Southeastern High School - Blue and White Yearbook (Chillicothe, OH)

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THE BLUE AND WHITE Page11 fqfqueawhhhfqwmhwwasawmfswawwuhwwhhhwfewfeeggQ D659feafqwmwwwqf-swsasamwqawwwawawihwmwhwezwq Q Q I 1 K V . lv fs ,fi l S S M' VN f - - .,... Liberty Does it not seem hard to realize that the class of '37, with all its ex- perience was ever a class of silly young Freshmen? There was nothing in our brains but a lot of nonsense and a few facts we had learned in the grade schools. Our chief dream was of the day we would be wise, dignified Seniors and rule as we were being ruled. We thank our teachers for helping put valuable material into our brains during our four years of High School. On that bright day of September a large number of Freshmen came to school. Our opening event was to be taken to the pump by upper classmen. The first few days we were taught the rules around school. Our Freshman year we took little interest in school activities although a large group came out for basketball, most were unsuccessful in getting on the squad. A few Freshmen took part in musical events. The beginning of the Sophomore year, our class had dwindled to twenty- nine members, although a few new members had entered. We had candidates for the basketball squad, chorus, and plays. We had gained some material during the two years. We still had the jobs to do around the school with the upper classmen as our bosses. Wade sang the boys' solo at the contest, and this was our bright event of the year. Our Junior year, we were swell-headed and knew everything, even more than the teachers. Our class had dwindled to twenty-five. We dominated the basketball squad with five members, four of them on the first team. We had many candidates for track and the musical contest. Wade sang the boys' solo again. Our Junior play was the high spot for our class that year, the proceeds of which went toward the Junior-Senior party. How we hated to give the Seniors a party! Then, 1936 dawned. Only twenty-one of our original thirty-four mem- bers had weathered the storms. After a few weeks, our class had dropped to sixteen, who finished school. The class was glad to unite with the Rich- mondale Seniors under the name of Southeastern. We were now the rulers instead of being ruled. Our class was represented very well in all school activities. To climax it all was the Senior play which was aided by the help of two .Junior girls. The plays and class nights were held separately. Baccalau.eate services were combined and conducted as that of the Southeastern High School. The finale was the joint Commencement at Chillicothe High School Audi- torium, May 25. So ending all, we, the Senior class of 1937, break our ties and bindings with the Southeastern High School to join the wide world where we will be our own teachers. . . Mike Thompson. qwmmmnammmmmwmeewmwawumacigi DC'Wah wwwwwwmwunawmamammmw

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Pa.ge10 THE BLUE AND WHITE wwvmweewbmhhuehfqwqewemmwfqwwewawwwwewe491 Bgjpahfewwhwwwwwsamwqhmwwawwwawwwqwwewwh Calass flags First row, left to right-Miss Eg, Directress Liberty Playg B. Shear, B. Roush, M. Holcomb, L. Lightle, Miss Hirsch, Directress Richmondale Playg N. Estep. Second row-H. Woods, J. Hatfield, R. Thompson. Third row-R. Wade, A. Fout, E. Hardesty, E. Scott. Fourth row-M. Morton, J. Bethel, E. Oney, P. Pleasant, R. Climer. Fifth row-P. French, F. Retherford, L. Bell, R. Ray, R. Mingus. On Friday, May 5, the Richmondale Seniors presented their play, The Scarecrow Creeps, a three-act comedy-mystery, under the direction of Miss Hirsch. The Liberty Seniors presented their play, Pulling the Curtain, a three- act farce in the modern manner, Thursday, May 20, under the direction of Miss Fox. . Bwbhmmmwmmmwwhwawuewmmmmamw

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. Page12 THE BLU.E AND WHITE ummnewaf-saawaemhesemfeaenawfamesauweswaeswQQH Dgisawnwhhhwawefeawahuemawfeaememmwqfeuehfefeh ugh: 'Vi ' .QQ L. Richmondale Can it be true? On the seventh day of September, 1933, the little ship, The Richmondale High School, stood at anchor at the wharf of a new school year. Its passengers were a crew of silly Freshmen who were attempt- ing the voyage made on the old ship by many others. The captain explained that the voyage of high school life was in reality to be over four seas, but seemed to be one great sea. Its passengers who started out on this voyage were: Quentin Coy, Paul French, Merle Morton, Carl Oyer, Loren Simpson, Walter Spindler, Zelma Fisher, Irene Fairchild, Elma Hatfield, Evangeline Hardesty, Clara Ray, Pauline Spindler, Helen Wood, Normal Estep, and Reubin Jones. With many hardships to endure, and many storms to weather -the old ship brought them safely into the Sophomore year. As Sophomores in 1934, we were respected a little more by our upper classmen. We found we had lost four members, namely: Loren Simpson, Clara Ray, Pauline Spindler, and Reubin Jones. The great downfall of this class was when Betty Shear and Joyce Hatfield were added to the crew. We thought it was time to elect ofiicers for such a refined class. When the smoke of the election cleared up, we found the officers were as follows: President, Carl Oyerg vice president, Betty Shear, secretary, Zelma Fisherg and treas- urer, Joyce Hatfield. As the ship sailed into the third sea, which we called the Junior year of 1935, we were called young ladies and young gentlemen. We found we had four of our crew missing, namely: Carl Oyer, who had taken up farm- ing as an occupation, Zelma Fisher, who had set sail for Waverly, Elma Hatfield, who decided that she knew all she could ever be taughtg and Helen Wood, who had pulled up stakes and sailed for Mt. Sterling. However, three new members joined our crew. They were Paul Pleas- ant, from Londonderry, who came to us, thereby taking a great load from Mr. White's shoulders, Lester Bell from Chillicothe, who brought city edu- cation with himg and Berniece Roush, who came from Huntington, causing sighs of relief to come from the teachers there. This made our roll as fol- lows: Paul French, Merle Morton, Norman Estep, Evangeline Hardesty, Betty Shear, Joyce Hatfield, and Walter Spindler. We lived up to the title of being rather dignified until Joyce and Merle disgraced us in the Jun- ior Play. We had to start all over again. As the ship sailed into the fourth and last great sea in September of 1936, all the members from the preceding year were abroad, with the addition of a new member, Helen Wood, who had returned for an education. All these said it had been a most wonderful voyage and we have gathered many souvenirs from every port and are striving to guard against taking unto our- selves anything which would not be of service to us on the greater voyage of Real Life upon which we are now to embark. On May 7, 1937, we presented our Senior play, The Scarecrow Creeps, at the Town Hall, with great success. Our baccalaureate services were held at the Richmondale Methodist Church, May 16, with Rev. Williams giving the address, and again at Londonderry Methodist Church, May 23, with Rev. Fields. Our joint Commencement was held May 25, 1937, at the Chillicothe High School Auditorium.-Merle Morton. vHeaawaeawwQwaaemahawwawfQaweawseawuhc'L9Q Myahhhhwaahwwaamaawhmawawewvhbmaahhwqh