Morton High School - Pierian Yearbook (Richmond, IN)

Text from Pages 1 - 88 of the 1937 volume:

■ ' v - •X -V-v -1. •. ' v-v ' ' - - -- . ■-l- J M. U. ] •mr JVl. L. 3-rec3 a+« Ol ' v ' ' ' i pt ' t tj ' m: sl ' 3C ? ;o- 0-MT- V 11 7 8 788 - 3 -C Hn emodam rtl6982 • iTi MISS MARTHA WHITACRE, after over fifty years of service as teacher, principal, and department tiead, retired during ttie summer of 193(). Only a few days later, Morton pupils and alumni were shocked to learn of her death. A native ofWayneC.ounty, Miss Whitacre was S ' ' ' ' f ' uated from the Richmond High School and received her B.A. and M.A. de- grees from Earlham College. She began her teaching career in 1884 in the old Whitewater building, and since then taught in Starr, Garfield, Baxter, and Morton. As a result of her wide inter- est in professional problems, she was at one time elected president of the Indiana State Teachers ' Association. ]Miss Whitacre, a brilliant woman and a most thorough and capable teacher of mathe- matics, will long remain in the memory of those Morton pupils who were fortunate enough to study under her direction. pHARLES B. BECK, treasurer of the Richmond School Board since 1927, died on January 27, 1937 as a result of an automobile accident. Mr. Beck was a graduate of Indiana State Nor- mal School, a former Richmond Post- master, and served on the city ' s first Planning Board. Mr. Beck ' s wise and broad-minded advice was of great service to the School City of Richmond. His absence will be felt keenly in the school organ- ization. A riSS HARRIETT THOMPSON, • ' ■ • ' • teacher and principal in the Rich- mond schools for fifty years, died on January 10, 1937. She was a graduate of the local high school and of Earl- ham College. At the time of her withdrawal from the school system in 1933, a resolution was made public by the Board of School Trustees commending her ex- ceptional record of service, her efll- cicncy in teaching, her personal serv- ice, and her influence. ?5 THE PIERIAN Foreword THE Pierian Stafi ' tliis year has tried to publisli, on the same old limited budget, a book that is some- what new and different. Of course, in doing this, we have encountered new difficulties and new problems. Through all these troubles, our fac- ulty advisers, Miss Finfrock and Mr. McNaughton, have helped us to find our way, and we sincerelj hope that our labors have not been wasted. In other words, we, the staff of the 1937 Pierian, hope that this book will be one which you will be proud to keep as a reminder of your high school days. THE PIERIAN ex. CO HONORS AND AWARDS CD Ca) 03 CO _ a, X iK O:. a x xa- a. a a t L 0. p atXtXAa (X (X CK. 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' AWI Laa- a- ' ■ ■-- ■ ■ ■ ' ' 1 .1 CvOktXu ■ ' Service Awards Jack Crane Mary Daggy John Dailey Emmajcan Doddridge Wilburn Dormer Ruth Gennett Maxine Hollingsworth Rosemary Hyde Daniel Jones Frances Kruse Martha Morrow William Xusbaum Goldia Piper Malvern Price William Reller Pearl Runnels Harry Snyder Julia Sperling Rathbun Squires Dale Stout Ida May Whitley James Wiesehahn Glenn Wood 100 Hours of A ' s Rathbun Squires Martha Morrow Betty Landwehr Mary Ellen Woodward Jack Crane Pearl Runnels Julia Sperling Martha Clark Marian Xaber Richard Savage Gettysburg Address Ivan Farmer Edward Lyons Naomi Thomas KnollenberCt Cup Grosvcnor Xeedham NusBAUM Cup Mary Ellen Woodward Masonic Glee Club Medal (Vocal Music) Grosvenor Needham Hicks Medal (Instrumental Music) Barbara Harris Kiwanis Mental Attitude IN Athletics Robert Brinker U. S. History Medal (D.A.R.) Harry Snyder Latin Medal (Collegiate Club) Barbara Hoover Girls ' General Medal (Tri Kappa) Louise Partner Altrusa Medal (Art) James Ferguson Rotary Scholarship Jack Crane Earlham Scholarships Betty Landwehr Richard Savage Honor Roll Betty Landwehr Rathbun Squires Jack Crane Pearl Runnels Julia Sperling Martha Clark Martha Morrow Mary Ellen Woodward Marian Naber Rosemary Hyde Richard Savage Betty Hamilton Herman Sander Harry Snyder Dorthy Jane Curme Eloise Lacey Richard Mikesell John Clements Emmajean Doddridge Marcia Binford William Xusbaum John VonPein Betty Pille Betty Dew Elnora Harlan Dorothy Pool Barbara Hoover CO THE PIERIAN City School Executives Dr. Walter Crum Presiilent Marlowe H. Kluter Secretary Lawrence Handley Treasurer Faculty First Row — Ruth Hiiber, Physical Education ; E. C. Cline, Principal ; James Farmer, Dean ; Helen Reifel, English ; Leora Johanning, Secretary ; Mary Alice Collins, English ; Florence Ratliff, Librarian ; Robert Sollars, Commercial; Palmer Sponsler, Social Science; Charles McNaughton, Drafting. Secovd Roir — William Stafford, Social Science ; Charles Bechtold. Social Science ; Janet Stinson. Assistant Librarian; Mary Richeson, Mathematics: Donna Park. Social Science; Richard Tiernan, Social Science; Shannon Neff, Social Science ; Paul Robertson, Commercial ; Harriett Wright, Science. Third Roiv — Mary Minnick, Music ; Emily Murphy. Social Science : Mary Fossenkemper, Clothing ; English ; Anna Finfrock, English ; Marguerite Burbanck, Elma Eliason, Cooking. Fourth lO? ' -— Kathryn Coulter, Science ; Carrie Charles, French ; Mary Alice Fornshell, English : Anna Bradbury, Spanish ; Helena Sutton, Typing ; Elizabeth Smelser, Latin ; Elizabeth Riggs, English ; Flora Broaddus, English ; Dale Seider, Mathematics ; Marvel Moore, General Shop ; Ezra Miller, Chemistry ; Fifth Rorv — Ray Treasure, Woodwork ; Edwin Moe, Machine Shop : Lowell Rivir, Mathematics ; Glenn Holder, Journalism ; Margaret L. Osgood, Dean ; Wayne Hollett, Science ; Otto Dorner, Printing. Those not present when the picture was taken are: Harold Stanton, Science: Elder Eberhart, Physical Education ; Mildred Weadick, Commercial ; Ben Graham, Music ; Elizabeth Bidgood, Art ; Jean Luckey, Cooking ; Edith Imperial, Dean ' s Secretary. THE PIERIAN CO The First Pierian MOST of us have taken the Pierian for granted. We may have heard about the j ear book before we came to Morton High, or maybe we did not liear about it until our fresliman year when students at tlie second tloor desk shouted to us as we passed, saj ' ing, Pay for your Pierian now. Our Iiigh school, from which most of the Richmond people have been graduated, has not alwaj ' S had a j ' ear book. It was not until the year 1909 that the juniors and seniors of the Richmond High School published the first year book, the Pierian. In the editorial of the first Pierian, it was stated : For manj ' 3 ' ears, the student body of the Richmond High School has desired an annual school publication, but not until this year were our dreams realized. With the advent of a new principal, C. W. Knouff, came numerous ideas, among which was the annual. The book was dedicated to the new principal. The Staff also expressed thanks to Mr. J. F. Thompson for his kindlj ' assistance in the photographic work. The individual pictures of the faculty, which included twenty teach- ers, came first. A history of the classes and the pictures of the forty- eight graduating seniors were next. The group pictures of the juniors, sophomores, and freshmen followed. There were summaries of the music, art, and athletic departments, and comments on the new high school building (the one we are now planning to abandon), and pictures to accompany each. There was a section devoted to the alumni, telling the whereabouts of graduates in the classes from 1870 to 1908. A few short stories and bits of humor concluded the first Pierian. The following is an excerpt from the first annual, discussing the social life of the school in 1908-1909: The social life of Richmond High School in the past year has been greatly changed and several of the old customs have been eliminated, and several others added. For instance, the former Junior-Senior dance has been done away with. By far the most successful affair that ever was held at the school was the burlesque on the Fall Festival given last fall. All of the classes were represented and there were all sorts of anmsements, from the ' Gypsy Camp ' to the dramatic production put on by Ray Rogers and his band of Thespians. Among the features of the Festival were: ' The Chamber of Horrors, ' ' The Gypsy Camp, ' ' The X-Ray Exhibit, ' ' The Famous Travels in Yellowstone Park, ' ' The Cave of the Winds, ' ' Fair Women of all Nations, ' ' The Fortune Teller, ' ' Baby Show, ' and ' Fish Pond. ' The Debating Club is another new organization in the school and an extremely profitable one to all who care for instructions in debating. 55 THE PIERIAN 05 The club was originally suggested by Miss Tallant. The students debate on current topics. Perhaps those who named the year book received their inspiration from the quotation from Alexander Pope: A little learning is a dangerous thing; Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring. The Pierian is a spring at the foot of Mt. Olympus in ancient Greece and the reputed birthplace of the nine Muses. It is a symbol of learning, particularly literature. The nine Muses each presided over a distinct realm: history, lyric poetry, religious poetry, astronomy, and epic poetry. The following are a few stanzas from a poem written by Marguerite Rush, a member of the 1909 class, which refers to this ancient spring: OUR PIERIAN From heights undreamed of In rapture bound, A fountain flowed With gurgling sound. Unknown, yet thought of Through ages past. The source was found In the ' 09 class. The staff which made the first Pierian possible follows : Editor-in-chief Hubert L. Wann, ' 09 Assistant Editor Mildred Kuhn, ' 10 Associate Editors Agnes Kelly, ' 09; Carlos Haas, ' 10; Edward Cox, ' 10; Elmira Kempton, ' 10; Marguerite Rush, ' 09; Abbie Shaefer, ' 09; Willard Kemper, ' 10; Clifford Plummer, ' 10; Mary Fisher, ' 09; Howard Hunt, ' 09; Blair Converse, ' 10; Vera Fleming, ' 10; Ruth Peltz, ' 09; Bernhardt Knollen- berg, ' 09. Business Manager Stonehill Keafes, ' 10 Assistant Business Managers Lucille Townsend, ' 09; Robert Thornburgh, ' 09; Margaret Ferguson , ' 11; Grace Woodyard, ' 10; Benjamin Johnson, ' 12. Although the early books had more pages than the last few editions, they had advertisements in them. We can no longer help finance our book with ads, because the Merchants ' Association has voted against advertising in any year book. This year there will be more than six times as many graduating seniors ' pictures as there were in the first book. With the cooperation of the student body and the faculty, the Pierian has been a great success in past years. May it long be a book which the members of every class will hold dear because of cherished memories. SENIORS THE PIERIAN CO Mr. McNaughton Your assistance and co- operation with the Pierian and other senior activities are deeply appreciated by the senior class. Catherine Reddington Bookkeeping Sec. of Around-the-World Club ; Sec. of Civic Voca- tional Council : Girls ' Booster Club ; Girl Reserves : Senior Committee : Sec. of Costume Designing Club ; Chairman of Stunt Night Committee : Col- lege Club. Kitty was such a pod bookkeeper that she didn ' t even hare to wait to he graduated in order to land a job. Maurice Conrey Academic Pres. of lOA-B Dramatics- Dramatic Club ; Sec. of Web- ster Club : Madcap : Hi-Y ■ Vice-Pres. of Boys ' Booster Club ; Treas. of Senior CIrk ■ Pierian Staff. A diligent worker, a very true friend. And to his worth there is no end. Patty Dilks Academic ■ Treas. of Around-the- World Club; College Club: Booster Club ; Girl Reserves ; Sec. and Vice-Pres. of G. R. Cabinet ■ Sec. of Latin Club : Quill : Pres. of Jr. Citizens ' Coun- cil : Ass ' t Editor of Pierian ; Chorus : Lady of Letters. x-+ixy+y--MR. Ivan M. Farmer Academic Webster Club ; Around-the- World Club ; Junior Citizens ' Council ; P. A. D. : Bovs ' Psychology Club ; Ass ' t Pho- tography Editor of Pierian : Class Night Committee : Managing Editor of Reg- ister : Boys ' College Club. Ivan was one of the most faithful, earnest workers and one of the best orators in Morton. Joanna Hill Academi Around - the - World Club ; Girls ' Booster Club : Costume Design Club ; College Club ; Pres. Girl Reserves ; Senior Social Committee : Register Staff. Personality Jo . Plus! ■ that Miss Bradbury We. the members of the senior class, wish to thank you, as one of our sponsors, fur your kindness in assist- ing our class. Meredith Johnson Academic Pres. of Senior Cl ss : Jr. Citizens ' Council ; Vice-Pres. IIA; Latin Club; Pres. of 12B Class: Hi-Y: Pres. of Quill ; Webster Club : Junior Ring Committee : Commence- ment Committee 12B ; Reg- ister Staff : College Club : Dramatic Society ; Growinj Pains : Lady of Letters. ' ' Woman hrings to man his fireatest blessin( and his greatest plague. Frances Elleman Academic Vice-Pres. of Senior Class; Pres. of Around - the - World Club: Sketching Club: Pres. Costume Design Club : Girl Reserves ; Pierian Staff ; Booster Club ; College Club ; Photography Club : Block M : Senior Ring Committee ; Commencement Committee ; Orchestra : Band. — a stick of dynamite with a short fuse. ' arshall Richards Academic Editor of Register: Editor of Pierian : Activities Board : Psvchologv Club ; Quill ; Boys ' College Club. Good sch ola rsh ip -+- Pa t ty - - interest in basketball -)- editorship — that ' s Marsh, wh ose other title is A ra m ; s of the Three Musketeers. Rosemary Arnold Acadoiiic Vice-Pres. of Jr. Citizens ' Council ; Vice-Pres. of Quill ; Pres. of Latin Club; Cabinet Member of G. R. : Pres. of College Club: Circulation Manager of Pierian : Senior Girls ' Booster Club : Block M : Red Devil Pepsters. ' Rosie ' s originality and enthusiasm for writing will make her go down in history as one of the famous ivomen journalists. Charles Templin General Biisines: Activities Board ; Hi-Y Boys ' Booster Club : Boys Psychology Club : Football ; Track : Pierian Staff. Ballet da n ce r and football player. He wears a fine-look- ing Hamburg hat. CO THE PIERIAN ' James Smith Acadeinic C Basketball : Intramural Basketball ; Stamp Club ; Art Appreciation. Hi ' s witty remarks and love of life Will get Jim through this world of strife. Marjorie Baker Academic Girl Reserves ; Dramatic Society : College Club ; Block M : Quill : Booster Club : Pi- erian Staff ; Commencement Committee ; Assistant Direc- tor of play, Growing Pains. Marjorie has been with us only a year, but we have be- come well enough acquainted to wish she could have been here longer. David Jenkins Academic Psychology Club ; Senior Class Activities Committee ; Ritual Committee ; Pierian Staff ; Sec. of College Club. Of the Three Musketeers. Dave was Porthos, the most talkative. He disappointed many of the fairer sex when he failed to give th em. a break. Marietta Bueme Acadejnic Around - the - World Club ; First Aid Club ; Webster Club ; Girl Reserves. Sparkling eyes, a dazzling smile Make Marietta a girl worth- while. Philip Conley General Business Chorus ; Choir ; Senior Glee Club. We never saw Phil ivithout an impudent grin that meant he 2vas pleased at something. Virginia Ramey Academic Latin Club ; Girl Reserves ; Chorus ; Booster Club. Virginia reminds us of a stately goddess, moving se- renely among her subjects. Jane Martin yv ! Academic Girl Reserves ; Jr. and Sr Booster Clubs : College Club ; Art Appreciation. Big brown eyes that send a Ray for only one person. Robert Land Academic Psychology Club ; Pierian Staff : Senior Dress Commit- tee. A jolly good fellow ivho likes to po-ie as a cynic, is A th OS of th e Th ree Muske t- eers. better known to us as Bobby. Mary Virginia Davis Academic Girls ' Booster Club ; Ath- letic Council ; Civic Voca- tional Council ; Girl Reserves ; College Club ; Chorus ; Block M ; Register Staff. Oh, that beautiful hair! James Townsend Academic Rifle Club ; Biology Club. Jim didn ' t care much for girls; he much preferred his pipe. Barbara Jordan . ' -s r General Business Girl Reserves ; Activities Board ; College Club ; Civic- Vocational Council ; Webster Club. Did you ever see a dream u-alking ? Well, we did. We saw Barbara. orv Edwin Russell Black Drafting Hi-Y Club. He hailed from Marion where he was a star, .And landed here where he ' s gone far. m Lrv  «-«- 8 THE PIERIAN CO Dorothy Uhte YW ' - Academic Girl Reserves ; Girls ' Booster Club ; Webster Club : Art Ap- preciation. Wherever Dorothy is, that place is full of life. Bill Coate Academic Pres. of Hi-Y ; Vice-Pres. of Boys ' Booster Club ; Pres. of Civic Vocational Council ; Boys ' College Club ; Choir ; Boys ' Psychology Club. A true Southern gentle- man up North. Evelyn Henderson General Business Photography Club ; Around- the-World Club ; Civic Voca- tional Council ; Chorus. She was no bigger than an agate-stone. GeneGaible Academic Aviation Club ; Jr. Citizens ' Council ; Sketching Club ; Art Appreciation ; Baseball. When it came to mechan- ical drawing and art. Gene was there with flying colors. He won the Earlham May Day Poster Contest. Virginia Toney General Business Girl Reserves ; Around-the- World Club ; Art Apprecia- tion. It ' s not the Quantity but the Quality that counts. Philip Tubesing Academic Boys ' College Club ; First Aid Club ; Photography Club. you As true a friend e ' er did meet: You ' ll find his hind is hard to beat. Ray Witherby CO- _ ..-„ __. , General Business y - LA-K -« Hi-Y : Booster Club : Foot- ball ; C Basketball. Fresh m en en vy th is letter he-man; so do seniors. I ' J Phyllis Baynes Academic Activities Board : Girls ' Booster Club; Chorus; Girl Reserves ; College Club ; Block M ; Register Staff; Pierian Staff. Dark- eyes and a charming smile have made Phyllis one of the best-liked girls in Mortoti. Harold Von Pein Academic A dependable fellotv with a pood sound mind That ' ll bring him success in the world ' s hard grind. Carrie Hilling General Business Girl Reserves. A steady worker who will reach her goal. Edgar A. Roell Vocational Drafting Rifle Club. -4 good citizen with a mind of his own. Blanchealine Burr Acadei)iic Red Devil Pepster ; Booster Club; Around - the - World Club ; College Club ; Girl Re- serves ; Class Night Commit- tee ; Pierian Staff ; Quill ; Choir : Block M ; Costume Design Club ; lOA-B Dramatic Club ; Junior Nominating Committee ; Register Staff ; Senior Jazz Orchestra. Just as my fingers on these keys make music, so shall the self same sounds on my soul ynake a music, too. YV Jt X u3L - Vw jj fi rvAJ A ' - CO THE PIERIAN oA ' ■ , b Edward F. Roller , . Bitsmess Orgayiization Booster Club ; Hi-Y ; Senior Play Committee : Baseball Manager ; Choir ; Senior Nominating Committee ; Stunt Nite. Man - About - Morton. Cre- ator of that famous Roller smile. Muriel Rogers i Stenographic Girl Reserves ; Chorus. Her voice %vas ever soft, gentle, and low; An excellent thing in wo- man. Joe Jenkins Academic Radio Club; Automobile Club ; Civic Vocational Coun- cil : Boys ' Psychology Club ; Art Appreciation; Bridge Club. Joe attracted girls as sugar does a fly, but he studied and was graduated ivith the rest of us. Margaret Miller Bookkeeping Girl Reserves ; Webster Club ; Chorus ; Art Apprecia- tion ; Jr. Citiens ' Council. With your hair and eyes. Peg. you ' ll get along in dra- matics. Robert Salzarulo A cademic Sports Editor of Register ; Jr. Citizens ' Council ; P. A. D. ; Boys ' College Club ; Boys ' Psychology Club ; Football ; Class Colors Committee, Thirty years from now we ' ll he saluting Bob as Admiral Salzarulo. Marjorie Stigleman Stenographic Girl Reserves ; Around-the- World Club; College Club; Chorus. The employer who gets Marjorie as a private secre- tary vill he lucky. Bette Stewart i jf Girls ' General ' ■ Girl Reserves ; College Club ; Costume Design Club ; Sec. of First Aid Club; Sec. of Knitting Club. Bette could have many sivains at her call. But she wouldn ' t trade ' ' Herbie for them all. 1 ' Yn Robert Rosa  .- Academic Hi-Y ; 10 A - B Dramatic Club ; Biology Club ; Dra- matic Society ; F o o tb a 1 1 ; Baccalaureate Committee. Girls sighed secretly over him, but Bob had only two main interests: sleeping and Becky. Bette Logan yVy -. r General Business ' Sec. of Athletic Council ; | 10 A-B Dramatic Club : Booster Club ; College Club ; Treas. of Girl Reserve Group ; Mortonite. Healthy, wholesome, happy and free What more could you want a girl to be? Elmer Parshall Vocational Drafting C Basketball; Intra- mural Basketball ; Track. When spring roolls around and people drift to the cinder tracks, that ' s ivhen Elmer shijies. O vlJ Winifred Floyd ■ General Business T ' Photography Club; Cos- tume Design Club ; Girl Re- serves : Chorus ; Orchestra ; Red Devil Pepsters ; Booster Club ; Home Economics Club. A provocative glance from a pair of sparkling hroivn orbs. Eldon Freidline Academic Chorus; Glee Club. Eldon may not make much stir about it. btit he does some good thinking. vw« ' 10 THE PIERIAN Co- co AJ y,u, Martha Mueller Academic Jr. and Sr. Booster Club ; Girl Reserves ; College Club : Art Appreciation ; Activities Board ; Debunking Club; Senior Social Committee ; Mortonite ; Stunt Night. A glass of champagne bub- bling over with zest and radiance. Gordon Smith Academic Dramatic Society ; Track ; Football : 10 A - B Dramatic Club ; Bible Study ; Hi-Y ; Fencing Club ; Wrestling Club. ' Til say anything I please. Nelda Mae Brady General Business Athletic Council ; Art Ap- preciation. Silence is the best orna- ment of u ' omen. Jim Lemon Academic ( Hi-Y ; Booster Club ; Civic - ' Vocational Council ; Aviation ' - Club : Automobile Club ; De- bunking Club ; Intramural Basketball ; Stunt Night Com- mittee ; First Aid Club; Chorus. Imagine — he really likes mathematics! Or perhaps he took math so he could be an engineer and do big things, Ruth Bull Academic .X- -s Girls Booster Club ; Dra- Ly matic Society ; Girl Reserves : Civic Vocational Council ; College Club ; Senior Play Committee ; Growing Pains ; Lady of Letters. Many of us have tried to see behind the mask Ruth n-ears : those of us who have, think the rest of the world has missed much. Russell Hensley Boys ' General With his mischievious glance and his friendly smile. Russ is sure to be heard from after a while. Gene Ball Academic Hi-Y ; Boys ' Booster Club : Pres. of Boys ' Psychology Club; Activities Board; Chorus ; Madcap . Beanie - — the boy My-lisp-a . ■ith Verlan Robinson Academic Quill ; Choir ; Around-the- World Club ; Jr. Citizens ' Council ; College Club ; Stunt Night Committee ; Girl Re- serves. Gee, but you ' re swell! John H. Bull Academic Hy-Y ; Sketch Club ; Tennis Team ; Pierian Staff. An oil study in deep tones: A pipe dreamer that smokes cigarettes. Carolyn Hunt Academic Girl Reserves ; Costume De- sign Club ; Red Devil Pep- sters ; Booster Club ; Block M ; College Night. Tivo finishes : lucent lacquer, a deeji purple. ,...9 Yr—- Club ; Stunt one of trans- the other of Lester Berg Academic Boys ' Booster Club ; Bas- ketball ; Around - the - World Club ; Track ; Bacteriology Club ; Civic Vocational Coun- cil : Stunt Night ; Pierian Staff. 1936 ; Press Club. Lester can jump his way through life as he has on the team, we know hell come out tops . Geraldine Meeks Academic- ' Jr. and Sr. Booster Clubs ; Choir ; College Club ; Girl Re- serves ; Chorus, Civic Voca- tional Council ; Mortonite ; Stunt Night ; Senior Music Committee. ytXaj f uia Her music maki hearts. th merry 11 CO C7) THE PIERIAN Bob Hill Academic . -rv - ' Intramural Basketball: Track ; Sketching Club ; As- tronomy Club. Mis love of life, pep, and fun Have won the heaits of every one. Blanche Merrell - t t Acadevuc Vice-Pres. of Dramatic So- ciety ; Girl Reserve Cabinet. Pierian Staff ; Booster Club ; College Club : Editor-in-Chief of Quill ; Growing Pains : Lady of Letters. Blanche ' s combination of intelligence, common sense, and ability to get things done made her succeed in what- ever she undertook. Edwin Pike Vocation Drafting Civic Vocational Council ; Band. Who says there is any- thing more importan t than having a good time? Mary Smith General Business Around - the - World Club ; Art Appreciation. Audubon Club ; Chorus ; Girl Reserves ; Biology Club. After Mary had joined all the science clubs in Morton, she wept because there ivere no more. Virgil Sunderland Boys General Unassuming Imt intelligent, Virgil will be a big man about the town some day. S ' RuTH Stempel Girls ' Gene Girl Reserves ; Chorus ; 10 A-B Dramatic Club ; Around- the-World Club ; Webster Club. That on dress I lay much stress. I can ' t and shan ' t deny. Arline Harvey Academic Girl Reserves : Around-the- World Club. Aline ' s locker resembled a clubroor t because all her many friends met there. Carlos Faucett Boys ' General Aviation Club; Rifle Club; Jr. Citizens ' Council. Carlos knows just about everything when it comes to radio: in fact, we think he ' ll be an authority on radio some day. Clara Louise Bitters Acctdemic Around - the - World Club ; Red Devil Pepsters ; Booster Club : College Club ; Girl Re- serves ; Quill ; First Aid Club : Choir ; Senior Play Committee ; Pierian Staff ; Jr. Citizens ' Council. Dennis rated Clara Louise in it ' s Book of Fame, and. ice ' U put her in ours, too. Vernon Brann Vocational Drafthifj Automobile Club ; Chorus ; Rifle Club ; Football. — and my hat ' s on the side of my head! --« , Marjorie Uphaus y . Stenographic Around - the - World Club ; Girl Reserves. A willing heart and looks that tvin Will make her succeed in whatever she ' s in. Robert Coffman Boys ' General Quiet and dependable where- ' er he goes; A shinny smile for those he knows. fc-O?- ' 1 _- 12 THE PIERIAN CO ' ' ■■i r. 0- - ' Mary Jane Boomershine Stenographic Webster Club ; College Club; Around - the - World Club ; Chorus ; Girl Reserves. . She may he short as far as height goes, but ivith her friends she is tops . Malcolm Scant land Academic A handsome boy ivith win- ning manners. In life will surely take ell banners. , ' ' Marye Smith Academic Stunt Night ; College Club ; Booster Club ; Athletic Coun- cil ; lOA-B Dramatic Club; Red Devil Pepsters ; Block M ; First Aid Club ; Civic Vocational Council ; Senior Social Committee. Nobody gets any more fun out of just liinyig than Maryc (spelled }cith an c , don ' t forget). William C. Little Academic Bridge Club ; First Aid Club ; Aviation Club ; Senior Glee Club ; Boys ' College Club : Growing Pains ; Lady of Letters. A boy ivith thought and ability. Irene Larsh Academ ' c Girl Reserves ; Latin Club ; Around - the - World Club; Activities Board; College Club ; Stage and Properties Committee. You have deserved high coinmendation, true applause, and love. Allen Crye Boys ' General Bible study ; Fencing_Club ; Dramajti Society; Intra- iui;ai Basketball; Pierian jSpaffs Gronjv ' ing Pains . Qne look is enough to let you know ' He ' s competition for any beau! James Stephenson Boys ' General Intramural Basketball ; Mortonite ; Football ; Stunt Night ; Chorus ; Biology Club ; Home-room Basketball. The class of ' J7 nominates Jimmy to take Jack Benny ' s place in radio. LaVaughn Engle ftVO- AJA V0 General Business Girl Reserves ; Orchestra ; Chorus ; Photography Club ; Costume Design Club. A quiet girl ivith chartn- ing ways That have pt(t ' Mae in a hopeless daze. John Haas Boys ' General Pres. of Rifle Club ; Pres. of Aviation Club ; Boys ' Booster Club ; Hi-Y ; Auto- mobile Club. Full of life, you soon will learn. And from his presence you ' ll never turn. Kathleen Harrison _ Academic Around - the - World Club ; College Club ; Webster Club Girl Reserves. ' A butterfly with an apti- tude for conversatio7i. Robert Brocks Bookkeeping Aviation Club ; Bacteriology Club ; lOA-B Dramatic Club. To sum hiTn up. Bob is jnisehier ' ous, dark and hand some. Betty Dixon n Ot VA A- h -- Stenographic Booster Club ; Around-the- World Club ; Girl Reserves. Kcepinq her friends in fits of laughter from her wise- cracks was Betty ' s long suit. Surprisingly enough, she did it all withou t th e a id of a joke book. 13 CO THE PIERIAN Tom Lacy Academic Activities Board ; Pierian Staff : College Club ; Psychol- ogy Club ; Automobile Club. Mathematics and subtle sarcasm were Tommy s favor- ite subjects. Ruth Weidner Academic Girl Reserve Cabinet : Col- lege Club ; Senior Booster Club ; Red Devil Pepsters ; Sketching Club ; Dramatic So- ciety ; Chairman of Senior Play Committee ; Pierian Staff ; Assistant Director of Play. Growing Pains ; Lady of Letters. Ruth ' s ambition is to be- come an artist, and from all appearances, she will cer- tainly succeed. Walter Eurkhardt Boys ' General A good, dependable worker in the ivood-work depart- ment. Anne Magruder Academic College Club: Girl Re- serves ; Jr. Citizens ' Council ; Stamp Club ; Archaeology Club. Not much to say, but a mind to think Cav.sea real friendship tics to link. Howard Suits General Business Tennis ; Club. Around-the- World Rare as a day iji June— a dignified red-head. Peggy Harrington Academic Booster Club ; College Club ; Girl Reserves, Her heart is always doing lovely things. Betty Weisbrod Stenographic Art Appreciation ; Girl Re- serves ; Girls ' Booster Club ; Chorus ; Costume Design Club. A pleasant personality, an attractive appearance ; a pri- vate secretary in the making. Robert Muhl Academic Rifle Club; Intramural Basketball; Stunt Night; Boys College Club. He played his way through school with a pair of drum VV sticks and a swell smile for ' ' teacher. Pat Williams Academic Pres. of Girls ' Booster Club ; Girl Reserves ; Dramatic So- ciety ; Activities Board ; Civic Vocational Council ; Pierian Staff; College Club; Red Devil Pepsters ; Stunt Night ; G. R. Cabinet Member. All Morton ' s activities re- flect her leadership and per- sonality. James Wright General Business James is a super-salesman iti a Kroger store. Good fuck, Jimmie! May you have a chain of stores of your own some day. Mary Boles Academic Girl Reserves ; Girls ' Booster Club ; Vice-Pres. of College Club ; Activities Board ; Ath- letic Council ; Sketching Club ; Webster Club ; Chorus ; Art Appreciation ; Senior Dress Committee. ive could liken human beings to birds, our choice for Mary would be a gold- finch. Why? Because of her beautiful blond hair, merry smile, and love of life. John Davidson Boys ' General Hi-Y ; Boys ' Booster Club ; Sgt.-at-Arms of Psychology Club ; Sec. and Treas. of Rifle Club ; Track Manager ; Football. good humor is on . of the best articles of dress one can wear. John will always be a Beau BruTnmel. t- . v-- ..r ■ ' ' tS . T y v 14 THE PIERIAN o - - ' N cr ' : t CO ■ Lillian Seed Stenographic Around - the - World Club : Chorus : College Club ; Girl Reserves ; Athletic Council. Hr.r friends are the kind that stick. Jim E. Woods Boys ' General Civic Vocational Council ; Intramural Basketball ; Fenc- ing Club. We know that he not only likes swing thmsic, but he likes to swing, too. Phyllis Campbell - Academic College Club ; Chorus ; Girl Reserves. Among her many attrac- tions are her curly hair, pretty blue eyes, and envi- able ivit. John Bayer Academic Radio Club ; Pres. of Boys ' Psychology Club ; Civic Vo- cational Council ; Activities Board : Class Ring Commit- tee ; Class Banner Committee. In the heart of Morton, he ' s won his place By his grand manners and cheery face. Betty Treffinger Bookkeeping Booster Club; Girl Re- TPCserves ; College Club ; Art serves ; Appreciation ; Chorus. Hold on to you r hearts, boys; here comes Betty. Robert Monger Voc. Machine Shop Automobile Club ; Football. An industrious worker like Bob is sure to succeed. Everett Gibson General Busiiiess Everett was our prize gloom-scatter cr. Dorothy Tull Girls ' General Girls Booster Club ; Around- the-World Club ; Chorus : Girl Reserves. Dot didn ' t like school, but she had a grand time while she was here anyway. Bill Earth Academic Baseball Manager ; Orches- tra ; Band ; Stunt Night ; Mortonitc ; Madcap ; Press Club ; Boys ' Booster Club ; Biology Club ; Sports Editor of Register and Pierian. A friend, a musician — he has never failed us as either. Joan Wiesehan •6 . General Business Webster Club. Mayty friends! Many beaux ! She ' s all pep from head to toes ! Robert Draver Vocational Drafting Aviation Club. Building miniature a u t o s complete in every detail iras his bobby, so he didn ' t have time for much else. Katherine Close Girls ' General Girl Reserves: College Club : Red Devil Pepsters : Booster Club ; Chorus ; Block M. manners are assets — Katherine has great wealth. CL- -iis jU - 15 CO THE PIERIAN v u Marguerite Falcone St €710 graphic Booster Club ; Block M ; Girl Reserves ; Register Staff ; Around - the - World Club; College Club ; Athletic Coun- cil ; Chorus ; Girls ' Volley Ball ; Red Devil Pepsters. A successful business manaper for the Register, a worthy member of several clubs, a loyal booster — these are only a few of Marguer- ite ' s achievements. Curtis Puthoff Acadeviic Hi-Y: Athletic Council; Football ; Baseball ; Intra- mural Basketball. A star in football is bound to succeed. And of his fame we ' re sure to read. Agnes Law all Academic Chorus ; Jr. Citizens ' Coun- cil ; Athletic Council ; Around- the- World Club ; Red Devil Pepsters ; Senior Girls ' Booster Club ; Treas. of Girl Reserve Cabinet ; College Club : Senior Class Typist ; Volley Ball. Ever smiling, ever toiling; just as busy as a bee. Roy Smail Machine Shop Aviation Club ; Rifle Club. Calmness is a great ad- vantage ; he that lets Another chafe, may warm him at his fire. Geraldine Lefter General Business Art Appreciation ; Captain Volley Ball ; Around - the - World Club ; Girl Reserves ; Nine-court Basketball. Tall, slin athletic. Lillard Boatright Borys ' General Carver-Dubois Club ; Track ; Football ; Chorus. we should peer beneath LUlard ' s solemn ivays, we ■would find a cheery heart and sturdy worth. Wilbur Benjamin . Academic Sketching Club; Intra- mural Basketball ; Rifle Club ; Civic Vocational Council. A true friend is a friend forever. _jf Margaret Brown General Business Art Appreciation ; Chorus College Club ; Around - the World Club ; Girl Reserves. Margaret never let her three years in Morion inter- fere with her good times. Earl Barringer Vocational Woodivork Baseball ; Intramural Bas- ketball ; Fencing Club. perchance you saw a small, chubby fellow running around the halls ivith a grin on his face, that was Earl. Lucille Hurst General Business Girl Reserves; Chorus ; Photography Club ; Costume Design Club. Smooth runs the water Where the brook ritns deep. John Hollopeter Vocational Woodwork The class of ' 37 is proud to number John among its Tnc7nbers. Mary Elizabeth Rice Academic College Club; Archery ; Chorus ; Girl Reserves ; Senior Dress Committee. A winning personality and a pleasant smile ; To chat with her is worth any oyie ' s while. 16 THE PIERIAN CO A Y - ' Board ; Pre: Pepsters Booster Club ; i ht: Sen fc niittee Chaii Staff; First V Club. Marian Morrow Acadc})vic lOA-B Dramatic Club ; Col- lege Club ; Latin Club ; Girls ' Booster Club ; Activities Board ; Sec. of Jr. Class ; Girl Reserve Cabinet ; Sec. of Girl Reserves ; Dramatic Society ; Choir ; Commence- ment Committee ; Around- the-World Club ; Growing Pains ; Lady of Letters. Everybody just naturalhj likes our Marian. Robert Ball Academic Football ; Boys ' Psychology Club ; Boys ' Booster Club ; Chorus : Track ; Madcap ; Stunt Night. One of those f uifs of irfioyn people say hehind his bach ' , He s a swell fellow. Helen Bookwalter ( Bookkeeping Girl Reserves ; Activities Board ; Pres. of Red Devil Pepsters ; Senior Girls ' Booster Club ; Block M ; Stunt Dress Com- rman ; Pierian Aid Club; Col- -th e h iished dark ?i ess of a stimmer night. Harold Huth Boys ' General Rifle Club; Automobile Club ; Astronomy Club, His thoughts were in the clouds because, you see, he liked to study stars. Lizziebelle Kennedy Academic Chorus ; Girl Reserves ; Colored Chorus. Her Tnotto is silence and does she live up to it! Paul Wiesehahn General Business To suTn him up, he ' s one grand friend Of whose life, pep. and fun, there is no end. LAND Shaffer Academic Band ; Radio Club : Chief Sound Picture Operator ; Around-the-World Club. Impossible is a word I vcr utter. Anna Belle Ball Academic Quill ; Girl Reserve Cabinet ; Dramatic Society ; Senior Girls ' Booster Club ; Sec. of College Club ; Growing Pains ; Lady of Letters. Sunny Side Up. Joe Juhasz Vocatiotial Drafting Basketball ; Vice-Pres. of Athletic Club. Many friends and good character traits; With the Morton crowd, Joe highly rates. Betty Jane Snyder Academic Latin Club ; Girl Reserves ; College Club ; Booster Club ; Block M : Civic Vocational Council ; Around - the - World Club. Betty is known for her re- markable ability to make A ' s in all her classes. Fred Holsinger Academic Intramural Basketball; Carver-Dubois Club ; First Aid Club. It seems to us that Fred should be honored as Poet Laiireate for his poem Are You My Love. Ruth Hodgin Academic Girl Reserves ; College Club: Art Appreciation ; Around-the-World Club ; Pho- tography Club ; Booster Club ; Costume Design Club ; Sketch- ing Club. Not very tall nor very fleshy. So we alicays thought she was a freshy. Ki AT -- Hj 17 CO THE PIERIAN . - ; c r - Madonna Shores -. General Btisiness Girl Reserves. We shall remember Ma- donna for her lovely golden- brown hair and her candy that m.elied in your Tnouth. Marion Catt Boys ' General First Aid Club ; Track. A friend to all , with a b rilliant mind ; It ' s hard, no v-a days, to find his kind. Lorraine Schroeder Stenographic Debunking Club ; Around- the - World Club ; Girl Re- serves ; First Aid Club ; Art Appreciation. to tvork is to be happy, then Lorraine is happiest of us all. James Kutter Boys ' General Chorus ; Bible Study ; Intra- mural Basketball; Track; Football. A flashy sprinter and a good sport, ivhether on th e field or with a friend. Lucille Schroeder Stenographic Girl Reserves ; Around-the- World Club ; First Aid Club ; Art Appreciation ; Activities Board. Industry Personified. Richard Coble A cadei lOA-B Dramatic Club :Activ- ities Board ; Sec. of Dramatic Society : Senior Basketball Manager ; Stunt Night. Stage and Properties Chairman ; Pierian Staff; Growing Pains . Big words seldom, accom- pany good deeds. Dick is O.K. Keith Hohenstein Boys ' General Treas. of Hi-Y ; Pres. of Booster Club ; Pres. of Avia- tion Club ; Activities Board ; Basketball, ' 34 ; Chairman of Senior Poster Committee. As fine and moderti as his taste in women and clothes is his chosen profession, — aviation. Marjorie Gilbert Bookkeeping Red Devil Pepsters ; Arch- ery Club ; Around-the-World Club ; Activities Board ; Cos- tume Design Club ; Home Economics Club. 1 Softly speak and smile. sweetly Robert Benton Boys General First Aid Club. Haste makes waste, so I ' ll not hurry. 7 Berniece Coulter Academic Girl Reserves ; First Aid Club ; Knitting Club ; Cos- tume Design Club. She may be quiet and re- served, but her friendship is well ivorth having. Harold Garner Academic Pres. of Biology Club ; Audubon Club; Wrestling Club ; Fencing Club ; P.A.D. ; Pres. of Geology Club: Track ; Senior Play Commit- tee ; Lady of Letters. Brains and braxvn have made Harold our prize fencer. Doris Needham Girls ' General Art Appreciation ; Sketch- ing Club ; Around-the-World Club ; Girl Reserves ; Stunt Night ; College Club ; Girls ' Booster Club ; Senior Com- mittee. A quiet girl with a charm- ing grace That matches the sunshine in her face. 18 f THE PIERIAN CO ■ x 0 - Gene Haisley Boys ' General When we say ftc ' s grand, we really mean That he rates first in our esteem. JuNE Williams General Business Girl Reserves. The only fellow ivho could turn the trick Was a chap by the name of M. Emrick. Guy Piehe Boys ' General Intramural Basketball. In all this land he has no foe. Virginia Wicks General Business Chorus ; Art Appreciation : Girl Reserves ; Around-the- World Club. A golden halo surrounding a siveet smile. fi Robert LeRoy Rees Y ocat ' xonal Drafting Jr. Citizens ' Council ; Chorus : College Club ; Track. Boh could paint signs, so- licit ads for the Register, and drive any kind of car equally ivell. fiji- M-- - J ' V , ' fT ' ' Arc ARGARET JANE DOVB Booster Club ; Chorus : Around-the-World Club ; Col- lege Club ; Girl Reserves ; So- cial Chairman of Girl Re- serves Group ; Volley Ball. Sweetly blonde. Mary Katherine Sharp General Business Girl Reserves ; Biology Club : Webster Club ; Audu- bon Club ; Archery Club. Mary Katherine could handle trays at Miller ' s as well as she could dance. William Mosey Voc, Machine Shop Archery Club. Ambitious and persistent. OUtJ nJLSU Louise Whaley Girls ' General Chorus ; Art Appreciation ; Around-the-World Club ; Vol- lov Ball ; Nine-court Basket- hall Team. Valiant is the word for Carrie. but jolly is the word for Louise. Edward Lyons Boys ' General Psychology Club : Webster Club ; Jr. Citizens Council ; Biology Club ; Gettysburg Address Contest ; Photogra- phy Club. His gtiitar accompanies an aspiring soul. Mary Alice Shattel Academic Chorus ; Girl Reserves ; Around-the-World Club; Col- lege Club : First Aid Club ; Stunt Night ; Vice-Pres. of Latin Club. tall taper b u r n i n g iuietty. Jerry De Lauro Boys ' General Intramural Basketball. you put off ' til to- morroiv everything that you could do today, you ' ll have a swell time, says Jerry. 19 CO THE PIERIAN zJ ' Barbara Schnelle Academe Orchestra ; Girl Reserve Cabinet ; Latin Club ; Collegre Club ; Chorus; Pres. of Around - the - World Club; Orchestra ; Biology Club ; Pi- erian Staff. To at-coin pHsh to the best of her ability was her goal and she reached it. Robert Hartzell Voc. Machine Shop Intramura Basketball ; 10 A-B Dramatic Club ; Rifle Chib ; Athletic Council ; Ge- ology Club ; Astronomy Club ; First Aid Club; P.A.D. Club; Lady of Letters. Best noted for his ever- lasting good -nature. Emma Soper Academic Webster Club; Girl Re- serves ; Art Appreciation ; Knitting Club;, Bible Study. Dependability and an apti- tude for ivork arc Emma ' s main assets toward a suc- cessful, happy life. Harry Leavell Academic Pres. of Carver - Dubois Club ; Chorus ; Bible Study ; Pierian Staff; Activities Board ; Football ; Intramural Basketball. Happy-go-lucky, care- free. and full of zest for living arc all phrases that fit Harry. Marie Patterson General- Academic ' Girl Reserve Cabinet ; Chairman of Senior Assem- bly Committee. Marie ' s humor and sincer- ity have established her as a real friend to everyone. John Marksbury A cademic P.A.D. ; Rifle Club ; Avia- tion Club ; Biology Club ; 10 A-B Dramatic Club ; Art Ap- preciation. A smile and a merry greet- ing for everyone has John. Robert Crawford - Bookkeeping Candy and Ice Cream Sales. In the drama of Bob ' s life, poise and dignity play the leading roles. Virginia Eller Bookkeeping Senior Girls ' Booster Club ; Club ; College Club ; Webster Club; Around - the - World Club ; Girl Reserves ; Activi- ties Board ; Chorus ; Art Ap- preciation. everyone were just like Gin , What better world could we be in ? Charles Horton Boys ' General Sketching Club ; Aviation Club. Charles had but one cake of soap to his name. We are sure he could carve his way to fame. Janet Benson Academic Choir ; Orchestra ; Girl Re- serves ; Knitting Club ; Col- lege Club ; Archery Club. As a musician Janet is the tops . She tvas considered one of the best bass players at the Festival held in Bloominyton last year. Allen Goens General Business Automobile Club; Pho- tography Club ; Chorus; Carver-Dubois Club ; Wrest- ling Club ; Track ; Intra- mural Basketball. Allen is sure to be an evi- dent bookkeeper for some- one. Jean Borton Academic Around - the - World Club ; College Club ; Girl Reserves ; Activities Board ; Art Appre- ciation. Her cheery sm ilc and her soft mellotv voice are only part of Jean ' s attractiveness. 20 THE PIERIAN CO Charlotte Jaffe Ac4xdemic 10 A- B Dramatic Club; First Aid Club ; Girl Re- serves ; Senior Music Com- mittee ; Orchestra ; Choir. Fritz Kreisler will have to look to his laurels ivhen Charlotte is graduated. Warren Baker. Jr. Machine Shoj) Automobile and Aviation Clubs. With his earnest ways and happy face. He ' s bound to win in this life ' s race. Margaret McKinney General Busmess Girl Reserves ; Around-the- World Club; Home Eco- nomics Club : Senior Glee Club ; Senior Stage and Prop- erties Committee. Margaret and her cheery smile are so connected that we cannot tell them apart. v- Joe Sawyer Academic Carver-Dubois Club ; Intra- mural Basketball. Joe ' s extensive reading has caused h im to shine when information is sought. Barbara Gilcrest Acade7mc Booster Club ; College Club ; Girl Reserves. Oh, such an air this lovely creature has and such a pretty face! Vincent Spaulding Vocational Drafting Club; Football Aviation Manager. Viyicent got his A for being such a swell manager. A ' Willis Clark Academic Football : Baseball. Willis plays football as well for Colum-bia ' s football team as he did for ours, they ' ll have a good team. Mary Dove Acadeynic Senior Booster Club ; Col- lege Club ; Chorus ; Girl Re- serves ; Latin Club ; Red Devil Pepsters ; Block M. The sighings of a ' dove . Lavon Haid Boys General Automobile Club. Mild manners and a genial spirit. Dorothea Chenaulte Girls ' General Girl Reserves ; Colored Chorus ; Mixed Chor is. Beneath DoVs masque of stillness is a kind heart and a happy spirit. Robert Steed Bookkeeping Intramural Basketball ; F ' Rifle Club ; Biology Club. Once you meet him, he ' s hard to forget, ' Cause you knoiv he ' s the swellest kid you ' ve met. Dorothy Mae Holmes Academic Senior Girls ' Booster Club : Around-the-World Club ; Girl Reserves : Home Economics Club : Red Devil Pepsters. — unextingiiishable laughter. i3L « T. . - 21 Co- co THE PIERIAN ' ' Helen Andrews Academic Girl Reserves ; Quill ; Civic Vocational Council. She sets her goal, works to succeed. And always comes out in the lead. James Bennett General Business Football team ; Chorus; Senior Glee Club ; Automo- bile Club ; Choir. James is a good example of that figh ting s j irit th a t you can ' t keep down. DOROTHA PEDEN Academic Vice-Pres. of Webster Club ; Band ; Choir ; Chorus ; Art Appreciation ; Girl Reserves ; Contract Bridge Club ; Press Club ; Stunt Night ; First Aid Club. Laugh and the w o rl d laughs 2vith you. Wesley Kanost Academic Webster Club ; Biology Club ; Audubon Club. Wesley is not often heard from, but we know he ' s a fine chap. Dorothy Graff Academic Girl Reserves ; First Aid Club : Senior Booster Club ; Band ; Orchestra ; Red Devil Pepsters ; lOA-B Dramatics. Her ability to play jive musical instruments made Dot a well-known char- acter around school. -W Arthur Pitzharris General Business . Hi-Y ; Chorus ; Activities Board ; Archaeology Club ; Press Club ; Yell Leader. Dimples that flash and curly hair, too! He ' s not the kind to intro- duce your girl to ! Tom Maddex Academic Track ; Automobile Club ; Debunking Club ; Activities Board ; Athletic Council ; Sec. of Boys ' Psychology Club ; Astronomy Club ; Ice Cream and Candy Sales. He strolleth in green pas- tures and also in Fairview. Helen Smith - Girls ' General Home Economies Club. The alert and cheery sel- dom lag in the race. This is Helen ' s secret. Louis Dickey Boys ' General Biology Club. Louis, in the short time he has been with us. hafi proved himself a worthy Morton booster. Gene Dolloff Girls ' General Costume Design Club ; Girl Reserves ; Around-the-World Club ; Chorus ; Art Apprecia- tion : Jr. Citizens ' Council ; Growing Pains. V ' There is not so change- able a thing in this world as a lady ' s headdress. William Newbold Boys ' Geyieral p. A. D. Club; Everyone that knew Stuff- ins was glad of it. V.Irene Schradin n Academic College Club; Register Staff : Pierian Staff ; Red Devil Pepsters : Senior Girls ' Booster Club ; Girl Reserves ; Sketching Club ; Costume De- sign Club. Her artistic and literarj; accomplishments have made Irene an invaluable Morton- ite. r- 22 THE PIERIAN CO Helen Stonerock General Business Around - the - World Club ; Girl Reserves. So very blonde With eyes of blue. Of her iveWe fond, A friend so true. WiNCHELL Hayes Academic College Club ; Dancing- Club ; Intramural Basketball ; Home-room Basketball. A deep thinker who rarely spoke his thoughts. A phi- losopher perhaps. Lillian Reece Academic Girl Reserves ; Bible Study ; First Aid Club ; Knitting Club ; Archery Club ; Latin Club: Around - the - World Club; Webster Club. A quiet girl who minds her oivn business and has a good time doing it. Walter Hunter Aoademic Intramural Basketball ; Carver - Dubois Club ; Bible Club. A mixttire of studiousness, geniality, and revelry, blended advantageously, gives you Walter. Phyllis DeLucio General Business Girl Reserves ; Art Appre- ciation ; Chorus. Tho igh quiet in class, Phyllis ivas always ready for a good time away from from school. KOBERT McCONNELL Academic Intramural Basketball ; Track ; First Aid Club : Boys ' College Club ; Senior Choir. Known not only for brains hut also for the loud noise he makes coming to school each day on his beloved motor- cycle. Don Hasemeier General Business Golf Team ; Basketball. Intramural Why will men worry themselves Mary Elizabeth Wickett General Business Girl Reserves ; Art Appre- ciation ; Girls ' Booster Club ; First Aid Club. ' Mary Elizabeth seemed to have the right formula for combinina work and play successfully. Robert Bennett Boys ' General Art Appreciation ; Intra- mural Basketball ; First Aid Club. Let others blow their horns, ril listen. Helen Curry Academic Girl Reserves ; Volley Ball ; Senior Class Committee. Helen possesses rare art a h il ity and has won m any prizes on her work. Robert Hagerman Voc. Machine Shop Track ; Automobile Club ; Football Team ; First Aid Club. His good nature 7n ak e s hit7i worth ivhile. Martha E. Lamb Girls ' General Girl Reserves ; Poster Com- mittee. Gentle ways and a friendly manner. 23 CO THE PIERIAN y ; r ' William Cahoon Academic stunt Night Stage and Properties Committee ; Art Appreciation ; Boys ' College Club. He loas in logic a great critic. Profoundly skilled in ana- lytic ; He could distinguish and divide A hair ' tivixt south and southwest side. Ruth Geier Academic Around - the - World Club ; Girl Reserves. She ' s Quiet, she ' s pleasant, and she always hae a friendly smile. Julian Vigran Acadenrm Football ; Athletic Council ; Chorus. You can tell by looking at those shoulders that Julian is a football player. JOANN SHUTZ General Business Girl Reserves ; Around-the- World Club ; Art Apprecia- tion ; Biology Club ; Civic Vo- cational Council ; Chorus. Her sparkling eyes and dazzling smile have won her many friends, and, inciden- tally, that diamond on her left hand. Carl Klemann Voc. Machine Shop Basketball ; Art Apprecia- tion ; Automobile Club ; Avia- tion Club, At English, Carl is a iviz- ard; Nouns and pronouns come as a blizzard; He knows all about sub- ordinate clauses. And loves to talk when Jean Borton pauses. Marjorie Bradbury Girls General Many rated Marjorie as the best dancer in Richmond. Marguerite Svarczkapf Academic Around - the - World Club ; Girl Reserves. H doesn ' t take noise to get somewhere. Paul Blomeyer General Business Aviation and Clubs. Automobile Paul is keenly interested in aviation and will probably fly high. Ruth Westerkamp GirW General Home Economics Club : Booster Club ; Athletic Coun- cil ; Girl Reserves ; Home- room Team ; Hall Guide. Sjnilin ' Through. James Terwilliger IS Boys ' General -miJ i5 Rifle Club Football. Sketching Club ; Although he keeps the rule for football, he has found time to break the hearts of a feiv Morton damsels. Lorraine Nevue Academnc Quill ; Dramatic Society ; Archery ; Orchestra ; Pierian Staff ; Growing Pains. Brains and subtle humor go hand in hand. John Long Boys ' General John joined the navy to see the world. We wonder if he will see the sea. 24 THE PIERIAN CO ' S y Edna Selby Academic., Art Appreciation ; Jr. Citi- zens ' Council ; Girl Reserves ; Latin Club : College Club ; Senior Ring Committee ; Pi- erian Staff. A short story with a sur- prise ending. Fred Keever ■ General Business Home - Room Basketball ; ■-- Intramural Basketball ; Rifle Club ; Athletic Council. ' _ ' You th calls for pleasure. Pleasure calls for Love. Ellabelle McConkey General Business Chorus ; Around-the- World Club : Art Appreciation ; Girl Reserves. Curls and ruby lipa. Elmer Turner Vocational Woodwork Intramural Basketball. Known to inany as Elmer Tuff( le. He gets along without a struggle. y( • Pauline Thornburg General Business Senior Booster Club. Polly seems to go so fast. We wonder how her pep can last. Daniel C. Abner - Academic Vice Pre.s. and Program Chairman of Webster Club ; Pres. of Biology Club ; Sec. of Audubon Club ; Football. He has pulled himself n p by his oivn boot-straps and will go a long way farther. He will he a ' SS. Fred McNew Boys General Biology Club: Chorus : Basketball ; Football : Audu- bon Club. Fred towered over most of us in height and skill at basketball. Geraldine Magsin General Business Chorus ; College Club; Senior Booster Club ; Around- - j the- World Club ; B i o 1 o g y yT Club ; Girl Reserves ; Activi- ties Board ; Costume Design Club ; Audubon Club : Pierian Staff; Volley Ball: Nine- court Basketball. Gerry says she wants to be a kindergarten teacher. We ' ll bet she goes over with a bang. I Kenneth Denny Voc. Machine Shop Rifle Club Club. Automobile IS-- A studious and industrious n-orker all the time. Deloris Paucett Acadeviic Knitting Club : Girl Re- serves : Latin Club : Stunt Night : Mortonite ; Choir ; 10 A-B Dramatics. . . the sonci of the meadow- lark on hiffh. Leonard Tracy Boys ' General Aviation Club. Leonard is particularly in- terested in the mechanics of at ' iation. Irene Boyer General Bnsi7icss Around - the - World - Club ; College Club. Flippantly tomboyish with underlying sincerity. ' - w :.: 25 CO THE PIERIAN (2? MiLDEED M. TOWNSEND Academic Girl Reserves. A still and thourihtful eve- Charles Crye Boys ' General Junior Citizens ' Council : Sketching Club ; Bible Study ; Webster Club ; Around-the- World Club ; Fencing Club. Vim. vigor, and vitality, — that ' s Charlie. Mildred Rentfrow Girls ' General Girl Reserves ; Around-the- World Club ; Chorus : Orches- tra ; Costume Design Club. can ' t help fii rting, but I mean well. EsTLE Morris Boys ' General Intramural Basketball ; Sketching Club ; Biology Club. E stle is known to his friends as a good guy . Alberta Sellers Girls ' General Chorus : Girl Reserves : Art Appreciation. Observation has shotvn us what Cupid ha. done with his Bowen arrcv. Eugene Skinner Boys ' General We bestow upon Eugene, with all due solemnity, the title of The Smallest Boy in the Class of ' 37. Good luck! William Farmer Acadentie ' - Audubon Club: Biology Club ; P.A.D. ; Sec. of As- tronomy Club : Geology Club : Jr. Citizens ' Council ; Intra- mural Basketball. Williann wants to be just what his name implies, a farmer. Ruth Black A cademic Pres. of Sketching Club ; Activities Board : Civic Voca- j i tional Council ; Girl Reserves ; Xl Girls ' Booster Club : College Club ; Block M ; Jr. Citizens ' Council : Webster Club ; Dra- matic Society. Head of the sketching club, and a pleasant head to sketch. Melvin Draver Boys ' General Automobile Club; Intra- mural Basketball. Full of life, you soon will learn. And from his presence you ' ll never turn. Frances Smith Academic Booster Club ; College Club ; Girl Reserves: Red Devil Pepsters : Block M. Live and love today, tomorrow we may die. for James Hopkins Boys ' G ' eneral Colored Chorus ; Chorus ; Carver-Dubois Club ; Auto- mobile Club; Photography Club. An ardent believer in hav- ing a good time; The ladder of success he yet may climb. Evelyn Hiatt General Business „ Athletic Council ; Civic Vo- cational Council ; Around-the- World Club ; Art Apprecia- tion ; Red Devil Pepsters ; Volley Ball Captain. A bundle of pep and energy, ready to go places and do things. 26 THE PIERIAN CO - sO JJ -Bettty Lahman General Business Chorus; Knitting Club; College Club ; Athletic Coun- cil ; Around-the-World Club. Pretty face. Pretty figure, ( . Pretty voice. — Enough to make ayiy girl rejoice. William Van Zant Vocational Drafting Biology Club; Sketching Club ; Intramural Baskeball ; Civic Vocational Council. Gets around, but does no wrong ; Jn this big world, hell get along. Clara Louise Hill General Bnsiiien ' Girl Reserves ; Art Appre- ation ; Around - the - World Club ; Home Economics Club ; Costume Design Club ; Reg- ister Staff. One of Clara ' s weaknesses is talking, but her greatest weakness graduated with last year ' s class. --fC S Rodney Harman — - F Boys ' General Girls, watch your hearts Here comes Rodney. Katherine Hauk General Business Girl Reserves ; Chorus. A demure maid with a dis- arming smile. George French Boifs ' General Sketch Club ; ciation. Art Appre- We are expecting George to do something worth while. Barrel Parke f Academic Rifle Club. Wh He leafing through a book one day, we found this phrase which we think fits Darrell, Good mind, good find. What do you think? Betty Gilbert Girls ' General College Club ; Around-the- World Club : Girl Reserves ; First Aid Club. We knoir it ' s more than hearsay That she means a lot to Conrey. Richard Elliott Bookkeeping Candy Sales. Though quiet during school hours, Richard, with his cow bell, made a grand racket at every basketball game. m Ol- yv« ' - Martha Jones Academic Girl Reserves ; Civic Voca- tional Council ; lOA-B Dra- matic Club : First Aid Club ; Lady of Letters. True blue ivill never stain. R. LPH JOHANNING General Business Aviation Club ; Sketching Club : Chorus ; Intramural Basketball; Tennis Team. There is abilitif. manhood, and good fellowsJiip in thee. Doris Bucher Girls ' General Chorus : Civic Vocational Council ; Library ; Girl Re- serves ; Red Devil Pepsters. Learning teacheth more in one hour thari experience in twenty. ' 27 CO THE PIERIAN -« Charles Stegall Boys General Art Appreciation ; First Aid Club ; Automobile Club. ' He s an old smo-o-othie. Ruth Keelor General Business Girl Reserves ; Pierian Staff ; Chorus ; Around-the- World Club : College Club ; Senior Girls ' Booster Club. you couldn ' t find Ruth in the halls with a host of friends, she was in the li- brary helping Miss Ratliff. Robert Fletcher General Business Basketball ; Aviation Club ; Football ; Track. Bob went in for all sports, but basketball finally got him. Martha Messmer Academic Around - the - World Club ; Girl Reserves. A living Grecian statue. Theodore Perkins Boys ' General Football. In the short time we have known Perky , he has proved himself a swell fellow and a real sport. Dorothy Harrell Girls ' General Economics Club ; Around- the - World Club ; Girl Re- serves. A blonde eutie! George Bradfield Boys ' General Booster Club ; Hi-Y : Ath- letic Council ; Football : Bas- ketball ; Baseball ; Swimming Team. His limbs were cast in manly mold. For hardy sports and con- tests bold. vMarijane Foreman ■ General Business Activities Board ; Civic Vo- cational Council ; Girl Re- serves ; Art Appreciation ; Around-the-World Club ; Red Devil Pepsters. Mary Jane ivill he a capa- ble assistant for some one,- — employer or husband. Dorothy Posther Academic Girl Reserves; Webster Club ; Sketching Club ; First Aid Club : Chorus ; Biology Club : Contract Bridge Club ; Stunt Night: Audubon Club. Dot and her Model A Ford tvere inseparable. You could also recognize her by her irrepressible laughter. Arthur Williams Boys ' General Rifle Club. In the lively show of life, Arthur ■prefers to be a spec- tator. LaVerne Burden vC Academic Chorus ; Girl Reserves, Col- ored Chorus : People with as cheerful an outlook on life as Lavern ' a are seldom found. Charles Hartzell Academic Aviation Club : Dramatic Society : P. A. D. : First Aid Club ; Football : Jr. Citizens ' Council : Radio Club. y We envy his ways, we envy his hair; He s bound to shine ynost anyivhere. 28 THE PIERIAN CO f ' Robert Davidson Aoadeimc Hi-Y : Booster Club : Foot- ball : Basketball ; Track: Baseball ; Athletic Council ; Activities Board. He combined cxccUcnec in plaj ing jcith the mcaninti of sportsmanship — Morton ' s No. 1 athlete. Jack Craycraft tF Boys ' General Baseball ; Football ; Basket- ball ; Boys ' Booster Club ; Athletic Council. Small and fast and full of ambition; He ' s always in first-el .Si condition. Allene Benner Academic We liked her for her ready ivit and smile. Edward Van Etten Academic Automobile Club ; Band: Intramural Basketball. Ed has always been a good Scout ; He can play the saxophone with one hand and shoot bas- kets with the other. QuiN Tarquinio Boys ' General All the straight-haired girls envy Qttin his natural wavy hair. Tom Lundy Boys ' General Football ; Basketball: Track ; Carver-Dubois Club, ToTn ' s name leill go dotcn in the books as one of our best all-round athletes. y. Malcolm Semler General Business Art Appreciation ; Auto- mobile Club ; Biology Club ; First Aid Club ; Radio Club ; College Club ; Chorus. Everybody knows Mri ' his ready smile and rhythmi- cal feet. Mary Jane Sanders Academic Around - the - World Club ; Girl Reserves. Mary Jane, k ti o tr n as ' Giggles to her friends, is going to be a nurse. With such a cheerful disposition, we ' re sure she ' ll be a success. Laurence Roan Vocational Woodwork A piece of wood was all Laurence needed to turn out some beautifully done object. Vivian LaMar Academic Around - the - World Club ; Stage and Properties Com- mittee for Stunt Night. Bonheur . Uj rt « t J Marjorie Brown Academic Girl Reserves : Biology Club ; Audubon Club : Web- ster Club : First Aid Club : Archery Club. .4 charming girl to have around ; For great success she ' s surely bound. Joe Garoffolo Academic Athletic Club : Club : Basketball ; Baseball. Booster Football ; yt ' - ' ' Joe didn ' t confine strength and skill to one field in ath- letics. XV - 29 CO THE PIERIAN ' Joan Cook General Business Treas. of G. R. Hobby Group ; Vice-Pres. of Home Room. Oh, that J were a tall male, so that Joan ' s big eyes viight glance my tvay! Cleo Dalbey Boys ' General It was Petc ' a ' idea to leave this space empty ' cause everybody knows a man about town. Everett Lehman Boys ' General Football ; Intramural Bas- ketball. Give me today and take toTnorrow. Mercedes Louding Acadeniic Girl Reserves ; Colored Chorus. Mercedes is a friend of all. Especially of a younq nft7i by the name of Hall. P ' Marjcrie Cotter Aoa lemic Pres. of Knitting Club, Of the Cotter twins, she ' s the taller. So it ' s Morjorie we al- ivays call ' er. Webster Hampton Boys ' General Carver-Dubois Club. Perseverance is Webb ' s byword, and he has shown us that it is a profitable one. Myron Myers Academic A worthy member of the senior class is a good title for Myron. Bill Lanman Bt ys ' General Art Appreciation. Fate cannot harm im, for I have dined well today. Betty Kay Earl a. Stenographic Girl Reserves ; Chorus ; Pho- tography Club ; Costume De- sign Club. Slight, Sweet, Sedulous. Richard Mason Boys General Carver-Dubois Club ; Track ; Chorus ; Colored Chorus, As a printer, he is hard to beat; As a fclloio, no better you ' ll meet. William McClure Boys ' General Captain of Golf Team, Bill ' s golf scores made him the envy of Morton ' s other golfers and placed him on the golf team. 30 THE PIERIAN CO Charles Crocker Boys ' General Sketch Club. Charles is not so serious as he looks, h it he does some thinking for himself. Donald Essenmacher Academic ' Aviation Club ; Jr. Citi- zens ' Council ; Biology Club ; Intramural Basketball ; Foot- ball ; Wrestling Club ; Fenc- ing Club. The ' Tarzan of our foot- ball squad. FREDE21ICK Schneider Boys ' General Baseball Team. Fred played baseball so icell that he made an art of the game. Morton ' s Ideal Girl Would Have: Frances Smith ' s eyebrows Ruth Bull ' s eyes Marye Smith ' s lips Kitty Reddington ' s smile Delores Faucett ' s voice Bette Logan ' s laugh Marjorie Baker ' s hair Phyllis Baynes ' complexion Caroline Hunt ' s figure Ruth Black ' s waistline Barbara Gilcrest ' s clothes Anna Belle Ball ' s cheerfulness Martha Mueller ' s poise Jerry Meeks ' musical ability Ruth Weidner ' s artistic ability Patty Dilks ' mentality Blanche Merrell ' s Smoke . Morton ' s Ideal Boy Would Have: Lester Berg ' s height Charles Templin ' s hair Bill Coate ' s features Allen Crye ' s complexion John Davidson ' s shoulders Keith Hohenstein ' s style Tom Lacey ' s intellect Meredith Johnson ' s culture David Jenkins ' wit (icorge Bradfleld ' s pep Bob Davidson ' s athletic ability Daniel Abner ' s knack of being two places at once John Bull ' s artistic ability Ivan Farmer ' s speaking ability Mac Semler ' s talent for using leisure time. 31 CO THE PIERIAN Senior Play LADY OF LETTERS by Turner Bullock is a three-act comedy. It takes place in ' a small college town and is concerned with the young wife of a professor, who is rather patronized by everybody, including members of her own family and other members of the college community. She so desires to be somebody that she buys a book from a young author and has it published under her own name. This creates great excitement in the college, and for some time she is honored by receptions and teas of various kinds. The publishing company asks for another book, but the climax of the play comes when it is discovered that she was not the real author. Few people, however, discover this fact, and her family make her promise not to try another escapade of that sort. They realize that it is their own fault and resolve to treat her more kindly in the future. CAST FOR THE SENIOR PLAY Adelaide Willifer Anna Belle Ball Gilbert Willifer Harold Garner Mrs. Pace Marian Morrow Susie Willifer Ruth Bull Mrs. Lawrence Martha .tones Richard Mays Meredith Johnson Warren Ainsley Bob Hartzell Mr. Creepmorc Billy Little Dr. Newberry Ivan Farmer Mrs. MacDonald Blanche Merrell Miss Shaw Patty Dilks Henrietta Ruth Weidner 32 1, w UNDERCLASSMEN THE PIERIAN I 33 ; ::| THE PIERIAN 34  THE PIERIAN to- co 016382 PQ 35 CO THE PIERIAN n 36 THE PIERIAN CO PQ 37 CO 05 THE PIERIAN Activities Sports l f ' .. ' ' C t — 5: GAMffOLO :;!= -sg£as - L.T.ftiVi R he wiMs 9Y A Nasi G-AU 38 I f ATHLETICS THE PIERIAN CO Basketball THIS year ' s basketball team was one of the fastest and cleverest iiuiiitets ever to reiJresent Morton on the hardwood. The team was comjiosed mostly of ex- perienced players, four of whom were lettermen last year. Morton will long remember this season, for it marks the first time a Red Devil combination has been able to secure a berth in the first division of the North Central Conference. When the season ended, the Devils found themselves with the admirable record of seven wins and only two losses in the Conference. In the Sectional, Morton was favored to regain the crown, and justified this selection by defeating Boston and Fountain (;ity easily. In the final, Cenlerville gave the team a scare in the first half, but the team regained its stride to win 36-25. In the Regional, Morton failed to start clicking and lost to New Castle in the open- ing game, 17-16. THE SEASON ' S RECORD MORTON OPP. November 26 — Liberty 26 21 November 25 — Union City 26 21 November 27 — Creensburg 20 21 December 4 — .lefF. of Lafayelle 24 21 December 11 — Muncie 27 15 December 12 — Winchester 23 28 December 18 — New Castle 29 18 December 23 -- Connersvillc 29 31 •lanuary 1 — Tech. of Indianapolis 31 30 January 8 — Anderson 31 38 .lanuarv 15 — Marion 23 22 .lanuary 16 — Hagerstown 28 22 January 22 — Logansport 30 23 January 29 — Kokomo 27 17 January 30 — Rushville 23 30 February 5 — Frankfort 21 38 February 6 — Greenfield 54 35 February 13 — New Albany 36 32 February 19 — Central of Ft. Wayne 28 30 February 26 — Connersvillc 20 24 •Overtime ct7 --T-Tr ivA r SECTIONAL MORTON opp. Boston 56 18 Fountain Citv 39 15 Centerville 36 25 REGIONAL New Castle 16 17 Next Year ' s Prospects The prospects for next year ' s team seem rather promising. Eddie DeFederico and Harold Johnson, lettermen, will be back, as will Feeger and Logan, who played with the team during the final weeks of the season. Several fine players who were outstanding on this year ' s second team will complete the squad. Nov. Nov. Nov. Dec. Dec. Dec. Dec. Dec. Dec. Jan. THE 1937-38 SCHEDULE 19 — Liberty (here) Jan. 24— Union ' City (here) Jan. 25 — Greensburg (there) Jan. 3 -Jefr. of Lafayette (there) Jan. 4 — Winchester (here) Feb. 10 — Muncie ( ' here) Feb. 17 — New Castle (here) Feb. 22 — Connersvillc (there) Feb. 30— Rushville (there) Feb. 1 — Tech. of Indianapolis (there) Feb. 7 — Anderson (here) 14 — Marion (here) 21 — Logansport (there) 28 — Kokomo (here) 4— Frankfort (there) 5 — Greenfield (here) 12— New Albanv (there) 18— New Castle (there) 19 — Hagerstown (here) 25 — Connersvillc i,here) 39 CO THE PIERIAN The Team Tom Lundy — Captain and Guard. Tom ' s ability to steal the ball and speed down the floor scored many points for the Red Devils. He played a very fast and tricky game. Graduates RoBKBT Davidson — Forward. Bob had a wonderful eye for the basket and was high point man. He was cool and carried the team through many a tight spot. Graduates Ed DiFederico — Forward. Morton can be sure of a fine forward next season. Ed plays a fast game and is very clever at throwing long passes. One more near Harold Johnson — Center. Guna will be very valuable to the team next season. He puts all he has into the game and is good at follow- ing in shots for two points. One more near Georgk Bradfield — Guard. George was a good scorer for the Morton quintet and also served as captain of the team in several games. George played with speed, spirit, and coolness. Graduates .Jack Cravcraft — Forward. Jack made up for his shortness by having plenty of speed. Graduates Francis Daniels — Center. Francis handled the center position for the team and was rarely out- jumped. He was the tallest man to play on a Morton team in several years. Graduates Joe Garoffolo — Guard. Joe ' s trickery and fight helped the team many times. He really enjoyed playing basketball. Graduates Joe Juhasz — Guard. Joe always got into the game when the going was tough. His basket eyes helped win several games for Morton. Graduates Dale Green — Guard. Dale always jDlayed the game fast and hard. Graduates Robert Fletcher — Forward. Bob was a faithful player thiough- out the season. He always pejjped u]3 the team while he was playing. Graduates Lester Berg — Center. Berg was always there when a good sub was needed for the center post. Graduates Coach Eherhart This is Ebby ' s fifth year as Mor- ton ' s basketball coach. In this time, he has turned out some very fine teams. Highlights of the Season Winning the first two games from Liberty and Union City by the same score, 26-2L — That awful feeling when the gun went off with Morton trailing Greens- burg by only one point. — The Red Devils coming from behind to down those fast Jefferson Broncos, 24-21, in the first Conference game. — Going up to Muncie to see that fighting Devil team beat our old rivals 27-15. — The morning after feel- ing caused by the defeat by Winchester. — Recovering, to outplay Xew Castle to the tune of 29-18. — Losing to our old friends, the Connersville Trojans, 31-29, oh my! — The swell overtime victory over the Tech team on Xew Year ' s Day. — Hitting unexpected strength in Anderson, and finally succumbing 38-31. — Edg- ing out Marion, 23-22, while we all listened in to Honey Boy Farmer. — The fall of our old county rival, Hagerstown, 28-22. — Our very first victory over Logans- port, 30-23, and did the team really look like champs! — Whipping Kokomo, 27- 17. — Another surprise in Rushville, turning us back, 30-23. — The team fighting valiantly, but losing to a great Frankfort team. — Taking out their spite on Green- field, 54-35. — Winning a well-played game from Xew Albany, 36-32. — Leading the strong Ft. Wayne team until a last quarter rush by the Tigers cinched the game, 36-28. — Again losing a heart-breaking game at Connersville, 24-20. — How the crowd yelled when they learned of Rossville ' s victory over P ' rankfort at the Sec- tional. — Intense rivalry with Centerville. — Crying over upset of our boys in the regional, with Davidson sick after the game. 40 THE PIERIAN CO MORTON RED DEVILS CO THE PIERIAN Football THE 1936 Morton High School football team was composed almost entirely of experienced players. They showed a very good spirit, and cleverness in play throughout the season. However, the team was pursued by old man injury, and at no time during the season was Coach Tiernan able to start a regular line-up. Although he served in the capacity of assistant coach last season, this was Mr. Tiernan ' s first year as coach of the team. Morton Morton Morton Morton Morton Connersvillc New Castle Technical . . Anderson . . 34 14 14 Muncie 13 193B SCORES Morton Morton , . . 21) Morton 7 Morton Noblesville 21 26 Plainfleld 7 27 I. S. S. for Deaf, 8 6 Southport 19 The Team Charlf.s TE rPT.iN — Full and Captain. This was Charlie ' s second year as a letterman. He was a very effective runner and played the game with all his heart. Graduates William Cami - To tactile Bil a stone wall. -Tackle. was just like tackling One more i ear Tom I.undy— « ■. To out-run or out-score Tom was imjjossible. He was high point man on the squad. Graduates Charles Fef.ger — Quarter. Morton can be sure of a fine quarter- back next season. (Charlie plays the game with wonderful spirit. One more year Robert Davidson — End. Bob was a fine drop kicker and helped the team out when in a tight spot. Graduates Vernon Erk — End. Vernon was good at catching a pass and at running. Qne more ijear Charles Brown — Guard. One of the smallest and yet toughest linemen on the entire squad. Inelif ible next ijear Hay Witherby- -Gur rrf. A lighting lineman who showed up well all season. Graduates Dale Green — Guard. One of the hardest charging linemen of the team as well as an expert tackier. Graduates Fred Adelsperger — Tackle. A slashing tackle who was plenty tough and who should be outstand- ing next year. 0 !e more ijear Donald Essenmacher — Guard. A big lineman who gave all he had all year around. Graduates Carl Lehman — Guard. He fought at his post all year and gave his best in every game. Graduates Curtis Puthokf — End. He hit plenty of bumps all season and came out on top, smiling. One more i ear ,Iack Craycraft — Half. Although small, Jack made up for it by speed and crafty running. Graduates ,ToE Garofi ' oio — Center. Joe played very hard and fast and helped keep up the spirit of the team. Graduates Lawrence Dawkins — Center. We feel sure that no opponents will go through the center as long as Lawrence is there. One more ijear HoBERT Ball — Full. Luke ' s ability in the backfleld proved valuable to Morton many times. Graduates Julian Vigran — Guard. Julian vould buck up against the biggest of them. Graduates Gordon Smith — Half. Gordon showed the ability that his brother did and will be valuable material for next year ' s Red Devils. One more i ear 42 THE PIERIAN CO 43 CO THE PIERIAN Baseball MORTON ' S 1937 baseball team was able to start the season undefeated and showed promise of continuing its winning ways. Although this season ' s schedule did not feature so many games as last year ' s. Coach Sponsler challenged any team in Indiana or Ohio. They competed in the North Central Conference Tourney which was held in Richmond. Morton, Lafayette, Muncie, Anderson, and Tech entered the meet. The team included George Bradfield, Willis Clark, Eddie DiFederico, Noble Allman, Bob Rollf, Bob Davidson, Alexander Green, Dale Green, and Joe Clark. Several of these boys were playing their first season for Morton, and the outlook for next year ' s team looks bright. THE SCHEDULE Apr. 20— Morton 6, Apr. 23— Morton 3, Apr. 28— Morton 10, Apr. 29 — Morton 7, May 4 — Lynn May 5 — Tech. of Indianapolis May 7 — Winchester May 10 — Greenfield Whitewater . . 3 Liberty Boston 6 Riser (Dayton) 2 May May May May May 21- May 25- May 29- June 5- 11 12 18- 19 -Lynn Liberty - Vin Chester -Yorktown -Knightstown -Eaton -North Central Tourney -Anderson 44 THE PIERIAN CO Golf THE Red Devils ' golf team, coached by Charles Mac McNaughton, is composed of Hasemeier, McClure, and Paul, seniors; and Bartel, a sophomore. McClure is the only letterman back from last year ' s team, which missed the Indiana State High School Golf Championship by only one stroke. This j ' ear the team is again ver ' strong and is sure to be a con- tender for state honors. THE SCHEDULE Apr. 24 — Morton, 12; Eaton. Here May 1 — Morton, 11% ; New Castle, Vj Here May 5 — Morton, 1 1 ; Eaton, 1 There May 8 — Morton, 11 ' {• ; Marion, ' ;; Here May 15 — Marion (tourney) Tliere May 17 — New Castle There May 19 — Oxford Here May 21 — Hamilton • • There May 22 — State Tournev (Indianapolis) There May 29 — Oxford . There 45 CO THE PIERIAN Track THIS year ' s track squad is composed ol ' twenty-five boys, five of whom were lettermen on last year ' s squad. The outlook for the squad was bright, but it was darkened by the fact that several tracksters found jobs and took part in only a few of the meets. This is Dick Tiernan ' s first year as coach of the track team, and his charges expect a very successful season. THE SCHEDULE Apr. 10 — Greenflc ' ld Here Apr. 17 — Muncie, Newcastle Muncie Apr. 24 — Muncie Relays Ttierc Apr. 28 — College Corner, Liberty Here May 1 — New Castle, Anderson Here May 8 — North Central Meet Indianapolis May 15 — Sectional Meet Rushville May 22 — State Meet Indianapolis 46 THE PIERIAN CO Athletic Letters Football ' 36 Charles Templin, ' 37 Full Vernon Erk, ' 38 End Robert Davidson, ' 37 End William Camp, ' 38 Tackle Fred Adelsperger, ' 38 Tackle Ray Witherby, ' 37 Guard Charles Brown, ' 37 Guard Carl Lehman, ' 37 Guard Donald Essenmacher, ' 37 Guard Julian Visran, ' 37 Guard Dale Green, ' 37 Guard Lawrence Dawkins, ' 38 Center Joseph GarofTolo, ' 37 Center Charles Fecger, ' 38 Quarter Thomas Lundy, ' 37 Half Jack Craycraft, ' 37 Half Gordon Smith, ' 38 Half Robert Ball, ' 37 ' . Full Curtis Puthofr, ' 37 End Charles Byer, ' 37 Manager Basketball ' 36-37 George Bradfield, ' 37 Guard Joseph GarofFolo, ' 37 Forward Robert Davidson, ' 37 Guard Thomas Lundy, ' 37 Forward Francis Daniels, ' 37 Center Edward DiFederico, ' 38 Forward Harold Johnson, ' 38 Center Jack Craycraft, ' 37 Forward Joseph Juhasz, ' 37 Forward Richord Coble, ' 37 Manager Track ' 36 Richard Byrd, ' 36 Dash Lawrence Dawkins, ' 38 Shot Put Vernon Erk, ' 38 Shot Put Charles Brown, ' 38 Hurdles Robert Mendenhall, ' 38 Half Mile David Pinkerton, ' 3fi Dash John Brusher, ' 36 Pole Vault William Parshall, ' 37 Mile Thomas Lundy, ' 37 Dash Howard Ketrins;, ' 38 Dash John Davidson, ' 37 Manager Baseball ' 36 George Bradfield, ' 37 Third Base David Keyser, ' 36 Pitcher Robert Davidson, ' 37 Pitcher Jack Craycraft, ' 37 Center Field Charles Byrkett, ' 36 Second Base Carl Steel, ' 36 Pitcher Dale Green, ' 37 Short Stop Ezekial Jette, ' 37 Left Field Walter Lake, ' 36 Catcher Fred Schneider, ' 36 Pitcher James Wiesehahn, ' 36. . . .Second Base Joseph GarofTolo, ' 37 Pitcher Cy Cox, ' 38 First Base Gene Gaible, ' 37 Manager Golf ' 37 William McCIure ' 37 Sydney Paul ' 37 Donald Hascmeier ' 37 Clayton Bartel ' 39 47 CO C7 THE PIERIAN DIZZY M0RT0N ' 5 SMOKING ROOM WHY, EDDIE, AGAIN HIGH,V IDE, AND BEAUTIFUL • ll ' f - HOW MAMY 5UCKER5? M0RTOM 5 M.0HKZY5 ' nV5 WAY DOW N THAR 11:40 GR-R-R-REENE I ACTIVITIES THE PIERIAN CO The Pierian Staff Editor-ix-Chief . . .Marshall Richards Assistant Patty Dilks Literary Editop, Blancht- Merrell Assistants — Lorraine Xcvue, Irene Schradin, Helen Bookwalter, Joe Longstreth. Sports Epitoh Bill Barth Assistant Charles Fcegcr Personals Blanchealine Burr Assistants — Phyllis Bayncs, Clara Louise Bitters, Tom Lacey, Marye Smith. BusixEss Manager. . .Charles Templin Assistant Pat Williams Circulation Manager, Rosemary Arnold Assistant Joanna Hill Cartoons — Gene Gaible, Charles Hor- ton, Charles Crocker. Solicitors — Frances Elleman, Robert Bees, Clara Louise Hill. John Thorne, Dick Thomas, Lois Fuller, (leraldine lagsin, Marjorie Baker, Curtiss Putho ' ff, Edna Sclbv, Billv Tillson, Bill Thistlethwaite. Typists — larjorie Stigleman, Lillian Seed. Photography Editor. . .David Jenkins Assistant Ivan Farmer Activities Pictures Robert Land Assistants — Richard Elliott, Mary Mar- garet King. Senior Pictures Marian Morrow Assistants — Darrel Parke, Anna Belle Ball. Snapshot Editor Ruth Weidner Assistants — Barbara Schnclle, Ruth Keelor. Art Editor John Bull 49 CO CTJ THE PIERIAN BATHING BEAUTY BUMMING BtRRIE5 SARGE ' E 1 HUH ?? MORTON ' 5 little: LEMON ' i WHO LET ' EM OUT ? WHAT A TEAM THE PIERIAN CO The Register Staff Glenn Holder . . . .Journalisin Teacher Otto Dorner Printing Teacher Fall Semester Spising Semester Marshall Richards Managing Editor Ivan Farmer Phyllis Baynes ews Editor Blancealine Burr William Barth Sports Editor Robert Salzarulo Irene Schradin Feature Editor Rosemary Arnold C arolyn Hunt Mary Virginia Davis Society Editor Verlan Robinson Copy Editor Betty Jane Snyder Clara Louise Hill Joanna Hill Advertising Manager Pat Williams Marguerite Falcone Business Manager Kathleen Harrison Robert Recs, Pat Williams.. Advertising Solicitors ..Irene Larsh, Ruth Hodgin Meredith Johnson Clara Louise Bitters Kathleen Harrison Lillian Seed, Marjorie Stigleman .... Typists Mary Jane Boomershine Lucrctia Schultz, Marjorie Uphaus Lucretia Shultz, Dorothy Myers Dorotha Peden, Mary Jane Boomershine Susan Sprouse. Margaret McKinley Majel Wenger Mary Jane Foreman 51 CO THE PIERIAN ' KING RHYTHM MORTON DUNKERS SPRING (GROVE) FEVER JIMMIE, WHAT BIG FEET YOU HAVE GIVE HIM A BIG HAND SWIMMING CLASS MORTON ' S BAR THE PIERIAN to. CO ORCHESTRA Miss Minxick AND Mr. Graham Directors BAND Mr. Graham Director « 4iiA 1 - - trES — H CHOIR .Tank Turner President CHORUS Miss Minnic.k Director 53 CO en THE PIERIAN GIRL RESERVE CABINET Joanna Hill President POLITICAL AFFAIRS OF THE DAY Mr. Stanton Sponsor ARCHAE- OLOGY CLUB .lOHN ThORNK President JUNIOR CITIZENS ' COUNCIL Ivan Farmer President 54 THE PIERIAN CO BOYS ' PSY- CHOLOGY CLL ' B (ii:NH Bali. President DRAMATIC SOCIETY Susan Carr President CIVIC VOCA- TIONAL COLNCIL .,!I!i3 ,Ior. LONGSTRETH jr 3 President ROYS ' COLLEGE CLUB IvAX Farmer Piesident 55 CO THE PIERIAN GIRLS ' BOOSTER CLUB Pat Williams President GIRLS ' COLLEGE CLUB Rosemary Arnold President AROUND- THE- WORLD CLUB Barrara schxelle President RED DEVIL PEPSTERS Barbara Hagie President 56 THE PIERIAN CO 05 M 1 lr 3 % 3r W M.,:: ' - - r , f- AVIATION CLUB Joiix Haas ]iJjU ' l President HOME ECONOMICS CLUB Elizabeth ooyevaar President COLORED CHORUS Miss Min ' xick Director DANCING CLUB Maii.ioiuf. MlLLKH Instructor 57 CO THE PIERIAN BOYS ' BOOSTER CLUB HoitERT Ball President ■PL wi - ' k tJ f B Li ct nHH I im [H i -J I FRESHMAN HI-Y John Scott President FIRST- AID CLUB Robert Hartzell President CARVER- DUBOIS Lawrence Dawkins President 58 THE PIERIAN CO RIFLE CLUB DviiiiKL Parke President FENCING CLUB Vernon Erk President GIRLS ' ARCHERY CLUB Betty Braun President BOYS ' ARCHERY CLUB Mr. Moe Sponsor 59 CO THE PIERIAN HI-Y Bill Coate President ' § t ATHLETIC COUNCIL Bill Thistlethwaite President LATIN CLUB JUANITA MiSNER President 60 THE PIERIAN CO Growing THE Dramatic Society and tlie Drama Growing Pains, bv Aurania Rouvcrol, 1937. George Mclntyre. . . .Mercditli Jolinson Terry Mclntyre Susan Carr Mrs. Mclntyre Rose Johnson Professor Mclntyre . . . .l ictiard Coble Sophie Gene DollofT Mrs. Patterson Lorraine Xevue Elsie Patterson Anna Belle Ball Traffic Othcer Royden Parke Dutch . . .■ Billy Jones Pains Class presented a three-act comedy, in the Morton Auditorium, April 29, Brian Billy Tillson Omar Billy Little Hal Allen Crve Pete Emmett Stegall Pi ' udcnce Slury Messick Patty Marian Morrow- Jane Blanche Merrell Miriam Ruth Bull Kate Marjorie Bradbury Vivian Marcella Piper Quill THE Morton Quill organization had years. It contained done. Those on the who contributed to raately three hundre Editor-in-Chief .... Assistant Editor. , . Lay-out Manager. . . published its second magazine in April. The members of this been writing and preparing material for this edition for three a number of stories, poems, and essays, and was very well staff, the faculty sponsor, and the other members of the club The Quill are to be congr atulated on their work. Approxi- d copies of the magazine were sold. . .Blanche Merrell Advertising Manager. . . .Rose Johnson . . .Joe Longstreth Subscription Mgr., Rebecca Huddleson .Rosemary Arnold Business Manager Bill Tillson Faculty Sponsor Helen Reifel 61 I CO THE PIERIAN m Senior Calendar SEPTEMBER S chool is resumed once more. E. C. Cline looks forward to a successful year. Parish House is used for foreign language classes. Teachers hasten to give assignments. iSxcuses for absences improve. Miss Patten leaves for Japan. Boys sport plaid shirts. £ lection of senior class ofiicers held. Richmond plans for a new high school. OCTOBER Opening football game. Candy sales increase. Talking is still the favorite amusement. O ver grade cards, tears are shed. Band parades at football game. Everybody dances at the Superstition Swing. Reasoning power exercised in playing Monopoly. NOVEMBER A ' ew movie machine makes classes more interesting. Offerings are sent to Caney Creek. Very few snow falls as yet. £ lection bets are paid. il orton Minnie is created. B asketball season begins. E mergence of fur coats from mothballs. B egret pains in the abdominal region on Thanksgiving. DECEMBER Decide to be good before Christmas. Electric clocks are out of order. Collection of Pierian subscriptions begins. everybody does his Christmas shopping early. il erry Christmas to all. B Icck-M erects devil head at ball game. E nergetic girls wear snow suits for coasting. R acking of brains for New Year ' s resolutions. JANUARY J azz is replaced by swing. A bsence of our faithful janitor, Mr. Kemper, causes regret. A ' ightly dates with text books required for tests. - U nderclassmen envy seniors at Triple Treat. ' A rguers for caps and gowns are squelched. R elief for flood refugees is contributed to by students. Yearly distribution of senior cards begins. FEBRUARY iPountain is drained for benefit of new freshies. Bchoes of Stunt Xight fill the halls. B enches are installed for senioi s. B egister renews staff. Unprecedented number of valentines distributed. A nother semester begins. B ental system for all text books is installed. y ell leaders and band inaugurate the locomotive yell. 62 THE PIERIAN CO MARCH il orton rocks (?) with earthquake. A ches and ijains result from Kjiring football practice. R eceive falls at school skate. C enterville falls as Morton recaptures sectional crown. older becomes proud papa. APRIL A 11 Morton turns out for Fools ' Frolic. Publication of Quill. R azz edition of Register issued. ndianapolis host to Register Staff. L ads and lassies learn about Growing Pains. MAY il other and Daughter Banquet held. j4 ssembly held for senior recognition. I ' ippee! The Prom! JUNE .7 une Week begins. [ ' Itra-Modern is this year ' s Pierian. A ' o more lesson for seniors. E yes turn toward seniors as they march down the aisles. THIS CO END 63 HERE ' S HOW THEY ' LL SIGN THEIR CHILDREN ' S REPORT CARDS i General Paper Products Co., Div. The Central Ohio Paper Company 226 N. Fifth St.. Columbus, O. Piastic Binding U. S. Pat. No. 1970285 Nicholson Printing Company Richmond, Indiana i ' ' ■m;: •-I ,;■ .• ' « ' A. ' ' • ' •■