Blume High School - Retrospect Yearbook (Wapakoneta, OH)

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rz cc 0 o C=T QCZZ30C — 0 --- 0 ZZ 0C; o 0 0 o o 0 o ss. v 0 0 o ! - o 0 o 0 o 0 o 0 o 0 o 0 o 0 A Historical Sketch of the Retrospect The school paper, now the Retrospect, had it’s origin in the olden feud between the two live-wire literary ocieties (Emerson and Carlyle) into which the entire school was divided. '1 he: e societ.cs put on bi-weekly programs thruout the year and once a year, usually in the spring, a public contest was held between chosen numbers of the two .-ocieties. These contests assumed such dignified proportions that the opera house was used for the purpose. The enthusiasm for these rival societies was so strong that the merchants displayed the flags of the clubs and decorated their windows with the colors of the favored camp. The Emerson colors were pink and green, and the Carlyle colors red and white. One youthful enthusiast is ; aid to have hacked the ice step by step to the top of the stand pipe to plant his society’s colors at the highest place in town. The contest itself had much literary work. Real time and effort were put in the debates, musical selections, and high school paper, which composed the program. This paper took on the semblance of a newspaper, with topics of school interest, editorials, fun and facts about school life, and sometimes, when a gifted editor was in charge, cartoons and caricatures of students and faculty. The name chosen for each edition of the paper depended on the whim of the editor. Such names as “The Clarion”, and “The News Bee” were often used. Later the enthusiasm for these contests were curbed and reduced to a mild program given at the clo c of school. The school paper remained a favored part of the program and was awaited with much interest by the audience. The chosen editor read his paper from the stage. The title of “The Retrospect”, as is used today, was first recorded in the annals of the class of 1907. The editor of this Retrospect was Mrs. C. K. Tacusch (Mayme Hayman), who has so kindly furnished the material for this article. It was not until 1908 that the school paper was first printed in book form and called an annual. Each year since then new ideas have been added, by various editors. This year celebrates the publishing of the nineteenth Retrospect of Blume High School. 0 o (k o