Princeton High School - Retrospect Yearbook (Princeton, IN)

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September October November December January Page Twenty-eight 'zincefon gclfzool Galendafz of lQL,lG By MARY LANE AND JAMES SNYDER 5-Guess what? The beginning of another school grind for nine long months. So help me I !! 15-Princet0n's Tigers and Washington's Hatchets open '39 grid campaign in 7-7 dead- lock battle in Washington's new stadium. 17-Constitution Day- Peace rules the day, where reason rules the mind. 18--Something has to be done to relieve the monotony, so the school takes time out to have Home Room Programs. 21-A fighting Princeton team loses to powerhouse Reitz Memorial 47-0 at Bosse field. This is nothing-better than last year's score ! ! ! 29-It's two setbacks and a tie. Vincennes registers 9-0 win over our Tigers on a slip- pery field. 2-Annual Masquers' Induction Ceremony. 6-This 1939 grid squad is really a tying outfit. A large crowd from Princeton sees 11- team play to a scoreless tie with Pioneers at Boonville. 13-The Vocal Music Department sponsors show at the Princeton Theatre- The Man in the Iron Mask. 13-Everyone had one swell time at the annual Masquers' Stunt Night. Many attended the Irving P. T. A. supper which preceded the feature attraction of the evening. 14-For the second straight year, Gerstmeyer Tech is defeated by our Red and White 7-0 before a capacity crowd at Terre Haute. 20-P. H. S. crowns football queen, Anabel Kennard, and also crowned New Albany, to the tune of 12-0. Two straights ...... . So help me l ! ! ! 25--Kryl Symphony Orchestra in local gym at 10:00 a. m. Large crowd attends ex- 26- cellent performance. At night football team journeys to Evansville only to be whipped by Central 33-0 on a muddy field . . What a whizbang of a game ! ! ! 27-28-Our first holiday. Well, that's a help! State Teachers Association at Indian- apolis and the Southwestern Teachers Association at Evansville to have their an- nual get-to-gether so's we can vacate l ! 31-Pranks night out .... Today is Halloween! 1-2 -Senior class sponsors picture show at Princeton Theatre, Dancing Coed . Good show, too! ! ! 3-Our Tigers display splendid all around performance, only to be beaten by Bosse 5-1 in last quarter rush 14-6 at E-town. A heartbreaker to lose! ! ! 0-National Education Week. As added feature attractions Misses Ritchie's, Adam's, and Walker's Home Rooms all celebrate with programs and parties galore. 11--Armistice Day. Princeton's Tigers drop the final '39 home battle to Reitz of Evansville 7-6 . . . featuring our Charlie Phillips 89 yard touchdown dash! ! 17-Junior Class play, Penrod, with Gene Catt as Penrod. 18-Our fight'em Tigers close the 1939 schedule with a 34-0 romping over Mt. Carmel. 23- A season's record of 3 wins, 5 defeats, and 2 ties ..... Not bad? 24--What's this? . . . another vacation! Well, well, this is really swell .... two days off for Thanksgiving! Or is it Thanksgiving? What shall we do with calendar? 1-Tigers open net season by trimming Boonville 36-28 in a see-saw battle with a Richeson-Graham-Peck-Hitch-Hall combination. 5-8-More Home Room Programs . . . so help me! 9-Princeton's Tigers triumph over Oakland City by 36-21 score to avenge last year's loss ! ! ! 11-Indiana Day. 13-The local Rotary Club has feed in our high school with Dr. Barker as feature attraction. H.S.P.T.A. sponsors picture show at Princeton Theatre featuring The Dead End Kids on Dress Parade. 15-Tigers trim Central of Evansville in a great battle 25-23 for the first time since '35 .... whatta battle! 16-Basketball with Petersburg here with our Tigers winning fourth game in a row 30'-10. So help me! 21-Annual History Club dinner at Taylor Tavern with the President, James Peck, in charge. 22-Christmas Programs in gym ..... Ft. Branch noses out Princeton in 17-16 dog-fight for our first loss at Ft. Branch! 23-Princeton is SIAC co-leader after trouncing Bosse of Evansville 29-18 .... well! well . . . well! 25-Santa Claus comes to town, so we all go up town to see him and get out a whole week besides . . . not bad! 1-New Years Day . . . just about five more months ! ! Blind tourney at Ft. Branch with Princeton winning. We beat Petersburg 28-27 in afternoon and then get revenge on Ft. Branch by beating them 26-24. This, by the way, is the first tourney our school has won since the close of the '35-'36 net campaign! 5--Washington's Hatchets chop 30-25 win over P.H.S. with a long-range attack . . . our second defeat! 6-Our Tigers annex victory over Francisco 32-22 despite absence of our Coach Downey for our seventh win.

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Alice Jennings leaves her love for curly hair to Martha Jane Davidson. Adrian Kays would gladly leave ability to influence teachers to Bob Johnson. Lethea Florene Kays leaves her knowledge of Louisiana to the Junior members of the Commercial Club. Anabel Kennard bequeaths her title of Football Queen to Dorothy Ann Richie. Robert Charles Kennedy leaves his baby-face to Porter Al Johnson. Glenn Koehler leaves his sister in the care of Warren Land. Doyne Elwood Laib bequeaths Martha Lathom to next year's Seniors. Mary Justine Lane leaves her good citizenship to Dorothy Carson. Eloise Leach leaves her tall, slender figure to Celeste Whiting. Kenneth McAtee bequeaths his studious ways to Hazel Evans. June Lolitta Magness leaves her quiet ways to Patty Franklin. Josephine Mahan bequeaths her short stature to Betty Thoss. Arvis Jeruald Mason wills his love for jitterbugging to Bill Shuel. Arthur L. Mauck leaves his reputation as a good athlete to Ben Graper. Carl Edward Moffett bequeaths his stupid habits to Darwin Sisson. Hugh William Morris leaves his talent as an actor to Pat Cassidy. John William Morrison bequeaths his innocent expressions to Randall Williams. Mary Maxine Oursler wills her beloved curls to Janice Roberson. Dorothy Louise Parker bequeaths her skill of winning the affections of the bas- ketball captain to someone less experienced, Louise Robinson. Harlan E. Parmenter leaves his affections for out-of-town girls to Bill Zimmerman. Alice Marilyn Parrett bequeaths her power to capture a regular he-man's heart to Mary Ann Hyden. James Fire-top Peck leaves his red hair to Charles Lambdin. Gilbert Lester Rainey wills his baton to Delores Reynolds. Esther Reinhart and Leo Thompson leave memories of a glorious love affair. Walter William Richeson bequeaths his duties as captain of the varsity basket- ball squad to Charles Hall. Robert Andrew Riddle wills his greatest possession this love for Jean Mowryj to Charles Dougan. Richard Robinson leaves his knowledge to C. A. Brink. C H. Norma Maye Scott bequeaths her talent to play the Hawaiian guitar to Merlin o ins. S Mary Eleanor Shafer bequeaths her ability as a piano accompanist to Mary Jo eamon. Wilma Jean Shine leaves her habit of doing make-up work for Mr. Pruett to Norma Kimbrough. William Showers wills his walk to Sheldon Ashby. Marilyn Jean Shuel bequeaths her new coiffure to Eleanor Kirk. Chester Siegert leaves June Hillman to Bob Alvis. Christine Sloan bequeaths her quiet, dignified ways to Betty Elshoff. Carl Thomas Smith wills his friendly personality to Bob Dwyer. Ralph Smith leaves his ability to date Freshman girls to his brother. James Pascal Snyder leaves his pigeon-toes to Mr. Jones. Robert E. Snyder leaves his big feet to Bob Feet Carithers. William Joseph Spence bequeaths his sea-weed pulling ability to Orville Graves. Robert David Stormont bequeaths his Jewish accent to Bill Dickey. Jack Littell Sturgis leaves his skill as a stage hand to Bob La Roche. Laura Dorothea Thompson wills her boisterous ways to Lucille Hodson. Paul Verley leaves his title, King of P.H.S. Curly Heads to Jim Kays. Mildred Louise Wampler leaves her ability to play the accordian to anyone who begins taking lessons. - James Arthur Watkins bequeaths his ability to enthrall band girls Ueanette La Grangej to Tinsley Webb-for the benefit of Betty Bates. Edward Weidenbener, Jr. leaves his bashfulness to Wicky Simms. Barney Weist leaves his love for red-heads to Bill Kidwell. Margaret Pearolee Wellman bequeaths her industrious attitude to Helen Kuebler. Lorene White leaves her ability to grade Bible test papers to Sara Ben Higgins. Marjorie Lois Whitman wills her love for the boys to Betty Watson. Nina Marie Williams bequeaths her loyalty to her class to Jeanette La Grange and Betty Miley. Nedra Maxine Wilson departs to take her place in the little church by the side ' of the road and leaves a book How To Win Friends and Influence Preachers to any- one who may wish to use it. James Junior Wood bequeaths his popularity to Bill Watkins. Besides all these bequests, we leave our best wishes to any and all who may desire them. We wish, also, to take this opportunity to thank our sponsors, Mr. Pitt- man and Miss Taylor, for having so much patience with such an unruly class for four long years. In testament whereof, we, the Senior Class, have hereunto set our hands this last day before sending our masterpiece to press,- in the year of our Lord, nineteen hundred and forty. THE SENIOR CLASS. Signed by testators, the Senior Class, their last will and testament, in the pres- ence of us, who, at their request, in their presence, and in the presence of each other have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses. Signed: MARY FLORENCE HURST NORMA MAYE SCOTT ALICE ANN JENNINGS Page Twenty-seven

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February March April May 12-Ihrst semester has ended! . . . just one more to go! Tigers upset McConnellmen as 3,000 fans go wild at New Albany 31-28 . . . . Whatta battle! 13-Madison scorches nets in mauling Princeton 56-29 in Tiger reversal of form. Where's our fight'n Tigers ? ? ? ? 19-Tigers finish strong to triumph over Owensville 38-28 . . . Hitch paces scoring for our team. 20-Red and White in great form tame Jasper's Wildcats 45-30 . . . get possession of South-Western Indiana Dope Bag for the first time since '36 campaign. 26-Vincennes second half drive defeats Princeton 30-23 before capacity crowd in local gym. For the 'eenth time Owensville wins annual County Tourney. 3-Local Latin Contest . . . Lucille Turner and Billy Kolb win. 9-P.H.S. Tigers roar to 50-33 SIAC triumph over Sullivan. 10-Tigers win easily over 'Cats 51-23 at Mt. Vernon, keeping possession of Dope Bag. Seniors decide to have an Annual! Groans from sponsors! ! 16-F. J. Reitz of Evansville comes to town and leaves with Dope Bag, beating Prince- ton 33-31. 17-Our Tigers go to Huntingburg only to be beaten by 38-37 score as our rally falls short in fast fourth quarter! Whatta rally! We have now lost 6 games. 20-General Motors demonstrations . . . latest inventions . . . advancement in science . . . Purty good, Johnny! ! ! 21-In debate at local school our affirmative team was beaten by Reitz, but our nega- tive team saves day by trimming Central. 22-Debating Bosse, our affirmative team loses and again our negative team wins. 23-Lynnville turns on steam and beats Princeton 33-31 in thrilling finish for our third loss in a row! A seasons record of 14 wins and 7 defeats isn't bad . . . best since '36-'37 campaign! Sectional pairings announced . . bad news? 27-Our debating team breaks even again . . . our affirmative loses as usual, to Cen- tral, but our old faithful negative team beats Reitz! As a result the district ends in a four way tie, among teams from Princeton, Reitz, Bosse, and Central. What's wrong with that Question? 1-Sectional tourney at Owensville . . . Now it's do or die ! ! ! Princeton 44, Haub- stadt 24. Well, this was rather easy l ! ! 2-Debate teams meet in Evansville to play off 4-way tie. Our teams advance to final, but Central proves too tough. First time we've lost district in a long time. Are we slipping? ? ? ? At Owensville, Princeton beats Mt. Olympus 36-28 in semi-final. A tired Princeton outfit loses to Oakland City 31-30 in a fast finish at Owensville's sectional finale! Boo Hoo! Boo Hoo! 9-Donald Almon wins solo vocal contest at Evansville to advance to state meet at Bloomington. 14-15- Bohemian Girl -operetta given by Dramatics, Musical, Art, Physical Educat- tion, and Home Economics departments of school. 18-Spring vacation . . . all week! We could stand more of these! ! ! 20-21-Debate team sponsors show Five Little Peppers at Home at Princeton Theatre. 29-Mr. Salom Rizk, Syrian immigrant, in local gym speaks on Americanism. 30-District Latin Contest . . . Lucille Turner enters. 1-April Fool's Day . . . senior class biggest fools! ! ! ! 3-4-Dramatics and Journalism classes sponsor show at Roxy Theatre, Charlie Chan in Panama . 9-Our Track team opens schedule with Boonville at Lowell field only to be swamped under land the field wasn't muddyj-Woe is me! ! ! 10-11-Junior class sponsors picture show at Princeton Theatre, It's a Date . 13-District Band and Orchestra Contest at Jasper. Don Almon goes to Bloomington to enter in State Solo Contest .... sings a song or two . . . gets first in second division . . . comes home with a days work well done! Congratulations! 16-Baseball season opens at Legion field with Bosse of Evansville. We rallied but got beat anyway, 5-4. What's the use! ! ! 17-18-More Home Room Programs. So help me! ! ! 19-Senior Class play Excursion 'Snuffs a 'nuffl Say no more! . . . Miss Mauck wants to forget . . . 'Snuffs a 'nuff! 26-Seniors measured for caps and gowns. The end is in sight. 27-State Band and Orchestra Contest at Brazil. Conference Track Meet at New Albany. Some perty good trips to take even if we don't do nothin' else, huh? 1-National Music Week. David, play on yo' little harps!! 4-Football-Basketball feed at annual banquet. Eat, Boys, eat! ! ! 6-7-8-Home Room Programs again! ! ! 10-Junior-Senior Reception .... stay out all night . . . get in in time for breakfast! Well, I'll be . . . never would've thought it! 14-Honor Society Dinner at Taylor Tavern and Induction Ceremony in local gym. Congratulations, members! 19-Baccalaureate. 21-Senior Dinner at Country Club . . . last time we're together as a bunch . . tsk! tsk! 24-Commencement . . . we're out? . . . so what! . . . so what! . . well! well! well. Page Twenty-nine