Ada High School - We Yearbook (Ada, OH)

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Junior Class of 1918 Motto: Be Square. Class Colors: Pink and Green. CLASS OFFICERS Freda Beuchert, President Mildred Ames, Vice President Ruth Shank. Secretary-Treasurer Vera Barnes, Historian Donovan Isham, Editor CLASS ROLL Ames. Mildred Haynes, Holland Beuchert, Freda Baumgartner, Gais Barnes, Vera Brewer, Ruth Cotner, Mary Danner, Kathryn Fulks, George Freeman, Herbert Gallant, Howard Greer, Dorothy Houser, Ray Hammer, Warren Shanks, Ruth Shanaberger, Mills Smith Eunice Isham, Donovan Ivlingler, Wilma Main, Russel Miller, Stanley McElroy, Naomi Motter, Erret Neiswander, Una Price, Ruth Poling, Paul Reedy Hildred Runser, Edna Ream, Alma Speer, Freda Welker, Milo VanAtta, Ernest In The Junior Classes “I don’t think I can translate that.”—Dorothy Greer. “I don’t know where the place is.”—Kathryn Danner. “I forget what the words mean before I look them up.”—Paul Poling. “I studied the next section.”—Freda Speer. In Mediaeval and Modem History they all pattern their lives after “Pepin the Short.” Sprang has taught the Juniors to sing one verse of America without the book. Swearingen: “Now class today we take up Electricity, and I want it understood that there will be no opportunity for sparking.” (Audible sighs from the girls.) “Now Cooney, to begin with, What is Electricity?” Cooney: “A cross between a steam engine and a dynamo.” Swearingen: “Partly right. Yes sir, Cooney, your about half right.” Cooney: (in an indignant voice) “Look here, Sir!, no man is gonna insult me in public and git away with it.” Page Twenty-seven

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History of The Junior Class By Vera Barnes .y, HE illustrious class of ’19 composed of forty-five members entered the Ada High School on a beautiful day of September in 1915. W fh We had our first class meeting and elected the following officers: President, Mills Shanabarger; Vice-president, Frieda Beuchert; Secretary, Hildred Reedy, and Treasurer, Stanley Miller. We chose pink and green as our colors. The main excitement of that year was the Inter-Class Contest. We can now look back and see several boys and girls climbing over step-ladders trying to decorate the Freshman window. Their work was not in vain, for on the evening of the Inter-Class Contest it looked splendid and was highly praised by all. Our contestants did splendidly, but due to inexperience lost, although the class greatly appreciated their work. Another event which perhaps was the most beneficial to us happened on a warm day in May. We received our grade cards, which, to our great joy, told us we were no longer Freshmen but were Sophomores. In the beginning of our Sophomore year we again elected officers as follows: President, Herbert Freeman; Vice-president, Stanley Miller; Secretary, Hildred Reedy, and Treasurer, Kathryn Danner. We gained a few members for our class and also lost a few. An event in our Sophomore year, which we will always remember was that of having our colors, pink and green, afloat on the school building one morning when we arrived at school. The Inter-Class Contest came next. We won the reading but lost the debate by a small margin. After the contest came the banquet which we all enjoyed. Again we received our grade cards and Lo! Presto! Change! we were Juniors. We had scarcely started when Mr. Livingston, scared out perhaps at the prospects of such a class of science, deliberately left us. We did not grieve long, for soon we gained a most efficient instructor, Mr. Swearingen. He is one of the most beloved of the faculty for he has been known to put off a test three times but when it does come— Oh! My! After Mr. Livingston left us, we gained Mr. Sneeringer as principal. In the trials and tribulations of life we hope that Mr. Sneeringer’s dimples never fade. Our officers for this year are: President, Frieda Beuchert; Vice-president, Mil- dred Ames; Secretary, Edna Runser, and Treasurer, Ruth Shank. The contestants which we elected for Inter-Class Contest are Herbert Freeman for the oration, and Donovan Isham and Howard Gallant for the debate. So with the good will and respect of the teachers and our colors pink and green watching over us, there is no reason why we should not become Seniors and then graduate as the class of 1919. Page Twenty-eight