Crown Point High School - Excalibur Yearbook (Crown Point, IN)

Text from Pages 1 - 140 of the 1927 volume:

Foreword This hook has been published with the one thought of bringing before its readers all the interesting and amusing activities of the Crown Point High School, in athletics, scholarship and soeial life during the years Nineteen Hundred Twenty-five and Twenty- six. m Oracle dssued ISij . he Sraduating Glasses of 1926-1927 of the Grown Point School, Faint, dJndiana -roivn We, the Classes of ’26 and 27, respectfully dedicate this second volume of the Oracle To MTSS CHARLOTTE B. WHEELER Our Friend and Advisor Order of the OSook I ADMINISTRATION— School Board Faculty II CLASSES— Senior Junior Sophomore Freshman Junior High Alumni III ACTIVITIES— Literary Society Organizations IV ATHLETICS— Football Basketball Track V HUMORr— School Board MRS. PRANK HEIGHWAY President MR. JOHN LEHMAN Treasurer MR. GEORGE HERSHMAN Secretary MARVIN J. SCHMITT, A. B. Superintendent of Schools Bethel College Oberlin College University of Chicago Social Economics WESLEY J. LEINWEBER, A. B. Principal of Junior High School Assistant Superintendent Northwestern University Chicago University Biology Agriculture General Science Athletics 11 JOHN Li. N. GRINSTEAD, A. B„ M. A. Principal High School Dean of Boys Hanover College Franklin College Indiana University Science Bible 12 EVA DUTTON Valparaiso University Ypsilanti College Junior High School Grammar History HAZEL SMITH Angola Tri State Junior High School Arithmetic History Physiology MARIE M. JONES, A. B„ M. A. BASIL PRUIT University of Washington Columbia University History Wisconsin University Milwaukee State Normal School Manual Training Mechanical Drawing 13 MABEELE RANNEELS Valparaiso University De Pauw University Northwestern University Michigan University Eatin and Public Speaking Dean of Girls EVERETT J. TEAGLE Head Athletic Coach Indiana State Normal University of Illinois Coaching School Commercial RUTH SMITH, B. S. Northwestern University University of Illinois Commercial and Athletics KATHERINE BEECHER, A. B. De Pauw University English Bible CHARLOTTE WHEELER, A. B. Indiana University English Journalism VEVA HOLESER Teachers College, Indianapolis Home Economics ANTONE GEISERT, A. B. Rose Polytechnic School of Engineering University of Colorado Indiana State Normal School Teachers College, Indianapolis Mathematics Sponsor of Hi-Y GRACE DONNA, B. M. MacPhail School of Music Music Seniors 17 BELL. WISE WALTER BIESTER MURRAY SCHWUCHO THELMA HOFFMAN BELL WISE “E’en the birds listen when she speaks.” Chorus, 24; Vice-President Class, ’23, ’24; County Declamatory Contest, ’25; Class Play, ’25; G. 0. O. D. League, ’26; Yell Leader, ’26; Feature Editor Inklings” and “Oracle,” ’26; Preliminary Declamatory Contest, ’25, ’26. WALTER BIESTER “‘Behold!’ they cried, ‘The King!”’ Concordia College, ’22; Basketball, ’25; Business Manager, “Crown Pointer,” ’25; Football, ’25. MURRAY SCHWUCHO “A man so various that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind’s epitome. Business Manager, “Inklings,” 26; Class Secretary, ’26. THELMA HOFFMAN “Quiet and yet not afraid, Why should she be?” Chorus, ’24, ’25; G. O. O. D. League, ’26. SHIRLEY SMITH HAROLD HAMANN ROBERT SPINDLER ELEANOR REISER SHIRLEY SMITH One so happy and carefree, Will surely ne’er be troubled.” Chorus, ’23, ’24, ’25, ’26; Track, ’26; Basketball, ’26; G. O. O. D. League, ’26; Reporter “Inklings,” ’26; Cicero Club, ’26. HAROLD HAMANN “A girl has never yet been found, That suited him!” Science Club, ’26; Reporter, “Inklings,” ’26. ROBERT SPINDLER “Only one thing has bothered my life. Shall I name some of them?” Vice-President Science Club, ’26; Class Treasurer, ’25, ’26; Class Play, ’25; Contest Chorus, ’26; Reporter, “Inklings,” ’26. ELEANOR REISER Quiet interest and sincerity Wins admiration quickly.” Assistant Editor, “Oracle,” ' 26; G. O. 0. D. League, ’26; News Editor, “Inklings,” ’26. MAE KILBOURNE ADOLPH HENNING PATRICIA DAVIS DORIS JONES MAE KILBOURNE “One of earth’s flowers, That dwelleth in secret.” Wallace High School, ’23, ’24; Science Club, ’26; Reporter, “Inklings,” ’26. ADOLPH HENNING “Man’s blushes are unusual. But not without attraction.” Senior Debating Club, ’26. PATRICIA DAVIS “Courage is one of the path-roads to success.” G. 0. O. D. League, ’26. DORIS JONES “Such a busy working lady Will surely meet success.” Wiley High School, ’23, ’24; Chorus, ’25, ’26; Basketball, ’26; G. O. O. D. League, ’26; Editor-in-chief, “Inklings,” ’26; Class Play, ’25; Assistant Business Manager “Oracle,” ' 26; Track, ’25, ’26; Orchestra, ’25, ’26. 20 MARGARET WESTPHAL IRENE MRACEK THELMA BIBLER HENRY SCHAU MARGARET WESTPHAE “To me life is only another song.” Chorus, ’23, ’24, ’25, ’26; Orchestra, ' 26; Reporter “Inklings,” ’26; G. O. 0. D. Eeague. ’26. IRENE MRACEK Her thoughts are as she is—very bright and quick.” Chorus, ’23, ’24, 25; Class Play, ’25. THEEMA BIBEER “They heard, and stopped to listen. She was singing!” Track, ’25; Screech Owl” Staff, ’24; Chorus, ’23, ’24, ’25, ’26; Class Play, ’25; G. O. O. D. Eeague, 26; Assistant Editor, “Inklings,” ’26. HENRY SCHAU “If the world be worth thy winning, think, oh think, it worth enjoying!” Basketball ’24, ’25, ’26; Track, ’24, ’25, ’26; Football, ’24, ’25; Class President, ’25, ’26, Hi Y, ’26; Business Manager, “Oracle,” ’26; Chorus, ’25, ’26. EDITH SURISTA PAUR EVERETT EDNA MeCORREY MEREDITH TAYROR EDITH SURISTA “The silence often of pure innocence Persuades, when speaking fails.” G. 0. 0. D. Reague, ' 26; Glee Club, ’26; G. W. C. Club, ’26. PAUR EVERETT “All great men have their troubles.” Basketball, ’24, ’25, ’26; Football, ’24, ’25; Track, ’23; Chorus, ’23, ’24, ’25, ’26; Baseball, ’22. EDNA MeCORREY “And no legacy is so rich as honesty.” G. O. O. D. Reague, ’26; G. W. C. Club, ’26. MEREDITH TAYROR “I know I can—and I will.” Basketball, ’24, ’25, ’26; Football, ’25; Preliminary Oratorical Contest, ’23, ’24, ’25, ’26; President Hi Y, ’26; Track, ’24, 25; Assistant Business Manager Annual Staff, ’26; Assistant Editor “Inklings,” ’26; Class Play, ' 25. VIOLET OSBORNE ELMER ZIESE MINNIE WEINBERG HOWARD BARR VIOLET OSBORNE “Our eyes we know now have not lied— She’s gracefulness personified.” Class Play, ’25; Preliminary Declamatory Contest, ’24, ' 25, ’26; Chorus, ’25; Reporter “Inklings,” ’26; Class Treasurer, ' 23, ’24. ELMER ZIESE Contempt nor bitterness were in his pride or sharpness.” Hi Y, ’26. MINNIE WEINBERG “She is a lady true— Take her for all in all.” Exchange Editor “Inklings, ’26; Class Play, ’25; G. O. O. D. League, ’26; Preliminary Declamatory Contest, ’25, ’26. HOWARD BARR “True work without all worries. Never yet has hurt this man.” Orchestra, ’25; Art Editor “Oracle,” ’26; Chorus, ’25. LA VERGNE ENOCH GEORGIANA SOWASH CLARA BELLE WESTPHAL MAX FEDER LA VERGNE ENOCH “Someone has said that life’s a sons. So I will dance the way.” Chorus, ’24, ’26; Preliminary Declamatory Contest, ’25; G. O. O. D. League, ’26; Cicero Club, ’26. CLARABELLE WESTPHAL “For never anything can be amiss When simpleness and duty tender it.” Chorus. ’22; G. O. O. D. League. ’26; Class Play, ’25; Glee Club, ’26; G. W. C„ ’26. GEORGIANA SOWASH “For straight mine eye hath caught new pleasures.” Reporter “Inklings,” ’26; G. O. O. D. League, ’26; Track. ’25. MAX FEDER “I dare do all that may become a Who dares do more is none.” Football, ’24, ’25; Basketball, ’24. 24 IRENE DIETRICH CLARENCE THOMEN JENNIE DIETEL IRENE DIETRICH “Modesty often gains more than pride.” Chorus, ’24, ' 25. CLARENCE THOMEN “A trusting and a loyal friend Always, and a gentleman!” Intermural Sports, ’26; Agricultural Debates, ’25. JENNIE DIETEL “Beautiful—as the dusky twilight.” Class Play, ’25; Preliminary Declamatory Contest. 25, ’26; Basketball, ’26; Chorus, ’23, ’24. ’25, 26; Treasurer G. O. O. D. League, ’26; Yell Leader, ’25; Subscription Manager “Inklings,” ’26; Snap-shot Editor “Oracle,” ’26; County Declamatory Contest. ’26. Senior Prophecy After the war in 1937, we, meaning “Mag” Westphal and Bell Wise, got a job workin’ on the section. We got 37 cents a day and calloused hands. Last time we had our hands calloused was when we wrote twenty-page themes for Mrs. Jones. As we was sayin’, we got 30 cents a day—the other 7 cents they took away from us for all the ties we busted. About a week after we got the job in June, we laid down to take a snooze, but we woke up pretty quick when we heard the old train cornin’. We had forgot to put seven ties together and the train jumped the track and had a wreck. We decides to be heroes, and pick up the big pieces—you know we was going to be nurses once. The first thing we run on to was a woman chokin’ to death. We stuck our hands down her neck and pulled out her false teeth, and after she got her face back in position we see it was Jennie Dietel. My! My! How that girl had changed! She must have weighed 450 pounds at least. She was sellin’ tooth paste with “Dorry“Jones. Jennie Dietel sellin’ tooth paste! She’d just got over havin’ scarlet fever and all her hair had fell out. She had lots of money, though. We found “Dorry” under one of those ties. She’d changed, too. In her spare time she was a preacher who preached on “The Promotion of Sanitary Rat Traps in the Home.” About this lime we got sick and started a hike through the woods. We tripped and took a tail spin on a pile of dirt, only it wasn’t dirt! It was Clarence Thomen lookin ' for bugs. He was a Bugologv teacher in Leroy. He said he’d found a new bug that would put a bee in your bonnet. We left him talkin’—we didn’t care anything about his bugs. Next morning we went back to work—there was a new boss there. Gee, it was funny to see Harold Hamann trying to make the guys work. He for¬ got to put the ties together again, and we never did try to tell our instructors anything—so there was another wreck. They tried to blame ns for the wreck, but we shot the old guy in the leg and they let us go. This train was a coast 1 o coast flier, and it got wrecked pretty bad. So did some of the guys on that train. Henry Schau was host to a bunch of fellows and he got hurt pretty bad. That’ll be pretty hard on Hank—you know he’s runnin’ a ladies’ hat shop in Lowell. He got all the trade ’cause he used to play basket ball. Murray Schwucho was in that wreck, too. Ain’t it funny how some guys gets all the invites? Well, invites won’t do him no good no more. He got a piece cut out of his head. Only it didn’t spoil his looks any—it was too far back. Murray was champion heavyweight boxer—he licked Dempsey in the fourth round. Murray’s wife was there, too. She used to be Thelma Hoff¬ man. Thelma sure had lots of money. She was sellin’ talcum powder and gettin’ rich like everything. And here we was handlin’ picks and rails! Ain ' t life terrible? Do you remember Georgians Sowash ? She was in the wreck, too. “George” married a minister, but he died of ptomaine poisining. You know she was always fond of that canned stuff. The minister died and left her with triplets—by his first wife. She was goin’ out west to stake out a claim at a dollar and two bits an acre, but she never got that far ’cause she met Hank again. She used to know Hank pretty well in chemistry class in C. P. II. S. After the wreck was over we hit for the first farm house, and guess who we met at the door! Yes, it was Edna McColley livin’ on a farm. She was makin’ doenuts when we got there and the kids was cryin’ something awful so we took a couple (doenuts) and started out agin. There was a newspaper on the door to keep out the flies—we took it and read the ads. One of ’em said: Wanted—Two refined young ladies (that’s us, we says) to bug pota¬ toes.” Well, we went to get the job. Horshes!!! If it wasn’t old “Bibs.” Thelma Bibler, you know. Her and Thomas Edison, the guy which invented the white blackberry, was tryin’ to invent cross-eyed potatoes. They was havin’ a big party and “Bibs” interduced us to all the big rich guys. Hot dog and a biscuit! Shirley Smith was there all right. She said she was a jockey in the Kentucky Derby and she said she beat Earl Sande by a nose. She was eomin’ in last, but rounding the curve, cornin’ straight down the track, her ears laid back on a level with her nose, the horses saw “Red” coming. They thought the grand stand was on fire, so they all run off in the lake. Horshes!!! We say it was. “Red” came in first then and won $50,000! Just then the maid brought the food in. We thought there was some¬ thing familiar about her walk—and sure enough it was Violet Osborne haul¬ ing vittles. Irene Dietrich and Irene Mracek told us their life’s history. They bought Andy’s Lunch Room out and they was sellin’ hot dogs to beat every- Ihing. Just think they could eat all they wanted to!! a There was a wonderful orchestra there. They played all the old time songs, “Want a Little Lovin’, ’’ “Always,” and “Hey, Mister Have You Seen Rosie’s Sister.” They sure was good. The orchestra belonged to Meredith Taylor, who was runnin’ “Taylor Inn” in Chicago. Yeh, he was goin’ to be a minister once, but that just proves the old sayin’ “Music hath charms.” Meredith said he had a swell head waiter. All the ladies liked Howard Barr on account of his marcell; you see, he was the head waiter. We had some other entertainment at this party—a girl came out and done a Russian dance. Boy, she was good! She sure knew her stuff. Edith Sulista was all the rage in New York doin’ Russian dances and here we was buggin ’ cross-eyed potatoes. By golly!!! La Vergne Enoch was working in a paint factory—doin’ pictures of the Civil War. She got another job though, learnin’ to be an artist. She was stickin’ labels on the paint cans. Patricia Davis—she was there, too—showed us the new kind of taffy apples she knows how to make. Boy, we was sure excited listening to her talk. Just in the middle of her speech she had a stroke of aplle. Ha! Ha ! Ha ! We meant apple-plexie. For once in our life we was lucky—there was a doctor there and she dragged out her little black case and filled Pat full of pills till we thought she’d turn into a pillar—Alice Bremer made a pretty good lookin ' doctor if she hadn’t blushed all the time. While we was eatin’ a little monkey came out an gave us a dance. It belonged to Bob Spindler—the monkey, we meant. Bob made pretty good money standin’ on the street corners and turnin’ the grind organ. He looked awful funny with his beard, though. It hid the dimple in his chin and got in his soup. At the party we met the great philospher, Minnie Weinberg. She was tryin’ to build a bridge across the Atlantic Ocean. She had a swell plan. She had a flexible, steel spring hitched from Paris to New York and two of her workmen, little “Pauly-Wally” Everett and Max Feder, had to climb out in the middle of the spring and jump up and down so Walter Biester could lose his balance and drop cement in the water, that filled up a hole in the ocean and made a foundation. Minnie said it did. We didn’t believe it. There was a swell student there from Yale. Boy, this student knew every¬ thing, why this student even knew—everything!!! Who was it? Eleanor Reiser—teachin’ history by the Yale locks. Mae Kilbourne was there, too. She sure improved in health since she was in 0. P. H. S. She was the one in the circus who laid down and let ’em 2S put a cement block on her and then hit the cement with a hammer. She was also the guy what taught the other guys how to hit that thing that shows how strong you are, and a bell rings when you hit it hard enough. Neva Schnur- lein was her assistant. Clarabelle Westphal told us of her exciting business. Do you know what she is? A steeple jack. She painted the ball on the Crown Point court house, and she put ' 26 on it, too. Boy, wasn’t that swell? She says she got lots of thrills playing around in the air. Well, she can keep her job, but we prefer bugging potatoes. Lester Dye says it’s hard work to hold Clarabelle on his shoulders while she’s paintin’ court houses, but then it brings him money. Thelma was awful nice, she asked us to stay over the week end. We said we would, but Ihere wasn ' t any doubt in our minds that we’d stay a couple months. “Bibs” puts on swell meals and we went to bed that night to dream of ham and eggs for breakfast and a good time with that old gang of ours the next day. Senior Class Will We, the Senior Class of ’26, being in our sane minds and sorrowful hearts, on de¬ parting from this so righteous building, do will and bequeath to the dumb bell under classmen the following: The gum under the assembly seats to the Freshmen, on the condition that said Freshmen will leave said gum to the unsaid Freshies of the following year. To the Junior Class we leave our brilliancy, good sportsmanship, wit, beauty, pep, fame, good scholarship, virtue, honesty, initiative, perseverance, geniality, ingenuity and originality. Howard Barr leaves his marcel to Claribel Ziese. To Herbert Barr, Walter Beister wills his five-year stay in High School. Thelma Bibler will give Howard to Anna Homier. Alice Bremer leaves her method of making home made blushes to Vernon Guske. Jennie Dietel bequeathes her love of oranges to Genevie Polston. To Margaret Klug, Irene Dietrich leaves her ability to talk loud. Max Feder wills his stock of roses to Ada Allman. To the school board La Vergne Enoch leaves her Hobart lumber jack. Thelma Hoffman wills her noisy manner to Dorothy Ruehl. To Della Westphal, Lester Dye leaves his short, fat figure. Henry Schau wills his weak physique to Cecil McColley. Clarabelle Westphal wills her daredevil collegiate Charleston dancing to Helen Spindler. Harold Hamann gives his nine-mile ride to Snyder, and a piece of pie to Marjory Pace. Robert Spindler leaves his “hickified” ways to Harvey Gibbs. Clarence Thomen bequeaths the right half of his Ford seat to Alfred Rushton. Neva Schnurlein gives her interest in Valpo to Helen McCaslin. To Evelyn Myers, Minnie Weinberg leaves her ability to imagine things. Irene Mracek wills her muscular form to Ruth Wise. Georgianna Sowash wills her soft, silvery laugh to Margaret Hayden. To Marion Trump, Patricia Davis leaves her golden locks. Edna McColley bequeaths her boyish bob to Mildred Kohler. Mac Kilbourne bequeaths her chemistry ability to Ruth Barrett. Mary Baldwin will receive Edith Sulista ' s ability to flirt. Violet Osborne gives all her books and pencils and her seat in the assembly to Evelyn Chaffee. Murray Schwucho leaves all his hotsy-totsy dates to Charles Hanson. To Verna McCarty, Paul Everett leaves his cheery smile. To Donald Turnquist, Meredith Taylor leaves his career in the ministry. Shirley Smith will leave to Helen Theil her ridiculously thin, black hair. Eleanor Reiser leaves, in all good faith, to the next copy editor, her black leather portfolio. Doris Jones wills her soulful eyes to Esther Hershman. Bell Wise wills her hatred of men to Bernice Hodge. Margaret Westphal leaves her serious nature to Mildred Lane. To the faculty, we. the entire Class of ' 26, leave a happy memory of the long assignments, hard lessons, vacations from class, etc., that you gave us. To the faculty we also leave a sincere wish for a Merry Christmas, Happy New Year, Glorious Easter, Red-hot Fourth of July, and most of all, a wish that some time, some where, you may again encounter a class as good as that of ' 26. NINA ADANK HERRERT KAHNEY ROBERT BRADFORD LUCILLE HADDEN NINA ADANK “She is complete in feature and in mind. With all good grace to grace a woman true.” Merrill v.lle High School, ’24. ' 25: 0. 0. 0. D. League. ’26. HERBERT KAHNEY “Why worry now? You may have to later.” Chorus, ’25, ’26; Glee Club, ’26. ROBERT BRADFORD “Whoever said that one man could not do it?” Hi Y, ’26; President Class, ’24, ’25, ’26; School Editor “Inklings,” ’26; Editor-in-chief “Oracle” ’26; Basketball ’24, ’25, ’26; Football, ’24, ’25; Track, ’24. ’25, ’26; Chorus, ’25, ’26. LUCILLE HADDEN Laugh and the world laughs with you — ” Hartford City High School, ’24, ’25; Basketball, ' 26; G. O. O. D. League, ’26. DOROTHY BRUCE ROSS DOCK HART HAZEL HOLLAND ANNA DAVIS DOROTHY BRUCE “Honors best thrive, When from our acts we them derive.” Reporter “Crown Pointer,” ’24; Chorus, ’24, ’25, ’26; Preliminary Declamatory Contest, ’24. ’25, ’26; G. O. O. D. League, ’26; Basketball, ’26. ROSS LOCKHART Worlds have been won by smiles.” Class Treasurer, ’26; Hi Y. ’26. HAZEL HOLLAND “Good name, in man or woman. Is the jewel of their souls.” Preliminary Oratorical Contest, ’25; Chorus, ’24, ' 25. ’26; Science Club, ’26; G. O. O. D. League, ’26; Cicero Club, ’26. ANNA DAVIS “A maid with very many friends: Won by her smiles, they say.” G. O. 0. D. League, ’26. RUBY PHILLIPS NEVA SCHNURLEIN SYLVIA STICHA MERLE DIDDIE RUBY PHILLIPS “Always Sweet and neat and fair, Who excels her anywhere?” G. O. O. D. League. ’26. NEVA SCHNURLEIN “She is a great observer, and she looks Quite through the deeds of men.” Chorus, ’23, ’25; Glee Club. ’26. SYLVIA STICHA “But modest doubt is often called The beacon of the wise.” Chorus, ’25; G. 0. 0. D. League, ’26. MERLE DIDDIE “At last we have found a man!” Science Club, ’26. CHARLOTTE HILDEBRANDT “Sweet and dainty always — ” Vice-president Class, ' 24 , ’25; Preliminary Declamatory Contest, ’25; Class Play, ’26; Faculty Editor “Oracle,” ' 26; G. O. O. D. League, ’26: Cicero Club. ' 26. HELEN SPINDLER “Goood nature is the key to friend- I’ve unlocked the door.” Chorus. ’24, ’25, ’26; Vice-president G. O. O. D. League. ’26; Cicero Club. ’26; Reporter “Inklings.” ’26. ENOCH FREDERICK “He looks the whole world in the face For he wants to, and he can.” Hi Y, ’26; Football, ’24, ’25; Basketball ’24, ’25, ’26; Track, ’24, ’25, ’26; Class Play. ’26. EVELYN CHAFFEE “Sometimes she is so quiet that we And then at other times — ” Class Secretary, ’23; Orchestra, ' 26; G. O. O. D. League, ’26. 35 RUBY CALNON LOUISE BECKMANN DONALD TURNQUIST RUTH LOTTES RUBY CALNON “Blessed with the charm tjiat is cer¬ tain to please.” Lincoln High School, ’24, ' 25; G. O. O. D. League, ' 26. TjOUISE BECKMANN “True ease in all things come from art, not chance. Chorus, ' 24, ' 25; Science Club. ' 26; Class Play, ' 26; G. O. O. D. League. ' 26; Activities Editor Oracle,” 26. DONALD TURNQUIST “Size alone does not make a man.” Lincoln High School, ' 24, ' 26. RUTH 1AITTES “The purest treasurer mortal times afford, Is spotless reputation.” Class Secretary and Treasurer, ' 24. ' 25; Orchestra, ' 25, ' 26; Alumni Editor “Oracle,” ’26. 86 CLAUDE KRAMER HELEN HABERZETL MAURICE NETHERY MARJORIE JOHNSON CLAUDE KRAMER “Let such teach others, who them¬ selves excel.” Class Play, ’26; Secretary Science Club, ’26; Basketball, ’25, ’26; Track. ’24. ’25. ’26; Football, ’24, ’25; Sport Editor “Inklings,” and “Oracle,” ’26; Sergeant-at-Arms Hi Y, ’26. HELEN HABERZETL “They looked, and still their wonder grew, That one small head held all she knew.” Class Secretary. ’26; Assistant Business Manager “Oracle.” ’26; Science Club, ’26; G. 0. O. D. League, ’26; Cicero Club, ’26; Student Council, ’26. MAURICE NETHERY A lover of nature that teaches all things.” Chorus, ’24. MARJORIE JOHNSON “And I will do it without fear or doubt.” Orchestra. ’24, ’25, ’26; Science Club, ’26; G. O. 0. D. League, ’26; Reporter “Inklings.” 26; Basketball, ’26; Cicero Club, ’26. ra-MT......mmimiiiuuii. 87 FERN SCHLINK “The honor of a maid is her name.” Track, ’25; G. 0. 0. D. league, ’26. DAVID SCULL “Thou canst not touch the freedom of my mind. Class Play, ’26; Science Club, ’26; Football, 24, ’25; Baskeball, ’25, ’26; Chorus, ’25. ESTHER HERSHMAN “Born to ‘write, converse, and live with ease.” Chorus, ’24, ’25; Preliminary Declamatory Contest. ’25; Basketball, ’26; Class Play, ’26; G. 0. O. D. League, ’26; Society Editor “Oracle.” ’26. WILLLIAM PATTERSON “A tower of strength is an honest Secretary of Hi Y, ' 26; Science Club, ’26; Cicero Club, ’26. 38 ALBERTA NICHOI S “Her ways are ways of pleasantness, And all her paths are peace.” Lowell High School, ’24; Orchestra, ’25, ’26; Vice-president Class, ’26; President Science Club, ’26; President G. O. O. D. League, ’26; Assistant Editor “Oracle,” ’26; Chorus, ’26. ANNA HOMEIER “She laughs and runs and talks. And yet she is so quiet.” G. O. O. D. League, ’26. EDNA BIXENMAN “And her eyes are as dark as the darkest pansies — G. O. O. D. League, ’26. Cicero Club, ’26. CLARENCE ENSWEILER “Fearless and undaunted, He goes his way.” Football, ’25; Basketball, ’23, ’26: Track, ’26; Chorus, ’23; Class Play, ’26. 39 RUTH BROWN IRVIN ROSENTHAL ORVAL ORAM MILDRED LANE RUTH BROWN “Someone else has done it. Why can’t I?” Chorus, ’25; G. O. O. D. League, ’26. IRVIN ROSENTHAL It is chiefest of good things for a man to be himself.” Preliminary Declamatory Contest, ' 25, ’26; Football, ’24, ’25; Basketball, ’26; Yell Leader, ’26; Class Play, ’26; Orchestra, ’26; Assistant Joke Editor “Inklings,” ’26; Joke Editor “Oracle”; Vice-president Hi Y, ’26; Chorus, ’26. ORVAL ORAM “For him all of life’s difficulties Seem to solve themselves.” Track ’25; Football. ’25, Chorus, ’24, ’25, ’26; Orchestra, ’24, ’25, 26. MILDRED LANE “All must look up to her beauty.” G. 0. 0. D. League, ’26. MARJORIE PACE CLARIBEL, ZIESE THEODORE THEIS VERDA HEICK MARJORIE PACE “Should she really lose her temper, we would know That miracles still happen.” G. O. O. D. League, ’26. CLARIBEL ZIESE “Mine honor keeps the weather of my fate.” G. 0. O. D. League, ’26. THEODORE THEIS “He cares not a pin what they said or may say.” Class President, ’24. VERDA HEICK “Quiet and friendly, Yet is she shy?” G. O. O. D. League, ’26. 41 ...I... . ALICE BREMER OLIVE McKNTGHT CLYDE PATTERSON EVELYN DAVIS ALICE BREMER “She pretendeth not to wear the un¬ deserved dignity.” G. W. C. Club, ’26; G. 0. 0. D. League. ’26. olive Mcknight “Her willingness to do and help Must always be admired.” G. 0. O. D. League. ’26. CLYDE PATTERSON “It is not a question of how much a man does—.” Joke Editor “Inklings.” ’26. Basketball, ’24, ’25, ' 26. Football ’24, ’25; Track, ’24, ’25, ’26; Chorus, ’25. EVELYN DAVIS “There are smiles that make us happy—” Track, ’25; G. 0. O. D. League, ’26. 42 ADA ALLMAN ERVIN DUVE CLAYTON ROOT HELEN SCHILLING ADA ALLMAN “Is this the face that launched a thousand ships?” Chorus, ’24, ’25, ’26; G. O. O. D. league, ’26; Preliminary Declamatory Contest, ' 25, ’26; Reporter “Inklings,” ’26; Class Play, ’26. ERVIN DUVE “For what his heart thinks, his tongue will speak.” Cicero Club, ’26; Football, ’25, ’26; Preliminary Oratorical Contest, ’25; Class Play, ’26. CLAYTON ROOT Pleasure’s his business—and busi¬ ness his pleasure.” Bas ketball, ’24, ’25, ’26; Track, ’24, ’25, ’26; Football, ’24, ’25; Football, ’24, ’25; Hi Y, ’26; Class Play, ’26; Advertising Manager Inklings,” ’26; Student Council, ’26; Chorus, ’26. HELEN SCHILLING For her to have a good time Will never be unusual.” Reporter “Inklings,” ’26; G. 0. O. D. League. ’26; Contest Chorus, ’25. Junior Class History On September 6, 1923, the good ship. Class of ’27, set sail from the old port of C. P. H. S. It was manned by nearly sixty healthy, but rather green Freshmen. Robert Bradford was chosen as Admiral, Charlotte Hildebrandt, Rear-Admiral, and Ruth Lottes, Purser. Clayton Root, Marjorie Johnson, Ruth Lottes and Charlotte Hildebrandt have been sailing together on this good ship since its trial voyage in 1915. No disasters of any great note befell this brave ship on its first trip. The crew enjoyed a good picnic, after anchoring at the Fair Grounds, under the supervision of Miss Della Gochenour. After nine months of hard sea-faring, the ship was laid up for a general overhauling, mending broken masts and setting the engines in perfect order for the next sailing. Some of the crew who were stranded after the first voyage were, Vera Clay, Irene Stevenson, Jeff Schlink, Edna Kaiser, Chaldean Stevenson, and Margaret Collins. In 1925 the ship’s officers were the same and the crew was nearly the same, except for the gaining of some very able seamen, Alberta Nichols, Ruth Anderson and Chester Neier. Near the middle of this year, two more were lost in the sea of education, Edith Isaacson and Helen Lokotske. One day in early spring the whole crew took land leave and enjoyed a most thrill¬ ing picnic in some one’s old barn, eating hot dogs, ’tater salad, pickles, ’n everthin’. Then dancing and fortune telling finished the evening of diversion for the study-tired At the end of this second voyage the ship was sadly in need of repairs, and many of the tars took their discharges. They were Rosetta Durbin, Rhea Fitch, Rose Frey, Farrell De .Moss, Evelyn Hayden, Lenora Luke, Ruth Anderson, Loie Thomen and Barringer Giesel, some leaving for other ports of learning and others to take up dif¬ ferent occupations. The third voyage promised to far surpass the other two in many ways. Ruth Brown, Ada Allman, Dorothy Bruce, Clarence Ensweiler, Nina Adank, Donald Turnquist and Ruby Calnon entered as midshipmen. Robert Bradford was again elected Admiral, Alberta Nichols, Rear-Admiral, and Ross Lockhart, Purser. A bob party over the frozen waters of Crown Point greatly aroused the excitement of all the hale and hearty third-year seamen. A party at the home of one of the tars was especially beneficial for some. Mr. Geisert. was in charge. Josephine Golding and Viola Phillips left the ship late in the third year, and John Endress filled one of the vacancies. The midshipmen were called on to entertain their older and younger shipmates with a play. It was successfully done by the presentation of “The Successful Calamity,” a comedy in two acts. The tars enjoyed a theatre party in the near haven of Gary at its new Palace theatre, and returned to the home port to enjoy a snappy pot luck lunch. Another good form of enjoyment for the gobs came late on the third voyage, when the good ship ’26 was sited and a great hunt ensued. It was all in fun, as was the ’26 and ’27 banquet in the auditorium of the C. P. H. S. port, and both bits of fun were enjoyed by the hearty advnturers. All those who manned the good green and white ship on the first three voyages are looking forward to a great fourth voyage through the Senior Sea, and a diploma given only to those who have worked faithfully and happily through four or more trips. Junior Prophecy Once when I was feeling lonely For the good old Junior Class; To my mind came many visions. Of each laddie and each lass. Where were they, who in the old days Were so happy and carefree? Then I sought the magic crystal That their fates I might foresee. But the crystal would not show me Each one in his present “fix,” Rather gleamed within its clearness All in 2026. Theodore Theis in his grave is tossing. He tied with the train in a race to the crossing. Ruby Calnon is here interred, She jumped from an airplane to capture a bird. Here lies the body of Ross Lockhart, He died as the result of a broken heart. Louise Beckman’s fair form lieth here, For her Clayton Root shed many a tear. Helen Shilling was in an explosion one day. She must be in heaven; she started that way. Ike Rosenthal lies under this sod, The lightning took him for a lightning rod. The body of Gen Erlenbach lies here. She hanged herself on the chandelier. Here in this grave Ada Allman we find, She died from the horrid wash day grind. Here lies the body of Merle Diddie, He didn’t know the roads were skiddy. Here lies Charlotte Hildebrandt, Under her someone a bomb did plant. Here lies Marjorie Johnson alone, While playing basket ball, she broke her back bone. Here lies the body of Herb Kahney, He tried to imitate Lon Chaney. Here lies the body of poor Ferny Schlink, Into the cistern she fell ker-plink. Here lies the body of Arthur E. Batter- man, T.he fire truck did not wait for the ladderman. Edna Bixenman here is laid, She lived to be a sweet, old maid. Here Ruth Brown lies in state, She died because she couldn’t wait. Alberta Nichols lies under this land, She now plays her horn in the heavenly band. Our friend Orval Oram, alas, is dead. Always too tired—he died in his bed. Helen Haberzetl lies in this tomb, She rode to heaven on a broom. Dorothy Bruce here lies molding. They say her husband she was scolding. The body of Maurice Netherly lies here, He wound up his flivver while ’twas in gear. Here is Anne Homeier so quiet, She died from going on a diet. David, our chemist, should lie in this place, But after the explosion, of him there was no trace. I Ruby Phillips should lie in this spot, But after she left us, we knew not her lot. Ruth Lottes lies here in her grave, She was that quiet girl who always be¬ haved. William Patterson by an auto was sTain, He stopped one day to look at a dame. Here lies Sylvia Sticha so sweet, She was overcome by the summer’s heat. Here Evelyn Chaffee lies under the earth, She was overcome by Hazel’s mirth. Here lies the body of Clarence Ensweiler, A “jane” knocked him off when he tried to beguile ’er. Here lies the body of Nina Adank, She fell from her horse as he drank from a tank. Here lies Alice Bremer in sweet repose. What caused her death nobody knows. here we find Ervin Duve resting, As a result from too much jesting. Claribel Ziese lies under the land, She is the girl who lost her left hand. Here lies Enoch Frederick crumbling, As punishment for always grumbling. Here lies Marjory Pace, our friend, Who, after the accident, ’twas impossible to mend. Here lies the body of Neva Schnurlein, She paid no attention to the railroad sign. Here the body of Clyde Patterson is laid, He died with all his debts unpaid. Lucille Hadden here is found, Buried far beneath the ground. Here lies little Miss Verda Heick, She wasn’t successful when riding a bike. Here Claude Kramer lies on his back, He died from laughing at the jokes he cracked. Here lies Esther in her tomb, She died from singing a very high tone. Here lies the body of Mildred Lane, She died from the hit of her husband’s cane. Anne Davis is in her grave. Let angels sing and poets rave. Here’s where our friend, Bob Bradford, should lie, He is not here yet; he’s too busy to die. Evelyn Davis dived from a bough. She intended to swim, but didn’t know how. Here is Helen Spindler, so let’s all kneel, She slipped one day on a banana peel. Here lies John Endress, describe him who can, A picture of all that was pleasant in Here lies our good Olive, who genius was such, We scarcely can praise it or blame it too much. Catherine Strong lies here beneath the sod. She died from the stroke of a hickory rod. Novels “Just Folks”. .Genieve Erlanbach “The Desired Woman”... .Fern Schllnk “The Gentleman from Indiana”. .John Endress “Somehow Good”.-. .Neva Schnurlein Felicity” . .Claribel Ziese .Merle Diddie .Hazel Holland “The Lady of the Lake”. .Helen Spindler “Daddy Long Legs” . ' •. .Irvin Rosenthal “The Lady”. .Olive McKnight “Travels with a Donkey”.-.. .Herbert Kahney .Edna Bixenman “The Little Lady of the Big House”.:. ...Ruth Brown “Her Prairie Knight”... .Theodore Theis “Personality Plus”. ..Alberta Nichols “Loves of Miss Anne”. .Anne Davis “Enemies of Women”... .Arthur Batterman “Sunshine Jane”...-... .Lucille Hadden “Seventeen” ...-. .Claude Kramer “Daughter of the Land”. .Mildred Lane “Prima Donna”... .Esther Hershman “Charge It”.-. .Clyde Patterson “Come Out of the Kitchen”. .Dorothy Bruce Lightin’ ” .—...-. .Maurice Netherly “Innocents Abroad”.-. .Helen Haberzetl “Cloudy Jewel”.-. .Sylvia Sitcha “Boss of the Lazy Y”.—... .Orval Oram “Adventures in Friendship”. .Evelyn Davis “Just David”. .David Scull “The Little French Girl”... .—-. .Charlotte Hildebrandt “Cabbages and Kings”. ..i. Donald Turnquist “Sense and Sensibility”...-. ..Anne Homier ‘“Keeping Up With William”... .William Patterson “Not Like Other Girls ' . .Marjorie Johnson “I’ll Show You the Town”. .Clarence Ensweiler Dear Pretend e r ..... .Ruby Philips “Weaver of Dreams . .Irvin Duve “ThP First Violin” . .Ruth Lottes “Lavender and Old Lace”. “Adventures of a Modest Man”. “Over the Footlights’”. “Butterfly” . Oh Doctor!”. “Today ' s Daughter”. “Mischief Maker”. The Skypilot”. “Alice in Wonderland . “The Motor Maid”. “The Flirt”. The Revolt of Youth”. “Essay on Burns”. “House of Mirth”. “The Great Heart”. “Crooked Trails and Straight”. “Postmaster’s Daughter”. “The Crisis”. “The Sheik”. Tarzan” .. Soundings”.. “Mince Pie” . “The Choir Invisible” . “Whispering Smith”.. “Kathrina” . “How to Deal with Human Nature”. “The Great Man”. “The Arm and Hammer Man”. “A Nameless Nobleman”. The Eternal Masculine”. “A Little Town Near By”. “Leading Lady” . .Evelyn Chaffee .Enoch Frederick .Ada Allman .Nina Adank .Ross Lockhart .I ouise Beckman .Helen Schilling .Robert Bradford .Alice Bremer .Ruby Calnon .Marjorie Pace .Clayton Root .Cooking Class .Mrs. Jones’ History Class .Mrs. Rannells .Fair Grounds .Miss Wheeler .Final Exams .Mr. Giesert . Mr. Teagle .Five Minute Bells . Miss Holser . Miss Donner .Miss Smith . Miss Beecher .Mrs. Jones .Mr. Schmitt .Mr. Bruit .Mr. Grinstead .Mr. Leinweber .Lowell .Katherine Strong Sophomores The Class of ’28 has originated from many sources, two girls from the Lutheran school, two from the Le w Wallace school, two girls and one boy from Washington school, one girl from Riley school, two girls and one boy from LeRoy, two girls and three boys from St. Mary’s Catholic school, about ten others who are not now among us, from various rural schools and the others, in number about twenty-five, from the Junior High School. During the Freshman year the class had but two officers, President, Ray Robertson, and Secretary-Treasurer, Wilbur Hoffman. Blue and Silver were selected as the class colors. The class boasted of a very famous personage, Ray Robertson, star at basket ball, in this, its first year. At the beginning of the second semester the class lost one of its most popular girls, Eleanor Henderlong. A new boy was added to their ranks later in the year in the person of Frank Timmons, famous for his towering stature and red hair. As the class was not really organized until late in the year, there were no real “get togethers” except the picnic just before school closed and the party given for the Sophomores, who were the victors of the hunt. With the class president and many other members gone, the class roll at the be¬ ginning of the Sophomore year was found to be very much decreased. Some of these have gone to other schools, Dorothy Bruce and Ruth Brown were absorbed into the Junior class, and Ada Allman lingered along with the Sophomores until the beginning of the second semester, then she too joined the Juniors. A class meeting was held, at which three offlicers were elected: President, William Cunningham; Vice-President, Mary Angela Weis; Secretary-Treasurer, Wilbur Hoffman. Charles Hansen was the only new addition to the class. With the organization of girls’ athletics in the school, two more Sophomores rose to fame, Leona Sonnenberg, girl star basket tosser, and Mabel Hoffman, able pitcher. Unfortunately another of the girls, Edith Thompson, was forced to leave school during the year because of defective eyesight. Nearly the entire class enjoyed a party at the home of Mary Elizabeth Baldwin on February 3rd, and a bob¬ sled party on April 2nd, this being quite unusual for so late in the season. In the hunt on May 7th the Sophomores completely outwitted the Freshmen in their search. The Class of ’28 wishes to express its most sincere appreciation of the time and energy expended in the publication of the “Oracle” by the Junior and Senior classes. They also wish the out-going class all the complete and unquestionable success in their future undertakings that has been theirs in previous enterprises. Freshmen Freshmen Class of ’25 Of all classes, the Freshmen were not so prominent. The class as a whole is an energetic, loyal and ambitious one in spite of a few members who were not able to find ability enough to finish the year. In one of two cases quitting is unavoidable because of now easily understood conditions. Still in every case the absence is regretted by the class. The class has not been backward socially. Not exceeding a resonable number of parties, many have been given. The few which did not include the entire class are not considered in the statement. In athletics they took a prominent part, considering what is ex pected of Freshmen. Several girls were members of the Athletic League, in which many played basketball and baseball. The boys, one of whom left school shortly after the close of the basket¬ ball season, showed promising ability in all athletics. Scholarship played an impor¬ tant part in their school life. With hard work they kept their place among the upper classmen. No one can say that the Freshmen, who do not know the school as well as the upper classmen, did not support it as much in every way. With the faculty advisors, Miss Beecher and Mr. Pruiett, the president, Ruth Hani- ford and vice president, Elmer Anderson, represents the class which is determined to make C. P. H. S. proud of its future. At one time the class had a treasurer and secre¬ tary, “Bud” Edmunds, but no one was appointed when he left. 52 Junior High The school year of 1925 and ’26 was an exceedingly favorable one in the history of the junior high school. Many of the 80 students enrolled in the 7a, 8b and 8a grades made high marks in their subjects and also in outside activities during this year. The Junior high was proud of its column in the Crown Point Inklings and found it a neces¬ sary medium for expressing their feelings to the high school and community. They were proud, too, of their faculty which, they felt, although pretty new to them, was very helpful and instructive. Mr. Leinweber, their principal and also the assistant superintendent of the high school, was what a principal should be to them in every sense of the word. His only subject, however, which was open to Junior high students, was General Science. Miss Eva Dutton ably instructed them in three subjects: Gram¬ mar, History and Geography. Miss Hazel Smith must also be given much credit for instilling into their heads the knowledge of Arithmetic and Physiology. Mr. Pruitt and Miss Donner took pride in their development of the Junior high manual training and music, respectively. The 7a and 8th grade pupils are also to be given credit for the wonderful basket ball team they produced under the leadership of Coach Campbell. This team, which is given space on page 112 of THE ORACLE, had a successful season, displaying much skill and promising the high school varsity some useful material for later years. Athletics also took form in Intra Mural competition during this year under Mr. Lein¬ weber. The Junior high was divided into many groups, both for boys’ games and girls’, and the rivalry was keen. These teams trimmed the freshman squad during the year and a cup was awarded to the group winning the highest percentage of victories. As a whole, the junior high may not be looked upon longer as a child’s department, but a regular and steady improving division of the high school. Alumni Class 25 From one of the largest entering classes of Crown Point High School, the Senior class numbering nineteen in all, entered upon the great field of possibilities and op¬ portunities, at the closing of the term of 1925. In the fall of 1921 they entered under the protecting wing of Superintendent J. M. Geiser, who proved their adviser and guardian angel throughout their four years of high school training, and the departure of the class of 1925 also marked the close of his successful eight years’ guardianship of Crown Point High, as his health began to fail and a rest was prescribed. Often the members of the class of 1925 think of their good friend and fondly banter over his so termed “timely pokes” and his humorous raillery, famously known by his former students of history and civics. The Senior Class of ’25 witnessed the beginning of a commercial course and its members gave their hearty support for the advancement of this essential training. The “Crown Pointer,” progeny of the “Screech Owl,” after much work and striving on the part of the staff and the co-operation of the student body, proved a success and its souvenir edition was termed a starter for an annual in 1926. A contribution of one hundred and twenty-five dollars given by the class of ’25 aided greatly in the financial success of the “Oracle.” One year has gone and the class of 1925 has begun to branch out upon the different fields, some to institutions of higher education and knowledge, some seeking the busi¬ ness world, and others being undecided as to their station in life, but all in all, as on the day of their graduation, the class of 1925 holds dear their four years in old Crown Point High as a treasure of infinite price and value. Basketball Team 1923—24 Since no annual was put out by Crown Point in 1924 it would, perhaps, be fitting to say a few words in regard to the fighting basket ball team of that year. This team was undoubtedly one of the best that has ever represented C. P. on the hardwood. It was the first team from southern Lake county to ever reach the finals of a sectional tourney. Although this team was defeated by Whiting in the finals, by a 19-17 score, much credit must be given them for their excellent playing. Only four games were lost all year, and those to Michigan City, twice, Emerson and Hammond. Crown Point swept through the tournament, winning easily from Miller, 41-8, Lowell, 20-13, and Hammond, 32-25. The final game Crown Point has never forgotten, and the time will come soon when she will be district champion. The members of the team were: Kubal and Demmons, forwards; Dietel, center; Guske and Schau, guards, and Trump, Ziese and Meyers, substitutes. Kubal, Dietel and Guske were chosen on all sectional teams. The complete schedule for 1923-24 was as follows: Crown Point 29; Crown Point 33; Crown Point 13; Crown Point 18; Crown Point 22; Crown Point 28; Crown Point 33; Crown Point 17; Crown Point 19; Crown Point 50; Crown Point 26; Crown Point 20; Crown Point 23; Crown Point 12; Crown Point 21; Crown Point 37; Crown Point 27; Crown Point 41; Crown Point 20; Crown Point 32; Crown Point 17; Hebron 9. Hobart 9. Brook 11. Hebron 15. Froebel 7. Lowell 22. Rensselaer 11. Emerson 21. Brook 15. Lacrosse 3. Hammond 28. Michigan City 23. Rensselaer 16. Lowell 11. Michigan City 26. Alumni 17. Hammond 20. Miller 8. Lowell 13. Hammond 25. Whiting 19. Total, Crown Point, 539. Total, opponents, 329. Alumni Crown Point High School Harvey Wood Allie (Cole) Young Jessie (Allman) Pattee Will Z. Cole Arthur Griggs Anna M. Crowell Herbert Barr Alta (Meeker) Thompson Claude W. Allman Nora (Poster) Fischer Lily Krimbill Josie A. Pratt Charles Jones Josephine Meeker Mabel (Wilder) Chaffee CLASS OF 1883 Florence Pratt Cassius Griffin CLASS OF 1884 Wilbur B. Reading May (Northrup) Griffin CLASS OF 1885 Lizzie (Pratt) Brannon Herbert M. Esty CLASS OF 1886 Henry F. Asche CLASS OF 1887 Lulu (Wise) Smith Harry P. Bliss CLASS OF 1888 CLASS OF 1889 Carrie B. Swartz CLASS OF 1890 Eva (Pierce) Irish Mabel (Holton) Brown Irene (Allman) McMahan Clarence Beattie William G. Haahn Len L. Reading Ada M. Griggs Charles A. Reeder Loie (Livingston) Bruce Daisie Burton Albert H. Laben Jennie (Summers) Webster Julia (Merrill) Vilmer William D. Jones Augustus Warner Anna (Erb) Sharp J. Frank Meeker A. D. Foster CLASS OF 1891 Nellie (Allman) Neal Clara (Honk) Nourse Charles W. Houk Myra (Wheeler) Fisher Daisy (Phelps) Sigler Emma (Handley) Long Martha (Jones) Markle Amie (Parry) Hovis Mabel (Brown) Straley Pauline (Pettibone) Jones Pearl (Nicholson) Agnew Adelbert H. Reading May (Fancher) Crowell Emily (Hayward) Smith CLASS OF 1892 CLASS OF 1893 CLASS OF 1894 CLASS OF 1895 Maud A. Williams Pearl (Hart) Houk CLASS OF 1896 CLASS OF 1897 Harry B. Hayward Mae (Davis) Doak Effle (Boyd) Dilley Percy A. Parry George J. Laben Elbert E. Boyd Minnie (Sherman) Brown Henry W. Marble Mae (Hoffman) Lehman Nellie Griesel Katherine (Swartz) Shoup Edna Garner Gwendoline Parry Mabel (Gibbs) Nethery Matilda (Borchert) Pfeil Harry D. Swartz Jessie (Doak) Huffman Daza L. Barr Jennie (Wells) Lehman Mary (McMurtry) Echols Margaret (Hoffman) Stewart Edna (Groman) Dinwiddie Cora (Davis) Nichols Edward Griesel Frank Houk Archibald H. Farley Belle (Dinwiddie) Gormley Emma Seberger Walter J. Horst Clara (Emmerling) Rheinhart CLASS OF 1898 Ralph A. Gromann Willis P. Wood John E. Houk Bessie (Brown) Krost Sarah (Nethery) Swanson Herbert L. Wheaton Alice Holm Otto L. Laben Ned Wheeler Henry E. Cutler Charles R. Dyer Frank A. Beck Edith (Rudolph) Wickershimer CLASS OF 1899 Edith E. Pettibone Arthur G. Taylor John W. Turner Julius R. Griesel Effa (Crawford) Swartz Ernest L. Pierce T. Wildey Lamberg Mayme (Pinter) Collins Phoebe E. Baird CLASS OF 1900 Carrie Seberger Jessie (Ross) Wheaton Frances S. Grimmer Bessie (Rose) Galt Grace (Brown) Davis Mary M. Herlitz Frank M. Hoffman Floy (Coffin) Brinker Ernest Borchert Rosa (Wachter) Moon Robinson CLASS OF 1901 Victor Dyer Edith (McKay) Hayden Clarence Rudolph Edna (Martin) Muzzall Ora (Farley) Elwanger Ida (Lesperance) Miller William Horst CLASS OF 1902 Lula (Hill) Sexton Delia (Horst) Burge Charles C. Bacon Wilbur D. Hart Ray L. Knight Doris (Wood) Gard Josephine (Lincoln) Parry Joseph Carl Albert A. Phillips Adolph J. Lottes Martha J. Baird Albert M. Houk Edward C. Glover Jay B. Turner CLASS OF 1903 Rose H. Schmal Robert S. Glover Jessie G. Pettibone Clara M. Pinter Helen Hearst John A. Sauerman Minnie (Schultz) Allison Bernice (Brown) Geisel Eva (Brown) Fifleld Pearl (Guernsey) Brown Matilda Barck Otto G. Fifie ld Mayme M. Hack Rae (Rockwell) Dyer Harry J. Laws Thomas Hanlon - S8 - CLASS OP 1904 Cora (Seberger) Eder Eltie M. Frey Alta (Kemp) Wilson Margaret Pierce Edith (Fuller) Fox Lenora Donch Claire R. Fehlman John C. Endress Paul C. Lottes Albert McWayne Ethel M. Ling Floy (Vincent) Beck Joseph Rudolph Mabel (Crawford) Love Florence (Glover) Thomas Edith (Dietel) Wilson CLASS OF 1905 Ralph Houk Ineze (Burge) Johnson Geneva (Kern) Hoffman Margaret Feddler Ina Bell (Peterson) Bolster Otto Childress Clem H. Fifield Bessie B. Raasch Lily D. Meyers Roy W. Sherburne Ruby (Wilson) Houk John Berlin Roy W. Hack Cora Pinter Emil A. Lamberg Agnes Koupal William Childress Pearl (Clark) Philips Bernice Donch May Bailey Louise Barck James Burge Theresa (Crowell) Knight Edward Fedler Floyd Demmon Ila Hughes Lucy (Jenkins) Reese Herbert Johnson CLASS OP 1906 Edith (Westbay) Graves Maurice H. Xddings Ada Case Claudia McMahan Raymond Rudolph CLASS OP 1907 Harry Graves Ethel Hathaway Laura Houk Elizabeth Knox Ethel (Westbay) Graale CLASS OP 1908 Alma Heide Lena (Miller) Schafer Henrietta Newton Edward Newton Bertha Kramer Lily L. Lamberg Addie (Westbay) Endress Kate (Ainsworth) Kramer Emma (Ainsworth) Hayhurst Charles Lamberg Joseph Ross Wilbur Stonex Edna Siems Hazel (Smith) Scritchfield Mabel (Wilson) Tennant Hattie (Felton) Roush CLASS OP 1909 Rose Love Mabel (Love) Ross Marguerite Maack Minnie (O’Bright) Fateh Gene (Klinefelter) Underwood Harvey Rockwell Phoebe Westbay Josephine (Wheeler) Schaible Alma (Wilson) Little Ralph Young CLASS OP 1910 Eva Burg Walter Hixon Charles Ross Birda Demmon Roger Benjamin Amie (Westbay) Miller William Glover Veronica Kretz Fielder Westbay Fred Grimmer Oakley Morton Frank McWayne Luther Rudolph CLASS OF 1911 John Barck Lena Heick Ruby Mau Bessie C. Black Ethel Heileman Berenice (Ott) Gosch Stella E. Breyfogle Robert Koupal Ida Rosenbauer Ruby Dillabaugh Mary McMahan Raymond Zuvers Clarence McWayne CLASS OF 1912 Edith Love John Wheeler Ernest Bartholomae Ora Piepho Major Allman Clifford Etling Vernon Dickinson Mae Westbay Furman Martin Harriet Benjamin Dorothea Crowell Ida Schmidt CLASS OF 1913 Marguerite Houk Clara (Letterer) Kerr Fred Henning Gwendolyn Donnaha Hazel Hall Edward Echterling Marguerite (Love) Jordon Ila Bremer Joyce Huron Ellen O’Connell Lula Smith Lowell Newton Hortense (Rocwell) Heinze Maurine McMahan Mabel Schmal Lillian Stewart Paul Knight Margaret Etling Claude Pettibone Foster Bruce CLASS OF 1914 Geraldine Swanson Walter Beck Minnie McCarty Leah Sawyers Ralph Hixon Minnie Weber Ella Blackstone Herbert Scull Mahlon Huffman Donald Stockbarger Arthur Reeder Glen Ellis CLASS OF 1915 Clifford Vilmer Mauiine Heighway Norma Bartholomae Lucile Vilmer Herbert Miller Rachel Woodke William Aulwurm May Burge Margaret Orr James Brady Ruth Breyfogle Walter Koupal Leone Bruce Maude Hathaway Goldie De Camp Helen Hixon Luella Custer Marjorie Tinkham Dorothy Tice John C. Allman CLASS OF 1916 Ruby F. McCarty Horace W. Ott M. Irene Linton Carl L. Krost Plin J. Swanson M. Louise Crawford Margaret Aulwurm Albert Bacon Fred Bisselberg Gladys Beattie John Brady Harry Claussen Mary J. Ross Helen Burge Lucile Hathaway Myra L. Beach Edna Benjamin Robert W. Bruce Lester H. Westerman Florence Love Margaret Hathaway Ruth Perry Ruth Dresser Lottie Winer Edwin J. Etling Clifford Westphal Ruth Allman Julia Batterman Georgia Brannan James Bacon Hester Daugherty Dean Courtright Alfred Biester Frank Fronek Ella Kretchmar Samuel N. Newton Louise A. Jergens Harvey T. Minas Sarah B. Winer CLASS OF 1917 Eleanore Dinwiddie Edward Hirtzel Elsie Koupal Helen Koupal Elsie Koschnick James Kreston CLASS OF 1918 Arthur J. Housen Gladys Lamphire Gladys Umpleby Roy Fagen Martha Machacek Nellie Taylor Mary Brown Bessie Brown CLASS OF 1919 John Baird Wayland Ziesness Walter Reider Helen Kubal Katherine Daugherty Katherine Keeler Ethel Rocki CLASS OF 1920 Harold Henderson Harvey Henderson Harold Phillips Mary E. Love Arthur Kruger Sarah Maack Helen Machacek Helen Thompson Jennie V. Handley C. Howard Hathaway Charlotte Wheeler Juno B. Newson Edwin Kubal Mayme G. Handley Ann Maney Stella Meeker Raymond Minas George Machacek Helen Newton Edna Ross Margaret Hennin Helen E. Glover Hazel L. Kilborn Arthur Claussen Hermina Lehman Sarah Pozar Cecil Crowell Ruth Shortridge Elsie Brennen Merle Barnes Rhoda Rannells Margaret Pfiel Pearl Burge Florence Fisher Cecil Chaney Florence Breyfogle William Rannels Clarence Schmidt Lillian Vilmer William Stuhlmacher Elmer Lottes CLASS OF 1921 Dora (Aken) Belanger Luther Allman Wilma Barr Leanora (Belanger) Brown Lena Bisselberg Agnes Doffin Cora Blume Edward Donnaha Gladys Demmons Mabel Bacon Stanley Barr Mabel Batterman Joe Benjamin Harold Breyfogle Elmer Bullock Ruby Brandt Mae Cunningham Wilbur Daumeier Kenneth Doak Margaret Davis Abe Platt Francis Aken Paul Brown Mildred Barr Edwin Bremer Robert Diddle Charles Daugherty Grace Batterman Ruth Bradford Cecil Burge Leslie Demmon Herman A. Dietel Clarence E. Dietrich Joan Doak Sadie Evans Irene R. Schroeder Leona E. Steeb David A. Vernon Everett Winifred Hegan Bernice Hoffman John Rolling Irene Kubal Joe Kramer Sam Love Idamae Maney Raymond Mau CLASS OF 1922 Grant Frederick Willard Hein Eleanore Hegan Margaret Hoffman Harriette Klug Clara Kretschmar Blanche McCarty Howard Meeker Florence Miller Adeline Miller Elsie Muzzall CLASS OF 1923 Margaret Doehler Gerturde Enoch Ruth Hoffman Julia Hirtzel Vernon Heintz Harriett Lassen Charlotte Love Emily Brannon CLASS OF 1924 Everett E. Evans Abraham Goot Raymond F. Ziese Elsie Heick Margaret A. Hixon Bernice J. Horst Otto A. Kubal Floyd Klinefelter Wilton J. Sherman Pearl K. Steinhilber t Russell J. Anna Machacek Lillian Miller Pearl Phillips Ruth Patterson Mildred Rosenthal Dorothy Rogers Anna Zeise Robert Umpleby Cecil Tuthill Lorette Neunfeldt Roger Schnurlein Edward Schmal Thelma Smith Mabel Taylor Irene Tobias Harold Thomen Russell Westphal Mary (Weiland) Teagle Walter Hathaway Howard Geiser Ramona Meyers Ruby Patterson Irene Steeb Eugene Bishop Helen Kenney Herbert Meyer Emma Beister Junior E. Lehman Clarence H. Letterer Martin A. Mager Edith F. Meyers Ruth L. Miller Marjorie A. Mikuta Charles Patterson Rosalie M. Platt Florence L. Vetter George H. Westerman CLASS OF 1925 Ruth Aken Paulyne Beckmann Irene Enterline Genevieve Gard Violette Golding Violet Hanitord Lillian Oshorne Irene Taylor Anna Wieland William Bacon Harleen Banser Alvin Guske Florence Huber Orval Haniford Wilbur Heidbreder Charles Kirchmann, Jr. Harold Meyer Dana Norton Robert Thomas CLASS OF 1926 Howard Barr Thelma Bibler Walter Biester Alice Bremer Patricia Davis Jennie Dietel Irene Dietrich Lester Dye LaVergne Enoch Paul Everett Max Feder Harold Hamann Thelma Hoffman Doris Jones Mae Kilbourne Edna McColley Irene Mracek Violet Osborne Eleanor Reiser Henry Schau Neva Schnurlein Murray Shirley Smith Robert Spindler Georgians Sowash Edith Sulista Meredith Taylor Clarence Thomen Minnie Weinberg Clara Belle Westphal Margaret Westphal Bell Wise Schwucho Officers of The Alumni Association President—PAUL KNIGHT. Vice President—DR. CLAUDE PETTIBONE. Treasurer—HARRY MINAS. Secretary—MEREDITH TAYLOR. PUBLICATIONS ' Jfie Oracle 7ke (Orown Point OJallincfs Oracle Staff 1. ROBERT BRADFORD EDITOR-IN-CHIEF 2. HENRY SCHAU BUSINESS MANAGER 3. CHARLOTTE HILDEBRANDT FACULTY EDITOR 4 . MEREDITH TAYLOR 5. ALBERTA NICHOLS ASSISTANT BUSINESS MANAGER ASSISTANT EDITOR-IN-CHIEF 6. LOUISE BECKMAN EDITOR ACTIVITIES 7. BELL WISE FEATURE EDITOR 8. JENNIE DIETEL SNAP SHOT EDITOR 9. IRVIN ROSENTHAL JOKE EDITOR 10. ESTHER HERSHMAN SOCIETY EDITOR RUTH LOTTES ALUMNI EDITOR 12. DORIS JONES ASSISTANT BUSINESS MANAGER 13 HELEN HABERZETL ASSISTANT BUSINESS MANAGER 14. HOWARD BARR ART EDITOR 15. ELEANOR REISER ASSISTANT EDITOR-IN-CHIEF CLAUDE KRAMER SPORTS EDITOR Journalism Class The Journalism Class was organized for the purpose of conducting and pub¬ lishing the “Crown Point Inklings” strictly within school hours. In the Crown Point high school papers have been published and written up entirely as outside work by the students. Miss Wheeler found a suitable way out of the difficulty by suggesting that all students of the junior and senior classes, who were interested in publishing the paper meet with her and, if enough were enthusiastic the class would be placed in the curriculum. As a result nearly thirty or more students were enrolled in the new class. The work was centered about a weekly program, outlined and placed upon the bulletin board by the editor-in-chief of the paper. This was work both on the paper and a textbook, “News Writing,” by Borah, provided for the course. The book contained instruction in the organization, proper spacing, copy-writing and writing-up of articles for the paper, and a special section on athletics, humorous and feature writing, libel and individual instructions to each member of the staff. One of the important and most interesting features of the course was receiving and reading of the exchanges. Nearly thirty high schools throughout the state of Indiana sent copies of their papers as each issue was published. In turn, it was the usual custom to send out the Crown Point Inklings in return for those received. Bach member of the staff had his special function to perform. The editor-in- chiel ' had, as her duty, the assignment of write-ups to any member of the staff. These assignments were made in ample time, thus giving the reporter a widened opportunity to make his research on the material needed. On February 24, 1926, the journalism class diverted itself from the work on the paper and gave a benefit supper for the annual, thus proving the ability of the class to serve cafeteria suppers as well as issue a paper. Fourteen issues were published during the eight months of work on the publications, resulting in almost two publications every month. The class was a “real booster” of the Annual throughout its publication. 68 [.ftI C rown Point Inklings IW] RED AND WHITE DEFEAT THE PURPLE CAGERS ILLY NEAR END SAVES GAME FOR RED AND WHITE The Inklings Staff The staff of the “Crown Point Inklings,” the publication for which the journal¬ ism class was organized was composed of the following students and class advisers: STAFF EDITORS DORIS M. JONES, Editor-in-Chief THELMA BIBLER, Ass’t Editor MEREDITH TAYLOR, Ass’t Editor ROBERT BRADFORD, School Editor ELEANOR REISER, Copy Editor CLAUDE KRAMER, Sports Editor BELL WISE, Feature Editor MINNIE WEINBERG, Exchange Editor CLYDE PATTERSON, Joke Editor CLARENCE ENSWEILER, Joke Editor STAFF REPORTERS MARGARET WESTPHAL ROBERT SPINDLER SHIRLEY SMITH ADA ALLMAN CLARENCE ENSWEILER HAROLD HAMANN PAUL EVERETT VIOLET OSBORNE HELEN SCHILLING MAE KILBOURNE ARTHUR BATTERMAN GEORGIANA SOW ASH MARJORIE JOHNSON BUSINESS STAFF MURRAY SCHWUCHO, Business Manager CLAYTON ROOT, Advertising Manager JENNIE DIETEL, Circulation Manager FACULTY ADVISERS J. L. N. GRINSTEAD CHARLOTTE B. WHEELER ifi Society 71 The Calendar 1925--26 September 7. The first day of school; the Freshmen have become fairly settled. September 21. School dismissed to attend Lake County Fair. September 28. The Woman’s Club gave the teachers a very nice reception. October 11. Visiting day for teachers. The students enjoyed the vacation. October 14. The Seniors received their class rings and pins. October 30. A Hallowe’en carnival given by the Junior-Senior classes. November 7. The Teachers’ Association meeting was held at East Chicago. November 11. School dismissed at 10:00 o’clock to observe the Armistice Day program. December 20. The Juniors enjoyed a party given by Louise Beckman, Alberta Nichols and Helen Spindler, at the home of Helen Spindler. January 4. Re-entered school after an enjoyed Christmas vacation. January 8. The girls’ basket ball team went out of town for their first game which was held at Michigan City. The boys played Hobart the same evening. January 20. The Girls’ league entertained their mothers and the new Freshmen at 8:00 o’clock, and disclosed to them the purpose of the league. January 25. Senior class had a party at Hertzel’s with Irene Mracek as hostess. Everyone reported a good time. January 27. Senior class enjoyed a sleigh ride. January 28. Junior class had a sleigh party. February 1-2. The school sponsored a picture show, “The Keeper of the Bees,” to raise money for the annual. February 5 . Girls’ team played at Morgan township. March 5-6. The sectional basket ball tournament was held at East Chicago, East Chicago receiving the honors. March 26. The preliminaries to the county oratorical were held in the high school auditorium, Jennie Dietel and Irvin Rosenthal receiving first places. April 1. The boys’ and girls’ basket ball teams were given a party at which much garlic and red pepper were served. April 9. The Lake County oratorical was held at Hammond Industrial High School, East Chicago, winning the most prizes. April 16. Miss Beecher had to quit school on account of ill health. April 21-22. The Juniors gave their play, “A Successful Calamity.” April 29. The Junior class hiked out to the Davis woods. May 16. The Baccalaureate services held at the Methodist church. May 19. The Senior class play, “Peg O’ My Heart.” May 21. Commencement. May 22. A school picnic held at the fair grounds. May 22. The Alumni banquet. May 15. The Junior-Senior banquet. “A Successful Calamity” Members of the Junior class of the Crown Point High School, under the able direc¬ tion of Mrs. Mabel Rannells, who has in the past engineered and directed several home talent productions, presented the bright comedy, “A Succssful Calamity,” to large audi¬ ences at the Palace Theatre April 21 and 22, on Wednesday and Thursday evenings. The young actors and actresses displayed more than the ordinary talent in the presentation of the rather difficult and complicated sketch, written by Clara Kummer. The costuming and stage settings were particularly well arranged and appropriate, displaying the fact that much time and thought had been expended to make the comedy the success it proved to be. Time and space prevents mention of every actor taking part in the worth while entertainment, and it will suffice to say that Mrs. Rannells and her young artists deserve nothing but praise and credit for the presentation of the two-act comedy, which was thoroughly enjoyed by every one present. The cast was as follows: Henry Wilton, millionaire who longs to spend an evening at home.Irvin Rosenthal Emmie, his young second wife...Esther Hershman Marguerite, his daughter.I-ouise Beckman Eddie, his son. . ...Enoch Frederick George Struthers, Marguerite’s fiance.Alfred Rushton Clarence Rivers, another fiance.....Clarence Ensweiler Julia Partington, Eddie’s fiance.Ada Allman Connors, Butler.Ervin Duve Pietro Rafaelo, an Italian Portrait painter.Clayton Root Doctor Broodies, family physician.„.Claude Kramer John Belden, Wilton’s partner.....David Scull Albertine, Mrs. Wilton’s maid.Charlotte Hilderbrandt 73 Mp Heart ” “Pei O’ “Peg O’ My Heart” was a play chosen by Mrs. Mabelle Rannells to be presented by the senior class, May 18, at the Palace theatre. The curtain rose at 8:15, and no person was allowed to enter during an act. “Peg O’ My Heart” was a three-act comedy drama, concerning a young Irish-Ameri- can girl. Peg, who goes to England at the wish of Nathaniel Kingsworth, her uncle, whom she finds to be dead. Her aristocratic aunt, Mrs. Chicheser, consents to undertake the task of training her to be a lady and the exciting events which follow her arrival cul¬ minate in a dramatic climax and a delightful ending. The members of the cast displayed more than the ordinary talent in the presenta¬ tion of this rather difficult sketch. The costuming and stage settings were particularly well arranged and appropriate. The cast was as follows: Mrs. Chicheser. Ethel, her daughter.... Alaric, her son . Hawkes, the solicitor. Jarvis, the butler . Bennett, the maid. Christian Brent . Jerry . Peg . Minnie Weinberg . Jennie Dietel .. Robert Spindler .Max Feder .Henry Schau ...EaVergne Enoch Clarence Thomen ...Meredith Taylor .Bell Wise I The Carnival The Hallowe’en Carnival and Masquerade dance, given by the juniors and seniors of Crown Point High School, on October 30, was a huge success, socially and financial¬ ly. The enjoyable radio program showed good, wholesome school spirit and a true appreciation of the days of radio. The “artists” broadcasted these specialties from the radio studio in the high school gym: Jazz Selections — Margaret Westphal Irvin Rosenthal “Mighty Lak a Rose”— Thelma Bibler Fashion Show — Katherine Strong Fern Schlink Fashion Show — Jennie Dietel Evelyn Chaffee Evelyn Davis LaVergne Enoch Jig— Lester Dye Song— Mr. Schmitt “Witches’ Dance”— Alberta Nichols Collegiate” — Robert Bradford Clyde Patterson Robert Spindler ' Ukelele Lady”— Shirley Smith Esther Hershman Current Vaudeville — Irvin Rosenthal Cecil Hickman Interclass Song— Robert Spindler Shirley Smith Thelma Bibler Robert Bradford Sometime”—- Esther Hershman Shirley Smith “School Days”— Audience At the north end of the gym were five prettily decorated booths, where some of the world’s “wonders” were exhibited and “kisses”, food, and souvenirs sold. Upstairs was a beautifully decorated restaurant where sweet cider, taffy apples, pumpkin pies, and doughnuts could be purchased. The work was ably cared for by the various committees. Everything that could possibly add joy or entertainment to the varied company was provided. The older generation was delighted by the radio program and the charming little Ghost Bower” where refreshments were served. The younger set enjoyed themselves by the dance which followed the radio program. The orchestra with Miss Donner’s help did its “bit” in contributing to the good time by producing the dancing tunes they promised. Many thanks were extended by the students to the townspeople for the spirit of sociability which pervaded the evening. Socially the students were certain of the carnival’s success. Much to their joy, it also proved a financial success. Over $200 was netted from this social affair. 75 Oratorical Contest In the annual preliminary contest held Friday, March 26, Jennie Dietel and Irvin Rosenthal received first honors. Second places were awarded Bell Wise and Meredith Taylor. Ada Allman and Irvin Duve received honorable mention. It was a very difficult matter for the judges to award the different places because of the slight difference in the number of points of each. The high school orchestra opened the afternoon program with a very enjoyable selection. The first reading was “Cinderella Dies ’Em Black,” given by Olive McKnight. This was Olive’s first appearance but she proved her ability as a reader. Violet Osborne next gave “The Three Things” and very capably emphasized the changes which took place in Philip Landicott during his war experience. Minnie Weinberg’s selection, “Benefits Forgot” gave the audience a much better appreciation of Lincoln. “His Soul Goes Marching On” was very convincingly given by Esther Hershman. Marion Ross, another new entrant next gave a clever monologue, “Sister in the Medicine Closet.” The girls chorus then sang their contest number, “Mighty Lak a Rose.” One of the most touching readings of the program, “The Model’s Last Pose,” was given by Ruth Wise. “In Lilac Time” was presented by Jennie Dietel whose interpretation of one of the many love stories of the war was real and lifelike. The reading, “Mother o’ Mine,” was given by Dorothy Bruce in a very capable manner. Ada Allman next gave “Bandy Legs” with her usual enthusiasm. Bell Wise, who has remarkable ability for interpreting Yiddish dialect, gave “A Little Matter of Real Estate” which ended the contest with many laughs. Jennie Dietel, Bell Wise, Ada Allman, Ruth Wise, and Olive McKnight were selected to speak in the evening. After the selection, “Who Knows What the Bells Say?” sung by the mixed chorus, the evening program was as follows: “The Evils of War” given by Irvin Duve; “The American Jingo” by Meredith Taylor; “A Message to Garcia” by John Wise; “On Americanism” by Irvin Rosenthal. The boys’ glee club next sang two selections. The five girls chosen in the afternoon then gave their readings again. Count 3 ? Contest The twenty-fifth annual declamatory and oratorical contests of Lake County were held in Hammond, Friday, April 9. The choral contest was the first event of the day. The choruses, this year, were divided into A and B classes according to enrollment. The girls’ glee clubs of the B class sang “Mighty Lak a Rose.” First place was won by Horace Mann, Gary and second by Roosevelt of East Chicago. “Whippoorwill” was the selection of Class A. First place was taken by Whiting and second place by East Chicago. Crown Point’s boys’ glee club was the only chorus entered in class B. They sang their selections with lots of pep and enthusiasm. The Emerson boys’ glee club won first place and East Chicago second in the A class. Although Crown Point was the only entrant in class B of the mixed chorus, they kept within the rules of the schools having an enrollment of less than 400. The selection of class A was The Long Day Closes.” East Chicago won first place and Froebel, Gary, second. At the afternoon session the representatives of ten schools gave readings. Emily Lowry from the Hammond Industrial school was awarded first place and proved her ability as a dramatic reader. Audrey Smith of East Chicago was awarded second place with her clever French reading, “Mon Pierre.” Eight orations were given Friday evening. “The New South” was the selection winning first place, delivered by Hugh Carmichael from Froebel. John Groves of East Chicago won second place with “Mob and Law.” Although our contestants did not receive places in the contest, they are to he com¬ plimented on their efforts. East Chicago should be proud of the honors awarded them at the contest. Hammond also gave a dance in the boys’ gymnasium which was well attended. 76 The Junior Senior Banquet On Saturday evening, May 15, 1926, the Methodist Episcopal Church was the scene of the annual Junior-Senior Banquet given by the Junior class of Crown Point High School. Covers were laid for one hundred which included members of the school board, faculty, senior and junior classes. The church parlors were artistically decorated in black and gold, senior’s colors. Beautiful flowers were placed around the room and large bouquets were in the center of each table. At each cover was a place card, black and gold nut cup, menu inclosed in green leather and a dance program. A delicious four course dinner was served by the girls of the sophomore class, dressed in white with gold bands on their hair. Robert Bradford cleverly acting as toastmaster, after giving the address of wel¬ come, introduced the numbers of the program. Charlotte Hildebrandt played a de¬ lightful piano solo; Ruth Lottes entertained with a violin solo; Irvin Rosenthal added spice to the program by playing popular airs on his saxaphone. Irvin Rosenthal, Al¬ berta Nichols, Enoch Frederick representing the junior class; Henry Schau, Jennie Dietel, Meredith Taylor representing the senior class, Mr. Schmitt, Mr. Grinstead, Mr. Teagle representing the faculty, Mr. Hershman representing school board responded with toasts. After the dinner the guests were taken to the High School Gymnasium which was decorated in junior colors. The High School Orchestra furnished music for dancing. 77 Baccalaureate Service The Baccalaureate Services of the Class of ‘26 were held at the Methodist church at 7:30 in the evening on May 17. A large assembly of parents and friends attended this ceremony. Schubert’s “Ave Maria” was played as an organ prelude by Mrs. Thomas. The processional of the graduating class then followed, the hymn “Holy, Holy, Holy” being sung. This was followed by the entire congregation of people singing the hymn “I Love to Tell the Story.” All stood as Rev. G. B. Dunning offered a prayer. The high school chorus, Miss Donner directing sang, “The Long Day Closes”. A Scripture lesson, taken from Exodus 16:13-30, was given by Reverend Thomas Adkins. The people again sang a hymn, “True Hearted, Whole Hearted”. This was followed by the sermon given by Reverend George B. Jones. He chose as his text, “The Passing of the Manna”. He commenced his sermon by painting a very vivid picture of the Israelites in the desert, fed in a miraculous way by God by the fall of the manna. He impressed on the minds of his audience the need of know¬ ing some trade. No longer were the people fed without labor. No lazy person could expect a livelihood. Everyone had to join in life’s battle and work to feed himself. He ended by encouraging the students to fight hard and come up successful. After the sermon, “America the Beautiful” was sung. Reverend E. H. Strommel gave the Benediction. As an organ postlude, Mendelssohn’s “March of the Priests” was played. Commencement On Friday night, May 21, 1926, the second largest class ever to be graduated from Crown Point High School in the traditional garb of cap and gown gray were sent upon their separate journeys by all present and otherwise. Superintendent William A. Mc- Andrews of the Chicago Public Schools addressed the class, inspiring greater ideals than had ever before been realized by the thirty-two members. Supt. McAndrews’ many years experience with school life enabled him to fully realize the position of this graduating class. His points were strongly emphasized, having been expressed in the simplest way possible for the class’ enlightenment. Selecting graduates to represent individuals interested and necessary in relation to the public school system he clearly demonstrated why each should be equally interested in public education. The accompanying program, arranged by Superintendent Schmitt for the evening, was as follows: March . Invocation . Vocal Selection High School Orchestra. ... Rev. Thomas Adkins. . Mrs. Fred Young. Presentation of Diplomas. Benediction .. Rev. George B. Jones. The presentation of diplomas by Supt. Marvin Schmitt awarded each of the class thirty-two members a fully qualified entrance to any university or college in this or surrounding states. Besides that Harold Hamann received the highest scholarship during the four years of high school, LaVergne Enoch receiving second honors. Howard Barr Walter Biester Irene Dietrich Thelma Bibler Patricia Davis Lester Dye Alice Bremer Jennie Dietel LaVergne Enoch Class Hunt The Class Hunt took place on May 20. Mr. Schmitt set forth the rules and limited the territory over which the hunt could take place. The spirit of exhilaration and good fellowship abounded, for it was nearing the close of school, and that day witnessed the grand finale of final examinations. About 4:30 in the afternoon the seniors set forth in one car. What direction they finally took, no one knew, though they started southward. The juniors followed later in four cars. The land was scoured in all directions but not a clue to their whereabouts was found when night fell. At 8:00 P. M., as it had been agreed upon, both parties met at the home of Helen and Robert Spindler. The seniors were triumphant, not being found, and the juniors took their defeat like the good sports they are, thus making everyone have a good time. Just where the Seniors hid, they refused to disclose, though many hints were dropped. A very appetizing chicken dinner was served, and the classes adjourned in friendly rivalry. Benefit Show The benefit show given at the Palace theatre on Monday and Tuesday evenings, February 1-2, proved to be a big success. Every student of Crown Point High School helped with the sale of tickets which resulted in a total of 905 adult tickets amounting to $200. Edna Bixeman sold the highest number of tickets which was 101. She was presented with a three weeks pass to the show. Monday night the theatre was filled by 7:30 and many people were waiting in the lobby. Those who were disappointed the first night came back Tuesday evening and were well accommodated. The program consisted of seven parts which held the interest of everyone present the entire evening. The feature picture, “The Keeper of the Bees”, was taken from the book written by Gene Stratton Porter. It was the story of a war-torn soldier who went to Cali¬ fornia for his health. While there he became a keeper of bees, regaining his health, and learned many great lessons of life through his work. ‘The “Our Gang” comedy amused not only the children but the adults also. Besides the Aesop’s fable was a news weekly both entertaining and educational. The Charleston contest was a special attraction which proved to be a successful one. Lucille Hadden and Kathryn Strong, two high school girls, carried away first prize both nights. Mary Whitaker won second prize on Monday night and Ruth Wise on Tuesday. They showed the real school spirit by presenting their prizes to the “Oracle” fund. The palace organist. Ray Winings, played a clever song entitled, “In Shadowland.” One of the most enjoyable acts was the “lady-man who sang several of the latest song In conclusion the students wish to thank Mr. Gregory for his splendid co-operation which is appreciated by all interested in making the “Oracle” a success. Honor Students in Scholarship for the Semester, 1925—26 Those carrying five academic subjects above 90: Helen Haberzetl (all above 96.) Harold Hamann Alberta Nichols Leona Sonnenberg Those carrying four academic subjects above 90: Ada Allman Louise Beckman Ruth Brown LaVergne Enoch Meredith Taylor Those carrying three academic subjects above 90: Mary E. Baldwin Wm. Kaufman Claude Kramer Wm. Patterson Viola Quinn Dorothy Reuhl Helen Schilling Gertrude Voldman Gertrude Weinberg Mary A. Weis Clubs and Organizations Senior Class Officers HENRY SCHAU PRESIDENT MEREDITH TAYLOR VICE-PRESIDENT 82 Junior Class Officers 83 Sophomore Class Officers WILBUR HOFFMAN SECRETARY AND TREASURER Freshman Class Officers RUTH HANIFORD PRESIDENT ELMER ANDERSON VICE-PRESIDENT BUD EDMONDS SECRETARY AND TREASURER Girls League The G. 0. 0. D. League (meaning “Girls of Orderly Deeds”) was organized this year under the direction of Mrs. Rannells as a means of uniting the girls of the different classes and correcting their short-comings. Practically all of the one hundred and two members were charter members. The pledge, prepared by Mrs. Rannells, stated that each member would at all times endeavor to be honest, courteous, modest, patriotic, and pure in thought, word and deed. It was a very complete pledge that, when followed, was meant to make the C. P. H. S. girls orderly and respected, yet still full of fun and school spirit, ready to joke and forget another’s mistake. Mrs. Rannells made an ideal leader and advisor for such an organi¬ zation, and gladly offered advice and counsel in solving many problems that even high school girls will have. At the end of the first semester, big sisters were selected by lot for each of the girls entering high school from the Junior high. It was the duty of each big sister to make her charge feel at home with the older girls and to instruct her in the ways of her new friends. The social event of the year was the informal reception given by the girls for their mothers and teachers. Although a very stormy night in February was chosen, there were more than one hundred willing to brave the weather. Much of the evening was spent in visiting and showing the visitors the building. Afterward there was a short program and light refreshments were served in the assembly. The evening was what the girls like to call a “success.” Officers for the club held office the entire year, with Alberta Nichols, president; Helen Spindler, vice-president; Virginia Campbell, secretary, and Jennie Dietel, treasurer. Science Club The science club was reorganized this year under the supervision of Mr. J. L. N. Grinstead. The Science Club was first organized in 1923. The students of the physics and chemistry classes having an average of 88 per cent for two consecutive six-week periods were eligible for membership. This year the students of the physics, chemistry and mathematics classes having an average of 88 per cent for two consecutive six week periods are eligible. If the average dropped blow 88 per cent one six weeks the member was not ineligible, but in order to hold his membership must make up for the difference the following six week period. The dues of the club were fifty cents paid on admission. The money in the treasury was to be used to get speakers for the Science Club programs. The constitu¬ tion with a few amendments was adopted by the members. The meetings of the Science Club were held in the laboratory for one hour on Wednesday every two weeks. The programs for the meeting were furnished by the physics and chemistry students alternating with the mathematics students. Many physics and chemistry experiments were worked that could not be worked in class. Mr. A. Geisert of the mathematics department was taken in as a member with the mathematics students. The members from the physics and chemistry classes are: Robert Spindler, Har¬ old Hamann, David Scull, Mae Kilbourne, Meredith Taylor, William Patterson, Hazel Holland, Marjory Johnson, Alberta Nichols, Claude Kramer and Louise Beckman. The members from the mathematics classes are: John Root, Helen Haberzetl and Gertrude Weinberg. The officers, of the Science Club are: Alberta Nichols, president; Robert Spindler, vice-president; Claude Kramer, secretary and treasurer, and John Root, sergeant-at- Hi-Y Club MEMBERS—OFFICERS MEREDITH TAYLOR, President IRVIN ROSENTHAL, Vice-President WILLIAM PATTERSON, Secretary and Treasurer CLAUDE KRAMER, Gate Keeper OTHER MEMBERS HENRY SCHAU ROBERT BRADFORD CLAYTON ROOT ROSS LOCKHART ADVISORY MEMBERS A. A. GEISERT, Sponsor REV. A. O. ADKINS E. MILES NORTON VINCENT YOUCHE A. B. FRAME M. J. SCHMITT WILLIAM CUNNINGHAM DAVID SCULL VERNON GUSKE MERLE DIDDIE JOHN ROOT ORVILLE DANCE HERBERT KAHNEY JOHN WISE MOTTO “Contagious Christian Character” The Hi-Y Club of the Crown Point High School is a new organization in the school having been organized the last semester of this year. The purpose of the club is to create a finer friendship among boys and bring them in closer contact with the church and school. It fosters such things as bible study, mixers, clean athletics, clean speech, clean scholarship and clean living The club has a few high lights during its existence thus far. The Hammond Hi-Y initiated the Crown Point Hi-Y with a very impressive ceremony, which all of the mem¬ bers will remember for many years. A delegation was sent to the Older Boys’ Conference at Anderson and to the Con¬ ference at Gary. The boys at these conferences heard many fine speakers, among them being “Dad” Elliott. The Hi-Y conducted a Bible study program covering the Life of Christ for the boys of the school through the able leadership of Rev. Jones and Mr. Grinstead. Of the boys who took the state examination, 100 per cent of them passed. The club is planning to extend its program and brothership during the next year Watch it and help spread its platform of “Clean sports. Clean speech, Clean scholar¬ ship and Clean living.” The four C’s. Orchestra An orchestra is always an orchestra, but this is our High School orchestra. That is the only difference between it and the rest. The orchestra was reorganized this year under the leadership of Miss Donner. The members have played almost all kinds of music, and seem to enjoy all of it. There was jazz for the dances in the gym earlier in the year, and the other kind for different occas¬ ions. Whenever anyone wanted something to till in the program, they asked for the orchestra. The carnival, the school supper, the local oratorical program, the school dances, class plays, and even the Chamber of Commerce, called on the orchestra, be¬ sides the various programs before the assembly. There were many changes in the orchestra during the first and last semesters. The first semester the orchestra was composed of the following pieces: Violins, Miss Donner, Evelyn Chaffee, Elmer Anderson, Albert Horst, Ruth Lottes; saxaphones, Helen Frame, Irvin Rosenthal; cornets, Norbert Heidbreder, William Cunningham; clarinets, Pearl Lockhart, Lillian Banser; guitar, Lester Dye; trombones, Orval Oram, Alberta Nichols; cellos, Marjorie Johnson, Doris Jones; drums, Howard Barr; piano, Margaret Westphal. The last semester saw several changes. Enoch Frederick took charge of the drums, Lester Dye purchased a bassoon, and David Scull entered with a cornet. The clarinet¬ ists, Ruth Lottes and Evelyn Chaffee, excluded orchestra from their programs. Not so very many schools the size of Crown Point can boast an orchestra, but there has been one here for some time. Miss Clara Hanks organized the first orchestra here in 1915, and with one year’s exception, it has been continued under Mrs, Thomas and Miss Donner. The orchestra is open to any one of the high school students that cares to enter. It is very good training for the coming musicians. May there be a picture of another orchestra, bigger and better than ever, in the next Oracle! 1555 90 C. P. H. S. Sportsmanship What is a true sportsman? That question has baffled many, many people. Down in their hearts they know the qualities of a true sportsman, but to effectiv ely put them into words; well, that’s another matter. A true sportsman delights in giving the other fellow an even break, in helping his adversary, and in being a gentleman at all times. The motto of the sportsman is to be a modest winner and a good loser. A victory is a wonderful thing, but it is not everything; sometimes a defeat is the making of a team. Many successive defeats will break the spirit of a team and it is then the sportsmanship and loyalty of the student should stand forth and make an athlete willing to fight till he drops for a student body that he knows is behind him. But when, in the yells, there runs an undercurrent of discouragement and dejection, the whole team is dispirited and has no fight. Sportsmanship is closely allied with school spirit and a student who possesses one is not totally lacking in the other. When a student throws paper in the halls, disturbs his class-mates, flunks in his studies, is that school spirit? No, and it’s not sportsman¬ ship, either! When a school spirit is instilled into the heart of every Crown Point High School pupil that places his school above everything else, then, and then only, will Crown Point begin to win games and pull herself out of the rut and come to the fore as a leader of Lake County’s many large high schools. —Claude J. Kramer. Team of 1925 In the second year of her football history Crown Point made a fairly good showing, considering her infancy in the gridiron sport. Two games were won out of the eight played. Crown Point held the other strong teams to close scores. Last year, which was the first year of football at Crown Point, the team won one game in three starts. The victory was over Calumet City. A hard schedule is arranged for the 1926 season when Crown Point hopes, with two years’, experience, to better former records. The two victories of the 1925 season were over Roosevelt High of East Chicago, and the Michigan City Lightweights. Members of the Team Captain Robert Bradford, who played center on last year’s team, filled a half back position this season. He was a heavy line plunger and a fast man around the ends, as well as a consistent punter and place kicker. Henry Schau, full back, was a great player. He could always be depended upon to gain some ground, and usually broke through the line for long gains. He was an ac¬ curate passer and a sure tackier. Clayton Root, quarter back, was a cool field general and ran the team well. He was accurate on passes behind the line as well as forward passes, and could carry the ball. He did much of the punting and most of the drop kicking, and was a good tackier. Clarence Ensweiler was a fast half back and a good ground gainer, especially on end runs. This was his first year. Rex Fitch, a freshman, was another half back who could plunge and run in a broken field. Paul Everett, right end, was a good wing man and would snatch long passes out of the air. He was a good tackier and hard to get around. Enoch Frederick played the other end and had an ideal build for his position. He could catch difficult passes and was a good sprinter in an open field. Max Feder, a veteran tackle, had a habit of getting through the line and blocking punts or downing the runner. Ervin Duve, guard, followed the ball well and recovered many fumbles during the season. He could block and tackle very well. Elmer Anderson held down the other guard position very capably. He was a stone wall on defense and often broke through on offense. Meredith Taylor was a reliable tackle, although rather light for his position. He worked hard and will be missed next year. David Scull took Bob’s place at center and opposing players had difficulty in getting around his 170 pounds of bone, and muscle. He was a good passer from center. Irvin Rosenthal played tackle or end equally well. With his rangy build he was suited to either position and could either make a hole in the line or grab a pass for a long gain. William Cunningham also played tackle and did it very well. He was a fast man and downed many prospective heroes. Cecil McColley played guard and sometimes center. Although inexperienced, he was a good defensive man. Claude Kramer played a good game at half back or end. He was small, but his nerve carried him through. Jack Root played tackle or guard, although rather light. Cecil Hickman could play end and was a fast open field runner. Alfred Fitch played tackle or guard but was rather inexperienced, being only a freshman. Games CROWN POINT, 0; FROEBEL, 31. The first game of the season, and the first football game Crown Point had ever played against a large school, was a lop-sided victory for the opponents, due to the inexperience of the home team. In the second half the playing was greatly improved. Several members of the team did not play in this game. CROWN POINT, 0; RENSSELAER, 38. In the first half Crown Point was bewildered by the Jasper county team’s dazzling running attack and did not seem able to work together. It was a different story in the second half, however, and the powerful Rensselaer bunch was held to one touch¬ down, although Crown Point was unable to score. CROWN POINT, 0; HAMMOND TECHNICAL, 7. In this game Crown Point showed the makings of a promising football team, even if th ey were nosed out by the Hammond team. It was only by a fluke that Tech, won and Crown Point takes credit in holding them to such a low score, as they were beaten only once all season. Schau played a great game for Crown Point. CROWN POINT, 66; MICHIGAN CITY LIGHTS, 0. The first victory of the year was a walk-away for Crown Point. Michigan City was unable to stop them and straight football was sufficient to win. However, some beautiful long passes were uncorked in the last quarter for two touchdowns. This was the first game on the home field. Michigan City was fast, but was outweighed. CROWN POINT, 0; LAPORTE, 47. The game was played at Laporte in a mire of mud and water. Crown Point’s speed was hampered by the condition of the field and although they played a good game, they were easily defeated. Laporte’s heavy team worked a shift formation for touch¬ down after touchdown. Crown Point was unable to penetrate the solid line and had difficulty in getting around the Slicers’ fast ends. CROWN POINT, 0; LOWELL, 6. Although Crown Point outplayed Lowell in every department of the game, thev were beaten by a lone touchdown when Hayden slipped through early in the first period. Lowell has had a football team for several years and last year gave Crown Point the worst defeat they have ever suffered. The difference in the scores shows the improvement of this year’s team over last year’s. Henry Schau, Crown Point’s full¬ back, crossed the line in the third quarter, but a penalty brought him back. CROWN POINT, 0; WASHINGTON (EAST CHICAGO), 25. East Chicago gave a pretty exhibition of triple-pass plays and proved to be a little too experienced and heavy for the county seat team. They did very ' little gaining through Crown Point’s line and were only able to score on trick plays. This was the last home game of the season. CROWN POINT, 18; ROOSEVELT (EAST CHICAGO), 13. In the last game of the season Crown Point came through with a victory by wal¬ loping the fast Roosevelt team at East Chicago. The game was close throughout and the result was in doubt until the last few minutes. The Rough Riders were speedy, but light. This was the last high school game for Schau, Everett and Taylor. The members of the football team are: Captain Robert Bradford, Henry Schau, Clayton Root, Paul Everett, Clarence Ensweiler, Meredith Taylor, Rex Fitch, David Scull, Ervin Duve, Irvin Rosenthal, Elmer Anderson, Max Feder, William Cunningham, Enoch Frederick, Claude Kramer, Cecil McCollely, Jack Root, Cecil Hickman and Alfred Fitch. 1925 Schedule September 26—Crown Point, 0; Froebel, 31. October 10—Crown Point, 0; Rensselaer, 38. October 17—Crown Point, 0; Hammond Tech., ?. October 24—Crown Point, 66; Michigan City, 0. October 31—Crown Point, 0; Laporte 47. November 11—Crown Point, 0; Lowell, 6. November 14—Crown Point, 0; Washington, 26. November 21—Crown Point, 18; Roosevelt, 13. 1926 Schedule September 18—Washington (East Chicago).There September 25— . Open October 2—Hammond Technical. Here October 9—Rensselaer. Here October 16—Whiting. Here October 23—Kentland, Proebel or Monticello.There October 30—Roosevelt (East Chicago). Here November 6—Mishawaka.There November 11—Lowell.There Basketball Team of 1925-26 Although they got off to a very bad start, the Crown Point High School basketball team finished the season by winning the majority of the final games for seven victories out of ninteen games. Three of these were overwhelming victories and all were over several of the strongest teams in the district, and teams which had beaten Crown Point in previous games. Crown Point was recognized as one of the strong teams in the county, but was beaten in the sectional tournament by a school that they had easily trimmed before. At the beginning of the season Coach Teagle faced the responsibility of building a new team as only Schau and Bradford remained from the last season. Then when everything seemed to be working smoothly, Patterson was declared ineligible and Frederick was lost. The process began all over again and soon Crown Point began winning games. Out of the eight players who were taken to the tournament, Captain Schau, Everett and Taylor will not be back next year. The prospects are very bright for a successful season ne,xt year. In a hard schedule of fourteen games, the second team was able to win only two games. These were over Lowell and Hobart. All of the second team players will be back next year. Members of the Basketball Team First Team Captain Henry Schau has played nearly every position on the team and can look back with pride on three years of varsity competition. In his first year he played back guard, the next year, center, and the, last year, floor guard. He was a good shot and a driving dribbler, but his best work was on defense. “Hank” was a good leader and held the honor of captain for two consecutive years. Paul Everett, forward, was a sure shot and was a marked man for his basketball ability as well as his red hair, in every game he played. “Red” was high scorer of the county, scoring 256 points in 20 games. He was a good dribbler and very fast. Both Everett and Schau will not be back next year. Clayton Root played the other forward and was a very clever dribbler and could shoot from anywhere. He was probably the fastest player on the the team, as well as the smallest. He will be the main cog of Crown Point’s offense next year. Clyde Patterson, forward, was a fast player and a dead shot from the foul line. “Pat” only played part of the season but he will be back next year. Robert Bradford, captain-elect for 1926-27, played back guard and was a bulwark of defense. He was good on long shots and could take the ball down the floor very well. Alfred Rushton, center, was a good defensive player, whose only weakness was shooting. He had little trouble in getting the tip-off in most of the games and many times snatched passes out of the air. He was inexperienced and played his first year of basketball. Enoch Frederick, center, was a good man for the pivot position, and could shoot and dribble well, but only played part of the season. He will be back next year. Jack Root, after playing most of the season on the second team, showed up very well at forward on the first team when the sickness of Clayton gave him his chance. He could shoot very well and could also dribble. Irvin Rosenthal was also taken from the second team and made a substitute back guard. His fighting spirit and his desire to learn, made him a very good defensive man. Meredith Taylor played the whole season as floor guard on the second team, but went to the tournament as a member of the first team. He was a good passer and filled his position very creditably. 103 Games CROWN POINT, 13; GRIFFITH, 22. With only four days of practice in preparation for the first game of the season, Crown Point was unable to win. There was no teamwork and most of the players were unable to hit the hoop with any degree of accuracy. Griffith had played several games while Crown Point had just finished a hard football season. CROWN POINT, 12; WASHINGTON (EAST CHICAGO), 24. The experienced East Chicago Maroons were too much for Crown Point on their big floor. The game was a close one and neither team could easily penetrate the strong defense of the other. The two red {leads, Varner of East Chicago and Everett of Crown Point, made most of their teams’ points. CROWN POINT, 26; VALPARAISO, 54 The game was played in the rickety Valpo armory and was a bad beating for Crown Point. The Red and White players played good basketball in the first half and were only trailing 26 to 20 when that period ended. But Valpo broke loose and sub¬ merged them in a flood of baskets, although the game was closer than the score. CROWN POINT, 46; GRIFFITH. 22. The first victory of the season in the first home game was over Griffith, who had previously defeated Crown Point. Griffith held the home team to a close score in the first part of the game, but was outclassed as soon as Crown Point started dropping them in. The winner was never in doubt after the first few minutes. CROWN POINT, 23; ALUMNI, 21. Having started a winning streak. Crown Point continued it by nosing out the flashy Alumni team in a fast tilt. The Alumni team was the same, with the exception of Shau, as the finalists in the tourney two years ago. The game was rough and hard fought from start to finish, and several of the Alumni players were ejected on per¬ sonal fouls. CROWN POINT, 16; RENSSELAER, 20. Handicapped by the gym and officials, Crown Point dropped a slow game to Rensse¬ laer on the evening following the Alumni game. The hard game of the night before and the long trip tired the players. The score was tied several times throughout the game. CROWN POINT, 22; EMERSON, 46. Crown Point was unable to cope with the powerful Norsemen of Emerson and was smothered in a flood of baskets by Shay, De Long, Link and Wood. The home team’s defense baffled Emerson for a time and Crown Point took the lead at the beginning of the game. But as soon as Emerson got started there was no stopping them. CROWN POINT, 20; HOBART, 24. For the first time in five years Hobart beat Crown Point. The losers could not find themselves and seemed unable to get started. The game was very thrilling, but Hobart led most of the time. In the last two minutes Crown Point tied the score, but Hobart made a brace of baskets as the game ended. CROWN POINT. 37; HOWELL, 38. Crown Point was forced to take a defeat from their southern rivals. Lowell was way ahead near the end of the game by a 31 to 19 score. Then Crown Point rallied in a whirlwind finish that would have brought her out on top had the game lasted one minute longer. Crown Point was behind by eight points at the half. CROWN POINT, 20; EMERSON, 55. In the return game at Gary, Crown Point was again walloped by the fast stepping Emerson five. In their home armory they seemed almost unbeatable, putting in bas¬ kets from everywhere on the floor. Crown Point showed several flashes of good basket ball in the second half. CROWN POINT, 36; RENSSELAER, 32. In the first overtime game of the season Crown Point revenged their former defeat by Rensselaer by scoring five points to Rensselaer’s one in the extra period. The game was close, with Patterson and Everett putting in long ones to balance Malone’s short shots. This started Crown Point’s second string of victories. CROWN POINT, 20; WHITING, 31. In the first half, the game appeared to be a walk-away for the Oilers, but Crown Point tied the score at 18, with only three minutes to go. Then Gurevitz, Freshman floor guard, broke loose and Whiting scored six baskets and a free throw before the game ended. The team showed a big improvement in this game. CROWN POINT, 34; HAMMOND INDUSTRIAL, 28. Crown Point clearly outclassed the Purple Whirlwinds, victors over Michigan City, in a home game. Hammond had one of the strongest teams in the region and Crown Point proved their right to recognition. Hammond did not lead at any time during the game, but they tied the score at one time. This was the last game for Patterson, star Crown Point forward. CROWN POINT, 63; ROOSEVELT (EAST CHICAGO), 20. The light Roosevelt team was easily defeated by Crown Point by an overwhelming score. Members of the East Chicago team showed promise, especially Della Rocco and Zeleske, but they did not have the ability of the fast Crown Point players in passing, dribbling and especially shooting. They missed some easy shots, although they were not given many by the Crown Point guards. CROWN POINT, 22; LOWELL, 29. Crown Point lost a second game of the season to Lowell in their small gym, after playing 40 minutes with a soccer football. Lowell led most of the game and the players were very accurate on under-the-basket shots. The game was hard fought 105 throughout, but Lowell had the advantage and held it the whole gam e. Crown Point gained on the southern team during the last half, but was unable to overcome their opponents lead. CROWN POINT, 27; WASHINGTON (EAST CHICAGO), 33. Crown Point played one of the best games of the season in holding East Chicago, the sectional champions, to a six point victory. With Moldrowski back, East Chicago presented their strongest line-up of the season and were barely able to win. Crown Point was ahead at the half, 13 to 12, but East Chicago rallied in the second period and barely managed to nose out the fighting county seat five. CROWN POINT, 50; HOBART, 11. Crown Point completely demoralized the heavy Hobart team and broke through for basket after basket, and sweet revenge for the previous defeat. Clayton Root could not play, but his place was ably taken care of by his brother, Jack. “Red” Everett scored 31 points. Hobart was unable to make more than an occasional basket and scored only three points in the first half. CROWN POINT, 35; HAMMOND INDUSTRIAL, 32. After trailing 28 to 20 with only three minutes to play, Crown Point showed a won¬ derful fight in staging a whirlwind finish, which won the game for them shortly before the gun popped. Bradford started the come-back with a long shot. Clayton Root was also out of this game. The Hammond team was adept at long shots. CROWN POINT, 33; VALPARAISO, 44. Crown Point finished the season by playing a very good game against Valpo, who earlier in the season walloped them by an overwhelming score. Valpo Held victories by large scores over Laporte, Michigan City, East Chicago and Emerson, and won their tournament with ease. They used three complete teams against Crown Point and this won the game for them, as they always had a fresh team to send in. Second Team Cecil Hickman played forward on the second team and was captain for most of the games. He was a steady player and a good shot. Edward Bradford, forward, was only a freshman, but showed up very well, es¬ pecially on defense. Peter Van Woerden, another freshman, was consistent in getting the tip-off at center with his six feet of height. Clarence Ensweiler played forward or floor guard. He was a hard player and very good on long shots. William Cunningham, back guard, could pick balls off the back board consistently, but was handicapped by his poor sight. Rex Fitch, also a freshman, played center or guard. He was a good dribbler and knew basketball thoroughly. Elmer Anderson played back guard in the early part of the season. Claude Kramer also played forward on the second team. His brilliant floor work and good dribbling was an essential cog in the team’s play. Allan Salisbury and David Scull played part of the season at forward and guard, respectively. 106 Schedule of 1925-26 Crown Point . 13 Griffith . 22 Crown Point . 12 Washington (East Chicago). 24 Crown Point . 26 Valparaiso .-. 54 Crown Point . 46 Griffith . 22 Crown Point . 23 Alumni . 21 Crown Point ... 16 Rensselaer . 20 Crown Point . 22 Emerson . 46 Crown Point . 20 Hobart . 24 Crown Point . 37 Lowell . 38 Crown Point .-. 20 Emerson .—.. 55 Crown Point ....... 36 Rensselaer . 32 Crown Point . 20 Whiting . 31 Crown Point .1. 34 Hamm ond Industrial . 28 Crown Point . 63 Roosevelt (East Chicago) . 20 Crown Point ..«. 22 Lowell . 29 Crown Point . 27 Washington (East Chicago) . 33 Crown Point . 50 Hobart .„. 11 Crown Point . 35 Hammond Industrial . 32 Crown Point . 33 Valparaiso . 44 Sectional Tournament The sectional tournament was filled with many upsets and was won by a dark horse, Washington High School of East Chicago, the host of the tourney. East Chica¬ go’s victory was due mainly to the work of Fish and Paulson, although every member of the team did his part. Crown Point was beaten by Roosevelt, a much inferior team. The loss was probably due to over-confidence. Tourney Scores Whiting . 38 Hammond Industrial . 13 Hobart . 23 Hammond Technical . 22 Roosevelt . 29 Crown Point . 27 Washington . 36 Ixiwell . 11 Emerson . 28 Froebel . 25 Whiting . 43 Griffith . 17 Roosevelt . 16 Hobart . 15. Washington . 26 Emerson . 19 Whiting . 46 Roosevelt . 6 Washington . 17 Whiting . 13 Girls Basketball Team of 1925 26 In the 1925-26 season girls’ basketball was revived at C. P. H. S., and for the first time in many years a team was placed on the floor. The girls showed excellent talent, and under the coaching of Mr. Leinweber and Miss Ruth Smith the promising material was developed rapidly and a very good girls’ team was the result. At first they lost one or two games, but later beat the same teams by large scores. No team defeated Crown Point twice during the year. For the first season the girls won six out of nine games played. They progressed swiftly and at the end of the sea¬ son seemed unbeatable. The pospects for next year are very good, as only one of the first six players will graduate. Girls’ athletics are getting to the point where they are nearly as important as boys’, and the need for good, clean sports for girls in Crown Point is rapidly being filled by intra-mural as well as varsity competition. CROWN POINT, 10; ALUMNI, 6. In the first game of the season, the team work was rather ragged, but the girls seemed promising and much good material was unearthed by giving everyone a chance to play. The Alumni were not in practice and the game was rather uninteresting. CROWN POINT, 12; MICHIGAN CITY, 48. The team received the first defeat of the season when they traveled to Michigan City. They learned much by watching the fast Prison City team, and were greatly benefitted by the defeat. Michigan City has been playing basketball for six years and was too experienced for the green Crown Point team. CROWN POINT, 13; ROOSEVELT (EAST CHICAGO), 10. Roosevelt was also in their first year of girls’ basketball and was defeated in a close exciting game at Crown Point. Several times the score was tied, and the result was in doubt until the last few minutes. Many substitutes were used by both sides. CROWN POINT, 10; MORGAN TOWNSHIP, 16. Crown Point again lost a game to an experienced team. They used a style of play differing very much from Crown Point’s style and leaning toward boys’ playing. Crown Point fought all the way, but was nosed out. CROWN POINT, 19; ROOSEVELT (EAST CHICAGO), 7. Using a new kind of play for the first time. Crown Point walked away from the Roosevelt girls for the second time. The zones were reduced to two instead of three, thus speeding up the game and giving an opportunity for better team work and better passing. Roosevelt was unable to hold the fast Crown Point forwards, and the Crown Point guards did their share. CROWN POINT, 12; VALPARAISO, 18. Crown Point seemed unable to win a game away from home and lost to Valparaiso, although they fought all the way. The game was much closer than the score indicates. The lack of rooters might have something to do with the defeat as the boys’ team usually played on the same nights as the girls. 109 CROWN POINT, 28; VALPARAISO, 6. When Valpo came to Crown Point the next week the county seaters got revenge by giving them a severe drubbing, walking away with a 28 to 6 victory. Valpo had no chance to win, and was greatly surprised at the aggressiveness of the Crown Point team. CROWN POINT, 19; MICHIGAN CITY, 15. The wonderful improvement of Crown Point was shown in this game, after the overwhelming loss to Michigan City early in the season. This was the first time Mich¬ igan City had been beaten for five years, and Crown Point was greatly elated over the victory as Michigan City claimed the state championship. CROWN POINT, 24; MORGAN TOWNSHIP, 18. As a wind-up to a very successful season the girls trounced Morgan, a team that had previously beaten them. A game was arranged with Michigan City to play off the tie, but it was never played and the question of supremacy still remans unsettled. SCHEDULE AND RESULTS 1925-26 December 28—Alumni, 6, at Crown Point, 10. January 8—Crown Point, 12, at Michigan City, 48. January 22—Roosevelt, 10, at Crown Point, 13. February 5—Crown Point, 10, at Morgan Township, 16. February 13—Crown Point, 19, at Roosevelt, 7. February 19—Crown Point, 12, at Valparaiso, 18. February 26—Valparaiso, 6, at Crown Point, 28. March 5—Michigan City, 15. at Crown Point, 19. March 12—Morgan Township, 18, at Crown Point, 24. Members of the Team Captain Jennie Dietel played forward. She was a fast player and a good dribbler. A wonderful shot, both on field goals and free throws, she accounted for many of her team’s points. Jennie is a Senior, and so will not be back next year. Leona Sonnenberg, captain-elect for next year, also played forward. She was a fast, tricky player and was always where she was least expected to be. She was a sure shot from the side and the the free throw line, as well as under the basket. Ruth Hanifcrd played forward and jumped center, although handicapped by her size. She was fast and shifty and sure at passing. Ruth is only a Freshman, and Leona only a Sophomore. Lucille Hadden played guard and was a good defensive player. A guard in girls’ basketball has not much chance to distinguish herself, but “Red” did her part and pre¬ vented many a basket from counting against Crown Point. Dorothy Bruce was another guard who rescued the ball many times, although she was a little rough. She played very hard and was a strong cog in Crown Point’s im¬ penetrable defense. Dorothy Roffman also played guard and held the position very satisfactorily. Many opponents found themselves unable to get past her. Evelyn Meyers, a guard, was very good at feeding the ball to the forwards and breaking up passes and dribbles. Esther Hershman was a forward, and although a substitute, played in most of the games and proved to be a clever player and a good shot. Shirley Smith, also a forward, was another good shot and could pass very accur¬ ately. She was a good defensive forward. Martha Dietel, another Freshman, often substituted for her sister, Jennie, at for¬ ward, and gave much future promise of developing into a star. Mabel Hoffman played guard and was a first string player in the latter part of the season. Doris Jones was another guard who was very good on defense as well as returning the ball toward the opposite goal. Kathryn Strong showed great promise at guard and progressed rapidly during the season. Bernice Hodges also was a guard and sometimes jumped center. Marjorie Johnson played guard and was good on offense. Intra Mural Sports In their first year at Crown Point High School, intra-mural athletics were very successful. Cups donated by the American Legion, Chamber of Commerce, Center Township Civic League and The Crown Point Register, were fought for with intense rivalry in basketball, baseball and track. The boys and girls were each divided into two division, the younger ones in the Junior League, and the older ones in the Senior League. Each league was divided into two groups, I and II. Two teams were formed in each league, and the four teams of each division played out a schedule of a certain number of games in basketball. Then the girls played indoor baseball, the junior boys baseball and track, and the senior boys, track. Two track meets were held in each league and every twenty points counted as one game toward the cup. In the Senior League Boys’ division, Group I was formed of two teams, the Tigers and Kats; and Group II of the Bears and Cubs. In the basketball schedule of ten games the Tigers won four and lost one; the Kats won two and lost three; the Bears won four and lost one; and the Cubs won none and lost five. This placed the score six to four in favor of Group I. The first track meet was won by Group II, 64% to 61%, but each team got three games, making the score nine to six. The members of the four teams were: TIGERS Robert Bradford—Floor Guard, Captain. Alfred Rushton—Center. Clayton Root—Forward. Irvin Rosenthal—Back Guard. Jack Root—Forward. Herbert Kahney—Forward. Carl DuBois—Forward. 112 KATS Cecil Hickman—Forward, Captain. Peter Van Woerden—Center. Claude Kramer—Forward. Edward Bradford—Floor Guard. Cecil McColley—Back Guard. BEARS Meredith Taylor—Floor Guard, Captain. Enoch Frederick—Center. Paul Everett—Forward. William Cunningham—Back Guard. Henry Schau—Forward. Rex Fitch—Center. CUBS Allen Salisbury—Forward, Captain. David Scull—Back Guard. Arthur Batterman—Forward. Harold Hamann—Forward. Hester Dye—Center. Charles Hansen—Forward. Maurice Nethery—Floor Guard. Clarence Thomen—Guard. The Junior League Boys’ division was formed of the first and second teams of the Freshmen, and the first and second teams of the grade school. The Freshmen called themselves the Badgers, while the grammar school boy ' s were dubbed the Greyhounds. The Badgers won five out of the sixteen games and the Greyhounds copped eleven. Baseball and track will decide the winner of the cup. The members of the teams were: BADGERS Orville Dance—Manager. Floyd Holland. Charles Bixenman—Captain. Charles Kitchell. Orville Edmonds. George Letz. Alfred Feder. Arnold Roffman. Alfred Fitch. Donald Strong. Norbert Heidbreder. Jacques Tchelebian Charles Woodke. GREYHOUNDS Joe Celik—Captain in Basketball. Earl King. Alfred Carlson—Captain in Baseball. Everett Linton. Hugo Breuchman. Harold Margison. Robert Everett. Randall Meyers. Elwood Fifield. Virgil McCarty. John Foss. Wayne Seramur. Wilbur Foss. Earl Steinbach. Robert Kazda. Ben Sykara. Abie Vihon. The Senior League girls, composed of the Athenians and Olympians, played twelve games of basketball and have baseball to decide the winner. Each team was divided into squads A and B. The Athenians won four games, the Olympians won seven, and one game resulted in a tie. The players were: ATHENIANS Dorothy Roffman—Manager. Mildred Duve. Leona Sonnenberg—Captain in Basket- Genevieve Erlenbach. ball of Team A. Lucille Hadden. Kathryn Strong—Captain in Basketball Ruth Haniford. of Team B. Margaret Hayden. Clarabelle Westphal—Captain in Base- Olive McKnight. ball. Genevieve Polston. Dorothy Bruce. Alice Raboin. Evelyn Chaffee. Marian Ross. Ann Davis. Minnie Weinberg. Irma Dinwiddie. Mary A. Weis. Pearl Wolfe. ====== ii a - -- In the Junior League Girls’ race, the Wolverines took the lead in basketball by winning five games to the Brownies’ none. They are also playing indoor baseball. The members of the junior groups are: WOLVERINES Esther Anderson—Manager. Mildred Margison—Captain. Katherine Fisher. Alice Fisher. Wilhelmina Hoshaw. Grace Kaiser. Ruth Letz. Maxine Norton. Marian Peterson. Eleanor Stewart. Mary Whitaker. Marion Trump. BROWNIES Thelma Baldwin—Manager. M. Margaret Benjamin—Captain. Florence Collins. Doris Enterline. Margaret Hale. Elsie Kabella. Helen Letterer. Viola Weber. Mabel Letterer. Mildred Letz. Helen McCaslin. Mary Masier. Florence Selkour. Sophie Snyder. Junior High School Basketball The Junior High Basketball team was composed of the following players: Harold Margison, Robert Kazda, Floyd Holland, Charles Bixenman, Jack Tchlebian, Charles Kitchell, Joe Cilek, Hugo Breuckman, Alfred Fitch, Wilbur Foss, Orville Dance and Elwood Fifield. Harold Margison: center; good dodger, dribbler and an excellent shot; a good man on defense as well as offense. Robert Kazda: forward; elusive and heady with practically a “dead” eye for the basket. Floyd Holland: foreward; a good shot, who was always trying. Charles Bixenmann: forward; a rapid fire dribbler who was hard to stop, lots of pep and a goot shot. Jack Tchlebian: guard; fast offensive man, good spirit, plenty oi pep. Charles Kitchell: center and guard; steady and dependable; a good man on defense. Joe Cilek: guard; captain; a good defensive man; accurate and deliberate on offense, never “lost his head” and always in the game. Hugo Breuckman: guard played his position well, especially good at breaking up passes and short shots. Alfred Fitch: center; guard; a good pivot man, who was also a steady defensive Wilbur Foss: forward; guard; fast and elusive, played a good defensive game. Elwood Fifield: guard; a steady, hard working player with a splendid attitude. Orville Dance: guard; steady and serious, trying hard ever moment. While the team lost most of its games yet they showed marked improvement at the season’s close by defeating Michigan City, a highly rated team. Every member tried to play fair and clean, win or lose, and showed excellent sportsmanship. Track Team of 1926 With several veterans back from last year, Crown Point did fairly well in track and field competition. Owing to the bad weather, no meets were held at Crown Point. In the meet at Froebel on April 17, Crown Point took third place. Froebel won the meet with Lowell, second, Crown Point, third, Valparaio, fourth, and Hobart, fifth. In the Emerson relays Crown Point failed to score any points. On May 8 a quadrangular meet was held at Lowell and again C. P. won third, beside winning the half-mile relay race. The meet was won by Lowell, with Hammond Industrial, second, Crown Point, third, and Hobart, fourth. C. P. should have a very good team next year as Schau and Everetts are the only members who graduate. Schau will be missed very much as he was the most consistent scorer during the season. Crown Point’s best events were the shot put, pole vault, broad jump, high and low hurdles, the high jump and the half-mile relay. On May 15 the sectional track and field meet will be held at Gleason field, Gary, and Crown Point is expected to score several points. Following that is the state meet and Stagg’s Interscholastic at Chicago University. The following are the members of the track team and the events they specialized in: CAPTAIN CLAYTON ROOT—Low hurdles, 100-yard dard and % mile relay. HENRY SCHAU—Broad jump, pole vault, shot put, high hurdles, 100-yard dash and mile relay. IRVIN ROSENTHAL—High jump, 440-yard dash, low hurdles, and % mile relay. ALFRED RUSHTON—High and low hurdles, high jump, 220-yard dash and % mile relay. WILLIAM CUNNINGHAM—220-yard dash, 100-yard dash, 440-yard dash, and % mile relay. ENOCH FREDERICK—High and low hurdles, pole vault, high jump and % mile relay. CECIL HICKMAN—Half mile and mile runs. CLAUDE KRAMER—Half mile, 440-yard dash and low hurdles. PAUL EVERETT—Pole vault and 220-yard dash. PETER VAN WOERDEN—220-yard dash and high jump. JACK . ROOT—Mile and half-mile runs. ELWOOD FIFIELD—Low hurdles and 220-yard dash. ALLEN SALISBURY—Low hurdles and high jump. ROBERT BRADFORD—High jump, shot put and 100-yard dash. EDWARD BRADFORD—100-yard dash, 220-yard dash, and low hurdles. TRACK SCHEDULE—1926 April 17—Meet at Froebel. April 24—Emerson Relays at Gary. May 8—Quadrangular meet at Lowell. May 15—Sectional meet at Gary. May 22—State meet at Indianapolis. June 4 and 5—Stagg’s Interscholistic meet at Chicago. Humor She—“Sheep are certainly stupid an¬ imals.” He—“Yes, my lamh.” Lary— What have you in the way of vanishing cream?” Walt Biester—“Two quarts of sour milk.” Of all the glad words Of tongue or ink, The gladdest are: “Let’s have a drink.” A cow who was also a wag, Once pulled the most ludicrous gag: “I have heard the report You get milk by the quart, That you get from me by the bag.” A wild and audacious baboon Tried to whistle a popular tune: But he blew out his teeth, Both above and beneath, And they’re feeding him now from a spoon. Midnight—“You know ' every time ah kiss mah gai she closes huh eyes an smiles.” Jes-Befor-Dawn—“Ah say she do.” Midnight—“Whuts dat, niggah?” J.-B.-D.—“Ah say, do she?” Mrs. Du Boise—“Where have you been, Carl?” Carl— Playing ball.” Mrs. Du Boise (severely)—“But I told you to beat the rug, didn’t I?” Carl—“No ma, you told me to hang the rug on the line, and then beat it.” A mountain school teacher corrected a boy who had said, “I ain’t going thar.” That’s no way to talk, listen.” “I am not going there; thou art not going there; he is not going there; we are not going there; you are not going thpre; they are not going there. Do you get the idea?” “Yessur. They ain’t nobody gwine.” Our idea of a sound sleeper is a guy who snores. “ Ho, Squire!” cried Sir Lancelot, “bring me a can openr. I have a flea in my knight clothes. Extract from the newspaper account of an accident—“The accident bruised her somewhat and hurt her otherwise.” THE DIRTY CROOK “ Say, niggah, can’t you all play hon¬ est? Ah know what cards ah done dealt you.” The butcher found a homeless dog, A worthless little bum; And as he led him home, he said, “The wurst is yet to come.” When the donkey saw the zebra, He began to switch his tail; “Well, I never,” was his comment, There’s a mule that’s been in jail.” AUTOMOTIVELY SPEAKING Nashes to Nashes, Stutz to Stutz, If the Buicks don’t get you, The Chevrolets must.” A few minutes after the alarm was given in the hotel fire one of the guests joined a group of friends watching the spectacle and chided them for their ex¬ citement. There was nothing to be ex¬ cited about,” he said. “When the alarm rang I jumped out of bed, lighted a cig¬ arette, brushed my hair, and took my time about dressing. I didn’t like the knot in my tie so I tied it over again, that’s how cool I was.” “Fine,” one of his friends remarked, but why didn’t you put on your trous¬ ers?” what For President of the Dumb-bells—The guy who went into Kramer’s Music Store to buy pajama strings. ’Twas not an act of chivalry, Not yet the fear of scorn; He offered her his street car seat To keep her off his corn. A Jewish boy caught wiggling his fingers at the end of his nose, was se¬ verely scolded by his father. Evidently the old man objected to the kid having some fun on his own hook. Tne Scotchman went into a chemist’s shop to purchase a small bottle. Seeing one he wanted he asked how much it would be. “Well,” said the chemist, “it will be two pence as it is, but if you want any¬ thing in it I won’t charge you a cent for the bottle.” “All right,” said Mack, “put a cork in it, will you?” Prosecutor—Where were you on the night of May 16. Murderer— At home.” “Were you with a lady?” “No, my wife.” “Did anything strange happen?” “Yes, she said I could go out.” “Did you suspect anything?” “I suspected she had gone crazy.” “Did you hear any strange noises?” “Yes, my daughter singing.” “When did you supect the murder had been committed?” “When I saw three bullet-riddled bodies on the floor.” “Where were they shot?” “In the room.” “What did you do?” “Tried to keep the policemen from taking their watches.” “What sensation did you feel.” “An itching sensation.” “What caused that?” “My new woolen underwear.” “Case dismissed.” Boss—“But, good gosh, man, makes you so thin?” Clerk—“My wages, sir.” Today I thought I saw quite an intel¬ ligent glint in his eye, but it was only the sun shining through the back of his head. Doctor—“I’m afraid there’s no hope.” Patient (wearily)—“I ain’t dead yet.” Wife—“Hush, dearie, the doctor knows best.” Mr. Schmitt—“Why are you late again ?” Orval Oram—“Dad needed me, sir.” Mr. Schmitt—“But wouldn’t someone else have done just as well?” Orval Oram—“No sir. He was licking Mrs. Jones—“What makes you so slouchy, why don’t you stand up straight?” Claude Kramer—“I can’t.” Mrs. Jones—“Why not?” Claude Kramer—My suspenders are broken.” “What’s this, I only ate a leg of that chicken and I am billed for the whole animal ?” “Yes, sir. I’m sorry, but that’s the custom of the hotel.” “Well, thank God, I didn’t order beef¬ steak.” I pleaded with her for an answer, My brain was all in a whirl, But I pleaded in vain for an answer— For she was the telephone girl. “Explain the story of Jonah and the whale,” said the Sunday School teacher. “Why should I try to?” replied the lad, “I wasn’t the fellow who told it.” Love is a game often resulting in a tie. When a woman has a secret to tell and no one to tell it to, that’s misery. Henry Schau— What did you blow your whistle for?” Referee—“The police.” Clayton Root—“I envy you when you Jack Root—“Why?” Clayton Root—“There seems to be so much of you that is having a good time.” Customer—“I don’t want to buy your crackers, they tell me the mice are al¬ ways running over them.” Grocer—“That ain’t so; why the cat sleeps in the barrel every night.” The Bride—“I want a bottle of silk worm poison.” Druggist—“Silk worm poison?” The Bride—“Yes. something’s been eating holes in Harry’s socks.” Waiter—“Mr. McHenry left his um¬ brella again, I do believe he would leave his head if it were loose.” Diner—“I dare say you’re right. I heard him say yesterday he was going to Switzerland for his lungs.” “Help! Help!” cried an Italian laborer. “What’s the matter?” came a voice from the construction shanty. “Quick, bring da shov, • Giovanni’s stuck in tha mud.” “How far in?” “Up to hees knees.” “Oh let him walk out.” “No, No. He na canna walk out, he wronga end up.” Dreams cost money—especially when you marry one. “How old is that flapper?” “In her early nicoteens.” Mr. Geisert—“It occurs to me that there were fewer eternal triangles in the days of the square dance.” Esther Hershman—“So they are en¬ gaged! How did he happen to fall for her?” Doris Jones—“His tongue slipped.” Bell Wise—“What makes that police¬ man so fat?” Ruth Wise—“Perhaps it’s too much traffic jam.” A FAIRY TALE Once upon a time a fisherman said he had caught a fish weighing five pounds. Its actual weight was seven. The boy stood on the burning deck, Poised on danger’s brink. With brow uplift, he cooly stood. And watched the kitchen sink.” He—“Sav. kid. would you like to see something swell?” She—“Oh, yes!” He—“You just drop these beans in water and watch them.” “Let me instruct you, prisoner, that, you cannot refuse to tell the district at¬ torney when you were born.” “But whv should I tell him me birth¬ day. judge? He don’t intend to give me nothing I want.” 120 Eve knew better than to try tempting Adam with anything she had cooked. Herb Barr—“ I feel funny, doctor. What shall I do?” Doctor— Go on the stage.” Youth (hopefully)— “Is there an open¬ ing for a bright young engineer here?” Manager—“Yes, please close it as you Eloping Bride—“Here’s a telegram from father.” Bridegroom (eagerly)—“What does he say?” Eloping Bride—“Do not come home and all will be forgiven.” “Last evening, sir, I distinctly saw my daughter sitting on your lap. What ex¬ planation have you to make?” “I got here early, sir, before the others.” Hicky—“Irma positively talks with her eyes.” Bill Cunningham—“And I suppose when she feels like swearing she just gives a cursory glance.” My alarm clock may have short legs but it sure can make fast time. JANGLES A flapper of wisdom Is Florence Gillett, One week she ’s a blonde, And the next a brunette. .«■« ‘f ' r Ql, £ 1,owpU uwet ZS,0i man 001 x?h‘ flt{£ H« ,iQ iVv M i ftpf fftX 1 ' ,M fH£i cosr e p n t v£R ££ ffe .£ M rt ! QouKS’J 123 Donations The following men earned our true gratitude by donating $10 each for the support of The Oracle: Mr. R. B. Bradford! Mr. Otto Fifield Dr. Salisbury Mr. George Hershman Mr. Claude Allman Mr. Edward Glover Mr. Wm. Linton Mr. William C. Rose Mr. C. D. Root $10 donations, t $25 donations. Donations —These by donating $5: Scheddell Wendt Bros. Mr. George Frederick Judge Howard Kemp —And these by donating $2 or more Dr. Blackstone ($2) Mr. Dinwiddle ($2) Mr. Edward Eder ($3) Mr. Arthur Boye ($2) Mr. A. E. Condon ($2) Andy’s Hunch ($3) Mr. O. B. Oram ($3) Mr. Harry J. Baker ($3) Dr. W. R. Denison ($2) Mr. E. K. Sowash ($3) Mr. B. F. Hayden ($3) Mr. M. E. Kerr ($3) Dr. Pettibone ($2) ' t In fond memory of our English teacher, Miss Katrina Beecher, who passed away May 18, 19 26. 127 Engraving By The Fort Wapne Engraving Co. of Fort Wayne Through Mr. Smurr Boost Your High School Because Your High School Boosts You The Lake County Star Print Crown Point, Ind. 131 K