The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1912-06-12
FRESHMAN AND SOPHOMORE
HISTORY.
Nv Harriet HambIy.

Yes, we are now dignified seniors,
but for old times sake, let us jour
ney back four years and once more
recall to mind some of the incidents
connected with our first few years
in school. In September, 1908, we
first began our career as High school
students, in the old wooden build
ing; there were fifty-two of us and
our heads fairly swelled with pride
to think we were the largest class in
the school and besides this now
''High School Students" But our
pride was soon diminished when we
were all given front seats and no
more notice was taken of US. Then
too, the class rooms were none of
the incest, for some of them had
been torn off in the rear and for
this reason it was necessary that our
Latin class recite down stairs in the
office. Here we tried to cram Latin
in our brains when We were not an
swering the telephone or entertain
ing some agent, and now and then
also some of the older students from
the auditorium would drop in for
book and again the whole class
would be thrown in a state of con-
fusion, especially if the person hap
pened to be a boy and 'crush" of
one of the girls, for the teacher
would be sure to call on her for the
tense of some verb and with her
mind half on Latin and half on the
boy she would answer ''Purcher"
when she really meant to say Future.
But one day very sad affair hap
pened, our Latin teacher being abb
sent, we were sent down to the lab
oratory and told to teach ourselves.
Inf ri hNr n1tp
principal that we were to stay after
school was dismissed and scrub the
floor, for would you believe it? In
some mysterious manner the floor
was covered with chalk, but of
course we didn't know how it got
there; not wishing to make fuss we
brought rags and brushes and scrub
bed the floor which / imagine was
the first cleaning it had received
since school opened and in all prob
ability the last. Mr. Readinger, our
vice-principal and instructor in ply
sical geography, also took us for a
walk; but alas! we never reached
our destination, for some of the girls
Jagged behind and would not hurry
even when threatened to be report
ed and in the meanwhile a thunder
shower came up and we were oblig-
ed to seek shelter until it had pass
ed and by this time it was too late
to proceed farther. Another i'm
pOrtant event which occurred dur
ing our Freshman year was the
burning of the new school building,
although it did not burn entirely
down it delayed its completion con-
siderably.
The following term we started in
school in the new building and as
sumed the title OF Sophomores.
Here we noticed many changes, in
the first place the teachers sat up in
front on the platform during morn
ing exercises, and we had the benefit
of gazing into their smiling faces in
stead of having to turn around as we
had done before. The first few days
was spent in practicing how to
march to and from classes with mu-
sic, practice which / am now proud
to say we have down to perfection.
The new building with its spacious
auditorium and nice airy class rooms
seemed like paradise after being
shut in the close quarters of the
old building. Another important
event which took place was the
organization of the class with the
following officers elected: Deroy
Kreitner, president; Edith Fitch
vice-president; Clara Reif, secretary
and Mortimer Stocker treasurer
Shortly after organizing we decided
to give the Seniors a party which
we did, but sad results came of this
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