Quaker City High School - Quakerite Yearbook (Quaker City, OH)

Text from Pages 1 - 40 of the 1908 volume:

,, - Ffa - -- ,. v ., J- ' -,,:v -'-yr if 'F' pq-'in . ' ' ' 1 'NT L nu- 1 ., , A ,, r. ir, V -. 'uv.'..'V . ? r -A'a'f GEN f 9'he ,Quakerite OUAKER CITY HIGH SCHOOL 6 8 --1-i- Pubhshcd by The Class of '08 QUAKER CITY, OHIO 8 I I INN N INDEPENDENT PRINT. Quaker City, Ohio ' Photos by G. G. Hartley. Ouakcr City, Ohio i 1.5-1.Q.Q.1.i.i.Q.1 11.1.1.5 .1.L.Q.Q.Q.Q -5.5.5 .QQ-1.11-i.1 .1 .Q .1 -1.1 ISS S? fh k ' iv? J e ua erlte Q5 containing Information c once rnlng the ' QUAKER CITY HIGH SCHOOL S02 AND ALUMNI BY THE CLASS OF '08 W W W W W Q1.l.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.l.l.1.l.l.1.1.1.1-1.1.1.11.1.1.41.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1- 0' CLASS OF '08 Hester Mabel Black Ellen Blanche Bowles Mabel Lydia Day Bertha Mae Eberle Elsie D. Floyd Dwight McClellan Lingo Kate McBurney Homer Linn Reid William Lawrence Shuman Joseph Oliver Sisley 'Z' V ab ob Margaret Florence Gibson Laura Lucile Haney Gladys Oral Henderson Laura Emma Kennon Mabel Virginia Law Class Organization Motto: Non Confectus sed Initus William Lawrence Shuman, President Joseph Oliver Sisley, Secretary Mabel Virginia Law, Treasurer Colors: Scarlet and Black Flower: American Beauty Rose FORE CRD In presenting this, the first volume of The Quakeriten, the Class of '08 hopes it is doing that which will tend to promote the educational sentiment in the community. It has endeavored to collect data relative to the school that will be of interest to the pa- trons, as well as to the large alumni now scattered throughout the entire country. The articles contributed to this book were prepared by the following : Class History-Dwight Lingo and Homer Reid. Poem-Virginia Law. Will-Lawrence Shuman. History of School-Virginia Law and Mabel Day. Literary Societies-Gladys Henderson and Hester Black. Alumni-Kate McBurney, Elsie Floyd and Blanche Bowles. Athletics-Joe Sisley. Miscellaneous-Florence Gibson, Mae Eberle, Laura Kennon and Laura Haney. Prophecy-C. H. Steele and J. T. Gibson, Class of '07, 3 if whose assistance has made The Quakerite possi: .Y ble, this work is respectfully dedicated 'lhe Class of '08 To vo SUPT. W. G. WOLFE 11 CLASS HISTORY 0 HESTER MABEL BLACK Born Jan. 23, 1887, near Wash- ington, O. Attended school at No. 6, Center Twp., and entered Quaker City High School in the fall of 1905. ELLEN BLANCHE BOWLES-Born Feb. 4, 1890, at Mor- ristown, O. Elementary education received in Quaker City. Entered High School in 1904. MABEL LYDIA DAY-Born Aug. 20, 1891, at Savannah, Mo. Moved to Guernsey Co. in 1895. Elementary ed- ucation received at No. 1, Wills Twp., and at Quaker City. Passed Boxwell examination and entered Quaker City High School in 1904. BERTHA MAE EBERLE-Born Jan. 19, 1891, at Calais, O. Elementary education received in Quaker City. Enter- ed High School in 1904. ELSIE D. FLOYDfBorn Aug. 12, 1890, at Quaker City, O. Elementary education received in Quaker City. Enter- ed High School in 1904. MARGARET FLORENCE GIBSONeBorn Dec. 1, 1890, at Summerfield, O. Elementary education received at No. 7, Beaver Twp., Noble Co., O., and in Quaker City. Entered High School in 1904. LAURA LUCILE HANEY--Born May 12, 1889, near Qua- ker City, O. Elementary education received at No. 3, Millwood Twp., and in Quaker City. Entered High School in 1904. GLADYS ORAL HENDERSONfBorn April 11,' 1890, at Eldon, O. Elementary education received in Quaker City. Passed Boxwell examination and entered Quaker City High School in 1904. 1' wo I I If :lf MABEL VIRGINIA LAWfBorn Oct. 11, 1889, Deersville, O. Elementary education received in Cadiz, O. Sgent one year in Englewood High School, Chicago, Ill., and entered Quaker City High School in 1905. LAURA,EMMA KENNON-Born Feb. 9, 1889, at Quaker City, O. Elementary education received in Quaker City. Entered High School in 1903. DWIGHT MCCLELLAN LINGO-Born Nov. 20, 1889, at Quaker City, O. Elementary education received in Quaker City. Entered High School in 1904. KATE MCBURNEY-Born March 18, 1891, at Quaker City, O. Elementary education received in Quaker City. En- tered Quaker City High School in 1904. Attended Barnesville High School during term of 1906-7, return- ing to Quaker City in Apr il 1907. HOMER LINN REID-Born Sept. 3, 1888, at Cadiz, O. Elementary education received at No. 3, Millwood Twp. Passed Boxwell examination in 1904. Spent one year in Salesville schools and entered Quaker City High School in 1905. WILLIAM LAWRENCE SHUMAN-Born Aug. 19, 1888, near Batesville, O. Elementary education received at No. 7, Beaver Twp., Noble Co. Passed Boxwell exami- nation and entered Quaker City High School in 1904. JOSEPH OLIVER SISLEY-Born Jan. 17, 1891, at Quak- er City, O. Elementary education received in Quaker City. Entered High School in 1904. HISTQIQCAL ,w it - i HE first school taught in what is now the Quaker City school district was in the Friends' meeting house, a little log building that stood on the hill 1- near the present Friends' church. It was in the here by Samuel King, the first teacher in this sec- tion of the county. In 1821, the church burned and for a time school was held in a building that stood a few rods north, just west of the John Webster homestead. From here the educational center was moved to a little old house set upon posts that stood on the hillside north of Main Street. Then at the next change, the school was di- vided, the younger children being taught in a building about a block west on the south side of the street, while the older ones were given more advanced work in a little log house on the north side of the road, a little east of the Jeptha Web- ster homestead and near where the county road turns south. About the year 1852, the old carding-machine building that stood near the Moore home was purchased and converted in- to a school building, and it was in this and a neighboring building erected later for educational purposes that school was held for the next twenty-five years. The following is a partial list of the teachers who taught in the pioneer days 5 also a number of those who taught for considerable time in the old buildings and also in the new : Joseph Garrison, William Mott, T. J. Romans, Annie Web- ster, William Cottle, Byron Cecil, Jeptha Webster, Thos. fall of 1814 that a subscription school was opened JL Gonly, Alex McLeish, Smith St. Clair, Joseph G. Webster, Ann P. Webster, Julia A. Scott, Thomas Ruth, William P. Hartley, Thos. Webster, Jesse Scott, David Scott, Jamis McRea, T. M. Johnson, Margaret Johnson, Elihu Patterson, J. H. Cash, H. F. Morton, Daniel Long, Thos. Keenan, Wil- liam Lupton, George Birch, Daniel Long, Hiram B. Gray, Thos. P. Hall, Mary J. Garrett, Sarah Garrett, Mattie McClellan Brown, Laverna Gibbons, Helen Ellis, Homer Gibbons, Israel Dunn, Annie McBurney, W. B. White, VV. S. Heade, Mattie Heade, Frank Boyd, Charles Thomas, C. C. Davidson, Jennie Moore, Hattie McCaffrey, J. A. McEw- en, Maggie Cunningham, Malancthon Patterson, Etta Wright, Allie Lochary, Ida O'Donnell, M. J. Hartley, I. P. Steele and Annie B. Hill. In 1878, the present building was erected, the board of education at that time consisting of T. M. Johnson, Dr. J. B. Hollingsworth and P. Lochary. School was begun in itin the fall of '79 with four teachers-A. P. White, I. P. Steele, Sadie Stout and Allie Heskett. The next year, under the su- pervision of S. J. Finley, the High School was organized with a three years' course of study and in 1883 the first class was graduated. Later the course was lengthened to four years. Ever since its organization, the High School has kept pace with modern educational progress in every way. It was placed in the list of first grade High Schools by the state school commissioner in accordance with the classification re- quired by law, and full credit is given its work by the lead- ing colleges and universities. ? ONICI IIflH 'IOOHDS DI'IEIfld ALID HEDIVFIO wk: ,H .LQ BOARD OF EDUCATION I. P. STEELE ---- I. E. STUBBS - F. J. HALL O. G. HARTLEY . S. F. MCBURNEY - - O. G. HARTLEY, President I. E. STUBBS, Clerk J. R. HALL, Treasurer W. G. WOLFE, Superintendent J. O. EAGLESON, Principal ORAL BOYD ARTELIA ADDISON VERNIE R. GIBSON 1910 1910 1910 1912 1912 EVA BENADUM SUPERINTENDENTS S. J. FINLEY - - - 1880-1887 A. B. HALL 1887- 1891 W. H. GREGG 1891 1899 W. G. WOLFE 1899 F-gig--.,.w--v-1-v,, f---v-'M -'iff-ww L? BK x l CLASS OF '08-Sitting. Lcll to Right, Gladys Henderson. Hester Black. O. Sisley. Mabel Day. Kate lVlcBurney Standing, lcll In Right, Lawrence Shurnan. Mae Ebcrlc. Blanche Bm-vlcsg Laura Haney. D. M. Lingo. Virginia Law. Florence Gibson. Elsie Floyd. Laura Kennon, Homer L. Rc-id Sobriqucts ,- at Hester Black Blanche Bowles Mabel Day Mae Eberle Elsie Floyd Florence Gibson Laura Haney Gladys Henderson Laura Kennon Virginia Law Dwight Lingo Kate McBurney Homer Reid J. O. Sisley Lawrence Shuman Co Hester ' 'Blanche Maud Muller Mazie Pete Flo ' 'Lucile Gladys Laura Jinnie ' 'Brownie Katrina Reidie ' 'Ikey Shuman Yells IL Rah! Rah! Rah! Rah! Rah! Rah! Rah! Rah! Rah! Quaker Rah! rah! ray! ray! Rah! rah! ray! ray! Hippa caru cara earn Rat zat zat zat Kickeralix kickeralix kickerala lcickerala Quaker City High Schof Rah! Rah! Rah! Harum scarem Rip'em, tea1 em Eat'em, beat'em Without pity. Slam'em, bang'em Kill'em, hang'em We are, we are Quaker City I IC X ATHLETICS X 'C Base Ball Teams :lr :lr l FRANKLIN TEAM ATI-IENIAN TEAM John Knight Dwight Lingo Thomas Dornon Ackison Wells Amer Whelpley Frank Boyd Willie Hartley Cecil Bundy Allen Morris Joe Robe Chas. Reynolds Iris Stubbs Homer Reid Homer Griest Joe Sisley Ed. Wolfe Lawrence Shuman Basket Ball Team 'O7f8 Paul Jones, L. F. Joe Sisley, R. F. Fearing Morgan, C. Dwight Lingo, L. G. Homer Smith, R. G. John Knight Joe Gibson ' Banks Spurgeon l 't STUDE TS '. SENIORS Hester Black Blanche Bowles Mabel Day Mae Eberle Elsie Floyd Florence Gibson Gladys Henderson Laura Haney Laura Kennon Dwight Lingo Virginia Law Kate McBurney Homer Reid Lawrence Shuman Joseph Sisley IUNIORS Mamie Cline Della Davis Helen Gibson Myrtle Heaney Edna Holland John Knight Thomas Lineweaver Arstie Tillett Addie Watson Aurillae Weaver Alice Weaver SOPI-IOMORES Clara Addison Irene Burson Cecil Bundy Frank Boyd Laura Carter Thomas Dornon Helen Denny Bessie Eagon Homer Griest Willie Hartley Marvin Hartley Arthur Lynn Beatrice Lewis Allen Morris Lulu Morgan Ethel Perry Joe Robe Charles Reynolds Iris Stubbs Ellis Shamhart Ernest Steele Banks Spurgeon Ed. Wcrlfe FRESI-IMEN Thora Coultas Lawrence Eagon Jerome Feldner Rodney Gibson Ralph Gibson Blanche Hall Shirley Hartley Jessie Hartley Claude Long George Loveall Mary Lingo Claude Stilts Frank Shear Homer Shuman William Shegog Amer Whelpley Ackison Wells Lizzie Woodburn Vita Yost 2: ze Class Poem :C x Behold the Class of Nineteen-Eight! Who having conquered-just fifteen stronge By arduous labors, both early and late, Stand ready to battle 'gainst evil and wrong, In the world's great field unexplored as yet. But conquer we must, such courage great, With a mighty will for triumphs set, Is bound to win, though matched with Fate. In favor we have e'er been high, In winning laurels we have no equal: While garlands at our feet e'er lie, Which point directly to the sequel That power combined with labor steady, And a mind both willing and able for strife, In the world's turmoil for labor ready, Will find a place in the paths of life. As now we step on paths unseen, The sudden blaze of noise and light At first may dazzle by the unknown scene, And this same brilliance appear to blight, Till at length the ways more simple seem, And we can stand in our strength alone, While the human storms around us teem, And display to us the life unknown. For many weary years we've Worked, Anon looking forward to this glad day, When by tasks accomplished, though some At length we enter life's highway, Where all to us has seemed most fair, The way by fewest trials beset, Where we'll find our castles in the air, And meet with joys so far unmet. were sh But, think, this means that we must part, With all that to us has been most dear, And that, forsooth, must pain each heart, Bound fast by every passing year. We must part with a life with pleasures rife, Where good examples have been our rule, ln other words, we go forth to strife, I From our happiest days, those spent in school. Then here's to the Class of Nineteen-Eight! irked And here's to the Scarlet and to the Black! May hers be the choicest gifts of fate, For blessings may she ,never lack. May health and wealth and fame, What e'er will to her record add, Follow every single name, Of each true lass and lad, Who rejoice for their names a place to claim In the grand old Class of Nineteen-Eight. Class Prophecy The Class of 1908, like other mortals, are the child- ren of a fallen race. The incarnation of human ambition is to obliterate the troubles that are a menace to mortal existence. This class is to be the very synonym of this ambition. Art, science, literature, and all other adorn- ments of the race will seek a higher plane of significance with their influence as a stimulus. Time, in its infinite evolution, has deposited with them the gems of the de- parted ages which they will polish and brighten till the world will see them sparkle like stars and outshine the glittering sun. The boys of this class will elevate the ideals of life higher and higher by virtue of their virile propensities. With the deepest principles of fidelity and integrity imbedded in their characters, they will become the knights of modern chivalry and masters of the Chesterfieldian arts. The girls of this class will endow the future ages with virtue and art. Many a mortal destiny will they pilot on the sea of matrimony, and some even aspire to be old maids. No doubt their fondest hopes will be realized. Mr. Dwight M. Lingo, endowed with a genius for com- mercial monopoly surpassing even that of Andrew Car- negie, will be known to posterity as a man of shrewd busi- ness tact and ability: for he intends to deal with hard- ware and merchandise on a gigantic scale. With this fortune he will be able to crown himself with glory and be an instrument of usefulness to his fellow-men. Miss Gladys Henderson has in some unknown way acquired a power for imparting knowledge unrivaled in the history of this school. She will instill into the minds of the younger generations those principles which only the most rigid research in Virgil's Aeneid can pro- duce. Her work will mark the culmination of all that learning that sprang from the Acropolis and lies mould- ering in the dust. of the Roman Forum. liiiss Kate McBurney has an ambition to develop a personality most impervious to Cnpid's arrows. Miss Mabel Day has a similar aim. They kindle no fires ol' love and matrimony. These two ycurg Taii f . plete the uniinished wcrk of Carrie Xatirn a..l ooo strive to alleviate the sorrow and troubles of old bachelors. Mr. J. O. Sisley will choose for his calling in life the profession of a druggist and will immediately begin a reform in the drug business. Ere long he will have coni- pounded a medicine which will cure the disease known as the tired feeling, and before he has reached the prime of life, he will be heralded by the whole worlil as a friend to all mankind for having compounded a cure for love-sickness. Miss Elsie Floyd aspires to the title Queen of Hearts. In the curriculum of life, she will usurp tlze throne of Venus and with Loves scepter will she pro- mote the cause of connubial felicity. Miss Blanche Bowles is unrivaled i11 the class for oratorical ability, but it will be a space of a few years before her fame shall reach its zenith. After woman's suffrage has been adopted her fame will soar to a dazz- ling pre-eminence and there challenge in splendor the brightness of the noon-day sun. She will lie beraltloll throughout America as a political heroine of the clay for having worked so great a reform in politics. Miss llae liberle, one of the natural born musicians of this class. aspires to the lolty plains ot' success which surmount the rocky crags ol' labor and persevl-rant-e. But her ability will carry her beyond the goal of her fondest dreams. l-Ier portrait will adorn the walls of every musically inclined home and her name will be annexed to the greatest musical productions the world has ever known. Mr. Homer Reid, a wit more brilliant than Voltaire, will promote the cause of Pestalozzi and Frobel with a Robespierrian aggressiveness which will cause man's intellect to tremble from the shock of his didactic meth- ods. Misses Hester Black and Florence Gibson intend to teach school. In the science of pedagogy and psychol- ogy, they will attain fame as the world's greatest artists. These two ladies will be found leading the minds of the future generations among those higher realms of thought where blossom the flowers of mind and soul, scattering their fragrance among all mankind. Miss Laura Haney inclines toward the business world. Her hopes rise on the wings of her ambition to the highest rung of the ladder of success as a stenographer. Before she is aware of the glorious fact, she will be caught up on the wings of advancement and borne to such a place of prominence that her position will ever remain the goal of future generations. Miss Laura Kennon will achieve universal renown as a poetess. She will revive the slumbering art of poetry and with her brilliant poetic mind again raise this fallen glory of the pen to its former literary prestige. Miss Virginia Law will have the stars in her crown consist of the gems and jewels of the fine arts. Enriching her musical accomplishments by European talent, she will dazzle the royal courts with the brilliancy of her shining achievements, and become the idol of many a noble prince. Mr. W. L. Shuman has ambitions most complex and complicated. His comprehensive researches among all phases of knowledge are almost beyond mortal concep- tion. He will be the star of the world's political and legal destiny. Having crowned himself with a brilliant career at the bar and achieved merited fame in the poli- tical arena, he will champion the theory of Darwinism and trace the genealogy of man even beyond Adam into the infinite oblivion of Archean biology. Peering into the hazy distance of the future, We see for the entire Class of 1908 a brilliant career of glory. You have Crossed the Bar, you are Launched, but Whither Bound? For the complete realization of your ainbitions may you never strive in the ways offering the least resistance. Rome Was not Built in a Dayg every star in your crown will be the result of well-directed energy: but NIL DESPERANDUM, for 'tBeyond the Alps lies Italy. Class Will wo 1 OL ltr We, the class of 1908, being of sound mind and memory, do hereby make, publish, and declare this to be our last will and testament hereby revoking and making void all former wills by us at any time heretofore made. First. We give and bequeath to our successors. the Junior Class, a standard of scholarship par excellence which we trust they will endeavor to maintain. We leave to them that time honored classic, Virgil's Aeneid. Let them study its pages and be wise. We bequeath to them the study of Geometry with its perplexing theorems and constructions. We leave to them what little we have not learned of angles, polyedrons, ray centers, truncated Cones and prisms, parallelopipeds, zones, tangents and secants. We devise to them a Chateau en Espange and all the other castles which we have builded in the airy a gold mine in the lunar mountain of Copcznicusi a vine- 5ard on Mars, with all the rents and incomes accruing therefrom. We leave to them the treasures of all oceans and seas. with all the rights in our power to give by which they may be obtained. Second. To the Sophomore Class that shall follow us in the realm of Physics we leave all that yet remains to be learned, after our researches and discoveries, of chromatics and pneumatics, hydrostatics and electrosta- tics. barometers and hydrometers, sublimation and gravi- tation. electroscopes and baroscopes, telegraphs and seismographs, hydrospheres and centrospheres and all the other incomprehensibilities of natural philosophy. We leave to them the olationes in Catilinam. of the ora- tor Cicero, and all his other oiations and political speech- es, in which they may learn of the patres conscripti, comi- tfa centuriata. pontifex maximus, the greatness of Pom- pey and the poet Archias, and the schemes and plots of the traitor Catiline. We bequeath to them, when they shall in time take up the study of Zoology, the birds of the air and the beasts of the field, with all the other mammals, reptiles, fishes, and insects from the branch protozoa to the genus homo. XVe leave to them. also. all quiet ponds and murmuring streams wherein dwelleth the noisy amphibians, the campanularian hydroid, and the pisces pulchri. Third. We bequeath to the Freshmen Class no lazy luxu1'y or delight, but instead the commands oi' the Gods to Aeneas, Heia age, rumpe moras, and the same arduous curriculum that we with unceasiug labor have so ably masteied. We leave to them as an incentive to their botanical research the forests primeval. the hills, valleys, and prairies. together with all species of plants. native and exotic that grow therein. We' bequeath to them plant morphology and histology, all exogens and endegens, dicotyleclones and monocotyledones. phaneio- gamia and cryptogama, polypetalae and gamopetalae. ccniferae and glumiferae, and hope they may be able to gain pleasure and proiit i'rom their study. We leave to them the Commentaries of Caesar, whereby they may bv able to learn of the wars and conquests of that mighty man who could both write and fight and in both was equally skillful. who xx as never known Hpedem rei'ei-re . and always won out in the end llta ait Caesaizi To satisfy their craving for literature and history we be- queath them the dramas of Shakespeare. and all the other kings of ink and all dust coveted manuscripts ot' by-gene days. Fourth. We bequeath to the faculty, peace of mind. useful nights, and happy dreams. Nc: more shall tht- Class of 'OR perpiex their minds and provoke their wialh, Our schcol-day planks and urgoodly ways no more shall trouble those, who in the kindliest manner and spirit have aided and guided us along the stony pat11 that leads to knowledge and virtue. We regret at the parting that we can in no wise pay our indebtedness to them: but giving our utmost respect and affection, We leave it to the One above to repay them for their kindly aid to Us and to others. Fifth. We hereby nominate and appoint Supt. VV. G. Wolfe and Prin, J. O. Eagleson, as administrators of this, our last. will and testament. ln witness whereof we have hereunto subscribed our name this 4th day of June, A. D., 1908. CLASS OF 1908. MXL pix The above and foregoing' instrument was at the date thereof signed, sealed, published, and declared, by the said Class of '08, as and for their last will and testa- ment, in the presence of us, who at their request, and in their presence, and in the presence of each other, have subscribed our names as witnesses. O. G. HARTLEY, President. I. E. STUBBS, Clerk. st Q , .. t eg r ' f-1 'i Ugg WILLIAMS ESSAY HE course in English requires that each year, every member of the senior class write a special essay of six or seven hundred words on some ap- proved subject. To stimulate them to put forth : their best efforts and to encourage the work in 'Gam'-fi I Erglish in the high school, Dr. C. H. Williams, pastor of the Congregational Church, of Gloucester, Mass., offers a prize each year of five dollars and two dollars and a half for the 'first and second best essays. He is also preparing a tablet to be hung in the high school upon which will be en- graved the names of the winners each year. IC IC Prize Winners l906 First: Myrle Cunningham - Arbitration Second: Bova Lineweaver - Chinese Exclusion. l907 First: Lourie Lingo - Ulmprisoned Truth. Second: Carrie Black - A Universal Language. I908 First: W. L. Shuman - Survival of the Fittest. Second: H. L. Reid - The Keys to Success. Survival of the Fittcst ,- OL It is a principle expressed by Spencer and Darwin, and well known to all, that plants and animals endowed by na- ture with the power of adapting themselves to their environ- ment will survive others which are less capable of fitting themselves to their surroundings. The strong survive the weak, the hardy the sickly, and only those that have some redeeming traits can long exist through the unceasirg change of climatic conditions. In any neglected Held, we may see an illustration of the survival of the fittestg the domestic plants and grasses are crowded out by their kindred wild forms, which by their con- tinued and unaided struggle for existence are best fitted for the battle of life. There are few forms of vegetation which are able to withstand the dryness of the arid deserts of New Mexico and Arizonag yet amid such adverse surroundings the cactus grows rank and fiourishing as if to show us how thoroughly a plant can adapt itself to its surrounding con- ditions. The Baltimore oriole, although indigenous to North America, is a very rare bird and is becoming scarcer each yearg while on the other hand, the English sparrow, a for- eign bird, has multiplied so rapidly in the short time suc- ceeding its introduction that it has become a troublesome pest. Thus it comes about that a small ratural advantage may become a great factor in the struggle for existence. In all walks of human life the same rule is just as cer- tain and infallible. Some are and must be greater than the rest. And here again it is the strongest that are fa- vored most by nature. Nowhere does nature extend fe vor or pity to the weakling. Only those strong in mind or body and prepared for an uncompromising struggle with adversity can expect to win success in their chosen profession. All persons, at some time, have aspirations of a higher station in life, yet how soon do the shadowy visions of fame or wealth fade from the minds of the many and they give up their cherished hopes and ambitions. Only a few have tle energy to breast the tide of opposition and reach the covet- ed goal. Thus life becomes a process of elimination. Socie- ty is sorted again and again and each time some are found wanting and are rejected. Only a few in each age measure up to the standard and become the leaders of the world. In every age are born a few far above the common lot of mankind, who by their great power and influence over others control the affairs of nations. Every revolution or political contest brings the great men of the country to the front. The events of history begin to center about the names of a few and this leads, by the law of survival, to the recognition of one man as the leader and controlling fig- ure of each contending party or faction, and thus the trend of history and the destiny of a nation often come to reside in the conduct of a single man. There is always a great number of men who are seeking political honors. They spend a whole lifetime following a dclusivc ambition and in the end reap only disappointment. They have never quesiioned their ability and have assumed themselves to be gifted with those endowments which come only as the fortune of the great. As a matter of fact, the requisitas demanded for an ideal statesman are so many and so varied that only a few that are truly great are born in the Whole history of a nation. Every year thousands of men start in business, a few succeed, some, soon dissatisfied, seek other employment, the rest fail. Every day We hear of failures in business, and sometimes perhaps, we wonder why the few succeed While the many fail. Yet with a knowledge of all conditions, we could not expect it otherwise. A higher standard of ability is required than most people are able to meet. The influence of any person upon the world is proportion- al to his worth. Some accomplish little and are soon forgot- ten. Others accomplish so much that their influence is felt, not only in their age, but as well in the centuries that follow. The poets and philosophers of antiquity still make their pres- ence felt among us. Shakespeare as an author has held foremost place in English literature during four centuries, and his iniiuence will be felt as long as any people shall speak the English language, so little is the value of his works altered by time. And so always, whether among plants, animals, or men themselves, the fittest survive and the less gifted ones per- ish. Nor is this divinely ordained law of nature Without its good results. The ultimate survival of all that is strong, beautiful, or good, is the hope of the future for the uplift- ing and bettering the conditions of the world, and contribu- ting to the happiness of mankind. Literary Societies Two literary societies, the Franklin and the Athenian, were organized in the Quaker City High School in 1899, and since that time, rhetorical exercises have been a special feature of the school work. The entire afternoons of the first and third Fridays of each school month, excepting the first and last, are devoted to literary exercises. These consist of debates, ora- tiors, essays, reciations, and readings, together with vocal and instrumental music. The two societies render alternate programs, so every pupil performs once a month. The election of officers three times a year, together with other business matters that may come up from time to time, afford excellent practice in the principles of parliamentary law. During the past year the societies have consisted of the following members: FRANKLIN SOCIETY ATI-IENIAN SOCIETY Clara Addison Laura Kennon Cecil Bundy Hetter Black Blanche Bowles Mamie Cline Della Davis Helen Denny Thomas Dornon Bessie Eagon Mae Eberle Jerome Feldner Florence Gibson Ralph Gibson Blanche Hall Laura Haney Myrtle Heaney Willie Hartley Shirley Hartley John Knight Virginia Law Thomas Lineweaver Mary Lingo Claude Long George Loveall Allen Morris Homer Reid Charles Reynolds Lawrence Shuman Joseph Sisley Homer Shuman Claude Stilts Arstie Tillet V Lizzie Woodburn Amer Whclpley. Frank Boyd Irene Burson Thora Coultas Laura Carter Mabel Day Lawrence Eagon Elsie Floyd Helen Gibson Rodney Gibson Homer Griest Marvin Hartley Jessie Hartley Gladys Henderson Edna Holland Beatrice Lewis Artliur Lynn Dwight Lingo Kate McBnrney Lulu Morgan Ethel Perry Joe Robe Ellis Shamhart Frank Shear William Shegog Banks Spurgeon Ernest Steele Iris Stubbs Addie Watson Alice Weaver Aurillae Weaver Ackison Wells Ed. Wolfe Vila Ymmlil CONSTITUTION -A :lv ARTICLE I. Divisions and Object of Society. Section I. This society shall he composed of two sections-Athenian and Franklin-each of which shall render the programs of alternate meetings. Sec. ll. The object of this society shall be the promotion of knowledge and virtue. A RTIC LE II. Meetings. Section I. This society shall meet on the first and third Fridays of the second, third, fourth, Iifth, sixth, seventh. and eighth months of the school term. Sec. ll. One-fourth of the members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. ARTICLE III. The Oiiicers. Section I. The officers of this society shall consist of the president, vice-president. secretary, assistant-sec- retary and critic. Sec. ll. They shall be chosen by ballot one meeting previous to their entering upon oiiice, and shall hold the same for four regular meetings, excepting those elect- ed at the third election of each school year, who shall hold their offices for six regular meetings. ARTICLE IV. Qualifications of Oliicers. Section I. No person shall be eligible to the oflice of president, vice-president, or critic, excepting those who are members of the senior classg but in case the number of members of the senior class is too small to meet the other conditions, they may be chosen from the next high- est class. Sec. II. No person shall be elected to the same oflice twice in one term of school. Sec. III. No eligible person nominated for ofiice shall be excused from being a candidate unless for reasons satisfactory to the society. ARTICLE V. President Section I. The president, upon assuming his oiiicial duties, shall deliver an inaugural: at the close of his term of oflice, a valedictory. He shall keep due order, point out to the members their duties, call for sentiments of the society before a vote is taken, strictly enforce all re- quisitions of the constitution and by-laws, with the as- sistance of the secretary, assign all members their regu- lar performances, and perform all the duties which the nature of his office requires. Sec. II. The president shall have the power to give a decision in the case of a tie, and appoint all committees and judges of debates. Sec. III. The president shall be exempt from all regu- lar performances. AR'l'lCLlC VI. All'l'll'lil'l Ylll. Xvifl'-I1l't'SiI1l'llt. Section I. The vice-president shall ofhciate in the absence of the president, and while ofliciating. he shall have all the powers and privileges and perform all the duties of the president. AR'I'lf'l,l+l YI I. Sex-l'0tal'y. Section l. The secretary shall keep the minutes of all proceedings of the society, which he shall read at the beginning of the next meeting, and on adoption shall place the same on record: he shall keep a roll of the members in alphabetical order, which he shall call at the beginning of every meeting, and perform all other duties implied in the nature of his office. Sec. ll. He shall be exempt from all regular per- formances. Assistalit-Secretary. Section I. ln the absence ol' the secretary, the as- sistant-secretary shall perform all the duties and he en- titled to all the privileges of the secretary. All'l'll'l.lC IX. Fritic. Section I. lt shall be the duty of the critic' to criti- cise all the per1'ormann-es offered to the society. Sec. Il. The critic shall be exempt from all regular perl'orniances. AR'l'll'LE X. Mcnilwrs. Section l. Students of the Quaker City High School and those only shall be entitled to nxenihersliip. xiq J, W W Q? RQ. X I .F-' -. x. - .1 .1 .xgiggz -J ds2 L!N ALUMNI ASSCCIATIO U i OL 00 ORGANIZATION :lv HE High School Alumni Association was organized G., November 30, 1893, and a constitution was framed and adopted. The following June, a reunion and banquet Was held which was attended by over a hun- dred graduates and their friends. Since the organization, there have been fourteen annual reunions with an average attendance of nearly two hundred. The following persons have served as presidents of the Association, and presided at the annual reunion: 1894 Elvira Hall 1895 C. N. Webster 1896 H. S. Hartley 1897 Myrtle MCCleary 1898 W. G. Wolfe 1899 I. A. Hall 1900 Cora Hunt 1901 C. E. Keenan 1902 Ella Keenan 1903 H. B. Garber 1904 Franz K. Hall 1905 Henrietta Cowden 1906 H. S. Cowden 1907 Chester A. Wendell The officers for 1908 are:- Chester A. Wendell, President Frank Wolfe, Vice-president Katherine Spurgeon, Secretary Edith Watson, Assistant secretary H. B. Garber, Treasurer CGNSTITUTION OL Article 1. The name of this organization shall be The Alumni Association of the Quaker City High School. Art. 2. Its object shall be to promote the interests of the cause of education in the community, to create an increased interest in our High School, and to encourage a fraternal feeling among the graduates thereof. Art. 3. The oflicers of the association shall be a presi- dent, secretary, vice-president and treasurer: they shz ll be elected annually on Thanksgiving Day, and hold their re- spective offices for one year. Art. 4. All persons who are graduates of the Quaker City High School shall be entitled to membeiship in the Alumni Association: there shall be due from each member a fee of twenty-five C255 cents per year payable to the treas- urer on or before the first diy of May in each year. Art. 5. The officers and members of the Association shall make suitable arrangements before each annual com- mencement to receive into the Alumni Association the mem- bers of the class for that year. A meeting may be held at a convenient time after commencement, which each member is expected to attend, and to which each member may in- vite one friend from outside the Alumnig the president shall be authorized to invite the members of the Board of Educa- tion, superintendent and teachers of the schools, a represent- ative of the press, and the pastors of the Quaker City churches to be present. Art. 6. The association shall meet at such times through- out the year as they may agree upon, for business or other- wise: and eight of the members shall constitute a quorum to transact business. Special meetings may be called by the president and secretary. Amendment 1. All graduates of the Quaker City High School shall be considered members of the Alumni Associa- tiong but no fee shall be required from any excepting those who attend the annual reunion, which fee shall be deter- mined by the Association and which shall be used to defray the necessary expenses of the banquet. 40 Q9 48 SV MX W CY, .fl Week' THE ALUMNI Q . :lv 18813 Annie Boycl.... EiVll3. Hull, ........... . Ella Keenan, ........... . Asenath Vx'ebster-Coventry,. . Mattie Webster-lXlt-Coy.. . . Warner A. Webster. .... . . . 185-I4 Eva IQFQRZIll-iXlPl'l'X1ll2lll, .... . . H685 Nc-ra Clary, ............ . . . Anise Hartley-Mcl3urney,. . . Nora Hayes-liyclick.. . . . Hattie .Iclinson-Gregg .... Lula lf99VClt-fiIE1l'Sll,. . . . . . 1836 Yerra Boyd. .... . . . . Homer S, Hartley. ..... . Lucretia Keenan-Stone.. . . Eniina Lewis-Barnett.. . . . Myrtle McC'it:11'y-.-X1'1iolt1,. . . Edson Webster, ........ . Quaker Vitx Quaker Vitx Czilclwel . ..llbef'e1 e Cleveland Clevvlzi ...l'1ZllI'l'l x if- .......4lle llv Quulwi' Cltx ......llJc-writ ' 1 ...Czimlnicl e .. .Uolu b unlmu Quaker Citi Qlllllivl' Citi ....t'u1ulmr1cl e '. ....,t.1lml XY 4 Quaker Citx Q11z1lu'1't'1tx Elizabeth Carroll, .... XYillian1 K. Cowden,.. James Y. Dilley, ...... 1 887 Margaret Hall-Webster.. . . Verna Rose-Gibson.. . . Charles N. Webster.. .. ..... No class. Artelia Addison, .... . Daisy Arnold-Wilcox.. . Oral Boyd, ........ . Marion Coles, Harry Griest. ....... . Charity Hayes-VVebster Homer J. Webster.. . . Elmer E. Eagon. .... . Sherman 'I'. Galloway,. May Hayes-Mc'l+'arla.nd. Minnie Hay-tletcliel.. Auise Webster-Coultas. Deborah Webster. .... . XX'alter A. Webster.. .. Frznnk E. Webster.. . . 1888 1 889 1 890 . . .Washington, Pa Huntington, W. Va . . . . .Cambridge. O . . .Quaker City, O . . .Quaker City, O . . .Danvi11e, Va . . .Quaker City, O . . .Cambridge O . . . .Quaker City,O . . .0skaloosa, Iowa. . . . .Danville, Va ...Alliance, O . . . .Trentou. N. J ...Hundred, W. Va . . . .Bridgeport, O . . .Barnesville, O .. .Quaker City, O . . . .Cleveland, O . . .Quaker City, O . . .Quaker City. O 1891 Lena Cochran-Williams.. . N. W. Cowden, ....... . Dora Eagon-Hayes.. . Isaac A. Hall ...... Cora M. Hunt, ..... . Altie Jones-Keenan.. . . Homer G. Long. .......... . Marietta Ridgeway-Keenan.. . . Cinderella Sayre-Smith,. . . . Minnie Smith-Hall.. . . Mary Wilcox. ..... .... 15192 Justin A. Moore.. .. . . . . VVilliam G. W'Olfe,. . . ..... 1893 Homer E. Eagan... ..... .... Herschel V. Linn.. . . Lyman G. Moore... Nellie C. Shepherd.. .. Sade Webster-Hayes.. . . Gilbert H. Wilson.. . .. Friend L. Williams.. . . . . . . 1894 .Gloucestc-Er, Mass. . .Germantown, O. . .Quaker City, 0. . . . Quaker City, O. Ne . .Quaker City, O. ..... . tDeceasedJ . . . . .Copley, O. . . .Cambridge, O. . . . .Atlan'ta, Ark. .Quaker City, O. ......tDeceasedJ . .Steubenville O. . .Quaker City, O. W Comerstown, O. .....Crestor1. lll. . . .Colun1bus. O. . . .Canibridge. O. . .Quaker City. O. . . . . .Ludlow, Ky. Watertown, Minn. Henrietta Cowden, .,.......... Khanagh-Dcgran. India Deltha Heaney-Hendershott. .............. Bethesda. O. Jessie MCCOrinaek-Stoneburner,. . . . .Spokane Wash. Noia McCormack-Earley. ..... .. .Wheeling, W. Va, James A. St. Clair,. . . H. P. Spencer ....... Mary Wallace-Wolfe, . . Jessie M. Denny,.. Eva Eagon,. . . . Mertie Hartley.. . John H. Morris ....... Lizzie Pallister-Temple, . Hiram House.. . John S,pencer,. . Clifford O. Brill,. .. Eva Benadum, . . Lena Cox-Mi1ler,. . . Owen Day, ...,. . John H. Denius,. .. W. Edgar Eagon,. . Homer G. Finley,. . . Lena B. Hunt, ....... . Thomas R. Henderson, W. H. Keenan, ...... . Daisy Moore,. . . . . . Harry G. Rose, ...... . Vivian St. Clair-McPeek Waldo VV. VVK-zbster, ..... . 1 895 1896 1897 . .Newman, Cal. . . . . .Butler, Pa. .Quaker City, O. Quaker City, O. .Quaker City, O. .....tDeceasedJ . . .Batesville, O. .Washington, 0. . . .Delaware, O. . . .Columbus, O. . . . Cambridge, C. .. .Quaker City, O. . . . .Chardon, O . .Pittsburg, Pa . . .Lytton, Iowa. .. . . . fDeceasedJ . .Bridgeport, O. . . . .PittSburg, Pa. Quaker City, O. ....Caldwell, O. . . .Hanson, S. D. Kahuku, Hawaii. . . . .Cambridge, O. .. .Quaker City, O. Joseph M. Brill, . . . .. 1 898 Shirley Coultas-McCormack.. . . J. Emmet Conner,. . . . R. Garfield Cox,. . . Harry B. Garber... Delbert H. Griest,. . . . Grace Hare-Clark.. , . . Hallie Hartley-Bundy.. O. Stella Hartley-Funk Georgia Jones-Morton.. . . Margaret M. Knight,. Clyde R. Long, ..... . VVilliam T. Rose. .... . Sedona Sweed-Morgan, Charme Smith-Smith,. Grace M. Westwood.. . Albert W. Bundy... Ross D. Bundy,. . . Dent L. Boyd, ..... . Allen H. Colliflower.. . Fred J. Floyd, .... . Inez Hay-Parker.. . . Warren W. Lynn ..... W. Ora McCormack.. . Zula Moore ........ Bertha Sprague.. . . Edward Sayre, ...... . Grace Stevens-Hanson.. . 1 899 -7- .New Madison, O. .Quaker City, 0. .......It1c-a,O. .Columbia Tenn. .Quaker City. O. Chillitrothe, Iowa. . . .Cambridge 0. .Quaker City, O. .Harrisburg Pa, ....Byesyille, O .Quaker City, O . . . . . tU9C'9aSGt1I . .Tarkman, Oklzi ...Zaiiesyille O . . .Cambridge, O . . .Pittsburg. Pa . . .Pittsburg, Pa ...Quaker City, O .Quaker City. O. . . . .Columbus. O . . .Pittsburg. Pa . .Quaker City, O . . .Columbus O .Quaker City. 0 .. . .Chic-ago. Ill .East Liberty. O .Canal Dover, O ....Columbus. 0 Bertha Thomas-Colliflower Mamie Webster-Boyd. .... Allie Wolfe-Heaney Homer E. Hillard.. Ernest C. Heade,.. Louis L. Hall.. . .. Charles E. Keenan. William F. Morton Laura E. Boyd.. . . Anise M. Denoon,. . . Roxy M. Denny,. . . XVilliam Floyd, .... J. William Griest,. Otto Hunt, ...... . Belva Moore-Lane.. . William J. Moore. Fannie C. Shear... Othel S. Bundy.. .. Amy Boyd-Keenan, Arthur L. Carter.. Mary E. Cunningham... Harry S. Cowden.. . . ll. O. Frame, ..... Lew Herrick. ..... . Arthur B. Hartley.. . . 1000 . . . .Columbus, O . .Quaker City, O Fairmont, W. Va . . .Delaware, O . . .Cambridge. O . . .Pittsburg, Pa . .Quaker City, O .... .....Byesville, O 1901 1 902 ..Quaker City, O ......NeWark, O ..Quaker City, O . . . .Pittsburg, Pa .....Wooster, O . .Quaker City, O . . .Barnesville, O ..Q11aker City, O . . .Cambridge, O . .Quaker City, O . .Quaker City, O . . . .Cortland, O .. .Salesville, O ....Columbus, O . . .Pittsburg, Pa . .Quaker City, O . .Quaker City, O Franz K. Hall, .... Elmer T. Morton, .... Merle F. McBurney,. . Campsa Robe-Eagleson, Edna E. Scott, ........ Homer J. Sprcat,. . . Frank E. Wesley.. . . Sylvan O. Watson,.. Josie L. Alwine ..... Laura Alwine-Burson .... Jchn E. Burson, ..... Edith M. Carter,. . . Hiram L. Hunt.. .. Arthur G. Long.. . . . R. Justin Leonard,. . . Norris A. Lineweaver Ralph C. Rose, ..... . Frank H. VV0lfe,. . Hazel Yost-Kaho,. . . Ernest Bates, ...... . Charles H. Dollison,. . B. Fearing Floyd.. . . Earl W. Gibson.. . . Heber Gibson, ..... . M. Ethel Hamilton.. . . Jessie L. Hamilton, . Russell Hartley,. . . . 1903 1904 .. . . .Newark O . . . .Quaker City, O . . .Pittsburg, Pa . .Quaker City, O .Bethany, W. Va . . .Zanesville, O . . .Columbus, O . . .Zanesville, O .Quaker City, O . . . .Salesville, O . . . .Salesville, O. . .Quaker City, 0 . .Quaker City, O . . . .Quaker City, O . .Washington, O . . . . .Alliance, O Portland, Oregon . .Quaker City, O Kansas City, Mo . .Quaker City, O . . . .Columbus, O . .Quaker City, O Hillsdale, Oregon . . . .Granville, O . .Quaker City, O .Quaker City, O . . . .Co1umbus, O 7 x Gail Jones-Morris.. . . Noble F. Latto,. . . . Donald B. Moore.. . . Phil T. Morris, ..... . James M. McBurney,. . Katherine F. Spurgeon Clara B. Watson, .... T. Edith Watson.. . Harry J. Brcomhall, . Perley J. Bundy, .... Floy H. Frame, ..... Ernest G. Gildow. . . . . Carl Chesney Gibson. . Elma Hall-Carter. .... Ross S. ........ 1905 Weldcn W. McBurney .... Clarence J. McGee.. . . Jchn A. Thompson.. . . Chester A. Wendel1,. . Frances Addison.. . . Van Dola Brill.. . .. Ellis S. Carter, ..... . Myrle Cunningham.. . . Laura A. Doudna,. . . 1903 ....Byesville, O . . .Westerville, O . . . .Pittsburg, Pa ......Gibson, O . . .Quaker City. O . . .Quaker City, O Quaker City. O... ...Quaker City, O . . . .Pittsburg. Pa . . . .Pittsburg, Pa . . . .Pittsburg. Pa . . .Zanesville, O ....Granville, 0 .....Salesville, 0 . . .Quaker City. O . . .Quaker City, O .......Gibson, O ......Salesville O . . .Quaker City, O ...Quaker City, O . . . .Cambridge O . . .Quaker City. O .....Salesville, O ......Eldon, O l-I:t2el D. Linn.. . . . Bova H. Lineweaver.. . Alice Montgomery.. Lora C. Mendenhall Frank F. Morris... Victor W. Perry.. . Victor H. Rose.. . . Edward Sisley.. . . Emma C. Tillett. .. Daisy Weaver.. . . Carrie Black. .... . Hazel B. Bowles... Walter R. Bundy.. . Clifton J. Carter.. . Ethel C. Cochran.. . Guy F. Gibson.. . .. Joe T. Gibson, ..... . Pauline P. Heaney. Paul L. Jones. ..... . Lourie J. Lingo... . Lee H. McBurney.. Hope E. Perry.. . . Narnie Riee. ..... . Albert D. St. Clair. Orval P. Shamhart.. . . Chester Steele.. . . . Earl Zink.. . .. 1907 .....Ealesx'illr-, 0 ....C'amliridge, 0 Triplette. Missouri .....Salesx'ille. O ...Gibson. O ...Woosteiy O . . .St. Louis. Mo . . . . .Bellaire O ...Quaker City. O ......Gibson. O ....Salesville. O . . .Quaker City. U ...Pittsburg. Pa .. .Quaker City. O ...Quaker City, O . . . . . .Fresno. Cal ...Quaker City. O . . . .Pittsburg. Pa ...Quaker City. O ...Quaker City. O ...Quaker City. O ....Salesville. 0 ...?alesville. O ....Salesville. O ...Quaker City. O . . .Quaker City. 0 Minneapolis. Minn I -' ,W .NL r, :lr IP x X 'A .rv COMMENCEIYIBV T EVENTS PROGRAM Baccalaureate Sermon Orchestra 4 Invocation - - - Rev. J. F. Ryan Evening' May Orchestra ' The Trusts - - - Joseph Oliver Sisley Our Public Schools - - Bertha Mae Eberle Necessity of Preparation - Ellen Blanche Bowles X X: Our Opportunities - - Hester Mabel Black Orchestra The Loom of Life - - Dwight McClellan Lingo i Hams 7 - , - - - Elsle D- Floyd Commencement EXerc1ses God's Hand in Our History - Laura Emma Kennon The Quest for Happiness - Margaret Florence Gibson Orchestra Thursday Evening, June 4th A Great Century - - - Kate McBurney The American Queen - - Laura Lucile Haney The Keys to Success - - Homer Linn Reid Orchestra 9 9 Immortality of Thought - Mabel Virginia Law A 'C Influence of Nature - - Mabel Lydia Day Power of Circumstances - Gladys Oral Henderson Growth of Civilization - William Lawrence Shuman 1 I Orchestra Alum n1 Reun1on and Banquet Presentation of Diplomas - I. E. Stubbs, Esq., Clerk of Board of Education 1 1 Benediction - - Rev. D. W. Merrell Friday EVCI11I1gv June I R . l L. W W W 'W W W W, W W W W W W W , WW Wi ,W W W W, W W W W W W W W