Tipton High School - Tiptonian Yearbook (Tipton, IN)

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18 THE Tl PTON IAN WILLIAM OKLA ELLER. Here is serious good natured Bill El- ler, who joined the senior class in its Junior year. Although he has been with us a short time, he has now the distinction of being a great fellow. He is known for his agri- cultural ability and when he has nothing else to do he delights in working the prob- lems in Euclid. He had previously been a member of the New Waverly high school. After entering school here, he worked so well that he was enabled to graduate by taking only two subjects the last term. How- ever he often comes the whole day, this shows his affinity for the senior class. He also plays an important part in T. H. S. ath- letics, being the star foot ball player and one of the workers on the track team. He is the biggest boy in the class and we all look up to him. OCTA ELLER. Octa Eller joined us in the middle of our Junior year. She is a bashful, good-natured girl with a remarkable tendency toward studiousness. She is another one of the se- niors who have never bothered the dear fac- ulty and whose very name suggests perfect conduct. She is also a member of the A+ Club, having made no grades lower than this. She came to us from the New Waver- ly high school.

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THE TIPTONIAN 1? JOHN GIFFORD. John Gifford entered the high school with the class of 1915. He was ever quiet and studious and had no trouble in making his Freshman credits. In addition to his first year ' s work, he took a course in the Tipton Business College and soon became a very proficient book-keeper and stenogra- pher. He entered school the next fall, deter- mined to make extra credits to enable him to graduate at least one term before his class. John is a steady determined worker and as a result of three years ' hard work he will graduate with the class of 1914. John is the youngest member of his class and al- though he has not decided what profession he will take up, we predict nothing but suc- cess for him. MARGARET COFFEY. Vice President. Margaret Coffey, like all the rest of the class, entered high school in 1910. As a Freshman, she was very quiet and studious. Some who remember her best, tell of her carrying home from five to ten books about every evening and staying up with them. Win n she became a Sophomore, she had lost none of her diligence. She was always afraid to look up for it would have embar- rassed her greatly to let the teachers know that she was not studying. In her Junior year, she carried Cicero and from this fact was a favorite with the Latin teacher. In that year, she received as low as B in deportment, a feat which she had never accomplished before. This year, she has been one of the German students of note, having translated Der Schimmelreiter be- sides her regular work. Margaret is inter- ested in music and is a good pianist. Dur- ing the past year she has served her class as vice-president.

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THE TIPTONIAN 19 JEAN VAL CARTER. Jean Carter has been in the Tipton High School for the past four years. He has made a record that is enviable. Through the first three years, he worked hard and at all times was the leader among the boys in deportment. As an intelligent senior he commenced to realize the truth of the old saying: All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. As a result his friends were surprised one month when the Warn- ing was read and his name appeared one of the first. He successfuly played the part of Banquo in Macbeth, as he after his death played the part of a guard. Jean once had an ambition to be a doctor, but his ambition suffered a slight shock when he found out that to be a doctor he must study Latin for several years. However, we are sure that if he decided to be a doc- tor, he could get the Latin without much trouble. Jean has red hair. HELEN TRIMBLE. Helen Esther Trimble was born in the township in Tipton county that has the clas- sic name of Wildcat. Her sister reports that she still has the attributes of that township. Notwithstanding this call to the wilds, she made the highest average in the eighth grade examination and stood at the head of her class from year to year in her progress through high school. In her Freshman year, she was very mean and caused the teachers no end of trouble. During this year she fell in love with a certain little Junior, but this was not permanent. In the Junior year, she was elected president of the class. She has now forgotten most of her mischief and is one of our most dignified seniors. There are times when the subject of this sketch thinks herself the wife of a farmer near Tipton raising chickens and garden truck.