Tipton High School - Tiptonian Yearbook (Tipton, IN)

Page 22 text:

20 THE TIPTONIAN ALPHA B. GRAY. Alpha Gray entered the high school with the intention and firm determination to de- velop both mentally and physically. Physi- cally he has made a decided improvement, for as a Freshman, he was one of the small- est boys ' in his class. Mentally, he has de- veloped to such an extent that he is known as the best mathematician the T. H. S. af- fords. In athletics, he has proven a valua- ble help. He served as a member of the se- nior basket ball team and was a member of the track team for the past three years. Alpha is a great lover of fun and spends his leisure time in school playing jokes on his neighbors and flipping them on the ears. Not only is he a lover of mathematics, ath- letics, and fun, but is also the lover of a certain pretty Freshman girl. All the se- • nior hoys are jealous of him. VERA SWAB. Vera Swab, one of the three seniors who has made A or A+ in all subjects during the past four school years, is one of our best students. She has lately been inter- ested in persuading a certain red-headed Freshman that a T. H. S. diploma is worth while. Her voice is naturally sweet and low, but when excited, she is noted for her shrill shrieks, which we think she acquired while being carefully trained for the part of a witch in a senior class play. She is a member of the Girls ' Glee Club and of the high school chorus. She appeared as a chorus girl in the play recently given.

Page 21 text:

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.

Page 23 text:

THE TIPTONIAN 21 BRUCE MILTON SUMMERS. The advent of Bruce M. Summers into high school life was most auspicious, as he ranked third in the county on the eighth grade examination. Even the upper class- men noticed this bright little Freshie and the Tiptonian of that year speaks of him thusly: Bruce Summers Is so small that the Freshies have to use a microscope to see him, but when the grades are given out, he attracts more attention than the Fresh- man of greater avoirdupois. As a Sophomore, he was first heard of as a debater. His work did much to bring honor to the Sophs. This art also made it- self known in the Junior class. We, as se- niors have noticed another honor which few other boys have, namely, getting through the four years of high school life without having a serious case. Even at that he is one of the best liked boys in the senior class. CARRIE TRITTSCHUH. Born so long ago that the memory of the oldest citizen remembereth not. She was an emmigrant from Middletown some time during the later part of the last century. She brought with her a fine disposition and a prepossessing personal appearance. It was soon discovered that she had a liking for pickled frogs in formaldehyde, a la Dick- erson — and tender young sprigs of divinity, Like Hannibal, she made a vow early in life that she would never marry, no never, any other than a Methodist minister. Carrie spent almost two terms with us in the old high school building, and then by reason of eye trouble (she says) she was compelled to discontinue school work, but she re-entered in the fall of 1913 with the graduating class of 1914, which, however, is not the class with which she began high school work. However, she is a full-fledged 1914 senior. She is preparing to become a teacher, intending to teach until she is able to fulfill her vow.