William Penn High School - Tatler Yearbook (York, PA)

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History of the Class By Roland Wayne Loveland THE WANDERINGS OF ULYSSES QDramatized Versionj Place-The York High School. TimefI9l9 to I9Z3. Act l. The Adventure on the Island of the Cyclops, I9I9-I920. Act II. The Adventure on the Island of Trinacria, l920-l92l. Act III. The Adventure on the lsland of Laestrygonian, l92l-l922. Act IV. Penelope, and HOME., 1922-1923. THE CASTE The SOLDIERS of Ulysses .,....... The Class of l923. Ulysses, the Leader ....... . . . Professor C. B. Heinly. The Ofhcers of Ulysses ...... ..... T he High School Faculty. Penelope .,..........,..,......... Graduation, l923. Enchanted animals and wild creatures Various High School Studies and activities. Demons and Giants ...,......,.... Different High School Classes. MALL and seemingly insignificant deeds may often bring important and far reaching results. For example, did Paris ever realize that this stealing of the beautiful Helen would eventually bring about the destruction of Troy, and even make possible the long and dangerous journey of Ulysses and his famour Greek Heroes? ln the same manner, when in the fall of l9l9 the various Grade Schools of York found that they had their quotas of pupils who apparently were ready to enter High School, the foundation of a famous Class was laid. That Class was at that time started upon its long and eventful journey through the sea of High School Life. This short history, written in the form of a drama, will trace the progress of this Class of l923 through the many adventures and problems encountered on this stormy sea. But even more than thatg it will show you that problems were just as aptly solved as were those of the famous and time honored Greek Hero,vULYSSES. ACT l. Adventure on the lsland of the Cyclops, l9l9-1920. The curtain rises to find the long Trojan War just coming to a successful termination after having been desperately waged for eight years in the Grade Schools of York, by the famous Greek Heroes. Ulysses and his Greeks now stand upon the threshold of their adventurous voyage across the four years expanse of educational ocean that separated Troy from Greece, our Home Land. After many blessings and gifts had been bestowed upon us by the Gods, our Class of '23 set sail for its destination, Penelope. The most im- portant gift was a mysterious sack, containing four marvelous donations from Zeus himself, and the command was not to open this sack until we had reached our destination. After having been introduced to our officers we left our port one beautiful autumnal day in August 19195 and started across those untracked, unmapped, and unknown wastes of water, inhabited by only the most frightful demons and terrible monsters that the land or sea was ever capable of producing.

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Our adventures began early. We soon reached one of the numerous islands that dot the Aegean Sea, and at this place we landed. This was the Island of the Cyclops or better known as the Freshman Year of High School. yTwas here that the monsters called Cyclops, or more familiar as the Class of '22, pounced down upon us unwary Greeks, and into their dusky caves were we carried. There new and terrible horrors presented themselves to view. These were the animals that inhabited the island, Freshman English, Latin, Science, Civics, Algebra and several others. They united their efforts with those of the Cyclops in order to make our young lives miserable. However we had a LEADER, and we found we had one weapon, a great club. This club was really the UN-CONQUERABLE School and Class SPIRIT of the Class of l923. After studying our problem we saw our one avenue of escape was only accessible by using this club. This we did, and so effectively that the mighty Cyclops received his death blow. In his death frenzy he pushed away the stone that had held us as prisoners in his cave, and we rushed out to freedom. While we were still on the island yet our unpleasant dangers were overcome, and we left the defensive and took the offensive. Our great victory was the capture of the greatest athletic animal on the island, the Inter-Class Basket-ball Championship. This gave us our start in the matter of trapping this type of Hanimaln and throughout our entire journey we were successful in this line. The long winter was over, and spring was coming. Our first stage of penitence was completed. After a festive event, the School Picnic, we left the island, spent three months on summer seas, and then reached the next island, at which point the second act begins. ACT II. The Adventures on the Island of Trinacria, l920-l92l. The Ships of '23 are still sailing over the Aegean Sea. One danger point has been passed, namely the Isle of the SIRENS. While a-few of our members were influenced by these beautiful but delusive creatures, yet only a few of our members deserted the HShips of '23 to follow after the WORK or the PLEAS- URE Siren. Our real adventure of the year was our visit to this island of the enchanted animals, or the Sophomore Island. Here we did not find giants, but strange animals,fSophomore Studies,-which although we quickly killed them, yet their spirits came back and haunted us. They were truly haunted or enchanted. These terrible Uspectersi' were only the conditions which all high school students know SOMETHING about. We did not lose heart, but we, as a Class, saw that the specters, like the original animals, could be overcome by diligent and unceasing effort. After adding the scalps of several athletic animals to our collection we found that spring was again at hand, and our visit to this island almost com- pleted. We were so overjoyed at our successful journey up to this point, that we decided to have a grand festive occasion before leaving this island. The ceremonies were collected into a fine picnic, the Sophomore Picnic of the Class of ,23. This picnic was of the calibre of all our class affairs, so you well know it was an ideal affair to usher one into a summer vacation. It also proved a financial success and put our Class on its feet financially. Another step towards the goal had been made. ACT III. The Adventures on the Island of Laestrygonia, l92l-l9ZZ. .The curtain of the stage now rises upon the climax of the play. That critical period in a High School Student's life had now been reached. We were