Kouts High School - Kostang Yearbook (Kouts, IN)

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March 17—Seniors appear in green trimmings to celebrate “St. Patrick s Day in the Mamin’.” March 23—Bessie and Mabelle go to Crown Point and Lester, Leo and Albert go to Valpo to get their “mugs shot for the Annual. The school room is very quiet today. March 26—Seniors are kept busy get- ting the Annual together. March 31—Inspectors are expected any day. The pupils polish up their seats and get ready for them. Decide on col- ors and motto. April 1—April Fool! Some Senior’s birthday! Whose??!! April 5—Lester swells out in a new tie. More tie than knowledge today. April 9—Spring fever has played havoc with the Seniors. Idaline goes to sleep in History class. April 12—Leo and lister get excused to take looking for June Bugs for Zoology. April 20—Somebody’s birthday again. Guess whose? April 23—Several boys take advantage of the ”23“ and take a vacation. Several demerits issued. April 24—Idaline and Bessie take teachers’ exam, again, get 100 in every- thing. May 1—May Day and the Seniors dis- tribute their flowers. Bessie brings a May basket to put hers in the day be- fore. May 3—Bessie’s birthday this time. Sweet sixteen and never ------------- . Yes but she has! May 7—Spring fever sets in full blast. Seniors swear off not to study any more real hard. May 13—Examination again. But prac- tice makes perfect and the Seniors get it all right. May 14—Exams, continued and finish- ed. May 15—Grades are given out and all are satisfied. May 21—Our last days at the old K. H. S. are ended, the Seniors depart one by one with deep regrets, wishing good luck to those who yet remain. IDALINE TRINKLE, ’15. PICTURES THAT CAN’T BE PAINTED. Bessie—Without her lesson. Lester—Bashful. Leo—Angry. Mabelle—Without a song. Albert—Short. Idaline—With a frown. 22

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didn't get to bed till late and suffers a lame arm (?). Oct. la—Test in Physical Geography. Everybody got 105%. Oct. 20—Prof. Alexander wishes us to give oratorical contest. All eagerly con- sent but decide to postpone it till next year. Oct. 23—Fire Sale! Ask Idaline. Oct. 29—Class meeting. Much said but little done. Oct. 31—Hallowe’en. Surprise on Bes- sie. Lester wishes to get ahead of the rest so he climbs on the mule's back. Several (?) enjoy a quiet walk thru Lov- er’s Lane. Nov. 9. Mr. Robertson recites the les- son in Physical Geography and explains the theory of evolution, but Leo and Ma- belle still think we are not descendants of apes. Nov. 12—Mabelle is late again! That’s no new occurrence on Thursday morn- ing!! (Awkward silence). Nov. 17—Rather loud visitor announced. Nothing more to be said!! Nov. 22—Fire Sale again. Ask Ma- belle. Nov. 25—School is dismissed for Thanksgiving. Dec. 3—Another test in Physical Geog- raphy. Everybody improves a little. Dec. 4—K. H. S. Basket Ball team goes to LaCrosse to play. Dec. 15—Mr. Alexander is detained in Room B. so Lester dismisses school. Dec. 22—Test in English. Grades are withheld till after the holidays. Dec. 24—H. S. enjoys a treat from the teachers. H. S. horsechestnut (orches- tra) plays the Christmas carol and “ev- erything goes merry as a marriage bell.” Vacation begins. Jan. 4—School reopens and all are glad to get back (?). Jan. 5—Lecture course. The Univer- sity quartet entertains. Jan. 11—Lester teaches school for Clara Young. Jan. 12—Ditto. Jan. 13—Ditto. Never again! Jan. 14—Examination. All Seniors get 100 in every subject. Jan. 15—Exams are finished for the first half year, but the w'orst is yet to come. Jan. 30—Five Seniors go to Valpo to take teacher’s exam. Three enjoyed an exciting catastrophe three miles out and arrived home Sunday evening. All re- ceived 100 in each study. Feb. 1—Fire escapes which were sug- gested during Xmas vacation come and work is begun. Feb. 6—Mabelle begins to practice run- ning and jumping to get out the window as the doors to the fire escapes are not yet cut. Feb. 12—Another test in Physical Geography. We improve with age. Feb. 16—Exciting debate in Junior- Senior English Class. Feb. 17—Debate is continued and the Seniors are the victors. Feb. 18—Seniors hold another class meeting. Nothing much doing. Feb. 19—Lester teaches in Miss Ander- son’s room. No serious harm done by him. Feb. 20—Doors are cut to give access to the fire escapes. Feb. 22—George Washington’s birth- day. Vacation for one day is enjoyed. Feb. 23—Idaline teaches in Modern and Medieval History class. Feb. 27—Two Seniors go to Valpo to take the exams. Not quite so bad as be- fore. March 2—Lottie Hardesty visits school. Ask Fred about it. March 5—All are greatly surprised by a fire drill w’hich occurred at 3:45 p. m. Several slid a little, but nobody received any dangerous results. March 12—Mr. Robertson kindly pre- pares a little test for us which was great- ly appreciated (?). March 13—Idaline goes to Crowm Point to have her “mug shot” for the Annual. Camera is reported as being hopelessly lost from the shock. 21

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JUNIOR CLASS HISTORY. NE fine September morning in 1912 sixteen boys and girls: Harry Williamson, Agnes Radilyack, Clara Detlefs, Margaret Betterton, Georgia Miller, Idaline Trinkle, Louise Kosanke, Mabelle Salzer, Agnes Lauer, Lottie Hardesty, Albert Hone- house, Ralph Schwenk, Joe Weging, Myrna Warren, Aliee Kruell, and Louis Paid stood shivering before the doors of the K. H. S. We had not long to wait for an introduction to our teachers and so our work began. We started off with German, English, Algebra and Biology. As we looked thru our books, we groaned and thot of the hard times before us. The first day passed quickly. After we had gone for about a week and gotten started in our new work, we thot High School wasn’t so bad after all. Our troubles were renewed as •‘exams” approached. However, we all got our credits and were very happy, soon getting used to “demerits” and other like pleasant (?) things. Before the year was over five of our members bad fallen by the wayside. The rest kept struggling onward to the end of the year when we all took our books and went home rejoicing that we were to be “Presides” nevermore. In September, 1913, we returned as Sophomores. Counting our bunch, we found that a few more had straggled from the ranks. We 23