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By Rena Bissette
Since a great deal of
space in this issue of the
Bugle is devoted to the
seniors and their activ
ities, I thought it would
be interesting to "turn
back the pages” for com
parison' s sake, and get a
glimpse of the first gradu
ating class of the
class of 1918.
What a change from the
"Good Ole Days"I
Mrs. B, M, Parmer, a mem
ber of that class, gave us
our information.
No agriculture, bookkeep
ing, shorthand, typing,
economics, socialogy, or
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chemistry was taught,
•Headin’, witin* and
*rithnietic (English, geog
raphy, spelling, math,
and history) were the only
available subjects. Home
economics was introduced
that year.
For those who took .home
ec., class work was crude,
Equipir«nt for cooking was
brought from home; cook
ing was done on an oil
stove; and the phase of
sewing consisted of small
lessons on daming. The
home ec. room was compar
able to the small music
room offstage and had no
running water.
Boys took no agriculture
and played no basketball,
but baseball activities
consumed leisure time;
girls, however, were allow
ed to play basketball, and
incidentally, had a win
ning teaim. Her husband
told us that Mrs, Farmer
was the star.
Class night was carried
out almost as the present-
day methods, but there was
no Bacculearate Sermon.
Diplomas were given by the
speaker on (jraduation day
to students who were proud,
yet they wore no caps and
gowns, no class rings or
pins.
A Junior-Senior Banquet
was unthought of. ^en
these eleven students pass
ed the eleventh grade,
received their diplomas,
and set out in life, they
were as proud of the fact
as we of the class of *52
are today.
We have a full
line of Philco Pix)ducts
See us befo
decide to
re you
Duy