Carthage High School - Carthaginian Yearbook (Carthage, MO)

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my -sux -as why cllgffhgginign ix- -xny -an-e -tux -xl that the happy past lives best in the memo1'y. So we are very grate- ful to the present staff for locating' the old alumni. Their names recall old associations and memories, causing us to museg to laugh, to dream of many things which happened in old school days. MABEL REID ROSE, 1885. Alumni of C. H. S.: The world has been big with experiences since the class of 1887 lei't you. I History has made, water drowned, fire has destroyed, earth- quakes have depopulated, floods desolated, and death dethroned, and still twenty-two of the twenty-five members have lived through it all, and to you and to them I send a pleasant greeting, On that memorable night of May 20, 1887 when, with a wave of his hand, Professor White much as said, Arise , Sit down, Take this sheep skin and start for the door of renown, we felt that We could settle the affairs of the nation at once, if they would but ask our advice. But somehow, those in authority overlooked us, an opportunity lost, and they have been trying' to unravel things ever since. A great many of our class not only take a pride in saying they graduated from the C. H. S., but that their children have graduated from it also. I'll admit thirty-five years sounds like a long' time, But that's the measure of days, not of heart or of mind, And the memories of schooldays never grow old, For they hold priceless friendships which are more than gold. And a greeting to you and my classmates I send, For we're all loyal supporters and will be to the end. LULA O'KEEFE DURHAM, '87. Gl.'CCl2lTl1!,'S to the class of 1889 Which numbered girls and boys just twenty-nine. The dear old days spent in our public school, Were happy ones when we obeyed the rule. And here is wishing you all, of the old class that is here, Good Luck-Good Health, and plenty of Good Cheer. MILCENA BARTLETT WHAILTON, 'S9. TELEGRAM Washington, D. C. April 24, 1922. Sorry to have overlooked my promise. I send the Carthaginian best wishes and all the Carthage alumni greetings. Carthage will always be my first and greatest love. EMILY NEWELL BLAIR, '9-4. Carthage High, we hail you! The school we love so well. Tho' its years since we attended, your praises still we tell. Far and wide, your sons have scattered, great achievements done, On our school reflects the credit for the fame that they have Won. So we hail you Alma Mate1'! And as the Years g'o by, We are proud to be alumni of the Old Carthage High. NORA JOHNSON, Class '94, PAGE l6l

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uxf Ruse R PAGE l60 Glee Clubg of that trembly Commencement of 1894 and the difficulty with which Bob Sloan and your humble servant selected the neck trimmings therefor! I think Time has played a trick on me. I cannot believe nearly thirty years have run under the bridge since that night. I decline to accept the calendar, and shall rest my case on relativity. I am younger now than I was then-much younger! And just to prove this, I'm coming out to show you Carthaginians someday. Do you think I could fill the Opera House at a dollar a seat-members of the Class of '94 free, if unaccompanied by families!-and no refund for dissatisfaction ? - Be that as it may, the sun of Carthage never has set in my heart and never shall. It is a high-noon sort of place in the hind-look, and a shiny spot in the fore-look-one to which I hope to buy a ticket be- fore I trade my bifocals for a wheel chair. And of course, when I think of Carthage, my second thought is for her fine schools-the best asset a community can have. My first thought is for my friends. Yours, cheerily, LEIGH MITCHELL I-IODGES. What a happy idea to have this reunion on paper, thus eliminat- ing distances. I am glad of the opportunity to send loving greetings to my class of 1879, and, after these forty-three years, to turn back- ward and greet again those who are left of the seven in the class which preceded ours. Also, to say to the forty and two classes which have followed, that my interest in them has been exceeded only by my pride in their achievements. ORA BRUMMETTE SWIFT, '79 El Paso, Texas. The recent publication of the fiftieth anniversary edition of the Press recalls to my mind the visits of the reporters from the Banner and the Patriotg then the two papers of Carthage, at our High- School examinations. It was their custom to be present at these examinations which were held monthly, in their search for news items. This was an added inducement to make good in the tests, which were usually both written and oral, for such is the power of the press, that we did not want it to be a witness of our shortcomings. I think in looking over the past, that I have never had more enjoyment in any one thing, than I have in seeing the progress made by the schools of Carthage. MRS. JAMES MURTO, Class of 1880. We who graduated in 1885 can not verify the dear memories of school days, for the old mansard roofed' High School building is gone, the teachers-the school girls are scattered and the one boy of our class seems lost to us forever. But having learned in life's school, that when we try to retrace our steps back to youth-we meet with disappointment-we realize u--iilxe -an Efhp Qlalihgginfgn 1-s Ruse -aux -uu-

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axe -an PAGE l62 1895-1922-Twenty-seven tremendous years since we left the Carthage High School. Tremendous not because of what we, as in- dividuals have accomplished, but tremendous in the sum total of human history and human achievement. And yet how tremendous were those four High School years to us. Building bridges with Julius Ceasar, Professor Dodd, Professor Ford, the football team, the High School Star, the boys who flunked, the girls who studied, the climax of graduation which forever closed that world and opened a new one. 1895-1922. ALLEN IVPREYNOLDS. Editors of the Carthaginian: It is with a pleasure I recall the happy days spent in the Carthage High School, Only a few of the members of my class are left in the home town, but the memories of those days are very dear. ' Since my work is indirectly connected with that of the High School, my interest in its marvelous strides forward, increases each year. Most cordially, LULA M. STANLEY, '96. Twenty-two years have passed since the class of 1900 left the portals of our High School. As we reflect on the vears which have gone, we recall the treasures and joys of the past. Our childhood, our friends of youth, our sorrows, our joys: treasures all of them. Many of this class have moved to distant plz-ces, many have tritunphed, some have sorrowed, some have passed beyond, but the class spirit lives and we welcome this opportunity to send these greetings. MAUDE CLARKE M'RE YNOLDS, 1900. Many years have passed, and numerous tremendous events have occurred since the passing of the class of 1911, yet never have I for- gotten dear old C. H. S. My sincere good wishes are with her in every enterprise she attempts. OLGA WEIL, '11, Editorial Rooms THE COUNTRY GENTLEMAN John E. Pickett, Editor Thanks for the opportunity to send greetings to the Carthage High School. May I refer to it as a great community welding force. I can think of a good many prominent men and women on J asper County farms who are permanently a part of Carthage because of their C. H. S. diplomas. And in various parts of the United States I have met former students, all of whom like to think of themselves as Carthaginians. Best wishes, JOHN E. PICKETT, '03. Xe -as -sl-X -H Uhr Glmtliaginialn is as -si ai A