Wapakoneta High School - Retrospect Yearbook (Wapakoneta, OH)

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I 1923 I RETROSPECT ! 1923 I Junior Class History IN tlie furthermost recess dee]) down in the cavern of knowledge, the great 1 god of wisdom held a meeting. To this meeting came his comrades, the god of strength and the god of loyalty. ’I here the three sat around a crackling fire which cast its crimson light about, throwing huge grotesque shadows on the rockv walls. After a deep and lengthy silence, broken only by the merrily bubbling caldron over the fire, the god of wisdom arose. His aged and bent figure approached the caldron and he raised his hands above it. “I will give them brilliant minds'’, he said and he sprinkled a grey powder into the seething contents of the caldron. A short silence followed and the god of strength arose and strode to the fire. What a splendid picture he made—tall, handsome, and graceful with great muscles rippling smoothlv beneath his brown skin. “And I”, he said. “Will give them success whether it be on gridiron or track, basket ball or tennis”, and he dropped a generous handful of red powder into the caldron which caused it to bubble and lrss more violently. The third, the god of loyaltstepped to the fire with a friendly smile and said I will make them loval and true to their class, friendly and helpful to other classes, loval to their school and city.” And so they stirred the caldron and talked far into the night of the great class to which they had so generously contributed their aid. . . In the early hours of the morning they were seen leaving the cave by the goddess of beaut ■ who upon seeing the three together, immediately suspected some conspiracy. hen they were out of sight, she stole softly down into the cave and came upon the last dying embers of the fire over which the slowly cooling mixture hung. She perceived the nature of it and could not resist the temptation to add her gifts to the lot. , “And may the girls of that class be pretty and graceful, she added and fled quickly away. . The merits of that never-to-be-forgotten class which graduates in -4 were in this way planned out for them and thus far we may truthfully say that the prophecy has been fulfilled. The class is now finishing its third year in triumph and is fully prepared to step into the role of the dignified senior where it will doubtless conduct itself in a manner fitted to the honor, and will look upon the underclassmen with that friendly and paternal attitude so high- ly commendable of the Seniors. ROBERT SLUSHER. Junior '23

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1923 I RETROSPECT ! 1923 j t • i SOPHOMORE