Decatur High School - Ravelings Yearbook (Decatur, IN)

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JHostL y Ulesterda ' When we say Time marches on, we are not just using idle words. To the right changes in D sweat- ers are modeled by Jim Reiden- bach, John Cowan, and Tom GrabiU. The D award back in the teens were gold felt. In the thirties sweaters with stripes knit- ted in the sleeve to indicate the number of years in a major sport were given. Tom is modeling Paul Harden ' s sweater. A chenille D was used as the letter award. Later chevrons were used instead of knit- ted stripes, and now a leather and felt jacket is used instead of the knitted sweater. SOPHOMORES OF 1919 «pr W ' % €. M w

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esterda Mr. Brown during his early years at Decatur. Mr. Brown came to the Decatur Schools in 1916, after having taught at the Irwin School and Monmouth . He began as Principal of the elemen- tary portion of old Central School. This was made up of grades 5, 6, 7 and In the fall of 1931 he was made principal of the High School and was moved into the Superintendency in 1951.

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Below are two Sophomore groups. In the 1919 group notice the high laced shoes, the middy blouses with sailor collars, and the large, loosely knotted ties. In the ' 23 group, note still some high laced shoes and, although these are Sophomores, some of the boys are still wearing knickers. We haven ' t identified these people for you but you might be surprised at some of the names. For instance, Paul Spuller, now principal of Central High School, Ft. Wayne. SOPHOMORES OF 1923 g . :mB§m m ' K