opening exercises they were the real thing, no little fifteen minute programs, with the principal justdyi11.g to ring the bell a few minutes before time. School took up at 8:45. Three mornings of the week we had music, Miss Harlan teaching us Pinafore and Queen Esther. On Tuesdays we were given some kind of 2111 address, usually by out-of-town people. Every lecturer who came to Princeton came to P. H. S., and he talked as lo11g as he pleased, mind you! On Thursdays the literary societies gave programs. There was the Oxford chapter, the Mermaid and the Tabard. When one of these gave a program, our first period was omitted, giving the time to ope11i11g exercises. 0 self-possessed Senior, do you 'remember the first time. waybaek in your Freslunanyear, when you were asked to take part in a prograinme-to read a paper before the whole school. or something of that sort? They took the deskaway, and you stood upon the platform, where everyone could see, and your fingers trembled so that you could scarcely read your paper. Wasn't that nerve-racking? ' Often, for opening exercises, Mr. Belcher would favor us with piano solos-as many as we liked. Every Senior remem- bers Mr. Belcher, our algebra teacher. t'ouldn't he make the most cutting remarks? Didn't. he make us work those equa- tions fast, as we stood lined up at the board! lint didn't we all Jgke 111111 though? Do you remember that perfectly dread- ful problem that it took us three davs to work? A wollm-11 had a basket of eggs. At one store she sold halt' an ll10l'e than half her eggs. At. the next store she sold hall' an egg IIIOFC than half her remaining eggs. At the next store she repeated tlusl,9,a11d then had three eggs I,-fl, llow many had she all f!I'S!+ We all thought. she had to break those eggs to set that extra half, and we couldn't figure one' ' e went. And the answer was thirty- . Our Principal taught the Elem first term, Mr. Unnewehr, the second, McDill taught Botany. Do you recall made in the fall, and how we traded barium in the spring? Mr. McDill offered A-4 recitation one who should bring him the first 3 Hugh Harris brought one every 1no the woods when spring came,when we all with the whole afternoon to ourselves! got out of Latin recitation too! Miss Young was our Latin 'teacher First Latin Book. Have you forgottei Cena bona est,,' and all such interes information? There was a large class which took G liliss Keeran, and then under Bliss Storl German class-now. It wouldn't take lo bers. We had only one English teacher, first test was over Tappan's English L1tf ranged from Q9'Z, to 60fZ,. The secollf was assistant English teacher. The fir the whole period telling us what wouli mind outf' But barking dogs never - the jolliest teachers we ever had. Q Then the uCX21.111SiH Everyone w tyou remember what X stood forj was sc for a lecture. If you flunked you eou you can now. Wfhen your turn came, y stairs, and everybody knew why. F1 uexamsw there was a continual stream 1 from the ofiice downstairs.

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Qlflaim 1 Minturg '11 H1 3 -e0lm1ii111fPfl Again in the spring, we came out 't1'iLll11IJl1t1l1lQQ 1911-1912 brought J uniorship and Solid Geometry. Oh! that Solid Geome- try. We groan at the memory of it. If anyone wants to know why, just let him try that subject for a term. For many days our class held regular sessions after four o,clock, 'while Carrick vainly endeavored to instill some 11HdC1'St2LI1d1f1g'1T1t0 heads as solid as the subject he taught. It was just as painful for us, Mr. Carrick, as for you. 5 Many Juniors were wise, and took Commercial Arithmetic, hut what they missed' in quality, they made up in quantity. NlClll0l'lCS ol' the Junior year bring back to us Halleckis English Literafture. Some day in the bright future, t some learned professor, remembering his high school days, will do away with such a system of teaching English, and will substi- tute for a catalogue of authors, lives, characteristics, how many books, when published, etc., some of the writings of the different authors, that by their fruits we shall know them. WVhen- ever we had to 'tell the life of an author, on a' test, the-only 'thing we felt safe in saying was that 4'He was a precocious child. Halleck says that of every single writer. We wrote the usual themes on Table, A Day in the House of Johns songv traced the diamonds through 4'Henry Esmondf' and to this day the Seniors, to show their superior scholarship, boast to the Juniors of a test in which one question had thirty-five parts! V D As we mentioned before, the Sophomore year was that in which we learned to ride ponies. Well, at the end of the Junior year we were unhorsed! It was a nine days' terror. What, would the faculty do! I Our class took it rather cheerfully, flellvelsngvpp 'the,1rupg111es, leading them with strings, and call- 0- . Q . Ei-Zdiiiiaim iiigii If fticiipii uim- hive were not Woined about O D - C ing ad happened this year, we would probably all have died of nervous prostration. to P Tae glliiiopiyear was? the one in which Miss Lowry first Came A. . ., ant some o us weie mveigled into taking drawing by thinking ittwas free2hand. The word mechanical had never been mentioned but once in the class, we had to stay. hliss Warnock taught music and German that year, too. About the most interesting' subject for the Juniors was Ancient History-not the history, but the teacher. Mr. Hines was very' popular among the members of .class '13. qDo you remember those forty minute to-be-continued talks he used to give on the Soul, Love, the Conscience? One of the most pleasing features of thatclass was that we never knew until we came upstairs what the recitation room would be like. One day all the chairs would be facing the window, where there was a .map for a blind: the next the map would be gone and we would' all be seated' in a semi-circle around a raised platform, upon which our teacher sat at his desk. In that room, house- cleaning time came about twice a week. . 1911-1912 was the year we made such a great success in athletics, and the year we took up the triangular debate idea. It was also the year of beans.' Do you remember the bean- throwing? So many witty poems and parodies have been written on that subject that no more, is necessary tobe said. If you remember the beans, .you also remember the exams Above all, do not let us forget the banquet we gave to the Seniors. We obeyed the Golden Rule, and did as we would be done Ciluniors please take the hint.D And we had a gran ' goo time, too. , . 'L All through our Junior year, Arthur Twineham used to sign his name A. P. Twineham, Junior. We half expected, this year, for him to sign it A. P. Twineham, Senior. For at last we are Seniors-and we do not feel so great and dignified after all. The Freshmen don't respect us as they should, Cwe suppose that is becausecwe are scattered out over the whole assembly. United we stand, divided we fallj and we live in daily terror, for fear that by some chance slip we may miss a credit, and fail t0 graduate., VVe do not dare to have any fun in school hours, so we have been driven to class parties and time to count them up, but we certainly h and good eats,' too. Speaking of eats, reminds us of the thing this year-a Science Club, Domesti Club, Qthey like to call it the Classic Ch have never understood whichj the Germ: lish Club. The Seniors take a good part . Among the triumphs of our Senior triangular debate. Of course the victorj 'to the Seniors, for Miss O,Hair's teacl' enabled them to win. Even those who di they have a fair smattering of the princip whole of Burke's Conciliation.,' Speaking of triumphs, those who credits this year, will count that quite a class always was a great trial for hir. Ca One shameful thing our class has dor Latin Seniors threw over Virgil for Fres certainly missed the best part of their hi