Warren High School - Echoes Yearbook (Warren, OH)

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HIGH SCHOOL LIFE FRENCH Through our French Department a correspondence has been takenuup between some of our students and French boys and girls. The following letter was sent to Philip Wright and shows the general run of .the letters. Many of them are written in English which make them very interestmg. St. Sauveur, le lst Mai, 1919. Dear Friend: - , I have got acquainted with you by our English master, who. has given me your address. I know you not, but I hope you and me will be soon intimate friends. I My name is Marcel Rapin and I am 16 years old. I was born in St. Sauveiir which is a little village of 1600 inhabitants and I dwell this vil- lage from my birth. St. -Sauveur lies by Luxeuil which is a little town of about 5000 inhabitants. It is not very beside Warren, but in France it is so important. A river Le Breuchinb waters the meadows of the village, it bears in the mountains Les Vosgesi' In St. Sauveur there are many farmers and my father himself is a farmerg there are still many work- men who work in the cotton-spinning. In the streets man sees many wells and each house has one of them. Till the age of 12 years, I went to the school of St. Sauveur. And now I am going to the village of Luxeiul, where I am in the second form. I am a day-pupil and I have my dinner in the refectory of the college at twelve.. We enter the class-room at eight ofclock for three hours' class and, at 1015 o'clock on the Friday and at 11 o'clock on the other days we go to the preparation-room, after five 'minutes' play in the play-ground, there we remain till twelveg at the time we have our dinner and after the dinner one l10l.11 S play. In afternoon one hour's study, a hour and a half class, and after one hour's recess, we prepare our tasks for the next day in the preparation-room during two hours. At seven of the evening I come back to the home and I have my supper. ' In the college we have seven masters. I study English only from six monthsg therefore I write it very bad, as you will see it, but now I im- prove my English. U My family is little numerousg we are my fatherf my mother, my brother and me. My brother is three years younger than me. We are all healthy. I hope no one is ill in your family. Your tastes are also mine. I am very fond of athletics and outdoor ames I h g . ave been also very glad when I have seen you will be later an Ellectrical engineering, because it is no doubt the profession that I will c oose. Here the weather is very bad and we have often rain much snow d , an almost always sharp wind. But summer came and we shall have soon a beautiful weathei 'Ihe 'll Dx i , '. sun wi be hot, then we shall care to ridenbicycles. I am burning to get acquainted with you and your family I will write you one or two times per month. When we shall have the summer holidays, I will write you always at least twortimes per month. Tell me 50011, how you write me. When you will answer send your Qtter to St. Sauveur and no to the college of Luxeuil. ,,, -' Give good-day to your family and keep for you a hearty shake-hand. 1 Your friend, ' i Marcel Rapin - -5s-- V

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HIGH SCHOOL LI-FE THE WRECKING CREW After the flu ban was lifted and we returned to school a certain group of fellows came back so full of pep that extraordinary precautions had to be taken, for alone they were dangerous, but united formed a very efficient machine, called The Wrecking Crew. The 'machine consisted of fifteen members of the boys at school who had an extra amount of pep. They were organized and Eugene Dyke was chosen to lead the Crew as Presidentg Edgar Holcomb, secretary and treasurer. The crew needed no introduction after their first appearance in the gym, to play girls' basketball in feminine attire. The game turned out to be a farce football game and several embarrassing scenes took place due to lack of knowledge of feminine dress. Two words, Mark and Wright, suggest the championship boxing match in which Kid Wright laid the big boy low and Warren triumphed over Salem. Then came the first Wrecking Crew dance at the Opera house. Shisler's orchestra furnished the music and it turned out a most enjoyable time for all in spite of bad weather: The crew have planned a big farewell dance, and carrying things at their scale, it surely will be a success. Other than furnishing all sorts of fun for the student body, they car- ried out a second step of their organization, to promote and help school activities. And the Crew have had charge of nearly all financial prob- lems of the school and have succeeded in doing fine work for every school organization along this line. They put two tag days over the top and their sale of tickets in every event has broken all previous records. The crew ably assisted the track, tennis, basketball teams and never failed to accomplish what they started out to do. ' As the crew consisted mainly of Seniors it will be necessary for new members and officers to be elected and plan for next year. We all join in hearty acknowledgement of what fine work these fel- lows have done for the school and the school wishes their future success Enid may the Crew continue its good work next year in Warren High c oo . , raft! iff 'fa J-rj: x ,lqfgwtg , ,I . ll xl PA- 9 AA QW' IL! ...55..