Elkhart High School - Pennant Yearbook (Elkhart, IN)

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HERMAN ORT— Industrial The deepest rivers have the least sound. Hum , or Herm , is business from start to finish. But during: his high school career he has found considerable time for athletics. In 1918 he took part in the interclass baseball, in 1919 he played on the Mohawks — a well known high school team; in 1920 he was captain of the varsity baseball team and in the same year received his mono- gram for his excellent work on the second football squad. As an IA Hum ' claims the exalted position of sargent-at-arms. Without further information we all know his favorite sport is baseball although he. likes all athletics in general. His main dislike in subjects is English. Hum has taken up industrial work as a specialty and intends to enter the newspaper business before going to college. BERNICE FARLEY— English There is a certain dignity to be kept up in pleasures as well as in business. May BEE always be as she has been — held in esteem by all who made her acquaintance. She was almost always present at the basketball games and always did her share at high school dances. Bee and Vi form an invincible couple and one seems rather in- complete without the other. Violet, Elkhart High School and movies are stated by Bee as her likes and Blue Mondays, huckleberries and sermons as her decided dislikes. After graduation, she says, she will aim to kill two birds with one stone. May the best success ever be with her. ELDON MCLAUGHLIN— College Prep Knowledge is power. Musty Suffer is known by all the high school from the smallest to the largest. Always present at class parties many a laugh has been the result of his unusual wit. He has taken part in athletics as left tackle on the second football team and also in interclass basketball. His ability in acting was shown when he took part in The Colonel ' s Maid , Three Pills in a Bottle and How the Vote Was Won. Musty has been the recipient of many E ' s, especially in History and Civics. He is very fond of hard cider and of raising mustaches but all you girls who possess red hair should best shun Musty . His intentions are to enter Illinois State university. HELEN PATTERSON— Pat She could talk! Oh, how she could talk! Laughing and giggling day-in and day-out, Pat was happiest when surrounded by her host of admirers. Greatness of size is not an essential characteristic of the Seniors. If it were, we fear Helen ' s name would not appear in the list. RUSSEL KISTNER— English I know a trick worth two of that. Russell, the foremost athlete of the class, may also be accredited on the social and individual record committees. The Pennant has benefitted by his services inasmuch as he faithfully wrote up all the athletic news during his Senior year. Throughout his high schol career he has played basketball, the last two years on the first team of which he was captain this year. Much praise has been given him in his clean, fair play, not only by local papers but by those of neigh- boring towns. He favors sports and dancing but rather dislikes making mass meeting speeches. Next fall Russel will attend college. Twenty-four

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ETHEL VERNIER — Commercial All who joy would win must share it — happiness was born a twin. •Shorty or Peggy is the real joy of the class and naturally served on the Social committee as chairman, as well as on the Picture committee, and as secretary while a IB. To be an excellent stenographer, and receive a suitable position in this work are the aims of Shorty . Her likes, which are very numerous, include Polly. Fern. Xaomi, swimming, dancing, class parties and office work. As her dislikes, which are also quite numerous, she names Commercial Law Economics, custards and. worst of all — parting with friends, After completing high school. Shorty intends to retain her reputa- tion for having good times. JESS LONGLEY — Commercial I resolved, that, like the sun, as long as my day lasted, I would look on the bright side of everything. Bones came to our class last Fall, having been secretary, IIC and IIA chairman of Social committee of the June ' 20 class and a member of the Individual Record committee of our class. He has been Joke editor, reported and assistant business manager for the Pennant. He was given the role of Quintus Hortensius in the Latin plav which was given a year ago by the Latin classes. He says he is specializing in the commercial course and intends to go to Otter- bein university. He likes skating, dancing and Pick and dislikes cranky session room teachers and changing seats. However, he seems to have been fond of the latter. MABEL KANTZ— It is the noblest of all possessions. Good character is property, Although Patty has not always been with us in our four years of gathering up knowledge, we consider her a welcome addition to the class. She tells us that she likes sugar and plums and everything nice and also the boys who don ' t play dice. But since she dislikes anyone who tries to boss her. we have our grave doubts for her future. Her ambition is to be a sewing teacher ami the class wishes her all possible success in this work. JESS PRIEM — English Let all things be done decently and in order. Pete is well known by his ever-present smile. Though never active in class- work, he had plenty of school spirit and did work on the football team in 1920. Sports are his favorite amusements. such as athletics, swimming, riding and hunting, but contrary to the most of us he is not fond of sleeping and has a dislike for the terpsichorean art. In his high school work Jess has specialized in machine shop. Upon finishing high school he will take up engineering at some college, then, he says, he will get married and buy a Ford. The class extends its heartiest wishes to him in his worthy intentions. PALMYRA OPFER — Commercial In Maiden Meditation, fancy free. Polly usually seen with Peggy and Funny has always been known by her giggle and everlasting good nature. She has shown the class some good times at her home and has helped out in other class affairs by being IIB treasurer and IB Social committee chairman. She says she likes Dot Tillman, especially, exciting basketball and football games and anything with chocolate in it. But she classes herself with those who dislike Kconomics and Commercial Law. After graduation Polly intends to have a good time all the time and do her best to be a Social secretary some day. C JU-e -Ks Twenty-three

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ft WALTER L. LARSON — A heart to resolve, a head to contrive, and a hand to execute. Shorty , our sponsor, is every inch a sponsor. We think he is about the b st fellow to coach a class like ours that was ever pro- duced. Shorty has only been with us during our Junior and Senior years, having taken up the work of Florence Hill who resigned. He carried on her work in great fashion, having helped to put over a fjood many bis events during our last years. He has found J. R. Parrish a helpful worker in pulling- over these parlies Shorty came from DeKolb. Illinois, and was a graduate from the Northern Illinois State Normal School. He is teaching industrial work in Central. Oh. yes. we forgot to mention something, you wouldn ' t believe it. either, but — he is married. He was married last Fall to Miss Kthel Seward, who is also a teacher in E. II. S. Here ' s best wishes to you. Shorty , and the .Missus Class History CLASS HISTORY— FRESHMAN YEAR ITH the first month of that great and memorable year of Nineteen Hundred Seventen, when our nation was plunged into the deep waters of that great war for justice and peace, some forty-eight shy and innocent pupils, with staunch hearts ready to brave all the terrors of the awe-inspiring life which they were to follow for four long years in addition to the burdens of the outside world, entered the house of wisdom. We all assembled into one large room, many shaking in their boots, and hearts in their mouth, where many other pupils in years gone by had been ushered in in dread and fear. After many directions and much good advice was thrust upon us, only to be forgotten, and we were assigned our honor- able seats and roll numbers, were were dis- missed for the remainder of the day. With sighs of relief, we straightway left the house of wisdom, glad that that first dav was over. Our first business meeting consisted in the election of officers which were: Presi- dent, Harold Piatt ; vice-president, Geral- dine Fisher; treasurer, Marston Nulf: sec- retary, I Juris I lusted, and Social committee chairman, Edgar Shepherd. The remainder of our Freshman year was spent in various ways: some making frequent journeys to his Excellence which seemed to be a source of great amusement for the wiser ones, though we could never see why. Everyone looked forward to the time when we could grow up and lay claim to the privileges which for some reason or other were denied ns. E. A., Jan. ' 21. SOPHOMORE YEAR At last came the day when we were members of that much envied class, the Sophomores. Feeling very grown-up, in- deed, on the 31st of January we elected for the second time the officers which were to guide us safely through our unknown fu- ture as Sophomores, Marston Nulf carryiiv off honors for president, with Joe Weaver to work in his absence ; Catherine Staudt to record our doings (and undoings), and Harold Piatt as keeper of our precious money. We also elected a social committee with Irvin Palmer as chairman. This indus- trious committee soon proved its good quali- ties and on Februarv 1st the corridor of the Twenty-five