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CLASS HISTORY We, the senior class, loolz back upon four happy years in our alma mater. As freshmen, we entered into a period of life that was destined to be the most important of all. l-lere we began enduring friendships and formulated ideals that have- helped to develop our character and will continue to mold our future. ln our freshmen years we were brolcen in, literally, by the upper classmen. When we became sophomores, the club life of the school made its appeal, and some of our most adventurous started even to dance. ln this year we grew less giddy, assuming a more serious attitude, some earnestly worlced to sustain the scholastic honors oi our school at Kent, many contemplated the requirements for the National l'lonor Society. Soon we were juniors. Then came possibly our most eventful year. Presenting our class play, The Patsy, was a matter of great importance to us. But under the leadership of Mr. Lersch the play was acclaimed a success by all. Finally, the year closed with the Junior-Senior Prom. Again this was a great occasion and an anxious moment for us, but as usual all went well. So Finally we were seniors. We were no longer insignificant underclassmen. No, we were now members of that awe inspiring body, the senior class. Mr. Gnagey became our advisor. Our members have distinguished themselves in athletics and scholarship. The seniors have been the mainstay of our great athletic teams and musical organizations. For the year, the farewell assembly, the class play, and graduation day, have been the culminating events. With the reception of our diplomas, the curtain rings down on our high school days. David Sigler 17
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IN MEMORIAM JOHN ANDREWS Friend and class mate, we have missed you at our meeting ln tlwe liallway, in the class room, in the chamber ol our councils, Missed your smile and genial greeting, Missed your lwiglw resolves entreating for tlwe nobler tliings ol, life. 16
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CLASS PROP!-IECY My what a nightl What a nightmarel I no sooner fell asleep than my dreams went back fifteen years and I saw my schoolmates as they were then. I made up my mind l'd take a vacation and see why, what, and where, my old school mates were. On the train from Rochester to New York, I bought a newspaper and sat down beside a couple of auburn haired men I didn't recognize, but- never in this world are there two heads of red hair like those, yes, Charles Repp and Maurice Fliegle. They said that they had just returned from Africa, they had been selling henna to the natives. While talking to them, I learned that Henrietta Pete is teaching girls how to become old maids at Vassar, and that Bob Oldham is janitor there. Bidding goodbye to my old schoolmates, I left the train and took a taxi up town to a restaurant. I walked into a little dive off Fifth Avenue and was startled by a gust of Italian profanity. I look- ed up and Io and behold it was Frank Bordonaro, the proprietor, fuming because after befriending an ungrateful bum, the latter had run out with the ash tray and salt and pepper shakers. Glancing out the window, back at my hotel, I observed a signboard showing a picture of Elsie Barcus, with her head thrown back and her mouth open as usual, but due to an obstructing billboard which prevented my seeing the ad, I don't know whether she was advertising a mouth wash or yodeling for Gene Nichol's I-lill Billies. This afternoon I took a sight seeing bus, driven by Virgil Scobey, and the hostess, Ruth McConnell, was very attentive. One of the fellow passengers turned out to be Paul Gerlach. I-le told me of seeing Eugene Melvin with his arm in a sling. It seems that he received it nudging his way past Bob Sprague in a breadline. After visiting many points of interest we stopped at Grant's Tomb. Loyd Moweiy was there trying to charge admission, it seems he was taken in by a couple of swindlers. I was attracted by a demonstration of the l'Iamilton and Castor Advertising Agency in a show window. They were advertising Senseman's Fly Paper, a new product on the market, then I went down to the fish market, the only one of its kind. The fish are in a glass cage and you pick out the one you want and Mary Souder will dive and get it for you. She lunched with me and told me that Bachman, Sheller, Kirsh, Fockler, Bowen and Wasen had sent for I-larriet BartIey's book entitled, I-low to Make the Most of Yourself when You are a Small Package, in twelve lessons. After lunch, we went to a movie. Learning there was a Vaudeville, we got front seats and the first act was the Ohiodora Girls, consisting of Janet Campbell, Doris Zehner, Kathleen Semler, Marilyn Carpenter and Virginia Stookey. The movie was Tarzan Finds A Mate, starring Bill Ekey and Elizabeth Bentle. Billy made the noises and Elizabeth tamed the animals. One more day left of my vacation, so I caught the Erie at New York and found myself speeding toward Ashland. Arriving there in the evening I thought l'd take in an Opera or the like at the Old Opera I-louse. In front of the theatre I saw posters with faces that were vaguely familiar. Goodness, if it wasn't I-larry Gill and June Freer in Romeo and Juliet. I-larry is getting a bit too stout to climb up to the balcony so the stage manager has installed an elevator. June can't do a crying scene anymore unless they throw a tear gas bomb on the stage . After the play, I walked down Main Street and bumped into Charles l'Iockensmith, who even in his younger days had a hobby ofcollecting old things. l'Ie is now a member of the D.S.C. and has traveled thousands of miles. Well, here I am back at my work, and today was the fifteenth anniversary of my graduation. Everything seemed unimportant except my memories. Reminiscing, I thought of the four years I spent at Ashland I-Ii, four of the best years of my life. The memory of my beloved classmates and loyal trusting faculty seems undimmed by these last fifteen years. I realize more each year that the basic fundamentals, firm friendships, an optimistic attitude toward life, and an understanding sympathy for humanity, were founded in those four years, closing in nineteen thirty seven. I-lannah George 1 8
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