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

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25 TIIE CRES C E NT, 1 9 2 4 LEO HOSIER H. S. Basketball. Class Football. Tall, rangy “Sorrel-top” fought like a tiger as backguard for El-Hi. Well done, Lee. You gave your best when you got th? opportunity. “Courage never to submit or yield.” FAYE SNOOK To see her study, one might think Faye “so vurry serious.” She finds time for play, too. “Joy to the toiler!” ESTHER E. WARNER What class could survive without a gay, blonde girl? Don’t think, however, that she isn’t a worker. “Her hair’s not lighter than her heart.” MARTHA HOLLOWELL. Martha sprang a surprise. As Freshie, Soph and Junior she was very quiet and shy. Then, she “stepped right out.” “Flowers that bloom late are best.” THELMA BENEDICT Study thrives in tranquility. The real student is modest. Thelma has the combination: calmness, studiousness, and modesty. “Modesty’s a candle to merit.” ALICE MURPHY Cartooning comes easy for Alice. Like most ample-sized persons, she is happy and easy going. “Amiable people radiate mental sunshine.”

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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.” ■

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T II E CRESC E NT, 1924 OTIS ALLEN H. S. Band. Orchestra, Radio Club. Pilot of the electrical ship in Physics. Talk about sparks and unexplainable theories and you may interest him. “Electricity—the genii of the modern Alladin.” REA CLABAUGH H. S. Football and Basketball. Our plucky football “general” played a faithful game. We found him steady and jocose. “His heart is true as steel.” VERLE SAMUELS H. S. Football and Track. Class Play. Dramatic Club. “Forge” Staff. Ah! Here’s the genial ladies’ man. He does many things. Ever hear him give Swede the “horse-laugh?” “He was a very perfect, gentle knight.” FREDERICK HETTMANSPERGER. Annual Staff. Boys’ Chorus. Class Basketball. Dramatic Club. “Buck” hits hard when he thinks he is ’gilt. He’s from Missouri when someone attempts to prove him wrong. “I think it so, ’cause ’tis so.” ED GRIFFIN Class Prssident. Dramatic Club, Debating Club. Annual Staff. Class Play. Through four years as our president, Ed displayed those genial, sterling qualities that mark the leader. “The heart to conceive, the understanding to direct, or the hand to execute.” WILLIAM PERSINGER Class Football and Basketball. When the rear row of a class chuckles, the teacher looks Bill’s way. That solemn expression hides a fun-loving nature. “His happiness is pleasure and action.” JANE HARTING “Forge” Staff. “Her thoughts are butterfies,” sang the poet. Yes, fanciful and colorful butterflies. Art and Action, too attract Jane. “A fig for care! A fig for woe!”