Morton High School - Pierian Yearbook (Richmond, IN)

Text from Pages 1 - 132 of the 1929 volume:

THm L- THE ♦ ' Pierian 19 9 I J- - [. Nicholson Printing Company richmond, indiana X 1 D m ' a THE SE JBOi CLASS : mim Mm school VC)rnj vvE x Dediccition We, the staff, hereby dedicate this book to THE SPIRIT OF MODERN YOUTH in the liope that it may be an inspiration for higher ambitions and to nobler goals. 1 Foreword Ihe curtain is drawn; curiosity is satisfied; tlie mystery is cleared. After several months of hard work, the staff has been successful. Here is the book. May it be a happy reminder of the year ' ' - t cfya nineteen hundred twenty-nine. COKDEIR. V SCIWOOL SIEA IICIRS lUNIDIERCmiSSMN ACTIVmiES CILIUIBS MUSIIC ATINLIETICS «.. ' - • f ?■ ■, 1 ' ' S,I V i f , t. , ii 4 r, .t ■■J::fei Z . ' f THE SCHOOL The School Board BEHIND everything there is a motive or an impulse; behind every school system there is the school board. The duties of the school board are numerous and difficult. The board selects teachers, builds and supports our schools, and keeps vs atch over the school system to maintain efficiency in it. Many students do not know the men who hold positions on this council. May we introduce the school board : W. G. Bate, Supt. WiLLARD Z. CARR Walter McConaha Charles B. Beck Page eight In Memoriam ALFRED W. DINGLEY 1857 — August 22, 1928 Mr. Dingley was a familiar figure to the hundreds of pupils who passed through the school during his fifty years of service as custodian. Hardly a day passed that students did not stop him in the hall to tell him some of their troubles or to ask his advice. He also gained a large circle of friends throughout Richmond. WILLIAM H. MOORE 1905 — September 5, 1928 Mr. Moore, a graduate of Purdue University, taught drafting and vocational drafting at Morton for two years. He was one of the most popular of Morton ' s teachers during this time. He always had a ready smile for everyone, and was very well liked by both students and faculty. WiEMl The Faculty Administration E. C. Cline, A.B., M.A. Donna I. Parke, A.B., M.A. John F. Thompson, M.S. Leora Johanning. English Department Anna L. Finfrock, Ph.B., Pd. M. Inez E. Trueblood, A.B. Flora C. Broaddus, A.B. Helen 0. Riggs, A.B., M.A. Paul J. Lichtenfels, A.B., B.O.S. Mary A. Fornshell, A.B., M.A. Mathematics Department Martha A. Whitacre, A.B., M.A. Elbert Vickrey. Dale F. Seider, A.B., M.A. Science Department 0. W. Nicely, A.B., B.S., M.S. John F. Thompson, M.S. Margaret Ewan, A.B. Ezra A. Miller, Ph.B. Vocational Department G. K. Nicholas, B.S. Charles R. McNaughton, B.S. Grant L. Turnquist. Emma Bond. Mary Clay, A.B., M.A. Dan P. Van Etten. Otto Dorner, B.S. Social Science Department S. D. Neff, A.B. Wm. S. Stafford, A.B. Pauline Gordon, A.B. Palmer A. Sponsler, A.B. Elder J. Eberhart, A.B. Harriet A. Thompson, A.B. Language Department Elizabeth Smelser, Ph.B. Carrie L. Charles, Ph.B. Anna Bradbury, A.B., M.A. Mary E. Richeson, A.B. Commercial Department Alfred R. Protsman, B.A. Robert C. Sollars, A.B., M.A. Helen C. Hicks, A.B. Helena Sutton, A.B. Physical Education Elder J. Eberhart, A.B. Mae Elizabeth Ruppel, A.B. Music Department Nils Boson Arthur Lester Huff, A.B. Art Department Elizabeth Bidgood, P.A.L Library Florence A. Ratliff, A.B. Leda Hodskins. Page ten 1 1 ) ■ The Faculty THE faculty — that eminent body of men and women who, while in the execution of their regular duties, take time to be very good friends to the seniors and the underclassmen, and inci- dentally, bear the brunt of destructive and instructive criticism from them! They are a group of people that Morton has every reason to be proud of. In their work they are able to portray but a small percentage of their personality and character. For that reason, impressions are sometimes deceiving, for their atti- tudes are often quite different outside the classroom from their attitudes inside. We wish to impress upon the minds of those of you who have other years to come in the rather decaj ed walls of Morton that the teachers are REAL human beings ; and if there is any question in your minds, we implore you to please give them the benefit of the doubt. It has already been your pleasure to meet the faculty in their everyday capacity ; now we place them in the limelight. Places. Lights. Curtain. Page eleven wmmw You Should Know Four Thin ts YOU should know things. Your en- vironment, the world you have to live in, is of a certain nature, works in certain ways, changes from time to time. You are bound to come to terms with this world and, therefore, you must know what it is like ; hence, you study geography, physics, and other sciences, join travel clubs, and in many other ways get facts about the world. You should know people. People are a part of the world you live in — part of your environment. As the world has been becoming populated, people have become the most important part of your environment. People, too, have a certain nature, act in certain ways, change from time to time. You have to live ivith them, not merely among them ; you must get along with them ; therefore, you study social science, lit- erature, foreign language, have pep ses.sions, work in many different kinds of groups, in order to get informa- tion about people in theory and in practice. You should know ijourself. After all, your main business is to make something out of your own possibilities. You must find out what you are, and what you are not, what you have and what you lack, what you can do and what you can not do, what you like to do and what you dislike to do. And back of it all you should have a definite idea of what you ought to be. To solve all these problems you study physiology and psychology, perhaps, but especially you study yourself by trying yourself out in this and that and then checking up to see what you have done and why your success or failure occurred. You should know how to adjust this self that you have discovered to the ■ivorld and the people that you have also discovered. If you should happen to reread the first three paragraphs again, you would notice that this last point has been suggested in each ; it is really the end of education, the other three being means. You learn things in order to get along with them and to make them serve you instead of enslaving you. You learn people in order to get along with them and to help them build a happy world. You learn yourself in order to know the kind of adjustment you can make, the kind you want to make, and the kind you ought to make. E. C. Cline. Page twelve To the Class of 1929 : Every member of the Class of ' 29 expects finally to have success in life. But what is real success? It is the accomplishment of a purpose, the effects of which will live on for the betterment of the human race and the glory of God. Perhaps we can find no more inspiring analysis of success than the following : It ' s doing your job the best you can, And being just to your fellowman; It ' s making money, but holding friends, And staying true to your aims and ends; It ' s figuring how and learning why, And looking forward and thinking high; It ' s being clean and playing fair; It ' s laughing lightly at Dame Despair; It ' s looking up at the stars above. And drinking deeply of life and love; It ' s struggling on with the will to win, But taking loss with a cheerful grin; It ' s sharing sorrow and worth and mirth And making better this good old earth ; It ' s serving, striving, through strain and stress. It ' s doing your noblest — that ' s success! May each of you be a success, and make the very utmost of your life and your opportunities. _ S. D. Neff. Tools EACH me the infinite significance of the opportunities of life and the infinite insig- nificance of the setting of life. Help me to make the things of life the tools of my spirit and not its prizes; to regard circumstances as only the scaff ' olding on which I stand while I build. This is a noble prayer, and it is a desire that is pertinent at graduation time. High school training and the diploma received for it are opportunities if one makes them so. They are significant of patience, endeavor, and ambi- tion ; however, they in themselves should not be the goal. They should become a setting for higher standards and greater endeavor in the future. A diploma is a thing and so should be a tool, not a prize. True, a diploma is awarded in the spirit of prize giving, a prize for twelve years of work and fun and growth ; but it should not be hung on the wall and looked at as a reminder of the past, but regarded as a spur toward the future. Helen Riggs. Page fourteen H Adelsperger, Ray % Vocational Drafting |; Sec ' y-Treas. Drafting Chil) When lessons and pleasure clash. Let lessons go to smash. ' bAKftj t Baldwin, George Football. ' 28, ' 29 He was six foot o ' man, Al, Clear grit an ' human natur ' ; None couldn ' t quicker pitch a ton , Xor dror a furrer straighter. Ahl, Thomas Academic Pres. Around the World, ' 28; Vice-Pres Junior Class,  28; Hi-Y. Good boys love their sisters. So good have I grown That I love other boys ' sisters Better than my own. Academic vel Chib; impulses, ys act on them. Benson, Chester Acctdemic Band; Boys ' Bible Siudy; Glee Club; Literary Club; Science C ' luf). And still they gazed and still the won- der grew That one small head could carry all he knew. Brehm, Mary Lou Academic Treas. G. R. ; Advertising ilanager, Pierian; S. O. S. The ' ah ' s a man up the street Ah ' m just ' itchin ' tuh meet. LENf LIZ ABET H fe-Pres. Girl Reser Sec.lM toi ommisgipn, was to love her. d love forever. Brehm, Virginia Art League; Girl Reserve ; Tennis. She is so circumspect and bright; She has her soul to keep. f Brewster, Lawrence Aeronautic Club; Boys ' Booster; Camera Club; Travel Club. Say what you like. All things love me! Lrmacost, Mary Rose Girl Reserve Club For she was jcs ' the quiet kind Whose natures never vary, Like streams that keep a summer mind Snowhid in Jenooarv. Brindell, James Academic Basketball, ' 27, ' 29; Aviation Club; Tennis Club. And when the time of departure came. My bag hung flat as a flounder: But she had neatly hooked her game — A hundred and thirty pounder. sii - ' ' ; %J Brooks, Delmar ' ' Why should I like women when they are so simple ? Brooks, Thomas Acadeviic Basketball, ' 27, ' 2S. ' 29; Baseball,  27. ' 28, ' 29; Football, ' 28, ' 29; Golf. He ' d amble and yawn in daily work. But on the team he ' d never shirk. Burton, Dorothy Acadeviic Girl Reserves; Morton Civic Commis- sion ; S. O. S. ; Travel Club. Her locks were like the ripened wheat; Her laughing eyes were Brown. Canada, Clarence Acadeviic Vice-Pres. Around the World; Morton Civic Council, Travel Club. Full well they laughed at all his jokes, For many a joke had he. Charman, Jack Good soms but innocent of dreamers ' wayV ' ■ Will come and marvel why thou wast- est time. Carroll, Dortha Costume Design Club; Girl Reserves. Woman may hold all sorts of posts. If she will only hold her tongue. K, Ruth Ellen Academic es rye Mor Wi Civic Commis- ;yTraveL i luw; f res. i£jfcndP CWbV ' A ' epberdess of sw -j Her flocks ;ire thoughts, A-H-d- she ki;e[jv,them white. Clawson, Ralph Academic Tennis Club; Bible Study Club. Reserved and quiet, he ' s known to be. But masters his lessons quite easily. Cloud, Eloise A Orchestra; Girl Reserves; Morton Civic Commission; Phila- telist Club. I know a maiden fair to see. Take care I Cluxton, Everett Academic He touched his bow and nations heard entranced; Rapid, exhaustless, deep, his numbers flowed. Acade ' inic esgrve i jipiinet; Girl Reserve ton Civic Com- S. O. S. nd she was fair. And always bright and gay and chip- per. Cox, ROYDEN Aeronautic Club; Boys ' Booster Club; Travel Club. A youth as to labor, But old in the age of ease. e - . -€ ' U . RONTN, LORENE Academe iround the World; Girl Reserves; Mor- ton Civic Commission; Travel Club. But one face as fair as a cloudless dawn Caught my eye. Dennis, Edgar Academic 1 have never felt the kiss of love Xor maiden ' s hand in mine. Vm- UNNINGHAM, RALPH Acadeviic I ' ll gladly help you if you don ' t ask le to write. iS W ii Miy r DiLKS, Miriam Academic Art League; Camera CKib ; Girl Re- serves; Pres. Botany Club. Impregnable. I hold myself Secure from intrusion. lussiNS, Paul Academic Boys ' Booster; Dramatic Society Don ' t be down in the mouth — Remember Jonah came out all right. )afler, Robert Academic Dramatic Society Music the fiercest grief can charm, And fate ' s severest rage disarm. «r ?i DiLTZ, Irma Academic Girl Reserves; Morton Civic Commis- sion; Philosophy Club; Secretary 12B; S. O. S. ; Circulation Manager Pierian. Learned and fair and good is she. ' et7w« «f «nrv DUNING, Marjorie Academic Girl Reserves; Travel Club. A look and a face That make simplicity a grace. )arland, Doris Academic Girl Reserves; Morton Civic Commission. I had a dream. Yes? Someone jftly said, She ' s gone, and then a igh went around the room. )AUGHERTY, Maude Academic Ground the World Club; Tennis Club. A girl with fine ideals who will ne ' er er duty shirk. Endleman, Florence Academic Around the World ; Pres. Astronomy; Camera; Ci. A. A.; Morton Civic Commission; Tennis Club. The inquiring spirit will not be con- trolled; Slie would make certain all and all behold. c. K ig- i aiT - sr- ESSENMACHER, ELIZABETH Girls General Around the World; Morton Civic Com- mission; Travel Club. Some take their gold in minted mold. and some in harps hereafter, But give me mine in tresses fine. Feldhaus, Dorothy Academic Girl Reserves; Glee Club. Be to her virtues very kind; Her faults you very seldom find. Ferris, Betty Stenographic Estell, Mary A Academic Orchestra; Girl Reserves; Junior Music Study Club; Travel Club. Tliey are never alone that are ac- companied by noble thoughts. Evans, Mary Reba Commercial Around the World; Morton Civic Com- mission; Travel Club. My mind lets go a thousand things Like dates of wars and deaths of kings. 7 z4i4ir p Girl Reserves; Morton Civic Commis- sion; Philosophy Club. I don ' t believe in principle. But I do believe in interest. Fihe, Mary Elizabeth AcadeTnic A Orchestra; Girl Reserves Cabinet; Girl Reserves Sextette ; Pierian Staff; S. O. S.; Dramatic Society; Dramatic Readers. Surer to prosper than prosperity Could have assured us, .« !!s ' : iHKk )in Fox, Mildred Academic Evans, Maurice Academic President Senior Class, ' 29. Oh. how I hate the nervy man Who will always his lessons shirk, And come around at the ' leventh hour To copy his neighbor ' s work. i i Girl Reser ' es; A Orchestra; Morton Civic Commission; S-. O. S. Where there is music, there nothing bad -can be. F ARWiG, Florence Com m e re ia I Girl Reserves; Morton Civic Commis- sion; Travel Club. ' r shall live as a slave no longer; Freedom ' s hour is now at hand. CiU Fred, Mark Academic Aeronautic Club. A sophistical rhetorician, inebriated with the exuberance of his own verbosity. Feezer, Rhea Commercial Girl Reserves; Travel Club; Philosophy Club. Anything like the sound of a rat Makes my poor heart go pit-i-pat. y ' !Nl FuLLE, Mildred Stenographic Philosophy Club; Morton Civic Com- mission; Travel Club. Her eyes are deeper than the depth Of waters stilled at even. - y Mm •? -. ' .0 ' Mi ' « ;- Hall, Glenn Academic He was probably fond of them, b he was always able to conceal it. 1. 5 ' ,aa) : n i m!S! s ' me.i GisE, Laura Dell Academic Associate Gen. Mgr. Pierian; President Girl Reserves; ' i-ce- President Dramatic Society. Be good and leave the rest to heaven. Hall, Venus Academic Her modest look the cottage might adorn, Sweet as the primrose peeps beneath the thorn. Ti .: GooDE, Leila Academic Her talents are more of the silent class. Acaaemic HanninK; Llda ' f icirl Reserves; S. O. S. fl K r ■ . M t thenA- all it mischief; when it is palled ang prospered, ' twill be known as virtii«Y ' r GooDENOUGH, Donald Academic Radio Club. I have fought a good fight, I have finished the course, I have kept the faith. Harris, Byron Academic Band; Boys ' Booster; His life is neither tossed in boister- ous seas or troublous world, nor lost in slothful ease. S Gould, Max Academic Art League ; Art Craft. Mv tongue within my lips I reign. For who talks much must talk in vain. Harris, Josephine Academic Art League; Around the World; Girl Reserves; Morton Civic Commission. The alert and cheery seldom lag in the race. SI Grace, Kathryw Academic Hastings, Lillian Mae Academ,ic Astronomy; G. A. A.; Girl Reserves; Morton Civic Commission; Nature Study Club; Travel Club; S. O. S. The thing that goes the farthest Towards making life worthwhile. That costs the least, and does the most, Is just a pleasant smile. i 1 Guyer, Euth Academic Morton Civic Commission. She came from the place where the shv little violets grow. zr k - ( ' ' ' ' ' Haston, Helen Academic Art League; Girl Reserves. When night hath set her silver lamp on high, Then it is time to study. r riU ' ttW Hole, Francis Academir A Orchestra; Pres, Art League; French, Then on I Then on! Where duty lead My course be onward stilL Haworth, Louise Academic Pres. Spanish Club ' 28, ' 29; Pierian Staff; Girl Reserves; Morton Civic Commission; Travel Club The long and the short of it. But for long is not forever. S - j m HOLZAPFEL, KATHERINE , Academic lerSf all who saw Cominis- ub. -and gentle Hayward, Mary Commercial Girl Reserves; Morton Civic Commis- sion; Travel Club; Pierian Staff. The .loy of youth and health her eyes displayed. And ease of heart her every look conveyed. Hood, William Acadeviic By lingering longer thou hast taken ; nobler leave. Helms, Esther Academic Around the World; Art League; Girl Reserves; Girls ' Glee Club. If eyes were made for seeing. Then beauty would be its own excuse for being. ir-yt:=i ' ;:- - . Howe, Lawrence Covunercial Attempt the end and never stand to doubt ; Nothing ' s so hard, but search will find it out. Herzler, Maxine Academic A Orchestra; Girl Reserves; Around the World Club. She is a girl of pleasant mein; Smiling everywhere she ' s seen. i m Jaffe, Lena Academic Travel Club. They are never alone that are ac- companied by noble thoughts. Hines, Margaret Academic Girl Reserves; S. O. S. I ' ve never repented anything yet in my life, And scorn to begin now. .3 S?msS®! Johanning, George He doth indeed show some sparks of wit. m m . Johnson, Meredith Academic Give me a lever long enough. And a prop strong enough, I can single-handed move the world. Johnston, Dorothy Academic Vice-Pres. G. A. A.; Girl Reserves; Travel Club. — She with the haAt of her comely looks, And the seine of her golden tresses. I ■ msmmesmi m Kauper, Marie Acadetnic Around the World; A Orchestra; Girl Reserves. A sweeter girl you ' ll never find. Tho ' you search far and near, Slie ' s a real true friend to everyone; We think she ' s mighty dear. -Keates, John Academic Boys ' Booster Club; Football ' 28; Science Club. Thou hast no faults, or I no faults can spy; Thou art all beauty, or all blindness. JoLLiFF, Malcolm Academic Astronomy ; Radio; Travel. But the waiting time my brother, Is the hardest time of all. ;: ,. £ t Kendall, Dorothy Academic Art League; Girl Reserves; Philosophy; Tennis Club. Tlie world needs more of the cheerfal and willing. Jones, Margaret Academic Girl Reserves; Literary; Morton Civic Commission. Born for success, she seemed. With grace to win, with heart to hold, With shining gifts that took all eyes. King, Lowell Vocatio7ial Printing Around the World; Kem-Craft; Printers ' Club. The ladies call him sweet; The stairs, as he treads them, kiss his feet. Jones, E. Winston Acadeynic Pres. A Orchestra; Band ; Dramatic Society; Hi-Y; Math Club; Pierian Staff. Whose weighty sense Flows in fit words and heavenly elo- quence. Kackley, Edith Academic Girl Reserves; Morton Civic Commis- sion; Travel Club; S. O. S. Where she will, she will, And you may depend on it. m ■ ' iL ' ' ' J ' KNOLLi Academic Girl Reserve Cabinet; Sec ' y-Treas. Ad- visory Group; Pierian Staff; S. O. S. ' ho has not seen that feeling of flame. Crimson on cheek at mention of a name. Kring, Elizabeth Academic Girl Reserves; Pres. Costume Design; A Orchestra. But it ' s never so bad that it couldn ' t be worse. For the teacher ' s patience and the father ' s purse. Vv- iWC v. mm v , t- feRMA, ' , fc ' = r: Lady, Russel Academic Aeronautics Ckib; Camera Club. Be wiser than other people if you can, but do not tell them so. Lahrman, Carl Academic I say that man was made to grow, not stop. Lashley, Ralph Academic Around the World; Travel Club. Sloth makes all things difficult, But industry all things easy. Lashley, Robert Academic Around the World Club. A genial smile is worth a fortune. Lewis, Jesse Academic Dramatic Society ; Travel Club. Of controversial tongue and iron-clad convictions. Little, Richard Academic Student Council; Pres. Glee Club; Pres. Travel; Treas. Morton Civic Commission. He that climbs the tall trees. Has won the right to the fruit. Long, Virginia Academic Girl Reserves; Morton Civic Commis- sion ; Philosophy Club. ller air had a meaning, her move- ments a grace; You turn from the fairest to gaze on her face. Longer, Parr Academic Aeronautic ; Boys ' Booster; Hi-Y; Track Team, ' 28, While with a strong and yet a gentle hand You bridle fpction, and our heart ' s command. LoucK, Alice A cademic Girl Reserves; Morton Civic Commis- sion; Travel Club. The rule of my life is to make business a pleasure, and pleasure my Ijusiness. Love, Peggie Academic Girl Reserves. Persuasive of speech, and more per- suasive sighs, Silence that spoke, and eloquence of eyes. McBride, James y Academic And thus he bore without abuse the ' grand old name of — gentleman. Maier, Earl Academic A Orchestra. One of the proverbial small pack- ages that good goods come in. Mann ademic A t-er V iarming and happy girl, Eyes grad with smiles, and brow o£ pearl. Martin, Hakry Academic Baseball, ' 29; Morton Civic Commis- sion; Success Club; Travel Club. Infinite work! which doth so far ex- That none can study it to any end. Maule, Evelyn Academic Art League; Girl Reserves; French Club; Pierian Staff; Tennis. All humble worth she strove to raise; Would not be praised, yet loved to praise. L l Mitchell, Katherine Com-inercial Morton Civic Commission; Travel Club. To those who know thee not, no words can paint! But those who know thee, know all words are faint. Moore, Edythe Girls ' General She was the fairest of the fair, And wrapt him around with her golden hair. Nicely, Doyle Academic Gen. M?r. Pierian; Band; Dramatic Society; A Orchestra. His love affairs never lack feminine assistance. Mayer, Everett Academic Hi-V; Tennis Club. He didn ' t bring all his forces on at once. ' , . , J. But like a crafty old Don kept bidding higher. Nordsieck, Helen Academic Girl Reserves; Travel; Around the World Club. There ' s little of the melancholy in her. ME ciiVeoijli ' Artll ue; Girl Rei V Tennls Club. Academic serves; S-i NoRsis, Paul Academic Around the World Club. — Finds good in everything. Mills, Marjorie Academic Glee Club; Girl Reserves; Sextette. And her manners are most courtly with a voice so soft and low. Nye, Ralph Academic Camera Club; Hi-Y; Philatelist. Gets liy on his executive ability and his smile. ' :%: ' . Wi, . Boys Booster •Club Club; CVg istry Y ' m World Academic Stamp round I ' d be a butterfly; living a rover, Dying when fair things are fadin; away. ijy V PiLLE, Pauline Commercial fiirl Reserves; Morton Civic Commis- sion; Pliilosophy Clulj, That every one oi her dainty curls. Brought the price of a hundred com- mon girls. Owens, Russel Academic What shall a fellow do — But be merry? Powell, Carl Academic in-V; Math Club. (fi lie draws his furrer ez straight ez he n| An ' into nobody ' s tater-patch pokes. SOGBia Pratt, Cleona A cademic Page, William Academic Sec. Hi-Y; Vice-Pres. Hi-Y, ' 28; Band; A Orchestra. He stands four square to every wind that blows. w 1- ; Sextette Her ways are the ways of pleasant- ness. And all her paths are peace. Painter, Harold Acadctnic Pros. Sophomore Class ; Pres. Junior Class; Student Council, ' 27, ' 28; Football. ' 28; Basketball, ' 28. A man after your own heart, happy, pleasant, and in love? : i M K I i :c ' if m Rausch, Ethel Commercial Girl Reserves; Philosophy Club; Travel Club. A merry heart goes all day long. ' Peacock, Elizabeth Academic Sec. Social Council; Girl Reserve Cabi- net; Dramatic Society; S. O. S. To be loved by all in this day and age. Is the highest compliment one can receive. Reddington, Helen Academic Pres, Around the World Club; Girl Reserves; Morton Civic Com- mission; S. O- S. For many have been harmed by speech; Through thinking , few, or none. Pierce, Welden Academic Band; Boys ' Booster Club; Hi-Y; Mor- ton Civic Commission. His heart was open as the day, His feelings all were true. a % Tr RiGGLEMAN, CLARENCE « g Academic He seems of cheerful yesterdays and confident tomorrows. £.-r , Roberts, Janice Academic Around the World; Girl Reserves; Mor- ton Civic Commission; Travel Club. Study hath charms, but love hath supercharms. Roller, Gladys Academic Botany Club; Girl Reserves. Given to soft and gentle speech. Roller, Roland Academic Happy is the heart that has no care. SAL2ARULA, FRANK Adademic Aroilhd thcu World; «Tee Club; ' : Dramatic Society ; Travel Club. Never put ofT till tomorrow the laugh you can have today. Saxton, Helen Academic Around the World Club; Art League; Girl Reserves; Morton Civic Commission. What delightful hosts are they — Life and Love. ScHWEiZER, Charles Vocational Machine Shop Baseball, ' 28; Hi-V; Football, ' 27, 23; Voc. Boys ' Athletic Club. A good industrious boy is he; A truer friend there couldn ' t he. Shafer, RUSSEL-: Academic Pres. A Orchestra; S ' ec ' y-Treas. Senior Class; Band; Hi-V. In men whom men condemn as ill I find so niuch of goodness still. Glade, Bernice Academic G. A. A.; Girl Reserves; Philosophy Club. And you ' ll often find her lost in — Slie has reveries at t ' mes. Smith, Martha Academic Girl Reserves; Morton Civ ' c Commis sion; Philosophy Club; S. O. S. The girl with a smile Is the girl worthwhile. Smith, Richard Academic Around the World; Boys ' Bible Study; Boys ' Booster; Hi-Y. We grant, although he has much wit. He is very shy of using it. Smith, William Academic Hi-V. Happy-go-lucky, fair and free. Nothing tliere is that Ijothers me Snodgrass, Duane Academic Band; Dramatic Societv; ilorton Civic Commission; Pierian. A lion among ladies Is a most dreadful thing. 1. ■: ■ ( ' w M ' : ' © I SoNSiNi, Virginia Acadeviic Dramatic Society; Girl Reserves; Pres. Philosophy Club. One vast substantial smile. Sowers, Paul Academic ' Track Team, ' 27, ' 28; Projectionist. I ' ll put a girdle about the earth in forty minutes. Taube, Maky Louise C. A. A.; Girl Reserves; Vice-Pres. Philosophy; S. O. S. Her stature tall; I hate a dumpy woman. i Taylor, Gwendolyn Academic Dramatic Society; Glee Club; Girl Re- ,, , serves; Vice-Pres. Philosophy Li Club; S. O. £. rc STie doeth little kindnesses Which most leave undone or despise. Stegall, Mary Jane Academic Girl Reserves ; Orchestra ; Dramatic ; Pierian Staff. I am not only witty in myself, but am the cause that wit is in others. y Taylor, Twila Academic Girl Reserves. Her very frowns are fairer far Than smiles of other maidens. rr Stick, Vera Academic Art League ; Travel Club. ... the sunshine, I declare, is but ' a f golden jealousy awakened by her hair. , Stott, Ruth Commercial ( Girl Reserves; Morton Civic Commis- sion, Philosophy Club. A good name is rather to be ehosen than great riches. : ■£ .f: ' ..Wtm m Terhune, Helen Academic Girl Reserves; Spanish Club; Travel Club. They are never alone that are ac- companied by noble thoughts. % .v Z Test, Alice Academic Sec. Art League ; Sec. Botany Club ; Girl Reserve Club; Spanish Club. My life is like the summer rose That opens to the morning sky. Sweet, Evelyn Academic Girl Reserves;! Morton Civic ComniissiQn; S. O. S. She ' s .all m - ancy painted her, She ' s jlovely, she ' s divine. Thomas, Delbert Academic Aeronautic Club ; Morton Civic Commission. Indeed, a friend is never known till a man has need. r ' a«5 3 «i iK M ,j . .r Thomas, Esther Stenographic Girl Reserves: Morton Civic Commis- sion; Pierian Staff; Travel Club. A soul as white as heaven. Thomas, Helen Stenographic Dramatic Society; Girl Reserves; Regis- [3 ter Staff; Travel Club; Pierian Staff. So well to know Her own. that what she wills to do or say Seems wisest, virtuousest, discreetest, best. ToNEY, Marguerite Acadeimc Around the World Clulj; A Orchestra. Wearing all that weight of learning lightly as a rtower. Turner, Helen Stenographic Girl Reserves; Philosophy Club. The mildest manners and the gentlest heart. Thomas, Mary Elizabeth Stenographic Around the W ' orld; Girl Reserves; Mor- ton Civic Commission. Silence is the perfect herald of joy: I were but little happy, if I could say how much. Turner, Joseph Academic Aeronautic Club ; Around the World ; Spanish Club; Travel Club. They that govern the most make the least noise. Throckmorton, Beatrice Academic Girl Reserves: Morton Civic Commis- sion; Philosophy Club. As merry as the day is long. m Upton, Doris Stenographic Morton Civic Commission; Travel Club. She is pretty to walk with, And witty to- talk with, And pleasant, too, to think on. Tiernan, Richard Academic Baseball, ' 28, ' 29; Basketball. ' 27, ' 28, 29; Football, ' 27, ' 28, ' 29. Happy am I, from care I ' m free: W hy aren ' t they all contented like Wadman, Rolf Academic I ' m clear at last; my work is made. ' ToNEY, Harold Academic Men of but few words are the best men, they say. J Wainscott, Bertha Girls ' General Art League; Astronomy Oub; Costume Design Club. Oh, the little lady ' s dainty As the picture in a book. Pr .1: yr fcl fr«=l - ' ,rz:M Walton, Dorothy Vocational Music G. A. A. ; Girl Reserves. Her heart is true as steel. White, Frauline Academic From the crown of her head to the ole of her foot, she is all mirth, Weaver, Mary Ann Stenographic Those cherries fairly do enclose Of Orient pearls a doulile row. WiBKER, Harold Academic Boys ' Booster; Hi-V; Glee Club; Mor- ton Commission; Pierian Staff. And gladly would he lerne, and gladly teche. Webb, Edith Academic Vice- Pre s. (!irl Reserves; Chairman S. O. S., 28; Pierian Staff; Sec. Dramatic Society ; Dra- matic Readers. Slialt show us how divine a thlrg a woman may be made. (0 1 Wiley, Ruth Academic Sec. Travel Club; Sec. Spanish Club; Girl Reserves; Morton Civic Commission, With a smile that glow ' d celestial rosy red. Love ' s proper hue. Weber, Martha Academic Costume Design Club; Girl Reserves; Morton Civic Commission; S . O. S. The very room ' cause she was in. Seemed warm from floor to ceilin ' . Williams, Mildred Academw G. A. A.; Girl Reserves; Girls ' Wood- work Club; Morton Civic Commission. And a little child shall lead fhem. Weist, Zella Stenographic Girl Reserves; Morton Civic Commis- sion; Travel Club. Born for success she seemed With grace to win — with heart to hold. With pleasing ways that look all eyes. Williamson, Wade Vocational Drafting Seen, but seldom heard. Weller, Harry Around the World Club; Morton Civic Commission; Pierian Staff; Vi e- Pres. Travel Club, ' 29 ; Vice- Pres. Boys ' Booster Club. And don ' t confound the language of the nation With long- tailed words in osity and ation. ' :;s -- !i VLg WissLER, Francis Academic Xowher so bisy a man as he ther nas. WORLEY, Mildred Academic Dramatic Society; Girl Reserves; Pier- ian Staff; Social Chairman Senior Class; S. O. S. Beauty provoketh thieves sooner than gold. Wright, Charles Academic Vice- Pres. French Club; Pres. Check- ers Club; Philatelist Club. He that hath knowledge spareth his words. Young, George Academic Pres. Bovs ' Bible Study Club; Student Manager, ' 28, ' 29; Basketball, ' 29. But come early — there are, as a rule, plenty of other men. I RUSE, Mary Jane Academic A countenance in which did meet Sweet records, promises a,s sweet. Apt, Charles A right good sport we ' ll all admit: He has a good time, and works a bit. ' Bland, John Academic M ■ ' Yet he was kind, or if severe in aught, The love he bore to learning was in fault. iMssunaias ■ - ' ' W0- =— -i ' 29 Class History FRESHIES! How cute! This was the topic of conver- sation in September, 1926, as a hundred eighty awkward, scared-to-death freshmen struggled through the jam of Mor- ton ' s corridors. We organized immediately so as not to be outdone by the upperclassmen. Pup Painter was given the office of president ; Em ' Jenkins, vice-president ; Helen Mann, secretary ; Charles Chesi, treasurer ; and Miss Riggs and Mr. Neff as sponsors. In athletics, Arthur Muckridge, Thomas Brooks, Glen Clampitt, and Myron Minner were our strong men. Juniors, look us over. Knowing that we were going to be dreadfully busy, we organized immediately with Painter again as president ; Thomas Ahl as vice-president ; and Rus- sell Shafer as secretary. This class had Brooks, Tiernan, and Clampitt who were stars in football and basketball. Seniors at last. Ain ' t it a grand and glorious feeling? Our worthy officers were: Maurice Evans, president; Harold Allen, vice-president, and Russell Shafer, secretary- treasurer. The class sponsored The Morton Fair. This was done to fatten The Pierian purse. The fair was a great success. Coach Eberhart: The seniors certainly did their stuff on the gridiron this year. Senior stars were: Tom Brooks, John Keates, Arthur Muckridge, and George Baldwin. Coach Sponsler: The seniors gave us quality, not quantity, this year. Tom Brooks and Dick Tiernan were the stars of the class of ' 29 in basketball. Now we must say good-bye. Our time is past. May the classes to follow keep up the standards we have set. 01 ' Father Morton will always have a sacred niche in our hearts. Page thirty wmmm ' i 12-B CLASS Mr. John Thompson ( Svo7isors Miss Anna Bradbury ( Robert Horton President Wm. Hart Vice President Bertha Moore Sec ' y-Treasurer The I2=B ' s NEXT year OF Fathei- Morton will have a fine large group of Seniors. This is one division of them. This is a lively group of young people who have just reached the stage where they think they know as much as the teachers and Seniors know. In ' 30 per- haps they will reach this goal. A Senior knows some- thing and knows that he knows it. May this class carry on the standards the class of ' 29 has established. Page thirty-two 11- A CLASS Miss Anna Bradbury „ Mr. John Thompson ) sponsors Keith Taylor President Jean Daggy Vice-President Pat Quigley Secretary-Treasurer The INA ' s YERP, next term we shall be seniors. Fawncy that! Y ' know, ol ' chap, it ' s jolly fun to be a junior. Lessons? Oh, of course we don ' t bother about them only incidentally. We have almost outgrown them. Seniors ! Of course I ' ll be one of them myself next year, but I ' ve had a lot of fun this year anyway. Y ' know a senior knows something and knows he knows that he knows it. Good fellows, though. Pag2 thirtv-three wmmms O CO_L. ii.B CLASS Mrs. Mary E. Richeson Sponsor Robert Dickinson President Martha Haworth Vice-President Louise Gise Secretary-Treasurer The INB ' s AH! Juniors. Almost anyone can tell a junior. ■ One can see him in the halls with a book in one hand, a joke on the other hand. A junior has a look of sophistication a freshie does not have, but which cannot be compared with the look of a senior. But for a ' that an ' a ' that, an 11-B is the gowd for a ' that. A junior knows some- thing but does not know it. Page thirty-four MEMl - v 2018978 lO-A CLASS Leonard Johnson President Lewis Carr Vice-President Marjorie Hill Secretary-Treasurer I The IO=A ' s JUST as a flower blooms in the early morning, so does a 10-A blossom into a full-fledged Morton- ite. These 10-A ' s have seen something of Morton and know what it is all about, who the teachers are, and what a senior does and is. This class organizes because a class must have officers to guide it. A freshie knows nothing and doesn ' t know it. A soph knows nothing and knows it. Page thirty-five IBW I lO-B CLASS The IO=B ' s FRESHIES, aren ' t they just darling? Whoopee, look at the freshies. My gosh ! These were some of the comments heard at old Morton when a huge crowd of freshies swarmed into the corridors. These greenhorns were no different from all the rest of the pupils who make their debut in this school; but being freshies, they were the object of much gossip and bullying. Some day these very people will be high and mighty seniors — we hope. Carry on. Page thirty-six l ACTIVITIES i Activities In Morton THE practice of having extra-curricular activi- ties in Morton has long been established. The value of the various activities can be readily ascer- tained since all of them offer subjects which are not taught in the classrooms. The wide scope which the clubs cover gives the student a chance to learn more about, and discuss the many things of everyday life. Many interest- ing speakers, performances, and discussions add to the student ' s general knowledge of subjects that are worth while. The mysteries of the arts and sciences are brought to a level where the high school boy or girl can understand them. The re- sponse of the student body shows that these organizations are known and appreciated. Some- times the extra activities even help one to decide what he wants to do after he graduates. Let ' s get acquainted with some of the activities of Morton. «) Page thirty-eight A ORCHESTRA Mr. Nils Boson Director Winston Jones President Lelia Goode Secretary-Treasurer Georgianna Dean Concert Mistress Music in Morton AT THE beginning of the school year last September, the band and L orchestra under Mr. Boson, arranged a schedule whereby all the con- flicts existing between regular classes and the band and orchestra were eliminated. The string section practiced in the gym on Monday and Wednesday, the band on the same days in the auditorium, and the full orchestra rehearses on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays in the auditorium. Mr. Huff, music supervisor of Morton, directed chorus, B orchestra, Glee Club, Sextette, and band. The orchestra has given a series of concerts this last year, the first November 9, with Professor J. H. Hicks, violinist, as guest soloist. The program consisted almost wholly of operatic selections. The second concert occurred December 20, 1928, combined with a pageant, Why the Chimes Rang. The orchestra played Christmas selec- tions and arrangements, with Mrs. Fred Bartel as the soloist. In a Schubert concert in memory of the great composer who died one hundred years ago. Miss Parke and Everett Cluxton, concertmaster, were the solo artists on the program. The band offered a concert March 22, with Robert Shelley, of the trumpets, as the soloist. The last concert of the season presented Mildred Fox and Russell Shafer as soloists. The music department has cooperated in furnishing chapel programs and special numbers for all kinds of occasions. Page forty ■ - . ' r h BAND Mr. A. L. Huff Director B ORCHESTRA Mr. A. L. Huff Director Page forty-one BOYS ' GLEE CLUB Mr. A. L. Huff Director GIRLS ' GLEE CLUB Mr. A. L. Huff Director «) Page forty-two GIRL RESERVES OF Y. W. C. A. Miss Ratliff General Sponsor Laura Dell Gise President Edith Webb Vice-President Ellen King Secretary Mary Louise Brehm Treasurer Girl Reserves THE Girl Reserve organization is a junior branch of the Y. W. C. A., and is an international organization. Morton has one of the largest enroll- ments in the United States. There are five hundred girls in school, and of this number three hundred thirty-three are Girl Reserves. The cabinet is composed of the chairmen of the eleven interest groups, together with the president of the Girl Reserves and the general sponsor. The interest groups are for the purpose of helping each girl, not only to enjoy her particular hobby, but to promote fellowship, to help her to face life squarely, and to give the best of herself in service eve rywhere. When a girl signifies her desire to live the G. R. purpose, and shows her willingness to strive for ideals represented in it and symbolized by the triangle and the circle, she may apply for a Girl Reserve ring. Each year the G. R. and Hi-Y plan an all-school Hallowe ' en frolic at the Y. The girls give several afternoon parties. Page forty-four A Mother-Daughter Banquet is held each year in May when the mothers are guests of the girls. The most of the money which is earned throughout the year is used to send four girls to the National Girl Reserve Conference at Camp Gray, Saugatuck, Michigan.  GIRL RESERVE CABINET AND SPONSORS President Laura Dell Gise, Miss Ratliff Bible Study Edith Webb, Miss Gordon Social Service Ellen King, Miss Bond Ring Standard .... Mary Louise Brehm, Mrs. Richeson Social Elizabeth Reller, Miss Trueblood Sports Elizabeth Allen, Miss Bradbury Art Appreciation Hazel Knollenberg, Mrs. Charles Tourist Eleanor Collins, Miss Smelser World Fellowship Lillian Shutz, Miss Fornshell Music Mary Elizabeth Fihe, Miss Riggs Book Lovers Virginia Anderson, Miss Whitacre 9 €) Page torty-hve n P IRM HI-Y Keith Taylor President William Page Vice-President George Winder Secretary Eoland Roller Treasurer M --Neff ;. Sponsors Mr. Sponsler ) ' ni=Y ONE of the leading boys ' clubs in Morton is the Hi-Y, which is a high school branch of the Y. M. C. A. The purpose of the club is to maintain high standards of Christian living throughout the school and community. The boys are seeking the ideal of three-fold development: the spiritual, the mental, and the physical. Meetings are held on Monday evenings in the older boys ' department of the Y. At each meeting some prominent speaker is asked to address the club. The Hi-Y is one of the most active clubs in Morton. It co- operates with the Girl Reserves and the Earlham Y. M. C. A. in many enterprises. Some of the features this year have been the Hi-Y-G. R. Hallowe ' en party held at the Y., the Mother and Son and the Father and Son Banquets, and the famous bean and chili suppers sponsored by the club. At present the Morton Hi-Y has an enrollment of fifty members. Page forty-six J¥l lj ASTRONOMY CLUB Mr. Nicely Si onsor Anna Robbins President Robert Endsley Vice-President Caroline Bond Secretary MORTON AERONAUTIC CLUB Mr. Charles McNaughton Sponsor Reed Kinert Presidoit Mark Fred Secretary Malcolm Harding Treasurer Page forty-seven ■ ' W ' SHH ■- ' ' ' ' I f J-jf t ,W BOYS ' BIBLE STUDY CLUB Mr. John Thompson Sponsor George Young President Harold Painter Secretary BOYS ' BOOSTER CLUB Ccach Palmer Sponsler Sponsor Billy O ' Byrne President Dick Gennett Vice-President Roy Pefflsy  . Secretary Page forty-eight Iftl BOYS ' TENNIS CLUB Mr. Miller Sponsor No Officers CAMERA CLUB Mr. Miller Sponsor No Officers torty-nine WIEMl G. A. A. (GIRLS ' ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION) Miss May Ruppel ( 9„„«,„rs Miss Helena Sutton ) 23onsors Maxine Marine President Genevieve Bodam Vice-President Wilda Sweet Secretary LITERARY CLUB Miss Fornshell Sponsor Martha Haworth President Mary Thorman Sec retary Page fifty MORTON CIVIC COMMISSION Ml ' . Shannon D. NeflF Sponsor Tom Ahl President Mary Elizabeth Young Vice-President Betty Emery Secretary-Treasurer NATURE CLUB Miss Margaret Ewan Sponsor Phyllis Malone President Louise Dorsey Vice-President Paul Stoddard Secretary Page hfty-one PHILATELIST CLUB Mr. Palmer Sponsler Sponsor Robert Emslie President Billy O ' Byrne Secretary BOYS ' DOUBLE QUARTETTE A. L. Huff Sponsor Page fifty-two RADIO CLUB Mr. Ora W. Nicely Sponsor Forest Fox President Leroy Ellis Vice-President William Cox Secretary AROUND THE WORLD CLUB Miss Harriet Thompson Sponsor Robert Allen President Helen Bills Vice-President Mary Helen Saurer Secretary Page fifty-three P Iftl GIRLS ' DOUBLE SEXTETTE Mr. A. L. Huff Sjwnsor Martha Shute Jeanette Evans Charlotte Smith Loretta Kittle Betty Boren Eloise Goddard Jean Smith Elgetha Huffman Marjorie Mills Cleona Pratt Maxine Worley Reba Harris SPANISH CLUB Miss Anna Bradbury Sponsor Louise Haworth President Elmer Holzapfel Vice-President Ruth Wiley Secretary Page fifty -four IRlJ TRAVEL CLUB Miss Flora Broaddus Sponsor Harold Allen President Betty Sharp Vice-President Ruth Wiley Secretary VOCAL CLUB Mr. Boson Sponsor Page hfty-live WiEUW Other Clubs YOU have seen the pictures of many of the clubs in Mor- ton. There are several that were not represented. Those clubs are the Philosophy, French, Costume Design, and the Dramatic Readers ' clubs. Th e names signify the purpose of the clubs. These four clubs have been very popular the second semester and we hope that they will continue to be so well received. The staff regrets that their pictures are not in this book. Memories When we ' re wrinkled, old, and gray, And our thoughts take us away Perhaps to that far off day Of the Long Ago ; While Orpheus plays his lyre, We will sit before the fire And dream to our hearts ' desire Of the Long Ago. In the Pierian ' 29, We shall gladly read each line And for former faces pine, And for Long Ago. As some tears are bound to stray, I will put the book away ; And shall look again some day At the Long Ago. Was it not strange, my friend. To whom now this verse I send, That our school days did not end In the Long Ago ? Max Gould Page fifty-six DRAMATIC SOCIETY Miss Anna Pinfrock Sponsor Fred Brown Pi-esident Lauradel Gise Vice-President Edith Webb Secretary Dramatics All the world ' s a stage And all the men and women merely players. STUDENTS who come to Morton are given unusual opportunities to enjoy dramatics and show their talent. More than twenty years ago, the Dramatic Society was founded, and it has been the ambition of almost every student who has had any experience in dramatics in his junior high school career to make the Dramatic Society at Morton. Miss Anna Finfrock is the sponsor. In January, 1925, a drama class was organized and has since proved very successful. It, too, is under the capable direction of Miss Finfrock. Credit is given in this class as in any other five hour cou rse. The Drama Group of Girl Reserves, under Miss Trueblood, and the Rhoda club, under the direction of Mr. Paul J. Lichtenfels, are other active forces in dramatics. Four plays were presented during the year by the Dramatic Society. Dwellers in Darkness, a spook play written especially for radio broad- casting, was presented in assembly. A Christmas play, Why the Chimes Rang, by Elizabeth McFadden, was presented January 21 by a cast com- f 9 Page fifty-seven posed almost wholly of Dramatic Society members. The society presented a short play, Special Delivery, as their part in the Morton Fair. Their big production was given on April 12th and 13th, when with the help of the drama class, they presented Whimsy, a four act comedy of life in a prep school. On March 29, the French department gave a dramatization of the legend of Le Jongleur de Notre Dame. The Girl Reserves selected as their annual play, The Man Who Married a Dumb Wife, a comedy of medieval times by Anatole France. The last and probably most talked of production of the year was the senior play, Seven Chances, in which several of the school ' s best actors and actresses made their farewells to high school dramatics. Morton is proud of several of her graduates and former members of the Dramatic Society who have made enviable names for themselves in the field. Among them is Norman Hoeffer, who, as Norman Foster, was a great success in the Broadway production of The Barker and was ac- claimed one of the best juvenile leads in New York City in 1928. Another is Kenneth Dollins, who under another name played a comedy lead in a recent Broadway success. Mr. Lichtenfels, teacher of public speaking in Morton and also a private teacher of dramatic art, and Miss Mildred Whitely, who has had considerable professional experience and now con- ducts a studio of Dramatic Art in Richmond, are two others who have been successful. Dramatic work in Morton is seriously handicapped by the lack of proper facilities. It is the sincere hope of the Pierian that by the time the next annual goes to press, there will be at least some plans made for a new school in which adequate stage facilities may be provided. 4( Seven Chances JIMMIE SHANNON, a stock-broker and determined bachelor, is bequeathed twelve million dollars by his grandfather on condition that he be married before mid- night of his thirtieth birthday. Jimmie has just one day and one night to fulfill the conditions. It happens that Ladies ' Night at his club is that night; thus Jimmie has a chance to see a great many young women. He immediately begins proposing to girls of his acquaintance. He proposes to seven and is refused by each. Finally, in despera- tion, Jimmie proposes to Irene Trevor, the youngest sister of Lilly Trevor (one of the seven), who promises to elope with him. Although Irene is only sixteen, she is dressed in such a manner as to make her appear much older than she really is. Irene leaves the club to go home and pack her bags. While Jimmie is awaiting her return, six of the seven girls reconsider and tell him that they are willing to marry him. Jimmie tactfully evades making a definite reply to any of the seven. Then, tearful and rather frightened, Irene comes back to tell Jimmie that she has decided that she can ' t elope with him because she loves her young college boy chum. Meekin, Jimmie ' s best pal, realizes that Jimmie truly loves Anne, and he resolves to help Jimmie if he possibly can. As a result, Meekin composes a fake telegram Page fifty-eight stating that the terms of the will as previously made known were false, and has it sent to Jimmie at his club. After the six girls who have reconsidered their decisions learn that Jimmie is not to become a millionaire, they each refuse to marry a man, who, for them, now has no glamorous qualities. Anne, however, who loves Jimmie but has refused to marry him because she was afraid she was being bought, agrees to marry the supposedly poor Jimmie. After all of the other girls leave, Meekin tells Jimmie and Anne that the second telegram was a fake which he, himself, sent to Jimmie, because he thought that was the only way to bring them together. Meanwhile Meekin says he has proposed to a girl named Marjorie White in case Anne refuses Jimmie. He even has had a marriage license made out. When at last Meekin makes Jimmie and Anne realize that they have just thirty minutes to fulfill the conditions of the will,- they are aghast at the thought of having to secure a marriage license. Meekin again comes to the rescue with the announcement that the license made out for Marjorie White will do as well for Anne. Thus the curtain falls. CAST Earl Goddard Malcolm Jolliff Joe Spence Ralph Nye Ralph Denby Frank Salzarulo Henry Garrison Doyle Nicely George Paul Sowers Billy Meekin Harold Allen Jimmie Shannon Duane Snodgrass Mrs. Garrison Helen Thomas Anne Windsor Elizabeth Peacock Irene Trevor Hazel Knollenberg Georgianna Garrison Helen Mann Lilly Trevor Mildred Worley Peggy Wood Mary Jane Stegall Florence Jones Mary Elizabeth Fihe Betty Willoughby Edna Messick Stage Manager Everett Bennett Ass ' t Stage Manager Woodrow Sudhofif Property Manager Paul Sowers «) Page hfty-nine mmmm - Pierian Staff General Manager Doyle C. Nicely Assistant Manager Laura Dell Gise Circulation Manager Irma Mae Diltz Bookkeeper Esther Thomas ART CLASSES Cartoons. Snaps. . . ( Hardwick Eyden ■ Jack Markley ' Reed Kinert ( Elmer Holzapfel James Weesner Senior Panels, etc. James Weesner Jack Markley Reed Kinert Mark Fred Personals . Miscellaneous . FEATURES ( Mary Hayward J Harold Allen Helen Mann ( Winston Jones ( Edith Webb ■ ■ ( Louise Haworth „ , ( Harold Wibker SP ' LeliaGoode Calendar Evelyn Maule , , t Mary Elizabeth Fihe ' ( Harry Weller Music Mary Jane Stegall Drama Mary Elizabeth Fihe Humor Duane Snodgrass I Winston Jones Advertising Manager Mary Louise Brehm Assistants Betty Emery, Duane Snodgrass, Harold Allen COLLECTORS Irma Mae Diltz Harry Weller Elizabeth Peacock Billy O ' Byrne Lillian Shutz Ruth Wiley Doris Upton Royden Cox Hazel Knollenberg Mildred Puthoff Harold Wibker Sponsors Miss Anna Finfrock, Miss Elizabeth Bidgood, Mr. Robert Sellars Page sixty The Register Mr. Paul J. Lichtenfels Sponsor I THE Register staffs of both semesters this year have worked very efficiently, and deserve much praise. The chief aim this year has been to bring up the general stand- ard of the paper. This has been accomplished in a splendid fashion. The make-up of the Register has also been im- proved wonderfully during the past year. The Register has been handicapped for some time by non-use of our linotype, which broke down early last fall. Since this accident, this work has been done outside of the school at a very great expense. However, in spite of this great misfortune, the Register has more than broken even. Undoubtedly the outstanding edition of the year was the tournament issue, consisting of eight pages. This edition has been unparalleled in the history of our school. Certainly, Morton High School has every reason to be pi-oud of her standard bearer. The Register. Page sixty-one ART LEAGUE Miss Elizabeth Bidgood Sponsor Frances Hole President Alice Test Secretary-Treasurer Art In Morton THE art work in the Pierian was done by the students in the art classes. Mark Fred, a very efficient senior who has given his services in many projects along the art line, designed the main division pages, and James Weesner designed the sub-division pages. Elmer Holzapfel mounted and arranged the snaps, and Jack Markley did all the lettering. Others who have done either the pen and ink design work, lettering, or cartooning, are Hardwick Eyden, Reid Kinert, Roy Pefley, and Mildred Gluys. Some large, attractive posters, made by the members of the art classes, have been on duty in the halls, calling the attention of the students to the annual of Morton. They were modernistic in design, shape, and color. The School Art League was organized in 1924, by Miss Nellie Maw- hood, art supervisor of the Richmond schools, to give students who could not take the regular art courses the opportunity of cultivating an ap- preciation for art. There are now forty-two members in the league, which meets twice a month, when programs, consisting of talks on art and art appreciation and demonstrations of oil painting, are given. A new course, Art in Everyday Life, was introduced this year. There was a membership of eighty in this class. The group met every week in the art gallery during activities period. Page sixty-two Footb kll THE SEASON AT A GLANCE DATE Sept 15 Sept 22 Sept 29 Oct 5 Oct 13 Oct 17 Nov 3 MORTON Morton Morton Morton 19 Morton 6 Morton Morton Morton 6 OPPONENTS Wilkinson . . .20 Elwood .... .27 Anderson . . . 7 Shortridge . .31 Shelbyville . .32 Newcastle . . .19 Portland . . . . 7 WILKINSON 20— MORTON The Red Devils opened the football season at Wilkinson. Inexperience was the big factor in the defeat handed them by Wilkinson. Several nice end runs by Foreman and some hard tackling by Tiernan featured Morton ' s playing. ELWOOD 27— MORTON The heavy Elwood eleven managed to dispose of Morton rather easily. The Red Devils showed much improvement over their previous playing. The work of Thomas, in the line, prevented Elwood from running up a larger score. MORTON 19— ANDERSON 7 Morton ' s first and only victory occurred at Anderson. The whole team played good football and outclassed the Indians in almost every department of the game. The running back of punts by Englebert and the line work of Thomas were especially commendable. Page sixty-four SHORTRIDGE 31— MORTON 6 The Red Devils, after holding the heavy Shortridge team to twelve points until the final quarter, were defeated by the Green and White when Shortridge ' s heavy backfield ripped large holes in Morton ' s line. The Red and White backfield played good ball, while Foreman ' s open field running gave the crowd a thrill. SHELBYVILLE 32— MORTON Using an aerial attack which completely baffled Morton, Shelbyville defeated the Red Devils with ease. The line work of Thomas and the hard and sure tackling of Strouse forced the Lambs to give up trying line plunges. NEWCASTLE 17— MORTON In the home-coming game, the Red Devils, playing with- out Painter and Capt. Reynard, bowed to the Newcastle Tro- jans. Although the Red Devils fought gamely, the heavy backfield of the Green and White smashed their way through Morton ' s line. Thomas and Strouse were outstanding for the Red and White. PORTLAND 7— MORTON 6 Morton was defeated in the final game of the season by Portland after a hard battle. Brooks went over for Morton ' s touchdown just before the second half ended. The tackling of Tiernan and Johnson kept the Panthers ' score down. Page sixty-five wmuw Football and Personals HUBERT REYNARD— Tackle, 27; Tackle and Center, ' 28; Captain, 1928. Red ' s hard tackling and his strong defensive play kept the opponents ' scores down. Left school. THOMAS BROOKS— Half Back, ' 27, ' 28. When it came to line plunging, Snub was supreme, although he was handicapped by shoulder injuries. Graduates. HAROLD PAINTER— Center, ' 28. Pup showed us that a center can do more than merely pass the ball. Graduates. RICHARD TIERNAN— End, ' 28. Irish added the fight to the team. His vicious tackling will long be remembered by our opponents. Graduates. ORAN THOMAS— Guard, ' 28. Thomas showed us that good looks and good football go hand in hand. A stone wall on defense. Waiting for season to start again. EARL FOREMAN— Half Back, ' 28. Earl ' s broken field running and his hard tackling made him a valuable man in the backfield. Back next year. ROBERT DICKINSON— Guard and Center, ' 28. Dick ' s first attempt at football proved quite successful. Back next year. LEONARD JOHNSON— End, ' 28. Snaring passes and stopping end runs were Lindy ' s chief pastimes. Back next year. PAT QUIGLEY— Half Back, ' 28. Pat was our fleet-footed half back who gained yards when gains were needed. Back next year. RALPH PARKER— Tackle, ' 28. Parker stopped many a play before it was half under way. Returning next year. GEORGE BALDWIN— Guard, ' 28. Fat was the BIG man of the Red Devils. He utilized his size and weight to every advantage possible. Lost by graduation. CHARLES ENGLEBERT— Half Back, ' 28. Englestine ' s fast and accurate passing gained many a yard for the Red and White. Two more years to play. GEORGE STROUSE— End and Tackle, ' 28. When the referee cleared away the pile-up, Jamie was always on the bottom. A valuable man lost via sheepskin route. JOHN KEATS— Full Back, ' 28. Keats filled Brooks ' place in the backfield when Tom was injured, and did a good job. Graduation. PAUL RUNGE— Guard, ' 28. Few and thin were those opponents that passed this guard. One year more. Page sixtv-six wmm ; p XtA - ' ' ' Page sixty-seven Basketball THE SEASON AT A GLANCE Morton 21 Morton 13 Morton 41 Morton 26 Morton 16 Morton 14 Morton 15 Morton 26 Morton 28 Morton 16 Shelbyville 46 Newcastle 35 Windfall 42 Portland 33 Logansport 63 Kokoma 32 Rushville 29 Centerville 25 Peru 22 Winchester 35 Morton 10 Morton 16 Morton 24 Morton 35 Morton 38 Morton 23 Morton 28 Morton 28 Morton 30 Morton 18 Eaton 11 Rochester 34 Elwood 25 Muncie 33 Newcastle 39 Technical 29 Anderson 60 Lebanon 26 Connersville ... .31 Bedford 63 MORTON 21— SHELBYVILLE 46 Playing with inexperienced players, Morton went slowly to defeat before the veteran Shelbyville five. The Devils led at the half, but were outplayed in the last half. MORTON 13— NEWCASTLE 35 Showing more fight and better team work, the Red and White were forced to bow to the Newcastle Trojans. Kincaid led the Trojans, while Tiernan and Englebert were outstanding for Morton. MORTON 41— WINDFALL 42 In the first home game, after leading for practically the whole game, the Morton five were handed their third defeat by the fast Windfall team. MORTON 26— PORTLAND 33 Inability to hit the basket caused the Red Devils to come out on the short end of the score in the Portland game. Kreimeier and Englebert were outstanding for Morton. MORTON 16— LOGANSPORT 63 Poor basket shooting by the Red Devils and the Loganberries ' famous short passing attack proved to be Morton ' s Waterloo. Englebert was best for Morton. MORTON 14— KOKOMO 32 Showing much ability to play the block game but a lack of ability to make points, the Morton five received their sixth defeat from the Kokomo Kats. Johnson was outstanding. MORTON 15— RUSHVILLE 29 The accurate shooting of the Rushville Lions proved to be too deadly for Morton. Sickness handicapped Morton considerably. Tiernan played the last game. MORTON 26— CENTERVILLE 25 The first victory of the season was obtained only after a hard battle with Center- ville. The game was won in the last minute by a free throw. Tiernan and Johnson were outstanding. MORTON 28— PERU 22 Morton added another game to its win column when they defeated the strong Peru team. All of the Red Devils showed a decided-improvement in the basket shoot- ing. Tiernan was leading scorer. Page sixty-eight MORTON 16— WINCHESTER 35 The height of the Winchester team was the deciding factor in the game. Morton played on even terms with the Yellow Jackets in the first half. Johnson led Morton in scoring, and Brooks was best on defense. MORTON 10— EATON 11 Missing many close-in shots, the Red Devils lost a hard-fought game with the Eaton five. In the last five minutes, a desperate rally led by Kreimeier fell short by one point. Brooks played a good game at guard. MORTON 16— ROCHESTER 34 After playing air tight basketball for the first three quarters, the Red Devils wilted before a strong offensive drive, led by Moonshower, guard of the Rochester team. Brooks was high scorer for Morton. MORTON 24— ELWOOD 25 Led by Armstrong, the Ellwood five were able to dispose of Morton only after a hard fight. The Red Devils led at the half, but could not continue their scoring in the last half. Englebert stai-red for Morton. MORTON 35— MUNCIE 33 For the first time in eight years, Muncie was forced to taste defeat at the hands of the Red Devils. This game was one of the biggest upsets in basketball history. Engle- bert, Foreman, and Tiernan scored 34 of the points, while Brooks and Johnson handled the defense in fine style. MORTON 38— NEWCASTLE 39 Newcastle defeated Morton for the second time in a closely contested game. The teams played on even terms until the last few minutes wh ' jn the Trojans forged ahead. Tiernan and Foreman were outstanding for Morton. MORTON 23— TECHNICAL 29 Outplaying Technical in every department of the game but shooting, the Red and White quintet bowed to the highly rated Tech team. Morton missed many under- basket shots. MORTON 28— ANDERSON 60 The rushing, driving attack of the Anderson Indians proved to be too strong for the Red Devils. Injuries of Brooks and Johnson broke the team up considerably. Engle- bert and Brooks starred for Morton. MORTON 28— LEBANON 26 Scoring five points to Lebanon ' s three in the overtime period, the Red Devils added Lebanon ' s scalp to their belt. The game was close and the score was knotted many times. All six of the men who played for Morton played stellar games. MORTON 30— CONNERSVILLE 31 Connersville ' s rally in the last two minutes proved to be the undoing of the Morton team. It was anybody ' s game until the last two minutes. Tiernan was best for the Richmond crew. MORTON 18— BEDFORD 63 Led by Miller and Recht, the Bedford Stonecrushers crushed Morton in the last game of the season. The Ivymen completely outclassed the Devils practically the whole game. Tiernan and Foreman led Morton ' s scoring. Page sixty-nine Basketball Personals THOMAS BROOKS— Captain, 1928-1929 — Record: Three years as guard. Tom, the only veteran member of the team, played a consistent game as floor guard. The launching of the oifense depended on him. Tom graduates this year. RICHARD TIERNAN — Record: Two years as center. The Fightin ' Irishman surely put the scrap and the new Moi-ton spirit in that ol ' team. He never knew when he had done enough scrappin ' for ol ' Morton. Dick is lost by graduation. MELVIN HARTER — Record: One year as guard. Moenie — Alias Movietone played every position, but finally landed in the position of guard. Moenie has one more year. CHARLES ENGLEBERT— Record: One year as forward. Englestine believes in the saying, Children should be seen and not heard. However, he was the best offensive player on the team, and has two more years of golden opportunities. LEONARD JOHNSON — Record: One year as center and guard. Lindy was right there at taking the balls off the back-board. His height made him a very valuable player at the back-guard position. Lindy has two more years. EARL FOREMAN — Record: Two years as forward. Rudolph Valentino, the fastest offensive player on the team, surely showed his style in the Muncie game. Earl has two more years. MARK PORTER— Record: One year as forward and center. Mai-k was a valuable reserve man with his keen eye for the basket. He should cause some keen competition for the center berth next year. Mark has two more years. HARRY KREIMEIER— Record: One year as forward. Lefty had lots of scrap and should be a second Tiernan. He played well as a defensive forward. He has one more year. DONALD LAWSON — Record: One year as guard. Don had his chance in the Kokomo game, and since that time has played a good defensive game. He should make the guard position next year. Don has two more years. Page seventy . it T a- ' .z. -. - rw .fiM.c? f Ci- W - ; Page seventy-one wmmim The Coaches IN THIS corner, ladies and gentlemen, we have Coach Eberhart who managed football and track. Ebbie has a weakness for football and the weaker sex. As a coach, he proved himself a capable pilot of football and track; as a teacher of economics and gym classes he was extremely popular. When it comes to football, Ebbie surely knows his pigskin. And in this corner we have Coach Sponsler: guide in basketball and occasionally in U. S. history. Spons was a cool buddy; he could be cool during the hottest game of basketball ever played. Coach was a star player on Indi- ana ' s basketball team. At a game Sponsler was always seen sitting on the edge of the bench, hands on knees, hat on, a doleful expression on his face. With the aid of Assistant Campfield, things always ran smoothly. Campfield carried a towel and a medicine case in hopes that he could be on hand to render first aid if it were needed. Show some of that new Morton spirit and . . . . Folks, may we introduce our snappy yell leader, George Herman Drew. When it comes to yells, Herman is all over the megaphone and the floor. He thought that there was no one capable of taking his place, so he will be back next year with his outfit, megaphone, and throat, hoarse from leading yells. May his voice carry to the farthest corners of the coliseum. Page seventy-two • i - Bm j -r2 |||g|An W S KS it . Jfei ' J [ta isy f RS - 11 •t :fK EII;.% K ■■ p ' ' . 1 ■ ;t - ' ' w 2k ' BB BhE ' )k h M. iP ik . ' ' SI B ' ' I Bciseball BASEBALL SEASON AT A GLANCE Morton 2 Whitewater .... B Morton 2 St. Andrew 7 Morton 2 Boston 3 Morton 3 St. Andrew 4 Morton 14 Centerville 2 Morton 10 Newcastle 5 Morton 6 Kitchel Morton 10 Newcastle 5 Morton 2 Cambridge 6 Morton Rain Portland Morton Kitchell Rain Morton Cambridge 3 Morton Portland Morton : . Washington .... A FTER getting off with a bad start in the county league, ■ - the Morton baseball team hit their stride and won the next four games. The strong Newcastle team, defeated only three times this season, suffered two of their defeats from the Red Devils. The baseball team will make a strong bid for the county league title next year as only three of the i-egulars are lost through graduation: Brooks, Tiernan, and Wibker going out via the sheepskin route. Page seventy-three WiEUW i — ■ - ■ ■▼ ,--i :- v mm z ' . Track TRACK SEASON AT A GLANCE Morton 38 ' , Morton 23 Morton 7 Morton 23 Morton 38 4 Anderson 60% Rushville 76 Kentucky Military- Institute 46 Shortridge 46 Newcastle 57 Connersville 17 Washington 60v4 ALTHOUGH the track team was unable to win a meet, they succeeded in placing in four events in the sectional meet at Rushville. Runge captured first place in the 100 yard high hurdles ; Eastman took second in the mile run ; Harlin took third in the broad jump ; and Cole took third in the half mile. Captain Eastman and Runge will represent Morton in the State Meet. Captain Eastman, Runge, Harlin, and Gennett were the most consistent point getters for the Red Devils. Page seventy-four J¥l lj Girls ' Athletics A LTHOUGH there is very little mention of the girls ' ath- letics in Morton, the members of G. A. A. have accom- plished much this year. They have reorganized under the very efficient leadership of Miss Ruppel, and have adopted a new constitution. The Point System for which the girls are working is as follows : 1 point 30 min Tennis 1 point 60 min Golf 1 point 60 min Walking 1 point 40 min Hiking (2 miles) 1 point 30 min Swimming 1 point 30 min After School Games 1 point 60 min. . . . Supervised Basketball 5 points 5 min Talk in G. A. A. 1 point 60 min Skating 1 point 60 min Coasting 1 point 60 min Bicycle Riding Volley ball and basketball teams have been organized and have competed with the junior high schools. On May 10, the girls ended their successful year with a week-end camping trip at Camp Delight, with Miss Sutton and Miss Ruppel as sponsors. Page seventy-live WiEMims lntra=Mural Sports IN THE gym classes this year, many contests were held under the leadership of Mr. Eberhart. Probably the most popular one was the determining of the best all-around athlete. Five events were held for this: running, high jump, climbing, stand- ing broad jump, and goal shooting. Points were given for first, second, and third places in each event. This attracted a great deal of interest. Another event of interest was a free throw contest held dur- ing the basketball season. Each entrant was allowed twenty- five attempts from the foul line. Morton also entered the state high school free throw contest. The intra-mural track meet held the latter part of May aroused great enthusiasm. This was a triangular event between the Freshmen, Juniors, and Seniors. All of the regular track events were held, affording bitter competition. Gold, silver, and bronze medals were presented the winners in each event. The winners in last year ' s event were as follows : gold medals, Snyder, Campfield, Schneiderwind, Hart ; silver medals, Quigley, Runge ; bronze medals, Hubbell, Clawson, Bondius, Whitall, Barton, Nieman, Graver, Gennett, and Swallow. This year ' s winners have not yet been chosen. Probably the outstanding thing of the year was the intra- mural basketball league. This league was composed of eight teams. The teams were chosen by Mr. Sponsler, and were as evenly divided as possible. The round robin method of play was used, and during the season each team played twenty-one games. The games were played every Tuesday and Thursday after school, in the High School gymnasium. The sponsors took turn about officiating. The sponsors of this year ' s event were Messrs. Stafford, Vickery, McNaughton, Van Etten, and Miller. The winning team was determined on a percentage basis. The cap- tain of the winning team was Cleophis Bass. He and his team- mates were presented monograms in assembly by Mr. Sponsler. Plans are being made for a bigger and better event next year. Page seventy-six BuiiinmHBiis MISCELLANY 1928 Recognition GETTYSBURG ADDRESS 1. Marguerite Jones 2. Mary Janet Keinker 3. Francis Hole NUSBAUM CUP FOR ORATORY 1. Winston Jones 2. Naomi Osborne KNOLLENBURG CUP FOR EX- TEMPORE SPEAKING 1. Lillian Wesson 2. Manning Owen SCHOLARSHIP HONOR ROLL Elizabeth Stewart Theodore Kirkpatrick Naomi Osborne Ellen Bartel Dorothy Williams Elmer Varnell Helen Erk Elizabeth Newman Rollin Meyer Edith Warner Rose Thurman INDIANA HIGH SCHOOL PRESS ASSOCIATION EDITORIAL CONTEST Ruth Burdsall 1 Marguerite Jones 1 Marian Jones 1 Florence Dingley 2 (Three firsts, one second, in five contests.) SILVER SCHOLARSHIP PINS FOR 1927-28 Mildred Fox 8 A ' s Charles Wright 8 A ' s Lillian Hastings 7 A ' s Francis Hole 7 A ' s Ruth Wiley 7 A ' s Catherine Schroeder 7 A ' s Helen Thomas 9 A ' s Irma Diltz 7 A ' s 100 A ' S Elizabeth Stewart Theodore Kirkpatrick Naomi Osborne HOLE ENGLISH MEDAL Ellen Bartel William Hornaday D. A. R. HISTORY MEDAL Fred E. Brown COLLEGIATE CLUB LATIN MEDAL Uldean Hunt BILLY SUNDAY MEDAL FOR MENTAL ATTITUDE IN ATH- LETICS Carl Schneidewind U. C. T. MEDAL SERVICE IN ART Myron Winder SERVICE m VOCAL MUSIC Miriam Wiechman HICKS SERVICE MEDAL IN IN- STRUMENTAL MUSIC Mildred Thomas MORTON SERVICE AWARDS- MORTON ' S HIGHEST HONORS Theodore Kirkpatrick Ruth Burdsall Fred E. Brown Rose Thurman Elmer Varnell Harriette Scott George Harris Mary Louise Dillon Robert Baker Naomi Osborne Harold Moss «) Page seventy-eight A Lament It was just an old ruined building With no one to shelter and bless. On the top of the door on one of its walls Was the inscription M. H. S. As I gazed at its pitiful ruins, Came a sigh like the wind in the trees. I listened ; the old building was speaking, And the words that it said then were these : I was, long ago, a proud high school ; My halls with knowledge did thrill. The lessons were learned, and great men were made; But now those same voices are still. Some of these fell by the wayside; Others, the great race have run. But they are my children ; I love them. I love them, yes, all — every one. And now they are gone — I am lonesome ; Those glorious days could not last. In my stead there reigns a big high school ; And my place in history is past. The old ruin then ceased its speaking. A heart-rending sigh came instead, While I bowed my head in deep reverence, Remembering its glories all dead. I turned then, and heard a great moaning Like some one who was in distress. It was just a sad cry from ol ' Morton High — The ruin of M. H. S. A MORTONITE. Page seventy-nine wmrnim? Morton Fair APRIL 5, 1929, being my night out, I wanted to spend it ■ - in having the most fun and entertainment I could pos- sibly find. I scanned the pages of the evening paper for a clue to this most wanted amusement. Since there weren ' t any especially thrilling shows on, the theatre was voted down, when a small clipping about a big Morton Fair caught my eye. Those Morton kids are a rowdy bunch, I thought; they ' ve lots of pep and school spirit and they exercise it. This fair ought to be a rare event. I immedi- ately rang up the gang and easily persuaded them to join me at the high school building. We entered and paid our dime admission, and launched on an evening of fun. The first thing to catch our attention, and of course our patronage, was the Fortune Telling booth, sponsored by the Philosophy Club. What girl doesn ' t want to know her lucky number, her lucky day, and whether HE will a blond or brunete be ? The two of us that had our fortunes told first, decided to visit the Who ' s What Galley, of the S. 0. S., while we were waiting on the rest. Here we saw a beautiful Hawai- ian princess, the Buddha, and old Captain Kidd himself. Oh, yes, and Morton ' s Baby surely was a cunning infant. About this time we heard beautiful voices, belonging to none less than grand opera stars, singing We are the opera, we are the opera, and we are a very fine op. A poster ad- vertising a Mock Opera, given by some Girl Reserve groups, caught our eye, and we decided the music we had heard must be strains from this opera. So we assembled the gang and got front row seats for the performance. We were sent down to the depths of despair at seeing three of these opera stars, alias Morton students, go to their Page eighty death ; so we went down to the auditorium to see some pic- ture comedies, sponsored by the Science Ckib, and a play given by the Dramatic Society, which su]:ely did their part in snapping us out of our sorrowing mood. As we came out of the auditorium, the deUcious smell of hot dogs, sold by Morton Civic Commission, confronted our nostrils, and not being able to i-esist, we each invested in one. We were very much alarmed, as our order was being prepared, to hear the loud barking of dogs and had just about decided to cancel the order, when we discovered the barking came from the Animal Show being put on by the Spanish Club in the next room. In this show was every description of dogs, rabbits, guinea pigs, cats, and ante- diluvian animals. As we came from the pet show, we stopped to watch the foul shooting contest in the gym, being sponsored by the Boys ' Booster Club. While watching this exhibition, we were attracted by some pretty little sunbonnet girls, belonging to the Nature Study Club, selling lolly-pops. Again we were all tempted to invest. ■ By this time we were all rather tired ; so we decided to separate, some of us going to the French Cafe, sponsored by the French Club, and some to the Night Club, sponsored by the Travel Club. Here we were free to sit and dine at our leisure. Next we decided to visit the Magic Room of the Science Club, but this was so weird that we didn ' t stay long. Again our appetites were tempted when on leaving the Magic Room the lusty voices of the Hi-Y boys announced Eskimo pies for sale. Some of us next tried our luck at the Checker Board and White Elephant sale of the Costume Design Club. Having just three tickets left, we decided to see the Puppet Show of the Art League, to buy an ice cream cone from the Boys ' Bible Study Club, and with our last ticket to take home a souvenir, and call it a Night! Page eighty-one P I l Calendar September 4 — First day! Assignments so soon! New teachers. Bate September 7 — First chapel. Mr. spoke. September 11, 12, 1.3— Clubs held their first meetings. S. 0. S. Little Sister party. September 15 — First football game, but not a victory over Wilkinson. G. R. setting-up conference at Lauramore. Lynette Conklin, a popular senior, de- parts from M. H. S. September 18 — G. R. All-girl assembly. Dramatic Society try-outs. September 20—277 G. R. ' s sign up on first day of membership drive. September 22 — Second football game, also a defeat at hands of Elwood (27-0). September 28 — First football victory of the year! Anderson must be wondering what struck them. Score is 19-7 in our favor. October 1 — Senior Class hold primary for class officers. October 5 — We suff ' er defeat at hands of Shortridge (31-6). October 10 — First call for basketball men. Morton Mixer goes over big. October 13 — Morton dedicates new stadium at Shelbyville by a 32-0 victory for Shelbyville. October 15 — Red and White week. October 16- of rain. -Snake dance held in spite October 17 — Newcastle defeats the Red Devils in a hotly contested football game played in pouring rain — score 19-0. Stu- dent body turns out in full force. Every- one is quite satisfied with the grades that were given out today — yes ? October 18 and 19 — Teachers ' Conven- tion at Indianapolis. State Young Peo- ples ' Convention here. Results of ' 29 election: Maurice Evans, President: Harold Allen, Vice-President; Russel Shafer, Secretary-Treasurer. October 22 — Well, now that vacation is over and everyone is rested, there should be some studying done. October 23— After school, S. O. S. hold meeting to discuss ways to help failing students. The grades must have been pretty poor after all. October 25 — Hi-Y and Girl Reserves entertain Morton students with Hallow- e ' en party at the Y. M. C. A. Mr. Miller as Aunt Het furnishes the laughs for the evening. Morton Varsity defeats Candy Ankles by score of 39-0. Not bad Varsity. October 26 — Earlham Homecoming. All English Women ' s Hockey Team de- feats Earlham Girls ' Hockey Team by the score 20-0, while the Earlham Foot- ball Team defeats the so-far undefeated Manchester Eleven with a 14-0 score. October 31 — Big spook dance at coli- seum! Coach Eb certainly makes an attractive girl and our yell leader makes a good looking yegg. (No harm m.eant, (George). Social gi ' oup of Girl Reserves give a tea. November 3 — Portland defeats Mor- ton 9-6 in our last game of the season. Evei-yone is all set for basketball now, so Let ' s go, Mortonites! November 5 — Beginning Education Week. Health Day. Helen Thomas elected social chairman of senior class. November 6 — Home and School Day. Election held today. Everyone but the Democrats vote and Hoover goes over big! November 7 — Know Your School Day. November 8 — School Opportunity Day. November 9 — Citizenship Day. Armis- tice Day Program given in assembly with new novelty songs of Spain sung by Glee Clubs and shown in motion pictui ' es. November 10 — Community Day. ham wallops Rose Poly 40-0. Earl- November 11 — Armistice Day. Pro- grams for Armistice Day held in all the churches and in Moi ' ton. November 12 — Beginning National Book Week which is sponsoring a move- ment to interest students in good reading material. November 13 — Posters advertising Na- tional Book Week delay movement from one class to another because they are so attractivfr that everyone has to stop to look. Page eighty-two Page eighty-three November 14 — Morton ' s co-eds have decided that the art gallery is a fine place to dance at noon. November 15 — Halls are a blur of red and white because everyone is all decked out for the first basketball game of the season, Morton vs. Shelbyville. Red Devils fall before Shelby ' s onslaught 21-46. We are expecting great things from our green team. November 16 — A great variety of sub- jects is being offered by the new exhibit in the art gallery. The works are all those of Richmond artists. November 17 — Earlham drops final game to Butler 24-0. November 19 — The Second National Bank donates a box of white and red pencils with the basketball schedi le. Proceeds go to senior treasury. The Pierian Staff begins the biggest cam- paign of its kind ever held in Morton. November 20 — Richmond ' s annual Community Fund Drive starts today. November 23 — Red Devils lose to New- castle in a fast basketball game by a score 35-13. December 14 — Christmas hints due. December 15 — Rushville and Morton clash at Cow Barn. Morton gets long end of score 15-29. December 21 — Morton defeats Center- ville by a one point margin, 26-25. December 22 — Morton adds another victory. This one from Peru, 28-22. Girl Reserve candy sale at Price ' s. December, 25 — Old Santa made his trip last night and dumped his gift sack right into Morton students ' homes. DecemlDer 27 — Winchester gives Mor- ton a defeat of 35-16 for a Christmas present. December 28 — Another gift from Eaton— a defeat, 10-11. Januai-y 4 — Rochester and Morton bat- tle, and Moi-ton loses to the stronger team 34-16. January 5 — Morton submits to another defeat, this time at the hands of Elwood, 24-25. January 7 — Everyone is quite satisfied with the two weeks ' vacation and is going to work hard. Santa brought a lot of new clothes to Morton students and Mor- ton is much gayer than it was two weeks ago. January 8 — Girl Reserve assembly held in the auditorium. January 9 — Dark secrets are brewing behind locked doors — A Pierian confer- ence after school. January 11 — All school collegiate skate at Coliseum. Whoopee! Dramatic club gives a spooky play, Dwellers in Darkness, in assembly. And will won- ders never cease? Morton upsets the dope bucket by defeating the Muncie Bearcats. It is the first time in eight years and we ' ll tell the world Revenge is sweet. January 14 — Lots of Morton students faw down and go boom! due to the ice. January 18 — Morton has found a NEW school Spirit! The old faithful Morton Song is again heard in the auditorium. Sponsler gives a talk and Drew leads some peppv yells. Newcastle defeats Red Devils 39-29. Seems like old times to have the band out again. January 25 — There wasn ' t much water left in the fountain after the freshies arrived because there seemed to be an idea among them that Morton had a swimming pool. Some seniors lost their chances for graduation today. Morton loses to Technical 23-29. January 28 — Everyone is busy joining the new clubs which are offered this year. February 1 — A big crowd from Mor- ton follows the Devils to Anderson only to see Morton suffer an ovei ' whelming defeat 28-60. February 8 — Morton rises to her old standard of pei-fection and defeats Leba- non, at Lebanon, 28-26. February 13 — Seniors throw a big party at M. H. S. and everyone has a grand and glorious time, and how! Duane is king for a night. February 22 — Bedford lets down Mor- ton in the season ' s last game by a score of 63-10. February 27 — Dollar Day! And pock- ets are empty now. March 1 — Day of days — Sectional Tournament. Devils sport their new satin trunks. They surely are keen look- ing. They trounce Greensfork 43-18. Hag- erstown looks good for a nice tourna- ment showing. Last holiday until May 30, so get your nickel ' s worth, everybody! €) Page eighty-four March 2 — The battle rages! Morton stages a last half rally to defeat Milton. Cambridge sets back Morton in an over- time game 28-24, and Hagerstown again crashes through the Sectional and wins it by defeating Cambridge City, 27-23. Morton is going right on through to the State next year, so everyone be there! Captain Tom Brooks and Dick Tiernan, our fightin ' Irishman, see their last game with the Devils. March 4 — Inaugural ceremony heard over radio in auditorium. March 6 — Elizabeth Peacock to repre- sent Morton in County Discussion League. Morton Fair postponed till April 5. Profits go to Senior Class to help out the Pierian ' s financial difficulties. March 7 — Popularity contest to be held. Whimsy is the play selected for the Drama Class-Dramatic Society night performance. March 9 — Tryouts for Whimsy held in Art gallery. March 13 — Returns from tourney. Morton ' s share is $592. Approximately $100 cleared by clubs selling at tourney. March 14 — Plans for Fair being made. March 1.5-16 — Gary tui-ns out to be a dark horse and wins State Basketball Championship. Lowery of Tech wins Gimbel medal. March 19 Soap sculpture in Art gal- lery. First call for baseball! Spring is here, so get out the oV baseball togs. March 21 — County Speaking Contest In auditorium. Vivian Taylor of Hagers- town is winner. March 22 — First band concert of year. Robei ' t Shelly, soloist. The concert is a big success. Quite a few seniors sur- prised at the Senior Gallery in the Register this week. March 25 — Senior girls discuss gradu- ation clothes. Ye Olde Editress , Vir- ginia Sonsini, wins first place in State Editorial Contest. We hope that Morton will keep on producing famous people. Plans for a snappy evening at Morton Fair. March 29 — The third year French class Fcores a success in Anatole Frances ' Jongleur de Notre Dame, with Mal- colm Jolliff in title role. April 6 — Track meet with Anderson at Reid Field. Morton SS ' -j, Anderson 60%. G. R. Tri-State Conference held in Cincinnati. April 9 — Big proceeds from Fair. Evei ' yone has a good time and enjoys the dancing in 20. Senior boys discuss commencement clothes. Boston defeats Red Devils 3-2 in baseball. April 12-13 — Presentation of Whimsy goes over big. Lots of buried talent discovered. Frank Salzarulo makes great hit. April 20 — Morton second in Triangular Track Meet, won by Anderson. April 23 — Senior Committee arranges commencement activities. Liz Pea- cock and Ding Snodgrass chosen for leads in senior play, Seven Chances. G. R. ' s plan annual Mother-Daughter Banquet. April 25 — Final Morton Symphony Concert given. April 26 — Morton places third in Tri- angular Track Meet. May 1 — French Club holds annual camp supper at Mrs. Charles ' home. That club certainly has plenty to eat. May 11 — Mother-Daughter Banquet held. Senior recognition and awarding of Girl Reserve rings. May 15 — Morton is climbing in base- ball and has won three games, con- secutively. May 17 — May Day at Earlham. Huge crowds and a marvelous and spectacular performance. May 30 — No school. Whoopee! May 31 — Senior Recognition Chapel. June 2 — Bsccalanreate vServices nt First Friends Church — the first of th e Seniors ' farewells. June 4 — Class Night and Faculty Re- ception. Lots of fun with trimmings. June 5 — Senior Play, Seven Chances, given at Lawrence Theatre. The play appeals to everyone, and is well pre- sented by our Honorable Seniors. June 6 — Banquet at the Richmond- Leland. The Seniors really do look well in formal dress. June 7 — The day of days and night of nights — the last day of school for three months, and for some who are graduating, only the beginning of thei ' - life work. Commencement exercises at the Coliseum and Goodbye from all the Spm ' nrs_ Page eighty-five Poets ' Corner A SUMMER NIGHT On summer nights I like to lie And watch the sunset in the sky : To see the red ball slowly rest Among the shadows in the west. I like to watch the evening star That twinkles in the heav ' ns afar. I turn and glance the other way — More stars have joined her bright array. And then the moon sublimely sails Across the heaven ' s silvery trails. She leaves behind her radiance bright To light the way for morning light. Emeline Eggemeyer. SMOKE In winter time I like to lie, And watch the smoke curl in the sky: It grows and grows; I see it rise, And then it fades, grows faint, and dies. Mary Shiveley. IN LOVE When all the world takes on a rosy hue And your own heart beats high with pulsing joy. While happiness seems just to wait for you And you stand proof against what might annoy. When others have a confidence and trust In what you put your strength and will to try ; When you cry out you ' ll rather wear than rust, And while your call is still to DO, not DIE ; When but a toy fate seems within your hand ; When nature quickens all your senses keen. And you can see the glories of the land, Regard all men without a touch of spleen, You are in love — been pierced by cupid ' s dart; In love with life — in love with all your heart. E. W. Page eighty-six Page eighty-seven PHILO SOFIE SAYS: I ' ve kept that school-girl complexion, I ' ve walked a mile for a smoke; I ' ve asked the man that owns one, And he tells me it keeps him broke. I know that a child can play it, To guard the danger line I try; I know when it ' s time to retii-e, And I ' ve heard that they satisfy. But there ' s one thing that baffles me — Even for a lifetime I strive; I ' d like to know just whether or not I ' m one of the four out of five! There are modern Dianas who can skin an old fox and get a leopard coat; and then, on the other hand, husbands who sow wild oats have wives who reap widows ' weeds. The best way to develop your per- sonality is to forget about it. There goes another life, murmured the cat as he crawled out from under the steam roller. Success doesn ' t consist in never making blunders, but in never making the same one twice. Seen on an old dilapidated flivver, minus everything but wheels: Don ' t laugh, brother! it ' s paid for. We find that many people at times around here are working better. Yes, we may say that they are trying — very. With some of them looking like this (), and others like this )(, we find that they still wear short skirts. Here lies the body of Joshua Dunn — Saw two cars coming, and only dodged one. Anyway, says J. F. T., a man can still take a chew without feeling that he should first offer one to a lady. Let the other fellow tell ' em how fast you went by. A butcher read an ai-ticle on Milk from Contented Cows. Wishing to keep up with the times, he placed this sign in the window: Sausages from Pigs that Died Happy. Many a man who marries to get a good cook, often discovers he drew a can-opener. It is almost as hard for a man to live up to his reputation as it is for a woman to live up to her photograph. I used to think I knew. But now, I must confess The more I know I know I know, I know I know the less. The sun has a sinking spell every night, but it comes up with a smile every morning. And along in the same train of thought, wearing a smile over a sour heart may be nothing but politeness, but we all prefer politeness to a puckered-up face. A wide-awake doctor, when asked what to do for water on the knee, prescribed the wearing of pumps. The man who says it can ' t be done, is frequently interrupted by someone do- ing it. Keep the home fires burning. — Nero. The first hundred years are the hard- est. — Methuselah. Treat ' em rough. — Henry the Eighth. Keep your shirt on. — Queen Eliza- beth. Don ' t lose your head. — Queen Mary. The bigger they are, the harder they fall. — David. It floats. — Noah. You can ' t keep a good man down. — Jonah. I ' m strong for you, kid. — Samson. Only a small percent of the girls of our country are working girls; the rest are working men. We are of the opinion that what really happened when the cow jumped over the moon, was that somebody got an idea for vanishing cream. Absolute knowledge have I none. But my friend ' s husband ' s sister ' s son Heard a policeman on his beat Say to a laborer on the street That he had a letter just last week. Written in the finest Greek, From a Chinese coolie in Timbuctoo, Who said that a Negro in Cuba knew Of a colored gent in a Texas town. Who got it straight from a circus clown, That a man in Klondike heard the news From a gang of South American Jews About someone in far Bordeaux, Who had a friend who claimed to know Of some society female Jake, Whose mother-in-law will undertake To prove that her husband ' s seventh niece. Has stated in a printed piece. That Carol Cline e ' en forsooth Has just brought forth his first real tooth. Every blade of grass is a study; and to produce two where there was but one, is but a profit and a pleasure. — Lincoln. The big man is usually the little man who took advantage of an opportunity. Love is a feeling that you feel when you feel you ' re going to have a feeling that you never felt before. Page eighty-eight Ik ' i l k TH[ RRD ' GcAQfS AVe 6fven out n s 1 05 n y i HnrsUJ iJornt r .A,V, .(+K« U onc l-l.f1-o„ Spnit i frctt C aV BaYTor H.: Dov eu kn«w, t ub« J BaVX WA Pf Vsyy Page eighty -nine STOOCOMPLICATED Whatchagotna packidge? Sabook. Wassanaimuvitt ? Sadickshunery, fullinaims. Wife ' s gonna get aplecedogangottagettanaim- ferim. Frances Hole: Father, do you know anything about girls ? Fond Parent: Why, what do you mean? Again: A couple of girls walked home from school with me, and I was wonder- ing as to their intentions. Any girl, says Malcolm Joliff, look- ing for a real thrill, should try kissing a man with hiccoughs. Hello, Ezra, how ' s your nose? Aw, shut up. So ' s mine. It ' s these blamed spring colds. De chef at de Foot of de Hill has been cookin ' foah twenty years. He oughtta be almos ' done by now. Undertaker: Come, come, where is the sixth pallbearer? The Minister: Pardon, sir, he ' s pro- posing to the widow. J. Bland: What do they mean by nip and tuck ? Hardwiek E.: One nip and they tuck you away for the night. Did you hear about Clarence C. ? Go- ing through an art museum, and stopping in front of a mirror, he exclaimed, It must be a Rembrandt! Yurp: How long have you been married ? Nurp: Since the year one, A. L. Urpy: What do you mean, A. L. ? Oipy: After Lindsey. Liz Peacock: I ' d love to have a home of my own. Duke Weller: Wouldn ' t that be great? Then we could get married. Hazel K. Will you marry me? Keith Taylor: Afraid not. Hazel: Aw, come on, be a supporter. The farmer had just returned from the city. Say, Si, he asked a neighbor, do you like hors d ' oeuvres? Si shook his head vehemently. Even if I did, ye can ' t raise it in this ground. I know a dog worth $17,000. How can a dog save so much? A notice in the Pinhook news last week ran as follows: A party of sight- seers in a big touring car drove through town last Sunday before they realized it. A. L. Huff: How many times have I told you to be in band on time? Ding S.: I don ' t know; I thought you were keeping score. Cluck: Why are you eating those tacks ? Hen: I ' m going to lay a carpet. Judge: This officer states that he found you two fighting in the middle of the street. Fat D.: Naw, Judge, the officer mis- led you. When he arrived we were try- ing to separate each other. A little robin flew on high. Upon our roof she flittered. And as she laid a tiny little egg, This one ' s on the house, she tittered. Nowadays, what ' s not worth saying is sung. How much gas do we have, Alger- non? Egad, Koozma, it points to one-half, but whether the bally thing means half full or half empty, I don ' t know. Bert Moore: You look awfully sleepy, sonny. What ' s wrong? Red Stanley: Somebody said if I ' d stand in front of the south door, I ' d hear the school yell; and it didn ' t say a word all night. Fred B.: I ' m going to shoot the guy that ' s going with my girl. Max G.: That ' s murder, isn ' t it? Fred B.: No, nitwit, suicide. HOW HEROES ARE MADE The wind swirled about the two bent figures, lashing their numbed faces with stinging flurries of sleet. Sinister, pene- trating, the cold wrapped their tortured bodies in its freezing em brace, chilling the very marrow of their bones. At intervals the hunched figures beat dead hands together, striving to restore a measure of feeling to them. With ach- ing eyes they peered ahead, hoping to glimpse through the gloom to the jour- ney ' s end, which they dreaded to admit was yet a score of miles distant. And always, through the frost-laden black- ness of the winter night, they moved on and on. With a convulsive motion, one of the figures struggled to draw his coat closer about his shuddering foi ' m. How much longer? he muttered through chattering teeth, and his words were a prayer. Are you folks all right back there, called a gay voice ahead. Just fine! chorused the two figures quickly. This is the most comfortable rumble -seat we ' ve ever ridden in. «) Page ninety wmm (2® ® 0 ag¥MLLME f ' OrOl ' ' ' iP ' 6 4 h-7 yj  Page ninety-one Scintillating Seniors I WAS standing in the middle of the hall ' bout eight minutes to eight, Monday morn- ing, waiting to see those GOOD LOOKING seniors I had heard so much about. Ah! there they came! Dick Tiernan and Mill Woi ' ley. Dashing around them in a great HURRY, came Mary Jane Stegall and Edgar Dennis; they almost bumped into two STUDIOUS little people who were not looking where they were going — they had their noses so deep in a big book. Was it a dictionary Mildred Fox and Francis Hole were carrying? Suddenly a flash of RED caught my eye — Paul Sowers and Vera Stick! I began to make my way toward one of the classrooms. A cherry HELLO echoed through the hall — and George Drew came from one direction, and Corrine Carter from the other to greet two very SOLEMN people — Mr. Chester Benson and Miss Flo Endelman. I turned the corner, and stood entranced at the darling DIMPLES that came and went between Leila Goode and Tom Ahl. The bell was about to ring. Two BUSY bees rushed into a classroom the last min- ute. Mary Louise Brehm surely couldn ' t have had rheumatism; and dear me! I thought to myself: that mighty pencil perched up on Doyle ' s ear must be a strain — but likely the weight helps keep him from being light-headed. Suddenly it was as if a cloud had uncovered the sun. Looking to see where the light had come on, I beheld the two Aliens — Liz and Harold — strolling down the hall hand-in-hand, all SMILES. There was a wild scramble up the stairs. Helen Mann came tearing down the hall, and Duane descended the steps in mighty leaps. Simultaneously they grabbed for the door. The bell rang. They looked at each other aghast. Now my name is mud, groaned Snodgrass. Wrong again, Helen retorted; it is LATE. A couple had been watching this touching drama. They could hold themselves in no longer — there was a mighty burst of GIGGLES! Oh Ginny Sonsini and Street-Car Barton! Quiliv er the Second or Wanted : A Halter for a Nightmare WAY back in 1929 I left Richmond, Indiana, just shortly after Commencement night. When I made my departure, it was for the most part, unknown to any save my few close friends, my immediate family, and myself, although I had robbed no banks, com- mitted no murders, nor yet been participant in any kidnapping procedure. I was merely desirous of aff ' ecting my leave-taking with as little stir as possible for reasons of my own. I returned one day last week, and I never received any such surprise in all my gallivanting up and down this old planet of ours. The place has changed now so that one can hardly recognize it. Street cars are no more, there are skyscrapers galore, and the people are even changed. The men are nine feet tall on an average, and the women are, in general, from seven to nine feet tall, and they feed their chickens saw- dust and the hens lay two-by-fours. The Fords that they drive have wings and eat hay. In fart, they are called hay burners, egg beaters, and other things too numerous to mention. Dear old Morton was uni-ecognizable! I asked one of those colossal columns of flesh and blood where Morton High School was. Lo, he answered me in a voice so small that I could hardly hear what he said, but after some repetition on his part, I discovered that he was trying to say that it was on Beezlebub Mountain. Just then one of those female apparitions, who looked like Steve Brodie proceeding down the Styx in a dingey to the coronation of Gene Tunney as the champion bull fighter at the Ritz- Page ninety-two Carlton in New Paris, came strutting up as though she owned controlling interest in Isaac Steinmetz ' s Feather Factory. Here ' s my woozie-ma-goggle (meaning, I presume, his wife) and she ' ll tell thee of this unheard of zoocum splancky of which thou speakest. Thereupon he turned to converse with his proto-typical spouse. Must be some of that crowd of immigrants that they were fighting when I was going to Morton, I mused to myself. Suddenly I was returned to the occasion, most trenchantly by, Say, looky h ' yer, boy, if ya wanna know where this h ' yre temple of knowledge be, I c ' n tell ye, spoken in a voice that sounded like a cross between a Fourth of July Celebration in Shanghai and a female flea bleating or roaring (as the case may be) for her babes lost in the wood. During this speech I seemed to feel myself shrink to the most infinite atomic dimen- sion. In fact, I felt rather like running into a hole and pulling the hole in after me. After striking up sufficient courage to speak, I said, Very well, but softer, please, softer! Well, go one square north, turn to the left, and three squares east and go up the mounting. Ya c ' n see it from the valley. Thank you, ma ' m, said I, turning to carry out her directions. I went the route that I was directed, and abruptly I was brought up against the steepest, yea, most beautiful and fantastic bit of landscape upon which I had ever been pi ' ivileged to gaze. On first impression it seemed that I had suddenly been ti-ansported to some hitherto unknown ethereal continent in some far distant part of fairy land; into a land of eternal bliss and happiness; a land of undying romance. At first I could distinguish nothing clearly because of the peculiar, heavenly colors of the mists that hung about this single, slender, almost perfectly cylindrical mountain that seemed to rise abruptly from out the earth as if produced by Aladdin or Houdini. Walking around this hallucination, I discovered that a road wound about it to the castle-like structure that seemed to surmount the very tip; so I mounted up this road to this ethereal castle. Over the entrance hung a sign bearing the legend, Ye Olde Mortone Highe Schoole. Entering the portals, the first thing I saw was Mr. Thompson standing at a desk handing out excuses yet; but he had it easier than he used to. He now had an auto- matic excuse machine in which the boys dropped a nickel, pants ' button, slug, or what they happened to have. Continuing about this magnificent edifice, I discovered Mark Fred teaching trigo- nometry, -Parr Longer teaching chemistry, and Frank Salzarulo as the professor of English. Being interested in that subject, I entered the room and found them studying grammar. I was much impressed by the ability of the class to remember and recite rules for grammar. One in particular was recited by Virginia Sonsini as follows: When the adverb follows the prepositional phrase, tnat makes the infinitive go ahead of the pronoun; then draw three cards and play the nine ball in the corner pocket, multiply the answer by six and seven-eighths, and that makes Columbus the discoverer of America, likewise the capitol of Ohio. During my little sojourn here I also visited a class of a new type. The subject taught was Enigmatic Proce dure, with Mr. Richard Tiernan as instructor. Class had just taken up when I arrived and the Prof, was just ready to assign that day ' s problem to be worked out in class. Now, fellow students, said Prof. Tiernan, turning to the class and taking a big chaw of Red Horse, here is today ' s problem. If it would take a mosquito with a wooden leg six months to bore a hole one inch deep in a Uneeda Biscuit, how long would it take the Richmond police force to push a Boston baked bean off a plug hat into a tub? Ten minutes elapsed and then the professor said, Heads up, students, here ' s the answer — listen carefully — Just as long as it would take a giralfe to ride on a flea ' s back, wearing roller skates, from Omaha, Neb., to New Paris, crossing the Rockies on a ding bat having fur on its tonsils, when the walking is good back to Ireland. I walked over to the window and was just leaning out for some fresh air. and be- hold, that ' s the last I remember, until I woke up, lying on the floor of my room with my feet in the bath tub, my lounging gown wrapped around my head, and my hands holding tightly to the leg of my dressing table. I had fallen out of bed. Russell M. Owen Page ninety-three Page ninety-four CONFIDENCE in a store is the tirst es- sential when you open up a charge account. When you establish a bank- ing connection, you naturally seek a bank that enjoys the confidenceof the public. Why not exercise the same care in opening up a charge account? This store enjoys the con- fidence of Richmond and In- diana — a confidence built up through sixty-three years of faithful service. KNOLLENBERG ' S This is the Home School that trains Bookkeepers, Stenographers, Account- ants and Secretaries for the business firms of this community If you are interested in business, get your train- ing here, and our Employ- ment Department wiU help you connect with a desirable position. For information see or write W. L. Stump, Manager Richmond Business College Colonial BIdg. Richmond Pa, did you go to Sunday School when you was a boy? Yes, my son, I always went to Sunday School. Well, Dad, I think I ' ll quit going. It ain ' t doing me any good either. Boston Store Dr Goods Reach -to-Wear Millinery ABEL ' S — The Ice Cream with the Sweet Velvety Taste — So Pleasing! ABEL ' S VELVET ICE CREAM CO. Makers of VELVET Ice Cream Phones 1600 Main 1901-1439 Street ONLY ONE PRICE H. C. HASEMEIER CO. 1 Page ninety-six The Sporting Goods Store We have everything for the Golfer, Tennis player, Baseball player, and the swimmer THE HARTRR SHOP The Place They Make You Happy SEE us BEFORE BUYING Rrehm ' s 528 Main Street Phone 1747 Corner Tenth and Main Streets Miss Finfrock (after explaining the term dialogue ) — What would you call a fable in which two cats are talking to each other? Robert Lashly — A catalogue. The Camera Shop KODAKS PHOTOGRAPHIC SUPPLIES W. E. MORREY For Sixty-four Years we have been serving high school students with t le best ice cream and candies. Prices ' Quality Always 916 Main Street Plione 1253 UP-TO-DATE SHOE REPAIR SHOP Hats Cleaned and Blocked Shoe Shine Parlor 1030 Main Street WORK GUARANTEED SAM S. VIGRAN 610 Main Street, Richmond, Ind. Richmond ' s Leading Sporting Goods Store EVERYTHING FOR BASEBALL, FOOTBALL, BASKETBALL, TRACK, GOLF, ETC. We Appreciate Your Business 1 Page ninety-seven WIEMl Ray B. Mowe Co. Sporting Goods Gym Supplies Sweaters Golf Equipment Radio Most Complete Line of Sporting Goods in Riclimond 1000 Main Street Richmond Every Day a Better Store! Vigran ' s Ladies ' SKop 923 Main Street Coats Dresses Suits Millinery Known for onr Low Prices Usher — Singles only. Harry Kelley — I ' ll take two if they ' re next to one another. E. ACKERMAN W. SCHXELLE Ackerman s DRY GOODS a id FURNISHINGS 918 Main Street Riclnnond ED. E. WENDLING Quality Jewelry 1021 Main Street Richmond When You Want a Suit Correct — call at Superior Woolen Co. TAILORS Tivoli Bldg. V. B. McCauley, Mgr. SODAS, DRUGS, CIGARS, NEWSPAPERS, MAGAZINES. The Best Toasted Sandwiches and Fountain Drinks Feltman ' s Drug Store 601 Main Street Richmond Page ninety-eight After the school daj s are over, the photographs of high school and college friends are invaluable That old pal of yours wants a photo of you just as badly as you want one of his. W. Fred Cain Studio Colonial Building He — Your father is Scotch, isn ' t he? She Yes. He — I had better be economical and turn out the light. Just as a composer Blends the music Of his theme In rhythmic harmon y. So do Kofski Portraits Express the spirit And beauty Of their subjects — Photographicalh Kofski Studios 2B South Seventh Phone 6397 Richmond, Ind. Better Try Liiken ' s First Fifty Years a Drug Store A. G. Lu en Drug Co. 626-628 Main street Pa£;e ninetv-iiine Page one hundred «) 1 1 HE TASTE SENIORS, JUNIORS, SOPHS all of them. is Proof of rush to Nick ' s at noon. the Pudding! Those of you who are leaving, Nick wishes JUNE RAE Candies you all the luck in the world. To those of you who stay, he cor- dially invites you to meet again with him are home-made and fresh next year, and enjoy every dav. Thev are the quality of service all that the word and food that can onlv quality implies he found at — 913 Main Street NICK ' S The Heart of the City Weldon Pierce— Hello, Mr. Cline. I ' m back. Mr. Cline — I see you are. For wha t reason? W. Pierce — I read in that letter wh ere I was expelled, but on the envelope it said, ' After five days return to E. C. Cline ' . Wayne Dairy FOLEY ' S Products Co. Confectionery and Sixth and South A Sts. Sandwich Shop Our routes cover the city Where Mortonites Mingle completely r s Pasteurized Qualitv Merchandise Milk - Cream - Butter always at Foley ' s Cottaae Cheese and Special prices on parties to Morton students. B uttermilk ROSE HILL 1236 Main St. Phone 6416 Special Milk for the Baby We Deliver! Pace one hundred one Smart Apparel for the School Girl Quality Footwear and Accessories — For the Class Room — For Sports Wear — F ' or the Party for Men, Women and Children — For the Prom — And then Graduation Courteous and Intelligent Service Style Without Extravagance Mn lonal Risley Shoe Co. «. 91 Main George has been bitten by the neighbor ' s dog. Was he mad? Well, he wasn ' t so well pleased. IF IT ' S FROM KlicKolson s Loehr Klute ' s Stationers - Engravers IT ' S CORRECT Books, School and Office Supplies V- LOEHR KLUTE 729 Main Street Phone 1629 — of Course Page one hundred two PIERIAN ICTURE5 — are always pne, in likeness ana expression, when tney are maae by % Dumb — When my mother was three years old, she fell from a three story building. Dumber— Did she die? niirift is a part of every child ' s education. Regardless of what particular calling they may choose or be best suited for in future life, it is certain that they cannot escape the problems of finance and the neces- sity of habits of thrift. Every parent that has the welfare of his children at heart should encourage the thrift habit in their early life. We pay 3% on Savings Accounts FIRST NATIONAL BANK Main and Seventh Page one hundred three B f FCRE -A e I c- D- ' - ' e. e.p vnfM-frl ' f ' A CA«b(S t Copy OF i; eft -TIT — ;:ir uj v- Page one hundred four zPiEm Starr Pianos; Atwater Kent, Majestic, and Kolster Radios. r £ Zerozone Lifetime Refrigeration. . r f) Starr Piano Co. SALES CORPORATION 931 Main Street Finest Qiialilij WATCHES DIAMONDS JEWELRY GIFTS at Reasonable Prices Jay Qualify Jeweler 20 MAIN ST. RICHMOND Harold Allen — Did you notice the conductor looking at you as if you hadn ' t paid your fare? Doyle Nicely — Sure, and did you notice me looking at him as if I had. INDIANAPOLIS GLOVE COMPANY Manufacturers of Apple -Us Leatlier, Palm and Jersey Gloves and Mittens South H and C. 0. Railroad Phone 2059 Page one hundred live 1;, !iW,tk 4%i : r! i .rM Are You Saving? Every young man or woman needs Character Credit. Nothing will develop this quicker than to have it generally known that you are sensibly thrifty and know how to save money. An ever increasing savings account will lead you along the road of independence. Second National Bank Page one hundred six What College ? What Course ? The Indianapolis College of Pharmacy Has twenty-five years of honorable history. Has membership in the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy. Has the largest enrollment of anj ' college of pharmacy in Indiana. Has a three-year course for the degree of Pharmaceutical Chemist. Has a four-j ' ear course for the degree of Bachelor of Science. Has unusual advantages for student self-support. Has a greater demand for Pharmacists and Chemists than its graduates can supply. SEND FOR CATALOG 800 East Market Street Indianapolis, Indiana E. C. Cline — (Loaded with luggage at rai ' .v ay station) I wish we had brought the piano, dear. Mrs. Cline — Don ' t try to be funny, Erwin. E. C. — But I left the tickets on the piano. SCHOOL SUPPLIES! Everything for the Student or Teacher Largest Stock in Eastern Indiana or Western Ohio PROMPT SERVICE — LOW PRICES BARTEL, ROHE ROSA CO. 921 Main Street Richmond, Ind. Page one hundred seven Tins IMMHIVTAS ESililliMreil IIY STA.FF4 III l ll(M KE ilKX ... TO I EIIFE(:T EXI ' KIIIMKN ' I ' S OK miOCESS.... TO VISIIALIZI-: THE IMIiOSSSIIILK HUT AIIOVE ALL TO IIENIIEII AK l E.iL i!EIIVI«:E....II. S EVEII IIEEN THE IMIIII ' ONE HKIIIKH STAFFOIIII .ii:HIKVEMEKT.... WIIETIIEII rillK IMMII OXE n. S IIEEN HEALIKEH M ' E KILILL LEAVE IT TO YOU TO IIECIOK ..... Foil a SST. FF0II IIEI ' IIE- SEKTATIVE IS EAKKII TO IMIE- SENT THESE I ' L.VKS '   YOlMt U|30 YEAIIIIOOi: KOAHIL NTAFFOIMI EXOiUVIKr. COMI ' ANY TIIIIITY SEVES YEARS OF AXKIIAL NMICGESS STAFFOKII niflUMSr... ISIIIASArOIJS ISIIIAKA J Page one hundred eight rt. . . ,icr A ' -la 1 LoU B n-n nt Autographs M ' ii - C? 4-. -?), Si-. 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