Appleton High School - Clarion Yearbook (Appleton, WI)

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SILVER A .N'NIVERS.-l If Y :famous Graduates A. H. S. has always had many distinguished sons and daughters in every field of life. From the old Ryan High came Edna Ferber, Dr. John Murphy and others. From our present high school we have a notable list of graduates. We are presenting briefly some facts about a few of our alumni who have attached unusual attention since their graduation. Francis Bradford, 'l6, has distinguished himself as an artist. ln l922 he won the Prix de Rome which granted three years of study in Rome. Since he has been back in this country, he has opened a studio in New York and is very busy. He is especially interested in doing large mural paintings. Alvin Kraemer, 'l2, has made a success as a dress designer in New York. Many of the stage and screen actresses that we gaze on have had their costumes designed by Alvin. Oscar Schmiege, '20, has been elected three times as an assemblyman in the as- sembly at Madison. When Oscar was elected the first time he had the distinction of being the youngest assemblyman. Rose Ryan, '20, is our only woman lawyer. She has recently passed the state bar examination and is now practicing law in Appleton. Gladys Bagg Taber, '16, now of Lynchburg, Virginia, has been busy writing poems, which have been published in Poetry Magazine, and plays and songs in collabor- ation with her husband who is a musician. Her first book of poetry, Lyonnasse, has just been published by The Bozart Press. Austin Saecker, '14, has won several prizes at the Wisconsin Artists exhibit, has spent a year studying in France and now has a studio in Appleton where he is very busy. We are proud to have some of his work for this anniversary number. Irving Schwerke, 'l2, is at present the musical critic for the Paris edition of the Chicago Tribune. He has also published two books on music. The Clarion was much interested in the following letter. It came to us from Mr. A. F. Warren of the National l..umberman's Bank of Muskegon, Michigan, who sent it because he thought Mr. Schmidt's Alma Mater would be greatly interested in his success: On October l, 1928, the Trustees of the Central Manufacturing District, Chicago, appointed Andrew A. Schmidt Industrial Agent of the District. He comes to his new post from that of General Superin- tendent of the District, which duties he performed since June l, l925, prior to which time he was valuation engineer for the Chicago junction 64 Chicago River 61 Indiana Railroads. Mr. Schmidt will have general supervision over all branches of the District operation, including both sales and construction. His heads quarters will be at 1305 First Nat'l Bank Bldg., Chicago. ML Schmidt was born at Appleton, Wis.g was graduated from Appleton High School with the class of l908. lltllllt' lrt'r'illyf.vi,r

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THE CLARION A Letter tew the Cleuiryon Deer Editur: Thare iz sevrul kwestyuns l wud like tew ask befoar yew go tew press with thet annyversry edishun. l bin attemptin tew revoo the type an kwality uv the perdukshun uv Appultun hi skewl dewrin the lest 25 yeers an awl I lak iz data er datta az sum uv them A1 Smith folks wuz pernouncin things lest fall. l-low kin we git up sum statistiks withowt sum liggers tew figger with? Fust, how menny uv them latin stewdunts hez giv up huntin latin derry vashuns in the dikshunary an gone in fer Espyranto an parlor triks or iz huntin amung the roons uv ainshunt rome tew find owt whut Nlussoleenies intenshuns iz? Sekund, whut perporshun uv the graduaites hez giv up poker an gone in fer rain inshurance sense thet L C Hi set em thinkin by puttin thet rain gage on the roof an kollektin I thowsand dollars frum mister Percy Konky bak thare in the erly 20s? Thurd, whut perporshun uv them graduaites thet wuz soshulists and misshunaries tew the heathun hez gone tew sellin sum bonds an more stocks? an whut perporshun uv them thet wuz suspektin a shell gaime iz now lookin after the IOO neediest cases? Foarth, ef there haint bin no more immygrashun an ef the Malthoosian law hez,bin workin rite an ef they haint took that thare geometrikkul progreshun owt uv thet lVlat- thematiks coarse, iz thare more cats er more mice in that storeroom in the basement whare Cap Harrus planted that detektiv cat sum yeers ago. Fifth-Whut is the diffrunce in longitewd, circumfrunce, an lattitewd between the gown lVlis Morgan gut at Nice pernouncd Niece in Franse in 1908 er sum uther reepublikan yeer an thet thet she gut the last trip ovur? an duz she wear them ekally wel in a flashlite fotygraf? Yewrs Birdofredum P. S. l hev a littul propputy I wud like tew sell tew the bd uv Edycashun fer a new hi skewl site. It iz the onli site l kno uv on wich all parties kin unite an konsekwentli iz jest the: thing. It iz rite in line with the times. Ef yew wil kinda put a bug in the eer uv sum memburs uv thet bd uv educashun, I wl maike it rite with yew. My lot iz a small lot but it is rite in the centur uv the city. Save the childruns steps iz my mottoe an the taxpayurs wll be willin tew pay fer elevaturs. Page Iizurzzfy-fiw

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