West Lafayette High School - Scarlet and Gray Yearbook (West Lafayette, IN)

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When we first came to Senior High School, we continued our study of English under the guiding light of MISS RUTH SINKS, or perhaps MR. HOWARD EVANS. We tried to straighten out our adjectives and adverbs, commas and semi-colons, our whos and whoms. We followed the trials of Silas Marner and the adventures of King Arthur. As jun- iors under MRS. HARRIETT MUELLER, we entered into the world of American literature peopled by Thomas Jefferson, Mark Twain, and Carl Sandburg. Incidentally we struggled with spelling and verbs. During our senior year with Miss Sinks we took wings across the sea to become acquainted with Chaucer, Milton, and Galsworthy. Finally we settled down in our last semester to write endless themes, de- termined to become complete masters of our native tongue. Page 8

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The office is a friendly place, and the hub of all school activity. Here we find the busy desk of MR. WILLIAM FLOYD, our principal, who is always ready to lend a sympathetic ear to our requests and suggestions, to comfort our fears, and to inspire us to better scholarship. An able assistant has been his secretary, the cheerful Mrs. Davida Greenwood, who reigned in the outer office to answer our numerous questions and to mimeograph tests, forms, blanks, and programs, also to perform endless duties which help make school run smoothly. She was suc- ceeded in December by Mrs. Beulah Bone, and later Mrs. Eloise Levis became secretary.

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Long speeches and short ones, debates, and discussions, orations and phonetics—these re- hearsed in the classes of MRS. HARRIETT MUELLER helped us to gain confidence and poise. From quivering knees and stammering tongues we gradually became able to speak in public without a flutter. Then the art of dra- matics was introduced to us the second semes- ter, and memorizing lines for one act plays become daily routine. Indians and frightening old ladies met in the hall were merely the result of our lessons in make-up, while stage crews and technicians learned the fun of back stage duties. To climax the semester’s work we wrote and produced an original one act play. Page 9