Keokuk High School - Comment Yearbook (Keokuk, IA)

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THE COMMENT 25 ward Ebersole, Captain, Herbert Vance, Edward Rich, Carl Schmidt, Wilbert Prasse, Charles Morris, Harold Worster, Harold Wyllie, Byron Hart and Eugene Elting. We will leave this record for the Seniors to beat next year. Mild1'ed French, Violet Cochrane and Lee Brown have also shown their talents in Declamatory work, each having won medals. So we have come to the close of our school life, out upon the highway of life we go in a few more days, no longer bound together as a class, protected and guided by our teachers, but as individuals- each a law unto himself-made better and stronger by the years of training and association within these walls. Never, though the years be long and strenuous, or full of brightness, will the memories of the past four years grow dim or leave us. Nlay our lives be richer and sweeter for our days together in the Keokuk High School, and we beg forgiveness of our patient instructors, especially Doctor Reid and lVIiss Solomon, for the hardships we have put upon them during our four years' sojourn in their midst. HELEN STICIQLE. CLASS PROPHECY I was in my library reading when Mildred came in. Her stage career has been quite wonderful and now she out-rivals hfaude Ad- ams in her new version of Peter Pan. She was on her way to her mansion on River Side Drive, and seeing I was at home, called. Marnie, she said, after a time, I've been thinking quite a bit about the good old days in K. H. S. and wondering what has become of the boys and girls who graduated with us. Strange to say, I had the same tho'ts and since there had been so much talk and so many articles about the fourth dimension, I sug- gested that we take my Ouija board Cwhich I had just recently pro- curedl and try it. NVe consulted lwlr. Spirit in this fashion. Please, Ouija, tell us where our class presfdent is. And after wandering over the board aimlessly as Ouiijas are prone to do, this is what it told us: Ebbie is now at the head of our army. just after graduation he went to West Point. He advanced so rapidly and made such re- markable reforms in all military tactics that he attracted the attention of the President. When the Secretary of War resigned because he realized he was not up to date, Ebbie was asked by the President him- self to fill that oHice.

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24 THE COMMENT A jinx seemed to have taken up its abode with this class. The Sophomore year saw us forced from school for weeks on account of a scarlet fever epidemic. The flu forced another lengthy vacation upon us as Juniors, and as Seniors we were frozen from the threshold of learning again. Each enforced vacation made us become speed de- mons to accomplish our year's work in the alloted time. A jolly sleighing party was indulged in January 11, of this year. We met at Florence Linquist's home and after a happy ride we re- turned to George Hubert's home, where refreshments were served and muchly appreciated. At last, in September of 1919, we arrived at the dignified stage of Seniors. We elected the following oliicers: Edward Ebersole as President. Florence Linquist as Vice President. Carl Schmidt as Secretary. Madeliiie Radasch as Treasurer. I The latter part of September Floyd Kritchell extended the hos- pitality of his home in the country to the class for a weiner roast. VVe arrived in hay-racks, had our roast in the woods and lVIrs. Kritchell won our gratitude by bringing us a bountiful supply of cider and lus- cious pears. We endeavored to show our appreciation of the Kritchell hospitality by giving yells as we started home. All rolled merrily along until a wheel of one of our chariots fell to the side of the road and ceased to function. fln other words, it came offj. Fortunately no one was hurt. It was discovered afterwards that the usual out- sider had arrived and loosened the wheel while we were eating, drinking and making merry. Q- Since this time our classmate, Floyd, has left us for the Beyond, having died December 10, 1919. He is greatly missed by his class- mates and we would that he were among us today. Had he been able to continue his school career he would have graduated with the highest honors. Athletics, as a whole, were very successful this year. The foot- ball team won the Southern Iowa Championship and the basketball team took the honors of second place at the Fairfield, Iowa tourna- ment, in which twenty-seven teams participated. Edward Ebersole, better known as 1'Ebbie, had the honor of being made Captain of an all-star team at Fairheld composed of star play ers. The Seniors had eight out of eleven men on the football team, four out of five on the basketball team. The Senior boys who fought for the school this year and who will cheer for the teams in the future years are: Ed-

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26 THE COMMENT Since lVlary Pickford has had to give up acting for the movies Alma Covington, with the help of her curls, has more than adequately filled her place. Celeste Coe is teaching Spanish in one of the leading Universi- iies of Spain. Byron Hart has gone on the lecture platform and is delivering a series of lectures on How I Nlanage to Kiss Every Girl I Date With, and Gene Elting, who travels with him, practices what Byron preaches, and says he has never known it to fail. George Hubert is a scientific farmer and nearly drives people distracted telling them about his over-sizebeets and carrots. George has been wearing magnifying glasses for some time and no one has the nerve to tell him it is all an optical illusion. l.ois Seigfried and Bessie Wedel are joint owners of the most successful beauty shop in Galland and Henry Leu is their ardent sup- porter. He claims his complexion has never been the same since he began using their beautifier. .hfladeline Radasch has been married for some time and Little Alberta is her constant joy. David Collisson has been studying feminine roles ever since the Athletic Association show, and has now become quite famous. Edward Becker is in Shanghai with his family of six, in the em- ploy of the Soviet government. just recently he sent for Charlie lVlorris to be his secretary. Charlie made it his aim in life to be the fastest and most accurate typist in the world, and has now attained that height. Rosalind Shultz is called the K'Best Dressed Wloman of Ameri- ca, and gowns of her designing are much sought for. Fred Grams is the owner of the largest chain of graneries in the world. He is married, of course, and has a charming little wife. Edith Kiedaisch and Helen Steele are making a dancing tour and are making the world sit up and take notice. hlelbourne Roach, who is the director of the orchestra that accompanies them, has com- posed all of the music and says the Stepping Sisters interpret it wonderfully. Garvin Nlayhew has added one more vehicle to the worldls al- ready crowded air. lt.is called the Aerobat, and carries 500 pas- sengers. It rises above the earth and remains stationary while the earth revolves, and then drops to the desired spot. Ruth Kiedaisch is now a noted poetess, and one of her noted poems is 0de to the Homely But Hopeful.