Decatur High School - Ravelings Yearbook (Decatur, IN)

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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

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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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Still comparing the OLD with the NEW we have above a charming little kindergarten miss, Patty Thomas, sitting at one of the old time desks, and beside this Rudy Klein- knight and Shirley Harden demonstrate the new style desks of today ' s classroom. Below Alice Allwein shows the use of the old style telephone while Barbara Burk goes ultra modern with the new base dial phone. To the right is pictured the way some of us old timers came to school. We do not know who the man is, but I can well imagine Mr. Ketchum, as a young man, all ready to give Dobbin the whip and start for school. And then there is the way some of them come today. Of course they do not sit up on the back of the seat on their way to school, but Diane Rhodes, Carol Bebout, Paula Strickler, and Susan Mayclin did not want to be hidden from the camera by Becky Maddox, Carol Norquest, and Rosie Flora. Some of the boj ' s, of course, do not drive such fine cars, and some of the cars driven are what could accurately be called heaps.