Emerson High School - Emersonian Yearbook (Gary, IN)

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' L s ' L A MAURICE N. COLDSTEIN GLADYS Nl. PHILLIPS PEARL M. BURFORD Goldie Maurice aspires to be a shorthand shark and if hard work will make him one. he'll succeed. Maurice believes in tending strictly to his own business and he has to be well known to be appreciated. Has our motto down at heart so that instead ol advertising he comes through as a silent class worker. Arrived from Nvausaw, Wisconsin in l906. Oratorieal Prelims. Commercial Club. Hips Flips aspires to star in the Fol- lies and judging from the capers she cut at the Prom, perhaps she may. Gladys also managed to store a few facts about English Lit in that wise old head of hers during her four years career. Maybe she will surprise us by writing the next big novel. Who knows? Laporte. l9l2. Hercules Here is the Senior Piano Annoy- er. Without Pearl playing, an al'- ternoon dance is like Grand Opera given by the inmates of a deaf and dumb institute. Pearl was the lit- tle girl who fooled the juniors for the first time in the history of Emer- son hunts. Favorite hymn, What Do You Wanna Make Those Eyes at Me For? Vandergrift. Penn- sylvania, I9l0. Basketball 'l6, 'l7, 'lS. Hockey. Declamatory. Chorus 'I6. 'l7. Twenty-:zine A Q y J, HELEN BROWN Brownie Helen is our Business English Shark. We have a sneaking sus- picion that she wrote the text book. Has a weakness for vaudeville and likes Just a Babys Prayer at 'Livi- light . Chicago. lllinois, I9I0. Commercial Club. Declamatory. Chorus. Senior Play.

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1 ,Z ElVllL L. KREjCI Emil is little butfoh my! You will never again judge by size if you know him. Emil is of a chiv- alrous turn of mind and is perfectly willing to let all the girls in the English class recite before he does. ln fact he is not only willing-he is anxious. Emil enjoys hunts im- mensely ancl lets you know he is there too. Lettsdale, Pennsylvania l9l2. MYRA PIERCE EDITH Nl. STRONI FLORENCE C. HEMINGWAY upiercien i'Ecle Flo Nlerriville was too small a burg Edith comes from lVliller and will Beside being our society editors to hold Nlyra so she blessed Emer- actually admit it. That is the Florence is one of the few musicians If we hadn't attended auditorium, we l son with her presence. shouldnt have known lVlyra plays the piano. Paderewski is stil more famous than she but he doesn't take courage that wins battles. Beside riding the interurban, Edith spends her time thinking up new excuses to get out of cooking. According to lVliss Nugent, she has some suc- of which our class boasts. Flo is quite versatile and can read. sing. play or whistle as an accomplished artist. Something leads us to sus- pect Florence is interested in a sol- any more interest in his worlc. lVler- cess at it too. lVliller, lndiana, dier but we have no proof, Oh riville is doomed to one big shake l9l4. Boy, Oh ,l0y, Wherfr D0 We G0 up when Myra returns with a few Commercial Club, From Here? Elkhart, lndiana. advanced ideas. I908. Chorus. Chorus. Commercial Club. Declamatory. Twv n fy-eight Annual Board, Commercial Club. Class Treasurer 'l5.

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1 ' V i fi ISADOR A. RUNIAN RUTH E. WEST RACHAEL KAHAN SYLVIA TITTLE Milly.. The present representative in high school of the Ruman family is graced by the knickname Izzy Human ? ? ? ! ! ! During the hunt, lzzy was captured by the juniors and taken into hostile lei- ritory but he pulled the upat O'Brian escape act and got to the ice house in time to cure Ruth's headache. All that worries me is -Someone else may be thcre when Westy Rufe is our busy bec. Speaking of energy, radium is mere mud in comparison to her. Ruth is willing to try anything once and there are few experiences she hasn't gone through. She is of a fickle nature and has a different partner at every dance. Ruth is a good looking las- sie and has caused more than one heart to throb among her classmates. They go wild, simply wild, over ..Rae.. An awful little lady with an aw- ful big mind. Rachael was our rep- resentative at the State Discussion Contest. She can well be proud of her showing there. Her special- ties are reading and acting, and she does such things you would never think such a tiny girl capable of. She is the lirst person to go from the kindergarten through high school and is a true product of the Wir! ..SyIv.. Hlt's the song ye sing and the smile ye wear That's makin' the sunshine every- where. Sylv has been accused of being a cradle robber but we don't blame her a bit. Sylv, chairman of the standing eats committee, is active in all school activities and is an ar dent Red Cross worker. If anyone from our class is ever injured on the l'm gone , Chicago, I908, me. Anderson, Indiana, gave a system. San Francisco. California, battlefield, we hope Sylv will be Football, 'I6, 'l7, 'l8. farewell in l9l0. l906. there to attend him. Blew in from Basketball 'l6. I7, 'l8. Basketball. Basketball. the Windy City in l909. Baseball 'I6, '17, Hockey. Camp Fire. Hockey. Senior Play. Camp Fire. Chorus '16, 'l7. Declamatory Prelims. Oratorical 'l5, 'l6, '17, 'IH Declamatory Prelims. Hockey. Class Secretary 'l6. Chorus 'l6, 'l7, 'I8. Treasurer 'l5. Oratorical 'l5, 'l6, 'l7. Camp Fire. Athletic Association 'l6. SCl'1i0l' Play 'l5. 'l6. 'l8. Annual Board. Orchestra 'l5, I6, 'I7. Thirfy