Smithsburg High School - Leopard Yearbook (Smithsburg, MD)

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Cyan JLAJOP As FRESHMEN In the fall of 1948 we entered the halls of Sm1thsburg H1gh A class numberlng s1xty f1ve greemes had assembled here from all d1rect1ons from as far away as Cascade and as near as Greensburg We were asked to map our dest1n1es for the next four years by select1ng our course of study Mrs St Cla1r and M1ss Yeakle were gxventhe custody of thxs group f lost souls Our f1rst soc1al act1v1ty was 1n the form of a Welcome Party g1ven to the newcomers 1nto the Jumor I-hgh School Aprrl 29 1949 the Sc1ence Class chartereda bus for a tr1p to Wash lngton D C Followlng a study of Natural Scrence we wlshed to further our knowledge w1th v1s1ts to the several museums 1n the Cap1tO1 c1ty Other po1nts of lnterest were also rncluded ln the tour By the end of thls flrst year we were beg1nn1ng to look upon the upperclassmen w1th less awe and the faculty had become our most pat1ent 1nstructors rather than the sullen masters of our fate As SOPHOMORES September of 49 rolled around fast We had now matured 1nto fxfty sxx gay Sophomores The advrsors for the Academ1cs were Mr Glenn Bushey and for the Vocatlonals Mr Frank Warf1eld Webster says Sophomore comes from two words meamng Wlse and Fool1sh The records tell us that there were th1rteen of our class on the semester honor roll so that expla1ns the wlsdom of our class As for the foollsh aspects should we refer to those who left us v1a the matr1mon1al route or some of the antxcs of Dlck and DOHHIC? Oh well let's all share mn th1s Just to keep the record stralght as well as honest In sports we fared qulte well placlng four g1rls and one boy on the Vars1ty basketball teams and f1ve boys on the Jayvee team In the sprlng we contracted wandemng fever agaln and spent an en Joyable day at Hershey Amusement Park Then JUNIORS Hooray' We had reached the three quarter mark but there were now Just forty f1ve of us M155 W1lson and Mr Warf1eld were to gulde us through the next nlne mon hs of our careers After the smoke had cleared as the result of our class elect1ons the follow1ng were the suc ces sful cand1dates Sectwn A Sect1on B Arthur Pmtenger Presrdent Jeanne Brown Robert Mrller V Presxdent Gladys Brown Janet Sch1ldt Sec Treas Joyce Schxldt O ' v H . . . . . O . , - , . . 9 . I . . . . , . . ' ll ' ll . H . , . - 9 , . . . ' 1 ' 4 , -