Winter Haven High School - Wha Hwa Hta See Yearbook (Winter Haven, FL)

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-1930- Jan. 6 ... I am mad as hops! I work my head nearly off on a booklet on Julius Caesar and find that it isn't due until tomorrow. Jan. 8 . . . Prof. Roberts presents football letters in chapel, and chapel takes up the whole Latin period. What luck! Jan. 21 ... I am indignant. At the Orange Festival gate the man asked me if I weren't a school teacher! Mar. I J . . . The ides of March arc come.” I feel restless. Apr. 1 . . . Half the school takes a vacation to celebrate Prof. Roberts’ birthday. Heck! I wish I’d gone too. Apr. 20 ... I forgot what happened. I haven’t written in my diary for ages. Sept. 2 . . . School is nothing but chapel. What an ideal day! We arc Upper Classmen. Think of it! Sept. 5 . . . Again Miss Sentcr is our class sponsor; Katherine Blood is president; vice-president is Barbara Green; and Roger Stephenson is secretary-treasurer. Sept. 24 . . . Kat” Blood and Don” Gray draw mental pictures of poems on the blackboard. Art? Sept. 26 ... I go to the Freshman-Junior picnic and sec Prof. Roberts playing mumble peg. Oct. 3 . . . Tom Sawyer whitewashes the fence in chapel. Oct. 10 . . . The Juniors have individual pictures taken for the Annual. I hear girls say, That’s a good picture of you, but isn’t mine simply awful?” Oct. 23 . . . The Blue and Gold” is backed by the Juniors and sponsored by Miss Godwin. Nov. 17 . . . Kitty Ellis is crowned Football Queen at our Homecoming game. -1931- Jan. 14 ... 1 wring my hands and tear my hair over examinations. Jan. 19 . . . Everyone is talking about the home-room plan. I, for one, don't like it, but I suppose I’ll get used to it. Jan. 23 . . . The Junior class presents It Won’t Be Long Now. We’re proud of our actors and actresses. Fee. 14 . . . I’m so thrilled! I received a valentine from an unknown sender. Who could study, thinking of that? Fib. 18 . . . They were only playing Leap Frog, but they dug up the campus.” Mar. 4 . . . ’Lasses White tells us tricks of the trade in chapel. Mar. 8 . . . Our basket-ball girls win the Polk County Championship. Hurrah! Mar. 19 . . . Our class sponsors a benefit bridge party. How many tickets have you sold?’’ Apr. 29 . . . The Junior-Senior banquet, carrying out the Colonial idea, is a big success. Aug. 31 . . . Whoever heard of school starting in August? Now that I am a Senior at last, I don’t feel the least bit like one. Si pt. 9 . . . We must march.” Oct. 5 . . . Miss Walker and Miss Boltin are chosen as our class sponsors; Don” Gray is class president: Betty Runkle, secretary; and Kilty” Ellis, treasurer. Oct. 6 . . . Miss Boltin mistakes Primo Camera for a cigar! Oct. 8 . . . The Annual staff is elected. Oct. 9 . . . The Seniors give a chapel program, which is the best yet! Oct. 13 ... As the school clubs are organized today, I choose to hike. Oct. 19 . . . The whole school hears Hoover’s speech at the Yorktown Sesqui-Centennial over the radio. Several of the English sharp-shooters spot errors in the introductory speech. Page 23

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Sept. 3 . Sept. 4 . Sfpt. 5 . Sept. 7 . Se pt. 1 $ . Si pt. 2) . Oct. 7 . . Oct. 17 . . Nov. J . . Nov. 16 . . Jan. 7 . . Jan. 2) . . Feb. 7 . . Feb. 22 . . Mar. 8 . . Mar. IS . . Apr. 9 . . Apr. 26 . . May 10 . . May 11., May 27 . Sept. 2 . Sept. 23 . Oct. 14 . Nov. S . Dec. 22 . HIT O' MISS -1928- . I've decided co keep a diary of the important or interesting days of my high school years. A perfectly good Labor Day is spoiled for me when I have to start school. I go with another rat (as they so vulgarly call us), and feel very green. I get lost, and can’t find Home Economics room. . My schedule is arranged. . My schedule is changed. . My schedule is changed again. . There is no school today on account of the hurricane. The roof leaks and the plaster falls. . Donald Gray is elected class president; Barbara Greene is vice-president; and Roger Stephenson is secretary-treasurer. (He begins collecting dues right away.) Miss Senter is our class sponsor. . At the last minute I write my autobiography for English. How I hate those superior people who brag they have theirs all done! . We enjoy heated political speeches in chapel. Votes for Hoover and Smith are sold for a penny apiece. . As Miss Borthick has the flu, Prof. Roberts teaches us Algebra. Contracts are due just the same. . O tempus! O mores! We have a school beauty contest. I vote for Eva Hutchinson and Sam Smith. -1929- . We have Miss Harbaugh for English now, while Miss Senter teaches Latin. Ave et Vale! . The Freshmen and Sophomores inaugurate the plan of selling fruit drinks at the Orange Festival. Norman Boyle’s hands are blistered from squeezing fruit. Junior Brigham has a permanent. . Dahlgren takes the Freshman class picture. Now you moved and spoiled that one! . ’’Minick is presented. The three old men seem to have difficulty in smoking their pipes! . . LaRue Osborn tells a tall story” of hunting for a comical theme. . . The venerable Seniors give the Prince Chap. As a result, everyone is saying ’orsc knot and Naow.” , . We suffer from debates. I am assigned the difficult end of the arbitration question. , . Hi Students Create Sensation Wearing Sun-Back Shirts, announces the Chief. Don’t you think it’s mean to send boys home for a little thing like that? , . We attend the class picnic at Eagle Lake. Vi'. H. Anderson has a red necktie. . . When fortunes were told at the Senior Carnival, I heard that the gypsy said Miss Boltin had a husband! , , W. H. wins the McLoughlin medal. Say we, Blessings on thee, little man! , . Look us over! We arc Sophomores now, cruelly resolved to do unto others as we have been done by. . . I skipped class meeting, but they tell me Miss Stephenson was chosen sponsor. Roger Stephenson (no relation) is our class president; Don Gray is vice-president; Johnny Parker, secretary; and LaRue Osborn, treasurer. . . O frabjous day! Calooh! Callay! The Blue Devils (bless ’em) wallop Frostproof! Then to cap the climax, we turn hobo and sing, Hallelujah, give us a handout! . . We have school Banking Day, and I forget to bring any money to deposit. . . Santa Claus visits the school. Methinks I have heard that voice before, but I wouldn't disillusion the Rats for any money! Page 22

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Nov. 6 . . . Margaret Pottinger, Harry Dye, and Norman Boyle star in a play in chapel. Everyone is imitating Harry’s dawgone!” The Annual staff is introduced. Nov. 30 . . . We arc gently reminded to get to work on the Wa-Hwa-Hta-See. Alas! I have been putting off the hard labor! Dec. 2 . . . We are sorry to lose Miss May hew, and we wonder what the new teacher will be like. Ouch! Dec. 16 . . . O woeful day!” Exams begin and there are no exemptions. Ed Stoneburg and ’’Chuck” Mccsc arc sleepy as a result of midnight reviewing. Dec. 18 . . . Hurrah! We have two whole weeks of bliss before us! We miss Santa Claus in chapel. -1932- Jan. 5 . . . The new Freshmen arrive from Junior High. Were we as small as they when we were Freshmen? Jan. 8 . . . Football letters are given out in chapel. ''We’re proud of our Blue Devils.” The Senior play, Smilin’ Through is presented. Jan. 15 . . . We receive red, white, and blue buttons in chapel, for merit. The Seniors get their rings at last. Jan. 19 . . . We enjoy a fast-moving lecture on temperance in chapel. Jan. 22 . . . The tall man of the Orange Festival visits us in chapel. Strange, no one seems willing to take up his challenge to fight! Jan. 29 . . . Chief Red-Wing teaches us a war-dance and gives us a most entertaining program, sign-languages and all. Ya-hoo! W. H. Anderson entertains with the Indian, and how! Feb. 12 . . . Ace High is presented by the Dramatic Club. Feb. 23 . . . What a clever sign adorns Fiavcn High: Father Beeson's Kindergarten. Mar. 11... Those original Juniors entertain with stunt night, instead of the usual play. The Seniors are there—with bells on and win the prize. Apr. 22 . . . Soft music, beautiful gowns, sweet perfume, laughter, and sadness that our high school days arc nearly finished—these are our memories of the Junior-Senior banquet. May 1 ... It is Kid Day and the Seniors revert to type. May 22 ... At the baccalaureate sermon, the Seniors make an impressive assembly, but methinks their minds are wandering. May 23 . . . Caps, gowns and diplomas. Haven High, farewell!