Sanderson High School - El Aguila Yearbook (Sanderson, TX)

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ifuaft The Diary of a Freshman Dear Diary September 5, 1942 This is the most awful day of my life and to think it was the day that I could hardly wait for This morning 24 of us Freshmen, 13 boys and 11 girls, went without breakfast cause Mr Bradford, the principal, wanted everybody to register early We huddled near the front door and wore out our legs waitin' for someone to open up Boy, was we glad when Mr Bradford drove up But would you believe it, he passed us up with a weak 'Hi there, ch1ldren Imagine calling grownups 'ch1ldren Anyway, we tagged him to the office, but he shut the door right in our faces stood in line for hours and hours, just d1dn't know what else to do Finally, someone yelled out, 'Seniors first, please' Gosh, we was the sickest sick bunch you ever did see, but we all kept still except Mar jorie Jessup and she had to bust out crying We held our hands over her mouth, cause we d1dn't want them high and mighty seniors to hear her She said her new shoes hurt her feet You'd thought we was the wrong color the way the Sophomores looked at us with that all important air About three in the afternoon, we got in not a soul asked us what we wanted to take Guess they just had to give us the subjects no one Dear Diary September 6, 1942 School started off this morning with a bang Everyonebut us seemed to know what it was all about We couldn't get anybody to tell us a thing lhe juniors was friendly like, but they were too busy for words We never did find the right rooms and all got mixed up and everything who in the name of Sam Hill could go to class if they d1dn't know where the class was? well, to make a long story short, we just got pushed around all day took the sunny seats, slid down and sat on our caps they wouldn't let us wear them for some reason and there wasn't enough lockers to go around Dear Diary September 9, 1942 Class officers had to be elected today We chose Mrs Bradford sponsor cause she was the prettiest teacher 1n school Well, the Juniors chose her too and made us give her up We picked out Miss Kinkler the next prettiest one, and the Sophomores bristled up and said they'd fight for her Gosh, we spent all our time electin' a sponsor we finally got Mr Long, and when he came in we wondered why we didn't think he was the , 0 I . We else wanted.

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best one in the first place We had to stay late then to get the officers chose J M Harrell got to be president because we all liked him, Monte Goode got to be vice-president because he's the biggest, Doris McSparran was chosen for secretary because she's beautiful, and Mary Allen got reporter for some reason I don't know We wound up the meeting with class dues whoever heard of paying to be in a class? Dear Diary. September 26, 1942 Is life tough' hvery body picks on us all the time We don't get a bit of peace--someone's always yelling, 'For goodness sakes, sit up,' 'Pick up your clumsy feet,' nSay, 'lhank you' once in a while,' 'Look where you're goin',' 'Stick your shirt tail in ' bee' It sure is tough' Dear Diary May 13 1943 This has been ouite a year Mrs Kerr was our room mother, and guess what she did? To begin with, she gave us a tea She gave the class a swell Christmas party, theater party, too We may be dumb Freshmen, but we sure get around There was also a party at ludgy Talbots This high school life is really swell and next year is going to be better than ever Sophomore Dear Diary September 6, 1943 This morning 23 of us Sonh o mores, 11 boys and 12 girls, walked in at fledged classmen In fact, we consider ourselves in the same category with the Seniors The poor Freshmen, green with envy, fairly penetrated us with their cold stares, and foolish questions How very unimportant they must feel Oh, well, in time they will perhaps overcome their ludicrous mistakes Dear Diary September 9, 1943 we d1dn't procrastinate about electing officers this evening Profit ing materially from the previous year, we launched an early campaign that we might have no difficulty in the retention of our sponsor It is most exhilarating to us to feel that our very first meeting culminated into a profitable hour for us Of course, we hesitated to call a meeting without permission, but we are positive that our judgement will be respected and our meeting will be authentically recognized in the morning After due consideration, we decided upon Don Frazor for presi dent How stupendously stunning he did look in front of the class, framed in a luxurious ensemble He is without doubt, the most intelli gent and well dressed person I have ever seen His brilliance is remark able Mary tllen is really a good dresser, wears her clothes very well, so we thought she would give us prestige as secretary Next, we just had to choose someone for reporter so we chose Dudley Harrison Doris Lee Cooke is our most illustrious vice president 2 9 the appointed hour for registration, then we asserted our rights as full