Middlebury High School - Middiette Yearbook (Middlebury, IN)

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Standing, Left to Right-joseph Yoder, Wilbur Miller, joseph Artley, Robert Gannon, Clarence Yoder, Charles Babb, Albert Hassan, Chester Artley, Ellwyn Blough. Front-Rhea Yoder, Hazel Shettel, Rosa Franz, Katherine Varns, Leta Leer, Clara Miller. Junior Class History. President ..r..........,.. .......,.... R OSH FPHIIZ Secretary ..... ...... W ilbur Miller Treasurer ...... .,...,......,.....,..,. C 'hester Artley On Sept. 15, 1913, twenty-two Fresh- me11 assembled in the northwest part of the assembly room of the Middle- bury High School. No doubt they were green, hut what Freshmen are not 2' Besides sixteen of the twenty- two were from the country, and none of the members had seen the e11tire elass before. Aequaintanees were Soon fornied and we entered into the regu- lar routine of work and felt ourselves part ol' the llI.ll.S. The class soon or- ganized and seleeled the class colors. maroon and while, and il banner to he pond ot' during our sehool eareer. llnring the year we organized a Fresh- men lmaseliall leant and sueeeeded in dt-l'e:11ing the tlrnniniar Room team onee. During the year two members, llessie liindy and lidith Troyer left, leaving twenty to finish the year. The next year found us Sophomores. We were sorry to find tive, Rollo Kauff- man, Tennis Bailly, Lester Caton, Luther Yoder and Hallet Bickle had failed to begin the new year with the rest. However we were glad to find that Hazel Shettel was to take her high school course with us. During the year two of the boys ventured into high school athletics, one becoming a pitch- er and the other a in-st baseman of the ILS. team. We were sorry to lose two members during the year, Hobart Far- ver Hlltl Dora Earhart. Fourteen were left to finish the year. We are now jolly Juniors. At the beginning of the year two inembers joined us, Leta Leer and Robert Gan- non. A Debating Society was formed between the Junior and Senior classes and it is known that some of the best debaters in the Society are members of the Junior class, in fact, Wilbur fContinued Under Class Histories ,

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Senior Class History. It was on the 16th of September, 1912, that twenty-five bewildered Freshmen enrolled in the M.H.S., but unlike the ordinary Freshmen we were modest and dignified and were not noisy. We soon got the reputation of the class that does things . We organized our class quite early with Ernest Griner as president and Esther Teters as secretary and treas- urer. We also selected our class colors at this time, lavender and purple, which harmonized quite well with the design of our banner. The design of the banner was strictly original as we designed it ourselves. This, our Freshman year, was the most peaceful year of our course, as we were not mixed up in any class scraps and made peace with the faculty. Several of the the class dropped out and we finished the term, with twenty-two members. Vfe started the second year with nineteen members but before the year was over we had but sixteen. As our president, Ernest Griner, moved to Bristol, we elected new officers. This time Vernon Shoup was elected presi- dent with Edith Farver secretary and treasurer. Our Sophomore year was not so quiet, as we could not get along with the Juniors and were continually having scraps with that class. We had two scraps with them that year and it has generally been considered that we got the best of the deal. That year we lost our modesty and made as many business trips to the library as any class except the Juniors. lt has bee11 said that every class has its Hoff year and the second was our Hoffi' year. However the third year we began work in earnest and regained our lost reputation. We re-elected the same officers as we had had in our Sopho- more year. Shortly before Christmas we decided to give a class play to raise class funds and practice was soon started under the supervision of Supt Cassady. On March 11 the class was entertained by Helen Hout and Gar- land Roth at the home of the latter. This w'as the first class party w'e had had of any kind. On Feb. 26, we pre- sented HA Country Commencementl' to a capacity house and realized 369.30 from the same. We understand that we took in more money than any other class before or since. On the 14th of May we banqueted the Seniors at the Parkview Hotel and a good time was enjoyed by all. Our final year started with sixteen members. This year we elected Esther Teters, president, Merrill Messner, vice president, Ralph Steele, secretary and Florence Allison, treasurer. Edith Farver and Vernon Shoup represented the class on the Student Committee. Early in December we selected our class pins and rings. We also selected Vio- let as our class flower and retained our class colors of lavender and purple and took our motto B2. The most interesting work of the year was placed in the work upon the t'Original . Early in February we an- nounced that we would give a banquet in honor of the class that sold the most copies of the Original and We held an entertainment on March 10 to raise funds with which to banquet them. We took in 4511.45 at this entertainment. The banquet was held on Tuesday even- ing, April 25 in honor of the Freshman class. We had several class parties during the latter part of the winter. On March 7, Helen Smith and .Leota Luke entertained the Seniors and their friends at the home of the former. On March 16 Esther Teters entertained the Seniors and their guests at a Si. Patricks party. Viola Messner and Edith Farver entertained the class and their guests at an April fool party. The Senior class presented a large bronze shield to the High School as a remembrance. We have been very busy this year and all our spare time was put into lilo 'tOriginal . We are at present work- ing on our Senior play, 'tFree Birds Cagedf' which will be given on Friday evening, May 19. Wednesday evening, May 24, we will give our class night program and on Friday night, May 26th, we make our last appearance as a class when the Commencement exercises will be held at the Auditorium. Supt. J. A. Wiggers of the Elkhart schools will deliver the address. EDITH FARVER, Class Historian.

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Standing, Left to RightflVlaud Messner, Moses Diley, Elma Franz, Glenn Cripe, Bernice Stahly, Mildred Troyer, Wiley Kauffman, Homer Warrick, Esther Eby, Edith Cox, Helen Allison, john Warrick, Louise Burkley, Francis Farver. Seated-Edith Troyer, Keith Nihart, Fern Yoder, Alta Miahler, Bertha Kauff- man, Lester Berkey, Katherine Miller. Sophomore History. The 13th of September, 1914, found the Freshmen seats of the High School occupied by 25 studious, industrious and intelligent Freshmen Cas not all Freshmen arej. The 14th showed them to their dismay an empty seat in their class and much to their chagrin that seat was never again used by its former occupant, Walter' Hout. School went smoothly for a month or so until one day the class observed two of their number expelled for the rest of the day for whispering. This sad incident touched the hearts of every member of the class. Following this second bereavement things went quietly for another two months. Then Mr. Marvel, the agriculture instructor, in order to keep order in the Freshman Botany class, promised to take his stu- dents .on a trip. The trip being duly completed, the class arrived back at the school house. Then a bunch of the class, all boys, asked for permis- sion to go the livery barn for a drink. Receiving the desired permission they went,-but not for a drink. The en- tire bunch went on through the barn to the river, swimming. After enjoy- ing a cool hour's swim, they returned to the school house singing, The worst is yet to come . And come it did. From this time nothing worth men- tioning occurred until the members of the class began to drop out, one by one. The first one to get this foolish notion was Brian Mauck, a noble youth of fifteen summers. Then Leulla Nihart Ruth Eby and Daisy Kline followed in quick succession. The rest of the class, however, stuck to it until the end of the year, receiving their term 's credits and making each and every one of them Sophomores, ready for the next year. fConcluded Under Class Historiesnj