Keokuk High School - Comment Yearbook (Keokuk, IA)

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THE COMMENT 23 George Raber is Professor of Analytical Geometry at the University of California. He is known as the most capable teacher the Uni- versity has ever known, which is probably due to his early preparation in High School. Birdwell Sutlive is captain of a large ocean liner and his nautical ex- pressions which he developed in Miss Casey's lfnglish room are of great assistance to him. Alta Bradley is President of the Tuskogee College and her private secretary is Virginia Stewart. Fowler Phillips and Robert Pagett are both prosperous business men. Fowler is head of the overalls department at Irwin-Phillips. Carl Pilug is manager of the Nash factory, which has been advanc- ing and enlarging wonderfully under his management. Elmer Thon has become a great orator and his favorite subject is Where and How to Get lt Since july 1, 19207 Mary Louise Cochrane and Ruth Streeter are settlement workers in New York City fand have done much to better the conditions therej. Wilma Hancock and Irene VVilcox are the poets of the age. VVil- ma's Howery language won national fame for her, after all. James Galloway is at very competent lawyer and has never been known to lose a case. flt has been said that he has great opportunity for argumentation, which he practices on his adopted family of four- teen childrenj. Walter Hobbs is a senator from Illinois. They say it is surprising the way he has overcome his slow and bashful manners. fHe ob- tained an early start, though, from his frequent visits to the Pond Apartmentsl. Nlax Jones has been made head of the Steel Trust, in place of Gary, because of his hard and determined looks, which he practiced in the halls of the old Keokuk High School. Neil O'Brien's Nlinstrels have improved wonderfully, due to Earl Johnson's cleverness as end man. Raymond Kirchner, who was President of our class, still retains his title and is President of Stone 31 Webster. Virgil Keneff is head of the Agricultural Department at Ames. He believes in a time for work and a time for play-especially the latter. Irvin Lamb is President of the National Bank of New York City. He seems to have no interest in his wife and children-all his thoughts are at the bank. Nellie Elster and Ruby Brown are his expert ac- countants.

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Z2 THE COMMENT agent, and her winning smile and her charming personality are never without the best results--Ross can tell you that. The musical depart- ment is carried on by Verne La Porte, Mary Galloway and Helen Treadwell. QTheir selections are always met with much applause and appreciationj Rex VVilcoX and Hallie Lloyd have become known as the two greatest comediansfl Their past conduct in the assembly was merely a forerunner of their future fame. Palmer Pyle, with his good looks and winning smile, won as his wife a multi-millionheiress. Palmer has, at last, reached his greatest ambition-a life of luxury and ease. Helen Alvis and Margaret Hayden are both practicing Home Eco- nomics and seem very happy. Keokuk has at last a new High School-the largest and best equipped in the United States. Anna Louise Doyle is the principal, and in spite of the spring days, there is a perfect attendance. How times have changed! hladaline Hallahan is a kindergarten teacher in the slums and her work has done much to make the little children happy. A branch of Gregg school has been instituted in Keokuk. Ellie Johnson acts as chief dictator, because she speaks so slowly and dis- tinctly. Nlargaret Ryland and Gladys lNlcKenney display great pa- tience in the correction of papers-especially hlargaret. Because of her efficiency, Vera Schoel was chosen General Managei' of the school. ln spite of her dignified and business-like oflice she is frequently calling for a light lunch. How true it is that habits formed in High School follow one through life. V ' hlarjorie Hill is personal stenographer and otlicial reporter to the President of the United States. Qfhis is not surprisincf. as lVla'rjorie always did have a way of pushing herself inj .' D , Raymond Allen is a designer for men's clothes. method re- quires no models. His principle is-when you want a thing done Well, do it yourselfj . Frank Bertsch is a very prosperous farmer, and his crops always Win first place, with the exception of Harold Sutherland's famous strawberries, with which he furnishes the vicinity both summer and winter, and Yansee Dawson's prize watermelons. Frank has little trouble in calling in the cows, due to his practice as yell leader back in the High School days. Clyde james is Professor of Science at Cornell University, and Kenneth Bevering is his able assistant.

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24 THECOMMENT Daisy Renaud does her shopping in a lNilillspaugh triple-six, which far surpasses the Packard twin-six of 1921. Junior hates to change, but it is always just as Daisy says, and, besides, Russel presented it to them for their trip around the world, as an advertisement. Elizabeth Maxwell and Bernice Smith are both tall and stately, due to their great discovery of a tonic which never fails to bring re- sults. Harley Poole, who is a floor-walker in lN'larshall-Fields, has secured positions for them as models there. Vera Leake is chief stenographer at the Power House and is mak- ing a large salary. hlildred Riley has become an elocutionist. Qlt always was easy for Mildred to appear before the publicj. Duane La Master is a Y. M. C. A. athletic director. His early propensity for such work won him the position. john Landman has won more money by doing nothing than anyone ever yet known. Georgia Wilsey is chairman of the Womeiils National Democratic Committee. Her arguments in High School served as a great help to her. Fred Miller is Professor of Physics, and it is said that he had chosen the fine example of lNlr. Dilbeck. Ruth Steinmetz and Eleanor Schlotter have gone in for silent drama. Their latest production is entitled Drink to Me Qnly With Thine Eyesfl Eugenia Maxwell took an overdose of the Smith-Maxwell tonic, and is thinner than ever. Nevertheless, she has won world fame as an artist. Muir Martin is head accountant of the YVestern Electric Company and has won many friends, due to his influence in reducing the gas rates. Edith Kiedaisch has opened a Nlatrimonial Agency for men. QShe always made them think they had a chance until she got them married off to someone elsej. Hazel Courtney is an instructor of Physics at Wellesley College, and her clear and concise explanations have won her great admiration from her students. Carroll Nelson has become at chemical engineer and has made al- most enough to build a home for Elizabeth.