Ashtabula High School - Dart Yearbook (Ashtabula, OH)

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THE DART crew, under whose charge we were placed, were Mrs. Morton and Miss Warmington, who have been particularly able advisers. At the very beginning of the voyage Mr. Thalman came to be our pilot, and a very capable one he has proved himself to be. Evidences of our faithful work were shown in our Honor Roll, which was exceptionally large. Our only social event was the Hallow’een party which was held in the cabin of the boat. The last of January the weather became very rough, but the sturdy A. H- S. weathered the storms of examinations and very few of us were washed overboard. The Dart, this year, was under our management and we trust we have upheld the high standard set by previous issues. In ship athletics, the boys of the upper deck won the basketball championship. Our representatives in debate made a fine showing and were able to carry off the honors of the two upper decks. All through April our interest was centered in the play which the first-class passengers were to present, and we all feel certain that it was a splendid success. But now our last trip on the A. H. S. is drawing to a close. However, before we reach our destination, there will come joys of the Commencement season, and then the real landing in the beautiful city of Knowledge, whose lights we can now c imly see in the distance. After Fifteen Years LAURA METCALF 17 The children of the primary grades at West Ashtabula, where 1 was a teacher, had just been dismissed, and I was sitting, idly thinking of my own school days now fifteen years passed, when the door opened, and Harold Johnson. City Superintendent of Schools walked in. “Well. Laura, did you ever suppose that fifteen years would make such a difference in our classmates? Wasn’t it good to see so many of them again and to hear from all the rest? That idea of having a class reunion in Ashtabula’s Big Home Week, was surely a good one, thanks to our good old mate, Chief of Police. George Ducro.” “But I guess his assistant, Ruth Harrington, who, by the way, is about to change her name, had as much to do with it as he did. Wasn’t Postmistress Barbara Morris’ idea of making the postoffice our class bureau of information such a help? And Ruth Mullin, being physical trainer for the new Y. W. C. A., gave us so much use of their rooms!” “Yes, and Christ Bellios did himself proud with the banquet he put up for us. Sara Anderson’s rest rooms were headquarters for our classmates all the time.” “All the girls had their hair done by Edith Carlson. She keeps her helpers up to the minute in hair-dressing. Carrie Hayford just put three of the girls in her big dressmaking establishment at the disposal of the girls and wives of our class for pressing and refreshing their dresses throughout the week.” “Didn’t Lawrence Cowin make a dandy manager”? “Yes, you know it takes a society bachelor to know all the pleasant en-tertaining things to do for a crowd. What a week we had! I hardly know which I enjoyed most, the trip to Ethel Dorman’s Model Farm on Bunker Hill or the one to William Scott’s Ohio 22

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THE DART Log of the Class of 1917 MARGARET SILL Twas in the fall of 1913 when the good ship A. H. S. set out from the harbor of Ignorance, on the Sea of High School Life- There were one hundred, twenty-five of us on the lowest deck and we were registered as steerage passengers. Of course the passengers on the upper decks taunted and derided us, though there was little reason for such action, because, under the watchful care of Miss Richards, Miss Botzum, and Mr. Patton, we gave evidence of our worth. In June we en-tered the danger zone and the crew warned us of the deadly missiles of unseen enemies, known as low grades. Most of us heeded the advice and escaped with our lives, but a few of us were unprepared and were consequently lost in the sea. In September of the same year, after a vacation pleasantly passed on the isle of Idle-a-while, we boarded the boat with great eagerness. Mr. Townsend, our pilot, had given us our rooms on the second deck, for this trip. The steerage passengers this year were even more numerous than we had been, and we took great delight in teasing them about their freshness, the great salon and elected officers, the great solon and elected officers, choosing as our colors, purple and white. Often after that, we might have seen the second deck gayly adorned with our banners. Frequently literary societies’ meetings were held on board, and ’tis said the passengers of the second deck did very well in this line. This year a few of us were drowned by the waters of examinations, but we were still a goodly number when we stopped for the summer on the Peninsula of Recreation. Three months later the A. H. S. steamed away from the Peninsula with the Class of 1917 assigned to the third deck. All through our journey the ship had been found inadequate for the number of its passengers, so it was with joy that we learned that a new ship was under construction for us in the docks. During the year the crew visited it and they brought us glowing reports of its splendors. Visitors on board noticed the hard work that was going on. but social life was not forgotten on Hallow’een eve, when a party was given in Charles Sanborn's apartments. Third deck passengers took their part in debates, glee clubs, athletics, and other ship affairs, and their mates were made proud. The time we had long anticipated now arrived, and immediately after spring vacation we took possession of our new ship. At first, all the passengers, first-class and steerage, alike, were bewildered, but soon we became acquainted with our boat- In May came the reception of the third deck passengers for their so-called superiors of the first class. The reception was given in the ship’s cabin, which was beautifully decorated in the colors of the guests and hosts. The close of the year brought us near the Isthmus of Anticipation, and ’twas here we disembarked for the summer’s rest from ship activities. When for the last time we boarded the A. H. S. it was with much happiness at being back, yet in the far corners of our minds we realized that another year we would not be here and our places would be taken by others. We were the first-class passengers now, and those below us regarded us with fitting awe. The members of the 21

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THE DART Farmer's Experiment Station on the Jefferson road. Oh! and I liked Cecil Covert’s prize lecture on “Pure Milk for Better Babies.” He is head of the milk department for all the state experiment stations, you know. “I guess Bill Wood, who is making good as a traveling salesman, spent most of his time in the ladies’ department of Grotemat, Burke, and Gron-quist. By the way, Thelma is going to resign her management of the Ladies’ Department. Howard Burke is to keep the Men’s Department, and John Gron-quist is to take over the Ladies’ Department with the children’s.” “I was surprised to see Leona Cooper looking so young and happy.” “Why shoud you be, Harold?” “Oh. I don’t know, but when she married that little redheaded Say-brook man, I rather thought life would be a hum-drum affair for her. But she was about the happiest and best looking girl there. Well, you see, Harold, that proves that a peaceful, country home life is the best beauti-fier” “But, did you hear that Mary Johnson and Harold Robishaw had pooled their money and had bought out Carlisle Co., and were going to call the new firm Robishaw Co.? Think of that!” “And wasn’t it great that the Bech-tol, Beiter Circus was in town? George Cross certainly makes a splendid manager. All Mary and Pearl have to do is to sit at home and spend the money. Didn’t we have a good time at their special performance? And would you ever have believed that Harold Gary would make such a master clown? Weren’t his hits on the class good.” “Isn’t it nice that Dorothy Sprague has secured the new position of Dancing Professor in Glenville High School, Cleveland? Myrtle Payne, Superintendent of the hospital, reserved a room in case it was needed, but luckily all went well. And, by-the-way, have you seen Architect Minnie Salisbury’s plans for the new hospital? They are simply great.” “Yes, and the contract was awarded to William Rainnie. Say, wasn’t his response to the toast. Our Athletes, fine? That song at the end just touched the spot.” “Too bad our famous debaters couldn’t have been here, but they are in a city in California. You know they are to vote on the question of equal suffrage for the men. George Shiya and Laurel Rasey are arguing for it, and Margaret Sill and Eunice Sharp against it. Margaret and Eunice are afraid the state will go wet again, if the men win out. You see there are enough women voters in California to disfranchise all who voted wet last fall. When the election was held, Marion Stewart was the principal lawyer in the case.” “I’m glad that Cassie Bentley, Phebe Hubbard and Helen Britcher could get here for the reunion day. They were having a week’s stand in Cleveland, but their manager, Forrest Jerome, was able to cancel one concert.” “I read a letter Aline Viall, New York’s most fashionable matron, had written to Ruth Hubbard, who is the best city manager Cleveland ever had. She said that Philip Varckette, the new United States immigration distributor, was missing, but that Lucy Strong, the best and most daring detective in the U. S. was on the case, and that Ralph Culley, United States’ chief secret service aviator, was on the job, so that they hoped to find him soon.” “John Dickinson, chief wireless op- 23