Cortland High School - Echo Yearbook (Seymour, IN)

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To The Seniors As the last week in April approaches and one of the dreams of childhood and youth is to be realized in this happy period of your commencement doubtless grows warm in the heart of each, love and loyalty to the school and friends you are leaving behind. You are leaving the high school and friends for the broader life of college, business, farm and social world. During the past four years you have proven to your selves and to your friends that you have the talents and the capacity for work which gives promise that your life may be useful and successful. Your success will depend on your choice of occupation and your ability to do this one thing, putting all your energies to the accomplishment of your one pur- pose in life. No man succeeds who has not a fixed and resolute purpose of life and faith that he can carry this purpose out. Steadfast application to a fixed purpose is the law of successful living. It is my sincere wish that each of you has a happy and prosperous life and will be a leader in your community. Arthur L. Glaze, Principal Senior Honor Roll A 's B's C 's Points Mary White .fin -T T- 77 Velma Burns 16 10 2. 70 Louis Fleetwood 13 14 Z 69 Note l. At least 60 points for the first seven semesters Z. 3. Bill Bell: Doctor: Mr, Sewell: Mr. 1VlcKain: Mrs. Glaze: Mr. Glaze: Mrs. Hall: Shirley: No failing grades Honor points are figured on the following basis: A-33 B-Z5 C-1 Chuckles Doctor, what 1 need is something to stir me up, sornething to put me in fighting trim. Do you have anything like that in this prescrip- tion ? ' No, you'l1 find that in the bill. What kind of bridge does your wife play? Judging from what it cost, it must be toll bridge. Do you know that you forgot your umbrella this morning ? Yes, I remembered that l forgot it when I raised my hand to close it after it stopped raining. in What makes a faucet drip? Cause it can't sniff. ll

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Baccalaureate CORTLAND GYMNASIUM April ZZ, 1951, 7:30 P. M. Processional Invocation Song . . . . . Prayer The Lord's Prayer . . . . . High School Chorus . . . . . Audience Malotte-Deis . . . . . . Male Quartette Marvin McKain, Jewell Fleetwood, Wm. Lynch, Wm. Prewitt Sermon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reverend George L. Florence Song.. Benediction Commencement CORTLAND GYMNASIUN1 April 26, 1951, 8:00 P.M. . , . Audience Processional March. . . . .Cortland School Band. . . The Graduates Star Spangled Banner . . ....... . .Audience Invocation Overture ......... . . .Cortland School Band . . . . Selected Valedictory Address ...... ..... ............ . .Mary White Trumpet Duet . , , . .Helen Naffe - Jewell Fleetwood . . . Selected Class Address . . . ............. . . .Dr. Clarence Dammon Music . . . . . High School Chorus ........,,,.... Selected Presentation of Eighth Grade Diplomas ....... Superintendent James Tatlock Presentation of High School Diplonaas , , ,,,,,,, Principal A, L. Glaze Awards. . . . . . . . . Principal A. L. Glaze America. . . . . ..... . . ..... Audience Benediction 10

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Class istory On September 12, 1947, twenty-one freshmen enrolled in Cortland High School, Mr. Sewell was our sponsor. We gained the following three girls that year: Velma Burns from Freetown, Delores Klosterman from- Lutheran School, and Claris McKinney from Seymour. The members of our class then were: Glendon Adams, Betty Allman, Bill Bell, Velma Burns, Wilbert Carr, Jewell Corn, Walter Darlage, Coleen Fleetwood, Gene Fleetwood, Louis Fleetwood, Faye Frederick, Imogene Grant, Sonny Hendershot, Delores Klosterman, Shirley Krienhagen, Lester Kuehn, Francis Mellencamp, Claris McKinney, Bill Prewitt, Chester Rust, Joe Wineinger, and Mary White. On April the twelfth, Patricia Smith entered our class from Seymour. ln our sophomore year we enrolled with a record of twenty-one with Mr. Bridges as our sponsor. Patricia Smith decided to get married, and Betty Allman decided that she would quit school to work. Wilbert Carr moved during our Christmas vacation and is now going to school at Brownstown, Clarice McKinney decided that she would ratlyer be the wife of Jim Rose than to go to school. They now have a daughter. lrnogene Grant enrolled in our class in January. After losing two and gaining one, we then had twenty in our class, and the remaining part of the year passed very well, At the beginning of our junior year we saw another change. We enrolled with nineteen in our class and Mr. McKain as sponsor. Glendon Adams decided that he would rather go to Clifford High School than Cortland. That left us with an enroll- ment of eighteen, During the months of October and November we worked very hard on the junior play, The Funny Brats , which was a success. The entire play was filled with laughs. During the months of March and April we started making plans for our Junior and Senior Reception, the theme of which was Moonlight and Roses . The gymnasium was gaily decorated with crepe paper, a moon and roses A on each table, After dinner, speeches were given by the officers and faculty. We had plenty of parties all through our junior year -- parties in homes and at school, skating parties, and hayrides. We always enjoyed ourselves. At the beginning of our senior year there were only seventeen members present. Faye Frederick had become the wife of Richard McKinney during the summer. We seniors are glad that Mr. McKain is our sponsor again in our senior year, we enjoy working with him. We had plenty.of parties the first semester. At the beginning of the second semester we decided uponthe motto, the kind of flowers and the colors that we are going to have for commencement. We chose royal blue caps and gowns. We are planning to take a trip to one of the four different places: Florida, Washington, D.C.. Niagara Falls or the Smoky Mountains. The exact place hasn't been chosen yet. We haven't selected our play yet, but we are planning to have a good one, 12