Ames High School - Spirit Yearbook (Ames, IA)

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Page 32 The Spirit Annual Mis,s Boyd and Bawr.nice ilolsiut?er replacing Miss Ball in the history depart- Another interesting personage is Borothy Oliver who is now running the street ear line between Ames is now the model for I must not forget to tell you about Harrj f’Pthiio ' Companv in New The Style Sh.nvs of the Hart. Shaftner and Senior York. (He was chosen because ot the hit he made in a Jrc.ss suit Olass 1 lay.) v. Aines an .l Nevada and 1 Ruth Prall is eondueting a ]itne nis red that the reason she Ifpnr that she is piling up quite a fortune. It is ramorea iimt started this line was to save her Saturday , ’; ' ' ’ ' ' ? y ! Aevalier Adams and T suppose you have heard about the circus condiit pbcv” has be- i,„ .i., .c™ prise that AVinnie Hill is editing the her head Priscilla Dodds is running a farm up in Alaska and -Jolin .la Slokk. i. „o,v the Twi,. St.r Th»trk after having the S“e.ki,.g let . graaing gang in Tea., after Wing d p- ' A£lt!XMta?i”;h.,.teen „i,..t„n Gerinp Grace Pohln,.., tvent where Gordon hecame manager of a large ranch in Myoraing. After gainii g place of best cattle indge in the state he ran for the legislature and is show mg Ids aldiU ts a pollHcian. His sister Grace is noted as a leading society woman and for using her brother s large fortune for civic welfare in the state. Fstell i Sill is in a sanatariiim in the south where sue is trying to regain hei troml he iS for she had a breakdown after leaving school. The doe ors said ft w!is heeanse she had too much typewriting knowledge which rather iinbalaneed ‘ ' AVakhtMcDowell is still in Ames where he is manager of the Forestry Depart¬ ment at the college. But T have heard that he expects to go to Canada soon, where be owns a large ])iece of timber laud, and bring back a fortune from liis f oi ost Tjydia Tildeii is married and lives in Oregon in a little ocean town wdiere her husband is manager of a large fishery. Ivadell Elwood is writing the eolumns of “Advice to the Lovelorn m the Oliicago Herald . She is a great success since everyone has so much conhdence in her word upon such subjects. . j -.i How interesting it is to feel again as though yon were connected with our dear old friends—even in thought. AVoiddii’t it be glorious to have a reunion? Do write often to me.

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The Spirit Annual Pat»e 31 finally realized her ambition of beinj a literary notoriety and is the chief con¬ tributor of material to the Kelley Times. Marie Mortensen, after deciding that she could win more fame and fortune by leading a .single life, has charge of all the U. S. government ' s dairies in the country. She also is one of the chief members of the International Condensed 3Iilk Tribunal. Perhaps you would be interested to know that Fern Grover and Raymond Byrnes are going about over the country training minstrel shows. Miss Thorn¬ burg in her old age gets her chief enjoyment fro n life by going to hear the per¬ formances and feeling that by her work the world is now receiving such worth¬ while entertainments. oil know, too, P red Jones wondered much about his life work until the night of the Carnival in Ames High School in 191J) when he decided that the life of a policeman was his calling. Just a few months ago when I was in New York City I found our old classmate acting as chief traffic “cop,” since they wanted one large enough for everyone to see. Myrtle Johnson is now handling the Ford agency in Ames, Iowa, where her winning ways are doing much to increa.se the numbei of tin Lizzies upon the high ways rou n dabo u t. Manning Howell is the chief engineer at the electric light plant in Clarinda. l)o you remember how the teachers used to scold him for spending so much time in reading electrical magazines in school? It just shows that ttachers are in¬ capable of recognizing and appreciating the genirses they have the honor of knowing. Did you know that Loraine Caul had succeeded ‘‘Billy” Sunday in evangelistic work? They .say .she has converted many thou.sands by her original and force¬ ful oratory. ft Two of our able musicians have also received some fame. F’lorence Godard and Naomi Britten are now with the New York Symphony (Orchestra where they are said to be the chief attractions. When ill Australia last year I ran acro.ss Roy Hess who is travelling the country on foot as an umbrella mender. But genius is bound to follow its leadings, we know. Then, later, when visiting in one of the Massachusetts convents, I found Lucille Nickels and Veronica Morrisey to be the two head sisters there. They are both very inspiring but .staid personages. Grace Iden had John Marsh’s old P ord (which doesn’t go) willed to her and in her old age she .seems to take much comfort and enjoyment in sitting in it by the hour. Two girls who could not bear to go far from home are now running a dance hall in Story City. They are Ermina Beeman and Goldie Jacobson and they are doing their part in making the cornhu.skers roundabout, graceful and at home in a ball room. Another establishment which is conducted by two of our cla.ssmates is a beauty parlor in Oralabor, where Mavia Cooper and Myrtle McCannon are doing their best to beautify the natives. Of course there were .some teachers in the class in whom we are intere.sted. Edna Dre.ssler is at the head of the commercial department in the Ca[)ital City Commercial College in Des Moines where she is doing justice to her training received in Ames High School. Upon the Ames High School faculty we have Jennie McCuskey succec ling

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The Spirit Annual Pay;e 33 CLASS WILL We, the class of lint), liaving stnij gled valiantly through American History aiitl beginning to feel the reaction setting in, do feel it necessary to file our last will and testament. All of our worldly possessions gained from this Hall of Fame and Knowledge have been won by much mental anguish and physical tor¬ ture. e, therefore, being of a kind and benignant nature do will to those who come after us what has co.st us .so much: (1) To you all, Juniors, Sophomores and Freshmen, we will our four years of experience. (2) To the Juniors we will and bequeath our American history mapbooks, reference books, notebooks. Miss Ball and Fite. These are all in excellent con¬ dition, as very little has been taken (Tom them. (3 ) To the S phomores, who are reported to be very promising, we will our ability and hope that they may come up to our standard. (4) To the Freshmen we will modestly and humility, tho.se (lualities most admirable in Fre.shmen, and .so lacking in our present brood. (5) To Sataiij the English students will their copies of Adam Bede, to be u.sed as a source of mental torture for the “angels without wings.” We hoj)e they can finally come to a definite conclusion as to why Dinah preferred Adam. (6) The Chemi.stry and Physics classes will their laboratory bills to Miss Thornburg’s bank account. (7) To Pauline Thompson, Cleo ' Meredith and Zelma Holmes the Seniors in a body, feeling that they have dire need for such articles, will what brains they have left after finals are over. (8f To Garnett Ellett and Eber Sherman a cake of soap, not one betweem them, but each a whole cake. (9) To each and every one of the teachei s we will the ability, gained from contact with us to teach more adequately. 1 10) To Mr. Steffy we will a new book for announcements, (his old one seems to be growing worn and full) aLso more non-excuse slii)s as the coming genera¬ tion is reputed to be wild. (11) To all of the teachers with diamonds we will an honorable discharge and wish them happine.ss in the future. (12) To Mr. Cramer, our beloved Agriculturist, we will ideas more befitting his age and position than some he now holds, especially concerning ])ictures. Some of our members, not being satisfied with a general will, desire to indi¬ vidually will and bequeath .some of their most loved and cherished ])osse.ssions. (1) Julia Arrasmith wills her nightingale voice to ' j’ed Kooser to assi.st him in prima donna parts in future carnivals. (2) Russell Barker wills his affections for A. H. S. girls to Eddie Rutherford. (3) Marie Morteii.sen wills her formula for making her hair curly to Norma Haverlv. A ' (4) Mi.ss Fickle wills her dignity and .sedateness to the youngest and most boi.sterous teacher in .school. Miss Wilma R. Rayburn. (5) Loraine Caul wills her brains and general literal ; ability to “Dodo” Wil¬ son. (6) Carol ui Cro.sby wills her art of gentle sarcasm to Mi.ss Co.skery who is .sadly lacking in this, especially the gentle part. (7) Manning Tb well wills his bluffing ability to the needy of the junior class. (8) Ivadell El wood wills Louie, body and soul, to his “prep” admirers. T