Versailles High School - Portal Yearbook (Versailles, OH)

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PAGE EIGHTEEN SOPHOMORK CLASS Left to right, first row: Kathryn Hanna, Ruby Kley, Ruby Fiebiger, Opal Sheffbuch, Maudie Boyer, Florence Simons, Pauline Nickols. Second row: Mildred Trittschuh, Florence Boyer, Myrtle Smith, Helen Fields, Annabelle Greer. Third row: Edward Goubeaux, Homer Fields, Farrel Hahn, Forrest Hile, Norbert Grillot, Glen Zellar. Fourth row: Paul Neiderkorn, Norman Jacobi, Vernon Marchal, Ira Brown, Alfred Subler, Edmund Stamm, Harold Urquhart. Fifth row: Kenneth Brandon, Raymond Sheppard, Ralph Beare, Thomas Begin. Eugene Goubeaux, Lowell Gutermuth, Lloyd Davis, Bernard Petit jean, Edgar Sherry. Regret that Bernard Magoto was absent the day the picture was taken. Just one year ago from September ltuM, which would be September, H)20, the opening of the school year in Versailles, Ohio, found a group of boys and girls wending their way toward the High School building. W'liat for, do you suppose? Just to look at the building? Why, no! They were going that way with the intention of becoming students for the coinin ' year. Ami, oh, how proud we were, as we had been looking forward to the day when we would I a given the privilege of attending High School! After we had been assigned to our room in the High School building, the enrollment was taken. We numbered 47. The announcement was made that we were the members of the largest Freshman Class in the history of the school Quite a number of the pupils of the rural districts are taking ad vantage of the nearest high school, and (his accounts for the larger class mil. Of course, we were known ! y such names ns Preshies” and Oreen-ies . But, at the same time, we knew we were only a group of simple Freshmen, and we were made (he “laughing stock of the school.” But lie old proverb is “The one who laughs lns(, laughs best . So we were all there determined to do our very best.

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PAGE NINETEEN We knew that, unless we applied ourselves diligently to our studies, and obeyed our instructors, we would never have the honor of being called Seniors of I924 . In our first year of high school, we had a Hallowe’en party, which was held in Lemoine Hall. The Hall was appropriately decorated for the occasion, and our High School Colors, which are Orange and Black, were also displayed. It was attended by the members of the entire school, and was a great success. We also had a Freshman and Sophomore picnic, which was held at llaer’s Mill, located near Greenville, Ohio. Almost all of the members of each class were present. It will be a day long remembered by those who had the pleasure of attending. During the month of December, 1921, a play, “Miss Bob White”, was presented under the direction of Miss Reiger. A large number of Sophomores participated in this play. It was quite it success. During the winter of 1922, an operetta was presented under the direction of Miss Ervin. It was a great success. We must not forget Bernard Magoto, as the one of our class who certainly did well. 1 prophesy he will be a rival of the famous Italian singer, Caruso, now deceased, some day. Who can tell? Several members of tin class in the orchestra certainly play well, and by their splendid achievements have helped to make the Literacies so successful. There are also a number of our boys and girls who belong to • he Glee Flub. We have two Literary Sovieties, the Philoinatheans and Excelsiors, and every Sophomore belongs to one or the other. Several Sophomores took part in the contest between Versailles II. S. and Arcanum II. S. We have several students in our class who seem to be gifted in tin art of writing poetry, and they appreciate the gift bestowed u]s n them, and have written some splendid poems. Our class is well represented in basketball and baseball, and we commend the work that has been done by these ball players. We also have our representatives in football, and we expect the boys and girls who represent us in athletics to do great things for the teams to which t hey belong. We must not forget the Faculty of the Versailles High School, and we wish to extend our thanks to each instructor for their assistance with the difficult problems that come before us. In looking over the Sophomore Class Room, we notice the absence of a number of Freshmen who were with us when we entered the V. II. S., and ve wonder why they have left us. We remaining Sophomores feel confident that, as we have climbed one rung of the ladder, and that by diligent application to our studies we will continue to climb the ladder, until we have reached the topmost rung, when we as Sophomores of 192” will be known as the Seniors of 1924, of the Versailles High School. . , Florence Simon, ’24. 1 rue worth is being, not seeming In doing each day that goes by Some little good—not in dreaming Of great things to do by and by. For, whatever men say in their blindness, And in spite of the fancies of youth— There’s nothing so kindly as kindness And nothing so royal as truth. ' Taken from “Nobility” by Alice Cary.