Lancaster High School - Mirage Yearbook (Lancaster, OH)

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whose ambition was unlimited. Beside our old High School on the hill stood the famous new $160,000 structure built chiefly through the efforts of Herr Thomas. Mary Schleicher was princi- pal, an honor due to the patient hard work for which Mary was noted. Pre- siding over the German department was Katherine Schmidt who after long study in the Fatherland had been engaged to teacher the madchen and knaben of Lan- caster. Helen Wolf, with language just so, after graduating from O. S. U. had taken charge of the English depart- ment. and was engaged in correcting the speech of others. Mabel Snider, the famous lightning talker had been hon- ored with the position of Latin instruc- tor while Gladys Shallcnberger was in charge of the splendidly equipped do- mestic science department. In Oxford, Ohio, I found Edna ICeely holding the position of Dean of Women of Miami university. In Cincinnati were Helen Court right and Ruth Lamb now editors of the “Woman’s Help,” a maga- zine of great renown and excellent pros- pects for the future. Chicago was next visited where I found Minnie Swartz and Ruth Spran- kle entertainers in the Conklc Lecture Bureau, and known as “The Two Invinc- iblcs.” They seemed to get along well with the head of the bureau, Walter Conklc who was a very efficient business man. In Wichita, Kansas, Merl Solt was the superintendent of a government agricultural station and had found a way to grow pickles which had no warts, horse-radish minus the bite, and peaches without seeds. lie is being hailed as a possibility for the Secretary of Agricul- ture in President Layton’s cabinet. In San Francisco May Pairan was filling a very responsible position in connection with the United States mint. Across the Pacific we flew to the Phil- ippines where I found Harry Fisher as Provincial Governor of the islands, hav- ing shown himself interested in the little Phillipinos. In China were Margaret Gardner and Grace Beck studying in preparation for writing a comedy-opera which was to startle the world. At the time they were arguing over the ques- tion as to which hand moves the fastest when eating rice with chop-sticks. In Japan Winifred Abele and Margaret Garling were running a Christian mis- sion house, having converted many hun- dreds of heathen to the Christian faith. In Persia I found our jolly Mary Peet and the coquettish Helen Sharp trying to locate the exact spot of the Garden of Eden just to settle an argu- ment. In Egypt I found Nina Weiland hard at work on a history of Ancient Egypt. Marie Zarbaugh and Florence Baugher, too, were in the land of the Pyramids studying ancient art and sculpture in preparation for becoming teachers in famous American universi- ties. Bv this time my head was fairly swimming from the extensive trip I had taken and now as the aeroplane reached the plains of Greece I noticed that the engine was not going steadily and that we surely must be out of gasoline. Just as we were over the oracle ready to de- scend and I had just put the question to the god concerning my own future, the machine swerved, stopped a moment nad darted quickly to the ground. The con- tact caused me to awake and find myself no longer in the arm-chair, but lying upon the floor. As the visions which had so lately appeared realistic to me grad- ually faded away—a voice whose tones seemed to grow more and more indis- tinct, spoke the following words: “TPif i heart and hand hard to the ta.de 24

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of the highest peaks we stopped at a ho- tel to find our quiet and ever busy ones, Lewis Buell and Clement Corwin as joint proprietors doing well and satisfied. Passing over the land of sunny Italy our craft reached Rome where we found our noisy, ever busy, many-sided Corl La- Ross, making duplicates of many pieces of statuary for which he had become famous. He was hard at his task and I did not interrupt him but went north again to Venice, the city of canals to find Pearce Wright now a Morgan in wealth, seated in a gondola with Bernice, taking in the sights. On we sailed into Germany. Here in Munich I found our efficient musicians, James Reid and Priscilla Whiley pur- suing their musical course under the best of teachers. In Cologne I found Harry Kern, the owner of a large perfume fac- tory. Bernicce Brodrick had become the victim of Cupid’s darts and was now living with her husband, the Duke of Pretzelburg, in a beautiful castle on the famous River Rhine. My attention was now called to Ber- lin where our Bremen representative, Harold Driver, was serving in the ca- pacity of Ambassador to Germany. Leaving Germany, we were ushered into France where I found our beauties, Marjorie Pierce and Margaret Fink cutting quite a figure in Paris society circles. We journeyed to London to find Carl Reed and wife, formerly Clara Kirn, the former being ambassador to England and the latter having become famous by the writing of the song enti- tled “When Susan Sings Sweet Songs in Sunday School.” The Atlantic crossed, we reached New York, where I found Clayton Burnett as the customs collector. He and his wife nee Ruth Sharp resided in a mansion on Fifth avenue and held a high place in society. 23 In Washington, upon visiting the Senate Chamber, I saw Gordon Morris and Clarence Myers debating on the right of a man to kiss his wife in public. Of course Gordon, who had always been contrary, took the negative, but he cer- tainly did not have strong convictions as to being on the right side. I was sur- prised when visiting the House of Rep- resentatives to find among the leading members Maria Swope and Marie Ren- shaw. I was told that Maria was re- sponsible for national woman’s suf- frage and her success was due to her matchless oratory which completely cap- tivated all hearers. Marie had also won fame as the author of a book entitled: “Fools I Have Met,” which was dedicat- ed to James Hawk. Journeying on to Pittsburg I found Wallace Barr managing the steel indus- try which, since Andrew Carnegie’s death, had been entrusted to him. Wal- lace had always taken to such tasks so I was not surprised at his success. In Cleveland, Anna Lou Hyde was musical instructor, having won fame as a vocal- ist. In Columbus Edna Miller the her- oine of many a Lab. explosion, was the head of a Society for Research, and Har- old Barnhill, her once timid compan- ion, was the owner of a fifteen-story structure known as Hotel Buckeye which contained all modern improvements in- cluding electric baths, self-made beds, tipless waiters and mechanical shoe-but- toners. Turning southward, we came to Lan- caster. My! how it had changed! On the Fountain Square stood a large Y. W. C. A. building now under the man- agement of Elizabeth Shaw whose pleas- ure was to make everyone around her happy. Across the street was the home of the Y. M. C. A. which now had a membership of more than two thousand, due to the hard work of Carl Smoot

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A good fair chance is all one could ask; tion I consoled myself with the thought And that is given to all who try that it was enough for me to know that And have as their motto: 'Do or die’. I belonged t6 such an illustrious com- As I rubbed my eyes and gathered pany as the Lancaster High School nyself up from my uncomfortable posi- (“lass of 1913. Mjn’a Mini First. Second. Host admired ...........................H'w Davidson C«rl I.aKoss Most popular................-...........C°rl I.aKoss..............Kutl, Sp,ankle Has done most for I.. H. S..............James Bloom................( oi l I.aKoss Most energetic.......................... '-• ...............Coil Laltoss Best athlete ...........................Lafayette Abbott..........Russell Wetzel Greatest social light...................Ruth Sprankle..........Marcilette Stukey Most likely to succeed.....-............Priscilla Whiley--------...Fred Groff Hardest worker..........................dames Bloom.......................Donally Goss School beauty...........................Helene Ultican......................Helen Sharp Most original...........................Corl Laltoss.........................Karl Gray Best natural ...........................Jiimcs K,oom........................A ary ,1icct Brightest ..................-...........Ferdinand Bright..........Mary Schleicher Wittiest ...............................Karl Gray............................Hart Wilkinson lh-st dresser Miss Hunt......................Marcilette Stukey Most versatile..........................Priscilla Whiley.............. Mr ,,;iwk Biggest bluffer ........................Carl Smoot..............Marjorie Pierce Biggest fusser .........................Ralph Trout.............Harriet Furn.ss Windiest ...............................Ralph Webster.......................Maria Swope laziest ................................Fred Groff.................Ralph Trout Nerviest ...................Ralph WVbster..............Homer Mc( «V Most eccentric 1-... .............Mr- F. Hawk Miss Perfert Greatest grind .........................Mr. W. C. BrashareS Harold Ru Meekest ................................Mr. 1). M. Hickson.........Harold Ruff Noisiest ...............................Ralph Webster........................Corl LaRoss Most scholarly .........................Mary Schleicher Flora Mcrccr 2.5