Emerson High School - Emersonian Yearbook (Gary, IN)

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CLAUDIA ISAY Claudia leads the class in good nature and ability to stand teasing. Her only serious fault is a penchant for-good-looking athletes? No, only one. Senior Play I9, '20. S. E. C. Play. Chorus '19, '20. HERMINE ALSCHULER Hermine showed herself, in the Senior play, an excellent actress. She is also one of Mr. Snyder's most dependable musicians. Hockey 'l8. Chorus 'lS, 'l9, '20. Senior Play. Bohemian Girl .

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CLARA HOGAN RENNER STIIVISON Renner is a young man who has become very popular with the ladies-or should we say A lady? Nlvell, anyway, he is. Football 'l9, '20. Basketball 'l9, '20. Track 'lS, 'l9, '20. S. E. C. Play. MADGE FOGLER Madge devotes most of her time to the Commercial Department and we suppose that some day she'll he private scretary to some important person. Hockey 'lS, 'l9. Shorthand Club. S. E. C. ARNOLD LIEBERMAN No one excels Arnold in S. E. C. CHSCLSSIOIIS, as far as Uvim, vigor, and vitality go. A good student. Student Council 'l9. S. E. C. Play. FLORET OHRENSTEIN Floret is one of our quiet, unassuming classmates. Somehow, one misses quiet people when they're gone, though. Hockey 'I8. Chorus 'I8, 'I9, '20, 'Bohemian Girl . This popular young lady, not content with winning first place in the Lake County Oratoricals, chose to become Salutatorian, too. She has taken an active part in all school affairs. President Classical Club. S. E. C. Flay. Class Secretary '20. Student Council ,l9. ROSWELL JOHNSON For three years, Roswell was a shy little fellow, but this year he became bolder and now he's quite a lady-killer . Rivaled Bone Stimson for a time. S. E. C. Play. Senior Play. Class Sec'y 'l9. Chorus 'l8, 'l9. Annual Board. IVIARJORIE CLARK Marge is a gay person who manages to have a good time wherever she goes She's everylJody's friend and everylnody's her friend. Nlinstrels '20. Basketball '18, junior English Club. Twenty-one

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.. CLASS HISTORY OF 1920 OETS have sung praises, and inspired authors ii have woven melodious eulogies in honor of their classes, but the history of the class of ,,-.QL-fbi 1920 speaks for itself. There is no need of T It I silver-tongued orators or musical bards to paint the glory of 1920. Judge this class not by the individuals nor by the many honors which were showered upon it dur- ing those four happy years. Rather judge it by the perma- nent stamp it left on Old Emerson-an impress not to be defined in terms of memorable events or actions, but in the spirit of Emerson. The class of '20 makes no other claim to notoriety save that it left things better than it found them. We have, however, had as great an interest in school life as any other class, and it is only fair that you should know of such matters in connection with this class. We entered high school in 1916, the largest class in the history of the school, and from the first the class of 1920 took a prominent part in all high school activities. Although that first trying year proved for us, as for others, full of hard work, yet we were well represented in all phases of school life, athletics, oratory, even society find- ing boosters in the class of 1920. Year by year we grad- ually worked into school life, and each year found more participants in school activities. In athletics, Dunleavy, Smith, O'Connor, and others made 1920 famous. The girls upheld the athletic honors of the class and captured more championships than any other class ever did. In oratory Smith again placed '20 in the foreground when as a sophomore he took first place over all the juniors and seniors. As juniors we were looked up to by most of the school in almost everything. The great event of that year was naturally the Prom , and it was a wonderful affair in the opinion of all who attended. It was easily the largest and finest ever given and the class was proud of it. So passed the first three years with all their trials, and troubles, and happiness. The last and most serious yet happiest year was ushered in on the relentless wheels of time and as relentlessly ushered out-forever. Gone but not forgotten. That last year found our ranks thinned but still sturdy, composed of as fine a group as ever went through any school together. Once more, and for the last time, we did our school honor and took the lead in every- thing. Our greatest service was the fine example we set the rest of the school and the honorable way in which we car- ried the name of Emerson to the front. In athletics we showed our ability when the boys won the inter-class track meet and the girls won both hockey and basketball cham- pionships. In oratory the class of 1920 carried off all the school honors save one, when Sherwood Judson, Glenn Rearick, and Clara Hogan took first and second in the boys' Twenty-three