Ottumwa High School - Argus Yearbook (Ottumwa, IA)

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I FOREWORD Present Board We are helping to build the mighty structure which those wise forefathers ol ours began so many years ago—the structure of modern education. This we' which we use is a large one. It includes us students ourselves, the teachers who work with us to make this great temple of learning as useful and beautiful as is possible, and greatest of all. those who are behind the teachers, upon whom the teachers themselves depend. How far would we get without the school board behind our organization? These men and women are our silent partners in our educational system— our backers.'' Gladly and willingly they work, without any recompense except that which the know ledge of a good deed well-done brings in its wake. They do all they can. even in times of depression, to keep up the physical and scholastic standards of our schools; they see that every boy or girl who wishes an education gets it. Francis Bacon once said. If a man have not a friend he may quit the stage.” Not a student in high school but feels the invisible power of that friendship which animates this altruistic body of men and women. They want to help us to be better students and citizens. They want to be proud of us—to sec us gain recognition. And we are proud of them. What, after all. has made this one of the best high schools in our state today? The student body—an everchanging population—above could never have achieved this feat. Nor could our teachers alone have accomplished it. It is largely the product of a never-ceasing effort on the part of these, our friends on the school board. So. at this time when we who have gone before us and of our best friends of the pres- Fducation. wish to recognize all those aided us. let us not forget one ent—the Ottumwa Board of

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TRIBUTE . . Pioneer Forefathersl We salute you, O pioneer forefathers in the field of education! To all of you. giants in a nation of stalwart doers, who labored towards the establishment of those institutions to which we have fallen heir, we give our thanks and homage. All through the dark years of rebellion, civil war, and economic upheaval, when the stern realities of an ever westward-pushing pioneer civilization absorbed the best energies of heart and soul, you kept this torch alive and burning —universal education. How casually we accept our easily won luxuries—beau- tifully equipped buildings with swimming pools, theatres, libraries: leisure to enjoy these things which our education has taught us to demand : scientific knowl- edge of which only our early Benjamin Franklins dreamed. It is hard sometimes to remember that to you. w ho triumphed over the crudities of our early nation- hood. we owe indebtedness for such a legacy. John Harvard. Elihu Yale, Horace Mann. Matthew Vassar. Henry Durant these are only a few of the glorious names that come ringing down to us from the past. But we remember, too, the thousands of earnest schoolmasters and school- mistresses who toiled humbly and devotedly, generation after generation, to create an educated common-folk. You began what we are here to finish. You dared to plant in the world a revolutionary idea which even yet has not born its full burden of fruit. You in- vested a treasure of mental and moral capital which enriches our lives and supports our efforts towards the goal you set before us. May your fire and zeal ever be before us. urging us on. We stand with one foot over the threshold on which you stood with both feet firmly planted. May reposed in future generations reaching enterprise! we not betray the trust you w hen you undertook your far- Can you hear us down voices to you in tribute with full-hearted Hail! the dusty years as we lift our one mighty, full-throated.

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CONTENTS BOOK ONE - The School BOOK TWO Classes BOOK THREE - Athletics BOOK FOUR - - Activities BOOK FIVE - - - Features