Butler High School - Tropaeum Yearbook (Butler, IN)

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From the Superintendent s Office TO THE GRADUATES OF BUTLER HIGH SCHOOL: Your request to write for the Tropaeum of 1945 came as a surprise and also as a pleasure. One cannot serve for sixteen years in the schools of any community without feehng a sense of pride in the accomphshments that have been mr.de. These I will not lecall for they are well known to each of you who have helped to bring them about. I will not say fart we ' ] to you, the graduates, or to you, the students and teachers, for in the yerrs to come the iiicmories of the days we spsnt in B ' l ' ler High will l;ri[ ' h ' en with the burnishing of time. More than six hundred of ycu hr.ve graduated during this period and as I look over the list I note that one hundred and fifty of you are in the service of our country; others are in the various prolessions and still ethers are in indi ' stry. Many of you have established hemes of your own end your children are now taking the places which you held when I came to Butler. To those of ycu in the service cf cur country, awey from heme and those you love, I trust you will soon be privileged to return and carry on the work you were piepe.ring to do while a student here. May you enter upon it with the same earnestness, enthusiasm, and rmbition that you did your work in school. I am aware, too, that seme wi-1 not return. As I write these lines, six are sleeping beneath the green cf foreign lands or within the depths of the deep blue sea. Butler is justly prcud that her sons and daughters so will- ingly offered themselves that the ruthless hand of the destroyer might be stayed. They went forth not knowing when, if ever, they would return. Theirs was a sincere offering that we might be free to enjoy the blessings of our land. The nobility of their service and the glory of then- sacrifice will keep for each of us a gleam on memory ' s page which time can never dim. And, finally. I wish fcr a l of you the be:t in life that is possible for you to attain and trust that you will ever strive to continue the splendid educa- tional program in Butler which ycu helped to build. Your friend, JOHN PAUL PRICE. (Mr. Price leaves Buller High School this year after sixteen years of service to the school ard comn .unity. He hss fiven unstintinFly of his time and talents and has accomplished mcny worthwhile att::ir.ments. Our sincere best wishes go with him always.) Page 5

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In flppreciation of Mrs. Oberlin ! PRUE A. OBERLIN For her untiring effort throughout our high school years. For the warm spot she always has in her heart for freshmen. For being one of our sponsors when we were Sophomores. For her patience in directing the Junior Play. For her guidance in the work of this Tropaeum, and again for her patience in directing the Senior Play. Principally, for being a friend to us all we ex- press our appreciation to Mrs. Oberlin. Page 4

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They Administer the School Affairs JOHN PAUL PRICE, A.B., RALPH N. MUTZFELD, Ph.M., Central Normal College, University of Wisconsin. C. J. MAXTON, Secretary of the School Board. President of the School Board. DR. C. B. HATHAWAY, Treasurer of the School Board, Our fupsrintendent came to Butler from a teaching position at Ball State Teachers College in August, 1929. In addition to carrying out his administrative duties, lie teaches a clars in Bible otudy. LOUISE SPAKE, Office Clerk, Page 6