Madeira High School - Mnemonic Yearbook (Madeira, OH)

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Will We, of the Class of 1938, being fully aware of the catastrophe about to descend upon us, do forth-with, in our last moments, decree that our worldly stores shall be disposed of in the following manner: To the members of the Annual Staff of 1938 we bequeath the responsibilities of putting out the second issue of the MNEMONIC. To the Freshmen we leave the courage to face the three long years' ahead of them. To the Sophomores we give the assurance that next year will be better than this. Ut couldnit be worsej. To our successors, the Juniors, we will our high and lofty position and the privileges and advantages which go with it. Margaret Hanning leaves her beloved cheer leaderis suit to Mary Williamson, so that it may carry on with a redhead. Because she is going away to school and will have no further use for it, Marion sadly entrusts her sparkling space to Vange Korte. Jeanne leaves her position as editor of the BLUE and GOLD and a box of aspirin to Jack Morgan. To that cute little junior, Norma Hewitt, Thelma Bergen leaves her million- dollar smile. Ray is so kind as to transfer his ego to Jimmy Thompson so that Jim will be a high-class Senior next year. To help Bill Blankenship become a ladies' man, Bob has very generously willed his nice curly hair to him. Catherine has decided to leave her class boners to Ruby Langford-with an attached warning. Isabel and Louise wish to bestow their silence and secrecy upon those strong silent boys, Dick Montgomery and Jack McCarthy. Very reluctantly indeed, Dorothy wills her big brown eyes to Laura Behan. With a tear in his eye, Bill leaves his beautiful paper dolls to Harry Johnson. fBe good to them, Harry, . Virginia rather cheerfully hands over her ability to sprain her ankles to Margaret McGinnis. Walter Wood gives his promptness to Rita Bergen. Orville leaves his Wide awake attitude to Gene DeMar. Phyllis has many pleasant memories as she bestows her lead in the class play upon Jean Putnam. ..., P, , l 4 1 5 ...J

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History A group of old grads of the Class of '38 have gathered to do a little remi- niscing. How pleasant old memories can be! Remember the first big event of our Freshman year, the Girl Reserve-Hi-Y hike, and how it rained? I'll never forget the fun we had in Miss Coulter's classes. Oh, yes-that time she gave us a birthday party! Did we have the swell time our Junior year! Sold candy to give the seniors a banquet-and gave a card party, too. Didn't we put it on at that banquet?- Vernon Manor, yellow rose corsages, rain, the Albee , tough steaks, gold candles, bath salts, Mr. Sellman reciting To eat or not to eat , and more fun, and - more fun! 'tDoes your memory faintly recall that second year in high school when we hit a new low in English grades? Ah, dear old Caesar-how we murdered him and drove Miss Hadsel crazy. I believe Mr. Buxton came that year, didn't he? Oh, yes, that was the year we wasted our noon hours playing games on the blackboard. L'Remember how different it was when we were seniors-how we would cram down our lunch and then rush back to the room to cram as much history as possible-and then when we got to class we would try to get Mr. Sellman to talk about current events so that he wouldn't give us a test. I can just see our old home room Ql04j in the morning before school with all of us lounging around on the commercial desks in the front of the room trying to see who could make the funniest crack , How we loved to make puns-and were they terrible! I don't suppose any of us have forgotten that cozy little detention room, and those lovely little white slips we received once in a while. HDo you remember that first day of school in our senior year? We thought we were so important, with a brand new building and everything. We had three new teachers that year, too - Mr. Phillips, Mr. Robinson, and Miss Fagaly. Yes, we were parked in the Home Ee. room and nearly had fits un- til we got moved. We really got started at that first class meeting-went high- brow and chose the gardenia for our class flower, argued about every color in the rainbow, finally chose navy and white, and then broke up in confusion with everyone talking at once and demanding justice. But we really pulled together on our annual. Remember the nights we work- ed at school, the day we had the pictures taken, the study bells we spent writing and rewriting, those Buy your Annual Now signs all over the school, and the day we went forth after advertising-plenty of work, but it was worth it. Then came the class play with everyone laboring to give the 'tNewspaper Bride a successful reception at Madeira. Did we enjoy the ban- quet that year! Will you ever forget that June 12th and our Baccalaureate address, June 17th and Commencement. Blue caps and gowns, a march down the aisle of the auditorium, those long-awaited diplomas, a final farewell, and it was all over.

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Prophecy Scene: A large crowded convention hall. Time: 1945. The chairman of the convention has introduced the principal speaker. He has already begun his address: I have been intensely interested in education and its influences on average boys and girls. In June 1938, I attended a commencement at Madeira High School and chose to make a study of that graduating class as I felt that it re- presented the average group of boys and girls leaving high school. Since that time I have kept in contact with all the members of the class and I have on hand a complete record of their activities since they were graduated. I should like to present to you at this time some of the most outstanding of these records. First let us consider the class president, Raymond Hastings. After leaving high school he secured a position in a small business, and is now an executive in one of the largest whisk-broom corporations in the country. Thelma Bergen's big smile has helped to make her one of the most popular stewardesses on a well-known airline. Two of the girls, Catherine Wilson and Louise Meyer were married soon after graduation and are now heads Qof course, of their own homes. About two years ago Orville Curtis inherited a large fortune, and is now spending most of his time on yachting trips. Margaret Hanning has gained her fortune and fame by persistent effort in Hollywood. I'm sure you have all seen her in some of her successful musical comedies, such as Madame M oth. One of the most popular swing bands in radio is dependent upon two more of this class. The band is under the direction of Marion De- Mar, and Bill Wogenstahl is the featured vocalist. Virginia Teal attended business school and is now private secretary to a promising young lawyer. After a short but successful career in journalism Jeanne Fevrier is now man- aging a dude ranch in Arizona. The artist of the class, Phyllis Grimes, spent several years in New York studying designing, and recently opened a shop of her own in a fashionable section of Paris. Dorothy Macht found her exper- ience in high school very valuable in securing a position as advertising manager of popular magazine. Bob Chipman has become a very successful manager of an experimental farm. Isabel Gould, always noted for her sweet disposition, has become a trained nurse. Walter Wood is still pursuing his ambition in the field of electrical engineering. This concludes this list of seniors of whom I have made a survey . .