Tell City High School - Sagittarius Yearbook (Tell City, IN)

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CLASS HISTORY On September 7, 1934, 95 Croon freshmen strolled up to the high school door feeling very bic a.nd important. It would have boon an awful Iptr dov n if they would have kr.oy n the thoughts of the upper clasur.cn. Y c struggled along rnd finally found our way. A class meeting was oallcci and we olectcd Peggy Krcislc, pres- ident, Knrjorio Roohrr, vice- president, Amos Hippy, secre- tary and Linry Ella Dixon, treasurer. We selected Llrs. Cummines and hr. hcClary to guide our faltering steps. In October we nil put on our gay colors and falsu faces, and had a ha Howe on party at the Herman gym, which ’.' as quite an important occasion in our young lives. When the school year was past, we looked back with pleasure over our fresh- nan year at high school. Y c enjoyed the summer va- cation and in the fall return- ed to livo up to the tradition of silly 3ophonorcs. At our first class meeting we elected Robert Ahlf, president, Carl Fischer, vice-president and Robert ilollandor, socrctary- trcasurcr. Wo elected Kiss Louise Goffinct and Kr. Eddy as our sponsors. Our class enrollment had shrunk from Co to 78. This wa3 quite a loss. On ilovember 22, we joined with the senior cla33 of chat year and. wp.nt to Jasper to attend a JU3kotball game. School came .be. a close.. This had boon an uneventful year, but we were ready to start the next year as jolly juniors. YVe as Juniors cloctcd Amos Hippy, president, Ruth Anno Kennedy, vice-president, Carl Fischer, secretary and Poggy IIroi3lc, treasurer. Our enroll nont had dwindled to a mere 70. io elected Kiss Royal and hr. HeClary to help us plan for the Junior-Senior banquet which made us feel that vc were of impor- tance to the school. We chose as our class motto Forward ever. Backward never. Aftor

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CLASS much discussion the rod carnation ra 3 chon on ns our class flower end crimson and gray a3 ov.r class colors. We selected Agnua Simp- son md Honnoth Schortzcr to ••rite the class poem, Mary Edvards and Join Lutl r as class historians, but duo to leal: of Line Hnrtha 2vrar d w-,3 appoi ntod in his pla cc Pa, hroislo an .Ci t uC Res s, •..ere apn ntod t e write the clc s s villi, Ruth Anne Ilcnr.cdy and Ha r- jorie Roohm to write tllC cla C3 song. and Hcloii Couitas and Ja elf Eirciilcr tc write the prophecy. Victor Baur and Gilbert Farlrcr were appointed to write the advice to the faculty. Though we v src quite lazy at firct wo finally responded to the urgings of our faithful sponsors; v;c v oikod up a Junior Amateur program which proved a very great success. We also payod class dues this was sufficient to enable us to put. on a very nice banquet for the seniors at the Lillian Toll Hotel. After being away for the sum- mer vc came back to school feel- ing as though our under-class men should lool: up to us because after three years our dream had come HI STORYfc» true. “Seniors.' We were Sen- iors. Wo went about tho halls with our herd3 very high. When strangers ccac they confused us with some of the faculty V.c. called r class meeting and fleeted Ames Hippy, president Paul Penn, vice- president, Joa.notto Hess, secretary, and Andrew Hxlgcnhold, treasurer. Our class had now dropped to 02. hr. 3j;;on and Hr. Schor- gone were elected as sponsors to guide us in cur ln3t year. Two of our girls had em- barked upon the stormy sea of matrimony, hr.ry Hinton left us in her Junior yoar to mar- ry Herbert Hose, and Verlcc Eirchlcr married Sherril Horton in her Senior year. Ar.nis Lcistner returned from Frankfort and William Glenn dropped out, which rakes our present enrollment Cl, the s no as the class la31. Robert Royal is the valedictorian of this class. This is the first time since 1920 that a boy has received this honor. Hnry Edwards Hartha Evrard ] N 5 U A A N C£ OF EVERY DESCRIPTION CHRISo ZOERCHER PHONE 15