Ladoga High School - Canner Review Yearbook (Ladoga, IN)

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0112155 nf 1915 Class Motto: Knowledge Colors Pink and Blue President - Vice-President Secretary - Walter Bish Effie Branson Ruth Clark Cassie Everhardt It Lowell Foster Marcella Freeman Mabel Graybill Urris Glover Lorence Harshbarger Lucile Harris Ione Taylor OFFICERS. CLASS ROLL. Is .P0we1'. Class Flower jonquil - LUCILE HARRIS - NINA STANLEY - LOWELL FOSTER Madge Long Samuel Mahorney Jessie Myers George McClintock Esther Poe Thelma Roberts VVarren Strickler John E. Stoner Edna Shackleford Nina Stanley Louise VViddop

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.In Lntnrarg Emu Benniv Armin in the mnrlh E was always just the same slow, thick-headed Dennis. They never knew his real name or from whence he came. Rogers found him in a box car asleep one night and when he dragged him out he saw a boy of about sixteen, appearing so forlorn and pitiful that instead of shaking him he gave him a square meal. Dennis was slow and blundering, but he was ready to give his last cent or his last ounce of strength to any one in need. I-Ie always pos- sessed a pleasing, wistful look in his big brown eyes, resembling that of an offended dog. He stayed at Foley's Junction for three years, serving as a messen- ger boy, carrying telegrams up to headquarters Vtfhenever he signed his name to the payroll it was jotted down as Dennis, His long standing desire to be a railroad man flushed up to its highest now. They greatly pitied his condition-a boy with ambitions and no ability, and as a consequence they encouraged and cheered him whenever he was discouraged. From nearly the first day at Foley's junction hc rigged up a learner's telegraph key in the back of the office and with a Morse code he practiced laboringly during his spare time. ' In a year's time he had risen to the re- sponsible job of call boy. He was still hopelessly lost at the key. Six months later he asked Brancroft, the withered tow-head chief dispatcher, whom he liked the best of all men that he knew, to give him the examination for the operator's job. Ile flatly, Hatly, failed, but not discouraged in the least. he went to work again with his key. His big eyes seemed more wistful than ever as lie tried to catch the letters. After several months of diligent study Dennis went to the Chief Dis- patcher for another examination. Again he failed as badly as before. Kindly wishing to advise him as to the best course to follow, Bran- croft told Dennis that he had better begin v.'ork in the car shops or the mechanical department. Dennis did not listen to this advice. but went to work a third time more determined than ever. Next year a hundred miles of new track was completed. Construc- tion gangs worked day and night using the great steam scoops, which gathered the dirt and great mouthfuls while the rails were kept hot by the rush of the flying wheels. The Rapid City Division was alive with trains, as they were increased to carry the additional traflic. In all his labors Dennis had one steadfast friend. This was Letty, the waitress at l-awson's lunch-room. She was always ready to hear his complaints or to receive his good news. She admired his tenacity and patience but pitied his dullness and seeming ignorance. As he worked over the key he would mutter, If I could only get the hang of it! The country was scoured for operators for the new telegraph sta- tions that were being established along the line. Dennis thought this was his chance, so he went a third time to Brancroft for the examination. The chief was tempted to tell him that he was tired of him and that he had no more time to waste, but the big pleading eyes restrained him, and instead he told Dennis to come to the office. after dinner. Dennis told Letty about his good fortune at noon while eating his beef sandwich and drinking his coffee. She smiled encouragingly at him and gave him an extra sandwichgby which she thought she might aid him in his coming task. That evening Dennis was excited for the first time in his life. He came dancing into the hall, threw his old felt hat down stairs, and was covered with grins, as he told Letty about passing the examination. 'Tll get forty whole dollars a month now, he said, beam- ing with joy. Ashamed of his outburst he jammed his hat down over his ears in his accustomed fashion and ran out of the house.