Medina High School - Medinian Yearbook (Medina, OH)

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26 CJ )t Annual unlucky 13. But it won t be long before women get the vote, and will be able to hold the presidential office and go to war. We have 23 Republicans, 10 Dem- ocrats, 9 non-partisan and 1 Socialist. Two have no politics, Dale Coons and Oral Watt. Perhaps Dale and Oral, like Royal Princesses, are waiting to find out what their husbands’ politics will be before they decide so as to have no fam- ily jars. Most of us are Yankees from the Buckeye State. Only three were born outside of Ohio. Dale Coons’ birthplace is Sedalia, Mo. ; Leo Bartunek’s, Blairs- ville, Pa. ; and Bryan Case was born in Samo Valley, Oregon. Nearly all of us have a different favorite time. Some mentioned are — meal- time, quitting time, midnight, eastern and central time, rag time, spare time, anytime, high time, all the time, spring, summer, appleblossom time and future and present time. We have high aspirations and have set goals which will require patience and perseverance to reach. All of us want to go to college. 15 are undecided as to what institution of learning they prefer. 2 desire to go to Baldwin-Wal- lace, 4 to Western Reserve, 3 to Ann Arbor, 2 to Battle Creek School of Home Economics, 6 to Ohio State, 3 to Hiram, 2 to Actual Business College, 2 to Oberlin and one each to Dartmouth, Oxford, Cincinnati Conservatory, Case, Uni- versity of Pennsylvania and Blinois State. Six are undecided as to their life work. We shall have, in the future, 1 doctor, a professor of music, an under- taker, a librarian, a postmaster, 4 school teachers, 8 stenographers, 5 agricultur- ists, 3 chemists, 4 electrical engineers, 2 dietitians, 1 bachelor girl, a prima donna, a social settlement worker, a mission worker, and three housekeepers — you know what that means, for two out of the three have engagement rings and the third must be mighty sure of one. We were asked to give our favorite sports and gave quite a variety. Eight prefer baseball, 4 football, 5 swimming, 6 motoring, others dancing, hiking, tennis, reading, rowing, moonlight strolling, drawing, working and kodaking, and two were undecided as to their hobbies. We take an active part in athletics and have several star players. Last fall, when the Senior boys played the underclassmen in a game of football, who do you suppose carried off the honors? Why, the Senior class, of course. We have a feeling of regret upon leaving good old Medina High. Of course the assembly room clock will lose its merry tone and tick sadly and more sol- emnly after our departure. And the summer breezes, as they float over Champion Creek, will murmur, “They have gone, the Class of ’ 17 .” But wherever our life work may take us we will always cherish in our hearts the memory of M. H. S. and think longingly of the good old times. “Aufwiedersehen.”

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Senior Department 25 Class Statistics By Marie Hurlebaus There are 45 in our class, 17 boys and 28 girls. We all possess brain, brawn and beauty. The class consists entirely of people who are destined to make Medina famous in the coming years. Our infant is Delpha Ritter, 16 years 8 months; our baby boy is Glenn Wooldridge, 17 years 7 months. The oldest boy is 21 years 3 months and the oldest girl is 20 years 2 months. We are certainly proud of these older members because of their perseverance in staying in school although handicapped by sickness and various other things. The average age of the girls is 18 years 1 month and Florence Carlton comes nearest this aver- age. That of the boys is slightly higher than the girls, being 18 years 11 months. Lester Campbell is nearest this age. The total number of years climbs up to 849. And what do you suppose will be going on in this old world 849 years from now? One thing I am sure of — that there will be no war. By the middle of the 28th century such a fearfully destructive compound will have been discovered that the nations will decide to give up war altogether as being too dangerous a thing to resort to under any circumstances. We have deep foresight and understanding, and a firm foundation, as the combined foot of the class is size 244. Derwin Nettleton, who wears nines, has the largest foot, while Ruth Barthelomew goes to the other extreme and wears twos. The size of the boys’ shoes average 8, and the girls’ 4. Nine of us have gray eyes, 17 have blue, and there are 19 pairs of brown eyes. The majority have brown hair. Seven have black and there is about the same number who have blonde. There is just one thing we lack and that is a red-head. The heavy-weight is Seymour Hoddinott, 174 lbs., while the heaviest girl is Mildred Ensign, 152 lbs. The light-weights among the boys are Floyd Gift and Alvin Gibbs, 120 lbs. each, while the feather-weight is Leatha Scanlon, 98 lbs. The average weight of the girls is 114 lbs. and this is the avoirdupois of Edith Barry. The boys average 145 lbs. and this is the weight of Flomer Ensign. The total weight of the class is 5640 lbs. or 2.8 tons. The shortest among the graduates is Edith Barry, 5 ft. 1 in., while our bean- pole is Derwin Nettleton, 6 ft. 2 in. The average height of the girls is 5 ft. 5 in., and that of the boys is 5 ft. 9 in. We are a very religious crowd and I am sure we look it. Among the 45 of us there are 18 Methodists, 15 Congregationalists, 3 Baptists, 3 Disciples of Christ, 2 Episcopalians, 2 Catholics, 1 United Brethren and 1 Dunkard. The majority of us are not pessimistic, but up to the times. Among us there are only 13 who are against woman suffrage and they surely must ,be the

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Senior Department 27 Class Prophecy Time — May 1, 1927. Characters — A committee from the Class of 1917 ; Floyd Gift, Walter Coleman, Florence Carlton, Katherine Bartholamay, and Ruth Bartholomew. Place — The Medina H. S. Gym. Purpose — To arrange for a class reunion on the tenth anniversary of the grad- uation of the class of 1917. Kath : “Well, first is Bill Arick.” Floyd : “Why, our class president is way down in South Carolina, President of the Arick Savings Bank. Care of The Arick Bank, Charlestown, will reach him.” Walter : “Good for Bill. He always had a head for business. I wonder if he attends his directors’ meetings as faithfully as he used to attend class meetings when at school.” Kath: “Next is Harold Baque. What is he doing?” Walter: “When the rubber factory was started here in Medina, Harold had just finished his course at Case. He graduated with honors and was recom- mended to the position of chemist here and got the job.” Kath : “Harold was good in Chemistry at school. He always used to help me. And some of the grades he used to pull ofif from Mr. Stear! I wonder if he is married. He and Harold Waite used to be rivals for Marguerite Simmons back in M. H. S. but Marguerite got so interested in her work that she forgot them both.” Walter: “He’s an old bachelor, they tell me.” Kath: “Has anybody heard from Edith Barry?” Florence: “Edith took a course in Red Cross work after she graduated. She went abroad on one of the Hospital Units and was a real Angel of Mercy. Then when the war was over she married her Soldier Laddie. But you were at the wedding, Ruth ; tell us about it.” Ruth: “I would like to but we must hurry. Wasn’t it romantic? I have her address, 1975 Clifton Ave., Cleveland. Kath : “Wynne Boyden.” Walter: “You know Wynne expected to have charge of a department of the A. I. Root Co., in the old country after the war closed, but, he became so interested in Y. M. C. A. reorganization work that he went to Siberia and is there now.” Floyd : “I am not surprised. Too bad he can’t be with us. He was a good fellow and we were all proud of him even tho’ we did smile sometimes at his profuse apologies.” Kath: “Next is Leo Bartunek.” Florence: “What has become of Leo? I haven ' t seen him since we grad- uated.” Kath: “Leo is a professor of music and has had his studio on Fifth Ave.; at the present time, however, he has a leave of absence and is in Paris studying.” Floyd: “It is a pity Leo can’t be here. There won ' t be anyone to start an argument with. He was always the life of a party. Remember how he made things go at the reception for Mr. Stear.”