Winamac High School - Totem Yearbook (Winamac, IN)

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mm (EIess -Historx) HI AlxtuI twelve years ago thiriy-li f ' lillle six-year-t)lds, care- fully coached by theii ' anxious mo i;he rs, were sent off to school for fhe lirsl time. They eiileied Ihe building witli fear and tiembling. On being takyn to liist grade rooiii their ter- ror nirrrased. Many gave v( lit in t ai s, mingled with sdbs for mamma, v hile others idoked about, in awe at the roDiii 111 whicii they were to be,.: i ) their scho( career. (ira(hially t iu ' y In came accustiimed tn tl suroundings, and linauy their work became a p ea ure. Each year as we entered a higher grade (nir pride increased. W ' e were im longer bei iiiners, but now ranked witli tliose wlm knew and could !« ' regar.led with soiiie- lliiiig (dlier tlian pity or ainusi ' - iiieiidiers o f our class droppeil out. but troin time to time others were added; thus we retaineij about the same iiundier. II came to iiass t bat in I be year urns we were ready to graduate from II iglilli gra le and enter High S(dio(d. ■nnu ' e were twenty- graduates, only se en of tins iiial tbirly-tive. (iraduati(Mi ex- ercises were Indd in May at tlie Metliodisl (diurdi. And, l. ' sl I forget, ours was the last class to hold eighth grade com- mencement exercises in Winamac. In the autumn of the same year we en- tered upon our fa- mous career in our dear old High. Many tiom other schools ed us and we were for- ty-live. Regarded with amnseineiit and sometimes coiiLempt by the other (Masses we were painfully aware that we were fresh- men. We Vv ere a studious (dass, however, giving lit- tle allention to the more tl i (dous events of scho(d litv. riKuigb our Sophomore year was in natst respects like the |)re ious (Hie. the uninteresting a|)p(dlatioii ot f ' reshie could be stiak(ni like dust from mir feet and I bat, at least, was a triumph. We liegan our .Innior year with a resoKc to be successful in our studies, but as a side line to have a go. Ml time. We succeeded in b(d b. Tlie crown inu e -ent o t mir nian. ' social affairs was mir re- ception to llie Seniors, wherein we tried to surpass all iwex ions atleni|.ts. .Most ot the UKUiey to :i c tlie rece| tioii was obtained tr. iir play ••.Muldooirs Blun- ders ,ui en in february, I ' .) I I. I ' be success ot the |day and the receplion was due to the etforts ot I ' idt. ( ). T. S|»encer, wlioiii tlie

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class of 1912 shall also mourn and remember as its sincere friend, instrumental in many of its successes and joys. A hay- ladder ride to Hi ' uce T.ake, where the day was spent in boat ridinji. swinging in hammocks and eat- ing, closed our .Junior career. A hay-ride to tlie Inune of Yiola Degner was the tii ' st social event of our Senioi ' yeai ' . Next came a jiai ' ty in honor of Ihe Sophomores who, in I ' elni ' ii. surprised us by nundiei ' . Katheryn Hoch, (]lara Dilts and the writer, constituting the remnants of the thirty-live who entered the Winamac grades in 1000. — ♦— It was in 1932 when, one day while sitting in my bachelor apart nients. the memories of that haiipy 19 12 came thr(niging back and an intense desire to know about my former comrades seemed to overwhelm me. 1 even WHEN WE WERE JUNIORS. eiilei ' laining us royally al Kid- jer ' s Hall. U. cogni .ing Ihe class intatualioii tor iiay-ladders. an- olher was taken for the s(de pur- p,,se of enjoying a ride. • ' All-of- a-Su(Uien Peggy. ■■ given April I Slli uinliM ' the direct imi |)i,.deri(di and Miss SIralt iiished us wilh tuinis I ' m ' Ihe phonograph which we leaxe lo Ihe W. II. S. as oui ' ni ' !n(ni-il. The gi-audaling class it 19 12 is Iweiity shM.-. ' . thr t Ibis reniend)ei ' ed how they chaffed me (•(HH ' erning my determination to be a ba(dnd(u-. My musings and ■ ' homesickness culminated in a i ' es(d t ' to return to Winamac for a isil. rpon arriving 1 found it Miss lo be. n(d the quiet town thai I tui ' - iiad known, but a buslling cily. ihe cry ot Ihe cabmen. Ihe muse .r Ihe sii ' eel cars, and the honk it I he anhniKdiiles met the ear. Iiiipalienlly making my way to he (dd s(di(Md building. ' I found