Butler High School - Tropaeum Yearbook (Butler, IN)

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SENIOR CEA ACT I. Setting: Butler High School Building. Curtain rises on a September morn of 1911. Enter classes of 12, '13 and ’14. They discover in the seats to the north of them, twenty-six badly frightened Fresh- men. of whom they soon become jealous because of their orilliancv. Several times during Act 1 the upper classmen con- flict with the Freshmen. The upper classmen become more jealous. Clyde Hinder. the star actor, leads the victorious Freshmen, who have thrown off their green appearance, to a higher plane. Curtain. ACT IT. Setting: Identical. Curtain September 1912. Twenty-five Sophomores enter and sing. “We‘re doing it.’’ They become antagonists of the Freshmen. They raid class parties and are always victorious. They are very studi- ous and. by receiving the best grades in the High, win the ad- miration of the “fac.” Closing song “We’ve done it. Ed Swift stars and does most of the singing. ACT III. Setting: Ditto. Curtain rises September 1913. Enter twenty proud Juniors. They act as mediators be- SS HISTORY tween other classes and are recognized as the best class of H. S. During first of Act III they receive a standing invita- tion to attend all parties. The entire caste, led by Russell Fee join in yelling: Ram-Bam-Bogen-Nater Half past alligator Rip-Saw Buck-Saw Chick-er-a-Dah Juniors! Juniors! Rah-Rah-Rah Curtain. ACT IV. Setting: Common by this time. Curtain September 7, 1914. Enter Seniors with dignified air. A change in the faculty occurs and causes the players to progress through many diffi- culties. but under the leadership of their president. Millard Capp. they excell in standing first among the classes. Prepar- ations for Tropaeum. Act IV draws to a close with tears and moans from caste. GRAND FINALE Entire caste of sixteen Seniors on stage. Distribution of Diplomas. Sighs of relief from caste. Curtain falls May 13. 1915.

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SKNIOR C l We. the elass of 1915. being in a healthy state of mind and body, do make the following bequests: Item No. 1—1. Besse Praul. having for years been known as the dignified member lo give my dignity to a worthy Sophie. Bob Sewell. Item No. 2—1. Laura Wyatt, do bequeath my modesty to “Runt” Campbell knowing that he is sadly in need of it. Item No. 3—1. Ed Swift, do give my grumble to Lester Casebeer, knowing that he will use it well. Item No. 4—1. Aileen Knepper do leave my smile and giggle to “Blakey. Item No. 5- I. Robert Worthington do bequeath my jovial- ness to Elga Cinder. Item No. 6—1. Ray Imliof. do give my reputation for having tired of girls to “Cranny ’ hoping he will guard same. Item No. 7—1. Ruby King, do give my timid tongue to T. M. Long knowing that he is greatly in need of it. Item No. S— I .-Clifford Buehrer lo leave my eharms for the fairer sex to “Skinney” Wagoner. May he be deserving of them. VSS WII.I It «111 No. 9—1. Hilda Madden do give my education on the installment plan to Esther I liner. Item No. 10—I. Millard Capp knowing that in a few weeks I must leave the institute of learning do bequeath my “ease” to Ralph Staley. Item No. 11—1. Russell Fee. do leave my Democratic views to Donald Miller. May he continue advancing the good work. Item No. 12—I. Doris Shumaker, do give my nail tile and powder puff to Lois Clay knowing that she will use them well. Item No. 13—1. Madge Fee upon leaving the High School |o bequeath my views on woman’s suffrage to Winifred Wiley. Item No. H—I, Carolyne Showalter, do leave my ambition to “Happy” Dohm. Item No. 15—I. Virginia Wartenbe. lo bequeath my never broken silence to Mae Shumaker, ami beg her not to break it. Item No. 16—1. Clyde Cinder do bequeath my capacity for bluffing to “Skinnev” Inhof. hoping lie can manage it as well as 1 (lid. Item No. 17—We. the class of ‘15 do leave to those follow- ing us. our seats, reputation for studiousness, ability, loyalty ami the jolly good times we have had in the B. H. S.

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SENIOR CL A After graduating: from Butler High School. I went to the Panama-Pacific Exposition. During my stay there I happened to see above the door of a very beautiful building this sign. “A View into the Future.” As I was curious to know what was within. 1 entered. After telling the owner that I wished to see the future life of my friends of B. II. S. '15. he led me into a dark room and said 1 would see the lives of my school- mates from the time they left B. II. S. to the year 1945. beyond which time no one could foresee events. I’pon entering the room 1 beheld a curtain upon which were shown moving pictures of the futurities of the members of class 1915. The first to appear was that of Clyde Ginder. For two years after his graduation he supervised the school at Wilming- ton f’enter. His health was nearly broken by the continued rattling noise in the school room. Later he became president of Oberlin College. He was happily married to Doris Shumaker who had taken up art after leaving B. II. S. and had finished her course in Germany. Together they were striving to makv Oberlin College tin best of its kind in the world. Next was shown the life of Aileen Knepper. Immediately after leaving the B. II. S. she obtained a position in the Butler Record office. Because of her dislike for the printer's life she decided to go to the South. At Atlanta. Georgia, she met Russell Fee. who upon his exit from Butler High School had been chosen to aid the down trodden people of the South. Be- KK PROPHECY cause of their dislike for the opposite sex, they never joined in the bliss of matrimony. She established a millinery store at Atlanta, while Russell organized a Democratic Relief As- sociation to aid the negroes. Ilis aim was to have the negroes enjoy tin same rights and privileges as the whites. Following this came tin events of interest in the life of Ruby King. Ruby, who was always a strong suffragette,‘said shortly after her commencement that women could do every- thing that men could do. To prove this she started on an ex- pedition to the North Pole. Although frail of constitution, she succeeded in reaching the Pole and proved her theory. After reaching the Pole she leaned against it for two days to regain her breath. Upon her return home she was hailed as the champion of the Woman’s cause. Edward Swift, our great debater, was seen, after his de- parture from High, working on the Vandalia Railroad as a section hand, but being so intensely interested in polities he was elected mayor of Newville. lie filled this position so well that the democrats decided he should be elected to the legis- lature of Indiana, but lie aspired higher and was elected as the only Democratic member of Congress in 1940. In this position he tried to bring the Democratic party into popularity, but In has almost decided that no such restoration can be accomplish- ed. Hilda Madden, after spending the few years in B. II. took up Domestic Science intending to teach it in the Butler