Butler High School - Tropaeum Yearbook (Butler, IN)

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Senior Class Inventory I Reading — A-1 . 2. Spelling — Grade C — Nol much used — Ten years 3. Grammar — Uncertain — Lef ' 1 to tin public discrimination — seldom off i lie shelf — Eighl years- 4. Arithmetic — Averages well— Eight years. 5. Geography — International Well liked in spots — Eight years. 6 Writing — Readable ■ ' M — bul considerably handled — Twelve years- 7. American History — Unequalled— Neither soiled nor spot- ted — Six years. 8. Drawing — Indistinguishable, nol marked— Irregular. !). Civil Government— High grade — Three years. 10. Geometrv — Useless, but complete — Two years. 11. Algebra (1. E. D. — Three years- 12. Aneient History— Soiled and blood-stained— Ou1 of date — ( hie year. 1 1 - 1 • ; 1 1 un — .M ixed — Seven years. 14. English — Considerably adulterated with modern slang — IS. 19 our vears Nol lo In- taken seriously — Cut ranslateil- oniposition Nol • ' our years. ,atin Head bul still nol sleeping nor conducive to sleep n others — Two years. eportmen1 -A-l— Q. E. D. (ookkecping — Mie year — Uadlv used and all in pieces. mi perfect. iotanv- 1 year— 0. lv. if we get through. • »•••• • ■

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OUR SENIORS Name Be christened Failing Bashfulness Ambition Shorthand Expert Will Probably Be Jesse Jess A Cartoonist Laura Lolly Freckles A Prima Donna A Composer Ceorge I ' hixz .Most Everything Has none A pour Hsh Thelma Ted ( ' hewing gum To be a Carpenter Jlilking cows Beulah Buddie Jiggling Section ' ' Boss ' ' His Donna 1 )onnie Self-confidence A movie actress A saleswoman Dorothy Dol i iabbing A millionaire ' s wife A missionary ' s wife Ira yee Bobbie Slang Unknown An old maid Mabel Steek ( (besity Ti have a bean A toe-dancer Hilda Flossie Being tardy To be a stenographer Married Willis Snyde Modesty To be Harding ' s cabinet safe blower Wayne 1 [cndricks Big Keel Larry Semon II Hair dresser Richard Dick Hirls To be a flirt A bachelor Clark Gould Awkwardness To be a band leader A barber -Maurice Wiley Hair Rudolph Valentino 11 A hobo Carl Corb Hair-oil I (ill grow his new suit A bootblack Lester Pat Hats To be slim A Senator Albert Al Sleep-walking 1 lave a soft job Taxi cab driver Wilda Willie Has none To cause a sensation A nurse Arlo 1 ' ornsl , ' iivh Curly hair Lion tamer P. 11. S. janitor Zona Sis In Eng. Hist, and Physics Slide thru 11. S. Expelled

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•• Senior Class Prophecy of 1923 YKAKS had rolled past. Long ' , tiresome, yet blissful years- Blissful bi-caiisc they were unscathed by any matri- monial difficulties. After graduating ' from [ ' .. H. S. with that Long-to-be- i riiii-inlii-ri-d class of 1923, I bad taken up my life work, work which had appealed to me above everything else since my C-hildhood, that of a salesman. I secured a position with a phonograph company, my branch office being located in a small city in Ohio. The com- pany always made special efforts to sell to mutes as they were lest apt lo lie critical if in any case an instrument should go wrong. After twenty years of wildly swinging my bauds and nodding my head in a mad endeavor to convince them of the necessity of my wares. I greatly felt the need of an ex- tended vacation. Packing my few personal belonging I set out. My first slop was in Toledo. There my attention was drawn to great signs announcing that M. Wiley, the great tenor, was to sing in a prominent theater, that evening- The announcement tilled me with wonder. Could it possibly be .Maurice Wiley, the same little blue eyed lad I bad known in my High School days? My curiosity aroused, I resolved to hear him, and was very much surprised and also pleased to find that it was the same old Maurice. After the entertainment I managed a meeting with .Mr. Wiley, and after an exchange of greetings he suggested thai I spend the night with him at bis hotel. Maurice said be also felt the need of a rest and accordingly we decided to sojourn together. We formed no definite plans as to when- we should go, only that we stop at Butler and visit the old haunts once more. Maurice bad a few business matters to attend to be- fore leaving, which made it impossible for us to start before the following afternoon. We lunched the next day in a small restaurant near tin- depot. As a waitress approached, something about her seem- ed to recall an old friend. As she came nearer. I recognized her as Donna Daniels, one of my old class mates. While yet in High School, Donna was forever throwing boquets and she informed us that she just hail to throw something, so she had chosen as her means of livlihood, that of slinging hash. After wishing her the best of luck we purchased our tickets to Butler and soon were rolling along toward the village. We were idly talking over t lie past when we were interrupted by