South Zanesville High School - Conatus Yearbook (Zanesville, OH)

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C )iIf i]0K-Q OMCDK V The entire world has been startled by the astcnding facts brought to light concerning the past life of the Senior Class of South Zanesville High School. After months of intensive sleuthing and the most underhanded snooping, a reporter on The South Zanepville News now loresents to a waiting and feverish populace the true story of the grad- uating class of 1940. It s morning i forty-nine ion of the brows and hop d to p the tirele were Kary Burchett , were bathe men. eems that four years ago on a certain September n the year of nineteen hundred and thirty-six, dark forms were observed sneaking in the direct- high school. Their caps were pulled low on their witnesses testify that the sneakers very plainly ass unobserved. But all the evidence collected by ss reporter -orovos beyond doubt that the timid ones France, Catherine McQuillan, Forrest Grant, Nelson and Francis Gibson. Poor things! Mo wonder they d in bashfulness. It w as their first day as fresh- The outstanding event of our freshmen year was the freshmen-sophomore party held May 13th in the school auditor- iuTi with the faculty as guests. The class offlcors wcro: President, Robert Brandenburg; Vice President, Pauline Faires; Secretary, Louise Barker; Treasurer, Donald Lasure. For our home-room teacher we had Mr. H. J. Scott. On September sixth, nineteen hundred thirty-seven we decided to work as cnthusir ptically as we did the previous year, with Miss Tannehlll as our advisor. For officers we had Pauline Faires, President; Marjorie Wagner, Vice Pres- ident; Marilynn McClelland, Secretary r-nd Treasurer. Our class had several good basketball players nnd most of the girls were members of the glee club, a few of them singing at the Music Festival at Mew Concord. We began our junior year studious as ev r and- looking forward to the class play and the Junior-Senior Banauet. For the class lolay we chose Peter Beware, a three-act comedy. The Junior-Senior Banauet was held April 21 at the school auditorium with F. D. Ring as the guest sp nicer and c . aas president Forrest Grnnt as the toastmaster.

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' yl , r| i 4 N - BEVERLY JOY SCHOFIELD ARTnUR NELSON BURGiiETT ESThER ELIZABETH THOMAS Olrl Reserves 4; Play 4Basketball 4; Baseball SConatua Staff 3; Prince Glee Club 1-2; OperettaPlay 4 of Peace Contest 3; O-lee 3 Club 1-2-3-4; Sextette 4 Operetta 3 . v» VERNA IRENE SWEET X CATHERINE McQUILLAN -,J MARY VON CEIL TIPTON Girl Reserves 3-4; Bas-Conatus Staff 3; Play 4 Glee Club 2-3; Girl Re- ketball 2 serves 4

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This yeo.r our class decreased in number to twenty-six. The class organized, electing Fori-est Grant, President; Pauline Falres, Vice President; Marjori;: ' Wagner, Treasurer, Marilynn McClelland, Secretary; and Mro I. L. Perry as class advisor. Our class sponsored the appearance i ' .ere of Carl Miskimen and his Buckeye Fiddlers, and Moore the M .r. -ician. Two new members came from distal ' ; 3tates to Join us. Eve Belle Barker, from Glendale, Caliio.- ' ia, and Mary J= ne Collins from Tampa, Florida. Six members of our class, Marilynn McClelland, Arthur Steed, Esther Thomi.s, Forrest Grant and Louise Barker part- icipated in the 1939 Prince of Peace Contest held at the South Zanesvllle Methodist Church. Beginning our senior year of high school we cmc b ck with the Sf me number that ve had last ye .r. We met in Room 14 with Mr. B. L. Perry as class advisor and Forrest Grant, President; Marilynn McClelland, Vice President; Esther Riley, Seer tary; and P ' .uline Falres, Treasurer. In January James Dozer, decided thit he would like to work so ho auit school and started to work at Fisher ' s Pool Room. This ye r our class had the honor of having the only letter-man on the basketball team, John Towning. Other players who represented our cl ss were Nelson Burchott, Frpncls Gibson, and Arthur Steed. We presented our class lolay Aaron Slick from Punkin Crick on January 23 in the high school auditorium. It was a three-act comedy directed byMr. B. L. Perry. This was the first play every given at different places in the history of the school. It was given at Roseville High School, Philo High School, Meadow Farm Grange Hall, and East Fultonhoin School, Altogether, we realized a profit of approximately two hundred nd fifteen dollars. The second senior play, Dotty and Daffy, directed by Mr, Rieger was scheduled ' for May 9. On March 15 our class sponsored a Variety Show consisting of two one-act plays, the Stanley Girls Quartet .nd a South Town Quiz progr jn. This was enjoyed by everyone who attended. Those who have battled the way together from beginning to end are Marilynn McClelland, Betty Shook, Marjorio Wagner, Verna Sweet, Louise B ' rker, Esther Jean Riley, Francis Gibson, Catherine McQuillan, and Virgil Matthews.