Columbia City High School - Columbian Yearbook (Columbia City, IN)

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STATISTICS OF THE CLASS OF 1940 Four years ago one hundred twelve puplls f1rst entered the halls of Columbla Clty l-hgh School We had ambrtrons that we m1ght be the frrst graduatrng class to have one hundred members but we fatled by f1ve to reach that goal We are however the largest graauatlng class thus far E1ghty three members rema1n of our or1g1nal members the other twelve have come to us durmg our hlgh school career One out of our class has been enrolled rn ten dlfferent schools durmg hrs twelve years of school attendance Of those who dropped out along the way several were marrted some moved away a few wanted to do some other land of work and one member has dred It mrght be mterestmg to look at some of the facts pertamtng to our class Our tallest boy looks down upon the world from hts herght of srx feet three and three quarter mches our shortest has to stretch hrmself to reach the herght of four feet ten and one half rnches Our monster of werght tlps the scales wtth two hundred th1rty flve pounds whlle our llghtest member IS competlng w1th the featherwetghts w1th only nmety four pounds Slnce the grrls all hope to be called the lrttle woman 1n the near future they declme to glve any def1n1te 1nformat1on about hetght and welght There are f1fty seven puptls w1th blue eyes twenty three w1th brown eyes flve wrth green eyes flsnt that a s1gn of 1ealousy'9J and the remamder offer only vague mformatron lrke grayrsh or occasronally black The ma1or1ty of students rn our class have brown halr brunettes are next 1n number whrle we have a few declded blondes and red heads Talk about feet one boy who wears SIZE twelve and one half mud boats IS made ashamed by a gtrl who teeters on srze four and one half shoes She would lrke to compete w1th Crnderella We have one member who 1S twenty one years old and proud that he 1S now a voter whrle a few young uns w1ll be only seventeen when they are graduated and two only s1Xteen Members of the class acclarm teachers and gum smackers as the1r pet peeve but a few non conformtsts 11st d1sl1kes rangmg from alarm clocks to cold butter Several w1sh to be farmers after they graduate a few w1ll conttnue the work 1n grocery stores and f1ll1ng stattons whrch has supplled spendlng money durmg htgh school and many plan to contlnue thetr educatlon by attendlng busmess school college or other rnstttutrons of further tra1n1ng Votes for the favonte class tn school showed that agnculture and shop were most llked by the boys and home economtcs and mathematlcs by the gtrls As to pol1t1cs we say noth1ng Thls IS a campalgn year and most of our members say We are on the fence We farled too to get a def1n1te opmton about who they thought would be the next prestdent lt seems as though Gracte Allen and even Bob Burns have a good chance accordmg to some members of the class As to rel1g1on our class ts proud to say that we have members of a great varrety of denommatrons and creeds Not all are church members but all do hope to be worth whtle crtrzens Frfteen semors belong 1n band mneteen are rn chorr seven tn FFA twenty three 1n Sunshlne Soclety s1x 1n Booster Club twenty fxve on the Eagle staff seven on the Annual Board thtrty f1ve rn Commerclal Club and a great num ber of boys have partrctpated rn football track and basketball Out of the ntnety frve only twenty frve have ever ndden rn an arrplane A greater number forty have rldden on a tram, and a much larger number f1fty drlve a car Page 29 1 , . . 1 , , . ' 1 1 1 1 , . 1 ' 1 1 ' - ,, . 11 . . . . , A . . . ,, , ,1. . . . . . . 1 ' 1 ' 1 . . 1 , 1 . 1 1 . . . 111 . 11 11 . 11 1 , . - -1 11 . 1.1 1 11 . 1 , . - 11 11 11 11 . . . , . . 1, 1, I - 1 1 1 1 1 - , . , . 1 - 1 1 1 1 - 1 1 1 1 ' 1 1 1 1 ' 1 - I . - I , I

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VALEDICTORY WILLIAM L DAVIS Many tunes man IS faced w1th the task of puttlng 1nto words the feehngs of the soul Thls IS often a very drfflcult act to accomphsh as upon certarn occas1ons we fmd our emotrons of such a varlety that mere words are power less to express all that our hearts would say It becomes my prlvrlege to speak for the class of 1940 and to attempt to convey to our teachers relat1ves and fr1end the emotlons we feel at thrs trme We realxze that th1s IS not the end of our educatlonal career, rather the start of that fuller educatlon whlch comes only w1th the varled experrences of hfe rtself but we are aware too that 1t marks the attamment of a goal for whtch we have been a1m1ng for the last twelve years Naturally we gam a thr1ll of pr1de rn th1s accomphshment Hrgh among our many feehngs today IS one of smcere gratxtude to the teachers who have by thelr energy and patlence led us to our present honored posftton We stncerely thank them for the1r gurdance and splendld example and shall not forget the helpmg hand they have so many trmes extended to us through these format1ve years The least that we can do IS to pledge that 1n future years we shall attempt to govern our lrves rn such a manner that they may feel somewhat repa1d for the1r efforts 1n our behalf The understandlng and encouragement glven us by our parents and rn many cases the sacr1f1ces that they have made for us shall not go unheralded at thrs trme for we fully apprecrate all thls as well W1th these exercrses we wrlte fmt to our career as students of Columbra Crty Hrgh School and as we thmk of thrs we are sens1ble of a feelmg of deep regret We hold nothrng dearer to us at thls ttme than the comradeshtp here formed whrch w1ll be chenshed throughout our l1ves As we take our separate paths and leave these halls lt IS w1th the realrzatfon that the best of frlendshrps cannot survlve tlme Never agaln shall we be as close to these fr1ends of our youth as we are tomght l am remfnded of the anclent x ng who commlssroned hrs wxse men to prepare a sentence that would bc 'rue and apphcable under all condlttons and 1n all places After weeks ot study these w1se men returned to thelr soverelgn wrth thls thought Thls too shall pass away Realrztng the truth of th1s phllosophy we accept our fatel Although our hlgh school days and our hrgh school frrendshlps w1ll pass they go not fnto obl1v1on but mto those secret places of our hearts where they w1ll remarn always cherrshed and re memberedl So tomght we members of the class of l94U bld farewell to our classmates and teachers but we go wfth hopeful hearts toward the future Page 28 , O . . . 1 1 -I - 1 f 1 , . f 1 . . -rg . . , A -, . . , .. . 1, . . , I . , . 1 1 1 - 1 1 , .

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STATISTICS CF THE CLASS OF 1940 To prove that we are not stay at homes there IS not one person who has not been outstde the state of lndrana Our most wldely traveled member has been 1n twenty erght states Spencer Tracy IS the best llked actor thlnks our class and Bette Davts and PF1SC1llG Lane are the best lrked actresses One never knows what the future may brlng so we are not mak1ng any rash prom1ses about what we shall be or do but 1t IS our hope that when we meet 1n the future to talk over hlgh school days we shall have a record as good and useful cttrzens of Whltley County Davtd Dtffendarfer CLASS PROPHECY Good eventng Ladres and Gentlemen and all the shlps at sea let s go to press Flashll Hollywood Calrfornta lt 1S rumored tn the excluslve crrcles of Hollywood that two promrnent f1gures from that colony have flnally motored to Kentucky where marnage hcenses are st1ll cheap namely that handsome producer Robert Tner and actress Scotty Fyfe Hollywood was 1n a turmorl last evenmg followrng the annual party thrown 1n honor of The Academy Award Wlnners The prtzes went to LaMar Bet ner and Phyllts Snyder for thelr outstandtng performances m Scrapes of Wrath Reno Nevada Flashll New York C1ty s Chtna Tea Hetress Mrs Charlotte Krauter Ortner IS tn Reno these days trylng desperately to get her dtvorce from Metropohtans p1an1st sensatton G Elvln Ortner Th1s IS the stxth t1me the tea helress has been to Reno ln the last ten years Houston Texas Flashll Your l1ttle newsboy has Just dug up another scoop story of the year I Edgar Coover and h1s Z men have lust captured the notorlous gun runntng subdued after a funous battle 1n whtch Hatr Trlgger Noble Roth serrously wounded Z man W1ll1am Davls Detrort M1ch1gan Elashll Labor Leader Iohn L Secrtst Ir stopped the mlghty wheels of the Iohn Vance Auto Corp by ordermg a Sll down strtke of all spark plug workers The state m1l1t1a was ordered to the scene by The Hon Governor Paul Schrader By Way of the Htgh Seasll Elashll lt 1S reported that the great Amerrcan peace arbltrator The Honorable Dean lohnson IS mak1ng small headway m checkrng a revolutron 1n Chechoslyvan1a led by that Red Shlrt Pancho Mrller Attentron all Lovers of Eatrytalesl Another falrytale The Ltttle Prmcess Goldllox has 1ust been pronounced the best book of the year The author to De honored for th1s tale IS Wllllam Travelbee New York New York Plashll The Whrgfreld Eolhes have another smash 1ng performance to put before you th1s season The show wlll be supported by none other than Betty Weston Mary Wolfe MaraLee Osborn Vera Loe Betty Langohr Vera and Mary lane Kneller Pasadena Callfornla Plashll Playboy Robert Yontz had one of h1s turf pounders rn the money agam when Brlght Eyes won the S25 OOO handlcap by nosrng out Short Stuff from the Wtlllam Langohr stables Columbla Clty lndtana Elashll lUSl1C6 of Peace Lundblad of lh1S small town 1n North Eastern lndrana reports the frrst quadruple marrtage ceremony Page 30 ' A . gang from Mexico led by public enemy No. l, Saul Flox. The bandits were , , , . I I I I