Cuyahoga Falls High School - Cuyahogan Yearbook (Cuyahoga Falls, OH)

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HI -TIMES 13 pa- rt Keifer and Moore are the owners, Kola and Thelma, our classmates, Now rich and powerful people. We next see a well known newspaper. Which Richard Robinson edits, And on the front page is the picture Of Miss Flickinger, noted violinist. Thus does the tale of the Seniors, The brilliant 12-A’s of this high school, Come to an end and we leave them, Leave them in that friendly future. Hard have they labored and toiled And thus are their labors rewarded. So the dream fades into shadows, I'he dream of the beautiful future. I bus have I given to you File future lives of the 12-A’s. Lucy Brady, '27. We have throughout the year, honored sev- eral of our students in school for the splendid work they have done in athletics, literary work, and numerous other activities. Rut upon further investigation we have found there are a few students we have neglected to mention and who, in our estimation, deserve a great deal of credit. Catherine Deeds, Rose Holser and Audrey Goodnow, all of the 12-A class, have gone through high school without being absent or tardy once. They have won a battle of their own, that of possessing the ability and will power of attending school in spite of nice soring days, (when it would be nice to play “hooky”), rain, snow and even sickness at times. LITERARY SOCIETIES The three literary societies; namely, the Chestnut Burr, Athenian and Delphian, were organized in the spring of 1915. Howard Searle was president of the Chestnut Burr Society, Raymond Hibbard of the Athenian Society and Larry Green of the Delphian Society. I he purpose of these societies is to promote an interest in public speaking, to create free- dom and efficiency in the use of the English language, to create an interest in, and to cul- tivate a taste for the best literature. When the students entered the old high school even pupil was chosen into one of the three societies. Then this practice was changed so that the 11-A to 12-A classes, inclusive, were enrolled. However, two years ago the 11-B class was also included. Inter-society literary contests started in 1920. Each society chose three contestants from its membership to represent it in orations, readings and music. In all. nine contestants were chosen. To encourage these contests and as an incentive to enter the contests in 1923, Mr. Richardson offered prizes to the par- ticipants. The first prize was three dollars; second, two dollars; and third, one dollar. A cup is now awarded to the winning society, whose name is engraved on the cup. I he society holds the cup as long as it retains first place in the contest. Fhe Chestnut Burr Society won the cup last spring. In the readings, Margaret Mc- Kinley of the Chestnut Burr Society won first place. Her subject was “Johnny Does His Home Work.” Burt Ewart, an Athen- ian, won first place in orations. His oration was “The Administration of Criminal Jus- tice.” Wendell Jones of the Chestnut Bun- Society won first place in music with a clarinet solo. Each society presents three programs a semester. These programs include interesting and educational talks about athletics and cur- rent news, debates, literary selections of merit and musical numbers. At present the officers of the three societies are: CHESTNUT BURR James German.....................Pres id-ut Tames Dabney................Vice'President Ralph Smith.................... Secretary Leonard Walker Treasurer ATHENIAN M arion Orth.....................President Burt Ewart .................Vice President Ford Peebles...........Secretary-Treasurer DELPHIAN George Klein.....................President Catherine Deeds..................Secretary Garland Kikendall Treasurer The Class Literary Societies The Athenian, Chestnut Burr, and Delphian Literary Societies include only the students of the eleventh and twelfth grades. However, the ninth and tenth year classes have literary organizations in connection with the English course. The literary societies of the lower grades are meant to create an interest and promote efficiency in literary activities. This

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12 HI-TIMES THE FATE OF ’27 1 his is a tale of the Seniors, The brilliant 12-A’s ot tin’s high school Who in their high school career, Beloved by teachers and students, Made so many fine records, Records that shall he remembered. Into my keeping is given Visions of lives in the future. T hus in due order 1 give them, T he future lives of the 12 A’s. Lo, in the beautiful White Mouse, Behold, now our President German, Most brilliant and noble of statesmen, Idol of all the people. And by his side is his Lady, None other than our own fair “Bunco,” Marion Orth, the great writer, Writer of dramas and novels. There, too, in the Capitol City, W e see the great Judge James Dabney, Handing down famous decisions Noted for fairness and justice. Within society’s ranks, in the Halls of the noble “four hundred,” Virginia Carroll holds sway, Known for her riches and beauty. Now the scene changes, a dust cloud, Appears on the western horizon, And from it emerges on horseback, Our dashing cowboy, “Bud” Greenwood. Aga n we have shifted the scene, We see as proud mother of six, Katy, no longer a Deeds; Stowe’s Foremost society matron. Now on the banks of the river. On the banks of the river Cuyahoga, Stands the “Bump School for Girls,” With Flora, the dean, as its founder. Lo, in the Chemistry Lab, is the Noted Professor, “Bill” Bauman, Teaching the girls that great lesson, To distinguish violet from purple. While waiting at home is FT is Cora, Cora Twiggs, our classmate, Mending the holes in his socks. Cooking his bountiful meals. We view Broadway’s best play, Helen Smith, the fair leading lady, View with amazement her power. Power of speech and of action. While nearbv in the great Opera House We hear Madame Fox. famous singer, Hear the applause which the people Enraptured, give as their votive. And, as we watch, the scene changes, Changes to a great office, There at his desk sits “Bob” Kroeger, Rich and powerful merchant. In the next room is his partner, The Honorable Leonard S. Walker, And by his side is Miss Richards Writing the words of the great man. In Paris, that noted gay city, Is Ruth Read, noted designer, Designing creations so fair That everyone wishes to bu them. And in that very same city Monsieur Castonguay, famous artist, Paints portraits of beautiful ladies Who on all sides surround him. Then back to New York we hasten And visit the Red Turkey tea room Owned by our old friend. Rose Holser, Rose and partner, Frank Foster, bar in the southland, behold, Ford Peebles, the noted physician, T reating the wounded and battered, The battered men of the gridiron. And close by is his much better half, Dot Robb, who watches and helps him, And waits on the poor football men, Players she always has worshiped. In Hollywood, land of the happy, Is Harry, the screen’s greatest lover, Though his name is no longer Hoots, But Senor Angelo Carmen. In the season’s greatest sensation Entitled “The Day of the Co-ed” Is starred our own Gladys Paddock, Noted and beautiful actress. But haste, we have much more to see. We enter a beautiful dwelling And at once see a wonderful glow. A glow from the hair of our Audrey. Here she quietly sits and about her Romp her four beautiful children Teasing their own Uncle Walter, Brother-in-law to o r Audrey. In an apartment nearby Dwells Audrey’s old pal, Lucy Brady, Critic of art and music, A tall and dignified woman. Then into my vision there comes The sight of our classmate, Dewight Cork, Dewight Cork, the noted cartoonist, Working and drawing his pictures. But see. on that theater bill. Are headlined those world famous dancers, Who but those stars. Crane and Elloitt, Creators of manv new dances. The theater—lo, view the name,

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HI-TIMES work tends to give the student self-confidence when he is later asked to appear on the pro- grams of the higher grades. At the beginning of the term each English class elects officers for its society; usually they are president, vice president and secre- tary. T he president then appoints a commit- tee of three or four members, who hold a meeting to make out the program. Generally three programs are rendered by each society every semester. One of the 10-B literary societies presented a fine program recently. All who were requested to appear were well prepared and the selections were good. The material is much the same as that of the upper class programs. There are musical numbers, current events, talks, poems and readings. THE TROLLY LEAGUE ORATORICAL CONTEST •The preliminaries for the annual Trolley League Oratorical Contest were held two weeks previous to the finals. Ruth Read, whose oration was “War or Peace,” was chosen to represent Cuyahoga Falls High School at Kent Roosevelt High. James Ger- man was chosen as alternate. The subject of his oration was “T he Constitution ’ To uphold Falls High in the reading contest, Margaret McKinley was the choice. Her selection was “The Americanizing of Andre Francois.” Alberta Huff, with her reading, “The Lost Word.” was decided upon as alter- nate. T he Trolley League Oratorical Contest was held in the Kent Roosevelt auditorium on April 16. The auditorium was filled with an attentive audience. T hroughout the en- tire program much interest was manifested by the Falls High students, but at no time was that interest so keen as when our girls were performing. T he expression on the faces of the Falls crowd indicated that they were well pleased with the manner in which our contest- ants conducted themselves. The results of the reading contest, as announced by the judges, were as follows: Kenmore High was placed first; Cuyahoga Falls, second, and Ra- venna, third. In orations, Roosevelt High re- ceived first honors; Cuyahoga Falls, second, and Ravenna, third. These ratings clearly indicated that Falls High had maintained its usual high standards. WRITING A THEME “You will come prepared to write a three hundred word theme in class.” How familiar are those words to all of us and yet how we loathe the very mention of a theme. We have been called upon many times in the course of our school career to write themes and essays, yet every student considers it a drudgery which can only be tolerated because of the great and ever present danger—no grade. When we are notified to prepare a theme, we begin looking around for a possible subject. The search usually lasts about two minutes, after which we give up in despair and try to console ourselves with the idea that we surely will be able to write on some subject the fol- lowing day. Benjamin Franklin once said that we should never put off till tomorrow what can be done today. A very wise and true proverb it is, but so hard to follow. It seems as though it is always much easier to postpone the unpleas- ant task. The next day as we approach the fatal hour we become more and more alarmed for it seems as though the golden subject has not presented itself. As we go into class our mis- givings increase in size and number and we begin to wonder why we ever put off getting a subject till the last minute. The rest is an old, old story. When the hour is half gone, suddenly out of a cloudy horizon comes a revelation. We begin writ- ing with fervor and as the bell rings the last word is written. Saved! But none too soon. —Thomas Hunter. MY WATERLOO Napoleon met his Waterloo, Caesar met his doom. But I met Both these things at once Up in the Physics room. The hours tick slowly by from morning till night of a school day. The morning passes, and as noon arrives, I begin counting the hours with a sinking heart. One-thirty, two-thirty —and then with the two-thirty bell sounding like a death knell on my listening ears, I pro- ceed to the Physics room, like a lamb going to the slaughter. For what possible reason I go, I do not know. For my mind is an absolute void in matters of science and that room for me holds