Geneva High School - Legend Yearbook (Geneva, IN)

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Whal The Rural School Should Do For Ils Sludenls It is the belief of Owen D, Young, who has made an intensive survey of schools throughout the country, that the rural schools hold the destiny of the country in their hands. His opinion is that the purpose of the school is the development of good taste in its students. One of the first duties of the school is to develop good citizens who understand the underlying prin- ciples of our democracy and will preserve them. Since citizens of a democracy need to learn to lose as well as to win, students should learn to be good sports. It is also important that students acquire poise and ease of manner. The forum discussion is a fine way to teach that. Basic economic truths, not just rules and definitions, should be taught. The students should acquire a thorough understanding of the dependency of the farm folk and city people on each other. Class distinction and selfish interests have no place in a democracy. Government administration should be a part of education. Children should be taught to gather all the facts, rather than facts to strengthen their own viewpoints and should develop independence of judgment so that they will become propaganda proof. The ideal that the government is the servant of the people and not its master should be impressed upon them. Young people today are coming out of the high schools and colleges perplexed and worried by the lack of jobs. Vocational training and guidance in fitting them for a life work should be a duty of the school. One of the most important lessons a successful school teaches its students is to live graciously with satisfaction to themselves and agreeableness to others. To achieve this, appreciation of music, art, literature, effective home decoration, and beauty wherever it may be found should be developed. Teach- ers who are not just taught a few tricks of the trade, but who really appreciate the value of educating the student for living, as well as for making a living, are a vital necessity if the rural school is to fashion the lives of the future citizens of our democracy. Class Will We, the Seniors of the class of 1939, being Cfor the most part? of sound mind, and having attained unto perfect wisdom, graciously acknowledge our debt to society and deem it not only our duty but our privilege as well to enter into this our last will and testament to-wit: ARTICLE I Section 1--To the school we leave the monuments of our bygone days such as: broken furniture, finger-smudged walls, secondhand gum deposits, initialed desks, and well-worn books. Section 2-To the faculty we bequeath the hope that all future seniors will be as perfect examples of integrity, propriety, insanity, and imbecility, as we have been. ARTICLE II Section I-Individual Provisions: I, Mildred Haffner, will my ability to keep the books in the library in order to Loretta Booher. I, Betty Jo Blocker, will my ability to tap dance to Erma Miller. I, Bud Snyder, will my good behavior in class and assembly to Bruce Schlagenhauf. I, Floyd Windmiller, being sound of mind f'?J and body but a little sleepy, will my very excellent record of getting to school on time to Bob Fennig. I, Brooks Noble, will my ability to get my literature to Chester Fields. I, Thurl Buckmaster, will my ability to tease the girls to Ernest Steiner. I, Jerome Flueckiger, will my ability to get by without studying to Clifford Sprunger, I, Hazen Roth, will my ability to farm to Howard Moser. I, Lila Sprunger, will my liking for drawing in health class to Bernice Mathys. I, Naomi Pusey, will my love for Economics to Roberta Scott. I, Edna Norr, will my liking to play the piano to Dwight Sprunger I, Myron Fenstermaker, will my ability to give public speeches to Howard Moser. To Herman Gerber, I, Esther Sommer, will my studious nature and the grades on my report cards. I, Steve Armstrong, will my ability to talk to girls to Tom Roop. I, Helen Aspy, will my seat in the assembly to Mimi Greene, , I, Charles Bill Chew, will and bequeath my ability to write petitions to Wayne Aspy. I, Mildred Stucky, will my short legs to Bob Fennig. I, Floradelle Amstutz, will my bashfulness to Jane Miller, I, Lillian Allen, will my wavy hair to Chester Fields. I, Claude Lewis, will my ability to sleep in time of class to Eugene Moore. I, Donavin Sprunger, will my intelligence in Civics class to my good friend. Clifton Gerber. We, Helen Butcher and Betty Augsburger, in our last will and testament, bequeath our ability to giggle in harmony to Marvin Sprunger and Bill Votaw. I, Doyle Mathys, will my height and good disposition to Warren Burk. To Miss Marie Bollinger, I, Pauline Melick, will my wiles, smiles, and Winsome Ways. I, Oral Pyle, will to Esther Buckmaster my ability to be a grocery clerk. I, Marjorie Ineichen, being mentis sanae in corpore sano, do hereby will and bequeath my art of convincibility in telling mendacities and in keeping a non-committal Visage plus my loquaciousness to Franklin Armstrong. FLOYD WINDMILLER fContinued on page 653 Sixteen

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Twelve Years Together Standing-Hazen Roth, Doyle Mathys, Myron Fenstermaker, Charles Chew. Floyd Wind- miller, Maurice Snyder Sitting-Helen Aspy, Naomi Pusey. Miss Apsy, instructor, Marjorie Ineichen Senior Orchestra Standing-Lila Sprunger, Myron Fenstermaker, Floyd Windmiller, Donavin Sprunger, Mildred Stucky, Betty Jo Blocker. director Sitting-Marjorie Ineichen, Steve Armstrong, Mildred Haffner, Edna Norr, Jerome Flueckiger, Maurice Snyder Fifteen

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I I Slghlseemg Around The World June 30-We started on a bright Sommer day and went through Allen County and St. Lewis. July 5-Going through the state of Pennsylvania, we saw a Butcher chasing a Flueckiger across a field. He said we could Haffner if we could catch her. July 7-In the state of New Jersey, we saw a Fenstermaker sitting in a Floradelle near two Brooks watching the Lila-cs in Bud. July 8-In New York, we saw Armstrong rugs and Doylies for sale. July 20-In London, we saw the Pusey cat that chased the mouse under the chair. At Oxford Uni- versity we saw students Hazen' a freshman. July 26--Riding down Pyle of stone. July 29-In Germany, August 4-In Holland, Sprunger leak and he was August 15-In Alaska, seals. September 3-Arrived the street in France, we saw the statue of Helen of Troy, mounted on a great we visited the city of Augsburg where the Peace of Augsburg was written. we met a Windmiller wearing a cap with a large Bill. He said his boat had going after some Stucky glue to mend it. we saw a Polly bear and a Blocker ice house. We saw neither eskimos Norr safely home and had Marjorie-n and Buckmaster cakes for supper. SENIOR DIRECTORY NAME HOBBY WILL BE CAUSE OF DEATH Lila Spmmger Singing Radio artist Choked on high G Edna Norr Playing the violin Jack Benny II Making rhythm Betty Auggburggr Studying chemistry Nurse Took wrong medicine Helen Butcher Laughing An old maid? Broken heart Thurl Buckmaster Shooting Soldier Gun kicked Floyd Windmiller Arguing Debater Fell over a bucket Steve Armstrong Giving first aid Coach WOn the State tourney Floradelle Amstutz Walking south Housewife Slipped in bathtub Helen Aspy Sewing Paris dressmaker Ripped seam Lillian Allen Being quiet A good listener EBV9Sdl'ODPing Betty Jo Blocker Drawing Artist Making fHCES Charles Chew Making Speeghes Announcer Out of wind Mildred Haffner Asking questions In vaudeville Tiflkled to death Claude Lewis Fishing Acrobat Couldn't get untangled Brooks Noble Gggsiping? Miner Struck by 8 coal vein Marjorie Ineichen Taking pictures Dieticifm T00 many vitamins Esther Sommer Typing Secretary Fell from boss's lap Naomi Pusey Myron Fenstermaker Pauline Melick Hazen Roth Jerome Flueckiger Making scrapbooks Selling ads Sleeping Dating Marilyn Getting dates Doyle Mathys Hunting Bud Snyder Being witty Oral Pyle Swimming Mildred Stucky Smiling Donavin Sprunger Joking Interior decorator Married three times President's wife Farmer Druggist Dog catcher Architect Champion Soprano soloist Radio comedian Fell from stepladder Married an angel Climbing the social ladder Kicked by a colt Took wrong prescription Caught a cold Fallen arches Wet feet Couldn't get down Burst of applause Seventeen