Ellettsville High School, Llamarada, 1949, Page 18

Description:	CLASS HISTORYIn September of 1937 Mrs. Frances Browns morale was knocked down anothernotch by a fresh roomful of forty-six screaming little accidents waiting for aplace to happen. After the effects of this catastrophe had worn off, Mrs. Brownseverlasting patience began to expose itself. After almost eight months of struggleand strain, she passed most of us on to Mrs. Leota Price McNeely in the secondgrade. This was a great shock to most of us because our low mental capacity wasntup to second grade standards. (It still aint.) Finding us rather hopeless, Mrs.McNeely maneuvered us out of the second grade and ditched us in the third with GayleStultz Field. Somewhere along here we began to have trouble in the elements ofhigher mathematics—higher than three, that is. There were still several of us whenwe came struggling into the fourth grade where all the boys proposed to Mrs. SylviaByers once a day. Almost a year later a few of us were in the fifth grade with Mrs.Thelma Hawkins officiating. Under her supervision we published a newspaper that hada circulation nearly the sise of the NEW YORK TIMES. Things went well until thepresses stopped because of the war. Mrs. Hawkins could stand only so much, and wehad the feeling she was trying to get rid of us. She did. Mrs. Frances Deckard wasthe head wheel in the sixth grade. In this class we became notorious in our plays,which we presented to the fifth grade. At this point we crossed the half-way mark,and somehow we found out why we hadnt stayed in the same class more than two yearsat a time. We thought if the teacher couldnt stand us any longer, the principalwould give us a new one to drive crazy. By the time we discovered our mistake, wewere in the seventh grade with Mr. Robert Patrick coaching us. The next year we wereD. D. Daviss liabilities in the eighth grade. After eight long, miserable months ofwork, we had a big ceremony to celebrate the two-thirds mark on our journey throughschool.When we started into high school as freshmen, Tom Goldsberry sponsored usj andthat year we survived the inhuman atrocities of the freshman initiation, and aftermuch planning and financing, we held the Freshman Banquet. This took place in thenew gym basement and featured many long-winded speeches by the school warden and otherofficials. After a short, sweet parole of four months we were in school again assophomores with Tom Goldsberry running things again. That year we made arrangementsfor an especially pleasant initiation. By this time most of us were beginning towonder how much longer it would be before we could be seniors. After convincing ourteachers that we would never learn anything, we were persuaded to go on to the juniorclass without much coaxing. With Frances Harding as our sponsor, we became tycoonsin the concession business at ball games. We also presented our first play, fromwhich by deceptive advertising we made millions off a very big slice of ham. OurJunior-Senior Banquet was presented in a very elaborate manner at the Masonic Templein Bloomington. After a wonderful meal those of us who were able took a partner anddanced to the strained melodies of Bernie Vances store boughten orchestra. By thetime we recovered from this hectic night, we were indulging in another four monthslegal vacation.•After those very pleasant four months had been wasted away, we started back toschool as seniors with Miss Harding sponsoring us again. After presenting two more,plays and having a very pleasant time as seniors, we began to look back oh all theunderclassmen and to feel a deep sympathy for them. We are also making big plans fora very eagerly avraited commencement ceremony. At the present time we are trying toget this trash off to press in time to beat a deadline so that we may finance an expedition to Washington. For information probing any part of the future, cast a nakedeyeball at the prophecy deeper in this book. If you have been interested in readingthis far, we hope you have enjoyed yourselves.18
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