Elwood Community High School - Crescent Yearbook (Elwood, IN)

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T II E C1 R E S C E N T , 19 2 4 23 HELEN RAY Yea! Rah! Yea! Club. Girls’ Chorus. Her sprightly chatter and studious application make Helen at once a favorite and a student. “Wit is brilliant ’gainst quiet background.” HILDA DIPBOYE Here’s a very coy little lady. She generally managed to have the boys do th? “deep stuff” in Math, for her. “Courteous tho’ coy, and gentle tho’ retir’d.” MABEL LAZARUS. Mabel is practical and wholesome. Her well-directed thought has a steady’ ing effect. “Live to do something useful.” GLADYS DECKER Glee Club. Slightly unfitted for the deep, unfathomed waters of Science, Gladys is proficient in the art of the vanity case. “She hath a glowing manner.” JAMES SMITH Jim’s an agricultural boy. He can sow the seeds of laughter and reap the judgment of the faculty with alarming accuracy. “Laughter is a healthful exercise.” LORIAUX STURBOIS In the sea of agriculture and science, Loriaux cruises about peacefully. “Leave nothing undone” is his motto. “Our best doings is our best enjoyment.”

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22 T II E C RE SCENT, 1924 GEORGE NUZUM Class football. Sheik-like, George makes a big hit. More than that, he is resourceful, sure and attentive. “Self-reliance marks the winner.” RAYMOND McMAHAN Class Football and Basketball. Annual Staff. “Accuracy” is Ray’s middle name. Then, just tell him he can’t do a thing and see—. He’s in love with Chemistry. “The truest wisdom’s a resolute will.” CLARA WILLKIE Slightly bashful is Clara, but just get her “warmed up” and see what happens. She can be as full of fun as any. “Patient, still, and full of good will.” TREVA WOODSMALL Orchestra. Senior String Quartette. “Forge” Staff. Yea! Rah! Yea! Club Radiant, reliable, ready—the three R’s of Treva. Forge readers enjoyed the results of her efforts to supply good jokes. “Candor, the sweetest charm of woman.” GOLDIE RAY In every nook of the world are those who never blusteringly push themselves. Such is Goldie. “Quiet singleness is the secret of success.” J. R. SOWASH Class Football and Basketball. “J. R.” is short and rotund, and makes a specialty of taking vacations. Last semester he took a real “vacation” and dropped out. “Happy go lucky!”

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24 THE CRESCENT, 1924 EDITH ADAIR Annual Staff. Yea! Rah! Yea! Club. Edith deserves a laurel wreath for faithfulness. A tireless worker, she shouldered many responsibilities in the- class activities. “Good works have their root in faith.” MARGUERITE KLAPP Yea! Rah! Yea! Club. Marguerite’s smile is as contagious as it is artistic. Very few long faces may be seen in any group of which she is one. “Courteous and kind is merry Marguerite.” ELLEN DEVERY Annual Staff. “Forge” Staff. Dramatic Club. Ellen possesses talent aplenty and is universally well-liked. She excels as a pianist, elocutionist, actress, jour-nalish, student—well, what not? “Simplicity is a jewel rarely found.” KATHRYN PYLE Debating Club. Dramatic Club. Yea! Rah! Yea! Club. Girls’ Chorus. “Forge” Staff. Glee Club. This young lady is a real-for-sure booster. Pep, penper. pepnv is the scale of her moods. “When vigor fires the mind, things move.” JAMES SLATTERY Annual Staff. Class Football. A poetical genius. Energy is not lacking in this sunny lad. Nor is “Slatts” minus a “solid footing.” “Happy, thorough occupation banishes gloom.” JAMES CONNER Class football and basketball. Jim, or “Pert” is alert and witty. He has “good form” athletically and the twinkling, Irish blarney is his. “Wit is the spice of life.” ■