El Reno High School - Boomer Yearbook (El Reno, OK)

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THK OZXI WAGALA 7 FACULTY

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« THK OZM WAGAIiA P. N. HOWELL. A. B. Superintendent of Public Schools.

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8 THE OZM WAGALA A number of years ago there was born on a farm near Aurora, Indiana, a baby. Rabies born on farms are. as a rule pre- destined to be great men and this babe was no exception. To have gazed upon the innocent child one could not have guessed that future developments would lead to his becoming principal of El Reno High School. But such was the case. Attending Aurora public school and graduating from the high school there, he entered the University of Indiana where an A. B. degree was bestowed upon him. Mr. Thuermer is authority on Physics and Commercial arithmetic and when ask- ed what electricity is he displays much emharassment, but when questioned fur- ther he admitted that it is ether in motion. Upon being asked what ether in motion is, he said Electricity. which answer alone would justify his being on the faculty. Mr. Thuermer has an unlimited supply of stories—one to (it every occasion. On the morning of April 2 it was feared he might become afflicted with the writer’s cramp, caused by writing excuses for the Seniors and Juniors. He delights in reading Lucile Shuttee’s name on the Sophmore honor role. He reads the Saturday Evening Post, Peo- ple’s Press, and the Bible, and is a loyal supporter of all school enterprises. Mr. Thuermer had a sweet melodious voice until he fell last winter and cracked it. He claims that when young he was a model child. He has been absent from school only once and that was the morn- ing after eating sherbet at a friend’s home. It is tho't that he is ambitious to become a major league ball player as recently he and John were seen playing catch with a Rocket” in the gym. May Overstreet was born in George- town, Texas during the Civil War. When hardly able to talk she began teaching school with the neighbors’ children as pupils. At eight years of age she entered school in Franklin. Indiana and when sixteen she entered the state normal and