Austintown Fitch High School - Reflector Yearbook (Youngstown, OH)

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ALOHA OE Miss Riehl, Miss Bryan and Mr. Buchwalter were among the newcomers, while Miss George who had now changed to Mrs. Schisler remained on board. Mr, Eschliman, our great command- er is still with us and we hope he stays, said the crew. Again the intellectual trait of this class speaks in Literary work. Out of a team of four, three were representatives from this class, Kenneth Lloyd and Evelyn Isch winning in the oration, first place, and the short story second place respectively. And again the reward was a beautiful pennant to hang in the auditorium. On May 22nd, the annual Junior-Senior Banquet was held at Over Look Inn near Canfield. Thus ended the third voyage. Now we turn to the fourth and last cruise. In the first few pages we read that our old Captain Kenneth Lloyd was re-elected and Dorothy Glenn chosen as first mate. As the beautiful ship F, H. S. sailed along three people were seen on a lonely island waving frantically at those on board. Upon stopping to rescue them, it was discovered that they were none other than Theodore Jergens, Wayne Tolson and Lynn Medland. They were welcomed by the 1926 cruisers as fellow sailors and the ship set sail again. As the days passed by, specks of land were seen in the distance. The little company of sailors were anxiously awaiting the day when they would set foot on the isle of their dreams. We read that on a certain day in the fall of 1925 Captain Lloyd called everyone on deck for the purpose of having a controversy. This meeting resulted in the determination to print the F. H. S. annual known as the Aloha Oe . This year had been prophesied by some of those great students to be the best yet and so it proved. It was on the 15th of January, that Mr. Eschliman called that team of four the Literary team and commanded them to start working and, being accustomed to doing what they were command- ed to do, they worked, and worked hard and on the evening of 19

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ALOHA OE Before it was time to set sail again, the old ship was remodeled and made larger. The name was appropriately changed from A. H. S. to F. H. S. Then the voyage continued with the crew in greater vigor in the more modern vessel. At the beginning of the second voyage we learn that several members of the crew were lost at sea, but they were replaced by two new onesg Thora Chubb and Helen Young who deserted their ships and chose to finish their trip on old HF. H. S. Also for this year there was a change in the ofiicersg Dorothy Glenn being chos- en to act as first mate, while the captain continued to guide. Slow- ly but surely these cruisers were approaching the isle of their dreams-Graduation. This chapter is even more interesting than the Hrst. One of the members of the crew entered the Mahoning County Literary Con- test with the short story as a production and received second place and in so doing helped to win the County Literary pennant. Then, too, several of the group were becoming interested in another di- version-basketball-and were giving their best efforts to make an athletic name for old F, H. S. At theuend of May the crew departed for another vacation. This passed quickly and the time for the third voyage came and all were looking forward with high ambitions to continue on their way. Election of officers came first, Roy Sandquist was chosen cap- tain and Kenneth Lloyd acted as first mate. Although Ken was not captain this year, he probably did much in as far as necessity demanded. This year a few more of the group saw fit to give up the ship and go through life by another path. But again there were those who came to fill in the gaps left open by the missing members. They were Chester Tompkins, Mahlon Creed and Paul Dickenson. Also the advisory board, commonly known as the faculty had sev- eral changes of personnel. 18

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ALOHA OE March 19th each one returned to Austintown from their respect- ive places which they were assigned to go, well repaid for their efforts. Each one on that team received a place, a record which in former years no team had made. All the members of this team be- longed to the class of 1926. They were Alice Crum, the reader, Evelyn Isch, the short story writerg Thora Chubb, the essayist, and Kenneth Lloyd, the orator. Reading on we find a paragraph that says, Our voyage of this year cannot be completed without a brief mention of our Ath- letic Activities. Fitch High School girls' basketball team this year won the Championship. This honor our school had constantly looked forward to, for the past number of years but it was not until 1926 with a girls team largely from the class of '26 and with Miss Riehl as coach that our girls' team finally reached their ambition. Isabel Bishop acting as captain had visions of the county pennant. Kenneth Lloyd, captain of the boys team had similar visions. VVhen the final day of tournament came the girls team had the good for- tune to win, while the boys team after a noble record both during the season and in the tournament did not win through the finals as they had done one year earlier in the school's history. They say athletics has become a necessary part of school activities. This historian of this class hopes that the record made by the members of this class will put the idea of athletics on the top most round of the ladder. And so our mind changes. The Commencement idea with class play comes next. The time passed very quickly and finally one fine spring day on June first, the good old ship anchored on the island, Graduation. We read the closing pages of this interesting history and close the book with a deep sigh. It was not a sigh of relief nor of cheer but it was one of fond 'farewell' to the times we loved so well . This day we all hoped to cherish in our fond memories during all the following days after the members of the crew had departed to go through life their several ways. 20