Nappanee High School - Napanet Yearbook (Nappanee, IN)

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MERLE GWIN Merle was born Oct. lo, 1888 near Brookston. She was a very successful student at Brookston. She moved with her parents to Nappa-nee In lMtt, entered High School and has shown great efficiency. She Is highly admired in society's realm and her noble aspiration is to make her life a poem. JOY WHITEMAN Joy was born April t , 1888 in Nappanee, and has never had a desire to change locations. Her education is of Nappanee instruction. She is a valuable impetus to every good cause and a promoter of society. Joy will continue her education in a university. BELLE WILT Hello, our ideal of sedateness, was born May 24. 188 . She left the grades for High School in 1A02 and distinguished herself in German and literature. She will ever retain the significance of the banner bearing the strange device “Excelsior!” 8

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CARIE GUISS Carle, tin president of our wonder working class, was born Oct. 20, Ikhs. He has mastered the usual perplexities of a president with valor, lie has varied the monotony of school life by extensive travel. He will probably continue his education in some college. EFFIE WEYBURN Effie, who justly deserves her maximum grades in application, was born Sept. 25. 1887. Her determination for an education at all hazards has won and will win in the future. Her various talents hold for her a distinguished position before the public. Her future possibilities are inestimable. f IDA PIPPENGER Ida was born Sept. 20. 1 87. five miles northeast of town. Having completed the grades she entered High School in 1903 and soon distinguished herself asa dexterous grappler. Ida has much parental care to be thankful for. She intends continuing in educational vocations.

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IVY STAHLY Ivy. the embodiment of magnanimity, was born Aug. II. 1888. The daily walks of her life have extended from her ideal country home to Nappanee schools. The usual arrangement of the grades was always a hindrance to her, as the rapidity of her acquirement is remarkable. She has shown herself a worthy rival to Bancroft as historian. Ivy will continue her education in college. ANNA NEWCOMER Anna was bom Aug. 20, 18X7. She became so al orl)cd in the growth and culture of her mind that she forgot to grow very much in stature. Nevertheless Anna has gone in one door and out the other with as much ease as her fellow students. Neither will she stop here. HILDA BAER Another of the worthies for which our class is noted is the prophet. Hilda, born Feb. 25, 1880. Her father has been her tutor at home and in school, hence she is a diligent student. Her life has been spent in an ample library and as she is a literary genius she will doubtless follow a literary profession. 9