Auburn High School - Follies Yearbook (Auburn, IN)

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SENIOR CLASS. Doris Grogg Lulu Bateman Ruth Keeran Doretha Swanders Zoe Gibtord Joy M. Shutt Floride Lackey Jessie Trowbridge Clara Feagler Lona Krum Dorcas Provines

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The STAR Og 2 ER ae a Galera oa) ORR etl @ oN By DORIS M. GROGG =D Sar WE. We, the Senior girls, or the boyless class as we have been Our class is characterized as the class of 19-4, and the year nine- called, have more opportunities than some like to admit. teen-hundred and four its self affords boundless opportunities for Horace Greely advised young an energetic young woman. men ‘‘to go west and grow up with the country,’’ and I sup- pose he meant young ladies as well. Whether he did or not, we consider this good advice, but you may depend upon it we will not go to Utah. Longfellow pictured Priscilla at the spinning wheel and Evangeline in her plain room with great shelves of linens and that pictures his heroine as a school teacher, a stenographer, or Those woolens she herself had woven. ‘The modern writer maybe a news paper reporter. ‘Times have changed. good old days of long ago are gone forever. We, the women of the zoth century, have more advantages than did the Puritan girl of the 17th century, or the Acadian girl of the 18th century. [he common schools and the high schools are filled with girls, Our great land is dotted with girls seminaries and all the colleges, deserving the name, admit young ladies as well as young men. ‘The time has been when peopte thought it unnecessary to educate the girls, but that time, too, is past. What is the result of this education? ‘The women are hold- ing thousands of positions which used to be held by the men only. Now there are school girls, office girls, telephone girls, lady stenographers, lady photographer, lady teachers, lady preachers, lady physicians, lady magicians; in fact as the little boy wrote when given the subject, ‘Girls’? upon which to write a composition: ‘There are many kinds of girls. | honestly believe there are a thousand different kinds of girls, or one girl can be a thousand different girls when she wants to be.”’ Ancient history records only a tew great women. Aspasia, the wife of Pericles, is said to have been the greatest woman of The best thing that can be said for her is, that she was a brilliant and her age, in fact the greatest of all Greek women. fascinating conversationalist. Cleopatra is the great Egyptian heroine, and she certainly has not been made famous by her virtue and wisdom. B. C., the date of Cleopatra’s death, to the 15th century A. D., no very great From about the year 31

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women appear in history, until Joan of Arc, the fitteen vear old peasart girl, stepped to the head ot the beaten and discouraged French army, and led it to victory. Later, Joan of Arc was defeated by the Burgundians in battle and was captured. By them she was sold to the English for $3200, and, at the age of nineteen, she was convicted of sorcery and burned at the stake. That is the way great women of her age were appreciated. A few years later, the names of Mary Queen of Scotts and Queen Elizabeth appear. But what is the fame of these com- pared with that of England’s greatest ruler, Queen Victoria. The 1gth century produced more great women, many of whom are still living, than all the preceeding centuries. Of these Queen Victoria is perhaps the greatest. ‘The names of Clara Barton and Florence Nightengale will never fade from the pages of history. ‘These women have given their entire lives to relieve the suffering on the battle field. Francis Willard labored unceas- ingly to vanquish America’s greatest enemy, rum, and although she herself is no more, her influence still lives. Harriet Beecher Stowe, Mrs Alden, commonly called Susan B. Anthony and many others have won fame Pansy,” on account of their achievements. Of these, last but not least is Carrie Nation, renowned for dislocating joints. And why is it that the century just past produced so many great women? Theme TAR , Og Itis because women, after all these years, have gained their proper position. And are given nearly the same privileges men are given. We today can enter the business or profession- al world, and are considered just as modest as were Priscilla or Evangeline. Best of all, we are American girls. We love Old Glory and although we may never shoulder a gunand march into battle to the thrilling strains of « Marching thro’ Georgia,’’ we can join the great army of volunteers to use our influence against the various evils which seem to be fastening themselves upon our great land. In dreams, we see ourselves equal with the men in the gov- ernment of our loved America, and even now, most of the opposite sex agree with Burns, and with us, in the sentiment of the following lines. « The wisest man the warl’ e’er saw, He dearly loved the lasses, O, Auld nature swear,the lovely dears Her noblest work she classes O, Her prentice han’ she try’d on man, And then she made the lasses, O.’’