Ionia High School - Ionian Yearbook (Ionia, MI)

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ffltllarfc 5. Hatulry “Bili has been with us only two years—there’s no telling: what might have been accomplished if we had had him the whole four. Everybody likes Bill, though you have to know him pretty well t« appreciate him. He has an inexhaustible supply of fun but always succeeds in keeping out of. trouble. He has won a large amount of his fame as a Spearmint gum pro- ducer. It is no uncommon thing for him to bring fifteen packages at a time and distribute them freely among Ills friends. Then it is that if you are not careful about the movement of your jaws you get called up to the wastebasket. Bill never does, though. —he’s smarter than the rest. In his brief I. H. o. career he has played basketball and baseball both years arm played them well, and this last semes- ter is President of the Lyceum, and Joke Editor of the “Scraps. Cota ©. Irtazxarft Among the class who will graduate in ’13 is Lois Hazzard. We came very near losing Lois in the Junior year, hut she came back last fall and is now one of us again. Lois is rather quiet, hut has made herself a very pleasant member of the class. Al- though never having held any class offices, yet she has been enthusiastic over everything the class has under- taken and has always been ready to do her share uncomplainingly and well. Crnrat C. liirlta On the back seat of the first row may be seen one of the most industri- ous of the Senior boys. His name is Ernest and it is well suited. He has done the four years’ work in three years and a half and has done it well. Besides, he has been active in athletics, especially in baseball, having pitched our team to victory in many a battle. Ernest is a general favorite among all connected with the High School and will long he remembered by all of us. His clarinet solos and his active part in the high school orchestra also de- mand special mention.

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Ctljrl IK. ifflrmtng Such a dignified looking: young Miss, hut jolly when you come to know her. She might be called studious, but she enjoys a good time as well as anyone. Her greatest accomplishment is along musical lines and she has entertained us often in Lyceum. Ethel has no love for mathematics and in her sec- ond year she ran across that dreadful study, geometry. She has a fond- ness for the name “Bill” both at home and abroad, and frequent visits to Kalamazoo are the result. ‘Xaomt l£. C5rrrtuuooJi At the beginning of our Junior year it was discovered that Grand River was not the only tiling which turned toward Ionia at Muir. It was under- stood that Naomi was to take the reg- ular High School course and graduate in 1913. This in itself would prove quite a task to most of us, but definite proof has come to our notice that she has prepared a lecture during her spare time on. “Why a Gentleman's Company is Preferable to a Lady’s. Three Hundred and Sixty-five Days in the Year. Evenings Included.” How- ever. Naomi has proved a very valuable and gay addition to our class and it is with her aid that the Society sec- tion of “Senior Scraps” has been made so very interesting. Unrulft Jfimtr If any member of this large and in- teresting class has reason to have gray hairs, it is Harold. He was president of the class during our Junior year, and a merry chase we led him, too. But there is doubtless no need of tell- ing anything about that exciting year, except that there is no tellm wnal would have become of us if we had not had such an able president. Besides this office, he was Secretary of the Lyceum during his second year, and President of it the last: in the de- clamatory contest the second, winning second place in the sub-district contest. He was in the basketball team the second and third, and manager of it the third. Harold is also a prominent member of the House of Representa- tives.

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 fHargarrt C. Huuttns You don’t know Margaret? Well, that’s a pity—you’ve missed part of your education somewhere. School wouldn’t be school to us if Margaret weren’t there. She’s not much bigger than a minute but what there is of her is all there. Although a great lover of fun yet she is not at all slow in her studies. She never gets into trouble, in fact is very clever about keeping out. I’ve heard it said that she liked boys—some boys especially. I wonder if it’s true? iRuth D. jjnhnsnn Tall and slender is this maiden, a bundle of mirth,. We always recognize her quaint expressions such as, “Well, wouldn’t that rattle the tails on your grandmother’s fur collarette?’’ Ruth, or “Johnnie”, as sue is often called, is inclined to the artistic and no decora- tion committee was ever appointed without her as chairman. She was vice President in our Sophomore year and Treasurer of tlie Lyceum during t 1® Senior year. She always took an active part in class meetings, and was about as good a scrapper as we had (and there were several). We are in- debted to her for our class poem which snows that she has a poetic tendency along with her other accomplishments, from a “Freshie” up she has always been in the ”Kddy”ing whirl of High . School affairs. Oi)rmtson CO. HiiUuirtt Some of us try to put on a dignified and knowing air in mass, that tne teacher may think we know something and pass us by. One of our number is somewhat different in two respects, he is naturally of a dignified and wise mien, and he has no need for the above mentioned purpose inasmuch as he does know something. He is one of the many brilliant students in this un- usually brilliant class. One reason why he so rarely makes mistakes is because he is so very deliberate. He very carefully weighs—each—word— before—he—speaks—it.