Auburn High School - Follies Yearbook (Auburn, IN)

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CHASSeER@PErRCGy OW ignorant those people on the earth are! I have spent 4) this entire evening listening and watching a group of men, called astronomers, as they discuss the probability of the habitation and development of Mars. What ridiculous things they do say, too! I believe their sense of sight must be very uncultured and their hearing worse. Why, I have yelled myself hoarse trying, in vain, to make them hear; that Mars is in a greater state of civilization than the world can ever hope to be; thatI, having been a water carrier to the constructors for over one hundred years, know Mars is interwoven with a network of canals, which the magazines of earth consider as the greatest problem under the subject of Mars. I know that it is true that the inhabitants of earth have not that sense of sight, and of hearing. as the people of Mars possess, for if they had, they could not be as ignor- ant of us as they seem to be. Earth, however, is not one dull mass. It seems to be striving against great disadvantages. But one section of earth, known as the U. S. A., stands bright and clear. Educational institutions are situated in every section. Among the secondary schools that make the land famous, Auburn High School stands first, for schools of its size. Not only has the fame of its graduates spread throughout the world, but it has even flowed to Mars. This High School has been the father of many classes, but without doubt, the Class of 1910, is the greatest of them all. The greatness of this class liesin the fact that they are the children of Mars. We, seeing in them, at the time of their graduation, great promises, adopted them as our own children. From us they inherited their adva nced stage of intelligence, which has hurled them forth, before the eyes of the earth. It has been a great pleasure for us to watch and to guard the members of that class in the various paths of life which they have chosen. Helen Fitch probably has come before my gaze more than any other member, due to the wonderfully good work in which she is engaged. As President of the Aerial Nat- ional Red Gross Society, Helen is rarely seen on earth, nec- cessity demanding that she should be continually in her fly- inz machine, sailing from one field of duty to another, with only a stop now and then bn earth for extra provisions. Likewise a discoverer, Albert DeLapp, has attracted my interest. He spent years wandering and prowling about trying to discover the south pole. And now, I can see him there in his old boyhood home, where he returned after the discovery that there is no south pole. I have watched him as he wandered over the city that was once merely ‘the fairest village of the plain.’ He has been 12

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CLASS POEM Commencement time has come again, This class will soon a memory be, When we, the class of Nineteen-ten, No longera reality; To High School life must bid adieu; And may the friendships which we’ve formed, For Freshmen, Sophomores,—ah yes! Be fostered while our lives shall last, We once have been,—and Juniors too, And blood within our veins be warmed But now we are,—you need not guess. For happy hours that here were passed. For polished Seniors now are we, For four long years we’ve stood the test, As all who look can plainly see, And tried through all to do our best. Old gold and black, our colors are, We once were more than now we are, Which speaks of lasting quality, But as time passed, we fewer grew; And mourning friends, who wretched are Few though we are, our High School “Star” Since they in school, no more our faces see. With compliments we give to you. Though High School life for us is o’er, And as a class we'll meet no more; Though time has thinned our comrads out Since High School life began—but then ‘Tis done, and let us give a hearty shout, And ringing cheers for Nineteen-ten. —[Roy MAxwELL.

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surprised to see the home of Raymond Ludwig protected and cared for by a memorial society, bearing his name. For Raymond had acquired great fame as a poet, but death put out the light of this genius while he was still in the heighth of his glory. Just now the discoverer is talking with a tall, well-pro- portioned man, with mustache and chin whiskers, slightly tinged with gray. This man was Judge Ketcham. The Judge is inviting the discoverer to take dinner with him in his home that evening. Now I can see De, as the discoverer was called in High School, comfortably seated in one of the most spa- cious and most elegantly furnished homes of the city. Across the table from the visitor sits the Judge, and beside him his wife. The silver thread in his wife’s hair, along with the other changes of years, had so changed that girl into womanhood, that De is still struggling to cover his surprise. For the wife is none other than his old school- mate. Floss Morrill. Now they have finished dinner and are seated in the library. De is looking over a book, a trifle worn with much reading. Itis the annual edited by their class, the class of 1910. He had often thought of the “Star,” and the mem- bers of that class with whom he enjoyed those four bright years. Re is now saying to the Juijizge: “Tell me what has become of the members of our class, I have been gone so long. I’ve lost track, though | heard of Raymond Lud- wig. ° ‘Luddy’ always was a genius, and I was not sur- prised at his great fame.” Then I hear the Judge answer- ing and telling of Helen Fitch. Then Floss says: Yes, Peggy landed on earth the other day for more provisions, but only for a short while. No one knows how she is miss- 13 ed on earth even if she is doing a great work higher up.” Again the Judge is saying: “There are other mem- bers of the class, too, who have beencourting fame. You take Inez Magginis, for instance. The present day civili- zation probably owes her more than any other living per- son. You can remember when in High School the size of women’s hats was on the increase. Well, they continued to become larger and larger each year, until at last a man could not walk on the same walk with his wife, and a wom- an with a hat on was not allowed within the business sec- tion because two or three women with that kind of hat on would stop the traffic. Many women lacked the ability to navigate with such burdensome hats, and accidents became a common occurrence. In order to meet the tax and to identify the offending woman, owners of large hats were compelled to secure licenses, similar to those used by own- ers of automobiles, with the exception that the numbers were arranged different. At this crisis, Inez Magginis, who had dropped that Irish name of hers, substituting one of French, came forward witha new hat. To the joy of all, the hat was soon adopted by most women. Its designing was very stylish, I suppose, but if Floss hadn’t bought one, I would certainly have considered anyone crazy to even wear the things, beneficial as they were to us.” “Oh the word ‘crazy’ makes me think of an incident that occurred a few daysag),’’ said Floss. “Glenn Potter after leaving High School, secured a fine position at Long- cliffe. But when a state asylum was built here, Glenn was made chief warden. Iwas doing some shopping in the city, when I heard some one yelling franticly. Upon turning around I saw a crazy man, dressed in every color of the rainbow, pounding on a tin pan, and calling Alexander the