Wellston High School - X Ray Yearbook (Wellston, OH)

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JUNIOR RESPONSE Members of the Class of ’25 and Friends: As the representative of the Junior Class it is my privilege to extend our best wishes to the members of this elass who are soon to leave our High School. We wish them success and indeed from our three years of association with them we feel that the problems they must meet will be met with a courage that brings success. It is our hope as Juniors that we may finish our high school course with such a record as they have made. Realizing that it is our duty to uphold the traditions and standards of our school, we have also made it our aim. not merely to uphold those traditions, but if possible to raise the standards. In bidding you farewell, we. as Juniors, wish you happiness and every opportunity in your life’s work. Your motto Onward” has led you to success during your high school career, may it lead you to even greater success in future years. Rodney W. Scott, President of the ( l:,ss I !'-( •

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o PRESIDENT’S ADDRESS Friends and fellow Students: We, tin- members of the Class of 192;) extend to you a most hearty welcome to our class day exercises. It is on this day that wc have the last opportunity of speaking as a class in Wcllston High School. Wc come to tell of the past and to foretell the future as revealed by our past high sehool life, to publish our last will and testament, and to give those who have received the highest honors in scholarship an opportunity to talk to you. We have finished our high school course and some are now ready to begin life, others will go on preparing for that life, and I sincerely hope that each member of the class will attain his or her highest ambition. We have had great opportunities in a great high school, and now it is up to us to make opportunities for ourselves in the great school of life. e must push on and on until we have realized those ambitions that I am sure we all have. We are indeed grateful to all the members of the faculty for the assistance and encouragement they have given us. and to our parents through whose sacrifice wc were able to complete our studies. We trust that the Junior Class will uphold all the traditions of our high sehool. and that each member will do his best toward making YV eilston High Sehool the best in the world, as we have striven to do. We are really sorry to leave our Alma Mater but we must go on to make way for those who are waiting on the threshold, and I feel that we should go cheerfully and willingly. Again 1 wish to welcome you and to extend the best wishes of the Senior Class for your future success and happiness. Joe I)ando. President of the Class of 1925.

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——e— HISTORY OF THE CLASS OF ’25 Four short years ago last September, about one hundred backward pupils from all parts of the town came to the Old Central Building” to set sail on tbeir high school career as seamen of the lowest class. We had heard stories concerning the difficulties of life on the sea. but we were young and felt that we could stand the hard life and weather any storm that threatened. We were taken in charge by the persons who were to pilot us through the first year. We were fortunate in having a good lot of pilots and the cruise started safely. We new seamen studied Algebra, English, Biology and Latin. The first year passed without any great events in the lives of the new seamen, perhaps our most trying experience was that we were made the laughing stock of the whole crew, due to our ignorance of the new life and the fact that we were lost nearly every time we changed classes. At the end of the first year many of us found that we did not like the life of a sailor and we were sent back home; others, in a great storm, were washed overboard and were lost. The second year of the cruise all were promoted to the rank of Sophomore. Here we thought we were the whole thing, but soon discovered that we were not. This year the pilots had changed, and every one liked the new pilots. One of the interesting things this year was the battle with Caesar. Some of the sailors were lost, but we felt that we had won a great victory. During this term we felt that we should organize, and help the school along. At the end of the second year’s cruise we held a picnic to celebrate, and had a great time. The third year we resumed the voyage with our number still further diminished. This was a great year for the sailors. We were more experienced and could enjoy the' sailing. The class again organized and Joe Dando was chosen President; Franklin Wills. Vice President; Florence Handley, Secretary, and Raymond Pipe, Treasurer, and Miss Beck as advisor. The class this year had to give the Junior-Senior reception. We worked hard and in the spring gave a very delightful reception. The latter part of the spring of J92J we changed ships. We moved from the “Old Central Building” to this fine building. We were glad to move to this new building, but at the same time we were sad when we thought of the good times we had at the old one. A short time before Commencement the whole school enjoyed a picnic. We (the Juniors) w’on all of the athletic contests that were held. The following year when the voyage was taken up, of the one hundred or more that had started the voyage, some fifty-three had weathered the storm. We have been promoted to the rank of first class sailors. We feel very dignified and try to act important, but we only succeed part of the time. 'Pile class when it organized elected Joe Dando. President; Thomas Ervin, Vice President; Raymond Pope. Secretary, and Kenneth Fife. Treasurer. This year also the class undertook to publish the X-Ray. This has been the greatest year of our whole voyage, and although we are glad it is about over, we are also sad to think of the good times and the dear classmates we are leaving behind. And now that Commencement is here, we feel that we have accomplished a great deal in weathering the storm, and that we can face the world with more con- fidence. So in order to make room for new crews which arc due in September, we know’ it is our duty and our privilege to move “ONWARD.” —Tom Patterson.