Ada High School - We Yearbook (Ada, OH)

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JOSEPH McCOPPIN Hillsboro High School '24; entered Ada Hi ’24. “A new but valuable addition to our class.” ROSAMOND IREY Due to illness Rosamond Irey was unable to graduate with her classmates in 1925. Although we miss her, yet she will prove a valuable addition to the Senior Class of ’26. ELEANOR WYCOFF Ada Grammar School ’20. ‘‘The moon becometh perfect once a month. But the loveliness of thy face is perfect every day.” cPictures of these persons were received too late to he sent in. SENIOR CLASS HISTORY When H. G. Wells wrote his famous book entitled “The Outline of History,” he made several slight mistakes which he quickly and easily remedied in correcting the original manuscript. But in addition, he made one very serious error, and that was the omission entirely of the many and interesting events in the life of Ada High's Class of 1925. Whether it was done intentionally or by oversight on the part of the publishers, we don’t know. However there's one thing we re quite sure of and that is that had he given deep thought previously to the financial side of his literary efforts, he might easily have seen where, by devoting at least a page to such an incidental topic, he could have added at least 50 interested readers to the customer lists of our home town bookstores. We, as members of the class, feel that we can’t allow such incidents to go by unnoticed, even if only 50 persons may be interested in them. Besides, here was a good chance to profit by another's mistake—something which we have been taught to practice since we entered the first grade of school. Seventy-five was the number of students who entered the Freshman Class in the fall season of 1921. Part of them were from the neighboring rural schools; one—Paul Thompson— from Columbus, but the majority were graduates of the Ada Grammar School. Our school life was possessed of the usual hardships and humdrum of all Freshmen, always into the wrong classroom one day and out the next. So Miss Cady, our chosen sponsor decided to give us a thrill and something worth talking about by becoming the wife of the coach and changing her name to Mrs. Harold Courtright at Christmas time. A rather expensive gift for Corty, I tear! However, we did distinguish ourselves by winning the reading o.i our annual interciass program tnrough our contestant, Dorothy Moorman. By the time we had reached the Sophomore stage, we had lost a little of the green gold glitter which had previous.y surrounded us, along with some of our number. I oo, we didn't hold our upper classmen quite so much in awe as before, and we had learned how easy it was to be able to get a low deportment mark. But since it's quality, not quantity, which counts, underneath the receding surface was a foundation and stamina which enabled us to win our second interclass Contest by our hort story writer, Trola McCurdy, and by our debaters, Leland States and Joe Brecheisen. There’s always a period in the life of a person, when to all appearances he is big enough and old enough to assume responsibilities and, at least to a certain extent, entertain some dignity. So the Faculty had every reason to expect that we as the Junior Class would have subsided enough to be condensed in one home room, and that was how they arranged us at the beginning of the school year. But the one thing that marred our reputation was the division of our class, and its distribution between two rooms, in order to enable them to handle us better and with less confusion. YVe hate to have this said about us, but think it only fair to our friends that they should know our faults as well as qualities. At the beginning of the winter, the usual selection of class rings and pins took place to the satisfaction of all concerned, we hope. Perhaps the most interesting event as far as entertainment is concerned was the Junior Class play, Anne W’hat's-Her-Name, successfully presented in April by a competent cast. This was the first time any of the classes other than the Senior had ever attempted anything in the line of dramatics, and we feel quite proud of our achievement. As a financial result of this, the reception which we gave the Seniors in the Spring was voted not only as a receptional success, but as a palatable one, too. Interciass again brought us victory by a reading, story and debate. The contestant for the story was the same as for the previous year, Trola McCurdy; our

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“Walter will never sin—‘For he that hasteth with his feet sinneth.” FRED WILLIAMS Rawson Grammar School ’21; Rawsoh School ’22-’23; Orchestra '24-'25; Class Basket Ball ’24- 25; Glee Club ’24- 25; Operetta ’24-’25; Senior Class Play ’25. “Quiet, but full of friendliness and humor.” DORTHA WALLAM Boxwell Graduate 21; Literary ’22; Class Basket Ball ’23. “Pretty eyes, pretty hair, Pretty smile you always wear All these things we plainly see When we look on Dortha.” JESSE WELTY “Mickey” Grammar School ’21; Chorus ’22; Literary ’22; Class Basket Ball '24-'25; Orchestra ’22-’23-’24- 25. “The rest of you may toot the flute, But I, the horn do play.” EDITH YEAGLEY Rising Sun Grammar School ’21; Rising Sun High School ’24; Entered Ada High '24; Glee Club and Chorus ’25. ROBERT WILSON “H illy” Ada Grammar School ’21; Class Treasurer ’22; Class Basket Ball ’24-'25; Interclass Debate ’24-’25; Class Vice-President '24; Junior Class Play '24; Interschool Debate ’25; Senior Class Play ’25; President of Senior Class ’25. “Whence is thy learning. Hath thy toil o’er books, Consumed the midnight oil.”

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SENIOR CLASS HISTORY— Continued debaters were Joe Brecheisen and Robert Wilson, and Dorothy Moorman read for us. 1 suppose that the teachers thought it wise to take no chances, for at the very start of our Senior year they separated us—all from A to L in Room 11 ; M to Z, Room 7. But that didn’t keep us from co-operating or participating in most of the school affairs. Here we shall mention something which it would never do to omit, and that is those of our class who distinguished themselves in athletics. Among those were Joe Brecheisen, who has just about as many letters as they give, Walter Ferrall (Old Faithful), Walter Stemple, Ray and Ralph McCleary, Robert Jameson. Elinore Campbell, Beatrice Lantz, Marjorie Detrick and Alice Allen. The Affirmative team for debating was composed entirely of Seniors even to the alternate, with Florence Barnes, Clarence Gray, Robert Wilson and Aldisa Freeman, and the Negative team could boast of two—1.eland States and Walter Ferrall. So I think as far as laurels are concerned, if cups had been given and the Athletic Association were going to discard the trophy case now in the office, we could fill it with cups all by ourselves. At present, we’re working on the Senior play, “Aaron Boggs, Freshman.” We shall not be without regret when we leave the familiar red brick building which has sheltered us for o long, and in which we have been prepared to a great extent for our future duties in life, yet, we. like other classes before us, whether we have grasped the opportunities placed before us or let them slip by, are not without gratitude to the teachers and friends who have helped us on our way. —Lucie Hayden, Historian