Bluffton High School - Retrospect Yearbook (Bluffton, IN)

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@ ,, -- = ' %i , i==--= ' mt® trospe©t; o| % MR. ALLEN On Jamuu-Y - ' Jtli, lSo3 in ilie litilc town of ( n- esse, Indiana, Wliilley ( ' oiinty, Www v as lioin a man ■wild A as (Ictcnninril to ])lay an iniporlant part in llic livi ' w III ' tlu ' S87 ]ic(i]ilc wild liavc nvailnated fi-inii llic lilnrt ' lon Ilii;li Scliool. ' I ' liis man is no otlu ' i- llian ;Mi-. Pliilcinidii A. Allrn w Im lias been a I ' arlici- tn lis all. ; [r. Allen came 1o IMuffloii and drj;aiiized a tlirce year liii;li sclioul, with liirw levnis each, in 1S81 and for ten years lie was Superintendent of tills school, then he -went out of the schools with deterininatioii never to return. After a period of sr-veral years he was persuaded to return to his old position and this was ill 1!)II7 and since then till now he has had full (•hari;e of the JUutfton High School and Grade Scliools. He has taken two generations tlirough our schools and it is surprising how many of the fathers and mothers of the present classes graduated from the schools under his guidance. Mr. Allen, how -we reverance that name, a man whose whole life has been dedicated to the Education of Ulnttton. He is a man whose A iiole life has influ- enced ns all; a man of the noblest character; a man who -will always be remembered by the members of the class of 1921. lufftoii jKidlit eli®® ELEVEN

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@,,.== =-- = ; ii.=-- JIte f(etrospeet oj Z -=-.-3 -- BLANCHE KARNS Our i)i-im-i]ial, lilaiii-lic Kariis, was Ijoi-ii 8ei)(i ' iii- ber lotli ISTT, in IJhiiridii, Iii(]iaiia, Wells County. She is a gi-adiiate of 15. II. S., ui-adnatiiiii in 1894. Slic then tanj ht sehool here for two rears, and then entered Indiana T ' niversily, in 18!) , graduatiuL!; in 1!)00 with an A. P.. degree, 3Iiss Karns then became one of tlie faculty of 15. H. S. and tanght Latin, (iernian. and Botany until 1918 hen she was made principal of our Bluffton High School, ami has been onr principal from that time on She has fulfilled her duties very succes.sfully, and the class of 1921 wishes her the best of luck in future Tears. lliULfftoii JHi ' PAGE THIRTEEN