Medina High School - Medinian Yearbook (Medina, OH)

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10 Cl)e Annual Ethel A. Finley “Manners that to each look and word impart A modesty and ease.’’ Florence M. Hazen “And with her graceful wit there was inwrought A mildly-sweet unworldliness of thought.’’ M. Theresa Hosrner “She is so full of pleasing anecdote, So rich, so gay, so poignant in her wit.” Florence M. Johnson “A perfect Woman, nobly planned To warm, to comfort, and command.” Dorothy Rex “Devoted, anxious, generous, void of guile, And with her whole heart’s welcome in her smile. ’ Litchfield H. S., 1916 Sharon H. S., 1916 Seville Id. S., 1916 Medina H. S., 1916 Medina H. S., 1916 Florence Rex “Love, goodness, sweetness in her person shine.” Dorothy R. Rice “But then her So lovely, yet so arch — so full of mirth, The overflowing of an innocent heart.” face, Corda L. Wertz “Type of the wise, who soar, but never roam— True to the kindred points of Heaven and Home.” Mary M. White “Good nature and good sense must ever join.” Medina H. S., 1916 Lodi H. S„ 1916 Chatham H. S., 1916 Lodi H. S., 1916

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Senior Department 9 Baccalaureate Sermon ENTER INTO LIFE by S. F. ROSS Pastor of Methodist Episcopal Church Text Neither do men put new wine into old bottles: Else the bottles break , and the wine runneth out , And the bottles perish: But they put new wine into new bottles and both are preserved. — St. Matthezv 9:17.

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Senior Department 11 Normal Class History Dorothy Rex The year, 1916-17, has been a notable one in the history of the Medina Nor- mal School. Although the way had been well blazed by the classes of 1915 and 1916, under the leadership of N. L. Stear, it yet remained for us, the class of 1917, under our leader, Miss Stuenkel, to establish a permanent home for all Normal students of Medina County. Previous to this year the Normal class had no room of its own. Through the kindness of the Board of Education we were permitted to furnish and occupy a room on the east side of the Garfield building. For days and weeks we labored faithfully until at last there evolved a light and cozy room, furnished with all the equipment needed for an ideal place of study. For some of the furnishings, the bookcase and magazine rack, we are indebted to the Manual Training boys and for most of the books and good reading material, to Miss Stuenkel and Mr. Edmund. Here, in our pleasant little stateroom we have sailed smoothly through the depths of Psychology and Sociology. Though we have no doubt passed through “danger zones,” where we might have sunk in despair, our pilots, Mr. Jenks and Mr. Edmund, have skilfully steered our small bark past all unseen obstacles and brought us safely into port. With the kindly help of Miss Rimes we have learned how to cook our own food and make our own clothes ; so that at least some of the terrors of the “High Cost of Living” are eliminated for us. We have been ably instructed in drawing by Miss Kirkpatrick, and, although “artists are born, not made,” we think we will be able to help our pupils add a little of the artistic to life. Miss Stuenkel has trained us in Methods, Physical Culture and Penmanship, and, in addition to teaching these branches, has served most faithfully and effi- ciently as general supervisor of all our work. Our library, which has grown until it now contains two hundred and fifty volumes, has been completely indexed by our capable librarian, Florence Johnson. At times some of our number have been called to take the place of disabled teachers in different parts of the county, and, although we enjoyed the change, and the practise of teaching, yet we were always glad to get back to our class- mates and work at M. H. S. Our school year has not been one of “all work and no play,” for though we have had but few festivities, they have made up in quality what they lacked in quantity. The most memorable ones were a picnic supper and marshmallow roast at the home of Florence Johnson, and a Valentine party and supper at the home of Dorothy Rice. At the beginning of the school year we were eleven in number, and came from all parts of the county. Ethel Finley came from Litchfield High School, Florence Hazen from Sharon, Theresa Hosmer from Seville, Corda Wertz from Chatham, Carlotta Ehrnan from Plinckley, Mary White and Dorothy Rice from Lodi, Pearl Canavan, Florence Johnson, Dorothy and Florence Rex from Medina. Since Pearl has lately left us to attend another school and Carlotta to prac- tise her Domestic Science in a snug little home of her own, it may be said that these two are gone, and we are only nine, yet, in the language of the little child in the old fourth reader, we still maintain “we are eleven.”