Auburn High School - Follies Yearbook (Auburn, IN)

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The Shield 1916 Auburn, Indiana Cleota Carmer, well of course she just couldn’t stay single and had married early after high school days, and although | missed just what the speaker said I believe he said—five children. Berniece Lawhead had turned out a splendid coach in basket ball and had followed this profession for many years. Lately she has written a book upon it. and is now living easily on the inco me from it’s sale. Hazel Nugen decided to be a writer and prepared herself thor- oughly for work along that line; but alas, only one volume had fallen from her pen when the only man claimed her, and her career was forgotten. Argyl Houser had grasped the mantle from the shoulders of James Whitcomb Riley, upon that individual’s death, and now the Ivries turned out by him are of a style whien the other could never have attained. Hilda Metealf returned to the farm after school; but not to stay, and soon a ship was bearing her over the seas to Africa, where she worked with great success as a missionary among the natives. Helen Baxter was a Prima Donna, famous all over tne country. Some time after she had left high scaool she had discovered that she could sing and now her voice ean be heard in many of the grand opera seleetions. Floyd Batdorf went back to the farm, because he claimed more money could be made there than in any other way. And it must be true for they say now he owns two-thirds of DeKalb county. Mamie Noirot was a great lecturer, diplomat, and suffragist. She ran for president of tae U.S. once, but owing to a split in the party she lost out. By this time I was so interested that | had almost forgotten where I was. It was like a great masterpiece unfolded before me, to hear of these old class mates. Word by word I had followed the lecturer along, when suddenly— John McIntyre is a,—but I waited no longer. With my overcoat in one hand and my hat in the other I started up tne aisle. I passed the seat of Rev. Wimer and as he gazed up at my face my heart jumped. Would he recognize me? But he turned his head away without a smile and I hurriedly left the place.

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The Shield 1916 Auburn, Indiana | was so excited that | could seareely keep my seat. To see three old class mates after tnirty years and find them all so changed. Where could I have been all these years? But hush he was speak- ing. He was taking the people back, back to the days when he went to school in Auburn. He was telling them of his class mates, of their various successes and their failures. I can’t begin to tell you all of what he said or how he said it. The people were attentive from the first. Not a sound disturbed him. The great orator in the west was speaking. As | listened I gathered faets. I learned how Chas. Thornburg had branched out until now he was the greatest evangelist living. How he had taken the reins from the hands of Billie Sunday and now with the power of his ton- gue and magnetic personality was bringing thousands of people to the sacred altar each year. Ably assisted by his wonderful chorister, Robt. J. Brown, who, by the appealing sweetness of nis voice had touched the hearts of nearly as many as his chief, they were do- ing a wonderful work. | [ learned of Lucile Shugars, now an enthusiastic Y. W. ©. A. worker. And why not? Was not her husband, Bernard Cleaver, the Superintendent of Auburn’s Y. M. C, A.? And Van Showers, the basket ball saark no more will shoot the pigskin sphere through the iron hoops, for he has grown far too corpulent for such exercise. Showers discovered an electrical mag- net in his laboratory that when applied to the earth would lift metals from their resting place. He took it out one night and turned it loose, and when he brought it home it was burdened by a picket fenee, a keg of nails, a gold watch, and a Lincoln penny. Several such pilgrimages enabled him to start a junk shop where he has prospered exceedingly. Eugenia Berry had joined the American Red Cross Society as a nurse, and left for Kurope, where she was decorated with various honors, for her services. After the war she returned to this country and is now at the head of a great school for nurses. Lilian Kratzer is a great musician now in the service of the Rogers Music Company. Here she receives three thousand a perform- ance and has her Saturday afternoons off. Of course the Rogers Musie Company is none other than that of our old class mate, Basil Rogers. It appears that he worked for Thomas A. Edison for a long while and wnen the latter died he deeded his shop and fortunes to our worthy classmate. Don M. Lochner is now the owner of the Chicago Herald, and has extended it farther than any paper has ever gone. He has worked hard and won out against the obstacles until now he controls the oreatest newspaper in America. Of course he married Ruth Chaney, almost immediately after leaving school. Harry Altenburg had risen from a dry goods clerk to the owner- ship of the great tailoring concern on the banks of Cedar River. By this time I was drinking in every word. My mind was in- tensely active. (How these people changed so?) The orator went on. Marion Thrush was the greatest advocate of woman’s suffrage since the time of Mary Baxter. She nad toured this country and a part of Kurope in the cause. Irene Swarts had declared men were of no use whatsoever and has proven herself capable of doing without them. She now holds the position of head saleslady in Marshall Field’s big store in Chicago.

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The Shield 1916 Auburn, Indiana Class Will ag NOW all men that we, the Senior Class of 1916, of the Auburn M iiivi School, realizing that our days are numbered and that no ww injore will we have voice in the affairs of A H. S. do make, exe- cute and declare this to be our last will and testament. ITEM ] ficient instructors who have striven, in some eases to the wee small hours, to enlarge our mental capacity. In return we wish to present our most humble and heartiest tnanks. iit RST of all, we are deeply in debt to our kind and most pro- ITEM I] As a class we desire to have constructed a High School building for those who follow in‘our footsteps. Said building to contain a register and lights in the attie for use of teachers in making out their test and exam. questions. We will present our note books to teachers to dispose of to whom they so choose. We further desire the school board to furnish new musie and a new stool for the piano; also to furnish Miss Armstrong a stool to sit upon when she gently reprimands some evil doer. We desire Argyl Houser to apply to Miss Mulvey for a position as fly-spatter. ITEM II] Certain members of the class desire to dispose of their personal belongings as follows: Lucile Buchtel will give all empty gum papers to Mr. McKenney, Irene Swarts gives her speedometer to Nellie Car- nahan, Wayne Clark presents Kenneth Wilderson witn his bashful- ness, Cleota Carmer leaves her shoot tae chute ‘‘stairway’’ to whom- soever desires to ride upon it free of charge, Harry Altenburg pre- sents the easiest seat to the sleepiest Junior, Robert Brown = and KMugenia Berry leave their brown-berries for the thrush to feed upon, Van Showers will leave his showers to moisten the air so Miss Mulvey ‘an work dew-point experiments. We leave our respective physi- oenomies to decorate the wall of the office. Tne class desires the new name of the annual ‘‘The Shield’’ to be used hereafter. ITEM IV As there are certain customs established in the school, it is our desire that they be continued by the following persons. Gladys Town- ley will eall class parties by writing upon the board ‘‘Class party wanted.’’ Arthur Steele will burn rubber under the Freshmen room door. Much to the annoyance of Miss Armstrong, Edward Picker will continue to come in late. Clement Walker will continue the cum chewing, In testimony hereof, we hereunto set our names an@ cause our seal to be affixed. (Seal) THE SENIOR CLASS OF 1916