Jefferson Township School - Jeffersonian Yearbook (Warren, IN)

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Valedictory i p QRaphael Grace Borntrager D ' We, the Class of 'Nineteen Twenty-two, have' reached the close of our school careerp Our golden ,school days-have Hed to join the past, and now We are ready to look into that vast future and then take' the step beyond. VVe hope We have completed our course of study Wi-th credit to ourselves and' honor to our teachers. ' l 'f ' Coolidge, the Vice-President' ofthe United States, says: e Education is primarily a means of establishing ideals. Its first great duty is the formation of character which is the result of heredity and training. This! by no means excludes the desirability of an education in ,the utilities but is a statement of what education must include to meet With'isuccess. C If our school life has given us true ideals, and has taught us how to think, not what to think necessarily, it haswfulfilled a two-fold purpose. Feeling that We have been thus benefited, our thoughts turn to you, our friends and patrons, in. gratitude for the remarkable educational advantages with which you have favored us. We sincerely thank you for your interest during the past year. Your Watchfulness of our progress, and many words of encouragement have spurred us on toward our goal. .. As We look back, our brief record of but one short year, and think of the dear ties We have formed, thoughts of regret rise to takeithe place of the thoughts of pleasure. During this year our, thoughts and interests have been one, but-the day of graduation marks. the first great change in our lives. Whatever rests in store for each of us in the future, We shall' often think of those happy school days at Jefferson and never forget What they mean to us. , . , We must now break the ties that have bound us so closelyr during the past year. We must say farewell to our teachers and all our friends. Our teachers who have guided and directed our thoughts, Who have tried to make a tiresome subject as interesting as possible, who haveishovvn so much pati-ence in our failures and faults, form the strongest tie, and .is the hardest to break. We shallnever again receive their 'good counsel, but their influence is not only seen in the direct Work here at school, but shows itself in the words and actions of every one of us, Wherever We may go. Kind teachers and school companions, We say farewell to you today. Nothing can ever blot out the remembrance of what you have done for us, or nothing can ever darken the picture of those school days spent together at Jefferson Center. The regret which We feel at parting' is, however, mingled with our hopeful anticipations for the future. We are enticed into the future, lured on by ,hope and faith. We are about to take that step 'Which will lead us on toward our highest ambition and the realization of our dream of life. ' ist

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The transportation of children to the consolidated school is another point of attack. Getting to school under the old system by wading through mud and water or slush and snow or as often happened, staying at home until the weather became favorable, does not seem to present any difficulties to the average objector. Riding in a warm truck, protected from the rain and the cold and travelling at twelve to fifteen miles per hour, and above all getting to school at the right time are all lost sight of, while the mole hill of having the children ready at a certain hour and of some being on the road longer than others is magnified into a mountain. To a great many people, the fact that hundreds of these centralized schools are now succeeding, and that thousands of one-room schools are abandoned, has no effect, and trustees are permitted to go merrily on spend- ing the people's hard-earned money, building one-room district schools on lonely cross roads to be the target for the stones of vandals and the refuge for spiders and bats, and creeping things for many months i-n the year. Still sits the school house by the road-A ragged beggar .... Why increase the race of beggars? Jefferson Townshipfs New School Building The building is located in the exact center of the township on a plot of ground containing 22 acres. The contract for the construction of the building was let on July 6, 1920, to Hisey 81 Bebout, contractors of Chattanooga, Ohio. The basement was excavated and the foundati-on made in the fall of the same year. The buildingwas constructed during the summer of 1921. Oscar Huffman of Decatur, Indiana, was the architect. The general contract, heating and Ventilating, electrical wiring, plumbing and light plant totaled 346,079.12 The officials at the time of its construction were as follows: Jesse A. Buckmaster, Trustee, Advisory Board: Theodore Fetters-president, D. A. Rumple-secretary, John F. Teeterg County superintendent, Ed. S. Christen. Senior Class 1922 GRADUATES For the first year of school Jefferson Township has two graduates, namely Mr. Ernest Zehr and Miss Raphael Borntrager. ERNEST ZEHR has had his first three years of work at Berne. He is now a Senior in this school and will graduate this year. MISS RAPHAEL BORNTRAGER was formerly a member of St. Augustine's Academy at Fort Wayne. This is also Miss Borntrager's Senior and she graduates this year. The date for the Commencement will be on Thursday evening, April 27, 1922, in the High School Auditorium. The faculty has secured for their com- mencement speaker Prof. VVillis A. Fox of Tri-State College. Mr. Fox has a Master Degree from the Columbia University and has the credit for being one of the best commencement speakers in Northern Indiana. l7l

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Class Qrganizations Junior Class' Notes The Junior Class assembled Monday, Apri-l 10, 1922. The purpose of this meeting was to elect officers. The following officers were elected for the next year: Miss Lois Buckmaster ..... ............. P resident ' Miss Anna Fetters ...... - .... Vice-President Mr. Edward Billinsky .... -Q ........ Secretary Miss Alice Kenney ............ ' ............,.,. Treasurer The meeting was left in charge of the officers and some business was transacted. The class chose for a Class Flower The American Beauty Rose , of a pink shade. Pink and Green were selected as class colors. This has been the first meeting of the Junior Class and a fine spirit pre- vails in the class. We, as Juniors, wish to establish a class spirit which will be remembered and followed by future classes. The Junior organization aims to help keep the Jefferson Township School in good standing and do any and all things, as far as possible, for the up- lift of any educational project. A second meeting was held, Tuesday, April ll. The purpose of the meet- ing was to select a Class Motto. Out of a number of good examples the class unanimously chose for their Motto: Deeds, Not Words At a later meeting Miss Margaret Remaklus was elected Class Historian, Miss Ordine Butcher is to write the Class Prophecy, and Mr. Edward Billins- ky was elected as Class Poet. ' The Junior Class Roll is as follows: V Q Edward Billinsky Lois Buckmaster Ordean Butcher Anna Fetters Alice Kenney Margaret Remaklus Madeline Robin Class Poem At last our happy Junior days are spent, Three briefiyears to books and pleasures lent, But, classmates, as along this way we went How little did we think or even guess What 'treally meant to old J. H. S.! What it means to us to think within this door To reassemble but once moreg And all these times and friendships cherished so, Too soon through memories only we shall know! And now the time has come for us to start To play in Senior's big game the final part. And as we strive to play this final inning Upon the wildest field since time beginning To us, we seem to hear the future say: Keep well i-n mind, while on this field at play, The ground is rough and wet, but make it best, Don't slack your part, but help the rcstf' --Edward J. Billinsky. l9l