The Spotlight [1922] . school to take up our duties as Sophomores. We at oncemade use of our right to welcome the Freshmen and duly escorted them tothe pump and bestowed upon them the gifts that had been conferred upon usin our Freshman year. During this year we had three distinguished Pass was an excellent teacher of great dramatic ability: Miss Arnoldwas very original and a great friend of the pupils, while Mr. Keister, com-monly known as Hard Guy Prussia, had a decidedly military air which wasalmost knocked out of him by a German shell while he was in France. Duringthis year w


The Spotlight [1922] . school to take up our duties as Sophomores. We at oncemade use of our right to welcome the Freshmen and duly escorted them tothe pump and bestowed upon them the gifts that had been conferred upon usin our Freshman year. During this year we had three distinguished Pass was an excellent teacher of great dramatic ability: Miss Arnoldwas very original and a great friend of the pupils, while Mr. Keister, com-monly known as Hard Guy Prussia, had a decidedly military air which wasalmost knocked out of him by a German shell while he was in France. Duringthis year we developed our principle, cooperation, which has made our Classsuch a success during the last two years. After a jolly picnic we again sepa-rated to follow our own inclinations through another vacation. As Juniors we had as our Class teacher Miss Lipscomb who, though sherepeatedly threatened to leave, piloted us through a trying year of HighSchool life. During this year the Class gained the title of the hardest class. 26 in the school. In athletics we were away ahead of the others. Most of theplayers on all the teams were in our Class. During the year of 21—ourJunior year—the war between the Seniors and Juniors waged hot. We mademany a visit to the school to place our Class numeral on the dome of thebuilding. The Seniors made many an attempt to remo\e it, but it always re-appeared, and they were forced to graduate under our numeral; the first timea class graduated under other than their own numeral in the history of theschool. During these nightly raids, many a fight occurred and doors mysterrously moved from their hinges. As Juniors we attempted to get up a playcalled The Turn of the Tide, but this never came off. This year we returned to the school as mighty Seniors. We are all deter-mined to work and pass off every study and secure the much desired , as Seniors, enjoy many privileges, although because of the jealousy itwould incite, it is better not to enumer


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