Versailles High School - Portal Yearbook (Versailles, OH)

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19 2 9 THE SWASTIKIAN Page Fifteen FRESH MEN Edwin Brandon Francis Armstrong Delbert Brown Estella Baltes Elbert Brown Lucille Bennett Richard Coffield Ruth Fiebiger Robert Davidson Margaret Gerlach Elmer Drees Rita Grillot Robert Everhart Alice Hoke Ralph Fiebiger Helen Ilgen Edward Gerlach Lillian Jacobi Leonard Gigandet Gladys Johnson Giles Gilbert Alice Keeler Gerald Grillot Mildred Labig Frederick Haines Veronica Magoto Paul Heins Verdice Mangen William Kelch Theodora Payne Lester Long Dorothy Pequignot Harold Oehrtman Wilma Petitjean Russell Oehrtman Ethel Schieltz Francis Petitjean Bertha Mae Stover Jackson Phillips Edith Stuck Walter Rhoades Delma Troutman Leroy Rudolph Helen Trittschuh Frederick Schilling Betty Urquhart Warren Seman Helen Ward Joseph Shappie Donald Banks Luther Sherry Carl Barga George Troutman Newton Beal Edson Vance Dwight Berry George Wasson Roy Border Emerson Brown Doris Brandon Kenneth Good Casper Magoteaux

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Page Fourteen THE SWASTIKIAN 19 2 9 SOPHOMORES The Sophomore Class of 1929 fully believes that it was the cause for building of the new school house. When the School Board saw who was coming into the building in 1928, realization dawned that something would have to be done. It can be truthfully said that the 31’s made up the greenest class that ever cast an eye on the High School rooms. It enjoyed the novel experience of beginning school in the Lemoine hall, where it took advantage of all afforded opportunities. Members did such things as throwing paper out on Main street, and looking at the traffic jams that occur so often in our village. Others might have broken down under the strain, but these brave hearts overcame the ordeal. They survived, having nearly as much knowledge as if they had started in the new building. On January 2, 1928, they entered the new school building. All spare moments were spent looking at the new wonders that were theirs. ’31 had representatives in everything from the band to the basketball team. We were well supplied with bright answers to give the seniors, for we had spent much of the former years thinking them up. There were many Freshmen whose names appeared on the honor roll each six weeks. About February we realized that school would soon be over and if we had yet work to do, it was time to get busy. Longing for our beginning was nothing to our longing for its end. At least I can say that for most of the pupils. We finished our Freshman year with a much enjoyed picnic at Edgewater Park. We returned to school in September, thoroughly tired of our vacation. We went through the usual excitement of picking new seats, and looking at the pictures in our class rooms. In several weeks we became accustomed to the grind and began working. We missed the seniors terribly, but of course there was a new class to take their place. A crowd of new faces: those of the bright Freshmen .appeared upon the scene. We can now look at them with amusement. All the fine things we did in our Freshman year, we repeated in our Sophomore year; in fact, we improved greatly. In October we had a Hallowe’en party at the home of our President, Paul Trittschuh. We had a fine time and expect to have just as good a one—which we hope to have soon. We have for our faculty adviser, Miss Smith, who is ready at all times to help us over the troubles that befall our path. The Sophomores have a fine class spirit, which we can safely say will carry us through with success to our Senior year. —Martha Ullery, ’31.

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Page Sixteen THE SWASTIKIAN 19 2 9 FRESHMEN On the first day of school, September, 1928, sixty students were enrolled in the Freshman class, which is the largest in the history of the school. During the year, two students, Theodora Payne and Edison Vance, left Versailles High for other schools. Kenneth Good entered during the second semester. The first meeting of the Class of ’32 was held for the purpose of organization, when the following officers were elected : Frederick Haines, president; George Wasson, vice-president; Betty Urquhart, secretary; Walter Rhoades, treasurer; Robert Everhart, reporter. Early in Autumn, the Freshman Class held a weiner roast at Se-nian’s farm, two miles north of Versailles. Approximately fifty, including Faculty and students, were present. Betty Urquhart was elected assistant cheer-leader. She is also a member of the Girls’ basketball squad. George Wasson, ’32, was a member of the football and basketball squads. Richard Coffield and Warren Seman also belonged to the basketball team. The Freshman boys’ team, in the Inter-class Basketball tournament, played the Juniors, and were honorably defeated. The Freshman Girls played the Seniors and were also defeated. —Gerald Grillot and Robert Everhart, ’32.