Findlay High School - Trojan Yearbook (Findlay, OH)

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.2 Page Twenty-nine 1918 A N N U A L HISTORY OF JUNIOR CLASS The fall of 1915 brought about 150 Fresh- men to lf. ll. S. The enrollment of all the classes was 500. A few of our class fell out in the spring. Most were in good spirits after they received their cards and saw that they could be called Freshmen no more. lYhen the fall of 1916 came we learned that there would be no Freshmen at the lligh School that year. They were to go to the XYashington and Lincoln buildings. This year passed quickly. The class of '19 helped it to pass so by putting out a good lllue and Gold every three weeks. Our issue could always be identified from the rest by merely reading a few lines. Spring again called for her allotment and received a few. Now we are ,luniors and soon hope to be Seniors. No doubt if the war lasts, many of our class will join the colors as soon as they graduate or possibly before. tXVhen the Germans hear this no doubt there will be a general retreat all along the western front.l X'Vatch out for the class of '19 on its tinal lap. A FLASHY COLLAR. ljoc W'iselyl CTO Wm. Holslerj v M. A. S. IS. Wliat's the cause of the uproar? l asked as l came to school .Nnd saw a dozen fellows or more. liach one acting a fool. M - lhey said a great mystery llad happened over night. l'or never in the world's history XX as there ever such a sight .X little piece of rainbow tl'll.l0l'll inches or inorel The llnest the skies ever show XYhen the sunnner storm is o'er. So seeing all this disco Cut from out of lleaven by heck! From out the azure sky Vvas sweetly reposing 'round the neck Ut' a fellow at Findlay High. All of nature's colors were there- Some yellow, some red, some blue, .Xnd really l do declare Some green was showing through. l immediately got the headache, .X soreness in my eyes, .X terror as when a snake ls stepped on by surprise. Next time you buy a collar, Buy a white one, and. my word! XV ewill not have to holler.

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THE BLUE AND GOLD Page Twenty-eight Shad-e, who studied in Egypt and India, as contralto soloist, singing such hits as Dorothy Hill's latest, I Simply Hate To Fascinate, But Nature Makes Me So. Earl Sampson is manager of the Mel Teasy Ice Company, and hired Roy Finton to sweep the sunbeams off the roof of the ice house all summer. Ruth Gohlke is driving one of the ice wagons. owing to the scarcity of men since the new powder factory started, as they all have positions there. This new cosmetic has recently been invented by Harry Musser, and he guarantees that it can't be kissed off. Eugene Doty is president of the company, and Waldo Powell is general manager. Elmer Rettig has charge of the.testing grounds, and is an expert, owing to long experience. Ruth Switzer is in charge of the demonstrating of this new brand, with Clara Parker head of the advertising de- partment. Although still very new on the market, this invention has already gained wide popularity and without a doubt will prove a very profitable business. Phyllis Frizzell is also in the manufacturing line. She is putting a new hair-curler on the mar- ket, known as the Frizzle Frizzer. Her head stenographer, Odetta Spitler, has tried it with wonderful results, and her picture appears on the bottle. Paul Adams is manufacturing a soap powder known as Old Dutch Cleansure. Under the assumed name of the Darling Sisters, Ruth Corwin and Anna Long are on big time in a Keith circuit. They are doing hair-raising trapeze and juggling acts. Miss Lang also does a sword swallowing stunt which is said to be miraculous. Miss Edith Houseman won first place last week in a VVorld's Championship Croquet Tourna- ment held at Havre. Another eighteener has won distinction in the world of sport, too, Miss Pearl Duttweiler, who astonished the world last July 4 by making a high dive over Niagara Falls. Dorothy Dietsch has started a fancy bakery in Kalamazoo. She has engaged Doris Crawford to put the rings on the lady-fingers, as Doris formerly worked in a telephone exchangeg Flossie Fore- man pins the puffs on the cream puffs, Florence Shull is furnishing the kisses, and Mac MacGregor, the famous Scotch chef, makes the macs for the macaroons. Being possessed of a gift of gab, Leroy Davis is now doing the street-corner stunt. selling pat- ent medicine, which is guaranteed to cure anything from toothache in your false teeth to rheumatism in your wooden leg. Merl Weiger, too, is running a little faking establishment. After much difficulty I finally succeeded in locating him at Cedar Point, where he is living under the name of Professor l. Flimmer, Hypnotist, Psychologist and Revealer of the Future. Merl always did think he could read character and bluff folks. We have four representatives in Bailem and Barney's circus: Roy Temple is feeding the elephants and riding the camelsg Clair Dunlap thrills the audience every day with his remarkable tight-rope walking: Edwin Ewing is the lion tamer, who sticks his head in the lion's very jaws fthe lion's- teeth are all pulled outl, and Elise Chatelain brings up the rear of the parade playing the calliope. Then there's Lawrence Staples, our champion arguer-he is now the president of the city coun- cil in his home town, Drygrass, Arizona. We are especially proud of two members of our class-the Sothern and Marlowe of this genera- tion. Even in High School they showed remarkable talent, and now, at the pinnacle of their fame, they are acclaimed marvels' of histrionic ability by even their severest critics. Who are they? Why Alice Brenner and Russell Shaffer. of course, playing the title roles this winter in Romeo and Juliet. One of our classmates chose surgery for his profession, and now Dr. Robert C. Peale, after two years' practice in Greenville, Ohio, and vicinity, has gone to the Mayo Institute to advise the Mayo Brothers how to improve their hospital and increase their practice. It grieves me sorely to tell of one casualty-one member of our class who has gone to join the great majority. Miss Lois Ringgenberg went, soon after her graduation, to the interior of Africa as a missionary. Here she obtained material for her wonderful treatise on Wild Women. A year ago she came home for a short vacation, then left again to do missionary work among the aborigines of the Cannibal Islands. Sad to relate, the cannibals found her too tempting a morsel, and now poor Lois is no more. Although daring death every day, as yet William Van Voorhis has gone only to glory. In the recent aviation tournament, Mr. Van Voorhis won the great raec from Nome, Alaska, to Cape Horn. making it in 26 hours and 32 minutes, thus gaining the title of Aeronautic Speed King of the World. I always though Bill was pretty speedy. Speaking of aeronautical matters, Fred Evans has invented an aeroplane which runs on hot air instead of gasoline. Miss Rachael Hart runs the filling station. Recently Kenneth Leary was mak- ing a trial flight, when something went wrong with the engine. It wasn't out of hot air-if it had been, Kenneth could soon have remedied that fone of the great advantages of this type of enginel. although perhaps not as effectively as Miss Hart. Anyhow, he couldn't locate the trouble, and before he realized what was happening the plane started to fall, turning a double flip-flop. If Mr. Leary had not been strapped to his seat he would most assuredly fallen to his death. He lost control, and the machine landed in a crushed heap in Mary Houck's garden, utterly destroying a rose bush, a beautiful bed of bachelor's buttons, and a priceless bird house, the work of the noted architect, Harold Ferguson. Mr. Leary was quite badly injured, sustaining three broken ribs, one broken elbow. two broken ankles, and two teeth knocked out by the bird-house. el-I was immediately rushed to the hospital, where, under the competent care of Pearl Minnich, he is well on the road to recovery. In the mean- time, Miss Houck, grieving over the loss of her flowers and bird-house, wrote for advice to'Cynthia Grey of the News-Bee fthe pen-name of Miss Verna Algej. Miss Grey advised a damage suit. Miss Houck has secured the services of the well-known lawyers, Miss Orea Williams and Mr. Archibald Matheny, as counsel for the defense, a very hot and bitter suit is now being fought. From the latest reports. I learned that Mr. Leary had entered a counter-suit against the plaintiff for his loss of teeth due to the careless placing of the bird-house. I believe that accounts for everyone, does it not? It is unfortunate that I happened to be so far away when your request came, but, thanks to Marconi and Mr. Houck, I have managed to locate all our dear friends and classmates of so long ago, a task by no means unpleasant. -Dorothy E. Crates '18.

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