Nappanee High School - Napanet Yearbook (Nappanee, IN)

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Article II Section 1. The executive power shall be vested in the president of the Senior class. He shall hold his office during a term of one year, together with the vice-president chosen for the same term but by the .Junior Class. No person but a natural born citizen, or a citizen of Nappanee at the time of the adoption of this constitution shall be eligible to the office of president, neither shall any person be eligible to that office who has not attained to the age of (thirty)five years, and been (fonr)teen years a resident of Nappanee. Before the president enters upon the duties of his office he shall take the following oath: I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the office of president of the Nappanee High School and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect, and defend this constitution of the Nappanee High School, exactly 41 degrees and 30 minutes north latitude and 86 degrees west longitude, Union Township, Elkhart County, Indiana, U. S. A. Article III Section 1. The judicial power of the Nappanee High School shall be vested in one Supreme court, the judges holding office during good behavior or until otherwise, formally or informally, kicked out. This body shall be chosen by the presidents of the classes. All debts contracted or engagements entered into before the adoption of this constitution shall be invalid. All treaties made or which shall be made under the authority of the Senior Class shall be the supreme law of the school, and the Judges before mentioned shall be bound thereby. The Seniors and Juniors and the members of the two inferior classes, the teachers, the school board, and all other executive and judicial officers shall be bound by oath or affirmation to support, whether willingly or unwillingly, this constitution; but no religious test shall ever he required as a qualification to any office or public trust under the Nappanee High School.

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£Thr 3imiur (Class OFFICERS President.................WARD COPPKS Vice-President.....................ROY SLAGLE Secretary............... MARIE ANGLIN Treasurer............ IOE KAUFFMAN CLASS COLORS CLASS FLOWER PINK AND GREEN PINK ROSE MOTTO “TO THE STARS THROUGH DIFFICULTIES CLASS ROLL John Met .ler Elmer Yoder Hazel Gwin Rieta Keller Marie Anglin Wilma Terwilllger Beatrice Cole Joe Kauffman Gale Arnott Leonore Burgener Treva Anglin Beatrice Gentzhorn Lowell Blosser Hersche! Harvey Becknell Hortense Housouer Dora Mitschelen Lloyd Yarian Hilda Walters Hope Anglin Hazel Miller Anna Iffert Clarence Branson Roy Slagle Donald Stoops Kenneth Whiteman Ward Coppes Stackhouse iSiatnry nf dhr (Class nf 1U15 Mt. Fronde, August 15, 2200 A. 1). Last week while excavating near this place some very quaint and curious manuscripts, published in the twentieth century A. D., were brought to light. Among those most interesting to modern archoeologists is a History of a Junior class of the renowned Nappanee High School. It was positively written in the year one thousand nine hundred fourteen, as is indicated in the fac-simile which follows: History of the Class of 1915 Harvey Becknell In September 1911 fifty eager freshmen entered the historic doors of dear old NT. II. S. The bewildered faculty, after much frantic arrangement and rearrangement succeed- ed in finding seats for all, although it was at first feared that some must be exposed on the fire escape. The first few days the Big Fifty, as they dubbed themselves were timid, angelic and industrious—they foolishly feared the faculty! At the beginning of the second semester they had become accustomed to tin routine of High School life, had thrown off' their timidity and were enjoying their work immensely. They excelled in scholarship and deportment. The faculty watched them with expectant eyes, knowing them to be the marvel of the school. At the beginning of the second semester of their second year we still see them brilliant Sophomores—stanch supporters of class ’15. Class organization was harmoniously accomplished. Ward Coppes was