Van Wert High School - Excalibur Yearbook (Van Wert, OH)

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EXCALIBUR 1936 We've Come Far 1 ,,. In the early part of September in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and thirty-two, there came to Van Wert High School from the four corners of the city, a group of bashful and bewildered freshmen. Boys and girls alike wandered about the corridors for days hunting their classrooms and living under the nerve-racking fear of initiations inspired by the gruesome stories and threats of the upperclassmen. It was a bold, bold freslunan who ventured forth those first few weeks after nine o'cloek in the evening. Some idea of the inexperience of those small mortals may be gained from the fact that they actually ran when Mr. l,ehning's big voice boomed Hurry! Hurry !'l through the early morning corridors, As the year wore on the freshmen became bolder and since the expected fatalities from initiations failed to develop, an occasional freshman was seen to timidly appear at a mixer. Came the fall of '33 and in a like manner came the Sophomore Class, a one hundred per cent representation of the former freshmen. But lo! there was a change. No longer did they search blankly for their rooms and no longer did they run like scared sheep at Mr. I.ehning's clarion call. They had experience and an air of confidence that awed the freshmen who were haunted as never before by the tales and threats of initiation inspired chiefly by the Sophomores. During the year they were well represented in the various school activities. At the beginning of the Junior-Senior year Alva Brown, the Freshlnan-Sophomore presi- dent, was replaced by Dave Heydinger who soon moved to Bellefontaine leaving the task to George Marsh to carry on during the Junior and Senior years. On April 5, 1935, a play The Little Clown was presented by the Junior Class that estab- lished a new high in such plays. The leading roles were taken by Helen Stuck and Bob King. In the fall of '35 the class came back to finish in a blaze of glory, Kay Edwards was elected president of Y-Hi and Dick Dippery, president of Hi-Y. Both organizations presented splendid programs during the year. The High School paper, enlarged and improved, was renamed the Scarlet Quill, and had a very successful year under Robert Comer's guidance. The Senior Class play 'Hammer Gurton's Needle was a tremendous success played before a packed house. The Seniors were represented at the Prom of '36. Finally the Senior Class of '36 presents an Excalibur heretofore unequaled due to the cooperation of Catherine King and her loyal staf. GEORGE Mmzsn, 36

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X1 EXCALIBUR 1936 Nl' - What They Teach . ol U. A. K1,EN1m'oR'rH Physical Education, Mathematics H. XV. LEHMNG Vocational lfQ4ll.ENN L1v1Nos'1'oN Social Science, Science lnouon C.. Mixsox ic Q ' atics s , ' - E1.1zA1xE'1'H IJRIDDY Latin, Home Economics LYKP. Rixucu Commercial ' I. B. SP1i:'1'u Scicncc A 1.11+:N1: '1'1f11nzY Secretary to Mr. lliener Do1:o'1'HY XVEST 1'lllgllSll, Pnlmlic Spoakillg JI.14:oNA1m XVo1.r' Music

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EXCALIBUR 1936 We Came We Saw We Conquered Luvlsl-: ix'l'llAiHfi0ll1lf'D Blond hair, lnluv wgnx mul a laughing xmilf. Fur lhul xonw paoplv wnulrl walk rr milw. G.A.A,, Prom Connniltcv, lntcrclelss Bas- ketball 4, Junior Class Play Cmnmittev. Roni-:wr ATKINS-nIf0lf, Hal: is ll lafl lmlh IIIIIIIINIIIIII' unrl lull, For him and his voirv' many girls do fall. Band l, 2, 4-, Orchestra 1, 2, Dance Orches- tra, Chorus 1, 2, 3, fl-, Football 1, 2, Chon- it il. PAUL ATKINSON .AQOBERT BAII.l'IY-u1l,0lI,, .Vol zwfrg .-rmall, no! zwrg lull, But his favorilv sport is lm.-rkvllrrlll. Ili-Y, Intvrclass Baskvtlmll 1, 2, 3, 4. I,1,oYu BARSIIN--rK1,lIC,, Through high srlmol in fhrcw grfars ha has gone with ai lmng, Lozully fha lmll.-r of high .-rr-lmlarxhip rang. Hi-Y, Scarlet Quill Staff, National Honor Sovicty, Mother Curl-y's ClllCk0llS,N Vice' President of Soph. Class, Surh n quicl ffllozc' ix Paul .Aix hp gow xilrfntlg flown thr' hall. Jai ' 9 if ' ,XD 5