Berrien Springs High School - Canoe Yearbook (Berrien Springs, MI)

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Eccentricities, Continued Name Ruth Boal Raymond Deo Marie Fleisher Margaret Feather Marie Parketon Laurence Lauer Clara Penland Opal Burns Glenn Kinney Mary Kesterke Kathryn Fryman Russell Eggert Diagnosis Laughter on her lips, soul in her eyes, witty little lass, and sunny as the skies. He bluffeth. My Lord, how he bluffeth. My endeavors have ever come too short of my desires. To scale life’s ladder her ambition. To attain this end by concentration. I might be better if I would, but its awfully lonesome being good. A poet, orator, statesman, doctor and High Protector of the ladies all in one. Oh that I might find words big enough to express my ponderous thoughts. Eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow we may die. Men of few words are the best men. Not by her size- but by her disposition is she to be judged. Friendship, virtue, and every grace, are pictured in this happy face. Of him we may expect great things in the future. No. Gentlemen or Lady Friends One after another Wants Sleep on Monday Greatest Ambition It changes You can’t tell Shouldn’t ask To take things easy A Freshman To spring a new joke every day. Poetess None of your business One at a time, please Just “One” To do something worth while A good time She can’t seem to decide High life Lord only knows To be a Forester, but not live in the back-woods No special one To get married What greater ambition than to become a teacher Twenty, forty, sixty, keep going Negative quantity They increase daily Look out when you ask her Numberless To warn, to comfort and command More time Most anything To dissect animals “Everything” Doesn’t seem possible, but it’s to be a chorus girl To take care of cows on a dairy farm To increase her speed in typewriting To bring Howard up right To succeed D. Fairbanks

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Eccentricities Name Nickname Hobby Principal Illness Peculiarity Destiny Ruth Boal “Rufus” Letter writing Moon blindness Her fellow Settled Raymond Deo “Tubby” Making us laugh Good nature Telling stories Obtaining a position in which he can use his mathematical mind Marie Fleisher “Flash” Arguing Giving advice Positively no! (?) African missionary Margaret Feather “Bob” Getting all A’s Blushing “I can’t” Commercial teacher Marie Parketon “Parkey” Strolling Spring fever Good nature Higher than the clouds Laurence Lauer “Larry” Combing his hair Happy thoughts Faithfulness Wall street Clara Penland “Clarus-a-um” Caesar Cramming Where ’bouts is that? Teacher Opal Burns Glenn Kinney “Ope” “Kinney” Fun Athletics To grow or not to grow, that is the question Has none Her size Appetite Dare not tell Professor of Agriculture Mary Kesterke Kathryn Fryman Russell Eggert “Won’t Tell” “Kate” “Russ” Typewriting Home Economics Taking a load in the “Study” Building air castles She won’t tell A youth there was of quiet ways Disposition Bugs (Biology) Personality Stenographer Nurse Actor

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1923 ¥ CLASS POEM “Farewell.” Classmates with whom our lives have run A peaceful round from day to day How little has our speech begun, Our deepest feelings to betray. Dear teachers all—we’ll ne’er forget Your kindly help in daily work; Your patience when the goal was set, In aiding us no task to shirk. The heights of knowledge we have scaled, The way has oft seemed steep and rough, The summit gained—we never failed To see another still more tough. We all shall keep the mem’ries dear Of joyous times along our way, When we no future task did fear, Nor had a dread of any day. Now comes the parting of the ways, When we must walk in paths untried; But visions of these happy days Will evermore with us abide. “To be, rather than seem to be”, Will be our motto thru the years Until at last success we see, Which puts an end to all our fears. We’ve meant no deed or word unkind, And now all that is left to tell To those dear friends we leave behind Is just this one fond word, “farewell.” —Marie Fleisher