Ionia High School - Ionian Yearbook (Ionia, MI)

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DEDICATION To the Memory of Miss Lettie V. Stellberger AND Miss Katherine M. Taylor Who were Devoted Teachers in the Ionia High School for many years, this Volume is affectionately Dedicated by the Class of 1910.

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“Thou’rt gone, the abyss of heaven Hath swallowed up thy form; yet on my heart Deeply has sunk the lesson thou hast given And shall not soon depart.” LETT IE V. STELLBERGER “We live in deeds, not years; in thoughts, not breaths; In feelings, not in figures on a dial. We should count time by heart- throbs: He lives most Who thinks most, feels the noblest, acts the best ’ KATHERINE M. TAYLOR

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Preface 3N the fall of 1909, which was also during the period of our under- classism and the beginning of our seniorism, the publication of this book was projected. At a meeting of the class, presided over by Mr. Lister, the subject was discussed pro and con and the undertak- ing was decided upon by an unanimous vote. A little later the staff was selected by the faculty and some preliminary work started. During the winter nothing very active was done—just an occasional meeting to plan a department or suggest a new feature, and if it had not been for the occasional dropping of a joke into the joke box the school probably would have forgotten that there was such a thing in contemplation as a Senior Sigh. However, as spring came on and outdoor life awakened from its lethargy, the Seniors also awoke and through Mr. Lister’s alarm-clock- like stimulation active work was begun and did not abate until the last picture was drawn, the last joke recorded, and the last editorial written and bundled off to the printers. In times past, other ambitious senior classes have put out books but none of these can in any way compare with that of the Class of 1910. The reason is obvious—there never be- fore was a Senior Class like the Class of 1910, and to our minds there never will be. The name we chose—Senior Sigh—has provoked some comment and will doubtless call forth still more. Some think it peculiarly suggestive of rest—inactivity—but such is not the case. Indeed the very opposite is true. We have spent the greater part of four long, short, happy, sor- rowful years in the High School; we have come to the place where we can no longer address ourselves as students. Our places are filled with others and we are out. Tell me; will not even the thoughts of such a course make us sad and thoughtful; make us wish we could recall past days; and with all of this will there not come one of the outward manifesta- tions or sorrow—sighs? Most certainly; and what other word can better express our regret over leaving and our heart-felt respect for the Ionia High School than this word so suggestive of parting and farewell? We send forth this publication hoping that our efforts herein record- ed will meet with your approval and that the first Senior Sigh will go down in the history of the I. II. S. as being worthy of commendation, con- taining as it does the best of our stories, the best of our poetry, the funni- est of our jokes, the best of our artistic talent, and, perhaps, hidden away between the lines there may be read by those who care, a large measure of success in the future for each one of our number.