Fort Wayne Normal School - Annual Yearbook (Fort Wayne, IN)

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OUR YEsTr:RDAYs HENRIETTA BARBAR.-X ROSS Normal School Quartet Class History Committee, Our Yesterdays HELEN NQRTH SCUTT Class President, Junior Year ,Iunior Play Chairman History Committee, Our Yesterdays Banquet Speaker, '22 RABIONA 'IIQNE SMITH Indiana Ifiiiversity, Two Years Normal School, Senior Year Assembly Committee, Senior Year Business Committee, Our Yesterdays RUTH IZELLAH TICKER Student Council, -Iunior Year Social Committee, Senior Year Business Committee, Our Yesterdays FAITH ATHALYN VVAGNER Student Council, Senior Year Normal School Quartet History Committee, Our Yesterdays RUTH ALICE VVHITTERN Assembly Committee, Senior Year Literary Committee, Our Yesterdays F x. 1 -IVA A H' ,inn ,Q 37 ' 7 1-153 w- ' 4252- Y- -if 31, ,ggi f ..- . ii' 'Q

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Ot R X LSTERDAYS GRACE ELIZABETH LONGSXYORTH Assembly Committee, junior Year Student Council, Senior Year Normal School Quartet Literary Committee, Our Yesterdaysl' DOROTHY MITCHELL Class Treasurer, Junior Year Business Manager, Our Yesterdays Class President, Senior Year MARTHA PALLINE MORE Assembly Committee, junior Year Junior Play Social Committee, Junior Year History Committee, Our Yesterdays OLIVE M.-XRIORIE OSBORN Taylor Liniversity, One Year Normal School, Senior Year Chairman Literary Committee, Our Yesterdays HELEN KATHERINE Rt-XPP Junior Play Assembly Committee, Senior Year Captain Basketball Team, Senior Year Editor-in-Cheif, Our Yesterdays Queen, Flower Festival, 1922 FLORENCE MARGARET ROHRER Business Committee, Our Yesterdays

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38 OUR YESTERDAYS CLASS HISTORY On September S, 1920, eighteen wondering, expecting, hoping and fearing girls were greeted from the porch of the Normal School by the Seniors and shown into their future habitation. To make a good impression on the Juniors, the Seniors passed out long candy sticks purchased at Redding's. The plaster, excited no doubt by the importance of the oc- casion, decided to fall, selecting for its victim an illustrious -lunior. Bertha VVelch. VVith these greetings, the fun began for the little -luniors, and they've had it ever since. After a short time at Normal, the Juniors became etiicient in baking potatoes, washing dishes in cold water and drying them on curtains, middies, or any other available article. Perhaps this type of housekeeping did not appeal to their tastes, or perhaps there were other reasons-but before the first week had passed the class lost two of its members. The rest of us, however, were determined to stick it out even after a severe initiation by the Seniors. On a memorable Friday in October a prominent member of our class was mysteriously absent, The reader will bear this in mind for we shall find the cause later on. lt became a Friday afternoon custom to buy sugar with money forfeited to the Bad English box, to make candy and to eat it in class. One noon when the juniors returned to the pantry for the candy, they found the door locked. Of course, all of the Seniors were innocent and sympathetic. Finally, after throwing chairs and various articles of furniture at the door, the candy was rescued-and the lips of the Juniors smacked loudly in English class. How proudly the Juniors look back to National Education VVeek when, in various ways, they performed in Rurode's whidow. And after that, what? Seven little Juniors strolled down to Madame VVing's where their future was laid bare. The holidays came and went, and the next event of the winter was a Valentine party given by the Seniors. Days were filled with work and play, and soon the winter term was over. VVith the opening of the spring term came the beginning of a number of interesting and profitable excursions taken in connection with our work in Economic Geography. Among the places visited were the Mayflower Mills, Eckart's Packing House, the General Electric plant, the VVayne Knitting Mills and the Bass Farm. Can we ever forget our trip to the Bass Farm? Fourteen of us in two machines arrived there at six o'clock on a lovely Sat- urday morning. VVe spent fully two hours, seeing and learning many new and interesting things. How we laughed at some of the questions asked by girls who had always lived in the city! But the day was yet young, so we embarked once more. We ate our big picnic lunch at 8:30 A. M. and then drove on to Arcola. There we obtained a scenic postal card -we sent it to Miss VVilber. As the days became too warm for basketball practice, the time came for us to make our strenuous preparation for the Flower Festival. ln the sun we got so hot, VVe danced and danced till we almost dropt, On the grass we often flopt, But I'l1 tell you, we never stopt. -M. E. E. At last the great day arrived. Oh, the breathless moment just before the procession started for the park! VVhen everyone's heart was pounding, Miss Lane announced in a calm tone, VVell, Betty, you're queen. On the day following we attended baccalaureate services held at St. ,lohn's Reformed church. Rev. W. C. Beckmann gave the address. Our busy days were not yet over. On June 9, the Juniors spent a day of labor beau- tifying the VVolf Sz Dessauer auditorium for the banquet. The Seniors, who were the honored guests of the juniors, the Faculty, and more than a hundred of the Alumnae at- tended the banquet. Class songs were sung by both classes during the courses. Miss VVilber was toastmistress to whom Superintendent Vvard and Mr. Price responded. Then Charlotte O'Connell, who was valedictorian, gave a toast on The Old and the New. Under the direction of Miss l'ortertield the ,luniors presented a fantasy, The Chinese Nightingale. The cast was: Chang, a Laundryman and Dreamer .... ..... H elen Rapp The God Joss ........................ .... B lartha More The Nightingale .............................................. Velma Holt The Princess .... ............................................. H elen Scott The characters pantomined the poem which was chanted by Mary Eunice Eaton and to which soft and medulated strains were played by Ruth Matthews at the piano. A beau- tiful stage setting and lovely costumes added to the success of the affair. Commencement exercises were held the next evening in the High School Auditorium. Dr. Black gave the principal address, and several musical numbers were given by the Normal School chorus under the direction of Mr. Miles.