Columbia City High School - Columbian Yearbook (Columbia City, IN)

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THE COLUMBIAN 0001938 many freshmen, presented an operetta, M, S. Pinaforef' a means of gaining the much needed experience in taking the leading roles later on. Our Sophomoreyear saw greater confidence in our ability to go ahead, and we began to get a foothold in extra-curricular activities. It was in this year that the grade averages of our class showed a marked improve- ment which bolstered our courage and determination to strive on-'tNot finished, just begun. As Iuniors the value of our support was felt in band, debating, orchestra, choir, journalistic work, athletics, and the agricultural organization. Of the many accomplishments of our class that year the crowning achievement was the Iunior-Senior Reception held at Hotel Anthony in Fort Wayne. Last fall we returned to the familiar halls of C. C. H. S. with renewed inter- est. Fourteen members of our class entered the first grade together in 1926. Looked up to as leaders of many organizations we tried as best we could to fulfill our responsibilities. Even though we erred many times, we have bene- fited by our mistakes and hope we have contributed a mite to the glory and high standards of our Alma Mater. -Louva Smith OUR FIRST YEAR, l926-l927 First row: Katherine Merley, Louva Smith, Rosalind Hendrickson, Iohn Meier, Marjorie Meyers, Robert Gates, lanice Pence, Charles Clapham, Edgar Ferrey, lames Anderson. Second row: Eugene Moore, Robert Dial, Martha Salesman, Floyd Met- tler, Maxine Shinbeckler, Elaine Stough, Sylvester Stamm, Louise Miner, Evelyn Bowers, Loy Sutton, Richard Kemery, Grace Fleck. Third row: Miss Raber, Paul Zumbrun, Mildred Cook, Franklin Walker, Emma lean Young, Arlancl Walker, Blanche Long, Scott Auer, Mary Considine, Robert Sharpe, Donald Coolman, Miss Hughes. page thirty

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THE COLUMBIAN 'N-91938 SENIOR CLASS HISTORY lames Anderson .,,...,, ....,..,,,..... P I'9Sid91'1t Robert Gates ,,,,,. ,,,,.,.. V iCe-prSSide1'1i Louva Smith ..... .....,w ....,,.,,..,.. S e cretciry Phil Leininger ,,,A....., ............. ..f,A,, T T SCISUIGT Miss Bertha Thornburgh ,,,,A. ....... S IDOHSOT Mr. Lawrence lohnston ..... .,.,.,. S DOYISOT Clangl Clang! For the first time this bell was to summon thirty-two eager pupils to their first-grade cl-ass room. At last these children were old enough to go to school and learn the things which in their childlike manner they were sure would qualify them to become President of the United States. Under the careful instruction of Miss Raber the class gained a good foun- dation upon which to base their later acquiring of knowledge. After the novelty of the changed life had worn off and it was discovered that school was a combination of work and play, instead of all play, these thirty-two spirited youngsters became resigned to their fates and determined to see what they could accomplish in the way of book learnin'. While we were in the lower grades, our class represented bumble bees, flowers, and various fairy land characters in operettas and other public per- formances. Later on the more important parts in the performances were por- trayed by the members of our class. Each year when the class picture was taken, there were new faces as well as those in the original class. Finally that time of great importance in our lives arrived, entering depart- mental. lt was such a new and exciting experience for the thirty-nine mem- bers in our class that we were at a loss to know what to do and where to go next. However, after the first few trying days were over, we became accus- tomed to our schedules and the school days passed smoothly and quickly. Many of our class entered the activities of chorus, dramatic art, the girls' basketball league, and the boys' basketball league. The greatest achievement of the choruses was the production and presen- tation of the operetta, Rumplestiltskin, under the direction of Mrs. Hazel Pitman Munns. In May, 1934, the class completed their grade school career with the grad- uation of sixty-seven students who found themselves eager to go on to high school and further their education. Beginning as the greenest Freshmen ever to roam the halls of C. C. H. S., the class, increased to ninety-two students, enthusiastically began to enter the field of activities. To be treated as individuals and to have many personal liberties was very pleasing to our ego. That year the choruses, including page twenty-nine

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THE COLUMBIAN w-91938 STATISTICS CF THE CLASS OF '38 Old l934 in the ninth month of his reign one bright morning beheld a start- ling sight. Going up the steps of C. C. H. S. in rather aimless, yet eager fashion, were ninety-two Freshmen, who for the first time were entering those hal- lowed halls as students. Today that gay young fellow, l938, proudly watches the seventy-one re- maining of that group stalk with all their acquired dignity out into the world. As one looks more closely at this group of graduates, vital and important bits of information about their lives and past achievements in C. C. H. S. are found. Slightly over half of the seventy-one Seniors, thirty-seven to be exact, wear skirts. Fourteen have huffed and puffed in Columbia City's famed concert band, while three of these fourteen also have played in the orchestra. ln the choir eighteen voices, ranging from the booming basses to the shrill sopranos, were heard. Many of the important parts in The Marriage of Nannette were portrayed by members of the Class of '38 Four were in The Forum and held important offices in that organization. In addition three Senior debaters talked their way into the National Speech Tournament at Wooster, Ohio. Seven Senior boys pounded their way over the hardwood, nine tore up the turf on the football field, while still another ten donned the spiked shoes of the Cinder path. C. C. H. S. this year is also losing one of the world's greatest trainers, who has administered faithfully to the various needs of the athletic department. Fourteen furiously writing and printing Seniors beat the last period bell every Thursday afternoon to put out the news what is news paper, The Eagle. Six graduates served on the Annual Board and labored many long hours to publish that supreme triumph of journalism, the 1938 COLUMBIAN. Twenty-eight were on the roll of the Commercial Club, seven girls were in the Sunshine Society, the Home Economics Club, Future Farmers of America, and Booster Club each claimed five Seniors. Besides the thirty-seven different vocations in which the parents of the Seniors are represented, twenty-five students themselves hold positions, rang- ing from the milkman who goes to work at 2:00 o'clock in the morning to the dance band swingster who quits at about the same time. Thirty-eight started their existence in Whitley County, twenty-nine others were born in Indiana, while the remaining few uttered their first cries some- where in the territory between Ohio and Kansas. More birthdays are celebrated in November than in any other month of the year, for it claims ten. However, every other month is well represented. Although the majority of the Seniors have attended only Columbia City schools, two have struggled through the classes of ten institutions of learning. The tallest Senior would bump his head while going through a doorway that is six feet, three inches high, the shortest could safely take herself through a doorway slightly over five feet in height. The eldest in the class will be of voting age next year, but the youngest is leaving these sacred portals after barely turning seventeen. The heaviest can push the scales to the 205 pounds mark, while the teeny- weeniest girl barely tips the beams at 95 pounds. page thirty-one