Versailles High School - Portal Yearbook (Versailles, OH)

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JUNIOR CLASS ROLL Helena Boomershine Mary Boyer Thelma Brown Juanita Emmons Oenev'eve Gephart Anna Hess Doris Hile Ethel Hole Helen Kelch Roena Long Kathryn Martin Ethel Miller Helen Miller Evelyn Milne Mabel Minser Mary Pequignot Mary Printz Bernice Rhoades Hazel Sherry Ruth Subler Frances Thompson Justina Wasson Mildred Wise Robert Ash Leland Collins James Daugherty Donald Fiebiger Bernard Froikin Ward Horner Wallace Kimmel Earl Martin Herman Millett Earl Monnin Roscoe Nischwitz Lester Petitjean William Reed Herman Schilling John Sebring Ray Seman Kelsey Smith James Urquhart Ben York Pauline Wetzel ♦Withdrawn. Twenty-five

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ir I S WASTIKI AN SENIOR CLASS HISTORY — Continued from page Twenty-three. President; Chalmer Hile, Secretary; Lorna Kamman, Treasurer. On Oct. 11th, the election of the Annual Staff was held. We continued to increase our talent and honors more than ever before. Many of our class took part in Glee Club. Orchestra and Operetta. At the close of our Sophomore year. Evergreen Lake again beckoned us to come and close the term with another happy reunion on the picnic grounds. We had reached another milestone. Our Junior year loomed before uj, making us feel that we were constantly climbing higher, but that a lot of difficult climbing lay ahead of us, also, before the top would be reached. At the election of officers, the President, Paul Begin, and the Treasurer, Loma Kamman, were retaind, while John Meyers was elecetd Vice-President and Georgia Trittschuh, Secretary. In the third year of our sojourn together through High School, our number decreased when several of our classmates withdrew, namely: Bessie Oliver, Dorothy Boyer, Maude Sherry, Juniata Emmons, Sara Cohen, Anthony Grogean, and Dale Sebring. During the Junior year, our Class published the “Swastikian”, which was a success, due to the co-operation of the entire class. In the K. of C. Hall, where the Junior-Senior Class reception was held, the Seniors welcomed us into their places as they bade farewell to V. H. S. At the close of our Junior year, a picnic was held at Overlook Park, for the Junior and Senior Classes. We were certainly glad when forty-three of our classmates were qualified to become Seniors. With heads held high, the dignified Seniors of ’26 again entered old V. H. S. Although we had been promised a new building for three years, we still retain the old pep and enthusiasm amid the desolate ruins of former years. Our last year found us excelling in Athletics, Glee Club, literary talent, and as honor students. Many of our classmates appeared in operetta and Dramatic Club play, taking leading roles as before. DeLaet, Begin, Meyers, E. Martin, V. Grilliot, Pittsenbarger and Blue represented the boys in football, and also in basketball. Those who represented the girls in basketball were Martha Fields, Mary Huber and Veronica Grilliot. We are sorry to say that three of the members withdrew —Marie Thomas, Grace Greer and Robert Medford; but we were certainly glad when two new members come into our midst, namely, Mabel Nickol and Earl Martin, promoted from the Junior Class, making a total of forty-one Seniors. Now that our Senior year is drawing to a close, we are sorrowful at the thought of leaving old V. H. S. and our schoolmates. We hope each member of the Class will profit by the experience and knowledge that he or she gained during the four years of High School. With most sincere hearts, we, the Class of 1926, are desirous of thanking the Faculty for interest shown in our Class during our four years in Old V. H. S., and we hope for the privilege of meeting one another on many occasions in the future, “while on the Road to Progress”. —LOMA KAMMAN. T wen tij -four

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T) JUNIOR CLASS HISTORY September 8th, 192 5, forty-two students enrolled as Juniors in V. H. S. This class was practically the same that had enrolled as Freshmen three years before. Eighteen have dropped out of our class in the three years, while but two students have entered. Earl Martin, who started as a Freshman with us, is being graduated this year. I SW ASTIKI AN As all Freshmen are, we were very green, but this green matter ripened rapidly as the days passed. Before the second semester was over. Mr. Linville impressed on our minds the necessity of electing class officers. This was done, Helen Miller being elected President, and Kelsey Smith Secretary-Treasurer. The school year soon closed, with a big Sophomore-Freshman picnic at Overlook Park. The next year, our ranks somewhat thinned by the Freshman Battle, we entered as Sophomores. The previous year’s experience had taught us many things, and so, taking advantage of our earlier mistakes, we elected class officers immediately. The election results were: James Urquhart, President, and William Reed, Secretary-Treasurer. They conducted the affairs of the class in a very satisfactory manner. The class being more concerned in the welfare of V. H. S., gave a market for the benefit of the Athletic Association. It went over big, and we turned over $4 3 to the Athletic Association. “One good deed by the Sophomores”. The Sophomores were represented in all the athletic activities of the High School. We had our stars in athletics, heroes in operetta, Carusos in the Glee Clubs, and villains in the Dramatic Club. At the end of the school year our class picnic was held at Edgewater Park. Our Junior Class of this year, realizing the task which lay before them, started with plenty of pep to publish a bigger and better Annual. Now that it is nearing completion, our ambitions have been gratified. But, as Juniors, we have found many other things to do. The Junior Reception must be given in a finer manner than ever before; also we feel a deeper sense of loyalty when the call for athletic teams is made. Our lesponse has been immediate, and large. We had four members on the Boys’ basketball team, as well as several members on the Girls’ team, and we expect to be well represented in the track meet. We are also beginning to realize the gap we must fill which is being ieft vacant by the Seniors. T went y- six