Geneva High School - Legend Yearbook (Geneva, IN)

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Top Row-Franklin Armstrong, President, Marie Stucky, Vice Presidentg Louise Smith. Secretaryg Marilyn Augsburger, Treasurer. Row 1-Malcolm Banta, Verda Blocker, Doyle Bollinger, Matie Fennig, Chester Fields, Richard Fields, Agnes Fravel. Row 2-Clifton Gerber, Norman Grile, Miriam Greene, Warren George Haviland, Margaret Hiser, Edith Hoffman, Weldon Lehman. Bottom Row-Robert Morningstar, Mary Frances Reichs-ldeffer, Aveline Robinson, Roberta Scott, Florence Shively. Berwyn Sprunger. Martha Weaver. Tw enty -four

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President Vice President Secretary Treasurer Class Flower Class Motto Class Colors Sponsor Junior Data Franklin Armstrong Marie Stucky - Louise Smith Marilyn Augsburger - - Violet Paddle your own canoe - Purple and Gold Andrew C. Cook Junior Class Hislory In September of 1936, thirty-six proud boys and girls assembled as the first Freshman class in the new school building. The first officers of the class of 1940 were: President, Louise Smith, Vice President, Franklin Armstrong, and Secretary and Treasurer, Edith Hoffman. During the year we lost two members, Ralph Stucky and Dwight Felty. Everything went along smoothly throughout the first year and on May the fifteenth we left the schoolhouse for a vacation of four months. On August 11, 1937, Bill Blocker, a brilliant and well beloved member, was fatally injured in an automobile accident. In September of 1937, we reassembled as Sophomores with an enroll- ment of thirty-one. The following officers were elected: President, Edith Hoffman, Vice President, Warren George Haviland, Secretary and Treas- urer, Franklin Armstrong. In our Junior year, we were disappointed by losing two members, Floine Neuenschwander and George Boice. The officers for the year are President, Franklin Armstrong, Vice President, Marie Stucky, Secretary, Louise Smith, Treasurer, Marilyn Augsburger. On November 22, the Juniors presented a mystery play, The Phantom Bells. Twenty-three

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My Favorile Indiana Wriler To head my list of Indiana writers, I believe I would pick Gene Stratton Porter. She is endeared to me because her old home was located here and because some of her books are based on familiar scenes in the locality where I live. She writes con- cerning the outdoors, as it was years ago. Some people have said she used too much imagination, but if you had lived along the river where you learn to know its ways, and the animals along its banks, I think you would agree with me that she was right. It is true, she may have sometimes made her stories too idealistic, but sometimes they were very true to life. Her book, 'The Song of the Cardinal, shows she had spent much time in the woods and knew the birds' ways quite well. Her portrayal of the way the little squirrels and small animals made friends, and her minute descriptions of nests, shows that she has used experience with her imagination. I honestly believe she is worthy to top my long list of Indiana writers. NAME Margaret Hiser Edith Hoffman Weldon Lehman Richard Fields Mary F. Reicheldeffer Aveline Robinson Roberta Scott Florence Shively Louise Smith Berwyn Sprunger Marie Stucky Martha Weaver Franklin Armstrong Junior PECULIARITY Timid Her slender figure Disinterested in girls His love for study Weighing her food Taking books home Auburn hair Her walk Day dreaming Bookworm Gazing in the mirror Quiet disposition Bashfulness Char! NAME Marilyn Augsburger Malcolm Banta Verda Blocker Doyle Bollinger Matie Fennig Chester Fields Agnes Fravel Clifton Gerber Miriam Greene Norman Grile Warren G. Haviland Robert Morningstar FLORENCE SHIVELY PECULIARITY Brainstorms Not shaving his mustache Blonde hair Teasing girls Plenty of sleep Being dignified Fixing hair Studiousness Giggles Sucking his thumb Questionnaire His height lovers' lane The road which leads past our place is part of the road which is called Lovers' Lane. It is one of the best known roads for lovers around Berne and vicinity be- cause it is in such a lonely vicinity. It has several nice bends in it where a car can easily stop at night. It is rather a hilly road and in the fall of the year there is some very beautiful scenery in certain parts of it. At a certain place in the road there is a winding hill. On one side of the hill there is a cemetery, on the other side a woods. This road is not a mud road as most of them are, but a smooth gravel road. Many times, when passing on this road late at night, we have seen a car or two stopping by the wayside, but never have we stopped to see who the occupants of the car were. Farther down, this road is most uninteresting, because it has no attractive scenery. BERWYN SPRUNGER Twenty-five