Garrett High School - Aeolian Yearbook (Garrett, IN)

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E1THE jEOLIAN 1921 El D r - ' 1 — - . =3 □ IT IS A PLEASURE FOR THE MEM¬ BERS OF THE SENIOR CLASS OF 1921 TO DEDICATE THIS AEOLIAN TO THEIR ENGLISH TEACHER, MISS MARIE THRUSH. c Page Three

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□ BTHE jEOLIAN 1921 □ FOREWORD It has been a great privilege to record the happy events and occurrences of the School year 1920-1921. To what extent this has been adequately done will be judged many years from now by the frequency with which the former students of the Garrett High revert to the following pages. □ D Page Two

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iElTHE AEOLIAN 1921 Eli □ □ r- ' » □ □ HISTORY OF THE “AEOLIAN ” The appearance and success of the first annual in the G. H. S. was undoubtedly due to the intense desire of the Senior class of 1912 to accomplish something entirely different from previous classes. They wished to be remembered even when they had separated and had become interested in activities outside of their school com¬ munity. Clark Springer was the class president, and after several meetings the idea of giving a class play was abandoned, and all the effort of the class was devoted to the publication of the first annual, named after the class colors “Green and White.’’ A second annual did not appear until 1916. By this time the enrollment of the high school had so increased that it became necessary to place the Seniors in room 7. Due to their seclusion, and to the leadership and artistic ability of “Pat” Shannon, it was unanimously decided that whatever one class had done, they could do also; and their efforts resulted in a second annual called the “Blue and White.” In the place of a year book the class of 1917 presented a play entitled “Her Gloves.” In 1918 an entirely new addition to the annual proved to be a real “Surprise,” as it was called. Unknown to anyone, until after publication, Gordon Dills either carried on an extensive correspondence with the parents of the faculty members, and spent most of his time visiting the homes of the Seniors, searching through dusty and long forgotten albums, in collecting a peculiar assortment of baby pictures. Each faculty member and each Senior was “agreeably or otherwise” surprised when found their picture accompanied by another taken many years previous. Since the “Surprise,” each Senior class has published a year book. Jokes were collected and eventful happenings were recorded, and apparently all classes attempted to make their annual just a little better than the preceding issue. It became some¬ what burdensome to find suitable names for the various publications. Consequently, through the efforts of the superintendent, Mr. Pellett, and the editor, Paul Shunk, it was decided that a name should be adopted, which could be used for all future books. “The Aeolian” was finally chosen, since the aim of the class of 1919 was to make the contents of the first Aeolian, like the famous Aeolian harp—noted for its wonderful and prolonged notes. In 1920 the second Aeolian proved to be just as interesting and successful as the first. This was due to the United efforts of Marlow Manion and his editorial staff. The third Aeolian of 1921 speaks for itself, and it is hoped that the Seniors will continue to chronicle the interesting happenings of high school life. —MISS DOBBRICK.