Crooksville High School - Crux Hi Skan Yearbook (Crooksville, OH)

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FIRST ROWeMrs. Bertha Hazlett, Frank Wilson, Miss Grace Neff. SECOND ROWeFred Winter, Frank Dunn, John Giles. CLASS OF 1901-tC0ntinuedi named to that honor in 1901. It is the opinion of their class mates that had one been named, Ray 0r Ralph would have received, the honor. In size John Giles was the baby of the class, at least our informant tells us that in those days he acquired a nickname that had some- thing to do with ttbabyb. Course of study of that day included Higher Arithmetic, Algebra, High Algebra, Plain Ge- ometry, General History, Social Geography, Latin, American History, Physical Geography and Rhetoric. All were required to take the same course. Those subjects do not sound much easier than our more modern course of study. But things were different in those days. Those persons in High School were all there for the purpose of acquiring an education. Bertha Sowers, Fred Doch Winters and Frank Wilson tsorry, Frank, that we could not get your picture to show how you looked in 190D must have been model students, for their class mates have been reluctant to tell of any of their mischievous capers. The Annual Staff is very happy to have been able to present the above pictures and devote these pages to the class of 1901 on this their anniversary and the beginning of our High School History. At this Commencement time we, the members of the class of 1951, join with all the graduates of Crooksville High School and other citizens, of this community in a trib- ute to you of the elass of 1901 and to your lives and what you have made of them.

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BOTTOM ROWeFrank Dunn, Ray Watts, M. G. Calhoun, teacher. TOP ROWeBertha Sowers, Fred Winter, Ralph Hull, John Giles, GracetNeff. CLASS OF 1901 Fifty years ago this spring eight young peo- ple and friends borrowed their mothers lace curtains and other miscellaneous articles from their home and traveled to the Odd Fellows Hall in Crooksville and prepared the stage for their graduating exercises. Mr. Louis Bom- break of the State Department of Education was the main speaker of the evening. But that was not all. Each member of that gradu- ating class took their turn in delivering their oration. Miss Grace Neff got up from her sick bed and delivered her oration, Life and What We Shall Make of It? , Education and our High School have been with us a long time but those were the good old days. The day of the old recitation bench, the slate and but few of those conveniences which today we consider essential to good ed- ucation. The days when the teacher, M. G. Calhoun, would take part or all of the day off to VlSlt other schools Within the Vicinity of Crooksville. This task was necessary because he was not only the only High School teacher but also Supervisor of other schools near Crooksville. His absence from school made but little difference upon the educational advance- ment of the pupils because they were always cautioned to make adequate preparation of their lessons as he, Mr. Calhoun, would hear them recite the following morning. Those were the days when High School en- trance requirements were different; Pupils who had completed the eight grades were eli- gible to enter High School. Then too entrance could be made by passing an examination. This last method accounts for Frank Dunn be- ing a member of that first class. He took the test, passed and was capable enough to main- tain grades that enabled him to graduate at the age of 15. Frank was also the cut up of the class, or at least he has been given credit for some pranks that are common in our schools even today. Ray Watts and Ralph Hull, the only deceased members of the class, were pals all through their school days. Somewhat musicians, too. Ray was the organist and Ralph played the guitar. The honor of being named Valedictor- ian is a recent innovation, at least no one was

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1901 Frank Dunn Fred H. Winter Grace Neff John Giles Bertha Sowers Hazlett Frank Wilson Ralph W. Hull Ray W. Watts 1902 Grace Moore Guy Cooke Floyd Hull Maud Moore Wilson 1903 Harry Watts Rhoda Wilson Winter Dolly Hicks Everett Mary Boring Beulah Deaver Wadley Ada Burley James Longstreth Adelle Crider 1904 N 0 Class 1905 Glenn Wigton Mary 1Vinter Gilliotte Tillie Brown Steele Mary Neff Keates 1906 Georgie Taylor Furney Cramblet Ethel Combs Hull 1907 Antone Tague William Barrett Kenton C. DeLong Harry Bennett Earl Crooks Norman Crider 1908 Brooks Shield Clark Dwight Cusick John Amrine Faye Strode Flossie Brannon Cohagen Earl Young Mary Deaver Mary Shields Margaret Napier Albert Sowers Dwight DeLong Kenneth Gulick Clarence Bell Herman Tague J ohn Rainey Flossie Stokely Moorehead Nouna Tharp Mary Wilson Frances French Nutter Ethel Penman Spring ..Roster.. 1909 Mary Watts 1910 Henry Cohagen Charles Bobo George Winters Aldo Hardy Edgar Hammond Fred Cooke Mary Pitcock Grube Bertha Tharp Pearl Tatman Sarah DeLong Mary DeLong Wilsie Elliot 1911 Karl Brown Herbert J. Guinsler Roy J. Nelson Frank Wigton Charles Bennett Violet Treadwell Isabelle Burns Andres Minnie Yerian Fisher Esther Brown Gross Georgia Tharpe Day Hazel Winter Fawcett Elsie Barnhart Maggie Printz Wetzel Iva White Moore Lenore Calhoun Kathryn Amrine Gertrude Napier Cross, 1912 McKinley Brannon Harold Eppley Ira Eppley Walter Hughes Margaret Hughes Long Edna Bowers Barringer Elsie Bowers Pemberton Iva Kent Hazel French Ada French Coleman Goldie Heskett 1913 Cyril Dozer Russell Hull Stanley Runk Elsie Fell Mears Ruth Hammond Isabelle Moore DeLong Josephine Stockman Hearing Emma Stockman Coral Williams Parks Freda Vance Nial Burrel 1914 John Bennett Lee Carpenter John M. Hull Bernard Rodgers Walter Sowers Cathryn Bell Pearl French Pinnick Merle Hammond Marie Hughes Bradshaw Juanita Maris Hull Juanita Napier Weller Ruth Snell Dono Tharp Marie Woodruff Eveland Bertha Yahn Penrod Lillian Ricketts Deaver 1915 Francis Frecker Beatrice Moore Sisk Kenton Brown Watson Deaver Dillion Hicks Ewan Taylor Marie Barrett Bennett Lura Brown Stephenson Frances Cooke Guinsler Orr Spung 1916 Gertrude Quillen Taylor Harold Cannon Melvin Coulter Lorena Brown Frazier Mae Combs Elizabeth NaPier Lenora Marie Cope Gorgianna Calhoon Hall Ruby Holcomb Herman Penrod Alfred Hughes Stanley Allen Harold Hooper Fred A. Bennett Rosa Williams Schroeder Dwight Clark Ivan Day Ellis Sowers Florence Embry North Anna Brannon Cohagen Stella Thompson Adams Myrtle Sowers Ingmire Marie Bird Maxwell 1917 Clydus Bell Thomas Barrett Mike Tague Alfred Bailey Ralph Springer Gladys Heskett Dorothy Selbert Faith Mauke Frances DeLong Myrtle Souders Long Gladyce Vance Rice Bonnie Bazwell Flint Ollie Allen Georgie Woodruff Mildred Presgrave Marcella McKeever Dressler Olive Moore Henderson Doris Veyon Tharp 1918 Curtis Taylor Dan Hoops