Mulberry High School - Oracle Yearbook (Mulberry, IN)

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!l'lTlT'l ' ' ' T H E O R A C L E Standing: Dorothy. Nelson. llelen. lilmer. Alton. Sitting: Charles. l.e- ona. l.ee. Grace. Herliert. Class History In the fall of 1919. natives from several countries arrived at Blullierry Mission for the purpose of getting started in the way tu greatness. First there was the little German lmoy named XYarren Bates. He was dark complexioned. small and inclined to indolence. Not being accustomed to the ways of the country. he soon returned to his native land. Next there came a southerner. Stanley -lacobs. who had the southern brogue to perfection. He was fond of athletics and a great admirer of the girls. He never learned how to appreciate our climate. hut soon returned to the sunny south. Paul Sigrist. another German luoy. came to study for the ministry. He was light of complexion and very active. Because of the wickedness uf the place. Paul left during the second year. Everett Shannaherger. a native of the wild and wooly west. came to the school to improve. hut the improvement soon liecaine So painful that he had to return to the western wilds. A tall. light complexioned. awkward, and very religious specimen arrived from Palestine. This was Yernon Harshman who tarried with us for three TYVENTY-ONE

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I T H E O R- A C L E ':1I'l .l'l'.ll'll'lI.llYll1ll.ll'l.llllrllllilllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll years after which he departed with a full head and a heavy heart. The first girl to enter the institution was Mahelle 'l'aylor, a little Chinese girl whose parents live in llong Kong on the hanks of the heautiful Yangtze liiang. She could never understand the linglish language hut always ex- pressed herself hy saying tl llang 1 P. She finally hecame discouraged and went hack to China. lilefore any others could leave. a photographer was employed to take the accompanying picture and thus preserve for posterity. the charming counte- nances which otherwise would have hecome only a thing of hlessed memory. Nelson Conihs. as the picture shows, helonged to the XYyandottes, a very indolent and self-satisfied trihe. lle was fond uf sports and a great admirer of the fair sex. lle spent most of his time lishing. hunting, and raising water melons. Finally he moi ed his residence to the sunny south. heing lured there hy the charms of a Creole lady. Helen Rodocker. a girl from Honolulu, remained with the school for four years. She was a famous dancer and a lover of gaudy colors, She contemplates finishing her studies in ltaly. Lee Rothenherger was a very self confident gentleman from Allentown. l'a. Une can see hy his picture that he was a cute looking specimen al- though very small for his size. llis amhition was to hecome a great financier. ljorotllj' Clark, a young lady from France, came to the United States to study linglish. You can ohserve that she was huilt for dancing. very genial of disposition and fond of society. Glenn Mitchell came from Ireland to study agriculture. llis picture is omitted hecause it would not stand inspection. Ile is medium in size. hut heavy in weight and hig headed with a natural inclination towards sports. Alton Troxel came from japan. ,llis picture is the very image of him. He was so trustworthy that anyone contemplating going ahroad could safely leave all sweethearts in his care. A young man named lilmer llricker arrived from Arahia expecting to find gold growing on trees hut to his great surprise found the trees hare and decided to take shelter in the school. XYhen he smiled he smiled all over. XX'ith the exception of heing mischievous, he was a Hood hoy. llerhert Ruch is a descendent of the Dutch. Ile also came here to study agriculture. llis picture gives a good idea of his looks and actions. He was kept in school hy the attractions of a certain lfreshman girl. TWENTY-TXVO