Morton Memorial Schools - Retrospect Yearbook (Knightstown, IN)

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1? seventh glade played agarnst the sophomores I thrs game our grrls defeated thc sophomores by a close score In the sprrng of 1990 we saw ahead the goal whrch had always seemed so far away from us Our crew rn 1930 consrsted of fourteen members as another of our classmates had decrded to try to conquer her hardshrps alone W re now the drgnrfied senrors and started our last year wrth renewed enthusrasm The serpents thrs year were book keepmg and botany Ol physrcs Botany was a hard subJect to the grrls at frr st but they soon mastered rt under the excellent supervrsron of Mrss Ellrott Wrth Mr Ewrng, takrng over the physrcs class thr year the boys found that the subJect was drfficult but had to be mastered The exercrses they undertook were a lrttle drfficult but thrs drdnt hmder the boys as every ne came through wrth a good record Bookkeeprng as a whole was very rnterestrng to the class but we had our drllrcultres rn masterrng rt Thrs year four of our boys Anthony Trtus Walter Baker Clrfford Smrth, and Robert Mrller were members of the band Three of our crew Gladys Crrtchiield Marguerrette Cressler and Walter Baker were also rn the orchestra In athletrcs all of our boys took a part In the oratorrcal contest Fvelyn Qwartz Thelma Voyles and Dorthea Welker represented our class Thelma Voyles won thrrd prrze rn the local contest From the three wrnners Thelma was chosen to represent the school at Carth age rn the county contest She won first place and recerved a gold medal as the rnclrvrd ual prrze and the Amer rcan Legron plaque as the reward for the school Thr year the senrors took over the work of the Morton Echo permanently The staff took an extra course rn Journalrsm and for thrs course they each recerved a credrt For further help rn publrshrng annuals rssurng the Morton Echo and for composrtron work the senrors began the work of publrshrng a style book but because of lack of trme the rest of the work on the style book wrll have to wart untrl next year to be finrshed In the Cadet Lorp we had some of the hrghest officers On the oflicrs staff were Marvrn Fletcher cadet major Lee Bybee and Anthony Trtus cadet captarns and Jack Stevens sergeant magor We had one member Walter Baker rn the Cadet Band These members of thc 8011101 class have learned a great deal concernrng mrlrtary movements srrrce the begrnn mg of thrs drrll two years ago Earlrer rn the year we vrsrted Earlham College at Rrchmond We were rnxrted to the college to vutness a football game between Ear lham and Indrana Central college of Indranapolrs We thoroghly engoved the football game and all the more so because one of our ex students was playrng a wonderful game for Earlham We also vrsrted mam burlclrngs on the campu and recerved some rdea of college lrfe Later on rn the year the boys of the basketball squad wrtnessed a very rntere trng basketball game between Earlham and DePauw Unrversrty We feel d eply rndepted to the college for thesc prrvrleges and hope some of our rrsrng cla ses vsrll have the same opportunrtres Our class and the Junror class had the pleasure of gorng to the Indrana Legrslaturf thrs year We vrsrted both houses and made a study of the legrslature rn connectron wrth our hrstory work We also vrsrted the Scottrsh Rrte Cathedral the Amerrcarr Legron Headquarters and the Soldrers and Sarlors Monument Early rn June 1931 our crevs of thrrteen safel5 harbored our craft rn the lonf., hoped for port Graduatron We succeeded rn sarlrng safely through the tempests of thc last four years -Y . .., if , . F?--I.5'3t I k. .' ' , C '. l'l r 'r 5 . - 5. . - . 1 K. . U S , r r . ' . D M . . . ,, . 9 we . , , . . 1 ' l i . A 1 . .L . . . D . r 5 1 . v -.' . . ' ' '. . , . A Y . . X U . lv r v v - 1 s r , ' . . . l . . I K . - , L., . . . ' . ' ' , ' ' f S . . . . . . , . K . , l . , . . 'Q . . . i , . ,. E - ' -4 . K . ' 1 . x ' 1 1 ' v -r . ' . , I . , . . . D . ' . . , . . h . Y. . . . Q X S . f . ' - ' S , I K. . 9 . ' ' , ' ' S ' . . . ' ' . . ' ' ' . ., .1 Y. . Q . . . . ' H. . . ' ' ' ' '.. . . , ' . . ' 7. ' - 7 r, . - ' r ' ' v ' r v 1 , . It . w . . ' . x , . . .

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' rig SENIOR CLASS HISTORY N THE FALL of 1927 our crew, of thrrty two set sarl on the stormy Sea of B Learnrng hoprng to reach safely the great port Graduatron Thrs was to be a L-40 voyage of four years length and was to be one whrch requrred much hard work Each member of our ambrtrous crew was anrcrous to start on the long, hard and tr yrng Journey Our first real scare came when we were rnrtrated rnto the Elrte Club We passed the test after berng put through a serres of dance movements nut rolling contests and such stunts as we never wrsh to preform agarn Our class was found to be represented rn every organrzatron and actrvrty Though some of our member were not rnterested rn one organrzatron they were found to be rnterested rn another Thrs class of thrrty two members was not to be forgotten by therr superrors because of therr actrve showrng Algebra, Englrsh hrstory and scrence were the subjects whrch were to be conquered After many drfficultres we finrshed the freshman part of the crurse Everyone had succeeded rn conquerrng hrs subjects for the vear Imagine our Joy when we were real for sure sophres Durrng the second year our crew was decreased to twenty srx Geometry and Latm were the subjects whrch were the hardest for us thrs year Pythagoras and hrs theorem were troublesome at frrst but they soon were overpowered In the Latm contest we were represented by Dorthea Welker and Wrllram Raynor They ranked fourth and fifth In the com mercral contest we were represented by Dorthea Welker for shorthand and type and Gladys Crrtchfield for typewrrtrng Although these members who entered the different contests drd not place rn the wrnnrng column we are sure the partrcrpatron was profitable to them The class was well represented rn all th school organrzatrons I th band orche tra boys and grrls glee clubs, basketball and baseball the sophres were represented Of the erght boys who went to play rn the sectronal tourney of basketball four were sophres Thrs record was envied by the other classes Our scholastic rec ord was hrgh durrng our sophomore part of the crurse In the fall of 1929 our crew was agarn decreased Eleven of our members decrded to shrp alone Thrs year found us rn actrvrtres of every krnd We formed a Jolly Junror Irterary Socrety rn the early part of the year rn connectron wrth our Englrsh work I atrn was trouble ome but we followed Caesar through the rrse and fall of the Roman Empire and through a great many of hrs campargns Agarn we sent a delegate Dorthea Welker to the Latrn contest and although she drd not place among the fir st she profited by the experrence In the local oratorrcal contest we were represented by Robert Mrller, Thelma Voyles and Evelyn Swartz Thelma Voyles was awarded thrrd pr rze The second semester we were grven charge of the Morton Echo when the seniors were unable to carry on the work any longer Durrng the trme we had the Morton Echo we profited by rt to an advantage whrch should help us rn later lrfe In athletrcs some or the members of our crew were basketball letter men Those recervrng letters were Anthony Trtus Lee Bybee Walter Baker and Clrfford Smrth The e same four boys won posrtrons on the baseball nrne The grrls of our class Jorned wrth the class of 1931 and formed a basketball team In the basketball tourney our team aft r defeatrng' the ,W L l I , l 1 . - . Hr Y - - - . . writingg Katheryn Lamb, for shorthand and typewritingg Thelma Voyles, for shorthandg ' . ' ' ' ' . rr u , 5 , v ' 9 ' , A. I ' , , . , I . . . . .

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gm i T'r':-'ffbaig RE UN ION WF I F TEEN YEARS LATER October 3, 1946. Dear Thelma, I know you were sorry not to be able to be at the class reunion, so I will try to tell you just how everyone was. I arrived early in the morning, and the first person I saw was Mrs. Morge. After greeting me, she asked if I would write six hundred words on the reunion, for the Echo. Thinking how much things were like what they used to be, I assured her that I would. Margueriette Cressler was the first to arrive. She came puding up, and imagine my surprise to hear her say that she was now champion cross-country runner. I remembered how her feet used to hurt, but she told me she had faithfully taken Doctor Achem's pills that cure coughs, colds, pyorrhea, indigestion, halitosis and flat feet. She had brought a big basket of lunch for the whole class, and we certainly appreciated all the good things. We heard a car stop, and as the chauffeur held the door open, who should emerge but Senator L. A. Baker, none other than our old Spud, He represented Marion county in the Senate, and was known chiefly for his work in influencing legislators to take Latin from the high school course. Spud joined us, and as we were sitting on the front lawn talking, who should ap- pear but Catherine Lamb. She had fared well in life, and had suceeded in piloting some rich man to the altar. Kitty was famous herself for her two masterpieces, Fish Playing in Lake Graham, and Sunset in Peacock Woods. These two pictures won fiirst and second prize at the 1946 art exhibit at Chicago. Anthony Titus was the next to come in sight. Tony was just back from the Afri- can jungles, where he had gone in search of big game. He had bagged several Eagles and Owls, tin the name of Mortonj but he had not been so successful with the Lions. One of them had fringed his ear and another had nipped his arm. He was writing a book on his adventures and wanted to secure a copy of Clippenger's English to be sure his style was correct. Gladys Critchfield was there, too. She had organized an expedition to the South Pole, and had just returned. We remembered how she had said once in history class, that she thought a polar expedition would be 'tsuch fun. She had taken K. N. Banker along as photographer, and he is now busily engaged in making the pictures into a movie. Gladys wore an outfit made of polar bear skins, and the heat was nearly killing her. We noticed a balloon overhead and wondered who might be in it. Imagine our surprise to see it land and to see Jack Stevens emerge. Jack is a famous tight-rope walker and is now planning to walk a rope across Niagara Falls. He demonstrated his skill by skipping about on the local telephone wires. Bob Miller appeared from nowhere, and it seems he is taking Houdini's place in the world of magic. He wore a black silk hat and a swallow tail coat, and he carried a wand. He had a set of whiskers that would have made Red Devil Dugan turn green with envy. His occupation completely absorbed him, and every few moments he would snatch rabbits out of the air, by their ears.