Bluffton High School - Retrospect Yearbook (Bluffton, IN)

Text from Pages 1 - 76 of the 1953 volume:

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Allen High School 1953 Bluffton, Indiana 2 Being true to a rich Hoosier her¬ itage and keeping faith with a notable aggregation of “favorite sons and daughters” have inspired us at P. A. Allen High School to strive to develop: Masters of Ideas pages 4-11 Worthy Citizens pages 12-13 Leaders in Action pages 34-65 Our Hoosier roots are deep... Ann Markley, Editor-in-chief Michael Young, Business Manager INDIANA —proving ground for important ideas Justice Sherman Minton (Georgetown) . . . judge . . . former U. S. senator . . . assistant to President Roosevelt . . . Judge of the U. S. Court of Appeals for 7th Circuit . . . seated in 1949 as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Hoagy Carmichael (Bloomington) . . . musi¬ cal composer, pianist, singer, actor, author . . . gave us favorites, “Stardust,” “Old Rockin’ Chair’s Got Me,” and “Old Buttermilk Sky” . . . had roles in To Have and Have Not and The Best Years of Our Lives. Anne Baxter (Michigan City) . . . movie ac¬ tress . . . under contract to 20th Century Fox . . . won an Academy Award for emoting in The Razor’s Edge . . . nominated for the same award in All About Eve . . . currently may be seen in Alfred Hitchcock’s I Confess. Elmer Davis (Aurora) . . . radio commenta¬ tor, author . . . student of history and politics . . . feature writer for New York Times . . . re¬ placed Kaltenborn as C. B. S.’s ace news ana¬ lyst in World War II . . . wrote The Keys of the City, Not to Mention the War. 4 “Hoosiers bring you up good and never let you down. They instill a warm confi¬ dence, a realistic viewpoint, a homespun humor . . . all of which seem to make life a little more understandable and a little easier in later associations with others. I guess that’s why they all seem to get along pretty well in this here old world.” —Hoagy Carmichael “I welcome the opportunity to say how much I cherish my Hoosier roots. My friends accuse me of waving (figuratively speaking) an Indiana flag at the slightest provo¬ cation, and I happily admit the justice of their accusation. I count as one of the most fortuitous that could befall anyone, the accident that I was born in Muncie, Indiana.” —Emily Kimbrough “Although Minton’s heritage included little of the goods of this world, he derived from his parents, both of whom were of early Indiana pioneer stock, ambition, high character, rugged determination, and love of the conflict and conquest that is life; and in the four-room frame cottage, in which he was born and reared, he first felt the mighty force of his Heredity. Sherman Minton, Son of Indiana, is every inch a man!” —Kurt F. Pantzer Red Skelton (Vincennes) . . . comedian, actor starred in The Fuller Brush Man, Lovely to Look At . . . latest, The Clown . . . weekly radio and television shows . . . portrays many char¬ acters—Clem Kadiddlehopper, Willie Lump- lump, the mean little boy. Peggy Goodin (Bluffton) . . . author . . . wrote Clementine and Take Care of My Little Girl . . . both best sellers made into popular 20th Century Fox movies . . . technical director for these films . . . has national Quill and Scroll chapter named for her. 5 DeBussy, calisthenics, charcoal, panels, carburetors OPPOSITE PAGE, TOP: Mr. Simmcns briefs Gor¬ don Holloway before the debate, “Should Capital Punishment Be Abolished,” gets into full swing. Ronald Moser, Pat Mead and Donna Venis eagerly await turns. OPPOSITE, LEFT: Ruth Billingsley, Garland Borne and Alice Ann French are given the correct pitch by Mr. Chamberlain before rehearsing their “A Manger So Lowly.” OPPOSITE, RIGHT: There’s far more to the driv¬ er’s training course than learning to back on the football field. Carolyn Richards, Jayne Mock, Pat Micklitsch and Pat Masterson listen to Mr. Dold tell them “why.” ABOVE, LEFT: Helen Kean gives the soccer ball a start as (clockwise) Carolyn Garrison, Esther Betz, Jackie Somers and Joyce Krinn get ready to invade. ABOVE, RIGHT: Patient model Lois Larmore is being sketched by (clockwise) Ncndes Holloway, Miss Statton, Pat Wells, Tom Welsh, Don Vore and Jerry Mitchell. A rousing Sousa march snapping us to attention during band rehearsal . . . fiery debates leading to sweeping gestures and coveted blue ribbons . . . color wheels galore spinning on the bulletin board . . . a brave instructor riding with female driver trainees . . head stands, battered birdies, kicked shins and sprained ankles . . . Fred Waring arrangements drifting from the glee room . . . spring flowers marching up and down the lab counter for a botany lesson . . . delapidated and dog-eared magazines in the library. Tractors, calculators, presses, grinders, steam iroos Tantalizing aromas from a birch-cup- boarded kitchen . . . the clattering and clanging of gleaming pots and pans . . . pink pass slips rolling off a busy press . . . secret glimpses into tomorrow’s Com¬ et .. . speedy shorthand artists reading aloud ... a cacophony of sound from a room of nimble-fingered typists . . . me¬ ticulous bookkeepers fighting the ink blots . . . “spanking new” furniture being sanded to mirrored perfection . . . win¬ ning pest control team dining regally at the expense of the losers. BELOW, LEFT: An adding machine often reveals weaknesses of the human brain as Rita Gass and Mr. Bennett’s diligent bookkeepers discover. BELOW, RIGHT: Many new typewriters, includ¬ ing an electric one, have made the popular typing class even more of a pleasure. OPPOSITE PAGE, TOP: A gleaming new kitchen awaited Phyllis Arnold, Pat Kellogg, Marybelle Kahn and Emmaline McBride when they enrolled in home economics this year. OPPOSITE, LEFT: Max Milholland, Richard Bracht and Ronald Milholland find that it takes much patience and practice to judge farm produce. OPPOSITE, RIGHT: A new supply of pass slips will soon be streaming off the press of Jerry Cobb, Frank Moser, Mr. Templin and Jessie Osborn. ri X | if ■ I 1 S s m, m Hi f® jp 1 00 a, Shakespeare, theorems, Caesar, test tubes, Napoleon OPPOSITE PAGE, TOP LEFT: Such a busy phys¬ ics class! Mike Young works an equation for his project; Mr. Bugher explains the transmitter pow¬ er unit to Tom Stogdill and Suzon Larmore; Dick Hyde and David Hammond delve into the world of light. OPPOSITE, RIGHT: “This is Bob Steele, Janice Christianson and Jim Robbins bringing this pro¬ gram to you from Radio Station WOW.” OPPOSITE: BOTTOM: “While in Rome, do as the Romans do.” STANDING: Mary Butler, Susan Dorrance, Caroline Buckner, Mary Ann Decker, Shirley Gregg. SEATED (CLOCKWISE): Linda Arend, Ed Higgins, Bob Lee, Barbara Heller, Ron¬ ald Heller, Ronald Fryback, Garland Borne. TOP, LEFT: Larry Farling, Paul Johnson, Mr. Ratliff (back row), Jim Mailers, Kay Boltin, Max Micklitsch and Fred Reiff record their chemical findings. TOP, RIGHT: Mr. Ulmer unravels the tal° of western expansion for Jackie Davis, Gladys Ger¬ ber (standing) and other avid U. S. History listen¬ ers. Snappy posters depicting Latin in mod¬ ern day advertising . . . intricate geo¬ metric designs concocted with compass and protractor . . . future Einsteins dis¬ covering the mystery of the slide rule . . . visions of Robert Taylor emerging from Ivanhoe . . . aromas of hydrogen sulfide floating from the chemistry lab . . . television in the gym unfolding the inauguration pageant . . . book reports and term papers piling up on teachers’ desks . . . far away places being sought by ham radio operators. I1VDIAM— birthplace of worthy citizens Marilyn Maxwell (Ft. Wayne) . . . movie ac¬ tress . . . sang and starred on Bob Hope’s week¬ ly radio program . . . seen in The Champion, the Dr. Kildare series . . . traveled with Hope to entertain servicemen here and abroad . . . has contract with Universal Pictures. Phil Harris (Linton) . . . comedian, singer, band leader . . . with Jack Benny for many years . . . weekly radio comedy with wife Alice Faye and children . . . records for R. C. A. Vic¬ tor . . popularized That’s What I Like About the South, The Thing. Maj. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey (Angola) . . . government . . . Director of the Selective Serv¬ ice System . . . holds eight honorary Doctor of Law degrees . . . awarded the Distinguished Service Medals by President Truman, the Navy, the National American Legion. Forrest Tucker (Plainfield) . . . actor . . . famed for his western, adventure and Irishman roles . . . Republic Pictures hold his contract . . . recently starred in Bugles in the Afternoon . . . his Flaming Feather has just been released. 12 “To me, residence in the State of Indiana does not necessarily define a Hoosier. Being a Hoosier requires a special baptism, spontaneous and self-administered. Once it takes place, a Hoosier is forever a Hoosier, and he could not change that fact if he lived the rest of his life on an island in the Pacific. This kind of love and loyalty is more than geographical; it is a profound sense of belonging. A Hoosier heritage is a rich one, and its influence would seem to be as far-reaching as Hoo- siers have hearts and minds to use it. One of the best things about being a bona- fide, card-carrying Hoosier is the length of the membership. It never has to be re¬ newed.” —Peggy Goodin “The little red schoolhouse, the farm where I lived as a child and Indiana’s broad fields and teeming cities are memories I carry with me always. Though I have spent most of my life in the theater and in Hollywood, my Hoosier ‘roots’ remain firm and strong in the Indiana I love.” —Marjorie Main Marjorie Main (Acton) . . . character actress . . . portrays “Ma” in Ma and Pa Kettle series under contract to Metro Goldwyn Mayer . . . has made many personal appearance tours . . . featured in The Belle of New York, The Egg and I. Harry Von Zell (Indianapolis) . . . radio an¬ nouncer and actor . . . appeared with Bob Hope in Son of Paleface . . . featured on the Gracie Allen television show . . . with the Fred Allen radio program for many years . . . affiliated with the NBC network. 13 Students of Allen High, Congratulations on the completion of another successful high school year, and may the publication of the 1953 Retrospect provide you with much pleasure and enjoyment as you periodically scan its pages. Today as you face the future it is our hope that your life has been enriched and that you will meet with success and happiness. This can only be accomplished through hard work and a willingness to be of service to others. We hope that you have discovered that education is a continuous process that does not end at graduation but that it is only the beginning of a new and happy experience that will be enriched by your Hoosier her¬ itage. Building plans beginning tu take shape School Board Secretary Ho¬ mer Markley is serving his seventh year as a member of that body. Dr. H. D. Brickley, with a ten¬ ure of twelve years, continues to hold the post of president of the board. Lawyer John Edris is per¬ forming the duties of treasur¬ er to the School City for his fifth year. 14 Wheels of education kept rolling forward Secretary Catherine R i x (left) flashes that beaming smile which greets comers to the Office of the Principal. As she poses before the huge steel safe, one feels the great responsibility assumed by the Secretary to the Su¬ perintendent, Phyllis Dotter- To the extent that you have taken part in activities arranged for your benefit, just so will be your ability to adjust to circumstanc¬ es which will confront you in the future. We are deeply appreciative of the oppor¬ tunity of working for and with you during these four fleeting years and we are sin¬ cerely hopeful that the future may con¬ tinue to hold for you joys and opportunities in great abundance. er. No longer is education considered wholly as preparation for life but instead as life itself. It therefore becomes true that young people must be provided with wholesome experiences in which they may live and work constructively together with the hope that they will continue to do so as adult citizens. Kitchen remodeled for teaching, learning pleasure LEROY COMPTON HAROLD L. CHAMBERLAIN W. K. BUGHER ROBERT N. BENNETT BELOW: Miss Gerke visits the office of the Allen County superintendent while she attends the Indiana State Teachers Convention in Ft. Wayne. HAROLD L. CHAMBERLAIN, B.M., Indiana University; Vocal Music; Director of the Concert Chorus. LEROY COMPTON, B.S., Butler University, M.S., Indiana University; Basketball Coach, Baseball Coach, Assistant Football Coach. ROBERT N. BENNETT, B.M., Butler Uni¬ versity; Commerce; Junior Class Sponsor. W. K. BUGHER, B.S., Huntington College, M. S., Indiana University; Mathematics, Sci¬ ence; Freshman Class Sponsor, Arc of Alpha Sponsor. LESLIE A. DOLD, B.S., Butler University; Health Education, Safety, Geography; Senior Class Sponsor, Football Coach, Track Coach, Assistant Basketball Coach. EVELYN GERKE, B.S., Ball State Teachers College; Home Economics; Sophomore Class Sponsor, Y-Teen Sponsor. JOSEPH F. LARMORE, B.S, Ball State Teachers College; Industrial Arts; Sopho¬ more Class Sponsor, Assistant Football Coach. LESLIE A. DOLD EVELYN GERKE EDWIN R. McNOWN, A.B., Indiana Univer¬ sity; English, Social Science; Junior Class Sponsor, Director of Dramatics, Thespian Society Sponsor. EILEEN NAGEL, B.S., M.S., Indiana Univer sity; Latin, English; Freshman Class Spon sor, Sodalitas Latinae Sponsor, Assistant Di rector of Dramatics. EDWIN R. McNOWN JOSEPH F. LARMORE FRED F. PARK, B.S., Ball State Teachers College, M.S., Indiana University; Mathe¬ matics; Comet Adviser, Retrospect Business Adviser, Student Council Sponsor. BELOW: Miss Powers (fourth from left) is snap¬ ped aboard the River Queen on an Ohio River boat trip. EILEEN NAGEL FRED F. PARK J ,1 mi i 1 v 71 Instructors avidly follow school legislation MARGARET POWERS, A.B., DePauw Uni- versity; Commerce; Senior Class Sponsor, National Honor Society Sponsor. W. C. RATLIFF, A.B., Indiana University; Science; Sophomore Class Sponsor, Ticket Chairman for School Activities. J. ROBERT SCHLATTER, B.M., Indiana University; Instrumental Music; Director of the Band. G. ROBERT SIMMONS, B.S., Indiana Uni¬ versity; English, Speech; Freshman Class Sponsor, Assistant Director of Dramatics. MARGARET POWERS W. C. RATLIFF ROBERT SCHLATTER G. ROBERT SIMMONS BELOW: Many very important school bills were before the 1953 session of the Indiana State Legislature. Mr. Bugher, Mr. Ulmer and Miss Nagel search daily for current trends in the happenings. JO STATTON, B.S., Butler University; Art E. ANN SULLIVAN, A.B., Ball State Teach¬ ers College; Health Education, English; Jun¬ ior Class Sponsor, Girls’ Athletic Association Sponsor. L. E. TEMPLIN, B.S., Manchester; Industrial Arts; Freshman Class Sponsor, Director of Athletics, Intramural Sports Program Spon¬ sor. JO STATTON LLOYD A. ULMER, B.S., Ball State Teach¬ ers College; Social Science; Sophomore Class Sponsor, Hi-Y Sponsor. RALPH G. WENTZ, B.S., Purdue University Agriculture, Science, Safety; Senior Clas; Sponsor, Future Farmers of America Spon sor. LLOYD A. ULMER L. E. TEMPLIN DONNA M. WILKINSON, B.S., Ball State Teachers College; Library; Retrospect Edi¬ torial Adviser, Quill and Scroll Sponsor. BELOW: Mr. Simmons, Miss Statton and Mrs Shoemaker take advantage of the motivation pow¬ er of the bulletin board. DONNA M. WILKINSON RALPH G. WENTZ ; ■ ... ■ a 1 |, 4® V 1 I 1 ... -i J w ' |j| ® ff P__•] i j N RUTH BILLINGSLEY JOHN BOWMAN Class of 53... class of industry, activities NINETTA BAKU MARLENE U. BEER GORDON BEITINGER RICHARD BRACHT RAY BREWER NINETTA BARR (general) . . . MARLENE D. BEER (general) Cheer Block 3, 4; moved here from Berne 2 . . . GORDON BEITING¬ ER (commercial) Hi-Y 4, Basketball 4, Var¬ sity 4; moved here from Wausau, Wisconsin 4 . . . ESTHER MAY BETZ (general) Cheer Block 3, 4, Y-Teens 2, 3, 4 . . . RUTH BIL¬ LINGSLEY (academic) Cheer Block 3, 4; Class Play 4; Dramatics Club 4, G. A. A. 1, 2, 3, Pres. 4, Glee 1, 2, 3, Concert Choir 4, Treas. 4, Math Club 2, 4, Reporter 3, Student Coun¬ cil 4, Y-Teens 2, 3, 4; Glee Award . . . JOHN BOWMAN (general) Intramural Basketball 2, 3, 4, Intramural Bowling 1, 2 . . . RICHARD BRACHT (general) Class Play 4, Intramural Basketball 3, 4 . . . RAY BREWER (vocation¬ al agriculture) Class Pres. 2; Hi-Y 2, 3, 4, Class Play 3, 4; F. F. A. 1, 2, Vice-Pres. 3, Pres. 4, Newsletter Ed. 4, Student Council 2, 3, 4, Dramatics Club 3, 4, Thespian Soc. 4, Football 2, 3, 4, Varsity 3, 4, Basketball 2, Intramural Basketball, Captain 4; F. F. A. Speech Contest, Judging Teams 1, 2, 3 . . . RICHARD BROWN (general) Class Pres. 3; Band 1, 2, 3, Pres. 4, Class Play 3, 4, Hi-Y 2, 3, Sergeant-At-Arms 4, Student Council 3, Football 2, 3, Track 1, 2, 3, Varsity 2, 3, Intra¬ mural Basketball Captain 4; Sr. Rotarian . . . LEFT: Seniors proudly parade their colors at the Street Fair. ESTHER MAY BETZ lit iiinfc RICHARD BROWN NED R. CARNALL JAMES WILSON COBB JERRY COLLIER JOHN T. CONKLIN PHYLLIS COURTNEY LEETA COSSAIRT JOYCE CUPP scholarship... fading into B.H.S. history... NED R. CARNALL (academic) Class Pres. 4; Class Play 3, 4, Comet 1, Ed., 2, 3, Dra¬ matics Club 3, 4, Thespian Soc. 3, 4, Hi-Y 2, 3, 4, Latin Club, Pres. 3, Vice-Pres. 4, Nat’l Honor Soc. 4, Treas. 3, Quill and Scroll 4, Vice-Pres. 3, Retro Sports Ed., Student Coun¬ cil 2, 3, 4, Basketball Student Mgr. 2, 3, 4, Varsity 3, 4; Sr. Rotarian, Latin Award . . . JAMES WILSON COBB (general) Class Vice-Pres. 1; Hi-Y 2, 3, 4, Student Council 2, 3, Baseball 1, 2, 3, 4, Basketball 2, 3, 4, Football 2, 3, 4, Track 1, 3, 4, Varsity 2, 3, 4; N. E. I. C. Football 2nd Team . . . JERRY COLLIER (general) Class Play 4, Comet, Track 2, Intramural Basketball, Captain 4, Intramural Bowling 2, 3, Captain 4 . . . JOHN T. CONKLIN (general) Baseball 1, Basket¬ ball 1, 2, Football 1, Wrestling 3, 4, Intra¬ mural Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4, Intramural Bowl¬ ing 2, 3, Captain 4 . . . LEETA COSSAIRT (general) Class Play 4, Dramatics Club 4, Thespian Society 4, Y-Teens 3, 4 . . . PHYL¬ LIS COURTNEY (commercial) Cheer Block RIGHT, STANDING: Pres. N. Carnall. SEATED: Treas. A. Markley, Athletic Councilman Roth, Sec. M. L. Williams, Vice-Pres. F. Reiff. 3, 4, Comet 1, G. A. A. 1, 4, Glee 1, 2, 3, Con¬ cert Choir 4, Y-Teens 2, 3, 4; Glee Award . . . JOYCE CUPP (academic) Cheer Block 3, 4, Comet 1, G. A. A. 1, 2, Glee 1, 2, 3, Concert Choir 4, Y-Teens 2, 3, 4; Glee Award. | ty H A f; r v i. 11 ji 21 JOHN DOBSON DICK ELLENBERGER WILLIAM FERGUSON ALICE ANN FRENCH DON GERBER CAROLYN GARRISON LARRY GARTON RITA GASS memories of laughter... accomplishments... mural Basketball 3, 4 . . . WILLIAM FERGU¬ SON (general) F. F. A. 1, 2, Hi-Y 4, Football 3, 4, Track 3, 4, Varsity 3, 4, Intramural Bas¬ ketball 1, 2, 3, 4; Football Triumph Trophy, N. E. I. C. Football 2nd Team . . . ALICE ANN FRENCH (general) Cheer Block 3, 4, Class Play 3, 4, Dramatics Club 3, 4, Thes¬ pian Society 3, 4, Glee 1, 2, 3, Concert Choir 4, Math Club, Treas. 2, Nat’l Honor Soc., Treas. 4, Retro Sr. Co-Ed., Y-Teens 2, 3, 4; Glee Award . . . CAROLYN GARRISON (general) Cheer Block 3, 4 . . . LARRY GAR- TON (academic) Hi-Y 2, 3, 4, Baseball 1, 2, 3, 4, Basketball 2, 3, 4, Track 3, 4, Varsity 3, 4, Intramural Bowling 1, 2 . . . RITA GASS (academic) Band 3, 4, Class Play Prompter 4, Retro Underclassman and Faculty Ed., Dramatics Club 4, Thespian Soc. 4, Student Council 1, 4, Y-Teens 2, 4, Vice-Pres. 3 . . . DON GERBER (general) F. F. A. 4, Treas. 2, 3, Hi-Y 2, 3, 4, Student Council 3, Football 1, Basketball 3, 4, Varsity 4; Sr. Rotarian, Judging Teams. LEFT: Mr. Wentz, Miss Powers and Mr. Dold, senior sponsors, find their responsibilities many and varied. JOHN DOBSON (general) Glee, Pres. 3, Treas. 4, Hi-Y 2, 3, Baseball 3, Basketball 1, 2, 3, Track 1, 2, Wrestling 4, Intramural Basketball 3, Captain 4, Intramural Bowling, Captain 4 . . . DICK ELLENGERBER (voca¬ tional agriculture) F. F. A. 1, 2, 3, 4, Intra- DAVID TODD HAMMOND CAROL HELLER ARMATHA HOOK DARREL JAMES IRVING DAVID GEROW IRVING JEAN KEAN PAT KELLOGG JOYCE KRINN JUDY KRINN JR.-SR. RECEPTION cheers... diplomas... ending another phase... DAVID TODD HAMMOND (academic) Class Play 3, 4, Comet 1, 2, Hi-Y 2, 4, Vice- Pres. 3, Math Club 2, 4, Libr’n 3, Nat’l Honor Soc. 4, Sec. 3, Retro Activities Co-Ed., Stu¬ dent Council 4, Dramatics Club 3, 4, Thes¬ pian Soc. 3, Pres. 4, Basketball 3, 4, Football 1, Tennis 3, 4, Track 1, Varsity 4; State Eng. 4, and Math 1, 2, 3, Contests, Bausch and Lomb Science Award, Westinghouse Science Talent Search, Sr. Rotarian . . . CAROL HELLER (general) Cheer Block 3, 4, Class Play Prompter 3, G. A. A. 1, Glee 1, 2, 3, Con¬ cert Choir 4, Y-Teens 2, 4, Treas. 3; Glee Award . . . ARMATHA HOOK (general) Band 1, 2, 3, 4, Y-Teens 2, 3, 4 . . . DARREL JAMES IRVING (general) Band 1, 2, 3, 4, Class Play 4, Hi-Y 2, 3, 4, Football 1, Wrest¬ ling 3, 4, Intramural Basketball 3, 4; Band Contests . . . DAVID GEROW IRVING (aca¬ demic) Band 1, 2, 3, 4, Hi-Y 2, 3, 4, Baseball 3, Intramural Basketball 4; Sr. Rotarian, Band Contests . . . JEAN KEAN (commercial) Cheer Block 3, 4, Y-Teens 2, 3, 4, Bowling 2, 3 . . . PAT KELLOGG (general) Band 4; moved here from LaPorte 4 . . . JOYCE KRINN (general) Cheer Block 3, 4, G. A. A. 1, 2, 3, Glee 1, 3, Concert Choir 4; G. A. A. Award . . . JUDY KRINN (general) Class Treas. 1, 2; Band 1, 2, 3, 4, Cheer Block 4, Class Play 4, Dramatics Club 4, Thespian Soc. 4, Y-Teens 2, 3, 4; Band Awards, G. A. A. Award. RIGHT: Marcia McNown gives hook-and-eye as¬ sistance to Jim Oman before commencement. FINLEY LANE Patricia j. McKinney BUD MANLEY ANN MARKLEY PAT MEAD RANCIE MELTON JOAN L. MESSICK FREDRIC MEYER MAX MILHOLLAND JOHN MUSTER yet beginning a more impnrtant one... new FINLEY LANE (general) F. F. A. 1, 2, 3, 4, Intramural Basketball; Agriculture Award . . . PATRICIA J. McKINNEY (academic) Cheer Block 3, 4, G. A. A. 1, 2, 3, 4, Glee 1, 2, 3, Concert Choir 4, Y-Teens 2, 3, 4 . . . BUD MANLEY (general) Class Play 4, Dramatics Club 4, Thespian Soc. 4, Comet, Glee 4, Hi-Y 2, 3, Wrestling 3 . . . ANN MARKLEY (com¬ 1 ■ it - mm 4k mercial) Class Treas. 3, 4; Cheer Block 3, Pres. 4, Glee 1, 2, 3, Concert Choir, Vice-Pres. 4, Nat’l Honor Soc., Sec. 4, Quill and Scroll 4, Retro Ed.-in-Chief, Student Council 4, Y- Teens 2, 3, 4; Psi Ote Ring, Glee Award . . . PAT MEAD (academic) Cheer Block 3, 4, Class Play 3, 4, Comet 1, 2, 3, 4, Dramatics Club 3, 4, Thespian Society 3, 4, G. A. A. 1, 2, 3, 4, Glee 1, 2, 3, Concert Choir 4, Math Club 2, Y-Teens 2, 3, 4; G. A. A. and Glee Awards . . . RANCIE MELTON (general) Cheer Block 3, 4, Glee 1, 2, Concert Choir 4 . . . JOAN L. MESSICK (commercial) Cheer Block 3, 4, Class Play 4, Comet 2, 3, Dramat¬ ics Club 4, G. A. A., Glee 1, 2, 3, Concert Choir 4, Thespian Soc. 4, Y-Teens 2, 3, 4, Retro Typist . . . FREDRIC MEYER (aca¬ demic) Class Pres. 1; Hi-Y 2, 4, Sergeant-at- arms 3, Math Club 2, Nat’l Honor Soc., Pres. 4, Retro Sr. Co-Editor, Student Council 1, 3, Pres. 4, Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4, Track 1, 2, 3, 4, Varsity 1, 2, 3, 4; Sr. Rotarian . . . MAX MILHOLLAND (general) Class Play Stage Mgr., F. F. A. 1, 2, 3, Sec. 4, Chapter Farmer, Intramural Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4; Judging Teams . . . JOHN MUSTER (industrial arts) Math Club 2, 3, 4, Tennis 3. LEFT: M. Ulmer (on ladder), T. Stogdill, D. Venis, Thoma and C. Heller decorate for the big reception. 24 KENNETH NOONAN JIM OMAN JESSIE OSBORN PAUL PERRY NORMA LEE REID TERRY SCHOTT JOHN FREDRICK REIFF ROGER DEAN ROTH RUBY A. ROTHGEB TOM SAWYER interests... new tastes... new assnciations... KENNETH NOONAN (general) Band 1, 2, 3, 4; Band Awards . . . JIM OMAN (general) Intramural Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4, Intramural Bowling, Captain 4 . . . JESSIE OSBORN (general) Class Athletic Councilman 1; In¬ tramural Basketball 2, 3, 4, Intramural Bowl¬ ing 2, 3, 4, Track 1, 2, 3, 4, Varsity 2, 3, 4 . . . PAUL PERRY (general) Band 2, 3, Glee 4, Hi-Y 2, 3, 4, Intramural Basketball 2, 3, 4, Intramural Bowling 1, 2, 4 . . . NORMA LEE REID (general) Class Sec. 2; Cheer Block 3, 4, Class Play 3, 4, Dramatics Club 3, 4, Thespian Soc. 3, 4, Glee 1, 2, 3, Concert Choir 4, Math Club 2, Y-Teens 2, 3, 4 . . . JOHN FREDRICK REIFF (industrial arts) Class Vice-Pres. 2, 4; Class Play 4, Hi-Y 2, Sec. 3, Vice-Pres. 4, Nat’l Honor Soc., Vice-Pres. 4, Quill and Scroll 4, Retro Associate Ed., Stu¬ dent Council 1, Football 1, 2, 3, 4, Wrestling 3, Varsity 3, 4, Intramural Basketball 2, 3, 4; Sr. Rotarian, Bob Hannie Memorial Trophy . . . ROGER DEAN ROTH (general) Class Athletic Councilman 2, 3, 4; Class Play 4, Hi-Y 2, 3, 4, Dramatics Club 4, Thespian Soc. 4, Football Student Mgr. 2, 3, Track 1, 2, 3, 4, Varsity 2, 3, 4, Intramural Basketball Cap- RIGHT: ’52 Reception—Attendant Brickley, Jr. Pres. Brown, Queen N. Sprague, King T. Santon and Crown Bearers Tangeman and Williamson. tain 4; Sr. Rotarian . . . RUBY A. ROTHGEB (commercial) Class Play 4, Dramatics Club 4, Thespian Soc. 4, Glee 1, 2, 3, Concert Choir 4, Y-Teens 2, 3, 4 . . . TOM SAWYER (gen¬ eral) Basketball 1, 2, Intramural Basketball 3, Captain 4 . . . TERRY SCHOTT (academ¬ ic) Intramural Basketball 1, 2, 3, Captain 4, Intramural Bowling 4; Sr. Rotarian. 25 MAURICE DEWAYNE SHADY JACKIE SOMERS THOMAS B. STOGDILL JANE ANN SWAGART DIANE TANGEMAN MARY JANE TAYLOR JANE THOMA WILLIAM MICHAEL ULMER skill, knowledge... from books... teachers... Glee 1, 2, 3, Concert Choir 4, Y-Teens 2, 3, 4, Bowling 3, 4 . . . THOMAS B. STOGDILL (academic) Class Play 3, 4, Dramatics Club 3, 4, Thespian Soc. 4, Hi-Y 2, 3, Pres. 4, Math Club 2, 3, Pres. 4, Nat’l Honor Soc. 4, Vice- Pres. 3, Student Council 2, 4, Football 1, 2, 3, Tennis 3, 4, Varsity 3, Algebra, Chemistry, Geometry, Math, Music, Speech Contests, Jr. Town Meeting, Sr. Rotarian . . . JANE ANN SWAGART (general) Y-Teens 2, 3, 4, Cheer Block 3, 4 . . . DIANE TANGEMAN (aca¬ demic) Class Sec. 1, Cheer Block 3, 4, Class Play 3, 4, Dramatics Club 3, 4, Thespian Soc. Sec. 4, Comet 1, 2, 3, 4, Glee 2, 3, Concert Choir 4, Pres. 4, Math Club 3, Nat’l Honor Soc. 4, Retro Activities Co-Ed., Y-Teens 2, 3, 4, Jr. Town Meeting, Latin Contest . . . MARY JANE TAYLOR (commercial) Cheer Block 3, 4, Glee 1, 2, 3, Sec. 4, Y-Teens 2, 3, 4 . . . JANE THOMA (academic) Cheer Block 3, 4, Class Play 3, Prompter 4, Comet 1, 2, 3, 4, Dramatics Club 3, 4, Thespian Soc., Treas. 4, Glee 1, Sec. 2, Vice-Pres. 3, Concert Choir 4, Math Club 2, Nat’l Honor Soc. 4, Student MAURICE DEWAYNE SHADY (general) Hi-Y 4, Basketball 4, Football 4, Track 4, Baseball 4, Varsity 4; moved here from Lan¬ caster 4 . . . JACKIE SOMERS (commercial) Cheer Block 3, 4, Class Play 4, Dramatics Club 4, Thespian Soc. 4, G. A. A. 1, 2, 3, 4, LEFT: A thrilling oriental drama enacted by D. Hyde, Young and N. Carnall. VERNA MAY VAN EMON DONNA MARLENE YEN ' IS DON FRANKLIN YOKE BARBARA WEAVER TOM WELSH YVONNE WHITMAN MARY LOU WILLIAMS DAVID MICHAEL YOUNG encounters with nthers... is our “npen sesame”! Council 4, Y-Teens, Sec. 2, Pres. 4; D. A. R. Citizenship Award, Glee Award . . . WIL¬ LIAM MICHAEL ULMER (academic) Hi-Y 2, 3, 4, Latin Club 4, Dramatics Club 4, Thes¬ pian Soc. 4, Class Play 4, Band 1, 2, 3, Stu¬ dent Conductor 4; Band Awards. VERNA MAY VAN EMON (commerical) Cheer Block 3, 4, Glee 2, 3, Concert Choir 4, Y-Teens 2, 3, 4 . . . DONNA MARLENE VENIS (academic) Cheer Block 3, 4, Class Play 3, Comet 1, 2, 3, 4, Glee 1, 2, 3, Concert Choir 4, Math Club 2, Student Council 3, Y-Teens 2, 3, 4, Music Contest . . . DON FRANKLIN VORE (general) Band 2, 3, Hi- Y 2, Intramural Bowling 1 . . . BARBARA WEAVER (commercial) Cheer Block 3, 4, Glee 1, Treas. 3, Concert Choir 4, Retro Typ¬ ist, Y-Teens 2, 3, 4 . . . TOM WELSH (gen¬ eral) Class Play 4, Intramural Bowling . . . YVONNE WHITMAN (commercial) Class Play 4, Dramatics Club 4, Thespian Soc. 4, Retro Typist, Y-Teens 2, 3, 4 . . . MARY LOU WILLIAMS (general) Class Sec. 3, 4; Cheer Block 3, 4, Class Play Prompter 3, Retro Typ¬ ist, Y-Teens 2, 3, 4 . . . DAVID MICHAEL YOUNG (academic) Class Play 3, 4, Dramat- RIGHT: Chuck Rhodes fondly nestles Ray Brewer at the “Hi-Y Round-Up.” ics Club 3, 4, Thespian Soc., Vice Pres. 4, Hi- Y 2, 3, 4, Latin Club, Vice Pres. 3, Consul 4, Math Club 2, 4, Treas. 3, Quill and Scroll 4, Student Council 4, Nat’l Honor Soc. 4, Pres. 3, Retro Business Mgr., Tennis 3, 4; Eng., Latin, 1, 2, 3, Oratorical Contests, Sr. Ro- tarian, Boys State ’52. ■ v ' Z ' it ABOVE: E. McBride, Miss Gerke and Sowards discuss the pros and cons of their table setting. nf 1954 ROW 1: S. Lockwood, McAdams, E, McBride, Mc¬ Carty, J. McFarren ROW 2: Mailers, M. Markley, E. Messick, V. Meyer, M. Micklitsch ROW 3: Joyce Miller, N. Miller, Mitchell, C. Moser, F. Moser ROW 4: R. Moser, Munson, Murray, P. Myers, J. Noonan ROW 5: Oliver, Pingry, T, Reiff, B. Reiff, Remschisel ROW 6: C. Rhodes, K. Robbins, Rumple, N. Rush, P. Soukup ROW 7: Sowards, Sprague, Dick Stogdill, Strain, Stuck ROW 8: R. Van Emon, P. Vore, Wenger, Wolfcale, Zingsheim BELOW, STANDING: Athletic Council¬ man Dick Stogdill, Pres. V. Meyer. SEAT¬ ED: Treas. Bayless, Sec. K. Robbins, Vice- Pres. Fryback. a % jwl wi c t ' ft ft lil i 29 W w xr I I ' Kjk Ic C • V. r 5oC-v mm I � -, ■ .... , zzs ' jjgr , Kgs T 1 ' r� Vt,- IQ : ' ' -■ r JkSU —lJI —T� f M:r� i li .v � f 1 .•5T i I jiyi f,jr -,,, jep 1 i ;§3 r« -: 4 i % XT I . ■■■■ 4 a 4 m ; xj� : r m iaML v ABOVE: David Irving and Jerry Higgins examine Mary Nell Becker’s Y-Teen bun¬ ny ears. Class ROW ROW ROW ROW ROW 1: Arend, Becker, C. Bennett, Bercot, C. Betz 2: L. Betz, Borne, Buckner, Butler, Captain 3: S. Carnall, Janice Christianson, Clanin, Clark, Costello 4: Creek, Janet Davis, B. Davis, Davison, Decker 5: Denman, S. Dorrence, Dunwiddie, Durbin, T. Flowers 6: Fornshell, T. French, D. Garrison, B. Geels, Geisel 7: G. Gerber, Gordon, Gray, Jane Gregg, S. Gregg 8: J. Grover, V. Grover, Bob Harter, B. Heller, Hiester 9: E. Higgins, E. Holloway, E. Huffman, N- Johnson, Kipfer 10: L. Kneuss, Knight, Kyle, Langel, L. Lar- more BELOW, LEFT TO RIGHT: Vice-Pres. B. Heller, Treas. S. Markley, Sec. Bercot, Athletic councilman J. Robbins, Pres. Fornshell. I S • 4,1 ;0£ tr- 30 ABOVE, BACK ROW: Hi-Y Pledges Pfis- ter, Lusk, Dunwiddie. FRONT ROW: Fornshell, J. Randall. nf 1955 ROW 1: B. Lee, Liggett, Linn, J, Lockwood, Lusk ROW 2: McAfee, McBride, McKee, M. McNown, D. Markley ROW 3: N. Markley, S. Markley, Masterson, Jerry Messick, Meyers ROW 4: Mock, P. Micklitsch, Milby, N. Moser, Mosure ROW 5: M. Neuenschwander, Noffsinger, S. Noonan, Painter, Pfister ROW 6: Preba, Prible, D. Randall, J. Randall, Reber ROW 7: Richards, J. Robbins, S. Rockwell, Schultz, K. Sheets ROW 8: Sliger, Smith, B. Soukup, Speheger, Betty Steele ROW 9: Bob Steele, B. Steffen, C. Steffen, J. Stef¬ fen, Steiner ROW 10: Turner, G. Van Emon, M. Welsh, Williams, Wilson BELOW: Sophomore Sponsors Miss Gerke and Mr. Ratliff. NOT PICTURED: Mr. Larmore and Mr. Ulmer. 31 ABOVE: Uptgraft, Mr. Compton, Schmidt and O’Brien watch the execution of a record broad jump. ROW 1: ROW 2: ROW 3: ROW 7: ROW 8: ROW 9: ROW 10: ROW 11: Adams, Alberson, Alexander. Anders, August Bailey, Baney, Bay, I. Beer, Booth N. Bowman, Roger Bracht, Linda Brown, Bulger, Burroughs Carey, A. Carnall, B. Carnall, Carr, Jerry Christianson Crosbie, Croy, Deam, Judy Deming, P. Dor- rance Elston, J. Emshwiller, Fitzpatrick, D. Flow¬ ers, Foreman Franze, D. Gass, J, Geels, M. Geels, Gehrett Gelow, Jack Gregg, Groh, Grove, Harness. Bill Harter, J. Harter, D. Higgins, Hill, S. Hinsley N. Holloway, C. Huffman, Huss, Inskeep, Kaehr V. Kahn, Kaufman, Kennedy, Kiefer, King C. Kizer BELOW: Vice-Pres. Burroughs, Sec. Sor- gen, Treas. Santon, Athletic Councilman J. Rhodes, Pres. Fitzpatrick. ¥ -¥ . . mm ABOVE: Janice Burroughs and Betsy Carnall unwrap their book store wares. of 1956 ROW X: E. Kneuss, Kreigh, John Krinn, D. Lock- wood, McConey ROW 2: C. McFarren, Maddux, J. Markley, Marshall, Mayer ROW 3: Meadows, D. Miller, Janet Miller, Motz, S. Myers ROW 4: Neff, C. Neuenschwander, Niblick, C. Os¬ born, Pace ROW 5: Penrod, C. Perry, Porter, Prough, J. Rhodes ROW 6: D. Rockwell, Romine, Ross, J. Rush, Santon ROW 7: Satterfield, Schaefer, Schmidt, A. Scott, E. Scott ROW 8: L. Scott, A. Sheets, Shepard, Smekens, Smeltzer ROW 9: Snider, B. Somers, Sorgen, Southerland, Sprowl ROW 10: Dorothy Stogdill, Sutton, Thompson, Tur- mail, Tyndall, John Ulmer ROW 11: Uptgraft, S. VanEmon, K. Venis, Beverly Weaver, Wells, Workman BELOW: Freshman Sponsors Nagel, Tem- plin, Simmons (standing) and Bugher. 33 INDIANA —arena for fields of action Emil Sitko (Ft. Wayne) . . . athlete . . . played half with the Fighting Irish of Notre Dame . . . chosen on several All-American teams . . . played half for the 49’ers pro club . . . now starring with the Chicago Cardinals pro team. (Charly Trippi hands him ball above.) Cole Porter (Peru) . . . musical composer . . . wrote hits, “Night and Day,” “Begin the Be- guine,” score for Kiss Me Kate . . . found ex¬ pression through musical comedies, motion pic¬ tures, radio . . . Cary Grant portrayed him in his film biography, Night and Day. Hilliard Gates (Ft. Wayne) . . . sports an¬ nouncer . . . station W K J G . . . covers Big Ten football, high school sports, Zollner Piston pro¬ fessional fastball and basketball games . . . official announcer for the National Basketball Association All-Star game. “Ole” Oleson (Wabash) . . . comedian . . . teams with comedian Chic Johnson (right, above) . . . starred in long-running Broadway musical, Hellzapoppin . . . now touring the country with his annual ice revue, Skating Vanities of 1953. 34 “The long record of Indiana’s ‘gifts’ to the Nation of inspired and talented humans in every field of endeavor — medicine, the arts and sciences, industry and states¬ manship along with the bountiful produce of its farms and factories—is justifica¬ tion within itself of the pride we feel. But beyond that, in my humble opinion, is the unmistakable evidence that the people of our State, like those of the bordering great mid-western states, cling tenaciously in their loyalty and devotion to the fine American principles upon which our country was founded. The pioneer spirit is rooted deeply and strongly in the rich soil of Indiana. It is this spirit re-born again in each new generation and carried on by young people like yourselves that will build an indestructible bulwark against the forces in the world which would strive to destroy those principles all Americans hold so dearly. Each of you will contribute something of yourself to that great future that lies ahead. I am certain that in the rich tradition of our State those contributions will give cause for us to repeat again and again, ‘Yes we ARE proud of our Hoosier heritage!’ ” —Harry von Zell Emily Kimbrough (Muncie) . . . author, edi¬ tor . . . wrote Our Hearts Were Young and Gay in collaboration with Cornelia Otis Skinner . . . former editor of Ladies Home Journal ... We Followed Our Hearts to Hollywood, a best sell¬ er .. . now lecturing on Hollywood. Herb Shriner (Ft. Wayne) . . . radio, televi¬ sion star . . . TV show, Two for the Money, breaking listening records in New York City . . . hailed as another Will Rogers . . . uses his friends from “back home in Indiana” as sub¬ jects for jokes and dialogue. 35 Harvey, the pooka, captures audience’s fancy Harvey was a big, white rabbit who adopted the class of 1953. Have you seen him? There he is now, leaning against that lamp post! Elwood P. Dowd, contented and happy, was quite satis¬ fied to do nothing but associate with his constant compan¬ ion, the pooka Harvey. Elwood’s sister was certain that her brother should be committed to a sanitarium, in order to save her from social disgrace. Thus the story evolved. Harvey was the initial dabbling by the graduation class in greasepaint, stage props, and cue lines; many nostalgic memories still linger of those days and nights spent in preparing the opus—the casting, the first reading, the long, yet happy, nights of rehearsals, the talk and cokes during a ten-minute break, the first dress rehearsal, and finally, the big night! Everything went off as planned, the neo¬ phytes were now veterans and old hands at this fascinating art of emoting! CAST (upper left) Pat Mead Donna Venis Dick Brown Ray Brewer David Hammond Ned Carnall Tom Stogdill STANDING: Ruth Kelley Miss Johnston E. J. Lofgren Duane Wilson William R. Chumley Judge Gaffney Lyman Sanderson SEATED: Miss Chauvenet - Alice Ann French Betty Chumley - - Norma Reid Elwood P. Dowd - Michael Young Veta Louise Simmons - Diane Tangeman Myrtle Mae ... Jane Thoma Prompters ... Carol Heller, Mary Lou Williams First public performance of the drama, The Hobe CAST (lower left) BACK ROW: Extra—Jerry Collier; Tiber¬ ius, Paulus—Mickey Ulmer; Caligula—Dick Brown; Salome—Pat Mead: Quintus Lucian —Roger Roth; Extra—Tom Welsh. MIDDLE ROW: Extra—Richard Bracht; Macellus Gallio—Tom Stogdill; Diane—Norma Reid; Cornelia Gallio—Diane Tangeman; Senator Gallio—David Hammond; Extra—Darrel Ir¬ ving. FRONT ROW: Extra—Phyllis Court¬ ney; Extra—Jackie Somers; Cap. Fulvius —Ray B-ewer; Phoebe—Ruth Billingsley: Theodosia—Judy Krinn; Demetrius—Mi¬ chael Young; Helen—Yvonne Whitman; Lucia—Alice Ann French; Sarpedon, Me- las—Ned Carnall; Extra—Joyce Krinn; Stephanos — Bud Manley; Rhoda — Ruby Rothgeb; Simon Peter, Pontius Pilate— Fred Reiff; Sarah—Leeta Cossairt; Extra —Rancie Melton; Extra — Joan Messick; Prompters—Jane Thoma, Rita Gass. The capacity crowd was quiet, expectant; the critics, perhaps a trifle dubious. For on this eve the heavy, purple curtains shrouding our stage were to unveil one of the most unusual productions ever to be rendered before drama critics of Bluffton. A peal of thunder and a flash of light¬ ning ushered in the senior class play, The Robe. Authentic military uniforms, flashing steel swords and helmets, and the flowing Roman robes were combined with colorful banquet scenes to set a vivid background for the dramatic and action-packed play. The Robe was not selected with the intention of enter¬ taining the audience with clownish antics or by slapstick melodrama; to entertain, yes, but in an entirely different manner. When the curtain fell at the climax of the final, tragic scene, the cast was amply repaid for its efforts by the brief moment of complete silence which preceded the clamorous applause of the audience. Dramatics Playhouse affiliates with National Thespian ABOVE LEFT: Sec. Tangeman, Vice-Pres. Young, Treas. Thoma, Sponsor McNown, Pres. Hammond. LOWER LEFT, BACK ROW: Darrel Irving, Billingsley, Joan Messick, M. Ulmer. MIDDLE ROW: Rothgeb, Cossairt, Judy Krinn, R. Gass. FRONT ROW: Manley, J. Somers, Whitman, Roth. LOWER RIGHT: A. French, N. Carnall, Mead, T. Stogdill, Reid. For some unfortunates, the lure of grease¬ paint and floodlights is too compelling to be ignored; because of this, a new extra-cur¬ ricular organization was added to the school’s ranks last year, but this group, the Thespian Society, did not become really active until this year. At a meeting early in the fall, the senior Thespians conferred with Mr. Mc¬ Nown, the sponsor, to lay the year’s ground¬ work for the club. David Hammond was se¬ lected president; Michael Young, vice-presi¬ dent; Diane Tangeman, secretary; and Jane Thoma, treasurer. To earn the exalted title of Thespian, one must collect ten Thespian points by various means of performing and demonstrating his interest and ability in dramatics. However, in order to include in the dramatics organi¬ zation those juniors and seniors who have not yet garnered the required points, but who have evinced a genuine desire to fur¬ ther dramatics in BHS, the senior Thespians voted to admit Understudies—those upper¬ classmen who wished to join the Society and gradually earn their Thespian points. The response was surprising, as twenty- eight Understudies and ten new Thespians joined. With this influx of new life and per¬ sonalities, the Society expanded and began to make itself known in the theatrical circles around Bluffton. Two one-act plays, “Too Much Mistletoe” and “Latin Lives,” directed and produced by the students themselves, were presented at school functions. In the second semester, plans were laid and a cast was selected to give a major three-act presentation, “Arsenic and Old Lace,” to be performed at the Com¬ munity Building in the spring. Proceeds are to go toward outfitting the now incomplete stock of the dramatics department. 38 Banquet, a la Roman, staged by Sodalitas Latinae ABOVE RIGHT: Tribunus Plebis Schultz, Scriba D. Hyde, Con¬ sul Young, Quaestor S. Larmore, Praetor N. Carnall. LOWER RIGHT. BACK ROW: Mock, Kyle, P Micklitsch, Borne, M. McNown. FRONT ROW: B. Lee, Hicster, Fornshell, M. Meyer, M, Ulmer. BELOW, BACK ROW: Speheger, Decker, S. Gregg, Butler. FRONT ROW: J. Davis, Buckner, Arend, S. Dorrance, Miss Nagel. There runs an old saying, “When in Rome do as the Romans do.” In Bluffton High School this ancient adage has been modified to read, “When at the Latin Club’s Roman Banquet do as the Romans did.” This annual feast is characterized by toga-clad students reclining on low couches being served by freshman slaves who scurry to and fro with heaping plates of Roman food. The menu is taken from the Latin words “ab ova ad mala,” which translated means “from eggs to apples.” To a discriminating Roman no feast was complete without an appetizer of eggs and a dessert of fruit, and so on this eventful night the members of Sodalitas Latinae also consume quantities of this far¬ fetched combination. One of the big high¬ lights of the program this year was an “hon- est-to-goodness” wrestling match staged for the gourmets. Sodalitas Latinae meets at monthly in¬ tervals and is planned under the direction of the aedile, or program chairman, for the month. The entertainment follows a short business meeting and is characterized by plays concerning Latin customs, puzzles, word games, and charades using Latin terms. A majority of the members joined the Amer¬ ican Classical League, a national organiza¬ tion for students taking Latin, and one of the meetings consisted of the impressive initia¬ tion into this organization. The league mem¬ bers sincerely believe that an acquaintance with the civilization of Greece and Rome will help them understand and appraise the world of today. This year’s set of officers was headed by Michael Young, consul; and included Ned Carnall, praetor; Suzon Larmore, quaestor; Dick Hyde, scriba; Fred Schultz, tribunus plebis; with Miss Nagel as sponsor. 39 F.F.A. enters projects in national competition The Future Farmers of America is the na¬ tional organization of, by, and for boys study¬ ing vocational agriculture. Members learn through active participation how to conduct and take part in a public meeting; to speak in public; to buy and sell cooperatively; to solve their own problems; to finance them¬ selves; and to assume civic responsibility. The foundation upon which the F. F. A. is built includes leadership, sportsmanship, co¬ operation, service, thrift, scholarship, im¬ proved agriculture, organized recreation, cit¬ izenship, and patriotism. This year the local chapter of F. F. A. was unusually active and busily participating in a complete program. Aside from their farm¬ ing activities on their forty-five acre tract of land, the Bluffton chapter sent delegates to the State Convention, sent a delegate, Ray Brewer, to the National Convention at Kansas City, and published their first FFA Newsletter. After the initiation of new members at the start of school and the presentation of the monogrammed blue and gold jackets to these initiates, a meeting is held each month to discuss such matters as purchasing softball equipment, organizing a ball team, forming pest teams, and sending entrants in public speaking and essay writing to the district FFA contests. Our Bluffton agronomists were again pre¬ sented the DeKalb Award, and one of their group was selected as a Star Chapter Farm¬ er, an outstanding distinction in the FFA annals. The boys are now zealously prepar¬ ing a short radio program to be voiced over station WKJG in Fort Wayne. Officers elected in January were: Pres- dent, Pete Geels; Vice-President, Bob Lusk; Secretary, Jerry Randall; Treasurer, Charles Captain; Recorder, Joe Creek; Sentinel, Ger¬ ald Dunwiddie; Conductor, Nolan Markley; and Sponsor, Mr. Wentz. ABOVE LEFT: Sponsor Wentz, Treas. D. Gerber, B. Geels, Pres. Brewer, Sec. M. Milholland, Reporter Creek, Sentinel T. Johnson. LOWER LEFT, BACK ROW: J. Randall, Athan, Jackie Davis, Lane. FRONT ROW: Captain, Lusk, R. Milholland, Geisel, Dun¬ widdie. BELOW, BACK ROW: N. Markley, John Krinn, Kaehr, Alex¬ ander. FRONT ROW: D. Lockwood. S. Hinesley, Foreman, Gray, L. Scott. NOT PICTURED: I. Beer. Arc of Alpha merges with Science Clubs of America Abacus—therimun—linear accelerator — code practice oscillator. A bewildered look creeps over our face and we wonder from what foreign tongue these strange and un¬ familiar words are derived. Our eyes widen in amazement as Mr. Bugher explains that the mysterious terms are merely names of Arc of Alpha projects. Out of sheer curiosity we slip into a back row seat and decide to stay for a meeting to discover what this strange gibberish is all about. Singly or in groups, members straggle in until at 7:30 sharp the doors are closed and a bang of the gavel calls the business meeting to order. Although at former meet¬ ings the program has consisted of tricky mathematical problems to solve or unusual scientific experiments, this evening is de¬ voted to working in groups on the various projects. Stealthily we creep from group to group watching complicated dials being twisted and listening to the eerie sounds emanating from the therimun. Suddenly a hammer is thrust into our hand and we are ordered to pound; pound we did for the rest of the evening. We learned interesting things about the club that evening. At the beginning of the year it was strictly a math club, but during the last semester it was reorganized to in¬ clude science students. The club’s officers are Tom Stogdill, president; Steve Foster, vice-president; Suzon Larmore, treasurer; Carol Armey, secretary; Dick Hyde, report¬ er; Max Micklitsch, librarian; and Mr. Bugher, sponsor. Like every organization, this society has its share of parties, notable among which was their lively Christmas party. Yes, we discovered a lot about the science club that evening, and we like what we found! ABOVE RIGHT. STANDING: Sponsor Bugher, Reporter D. Hyde. S--c. A-mey, Treas. S. Larmore, Lib. M. Micklitsch. KNEELING: Vlce-Pres. Foster, Pres. T. Stogdill. LOWER R GHT. BACK ROW: S. Gregg, Buckner, Arend, J. Davis. Kyle. FRONT ROW: Larry Brown, T. French, Schultz, Fornshell. BELOW, BACK ROW: P. Micklitsch, Billingsley, M. Markley. FRONT ROW ' : Hlester, Young, Hammond, Fryback. NOT PIC¬ TURED: Muster, Pfister. National Honor Society pins outstanding students LEFT, BACK ROW: A Markley, S. Larmore, F. Reiff, F. Meyer, Armey, Munson, Mary Markley. FRONT ROW: Tange- man, Miss Powers, N. Carnall, T. Stogdill, Hammond, Young, Tho- ma. NOT PICTURED: A. French. BELOW: President Mike Young writes aims on board while Vice-Presi¬ dent Stogdill, Secretary Hammond and Treasurer Carnall consider how these may be developed for convocation. The time had come! At last those long, tedious hours of study would be rewarded, for the hour was here when the outstanding scholars and leaders of the school would be inducted into the National Honor Society, the pinnacle for a Bluffton scholar. Scholarship, leadership, character, and service—the by¬ words of the organization—were the merits on which the faculty judged those eligible. Six seniors and four juniors were chosen. To climax the day for the members, a sparkling dinner party was held in the evening at the Dutch Mill. BACK ROW: E. Higgins. F. Meyer, Hay, Fornshell, T. French, Schultz, B. Geels, D. Flowers, V. Meyers. MIDDLE ROW: Judy Deming, S. Markley, Fitzpatrick, King, Schmidt, N. Carnall, Mun¬ son, M. Markley. FRONT ROW: Mr. Park, R. Gass, Thoma, Hammond, T. Stogdill, Young, S. Larmore, Billingsley, A. Markley. “Hear ye! Hear ye! The Student Council will as¬ semble in the music room at 8:17 to discuss important school problems.” Although unbeknownst to many, this representative body has qui¬ etly and efficiently handled many situations throughout the year. To this group must go plau¬ dits for the expedient manner in which enrollment and ori¬ entation was handled last September, and for the spir¬ ited sectional pep session. 42 “Comets out this morning; have your nickels ready.” Thus reads the familiar home room announcement. Soon, all eyes are avidly scanning the newspaper pages for the latest dope on who has been dating whom, all about the triumphs (or defeats) of the athletic teams, and information about the senior of the month. The staff, guided by Editor Mary Markley, Business Manager Caroline Buckner and Sponsor Fred Park, strives constantly for complete and accurate coverage of B. H. S. news. Mr. Templin’s printers’ devils work many hours of overtime to meet C-Day (circulation day). Quill and Scroll is the small, select honorary which is the acme of every high school journalist’s ambition. Chosen from the upper third scholastically of the junior and senior classes, all mem¬ bers have done oustanding work on either the editorial or business staffs of the Com¬ et or Retrospect. Ned Carnall, the oldest member in tenure, served as host at the big ini¬ tiation party. BACK ROW: F. Reiff, N. Carnall. Young. FRONT ROW: M. Markley, A. Markley, Mrs. Wilkinson. RIGHT, BACK ROW: El¬ ston, Sowards, Jim Dem- ing, Foster, D. Hyde, M. Micklltsch, D. Venis. SECOND ROW: Collins, Kyle, K. Venis, Dorothy Stogdill, P. Micklltsch, Smith, S. Gregg. Mead. THIRD ROW: Munson, C. Moser, K. Robbins, Becker, Betty Steele, Burroughs, Santon, Lin¬ da Brown, M. McNown. FRONT ROW: McCarty, Janice Christianson, Strain, Tangeman, Stuck, Thoma, S. Larmore, Mur¬ ray. NOT PICTURED: Bayless, B. Carnall. LEFT: Adviser Fred F. Park, Editor M. Markley and Business Manager Buckner. Comet provides training for many fourth estaters Retrospect staff corresponds with celebrities You, who are turning the pages of this Retrospect, gazing at the pictures or, we hope, perusing the copy, are seeing only the finished product. Close your eyes for a minute—visualize the editor-in-chief and the advisor racking their brains in an at¬ tempt to find a truly unusual theme; then picture Retro staff meetings in the library; the associate editor wrinkling his brow as he contemplates the lay-out of the dum¬ my; senior and underclassmen editors de¬ vising schedules for class pictures to be taken; activities co-editors poring over a typewriter in an endeavor to turn out animated write-ups; the sports editor working with our dashing athletic heroes; or the business manager scurrying about the halls handling the subscription cam¬ paign. Thus you behold the Retrospect in its true form—a yearbook born of months of planning and preparation. ROW X: Ann Markley, editor-in-chief; Michael Young, busi¬ ness manager. TYPING CLASS. BACK ROW: J. Somers, Taylor, Courtney, Cossairt, V. VanEmon. MIDDLE ROW: Rothgeb, Joan Messick, Swagart, M. Williams. FRONT ROW: Kean, Whitman. ROW 2: Ned Carnall. sports editor; Alice Ann French, senior co-editor; Rita Gass, faculty and underclassman editor. ROW 3: Dave Hammond, activities co-editor; Fred Meyer, senior co-editor; Mr. Park, business adviser. ROW 4: Fred Reiff, associate editor; Diane Tangeman, ac¬ tivities co-editor; Mrs. Wilkinson, editorial adviser. BELOW: Ann Markley and Mrs. Wilkinson ob¬ serve as Ned Carnall pins Mary Markley, Com¬ et editor, to the Quill and Scroll Honorary. Hi-Y Club takes to the wide, open spaces to dine The Hi-Y club is truly democratic. Al¬ most every meeting witnessed a lively dis¬ cussion before a course of action was de¬ cided upon, whether the matter concerned the status of a member, or a proposal con¬ cerning the concessionaires. Distributing heaping baskets of food at Christmastime, contributing heavily to Red Cross, heart, and polio funds, and fi¬ nancially aiding the state YMCA were outstanding services performed. With Tom Stogdill as president; Fred Reiff, vice-president; Bill Reiff, secretary; and Vernon Meyer, treasurer; programs— everything from a science show to a gripe session—were well-planned and lively. Christmas arrived, and with it came the party with the “Esky” calendars, and the gayly tinseled tree in front of the princi¬ pal’s office. Much success is due to the often harried adviser, Mr. Ulmer, who must have the patience of Job. TOP TO BOTTOM. BACK ROW: Garton, F. Reiff, J. Higgins, Shady, F. Meyer. Young. MIDDLE ROW: Bob Steele, Harnish, V. Meyer, M. Hyde, T. Reiff. FRONT ROW: J. Lockwood, Reimschisel, Lusk, Schultz, Mr. Ulmer. BACK ROW: D. Gerber, C. Rhodes. Farling, T. Stogdill, Zings- heim, Roth. MIDDLE ROW: Larry Brown, M. Micklitsch, Jim Deming, Dick Stogdill, Athan, N. Carnall. FRONT ROW: Forn- shell, Boltin, Creek, D. Hyde, B. Lee. BACK ROW: Bob Harter, Dunwiddie, Ferguson, Keller, Ham¬ mond, Beitinger. MIDDLE ROW: J. Robbins, Mailers, Hiester, Painter, P. Perry. FRONT ROW: M. Ulmer, J. Randall, T. French, B. Reiff, Darrel Irving. NOT PICTURED: Pfister, David Irving, Dick Brown, Brewer, T. Flowers. Jim Robbins, Ned Carnall and Bill Reiff plot the greatest gun robbery ever to come out of the West. BELOW: Sergeant At Arms D. Brown. Sec. B. Reiff, Vice-Pres. F. Reiff, Pres. T. Stogdill, Sponsor Ulmer. NOT PICTURED: Treas. V. Meyer, Chaplain Boltin. 45 ■HP! BACK ROW: Bar¬ bara Weaver, P Micklitsch, J. Mc- Farren, Smith, C. Moser, Hook, R. VanEmon. MID- RLE ROW: G. VanEmon, M. Williams, D e n- man, Butler, S. Lockwood, V. Grover, Taylor. FRONT ROW: Leimgruber, S. Larmore, Thoma, Prible, S. Noo¬ nan, S. Dorrance, E. Betz. NOT PICTURED: Ber- cot. BACK ROW: Donnelly, Hower, Mock, Joan Mes- sick, S. Markley, Munson, A. Mark- ley. MIDDLE ROW: Bennett, Kyle, J. Grover, L a n g e 1, Betty Steele, Becker, McAdams. FRONT ROW: Rumple, R e b e r, Mead, Cupp, A r e n d, Sowards, Billings¬ ley. NOT PIC¬ TURED: S. Ellen- berger, Gordon, Murray, V. Van¬ Emon. BACK ROW: Mc¬ Carty, J. Steffen, Jane Gregg, Swa- gart, Sprague, Kean, Buckner. MIDDLE ROW: Bertsch, Clanin, S. Gregg, A. Emshwiller, Cos- sairt, E. Messick, N. Johnson. FRONT ROW: Speheger, C. Stef¬ fen, Armey, Linn, Tangeman, Judy Krinn, Collins. NOT PICTURED: Wilson. BACK ROW: L. Betz, Noffsinger, B. Steffen, J. Somers, Strain, M. Markley, Jan¬ ice Christianson. MIDDLE ROW: P. Myers, K. Sheets, Kipfer, C. Hinesley, Court - n e y, McNown, Bayless. FRONT ROW: J. Garri¬ son, R. Gass, Stuck, Hovde, D. Venis, A. French, B. Heller. BACK ROW: Joyce Krinn, Borne, Costello, K. Robbins, Nee- nah Miller, Mc¬ Bride, Rockwell. MIDDLE ROW: Rothgeb, McAfee, Whitman, McKin¬ ney, G e b e 1 e, Wenger, S. Car- nail. FRONT ROW: E. Hollo¬ way, J. Davis, C. Heller, Reid, Decker, L. Lar¬ more, C. Ellen- berger, E. Lee. Y-Teens boast largest club membership at B.H.S. One morning early in the year students and faculty alike were startled to behold a curious array of bunny rabbits hopping down the halls of P. A. Allen High School. A c loser inspection revealed that the long¬ eared, fuzzy tailed creatures with carrots grasped in one hand were in reality sopho¬ more initiates of Y-teen. Dressing up in imi¬ tation of Bugs Bunny was only one of the many hardships the Y-teen initiates endured before they were recognized as members in good standing. They wouldn’t have missed one minute of it! Boasting a membership of a hundred and ten, Y-teen is the largest extra-curricular organization in the school and is also one of the most active. An energetic slate of officers headed by Jane Thoma, president; Nancy Sowards, vice-president; Barbara Smith, secretary; Joan Gebele, treasurer; and Miss Gerke, sponsor, was chiefly re¬ sponsible for the varied and always inter¬ esting meetings. Primarily a service organization, Y-teen’s charitable deeds included sending packages of clothing to needy families, making cheer¬ ful favors for hospital trays, soliciting for the Red Cross, and donating to the Christmas Seal fund. The eagerly anticipated programs for the year featured a joint meeting with Hi-Y to attend the annual preaching mission, various speakers, a Christmas party, movies, and an exchange meeting with the Portland Y-teens. How to be well groomed in one easy lesson was the star attraction at another session. Everyone enviously watched a local beautician style and cut Alice Ann French’s hair. Members left the meeting silently re¬ solving that the hair and nails would receive a little more attention. Early in the spring Y-Teens summoned to¬ gether enough courage to ask their favorite boyfriends to the annual “Best Beau Ban¬ quet,” where a gaily decorated gym set the scene for one of BHS’s most looked-forward- to social affairs. Diligent committee heads were: Sue Collins, food; Donna Venis, deco¬ ration; Mary Markley, entertainment; and Suzon Larmore, table. To climax an eventful year the girls en¬ tertained their mothers at a Mother’s Day Tea. BELOW, LEFT: Many Y-Teens were guests of the Hi Y boys at their annual spring banquet. A lively western atmosphere was captured in both decorations and program. BELOW, RIGHT: Sponsor Gerke, Secretary Smith, Vice-President Sowards, Treasurer Gebele and President Thoma examine one set of decorations made by Y-Teen members to adorn hospital food trays. 47 Band plays for audience The Bluffton High School Band—the color¬ ful black and crimson uniforms, the sharp, snappy marching formations, and the lilting, catchy tunes—has always been an object of pride for very student in the school. And again this year the band, ably directed by Mr. Schlatter, has turned in creditable per¬ formances at every instance and earned the whole-hearted applause of all. With the first day of school, the marching season began. A traditional pre-game show and a different half-time performance for each contest were presented at every home football game. The formation, “America on Parade,” was presented for the Decatur game; “Salute to the Navy,” at the Auburn game; “County Fair,” for the Columbia City game; and “Political Parade,” for the War¬ saw game. The last show aroused some com¬ ment from the public, but the band showed no partiality toward either political party. The show was a salute to both parties and an appeal to the public to vote as they pleased. At the Street Fair the marching band played in three parades and presented a pub¬ lic concert on the court house plaza. As a result of winning a first division rat¬ ing in the concert band contest last year, the concert group was invited to play for the opening session of the Indiana State Teach- ABOVE: High-stepping majorettes, Strain, Hovde and Munson. (McCarty pictured be¬ low) BELOW, BACK ROW: Schaefer, Strain, B, Lee, Davison, D. Brown, Fetters. SECOND ROW: Sowards, Arend, J. Emshwiller, Booth, J. Geels, Sorgen, N. Markley, Adams, J. Lockwood. Fitzpatrick, Kyle, Bob Steele, Fryback, Mailers. TH RD ROW: Judy Krinn, Hower, Collins, Betty Steele, Tyndall, Boltin, Darrel Irving, David Irving. FRONT ROW: Sprague, Gebele, Hovde, C. Ellenberger, Motz. of more than two thousand ers’ Convention in Fort Wayne, Indiana. The concert was given in the Quimby Auditori¬ um before an audience of over two thousand people. The concert group provided excellent mu¬ sic before and during the intermissions of both the senior and junior class plays. Following the football season and its marching demands, attention was focused upon the Winter Band Concert. With special permission from the composer, Robert Hick¬ man’s “McMillan Park March” was played from the manuscript. “Lady of Spain” and “Where or When” were particular favorites of the younger set. This performance, a huge success, was witnessed by a capacity crowd at the Community Building; many enthusi¬ astic comments were heard concerning the fine renditions. On February 7, many individuals from the band brought home honors from the district solo contest in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Two weeks later several players ventured forth to Indianapolis to win further honors in the all-state solo contest. In April the concert troupe participated in the district and state band contests. The final appearance of this year’s note¬ worthy band will be on May 20, at the Bluff- ton High School Commencement. ABOVE: Playing on the march for the big Street Fair Parade. BELOW, BACK ROW: K. Noonan, Captain, Speheger, McCarty, Director J. R. Schlatter. SECOND ROW: King, J. Noonan, Carey, Snider, D. Hyde, Davis, Huffman, D. Flowers, T. French, J. Randall, Neenah Miller, M. Ulmer. THIRD ROW: Kellogg, S. Lockwood, D. Gass, R. Gass, S. Markley, Munson, E. Scott. FRONT ROW: Costello, S. Myers, S. Ellenberger, Hook, J. Rhodes. BELOW, UPPER LEFT, BACK ROW: Smeltzer, Meadows, Shepard. MIDDLE ROW: D. Rockwell, Romine, Sprowl, Beverly Weaver. FRONT ROW: Dorothy Stogdill, K. Venis, Niblick. LOWER LEFT, BACK ROW: Reimschisel, V. Meyer, Manley, Dobson. MIDDLE ROW: Painter, Thompson, Bowen, Schmidt, J. Rush. FRONT ROW: Pingry, R. Moser, Curry, P. Perry. RIGHT, BACK ROW: Mead, Buckner, Joan Messick, Billingsley, French, D. Venis. MIDDLE ROW: Whitman, A. Emshwiller, E. Messick, Rothgeb, C. Hinesley, C. Moser. FRONT ROW: J. Davis, E. Lee, Melton, J. McFarren, Wolfcale, Becker. NOT PICTURED: Murray. Concert Glee presents The Heavenly Child There are all sorts of timid and withdraw¬ ing souls in the world, but music, the “uni¬ versal language,” and the thrill of singing in a group seems to bring out the best in all of us. As evidenced by the large enrollment and intense rivalry for positions in the ad¬ vanced group, glee club has become one of the most popular subjects offered in the cur¬ riculum. When glee met for the first time this fall, it discovered that the entire organization of the group had been changed. Instead of one chorus, there were now three. A boys’ group met every Monday, and on Tuesdays and Thursdays a beginning girls’ chorus took over the glee room. The remaining two days were reserved for rehearsals of the girls’ Concert Glee Club. The new arrangement has proved to be quite effective, for the be¬ ginning group can now spend more time with exercises to build color and tone while the advanced group builds up a repertoire to choose from when asked to give a program. Early in the year officers were elected. Diane Tangeman serves as president for the combined three groups and each chorus has its own separate officers. For the concert singers, Ann Markley was vice-president; Ruth Billingsley, treasurer; and Sue Bayless, secretary; in the beginning girls’ glee club, Janice Burroughs was vice-president; Linda Brown, treasurer; and Mary Jane Taylor, secretary; and in the boys’ chorus, Vernon Meyer served as vice-president; Jack Dob¬ son, treasurer; and Dick Reimschisel, secre¬ tary. The accompanist was Diane Tangeman, and Caroline Buckner accompanied the be¬ ginners the last semester. before capacity crowd at local church Glee club has always been an active group, and this year it was especially so. The first performance was given early in the year at a Kiwanis meeting. Following this program, concentrated rehearsing was begun to pre¬ pare for the annual Christmas Cantata which was held in the Reformed Church. Try-outs were conducted for choice solos and parts in the trio and the ensemble. This year’s cantata, “The Heavenly Child,” was a par¬ ticular favorite with the glee members and they worked hard and long to achieve the color and vitality which made the concert a success. “Glory and Honor, Praise and Pow¬ er,” the dynamic, pulsating finale to the can¬ tata, was undoubtedly the favorite song of the group; and many a time during rehears¬ als after sharply breaking off the last note, we thrilled to the echoes of power and warmth which vibrated through the halls of the school. Featured soloists for the cantata were Ruth Billingsley, Eleanor Lee, Pat Mead, Alice Ann French and Donna Venis. A very sensi¬ tive interpretation of “A Manger So Lowly” was presented by the trio composed of Gar¬ land Borne, Ruth Billingsley and Alice Ann French. Ann Emshwiller, Ruth Billingsley, Garland Borne, Pat Mead, Donna Venis and Alice Ann French blended their voices for the stirring ensemble number. Immediately following the cantata the Ki- wanians asked the concert singers back for a repeat performance of their program. The second annual concert of the year, the Spring Festival, was held late in March, and the last appearance before the public eye was Bac¬ calaureate, when underclassmen sang in hon¬ or of the departing seniors. BELOW, LEFT. BACK ROW: Arnold, Tangeman, J. Somers, Reid, Thoma, Cupp. MIDDLE ROW: S. Gregg, Bayless, Barbara Weaver, McKinney, Courtney, Milby. FRONT ROW: Mr. Chamberlain, Donnelly, Butler, C. Heller, Joyce Krinn, A. Markley. UPPER RIGHT. BACK ROW: Elston, Alberson. MIDDLE ROW: Baney, Burroughs, Santon. FRONT ROW: J. Harter, Penrod. LOWER RIGHT BACK ROW: Crosbie, Mayer, L. Brown. MIDDLE ROW: Judy Deming, C. McFarren, P. Dorrance, Taylor. FRONT ROW: Kreigh, E. Kneuss. C. Kizer. NOT PICTURED: A. Carnall, B. Carnall. ABOVE, BACK ROW: Coach Dold, P. Johnson, D. Hyde, Jerry Messick, Jim Cobb, Schultz, Creek, Jerry Cobb, R. Moser. MIDDLE ROW: Jim Deming (manager), F. Meyer, Ferguson, Bob Harter, Zingsheim, D. Brown, Garton, B. Reiff (manager). FRONT ROW: Athan, Roth, Bowen, J. Osborn, Fornshell. The 1952 Tiger thinliclads were tri¬ umphant in five meets while losing two. Dick Brown, Tiger junior half-miler, set a new school and N. E. I. C. record in his event at 2:03.1 and 2:04.6 respective¬ ly. Fred Meyer set records in both high and low hurdles, :16.2 and :23.5, and Chad Fornshell broad-jumped 20’ 3 3 A”. Fornshell, Meyer and Brown scored points in the sectional, Brown and Forn¬ shell tallied in the regional and the lat¬ ter in the state. We—60, Royerton—75; We— 80V 2 , Decatur—57 Vi, Berne —15; We—90, Dunkirk—26, Monmouth—37; We—76 3, Mis- sissinewa—78%; We—50, Columbia City—59; We—72Vs, Port¬ land — 191 3 , Central Catholic (Fort Wayne), 61%; We—55, Lancaster—54 (frosh., soph., jr., meet). N. E. I. C. Meet — 121 2 ; Sectional— 12; Regional—6; State—1; Kokomo Relays—13%. LEFT, CENTER: Jerry Messick vaults up and over in Tiger field competition. BOT¬ TOM: State finalist Chad Fornshell calls on every muscle as he leaps toward a blue rib¬ bon in the broadjump event. Tiger harrier annexes N.E.I.C. half-mile record Diamond nine finds season plenty rough going ABOVE, BACK ROW: Grove, M. Micklitsch, David Ir¬ ving, Mailers, Kyle (manager), Knoble, Dobson, High, Jim Cobb, Coach Compton. FRONT ROW: Harnish, Gar- ton, Keller, Gerber, C. Rhodes, Speheger, Gilliom, J. Higgins, Santon. Tiger diamondeers had a tough time getting started in the 1952 baseball sea¬ son, winning only one of their seven tilts. Despite the fact that the Bengals out-hit their opponents on all but two occasions, the Comptonmen succumbed to six foes. As is indicated by the line¬ up of the past season the Tigers were composed majorly of underclassmen who have definitely benefited by the experience of seven games. We They Decatur Catholic 1 5 Portland 7 9 New Haven 12 11 Decatur 0 1 New Haven 9 13 Decatur 0 12 Warsaw 0 3 RIGHT, CENTER: We don’t know what the “ump” said, Jim, but we’ll give you the benefit of the doubt. BOTTOM: Mailers swings on one that could have ended up in Indianapolis. showed speed, spirit and stamina Gridders BACK ROW: Assistant Coach Larmore, Bob Harter, B. Uptgraft, Hay, D. Brown, Turner, Head Coach Dold, Shady, C. Rhodes, Fergu¬ son, F. Reiff, Garton, Assistant Coach Compton. MIDDLE ROW: J. Randall, Jerry Messick, Curry, Jim Deming, Harnish, M. Mick- litsch, M. Hyde, Hiester, Jim Cobb, Keller. FRONT ROW: Student Manager J. Robbins, Boltin, Reimschisel, B. Reiff, Foster, Student Manager D. Stogdill, J. Lockwood, M. Ulmer, Fornshell, Brewer, Student Manager E. Huffman. Varsity Schedule Bluffton 7 Mississinewa 31 Bluffton 7 Warsaw 35 Bluffton 7 Decatur 7 Bluffton 16 Garrett 0 Bluffton 13 Auburn 20 Bluffton 0 New Haven 19 Bluffton 7 Columbia City 33 Bluffton 35 Portland 0 BOTTOM, LEFT: The Tiger offensive platoon charges into the fray as Bluffton gets the ball. RIGHT: Managers Robbins and D. Stogdill “clean up the mess” while Coach Dold briefs End Jerry Messick. 54 LEFT: Coach Dold and Co-Captain Fred Reiff survey the field to map a plan of attack. RIGHT, FRESHMAN-SOPHOMORE TEAM— BACK ROW: Coach Brinson, A. Scott, Uptgraft, J. Rhodes, D. Flowers, Ross, Bill Harter. MIDDLE ROW: Fitzpatrick, D. Higgins, Schmidt, V. Kahn, King, D. Lockwood, Grove. FRONT ROW: C. Osborn (manager), Kiefer, Dea m, Tyndall, C. Perry, J. Geels, J. Emshwiller, Huss (manager). Varsity Records Rushing Passing (completions) Punting First downs Total yards Team Average 3.3 yards 42% 27.3 yards B-95; 0-86 B-1675; 0-1953 Frosh-Sophomore Schedule We 1 Decatur 6 Columbia City 0 Decatur 54 New Haven 13 Portland 6 BOTTOM, LEFT: Backfieldman F. Reiff clears the way for the launching of Cobb’s specialty. RIGHT: Tiger back Jim Cobb, with an assist from Reiff, charges the opposition. against rugged N.E.I.C. and neighboring foes Grid machine proves action speaks louder than words Mississinewa After giving the Indians a 14 to 0 halftime lead, the Tigers, with Hay carrying the pig¬ skin, came back in the third stanza to score their only counter. One of the big Mississi¬ newa warriors intercepted a pass in the fourth quarter and traveled the distance for the last score. Decatur As the third canto got under way, in an heretofore scoreless contest, Jim Cobb took the ball over from the five and Fred Reiff booted the extra point. Early in the. fourth, Morrison, the Yellowjacket quarterback, in¬ tercepted a pass on the fifteen to tally. Auburn Although the Red Devils were leading 13 to 0, the Tigers started to roll in the third period with Athan scoring. Fred Reiff kicked the point after. After Auburn had racked up a third touchdown, with but five minutes to play, Garton delivered again for the Bengals. Columbia City Ferguson, snaring one of Jim Cobb’s aer¬ ials, went over in the second quarter for the Tiger’s lone marker. Reiff’s kick was there. Too many pass interceptions made the dif¬ ference in this one. Warsaw Fred Reiff went over from the one yard line on the touchdown play and then pro¬ ceeded to kick the extra point in the third period of the fracas. Too much speed and power spelled defeat for the Tigers, even though Bluffton was inside of Warsaw’s fif¬ teen yard stripe four times. Garrett Two touchdowns with Harnish carrying, a safety and one extra point by Fred Reiff enabled the Tigers to route the Railroaders home scoreless. Two strips across the goal line by Reiff were nullified by Bluffton pen¬ alties. New Haven Athan intercepted a pass in the fourth quarter and raced seventy yards to the ten. The Bengals advanced to the one only to have their greatest scoring threat thwarted by a delay of game penalty. The Tigers were in sight of “pay dirt” several times in the fray. The Bulldogs gleaned three touch¬ downs and one conversion. Portland The Tigers found the Panthers very un- ferocious this year. Touchdown trips were made by Garton, Harter, Reiff, Athan and Hay; a safety and two conversions by Reiff accounted for the remainder of Bluffton’s greatest scoring spree of the season—a fit¬ ting finale! BACK ROW: N. Carnall, Coach Compton, Assistant Coach Dold, Larry Brown, D. Stogdill. MIDDLE ROW: D, Gerber, F. Meyer, Beitinger, Jim Cobb, Shady. Keller, C. Rhodes, Foster. FRONT ROW: Garton, Hammond. Hay, Harnish, Athan, Mailers. Splinter boys draw, thrill, excite capacity crowds Under-the-basket scoring forwards plus “little guards” who were invaluable as de¬ fensive threats enabled the Tigers to rack up one of their better seasons. Dee Compton’s Tigers succeeded in down¬ ing the Columbia City Eagles for the first time in the mentor’s career. This was one of a string of four Tiger victories to accumu¬ late before the Bengals fell to a sharp-shoot¬ ing Dunkirk five. Again the Tigers tallied four triumphs before falling to Knightstown in the finals of the Greenfield Holiday Tour¬ ney after trouncing the host aggregation in the first round of play. In the post-holiday hardwood activity which was considerably more strenuous, the Tigers lost to Central Catholic of Fort Wayne, then proceeded to eliminate New Haven and Garrett as N. E. I. C. foes. Ossian met ana downed the Tigers on Allen County Memor¬ ial Coliseum wood for the Bears’ fifteenth straight win in as many starts. The same week Kendallville fell victim to the Bengal onslaught to give the local boys sole claim to the N. E. I. C. lead for the time being. After this week of strenuous games the Ti¬ gers lost to Warsaw, taking the worst trounc¬ ing of the season, 70-51. With the conference title at stake the Bluffton team lost in the final minutes to a scrappy Decatur five whom they had defeated earlier in the sea¬ son; the Bengals finished second in the N. E. I. C. loop. The Comptonmen wound up the 1952-53 season by finishing the South Side Archers, Auburn Red Devils, and Portland Panthers in regal style before entering the annual week of Hoosier hysteria known as the sectional tournament. Finding themselves pitted against the Jackson Jaguars for their first contest, the Tigers scratched this name from the records, to earn their way into the semi-final round of play and a game with the unbeaten Os¬ sian Bears. After leading the entire game by a normally-comfortable lead, the Tigers were jarred out of the tourney by a three-second- to-go-basket; Graft of the Bears ended the Tiger hopes. ABOVE LEFT, BACK ROW: Dick Stogdill (manager), Fryback, David Irving, E. Higgins, Coach Dold, Larry Brown (manager). MIDDLE ROW: Lusk, J. Randall, M. Micklitsch, T. Flowers, Sliger, Bob Har¬ ter, Hiester. FRONT ROW: J. Higgins, Keller, Hay, Dunwiddie, T. French, Creek. RIGHT: Meyer jumps and shoots while team mate Shady tenses himself for the possible, but improbable, rebound. Columbia City We 54 They 47 Hartford City 63 61 Decatur 67 66 Warren 48 40 Dunkirk 62 63 Huntington Catholic 74 48 Berne 52 47 Winchester 70 46 Greenfield (Holiday Tourney) 58 44 Knightstown (Holiday Tourney) 51 63 Central Catholic 52 56 New Haven 74 52 Garrett 63 49 Ossian 54 60 Kendallville 65 63 Warsaw 51 70 Decatur 53 58 South Side 40 32 Auburn 49 46 Portland 39 31 Jackson (Sectional Tourney) 65 51 Ossian (Sectional Tourney) 55 57 BELOW, LEFT: “Gordie’s” jump shot is almost a sure two points, but Gerber’s ready nevertheless. RIGHT: The competition has relaxed, but Meyer assures a Tiger-controlled ball as Shady, Beitinger and Cobb get ready for action. 58 Basketeers nip 14 of PO foes in season play Tiger Varsity ABOVE, LEFT: Tiger starters, (clockwise) Shady, Meyer, Mgr. Brown, Coach Compton, Cobb, Athan and Beitinger, take time-out to revamp offensive strategy. RIGHT, BACK ROW: D. Lockwood, D. Flowers, Bill Harter, J. Rhodes, L. Scott, S. Hinesley, J. Fitzpatrick, MIDDLE ROW: D. Higgins, J. Emshwiller, Uptgraft, A. Scott, Schmidt, Grove. FRONT ROW: Jack Gregg (manager), Deam, Tyndall, King, J. Ulmer (manager). Tiger hoop lose one tilt on hnme court Tiger Reserves We They Tiger Freshmen Columbia City 43 Hartford City 25 Decatur 31 Warren 36 Dunkirk 37 Huntington Catholic 37 Berne 27 Winchester 15 Ft. Wayne Central Catholic 35 New Haven 43 Garrett 41 Kendallville 36 Ossian 35 Warsaw 40 Decatur 26 South Side 34 Auburn 40 Portland 45 New Haven New Haven Berne Ossian Columbia City Decatur Union Center Montpelier Wabash Hartford City Montpelier Portland Decatur Huntington Portland We 31 27 68 51 1 49 44 30 43 47 29 32 41 44 38 BELOW, LEFT: “Giant-Killer” Athan grapples with the opposition for the rebound as Gerber, Ham¬ mond and Keller get set. RIGHT: “Gordie’s” butterfly shot is blocked by a tall New Haven Bulldog. They hoys Stellar athletic ROW l REX ATHAN—football, basketball, base¬ ball. GORDON BEITINGER—basketball. KAY BOLTIN—football. ROW 2 JERRY BOWEN—track. RAY BREWER— football. DICK BROWN—track. ROW 3 NED CARNALL—basketball student man¬ ager. JIM COBB—football, basketball, track, baseball. BILL FERGUSON—foot¬ ball. ROW 4 STEVE FOSTER — football, basketball. LARRY GARTON—football, basketball, track, baseball. DON GERBER—basket¬ ball. ROW 5 DAVID HAMMOND—basketball. MOR¬ RIS HARNISH—football, basketball, base¬ ball. BOB HARTER—football, track. ROW 6 DICK HYDE—football. MAX HYDE— football. RALPH KELLER—football. performer s receive letters, BELOW: F. Meyer, Dobson, Roth, E. Higgins, T. Stogdill, J. Higgins and Hay heap their plates at the annual Spring Athletic Banquet. 60 An victory without cheers Although the request wasn’t too grammatical¬ ly sound, when the Allen High cheer - leaders pleaded, “Come on, kids, let’s yell good!”, the black and crimson cheer¬ ing block seemed to get the message. “Charley- horses,” split slacks and laryngitis were inevit¬ able for such an active corps. LEFT: Ann Emshwiller, Pat Micklitsch, Sue Bay¬ less, Carolyn Donnelly and fans send the fight¬ ing Tigers into battle with a rousing “Good luck, team, good luck!” awards at anoual Spring Athletic Banquet ROW 1 JIM MALLERS—basketball, baseball JERRY MESSICK—football, track FRED MEYER—basketball, track MAX MICKLITSCH—football, baseball JESSIE OSBORN—track BILL REIFF—football ROW 2 FRED REIFF—football CHARLES RHODES—football ROGER ROTH—track MAURICE SHADY—football, basketball DICK STOGDILL—football and basketball student manager FRED ZINGSHEIM—track 61 Intramural keqlers First Round W L Pet. Dobson 13 2 .867 Osborn 10 5 .667 Perry 9 6 .600 Collier 8 7 .534 Conklin 4 11 .267 Oman 1 14 .067 Second Round (as we go to press) Conklin Dobson Osborn Collier Perry 1.000 1.000 1.000 .000 .000 The ten top bowlers and their averages at press time are Osborn, 183; Oman, 164; Dob¬ son, 161; Kneuss, 160; Perry, 143; Conklin, 140; N. Rush, 137; Pingry, 133; Uptgraft, 125; Hinesley, 118. LEFT (TOP TO BOTTOM): P. Perry (captain), Kennedy, Bailey, Satterfield. NOT PICTURED: N. Rush. L. Kneuss, Collier (captain), D. Randall. NOT PICTURED: B. Somers, Bob Steele. Gelow, F. Reiff, Ross, Pingry. NOT PICTURED: Conklin (cap¬ tain). E. Huffman, Uptgraft, J. Osborn (captain), Jack Gregg. NOT PICTURED: J. Rush. S. Hinesley, Dobson (captain), Painter, Schmidt. NOT PIC¬ TURED: Thompson. A. Schott, Oman (captain), Schott, Sawyer. NOT PICTURED: J. Ulmer. and cagers battle First Round W L Pet. Brown 5 0 1.000 Schott 3 2 .600 Brewer 3 2 .600 Roth 2 3 .400 Dobson 2 3 .400 Collier 0 5 .000 Tourney Round Roth 29, Dobson 25 Collier 29, Brown 28 Brewer 50, Schott 32 Roth 28, Collier 22 (semi-final) Roth 28, Brewer 26 (final) Brown 41, Roth 22 (intramural champion) The ten top hoopsters were Brown, 138 points; Sawyer, 124; Pfister, 98; Roth, 78; Ferguson, 67; R. Milholland, 67; Dobson, 63; Boltin, 62; Dave Irving, 54; Reimschisel, 48. RIGHT (TOP TO BOTTOM) BACK ROW: Reimschisel, B. Reiff, Roth (captain). FRONT ROW: J. Lockwood, L. Kneuss, Darrel Irving. NOT PICTURED: Jerry Cobb. Lane. BACK ROW: Botlin, D. Brown (captain), D. Hyde. FRONT ROW: P. Perry, C. Perry. NOT PICTURED: Pfister, B. Geels, Bulger. M. Milholland, R. Millholland, J. Bowman, Dobson (captain). NOT PICTURED: Bowen, Deam, J. Rush. BACK ROW: D. Ellenberger, Farling, Sawyer. FRONT ROW: Osborn, Deming, Messick. NOT PICTURED: Schott (captain), Adams. BACK ROW: Brewer (captain), M. Hyde. F. Reiff. FRONT ROW: J. Robbins, D. Bracht. NOT PICTURED: Bob Steele, E. Huffman, Dave Irving. BACK ROW: Oman, Collier (captain). FRONT ROW: Snider, V. Meyer, Ferguson. NOT PICTURED: Conklin, M. Ulmer, Franze. UPPER LEFT, BACK ROW: Kiefer, Booth, Ross, D, Higgins, J. Emshwiller, B. Soukup. FRONT ROW: Jerry Christianson, M. Hyde, V, Kahn, Conklin, Gelow, Darrel Irving. LOWER LEFT: Dave Irving, T. Stogdill, Ham¬ mond, Young. ABOVE: Athletic Director Templin reveals playing dates to Tennis Coach Kaufman and Wrestling Coach Brinson. Grapplers and racket lads work for banner seasons B. H. S. “Gorgeous Georges” did not succeed in capturing a meet, but they did gain needed experience in the sport of wrest¬ ling. Under Coach Brinson, the Tiger grap¬ plers took part in three matches plus the I. H. S. A. A. Sectional Meet at Lafayette. In the first meet at Peru, Irving won the only honor for the Tigers by pinning his opponent. In the second meet there, Soukup, Emshwiller, and Hyde each won their match¬ es while Kahn was held to a draw. At Mar¬ ion, Irving was successful in achieving the nearly impossible when he defeated an op¬ ponent who outweighed him a full thirty pounds, and Conklin fought to a draw. The Tiger matmen fared not quite so well at the sectional as they met teams who had years of experience. Tiger racketeers, in the second year of interscholastic tennis competition, found their experienced opponents really rugged. The roster for the Tiger netters consisted of Fred Nickel, a graduating senior and the number one point getter, Dave Hammond, Mike Young, Tom Stogdill, and Dave Irving. John Muster also worked out for a place on the squad, but did not get into competition. The inexperienced court boys were unable to break into the win column during the 1952 season, but were steadily improving as the schedule ran out. Bluffton traveled to Wa¬ bash to face the Appaches and came home with 6-0 defeat; South Side came to town and took a 7-0 decision; and in the final match with Wabash, Bluffton netters went down with a 7-0 count. UPPER RIGHT, BACK ROW: Noffsinger, Maddux, Inskeep, Crosbie, J. Harter, Elston, B. Heller. MIDDLE ROW: M. Welsh, Betty Steele, D. Stogdill, Kyle, Judy Deming, Speheger, Becker. FRONT ROW: E. Scott, C. Huffman, Burroughs, Sorgen, Santon, Alber- son. LOWER RIGHT, BACK ROW: Sprague, Mead, Miss Sullivan, E. Lee, Billingsley, Leimgru- ber. MIDDLE ROW: R. VanEmon, C. Hinesley, P. Vore, Munson, Garrison, McBride. FRONT ROW: E. Messick, Bayless, Whitman, A. Emsh- willer, Courtney. ABOVE, LEFT TO RIGHT: Mun¬ son, Whitman, Speheger and Sprague are burning the badminton nets. DuBarry Success Course for all via the G.A.A. Learning to play the game is important for a boy, but the girls in this world of Bluff- ton High School like to participate in sports too. The average girl likes to be considered feminine, but she will shed that helpless look long enough to make a basket in the final seconds of a tie game, or hit a home- run in the ninth inning. G. A. A. provides two hours of exercise every Wednesday evening when the girls play basketball, volleyball, softball or soccer. Intramural basketball teams have been ini¬ tiated for keener competition. Ruth Billingsley, Harriet Sprague and Miss Sullivan represented the Bluffton associa¬ tion at a leadership camp at Camp Tecumseh in the fall. An all day Saturday volleyball playday at Elwood pitted Allen High against girls from Anderson, Lapel and Elwood. The Berne G. A. A. was invited to the home court for a two hour volleyball session. These games, at home or away, teach the girls speed, agility, and above all team work. Dur¬ ing the excitement felt in all contests the participants forget the work involved and feel only the tension and intense desire to win. G. A. A. is occupying a more important spot in the female world of B. H. S. than it has for quite some time and the officers, President Ruth Billingsley, Vice-President Harriet Sprague, Secretary-Treasurer Bar¬ bara Heller, and Sponsor E. Ann Sullivan are determined to keep that spot. Who’s Who ifl P. A Allen High School A Adams, Billy 32, 48, 63 Alberson, Donna 32, 51, 65 Alexander, Richard 32, 40 Anders, Rowena 32 Arend, Linda 10, 30, 39. 41, 46, 48 Armey, Carol 28 , 41, 42 , 46 Arnold, Phyllis 9, 51 Athan, Rex 28, 40, 45, 52, 57. 59, 60 August, Iris 32 B Bailey, Warren 32, 62 Baney, Roberta 32, 51 Barr, Ninetta 20 Bay, Robert 32 Bayless, Sue 28, 29, 46 , 51, 61, 65 Baylog, Rosanna 28 Becker, Mary Nell 30 , 43 , 46 , 50, 65 Beer, Ivan 32 Beer, Marlene 20 Beitinger, Gordon 20, 45, 57, 58, 59, 60 Bennett, Carolyn Sue 30, 46 Bennett, Robert 8, 16, 28 Bercot, Carol 1, 30, 46 Bertsch, Mary 28, 46 Betz, Chancy 30 Betz, Esther May 7, 20, 46 Betz, Laura 30, 46 Billingsley, Ruth 6, 20, 32 , 38 , 41 42 46 50, 65 Boltin, Kay 11, 28 , 45, 48, 54, 60, 63 Booth, Freddie 1, 32, 48, 64 Borne, Garland 6, 10, 30, 39, 46 Bowen, Jerry 8, 28, 50, 52, 60, 63 Bowman, John 20, 63 Bowman, Nancy 32 Bracht, Richard 9, 20, 37, 63 Bracht, Roger 32 Brewer, Ray 20, 27, 36, 37, 40, 54, 63, 63, 68 Brickley, Dr. H. D. 14 Brown, Larry 28, 41, 45, 57, 58, 59 Brown, Linda 32, 43 , 51 Brown, Richard 21, 25 , 36, 37 , 45 , 48 , 52, 54, 60, 63 Buckner, Caroline 10, 30, 39, 41, 43, 46, 50 Bugher, W. K. 10, 16, 18, 33 Bulger, Theodore 32, 63 Burroughs, Janice 32, 33, 43. 51, 65 Butler, Mary 10, 30, 39 , 46, 51 c Captain, Charles 30, 40. 49 Carey, Jr., James E. 32, 49 Carnall, Ann 32 Camall, Betsy 32, 33 Carnall, Sharon 30, 46 Camall, Ned 21, 26, 36, 37 , 38 , 39 , 42 , 43, 44, 45, 57, 60 Carr, Patricia 32 Chamberlain, Harold L. 6, 16, 51 Christianson, Janice 10, 30, 43, 46 Christianson, Jerry 32, 64 Clanin, Lalonnie 30, 46 Clark, Susane 30 Cobb, James 21, 52, 53, 54, 55, 57, 58, 59. 63 Cobb, Jerry 9 , 28, 52, 63 Collier, Jerry 21, 37, 62, 63, 68 Collins, Sue 28, 43, 46, 48 Compton, Leroy 16, 32, 53, 54, 57, 59 Conklin, Tom 21, 62, 63, 64 Cossairt, Leeta 8, 21, 37 , 38, 44 , 46 Costello, Nancy 30, 46 , 49 Courtney, Phyllis 21, 37, 44, 46, 51, 65 Creek, Joseph 30, 40, 45, 52, 58 Crosbie, Donna 32, 51, 65 Croy, Carolyn 32 Cupp, Joyce 21, 46, 51 Curry, Jan 28, 50’, 54 D Davis, Jackie 11, 28 Davis, Janet Kay 30, 39, 46, 50 Davis, Robert 30, 49 Davison, Vance 30, 48 Deam, Richard 32, 55, 59, 63 Decker, Mary Ann 10, 30, 39, 46 Deming, Jim 28 , 43, 45, 52, 54, 63 Deming, Judith 32, 42, 51, 65 Denman, Darlene 30, 46 Dobson, Jack 22, 50, 53, 60, 62, 63 Dold, Leslie A. 6, 17, 22, 52, 54, 55, 57, 58 Donnelly, Carolyn 28 , 46 , 51, 61 Dorrance Phyllis 32, 51 Dorrance, Susan 10, 30, 39, 46 Dotterer, Phyllis 15 Dunwiddie, Gerald 30, 31, 40, 45, 58 Durbin, Calvin 30 E Edris, John 14 Eiting, Larry Ellenberger, Charlotte 28 , 46 , 48 Ellenberger, Richard 22, 63 Ellenberger, Shirley 28, 49 Elston, Mary 1, 32, 43, 51, 65 Emshwilier, Ann 8, 28 , 46 , 50, 61, 65 Emshwilier, Joe 32, 48, 55, 59, 64 F Farling, Larry 11, 28, 45, 63 Ferguson, William 22, 45, 52 , 54 , 60, 63 Fetters, Jerry 28, 48 Fitzpatrick, John 32, 42, 48, 55, 59 Flowers, David 32 , 42, 49 , 55 , 59 Flowers, Terry 30, 58 Foreman, Don 32, 40 Fornshell, Davy 30, 31, 39, 41, 42 , 45 , 52 , 54 Foster, Stephen 28, 41, 43 , 54 , 57 , 60 Franze, Bobbie 32, 63 French, Alice Ann 6 , 22 , 36 , 37 , 38 , 44 , 46, 50 French, Thomas 1, 30, 41, 42, 45, 49, 58 Fryback, Ronald 10, 28 , 29 , 41, 48 58 G Garrison, Doris 30 Garrison, Carolyn 7, 22 Garrison, Judy 28, 46, 65 Garton, Lawrence 22 , 45, 52 , 53 , 54, 57 , 60 Gass, Dorothy 32, 49 Gass, Rita 8 , 22 , 37 , 38 , 42, 44, 46 , 49 Gebele, Joan 8 , 28 , 46 , 47 , 43 Geels, Bernard 30, 40, 42, 63 Geels, James 32, 48, 55 Geels, Mary Alice 32 Gehrett, Harriett 32 Geisel, Robert 30, 40 Gelow, Bob 32, 62, 64 Gerber, Donald 1, 22, 40, 45, 33, 57, 58, 60 Gerber, Gladys 11, 30 Gerke, Evelyn 16, 17, 29, 31, 47 Gordon, Diane 30 Gray, Marion 30, 40 Gregg, Jack 32, 59, 62 Gregg, Jane 30, 46 Gregg, Shirley 10, 30, 39 , 41, 43 , 46 , 51 Groh, Sandra 32 Grove, Keith 32, 55, 59 Grover, Jean Ann 30, 46 Grover, Virginia 30, 46 H Hammond, David 10, 23, 36, 37, 38, 41, 42, 44, 45 , 57 , 59 , 60, 64 Harness, John 32 Harnish, Morris 45, 53, 54, 57, 60 Harter, Bill 32, 55, 59 Harter, Janice 32, 51, 65 Harter, Robert 30, 45 , 52, 54, 58 , 60 Hay, Donald 8, 28, 42, 54, 57, 58, 60 Heller Barbara 10, 30, 46, 65 Heller, Carol 1, 8, 23, 46 , 51 Herrberg, John 28 Hiester, Robert 30, 39, 41, 45, 54, 58 Higgins, Donnie 32, 55, 59, 64 Higgins, Edward 10, 30, 42, 58, 60 Higgins, Jerry 28 , 30, 45, 53, 58, 60 Hill, Vivian 32 Hinesley, Constance 28, 46, 50, 65 Hinesley, Steven 32, 40, 59, 62 Holloway, Emma Fay 30, 46 Holloway, Gordon 6, 8, 28 Holloway, Nondes 7, 32 Hook, Armatha 8, 23, 46, 49 Hovde, Suzanne 28, 46, 48 Hower, Mary Lou 28 , 46 , 48 Huffman, Carolyn 32, 65 Huffman, Eugene 30, 49, 54, 62 , 63 Huss, Jack 32, 55 Hyde, Max 26, 28 , 45 , 54, 60 , 63 , 64 Hyde Richard 10, 28, 39 , 41, 43 , 45 , 49 , 52, 60, 63 I Inskeep, Beverly 32, 65 Ii-ving, Darrel 23, 37 , 38 , 45 , 48 , 63 , 64 Irving, David 23, 30, 48, 53 , 58 , 63 , 64 J Johnson, Norma 30, 46 Johnson, Paul 11, 28, 52 Johnson, Ted 40 K Kaehr, Jack 32, 40 Kahn, Marybelle 9, 28 Kahn, Virgil 32, 55, 64 Kaufman, Janice 32 Kean, Jean 7, 23 , 44, 46 , 68 Keller, Ralph 28 , 53 , 54, 57 , 58, 59 , 60 Kellogg, Patricia 9, 23, 49 Kennedy, Rollin 32, 62 Kiefer, Frederick 32, 55, 64 King, Benny 32, 42 , 49 , 55 , 59 Kipfer, Shirley 1, 30, 46 Kizer, Martha 28 Kizer, Christine 32, 51 Kneuss, Esther 33, 51 Kneuss, Larry 30, 62, 63 Knight, Marlene 30 Kreigh, Karen 33, 51 Krinn, John 33, 40 Krinn, Joyce 7 , 23 , 37 , 46 , 51 Krinn, Judith 23 , 37 , 38 , 46 , 48 Kyle, Elizabeth 30, 39 , 41, 43 , 46 , 48 , 65 L Lane, Finley 24, 40, 63 Langel, Diann 30, 46 Larmore, Lois 7, 30, 46 Larmore Joseph, 17, 54 Larmore, Suzon 10 , 28 , 39 , 41, 42, 43 , 46 Lee, Eleanor 28, 46 , 50 , 65 Lee, Robert 10, 31, 39, 45 , 48 Leimgruber, Rose Marie 28, 46, 65 66 Liggett, Beverly 31 Linn, Marilyn 31, 46 Lockwood, Don 33, 40, 55, 59 Lockwood Jerry, 31, 45, 48, 54, 63 Lockwood, Shirley 33, 46, 49 Lusk, Robert 31, 40, 45 , 58 M McAdams, Rose Ann 29, 46 McAfee, Martha 8, 31, 46 McBride, Joan 31 McBride, Emmaline 9, 29, 46, 65 McCarty, Carol 29, 43 , 46, 49 McConey, Tom 33 McFarren, Carolyn 33, 51 McFarren, Judith 29, 46, 50 McKee, Barbara 31 McKinney, Patricia 8, 24, 46, 51 McNown Edwin R. 17, 38 McNown, Marcia 23, 31, 39, 43, 46 Maddux, Diana 33, 65 Mailers, James 11, 29 , 45, 48 , 53, 57, 61 Manley, Carol 24, 37, 38, 50 Markley, Ann 21, 24, 42, 43 , 44, 46, 51 Markley, Daniel 31 Markley, Homer 14 Markley, Jerry 33 Markley, Mary 29 , 41, 42 , 43, 44, 46 Markley, Nolan 31, 40, 48 Markley, Shirley 30, 31, 42, 43, 49 Marshall, Harry 33 Masterson, Patricia 6, 31 Mayer, Patsy 33, 51 Mead, Patricia 6, 24, 36, 37, 38, 43, 46, 50, 65 Meadows, Camille 33, 50 Melton, Rancie 24, 37, 50 Messick, Evelyn 29, 46, 50, 65 Messick, Jerry 31, 52, 54, 61, 63 Messick, Joan 24, 37, 38, 44, 46, 50 Meyer, Frederic 24, 42, 45, 52, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61 Meyer, Vernon 29 , 42, 45 , 50, 63 Meyers, Mahlon 31, 39 Micklitsch, Max 11, 29, 41, 43, 45, 53, 54, 61 Micklitsch, Patricia 6, 31, 39, 41, 43, 46, 61 Milby, Jean 31, 46, 51 Milholland, Max 9, 24, 40, 63 Milholland, Ronnie 9, 40, 63 Miller, Dale 33 Miller, Janet 33 Miller, Joyce 29 Miller, Neenah 1, 28 , 29 , 46 , 49 Mitchell, Jerry 7, 8, 29 Mock, Jayne 6, 31, 39, 46 Moser, Carolyne 1, 29 , 43 , 46 , 50 Moser, Franklin 9, 29 Moser, Nancy 31 Moser, Ronald 6 , 8, 29 , 50, 52 Mosure, Connie 31 Motz, Marcia 33, 48 Munson, Jean 8, 29 , 42 , 43 , 46 , 48 , 49 , 65 Murray, Connie 29, 43 Muster, John 24 Myers, Phyllis 29, 46 Myers, Sara Lee 33, 49 N Nagel, Eileen 17, 18, 33 Neff, Carolyn 33 Neuenschwander, Carolyn 33 Neuenschwander, Marilyn 31 Niblick, Bonnie 33, 50 Noffsinger, Carol 31, 46, 65 Noonan, Joan 29, 49 Noonan, Kenneth 25, 49 Noonan, Shirley 31, 46 o Oliver, Harry 8, 29 Oman, James 23, 25, 62, 63 Osborn, Charles 33, 55 Osborn, Jessie 9, 25, 52, 61, 62, 63 P Pace, Don 33 Painter, Robert 31, 45, 50, 62 Park, Fred 15, 17, 42, 43, 44 Penrod, Barbara 33, 51 Perry, Carl 33, 55, 63 Perry, Paul 25, 45, 50, 62, 63 Pfister, Theodore 31, 63 Pingry, Richard 29 , 50, 62 Porter, Edruan 33 Powers, Margaret 17, 18, 22, 42 Priba, Helen 31 Prible, Saundra 31, 46 Prough, Curtis 33 R Randall, Don 31, 62 Randall, Jerry 31, 40, 45, 49, 54, 58 Ratliff, W. C. 11, 18, 31 Reber, Janet 31, 46 Reid, Norma Lee 25 , 36 , 37 , 38 , 51 Reiff, Fredrick 11, 21, 25 , 37, 42, 43 , 44, 45, 54, 55, 62, 63 Reiff, Tom 29, 45 Reiff, William 29 , 45 , 52 , 54, 61, 63 Reimschisel, Richard 29 , 45 , 50 , 54 , 63 Rhodes, Charles 8, 29, 45, 53, 54, 57. 61 Rhodes, James 1, 32, 33, 49, 55, 59 Richards, Carolyn 6, 31 Rix, Catherine 15 Robbins, Jim 10, 30, 31, 45, 54, 63 Robbins, Kay 29 , 43 , 46 Rockwell, Donna 33, 50 Rockwell, Shirley 31, 46 Romine, Julia 33, 50 Ross, Richard 33, 55, 62, 64 Roth, Roger 1, 21, 25, 37, 38, 45, 52, 60, 61, 63 Rothgeb, Ruby 25, 37, 38, 44, 46, 50 Rumple, Roberta 8, 29, 46 Rush, Joe 33, 50, 62, 63 Rush, Norman 29, 62 s Santon, Karen 32, 33, 43, 51, 65 Satterfield, Herman 33, 62 Sawyer, Tom 25, 62 Schaefer, Gerald 33, 48 Schlatter, J. Robert 18, 49 Schmidt, Richard 32, 33, 42, 50, 55, 59, 62 Schott, Terry 25, 62, 63 Schultz, Fred 31, 39 , 41, 42 , 45 , 52 Scott, Allan 33, 55, 59, 62 Scott, Eleanor 33 , 49 , 65 Scott, Larry 33, 40, 59 Shady, Maurice 8, 26, 45, 54, 57, 58, 59, 61 Sheets, Anita 33 Sheets, Karen 31, 46 Shepard, Doris 33, 50 Simmons, G. Robert 6, 18, 19, 33 Sliger, Larry 31, 58 Smekens, John 33 Smeltzer, Barbara 33. 50 Smith, Barbara 31, 43, 46, 47 Snider, Tom 33, 49, 63 Somers, Bob 33, 62 Somers, Jacqueline 7, 26, 37. 38, 44, 46, 51 Sorgen, Sandra 32, S3, 48, 65 Soukup, Patrick 29 Soukup, Robert 31, 64 Sowards, Nancy 29, 43, 46, 47, 48 Speheger, Elizabeth 31, 46 , 49 , 65 Sprague, Harriet 29 , 46, 48 , 65 Sprowl, Janice 33, 50 Statton, Jo 7, 19 Steele, Betty 8, 31, 43, 46, 43, 65 Steele, Bob 10, 31, 45, 43, 62, 63 Steffen, Bernadine 31, 46 Steffen, Carolyn 31, 46 Steffen, Joan 31, 46 Steiner, Catherine 31 Stogdill, Dick 1, 29, 45, 54, 57, 58, 61 Stogdill, Dorothy 33, 43, 50, 65 Stogdill, Thomas 10, 26, 36, 37, 38, 41, 42. 45, 60, 64 Strain, Theresa 8 , 29 , 43, 46 , 48 Stuck, Rosemary 8, 29 , 43 , 46 Sutherland, Thea 33 Sullivan, E. Ann 19, 28, 65 Sutton, Martha 33 Swagart, Jane Ann 8, 26 , 44, 46 T Tangeman, Diane 26, 36, 37, 38 , 42 , 43 , 44, 46, 51 Taylor, Mary Jane 26 , 44, 46 , 51 Templin, L. E. 9, 19, 33, 64 Thoma, Jane 26 , 36 , 38, 42, 43 , 46 , 47 , 51 Thompson, Jerry 33, 50, 62 Turmail, George 33 Turner, Randall 31, 54 Tyndall, John P. 33, 48, 55, 59 u Ulmer, John 33, 59, 62 Ulmer, Lloyd 11, 18, 19 Ulmer, Michael 26, 37, 38, 39, 45, 49, 54, 63 Uptgraft, Dick 32, 33, 55, 59, 62 V Van Emon, Geraldine 31, 46 Van Emon, Rosella 29 , 46 , 65 Van Emon, Shirley 33 Van Emon, Verna May 27, 44 Venis, Donna 6 , 27, 36, 43 , 46 , 50 Venis, Karen 33, 43 , 50 Vore, Don 7, 27 Vore, Patricia 31, 65 w Weaver, Barbara 27 , 44 , 46 , 51 Weaver, Beverly 33, 50 Wells, Patricia 7, 33 Welsh, Miriam 31, 65 Welsh, Thomas 7, 27, 37 Wenger, Betty 29, 46 Wentz, Ralph 19, 22, 40 Whitman, Yvonne 27, 37, 38, 44, 46, 50, 65 Wilkinson, Donna 19, 43, 44 Willey, L. R. 14 Williams, James 31 Williams, Mary Lou 21, 27 , 44, 46 , 68 Wilson, Mona 31 Wolfcale, Donna 8, 29, 50 Workman, Richard 33 Y Young, Michael 10, 23, 27, 36, 37, 38, 39, 41, 42, 43, 44 , 45 , 64 z Zingsheim, Fred 29, 45, 52, 61 Organizations Administration 14, 15 Arc of Alpha 41 Band 48, 49 Baseball 53 Basketball 57, 58, 59 Classes 20-33 Comet 43 Faculty 16-19 F. F. A. 40 Football 54-56 G. A. A. 65 Glee 50, 51 Hi-Y 45 Intramurals 62, 63 Plays 36, 37 National Honor Society 42 Quill and Scroll 43 Retrospect 44 Sodalitas Latinae 39 Student Council 42 Tennis 64 Thespian Society 38 Track 52 Varsity 60, 61 Wrestling 64 Y-Teens 46, 47 67 I’ve had so much fun corresponding with our celebrities, that I can’t resist the temptation of sharing a few of their personal comments with you: . . with sincere thanks for extending me this honor.” —Harry Von Zell “While the honor is undeserved, I wish to thank you sincerely for being included.”—Hilliard Gates “I am delighted to be included . . .”—Peggy Goodin “I deem it a privilege and an honor to be included in your book.”—Phil Harris “Thank you very much for asking me to be in your 1953 Retrospect.”—Marilyn Maxwell “I am immensely pleased ... I must also confess to a feeling of great pride because you saw fit to include me . . .”—Maj. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey Little do they realize the tremendous thrill each letter and package brought us! Ann We wish to thank the following individuals and firms who “bent over backwards” to cater to our every whim: Jim, Bill and Bob of the RS-M Studio for being on twenty-four hour photo call. Mr. Tom Broom for ready dummy assistance. Mr. Joe Todd, sales promotion manager of the Ft. Wayne Engraving Company, for expert engraving advice. Mr. Lehman and “Sparkie” at the Berne Witness Com¬ pany for experienced printing service. Mr. Jack Bundy of the S. K. Smith Company for per¬ sonalized cover designing and production. Miss Powers and her advanced typing class for de¬ ciphering copy. We gave our annual an “Atlas try.” If it pleases you, it’s been worth every minute of it! The 1953 Retrospect Staff 68 ' M