Simon Kenton High School - Pioneer Yearbook (Independence, KY)

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Time alone is capable of determining the results we are to attain. We have sac- rificed in the past and we will continue to do so in the future. As Seniors we are leaders as is befitting every Senior class. Whether we have been competent or not, it is not ours to say, but we have done our best and We hope we are missed. Qi.. ADVICE TO FRESHMEN AND SOPHOMORES 1. Seldom take more than one book home. You will create abbad impression upon the teachers if you take too many. 2. Throw paper towels upon the floor of the lavatory. It helps to solve the unemployment problem and helps to insure a paper shortage. 3. Eat your delicacies in the hall. They are more appetizing there, since it is forbidden. 4. Do not return to last home room period. It tends to deceive your teacher and secures you a good seat on the bus. 5. Edge your way into lunch line whenever possible. It gives you that dignified senior appearance. 6. Shriek with laughter at thc teachers' jokes. They expect it. 7. Call the teachers by their initials or first names. It saves time and is much more informal. 8. Always applaud loudly and long during pay programs. It tends to defer classes. if 9. Run through the halls: it increases your vitality and keeps Mr. Caton in tip- top shape. 10. Spill ink in the hall occasionally. This will keep Mr. Coleman busy. 11. Appear late for classes as often as possible. It makes for shorter class recitation. 12. Write your own absent excuses. This will develop an early talent for fiction writing and thus increases your imagination. 13. Ignore Miss Taylor's math as- signments. She will give you a grade anyway. 14. Be absent as often as possible. This will give you an excuse for not knowing your lessons and may serve to keep the class from progressing too rapidly. 15. Neglect home work as often as possible. All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. 16. Demand more food in the lunch room and consequently get more for your money. They make too much money anyway. Page Thirty

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CLASS HISTORY The Senior class of 45 has at last reached the end of its destination in Simon Kenton High School. It is hard for us to realize that we have come this ar. In nineteen forty-one we entered the land of higher education under the su- pervison of Mr. Hinsdale. We were then one hundred in number and divided into Section one was met by three sections. Miss Riley, section two by Mr. Williams, Mr. Talent, and later Mr. Troutman, sec- tion three by Mr. Thake. Each- group had a different idea of high school life, but all striving for the same goalg and as Freshmen. pure and simple Cmostly simple! we stood upon the threshold of our high school career. During this year the Alpha Beta Gamma was organized and many of our class were invited to be members. Also it was the first year our school gave awards of honor and many of our class carried off special recogni- tions. This year the Junior Glee Club went to Lexington in the State Music Festival and practically all of us ex- perienced that joy ride in the school bus with Mr. Thake. During this year Mr. Hinsdale and Miss Brown fell victim to cupid's bow and before school was out we heard the toll of wedding bells. Our second year was marked by a sadness of Edna Mae Richardson's death. Shortly before school started she sus- tained burns which resulted in her death. This year we started under the su- pervision of Mr. Moore and also it marked the beginning of our decrease, not in ambition and fun, but in number. Of the one hundred who were Freshmen only sixty-eight returned to carry on Qin more ways than oneb in their Sophomore year. Some decided they would have no need of a high school education, others left to carry on their work at other schools, and some decided to take up other duties in the city as country life was too slow for them. This year we welcomed Bob Fuchs into our class and we proved that we had caught the true school spirit, the spirit which is indispensible and pro- ductive to a good school. Many leaders were chosen from us and we responded nobly to the call. We produced leaders in scholastic awards, basketball squad, and State Speech and Music Festivals. The myself attitude of our Freshmen days gave way to school first. The resultsof thorough Sophomore training was made evident when we started the year of forty-three as sixty Juniors. We were sorry to lose some of our members, but welcomed Bob Luck into our Junior Circle. This proved to be a pleasant year for us with our Junior Play and the Junior-Senior picnic at Sharon Woods. In athletics, speech festivals, musical fes- tivals, agriculture scholastic awards, and all special activities, the Juniors were foremost among other classes. We were the strongest class in school and this enabled us to have our own way to a great extent. Much to Mr. Moore's dis- approval We changed the standard of the class ring. During this year three of the boys of our class left for the armed services. They were Charles Jackson, Jack Yates, and Donald Kelley. We entered our Senior year under the direction of Mr. Caton and we numbered fifty-six. We were glad to welcome Billy Ryle into our Senior class. With awe and reverence do we regard our Senior year which seems but a pleasant dream from which we are to be rudely awakened by the buffeting of the cold world. This year we enjoyed many special privileges as our dances and the purchasing of the nickelodian by our class. Many more of our boys have left school to enter the services. Some of them are Stanley Beers, Earl Napier. Donald Russell, Clyde Hopkins, Wally Hancock, and many more will leave before this year is finished. Page Twenty-nine

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