Emerson High School - Emersonian Yearbook (Gary, IN)

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p i HAROLD E. PETERSON DORIS D. DAVIDSON ANSEL L. COONS GLADYS C. jONES nprivate Pete Pete is as much ol a fixture on our tennis courts as the net posts. It is rumored that he doesn't go home at all but sleeps in the animal cagesg hut it has never been veri- fied. Beside playing ping pong, Harold is some student and knows that All play and no work will make jack a hone head . Chi- cago, lllinois, l9I6. Class Baseball '17, 'IH ..Beany., Doris is a great help in keeping class spirit alive, Shes a booster in every sense of the word. Has a strange antipathy for Ustagsn at a dance. Before she leaves us, if it wouldn't be asking too much, we would like to have her explain her mysterious visits to Whiting. Fa- mous for her ability to get a smile out of a punk joke. Whiting, ln- diana, l909. HAM.. Tennis and hand ball are the things that make life worth living lor Ans. No one was wise to the fact that Ansel could dance until the Prom where he got out and showed even the old timers a few new steps. Every one envies his pull with Miss Richardson. He has graduated from Y. Nl. C. A. pool. Track 'l7. Class Baseball. Tennis. Camp Fire. Handball Champion 'I7, 'l8. Vice-President of Class 'l6. Class Secretary 'l7. Chorus. Band 'l6, 'l7, 'l8. Orchestra 'l5, 'l6, 'l7, 'l8. T14'v11fy-f11'0 njonesy.. If the class had to elect someone to agitate dances and good times, we would surely choose jonesy. Gladys proposes dances on the least provocation. Were you ever to one when she wasn't there? She is about as likely to miss a dance as the Crown Prince is to win a battle. Always believes in friendly relations between Emerson and Froeloel and has done her hest to preserve peace. Come on kids, let's give a dance. Bromingham. Alabama, l9l0. Basketball. Hockey. Camp Fire. Declamatory Prelim. Commercial Club.

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HAROLD E. COCLEY judge Harold was our valiant Captain in football and track. Athlete came from Logansport in l909 but has made an honest effort to live it down and we respect him for it. Enjoys walking and may be seen any morning about two A. Nl. walk- ing in to town from Ridge Road where, according to him, The view is splendid . Wait 'till you see me with my JESSIE M. BOWEN Jessica Our indispensable gloom remover. Results guaranteed. When Jessie isn't playing basketball, hockey. tennis, or swimming, knitting, study- ing or dancing: she is writing to the Sojers . Fond of Hello Cen- tral, Give lVle No lVlan's Land . Basketball 'l5, '16, 'I7, 'l8. Hockey. Camp Fire. Commercial Club. l h C. CURTIS COONS Curt When Curt isn't breaking some fair one's heart, he is doing math- ematics for someone less capable. When tired of handball, he flies around in his self-made We hold two things against himg he and Ans lived in Hammond before l9ll and then he is sadly addicted to jersey sweaters. For Pete's sake Ans, get 'em Llp. i- ELIZABETH GRAFF Everyone fully expected her to be our valedictorian from the be- ginning of the year. She is our Literary Editor and perfectly capa- ble of lilling her position. If you are a fatalist you will know that Elizabeth is cut out for an English teacher and will. sooner or later. drift into that profession. Ninety- seven's on Elizabeth's card are as common as eighty's on an ordinary mortal's report card. She should Sweetie , Athletic Association. Football 'I7, ilfl. cultivate a liking for 'Al know l got Football 'l5, 'l6, 'l7, Captain Class Treasurer 'I6. 'l7. Handball Champion 'l7, 'ld more than my share . Blairsville. 'l8. Chorus. Pennsylvania, I9l7. Basketball. President Student Council. Camp Fire. Track 'l6, 'l7, Captain '18, Student Council. Class Baseball. Annual Board. Chorus 'I7. Athletic Association 'l5. Pass Treasurer. Tzven ty-one

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1 i 'ii- RUNDELI. N. WOOD MIRIAM A. SWARTZ HARVEY W. EVANS IRENE SPIKER uRunt nswartzici' Doc Spike Run! believes in doing things Miriam is another little heart Doc showed us the real stuff in Champion class giggler. Beside breaker and usually picks on col- track. Prelends to he a woman giggling, she is always coaxing Ruse well and although he goes at them in a left handed way. he is always successful. We know he is cut out to he a journalist. ls interested in every school activity and if class spirit were hre, Runt would have a little WAR to put the Kaiser in. ffiigure it out by Geometry. remem- lwering what Sherman saidj. ffrom Dowagiac, Michigan, in l907. Pledged to Delta N. at Deflauw. Track 'I7, 'l8. Class Basketball 'I7. 'l8. Basketball Manager 'l7, 'Ili Annual Board. Vice-President of Class 'l7. Commercial Club. Oratorical. Senior Play. lege fellows from uspidoon. She is fond of dancing and is the classiest little stepper in the school, too. Between dances you can usually find her somewhere near the punch bowl refusing another glass. Miriam is a shy little girl but that doesn't prevent her from having a good time wherever she goes. Quality fnot quantity . Began to lose in- terest in Chippiwa Falls, Wisconsin, about I9l2. You can always tcll a Y. A. but you can't tell her much. Camp Fire. hater but outside of time out, to fix a tire, he enjoyed himself thor- oughly all the way liome from the Northern Indiana Track Meet. Tells Edith he's a member of the Mighty Five. Left Asmada. Mich- igan in l907. Track. Class Basketball. Baseball 'l7. Class Baseball. Tzren fy-Ili ree Ella to go some place. Spike is quite a girl and is always huhliling over with good humor and pep. Besides thinking up punk jokes for the annual. lrene spends a good deal of her time fixing her Mary Pick- ford curls. lt's the way she says 'emf' Lachburg. Pennsylvania l9l l. Basketball. Hockey. Declamatory Prelims. Chorus 'l7, 'IH Annual lgoard. Senior Play.