La Porte High School - El Pe Yearbook (La Porte, IN)

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strategy of class scraps and flag fights.11 Internal dissentions concerning class colors, contested elections, and an acrimonious and interminable debate on “Resolved that Freshmen arc more to be Pitied than Blamed,” occupied much of the spare time of the class this year.1 2 During the Junior year the class came into great prominence.1 1 A vacillating and timid Senior class made the bold determination of the Juniors all the more noticeable.1 • They immediately assumed the heavy responsibility of directing the affairs of the school.11 The choice of class colors was finally made without violence or disturbance.1 6 A class flag was manufactured and constantly worn as a corset by one or the other of the boys of the class in order that it might be instantly available in any emergency.1 ‘ Manifestations of activity on the part of the ordinarily inane preceding class, gave rise to suspicions which were verified by the appearance of the Senior flag on the building. The conflict thus precipitated was sharp but brief. The Senior flag came down, the Maroon and Silver went up in its stead.1 The 02 flag is now preserved in the High School Museum of War Relies.1 '• Casualties on both sides were heavy.20 A reception was now tendered the repentant enemy, which was the most elaborate affair Cl'. “Incident of the War between 1901 1902. pp. 6o6- l • Cf. Emerald, Com, and Ordinary Green ai CL Colori'’ l s Verdant, pp, 50-55. See also “The Oier-stutfing ot‘ Ballot-boxes and Other Forms of RoMety. A Political Study, by I). E. Feated, pp. 101-115, and “Miniates of Sophomore Debate, Volume. XXI to XCVII inclusit e. ,aCf. “Why the Junior are IT; ,coo reasons, b Prim 1 Cf. Our Excuse tor Liting. by S. E. Xioe. 1901. 1 Cf. To Abdkatc or Not to Abdicate: That' the V by Prin. 14 Thi i open to Hunt ion. The majority claim that excellite excitement and ' kilent oratorical exertion caused the collipse of those who were rendered unconscious, and not tlutTrd clubs or bricks. ,TCf. The Fb{ -cj. the I'ndershirt p. 15, Annals of the Flag Hohtert' Club. 1 Cf. Miscellaneous accounts of The Battle on the Roof. The best is by S. K. Rapper, Major-General commanding the besieging forces. See The Maple, published by Class of 1905. p. Two Bags were captured. One was dissded into souvenir strip . • Report of Ambulance Corps, May. 1902. Alio “Report of Battle on the Roof, bv Major-General S. K. Rapper, U. cit. Also Latin MSS., p. 7;, The Maple. ever undertaken by any class in the history of the school.51 The final humiliation of the precceding class was administered on the night of com- mencement when they were compelled to graduate under an ’03 flag.5 5 This auf d'etat greatly agitated the School Board.15 The present dosing year of the history of this remarkable class is so crowded with incident that mere mention of the more important events must suffice.54 Social alFairs have not been neglected.- '' extra courses have been carried by the majority of the class, internal insurrections have not been frequent and peace and prosperity has smiled on 1905.; Her representatives have held the highest offices of power, honor and respons- ibility in the school, ; they have successfully managed the football and baseball teams, assured the success of the Glee Club, Orchestra and Mandolin Club, and so directed its affairs that the deficit of the Gym- nasium Fund is now replaced by a large surplus. - Realizing that because of their superior prowess and numbers that to offer to scrap with the succeeding classes would merely mean the extermination and annihila- tion of promising candidates for the rank of Senior, the class has refrained from in any way inciting hostilities with its successors.5 The culminating event, the fitting climax to the career of the Class of 1905 consisted in the publication of that epoch-making volume, “ The Maple.”3 In so doing they established a precedent which few may dare to follow, and achieved a fame which will shimmer and shine down through the ages.31 -1 See “l a rled and Outdone, by Ni.n T. Ecnti»». Vol. II., Appendix Cf. The Last Straw, hy Van Qutshed. Final Chapter. AImj “Biters i ! the Duit, by same author. Cf. “Hour V Got Busy, . 51 The reader it referred to The Handwriting on the Wall Encvclopa-do t Fait- and Events, for 1901-190;. 3i See account of Polar Expedition, Tin- Maple, pp. lit, lift. -c “How to be a C ar at a Class Meeting, by L. Rutnelv. Chapter III Con- cerning evtra Courses, see Commencement Program. Cf. “S P , Wit ltd Wit 1 Wires, “Graft !‘Cf. Report of Treasurer, pp. ::-2j. Cf. “ The Impending Cataclysm, by O. T. FV.jr. Cf. “Sixty Nights Till One O'l , “ I Herculean Labors ot The Poor Editor l-s We, I 1 A C - 11 See Argus-Bulletin and The Herald. 13

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Class of 1904 jST Motto: “ Rowing, not Drifting” Plow»: Fern Colors: Green ami White Yell -«fit)' Juno' Jupiter Zeus' Reno' Rino' 1‘olvphemut' Who! RjIi' Boo' Rah' Rip' Rap' Roar' Junioi' Junior' Nineteen Four' Presivient Historian Officers Keene Fail Secretary-Treasurer . Gertrudf Brows Bernice Gaul Poet . . . Isabel Launer Sergeant at-Arms, Georce Bosserman Eiuth Alexander Ethel Beahm Nova Beal Lottie Bement Mamie Blair George Bosserman Carr Bowell Nellie Bradley Gertrude Brown Abbie Burlingame Rosetta Burns Class Roll Ethel Canan Frank Clark Dora Cooper Willow Coplin Lillian Daniels Percy Day Edna Fail Keene Fail Bernice Gaul Flora Harding Minnie Hollingsworth Emory Jaeger Lena Kellerman Emma Klager Harry Kramer Laura Kreucer Isabel Launer Claude Lewis Anna Lindborc Ruth Mayhew Seymour MacMillan Blanche Mithoff Mary Nile Francfs Parkinson Louise Patterson Marie Pusch Arnold Rechfnberg Elsie Shaw' Alice Sonneborn Arthur Steicely Emily Tayior Helen Weir Louise Weyer Ethel Whorweli.