South Whitley High School - Reflector Yearbook (South Whitley, IN)

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FRESHMAN CLASS HISTORY Early in the morning of Monday, September 8th, 1919, forty-two eager, Anxious, wondering boys and girls wended their various ways towards the South Whitley High School building, and there took their places in the As- semhly room and were enrolled as Freshmen. We were eager and anxious, because this was a great day in our lives. It was the day when our high school career began and we were no longer just graders. Many of us wondered because this was our first day in the South Whitley Schools. We had come from the little Red School House in the country and we knew little of the way things were done in this high school where there were so many students, and so many teachers. The second day of school we began to feel quite proud of ourselves as a class, when we were informed that we were the largest Freshman class ever enrolled in the local schools. This record we have maintained thruout the year altho we have lost t hree of our original number. The middle of the sec- ond semester Helen Plattner, formerly of the Columbia City Schools, joined our forces, keeping our total number at forty. In the beginning the upperclassmen looked down upon us as mere chil- dren unlearned in the mighty ways of high school affairs and the weighty problems of higher education. The first two weeks of school we did not ac- complish much except getting acquainted with one another, with text books, and our new teachers. In the course of time we held a class meeting and ef- fected a class organization. We chose Miss Elfers, class advisor ; Robert Clapp, President ; Conway Geist, Vice President ; and Annette Weiner, Secretary- Treasurer. Our social activities were limited to two class parties during the first se- mester. The first one was held at the home of Marguerite Hauptmeyer at Col- lamer ; the second one at the home of Lewis Beard. Naturally we had a jolly good time, which is characteristic of all Freshman parties. As a class we are well represented in all High School activities. One of our members, Robert Clapp, played center on the varsity basket ball team, while in the inter-class games our team made a good record. We are also represented in the Glee Club, Track Team, and the Annual Staff organizations. We come now to the close of the year, the majority of our class having passed the first landmark of our High School career. With great pride and pleasure we will look upon this as being one of our very best years in school, feeling that we are more enabled to press on towards our goal. Keith Chadwick 2:-i.

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FRESHMAN CHARACTERISTICS Genevieve Waugh — Our Botany Heroine. Helen Oliver — A silent friend. Icel Lancaster — One of our numerous cooks. Opal Lancaster — An artist of great renown. Delia Weybright — A future artist. Lavona Kinsey — Smiles. Bernice Long — Her blush is beautiful. Nine Smith — The Smith a mighty lady is she. Lewis Beard — I ' ll be a professor some day. Fred Fosler — A professional baker. Russell Austin — Lengthy. Cyril Bates — Bright and shining light hair. George Knoop — Too bashful to look at a girl. Merritt Bowers — Bashfulness is an ornament of youth. Freeman Smith — Smithy. I am from Collamer. Jeannette Lancaster — Annette ' s noisy seat-mate. Annette Weiner — An all round jolly good girl. John Feagler — The Class Orator. Charles Day — He ' s a complete Day. Kermit Tressler — Our Mathematician. Leota Koontz — A big girl with a small voice. Ruth SUickey — She ' s still sticking. Laura Nicholson — Shut up. Edith Pence — I won ' t. ' ' Cleta Barr — The bar of the Freshman class. Marguerite Hauptmeyer — ! those dimples. Alma Pook — She wore a look of wisdom from her birth. Erna Trier — The girl of the swift tongue. Foster Bollinger — Always has something to do but never does anything. Conway Geist — Did I ever write a note? No. Leona Dreyer — Her smile is beautiful. Hilda Hockmeyer — Smiling and Whispering. Beulah Moore — 0! Now quit! Robert Clapp — Our big boy. Hazel Bobilya — Say kid, how do you get this Algebra? Von Cook — Class Comedian. Aw! Shut up. Darlene Eisman — Class poet. Her rhymes the rude swains heads do turn. Helen Plattner — A very quiet and modest girl is she and with wisdom blest. Katharine Crov — 0! Wise Student.