Sunflower County Junior College and Agricultural High School - Retrospect Yearbook (Indianola, MS)

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nu I II H IIII V . rv ETQOSDEC gp l ll lllllllllllll Rally Day I came late to the S. A. H. S. that night, eleven o'clock or after it must have been. It was with much relish that after I had been shown my rnom, I sank into a deep and refreshing sleep. A good thing it was that I could look back upon a day in which I had traveled a few hundred miles, caught three or four last minute trains, and paid out a king's ransom to baggage carriers and other pirates, instead of being able to look in-to the future. Had I known what a hectic day was to follow, I verily believe that I should have lain awake in dread and, I think I may say it, pleasurable anticipation, for all my weariness. The first thing I heard early the next morning was a bell ringing with the same unholy glee that a yard dog howls at the moon. No sooner had the echoes of this tormenter died away than there broke upon my uncomprehending ears, Rah! Rah! Rah! Laniersl Now I'm very well acquainted with Sid and I couldn't help wondering at such untimely utterances. These had not been finished when some pagan yelled Olympians! Olympians! Olympians! I was totally in ignorance as to the cause of such unusual demonstrations. I wondered if I had stumbled into an insane asylum, or if I had uncovered a new religion or political party. Before the day was out I was to see where neither idea went very far from wrong. After breakfast I found myself drifting about the edges of a terrific crowd and trying to make myself heard in the uproar. I plucked one fellow by the sleeve. I say, old chap, WhCrC'S the fire? He responded by staring blankly at me for a moment, and then bursting into an uproar of laughter. I gazed pityingly at him and then turned to a more intelligent-looking specimen. He did the same as the first had clone. I was mistaken. Next, I tried a young lady, or girl I should say, and with better success. She showed no signs of amusement further than a smile, and, grasping my arm led me off toward one of the ebuildings, saying that she would explain. Then she started chattering much the same that all girls do. But the explanation? I asked. What of it P Oh! she said, I'm going to give it, but it will take all day. All day! I almost shouted, All day? Yes, she answered. Look here, young lady, I said, what are you going to do to me? But at that moment another fair creature attached herself to my other arm and so my ques- tion was not answered. But I found myself between two undeniably charming companions, the one on the right wearing a green and white bunch of ribbon and the one on the left one of pea green and lavender. And for what are those ribbons? I asked. Oh! these are our colors. I see, I said knowingly, although I was far from understanding. But you don't at all, said the one on my right. There are four societies in school. My two are the Laniers and Athenians, and these, indicating the green and white, are our colors. The other two, and my two, said my companion on the left, are the Olympians and their sisters, the Philomatheans, and these are our colorsg and she playfully flaunted the pea green and lavender at her companion. Twice a year, she went on, these four societies hold a rally day, an interscholastic field meet, you might say. On these days the Laniers put their strength against that of the Olympians, and the Athenians put theirs against that of the Philos. At the end of the second rally day the boys' society that has scored the greatest number of points for the year receives the number representing the year as a reward for the victory. The girl society that has scored the highest receives a like prize. But we haven't told you anything of rally day itself. It is an all-day affair and consists of both literary and athletic events in the afternoon. The competition is very strong, but it is also very friendly. I uw luuim ' ' 'ig ' I I nu m I Iimu Ill H f N AC PQI fx 'Nfq Xa N v