Albion Jefferson High School - Torch Yearbook (Albion, IN)

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Class Brstorp Tl1e nucleus of tlus wonderful group of mtellectuallty xx as nrst collected 111 the bonds of Albmn Hlgll School 1U tl1e fall of 1909 L1ttle d1d any spectator drea ll that such germs of genms xxould SUYXIXC the l1orr1ble catastrophe of tl1e ex e11ts of four years ln th1s H1gh School Thls stud1ous group of Freshmen first cons1stecl of twenty three members, f1on1 xx l11Cl1 there has been many subtr'1ct1ons xx1tl1 fexx '1dd1f1OIlS Although exceedmgly br1ght and llltelll gent we were green and 'lwkxxard as all Freshmen are Th1s hoxxever,d1d not last very long because tl1e classes of IQIO and 1911 gave us a very poor example They taught us hoxx to enjoy school l1fe and yet make lt n axx ful mghtmare for our teachers Blanche Alllellll Glady s Moore Havel NV1nebrenner Katherme Rauser W1ll1aH1 Hall Reed Long and Harold Nlarks left us durmg th1s year to enter upon d1ffe ent walks of lxfe The latter, Harold Marks moved to Fort Wayne xx here he now has an excellent pos1t1ou 1n the Flectr1c W'orks myself made our debut duck l1unt1ng the consequence of tl1e ame xx as a large theme for each of us Except fo th1s event xxe surx 1x ed the f1rst year of H1gh School xx1thout anv ser1ous 1n1shaps other than those xx l11Ch ord1nar1ly befall Freshmen The faculty xx as composed of the followmg 'VIr Knox Prm clpal Mlss Weaver Ass1stant Pr1nc1pal Nl1SST6aChOut MUSIC and Art and Mr Snnth, Mathemat1cs and Elghth Grade We begun our Sophomore year fewer m number but greater 1n ab1l1ty Our only trouble xx as xxe could not very well get along xv1thout the ragout We1r Barcus xx ho had gone to Goshen Early th1s fall Roy W ysong enrolled l11S name upon our rec ords COI111Ug to us fron1 Av1lla but whlle ga1n1ng one we lost two, Agnes Rlmmell xvho took up hlgh school work at Ken dallv1lle and Dale Poyser xvho d1scont1nued at the end of the y ear Durlng th1s year there were a fexx cl1anges 1n the faculty Mr Knox reslgned h1s pos1t1on whlch was filled by Mr Owens, M1ss Copp was our ASS1StaUl Pr1uc1pal and M1ss Moorehead was IU charge of the Mus1c and Art departments I xl 's I . yin . ' ' ' . 1 K ' , , ' . C V Q v, C A s 7 l. r n, YN , I 1 K 3 Y . t vv 7 pb X . . . 2 . i 7 i One beautiful day, HOIHCY Hiatt, Glen11 Reynolds, and ' 1 1 ' 5 1 . r ' . Y L 7. T C . Y' . 1 1 ' : 1 . , ' - 3 , u , 1-1 u 1 , . . . . . i T I 7 7 V - ' . , . 0 , 5 u - 1 J - . , 0 g u . 1 1 n I L - 7 f ' 7 7 ii . I V 1, o u n I . , i , b 7 1

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O ir u111o1 ya 11 xx 15 unex e11tful except fo1 the soJourn oi Nfiss Chilton among us as '1 l'11lgl1'l.g'C teacher 'NI1ss Chilton is the o11ly teacher xx ho has bee11 ible to appreciate us as xxe feel ue should be W e11 Bfucus LOL1lCl not stay axxay from our intcllectu rl bu111p of genius and hence cfnne back from Goshen Flhs Stephenson 1I1ON6d to pastures new discontinuing his school xxork here The nexx xneinbers of our faculty xxere as folloxvs XI Allman Principal Miss Chilton Assistant Prin cipal Nliss 'lloyer 111 charge OflNIL151C and Art and Hr Favinger Class of 19083 in charge of the Eighth Grade a11d Mathernatics Our Senior year has been the inost ex entful of our school life We have accomplished more work than in any other txxo customs Vvllllb Eagles left us early in the fall to take up a preparatory course for West Point There are just txxelxe of us left, xxho haxe been able to cio s successfullv the barriers of four years in High School Heres Doc our phy s1c1an and surgeon xxhose main study IS girls Ralph IS our great debator xvhose best subject s Senior Pictures Hunk s specialtv is Physics Bert s 1na1n objects in life aie violins and dentists Pauline IS our only official xxaibler and has Illade her n1us1c career a success The reason Blondy s hair is so l1gl1t1S that she studies too hard Tommy Wy is our only ininstrel shoxx and shining light Shylock is lxva3s studious and late for he is a farmer Noah D D is another one of our book farmers Pug fPaderexx ski r is the only chronic kicker vxe have His one 81111 in life is music Berniece is our only real good girl As my space is limited I will end my discussion of this class and sincerely wish that no class of the future xxill have as much trouble as xxe have had, or have to graduate in such an unlucky year l' DS, U , 1 K .4, c . c 1 c c . L 11. ' 's f s 7 f 2 ' 1 5 , ,. . xr '. K ., . 1 1 . ,, , 1 -1. ' 1 ' C 1 .. Y Y ' ,' , . ' . ' .' . , ' - . . A A. s , , u Y b w ' 1 . 1 . ' , 1 . Q 1 1 I 1 4 ' A ' ' , . years. This fact I attribute to a change in faculty, studies and , . SL., 4. J y . 1 1 7 1 -1 . ' . 1 cc V7 , ' ' . , ' . ,, 1 1 ' ' U ' 77 ' ' , ' Q in ' ., ' 77 1 ' ' , , ' 1 ' u . Q at 7 - , . I 0 Q I .D . . . 7 1 . . . .