Fountain City High School - Fountennial Yearbook (Fountain City, IN)

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THE FOUNTENNIAL 21 l Illl ll I I lllll lllllllllll Illllll ll llllllllllil1lllllllllIHllI1.illlilllllllllillhlltlHillllllllnllllillilil''ill 15...II.-J'1 1I1l1 'll1'l'll'l ll l l l ll lll l l ni!..4' .1- clan tried their hand at writing stories. Some were more successful than others. About half of the alloted time for this city was spent when Miss Kip- linger was called away to get married, but fortunately they were not without a leader long, for Miss Kirkpatrick came to take her place and this continued the work. A few weeks before the travels for this year were to stop Miss Francis Nichols told them that she had planned to take them to one of the world's most beautiful and noted Art galleries. To carry out this plan she took them to Artfield. To close the trip the second year Mr. Beall took them to several basketball games. These were the most successful that had been played for many years. The team, representing the group of travelers, won twenty-seven games out of thirty-two played during the season against the strongest teams of the country. 1920-21 Of the sixteen Sophomores, twelve of them came back on September fifth, iineteen hundred twenty, as Juniors to continue their tour. They knew that this year's journey would be rather tiring as they were going to travel to sev- eral other places of greater distance and also that the visit to each place would not be as long as previously, for they only had alloted eight months as usual, but they were a jolly bunch and always ready to make the best of everything. XYith Mr. Beall, Misses Helen Riggs, Hazel Patton, Susan Glidden, and Mr. Richard Prentice as companions, they were off. Mr. Beall took them to visit the battlefield of Napoleon Bonaparte, then to Historyville, where they learned more about the great men of these Euro- pean countries. XYith Miss Riggs they continued the journey until they reached English City. As they had visited this city for two successive years, they had come to know several of its citizens, some of whom were: XVilliam Shakespeare, Robert Burns, Geoffrey Chaucer, John Milton and William YYordsworth. They found these authors and poets very entertaining. Boarding a fast steamer from here, they went to Italy and there Miss Riggs took them to visit the ancient buildings which were built in Caesar's time. They also found an old gentleman who told them quite a bit about Caesar's life and his wars. Returning to the United States, Richard Prentice took them to revisit Geometric City. This time they visited Axiom College and revisited several of the other places. Because the girls' mothers were so pleased with their daughters when they found they could sew, the girls were anxious to go to Domesticville again and learn to make more difficult stitches. Miss Patton went with them and they had a delightful time planning a surprise for their folks at home. Miss Glidden said she would like to give the class a treat by taking them to a grand concert in Minortown, which the travelers deemed a treat indeed. llllllllllllllltllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll ll I llll I l llllllllllllll l llll lllllll ll l llll lllllllllll llllllllllllllll l l I lll ll lllllllllllllll llll l l ll lllll l ll

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20 THE FOUNTENNIAL lll','?iIHH,l l ll lll l I l l lllllllll t1,lll '.l 1'lllllllllllllllIlllillllllllllllllllllllllllllllrl.l1l'Ulll':'1llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll l lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll cal concert where they had the pleasure of hearing some of the world's most famous musicians. Mr. Beall, during the first year, entertained the travelers by some basket- ball games which were played by some of their group of Crusaders and by those who had begun the journey a few years before. This diversion proved valuable pastime and a means of recreation from the more strenuous work of the trip. After this they returned home to spend the summer in their local community. 1919-20 Sixteen Sophomores met at the depot on September second, nineteen hun- dred nineteen, to recommence their journey. Mr. Beall, Miss Vangie Davis, Miss Gertrude Kiplinger and Miss Francis Nichols accompanied them. Mr. Beall said they would go to :Xlgebraia again and see the Definition Building and some other places of interest. Having stayed here several days they boarded a train for Geometric City. Arriving here they went to see the Circle University which was very in- teresting and many of the crowd thought they would like to complete their education here. As they had never secured any souvenirs while on their trav- els they decided to get some. Going into one of the stores they saw compasses and protractors and thought they would make very good remembrances. Go- ing down Tangent boulevard they came to Corollary park, through which they wandered viewing numerous Hower beds made in triangles, rectangles, circles, hexagons and many other shapes. They also saw Therm Fountain and a statue of Pythagorn. YVhile on this tour the travelers met with quite a mis- fortune in the accidental death of one of their members, Charles C. Rothermel. Miss Davis said that she would take them to the old city of Latinea, so they gaily abandoned Geometric City. Upon arrival they went to Grammar Hotel. Fortunately the guides knew how to speak Latin for the group could not understand what the residents of this city were saying. Miss Davis set to work at once to teach them some of the language so they could talk to the people. Then she took them to visit a museum where numerous relics were kept that were used by the Latin people in the era before Christ. This place aroused the group's curiosity and they wanted to know more about the people and their ancestors, so Miss Davis decided to take them to the Ancient State of History. Here they found many buildings that had once belonged to the ancient Romans and Greeks. ln an old museum they found manuscripts which Miss Davis asked permission to read to them. These helped a great deal. They asked the keeper of the museum about the many things kept and he said since they were so interested he would give them a lecture on the lives and customs of the ancient people. This proved very beneficial and the travelers were greatly delighted. Having spent all the time they possibly could spare here they journeyed on to English City. XYith Miss Kiplinger as a leader they went to the large li- brary and there spent many hours reading stories and good books. Many ofthe lllllllllllllllll lllllllllllll l lll lllll l l ll llllllllll lll l l lll ll l l l l llllll ll! l V llll lllllllllllllllll llllllll 4llllllllllllllllllllll4lIIlIlllll1lIlI1IllllIIllllIllIlllIIIIIllIllllllllllllllllllllllllll

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22 THE FOUNTENNIAL .l'll lti I l ll l l l l lll l lll'llmlllllllililllilllllillllllllldllllllillilldl.lIliill.llllldllQldllllllllllllllllldlllldlllllllllll l l l lllllllllllllllllllll lllltllllllllllllll But before the concert was over she was called away and Miss Lucile Carney completed the plans of the treat. During this year's journey Mr. Prentice furnished the athletic treat by training basketball players and playing and winning a number of good games. After the basketball games they hastened home to prepare a reception for the class preceding them who were about to the end of their travels. Giving the reception, when the Seniors returned at one of the large halls they enter- tained with music and a banquet. And thus they ended the third year with this motto: lVe are Juniors few indeed, But we are guaranteed. 1921-22 The last of the four years arrived with eight Seniors at the wharf ready to go. It was the fifth of September, nineteen hundred twenty-one and all as merry as before. XYith Mr. Beall, Miss Riggs, Mr. Howard Patterson, Miss Carney, Miss Marie Casey and Miss Francis Nichols as traveling com- panions, they set sail for France. Arriving, Miss Riggs took them to the home of .loan of Arc, and to an old Monastery, also to the beautiful French garden and art galleries. From here they went to the Science of Physics Building, where they learned how sound and light traveled and what effects gravity have upon many objects. They visited the laboratory of Madam Curie. All these things were of great interest as well as very instructive. At Christmas time Miss Carney took all of them to see the Messiah, that famous opera by Handel, which gave the tourists great pleasure. Returning to America Mr. Patterson took them to Lexington and Con- cord, also to the battlefield of Gennesburg and then to the Capitol at XVash- ington, where they were privileged to meet President Harding. Miss Riggs said while they were in the eastern part of United States they would go again to linglish City to visit the homes of Longfellow, Wihittier, Lowell, Bryant, and Irving. They also visited Harvard University, where so -many of these writers had graduated. As their fund was getting low they decided to give the play called Brown Eyed He-tty to increase it. This they gave in the Knickerbocker Theater at XYashington and did so well that they were invited to give it at New York. XYhile here they received invitations from home, saying they were invited to a reception. They speedily returned home for this. XX'ishing to show thir appreciation to their traveling companions and to leave the school a record of their travels they decided upon a High School Annual. Then came the Annual Commencement and they realized that their jour- ney through High School was complete. -EC. l lll l lllllll lllllllll l l ll ll l ll l l l ll I ll ll H I I ll IIllllilllillllllllllllllllllllllllllllll