Medina High School - Medinian Yearbook (Medina, OH)

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Normal Srparlmrnt 19 Mabel Chidsey, M. H. S. ' 15. “Thy modesty’s candle to thy merit.” Alsetta F. Fretz, M. H. S. ’15. “ There’s a woman like the dewdrop, she’s so purer than the purest.” Ethel M. G-arver, Chatham H. S. ’15. “Her very foot has music in it as she comes up the stairs.” Reinhold Harhert, Brunswick H. S. “ An honest man is the noblest work of God.” Gladys G. Keyser, Homer H. S. ’15. “ Her track, where’er the goddess roves.” ■Normal (Elaas tSistnnj BY HALLIE SHAW We, the Normal Class of 1916, on account of our many members, have a history so long that to tell it all, we have neither time nor space. Therefore we will limit these annals to a statement of those facts that concern the class as a whole. We are the second class to graduate from Medina County Normal School. We are proud of our school. It is our firm conviction that there is none better. This pride we believe is pardonable for it is based not alone upon our own observation and experience but upon the expressed judgment of the State Department at Columbus. Our director is Mr. N. L. Stear, who is aided in the task of instructing us by Mr. W. S. Edmund, Mr. C. E. Jenks, Miss Ethel Rimes, Miss Florence McGonagle, Miss Mildred Kirkpatrick, and Mr. W. C. Rohde. A very enjoyable part of our school year was that spent in Practice Teaching, the value and pleasure of which are due to the kindly attitude and helpfulness of all the grade teachers. With such an excellent corps of teachers we were carefully Stear (ed) along the Rhod(e) to success by the tuneful Rimes of Captain Jenks. If perchance we should lag behind, Miss Kirkpatrick was called to help us along with her drawing apparatus. In school Mr. Edmund looked after our Classroom Management, while outside we were forced to walk in accordance with the dictates of our physical training teacher, Miss McGonagle. This history would not be complete without mention of some of our social gatherings. They consisted of a hike to (he home of Helen Tubbs, and a “ Kid Party ” given by the Misses Keyser and Brubaker. Later we enjoyed a “ Poverty Social ” at the home of Miss Florence Thatcher. But the crowning feature of the year took place one moonlight evening in May at the home of Miss Helen Bryenton at Litchfield. It was here that Mr. Stear featured in an “ Animal Game ” where he showed himself to be an authority when it comes to braying like a donkey. Along with our pleasure we had to take our portion of toil and uncertainty, the lattei- of which was all cleared up at the end of the year when a majority of the class secured positions for the following year, while the rest were assured of good schools for the fall..

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IB oltjp Annual Hattie M. Raw, Sharon H. S. ’15. “The sight of you is good for sore eyes.” Doris M. Searles, M. H. S. ’15 “Magnificent spectacle of human happiness.” Hallie I. Shaw, M. H. S. ’12. “Of all the girls that are so smart There’s none like pretty Hallie.” Vera M. Spooner, York H. S. ' 15. “A babe in the house is a well-spring of pleasure.” Leatha Swigart, Sharon H. S. ’15. “Queen rose of the rose- bud garden of girls.” Alice A. Thatcher, Litchfield H. S. ’15. “Of surpassing beauty and in the bloom of youth.” Helen E. Tubbs, M. H. S. ’15 “Earth’s noblest thing — a woman perfected.” Pearl A. White, Lodi H. S. ’15. “Elegant as simplicity, and warm as ecstacy.”

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This map shows where 108 of our country pupils live.