Bluffton High School - Retrospect Yearbook (Bluffton, IN)

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P. A. ALLEN HIGH SCHOOL f X Y' V5 T ' gif 'Y' 7' f-ft Zvi vw A' ' A P E fc fa E H E E E E Xi 5 E E E 5 E E E OSCAR H. RIPPE LaCrosse, Wis. 2 Q E Z Z 5. Coach Oscar Rippe came to the P. A. Allen High School in the 5 fall of 1924 to fill the position which his brother, Russel, held. At the 5 time of the vacancy Mr. Rippe was the Physical Training Director in 5 Brooklyn, Now York, Y. M. C. A. 5, He was well known and like by the people of Bluffton before he 2 began his duties as coach. He coached our old Rivals, Fairmount, -, in '22-'23. T From the very beginning Coach Rippe has been very successful 3 as Director of Athletes. Although coaching through an uneventful foot- ? ball season, he has produced a basketball team in the High School which Q Went tit the finals of the Sectional Tournament. in 1925, and to the Hnals in the egional Tournament at Fort VVayne in 1926. 5 Mr. Rippe is also the Director of Physical Training in the High if School. A It is the desire of the students to have Coach Rippe with them 5 next year. O Z O Z O D Z . O 5 Q - ' F01I'fiN1Pf8flh'8fI V' lf ' ' j rrx1 rra1rra1rra1nsw1rrsx1nsx1 rm1rm1 fc:4 . Page Twenty-one

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ALICE E. PETERS SARAH I. McCONNELL Thomas Normal, Detroit Indianapolis Conselqfatory of Music, B. . Cornell University, D. P. S. M. ELIZABETH PATTON CLARAE L. JOHNSON Valparaiso, A. B. Northland College, A. B. The University of Chocago, Ph. B. Ashland, Wisconsin Page Twenty

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H H 513555 zo: ll iqiifizix 115.1375 113: alyrzimfsmer1rmrLffxlf1ilIg1ji:.L12m1M iw 21 F w 4 Wi r 'l' lol li l El 2 6 ll H 'Il ll O S P E fl 'll if xl iifilififiiixfziiif Ydi2'i1'fYiKYliciQKX1'uYX1 1 Ci OUR FAC LTY 33? 555 MR. J OHN M. FRENCH-Mr. French, our most efficient principal, has been with us six years. He is a very excellent teacher of trigonome- try and chemistry. MRS. PEARL HUFF BARTHOLOMEVV-She is the Senior English teacher and, also, a teacher of public speaking. She hails from the l sunny city of 'Warren Mrs. Bart has been with us for four years, and, we hope, many more. , MBS. YVILLIAM C. RATLIFF-Alas! NVe lose this very excellent English teacher, but that is only one of the misfortunes of married life. The Juniors will also feel very keenly tl1e loss of their most able advisor. MISS BLACHE KARNS-VVe wonder how many times Caesar turned over in his grave this year. -Yes, Caesar and a Buick touring car are all that is necessary to live in perfect bliss. fl MISS WELTHY SHIVELY-Significance! If you Juniors have not heard of that word before you need not worry. You will dream about it next year. Yes, Miss Shively is our Senior History teacher. gi, She knows all the dates in History from Adam to Coolidge. MISS HARRIET C. GEIGER-Our Senior Class advisor and a mighty grand noe, too. She also knows about History, Civics and Occu- pations. Ai MISS ELIZABETH PATTON-She can get 111ore knowledge into a smaller space than any one we ever saw. If you don't believe it ask one of those hard working underclassmen. gil MR, GLEN COOLMAN-Every one nevies him his new Ford coupe. He is a teacher of Occupations and Manual Training. He has also gf guided our Basketball Seconds to many victories this last year. MRS. FRED MORRIS-Egadi WVe lose her, too, but our loss is some other schoolls gain. She is a very fine teacher of Commercial Arith- metic and Plane Geometry. MR. ALFRED B. PROTSMAN-He is the head of the Commercial De- partment and teaches Typewriting and Bookkeeping. He is also chief cashier of the High School Bank, The Athletic Association, and The School Store. Miss MARY SHAFER-She teaches Typewi-img and siiomland- gill and my! how she does hate to see people chewing gum. The Fresh- men are also under the guidance of her watchful eye. f ,Ei 'CA Page Twenty-Two