Syracuse High School - Echo Yearbook (Syracuse, IN)

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The class of 1953 entered the seventh grade with 39 students on August 29, 1947. The building was new to us and at first the classrooms were difficult to find. We entered the eighth grade with 32 members August 30, 1948. This was our last year in Junior High and a few of our members dropped out before the yearwas ended. General Science and Civics were our biggest worries that year. In 1949 we entered High School with 32 members on September 2. We sat in the big study hall and wondered at the senior's confidence and poise. We also dissected frogs in Mr. Garner's class that year. On September 1, 1950 we started our sophomore year with 30 members. We had lost two members during the summer, Thelma Coquillard, and Barbara Searfoss. By that year our trips to the Dunes State Park had become quite familiar. Another important year in the history of our class was 1951. We enrolled with 26 juniors on August 31. We had lost Patricia Jones, Mable Rarig, Robert Bell and Tom Gladieux. This year we had charge of concessions and produced our first class play. In the spring the high light was the junior-senior recep- tion. We entered our senior year with 24 members, having lost John Morris, Max Hunnicutt, Leroy Byrd and Patricia Mellot. We gainedDave Longenecker, Arlen Scarbeary and Shirley Brown. Fourteen members of the class went to Syracuse school all twelve years. They are: Jane Bachman, DonnaMcSweeney, Sandra Schleeter, Patricia Kitson, Shirley Sharp, John Connolly, Patrick Fin- ton, Tom Kroh, Arthur Mabie, Philip Meek, Douglas Mock, Danny O'Haver, Marvin Shock and Carl Wilkinson. Our most memorable experience this year was our trip to Washington, D. C. and New York City. Our class flower is the red carnation. The class colors are navy blue and white, and the motto is: Within ourselves our future lies .

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V nr RUTH P. RAPP First Grade RUTH MEREDITH Second Grade MARY GANTS Fourth Grade GLADYS S. MORRIS Fifth Grade On September 1, 1941, the class of 1953 entered the first grade under the guidance of Mrs. Rapp. We learned our consonants and vowels and moved on to the second grade. • We had 36 members on September 4, 1942. When Mrs. Meredith had taught us our phonics we proceeded to the third grade. Here we furthered our education under Mrs. Seiders (Mrs. Francis) by learning more arithmetic and spelling. We started our fourth year on September 1, 1944, with 33 members. Mrs. Gants was our teacher that year, and we still remember the Heidi stories she read us. On August 3, 1945, we started our fifth year with 40 members and Miss Swartz (Mrs. Morris) as our teacher. We struggled with geography and were promoted to the sixth grade. We met Mr. George for the first time in 1946 and a- midst exciting stories and percentages we realized we had completed one-half of our schooling. (Since our elementary days many new teachers have been added. Those pictured below in addition to the ones who guided our early educational efforts complete this year's elementary school staff.) MARY ANN STIEGLITZ Second Grade BETTY KOWALUK Third Grade MARY E. PETERS First Grade ESTHER S. WEAVER Third Grade HOMER D. ALLEN Fourth and Fifth Grades GILBERT GEORGE Sixth Grade STANLEY HOOPINGARNER Sixth Grade

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