Tripoli High School - Panther Yearbook (Tripoli, IA)

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,, ,- .F M3232 On the bright morning of September ln, 1939, fourteen shining faces greeted lliss Cathrine Densmore and so started their first day of school. lisa Densmore found out the pupils names were as follows: Charles Blanchard Evelyn Sassman llonte Blanchard Richard Schmidt Florence Borchert llarlys Schwem Donna lae Kohl Janet Skeries Donald Bremer Hazel Slack Hazel llaurer Norma lilharm Delores Prestien Jean Peschang The first to the eighth grade came and went until the Freshman year strolled in and stared ua in the faces. Ie braved our high school years by starting Freshman year with a total of 27 students. And with these first days of school came initiation. Such a hectic day! lhat shapely legs the boys had with their trousers rolled above their knees. The girls all had a new hairdo, pigtails, especially Dorothy, with an odd dozen plentifully strewn all over her head. Home Economics proved to be quite interesting that year. But what a problem those ballerina skirts presented. The six yard hem seemed to be the biggest problem when sewed by hand. lhen the machines were used, Betty sswed her finger, causing a lot of excitement. le had our usual picnic on the last day of school in our Freshman year. The girls will never forget what a cold day it was for swim- ming. Shirley proved that people can get sick when exposed to water for a certain length of time. Acting warden for the day was Lois. Everyone took part in the excitement of the day except Betty and Lloyd, who enjoyed fishing, more. To most people, the Sophomore year seems uninteresting, but what a time everyone had in biology, picking those frogs and crsyfish apart. Another event in which the Sophomores took part was serving at the Junior-Senior banquet. But with our fun, we went to the serious side and had an educational picnic the last day of school. We toured through John Deere, Kleen laid, and KXEI. Our Junior year was outstanding, because this was the time we presented the play, 'Glamour Boy.' How well we remember the suspense of December 2, when it was put before the public. Evelyn never did find those pictures and what was Gene talking about when he said, 'I was too far away?' Bob set a new record that night putting on his clothes. 'Colonial Capers' was the name of our very successful banquet. How beautiful the gym looked after we finished putting up those white colonial pillars that reached from the floor to the balcony! An added attraction was the white picket fence and swinging gate with colorful flowers woven among the pickets. The moon and the twinkling stars gave the sparkling backdrop of two silhouettes an- air of elegance. That year we travelled to Strawberry Point for a picnic. After a hearty dinner and supper, we enjoyed a dance at the 'Colliseum Ballroom'. Now we are at the and of our school days at THS. This past year has been the most important year of all. The day finally came when we received the honor of initiating the freshmen. Of course, we were very sympathetic with them. le also got a vague idea of how we looked four years before. le'll always remember the birthday parties we had this year. They seemed to make up for the class parties we didn't have. The highlight of the year was 'Skip Day . lhat fun we had. lith all these things slipping past us, it doesn't seem possible that graduation is so near. ,nr , il en. 'l 2.5 I J Q4 - Q '-7?-Tl .M