Berne French Township High School - Our Yesterdays Yearbook (Berne, IN)

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FLORENCE ELIZABETH LEHMAN Your hero should be tall, you know. Arenag Budget Staff. Flossie will take up Music and Do- mestic Science next year. 1 PEARL MARGUERITE ATZ It's wiser being good than had. Alpha: Class Secretary Hg Budget Staff, Pearl will attend Heidelberg University next year. CLASS SONG OF '16 NVhen the tie of warm affection Stirs the hearts of one and all, Sweet the sense of exaitation Common vict'ries to recall: Or our thoughts are filled with memories Of our common weal and woe As we stand upon life's threshold And to graver duties go. Standing on the brink of life, XVe strain our misty eyes to see 'Where the flood of 'mes will bear Expectant barq e nd oarsmen free, Reverent steals the sense of power That must charge the coming years, As they bear us swiftly onward, Filled with laughter or with tears. P. A., 'l6. 12

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SYBILLA GERTRUDE SPRUNGER So modestg half her worth is not known. Alphag Class Secretary-Treasurer Ig High School Pianist IH, IVQ Orchestra III, IV. Sybilla will be a star at the piano after her graduation from the conservatory. DANIEL PAUL TEETER Trittary trot, trittary trot, The faster he went, the farther he got. Alphag Track Team III, IVQ Orchestra IV. D. P. will take up muck farming. MABEL HIRSCHY Silence is more eloquent than words. Alphag Class Reporter. Mabelle will take up the study of nursing at Detroit, Mich., next winter. CLINTON SOLDNER I know you by the waggling of your head. Alphag Class Play lllg Basket-ball II, Ill, IVQ Budget Staff. Brains will attend Purdue to study scientific farming. 11

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Senior Class History The present Senior class entered the B. H. S. September 9, 1912, with an enrolment of thirty-three. Indeed were we verdant Freshies , but each one acknowledged it and strived to attain a higher degree in the future. The expression, all great things have small beginnings . applies very much to our class. Our number, we are sorry to state, was lessened before our first mile-stone was reached. The members which dropped out 'were Gertrude Kerr, Daniel Graham and Leonard Baumgartner. But. nevertheless, the other members went on with more 'zest, in order to make up for the removal of the above mentioned. YEAR 1912-13-FRESHMAN YEAR Class Oflicers President - - - LORENA SPRUNGER Vice-President - CORDELIA RIESEN Secretary-Treasurer SYBILLA SPRUNGER Pianist - - - GERTRUDE KERR Sergeant ---- HERBERT BURDGE The class flower chosen was the delicate and fragrant lily-of-the-valley, of which we are still proud. The colors chosen were the present colors, Nile-green and cream. The faculty for the first year of school consisted of Mr. Huff. Miss Beck, Miss Lehman and Mr. Kleuh. Social Events The only social gathering held during our Freshman year was held at the home of Ermin Bixler. Results of this party may yet be seen by the flashlight taken on this occasion. YEAR 1913-14-SOPHOMORE YEAR At the beginning of the Sophomore year the membership of the class was twenty-seven, five having given up their high school career. They were, Minnie Baumgartner, Trueman Ray, Herbert Burdge, Ella Garber and Mary Lehman. l'Ve felt sorry for our loss, but rejoiced over the arrival of two new members, namely Pearl Atz and Martha Lehman. Class Officers N, President - - - CLARENCE HIRSCHY Vice-President' - - LESTER SMITH Sec-retary-Treasurer - PEARL ATZ Pianist - - - SYBILLA SPRUNGER Sergeant - - - JGE HABEGGER 13