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Wh n High chool op n d on pt mb r 1, 1 2 , th r · r II typ ~'
and ·iz of Fr hm n to ent r. w r all o gr n that w did not
v n kno\ · w w r call d "rat ,. . AI o w did not know that w tudi d,
pl y d, at and did every hing wh th r \ · \Vant d to or not. Th r \, r
o many of u, that w compl t ly fill d the tudy hall and till had about
fifty ov r. th Latin room wa urned in o a p cial udy hall for u
Fr ·hm n.
f cour , we f II in love with all of our t ach r . 1i imp on i th
dear ' t lg bra teacher in the world, who worri h r If almo to d ath
for f ar that \ ·e don't tudy nough. ur Hi. tory t acher, Ir . Iv , i
very jolly; and our Engli h teacher, 1r . halker, i alway' r ady for a
good tim . It go wi hout aying that ev rybody lov th Latin t ach r,
~ Ii · Hou ·eworth. l\li Tribble, who teache ci nc , i alway in r t
in anything that w do--picnic , partie , play , etc.
Wh n ·chool b gin , o do th ball a on. For th f otball t
had only three ub , Frank Renfro , Wilbur Iv and
only play r on the boy ' ba k tball t am wa Munro ummer,.
th girl ' team, we had two plendid player , Lola 1a Thoma and Vannie
ue ochran, and two ub , T ellie Hir ch and 1ary Futch.
The fir t great event in our live wa the moonlight picnic given for
u by the ophomore at J ffry' Lake on the twenty- cond of eptemb r.
W had a wond rful tim and w re not the lea t bit timid, cau th r
were nearly three time a many Fre hmen a ophomore who went.
The next gr at ev nt wa wh n the High chool caught on fir in
December. But although thing w re badly damag d, w till had to
go to chool. Tot only that, but we took all the mid-term xam b for
hri tma . Th r wa much wailing and gna hing of t th . But the
exam were not ·o bad a exp cted, and not ov r half of u flunk d.
When chool tarted again in January, w had all mad the ew ar'
re olution to tudy hard rand play harde t. o w decid d to give a party.
But fir t w had to organize. r . halker wa el c d cia teacher;
arah Ialpa , pre id nt; Halbert Iv , vice-pr ident, and obbi hack-
elford, ecr tary and trea urer. Our motto, " r en, but growing."
A it wa o much trouble to give a party, we chang d it to a picnic
and gave it for the ophomore on March the eventeenth. W pent much
time planning it, and ev n wrot to th w ather man b gging him to make
he un hine o we could go in wimmin . He did, and we all ot bli t r d
at Jeffry' Lake.
Our hi tory ha not ended yet-thi i only th fir chapter. But
orne day when we are nior mayb w '11 b called om hing el e b -
ide "rat . "

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