Veedersburg High School - Pintus Yearbook (Veedersburg, IN)

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SOPHOMORE CLASS Fourth Row Cleft to right? 'Gwendolyn Gray Daniel Walter Berle Briner Helen Brewer Helen Nelson Chester Teegarden Elizabeth Boord William Simpson Ronald Chatt Marcella Butts Third Row ileft to righti Virginia Van Devanter George Black Richard Glover Owen Howard Donald Fogelman Carl Mullen James Morgan J. D. Campbell Hardy Gookins Georgiannai Van Hcesen Second Row ileft to rigvhtl First Louis Hancock Wilda Bell Roberta Hutchins Onda Mears Ruth Stuart Dorothy Wilson Lounoma Coats Percy Fogelman Row Cleft to right? Marjorie Green Virginia Aldrich Reva Dillon Lala Brimberry Lois Bruner Mariam Boord Onda Hershberger Lois Wertz Maxine Lang

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THE SOPHOMORES Sophomores are only Freshmen a year older and a year wiser. They may have retained a few of the well known characteristics of Freshmen, but at least they are slightly more self-assured, and a little more, familiar with the ways and intricacies of high school life. The Seniors look forward to graduation, the Juniors to being Seniors, and the Sophomores eagerly await the ,time when they will be numbered among.the upper classmen. However, in their enthusiasm they may overlook the added responsi- bility which will be theirs as Juniors. The Junior-Senior reception is the outstanding social function of the year which requires the co-operation of every member of the class. Accurate planning and considerable expendi- ture of time and energy are also necessary. We feel certain that next year our Sophomores will be able to fill very creditably the 1930 Juniors' shoes. There are several good basket ball players on the boys' squad, while the girls' team boasts a Sophomore captain. The Sophomores will be heard from about 1932. Don't try to forget them, because they'll go places and do things!

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THE FRESHMAN Noah Webster defines the noun freshman as a word meaning a novice. Rather a comprehensive definition, because a novice is a beginner. And what beginners the Freshmen are! It has long been the general conception that a Freshman is a tall, gawky, green looking fellow, with large ears and feet. Perhaps the aver- age Freshman does display some of these qualities, but we should not be too ready to condemn him for that. A Freshman has many difficulties to overcome. He comes into a new environment where he meets strange people and has to become familiar with a new curriculum and routine. Then, too, the other students of the school consider him very insignificant, and give his opinions no recog- nition. These influences reduce him to a state of mental dejection and in a short time he becomes the victim of an inferiority complex. Really, aren't we all Freshmen ? A student entering the first year of high school is a Freshman. The Senior of today will probably be a Fresh- man in college next year. If one does not attend an institution of higher learning he becomes a Freshman in the school of life. A Freshman is laying the foundation for his high school career. If he does not get his lessons his later years in high school will be more difficult. If we who have passed the first year in high school would cease to lay barriers it would be of invaluable aid to the Freshman. We shall have barriers in our paths and we may fail to clear them. Why should we not help the under-classman to feel more secure by giving him a boost instead of a kick ? The Freshmen this year are not angels, but they seem to occupy a rather prominent place in the book. Three years from now they will have a Pintus of their own. Watch them-for they, too, will find new worlds to conquer. Beg pardon ! You don't know the members ? So sorryg and may we present for your approval-the class of 1933. Look them over !