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

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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.

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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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OUR YESTERDAYS 39 The last shock to the Juniors was received at a reception at the home of a member of their class. Mention was made of a mysterious absence. The marriage license of Bertha Welch and Merl Cox bore the date on which the mysterious absence occurred. On September S we were back again with a new name. We had almost an entirely new staff of teachers with whom to get acquainted, but no juniors to initiate. Do you remember how several faces and pairs of hands soon bore a peculiar rashy ap- pearance caused by gathering precious weeds for our note books? And can't you still smell the chloroform with which we put an end to many a caterpillar, cricket, butterfly and moth? Then came the three days which the teachers spent at Indianapolis. I think everybody spent that so-called vacation tripping over the green with a butterfly net raised high in one hand, while passersby looked at them with an Are you all there? look. Suddenly the Seniors became most industrious, reading current magazines every spare moment, working at the library on Saturday, and continually taking notes. At last the rea- son for all this work was discovered, when, on Assembly Day, they, with the help of Miss Ruggles, presented a dramatization of the Washington Conference. The various girls in the class represented the different countries and presented the arguments of the respective countries. With such an appreciative audience as the teachers, the Seniors felt repaid for their efforts. Great preparations were made for the parade on Armistice Day, and then it rained. The Seniors could hardly recover from their disappointment. Now our half-day teaching began. This was a period when all work and no play made the Seniors bright girls. The Christmas party and the holiday vacation made a gay break in the work, but after that we started on the journey once more. According to pedometers worn by the girls, each one walked from 2,000 to 3,000 miles, going back and forth from Training School to Normal School and from Normal School to Training School for teach- ing and conferences. Do you remember the day when Monroe could not be found? Oh, the anxiety and search, and oh, the rejoicing when the dear thing was in its place once more. Don't say that Miss VVilber doesn't know how to use preventive discipline. She left us to go to Chicago for a week, but she assigned us a psychology paper to be written during her absence. Let me tell you there was not a murmur in the library all week-until Fri- No wonder. Miss VVilber sent a telegram saying that day, and then the spell was broken. we might be excused to go to the Basketball Tournament. March Io, the Senior teaching was over. With sad faces the Seniors made their way from the Training School knowing that they could nevermore go back there to teach. In a short meeting in March, the teachers elected Helen Rapp to be editor-in-chief of the Annual. The staff consists of Marjorie Osborn, Helen Scott, Dorothy Mitchell and Mary Eunice Eaton. Miss Rinehart is our Faculty Advisor. Once more and for the last time, we began to practice for the Flower Festival, The remainder of our history will remain incomplete, for these pages go to press before the term ends. However, the Flower Festival will be the largest and most elaborate one ever given. It will depict the four epochs in the evolution of woman from the time she was a slave to her present standing as an educated woman. About fifty alumnae will help us present this pageant. Because of an emergency, precedent has been broken regarding the time of choos- ing a queen and Helen Rapp has already been chosen. On Sunday, June 4, the Baccalaureate Service will be held at the First Baptist church. Rev, Strachan will be the speaker. On June 9, the Alumnae banquet will be held at Wolf 8: Dessauer's. Commencement will be held in the High School Auditorium on June 10. Dr. Courtis of Detroit will give the address, and the Seniors will again sing in chorus. lf the life of the Normal must go out, we are going to make it go out with a Hourish. lil-INRIETTA Ross AND MARY EUNICE EATON. CAN YOU IMA GINE1 Helen Scott making a B.? Miss Andrews acting dignified? Keeping a secret from Dorothy Mitchell? The Normal running without Helen Rapp? Grace Longsworth playing basketball? Henrietta Ross missing a good joke? Miss Holland without a project? Martha More attentive in class? Mary Eunice Eaton not posing? Ramona Smith with light curly hair? Ruth Whittern with a wisdom tooth? Dorothy Griffith with the blues? Miss Snively in an evening gown? Miss Fiedler teaching kindergarten? Faith VVagner leaving her fortune to the Normal? Miss Williams out of sorts? Velma Holt without a date? Miss Zent without ear puffs? Miss VVilber in French heels? Miss Ruggles without notes? Miss Teerink taking advice? Miss Rinehart being cross? Chella Allmon talking fast? Ruth Tucker with a man? Miss Erickson intruding? Miss Parry in a middy? Miss Muller not talking? Miss Hale without style? Miss Cooley in knickers? Miss Long with a man?