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

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CLASS HISTORY Seriousness was of great importance if we were to reach our destination, but we did not once forget that some fun and frolic must enter into the situation. Our caravan stopped several times so that the participants might have some recreation. This gave the travelers a feeling of gladness, and bound everyone closer and closer together into one mind, body, and spirit. We had now passed through the city of Sopho- more which we would never again see, and en- tered into that realm of Juniors where a new and more complicated obstacle lay ahead. Again we must push on and fight to over- come this third great battle. Eleven more of the group dropped out, which left us with only ninety-one. The size of our caravan was grad- ually decreasing, as was expected: we knew that before long many would eventually drop out or be forced to the side lines. Once more our effort toward education stopped while we took care of some important matters. That was the task of again choosing our officers. After much debate and consideration, we selected Dorothy Schaefer, President, and Vice-Presi- dent, Freddie Brenner. Our new member, Pat Shaver was chosen scribe and money keeper. Our banner was to be blue and gold and our flower, the yellow rose. Our motto. “Heights Beckon Us,” was the one thing that we must live up to and respect. Several successful fund- raising campaigns were conducted. During this time, we received our class rings; that symbol of success. The banquet which we gave our big brothers and sisters, the Seniors, was a great success; and was one of those things that made a mark in our life—something that will be cherished by all and never forgotten by any. This phase of our constant struggle ended with much sincerity and consolation in our hearts. We are now the masters of our caravan, be- cause those before us have already reached their destination and have taken up greater re- sponsibilities in life itself. We are now com- posed of seventy-four ambitious students. Once more we stopped to select our officers. Dorothy Schaefer, our last President, was again chosen, with Pat Shaver as Vice-President. Bernice Briggeman was chosen secretary- treasurer. As our supervisors, we chose Miss Calla Black and Mr. Hugh Thrasher—very cap- able and co-operative teachers. Naturally since we had improved physically and mentally, it would take more money to carry out our tasks. A magazine campaign, a Christmas dance, several skating parties, and many other activities gave us the additional money needed. Along the way we again took on a lonesome traveler. Her name was Eloise Weil. She came all the way from Kingston, New York to be with us and to share our burdens and hard- ships. Now that the journey is almost complete, everyone is excited and wish that they were off the caravan and could do as they please. They do not realize it, but when they get off and go into the world, the going is pretty tough. It is not unt 1 then that they fully understand what this secondary education has meant to them. But then it is too late, for it can never be redone. Class Night on May 24th was made a gala af- fair, with the class presenting a program entitled “Class Night Circus.” The entire class partici- pated in the program. Dot Schaefer gave the Welcoming Address and Freddie Brenner, Ber- nice Briggeman, Shaion Keiser, Bob Hartz, Robert Vaughn, Pat Shaver. Osman Knepper, and Paul Simpson playing the leading roles. This was followed by an all-student dance. Ralph Byrd was named valedictorian, a fit- ting honor for him, and Pat Shaver was saluta- torian in the Commencement exercises. Our caravan is slowly halting, for our des- tination is in sight. These days of toil will never be forgotten and the many friendships that we have acquired can never be broken. Our time to get off is at hand and as good sen- iors we will face it with hearts of gold. To our underclassmen we say, “strive on, never quitting, never shirking. Take up your caravan and strive on to attain those heights. Work harder and harder and reach that peak which so many noble students have reached; that peak as Seniors.’' SAGITTARIUS, 1948

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CLASS HISTORY The history of our class began when we came to Tell City High School from our respective grade schools, ready and willing to challenge the greater tasks of higher education. That was back in September, 1944. Naturally the first thing that faced us was the job of selecting our subjects. What vocat.on should we select if we hadn't already selected one? Would this vocation be the one that we would follow through our entire life? Would we success- fully pass through the threshold of secondary learning and come out respectful, ambitious, and conscientious citizens of which our teachers, elders, and this magnificent country could be proud? It all depended on us, the citizens of tomorrow. These were a few of the many problems that confronted us, and only time, which quickly passes, w 11 have given the answers as we pass from these portals of secondary learning into the world. When we reminisce over our beloved days in high school, we realize our mistakes and ac- complishments and clearly see how those errors could have been avoided. Our freshmen days brought joys and sorrows and our activities were strictly limited to fresh- men privileges—which were few and far be- tween. At our first class meeting, we or- ganized our class by electing officers and sponsors. As our Superior, we elected Ralph Alvey and Vice-Superior, Joyce Shaw. Leo “Pee Wee” Bower was elected to keep our minutes and Dorothy Schaefer was elected our money-keeper. M ss Vandeveer and Miss Dew, our supervisors, were of invaluable help in making decisions and planning our activities. At last our long journey up the road of edu- cation could begin. We were determined to do our level best to reach new heights and by ag- gressive effort, we did get a foothold. Our first activity, a dance, provided us with a sum of money which was put in the treas- ury. The Seniors sponsored a carnival in which we were invited to participate. To represent us, a king. Bob Hartz, and a queen, Laveme Gramelspacher, were selected. That phase in our life as Freshmen in TCHS had now passed and we had to move on to greater tasks which only those who had passed over the first obstacle of the journey, were eligible to undertake. As the second obstacle appeared, we were better prepared and not afraid to face it. Jog- ging onward, we consisted of one hundred and two students, five less than the original num- ber of one hundred and seven. By now we had learned that only success is ga ned by hard work and constant effort. Edi- son’s theory, success is one per cent inspiration and ninety-nine per cent perspiration, was very true indeed. We now realized the importance of educat on, which would eventually lead to success in the world today. Our grasp was stronger. Our journey was no harder than it was when we started except that we had to assume greater responsibilities and undertake bigger tasks. Our second year in TCHS brought many more activities. To make the journey much more pleasant, we elected as the Head of our caravan, Maydell MJls and the Vice- master was Ralph Boerste. Paul Simpson accepted the position as scribe and treasurer. Since our two previous supervisors had ac- cepted other positions, we had to select two new ones. This we did with much caution and preciseness. Miss Royal and Mr. Beatty, two capable and willing sponsors, could and did help us very much in strengthening our foun- dation. A new traveler was taken into our caravan. His name was Pat Shaver. He had come all the way from Greenville, Kentucky to join us. SAGITTARIUS, 1948

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 Y JJ ? The underclassmen make up the biggest group in Tell City High School. And yet they are given no more than a page for each of the classes. This was not done because we do not appreciate them and recognize their lead- ing part in school activities. It was done because of a sincere desire on the part of the seniors to break even on this hazardous undertaking, the annual. We feel that if the Class of 1948 is able to come out even on this year’s copy of the “Sagittarius” it will encourage all of the classes which follow us to issue their own copy of an annual. Perhaps some of the later an- nuals will be able to afford individual cuts of all classes but at the present lime it is impossible. We also hope that the underclassmen will not have all of the problems which we have had in publishing this record of our years in Tell City High. We feel that the experience we have gained this year should be of invaluable aid to the later classes, and hope that they all continue to publish bigger and better copies of the “Sagittarius.” SAGITTARIUS, 1948