Ottumwa High School - Argus Yearbook (Ottumwa, IA)

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l$e sine qua non of the English- man—namely, his home, church, and state, assumed their accus- tomed relationships in the new land of America by developing in- stitutions necessary to promote social and economic progress. On the “13th of the 2D moneth 1635” —the twenty-third of April by our calendar, five years after the settling of Boston, the citizens of that town voted “That our Brother Philemon Pormont, shalbe intreated to become the scholemaster for the teaching and nourtering of children with us.” August 12, 1636, a subscrip- tion was made.....................

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' ■ In 1635 the citizens of Boston,then in its second year of existence, met and founded the first free school in America

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The Argus and Its Story I am the Argus Annual. Let us turn back my yellowed leaves to where an almost forgotten past is faithfully recorded, and glance at some of the events so vividly depicted. ipcp a year which recalls the names of persons who showed much promise. Adolph Johnson- He slepe namo than doth a nightingale, and according to the prophecy of his class— Adolph and Lillian Roth have taken their famous divorce suit to the Supreme Court; Oscar Stoltz is taking the part of a wild and wooly cowboy in the Big Eleven Circus. Here are a few excerpts from the calendar of ipcp. January i—Had watch party. Girls swipe billiard balls. April 16—Seniors swipe faculty duds and hold mock chapel. Such advertisers and old friends as Stevens Shoe Store, Sargent’s Drug Com- pany. and Celania’s Confectionary have helped me this year. But can we ignore Slutz's Livery Autos, guaranteed to cure the blues? ipi7 Miss Clara Enoch now appears on my pages— Gentle of speech, ben- eficent of mind. Victor Hahn, basketball captain, great in all the lands. is captain of the basketball team. Under the coaching of Miss Olive Williams, Ot- tumwa High wins the Southeastern Iowa Championship in declamatory contests. In football the year is less successful. The team loses a game to West Dcs Moines High School with a score of pb—o! The fate of basketball is less disastrous. Burlington succumbs to a Bulldog attack with a twenty-three point to zero score. Mr. Eigenman is the coach. The school library is opened with eight hundred and seventy-five volumes. Familiar names are found among the advertisers. The Strand, an old- time nickelodeon, and Charlie Chaplin and Ben Turpin in pictures at the Orpheum Theatre are some of the most interesting. ipzb—Nine years later! For three years the high school has been housed in the present beautiful building. Mr. Blackmar is still superintendent of schools We notice Tullio Della Vedova. our beloved Italian, who helps Ot- tumwa win so many football victories. A new club, the Forensic Club, is organized for the first time. Such advertisers as the Iowa Steam Laundry and Sargent's Drug Company are still with me. ip30—I'our years later. How many changes have taken place since I first began my record! Mr. Frank Douma is now principal and Mr. Hannum has moved cn to the superintendency. Bob Erskinc, star left tackle in Coach Van Antwerp's great football team, is carrying off honors in the state. Three great dramatic successes coached by Miss Ertle Mac Smith are given Seventh Heaven , The Swan.........I'he Badman. Individual actors such as John Reynolds. Berg Allison, and Dick Davis make great reputations for themselves. What the future holds I cannot tell. My hope is. that with continued kind treatment and appreciation I shall be able to do my duty as faithfully in the years to come as I have in the years gone by. As class yields to class may I record its progress, its triumphs and victories, with the same fidelity. We 1935 12