Madison Township High School - Madisonian Yearbook (Wakarusa, IN)

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MADISONIAN Millicent Hall and Estella Beehler retained their official positions and Margaret Murphy was elected, vice president; Miss Larrick became class-sponsor. We kept the same flower, colors and motto. By way of recreation members of our class were active in athletics, a minstrel, debaters club, chorus and our class play. And now the four long years are passed; the Freshmen of 1925 are Seniors of 1929. Our enjoyable experiences by far outweighed the unpleasant ones, but quite a few of our class which in the beginning numbered thirty missed many of the pleasures of being a senior by dropping out. Erma Anthony, one of these, was forced to drop out on account of sickness. By looking at our pictures one can tell we are all highly pedigreed but it would be much too difficult to trace each individual ' s ancestry back very far so I will — to show what progress we have made — show the baby picture of each of our remaining sophisticated Seniors. The number at the end of this fourth year is 17 which are these: Elsie Blondia, first daughter of Alfonse Blondia. Esther — and Byron — whose sur- names are Eslinger. Mable Stickle, whose sur- name may sometime be Eslinger, also. Dorothy, one of the little Schweisberger ' s. Marie, the fair daughter of Wm. Loucks. Leroy Hirstein, the heart breaker (but he is soon for- gotten.) Estella Beehler, our favorite Senior and the girl of abounding personality. Sophia Berger, who never got over the jolliness of her Junior year. Edna Weldy, a girl of strong mind as her auburn hair indicates. Margaret Murphy, the lover of romance and inde- pendence. Estella Fredericks, our dainty and comely Senior. Estella Felton, the socially inclined bright light of our class. Millicent Hall, the girl of the west. Dorothy Hartman, timid but industrious. Elsie Fox, our most studious Senior. Marie Bringolf, who is al- ways surprising us by her answers. [Twenty]

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MADISONIAN (Class history) SPRING (FRESHMEN) SPRING is the time of all green and growing things, fresh and verdant in their newness to life. What more fitting, then that the Freshies, in this green time of their life, should be compared to the Spring of the year. The essential characteristics of Spring (March winds and April showers) are very necessary to the shoots of knowledge in the Freshmen mind. We felt the first pull of the plow and cultivator in the spring of our career when we organized and elected, as class officers, Nelson Leman, president; Margaret Murphy, vice president; Millicent Hall, secretary and treasurer. We chose a flower and class colors to correspond, the colors being green and white, and our flower, the Valley Lily. As our sponsor we chose Miss Swarm, who proved a real friend to us in the days when we were so green. We surprised the seniors, somewhat by our conduct at the first social event of the year — the Senior reception for us. SUMMER (SOPHOMORES) But the March winds and April showers brought on the warmer hues of summer and an abundance of May flowers. In our second year, our powers of self-possession devel- oping, we did not hesitate to claim a part as true representatives of Madison High School. We felt much wiser and so much more grown up. However, seven were left by the green wayside of the spring. Two new students came from Wakarusa tho ' , making a total of twenty-five. This year we chose Mr. Van Pelt as our sponsor and elected Estella Felton, president; Marie Loucks, vice president; and Estella Beehler, secretary and treasurer. We changed our colors to Rose and Silver and our flower to Sweet Pea, these colors and the flower being characteristic of summer. We retained our motto of Making Each Golden Moment Ours. Our class hadn ' t yet shown much musical inclination but Hirstein, Barney, Estella Felton, and Erma Anthony entered the athletic association. Before the end of the year Margaret Herbst left us and went to Illinois to live. Such a dignified Soph class never existed before. Originality? — no end of it. Our original demonstrations in geometry were probably the newest discoveries of the age. And in closing the history of the Sophomore year the gang which was composed of eight girls must be mentioned. AUTUMN (JUNIORS) Fall with its brilliant foliage and fruit ushers in the harvest. So we, as Juniors began to reap the results of our first two years. This was a hard year for us and was made no easier by our nearest kin, the Seniors, who seemed quite unfriendly toward us. We started a hard year of study by again organizing and changing our class colors and flower as well as sponsor. The officers elected were: Millicent Hall, president; Estella Felton, vice president; Estella Beehler, secretary and treasurer; Miss Sutherlin, sponsor. Our flower was the white rose and our colors cream and light green. Since we now held the im- portant position of Junior class we felt it incumbent upon us to do something to distinguish ourselves. And distinguish ourselves we did, by completely extinguishing the hostile Seniors by giving in their honor, the most successful reception on record. As it was an age of aerial enthusiasm we carried out an aeronautical theme. WINTER (SENIOR) The leaves scatter and fall, the snow descends, and all gather around the crackling flames, and so we enter the Senior year. Yes, Winter is rugged, and so are the Seniors — rugged in their might. We were so oc- cupied with our studies and work that we had very little time to devote to social activities. [Nineteen]

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MADISONIAN Last Will and Testament WE, the most highly honored, lauded and esteemed class that has passed or probably ever will pass from this great institution of learning, do publish this, our last will and testament. Article I — To Mr. Gordon we will three pounds of appreciation done up in a gunny sack and hung on the flag pole in front of the school. Article II — To the faculty we extend warm thanks for their hearty co-operation in all our problems, and express our sorrow because no longer will they be able to teach such a bril- liant class, but will have to be content with this unnitelligent bunch of Juniors. Article III — To our flourishing but yet unripe Freshman brothers we bequeath three years (or more) of pleasant (or otherwise) experience in getting a high school education. Unto that unassuming, innocent bunch of Sophomores we leave our ability to make A ' s in our subjects and U ' s in our conduct, and to keep the entire faculty under nervous strain trying to keep a reasonable amount of order in the building. To our nearest kin, the Juniors, we leave our advice and ability in deciding questions of great weight and also our dignity to be used in the study hall and other public places. At this point we wish to endow Mr. Walters with the task of getting Mr. Gordon ' s gunny sack off- the flag pole and presenting it to him. Article IV — To Kenneth Kern we bequeath Estella Beehler ' s ability to handle money and to Olive Grenert, Estella ' s ability to be true to one fellow. Unto Bessie Keil, we leave Elsie Fox ' s ability to make good grades, especially in English. Unto Anna Hillaert, we wish to leave Dorothy Hartman ' s meekness and blushes, pro- viding she will use them to an advantage. To Mary Buday, we bequeath Mabel Stickel ' s bobbie pin in hopes that she will then keep her hair out of her face. To Wm. Showalter, we leave Millicent Hall ' s brains in hopes he will use them. To Dorothy Boner we bequeath Marie Louck ' s perfect spit curl and her peaches and cream complexion to Christine Unsicker. To Fritz Jordan, we leave Byron Eslinger ' s yell leading powers and his love for class- mates we leave to Herb Pittman. To Erma Weiss, we bequeath Marie Bringolf ' s ability to make 98 ' s in Economics. To Mabel Kline we hereby bequeath Dorothy Schweisberger ' s charming smile. To Viola Rassi we hereby bequeath Estella Frederick ' s love for reading. To Ireta Brenneman we leave Esther Eslinger ' s curly locks. To Anna Shrock we bequeath Sophia Berger ' s love for romance. To Lavon Rassi we wish to leave some of Edna Weldy ' s weight and her wee little voice to Lillian Murphy. To her sister Wilma we bequeath Stella Felton ' s ability to lend attractiveness to the basketball team. Article V — To Kenneth Kern we leave an encyclopedia of etiquette on How to Be- have Properly Under Any Circumstances in six volumes, bound in chicken skin and writ- ten by Margaret Murphy, whose conduct grades qualify her to write on the subject. To Ada Felton we wish to bequeath Elsie Blondia ' s ability to have a steady boy friend. To Kid Troxel we bequeath Leroy Hirstein ' s ability to make wise cracks. Article VI — We do hereby appoint Edna Hesch and Lela Hawkins to be the executors of this, our last will and testament. We do hereby provide that three hours after our demise our obituary shall be published in all the world ' s leading funny papers and be broadcasted over Sears, Roebuck ' s station during the Coo-Coo hour. In w itness thereof we hereunto set our hands in seal this 29th day of March, 1929. Signed: Senior Class of ' 29. [Twenty-one]