Catholic Central High School - Banner Yearbook (Fort Madison, IA)

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and then went into politics. He met with huge success and is today one of the most conscientious office-holders in VVashington, D. C. At last, here is Joe, old Joe Heitz, the farmer. That's just what he became, but what a farmer! That Convention we staged at the C. C. H. during which l worked so hard for Lowden, must have given him the idea. I wonder, did he vote for me then. I believe he is one of the wealthiest farmers in this section of the country. He owns several large ranches out in Kansas and smaller farms all over the Central States. He is well-known as a philanthropist and he has given large sums toward orphan asylums. He is a renowned charity-worker. Every one of our class. it seems, became a wonderful success. For an- other instance look at this picture. Those sharp eyes, that keen face denote a mathematical genius. They belong to Adclbert Solheid. He took up engineering after High School and is known as one of the best engineers in the South. For a while he worked for the government, but later he resigned his governmental work and many large dams, railroads, buildings, and the like, bear his name. Well, don't tire now, we're nearly finished. Here is one I've saved till last, because it's a big surprize. You are now looking at a likeness of Louis Zumbroegel when he was a baby. See the twinkle in his eye! That little twinkle means very much. In this case it meant that Louis was to be a comedian and that is what he is. Playing in Pathe pictures at present, Louis is one of the best known funny-men in the pictures of today. This is the last one. It seems so different from all the rest. But I al- ways imagined I was so much different from everybody else. I was rather cute then, wasn't I? Funny how one changes. One would think, from that picture that I would some day amount to something, but looks are sometimes deceptive. Oh well, at least I was successful in prophesying what would become of my class- mates. I believe that our class can be called one of the most celebrated in history, .and I hope when the Great Taskmaster calls the role on the final Commence- ment Day, we can answer our present with firm assurance, conscious of the fact that while in life we patterned our conduct on only the great, the good, the noble, and the virtuous, we left behind us after our death, Footprints on the sands of time, 'fFootprints that perhaps another Sailing o'er life's solemn main, A forlorn and shipwrecked brother, Seeing, did take heart again. -BERNARD KRIEGER, '28, F THIRTY

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bravery in that face. A face that would never flinch in any danger. It's Bill. CWm. Wagnerj. How silent he used to be! How shy! But what he said, he meant. Helen, you would never guess what became of him. Immediately after graduation he entered an aviation school and after serving several years as a trans-Atlantic pilot, he began receiving promotions until at present he is a Ma- jor in the U. S. Aviation Corps. Visitor: Who would have thought that Bill Wagner was to become an aviation officer? Mr. Krieger: Say here's one for you. lt always kept me guessing as all girls always did, but I was surely surprised at what became of Geneva Carney. I never could prophesy from her picture what she would become. although her features are very sensitive and perhaps a little motherly. I sup- pose you know where she is at present. When she married that wealthy Ca- nadian I was surely surprised. I'm glad she is happy, they have two very charming children. Here is a sweet, tender, and good looking baby. It was easy to see that God chose her to care for His little ones. Yes, it is Louise, little Louise Kass- meyer. After leaving school Louise went to the convent and became a Notre Dame nun. In her letters she insists that she is happier than any of us and-well, I suppose she is. Now this one surely puzzled meg still you can see those shrewd eyes, that quick impetuous look could never belong to anyone but a real man like Norbert Rose. W'hat a success he became--artist, musician, lawyer, business man, ath- lete! In every one he became an expert. He certainly had initiativeg you can see it in this picture. At present he is conducting an important' criminal case in Chicago. This is a photograph of Elizabeth Kiener when she was a baby. She is an- other huge success. Her picture shows she was born to do some great good in this world and she surely has done it. After leaving school she took up physical culture. Later she married a man' who was interested in physical education, but Elizabeth continued her work and rose to the position of director of Girls' Ath- letics in Marymount on the Hudson, that celebrated Girls' College in the East. Her husband is football coach at Yale. Now you see how George Thinker looked when a little boy. That face de- notes a worker, and a quick thinker. After High School, Yutch developed mechanical tastes and accordingly, took out an apprenticeship with the A. T. and S. F. Railway. After his apprenticeship, his good ideas and hard work earned for him promotion after promotion. Now he is a big Railroad official of the N. Y. Central lines. I always knew what Bob fRobert Williamsj would become. Look at that taceg that head so erect and handsome. He was destined to be a soldier and thus after High School he went to West Point, graduated with honors and rose steadi- ly until at present he is known as Colonel Bob, Colonel of a division of artillery in Australia. Ah, there! Now you are looking at the baby picture of Senator Albers of Iowa. Every line of his face gives you the impression of a shrewd politician. After graduation he took up law and that finished, he practiced for several years TWENTY-NINE

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OUR CLASS PATRON The Maid of Orleans At the beginning of our Senior year, the most cherished and most mo- mentous of all our high-school career, we the Senior girls, chose as our class pa- tron, the great warrior maiden of France, now venerated on our altars, as the dear St. Joan of Arc. All students of history are acquainted with the outstanding facts of the life of this wonderfud maid of but seventeen summers, the poor unlettered child of peasant parentsg of how she was commissioned by high Heaven itself to lay aside the garb of maidenhood and don the inaled attire of a warrior youthg of how she amidst incredible difficulties raised the siege of Orleans, led her small army vic- toriously on against overwhelming odds, and achieved the great event of her life, the coronation of her King: of how she, the savior of her country, earned for all her labors, but the mean pittance of this world's gratitude. for she fell a victim to the jealousy of those who owed all to her, and she died according to the annals of history, the fiery death of a sorcerer, but in the words of Heaven, the death of a martyr and a Saint of God. Though we are fully aware of the fact that none of us will be entrusted with so high and glorious a mission, as was given to our Class Patron, neverthe- less we know that to each of us Heaven has assigned a great work which can and may be done by none other. And no matter what our mission, be it that of consecrated virgin behind convent walls laboring for the souls of little ones, be it that of devoted wife and fond self-sacrificing mother, or be it the life of just a. good woman in the world, forgetful of self, devoted to others, no matter what 'twill be, we will need the high courage, the strong heart, the unflinching spirit of the glorious Maid of Orleans. And that is why we chose her as our special patron, that the memory of school-days spent beneath her gentle patronage, may spur us on in hours of trouble to look to Heaven for our protection and help.' FAREWELL TO C. C. H. Dreams of happy times, so fleeting, Mem'ry fain would linger long, 'Mid the surge of life's great meeting Come the strains of olden song, Far behind us, lies the pathway That together we have crossed And before,-the longed-for byways Still in future's mists are lost. 'Tis together we have cherished C. C. H.-Her honored rule, 'Tis alone, in future seasons We will claim, fore'er our school. And the meaning of her teachings VVe will to the world relate. Bearing on our dear school's message, Goes the Class of '28. -HELEN CAPVVELL '28. THIRTY-ONE