Piqua Central High School - Piquonian Yearbook (Piqua, OH)

Text from Pages 1 - 130 of the 1921 volume:

A ' I a n T Everything io Wear ai Special May Sale Prices All during this month which so joyously heralds the coming of summer extraordinary opportuni- ties to obtain modish apparel at great savings Will be presented in the store. The aim of each dis- play Will be to enable every patron to assemble all the Wearables nec- cessary to a happy consummation of late Spring and Summer plans. Choose early. . . . Geo Benkert Sz Co. GIFTS THAT LAST You Will find great variety, at lowest prices, at the old reliable. A. Thoma 8: Sons JEWELERS SINCE 1838 A I I I I I we extenh our sincerzst Culnngratulatinns tu tba Swim Glass nf 1921 CONGRATULATIONS T0 'THE A Hex OF OUH HQHH-HADH CLASS 0F 1921 CANDLES WLLL DELIGHT HHH AND HELP TO MALHTALH THAT SPLHLT OF COMRADESHIP THAT HAS BEEN PREVALENT DURING YOUR SCHOOL DAYS. I: C SCCDTT JEWELRY 1 1 LAMPAGRAPHS 1 z RECORDS i U The Longest Little Store q p ' 6CLEANLINESS-PURITY , ' Manufacturers of High Grade Confectionery and Ice Cream Phone ss 328 N. Main street PIQUA, OHIO I' I 2 I l l I ySREZAPHURXTZABDCFG may not mean anything to anyone, but good vision and eye comfort means everything to everyone. Protect yourself from eyestrain by consulting y 330 Orr-Flesh' Building C. . I II E A I Q Q Optometrist and Optician ' Eyes Examined Without the Use of Qrugs Oflice Hours Daily: 8:00 A.M to 5:00 P. M. Wednesday and Saturday Evenings, 6 :30 to 8:30 DR. R. H. BECKER DR- L- M- CARR Wilbur ZS. Manger, B. IB. 9. DENTIST DENTIST 1 320 1-2 N. MAIN ST. ORB-FLESH BLDG. 5iJannnn Mug. Eel. san. 325 PIQUA' OHIO Telephone Main 127 , V. W. HUNT DR. J. L. CRAWFORD DR. C. W. SHERIDAN DENTIST DENTIST DENTIST R sas o F B PIQUA OHIO 434 Orr-Flesh Bldg- PHONE 1088 227 ORR-FLESH BLDG. 3 W A Young Men's Summer Attire Smart Clothes and Furnishings for the Commencement 'per- iod-everything the student needs and so selected as to assure quality and pro- priety. Prices al- ways reasonable. A R KE R' 312 N. MAIN ST. TENNIS is becoming more popular each year Y will find in our line a RACKET We are also showing a Wonderful line of those famous D Sc lVl BASE BALL MITTS and GLOVES. The D 81 lVl League Ball is guaranteed for 18 innings. H s Q5--D HARNESS ir GOODS U' 217 ll- ally ' P1000- Red Cross Pharmacy -i,l...lT1- .l.l..-1- THE DAVIS'S -1 - Wliere Friends Meet 4 The Twelfth Volume of The Annual Number of The Piq uonian Published by the Class of 1921 june, 1921 Piqua High School Piqua, Ohio l........... 5 I I I I we ZBehirate'TEiJis Zlnnual to Bapmnnh SK. wilson our popular rnmrnerrial tearber tnbuse assistanre in preparing the rupp fm: this anh furrner 1Biqnunians has been inhaluable. I .I 6 . . . , . FoREWoRD F when the years have rolled by, you can look through this book and live over 3 again your school days and once more be happy in that companionshipg If when the former rosy hue of life has dimmed, and your outlook upon fi . . . . . fi-:11-' t'1 life is not as bright as it should be, you can glance through th1s book and regain some of the optimism of youth and face the World with a smileg If when your children are goingto school, this book may remind you of the desires and thoughts of youth and cause you to deal more kindly with the erring oneg If while reading this book something of the spirit of dear old Piqua High School may come once more to you, the staff will feel that all the labor expended upon this Annual has not been in vain. We have tried to make this book principally the story of the last year of high school for the class of 1921 and something which one may be proud of and keep for many years to come, as the record in print and picture of the happiest days of all. It has taken the members of the Staff no little time and effort to get this Annual ready and We have spared neither, in trying to make this one the best ever put out by a Senior Class of Piqua High School. VVe hope that We have done so and that you will truly enjoy it, for the measure of our success depends upon your enjoyment. The Editors 7 A KX I u n I The Staff Editor in Chief ..,.,., Associate Editors ,..,.i Alumni Editor ,e,..... Athletic Editor... Art Editor ........i.....,.7.. Assistant Art Editor ...i... Stenographic Editor .,......, Business Manager ....i,.i Assistant Business Manager oi,,i.,. Subscription Manager ....aaa,. Treasurer ........,....,.........,., Advertising Manager ....... U. Hanke V .,..,.....,,Eleanor J. Jamison Margaret E. Montgomery ,......,............Kath1een Wise ,..,,,..Augusta B. Smith .........Stephen L. Smith .,.....Alyce L. Maurer ......,Ruth E. Stewart .a,, ,i,.i.... W illard Bennett ..,,.,.Leonard R. Michelson lWilliam H. Hessler ..Robert T. Holmes L .,,, Forrest L. Doren ,.......Kenneth VV. Benner ....,.......W'est C. Hickey .,....,..Carl Bartholomai Table The Board of Education., .,,. . The High School Faculty ., The ' The Commencement Program ., Seniors .,.......,, ,.,,,.,,.,..,,V,. Class Poem .......,.....,.,......... Class History , ,,.,. . Class Prophecy ....,.... Calendar .....,,,.... The Alumni ,,,... Appreciations ........, Music .... .. ..., ........ . . Athletics ..........,.......... Through the Year ,...., ..,,, Literary Department .... .,,, The Unliterary Digest ...... . Classes ...,.,.,...,...,......,..,,.. of Contents 10, 12 to 17 to 28 to 11 16 27 33 35 ,.........37, 39 to 45 to 49 to 57 to 71 to 77 to 85 to 38 42 44 47 .48 55 69 75 83 94 .I l 8 A 11--.-up-i-----, .1 Tb Staff Bored ,,,.i...g.......-...------- dbg! l -. .I 9 I I I I BOARD OF EDUCATION I GEORGE C. DIETRICH SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS FRANK P. BROTHERTON GEORGE DETTMER PRESIDENT CLERK I .I 10 I l l I BOARD OF FRANK P. IRVIN EDUCATION ff GEORGE NV.-XSHING CHAS. H. HARNETT WM. H. KOESTER 11 ll 4 5' - ,.,.:.:,.A4..,: FACULTY . , x .ff M l 'fi ,A,,,,, V , ' Q, , 52525252555555555525555555555555Efiiiiiifffigigigiz, 2555555555 I ' Q A4 sgfgsfifizfs' 'Q A ' A 5 ,V ::I::::.:4I1.:: 1' 9 I l'A9'M?5 ':'f::: f n ' vig' f'M' . QQ , H ,gg , ' 44, ' 1 1 ,I ' I ' 's In M I x ull, 8 ig xg? ' Niger. Maurer 12 I I I I MISS MARY MCKINNEY MATHEMATICS MISS LUCY PATTERSON ENGLISH MR. C. M. SIMS PRINCIPAL MISS CARRIE UPTON LATIN MISS CARRIE NIXON LATIN AND HISTORY I I - J 13 I EE S I A I l I MISS ELLEN TROVILLO MRS. RALPH KAH SPANISH FRENCH AND ENGLISH H. B. HENSLER SCIENCE MISS NORMA WINTZER MISS GENEVIEVE NORTH ENGLISH AND Science ENGLISH 14 A MRS. MIN NA MCCLAY ART MISS IRIS HASKINS COMMERCIAL FLETCHER S. MOP FETT MATHEMATICS RAYMON D MOTE RUHL BARTLETT PHYSICAL EDUCATION HISTORY 15 L+ I I I I MISS ESTHER SCHRIDER MISS RUTH BARTLETT HOUSEHOLD ARTS PHYSICAL EDUCATION JOHN ORR STEWART MUSIC R. M. FRANZ LEE MOORE INDUSTRIAL MANUAL TRAINING 16 WX!!!ffffffifffflfifXXXXXXIXWXXXWXXXXWWWM ' ''WflflflfffffffflffflffUllffffffffffffffffffffffiffffg 4 4 Y 6032 tn the tnurlh the hast you babe Qnh the best tmll mme bank tu you W WWW ESTHER HEITZMAN V P JAMES MILLS T XWXIXIVIWXIWWXWWWII!lWWW lW AIM: X 7 Z 0 5 JOSEPH SPAN GLER, Pres MAR THA M ON TGOM ER Y, Se y , ice- res. , reas. J. A .. .mfs I l l I CARL THURGOOD BARTHOLOMAI, EARL BETSON ALEXANDER, H Gfump H Count Band '17, '18. Advertising , . . . Manager Piquonian '21. Don t budge If you Slt at ease' An absolute solitude is con- trary to humanity. WILBUR ESTA ANKERMAN, Wilb BEss1E BATTSON, Bess Talking is silver, silence is If you do not know what to gold. to ----- wait. LESTER C, Avy HLQSSH MARY ELIZABETH BECKER Band '20, It is well to know how to be Sometimes I Sit and think silent, until it is time to speak. and sometimes I just sit. 18 A KENNETH WACHTER BENNER, H H Subscription Manager Piquon- ian '21. Band '18, '19, '20, '21. Orchestra '19, '20, '21. I hear a hollow sound, who rapped my skull? CHARLES WILLARD BENNETT, Willie Stenographic Editor, Piquon- ian, '21. Base Ball '21. Be silent and pass for a philosopher. GRACE MARGARET BROKAW, HBr0kaw If you would have our lam Y P burn, you must pour oil into it. LoU1sE ELIZABETH CooN, BETTY ' Glee Club '18, '19, '20, '21. Dramatic Club '20, '21. My chest locked upg my soul safe. RUTH VANETTA DAVIDSON, Ruthie Good nature and sense are usually companions. JOHN ANDERSON DAVIS, Johnnie Band '18, '19, '20, '21. Or- chestra '18, '19, '20, '21. Glee Club '20, Business Manager Piquonian '20, It is a great plague to be too handsome a man. 19 A l I l l I FORREST LESLIE DOREN, Frosty Baseball '21. Assistant Busi- ness Manager Annual '21. Faint heart never won fair lady. HILDA IRENE FAUST, jackie Who says little has little to answer for. guest. DOROTHEA ALLINE GINN, Dot A pretty woman is a welcome MARY VELDA GREELY, Med Glee Club '18, '19, '2o. Dra- matic Club '21, A cheerful countenance be- tokens a good heart. CLARENCE S. HAINES, Hainesey Track '21. Sameness is the mother' of disgustg Variety, the cure. LEWIS ULYssEs HANKE, Louie Football '18, '20. Basketball '19, '21. Assistant Business Manager Piquonian '20. Edi- tor in Chief '21, I am the only one of my friends that I can depend upon. 20 A l I l l I MARY ESTHER HEITZMAN, ll Y! Glee Club '19. Basketball '21. A merry companion is like music on a journey. WILLIAM HENRY HESSLER, Bill Band '18, '19, '20, '21. Or- chestra '19, '20, '21. Glee Club '19. Assistant Business Manager Piquonian '21, He who abuses others must not be particular about the answer he gets. WEST CLIFFORD HICICEY, ' ' West Baseball'21. Treasurer Pi- quonian '21, Punctuality is the soul Of business. CHARLOTTE LUSYLVIA HIGGINS, ll 7! Glee Club '19, '2O. Dramatic Club '20, '21, A cup must be bitter that her smile will not Sweeten. ROBERT F. HOLMES, Bob The fire in the Hint shows not till it is struck. ELEANOR JANE JAMISON, ll Y! Glee Club '20, '21, Dramatic Club '21. Assistant Editor Annual '21, More belongs to dancing than a mere pair Of dancing shoes. I ll I-I-rw 1 nu . I 21 A HENRY WARREN KAMPF, Kampie Football '18, '19. Track '21. Manager Football '20. Mana- ger Basketball '20. Track Captain '21. All must respect those who respect themselves. HELEN HORTENSE KERNS, AAFUZZYII Dramatic Club '20, '21. Beauty is worse than wine: it intoxicates the holder as well as the beholder. VERA MARIE KETTLER, Weary Glee Club '18, '19, '20, Dra- matic Club '20. I have no other but a woman's reasong I think him so because I think him so. KX . . ANNA MARIE KINDER Bashfulness is the ornament of youth. CHARLES WALTER LEWIS, Chuck He takes the eel of music by the tail. LEONARDLEONARDRICKLINDsEY, ll il Football '18, '19, '20. Base- ball '20, '21. Basketball '20 '21. Track '21. Band '19 '21. Athletic Association '21. Treasurer Junior Class '20, Laugh and grow fat-I did. 1 7 22 A fX n l l I GERALDINE MARTIN, Gerry Dramatic Club '21. A fair face will get its praise though the owner keep silent. ALYCE LUCILLE MAURER, Alycia Glee Club '18, '19, '21. Dra- matic Club '21. Art Editor Annual '21. Art and knowledge bring bread anduhonor. LEoNARD,RUssELL MICHELSON, ll V1 Football '17 '18, '19, '20,. Track '21. Business Manager Piquonian '20. Business Manager Annual '21. Glee Club '19, '20, Business Mana- ger Baseball '21. Debating '18. He sits by moonshine and lies abed by sunshine. JAMES E. MILLS, Jimmie Track '21. Treasurer Class '21. Modesty becomes a young man. 'HELEN RUTH MCCLOUD, MARGARET ELIZABETH MONTGOMERY, Marg Dramatic Club '21. Assistant Mickey Editor Piquonian '21. Assist- Open thy mouth that I may ant Editor Annual '21. know thee. Her life is of mingled yarn, good and bad together. 23 A KX I I s o I MARTHA MONTGOMERY, Mart Glee Club '19, '21. Secretary Class '20. Dramatic Club '21. Class Prophet '21. Basketball '21. A good horse never Wants a saddle. ' JOHN BOYD MORRIN, , Johnnie O sleep it is a gentle thing Beloved from pole to pole. ELIZABETH LUCILLE MORROW, if Y! When a river maketh a noise it is either dried up or swollen. ALMA LAWTON RASE, Rasie' Study the power of silence. KATHERINE ELIZABETH REEDY H H Glee Club '20, '21. Basket ball '21. - No wisdom like silence. HERMAN WALDO REEDER, Herm Track '20, '21. Band '21. Beware! I may yet do some thing sensational. I - .. ... .J 24 D . GLENNA LOUISE SCHROERLUKE, CHRISTINA L. SAUFFER Y II 11 . Glen Teenie . A ' h d h l h A myrtle IS a myrtle though tovxse ea as a C056 mout it he among nettles. ' WALTER R. SCHNEYER, Walt ' VELMA GLADYS SELLS, V ' I, satisfied, the world is satis- Vanity, that divine gift, that lied. makes a Woman charming. BERTIIA HESTER SCHROERLUKE LEROY O. SEXAUER, Sexy Dramatic Club '21. When he was born, Solomon For the upright, there are no passed by his door and would laws. not go in. l l -I - . --J 25 Q AUGUSTA BRANDRIFF SMITH, A HGuSH Basketball '20, '21. Alumni Editor Annual '21. All meat is to be eaten, all maids are to be wed. STEPHEN LLOYD SMITH, Steve Basketball '18, '19, '20, '21. Baseball '19, '21. Band '21. Athletic Editor Annual '21. The less a man sleeps, the more he lives. JOSEPH JOHN SPANGLER, joe Football '20, '21. Baseball '20, President Class '21, The man that blushes is not a brute. u Q l WILBUR BURNLEY STEPHENS, Steve Band '18, '19, '20, '21. Or- chestra '20, '21. The multitude is always in the wrong. RUTH ESTELLE STEWART, Ruthie Assistant Art Editor Annual '21 If sleep, I sleep for myself If I work, I know not for whom. EDNA MILDRED STROHMIER, Eddie Orchestra '19, '20, '21. Glee Club '18, '19, '20. Dramatic Club '20, '21. Basketball '20, '21. Solitude would dull the thought. 26 A CATHERINE GOE TROWBRIDGE, Kate Dramatic Club '21. Basket- ball '21. She's the best scholar who has learned to love well. FLORENCE OPAL VOORHIS, I1 YY Glee Club '20, '21. She has three hands, a right, left, and a little behind hand. MARCELLA KATHLEEN WISE, Katzey Glee Club '20, '21. Dramatic Club '21. Assistant Editor Annual '21. A brain is worth little without a tongue. HELEN VIRGINIA ZILE, Hel'n For the virtuous maiden, em- ployment is enjoyment. RUTH MORALLE WELLS, NELSON FRANCIS ZIMMER, Rufus ' Ichabod Dramatic Club '21. Class Band '20, '21. Orchestra '21. Historian '21. Glee Club '20, '21. Class A large fire often comes from Poet '21. a small spark. A geometrical line,, length without breadth. l 27 L...- A fN I a n I The junior Class j OURNALISM is but one of the many accomplishments of the honorable Junior class. Every Wednesday in the class in American literature, school notes, editorials, and filler are suggested and assigned to different pupils. SUALLY it's pretty hard to think up things to write about. But somehow or other we manage to find enough to fill four or five columns in the daily paper. EVVSPAPERS with lots of news are in constant demand- that's our variety-but we should like you to tell us how to manufacture news out of nothing. Gne of us may Find that out some day and win a fortune. N view of the fact that newsy newspapers are hard to find, we decided to compete with the Piqua Daily Call as to the amount of news. UR weekly paper has really brought us most of our fame. Other schools in neighboring towns, and even here in Piqua have taken up the idea, although not so much in detail. EALLY, don't you believe that at least live of the names from the class of '22 in Piqua will be found in the Who's Who in America for 1950 as editors of well known periodicals? ANDIDLY we think quite a lot about ourselves along the line of sports, for both the girls and boys came out victorious in the inter-class basketball games. UCK was not the only thing which caused our victory. just consider who was in the line-up and then ask yourself whether or not we'll have a winning varsity team next year. S for our good times, just ask Miss Upton about her knowledge of them. You know two of her Cicero classes surprised her one evening, and I'm sure she will tell you how much we all enjoyed ir. TUDIES cause us no trouble whatsoever. They're mere trifles, we get them so easily. The Physics classes this year are especially remarkable, l've heard, for the brilliant questions which they try to get Mr. Hessler to answer for them. O you see what a really extraordinary class we are. And if you don't believe it and think we prevaricate, just ask any of the teachers to tell you how we surpass all their other classes in regard to intelligence, wit, etc. MARGARET KoEsTER, '22, . , .... E .....l 28 A I l' 29 I I I I OPHOMORE Class of Piqua High We'll cease not our efforts, but continue to try, 'Twill save many a heartache, many a cry. N with our studies, push to the front, Each one doing his own little stunt Then for A's on our cards we'll not have to hunt. ATIENTLY working and striving to win Never too soon nor too late to begin, Remembering time wasted is surely ansin. OME from our classes with laurels we've won To rest a while, work a while, then have some For pleasure is sweeter when lessons are done. fun, VER and over the same things we do In, Caesar, Geometry, and History too, Yet always striving to learn something new. ANY the days that have come and gone by Since we first entered our dear Piqua High, What have we done? how hard did we try? NWARD and upward, we never must drop, Never be satisfied, we never can stopg Think of Excelsior , on to the top. OUN D after round we are climbing each day, Stone after stone of foundation we lay, Always remembering the efforts will pay. ARNESTLY building we hope to complete This home for our lifetime with knowledgevreplete, Filled with the gems we've learned to repeat. ADVICE TO THE LASS of the future! it's now twenty-one, The things we're to finish are hardly begun So work without ceasing, get everything done. ET us look forward to the year twenty-three, To the eve of commencement, for you and for me When our building, now forming, completed will be. S soon as we know that our school days are o'er, And teachers and scholars don't meet as before, We'll realize keenly we're off from the shore- AILING the sea of the life which is sweet, Hailing our comrades with smiles when we meet, Doing for others before God's mercy seat. OMETIME far distant, when years have rolled by, We'll some of us meet again, talk again, sigh, And be joyous with memories of dear Piqua High. DOROTHY WALKER I I 30 A I l l I 31 A I l l I WE ARE I. Frightened little Freshies, Roaming through the hall, Each one very certain Some danger will befall. Hastening to the classrooms Many times they stray, Ever causing laughter, Needless 'tis to say.-EDWARD GRAHAM. II. Frightened little lads and lasses, Running daily to their classes, Each one earnest as he passes, Since he's done his best. Hearts brimful of work and play, May they keep from day to day, Every evil from their way, Never lose their ZCSt.1PAULA GEHM. III. F stands for Faculty Freshmen boogy-man, R stands for Roughnecks Doubt it who can? E stands for E-xamination Freshie's great despair, S stands for Science Calls for thought and care. H stands for Happiness Comes from doing right, M stands for Mathematics Kiddies' daily fright. E stands for English With hated weekly theme, N stands for Next year The Babies' hope and dream. HOLLY SHIVELY, '24 DOROTHY GRAHAM, '24 IIII. Friendly little chats all around the halls Make the teachers furious, And to our grades cause falls, Oft times. Ready to be studious, just as Freshies shouldg Always striving forward, Wishing that they could Get A's. Earnest is their purpose, often helpful too, To their high school loyal, To their colors true, Always. Sophs all think they're itwwithout reason though, For bigness haint the whole thing: - It's how much you know That counts. Happy little Freshmen without a worldly care, The way they take their lessons, Really puts to dispair The Seniors. Meeting on the gym floor, Freshies lively step, Throwing balls at baskets, Prove they're full of pep And go. Every day at noon hour Freshmen eat the chow, Hoping to grow bigger, So they need not bow To the Juniors. Now don't think too hard of us-we will not of you, For friendship is the one thing, That should exist between two Enemies. MARGARET HUTCHINS 32 A 33 CLAss Morro:-Give to the world the best you h ffm I l l , 1 Introduction .....,..,,,, Sarah Featherstone .,,,..... Mary Horneck ............. Edmund Burke .,..... g. Featherstone ,.,,.. Roger ,,.t,,,..,,,,..,,,,., ,,g ,,,, Dr. Samuel Johnson ...,,, . Boswell ..,.........,......... David Garrlck .......t....,, , 7,,,,, . Catherine Horneck.. Kenrick ,,,,,,,,,s,,,,,,,l,,,,,l, YYVV7-,,, Capt. I-lorneck ttt,,,. Class Play A... ... 1' OLIVER GOLDSMITH By Thomas Wednesday Evening june 8, 1921. Cast of Characters in order of their appearance. .............Aylce Maurer .......Esther Heitzman .....i..Eleanor Jamison .......Warren Kamp ........Lewis Hanke ........West Hickey ..Robert Holmes ......Earl Alexander .........Joseph Spangler .........Catherine Trowbridge .Leonard Michelson ..................Stephen Smith Oliver Goldsmith ,.... .. Orchestra Leader s,.ss Property Man .s.,.l Prompter tl...t....,. Coleman.. ...v. Drummond ........ Mr. Quirk ....... Little Mary .... Little Annie ...... Mrs. Higgins ..... Twitch ............ Flannigan ....... Biff .............................. . .. Music by High School Orchestra HVE. CLASS CoLoRs:-Scarlet and Gray. CLASS FLOWER :-American Beauty Rose. CLASS CALENDAR Class Operetta Sylvia , C Friday, May 27th Class Sermon, Junior-Senior Picnic Class Play, Sunday, June Sth Tuesday, June 7th VVednesday, June 8th Commencement Exercises Thursday, June 9th Alumni Reception, Friday, june 10th Carl Bartholomai ...Herman Reeder .........Wilbur Stephens ....,.Forest Doren ..........James Mills .............John Morrin ......Clarence Haines .........Dorothea Ginn .....,......RuthVVells ....--.-Geraldine Martin ...ujoseph Spangler ..VVilbur Stephens .......-VVest Hickey 34 KX . . A Program SENIOR OPERETTA Friday Evening, May 27, 1921 SYLVIA By Rhys-Herbert Sir Bertram De Lacy CThe Court Poetja.. ...... ...,..,.... J ohn Davis Betty flgetfothed to Williffml -----'-b-------------------- Martha Montgomery Prince Tobbytum CA Man of Consequencej... ........... Nelson Zimmer Arabglla CA Lad5f In Waltlng at the Court? Ruth Stewart William CAn Honest F armerj William Hessler Afammta CHU Sister, ' ' 4 ' Vera Kettler I i 'i ' ' Polly QA Farmer Girlj ....,... ........ M artha Montgomery Robin CA Country Ladj .....,..,.,.,.., Kenneth Benner Molly csameym-mm-MW -.-.-- -.---- E dna Strohmeier Sylvia CBetrothed to De Lacyj ,...,... . Wilbur Ankerman Willard Bennett l Leonard Lindsay Lewis Hanke Farm Lads Stephen Smith LeRoy Sexauer Joseph Spangler Kenneth Benner I Carl Bartholomai L Leonard Michelson ...Kathleen Wise f Elizabeth Dolly QSamej ...... Coon Ruth Davidson Charlotte Higgins Helen Kerns Farmers Daughters.. Helen McCloud Haymakers Velma Sells Hilda Faust Bessie Battson Lester Avy Mary Becker Grace Brokaw Charles Lewis Elizabeth Morrow Wlater Schneyer Glenna Schroerluke I Leonard Lindsey Augusta Smith Carl Bartholomai Florence Voorhis LeRoy Sexauer Music by High School Orchestra Mary Greely Alma Rase Kenneth Benner E Katherine Reedy Christina Sauffer Bertha Schroerluke joseph Spangler Helen Zile Marie Kinder Stephen Smith Leonard Michelson 35 .I . . . . Beloved High School, friend so dear, We wish that we might linger here Within thy portals wideg Until the stately train of years Has passed along with all its fears And we in peace abide. VVe cannot bring ourselves to think As we are standing on the brink Of this world's din and strife, That we can no more find a place Within thy doors. But face to face VVe must encounter life. Graduation Our hearts are sad and heavy now While thoughts of parting, we allow To drag our spirits lowg But we can look back on the days When life seemed just a happy maze Alas! 'Twas long ago. Yet why should we in sadness dwell? Our time has come, let laughter swell Upon the summer breeze. ln! dreams we've looked upon this day When, launching boats, we'd sail away Upon life's unknown seas. And now, my friends, before us lie Fair promises from sunlit skyg F ame's laurels shall we wear. We'll tread the steps our father's trod, We'll follow them and trust in God To shield us from each snare. NELSON ZIMMER. 36 A I I I I Class History of 1921 N or about September third, nineteen hundred and seventeen, eighty lads and lasses with brave hearts and cheerful faces, marched into the halls of Piqua High School. They were ready to face the bugaboo of Algebra, the nightmare of Geometry, the giant Physics, and the deadly foe, Burke's Speech . What mattered it to them that Seniors, Juniors, and Sophomores Haunted their wonderful intelligence Cand incidently their mistakesj before them? During this first year not only did the Freshmen have their school duties to perform, but they had also those of a patriotic nature as well, such as Red Cross Work, Liberty Loan Parades, and Thrift Stamp Sales. These patriotic affairs were entered into enthusiastically not only by the Freshman class, but by the whole school. In this year, also, German was abolished from the cir- riculum, while Spanish and French were added to it. Our class was like its predecessors in one respect: we learned the school songs and yells and added a great volume of sound to that of the upper classmen. Like its predecessors, too, it had to meet the dreaded examinations which came in due time, and which some few of the eighty luckily escaped. The culminating event of that well-spent year was having the class picture taken for the Annual, the sacred volume and especial property of the Seniors. In the following autumn the class, diminished somewhat in number, entered upon their Sophomore year. Some had been left behind, and others had left school for various reasons, but all re- maining felt their superiority to the new Freshmen. Scarcely had school settled to enjoy its single session and new cafeteria lunch room when the Flu epidemic came. There were four weeks of unwelcome vacation, which necessitated the shorten- ing of regular vacations in order that the semester's work might be finished. Immediately after the school was settled from the Flu vacation, the Armistice was signed. The whole school participated in the Armistice Day parade, and this will no doubt be one of the lasting memories of the Class of 1921. After that little of impor- tance occured except examinations, and the taking of more pictures for another volume of the Annual. Another year had rolled by, and in the fall of 1919, these same boys and girls entered school as the Junior class. Ah! those Juniors! They were held in admiration by the Freshmen and Sophomores, but the Seniors still maintained their superiority. Our Junior year was an epoch in the history of the Piqua High School, for the new principal, Mr. Sims who had 'succeeded Mr. Ellebarger, introduced two new customs. For all those pupils who I 3 7 .I were stuidious enough to receive four A's an honor roll was created This has proved a success for it has resulted in better Work on the part of the students. The other custom was that of having high school parties. These parties have been very successful, and have given the pupils the opportunity to enjoy the social side of school life as Well as the intellectual. Perhaps the most successful undertaking of that year was the editing of the Junior Piquonian. In the opinion of the class no paper has ever surpassed it. At the close of the year they enter- tained the Seniors with a picnic at Overlook Park-another success according to the Seniors. As time sped on the class, now numbering sixty, reached the Senior year, No doubt they have lived up to every expectation of what a Senior class should be, as each and every lower classman has held them, in awe and respect. They have had their names on the honor roll, they have attended the enjoyable school parties, and they have contributed articles to the school edition of the Piqua Daily Call, prepared Weekly by the Junior English class. And now as the year comes to a close those sixty Seniors find themselves nearing the time when they will leave school to enter life's conHict. VVe have lived our high school life during one of the epoch making times in the history of the world, and We extend to each of the coming classes our hearty Wishes for as happy and as successful a career as We have had. RUTH M. VVELLS. I .J A I I I I s Candidates for the P. H. S. Hall of Fame. QCLASS PROPHECYD AVING been chosen as a member of the committee lately appointed for the purpose of selecting P. H. S. graduates who are to be honored for their accomplishments and deeds by recognition in the Hall of Fame, just erected in Piqua in this year of our Lord, 1946, .I have, in the last few months been busily occupied in research work. It was necessary for me to do a great deal of traveling and carry on a large amount of correspond- ence in order to give a complete report of the fame and fortune of my class of 1921. I found that the fortunes of my fellow classmen had been quite varied, so I arranged my report in groups. The following record is the result of my labors. Several of this class chose their road to fortune through politics. Foremost among these there is one whose name may be seen in all the headlines of the greatest newspapers of the nation, as well as of the smallest, that of the President of the United States. Added to this honor is the fact that she is the first woman President of the land-Alyce Maurer. No doubt, may I add, she will be one of the chosen few to be recognized in the Hall of Fame. William Hessler whom we all recall made such a complete mastery of Latin in his High School days was chosen recently as minister to Italy. His self-confidence and love of that dead lan- guage were the two reasons that he received this appointment. Among the women who figure prominently in the political world is listed the familar name Christina Sauffer. Christina is a remarkable orator and is also assistant to Augusta Smith who is President of the International Relief Work Committee. Miss Glenna Schroeluke also works with this Committee in designing fitting posters, which have, no doubt, inspired many of us to give more freely to this work. The only report that I have received so far concerning the fate of Wilbur Stephens is that he has risen from a soap-box orator to Mayor of some wild-western town. Lester Avy, another one of us who went West fliterallyj shortly after graduating from High School invested his inherited fortune in some new gold mine project. As far as I have been able to find out he is still speculating. We will certainly recall the unusually large number of class- mates gifted in the musical line among whom was Charles Lewis who now plays in the orchestra of the Walnut Castoria. Each month we are privileged to hear this orchestra when we buy the latest victrola dance-record. In the latest Musical America was a full page picture of another musical member of our class. Her unusual ability as a pianist has caused quite a sensation in the musical world. Margaret Montgomery has risen to fame after her debut at Aeolian Hall, recently, having studied several years abroad. On another page was a lengthy interview with Kathleen Wise who has quite taken music lovers off their feet in her role as Leonora in Verdi's Il Trovatore. Anotherrrecently famed singer, whose picture appeared a few months ago in the Musical News is Ruth Stewart. All remember what a promising contralto voice Ruth had when she sang in our Senior operetta. At the present time she is receiving one thousand dollars a night, a large per cent of which goes to the mission field. Miss Stewart has often been called by music lovers A second Shumann-Heink . The Auburn-Haired Hottentots are now receiving, pills and religion from the gracious hands of Mary Becker, a missionary traveling thru South Africa. Our classmates seem to be peculiarly attracted to the Eastern Hemisphere. Known for his close shaves in examination time in High School, what other occupation could we have predicted for Walter Schneyer than that of barber. He's not an ordinary barber though but is a private one to his Royal Highness, Prince of India. This position requires much skill as his Royal Highness has the palsy. I - ... .I 39 lf l l I Some of our classmates risked venturing on the sea of matri- monyg among these is listed Bessie Battson, now a buxom wife of a scientific farmer. Charlotte Higgins is another one of us who has promised to love, honor, and obey till death do them part l Yes a model house-keeper for ---- ah, well, you know. ' Edna Strohmeier is still another of our matrimonial trio. She was married shortly after graduating from High School and is now residing here in Piqua, her husband being the leading clothier in this city. Robert Holmes, one of our well-known citizens, is the success- ful advertising manager of the Hlnferian Underwear Co. said success being partly due to his untiring effort as advertising manager of the 1921 Annual. In his father's footsteps, Leonard Michelson, more popularly known as Mike has become president of a chain of Boston Stores operating all over the country. His early experience of working in the original Boston Store proved invaluable to him in his chosen field. Herman Reeder has won great fame as a baker because of the peculiar shaped cookies which he makes. His shop is patronized by the four hundred of New York. These cookies are fashioned after the face of the baker. Thousands of them are sold daily altho', let me add, it requires great courage on the part of the children to eat them. Trained from her high school days in the art of buying and sell- ing jewelry, Vera Kettler is now the owner of an exclusive jewelry store in Seattle, Washington. She has hired Katherine Trow- bridge, who was always an expert in diamonds, as chief examiner of that precious stone. Open all hours of the day from 8:30 A. M. to 5:30 P. M. Guaranteed to please anybody wishing anything. Articles sold at half price. Yes, this is the sign posted in front of Leroy Sexauer's second-hand store. He established itfour or five years ago after traveling extensively, making his collection of articles for sale. Elizabeth Morrow and Alma Rase own a fashionable hat- shop in Boston, fashioning hats for the upper society exclusively. Their creations are of rare style being designed by Florence Voorhis who studied this particular art in Paris for several years. Velma Sells has just recovered from a severe attack of sea- sickness due to the fact that she was hair dresser in the Perpetual Wave Beauty Parlor . The tresses of one of the patients unex- pectedly waved too soon. Miss Sells had to be taken home via the ambulance. We are glad to hear that she is once more treading terra Firma. Helen Kerns has achieved a young fortune from a famous cold cream, guaranteed to chase all wrinkles, smooth all crinkles, give the owner whatever complexion she for hej desires. Today we can pick up any popular magazine and recognize in the advertisements the famili-ar face of Geraldine Martin who per- mits her picture to be printed in favor of l'Mulsified Cocoanut Oil . The Company manufacturing this oil realizes the value of such a recommendation since Miss Martin reached the heights in the movie sphere. Another one of our fellow-classmen posing for advertisements! Ruth Davidson's smiling countenance may be recognized in the latest advertisements of Colgate's Toothpaste. Hilda Faust, who was only with us one year, has achieved her fortune as a model for the latest fashions of Paris. A large percent of New York's latest fashions are modeled after the styles first introduced to the public eye thru Miss Faust. One of our illustrious classmates has attained wide-spread fame as a professor of language at Columbia University after re- ceiving a Ph. D. at Cornell University. VVho else could it be but Ruth Wells who was without doubt the most studious of' us all? Certainly, we do not question Ruth's success! During the Senior year of our own class, Economics was added to our curriculum of study. Carl Bartholomai, experienced from his high school days in teaching this subject is now occupying the chair of economics in Brushwood Academy as a permanent position. l.. . ...l A Noted in former days for her cheery makeup who wouldn't have guessed that Mary Greely would naturally follow in the foot- steps of Florence Nightingale. After graduating from johns Hopkins, not satisfied with just a nurse's course she entered the medical field and is now capably assisting her husband, an osteo- path, in his wonderful sanitarium in Boston. The mystery of The Woman in Black has so gripped the country in the last months that the solving of it will no doubt cause a great sensation all over America. We, as classmates of Leonard Lindsey, are particularly interested in the case since he will figure prominently in the trial next week as the prosecuting attorney. No doubt, this trial will be the decisive one. Warren Kampf, who in his school days resided in the Colonial Saxony where he had unlimited opportunities to study the many problems of the apartment-house dweller, is now building magnifi- cent apartment houses in New York after an extensive corre- spondence course in architecture. Even in this day of aeroplanes, we who still reside in this section of the country can appreciate the transformation of our roads in the last decade. Our class ought to be the more proud of them since the contractor was our brilliant classmate- Johnny Davis. He became an efhcient engineer after completing that course at Boston Teck . The paving used for these roads is an invention of johnny's, the VVear-Y-forever pavement, well liked because of its inexpensiveness and durability. Many of our class seem to be of an inventive frame of mind. Willard Bennett has just completed an invention which will make wheat grow in half the time which has previously been required. This will probably reduce the price of wheat fifty per cent. - Another inventor of the class is Earl Alexander who always was interested in mechanics, and has invented an engine for auto- mobiles. It is very powerful and already some of the leading auto- mobile factories have offered large sums for it. A noble example of the old proverb Every cloud has a silver lining may be found in the fortune which one of our classmates recently acquired following the destruction by lightning of our neighboring village, Polo! john Morrin found his calling which proved to be the invention of a contraption whereby one can ex- tract the explosion from lightning before it reaches the fated place. This invention will no doubt greatly benefit mankind. Helen Zile whom we all knew would become a Miller some day runs a scientific potato farm with her husband. They have dis- covered a very delicate method of extracting starch from potato bugs which renders said bugs perfectly harmless. . Not every class is privileged to read books written by one of its members. The new widely-known novel. A Bad Penny Al- ways Comes Backn is surely a worthy example of the ability of its author, Esther Heitzman Penrod, who, like Mary Roberts Rhine- hart, writes her book from her own experiences. Vamps and why I like them , a very popular elegy written in free verse to one of that fair species, is a noble work of our class- mate Kenneth Benner. This book contains fine argument for that particular group of the human race. It also shows Mr. Benner's skill as a writer upon this subject, the action being swift and to the point. James Mills and Forrest Doren, who were two of our 'fforeign stars now keep bachelorls apartments, the up-keep of which is provided for by the fortune accumulated on their latest song-hit, Bachelor Blues --the music being composed by Forrest and the words by jimmy. We wonder at the latter, for it was always a difhcult matter for jimmy to express himself in public. The majority of us no doubt read daily a copy of the Sunrise News and we certainly view the editorials with much interest since they are written by our Class Editor, Louis Hanke. As a side-line Louie is revising Webster's Dictionary! This will probably come as a shock to all concerned but since the object of the shock is a member of the class I will have to break the news. Grace Brokaw is lecturing on a Lyceum Course in New Zealand. Her most popular and recent lecture is that on the Glories of Silence . We all feel that our classmate has had sufficient experience to talk on this subject. Marie Kinder, who is matron of the Home for Stray Orphans has just written to ask me to subscribe to a fund which must be l ...L . ...I 41 A raised to rebuild the Home. A few weeks ago, the Home was com- pletely destroyed by fire and she had to distribute the orphans in surrounding communities until help should come. All those interested in this noble work should send in their subscriptions promptly. As women come more and more into their own, some women choose the athletic field. One of the stars is Kathryn Reedy, who has achieved a success as great as that of Babe Ruth in former years. . On the Indianapolis Speedway, Stephen Smith, accomplished in auto driving from infancy met and conquered all rivals from all nations in the International auto race. The Mercedes , his own invention, was the car used in this wild dash for fame. Helen McCloud, a commercial student of our class, at present is secretary to the Governor of Rhode Island and is candidate for state representative. Here's luck to you, Helen! Another 'Aspeedy guy ! Record breaker for speed in Type- writing, West Hickey, exceeded the speed limit by his wonderful skill as a typewriter in the world's greatest record 429 words a minute! Elizabeth Coon, as an old lady's companion has been privi- ledged to travel extensively in the last few years. I received a letter from her the other day in which she told of their trips to the Wigi Islands, a very wild uncivilized place but Hextremely interest- ing . We hope Elizabeth d0esn't contract any of this spirit from the natives. When I visited Egypt-a thing which was necessary to make complete my record-I was treated royally-was allowed to inter- view his most royal darkness-due to the fact that all the natives were bowing and scraping to one of my classmates, whom they had termed the most successful interpreter of their native danceee Eleanor Jamison. We all agree with the natives, after recalling her remarkable ability shown along this line at a High School affair which took place during our Senior year. Our classmates have certainly chosen various walks of life. As a famous Dancing Master of Paris, Clarence Haines recently introduced a dance most popular among the Parisian Society which he names A'Hainsette Fox-Trot. Dorothea Ginn whose beauty won her fame on the professional stage, starred last week in Linger Longer Walter -Victor Herbert's latest Broadway success. Last but not least is our Class President: with his million dollar smile, joe has reached the heights of movie fame, starring now in the play so true to life, It sometimes pays to forget . If there is any member of the class desiring me to make some change in his record before the meeting of this committee next week, he will please notify me immediately. My address is, Office of Investigating Committee, Hall of Fame, g Piqua, Ohio. 42 5 X 1 ui '1 i ' Pl Calendar , 3 ru , ' . X xx Q ga fi r ' SEPTEMBER y '- hfhe great influx of freshies startles the upper classmen. ,i mm H f S-Vie meet the new members of the faculty. G i -- y ,. - 13-Second week of school and freshies still do not know where l lwyll f x they are. 1 14, vw t 17-First football game of the season, Varsity Vs. Alumni. A l ,yi sl B B OCTOBER l Ml, 5 'N f 5 o - etty rown wears a red hair net to school. i ll V f 4 ,,, . . ,. ... t 22-Hallowe'en party. Unusually decked creatures are found 5599599552 wandering in the halls. 1 2 W I NOVEMBER , - e e ect our Piquonian staff4also Mr. Harding. , ,Q if, f 24fBig pep meeting for Thanksgiving game held today. T, To VW. I 25+D1d you say Troy won the football game? Bah! Q i' -A' part of the girls' gym classes hike to Evergreen. J f ' I is ' DECEMBER 3 -2 M ? 9 2 . y , ,,,.f. . - iss Upton serves her Latin classes with raw pomegranate. A' fn' ' 'jf ' J 22-Thebdramitic club makes its debut with a short play to 71 Q' Hi' ce e rate mas vocation. 2 ' I .ff JANUARY I A i l' A , A -We are back ready for work CPD 0 -How do 'the girls stand the cold? ' I I Wgfhe Sailors escape all their exams!!! -2 -26- fork. FEBRUARY I U , -'13, 11aP. attends the Evangelistic services in a body. ' gb 3. -Patriotic speech given in honor of Washington. ,I , -Vacation! QV' f M ' --E' y -9 - e eniors organize. ' CDR' l P i gh! TQ11.2tClCllgtlOI1Ell amount of green coloring in evidence today. I N my ' n - pring as came. l K ' ' -All P. H. S. is shocked! 'flVled teaches 'fLewie to jazz. A I-ll vf I D.E.Q..2 -The Seniors bring the Miami Glee Club to Piqua. s.a . 1--1-1... ' l 1 43 A l IP 'I I KX - .... X G .xx l gait . l A t X X gk- X N E 4- 7m APRIL Handsome class pins and rings adorn the Seniors. More signs of spring. HKenny and Mike appear in white Hannels. 12-Horrors! All Seniors are shot! Nothing lost except, perhaps, the price of a camera. futfr . M , .P i :L f Z! 6222: . , M E 14-VVhat does this mean, Miss Trovillo? I ,X 1SeBand and orchestra show their marked ability in a delight- f ' E X ful concert. . 4,5 54. 18-Vl'e find our books slightly disarranged by some unworthy students. ' ' ' I 1 3 19-P. H. S. forms a parade headed by the band and marches to the formal opening of Roosevelt Park. - I- 8 293A snappy P. H. party. Two plays, one by the Dramatic in AA, Club, the other by the Senior French class. slmii' YD .,k-2 V MAY V ' S l ., . , . . 4 Q V . gf, -' 2-C ast for Senior Play and operetta is announced. -L E 17fl'Bill Hessler makes his usual brilliant recitation in Eco- 'Ut Q, X X V nomics, I donlt know much about it, but--- - ! ' Q i H 5 - ' 19fUnbleached muslin dresses for the girls and bright colored 2 g K 1 z vi' L l ' . :uv J skull caps for the boys are all the rage. I h 5 -fm 1 QM 20-Mr, lVloffett's Trig class shows marked signs of good be- zf' I havior as the end of the term approaches. l Ml ' JUNE 'mi D l -yy ,rl 2, , , . . ' . -3. W 6elhe juniors certainly know how to entertain. A ' 9 8-For the last time in P. H. S. the Seniors perform behind the g ni' 4, 4 footlights. xfl'-y :'5: ' A X 1 -,X J- 9-O night of nights! The members of the class of 'Zl receive l 'S their reward after four years of earnest toil. 5 IT' -ll lx 10-The alumni reception is held and the class of '21 passes into L' - if , history. Q annum . mxlliliv-wh!E!5i . 44 9 i A KX 1 I I I ,- THE CLASS OF 1871 HERE were nine graduates in the class of fifty years ago, six boys and three girls, five of this number are now living, Mary VV. Moore of Springfield, Ohio, Frank M. Fry of Fostoria, Ohio, Charles H. Davis of Kansas City, Kansas, R. M. O'Ferrall, M. D., and the writer, who have spent their entire lives in Piqua. This class was graduated from the hrst High School building erected, a wood, brick and stone structure, containing about eight class and assembly rooms, and an auditorium. All that remains of the old building is the bell, which is still in use. The rooms were lighted with manufactured gas, and heated by means of wood furnaces. The exercises of commencement consisted solely of essays and orations given by the entire class, and my subject was, Cash and Calico . I cannot recall the themes of the other members of my class, but have in my possession, a program of a little earlier date, in which are topics like these, Onward to the Summit , Little Rays of Light Make the Sunshine of the Home , Stars of History , and Being a Woman, What Shall I Do? . Fond parents and friends used to sit through a long evening, to be instructed as to the best way in which to conduct all the affairs in the universe, the graduates being convinced that they knew exactly how it should be done! We had one debating society in my school days, but to tell the truth, we had such lively times, the school board locked the doors on us, and we were obliged toddisband. To this fact, some of us attribute our sad lack of oratorical ability to ay. As I recently walked out of our present High School building, I could not but contrast the school life of today, with that of fifty years ago. All the various activities which so help to interest the pupils now, and give them an all around training, were then unknown. We had no music to speak of, no athletics, nor manual training, nor domestic science. .I 45 As for Piqua, there were no cement walks, no paved streets, no daily papers, no natural gas or electricity, no street cars, no telephones nor automobiles. For recreation, we sometimes visited the sugar camps in the vicinity, or had an oc- casional chicken roast, providing the farmers forgot to lock up the chickens, and did not keep a cross dog. X In view of all the advantages enjoyed by the young people of our day, they should apply themselves with the greatest diligence, and remember that much will be required of those to whom so much has been given.- P F. P. BROTHERTON, '71. CLASS OF 1881 I have been asked to write a few notes concerning the class of 1881. The members of this class who are now living have every reason to remember the two events scheduled to occur in that yearg the first came to pass in due time --that of Commencement day,-but Father Time must have objected seriously to the fulfillment of the second, as the prophecy in which it was embodied failed to materialize. This world to an end shall come. In the year 1881. The class would have numbered twelve had not one-Miss Mary Wilson- been compelled to drop out on account of sickness. At that time grade cards were given out every four weeks: I can fully ap- preciate the great effort on the part of Miss Hall and Mrs. Brooks-The High School teachers-to grade all those papers and prepare cards for distribution at such short intervals. Four of the classhMiss Mary Murphy CMrs. A. Bartelj, Miss Ella Thomas, Mr. J. B. Wiley, and Mr. Samuel Wendel have died since. Six are non-residents, leaving myself as the only representative of the class in Piqua.-- MARGARET CLOUSE, '81. CLASS OF 1891 The story of the P. H. S. Class of '91 is, one might say, the short simple annals of the poor , short because there were so few of us, simple because we have achieved neither fame nor fortune. Entering the High School in the autumn of T87 more than forty strong, a dozen or less proclaimed ourselves the elect by taking the classical course, while others chose the short cut to graduation honors via the three-year English course as it was called. Our sole claim to distinction, our small number, was anlaccidenti for the members of the next entering class were not permitted to brmglour size up to normal by a contribution of three-year graduates. Like the Ten Llttle Mulllgans, our members dropped, one by one, till but four of the original group remained. Rachel Vance, now Mrs. C. D. Shuldham, lives in Milburn, New jersey, Margaret Moffett is still in the Piqua Public School system, and Zilpha Hunter, Mrs. A. C. Adams was, to my last knowledge, living in Oxford, Kansas. The desertion of several valued members of the class, as Curtis Lynde, Cloyd Smith, and others, for the practical walks of life, threatened to leave me the lonely and pampered boy in the class, until joined by Charlie Hall during the junior year, after three years spent in business. He is now in Houston, Texas. The writer is in the department of education, University of California, Southern Branch, Los Angeles. We pause a moment in memory of Ruth Hughes who entered the three-year course, was compelled to finish with us because of ill-health, and who died a few years later. The personal data above may not be apropos to your purpose and may well be omitted. I cannot easily refrain from referring to one or two things, not exclusively relating to our class but to our times. Looking back, I must candidly confess the one really valuable experience I had in P. H. S. was my training in parliamentary procedure gained in the late lamented Photozetean Society. It had Hourished ten years or so before we entered high school and died out several years after our time. My rather extensive study of educational theory convinces me that nothing in present day high school curricula quite supplies the valuable experience of activities of that sort. True, much of the enforced membership was a dead weight, but this was part and parcel with the general lack of electives in a small school. If memory serves me aright, our class smashed one tradition and started another. We were the first class in a long time to fail to immortalize ourselves in the family portrait gallery. It was not intentional but the result of a fire in Dick Matthewls photograph studio. I think ours was the first class to render Junior honors to the departing Seniors. The custom probably no longer survives. Ours was the first class to graduate a second generation of high school alumni. The distinction is doubly strong from the fact that both parents of the writer were P. H. S. graduates, not only that, but they graduated in the same year. The Oldsters exit with reluctanceg And sighing note The Youngsters take the steering wheel with all the calm assurance of Youth. So it should beg For Courage grows by effort, And better far that Vigor skid anon Than shrivel through inaction. CLARENCE HALL ROBINSON, '91 ...I A ' CLASS OF 1901 The Class of 1901 consisted of twenty-two members, six boys and sixteen girls. Of these eight girls and one boy live in Piqua: Clinton Campbell, a well known business many Mary Adams, a teacher in the public schoolsq Margaret Turk, who holds an important position in the telephone exchangeg Meta Broer- man, Metta McGee, Fay VVilson, Mrs. Paul Flach, Mrs. Wm. Freshour, and Mrs. Geo. Berry. john Spencer is a successful business man of Troy, Ohio and Charles Wilder holds an important position in Butler, Pa. The others are widely scatter- ed. One of the members contributed the following: Twenty years have dimmed the memories of many of this class to the ex- tent that after soliciting most of the members for this little note, the one responsi- ble for its production took advantage of being a good neighbor of mine and forced it upon me, so rather than tell facts I must rely upon my imagination. Our class must have had a rather ordinary existence, or someone in it would have something interesting to tell. None of us have become wealthy or wise enough to be spoken of in the newspapers, but we have been good loyal citizens. I can testify to the loyalty, for had any of the class not been loyal friends I would not have graduated. It happened thus: three or four weeks before graduating time, on going to class one day we found Mr. Moffett not yet there. Most of the class went to the attic of the old High School Building and while there we rang the big bell in the tower which was, during class time, a fire signal. This scared us about as badly as the balance of the school which was dismissed. In our haste to get back to the class room from the attic, I was pushed from the walk and fell on the ceiling kicking off a few yards of heavy plaster which fell upon Mr. MoFfett's desk, scaring him badly besides covering him with ink and plaster. No one would tell who committed this deed, or I would not have been writing this for the class of 1901. I have not had the pleasure of seeing many of the class recently, but presume they are still as loyal in their different walks of life as they were to me in school. If they are, I am sure the world will some day hear from some of them. I Respectfully, ' C. A. CAMPBELL CLASS OF 1911 Ten short, busy years-years which have brought joy and sorrow, success and failure to all of us, have passed since the members of the Class of 1911 re- ceived their coveted diplomas and started forth to conquer the world. So far as a hurried survey will show, most of us are busily occupied at this time trying to convince the world that it really wants to be conquered, and no doubt by the time another number one class is graduated from old Piqua High we shall be able to report progress. Space nor time will permit of a detailed account of each of the thirty- three members of the class. Two have died, Rebecca Hancock and Martha Gano. Thirteen still remain in Piqua, while the remainder are scattered far and wide. Not-withstanding the fact that few are located here, we have had our re- union each year since graduation, a feat accomplished by very few if by any other classes. I am sure that each member of the class will join with me in wishing nothing but success for the Class of 1921, May you live long and prosper. DONALD MILLER CThe following facts may be added to the above account, and will, we think be of interest to the readers of the AHDLl8.l.-THE ED1'roRsJ Warren Breidenbach is nowasuccessful physician in Dayton, Ohio. Fay Norton holds a responsible position as Coordinator in Engineering in the Uni- versity of Cincinnati. Miss Irene Hockenberry is Red Cross community nurse in Piqua. This class contributed it's quoto to the world war, the following names appearing on the P. H. S. Honor Roll, Perkins Roe, Harold Bull, and .Albert Dankworth. - Cupid has long been busy in this class and at least half of the members have established homes of their own, the latest addition to the benedicts being Albert Dankworth who was recently married in Portland, Oregon, 47 A Mrs. Kiefer The students and teachers of the Piqua High School were very sorry when, because of continued ill health, Mrs. Kiefer found it necessary to withdraw from the faculty. For twelve years she had been a faithful and efficient teacher, first of German and later of French and Science. Those who in former years had been in her German classes enjoyed both her teaching ability and their associa- tion with her. When the German course was discontinued, Mrs. Kiefer wals able to take charge of the French classes which were organized and proved herself a competent teacher both in this sub- ject and in General Science. Both students and faculty wish to record their appreciation of her work in the high school, and to express the hope that she may entirely recover her health and be able to return to the work she so much enjoyed. Appreciations HE members of the Senior class feel very much indebted to Miss Lucy Patterson for the invaluable assistance which she rendered them in publishing their Annual, and hereby wish to express their appreciation of her work. Not every class is so fortunate as to have as their advisor and assistant, a teacher who is as capable as Miss Patterson and as willing to spend so much time and labor to aid it in publishing an Annual which will be a credit to the class. Not only in the publication of our Annual but all through our high school life and especially during our Senior year we have regarded Miss Patterson as our friend, and have felt that she was interested in all our undertakings, and that we might look to her for any help and advice which we might need, knowing we should receive all the help that she could give us. For all your interest, kindness, and assistance to us we, the members of the Class of '21 say most heartily, VVe thank you, Miss Patterson . To Mrs. McClay we owe much for the many helpful suggestions and the advice which she gave our Art Editors. As she is in charge of the Art department she is particularly fitted for this work. We also appreciate her assistance in helping us to prepare our cuts. This is a very important feature of our Annual and contributes much to its success. To you too we say, VVe thank you, Mrs. McClay . . Mr. Moffett, our efhcient teacher of mathematics and a gradu- ate of P. H. S. has been invaluable to us. He is an expert photo- grapher and believes in the doctrine of 'A Action . So to show to us his sympathy and interest in our undertaking he agreed to take the photographs of the various clubs, organizations, and athletic teams in the school. In this way much of the former cost of illustration was eliminated. For this service as well as many others you have rendered us we say to you too, f We thank you, Mr. Moffett . 48 X 5, K R A. . 2 I . .If 33232 lt :.snfis.ekQx,:,ZE-meal Y X ll llllllll ' x L ill I .- rumfifnlll The Rose M aiden HE Piqua High School Chorus production of the Cantata The Rose Maiden , on June 3 shows what a high school chorus can do. The Rose Maiden is very well known among music lovers, especially those interested in chorus work. It is acknowledged to be a very difficult selection, and because of this fact very few choruses attempt it. However under the direc- tion of Mr. Stewart the High School Chorus 'fdared to do and as a result feel that they have accomplished something really worth while. There is really no plot to the cantata, but its excellence consists in the wonderful harmonies, and effects produced in the chorus work. The Chorus and it's leader Mr. Stewart spent much time, thought and energy in the preparation, and the High School Orchestra furnished the accompaniment. Since it was felt that none of the members of the Chorus had had sufficient training to properly render the solos in the cantata, the following persons, prominent in musical circles in the city sang the solo parts: Soprano cc.c.,,c,.,co... Miss Kunkle Tenor ,c,,,c Mr. G. F. Schoener Alto ............ Mrs. R. D. Spencer Bass... ....... ...., lN lr. C. M. Sims Much of the success of the cantata is due to the assistance rendered the Chorus by these soloists. '-KATHLIEFIN WISE The Band HE Piqua High School Band has completed another highly successful year of its history, both from a financial and from a musical standpoint. With the departure of the former Music Supervisor, many expected some lowering of the high standards which the Band had maintained. But in September Mr. Ruhl Bartlet came to the school as teacher in History, and in addition to his regular duties took charge of this musical organiza- tion with such enthusiasm and energy that the membership in- creased to nearly thirty, and the band became even better than during the year previous. New music, uniforms, and instruments were added through the year, and in April a concert was given in connection with the High School Orchestra, which proved very successful. Through the year the various school functions, such as athletic events, parades, and lectures, were aided by the services of the Band, which is now one of the most important forces for developing school spirit, and for arousing the pep necessary to the success of the various student enterprises. The boys practiced once a week during both semesters, and have found, that in addition to the enjoyment derived from playing in public, the knowledge of music and the ability to play an in- strument well, which come from the regular practice, are of the greatest value to them in a number of ways. That such knowledge will be of advantage when they enter college is well illustrated by the number of last year's graduates w-ho are now playing in various college bands. In spite of the fact that several prominent members will graduate this year, new material is rapidly developing, and the out- look for 1921-22 is very bright indeed.-WM. HESSLER. A Program ANNUAL CGNCERT HIGH SCHOOL BAND 1 RUHL BARTLETTY Director r 1 Stars and Stripes Forever ,. c.,c,,,, c,,,,,,,,,,,,.,,. ,,,,,c,,t,cM,, S 0 usa 2 Rays of Gold-Overture, YVc,,,,,,, Vkfheeler 3 Las Flores-Tango c,,,c..,, , c,v,,,,,,, Hayes 4 Kupper-March cc,cccc.cc.,..c..ccc. ....c,.c. ,,,,,c,,,c,,,c,,,Yc.,,,,,,,c,w,,,,,,,, C u rth 5 Sally Trombone cc.c...cc,cccc.c.i.ccc.c.c.cc,,,,..,,,, ,,,c,,c,,c,c,c,,,,,,c,c,,,, F illmore Featuring William Hessler, Slide Trombone 6 Vocal Solo-Friend of Mine ,..,,.,,.,ccAcccc,ccc,,,,,.,,,,,,c,c,,,,,, Sanderson Mr. Sims Mrs. Sims, Accompanist 7 ll Trovatore-Selection .c.icc A cc.cc.cccc,,-cc,,c ,i,,,cc,,,cc,,,,,,,,, V erdi 8 Whispering ,.....,.....,....,,,..,... , ,.,.,c, ,,,,,.,,t S chonberger 9 Under the Double Eagle .... . .... ..,,.c.,.c,..c ,c,,,,.,,,,,, W a gner 10 Star Spangled Banner ..,.cctccccccc.ccc.,ccc,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,V,,,,,,,t,cc,, K ey BAND PERSONNEL Cornets Clarinets Saxaphones john Davis Glen Dillon james Tobias Richard Fisher Clifford Procter Davidson Harbaugh Leonard Lindsey Charles Grauser Ralph Zimmerlin Horns Nelson Zimmer Francis Nye Kenneth Blue Robert Werner Joseph Schnell Robert Reck Wilbur Stephens Leonard Snyder Dwight Peele John Loy Elmer Lehmkuhl Trombones William Hessler Vertrees Agenbroad Baritones Francis Shane Chester Barklow Herman Reeder Harold Groven Walter Magee Benton Millhouse Bass Thornton Dietrich Snare Drums Louis jones Casper Whitney Harold Upton Bass Drum Stephen Smith Cymbals Kenneth Benner f I 50 A I .I 51 . I I I I Piqua High School Orchestra. ANY people do not realize what a big part a high school orchestra performs in school activities. A good orchestra is an important factor in student enterprises such as con- ' certs, operettas, musicales, and in fact is of great value at any time when music is needed to work up loyalty and enthusiasm in the school. Any school which has enough musicians to organize an orchestra is very fortunate, and no high school can be complete without one. Piqua High School for the past few years has had a good orchestra. When members graduated there were always new mem- bers to flll-their places. Thus the orchestra has not only kept moving but has improved and grown in size each year. At present the organization consists of thirty-four members who ln Roseland-lntermezzo ....,.. ................Eugene Mlnuet ...................................... ...,. Paderewski Sabre and Spurs-March .......,... ,.......,.,... S ousa Humoreske .......... ...,....,....,.......,......,..,,,...,. . ,,............ D vorak Violin Solo-Hobgoblin Dance ...,............,,,Y..., ....... li lberhardtk Margaret Price The orchestra loses l:lVG members this year by graduation. They will be missed next term but it is hoped that the opening of school will bring several new members to take their places. The orchestra as a whole has done line work and everyone hopes that it will continue to do so in the future. The personnel is as follows: have given their best efforts to make it a great success. They have Violins practiced hard at every rehearsal and have become so well trained Jeanette Stein Grace Steadnaan Dorothy Landman anldhefflclent that Piqua H1 may well be proud of them and their Margaret priee Enda Strennaeier Helen Manahan HC 1oVomo1'1 5- Lawrence Lotz Charlotte MclVlacken Joseph Wyatt What has been done this year is due largely to the efforts of the KQfllofYU Loofoof Helen LoVIQlS I Paula Gollm director, Mr. W. E. Simpkinson. He has been very careful in his Alloo KUSSIUHU Mary LoU1So LoVof1og Worley Kendal selection of music and has given much of his time to the direction Roboft McCabe Loufolloo BUClfomoYol' of the orchestra. His patience and good work have made him very Viola Qboe popular among all the members. As a result the orchestra has a Grace Rench Horns Kenneth Benner Hne repertoire of flrst class overtures, marches and selections from Kenneth Blue operas, and can render them in a very creditable manner. Cello Nelson Zimmer Tfombone on A -1 Hf Elizabeth Kendall . Wllllam Hesslef prl teenth the Annual Band and Orchestra Concert Plano . was given in the High School Auditorium. Both organizations had Flute Margaret Keeeter Baritone been practicing faithfully and gave very good programs. The Edwin Hyatt C1 . Francis Shane orchestra gave the following program: Cornets R b tagnits Percussion Yankee Grit-March ................................ ....... M ackie Gloll Dllloll Wiillfdr Stiijhens Lows Jones Apple Blossoms-Tone poem ........ ............. R oberts Cllfloffl Proctor Leonard Snyder Bass r I Bridal Rose-Overture -QereeereeeeerYe,ee.,-r----t--r------- 'wn,r,.r'-,----r L avalee Davld Harbaugh Thornton D1etf1Ch Vocal Solo-Route ................ Kipling Stock NELSON ZIMMER, ,21- I .-I 52 A 53 I l l I S The Girls' HE Girls' Glee Club still holds its record as being one of the live-wire musical organizations of Piqua High School, and, although it has not been as large or as prominent in school activities this year as in the past, there has been much enthusiasm among the faithful members, who under the efficient leadership of Mr. J. O. Stewart have studied a very good line of music. The members have been benefited by this organization, for Mr. Stewart has made it an excellent training school, its object being not volume but tone quality and exactness of rythm. It also gave the girls practice on three part music of good quality, and be- cause of the small membership each girl felt the responsibility in helping along her own part, thus gaining confidence in her own ability. An organization like this is an aid to the schoolfor it can supply good music as a club, or offer good singers to take solo parts in school operettas, for the girl who is really a good singer and interest- ed in singing is usually in an organization of this kind. For the last several weeks the Club and some of the chorus girls have been devoting their time to practicing on the May Festival Music, The Rose Maiden . This extra practicing has Glee Club been beneficial to the chorus as a whole, for the few that are familiar with the music can help the rest along. W The Glee Club expects to have a good showing in school activities before the year is up, for the May Festivial Music con- tains several choruses made up of select voices and these will con- tain many of the Glee Club girls. The club looks forward to more prosperous years which the departing Seniors hope will be the most successful in the history of this organization. The Members are: Cwracia Sandersonm., .,.... Pianist Mary Becker ...,.......... Secretary Alyce Maurer ........ .... Kathleen Wise Flora Manahan Anna Kellar Mildred King Martha Thoma Alice Morrow President Elizabeth Coon .......... Librarian Pauline Collins Harriet Cunningham Catherine Coleman Ida Beihl Naomi Stockham Agnes Lange NlARY BECKER. .I A I I I I The Senior Operetta, Sylvia Miami Glee Club. HE operetta, Sylvia given May 27, under the auspices of the Senior class was a very decided success. Fortunately . there was an unusual amount of talent in the class from which to select the cast of characters. Under the very capable direction of Mr. C. M. Sims, those taking part in the operetta did themselves, the class of '21, and P. H. S. credit. One of the noticeable features of the operetta is the unusual number of beautiful choruses. There are three of these choruses: the Haymakers' Chorus, the Farmer's Daughters' Chorus and the Farm Lads' Chorus. These characters were dressed in typical farm costume as were William and Betty. The court ladies and gentleman wore court costumes such as were worn in the eighteenth century. A The plot of the operetta is very clever and held the interest of the audience throughout the performance. Lady Sylvia has tired of her lover, Sir Bertram De Lacey, the court poet, along with the rest of court life. VVhile she is bemoaning the fact that De Lacey isn't a farmer, Betty enters with a group of her friends. Now Betty longs for court life, and a court lover ihstead of a farmer such as William. The two girls decide to change gowns, alnd by means of a magic flower, Cupid's Eyeu, change lovers for a day. The farce is successfully carried out. Numerous complications and ridiculous situations result in which Prince Tobbytum, Lady Araminta, Lady Arabella, and Robin Hgure. ln the end each girl decides she really prefers her own life, and especially her own lover. KATHLEEN WISE. N the twenty-fifth of March the doors of the High School Auditorium were thrown open to admit the public to a con- cert by the Miami Glee Club. The iHgh School for several years has wished to secure a college glee club and to make this delighted, and ed them. when the opportunity was given to the Senior class one of their commencement attractions they were immediately grasped the chance that had been offer- The Glee best singers is Club, composed of thirty-two of Miami University's accustomed to make a tour of the neighboring cities for the purpose of giving concerts, every year during the spring vacation. However this is the first time for several years that Piqua has had the privilege and good fortune of entertaining the Miami Glee Club within its walls. The first part of the program was a series of vocal solos and selections from classical music by the entire Glee Club. The last half was a 'fMiamized Medley of Melody and Mirth , which term is self explanatory. VVhile some people might think this part was of too light a vein and not serious enough, various selections were given which would have met the approval of the most exacting critic of music. The concert which was given was unusually fine for a college glee club, and those who were present were exceedingly gratified by the entertainment, while those who were unable to attend heard with regret the praise given in glowing terms by their friends. HELEN H. KERNS. pi' I .J 55 A l l l A I 56 RED X b 66 KAMPF PENNY Q BONES kb 1 f 3 mm K . 85545, , , Q. :vt M W iq D D Xue Sflfiftgj in 3, 'V :dw .-. 429' ss 97 513' 57 l. l l I Football HE football season of 1920 cannot be called a very great success if the number of victories make a football season successful. Yet it was by no means a failure as it proved to everyone that P. H. S. had a football team that put up a hard and clean Hght no matter how great the odds were against them. When Coach Mote issued his call for candidates, over forty men responded to the cally among them were five letter men of 1919. Around these five men Coach Mote moulded his team. Old man hard luck seemed to be with P. H. S. all during the season: in every game someone was hurt, and these numerous injuries turned into defeat more than one game that looked like victory. After two weeks of strenous practice, the team went to Arcanum and easily defeated the villagers 29 to 0. The next week Springfield met defeat at the hands of the red and blue. P. H. S. scored in the second quarter and from then on played an entirely defensive game, being content with a six point lead which they held throughout the game. On October 15 the team started to Miamisburg with all the confidence in the world, but hopes of victory were dashed on the rocks, when Miamisburg scored the only touchdown of the game in the closing minutes of the fourth quarter. Sidney came the next week and by taking three touchdowns away from us that we had legally made, they managed to defeat us 7 to 0. On October 28 we surely met our Waterloo, in Stivers. In the first five minutes of play, four men were carried off the field and, with a patched team that fought like Heinds, we managed to hold the Stivers team to 83 points. It was an awful scare which the red and blue gave Troy on November 5, with a team composed mostly of cripples. Troy managed to squeeze out a victory by the score of 7 to 6. On November 10 VVest Alexandria gave the team a good chance to get ready for Thanksgiving Day. The downstaters were defeated 38 to 7. For the first time in four years Troy conquered Piqua on Thanksgiving Day. Piqua played Troy to a standstill in the Hrst half and everyone thought that P. H. S. would come out the victor. But Troy opened up a forward passing attack in the second half that seemed to bewilder the red and blue, and scored 19 points while P. H. S. was unable to get within scoring distance of Troy's goal. Piqua High School will lose in this year's graduating class Lindsey, Michelson, and Hanke, three men who have helped for the last three years to uphold the honor of P. H. S. on the gridiron. These men will be greatly missed but with the wealth of material that will be available for football in 1921, P. H. S. should have one of the most successful seasons in years. The line-up most often used by Coach Mote follows: Nye-Jelleff ....,................... R. E. Penrod ..........,...,.,......,....,,,. L. T. Stockham ..........,,,,,......,.... R. T. johnson-Graham ............c, L. E. Booher-Reynolds .............. R. G. M. Michelson-Bellmyre ..L. H. Barklow-Spangler .,................ C. Lindsey .,,,,,,................,.,.... R. H. L. Michelson-Dietrich ...... L. G. Hanke .....,.,...........,..,,....,.,, F. B. Patterson-Geil .......................,....., Q. B. WARREN KAMPF. I ...J S8 . A . I .I 59 ' A I u n ' 1 Basketball IQUA had a very successful Basketball season this year, winning ten of the fifteen games played. Covington and Urbana were given the bitter pill of defeat on their own floors, and New Paris and Nelsonville were handed the same dose at Delaware. Piqua lost three games played away from home when Greenville, Troy, and Hamilton came out of the fray on the long end of the score, Troy and Hamilton winning by one point and by the same score 19 to 18. On our own court we won six out of eight games, snowing under Lena, Union City and Miamisburg, and beating Urbana, Troy, and the Boys Division Team of the Y. M. C. A. after hard fought games. We lost to Stivers the State Champions and to the strong Alumni team. On March third the team went to Delaware to compete in the State Championship games. The first game with New Paris was won by a lone basket made by Barklow at the right time. ln this game the team failed to get started for some reason but in the next game showed better form and won from Nelsonville. In the third game with Hamilton Piqua fought to the last but failed to win. The schedule for the season was: December 18-Covington at Covington-Piqua 275 Covington 13. December 22-Lena at Piqua-Piqua 435 Lena 7. December 28-Alumni at Piqua-Piqua 235 Alumni 25.-53. January 7-Urbana at Urbana-Piqua 265 Urbana January 15-Stivers at Piqua-Piqua 125 Stivers 49. 'lt- , January 21-Urbana at Piqua-Piqua 345 Urbana 12. january 28-Union City at Piqua-Piqua 405 Union City 10. February 4-Troy at Piqua-Piqua 305 Troy 16. February 11-Greenville at Greenville-Piqua 265 Greenville 33. February 18-Miamisburg at Piqua-Piqua 665 Miamisburg 19. February 21-Boys Division at Piqua-Piqua 365 Boys Division 30. February 26-Troy at Troy-Piqua 185 Troy 19. Games at Delaware. March 4 and 5. Piqua 14-New Paris 12. Piqua 25-Nelsonville 14. Piqua 18-Hamilton 19. For the entire season Piqua ran up a total of 402 points while her opponents made only 264. At the beginning of the season four reliables Nye, Hanke, Patterson, and Penrod reported ready for action, and from the group of fellows coming out a perfect find was made when Johnson was picked to fill the other position. The line-up for the season was: Hanke f johnson Guards Center: Nye Forwards f Penrod i Patterson Subs.-Barklow, Graham, and Bellmyre. Other fellows who were out all the season and helped the team in their practice were: Smith, Reynolds, Cron, Edge, Lindsey, and Gavin. There was no particular star in this year's team and the whole team played well together and used good teamwork. We had a good scoring machine in the forwards, center, and Penrod5 Hanke was always on hand when the ball was in the opponent's territory. Only one, Hanke, of the regulars will graduate in june, and Piqua should have a fine team in '22. WILBUR B. STEPHENS, '21. 60 A I' l l 1 I .I 61 F' I I I Baseball IQUA HIGH started the baseball season of 1921 under great difficulties. As nearly all of the team is made up of new players, much practice and coaching was needed, which was prohibited to a great extent by the cold and rainy weather. However these are just the usual difficulties of any high school baseball team and they must be taken into consideration when the record for the season is looked over. The class baseball games this year were particularly successful in that they brought out a great amount of new talent and con- vinced the coach that several of the lower classmen are to be watched for they will make the cdming stars. The thing which was especial- ly gratifying was the winning of the class series by the Sophomores. When the second year class can get out and beat the teams of the two upper classes, it proves that we are going foiward and not backward in baseball. The teams of at least the next two years look very promising because they will be composed of the old men together with the lower classmen now partially seasoned. The brand of ball played in the class games was of the highest and many startling catches were made. Of course the pitchers were a little wild but that is to be expected of the first few games. It is un- fortunate that many of the contests with other schools had to be cancelled but no one except the old weather man could help that so in looking over our record don't judge by the number of games played but by the kind of ball played. The following is the way the class games stood. Although very few games have been played the following schedule, which is an unusually good one, was arranged. Q April 8ewBradford at Piqua. Rain April 15-Covington at Piqua. Piqua -11g Covington-5. April 22-Stivers at Dayton. Rain April 23-Urbana at Piqua. Rain April 29-Greenville at Piqua. Rain May 13-Urbana at Urbana. Rain May 19-Troy at Piqua. May 26-Troy at Troy. May 27-Stivers at Piqua. The Red and Blue were prepared for the first game of the season, which was to be with Bradford at Piqua, but were not permitted to play them because of a wet field. The second scheduled game, which proved to be the opening game was played with the strong Covington team at Roosevelt Park. It was the excellent pitching of West Hickey that kept the visitors from running up a large score. The final score was 11-5 in favor of the Red and Blue. Again rainy weather interfered with the schedule and the games with Stivers, Urbana and Greenville were cancelled. Line up WON LOST CAPTAIN Barklow ......... ......... C . Lindsey ..,....... .,,...... S . S. Seniors ....-.-. -...a---. 2 1 Joseph Spangler l3I5?.1ES25e11i1 gjjjjiigsgj ??Ql'3.y'e ee'eceee eceeeeee 23 ' ll' Jumors '. ' '1 2 Kenneth Johnson Graham ....................... .... 2nd B. WON LosT CAPTAIN NYG e 'eee'e ' 3rd B' Sophomores --VwM-- .------A4 3 0 Osborne Beumyre Subs-Smith, Doren, Stockham and Mills. Freshmen ooo4-5M ,,,,,, . W0 3 Chester Barklow FORREST DoREN. 62 A . I 63 .A f X I l l I TRACK HE second annual track meet was held the afternoon of May 7, at Roosevelt Park. The local High School team easily won this meet, having a lead of 37 points. A great amount of honor for this success should go to Coach Mote as it was due to his grilling team practice that we were able to win the meet so easily. The team certainly had good runners in the form of Kampf and Stockham. A silver medal was awarded to Kampf who totaled 13M points, while Stockham was a close second with 125 points. Tubby Lindsey must not be forgotten either as he easily proved what a heavy person can do on the 50 yards. This race was a close one as Kampf and Lindsey were running neck and neck for first place. The 880 was a good race and might have been lost by Piqua if it had not been for the strict coaching of Mr. Mote. Johnson and Penrod easily took first and second places, Piqua being 50 yards in the lead. The one half mile relay race was won in easy fashion by Piqua. Kampf, Haines, Nye, and Stockham made the other runners look as if they were tied. This race was won by a lead of fully 60 yards. On the 220 yard dash Kampf easily took first place as his time was only 23 1-5 seconds. Stockham, although boxed in at the start, easily drew away winning second place by 20 yards. Piqua tied with Troy for first place in the pole vault and took second in each of the remaining events. Fully 600 people viewed this meet in which four schools were represented namely, Piqua, Troy, Tippecanoe City, and West Milton. ' - THE MEET 50 yd. dash-Kampf CPiquaj first, Lindsey QPiquaD secondg Allen CTroyj thirdg Guard CTipp.D fourth. Time 5 4-5 seconds. One half mile-Johnson CPiquaD firstg Penrod CPiquaD secondg Allen QTipp.D thirdg Campbell CTroyj fourth. Time 2. minutes, 13 seconds. ' Pole Vault-Smith CTroyj and Edge CPiquaD tied for first placeg Yochem CPiquaj thirdg Crouch CTipp.j fourth. Height 9 feet 3 inches. 7 100 yd dash-Stockham QPiquaj firstg Bayshaw CTipp.j secondg Kampf CPiquaj thirdg Allen CTroyD fourth. Time 11 seconds. Shot put-Minnich CW. Miltonj firstg Stockham CPiquaj secondg Allen CTroyl thirdg Barklow CPiquaD fourth. Distance, 36 feet 9 inches. 440 yd dash-Pitzer CW. Miltonj first: Mills fPiquaD second, Keller CPiquaj third, Tenney CTroyj fourth. Time, 59 1-5 seconds. High jump-Smith CTroyj firstg Nye CPiqual secondg Mesher CW. Miltonj thirdg Graham CPiquaj fourth. Height, 5 feet, 1M inches. ! 220 yd dash-Kampf CPiquaD Iirstq Stockham CPiquaj secondg Roth CTroyj third, Allen CTipp.j fourth. Time, 23 1-5 seconds. Broad jump-Brayshaw QTipp.j Hrstg Nye CPiquaj second: Brumbaugh CVV. Miltonj thirdg Byrum CTroyj fourth. Distance, 19 feet, 7M inches. H Relay Chalf lnilej-Piqua-qKampf, Haines, Nye, Stockham. Time, 1 minute 42 3-5 seconds. ' JAMES D. M1LLs. 64 . I I , I 65 i I I I Letter Men Leonard Lindsey- Tubby . By his nickname ye shall know him. When it comes to Football Tubby is right there. Starting in when but a little Sophomore, he won letters in Football and Basketball. Oh, how Tubby used to make those holes and tacklesg and he must have profited from his experience on the line for he surely could pick those holes when he played as half-back. Somehow we know they're going to miss you, Tubby . VVarren Kampf-'fKa'mpie won his letters in Football and Track. As an end he was very fast, good, without a doubt, and as Football Manager, then Basketball Manager he deserves credit and more credit. Then, almost before anyone knew it this spring, he was making a name for himself on the track. When someone else in the future takes your place there, Warren, he will have to be able to step some. Lewis Hanke- Louie won his letters in Football and Basket- ball, during his Sophomore and Senior years. On the gridiron and on the Basketball court he could always be relied upon to do his part in full and the way Louie used his brain in those hard fought games surely helped much to make success for his team. Leonard Michelson- lVlike's'I letter came after hard work on the Football Held. It takes a lot of fight for a fellow of lVlike's size to play a position on the line as 'IlVlike played his, but fight and grit is what he is rich in. Don't we remember some of those tackles that he made behind the line of scrimmage? I'll say we do. Joseph Spangler-- Joe tried his luck at Baseball in 1920. He made his position, then played it well and held it, so a letter was his. JOHN DAVIS I - I 66 I 'NI' 1 . . . A I I I I I I Girls' Athletics THE GYM AIDS NE of the new and interesting organizations added this year to those already in the Piqua High School is that of the Gym Aids, under the direction of Miss Esther Schrider, teacher of physical work in the schools. The first meeting was held on October 18, when the following officers were elected: jennette Stein, presidentg Lillian Douthitt, secretaryg and Ruth Youtsey, treasurer. Every Monday at 3:00 P. M. they meet in the gymnasium for their class in gymnastics, at the close of which they hold a business meetingin Miss Schrider's room. To become a member of this organization a girl must have an average of 80121, in scholarship, marches, wands, Indian-clubs, folk dances, apparatus, and games. At present there are ten members: Enona Jean Bowman, Lillian Douthitt, Anna Garner, Margaret julian, Margaret Koester, Margaret Price, Edna Shane, Jennette Stein, Edna Strohmeier, and Ruth Youtsey. In November a Carnival was given under the direction of Miss Bartlett and Miss Schrider, aided by these girls, for the purpose of raising money to buy some new equipment for the gymnasium. About 8225 was cleared with which there have been purchased boxing gloves, a basketball, bean bags, bows and arrows for archery, flying rings, discus, shot put, medicine ball, and a baseball and bat. At a party given for all high school girls, emblems were awarded to Jennette Stein and Edna Strohmeier, winners in the fall tennis tournament, and to Velma Miller, Onda Riddle, Kathleen Middle- swarts, Erva Crumbaugh, Irene Ostrum, Beatrice Winans, Katherine Trowbridge, La Rose Reedy, Edna Shane, jennette Stein, Katherine Reedy, and Edna Strohmeier for hiking. In addition emblems were given to the girls who met the necessary requirements, and became Gym Aids. When a girl wins two emblems for hiking, games and track, she will be awarded a final letter P. BASKETBALL On March 24-25 the inter-class basketball games were held. On Thursday night, March 24, the juniors stepped on the Sophs with a sweeping 24 to 4 victoryg our sedate Seniors won a slim 8 to 7 advantage over the Freshiesg and the Freshies were encouraged by being the victors in a hard fight against the Sophs in which the score stood 5 to 3. The morrow found the Freshies on the short end of the score, for the Juniors triumphed 12 to 2. The Juniors still remained supreme by winning over the Seniors with a score of 20 to 9, and the Seniors in the last game, piled up a score over the Sophs of 12 to 4. The Juniors as Champions will receive letters later on, as honor for their play. The members of this fast team are-Enona jean Bowman, jennette Stein and Dorothy Hofhienz, forwardsg Margaret Koester center-Captaing Betty Brown and Ruth Youstsey, running centersg Elizabeth Jennings, Lillian Douthitt and Margaret Price, guards. . TRACK Following these games the girls began their track work at the Favorite Hill grounds. This consisted of discus, shot put, dashes, high jump, broad jump, archery, baseball throw, and basketball throw. Those entering these different events wereg M. Julian, J. Stackhouse, E. J. Frisch, F. Dillion and A. Davis, for relay. M. Julian, F. Dillion, J. Stein, A. Garner, O. Riddle, and A. Davis for shot put. A. Garner, A. Davis, O. Riddle, J. Stein, M. Koester, and F. Dillion for discus. M. Rittenhouse, E. J. Frisch, J. Stein, and A. Garner for high jump. J. Stackhouse, J. Stein and O. Riddle for broad jump. M. Rittenhouse, J. Stackhouse, F. Dillion J. Stein, A. Garner, O. Riddle and A. Davis, for baseball throw. M. Rittenhouse, F. Dillion, A. Garner, and O. Riddle, basketball throw. 1 EDNA STROHMEIER. I I I 68 . . . . V I 69 A 70 A IX n I n I HROUGH' xX XX IQUA HIGH SCHOOL had an unusual number of changes in the Faculty this year. In other years there have been one or two vacancies but this year there were six, one of which was caused by the death of Miss Helen Cooper who had taught Domestic Science for several yearsq and another by the illness of Mrs. Clara Kiefer who had taught German as long as it was on the course of study and later had been teacher of French and Science. The other four vacancies were due to the resignations of Miss Esther Henderson, Physical Training teacher and of the Messrs. Roy Patton, teacher of History, james Smith, Mathematics teacher, and Philip Gates musical director, all of whom left to take up the same work in other cities. To fill these vacancies, P. H. S. was fortunate in getting two of her former graduates, Miss Genevieve North '04, a graduate of the Class of 1910 Oberlin College and Mr. Fletcher Moffett '90, a graduate of Ohio VVesleyan College. Both have had considerable experience, Miss North having taught in St. Marys and Findlay, and Mr, Moffett having been Principal of a number of High Schools. Mr. Moffett also taught in P. H. several years ago. For the French classes Mrs. Ralph Kali of Sidney, Ohio, a graduate of WGYEAR Bryn Mawr College, was secured. Miss Ruth Bartlett and Miss Esther Schrider, both graduates of Ohio State University, were elected, the former to teach Home Economics and to be Cafeteria Supervisor, and the latter to teach Physical Training and Domestic Science. Mr. Ruhl Bartlett, a graduate of Ohio University was secured for History teacher and Director of the High School Band. Mr. J. O. Stewart of Norfolk, Virginia,a graduate of the Con- servatory of Music, Cincinnati, was procured as Musical Director of the schools of the city. During the 'past year these teachers have shown their ability and faithfulness, and we wish them many more successful years in Piqua High School.-HELEN ZILE. The Lecture Course The Lecture course was a decided success from beginning to end. The tickets were all sold in a very short time and many more could have been sold had there been room to seat the people. The Course was opened on October 20, 1920 by the Criterion Male Quartet, which furnished the Piqua audience with a delightful I .J 71 evening of music. On the evening of December 9, Piquads Hocked in large numbers to the Auditorium to laugh once more with that ever welcome humorist, Strickland Gillilan. As the third number Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst gave her lecture, The Women's Vote versus Bolshevismf' on January 21, to a large audience. On February 9, Montraville Wood, the scientist, gave a splendid illustrated lecture. The fifth number, on February 28, was indeed a treat when Glenn Frank, who has a nation wide reputation as orator and writer, gave his address on 'fThe New Order versus The New Disorder . As the last number, on March 9, Pitt Parker, the noted cartoonist demonstrated to a capacity audience the art of drawing comics. The expressions of approval on the part of the audiences made it evident that all who attended this course enjoyed every number to the utmost and considered both their time and money well spent.-VERA M. KETTLER. The Carnival 'fTalk about your fun. Well I think all the High School students, and all their relatives and friends, enjoyed themselves to the uttermost when Piqua High School held their Hrst carnival on November 19. The Gym Aid Class, consisting of girls from every class in school, with the help of Miss Esther Schrider and Miss Ruth Bartlett were the ones who especially made this a great success. As for amusements, one could find them in nearly all parts of the building. Of course the most freakish one was the Hall of Horrors which led down a dark hallway into the furnace room where one saw enough horrors before coming out again. Other booths wereg The Rogues' Gallery, Fortune Telling , Philip- pino , 'fThe Seasons , and Refreshments. . At intervals performances were staged in the auditorium: a pleasing minstrel by the girlsg a comedy of ten acts by the boysg and best of all one by the faculty Cbut then of course we all expected it to be the bestb. We all imagine that Mr. Franz, Mr. Mote, and Mr. Sims would make useful furniture if it should ever be necessary for them to do so. A A very substantial amount was cleared which was expended in buying some much needed new equipment for the Gym . If ever another carnival is put on at the High school, we hope that it will be just as successful as the one given this year. CHARLOTTE HIGGINS. The Pageant The Pilgrims , a Pageant of Progress in celebration of the Ter-Centenary of the Landing of the Pilgrims, by Constance D'Arey Mackay, was presented by the pupils of the Piqua Public School in the High School Auditorium, Friday December 17, 1920. The management of the Pageant was in charge of the principals and teachers of the schools, with Mr. J. O. Stewart in charge of the musicg Miss Mary McKinney, the costumesg Miss Ruth Bartlett, the dancesg and Mrs. Minna McClay, the banners. ' The Pageant was presented in a series of scenes. The first represented the Pilgrims on a Sabbath morning, showing the dangers and hardships they faced in attending meeting. Another portrayed the daily life of the Pilgrims. America then gave to john Robinson, a picture of the future in which the wars that were to be, were portrayed, and some of the great men who represented American ideals, such as Washing- ton, Penn, Lincoln, and Franklin, passed in review. One of the attractive features was a procession of the Arts, Sciences, and In- ventions which then passed before John Robinson. The Pageant was well presented in every way and was pro- nounced very good by all who attended.-MARY GREELY. Motion Pictures For the past two years motion pictures, of the educational type, have been shown in the high school auditorium. This year they have been under the able supervision of Mr. Fletcher Moffett, who has made a great success of them in pleasing the people and at the same time in making them pay for themselves. During the first part of the year the public was not interested but little by little people began to come, and now, when a show is given the auditorium is filled both in the afternoon performance, 72 A l I I 1 l which is given especially for the school children, and in the evening one which is for adults. The program usually consists of a comedy, a Hfeatureu of about four reels, and an educational weekly, such as making clothes, automobiles, and other things. . The features are always taken from the books that the pupils study some time or other during their school life. For ex- ample plays of merit such as Enoch Arden , The Ancient Mariner , and others that were written long ago by the great authors. During the last semester the science classes have been devoting several hours a week toward motion picture study of things they read about in their text books, and they seem to like it very much. In these pictures the feature consists of an educational film such as How Cotton is Converted into Cloth , The Process of Making Shoes , or any other article that is in use today. This gives the students an idea of how their clothes and other things are made. These pictures are helping to make the High School popular and we hope that they are continued, not only next year, but in all the years to come-LEONARD LINDSEY. The Dramatic Club The Piqua High School Dramatic Club is one of the new organizations that has aroused great interest in the school. Its purpose is to help students to overcome self-consciousness and to take an active part in plays and other affairs of a dramatic nature. Miss McKinney has kindly devoted much of her time to directing the students in their work and to supervising and drilling plays. Because of the large membership of the club, it has been necessary to divide the members into four divisions, so that each pupil may take an active part at every fourth meeting. In this way the dramatic ability of the club may be more carefully studied. As this has been the first year for the club, the members have not undertaken any long play. However at Christmas time, they presented to the students of the high school and a number of visitors, a very humorous comedy, pertaining to the Christmas spirit. The students were well pleased with the play and expressed a hope that the club would continue to present plays for them. Owing to the numerous interruptions of the rehearsals and meetings of the club, the only other play presented before the school was one given at the last high school party of this year. ' This club has gone far beyond the expectations of the school, and the students feel that due credit should be given to Miss McKinney for her help in making it a success. CATHERINE TROWBRIDGE. The High School Parties One of the pleasant features of the High School life this year was the series of parties, the first of which was given in honor of the Freshmen. As this was a masquerade, the first part of the evening was given up to discovering the identity of the many masqued pupils. Then a program planned by the students was given and some very clever stunts were put on. After the program, the pupils adjourned to the gymnasium, where games, principally for the purpose of making the Freshmen acquainted with the other pupils, were played. At the conclusion of these games, an orchestra composed of High School musicians played, and the rest of the evening was spent in dancing. The second of these parties was held about a month later, and was conducted practically the same as the first one, except that there was no masking. A very clever slight of hand performance by one of the students was given, and as before, games were played in the gymnasium. The next party came as a delightful climax to the victory of Piqua High School over Troy in the basketball game. Members of both schools attended, and all joined heartily in singing songs in the auditorium. The defeat of Troy did not seem to dampen the spirit of anyone from that city, and when the orchestra played lively music, everything was forgotten but the desire to dance. The last of these enjoyable affairs was held in April. For the program, a French play, and a humorous selection by the Dramatic Club were staged. A reception committee of high school teachers and students met the pupils in the gymnasium, and after much friendly handshaking, the rest of the evening was spent in games 73 A and dancing, and it was with a sigh of regret that the students departed hOlT1CW'3fd.m-DOROTHEA A. GINN. The Piqua Daily Cal1's New High School Edition. The year 1921 witnessed the inauguration in Piqua High School of a new feature in the English department namely f'The Piqua High School Edition of the Piqua Daily Call. This is an out- growth of the weekly school items column that was formerly pub- lished. Through the courtesy of the Piqua Daily Call the school is allotted about five columns every Saturday. During the week all occurences of interest to the High School are noted down under news item heads. As a rule there are from twelve to fourteen items a week. In addition two or three subjects for editorials are suggested each week. These subjects deal with things which affect the High School. Both the items and the editorials are suggested by the students as well as by the teachers. A list of students' personals and another of filler are also prepared. The editorials as a rule are chosen by the students while the remainder of the work is assigned. Seniors as well as juniors write the editorials while the Junior English class handles the items, the filler, and the personals. Each subject is treated by at least two different students. The better work is then chosen. The Hller and personals are in the hands of the filler and the personals editors, there being no competition. In addition two proof readers and a scrap book editor are appointed. The former read proof while the latter assists in the arrangement of the scrap book which the English department keeps as a reference. The assignments are changed each week. This journalistic feature which the P. H. S. has adopted was the first of its kind in the state. Its aid to school journalism has already been recognized by several other schools. These are publishing editions copied after the Piqua edition, and imitation is said to be the greatest praise a work my receive.-josEPH SPANGLER g Art Exibit A One of the important events of the year was the Art Exhibit given February 16, 17, 18. Two hundred pictures of Egyptian, Roman and Grecian architecture, and the most noted pictures of all the famous artists were displayed in the High School gymnasium. The success of the occasion was due mainly to the cooperation of all the schools of the city, under the direction of Mrs. Minna P. Mc Clay, Art Supervisor of the Public Schools, the Parent Teachers Association and the City Federation of Women's Clubs. The exibition was given for the purpose of supplying funds for the pur- chase of pictures and statuary to beautify the class rooms and corridors of the various schools. The admission tickets were sold by all the school pupils. A copy of a beautiful picture was given to the room' in the primary grades and one to the room in the grammar grades having the most tickets sold. As a result of the enthusiasm shown, 8800.00 was realized. The corridor on the ground floor was very beautifully decorated with lattice work and flowers. At artistically arranged booths, refreshments were served and flowers sold. The small children from some of the schools sold small baskets of candy. Another feature that added much to the enjoyment of the large crowds, that filled the gymnasium each afternoon and evening, was the musical programs given by the orchestras of the grade schools. On Friday evening a picture show was given and was enjoyed by all who attented. As a whole it was an artistic, financial, and social success, an occasion long to be remembered and one whose educational benefit will be realized for some time to come.-GLENNA SCHROERLUKE. Dedication of Roosevelt Park The presentation exercises of the East Ash street playgrounds were observed on Tuesday, April 19, 1921 at the playgrounds. The playground apparatus was purchased by the members of the Rotary Club while the Board of Education purchased the grounds for the park. A number of the high school boys spent several hours assisting with the construction of the tennis courts and track. The high school students formed a parade at the building and proceeded down High street to Main, being joined at the Favorite Hotel entrance by the members of the Rotary Club. The parade i 74 A then continued up Main to Ash and out Ash Street to the Park, being joined at the Spring Street School by the students of that school. The parade was led by the High School Band which rendered some very good selections. Several pictures of different sections of the parade were taken by Mr. Moffett. About 1,000 people witnessed the exercisesg these included local citizens, members of the Rotary Club, the Board of Education, High School students and Spring Street students. The presentation address was delivered by Mr. W. K. Leonard. The acceptance address on the part of the Board of Education was made by Mr. Frank P. Irvin, and for the Parent Teachers' Associa- tion by Mrs. John Montgomery. These were followed ,by Lewis Hanke for the High School and Mayor Harrison Smith for the City of Piqua. Mr. Irvin stated in his address that at the next meeting of the Board of Education a motion would be made to name the park Roosevelt Park in honor of Theodore Roosevelt. t The Arbor day exercises of the Spring Street School were held at the close of these addresses and consisted in the planting of trees in honor of well known Americans, and of Mr. Dietrich, Mrs. Reiter, and Billy Lukens. After the program, high school boys put on a number of mass stunts while the members of the girls' gym classes gave a series of folk dances. The remainder of the afternoon was spent in using the shoot-the-shoots, merry-go-rounds, teeter-totters and swings. RUTH DAVIDSON. The French Play The Senior Class in French dramatized the play Sans Famille , after they had studied the story and then presented it at the high school party April 30th. ' It is a very simple play. The chief character is a little peasant boy who has been adopted by Mere Barberin who is a kind old French woman. ,One day her husband decides to sell Remi because he thinks they are too poor to keep him longer. Already they have had to sell their cow, which is a Very great misfortune to a French peasant. Accordingly Pere Barberin sells Remi to Vitalis who is a Wondering musician and owns a troop of trained animalsg three dogs Zerbino, Capi, and Dolce: and a monkey. The second act is laid in the court of an inn where Remi and his little friend Mattia are giving a performance with the dogs before an audience of villagers. While they are acting a policeman arrests Vitalis for disturbing the peace, leaving Remi without a master. But soon a kind English lady and her son befriend the orphans. Act three carries the story back again to Mere Barberin's cottage where she sits longing for her little adopted boy. Suddenly the door bursts open and Remi rushes in with his friend, Mattia. Soon after the English lady and her son arrive and now Pere Barberin discloses the truth about Remi's parentage: the English lady is his true mother and Arthur his brother. Remi plans to go to England to live in the home of his mother, and there the curtain falls on the perfect reunion. Cast of Characters Margaret Montgomery .................................,., , ......................... Remi Betty Brown ...,.......,..,.,.,,, ..,.,..,,.. M ere Barberin Margaret Washing ...,...,. .....,.......... P ere Barberin Nancy Rundle ............. ......... M adame Millikan Kathleen Wise ...,..,... ...... Helen Kerns ,........ Alma Race .,............. ...... Charlotte Higgins ........ ..... V1tal,1s .D...v............Matt1a ,Une jeune mariee Vera Kettler .............. .................. S on mari Geraldine Martin .....,, Harold Groven .,.,.... Lela GUSf1H ........,., Mary Levering ...,,... Velma Sells ...,,,,..... Stephen Smith ...... Bessie Batson ....... ,,,,.L'Aubergiste ,........joli-Coeur ,,.........,....Capi ..............Dolce .,.,....,.....Zerbino ........Le Gerdarme .,,........,.Francois Elizabeth Coon .............................. .................... ............ A r thur Harold Hauver ........................,.......... ................................... li Idouard ALYCE MAURER ....,........... Director f I 75 A The Camera Club MONG the new, and interesting high school organizations is the Camera Club. This club is rather peculiar in its purpose, and in the way that it's meetings are conducted. Its main purpose is to teach the students to understand the con struction of their cameras, even to the smallest details, and to under- stand just how to take pictures in order to get the best results. Secondary to this, the class intends to learn just how to develop and print the pictures that they have taken. This is rather a large purpose, one must admit, but a. very worth while one. lt is not only important because of the satisfaction it gives one to under- stand just exactly what he is doing in taking pictures, but it teaches the students another phase of thrift. One can hardly realize the amount of money wasted by not knowing how to take pictures, correctly. T The club is conducted more as a class than according to parlimentary law, and the members are instructed by Mr. Moffett. The club feels that they are, indeed, very fortunate to have his advice, and help, since he has for a long time been interested in the taking of pictures. i The club meets every Monday evening for its regular sessions. However, between meetings, they expect to take hikes into the country, and to visit many beautiful places near Piqua, where they will put into practice the knowledge and instruction received from the club meetings concerning picture taking. Piqua High School welcomes this new organization, and hopes that it will continue its meetings in the coming year.-ELEANOR JAMISON. 76 L l V I I I I IIIMII IIQ 'I I II I NII M .tg 5 y Ii' 'II FIIII IIIIIIIII:II II c I IIIIIIII I I If I vi'III1lIIIIlF ff pl ii V A, inn W ' I , A I. I - Iaiiiiillk i Q III I I Ii 157 I P . 7 I .. .W I VII IIIII I I I 2. IIIIHII ,' I I ' I1 of ,pl FIAIIIIQIII I III1 I I IIII QIIII lIi.'I I IIIHIII I I l i I III' I, ..-- A Hp M NIM ' I-I , I w lgg yv II, 2I.lM'nlu'II up W, III' mtl V gr: .LQJII Ig f I I1 II III'-I .I I WI' II IIII I - 2 .alf a 1 li I I I ff 3112 'I ,Ib 'JI -:P 'II-If-' '- ' W 'f -V I ' - J' ' - i,I'--- li' rf--faaxxgjifgr g - 4 :ga , ff-fe-L5-H aiu-E-f't 1 IGI . Ei. +- f IEE Lb 1,:,l,1,lQ1!,lj The Lost is Found HAT a happy old couple, I mused to myself as the bent old Canadian storekeeper filled my order. Hlndeed, indeed it is. Yet why wonder, for the ways of God are strange, replied the old man. W Ah! so there is a story? I inquired, my reporter's curiosity arising. Pray tell! He leaned back on the counter and began, Twenty six years ago today Rene Baptiste entered my store as happy and radiant a young man of twenty-five as I ever beheld. I'Mary has just con- sented, Uncle Alphonse, he confided, Iand next spring the day shall be set. just think, one more year of my troublesome life and II shall settle down and till your little plot.' Two months later found Rene with his outfit ready to again tempt the silent and forbidding North. You see he was a fur trader connected with the Hudson Bay Company. The day he left he stopped in on his way to bid Mary farewell. He had a small wooden image of the Virgin under his arm. 'Yes, its my own work, my farewell to Mary. I carved it myselff he said with boyish pride. It was a rustic yet artistic little piece and it served its purpose well. That was the last I saw of Rene for six years. He met a band of Crees going to Fort Hodge for supplies. As this was his destination he joined their party. In making the portage around the rapids in the Slave the young Indian leader of the party slipped off the cliff and lay senseless at the edge of the boiling and frothing pool below. The only way to save the chief was to crawl down the precipice and haul him up. Bold and impetuous Rene at once started down but his footing gave away and he too lay senseless alongside the chief. The medicine man saw a foreboding in the dual tragedy and harangued the Indians to leave. They were impressed and left Rene and the chief to their fate. I A . . . . The chief was dead 'but Rene recovered consciousness. It was a new Rene though. He was Rene Baptiste no longer. Reason and identity had left him, but somehow he managed to crawl up the bluff. For several days he wondered animal like through the already crisping forest. He had forgotten every thing, even Mary. It was a tattered brute that stumbled into a little Ojibway encamp- ment up the river. The Indians fed him and dressed his bruises. He was placed in a canoe and taken to the village several hundred miles down stream. Here his very derangement supported him, for the savages believed him a child of the great spirit. The Great North tightened her clutch, the frost crisped, the trail crunched beneath the heel and Rene Baptiste became. an Indian. As a trader Rene knew their tongue, his former habits overlapped theirs, his reason had deserted him, so why wonder? He must have moved about with the clan for nearly five years when deep down in his heart he felt a calling, a beckoning. He listened and as a dog finds his lost home so lost Rene found Piccady. About two years after Rene's absence we gave up hope. The company had no account of him. No stray runner had crossed his trail. Probably he had tried some unthought-of venture, it had failed and the Silent North had got him. Mary still hoped and prayed but it was no use. She was young and the young heart heals quickly. So when Dick Markham arrived in Piccady why shouldn't she quit mourning? Dick was a handsome dashing fellow and had an ingratiating way with everyone. Five years after her first bethrothal Mary was again engaged. Dick had heard of lost Rene and forgotten as had all Piccady. The first frost had scarcely been felt when one evening Dick heard a knock. He opened the door to a big bronzed figure clad in half Indian attire. Dick led the stranger to the fireplace and set about preparing him some supper. As he was going about the sup-' per the visitor gave a cry of anguish, Dick rushed in and found him looking at something on the mantelpiece. It was a carved figure of the Virgin. fThat! where did you get it?' he gasped, a new light appearing in his face. Reason had returned. 'F rom my betrothed -we shall go to the church next month', Dick cried passionately. What a dismal world had reason shown Rene. He left without a word and his cracking footsteps died away but not the pang in his heart. 'That must have been Rene Baptiste's ghost' pondered Dick. The story of the nocturnal visitor passed through the village. Was Rene still alive? Everyone asked the question. Mary's old love rekindled so that she cancelled the engagement and Dick left. But he returned the statue. Meanwhile Rene returned to his Ojibway home. Winter was about on all sides. His changed manner surprised the Indians. This life no longer held an appeal to him. He was white again. There was no incentive, no goal. He became morose and cynical and silent.. He worked like a fiend. His trap line extended far beyond his earlier one. He worked it like a machine. During the summer he went to the fort with the Indians. Factor and all were changed, but one old voyageno remained. He recognized Rene after his many years of absence and asked him about Mary for he was away at war at the time of Rene's supposed demise. After his return to the Indian village the moroseness left him. He was eager. The Indians who had held aloof from him again approach- ed. The old love had rekindled. There was still time ere the Great North would again close in. Could he make it? He could. September found him on his way to Piccady. The marriage occurred in October. And the Virgin rests above the fireplace. The old storekeeper yawned and stretched his rheumatic body. HA queer tale I murmured. Yes, truly, and that old couple was Rene Baptiste and his wife. They've been like children ever since the happy day. JOE SPANGLER. I A .I 78 A I I I I I Above the Clouds UPITER sat quietly leaning on his elbow, pondering on the many perplexing questions which invariably come to the Ruler of the Universe. In his great white robe, with flowing beard and majestic mein, he was an imposing spectacle. Allowing his thoughts to drift away from current affairs, he mused aloud although more to himself than to anyone else: For us who live on forever there is an ever monotonous, yet ever varying course of events. VVe have progressed though , he continued looking about the room, I'People on Earth know us only as in the days of the Greeks and Romans, but we can claim a higher development even in material things than the people of the Earth or Mars with their telephones and airplanes even if we do live in the clouds. For how could I stretch a wire to my namesake planet or to Neptune at the rate of one hundred fifty miles an hour and hope to get there before the sun goes dead? The thought of those modern inventions awakened the great ruler to the needs of the hour and he turned to the stack of letters on the mahogany desk before him. The other persons in the richly furnished office were busily engaged at typewriters or dictaphones, and for some minutes no sound was heard save the rattle of machines and the drone of voices from the outer office. Suddenly jupiter reached for his phone, and getting his subordinate, Mercury, ordered him to come to his office promptly. A moment later that worthy individual entered the room breath- less. 'ISay, Merc , began Jupiter irritably, 'Iif you can't come into my private sanctum without flapping those beastly wings of yours, this firm will have a new Secretary of Commerce next week. Mercury only shrugged his shoulders and waited, for he knew his employer. What I want to know is just this, went on the old man, assuming a more felicitous attitude. The earth is for some reason slowing up in its rotation and it's affecting the tides. Besides the days and nights are getting too long. Men complain of long working days, and women can't sleep all night without a lunch about two A. M. Pretty serious! Do you want me to speed it up? inquired Mercury. Yes. And the quicker you can do it the better, because those folks down on the Earth would be rather inconvenienced if their precious top stops spinning. All right, Jupe, returned the youthful but ambitious Secre- tary of Commerce as he left the office. f'What you say goes. The next memorandum on the desk was even more perplexing tothe great chief. Again he took up his phone, asked for Apollo, and then spoke: I'Hello Polly! Yes, your noble laws are conflict- ing again. Those tiny mortals on Earth think that the laws of nature are absolute and harmonious, but then they don't know what a poor Attorney General you are. What? Oh! The trouble is just this: down in Podunk, Indiana, U. S. A., Earth, there is a concrete sidewalk on East jefferson Street about to crack because of a poplar tree root. The learned Apollo at the other end of the line twitched his toga meditatively and Hnally answered. Under Section 5,163,709 of the Universal statues on Arborculture, series 93-A6, the cotton- wood is fully authorized to expand, but by Section 1497 ----- ' Oh, can that stuff. I know the concrete is unbreakable, Jupiter interrupted heatedly. I suppose you would have me refer it to 'the departments of Agriculture and Geology for further analysis. The question is, can you find any clause to get us out of the difficulty, or must the poor Poplar wait in agony until the Supreme Court takes action? I'The Attorney General answered sadlyg There is no alterna- tive. The Poplar must suffer for our inefficient legislation. Con- found that Solar Congress anyhow. Then as his chief was about to hang up his receiver he added: By the way, Iupe, I found out 79 A yesterday that Asteroid number 7349 has so dense a population that the air is getting stagnant and rents are out of sight, so I sent Atlas over with his blow pipe to enlarge it slightly. The busy executive turned to his papers and applied himself to new problems, now dictating letters, now speaking to subordinates- bookkeepers, department heads, stenographers, continually de- creasing the pile of letters upon his desk. When the rush was over he went into the hall to the drinking fountain, stopped at his over- coat on the rack for a clean handkerchief, and re-entered his private office. As he opened the door he noticed that his pretty steno- grapher was busily employed with a mirror and powder puff. Seeing an opportunity to amuse himself at the expense of the sex, he assumed a harsh, man-of-the-world expression and slouched over to the stenographer's deskg kicking over the waste-basket to attract attention, Jupiter spoke sharply: f'Look here, Venus, if you want to hold this job you'll have to get down to work. I've tried to do the right thing by you Cthis a trifle compassionatelyj f'You are making eighteen dollars a week and your chewing gum, and besides I named the Venus pencil after you. My wife doesn't want you here anyway although you can jazz the typewriter. At this point the entertainment was interrupted by the hasty entrance of a half dozen employees. In the lead Mars in his scint- illant coat of mail looked out over a long, dark beard, his black eyes flashing with excitement. 'fMutiny in the ranks-your army is paralizedI he shouted. n Neptune, unable to contain himself longer burst out: And the Navy's in the same boat, jupef' As if struck by an invisible hand, jupiter reeled but caught himself on his desk. Sinking into his cushioned, swivel chair he asked the now frightened visitors to be seated and tell all in a more orderly manner. Mercury then began a summary of his troubles. f'In the first place it's all on the Earth, as usual. The railroads aren't functioning, the mails are in confusion, industry is at a standstill. UBrief, but doubtless complete, commented the chief. The trouble lies in the Underworld, said Minerva. That Bolshevik Pluto is spreading his propaganda from one planet to another until now the whole Universe is fairly saturated with it, 'fOur only course is to declare war on the Bolshevik and his followers, and teach Pluto to keep that propaganda underground , was the suggestion of the chief. Mars moved a little forward on his chair, placed his brawny hands upon his thighs and oratorically began: 'fBut our entire military forces are routed. The air service is in fair condition, but that means little, for the planes will burn up whenever they invade Pluto's territory. This morning's Daily Warp has a long list of new arrivals, but nearly all are from natural deaths and too old to fight. Then let me ask this question. f'How long can the right minded people hold out? Gray haired Saturn answered, f'Since I am in the department of agriculture it might be well for me to speak for the -untainted people. The transportation crisis makes distribution rather than production the primary consideration. Food for six months can be secured if it can be gotten to the people. Jupiter drew the clean bandana handkerchief from the pocket of his robe and wiped his brow. The strain was telling on him. Suddenly making another tack he turned to his Secretary of Com- merce toward whom he continually harbored a grudge. 'fSee here, Merc, what particular incident brought up this condition and divulged these facts? Can it not wait? It is just this way, replied the younger man, Tom Cameron, 417 State Street, Littleburg, Ohio, U. S. A. Earth, has to graduate from high school tonight at eight o'clock and his graduation suit had not arrived yet at six this morning. At the same instant in Littleburg, Ohio, Tom Cameron turned over in bed, awakened, rubbed his eyes, and springing up shouted to his family and the world at large, Confound it all! I'll call that tailor to relieve his mind and graduate in my old suit. And then the gods sighed contentedly, and went home to breakfast and to bed.-WM. HESSLER. 80 A To California in an Automobile N the dreary rainy morning of November 8, 1920 we bade Finding the trouble I went to Kansas City by traction on Mon- farewell to Piqua and started for Los Angeles, California. We were myself and my three sisters Winifred, Irene, and Lucille who were my companions and responsibility. We ate dinner at Indianapolis and about two hours later started for Terre Haute. After singing songs and making every- thing as joyful as possible, we reached there about six o'clock, and put up for the night at the Filbeck Hotel. This had certainly been a successful day, but a tiresome one, so we all slept soundly that night, and were ready for a fresh start by nine next morning. It was rumored that the roads ahead of us were terrible from recent rains, and we were advised to get skid chains. We had a hard time Ending any large enough but finally succeeded. We found out later how much we needed them, for we certainly hit some of the worst roads of the country, and could not have traveled over them without the chains. We were anxious to get on a transcontinental trail and found out on inquiry that there was one a few miles north of us. We fol- lowed another machine from Charleston to Humbolt which is near the trail, but found the roads so terrible we didn't make much head- way, for the mud was up to the hubs. We crossed the Mississipi River at noon on November 12. The roads in Missouri were rough but not so muddy, so we rambled along pretty fast until a front spring broke from a jar it received in going over a washout near a bridge. We drove on to the next town tTakemanD expecting to be there only a couple of days for repairs. But it was found that several teeth on the ring gear and the pinion were broken, and as all of these parts had to come from Kansas City we were in the town for a week. VVe had a good time there and were certainly refreshed for a new start on Friday, November 18. VVe reached Kansas City at noon on Saturday and spent the rest of the day there looking over the city, and supplying ourselves with provisions. Feeling pretty good we concluded to take advantage of a warm night foran evening ride. Ataschool house nearOlacke the machine refused to go further, though in gear and with the engine humming. day morning, and replaced the broken parts. During this time we made our home with the school children. The teacher seemed to enjoy our company and invited us to her home. Tuesday we all went to a picture show to celebrate my birthday. The picture turned out to be California or Bust . Wednesday, November 24, we said good by to the teacher and the children and started on our way. VVe rented an empty house that night for fifty cents, parked the machine beside the window, took our stove and provisions out of our little pantry, and had our supper in comfort. The next day was Thanksgiving. We had some more trouble with the machine, but secured repairs at a cost of fifteen cents and went on. We decided to have a Thanksgiving dinner of our own so got two chickens on the highway and that night pulled in early. Our dinner was great, believe me. , That night there was a rain that made the roads almost im- passable, but after a day or two we decided to go on anyway, and finally reached Hutchinson, Kansas, on Sunday November 28, after plowing through mud for two days at the rate of fifty miles a day. About two miles west of Hutchinson we had another break- down in front of a farm house. We made arrangements to stay with the people there until I could go back to Hutchinson and get repairs. By Tuesday noon we were ready to start again. The roads were good in the morning when they were frozen, but when the sun came up they were soon as bad as ever. We reached Dodge City on December l, after getting stuck twice. The first time we were pulled out by an Ohio man, the second time we managed to get out ourselves. Beyond Dodge City the roads were good and we made two hundred and fifty miles that day taking many pictures on the way and seeing many jack rabbits. The next morning it looked as if we should have snow so we hurried to get to Trinidad, Colorado where we had friends. Never- theless, we had to drive through a blinding snow storm in order to reach our destination. We stayed with our friends two days wait- 81 A ing for the sun to dry the melting snow, and in the meantime making little trips into the mountains. Sunday morning, December 5 we left and traveled through the Raton pass which is 8790 feet high at the summitg it was eight miles up a gradual ascent to the summit and eight miles down again. The curves are steep and dangerous and it is nearly impossible to pass over when they are covered with snow. Soon we were in Las Vegas, New Mexico, where we saw many Mexicans, Spaniards, and Indians in their native dress. The mountains and canyon scenery in New Mexico is splendid. The sun shone every day, but the nights were long and generally cold. On our way to Sante Fe, we saw a cart funeral, an old fashioned wedding, and a mass meeting. Sante Fe is a very ancient village and the Capital of New Mexico. It is noted for its historic struc- tures, its churches in particular. Between Albuquerque and Socorro we wentthrough many dangerous hairpin curves. The roads are narrow with an embank- ment on one side of the curve and on the other side a bed of rocks hundreds of feet below. We had come into these dangerous places The ERRY AND BLAIR COLLEGES had been fierce rivals for many years, and as the time for the annual rowing regatta drew near, the spirit of loyalty and enthusiasm ran high in the two colleges. On the night just before the big race, a group of boys stood in front of the railway station in Circleville, watching the lights of a swiftly disappearing train. I could have sworn that that was jack Cameron, H excitedly exclaimed one boy. You're wrong. It couldn't be the Captain, exclaimed an- other named Bill, who was a member of the crew. It was Jack, or his ghost, I know. But come along, fellows. You know the coach said we had to be in early tonight. And with these words the group dispersed to their respective rooms near the campus. Bob Wolfe and Bill Martindale, who had a room together, did little by little, so we thought little about them but just jollied on our way. After traveling along happily and having good luck for several days we reached Flagstaff, Arizona, on Saturday, December 12. We were disappointed because we could not go to the Grand Canyon from here, but it was the wrong time of year to go. The next day we went to the Petrified Forest near Kingsman. . We traveled for two days over lava and sandy ground, then crossed the Colorado River onto California soil. The next day we struck paved roads near SanBernardino, the rest of the way was easy. Everything was beautiful and the country the ideal one we had pictured in our minds. Wvefcertainly made gooditime for the next half day and arrived at Los Angeles,'Wednesday, December 15, at noon. We telephoned our mother and she came to the city to meet us and to give us a warm welcome. VVe drove to our new home where we were welcomed by the rest of the family.-DOUGLAS DoRsE. Gardena, Cal. CNOTEiDOUgl3S was a member of the class of 1921. P. H. S., and wrote this account of his trip especially for the Annualj Victory 1 not, however, forget the incident at the station, and still continued to discuss it on the way home. It seems funny doesn't it, Bob, that Cameron should leave tonight, when he knows the big race is tomorrow? l'll tell you what, Bob, let's go over to his rooms. We may have been mistaken, you know, said Bill. As Jack's room was but a short distance away, the two soon reached it. Upon knocking and receiving no answer, they tried the door. Fortunately it was not locked, and the two entered the room. A confused array of clothes and books met their startled eyes. 'fWhat can it mean? demanded Bob in an awe striken tone. Spying a square of white on a table near by, Bill, thinking it might be a note from jack, picked it up and hastily glanced through it. VVith a shocked expression on his face he turned to Bob and read ----- I cannot row tomorrow. Tell the coach to put Tom in my place. Jacku 82 A Now what do you make out of that? exclaimed the two in a breath. 'fLet's go see the Coach at once. He may know some- thing. A mad scramble to the house of the coach two squares away, then ensued. Hastily climbing two steps at a time, the pair landed breathless on the porch, and violently rang the door bell. Upon seeing the two boys, both of whom were members of the crew, he said rather sharply, 'fWhy aren't you in bed? You should have been long ago. f'But, Coach, explained Bob hastily, Hthe Captain's gone. What shall we do tomorrow? Blair College will surely- but he was interrupted by the coach saying, H Who told you all this nonsense?' Ujust read this and see. With a grave look upon his face the coach read the note, and then sent the pair home, promising to look into the matter at once. Now here was the situation: Jack Cameron, captain of the rowing crew, came from a little town in New York. His parents, were poor and could not help him much, consequently he was forced to workhis way through college. Tom Forman, a classmate and the son of a wealthy man, lived in the same little town as jack, but the two had never been very close friends. During hisilast year in college jack found it easier to manage, for an uncle had died and left him a small legacy. He then for the hrst time was able to indulge in his favorite pastime of rowing. The coach soon dis- covered his ability, and the result was that jack was made captain. Tom Forman, also, was a member of the crew and the daily association of the two brought an occasional friendly word between them. However, when jack proved himself the best man for the captaincy, Tom inwardly rebelled. What will my father say? ,What can I tell him? He will just think that I have been idling my time and have not kept in constant practice. Now Tom's father was a former graduate of Terry College, and was an ardent supporter of it. Tom had fully expected to be made captain and he knew his father expected it of him, hence his dejection. On the day preceding the race jack met him coming across the campus with a letter in his hand. When he saw Jack he asked, A' Have you heard the news? 'fYour father is to succeed Mr. Travers in my father's bank. My father? Why that's good news, exclaimed Jack joyfully. 'fBut listen, Jack, my father don't know that you are captain of the crew. When he finds that out tomorrow he'll never give your father that positionf' A' You can't mean that, Tom, I'm sure, your father would never refuse on that account, said jack. 'fOh, well, you know dad, and with that parting shot he was gone saying to himself-A' I'll give him a scare, anyway. Upon thinking the matter over Jack felt that his father must have the position, so packing a few things hastily into a bag, he left Centerville believing that no one knew of his departure. The next morning, very early, two excited boys crawled quickly out of bed and hurried over to the house of the coach who met them just as they reached the gate. Come on, boys, we're going to Greenfield at once, he said. 'fVVe have to get Jack or lose this race. Speeding over the road to Greenfield the coach told them of how he had questioned all the crew, and had at last found that Tom knew the whole story, although he never dreamed that jack would leave in order to give the place to him. When the coach and the boys pulled up in front of his home, they found Jack sitting on the veranda watch in hand. 'fFour more hours until--- but he never finished his sentence for two excited boys and their coach, all trying to talk at once, pounced down upon him and without giving him time even to answer they lifted him into the machine and sped away to Centerville. That was a wonderful day for jack, for not only did Terry win by a good ten feet, but Iack's father and Mr. Forman both were there together cheering like mad. Why, Dad, how came you here? he asked after the race. HI thought - I know what you thought, replied his father, 'f but you were mistaken. Tom telephoned his father, to bring me with him. But the position? he asked. Q f'Don't worry about the position, answered Mr. Forman, your father is the best man for the place just as you were the best man for captain. It was hard on Tom not to win the honor, but I believe in letting the best man have the place always, and Tom knows it now if he did not lD6fOfC.,,-'-DOROTHEA GINN. I .I 83 A 1 ' I I 84 D . A . KX I I l I Th UnLiterar Di est PRIVATE OPINIONCPHSJcombined. ...th THE UNLITEBARY niassr PUBLISHED occAs1oNAu.Y VOL. 1,NO.1 PIQUA. JUNE 811921. PRICE io cams Editorials. CID On Boldness. Be bold-be ever bold-but be not bowled over. - C21 The Great Toothpick Question. or Should a Tooth Pick.!!!??? Sic Semper Tyrannis. For many centuries the wisest and most learned men have debated the question whether the east or the west end of a tooth- pick should be the smallest and thinnest. The contest has not confined its vicissitudes to one country or race. It rages over all the countries where toothpicks are used and the best intellects of the ages have been worn out pondering this question. It is not commonly known that Alexander the Grate was really the first great expounder of the theory that the west end should be the thinnest, but such is the fact.l!!?!!? He told the world that he wanted power, fame and riches but his real object in killing all those people was to exterminate those who supported the H East theory. Listen my dear readers and I shall reveal to you the most astound- ing fact, the most unthinkable thought which I heard from the lips of Richard the Lion Hearted himself as he was preparing to answer Abe Lincoln's immortal plea for volunteers. Hist! Hist! all ye gather round. The Crusades were really fought on account of the toothpick questionlll? No one knows just which theory the Eygptians were in favor of but that is immaterial. So this great question baffled the man for ages. Scientists have come and scientists have gone, but the toothpick question stays on for ever. Marco Polo has gone on record as saying that the rapid deforestration of America is due to the East theory which he shows fully wastes the precious wood. But at last the great question has been solved!! Mark Twain the thirteenth cousin of Bill Shakespeare, disclosed the truth in one of his famous pink issues. CYes, you are right, Alvicious, we refer to the sports sectionj Markls compromise will be remembered along with the Missouri Compromise of 1921, or thereabouts, as having saved countless lives and prevented much bloodshed. His immortal words will be remembered eternally. Mark Twain's short and concise words were theseg I have used toothpicks since I was a baby and I have concluded that both ends should be thin. P. S. Anyone desiring to contribute to the A'Mark Twain Theory of Toothpick Fund may do so by writing I. Z. Mazookus, W. Fifth Avenue, New York City. , ss A fX I I l I I-I-E-A-D-S CAn Exchange Editorialj A head is the opposite end of you from where you stand- except a tack which has to sit on its head. When a horse falls down you have to sit on his head to keep him from losing it and breaking up four dollars worth of harness. My pa says everybody thinks with their head except peace at enny price fokes. To write a diskriptshun of all kinds of heads wood take two long but sum of the best known heads is as followers: 1. Block 4. Pin 7. Red 2. Swell 5. Fat 8. Empty 3. Bald 6. Thick 9. Bone Their may be othur heads but aftur I named these my pa sed I had naimed all worth menshuning. If it wasn't for our heads we Woodent half to go to school or ware hats. Thats all I know about heads exsept that if it wasn't for thear faces sum peepuls heads wood look all rite.-E. H. S. A.w-SPECULUM. The Folly of Getting the Right of Way. Now just Why any one would put such an inscription at the head of the resting place of one of his loved ones, I will not attempt to explain, but I will offer a suggestion. My suggestion is simply this :--How much more good that verse would have done printed in big letters in one of the busiest traffic streets of New York, in- stead of there in the quiet church yard. Of course, even the dead may run into each other unexpectedly in after life, but surely they will have no accidents at all, compared to those of the living. In driving a machine, it will always prove well, to watch even if you have the right of way, and if another fellow insists on squeez- ing in ahead of you, don't try to 'force your right upon him, even though you could convince him that he is wrong by doing so, or you may be relieved, from ever trying to convince anyone again. After all, arguments, and disagreements are not what make life worth living.-ELEANOR JAMISON. I FAITHFUL READERS OF WORLD KNOWN ' ' MAGAZINES .........,..Lewis Hanke ...wjoseph Spangler ....,..VVilliam Hessler ...,,.Grace Brokaw ., ........ Dorothea Ginn 'fjudgeu ......................................................... 'IThe Woman's Home Companion ,,,, H 11 How to Make Love ....,...........,.... 'K Betty Fairfax Column .........,... Life ,....,,..,.....,,,..,.,,.,.,,,,,,..,,,,,.,,...,. u , MG k . ,. ,,Wn , . . As I was passing through the grave yard one day, I noticed Hvood Ifouse eepmg Magamne M Charisltte Hlggms this inscription on one of the tomb stones :- Ogu? b j eo 'o' 'o 'o ' 3 rgdret, fmtgomery American Magazine ................,.... .........,, C hristine Sauffer H1-Iere lies the body of William May How to Become a Movie Star ...... ......... B ertha Schroeluke . . . . I' How to Eat and Grow Thin ...... ......,...,.,.... R uth Stewart Who dled prote-Ctlng h1S flght Of Way, ..YO,,th,S C0,,,,,a,,,O,,,,,,,W,,, m E,,Zabeth Morrow He was right, dead right, as he traveled along, Ilcovington News!! rrgg rrrrrgrrrwnggng A Ima Race But he's just as dead as though he'd been Wrong. 'IPrison Reforms ...... ....... E lizabeth Coon I I I 86 When Ireland Settles Down to Peace Special Correspondence Received from Belfast by Leased Wire. ' THE VIRTUES OF A VAMP OR VVHY MEN LEAVE HGME. Before starting upon this article the management wishes to state the above title is misleading, having been merely placed there for the purpose of attracting attentiong the real title of this article being, Why is Vamps? Having gotten this off our chests we will go on with the story. However before starting we think it best for the convenience of the reader, to enable him to follow the subtle reasoning, to out- line the argument. The main points fall under the following headings. 1. Benefit to Mankind. . Good work of predecessors. . Methods. 2 3 4. Haunts and habits. 5 6 7 . ' How to recognize. . Psychological effects. . Benefit to Church. S. Prey. Believing these to be enough points to start upon, we take great pleasure in again announcing that we are about to start. Point 1. Since the caveman period, since the days of Adam, man has been of a more or less retiring nature, letting many of the joys of life slide by, being too bashful to attempt them. For in- stance there was the apple tree promising full many an o'er flowing bowl. But in these beatific days before the 18th. amendment, did man take advantage of his God-given opportunity? No, he was content to stand idly by and remark about what a beautiful fruit it was. So the Lord seeing his mistake and repenting of it created Eve the first vamp, who inveigled Adam into his hrst apple. Thus has a vamp benefitted man. Now let us go on to the second point. Point 2. Cleopatra died of snakes, Kate de Medicis of poison, and Madame du Barry of Calloping Consumption. Shall all these dead have died in vain? Never. The noble trade of Vamping must and shall go on. Shall we be ungrateful of Eve's service to Man? No. Twice No. Vamps must go on , vamping or the human race shall die of ennui, shall be forced back to the old life of tranquil domesticity. This shall never be. Point 3. Modesty prevents us from discoursing upon this topic. Point 4. Concerning this point, speaking from a large fund of experience, we may say that you can find them any-where. Point 5. VVe think it entirely unnecessary to say any-thing concerning this. Point 6. Having lost our notes on this point we will pass hurriedly on. Point 7. None that we know of, but you will admit that it was a good point. K Point 8. VVe will ask the reader to answer this in order to test the thoroughness with which he has perused the fore-going article. To aid him we will give him three guesses and then answer two of them. Our answers areg C11 It is not females, QZD It is not small children. KENNIE BENNER. Belfast, Ireland. , it I ' -.. L - J 87 A KX I I 1 I A The Swimmin' Hole. QVVith apologies to RileyD The days of youth I love the best. The thoughts that thrill my soul- Fond memory brings them back to me- The days at the old swimmin' hole. VVhen sultry Clays of summer came And melting sun boiled down, My thoughts would turn to one cool spot, The river south of town. There 'neath the oak and willow shade It rippled in the breeze, And sun's bright rays would filter through The leaves of verdant trees. Upon those ice-cold depths they fell, And sparkling, seemed to say We welcome you. Come in . And I Could never say them nay. We'd swim and dive from rock and bank, Play lively games and rough. Of these cool depths I never seemed To ever have enough. My whole life thru, I'll think of them They'll always thrill my soul, Those happy hours, those boyhood days Spent in our swimmin' hole. NELSON ZIMMER. Dedicated to the 1921 Freshmen If I were a little Freshman just beginning my school days anew, I would stay at home and study Every single evening through, I would act just like the teachers Wanted me to do. Then when the four short high school years Should very swiftly pass, I'd surely find myself right up At the head of the Senior Class, For I'd be considered by teachers and all, A most remarkable lass. . CARL B. SPASMS OF SPRING OR SPRING SPASMS Spasm the First Spring is here, Hallejuja, Hallejuja Come one, come all, ye sons of free verse And fling your peroxide tresses to the wind With a wild, wild gesture. Spasm the Second Arise, Arise, ye sons of noble toil And gird thy loins with many a groan, Put thy pencil in thy mouth And pour forth thy petty putterings. NOTEwThe badly mutilated body of a man was found last night, surrounded by signs of a herculean struggle. Bits of paper found near the man were pieced together and the above poem was the result.-LEWIS HANKE. 88 A I l l I X! , How Patricia Saved the Annual. CAn Untrue Storyj HlVIy, O my! said the editor-in-chief of the Senior Annual of the Polo High School, to the staff as the great tears rolled down his cheeks, f'VVhat shall we do? The paper must go to the printer on the fourteenth and this is the twelfth. Scarcely any material except what we have written ourselves has come in, and everything must be typewritten by tomorrow night. It looks as if there would be no Annual. It certainly looks as if there would be no Annual, wailed the other members of the staff in unison as they wiped their tear dimmed eyes. However, a little investigation proved that there was almost enough material for all except the literary department. But a paper without a literary department would be a disgrace What shall we do? they wailed again and then sunshine succeeded the gloom when the Art Editor exlcaimed, 'AI guess its no use worrying, we've done our part. No use doing any thing until some one writes the stories+and that won't be me, he finished with a fine disre- gard for grammar. And it won't be me, echoed every one else except Patricia the thirteenth Assistant Editor. She arose and confronted them with blazing eyes as she exclaimed tragically HYou slackers! We'll have an annual if I have to stay up all night to write it, and she rushed from the room. A little later she might have been seen stealing stealthily to the locker of the Editor-in-chief. With trembling fingers she tried the latch, Oh, joy, it was not locked, and there was all the material for the Annual. Hiding it in her note book she stole silently down the stairs and out upon the walk. But alas she was discovered! a voice came from an upstairs window, Good bye, Patricia, I'll see you at the party tonight. if ak PF :lf H4 Pk :lf PF FF if From an upstairs window of her home she watched the others go two and two, to the party, and as she remembered that there was one who would have to go alone, the hot tears trickled one by one down her cheeks. I'llIget touwork then I'll forget about that old party, she sobbed. A'Now this belongs here, and this here, she continued as she rearranged the material. But the literary department! There indeed she paused to tear her hair. Only one story had been handed in and they needed at least, live. Patricia, she said, I guess it's up to you to doit. She took a book from the desk, placed a scribbling pad upon it, sharpened a pencil and sat down by the window. One hour-two hours passed. Nothing but queer lines marrcfl the paper. 'fWhen it comes to writing stories, she sighed, I guess I'm no good. The striking of the town clock awakened her. She sat ,up and rubbed her eyes, Goodness it's four o'clock and I haven't written a word. What shall I do? Suddenly her eyes rested upon the table at her side, there neatly piled lay four beautifully written stories. The first was f'The Lost is Found. As she gazed at it in wonder she felt that the lost had indeed been found. Above the Clouds met her eyes as she looked at the second. She picked up the third as she exclaimed, A' How clever+-HTo California in an Automobile. Her eyes were so dimmed with tears of happiness that she could scarcely read on the last story the word f'Victory . Victory , she shouted, Victory! now I can get at least an hour's sleep, and she tumbled into bed. ' Before breakfast she carefully revised everything and slipping back to school she returned the material to the locker of the Editor- in-chief. Great was the wonder of the staff when the four new stories were discovered, and copious tears of joy were shed as the staff in a body carried the copy to the type-writers. But Patricia, like the true heroine she was, never revealed the secret to a living soul, and today none but she knows How Patricia Saved the Annual. , GERALDINE MART1N. Assisted by the Editors. I J Senior Chart All his faults observed, set in a note-book, and conned by rote H NAME FAVORITE OCCUPATION N OTED FOR SECRET ASPIRATION E. Alexander Philosophizing. Oratorical ability. To be a Wild west rider. W. Ankerman Being unassuming. Dignified pose. Too shy to tell. L. Avy Loafing. His ambition. To please the teachers. C Bartholomai Walking with?? Innocent expression. To own the Winter Garden. B. Battson Quien sabe? Her unalterable calm. To be President W. C. T. U. CLocal No. 13D M. Becker Thinking Her musical misfortune. To be a martyr in Patagonia. K. Benner Pursuing some deep literary Free verse. To wear the medals of an gem. Admiral. W. Bennett Ford --ing it-not affording i Every moment fixing it. That's the mystery. G. Brokaw Equalizing equations. Mathematical brain. To disturb no one. E. Coon Warbling with will. Blooming blushes. To be a French teacher at Hicks crossing. R. Davidson Finding one. Diagnosis shows difference of To marry a hero Ca blondej. opinion. J. Davis Appearing indifferent. Size of his feet. To be a cornet virtuoso. F. Doren Studying romance and its War-like expression. To beat Ralph de Palma. consequences. H. Faust Keeping quiet. Her gentleness. To be a suffragette bomb heaver D. Ginn Breaking hearts. Much. To be a second Mary Pickford. M. Greely Talking. Her decisive discipline at To Dick -tate. North Street. C. Haines Turning the one lunger. Sprightliness. To become a master mechanic. L. Hanke Trying to be sober. His long words. To become a lady's man. E. Heitzman W. Hessler W. Hickey C. Higgins R. Holmes E. Jamison Watching her money. Driving a Buick-not alone. Fighting the typewriter. Killing Aeneas a different way each night. Dispassionately disputing Tripping the light fantastic. Her placidity, except when aroused. Political opinions. Blinding brightness. Her skillful use of the hammer. Dissipating habits. Knowledge of T. D. Knot delirium tremonsj To take care of her Penny . Never to be alone. To do anything for fame. Who doesn't know. To be a second Burke. . To convert Egyptians with her dancing. W. Kampf Impossible to secure data. Pursuing a hopeless task. To be dignified if only once. H. Kerns Hitting the highway. Her cute curls. She ain't got none . V. Kettler Guarding over her never Dictatorial attitude. To sell more diamonds. Wayne ing affection. - M. Kinder Keeping out of sight. Clinical compositions. To instruct the Polo-ites in Greek C. Lewis Filling peoples' toes with His unobtrusiveness. At the last minute the in- music. . ' formation was delayed. A Senior Cha rt-Continued NAME FAVORITE OCCUPATION NOTED FOR SECRET ASPIRATION L. Lindsey Trying for all athletics Deliberation in all things. To get them Csee first columnj H. McCloud Even she doesn't know. Her close-almost adjacent- To be the opposite of a demo application. crat. G. Martin Powdering her nose. Exquisite translation of Virgil. To get her Ideal Man . A. Maurer All forms of brain work. Assiduous perseverance. To put arms on Venus. L. Michelson Being hard . Swagger To have a mustache a la Charles Chaplin. J. Mills Getting popular with fair sex. His quick assimilation of To be on the All American. social duties. M. E. Montgomery Modernizing Bach and Her child-like disposition. India's Coral Strand. Bethoven. M. Montgomery Patching broken hearts. Her subtle humor. To Weigh 90 lbs. J. Morrin Salesman. His selling ability. ' To sell electric fans to the Eskimos. E. Morrow Dispensing law and order. Her man-like decisiveness. To capture a millionaire. A. Rase Raising Cain. Brilliant recitations. To have romance be a reality. K. Reedy Vamping Buddy. Her flaxon tresses. To play Lady Macbeth. H. Reeder Pursuing agricultural Gentle voice. To become perfect. tendencies. falmost softl C. Sauffer. Resting on her oars. Her tranquility. To be a poet. Callegorically speakingj B. Schroerluke . The number of men who To be able to spell it them- G. Schroerluke Fathommg Wordsworth' dispaired of spelling the selves. name. W. Schneyer Trying to look unsuspicious. His high flights of poetry. To shine in society. V. Sells Vamping Buddy. CPoor Buddyj Varieties of hair dressing. To have a date every night. L. Sexauer Basking in the sunlight of her Charming simplicity. To lead the simple life. hair. A. Smith Galloping over the sun-lit plains. Delicate disposition. To own a race-horse. S. Smith Speeding. Dodging the truant officers. To be a painless dentist. J. Spangler Coining cuss-words. Sweet smiles. To become a famous journalist W. Stephens. Taking stretching exercises. His aggressive arguments. To marry soon. R. Stewart Delving into deep subjects. Her gurgling giggle. To convert the World E. Strohmeier Vamping the innocent. Her likeness to a shrill siren. To understand high things- mostly Art . C. Trowbridge Eating candy the sixth period. Nothing in particular. To be a basket ball champion. F. Voorhis Writing to?? Oh well-you know. She has no time to waste on such trifles. R. Wells Studying. Depth of intellect. To be as frivolous as possible. K. Wise Being Sylvia Loquaciousness. To be a second Galli Curci. H. Zile Overlooking beauty hints. Quiet bliss. To master mathematics. N. Zimmer Growing. Gracefulness. It is above our heads. 91 A WANTS ---- UNCLASSIFIED WANTED-Someone to transfer l'The Man in the Moon to the Winter Garden. -Carl Bartholomai. WANTED-A Miller to make my bread.-Helen Zile. WANTED-A congenial companion-Willard Bennett. WANTED-A position as school teacher at Favorite Hill School- Ruth We lls. WANTED-To make a home run-Forrest Doren. WANTED'Th6 ability to learn 'fArt .-Edna Strohmeier. WANTED-Someone to dance with, forever, and ever.-Clarence Haines. WANTED-TO be real frivolous, just Once.-Alyce Maurer. WANTED-To be the next director of the Cincinnati Symphony- Charles Lewis. WANTED-A high Soprano voice.-Eleanor Jamison. WANTED-SOm6OH6 to assist in writing a Senior Essay. Must have extensive ability.-Leonard Lindsey. WANTED-To become mistress of a house on Fifth Avenue.- Marie Kinder. WANTED-A student having less than six dates a week.-Faculty. WANTEDLMY H Penny .-Esther Heitzman. WANTED-More members for the HWoman Hater Society .- Leonard Michelson. WANTED-Everything in sight.-Mary Greely. WANTED-To sell some of my superfluous bashfulnesst-Clarence Morrow. WANTED-To be a missionary to a foreign land.-Bessie Battson. WANTED-EVCFY one to know who I am.-Walter Schneyer. WANTED-'A new automobile-John Morrin. HELP WANTED MALE-A steady man.-Augusta Smith. FEMALE-A congenial Housekeeper to care for Bachelor's apart- ments-VVilbur Ankerman. BARBER-To take entire care of an extensive head of hair.-Call evenings 716 W. Greene St. ' LOST AND FOUND LosT-Two hours of sleep, between ten and two o'clock.-Earl Alexander. A LosT-A chance to recite.-Lester Avy. LOST-A dance at the Winter Garden.-Helen McCloud. LOST-A chance to shoot a basket in inter-class basketball game.- Catherine Reedy. LOST-A Ponie-Very intelligent animal. Big reward offered for its return.-J. C. Virgil. LOST-A chance to flirt.-Ruth Davidson. MISSING-A 1921 class pin.-Catherine Trowbridge. FOUND-A new method of blufhng in Spanish.-Robert Holmes. ' coURT NEWS F1NEs-Stephen Smith was fined twenty-five dollars and costs for speeding. -Harold Hawver was fined five dollars and ten cents for re- citing too often in Senior English. TRANSFERS-Mr. Wilson has transferred some of his commercial ability to West Hickey. -The Seniors have transferred all their seats in the Assembly room to the Sophomores. MATRIMONIAL BUREAU. QBJECT-TO MARRY-A good looking, sweet natured young woman of eighteen.-Herman Reeder, Piqua, Ohio. A man about twenty years old, with permanent position, and earning at least thirty dollars a week.-Mary Becker. An ideal man.-Gerldine Martin. A Correspondent.-Glenna Schroeluke. A Heavy Man.-Florence Voorhis. A gentleman companion, who is a good listener.-Kathleen Wise. 92 .1 A I 4 93 A I I I I Personal Glimpses of Famous Contributers Eleanor Jamison-The world famous editor of the Unliterary Digest was born in New York City, in 1901. Her literary ability was never discovered until she replied to an 'fad wanting scenarios for movies. From that time on she has risen higher and higher, until now look where she is! Kenneth Wachter Benner-Benner the Biographer, otherwise known as Benner the Boob was born in the mountainous country of Colorado. He says he attributes his high ideals to that fact. Prof. Benner has always been known for his clear political views and many think he has settled the question of the best form of govern- ment for all times. lt is his unbiased opinion that there should be no government. In a future issue Prof. Benner will present his views on this subject. Lewis Hanke-The great exponent of the toothpick theory has forgotten the exact date of his birth, but he says that the next time a medicine company sends him an almanac he will pick out a suitable date. L. Hanke, S. O. S. early decided that he would be an orator but his talent was never appreciated until after he had taken a correspondence course in oratory. Since that time any afternoon between two and three o'clock he may be seen practicing in the back yard. He uses a soap box as a pulpit hence the rumor that he is a socialist, with dangerous views. Nelson Zimmer-The great Clargej poet first thought of being a model for a seed catalogue to illustrate the growth of pole beans but this was rejected by him on account of the alleged undignihed attitude required. His next position was that of window cleaning. He waxed wealthy at this because he could clean more and larger windows than anyone else. But this did not satisfy his artistic soul, so he became a poet. Margaret Montgomery-Her first public appearance was as Little Eva in Uncle Tom's Cabin. She was so pathetic that she was offered the position as dramatic critic on a New York daily. Her dramatic criticisms fitted her excellently for work on the Senior Chart published in this issue of the Unliterary Digest. Carl B-Due to professional ethics this contributor wishes to keep his name shrouded in mystery so we will respect his desire. Carl began his literary career as a barber's assistant but he gave this up because of his kind heart. He said he could not bear to see mothers mourn over the loss of the curls. His favorite flower is the geranium and his only diversion is the excessive use of Wrigley's. Carl is a great philosopher and hopes some day to prove Darwin's theory, and is now looking through the high school for material to prove his point. 6 'X - - f l i l ll II an I A 'I In ' ' - l Im 1 i I ' ' ' ' 1 J l I S H Tro W- bridge Re -E - der Sp -A - ngler Do -R - en Steph -E - ens Le -W- is Ha -I - nes Hes -S -ler Schro -E - rluke Wi -S - Mich -E - lson Mo -N -tgomery Jam -I - son Str -O - hmeier Mor -R - ow Ra -S - e 94 I I l l I The Piquonian Staff of 1921 Wishes to Voice its sincere thanks to the Advertizers who have so generously helped u in making our Annual a success. : : 5 A STYQLE, QUALITY and SERVICE ECONOMY BOOT SHOP 211 N. MAIN sT. Shoes For The Whole Family ' SNAPPY SUMMER FOOTWEAR l WHERE THE BEST COST LESS l. 8z M'lll1 P ape 1 ,ouse E E 11 1 4 'Y' A, vi A, The Favorite Stove Men. ite Stoves and Ranges Favor Kitchen Cabinets Kitchen Ware Dinner Ware, Szc. f the vacation trip Trunks, WURLITZERS Everything or , Bags, Suit Cases, Purses, Umbrellas, , , . ' for Pianos, Player Pianos and SfClflOflCl'y, KOJCIIQS and Fl1mS. Victrolas-Everything Musical V THE LEATHER GOODS STORE FRANK H. PHILLIPPI Sz SON 122 West High srre R Phone MAIN 156 Between Main and Way A pi I I I Everything Electrical MOTORS, DYNAMOS, FIXTURES, SUPPLIES, Qzality Clothes at Leasi Possible Price. Q75'Cen's and Ladies, Tailored io Measure Garmenis. Try Cleaning, Pressing and Repairing. CQNTRACTING KUSSMAN KLOTHES , , , SHOP The American Fixture 8x Manufacturing Co. PHONE 159 307 N. WAYNE ST. Cor. Wayne and Ash Streets Telephone 1087 BAR B E R E If FO' me gi Hair cut ........ 40C f N Your Boy 0' X, Shave .......... 20 ' V l N Massage .... 356-31.03 E Eyes GUI Sh m 00 ...... 25-soc , . if if - 'S' Toiicg .......... zoc Need b w Monroe Smge ........... 256 P O Y VVe use electrical clippers and See PHILBROOK DHYYOII G0- 1 and get Correct Glasses . 419North L' AIN Next to Msgizgliera House rgigesggzet I' I 97 A I I l I I W. E. SIIYIPKINSON S, Teacher of Violin TWENTY YEARS AND OVER 55,00 LESSONS, EXPERIENCE Siu 1 Room 6 Scott-Slauson-Baal Block Always Cuiiing Up MEMS of QUALITY SCHUESSELIN' S MODERN MEAT MARKET Phone 806 114 W. Water St. The Management of The Piqua Daily Call directs your attention to the HIGH SCHOOL EDITION OF THE PIOUA DAILY CALL which is printed as a part of the DAILY CALL on Saturday of each week. We are proud of this special feature of the PIQUA DAILY CALL and We are proud of the young folks of the Piqua High School who edit the High School Editionp We are also proud of the fact that several other cities in Ohio have copied the idea and are now printing High School Editions similar to the one published in THE PIQUA DAILY CALL. Read the CALL every day and its High School Edition each Saturday. 98 C11L.VVCXDID Piqua Flaming Mill and'Lumber Yard ESTABLISHED 1879 - - - PHONE 61 LL KINDS OF LUM- BER, DOORS, SASH, SHINGLES, POSTS, FENCING, ALL KINDS OF INTERIOR FINISH AND MOULDINGS,CELEBRAT- ED NAVAJO ROOFING, BEAVER BOARD, REYN- OLDS ASPHALT SHIN- GLES AND MILL VVORK. Lowest Prices and Prompt Service A . . Congratulations and Best Wishes to The Class of 1921 : : STANDARD GROCERY High and College Phone 249 Gooci Things io Ea! I 99 I I I I Our Specialty is Electrical Wiring and Repair FAVORITE CITY ELECTRIC CO. Phone 1144 124 W. Water St. Gem Barber Shop Basement of Mickler Bldg. Hair Cut 25C Shave ' 150 0 n 7:30 A. M. to 7:30 P. M. S turdays to 10:00 P. M. Fred Loeffler Merchant Tailoring CLEANING -AND-m P R E s s 1 N G 129 Market Street SPECIAL SALE Bevan Qllameras Way below this year's Reduced prices. Get one now and be dy for the Summer vaca- tion. M IDDLESWART'S CAMERA SHOP The ANGLE Hardware Company 409 North Main Street I EE 0 L S Come to T... C uca YLER , -fora D ' 2 5 I Insurance of All Kinds Real Estate and Loans fOr good 404-A WAYNE St., NORTH Phone Office, Main 4665 I C E C R E A M Residence, Main 842. Water and Wayne Streets PIQUA, oH1o and CANDIES Also Buy and Sell Properly A To the Class of 1921 We extend our m o s f cor dial congratulations and assurances of our confidence in your success in the years to come. Air and Gas Engineering Go. PIQUA, oH1o AWEIEE -me Forms wuo PUT THE ACTION IN A PLUMBING' SATI S - I gag' FAcr:oN H XXV' 9 Pu: 4 0 .,,V , MBING' gghikizi-ifrf T THAT PLEASES New s 'mul HEMMERT BROTHERS S'I'OCKS .SLBONDS A We execute orders to buy and sell Stocks and Bonds on all of the principal markets of the world. Brien, Greene 81 Co. Piqua National Bank Bldg. Piqua, Ohio GROVEN Sz pCONIPANY Furniiure of Qualify A GIFT for the GRADUATEg something useful jlgocllserl and many other pieces of Fur- BIO: mit :Ze A CES. niture which would be appro- paheyjoyl C A Lagggj priate for the occasion, - - - Zxiizyufuin House 'Funeral Furnishers Groven gl Company Directors QUALITY ALWAYS 101 Q3 1f.1'.l. VI.X,'.I'.'VJ.XI.lAf.fA!lA.'.l.Xf.f.X.1f.Xf.lA.1l'.X.'.l'.X.'l.X.'f.X,'f.VIATI.X.'f.X.'!.1?.l.Xff.X.'f.X.'l.X.'I.X'.f.Y.'.l'.X.'f.Xff.Xff.X'.f.Nff.N.'.I.X.'f.X.'f .Y 6 2 Q N PN G I Q go - ,f ff - fa 1 Q 3 rw f f - MT agtla ee fgtv a ye ,fo r CIQQHAQQSQ? gimme fC Q I set? 'g'F51g Q:qfa Q QWSQAJNJ ,M X o k or I , Q I ., - 'f MQNJZ-Ng, Y e ' Q 'Q l Z 2 T lze Moy! 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G nb S 2.9 STAFFORD ENGRAVING COMPANY Q College and High School Annual Engrnfvers 3 N 1- I ? up SLVENTH FLOOR CENTURY BUILDING D . INDIANAPOLIS ......--- INDIANA s lv l Q z e I , . -,, , Y e, . e , - . Q s 4 NUZf ? ' 'fr ,- ' ' G 0 Q X ' - Cfx '5! StM P 2 504 'Ewa' :QI 'I U ff wx Aff x CJ I N' R956-'Q 0 -if 4 t n'sie4o,.y1G+i5L I t 7 -ri J2to5i3i'seQ5o fm C f iff: es.,toi.3M-N 2 QYVJ' il'f .'X'l2'X'f .'X'l1'X'I1'X'l1'X'l' a'X'l1X'f q'X'f1'X'l' fX'l1'X'f .'X'l' IX' a'X'l1X'l2'Vf.'X'l'.X'JZ'X'l'.'X'f.X'I'-'X'f.'N'J'.'X'f.'X'l'n'X'l2'X'l1'X,'l'.'N'f.'X'f.'X'I1'X'f.'X 'Il Q 102 A I l l I inter Comfort .I hit CIIIS IS I II II III ' T! Ai 52 i L 1 A 'GLC - V S Y A ' 3344 f- Q-I f WI' H FAVORITE PipeIessFumacie Call in person at Administration Building cor- ner Young and Weber Streets, or telephone No. 1400 and ask for the Furnace Department. Interesting descriptive literature will be sent on request I The Favorite Stove U Wt' 81 Range Company PIQUA, ----- OHIO CONGRA1'ULATIONS AND BEST WISHES TO THE CLASS OF 1921 IQENNETH MILLER WINTER GARDEN O 515 HENRY A. IVICCABE PAINTS, OILS, VARNISHES WINDOW GLASS OF ALL SIZES 52 ORTH MAIN STREET DOO S NORTH OF LI RARY I 103 'High Grade Catalogs and Color lDork Our twenty-Eve years of experience in this Work as- sures you the best to be had. Q 'rms SIGN or V7 M P1-QUA-L1-rv ! ff Q. .1 Qu Qu V Q 4 Q3 . r - ' , ga EBV' All xxrxifl THE NAGEE EDOS. CO P12 INTEDS DESIGNERS ENG DAVEDS PIQUA OHIO Blank Books and Special Ruling We can build for you any- thing in blank books or loose leaves to meet any requirenfzent. 104 A FAVCDFQITE BAKERY HIGHEST QUALITY BREAD Q CAKES FANCY PASTRY AND CAKES H-A SPECIALTY-+- E. J. MEEHAN, Prop. Phone 1066 130 W. High St. INSURE WITH P t ' Y N ' hl gil-glfc?1!1'Il?llig36 E. P. a romze our eIg nor Piqumohio . . , R1eS9UbCCk L13 ht S We have the Clothes Drug E1 Ct 'Cal you want at the price you want Cjntigcting to pay, credit to all. :: :: and Supplies HFOTM M Them Bm Dfugs Candy People's Credit Clothing Co. Pll ne 1127 g C1gH1'S Soda 216 N. Main St. PIQUA, OHIO ' I 5 . . . . The Atlas Underwear Co The pre-em1'nent position which We occupy in the knit goods World is the result of twenty years of specializing in the building of UNION SUITS for men. Today there is no product so tine as ours. If ever better Union Suits are made, ATLAS will be the maker. The Atlas Underwear Co. Piqua, Ohio 106 I I I I O E 90 Earl Karns Let TAX Loeffler 8: C0 y Supply you with EDWARD BROWN your Groceries SHOENIAKIFIR Tel. 1163 IO5 E. Ash Street Phone 422 422 N. Main St. Fitting Crippled Feet a Specially M A T T H E w S ffgms That Lasy' Shoes Repairecl While You Wait H Work Called For and Delivered F I S H Watches MARKET at Dressed Poultry RiChgy,5 109 WEST WATER STREET and Eggs jewelry Store PIQUA , OIIIO 417 N. Main. Tel. 1112 207 N. Main St- Piqua Ohio 1 I 7 A AY'S OPERA l-IOUS Our program is advertised daily in the local newspaper ACTORS in The B PHOTOPLAYS at THEATRE may be seen for the Popular Prices at 110, 280 AND 390 Tire Hospital A- Mote 81 S011 H--AE. J. MYERS-MQW ETECQIEZSTE F C1 My R 1 M C U T s . RETREADIN G GTOCGTICS 119 East Water Street Next to Canal PIQUA, - - - OHIO Cash No Delivery CHHCI LHHCI The Place Thai saffseef HOME MADE Ice Cream and Candies QUALITY ALWAYS Cor. High and Wayne Sts. Piqua, Ohio Everything forthe BICYCLE ELLERMAN A Cycle 81 Tire Shop One Door South of Library WV. F. STEINEIQ Printer NEW' LOCATION 621 N. NIAIN ST. 108 ANNOUNCEMENT Prof. L. H. Roussiau CRusoD FRENCH-AMERICAN V1oLxN1sT Formerly on the faculty of the Detroit Conservatorie and member of Detroit Orchestra for three years. Member of Ohio Music Teachers' Association. FALL TERM BEGINS SEPT. 10th The only violin teacher in this part of the state holding two Conservatorie diplomas and certificates. Mitchell class violin method used as taught in New York City and Boston schools. Best of American references. Students prepared for New York, Boston, Cincinnati and Detroit schools. Roussiau's Violin Schools. Urbana Studio: Above C-as Office, phone 1050. A Say wittz Flowers v TH ROUGH GERLAC H - - The FLORIST STORE AND GREENHOUSES 1521 Wasliington Ave. PIQUA, OHIO Bellefountaine Studio: 205 E. Columbus Ave., phone 75. Phone 184- F- T- D- Member Sidney Studio: Central Hotel. Piqua Studio: Sarver's Music Store. A gooct education dosen't stop with the theory of your text books. PHONE 1188 103 E' Ash St' .l el. PRA CTICALNESS is a big asset to any ectucation. Economy is a great part of practicalness. THE PIQUA TIRE SERVICE MEANS SERVICE AND MONEY IN YOUR POCKET See Us For A Round of Tires. Phone 1635 -:- 124 N. MAIN Plaza Grocer Qzality -1- Service : Satisfaction E962 Phone 183 LOEFFLER BROS. Favorite Hotel Bldg. -:THE:- YELLOW BONNET Taxi 8: Baggage Transfer Line Piqua, Ohio I 109 i A l l I 4 I 'bb' ,U'gi f iT iii 'iT oiii ,i gi'T5115 .3 l 'f :lr i P l , 5 1. J. 53' '04, YQ-QA U 1,5 Q + SPRIN Z TRADE Mixer REG. ' 5 il fbwffvlfg UNION suns is :ft ' 1 0? , i El P'QQA. '?f U we UQUN-fTY8sC0Nf0RT r i q..... q.,. ,q.. The first Union Suit bore a Y-Q'A label and since 1886 this organization has pioneered in Union Suit development. The Piqua Hosiery Company Makers of Piqua's First and Best Union Suit and Operators of the Largest Underwear Plant in the Quality Union Suit City 110 A l l l l You Will Live Better in a Home of Your Own Built With Perfect Kwalit Lumber Gilbert Chesterton, a very wise philosopher, said once upon a time: Every normal man desires a house of his own. He does not merely want a roof above him and a chair below himg he wants an objective and visible kingdom, a fire at which he can cook what food he likes, a door he can open upon what friends he chooses. This is the normal appetite of man. Isn't every word of it true? XVe know very well it is That is why we are encouraging you to build a home of your own. Children are better for living in homes that belong to their parents, industry, love of the better things of life and honest pride are thus implanted in their little minds, when those minds are most receptive, during the process of acquiring title to one's home, one is, therefore, working to a happy and commendable end, both by way of youth and old age, he is simultaneously making brighter the young about him and pro- viding a resting place for himself in his declining. years, where he may find the greatest measure of that quality of peace and happiness so essential to him then. W.H.CHRO ERBERRY DRY CLEANING and TAILORI G for 'N M' 'V' Phone Main 1103 Piqua, Ohio come CLEMENTS AND CLEMENTS DA US The J. A. Shade Lumber Co. er Chiropractors J' A' SHADE, Manager Fresh Mean, Fish, Poultry .Corner South St. and South Ave. Bumw and Eggs M' kl Bid T I h 1933 Phone Main 31 PIQUA, OHIO lc ef g- e ep one 111 ..I A Ii I I I we want Zloul To Make Your Household Duties Easier by Using Electric Service IRON PERCOLATOR TOASTER CURLING IRON HEATING PAD PIQUA DISTRICT of The Dayton Power 81 Light Co. 124 North Wayne Street SECURI'1'Y SERVICE INC O NI E A WITH RESOURCES OF MORE THA TWO MILLION DOLLARS S INSTITUTION OFFERS A SATISFAC ORY AND CONVENIENT METHOD OF VI NG AND INVESTING YOUR SAVING . The Third Savings 81 Loan Company 215 North Wayne Street For Your Savings We Offer 10075 Security and SQ Earnings. There is quality in our Bread. That makes you want another slice. That's why we call it For an economical treat, and for something to take the place of what Mother used to make Try T - Z E R B R E A D ONCE -OUR CUSTOMER ALWAYS OUR CUSTOMER The smartest styles in town. Shoes and hosiery you'll like. A CUT PRICE SHOE COMPANY WEEK DAYS , 1 BREAKFAST DINNER Savers and Borrowers. 6:00 a. m. to 9:00 a. m. 11:00 a. m. to 1:30 p. m. I SUPPER It is because we act as middleman between the two that we S :00 p. 111. to 7:00 p. IU. are able to benefit both. tractivgliftgs. co-operation and it enables us to offer you very at- BREAKFAST DINNER Savings earn more here and the borrower gets more ad- 8:00 a. m. to 9:30 a. m. 11:30 a. m. to 1:30 p. m. Venwseeus terms- QUIJPER You will make a great mistake if you do not investigate 5 :00 p. m. to 7:00 p. m. the Servlce We Offer' Y. M. C. A. CAFETERIA BORDER CITY BUILDING FRANK TSUDA, Proprietor rXND LCMXN rXSSOCIATION I J 113 Sit - StOOp - Walk - THE SUPERIOR GIVES FREE PLAY EVERY WAY. JUST STOP IN ON YOUR WAY TO WORK OR PLAY AND BE FITTED WITH AN ALL-COMFORTABLE FITTING UNION SUIT. Made in all qualities, Weights and styles in cloth and knit. Snug fitting knitted Or lOOse fitting cloth union suits for men A I l The HOme Of Superiors Run - K Sleeve M LSE S tyle jump - Twist - Turn Or Tussle SUPERIOR Underwear is sold and recommended by the following merchants, because they find it best fitted tO carry Out the quality and value-giving ideas Of their stores. 1 R. . Miller-Baldwin CO. Ostertag Bros. C. E. Barker8zCO. Neth 81 Stelzer The and boys Superior M Sleeve-Knee Length sf We No Sleeve-Knee Length sfyze Company L. .. S J 114 The Leading West End Grocery Geo., Washing Proprietor Dealer in Fine Groceries, Fresh Vege- tables, Fresh Meats and Poultry We sepcialize in Bread, Pastry and Cake Baking For All These Good Things Call Main 378 Cor. South 81 Gordon Sts. A 1 I l l NEWTON BUSINESS AND II. IIILL VISITING CARDS PRINTED Oli ENGRAVED BRING YOUR FOOT TROUBLES TO ME! Jos. A. Vogt CHIROPODIST OFFICE HOURS: 8 00 1130 100 p 5 00 p S l y l 9 O0 p . Phone 144 3rd Fl O -Flesh Bldg. PIQUA, - - - - oH1o E. 514 E. Alexander THE QUALITY GROCER West High Street, Phone 1 I I 115 A KX I l l DRY CLEANING PRESSING AN CLOTHES Q65 GLB WITH CLE4A, I Dr. H. C. Mc Clelland F. W. WOOLWORTH 'fu'-' COMPANY 5 and 10c S T O R E Quality Dental Work SUM North Main Str t Our highest price still re- mains at 10C 400-402 North Main Str t DYING PLEATING HEDGES sl HIGGINS GEO. R IH M MA IER BR 0 . DRY CLEANERS r SMOKED MEATS AND Favorite Hotel Bldg. Phone Main 555 GROCERIES I Phone 115 The Dry Cleaners of 73iqua,' 325 N' Main St' PIQUA' OHI0 H Ph 447 515 c ll g sr I 116 I I ' l l I AT THE QUICK LUNCH RESTAURANT TELEI'IIONE 368 G O OD EA TS For ihzalify and Service GOLDEN CUP COFFEE ROASTED FRESH EVERY DAY S E E 4 ', WV. H. KOESTER LEADING SOUTH END GIIOCERY 400 SOUTI-I WAYNE STR FAVORITE MEAT MARKET AMERICAN Successor to 13. F. Julian S H Q E Proprietors FRESH AND CURED COMPANY 2 D. M T. E00dEQDelgVCfE 209 S. Wayne St. Stauon - P1qua, Ohm H Ph PM lm 1 XX H hS n A 1 A I I I I ,- . C. CRDN Jhe ' Funeral Director PIQUA ICE coMPANY Dealers in CGAL 3 ICE Phone Main II6O Model Funeral Parlors Ambulance Service Cor. VVayne and Ash St. Phones 15 and 198 LADIES' and GENTLEMEN'S STRAW HATS CLEANED and BLOCKED Hats of all kinds cleaned and blocked-Soft, Stiff, Straw and Panama. We make them look like new. All Work Guaran- teed. Our prices are reason- able. Piqua Hat Cleaning Shop. 330 N. MAIN STREET Across from Traction Office Flach Brothers Dealers in COAL and BUILDING MATERIALS IN' dSt t B 810 R 'lroad I 118 I l l I BEE CHERS STUDIO. In the Springtime of Lhfe Culfivate the good habif W'e have been ACCUSED of making exceptionally excellent photographs at most reasonable prices, and thereto enter the plea of GUILTY. Our TRIAL is on daily hoursg from 9 a. m. to 5 p. m. The COURT is at your disposal. JUDGE for yourself, and Spend less than you earn Save the balance If never Cease to be a satis-faction' TENCE us to do unto you as we have done unto others. The Piqua Savings Bank Co. BEECHERS STUDI0 LIZOM North Main St. Phone 475 Finer results are to be expected of an organization of tailor specialists. Fine Stationery and Gift Items of For better quality, style and value- CVCYY ClCSCI'lptlOI1. E. V. Price C9 Co. y TAILORING Cigkasfxgkl John W Alexander Sz Son 112 W. Ash St. ' Piqua,0hi0 ZlMMERMAN'S BOOK AND GIFT SHOP Exclusive Local Dealer 119 A A POSITION AND SIFCCESS ITN LIFE are easily Within your grasp. Are you able to see it? Owing to the keen, competition of modern industry, the Business VVorld demands that men and women be not only willing, but they must also be especially trained and skilled in their particular calling. Therefore, if you are interested in your fu- ture, which we know you are, we are inter- ested in the preparation you make to meet that future. Attend the HSchool VVorth VVhile. Do you want our help? Phone, visit our school, or write, for particulars. TIIE IDEAL BUSINESS SCHOOL WATCH US GROW VVC are opening up a new store that will be THE TALK OF PIQUA with a line of SHOES that will he complete in every de- tail and Best of all the CIIEAPEST PRICE IN TOWN Come in and give us a trial. HOnce a customer always a customer. We do the neatest job of SHOE REPAIRING in town. AND AUDIT COMPANY The New York Shoe and Top Floore-Piqua National Bank Building M e 1' C h a n d ise Company J. P. DECKER, MANAGER N. Main St. ---- PIQUA OHIO I J 120 l A Miller and Baldwin extend to the Class of 1921 their heartiest congratulations and best wishes. COTTAGE BREAD VVe are established in our new bakeshop and are equipped with every modern facility known to the Baking Business. If you have tried ' CO1'TAGE BREAD You still use it. If you have not, you should try ite-you have a treat coming. ASK YOUR GROCER for COTTAGE BREAD V. R. OSBORN, Manager Bakeshop---South Street Don't be a Drifter Don't be satisfied with things as they are. Determine to get ahead. Look at the men you know who have suc- ceeded-who have done things worth while. You will find that their First step was to save money and put it to work. You can do the same. A savings account in this strong bank is the hrst thing for you to have. PIQUA NATIONAL BANK Resources S3,000,000.00 Our line of Ladies and lVlen's White Oxfords are complete. Come in and pick out what you want. Manhattan Lunch 325 North Main Street We serve the Best of Food And serve it Home Style. Fresh Country Eggs Choice Fresh Fruit Creamery B utter Home Made Pies City Dressed Beef FRESH DAILY Pure Cream with Coffee Pure Filtered VVater Wie serve the best and purest food to be. had, and never sacrifice quality for price. Yours invitationally, MANHATTAN LUNCH C. T. Coon 317 N. Main sr. Phone 490 121 5 l l I JOHN G. KUNKEL C g i DISTRICT MANAGER to the THE BIUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE C1053 of I 92 I Also General Insurance I Co., OF NEW YORK ATER BUILDING . I x jbggs Jig VA UQQK I xg, g4 uz m i n1llIllu11llMI Established 135 5 IIIIIIIIIIIII II I IIIllIIIlIIlII mmmml IllIIIIlllI II II - O CITIZE N NATIONAL W m, CITIZENS NATIONAL BANK IIIIH 1 ZHIIIIIllIIIIllIIIIIlIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII IIIIIIIIKQQQHQ I The Old Bank in The New Building ..Kce,, S,,,i,i,,g HERE IS A REAL SPECIAL VALUE IN CLOTHES Men'S CCleaned and Pressedj - - y I . . Jacket Suit weaned and Pressed? - - 31.00 Young 55515 111 F11Est 2geZJe61d.Styl A A . all . P E A O N , S Come in and let us show them. ry eaner A Phone 397 113 West Ash Street K A H N ,S ff ' ' ' CONGRATULATIONS Everything ln Music AND BEST WIS,-IES Latest Po'pular Sheet TO TH E MUSIC a SpCC13lty ::: 19 21 Kiefer s Music Siore ' Chanyne Bldg. i 1 S 126 W. Water St. , b P1qua, Oh1o - Style Quality Service I A I Shipments of Superior ANTHRACITE j. BEN. WILKINSON, P cl Gen. Mgr. C. DUDLEY KING, A C . Mgr. H. E. CROWLEY, S y T NOW Arriving The J. Ben Wilkinson Co. Lower Prices Than Can Prevail Thruout the Summer The Beckert Brothers Company All Kinds of Good Insurance PIQUA, OHIO Coal and Building Materials Agency Organized 1878 421-422 Orr-Flesh Bldg. Incorporated 1910 Telephone 81 Good Leather Yffugg fffmelfs P01-QTILI-as I' S 3.11 Workmanshi Association peiggslgilgbl G Service p 418 North Wayne Street Shoe'y has them all. C , FoR Famous Shoe Shop amp Owalssa M AN AND Cor. Broadway and High B E A S T l .. 4 -I 124 I I I I 'G lumbia GRAFONOLAS RECORDS HE Grafonola is the perfect talking machine. Columbia NRMJJ2 Records are the most popular song and Dance Selections. Large reductions have been made in the price of Grafonolas. Many popular records at 57c and all other dollar records are now 85c. AMPBELL' FURNITURE sromz I s Your Money Working for You , Your idle money is probably resting in the bank earning 35 or probably 475, why be con- tent with this small return when it can be earning more? The investor today can buy securities that will yield an in- come of 6-8172, on the invest- ment. VVe recommend the purchase of Cleveland Discount Company STOCKS and BONDS We shall be glad to tell you the facts about this eminently successful company. Baker and Prince COFFICED Third Savings 81 Loan Bldg. Piqua, Ohio Equitable Life Insurance Keystone Fire Underwriters OUR SPORT- ING GOODS DEP1xRT- r MENT Golf Supplies, Guns and Ammunition, Base Ball Goods, Fishing Tackle, etc. Large Selection At the Right Prices Greenamyer 8: Company DRUGGISTS Corner Main and Water Streets I I A . . . Wood' Mo-1912-den-um Shovels n HE new Wood's Mo-lyb-den-um shovels are so hard that a file will hardly touch them-yet so tough that they can be bent out of shape with a sledge hammer and then bent back again without fracture. Yet with this unusual strength these shovels are Iigh ter than similar shovels made of other steels. Think of the saving in replacement cost that such a shovel, multiplied many times, will mean to you in a week, a month, a year. Its lightness alone is of vital importance. Figure out for yourself, what a saving of only a few ounces in the weight of a shovel would mean when multiplied by a dayls shoveling. But in addition to its lightness, the unusual toughness inherent in Mo-lyb-den-um steel guarantees longer shovel life than you have been used to-even under the most severe usage. And the uniform hardness of Wood's Mo- lyb-den-um steel shovels means almost im- perceptible wear. 77ze Amer :can Super5Ieel Think of the battering such shovels will stand without cracking or breaking--admira- bly adapted to the punishment a shovel meets in railroad service. The straps of Wood's Mo-lyb-den-um steel shovels are welded securely and cleanly to the blade-and we absolutely guarantee the welds. Where the straps are riveted to the handle they are countersunk, eliminating any danger of injury to hands. The handles themselves are of second growth Northern Ash. After they are received from the maker they are very carefully regraded at our own factory and are then air seasoned in our own warehouses for from nine to twelve months before being used. Wood's Mo-lyb-den-um steel shovels fill a crying need in railroading. They give you all the exceptional advantages of Mo-lyb-den-um steel plus the exacting workmanship and careful finishing that have always character- ized the Wood line. THE WOOD SHOVEL AND TOOL COMPANY 126 A I l l l ' 'SUCH A STYLISH 'W QW L X X 3 4 NX I F . p I 4 Y es fglifl ' M GW 9 , I ' I COUPLE their friends and neighbors say of Mr. and Mrs. Clean Cut. It's because they have their clothes dry cleaned by HARRY POLASKY, the ex- pert cleaner, who keeps their garments looking like new. In these days of costly cloth- es, it is wisdom to have us dry clean them for you? The Class of 1921 have acted wisely in their selection of the material for the SUN DIAL which they pres- ent PIQUA HIGH SCHOOL. This material is being produced at cur plant from highest grade LIGHT BARRE GRANITE procured from the quarries of the VVETMORE 8: MORSE GRANITE CO. We specialize in this material and recom- mend it for the better grade memorials. Training Tellgn THE MIAMI GRANITE Hi-Y Seri A 81 MARBLE COMPANY CS OPPOSITE FOREST HILL CEMETERY PIQUA, .--- OHIO 127