Creston High School - Annual Yearbook (Creston, OH)

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PAGE 17 HUMOR. In the Class Room. Pearl twhile translating in Virgill "They were hindered by the moonlight." Mr. H. tin Eng. Lit.J "State some virtues por- trayed in Piers Plowmanf' E. A. j. "Hypocrisy." I While M. Z. was naming the series of acts re- stricting immigration, stated that "Polygamists and deceased persons were shut out." Prof. H. "Gladys, can you tell me the popula- tion of Cleveland?" Gladys. "I should think about 7,tltXl,0tl0." According to that statement Cleveland has grown some in the last few days. A bright Senior's definition of alimentary can- al: "The alimentary canal is a narrow tube con- sisting of the oesophagus, stomach and liver." The answer ofa wise Freshie regarding Reflex action: "Reflex action is when the organs of the body stop fora few minutes and then start up again." We are glad to announcea new natural curiosi- ty-also advanced by a Freshman-that the Nile river now flows south and east. The Sophomores being an extremely excellent class,they seldom make mistakes. For example: Miss Parmerlee "Why don't people live in des- erts?" ' ' Little William. "Becta use of the danger of land- slides." M. B. tin History Classy "And he was married to his wife!" tClass laughs.l Prof. "Well that's true, Miles, he could not very well marry anyone else." Mr. B. fwarming to his subjectl "Also they were always in a state of tumult because they did not like the union to each other." In Botanyclass, one of the pretty little Fresh- tnan girls has always a way of losing herself and being in complete oblivion to her surroundings. One day when away on one of these flights, Miss Parmerlee exclaimed, in her coldest tones: "Daisy, come to earth." Woeful was the fall of the Freshie. Two .I uniors were discussing their parts in that famous drama, "The Fave at the Window." H. I. T. "You are supposed to be the villian and carry me away." P. E. M."Gee Whiz! if I'm put on to do THAT, you will have to take some antifatf' Side Lights of the Professor. "A hint to the wise is sufticent, and if you can't take a hint, my boy, a - follows." 'tThere shall be weeping, wailing and gnashing of teeth when the exams come." "If he don't make good, we will STING him out." "It was a moonlight night by a babbling brook." "Better study a little, Ivan, those smiles look rather cheap." "A Merry Widow is defined as a hat that would cover a regiment." "XVe, in these modern times, call it a turn down when you go after something and don't get it. Ask the Senior boys." Glimpses of Miss Parmerlee. "lt isa glorious thing to have knowledge, but still better to know how to use it." t'Waike up! Walter, you will put us to sleep." "I never look at you unless you make me. I am sure, I don't want to at all. "Don't be a fool because someone else is." 'tYou are Freshmen in every sense of the word." "This boy and girl business must be stopped until High School is tinishedf' Our Opinion of 1909. Ruby - General Business Manager. Helen C.-Patient Devotion. Paul--Future journalist. Hazel-Always in Demand. Helen T.-Sweet, but Already Picked. Bird-Hx-Society Belle. Edgar-Ardent Admirer of Ruby Lights. Miles--An lnveterate Knocker. Ralph--Amateur Electrician. yy Our Opinion of the Faculty. Prof. Heichel- A jolly Sport. Miss Parmerlee--A Confirmed Pessimist. Mr. Kindig-Not Difhcult, but Practical. Miss Sigler-Sedate and Prim. Miss Houts-Dotty Dimples. Miss Mead A Dear Young Thing. Miss Websters.-X never-let up on the Chromatic Scale. Rules for the Freshmen to FoHow. If ball playing is interfering with studying, stop studying. If you can Find Spring Beauties when you go to the woods, go, but if not, look for them in the city, and not in your class. Never stay out later than 9:30 unless by the Principals permission. Always keep a lemon in the refrigerator. Never use a stronger word than "Dear Me." Be kind to your playmates and respectful to your elders, and hats off to Seniors. Remember that the "course of true love never runs smooth." Don't talk to the junior girls unless they sit be. hind you. "0hl what a dreary place this world would he were there no Freshmen in it."

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F i PAGE l11DI'1'Ol2IAI,S. ANNUAL BOARD. HOWARD IRVIN, Editor in Chief. EDYTHE JORDAN, Local Editor. FLORENCE TENNEY, Secretary. HARRY ABY, Business Manager. Hu WALTER EDIS, Assistant Business Manager. In the publishing of this paper which we have given the name, The Creston High School Annual, we have tried to establish a custom which we hope will be followed by each succeed- ing class. As this is our first attempt at journalism, we ask of you to overlook our many mistakes and short-comings, for we are young and inex- perienced with the work of a journalist. One glance at the contents of this book will perhaps give you some idea of what we are do- ingin this our High School. As editors and publishers, we earnestly sol- icit your help and patronage in the future. In behalf of the class of 1908 we wish to thank the business and professional men for re- sponding so readily when our business manager called on them for their advertisements and financial aid, which has made it possible for us to put out this Annual. It has been our aim not only to make this a High School Annual, but also a business di- rectory of the village of Creston. We are proud to say that Creston is one of the best towns in the country, especially, since Wooster, Seville, Sterling and Burbank have been annexed as suburbs. We boast of the fact that we have-sixteen passenger trains go thru our town daily, and that every twenty-four hours thirty-eight pass- enger coaches and four baggage cars pass thru Creston on the electric line, and are operated by the finest crews in the State of Ohio. One of the main things which make Cres- ton the best little town in Ohio, is her wide- awake, energetic, upright business men. We wish also to state that she is noted for her hospitable and talented ladies. Also, we do not feel embarrassed when we state that no f 16 town of its size can boast of as many good look- ing young ladies as Creston. As the world grows older the need of an education grows more necessary and our High School, tho not as fine in appearance as some, is trying to fit those who enter its doors with knowledge which will be of use to them in their after business life. We have a corps of teachers-the best that could be procured-and they give to us day by day the results of their study and experience, and try to impress upon our minds the fact that we are in this world to learn and to do some- thing which will not only be a help to us, but to others as well. We sincerely hope that next year when the "Wise" Juniors make their exit and solicit for ads.that all the business men will respond cheer- fully to their wail and harangue. We think we can almost hear them tip-toeing along the Main streets of Creston, as the American Indian used to do when he was getting ready to get the scalp of his next door neighbor. But as a word of caution to the business public of Creston, do not be alarmed at all, but keep quiet and stand your ground while they open fire, for it will con- sist mostly of noise and hot air, resembling in sound the going off of a penny bunch of fire- crackers on the Fourth of Julv. So please drop your money and ad. into their outstretched phalanges and help the poor creatures to reach the goal for which they have been striving, since they have left their mothers' knees. The public will please excuse the editor and his stai from entering into the scientific topics of the day and discuss them from a business, a professional or a literary stand point of view. For if we had undertaken the discussion of any of those topics in a business, a scientiiic, or a literary way, we might have become enshrouded so deeply in thot and make such a comprehen- sive declaration of facts, that there'Would be nothing left for our successors, the Subordinate Juniors, to Write about except love stories or courtship subjects on which our Junior boys no doubt can give ia complete description from the many experiences which they have had during the past year. As we go to press we feel sorry that this closes our High School life, a life that has been fraught with so many pleasures and memories that will last we hope 'till we are summoned to meet our Maker.

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'l W t l l 1 3 l 4, PAGE 18 Class History. By Charlotte Troutman. The Senior class of nineteen hundred and eight consists of ten members, four boys and six girlsg and, as you see, a very bright and intelligent look- ing class. Not wishing to tire you by telling of the class in general, we willwgive a brief history of each. Creston has the honor of being the birth-place of a very precious jewel, a Pearl. Pearl Schlegel has always lived in Creston, en- joying its advantages, and fifty-two ways in and out each day. When small she was a great lover of fences, and it was one of the trials of her mother to warn her not to climb the fences so much for fear of breaking her neck, but Pearl would always say, "Then I'll have the doctor slick it back on," and kept on climbing. As she grew older she put away her childish play and spent the time in studying. Pearl has always been a very studious girl, perhaps more so than any other member of her class, and to-night can tell you all about her"LittleVictories" in that awful Geometry, and worse yet. Virgil. She is also a great musician and can play tlte "Robin's Return" in a way that will make you think they really have returned. So to-night there goes out from the High School a very accomplished young lady. Harry Aby roamed the streets of Coldwell until he found a desire to live in the city of Woodstield, and ever since has not been able to decide which place he likes better,Creston or Woodstieldg but has determined to stay in Creston a few years. When young, Harry was always very bashful and shy. but, sorry to say, the best of people will sometimes change their habits as they grow older. If you wish to know whether this happened to Harry or not, ask a fair haired Senior girl. In school he has always been a good Latin scholar, an accomplish- ment very rare in a boy. And he is so fond of Alge- bra, that he intends to study it this summer. Winona, Minn., woke up one morning to Find that she had within her gates a great singer, for Florence Tenney, at the age of four years, was tak- ing a walk and singing for all her dear little life. And on that morning, Florence also found that she could sing. Immediately, because of Florence sing- ing so much, trouble arose between her parents and the neighbors. It became so interesting that they left Winona and finally settled in Creston, Where Florence has spent her school life. She has such a sunny disposition that no one, no matter how much they teased her, was ever known to make her angry longer than five minutes at a timeg so you see she is quite an agreeable person to have around. Creston is also the birthplace of another member of our class-Edythe jordan. Edythe, when very young, liked nothing so much as going with one of her gentleman friends to look at muskrattrapsg and once upon a time, they went to look at them, little thinking Edythe was to be the muskrat that time, for her dainty little foot slipped, and, as a result, she got caught in the trap. Shortly after this, she thought she would like to be a southern lady, and moved to Florida, where under the influence of the sea breezes, she became a very bright childg and when she returned in about a year, she excelled all the rest of her old class, and is capable of telling you tonight how to build"Monuments More Lasting Than Marble." Walter Edis began his life at Olmstead Falls. All his life, Walter has been a great talker. He be- gan when he was only three months old, and has kept it up so steadily that it has become a force of habit with him. If you wish to please him, just give him some one to talk to who does not have much to say, but is a splendid listener. Walter is also a good ball player, and has never been known to return from his conquests defeated. He intends to become very popular, and widely known in this art as a beginner, and gradually work his way up in the favor of the people, and, at last, become Pres- ident ofthe United States. Wooster, Ohio,cherishes very highly the fact that it is the birth place of Mildred Stebbins. On the day that Mildred first came to Creston to visit friends, she became so charmed by a large oak tree, under which, she said, it would be such a good place for a play house, that she refused to leave it until her parents promised to move here. As soon as they arrived, Mildred began to fix up a play house under the tree, and spent all her time there in the summer, until she was quite advanced in years, then she turned her thoughts upon more use- ful things,and is now very grown in her ways, and, as you see, a wonderful singer,with high hopes of becoming another Madam Patti. In a little green house in West Salem, Marjorie Zehner was christened. Her chief characteristic is her desire to find out what everything is made of, as you have noticed by her subject, "Tunneling tlte Mountains." On the day she received her first doll, her mother's back was hardly turned before she had grasped a hammer and pounded it all to pieces. When asked why she did it, she said: "To see what was inside? She has carried her desire into her school life and as a result has accomplished much. Howard Irvin, born at Ashland, when young, thought he would like very much to go to a circus, so he went in his father's arms, but when he reach- ed the circus grounds he said: "Ol l'm afraid, I want to go home, " and they had to take him home. To this day, he will not go to a circus, and, I some- times think Howard has not outgrown his fearg for, one dark night we had a class meeting,and he rush- ed in all out ot breath and with perspiration all ov- er his face. Claude, the youngest of the tribe of Edis, from Olmstead Falls, has always had his own way, as the youngest usually do, and it seems he shows the effects of it in his school life. He masters his stud- ies instead of their mastering him, as is the case with a few others in his class fthe historian, for in- stancel. If he is the shortest boy, he has an in- tellect that is the envy of the class. Claude is very quiet, and is gifted with a close observation re- sembling Shakespeare, and intends, like him, to be a poet. Now the last one, the historian, was born near Ellendale, North Dakota. When young, she was very dreamy and not overly fond of work. She spent most of her life in Arkansas. and was never burdened with school life until eight years old, and then only for the three winter months. After com- ing to Creston, however, she found out what real school life is.