Fort Madison High School - Madisonian Yearbook (Fort Madison, IA)

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THE HIGH SCHOOL TIMES PNA' X rf 3, ,411 ff 61 KQ Z QNX- gl' 3 41? llflglllll, j 4 1 V 1 we if f,5,,fnw1,5pl ,L X Q ,L K is fans '-iii: The Faculty The new scholastxc term has produced a faculty mn whxch many new members appear From that of last year there remaln Superxn tendant F A Welch Pr1nc1palJ W F1Sh M1ss Glenn Ogden M1ss O11ve Terrxll M1ss V1nn1e Garret M1ss Selma Stempel M1ss Leonora Carr M1ss Helen Jones and Mxss Ella Bower The new members are M1ss Hazel Hess1nger M1ss Gertrude Whltmore M1ss Zeola Barge Mr P L Brownell Mr J A Kempkes and Mr C W Weeks M1ss Barge xnstructor m Enghsh obtaxned her A B degree at Drake Umverslty Her last engagement was at Sanborn Iowa. M1ss Hesslnger whose specxalty xs Latm IS an honor graduate of Wnttenberg College She comes here from Denmark Academy where she taught Latm and German M1ss Whxtmore who serves as mathernatlcs teacher was last em ployed 1n Wxnfield Iowa as pr1nc1pal She 15 a graduate of Parsons College Fa1rHeld Mr Brownell Manual Trammg teacher graduated from Gr1nnell nn 1913 He was formerly pr1nc1pal ID Chafin N D Mr Kempkes who pres1des 1n our perfectly equxpped labora tory and also does hxs best to br1ng out a. wlnnmg football team, recelved h1s d1ploma at Iowa C1ty Last year he used hxs coachlng ab1l1t1es ln Columbus Junchon Prof Weeks, the new musxcal chrector, needs no 1ntroduct1on Though he has res1ded 1n the cxty a comparatxvely short txme, he has 14 V f' :7f'l'!- 'S - . f:i,:'N 'S f ,, M-13' 5 A w . Y f 'iifrf' J 11 L I Ulm' A 'if-fi. 'ff 'I ' ' '5 5 lil f '1a?'if'l' ff . 4 I i ff' 1 ,A 2 , :Upi,.,LC, ,rf .I , Y I . , A , .QEJUA , .l ,c -: aff f fl l ' ffiuf:f1f '1f L N . 1, X U . X A - lk,- gf lv , fb, l 4 e , . K za J ww A I , 1 -I l lfllll ., ' ,I+ iam eff pall ' , My l, ll Wow A , uf uf HQ gg . ' 1 - I ' I A , 1 . I , x .1 Ii ,.. V.. AN, i.c, ,,Q,, .yloi-ff I NJ, 2.1,-U. ,,j,,I:, ' 1 :L 'fgw rrpnm lm I m il 4' -ZZ- -A ar 1 -:F Mzllw- Www Ar' Retail' I . I ,. , ' '1Q ' '?'ifU324 - . ,:. k I .-5. -, -F-.tu-wi f. Eg. .Y m ymvtg ,- . ' , . . . . . ' . , . . . v . . . , . V . , . , . . 1 . ' . . I . 1 . . . 1 . ' I . , . . . , . . . 1 . . . v . y - . . . . . , 1 C ' ' , . ' I Y . ' I 1 - . 1 U I a a fi n ,, . , -

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THE HIGH SCHOOL TIMES AUTUMN MARY PHFLAN 19 7 rw cv, 7 E sat alone 1n the tw1l1ght Grandmother and I The ? only llght 1n the large l1v1ng room was thrown out from the old fash1oned fireplace Queer shadows Y flxckermg here and there made more uncanny the R -as f cracklxng and falhng of the glowmg embers We had ci-If 1-A sat 1n s11ence for oh' so long a t1me The dull sound of the leaves fallmg and now and then a low mumbl 1ng of the w1nd SWC8p1Dg the leaves along made us feel glad for a little warmth wxthm We both gazed 1nto the fire then I broke the sxlence Tell me Grandmother wh1ch 1S your fa.vor1te season? Lost 1n reverxe for a moment she d1d not answer and I qu1etly sa1d M1ne IS the Sprxng And why the Spring? Because I answered then l1fe seems to begm the b1rds smg anew the t1ny blades of grass peep through and oh' everythmg IS just bubbhng over It seems the lxttle rob1n w11l burst hlS throat w1th song The card1nal calls and all the world crxes Spnng Is Here Ah yes she answered IIS sprmg for then the heart IS young but all through my l1fe I have loved the autumn the tlme It 1S now Then nature IS preparmg to settle down and rest You see my dear I am 1n the autumn of l1fe Wlth the sweet memory of the sprxng Tell me I Sald why you l1ke the t1me when as the poet sa1d The melancholy days are come The saddest of the years No my ch1ld she answered not the saddest but the sweetest They are the days when the sunsets are the finest makxng us remember the hand of H1m who IS master of all And then the woods IS full of wonders' Each leaf IS a del1ght to the eye The orchards are hangmg w1th fruxt the fields are splashed w1th yellow pumpkins the nuts are 1n the woods the squ1rrels are busy and fr1sk1ng and the b1rds do not forget to sxng I remember the sweetest song I ever heard was a cardz nal s love song and yes' It was 1n the autumn Then the joy of the well f1lled cellar' The wlnter supply arranged on the good roomy shelves the b1ns of potatoes red and yellow apples squashes and sweet potatoes all snugly fixed for wmter' And so my dear each season has 1ts own wonders I . , . fi ...4 Ii. 1 ' 1 E L . . . . - N ' o 0 T 1 . l - .. .1 I ' I , ,. , , fl Q 1 1 3, , : . . . 9,55 1 I Q . . . ' - , Z .. . . . ,, 1 1 ' . 11 . . . ,, , . sl . ,, ss ,, 11 . . . . 1 I 1 1 1 ' . . 1 . , H , . ll ,, ss, - - . 1 1 1 ' , . ' U I . . . . ,, , . u ,, . 11 . . . 1 1 1 K 1 1 I1 H . ,, ss 1 1 1 ' 9 1 1 1 , - , . . ll n Q a 1 1 1 , . ll ' 11 I I '

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THE HIGH SCHOOL TIMES made many acqualntances and frxends He has begun the organxzatxon ofa fine chorus and the school hopes he w1ll soon form a good orchestra and glee club LOUIS KOCH 17 IV'll1S1C We are very glad to have Professor Weeks w1th us thlS year The mterest rn smgmg 1S shown by the fact that practlcally every pupxl has gone to Professor Weeks to have hxs vo1ce tested and classltied Let us all co operate and work up the muslc 1D our school Other cxtxes of th1s sxze have large orchestras and glee clubs Why cant we? SARAH HAMIL TON I6 A Banner Year After three short months of vacatlon we are agaln back at our desks Some of us spent the tune xn makmg trxps others at hard more returned to our lessons why should not all of us work toward reusing the standards and honor of th1s school? By study and appllca txon we could do thrs very eas1ly Wrth a un1ted and enthusxastlc student body of over two hundred young people we should be able to make the season of 1915 16 a banner year 1n football basket ball track work forensxc work and general scholarshzp We should make It a BANNER YEAR 1n everythlng W1ll you not do your part? JOSEPH R THOMAS 16 A New I-hgh School Agam thru the ed1tor1al page of the T1mes the hmgh school students w1ll attempt to convmce the taxpayers that Fort Madrson needs a new h1gh school bu1ld1ng A real and not an xmaglnary 15 labor QI, and others spent it at home. But now, that we have once