Decatur Catholic High School - Tattler Yearbook (Decatur, IN)

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THE TATTLER 0 0 I U Q 0 0 0 0 9 o 0 0 0 0 c o n o 0 o s 0 0 9 0 0 0 1 0 c 0 0--0--o--0--0--on0--s--0--0--s--on ing to the attention of the Health Board of that city, they recognized in. her the making of a great scientist. So the city gave a bene- fit show, and with the proceeds, financed her way thru' John Hop- kin'5 University. Miss Baker came in for much attention at this institution. One day John D. Rockefeller Jr. was visiting a class at the Univer- sity in which one of Miss Baker's essays was read. Struck by the deep insight and judgment of the writer, he persuaded her to study in France at his expense. She acceded to the request. While abroad, She made one great contribution to science. She proved quite brilliantly the absurdity of Sending a rocket to the Moon, for as Miss Baker reasoned, 'The Moon is not a stationary body, and would have moved away from the spot at which the rocket was aimed, by the time said rocket arrived.' Soon Anna grew weary of 'gay Paree,' and longed for a chocolate soda, bought at Johnny .Ioe's. So she stuffed her suit- case with souvenirs for the home folks, and took the first steamer out. When she reached N. Y. she sent a telegram to the Lord Mayor of Decatur, Fred Schulte, informing him of her arrival in the good old U. S. A., and of her intention to visit Decatur. The mayor, poor man, was quite flustered. He immediately called a meeting of the city council, COIIIDOSSQI of Earl Christen, Judge of the City Court: Hugh Holthouse, Fire Department Chief: Robert Voglewede, the richest man in town: George Laurent, President of the Old Adams County Bank: and Gerald Mylott, Editor of the Daily Democrat: all members of the Class of '25, They decided to give Bake a booming welcome, and Gerald Mylott was instructed to run a special edition of his paper. Consequently, when Miss Baker stepped from the Interurban. she received an ovation that threw her off her feet. My Lord Mayor caught her and marched her along at the head ofthe school children. As this procession headed down Second Street, the large watering tank over S-chafer's Building, was seen to totter and fall. There was also an eclipse of the sun. After all the excitement of her arrival had died down, Bake one-o..,. -u--0--n--c--0--c--0--0--0--s--Q--0--0--0-0--0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 o 0 0 0 0 o.-o..o-.4--o..o-o..g........,..g..g..g g summoned the City Council. and together they i-ispected the Cin. Bake proposed that the St. Mary's River be converted into a can- al. The council demurred, but c ol la p s e d b e f o r c Bake-'s scientiiic z.i'g'.n.te::ls. The result w-13, that within a year crcdging machines had come and gone, an Decatur was resound- tooti of the steamers that ran from Pleasant Y. but the tremendous task, which Miss linker had uudcrtaleen, legan to bear her down, and soon resulted in her demise. Pl! Ik 41 42 Ik lk lk S ing: with 'hc toot' Mills to Buffalo, N. The 1990 May issue of the American Magazine, prints the fol- lowing about one of the members of the D. C. H. S. Alumni. Somewhere among the Fiji Islands, where the oranges grow, and real monkeys are employed by the natives to shake the cocoa- nuts from the trees, there stands a quaint stuccoed bungalow, oc- cupied by a decrepit old lady, and her still more decrepit dog. A representative of this magazine, while exploring the islands, The old lady's name is Anna Dowling, and the dogs name is Jack. discovered the strange pair. and on returning to the U. S. pried into the lady's history, and dug up the following: Her career had been just one grand tussle with adverse circum- stances. After her graduation from D. C. H. S. in '24, she set about seeking that wary female, Dame Fortune. She knew that she could never look her fellow-beings in the lace until she had done something noteworthy. so she decided that the best way to begin, was to clear up the Teapot Dome Scandal that was agitat- ing the United States- Accompanied by her faithful dog, Jack, she shook the dust of the old home town, from her feet, and trott- ed up to Washington. Well, now, history doesn't say what means she employed, but when Ann was thru', the lid of the Teapot had been straightened, and tea was once more simmering, and being served up to Congress at each session. Congress gratefully voted her a medal bearing the words Teapot Dome, and a new collar for her dog.

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' THE TATTLER E IOR CLASS PROPHECY In 1967, the Alumni editor of The Tattler published the fol- lowing account in his column, We republish it now, that it may serve the purpose of encouraging ambition in the coming genera- tion: We were not a little surprised to hear of the disappearance of one. who in the 'dear dead days beyond recall' was a member of the class of '24, Marie Foos, by name. Her life reads like a book review. Following her graduation from old D. C. H. S.. she struck off across the continent to see the world. One day when her friends, despairing of ever Setting eyes on her again, had begun to wear mourning, she drifted back to the old home town. The next morning she had a temperatupre of 104, and her ears were hanging down. She recovered by and by, and began to give the old home town the 'once over.' She decided that things just wouldn't do, and that what was needed was a 'hustler.' So, she brought forth cash enough to make the proprietor of Eats Restaurant relish a retired life, while she took over the business. The first thing Marie did was to make a change in the menu. She substituted parched corn for grapeefruit as an entree. Before the end of the month, the customers were cackling, and the cook was busy studying Purina advertisements. Marie, or 'Mam'selle lVlarie,' as she was now known, trembled with joy at her success. But the bug of ambition was biting, and Marie longed to fly to greater heights. So she ripped off the roof of the restaurant, put in a balcony. with a place for real chevalier glass. She threw the regular waiters out of work, when she substituted dumb waiters, for the convenience of the customers. Night and morning, the D. C. H. S. orchestra led by Dicky Miller, rendered a choice reper- toire of 'Aloha Oi,' 'Three Blind Micef and on special occasions, 'That Old Gang of Mine.' Maniselle was all for the public. Her oyster buckets bore the notice, 'XVe for you, and you for us.' Mamselle saved the morals of the town when she made it impossible for Johnny Joe to sell chocolates to minors, on Sunday. The town trembled with joy at possessing such a treasure of modernism and public spirit. Heigho! Heigho! it was a wonderful life-and might have came to-who knows what-had not a young restaurant owner from the Pacific coast, Andy Appleman by name, and also an Alumnus of D. C. H. S., drifted back to town. Marie approved of Andyg Andy on his part approved of Maries ever-growing trade. Consequently, one bright morning in May, Andy and Marie stepped along arm in arm to the strains of Lohengrin's Bridal March. Their friends were happy. threw the usual collection of rice and shoes, wished the newly-weds good luck, and then went home. The wedded life of Mamselle, dragged along uneventful, un- til one bright morning, early the city populace was 'roused from its slumbers, by the blowing of whistles, the ringing of the Central and St. Joe school bells, respectively. What was the matter? Only this: Mamselle could not be found. Herlhusband was quite dis- tracted, and to this day, blood hounds, beagle hounds. detectives. and rewards have been unsuccessful in locating Mamselle, lk if Sk ik Sk 32 S IF The following obituary appeared in a recent copy of the Daily Democrat. It concerns one Anna Baker, a member of the famous '24 Class of D. C. H. S.: Miss Anna Baker, Ph. D. M. D. LLD. has drifted away. Her life was just one thing after another. Following his graduation from D. C. H. S. in '24, she entered upon, and completed a nurses' training course at Milwaukee. Several essays of Miss Baker, com-

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THE TATTLER Q s o s c o o a s o a o a o 9 c o o Q o c Q 9 o o o o o o o-o--o--o--o--s--o--o--a--0--c--o--o--o--o-g.....g................................. . g Q . q g 9 Q Q q g Q .pg 5 g q Q g About this time, Ann decided to settle once and for all the question of Ameriea's entrance into the League. She accordingly sent home for the material on the question, that Earl Christen. Anna Baker and herself had used when they defeated C. C. H. S. Armed with this, she appeared before Congress, and presented her points. When Magnus Johnson would have protested, Ann hypno- tized him by the way she said, 'Sir.' Before the year was out. America was in the League. busy sending troops across to help the foreign countries of many lands, settle their disputes. She received many attractive otfers of marriage, but she was too busy mapping out a career to join hands. When she walked down the streets of Washington, followed by her dog. Jack, mothers plucked their children by the sleeve and said, 'See. you too, will be famous some day if you always wash behind your ears and eat the crust of the bread'. She had the Bacillus Litteraticus moving about in her system. and in the course of time became a member of the Grand Lodge of the Ladies of Insomnia. She wrote many strong articles fav- oring an Irishman as President of the U. S. Some of these agi- tated Congress to such an extent, that the members decided to station her for life in the Fiji Islands, as a menace to society. Here she can be seen to this very day. No doubt, after her death, her fellow countrymen will realize what a great genius they have nipped in the bud, and will erect a monument to her in reparation for their disregard of her re- markable ability.