Yates Center High School - Wildcat Yearbook (Yates Center, KS)

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ANOTHER YEAR INE more months of school gone with the, wind , . . nine more months of the all-to-brief span of high school life passed into nothing but mem- ories. . . countless hours spent in those familiar rooms .... countless moments of hard work, of gloom, of joy, of ecstasy. . . gone! A lot's been left undone . . . should have spent more time studying . . .probably would have done better in chemistry by staying awake more . . . might have made more headway romantically by phoning for dates oftener . . . and earlier . . . spent too much money on shows . . . wasted too much time doing nothing . . .should have conquered that temptation to day dream whenever faced with a text book . . . It wasn't such a bad year, though . . . met a lot of swell kids . . . had a lot of fun during some of those week-ends . . . a number of those classes could have been a lot duller than they were . . . those grades could have been worse, all right . . . and that initiation wasn't nearly so bad as it had been pictured . . . It's really surprising just how much happened this year when you get right down to thinking about it . . . in fact there'll never be another year quite like this one . . . just how much practical value has been derived from these classes never is realized until you get down to thinking how much more you know now than you did a year ago . . . and as for excitement, the year was never really dull . . . from the very start, there was plenty going on . . . When we arrived on September 7 to begin a new school year, we were all breathless anticipation . . . had lots of fun watching the freshmen . . . remember how we used to get lost too . . . remember the time Jack Byrd got in the wrong class and didn't catch on until it was about over . . . spent half a day learning where we were going to be for the next four and a half months . . . what books to buy . . . and best of all . . . satisfying our curosity as to what the new teachers looked like . . . After we ,had settled down for a few days, we had our class meetings . . . remember what fun we had electing our class officers . . . then for the cheer lead- ers . . . Mary Jane and Jesse . . . do you remember why we selected them . . . must have been because they could go through the funniest antics . . . we must have some pep . . . Page 4

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FOREWCRD As the deeds, the thoughts, the actions of all men pass into memories. so passes the year 1938. The Roundup's purpose is to record the deeds of those who passed through the schools of Yates Center this year, and hold them as a memory in a book. Years later these memories will be dear to you. Some day you will find this book, battered and worn, in an old trunk in the attic. You will find, between these battered covers, memories which you have for- gotten, days which can never be relived, except as memories. You will meet old friends whom you have ceased to remember. You will enjoy showing to your chil- dren your friends, as they looked back in the old days when you went to school. Your old annual will have a new meaning theng it will be priceless. If this book will bring you a little happiness in the years to come, the staff will be satisfied. The production of this book to record and hold your memories was made possi- ble by the advertisements purchased by the business men of Yates Center, and by the efforts of the teachers, and especially of Henry Horsch, faculty sponsor. The Editors J tw Page 3

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Initiation of the freshmen . . . this is always a bright spot . . . for the upper- classmen . . . do you remember how Briggs looked with all that rouge and lipstick on . . . and the little wagons . . . clothes on backward . . . well, we decided the poor freshies had about all they could take by this time, so we gave them a picnic . . . remember what fun it was going out to Stockebrand's grove on the truck . . . had to get off and walk over the bridges . . . got the inflated feeling that comes from being boss for that evening at least . . . rnade the freshmen carry wood to build fires and clean up the debris after it was over . . . gee, but it's great to be a senior . . . sometimes . . . Then September 24, the great day . . . Fredonia came to Yates Center for the first football game of the season . . . and took home some of our choicest Wild- cat pelts . . . poor kitties . . . the G. R. girls then felt the call of the wild and went out some place for a. picnic . . . didn't even invite the rest of us to go along . . . just wait, Hi-Y will get even with them yet . . . - I Gridley took its turn at knocking our poor bewildered Wild Cats all over the field . . . they took away so much fur that the poor beast had to spend some time growing a new coat . . .the Sophomores decide it was about time they get on some of those nice fall evenings when picnics are in order . . . the Wildcats decended on Garnett and came away . . . ruefully licking their wounds . . . first six weeks' tests . . . wonder if the teachers grade hard or . f. did I study enough . . . well we'll know soon . i. . Eureka and Madison took turns at our poor bewildered Wildcats . . . why don't they go way and leave us alone . . . we are beginning to feel weak from it all . . . Do you still remember what a Whoofenpoof is . . . Journalism Class certainly did a good piece of work that time . . . the corn husking contest was a great day for the band . . . no don't get me wrong . . . they didn't enter the contest and pull the most ears . . . only went to Humboldt and furnished inspiration for those who were contesting . . . oh, yes, remember the Wildcats went to Madison and came home almost victorious . . . that was a grand game . . . really furnished some ex- citement . . . then there came the football game with Altoona . . . not so good . . . Page 5