St Rose High School - Rosarian Yearbook (Lima, OH)

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HOMECOMING C465 1

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Nineteen hundred forty-nine and the first event of the school year. What is this event? Why, the Initiation, of course. It is now THE DAY-eleven o'clock-and the Freshmen are leaving for home to prepare for the day's events. Shall we listen in on a conversation of two eager-eyed Freshmen? What are you going to wear for a short dress today? Oh, I have an old one in the closet that I had in the sixth grade, but I can't find a high heel. ' Mom has an old pair, I'll wear one and you can wear the other. That will be swell. Then, I have every- thing ready. I'll run home and braid my hair, put on that old dress and borrow my brother's jeans, get into one silk and one wool stocking, then I am all set. Be sure not to forget your poster. Don't worry, I know better. I have to go now or I will never get the lunch ready. So- long. I'll see you at 11:30 then. The time now is 11:45 and the Freshmen are just getting back. They must have had a hard time following the instructions of the Seniors. Oh! look at the boys, if they don't look funny with their jeans rolled up and their mother's silk stockings bagging at the knees. What really looks funny is the bandanas on their heads. You can't tell the girls from the boys. Well, we just finished the lunch prepared by the Freshmen. They passed inspection just as did their compositions written under the title, What I Think of the Seniors. The first event after lunch is making our little sisters and brothers clean the cars brought to school by the Seniors. It was very funny to watch the students, dressed in the costumes of a fool, cleaning cars with toothbrushes. After this task some of the greenies had to clean the auditorium, while others played leap frog, or pushed a ball from one specified place to another with their noses. Also, the girls were trying to beat the boys in sack races. We then tried to see how much dancing ability there was in the Freshman Class. We first of all asked them to dance to slow music, then we speeded it up to regular jazz music. The Seniors came to the decision that with the dif- ferences of shoes on our lowly freshmen, that it would only be fair tht they be given the chance to exhibit their real talent at the dance held for the whole high school tonight. Is that a Freshman? said one of the Senior girls. It surely is , the other replied. Well, these little Freshmen were dressed in their street clothes again and they all looked extremely nice. The dance started off as usual with the boys afraid to ask the girl in the pretty party dress to dance, but it wasn't long before we were all enjoying ourselves very much. The moment finally came when we should announce the king and queen, and we did so with great celebrity. The king was that Fresh- man who wears a football suit and runs across the goal line, David Parent, and the queen was the girl who always has a smile for all, and also very pretty dimples, Donna Siferd. They looked pleased and Cute as they sat on the throne in front of the entire school and were crowned with silver crowns to show their royalty. We had a grand march and shortly after that the day was ended with the saying, The last dance, folks. The freshmen were good sports all day long and I am sure this will be one school day remem- bered by the Class of '50.

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QUEEN and COURT QUEEN - MARY FRAUNFELTER A'l l'ENDAN'l'S - NANCY SAVAGE BEA HENNE The football season came to a climax with the Homecoming dance of 1949. On this night of November 18, Mary Fraunfel- ter reigned as queen and Bill Shambarger as king. Nancy Savage, junior, and Mildred llennc, Sophomore, made up the court. At the half of the game the field became total darkness while the queen and her attendants came to the 50 yard line. When they reached this point the stadium was bathed in light and they were escorted across the field by the king and other members of both teams while the Cen- tral band played appropriate music. As they passed under the arch made by the majorettes, the band played My Wiltl Irish Rose which made every Irishman beam. The court was then seated on the throne where joe Lawler, captain of the team, crowned Bill and Mary with great cele- brity as the Football Homecoming King and Queen. After a few more numbers from the band the game proceeded. St. Rose with its fleeting team, which had many spectacular plays, won this game against Plymouth with flying honors. This enlivened the spirits for the evening. Following the game the high school students and their guests, which included Plymouth and the Central band, went to the auditorium for the dance sponsored by the Seniors in honor of the court. Here speeches were given, refreshments served, and you could dance to your heart's con- tent. In the middle of the evening there was a grand march in which everyone took part. Then, as all occasions come and go, so did this one, but, l am sure, with a much different attitudeg for in the heart of each person leaving the dance was the beauty and splendor of an oc- casion never to be forgotten.