Selma High School - Retro Yearbook (Selma, IN)

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The Virage of The 'ZZ' AL. yu see air historic as a class o' the Selmer Hi Schule begins back in the spring of eighteen, when thirty-one lads an' lasses as brite an' intelligunt lookin' as you ever saw, receeved certificuts like, signifyen that thay wuz: elgihle to launch an' man the steamer hy the name of '22. Yu ort to hex' seen us starten outfethere wuz considerhle of a splash when the old boat slid into the water, I kin tel yu. an' it wussent long til we wuz well nigh started on air four years cruise. VVe went right to wurk a-cleenin' out the cobwebs und a-shinin' und a-polishin' til thet ship o' ourn wuz as good as eny thet had iver sailed the sea. Air captin thet yere wuz Ralph Shoekneyfa reel good one, too but afore we got put up fer the next summer, he up an' left, an' Homer Lang tuk his place. XVal, durin' the summer some maid up there minds thet they cuddent stand the viage, und when we put out agin, the next fall, we hed jest nine- teen to luk efter the old hole. Yo' see a feller by the name ot' Lyle Cummins, and two pert yung girls. Helen Runyan and Grace Lykins, put out with us thet yere. 'I'hay soon got ust to the kraft und we sailed her rite throo without sarious trouble. 0, 0' course sometimes the Mathematics wuddent wurk rite, und we had sum purty feerce storms over around Italy. Yu see some got ter tellin' or sort o' hintin' about a feller, who wuz long since ded, Caesar Julius, yu know, what with the weather like it wuz und some sorta superstishus when yu git ter tellin' 'bout the ded, 'sno wunder things wuz sorta ruff. But we managed to liven things up a hit on deck by hevin' some old fashuned good times und one thing an' nother. Air captin thet yere, Hub Brewington. left us when we wuz purty well under way an' one by the name of Lew- elleng Mary Jane, it wuzff sorta tuk t' givin' orders, und we did air best to carrie 'em out. Yu see it wuz purty eleer thet we'd hey ter wurk togither, so when the order rung out l-leeve Ho we usually did. XVe made purty good speed thet viage, und efter a rest of bout four mounths we started out agin, hedded fer '21, Thet time it wuz Kenneth Sipe. who'd allways held furst rate post, Virgil Pittenger und Helen Run- yan left us fer other ships. XVe stil hed the ol' Blue an' XVhite a-lloatin' in the breze, und by this time we'd begun to reelize what she ment to us. I'll tel yu, fellers, it jist made our blud tlow faster to see her a-holdin' her own agin the blast! By this time iver-body nue ther job an' stuk to it. No matter how the old bote rocked an' tossed, we stuk. und felt as much to hum when the see wuz ruil' as when it wussent, und all the while we wuz a-shinin' und a-cleenin' her up. The XVhite on her prow wuz pure un' the Blue wuz true-not the kind thet a little wettin' will warsh off. XVe hed aighteen passungers thet yere when we started out. Yu see, Jay Kirklin hed jined us rite ofl n the real an' it wussent no time til Marx

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She Says just what she thinks, and noth- ing .-X man that is Z1 man, and master of his fate. G. AGNES JON FS 5hortie more or less. Rr-xI.PH S. LEWIS UHQDPYH The Class Qf 22 ORGANIZATION President ............ Mary Jann lc-un n Vice-presidvnt ...,....... Marx Ihornburg Secretary and Treasurer.. .... Xxznes one MOTTO Not at the summft, luut tlrm FLOWER .Xmcrican llcauty Rm COLORS llluc and XYl1itc. STONE Pearl. YELL Rah for thc XYl1itc. Rall fo Rah for thc Class of '21, r tln I lm

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x Thornburg und Carl Rayn cum abord. Thees fellers wuz purty good sailors, I kin tel yu. Lyle left us about then, but with the help uv the three nue wuns his place wuz filled. VVe wuz a reel soshable bunch und allways wurked togilher. Thet yere we asked the steemer ahead uv us on deckf'21 it wuz-an' enter- tained 'em royally. XVe stil hed the same old pilot. I guess we hed sorta got ust to her bossin' us und it diddent seem nateherel to hev no other. Durin' the summer we lost two thet hed bin with us all along the course. Und it did seem two bad not to hev them with us when we sailed into port, Homer left an' Marie jined a-nother ship. It seemed ez ill' we xxuz a-goin' to be short 0' hands on air last viage, but jist a-fore we hoisted the old banner for the last sail, Ralph un' Mildred jined us. I'll tel yu they wuz ez welcum az the llowers in May. Then we put out to sea for the last time in '22, We were seventeen strong. XVe loved the lilue un' VVhite und we sailed 'er with a will. It jist seemed to come in natcherel to hear the old captin's command ring out, Haul up t'he Blue un' XVhite! The sea wuz purty ruff, but we wuz old sailors und drove air Course straite throo. Ah me! 'twas a buliful site to see thet Old Blue an' XVhite '22 steem into the harbor of Life, an' leave at her port a dark red rose, showin' thet The '22 hed not sailed in vain, M. J. L., '22. Senior Class Son 1 Tune - Aloha Oel lVe'rc the Senior Class of Selma School: In numbers we are seventeen. .-Xnd our motto shall be our lifes rule, XYhile above, still fairer heights are seen. CIIVJRUS 't'he summit is beyond ns still, Hut we are bravely climbing on, Gaining strength with every conquered hill, Until our goal is won. XVe will prize our colors, white and blue'- The emblems of the true and pnret Lusstns learned this year of twenty-two. Fit us all to strive and to endure. J. N. M.-'21