Crown Point High School - Excalibur Yearbook (Crown Point, IN)

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12 CROWN POINT INKLINGS Ethel Murray bequeaths her gift of oratory to Irene Golden. Mildred Nielsen bequeaths her ability to get on with the fresh¬ man to Margaret Duve. Dan Oram bequeaths his Walter Winchillness to some scummy junior—if they grow them that bad. Martha Parry bequeaths her evenings of star-gazing to some love-sick junior. Vernon Patz bequeaths his beau¬ tiful white hair to some unhappy brunette. Lawrence Patz bequeaths his Lowell girl friend to some enter¬ prising junior. Pat Patterson bequeaths his heart, hand, body, soul, and ring to Edith to use as she sees fit. Martha Peterson bequeaths her correspondence list to Marcella Collins to keep for her while she goes to the World’s Fair. Mary Anna Place bequeaths her pleasing chuckle to Esther Harper. Marion Ross bequeaths her abil¬ ity to commute to “Malky” Clark. Dorothea Rushton bequeaths her journalistic tendencies to the Ink¬ lings staff for next year — there probably won’t be any. SONNET ON A SPRING DAY If I could paint in ink to last for aye If I could write in words that would not dim, I’d make a record of this fleeting day And tell of every joy, and tear, and whim. I’d take the picture of my world’s small rim And place its every color here in print Of clouds the lazy drifting and free swim; And of the sun its brilliant silver glint And through soft springtime, sum¬ mer’s subtle hint, The song of birds from journeys new returned, The sunshine on the green of moss and mint, A charred place where the old dead grass was burned, A tale of springtime that is never Robert Selkow bequeaths all his scholastic ambitions to “Jenny” Burton. Caroline Schmidt bequeaths her state of mind to Caroline Johnson. Malcolm Stonex bequeaths his girl friend to Erwin Purdy—take it easy, Purdy! Elsie Sulista bequeaths her hab¬ it of sleeping in the study hall to “Fritz” Heisterberg. Helen Sutton bequeaths her out- of-town “public” to three junior girls. Ina Thompson bequeaths her ability to tell jokes to Bill Brown. Florence Underwood bequeaths her “letters” for wrestling to Thel¬ ma Petit. Wilma Weber bequeaths her abil¬ ity to get perfect copies to Frances Kemp. Walter Weiland bequeaths his drag in Physics to some of the poor unfortunate Chemistry students. Edna Weiler bequeaths her Sat¬ urday nights to Jane Kindberg. Helen Winkler bequeaths her hat¬ red of men to Viola Holloway. Maxine Woods bequeaths her ex¬ treme interest in a certain junior boy to some smart junior girl. done, Until the year is all merged into one. —HELEN KRESS SPRING’S PROMISE Birds salute me with a song Violets, lift up your head! For the sorry winter’s gone And the sweet things you thought were dead Will live again In April rain For I am coming back. I am coming back And I will bring the sun; I will bring the flowers, I will make the rivers run; I will bring soft showers And rainbows in the sky, And through the happy hours You can watch the clouds sail by. —HELEN KRESS. Joe Valdman bequeaths his abil¬ ity to crack jokes in class to anyone who thinks he can use it. Bob Volk bequeaths his good com¬ mon sense and quiet chuckle to Luther Dance. Florence Ziese bequeaths her economic’s recitations to Bertha Kiefer. Catherine Zurbriggen bequeaths her library dates to Aimee Parry. John Zukows bequeaths his adept¬ ness at figures to Mr. Atkins. Miss Taggart bequeaths her par- limentarian preferences to Miss So- wash. Mrs. Kalen bequeaths her first period study hall to Mrs. Allman. Mr. Atkins bequeaths — ah, well, he needs all he has! In testimony whereof we hereby inscribe our names this 26th day of May, 1933. WITNESSES; MISS MARGARET TAGGART MRS. HELEN KALEN D. B. ATKINS. TO A LOCOMOTIVE When I hear the whistle of a loco¬ motive train My heart leaps up in answer And I feel a strange, wild pain; For the lure of all strange places I have ever known at all, I feel again when hearing a loco¬ motive call. Oh! Just to feel the thunder Of the rails beneath my tread, To fulfill my Gypsy longing That is like a cry for bread .... It‘s a longing that’s as strong as any great, primeval need And I feel it most when hearing that great screaming iron steed. —HELEN KRESS

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CROWN POINT INKLINGS Senior Class Will The Class of 1933 has decided to publish its own last will and testa¬ ment. We, being in our sane minds and with sorrowful hearts on de¬ parting from this righteous build¬ ing, do will and bequeath to the dumb bell underclassmen the fol¬ lowing: Accordingly, we, the Senior class, bequeath our good behavior in the lower halls to the Freshman class. To the “sleepy Sophomore” class we bequeath our pep, virtue, valid¬ ity, veracity, scholasticism, initia¬ tive, generosity, perseverance, gen¬ iality, ingenuity, and originality. To the Junior class we bequeath all our original ideas for talking to Mr. Pruitt; they’ll need them. To Mr. Pruitt, we bequeath many restful hours, since he will not long¬ er need to police the halls, corri¬ dors. and tennis courts for the members of the Senior class. To Mr. Busenburg we leave what consolation he can get when he thinks of trying to run the school next year with the present Junior class as the best they have. To those of you who assist in conducting our funeral services, we bequeath the opportunity of watch¬ ing a really good class in action. Emery Adams bequeaths his front row seats to Vincent Zurbriggen. Wilma Adank bequeaths her out- of-town date to Mary Hargrove. Jin Benjamin bequeaths her cur¬ rent crushes to the school in gen¬ eral. Florence Bisselberg bequeaths her vamping ways to Esther Harper. Peg Boye bequeaths her back¬ wardness with boys to Agatha Wacther. Mildred Burge bequeaths her in¬ terests on North Main Street to Wilma Stewart. Be good to the neighbors, Wilma. Harold Bremer bequeaths his abil¬ ity to dance with Florence Ziese to Willard Paarlberg. George Claussen bequeaths his A’s in civics to Robert Sellers. Dick Collins bequeaths his “Great Stone Face” possibilities to Doug. Dickey. Della Doty bequeaths her habit of raving on for hours about noth¬ ing to Eddie Glover. Nelda Doty bequeaths her hours of typing to some ambitious junior. Margaret Dovichi bequeaths her Irish wit to any Swede who wants it. Bert Ellis bequeaths Bill Fifield a towel for behind the ears only. “Winnie” Farquhar bequeaths her ability to charm Mr. Pruitt to the Jr. class. Bill Fateh bequeaths the club with which he beats the women off to Bud Parry. Sally Fisher bequeaths her quiet and reserved ways to Carol Root. Kenny Haniford bequeaths his strong right arm and ready wit to Frankie Berg. Ethel Fitch bequeaths her drag with the faculty to some unlucky junior. Wilma Frame bequeaths her abil¬ ity to keep “Happy” to herself. Vernie Geisen bequeaths his scholastic ability to someone who will appreciate it. Billie Gilbey bequeaths her abil¬ ity in Math to be divided equally among the Freshman class. Clement Guske bequeaths that elegant picture he keeps in his lock¬ er to Mr. Atkins for his “rogue- esses gallery.” Dean Harper bequeaths his cows and little bank to John Louis. Ed Henderlong bequeaths him¬ self as an example of class officers to coming generations. Lois and Lucille Hershman be¬ queath their wild behavior in the study hall to Willie MacKnight. Johnny Hill bequeaths his seat in the third period study hall to Harry Collins. Helen Hoffman bequeaths her drag in Economics to anyone who wants to work to get it. Dorothy Hodges bequeaths all her interest in the surrounding towns to Edith Burge. Harold and Milton Hodges be¬ queath their five (?) years training in C. P. H. S. to Joe Weinberg. Janet Holley bequeaths her sweet girlish characteristics to Dorothy Volk. Janis Holley bequeaths her silent loves to Jin McLaughlin - she needs a few silent ones. Virginia Holloway bequeaths her bangs to Harriett Kress. Art Hopp bequeaths his town car to Clifford West. Joe Horn bequeaths his ability to croon to “Plugger” Place. Janet Houk bequeaths her ex¬ treme ambition to Harry Thomen. Isabel Horst bequeaths her glam¬ orous and sophisticated airs to the gals in the Sophomore class. Clarmilta Kerr bequeaths her art of diplomacy to Atkins. Helen Kress bequeaths her athle¬ tic ability and hoydenish manner to Adalyn Kerr. Kathryn Kindberg bequeaths her sunny disposition to Eileen Sera- mur. Stella Liss bequeaths her ability to get kicked out of class to the students of biology. Bulah Lisius bequeaths her in¬ terests in Hammond to Anne John- Lela Lottes bequeaths her mouth to Bob Wilson — he really needs two to say all he wants to say. Alice Luke bequeaths her musical tendencies to Ginny Lane. Dick Madsen and Evelyn Margi- son bequeath their big cooperation act to whoever wants to learn. Come around and learn how it’s done. Ralph Marlott bequeaths his Durante possibilities to “Pinky” Klinefelter. “Bing” Miller bequeaths his alert¬ ness in classes to Jim Louis. Louis Miller bequeaths his knack of guiding toboggans to Johnny Hershman. Julian Moran bequeaths his super salesmanship to Don Wood.

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CROWN POINT INKLINGS 13 JUNIOR CLASS Tod Row—Jack Fuerst, Billy Fifield. Clifford Batholomew, Dorothy Aiken, Charlotte Wemple Margaret Jacobs. Mary McMahon, Norma Milburn, Lillian Booker, Charlotte Holloway. Margaret Duve Esther Harper, Anna Johnson. Marcela Collins. Virginia Lane. Mary Hargrove. Raymond Schmidt, Florence Fischer. Harold Bartholomew. Middle Row—John Louis, James Kubal, Mae Belle Meyer. Mona Olson, Anna Mae Thompson Wilma Trump, Edna Mae Buckley. Mary Zacny, Mary Dixon. Bertha Keifer. Dorothy Volk. Margaret Baum Clarabelle Guske. Loretta Schluetter. Dorothea Selkow. Lillian Mikuta Lower Row—Arthur Bossel, Delbert Fischer, Herbert Luebcke, Jerome Gaszewski. Willard Paarlberg Clarence Wachter, John Banser, Clayton Steiner, Harold Herlitz, Edward Glover, Malcolm Parry Douglas Dickey, Malcolm Clark, Robert Sellers. Robert Heisterberg, Daniel Andernacht. Donald Wood Billy Davies. Andrew Place, Luther Dance, Elmer Anderson, Earl Belford, Bernard Pressler Junior Class History In September 1930, eighty-five students of the freshman class, yearning for a higher education, started on the long trail through high school. We began our first year by elect¬ ing Bill Fifield as president, Harold Taylor as vice-president, and Mal¬ colm Clark as secretary and treas¬ urer. At the time of the carnival Er¬ nest Milburn and Mildred Gerlach were the freshman King and Queen elects. In the fall of 1931, we met again after a three month’s vacation. This year Douglas Dickey was selected to lead the Sophomore Cl ass of 1931-32 through nine stren¬ uous months of school. Many of our boys displayed splen¬ did possibilities in athletics. Bill Fifield saw action with the varsity squad and made a very fine show¬ ing. Doug Dickey and Jimmy Kubal helped make up the reserve strength. In basketball Doug Dickey, Clarence Wachter, John Louis, Delbert Fisher, and Malcolm Clark held berths on the second team. With the closing of the basketball season, came the operetta. The sophomores were represented by Ginnie Lane, who played the part of the leading lady. She was abso¬ lutely gorgeous! Her delightful singing voice and remarkable dra¬ matic ability were highly commend¬ able. Eddie Glover and Benny Pressler were given speaking parts, and they carried them very well. By this time, the president had become quite nervous. The treas¬ ury was much like Mother Hub¬ bard’s cupboard. A dance was pre¬ scribed by Dr. Dickey and his col¬ leagues. On April 16, 1932, the sophomore class sponsored one of the biggest social successes of the year. (If not the biggest financial¬ ly). The gym was beautifully dec¬ orated in blue and gold, and the music was furnished by “Doc and his Doctors.” Four of our girls were pledged into the Pepinella Club. This was quite a distinction for the under¬ classmen. Two of our classmates that show¬ ed outstanding abilities were Ginnie Lane and Benny Pressler. Ginnie wrote an essay on George Washing¬ ton and won a medal from the D. A. R. Benny won first place in the National Orchestra Contest in Detroit. Good work, mates. 1933—The depression is still here; so is the junior class of 1933. The