Butler High School - Tropaeum Yearbook (Butler, IN)

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TRCPAEUM i940 hints for solving the age old bedtime worry of what to cook for breakfast. Tonight two very prominent midwestern housewives, the former Dorothy Lower and ditto Betty McClellan aired their favorite menus. Lloyd Wilson, your bedtime news commentator, appeared with his usual array of nightmare inducing facts. He said that socialite Josephine Hunt has announced that the sensational girl jockey, Ruth Gengnagel, will saddle her horse Flatfoot when the Derby is run. I plan to retire with a note of this under my pillow so that I may lose my paycheck wisely. Frederick Brown. Editor's Note: fTranslated into English from the original Esperanto by Maxine Oberlin, instructor of Ancient languages, National University, CLASS WILL We, the Senior Class of 1940, bubbling over with exceeding knowledge, which we have accumulated in the past four years, do feel this a great honor to leave our will and testamentll to the remaining students of good old Butler High. Washington, D. CJ I, Barbara Banbury, will my height to Allen Steckley. It won't be quite so easy for Marjorie to use the rolling pin, Allen. I, Juanita Blackwell, will my red hair to Nathalie Eyster, since Nathalie's attempt to dye hers this shade was unsuccessful. I, Wilma Blaker, will my self estimation to Marian Haynes. I, Frederick Brown, will my meek ways to Virginia Alwood. I, Hugh Campbell, will my peculiar ways to Norman Dohner. I, Eileen Carpenter, will my Chemistry book to some studious Junior. l simply could not get used to Mr. Berg's method of springing tests. I, William Carpenter, will my egotistical ways to Carolyn Fanning. I. Scott Cook, will my smiles and good nature to Eldean Johnston. I, Elaine Cosper, will my little short spells of temper to Esther Naitzka. I, Thoris Culbertson, will my ability to create original jokes to Allen Fisher. I, Betty Deck, will my quiet steps to Norman Baldwin. CQuiet Pleaselj I, Mary June Devitt, will my unsophisticated ways, including my giggles. to Iva Snyder. I'm much more grown up now! I, Ruth Gengnagel, will my dark eyes to Betty Turner. I. Betty Joy Hallett, will my ability to play the clarinet to Diana Culler. I, Junior Houser, will my teasing ability to Jean Naitzka. I, Josephine Hunt, will my position at I-Iarvev Phelps' to Lila Long, I, Kenneth Jennings, will my bashfulness around girls to Paul Loomis. I. Mary Kepler, will my dancing ability to Billy Knox. Page Twenty-Two

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TROPAEUM l94f2 5 81 10 heiress, is secretly engaged to a prominent European nobleman. Flash! Comedienne Wilma Blaker has been summoned into a trafiic court for flying too slowly. Miss Blaker brands this an outrage and says she can prove she was doing well above the minimum of five hundred. HFlash! Treeva Houck has just been selected as Miss Universe for the tenth consecutive time, thus equalling a sort of record set by one Helen of Troy, a deb of several seasons ago. And speaking of winners, I have just received bulletins which say that the Nobel prize for chemistry goes to Naomi Oberlin for her work in measuring the eighth dimension, and the Pulitzer prize for journalism has been awarded to Thoris Culbertson, ace reporter of the Daily Grind, for her exposure of the Ghastly plot by the Venusians to lure the moon out of its orbit by use of magnetism. f'Flash! I am just reminded that a winner of another sort is Edith Mercer, whom the judges have just declared best in the husband calling contest. The next fifteen minutes were occupied by Reba Thiel's Style show. What Women Will Wear. She took the spectators on a televisic tour of Beatrice McCleery's Paradise Palace Salon which she highly recommends as the ideal place for women of fashion to shop. Everyone was breathless while time crept around to the Ralph Knox Variety Show. It is said that the government requires his sponsor to keep at least two specialists on hysterics in the studio audience when he is broadcast- ing. His orchestra conductor, John Osborne, and the Del Torrid Orchestra do not detract from the show while Dorothy Obendorf's rendition of the lyrics of Junior Houser are a definite asset. The national eye was next focused upon President Hugh Campbells portside chat from the decks of the cruiser Jitterbug. which he made following his arrival from a short vacation in the White House. The Met then staged a production of ll Odious by De Barchee, Starring Mlle. Maria DeVitti twhom we knew as Mary June Devittl. The Thasa Lota Hui Society presented its book of the week program in which socialite Mrs. Algernon Bilgewater tElsie Lyonj reviewed Fred Strock's latest novel Four Years of Day-dreamingf' We sought out the sporting event of the decade. namely the YVorld's Boxing Championship bout between the champion, Kid Killforjoy , and Morris Smith, the challenger. The turning point occurred in the tenth when Morrie maneuvered the referee into one of the champs haymakers thus im- pairing the official eyesight. After that things were easy for Morrie. Came midnight and the Witching Hour program featuring Ronald Miller and LaVersa Rohlof presenting The Blond Assassins through which we shivered intensely. We next tried that program which has become so popular for its yalugbip Page Twcurgl-Ozzc

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TROPAEUM lfiwlff I, Ralph Knox, will my ability to play basketball to next year's team. I, Dorothy Lower, will my blond hair to Kathryn Kandel. I, Elsie Marie Lyon, will my ability to play the accordion to William Eaton. I, Frank Lynn, will my handsome features to Lloyd Meeks. I, Jessie McCann, will a share of my high school education to Don Steife. since wedding bells will soon be ringing for me and my dream man. I, Beatrice McCleery, will my ability to get hmy man to Ilah Slentz. I, Bettie McClellan, will my feminine ways to Geraldine Campbell. I, Edith Mercer, will my facial makeup and hair dress to Betty Keller. I, Darrell Miller, will my motto, There's no future in studying to Thelma Mutzfeld. I, Betty Rose Miller, will my height to Betty Nichols. I, Ronald Miller, will my dislike of girls to Malcolm Gearhart who seems to prefer them all. I, Jeannette Mutzfeld, will my studious ability to Loyal Miller. I, Maxine Oberlin, will my dimples to Lynn Blackwell. I, Naomi Oberlin, will my golden locks to Lucile Miller. I, Willard Oberlin, will my stature to Jack Yates. That's all you need. Jack. I, Dorothy Obendorf. will my late datesw to Elizabeth Brown. Careful Elizabeth! I, Helen Olds, will my sober expression to Winfred Keep. I, John Osborne, will my freckles to Laura Cline. I, Wesley Pellett, will my ability to get into mischief to Lyle Bloomfield. I, Lois Perry, will my natural curls to Deloris Dailey. I, Wilma Reinhart, will my rosy complexion to Vera Houck. I, Deloris Rhoads, will my ability to keep secrets to Eula Gall. I, LaVersa Rohlof, will my unruly blond curls to Laua Belle Maggert. I, Morris Smith, will my love affairs to the freshman Eileen Carpenter. I, Frederick Strock, will a share of my heartbeats to Robert Moudy Better watch out, Nathalie. I, Reba Thiel, will my 'Lpage boy style to Florence Rohrs. I, Ruth Thurber, will my ability to get out of town boy-friends to Joan Sudborough. Maybe she could hold them a little longer since they say absence makes the heart grow fonde-r . I, Lloyd Wilson, will my nick-name Stub to Lawrence Dunning. I, Donald Wischmeier, will my never-obeying hair to Virgil Alwood. Perhaps he will have better luck with it. We, the Senior Class of '40, on this 12th day of May. do hereby depart from this enjoyable high school life, leaving our will and testament hoping that each forthcoming student may profit from our characteristics. abilities and achievements. -T1-eeva Houck, Page Tu'enti1-Tlzrcc