Ada High School - We Yearbook (Ada, OH)

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——---- PURPLE Clyde Moore (“Dumbell”) Ada Grammar School ’19 Football ’21, ’22 Manager Basketball ’22, ’23 Class Basketball ’22, ’23 Cheer Leader Senior Class Play Athletic Board ’22, ’23 Hercules be thy speed young man.” Shakespere. Pantelia Twigg (“Pam”) Wayne County Grammar School Class Poet Interclass ’20 Rising merit will buoy up at last.” Pope ■ Y'HE SENIOR CLASS has done its best. We have made mistakes, and in leaving the halls of this dear school we carry with us only happy and pleasant thoughts. Twenty-eight

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Eugene Branstetter McGuffey Public Schools Senior Class Play Class Basketball ’23 Those Thousand decencies that flow. From all his words and actions.” Milton Gertrude Law Ada Grammar School ’19 Class Basketball ’22, ’23 She stands acknowledged—a student. Austin Church Ada Grammar School ’19 Orchestra ’23 O greatly learned but— On so many things.” Pope Beatrice Loper (“B”) Ada Grammar School ’19 Oh that simplicity and innocence Its own unvalued work so seldom knows.” Goethe Twenty-seven

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A PURPLE and GOLD CLASS HISTORY T has been said that “History Repeats Itself,” and, according to this axiom one would think it unnecessary to record our history. But this Class of ’23, being such an illustrious one, we have sufficient reason to believe that its deeds, high ambitions and aspirations shall be written on the pages of the history of the Universe. During the twelve years of unceasing toil, intermingled with joy, there are only eight graduates who have labored, played and ascended together to the topmost beam ol that great tower of knowledge. Four of these, namely, Evelyn Smith, Loene Webb, Austin Church, and Lillian Herr, began their educational career under the guidance of Mrs. Rhea Welsh Stambaugh at the North Building. The other four, Alice Baughman, Marguerite Poling, Haydn Raabe and Lawrence Freeman started at the South Building, taught by Miss Edith Bowers, joining the others in the sixth grade. The year 1919 was a memorable one, not only to us, but to the A. H. S. because of the entrance of such a worthy class. We then numbered forty-three but through gaining and losing a few each year, we now have thirty-eight graduates, nineteen girls and the same number of boys. The one great event of the Freshman year was our first appearance at the Inter-class Contest. We were elated over the talent exhibited by our contestants, Anna Phillips, reading and Ruth Smith, short story, especially when the judges announced us victorious in the short-story. It was during our Sophomore year that, with the aid of Miss Spellman, we put forth all efforts toward a high school paper, first publishing, “The Sophomore Bugle,” which soon became known as “The Purple and Gold.” But, in spite of all the enthusiasm and pep of our class we lacked the spirit and cooperation of the rest of the high school and the paper was issued but one short year. Ruth Smith was chosen as our President, but, on account of her departure for California it was necessary to reelect our chief officer and she was succeeded by Glenn Moore. As Juniors, we were always known as the peppiest, also the noisiest class in high school: having several times required the strong rule of both Mr. Hindall and Mr. Balmer to restore peace and order in room No. 10. Thelma Hull’s short-story won the favor of the judges at Inter-class and our girls basket-ball team gained the championship in the Inter-class games. The Junior-Senior Reception was a decided success although the Juniors were almost too tired to enjoy it, after working until the last minute planning and decorating to royally entertain the honorable Seniors. This, our last year in A. H. S. has been perhaps our busiest, yet cur happiest, for we have at last gained that goal for which we have been striving four long years and it is with deep regret that we say farewell to dear old A. H. S. and turn to face that vast expanse just ahead, the Future. As we, in thought, relive the past four years we are filled with unlimited joy and happy memories, and are reminded that seven of our classmates have left us to join the matrimonial ranks. We have this year greatly aided athletics by furnishing seven foct-ball letter-men and three basket-ball lettermen, including both captains. We again won the girl’s basketball championship and also the boy’s championship. The annual Foot-ball Banquet given by the Senior girls was voted a success by all those present. Never will we forget the Senior class play, “The Country Cousin,” and especially will the participants remember, with a smile, those seemingly tiresome yet enjoyable practices. We have chosen the modest violet to represent us in the flower world and the royal purple and white as our class colors. As our motto, “The World is our Field.” we aspire to live up to this our highest hope and ambition, making the class of ’23 gleam above all others in the educational heavens. In presenting a brief resume of the class we would first consider our class president, Haydn Raabe, a worthy leader, star athlete and a true Senior, as long as the Junior girls are absent from school. Having left us in 1918, Hope Charles spent five years in China, returning this year to graduate with the class of ’23. We are not only glad of her return because of Twenty-nine