Wheelersburg High School - Reflector Yearbook (Wheelersburg, OH)

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I ing this party a great success. The crowning social event of the season, how- ever, is the Junior-Senior Banquet which will be held in May. This year we intend to give the annual class play on May 16th and 17th. Mr. Prior, as usual, will coach the participants, and owing to its splendid personnel, the play promises to be very successful. At last our high school days are about over. Dear old W. H. S. will soon be a pleasant memory to us, but never can we forget our Ship of Edu- cation which we have now finished. It looms up before us in every under- taking and serves as our key to future success. So now, dear school, we bid you a reluctant farewell. Our ship which is bound for the distant port of Success, has set sail upon the stormy sea of Life and we find ourselves Out of the Harbor, Out on the Deep! -IRENE APEL, '24.

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me-1-. A 353.1 M55 - ,. ' 54' and the banquet hall which was originally the sewing room never looked prettier. Such perfectly delicious eatsl A good program was rendered and after the delicious repast, a regular good time in the auditorium completed the evening. The Seniors left us that night congratulating us on our orig- inality and saying that the '24's were a band of jolly, good sports, worth much comment. O, horrors! After this the study for the exams began. My, how we worked, but all the while a little scheme lay back in our heads for the crown- ing good time of the year. This finally grew into realization when we decided to take a trip to Serpent's Mound on May 19, the day after school closed. Although Miss Jones objected at first to our going, she finally consented when Emil Schafer guaranteed that no one would carry the mound away, so we started at 7:30 with several teachers as chaperones. Several overloaded machines proceeded on the trip, and despite the sweltering sun and Doty's tire trouble, we almost reached our destination at the height of our glee, when Bunk's Ford fwhich had run out of gasoline at the foot of the moundl had to be pushed to the top of the mound. After eating our well-packed lunches, we investigated the mound, saw the Serpent's graceful curves and took pictures. Upon our return trip to Portsmouth that night we decided to attend the circus, but--. Miss Jones changed our minds. Well, we didn't care, anyway, for later in the evening a storm arose. Thus our third year ended. Our Ship was nearing completion more and more every day throughout the year, leaving only the finishing touches to be added in our coming year. All hail! Vxfe are Seniors! O, wise and upright Senior, how much elder art thou than thy looks! Schedules were scarcely. completed before we met for organization. The officers chosen to oversee the completion of our Ship of Education were: Emil Schafer, president: Anna Lange, vice president: Howard Riggs, secretary: I-Iarlo Compton, treasurer: and William Bihl, sergeant-at-arms. Mr. Conrad was chosen faculty member. Soon after class organization, we met and discussed matters pertaining to the publication of an annual. It was decided that the Senior Class of 1924 was to have the honor of publishing the first annual of the Wheelers- burg High School. The staff chosen consists mainly of Seniors, only the under-class reporters as exceptions. This year has proved to be a very busy year for us, owing to the annual work, but nevertheless, we have found time for recreation. In October We enjoyed a wiener roast at Searl's Cirove. This was the first social function of the year, and as nearly all the members were present, a real good time was enjoyed by all. All other parties, however, were eclipsed by the one we held in the High School Auditorium on the evening of March 6th. A com- mittee appointed to make arrangements spared neither time nor labor in mak- i

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