East Liverpool High School - Keramos Yearbook (East Liverpool, OH)

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KERAMOS 29 peared and put an end to the strife by abolishing all political parties. So election day for our Keramos staff was equal to any presidential elec- tion ever held as far as excitement was concerned. On October 21 some of the Seniors endeavored to create a reform in styles. The girls wore their hair down and the fellows wore the loudest ties to be found. The reform was a failure, for it was not universally accepted as they hoped it would be. On November 26 Thanksgiving Day was celebrated by various selec- tions. among which was a sketch from The Courtship of Miles Standish. George Wilhelm was well adapted to the part of the sturdy, brusk Miles Standish, while Alice Mays and Demar Miller were equally successful in their representation of Priscilla and John Alden. On December 18 the three upper classes met and rendered a de- lightful Christmas program. The rooms were adorned with Christmas decorations, among which was a chimney. In this chimney some of the fellows put an alarm clock which went off at the thirteenth hour instead of the eleventh, for it went off just about twenty minutes t-oo late. Many Senior parties were held this year, among which was a party at Miss Georgia Leslie's home an January 18. All sorts of amusements were indulged in and one of our dignified Seniors even suffered assault and battery. At last on February 8 our hopes of several years were realized and we obtained our long promised gift-a new high school building. The old saying, everything comes to those who wait, surely proved true and the only complaint we have is that we were given such a short time to enjoy it. Among the many advantages of our new building are do- mestic science and manual training classes. Tubby Griflin and George Wilhelm surely considered the former an advantage, for our domestic science class now boasts of two chefs . We have been making good use of our auditorium by having chapel almost every Friday morning. We can readily appreciate this audito- rium because of our crowded space in the old building. Beginning with the Seniors on Friday, March 19, and continuing on each Friday the four classes conducted chapel. Chapel was opened by a short devotional serv- ice and followed by various selections by members of the class. Pat Farrell and Paul Schreiber astonished everyone by proving themselves star comedians. Yes, Miss Flo had a birthday on March 4. Our domestic science rooms served as the banquet rooms for two dinners given in her honor. Our class presented her with a box of chocolates and she proved herself truly generous, although a little partial by sharing them with only one of the literature classes. On Arbor Day, April 2, having decided to do something commeor- ating the Senior class we planted some ivy for the building and presented to the Junior class a spade which is to be handed down every year to the Junior class. A special committee of the hole prepared the ground and another committee decorated the spade with the Senior colors. We also had a short program in which Minnie Flick, Edith Johnston and Alice Mays reproduced Maeterlinck's Bluebird One of the most startling surprises of the year was the announce- ment of Miss Hallock's engagement to Rev. A. B. Marshall of Omaha

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28 KERAMOS April 11-Mrs. McCulloch, instructor in Freshman algebra, left us to become the bride of J. A. Trotter. We missed her jolly smiling face, but of course she is still in town and we get to see her quite often. April 15--The Junior Literary Society held its Arbor Day program in the morning. The principal speech was made by Butch McBane, who surprised us all by telling us that Johnny Appleseed lived in the same county as his father. April 20-Mr. Watson promised 5 per cent extra on each monthly grade of those who would attend a council meeting. Of course that looked easy and most of us went in for it. We had a lot of fun out of it, besides the benefit which we received from it. May 4--Mr. Elliott took us down to the Bell Telephone office, so that we might learn a little more about the telephone. When we went through the hello girls' room, Mr. Elliott asked a couple of the fellows to wait outside as they couldn't be trusted. May 7-The Juniors held a class meeting to talk over a J unior-Senior banquet. Everything went along fine, until we were told by one in author- ity that we were violating a law of the b-oard of education in even think- ing of a banquet. We were informed that that would be our last class meeting in the schoolhouse if we intended to act that way, and so we went over to Carnegie Library and held our meetings. We had every- thing arranged, but at last it was decided that there was no use being 'canned from school and the proposition vanished as quickly as it appeared. May 12-Leta Martin, secretary of our class, was suddenly taken ill with appendicitis and was operated on at City Hospital. May 22-The class was entertained at the home of Edith Johnston. Qid we have a good time? That's too mildg we had a wonderful time. On the way home it was rather dark and Si and his lady got lost from the rest of the bunch. It was necessary to make some sort of a noise in order to find their whereabouts and as Si couldn't whistle the girl had to do it. Not being able to whistle wasn't enough for Si, he even asked the girl if she had a dog at home, she whistled so well. May 28-School came to a close and it made us very happy to know that we were full fledged Seniors. 49490496545 1914-15. We, the class of '15, entered upon one of the most eventful and important years of our lives, the last year of high school, on September 4, 1914. There are only fifty-seven of us now, as many of our number have fallen by the wayside since we first entered as Freshies. Never- theless there are enough of us to occupy Miss Flo's time attending our wants and criticizing us when we break one of the commandments Our class has even become noted for the many lectures held entirely 'for the benefit of the Seniors and under the entire direction of' Miss Flo. At the election of our Keramos staff in October a famous band of notorious characters, called the Sewing Circle, nominated their own candidates and their political enemies, the Rough Necks, did likewise. But our politics went into the hands of the receivers when Miss Flo ap-

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30 KERAMOS Theological Seminary, Omaha, Nebraska. We all thought Miss Hallock was more devoted to the interests of our school than to leave us for a Mere measley man. But then you never can tell. On Saturday, April 23, the Senior class had a food sale at Lewis Brothers' furniture store and were much pleased with the results. Some of the articles were made in the domestic science room by some of the girls and our two chefs. But some very kind boys thought that the cake made by our two boy cooks might be dangerous to somebody's health, so they appropriated it to themselves before it had a chance to get cold. Very nice of them, I'm sure. I We' will eventually be leaving our muchly beloved High School days far behind us and pass on into a world which will use us much as we make it, and in leaving these happy days behind we also hope we have left many pleasant memories and accomplished many worthy things which will benefit the younger pupils and which will not let them forget 615 73 dear old . 1916. Even though we are compiling this issue in honor of the Senior class, yet we must not forget to give due honor to the other classes, especially 1916. They have made worthy Juniors to such a class of Seniors. In athletics they carried the championship in everything this year. Even last year at the county meet it was Bucher, a Junior, who won us most points. But there is a versatile bunch of people in that class. In theatricals, Kinsey could not be beaten as a country rector and as Jack Spratt, rather opposite characters, but he was equal to both occasions. QGGQQQQ 1917. The class of 1917 or the present Sophomore class has made a record for itself in many ways. First in football season they sent many men out for the team. These men were rewarded by receiving regular posi- tions on the team. Then in basketball they had one of the fastest teams in the interclass league, making the Juniors hustle to stay in first place. When the Sophomore's turn came to provide the entertainment for the Friday morning literary they staged a small sketch. They showed the classes that they had ability along musical and literary lines as well as along dramatic and athletic lines. ' 1918. The class of 1918 began their history just like any other class of one hundred and ninety merry, laughing green children. All went quietly for awhile. To us they were merely Freshmen and no more, by with vim and originality they have proven themselves worthy of more notice. Not only are they doing credit to their school intellectually but physically as well. Is it not remarkable that a Freshman basketball team should win four games, also be represented upon the High team, that they should make five points in the class meet. In all school activities they have played an important part. Their class was represented fan unusual thingy by four students upon the Washington birthday celebration.