Tipton High School - Tiptonian Yearbook (Tipton, IN)

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22 THE Tl PTON IAN OTHELLO POWELL. Othello Powell, Toad, as his friends lovingly call him, first enteTed our high school in his Junior year, the first two years of his high school career having been spent at Hobbs. He immediately proved his worthiness to be our class mate by his ex- cellent work in all subjects. He has taken a vast interest in oratory and music, in both of which he is proficient. He has also fig- ured prominently as an athlete, being cap- tain of the basket ball team in 1912-1913. He has never been known to slight his work, except when certain Sophomore girls are near or when there is a wild west film at the five-cent shows. He was a member of the boys quartette and glee club in 1912- 13 and a member of the glee club in 1913-14. He took the part of the doctor in Mac- beth, was a cannibal in Singbad, and was Top-Not in Princess Chrysanthemum, thus showing that he possesses great adap- tability. EDNA SWARTZ. Edna Swartz entered the Tipton High School with the class of 1913, but possess- ing a roving spirit, she, at the beginning of her second year, left this class for the west. She spent the next one and one-half years in the western states, entering the Tipton High School with the class of 1914, upon her return. She will graduate with this class, although she finished her work at Christmas and has been at her home in Huntington, Indiana, since that time. She was prominent in all school affairs, being most prominent as a member of the Girls Glee Club and the star player of the first Girls ' Basket Ball Team.

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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.

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THE TIPTONIAN 23 REUBEN SMITH. Rube Smith has been with us such a short time that we are not at liberty to say much concerning his high school work. He came in to our class about Christmas from the Junior class. He has completed the four required years in three school years. This alone gives the reader an idea what sort of a student Rube is. We are not proud of Rube because of his size, but he makes up lor this in his application, combined with his natural ability as a student. He enjoys the distinction of being the smallest boy in his class. Owing to his nature, the faculty found it expedient to give him a seat in the corner of the room all by himself. He has at no time bothered his neighbors, because of above stated reasons, and for the past few months, has been one of the quietest and most law abiding seniors. DALLAS WARNE. Dallas Warne was born November 13, IS1I4 in the city of Hobbs. He entered the Hobbs high school in the fall of 1909, at the age of fourteen. He finished the first two years there and then entered the Tipton high school. In 1911 as a Junior he took part in the senior play of Louis XI. He was also elected president of the high school Athletic Association for the year 1912-1913. While a senior in the T. H. S., he moved to Hartford City, but returned in March, 1914 and again entered the senior class. Daddy is a good fellow who causes little or no trouble.