Ada High School - Cougar Yearbook (Ada, OK)

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WALTER V. AGIN Boxwell Graduate, l9l0g New Stark High School, I9lZg I. C. C., l9I4g Football Man- ager, l9I4g Editor-in-Chief, Cn Yor Hi. Keep your seats, ladies and gentlemen, for it is no one but our Editor-in-chief. Since Agin came into our midst he has learned many things to his own sorrow but to other people's evident enjoyment. During football season he became familiarly known as Manager Aginf' In this capacity he succeeded in losing all the balls and bawling things up in general. He is also noted for his extreme bashfulness, and his very serious tum of mind. MARY BLOSSER Boxwell Graduate, I9I0g New Stark High School, l9l3. Mary is quiet and unassuming, yet a friend of all. Mary is not only educated in books, but in travel, as she left High School one year and traveled extensively through the West. Her een sae bright, 'her brow sae white, Her temple locks as brown's a berry, And aye they dimpl't wi' a smile, The rosy cheeks o' bonny Mary. 17 F RANK CUSSANS State Normal School, South Dakota, l9l l- I2g Co. G, O. N. G4 Class President, l9l2- 13g Class Treasurer, l9l4-l5. And still we gazed and still the wonder grew that one small head could carry all he knew. Cuzzie does more work in one day than the ordinary person does in three. He is sim- ply bubbling over with life and ambition and he seems to radiate that magnetic energy wherever he goes. He has certainly been the shining iight of our class and if dogged ,determination will count for anything we are safe in predict- ing for Frank a brilliant future.

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FRANK EUGENE MERCER Ada Grammar School, l9l Ig I. C. C., I9I3-I4g Class Treasurer, I9l3-14, Class President, l9l4-l5. Here is a very rare combination of class pres- ident, lady fusser, store clerk, acrobat, comedian, and what not. Blessed with an abundance of mother wit at his very linger tips, he never wants for anything to say. He has been known to talk for many minutes without saying a word. The senior class could not well have done without him as their president as he seems to possess an inexhaustible supply of push and energy. GERTRUDE CLEONE MERTZ Ada Grammar School, 1911: I. C. C., 19125 Class Secretary, I9l I-125 l9l4-l5. Here is the short of it. The fact that Ger- trude is very short doesn't prevent her from mak- ing herself heard and expressing 'her candid opinion on any matter of great or small conse- quence. The number of Gertrude's beaux is seventy times seven, but like the summer rose they came and went. Her ever present smile and sunny disposition has made her indispensable to the class of 'l5. 16 JEDD J. CORBETT Ada I9I2-I3-l4p Basket Ball, l9l3-I4-l5. ' Behold the radiant countenance of our Busi- ness Manager. For three consecutive years 'he has been the invincible center on our football team. On one occasion, to test his hardiness, Pudd Clum ran his auto into a hitching post and unceremoniously threw ,ledd over into the graveyard, but even this failed to undo him. Jedd is one of the several comedians for which our class is noted and his antics would do jus- tice to any stage performer. Grammar School, l9l lg Football,

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7-f K get MARY OLIVE WELLS Ada Grammar School, I9l lg Class Secre- tary, l9l3-l4. Mary is another of our number who is espe- cially noted for her diminutive stature. But when we reflect that it is the little things in this world that count, we feel sure that Mary has a life of useful service before her, if noth- ing more than to cheer and brighten the life of some lonely old bachelor. And we truly believe that if Providence pointed out such a course for Wells she would not shrink from her duty. RALPH B. NEISWANDER Boxwell Graduate, 191 l 5 New Stark High School, l9l 3. Here modesty reigns supreme. Ralph is one of those quiet unassuming persons who can ever greet You with a smile. If every one attended as strictly to their own business as does our friend Ralph, what a grand place this old world would be. He doesn't seem to be bothered by that subject which is of such vital concern to most High School boys: namely, that of Girls ln this small body is lodged a mighty mind. 18 ROSA MARGUERITE BETZEL Boxwell Graduate, l9l2. Rosa came to us in our Senior year, so we are ignorant as to her past history, but judging from the present it must have been of the best. Rosa talks little, thinks much and appreciates a quiet good time, but we have never known her to engage in unseemly mirth. We have heard it whispered that she aspires to become the wife of a great college professor, but we can not vouch for this.