Crawfordsville High School - Athenian Yearbook (Crawfordsville, IN)

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Ei. KIAQATHCDIAH lumni Class of i878 Dear Alumni of C'rawt'ordsville High: April 26, 1878, Lida R. Rice received her diploma from the Crawfordsville High School at the age of 16 years. It was the second class to graduate from that school. lt was held at the old Center church located on the northwest corner of Washington and Pike streets. There were nine in my class, three boys and six girls. Mr. K. K. Kront, president of the board, gave the diplomas. He was the father of Mary Hannah Krout, the author of many books. Professor VV. L, Fry was the superintendent at that time, Good luck to Alumni and High School of Crawfordsville, Indiana, LIDA R, VORIS, New Ross Class of 1883 Not iinished but begun Greetings from '83 to '38: lt has taken titty-tive years to reverse the numerals that indicate these two classes ot C. H. S. June, 1883, was full of interesting events for the graduating class. Our commence- ment. was held in the Opera House on North Washington street. There were three boys and eleven girls in the class, and for the lirst time all of the girls, as well as the boys of a. graduating class, memorized and delivered their essays. Our class and guests had a delightful party in the hospitable and spacious Kostanzer home on the corner of Wabash Avenue and Washington Street, Miss Anna Kostanzer being a. popular member of the class. Another event was the iirst Alumni Banquet of C. H. S. in the dining room of the Robbins House, a hotel which stood on the site of the Dobe Inn and the business block west. Miss Flora Darter was the brilliant toastmistress. The class of '83 was the first graduating class to be invited to an Alumni Banquet. A member of the class responded to the toast Our Graduating Class. The alumni with guests danced until a late hour, but the graduating youngsters left much earlier. The1'e are seven members of '83 still living: Dr, M. B. Keegan of South Bend, Indiana: Mrs. Mary Schweitzer Hunt of Alpena, Michigang Miss Mary Duckwo1'th of Tucson, Arizona, Mrs. Nancy Vansaudt Sidener of Brownsville, Texasg Mrs. Georgia Lee Lucas of Chicago: Miss Hannah Muhleisen of this city who, until her voluntary retirement, was it successful teacher in C. H. S. 3-Hd Mrs. Alma MCCIUBI' Lamb of this city. The school at this time did excellent preparatory work for higher education. Page Thirty

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JAQATJ-ICHIAD It has raised its standards and increased its usefulness yearly, until all of the alumni are proud to say they are from C. H, S, '83 offers congratulations to C. H. S. and best wishes to the class of '38. ALMA MQCLUER LAMB Class of I 888 Many interesting events have happened since I attended C. H. S.-eve11 a new high school building. When I graduated, I had no idea what particular avenue of life I was headed for, but eventually accepted a job that paid the large sum of 52.50 per week and by the end of year all of 10 cents an hour. Early in my career, a depression came along which taught me the advisability of looking out for a rainy day, no matter how small the earnings may be. Experience is the greatest teacher of all, as we are all, more or less, skeptical of any but our own. I have just completed my thirty-fourth year with the Crawfordsville Trust Com- pany, of Crawfordsville, Indiana. HATTIE L. PURSEL, Class of '88 Class of 1893 Some of us in the class of '93 received our entire public school course from the first grade to high school graduation in the old Central building, on the site now occupied by the fully equipped High School building. When our building was badly damaged by fire, classes met for some months in Wabash College halls. Those we1'e good days of precious memories, but with the present students of old C2 H. S., we look forward to even better days. HUGH BROWER, C. H. S. '93 Class of I 898 It was my good fortune to attend Crawfordsville High School just at the period when it was not quite a disgrace for a boy to go on through high school rather than go to work. There were five boys in the class of 1898. There were twenty-one girls. That made four and one-fifth girls apiece for the boys. We had been together so long that we were more like a family than like a room full of school lads and lassies. Many of us had been classmates from the first grade on through. . . . Returning to my high school days, I recall that Mary Hannah Krout was still living. My mother and others have told me of her habit, when she taught in the high school those long years ago, of stopping class to tell a story. Those who have read her poem of Little Brown Hands should realize that perhaps her story was much more important than any lesson. When I was a Wee lad in gingham aprons, like a little girl, Mary Hannah Krout came to the greenhouse operated by my father. I asked her if she had a husband. She replied, No, but sometime I hope to have one with a great beard clear down to his middle. It was my pleasure to know and to know well Miss Mate Lewis, who was the very first of the alumna of Crawfordsville High School. My high school teachers were the best folks in the world. Anna Willson was the ruler and queened it over everyone. Hannah Muhleisen was the truly great teacher of the lot. It took a. robust bluffer to put anything over on her. Mary Walkup taught English and a tough life of it she had. She was good-natured and stood for a lot. R, W. P. Noble was on the job only a year or so, but was truly a scholarly man. Nannie McMahon taught Latin and later it was my pleasure to be her dinner guest, while a soldier in Knoxville. A Professor Brock came along to teach Latin, 'but only the more scholarly of my group took Latin when German was an option. So nearly as I can remember there were but two of the class of 1898 who went on to college degrees. Millicent Coss and I were the two. However, 1 am well aware of the fact that as far as I am concerned it was not so very much to my financial advantage as my associates have all done well as business people and as citizens. My education did, however, give me some advantages in travel. I have been half way around this world and have been paid to make the trips. I lived nearly Dear Fellow Alumni:- Page Thirty-one Q2