Warrensburg High School - Arrow Yearbook (Warrensburg, MO)

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Student Publication ot WARRENSBURG HIGH SCHOOL Vol, 8 Warrensburg, Missouri, Wedrwesday, December 2l, l949 No. 4 CHRISTMAS BELLS I heard th bells on Christmas Day Their old familiar carols play And wild and sweet The words repeat Of p ace on earth good will to men And thought how as the day had come The beltries ot all Christendom Had rolled along The unbroken song Of pca c on earth good will to men The world revolved from night to ay A voice a chime A chant sublime Of pcace on earth good will to men 'lhen pcaled the bells more loud and deep God is not dead nor doth He sleep' The Wrong shall tail The right prevail With peace on earth good will to men' Longfellow , , Q - ' i N4 I . I I 'u C 1 x - ' I , . Till, ringing, singing on its way, . - d I I I t - ' . I , . I I K - ' ll , .

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Page 4 W H S Splrlt Nov 23 1949 W H S Football Player Honored Lee Adams and Coach J D Copple have been 1nv1ted to the MU K State football game No vembcr 24 by Coach Don Faurot Evlclent y Mr Faurot IS mterest eo 111 Lee s athletic ab1l1ty He has also rccelxed an 1nv1tat1on to the SMU lNotre Dame football game December 3 Because of the Mule Sk1nne1s basketball tournament he w1ll be unable to attend but plans to go down around the flrst of the year Two weeks ago Fr1 dav an SMU football scout col lected Lees grades and sports record of h1s hlgh school years To get 1nto e1ther school a boy must have a h1gh scholastlc stand 102 and be lnterested ln certaxn Sp8Clfl6d subJects Coach says Lee has progressed from h1s Jun 101' year a great deal and has shown rapld lmprovement th1s year Lee IS to be congratulated UPON recelvlng th1s recognltlon LHLCKLES Co1l1ns Were you ever both ered wlth athletes foot'7' Teater Yes when the captam of the football team caught me datmg h1s glrl Mr Huxol Ruffle can you tell the class what a saw horse ls Ruflie I a1n t sure but It must bc the past tense of sea horse Leo If I s'tood on my head ll the blood would lllow to lt wouldnt 1t'P Then when I m stand mg on my feet why doesnt the blood rush to them? Coach Your feet aren t empty S1r Lancelot Make haste E la1ne and get me the can opener Methlnks I have a flea 1n my' knxpht clothes TIQCFS Maul Holden CContJ k ckoff on the1r own 36 and after galnlng 4 yards on the ground took to the a1r and Lost the ball to the Tlgers on downs The Tlg ers drove to the Holden 25 where after several 1ncomplete passes Joe DeBacker knlfed through the mlddle 1n a beautlful exh1b1t1on of cuttlng and faklng to score Just as tlme ran out Heatherly klcked the extra polnt ZIGGERINA THE PIGSKIN H1 there' Its me aga1n' Re noembcr how I complamed about ll that mud? Well never aga1n' After that hard dry field at El dorado Ill just be qu1et Talk about brulses' l sure d-0 hope black ard blue footballs are legal by conference rules But lt dldnt seem to stop the boys They went .rxght on oyer Ron John Pete, Plcschel and Adams kept the score at 31 o And Ron was cap ta1n Hg?-llll tsomeone book me ser 1cusly about that permanent ar rangement deal'J But the ground lmpressed me more than anythmg else Wow Say wasnt lt cold at the Lex mgton game? My p1g plmples were enormous Somebody ought to kn1t me a sweater' Say I g-Ot some awfully rough treatment that 1 1ght' Those Lexmgton boys were so BIG' Ralph was captaln so Ednle was awfully pleased Cant say as how I blame her I must say I feel Ive earned my s1lver wmgs now Coachle sure was pass h pm' And tl1e Homecom1ng game' Gee wasnt that someth1ng 'louchdowns touchdowns nothlng but touchdowns' QWIIO s complaln 1ng'J The second team d1d a m1ghty fine Job I was plannlng on watchlng tl1e ceremony at the half and that nasty old coach tcok me wlth hlm 1nto the dress llltf room' What a blast' Anyway I understand It was all awfully nxce Congratulat1ons Joan' I leard the dance was fun too I wouldnt know of course That I'I'l a11 man stuffed me in a bag took me to Cr1ssey and dumped me 'ts tlmes l1ke tl at when I wonder lf anyone loves me Ah well' Say That Holden game was IT' What a tr1umph'I nearly froze my lacmgs off but 1t was worth ll That was the best game of the 915011 and one of the hardest to watch WOW' What a team' I wanted to go to the dance and see the trophy presented but Coach threw me 1nto the back -of the bus and settled that argu ment fast but I saw the trophy afterward Isnt It a beauty? My boys were so proud of lt and I was so proud of THEM' What a perfect endlng to the1.r football season' A Glance at a Class or Two By Barbara Cone A11d speak1ng of forelgn eco 11em1c condltlons I am remlnded of an 1nterest1ng expenence that happened to me ln Scotland And the Amerlcan problems class IS soff aga1n on another gay dxscus slon The class really enjoys those stor1es of Mr Tarbet s, even 1f he wont g1Ve the answer to THE QUESTION For a look at a real ly 1nterest1ng hlstory class, drop 1r the th1rd hour Its very en Joyable and those J-okes--' There seems to be a sudden rage for poetry The Amerlcan L1terature class IS work1ng on lt now and from what we hear they ve really been worklng hard But when we hear them mumb llng quotatlons such a When the frost 1S on the pumpkm w have a feelmg that the1r thoughts '1rent entlrely on James Wh1t comb Rlley Now for a glance at the qu1et est class ln the school CMr Hux l take notej Thats qu1te a l8pl1tal.lOll Yes lts the mechan ual drawlng class Cas lf you d1dn t knowl It seems they ve added another student lately one Wlth sho.rt brown ha1r and blg brown eyes One of the students 1n the class has developed qu1te a crush on the newcomer How about that Jack? Does I Ben Pryon know about tl'1lS7 So long see you next ISSUE As you have probably reallzed th1s IS my last talk Wlth you Along wlth Ron John Ruffle Chlef Ball W1lk1e Parkle Bob Elbert Lee and Jocko 1 w1ll leave the W H S grldlron It 1snt easy to leave you know It wasnt easy to watch the Holden game remembermg that eleven boys out there were play1ng the1r last game for W H S Wlell no amount of tears w111 br1ng them back and no amount of tlme w1ll erase our memory of them Its been the best year posslble we were v1ctor1ous It w1ll long be 1emembered by the c1t1zens of Warrensburg And th1s 1S my final salute to the most wonderful fellows 1n the world my fightmg T1ge1'S Yours for a v1ctor1ous team next year Au revolr Zxggerma . . . . , . . . . , Q . ' at , ' ' - - a - . . . . . . . , . , , - . . . K , . . . H 3 ' a , L 7 ' - ' , . . .1 . . . , - . . . n . fl . ' , - I I 1 y u 7 ' v L Y l I ,. . , - ' v v - I ' a v Q . 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Page 2 W H S Splrlt Dec 21 949 W H S SPIRIT Published Bi Weekly by Werrensburg High School, Warrensburg, Missouri SPIRIT STA!! Editor Rowena Bobbltt Assistant Editor Patricia. Summers Busmess Manager Calvin Czeschln Art Edxtor Marilyn bhively Sports Editor Rlchard Smlth lfeature Editors Joan Hardmg and Shlrley Sxmmons Exchange Editor Larol Frost Typxst Patricia Summers Reporters Helen Holder Irene Mette Nancy Davis Martha Caldwell Joan Cooper and Betty Roach Sponsors Willie Faith and Lois Carter From What Chrlstmas Means to Me CExcerpts from Enghsh. Lltera ture papers! Of course when I was first told by one of mv playmates that there was no Santa I dldnt belleve It but I asked mv mother Just to make sure She assured me that there WAS such a fellow but hlS real name was Love that he llV9d all the year r1ght here and not at the North Pole and also that h1s glftS were glven all year a Jo Campbell It may be a very tr1v1al happen mg to some but snow means a host of good cheer for me around Chr1stmas I always thmk of lt as the purest th1ng God can create because lt lS so whlte When we have snow for the holxdays I al ways feel that God IS takmg spe clal notlce of us He seems to want us to grasp a part of ltS pprlty and Godlmess Patrlcla Summers Chr1stmas to me doesnt mean recelvmg elaborate glftS for some people cant afford them Small thmgs mean more comblned w1th how they are glven Some cant buy presents but they can always g1ve thelr love Someone saxd Glve unt1l your heart IS happy thats the way I feel about Chr1st mas Irmagard Heberlmg lf people dont worshlp God not only on Chr1stmas and other holldays but every day they cl-ont know what Chr1stmas IS about Bob Brockman Chr1stmas has a dlfferent mean mg to every famlly And to me lt IS a t1me to spend makmg everyone whom I can reach Just a llttle happler 1f xt IS 1n my power to do so Helen Holder Now Chr1stmas has a d1fferent meanmg to me It means belng able to have all freedoms free dom to worshlp God as we please fre dom to speak what we wlsh when we WlSh to do so freedom to publlsh read tell and see the storles of the Hrst Chr1stmas the Llrth of the Chr1st Chlld Barbara Black Coupled wlth ltS true meanmg Chrlstmas has and always w1ll mean to me the one t1me out of the year when the fam1ly should be together There IS a feelmg an undercurrent 1n all of us that wants to draw those we love about us at th1s t1me especlally There 1S nothlng selfish 1n longmg tc FCCGIVC presents It lS a feelmg baSlC to man It IS onlv when wc refuse to return a glft that we be come selfish Therefore Chr1stmas to me means a t1me of peace fam 115 reunlon and a lVlIlb and re celvmg of presents Barbura Conc older I st1ll enjoy Chr1stmas as a t1me of great pleasure but now a new and dlfferent aspect has entered mto mv thoughts of Chr1st mas Th1s 1S that Chr1stmas IS '1 day of good Wlll toward m n and peace on earth As a dav of good w1ll and peace I belleve that Chr1stmas should be an example of everv day of everv year to everyone of lS Thus my enjoy m nt comes not only from rec lk mg and g1V1l'lg but from seelng the great happlness and good w1ll of all people on Chr1stmas Day Parker Chrlstophcr Slx years ago Chr1stmas was S nta Claus decorated trees sur prlse glfts a vacatlon from school a t1me td address envelopes slng ongs and t t too much That was s1x vears ago Smce then I have brushed away the surface quall tlcs to reach 1nto the unknown depths The Santa Claus I once knew lS stlll my frlend for he svmbohzes the Splflt rf guvmg and 6CElVlI'lg My decorated tree lS Gods sp1r1t sh1n1ng out for me to see The g1fts I QIVS carry the hope that each rec1p1ent real1zes IP h1s heart the wonder of th1s on y The vacatlon from school IS Gods way of saymg Release all Christmas Parhes for Jumor Hugh Glrls Jun1or Hlgh Home Economlcs Chr1stmas partles were glven De cember 20 durmg the slxth hour by the elghth grade glrls and at the same hour on December 21 by the seventh grade g1r1s The home econom1cs rooms were dec orated appnoprlately for the Chr1st nsas season The serv1ng table was attractlve w1th crystal and Chr1st mas greens Refreshments were served by the elghth grade hos tesses Joann Cooper and Jane Groene ass1sted by Pat Laugh man The seventh grade hostesses were Lee Ann Jaeger and Chr1s t1na Wh1teman HSSlSt9d by Delores Peek and V1rg1n1a Shlnkle Mr T rbet sang a Chr1stmas carol and speclal musxcal numbers were g1v cr by Martha Gramger and E nestme Lupton The Chr1stmas Story was read by Martha Mlstler and Jennle Bryson Home made glftS were exchanged Guests were Mr House Mr Tarbet MISS Fxsh er Mrs Thomas Mrs Flannery Mrs Gllbert and MISS Sterllng Junlor Red Cross Contributions Made The total amount collected for the Jumor Red Cross for 1949 was S44 59 Foster school con trlbuted S1700 and Junlor and Sen1or Hlgh school S27 59 Taklng the enrollment by class es the Sen1or class enrolled 100012 ard contr1buted S2 96 the Jumors followed w1th 97f enrolllng and contr1buted the largest amount S5 71 the Sophomores enrolled 1001 and contr1buted S3 49 Freshmen were 936 enrolled and contrlbuted S3 86 In the Jumor lllgh school the Elghth grade en xolled 93? and gave S3 87 w1th the Seventh grade enrollmg 100W and contrlbutmg the second hlgh est amount 1n school S5 70 Among the organlzatlons the F H A enrolled 10022 Wlth a gxft of S100 the Pep Club also enrolled 100W with a glft of Sl 00 else from your mlnd but Me I w1ll possess you The songs fill mv heart Wlth warmth and the food I eat causes me to be thank ful for my da1ly meals Rowena Bobbxtt . . . . , l C U I I . 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