Niles High School - Tattler Yearbook (Niles, MI)

Text from Pages 1 - 186 of the 1929 volume:

ALLEN COUNTY PUBLIC LIB EX-LIBRI5 I vjvjrjrMMrj rjnrjV ' jn vsnMiwjirA The Tattler Published Bu The S3 Senior Class of the ss Riles High School Riles, TTlichigari 1929 uzknz nmmrMz mimKmzfa w tfA ss ss ss KS KS KS. KS KS KS S3 KS KS KS KS KS KS KS KS KS KS KS KS KS KS S3 KS KS KS KS KS KS KS KS KS KS KS KS IDithin these pages, as in pantomime before you, u?e haue tried faithfully to depict the joys and sorroms, the successes and failures of the events of the past year. KS Here we shall see Riles Hiqh School, lining an- other chapter of her glorious history. KS KS Seel the actors are ready, the staqe is set. Come, up u?ith the curtainl Our play has begun. KS KS KS KS KS KS ■zanaaaazzM BBBBBBBBBBaaBBBBBBBBBBBBBaBaEteBBBBaBBBBBBBJaBBBBBBaBBBBBBBBBBBagBBBB It is but a small token of our esteem to dedicate this Tattler to Dorothy Hoqt Rutz, whose personal interest and untiring zeal haue so inspired our high school qears. DEDICATION .■BBBBBBBBBBBBBBeiBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBSBBBBBaBBBBBBBraBBBS! £K£ ITlr. Walter J. Zabel ITlr. Lektid S. IDalker ITlr. Harry ITUnsfield miss Lulu TTlae North Ulr. E. Carlton Donm Ttliss Florence Talburt ■• 3l3Be Kl8a BEI5!l5lE0BBBBQBBBlE iEiE«!l2BQeS ' •: ?3eaQ5raKm?ae3eaBinBESQQ?2K(!s?sii5iia?a ?j!2ezi5ie!-P2Qa82?2f!!B QQ?iQEiE 2QQE3QEie3E2Ea?iG«tEaQEra5JE$S THE LIBRARY AND THE SCIENCE LABORATORY --wssmYiuwiw ztziymnYmwmmuw mmmte vtt % % w % % a%a%rAfoz zi ZiZ ZsZitzf2awia THE MODEL APARTMENT AND THE DOMESTIC SCIENCE KITCHEN ■.■■S H ' 5(5!KlSK! 5!Bj K!Bl?aBQ83EaEaE2aEIQBeaKIEIE5IQiaQKlEaEaEaRaEiaHQae S3 S3 S3 THE GYMNASIUM AND THE WOODSHOP §KeM?2E2e2QOQE2E3QOE3E3Qe S3 S3 □ S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 ■: v!«5R2?3?3!3?aQEaeaE2E2i2?3QQE2Q?i?iEaBS5i5!aKiaaaEa8saHne8Qi2aQa6aEanRaQQE is ' A S5ji] Dorothy Rutz Literary Adviser Leland Walkek Business Adviser The Tattler Staff Editor-in-chief Anne Margaret Tobin Assistant Editor Hilda Mary Crawford Literary Virginia VanDerKarr I )ramatics Ruth 1 farrington ations .... - Verda Harrison f Helen Vosburgh Art - A r _ . ] Mary Boulton Calendar V. Constance Crawford Athletic- Orville Adler Jokes ... - Peggy Schell r Gene Grathwohl Bvisiness Staff J Roger Wood t Ruth Schulke C Jrma J. Hutson Typists ■= Ruby Stowe I Mildred Starke Ei K hll g2QQQS QQQ?2a f2 S S eaQO SI 2 ?2?a .?a?2?d?2Q2a 2 ?2?2 ? P6 £f£f£Pa P S — Foreword Dedication Tattler Staff Administration Classes Actiuities Athletics Junior High Features Jokes NT . : ' fa ea K(B!ElBiat2B(BiEIE!BIBiElBIBI?2GIKl?aaQaKlK!?aBIQQeilQEIEiaK2E3CI?!IEIEl6 p pfl ifflffl I 1 i T ADMINISTRATION A. V. HUDSON, Pr of P. A. HADSELL. Trustee J. D. ELDER. Trustee Floyd W. Crawford, A. B., A. M., LL. - ' . University of Michigan, ' 08, ' 08, ' 19 Superintendent of Schools Walter J. Zabel. A. B., A. M.. University of Michigan, ' 19, ' 27 Principal of Senior High School Cornelia Crowley Western State Teachers ' College, 1918 Principal of Junior High School ■:-jfS!SEBE?a!2!2Q8«5E«!EiaigaHE!5!B?2BBKiBQaEBei5!S AV l Irr-aTi y)Oy School Y... Persis A. Baker, S. 6 . Northwestern University, 1927 Ph ysical Education George M. Balas, A. B. Hanover College. 1928 Mathematics r !ene C. Branstetter i Industrial Arts Isabel A. Bratzke, B. 5. Northwestern University, 1928 General Science n -• es s ss a Mildred La Rce Carder, Ph. II. University of Chicago, 1925 Home Economics Mary A. Clark n State Teachers ' College, 1925 . ? School, 1926 Commercial ( i. Amirs Collisi ; B. S. estern State Teachers ' College, 19 Physical Education C v nV CU . VFWS Chester E. Davidson, B. E. Illinois State Normal University, 1926 Social Problems Coach Carlton Dokm, orthwestern L ' niversit: Science A. B. [Page Thirteen] KS KS KS □ KS KS ' KS KS S3 S Q KS KS KS KS KS K? KS KS KS KS Laura Gaterman University of Wisconsi Art B.S. L, 1927 Russell A. Gebby Western State Teachers ' College, 1928 Industrial Arts YJS ZS J Ll t cille Gibson, A. B. University of Indiana, 1925 Mathematics M i y tN l Stella L. Heath, A. B. Albion College, 1928 Commercial Carl E. Hess, A. B. Western State Teachers College, 1928 Commercial [Page Fourteen! SQEi ' s?2QaaeaQaa?aaQ5iQQSKiQ EaQQQKiQaaHKi saQaQQQEaQaQQQQEaEaQQQaQQQs?2iaEi Ki23!22aEaQ2Q !:B Helena M. Jager Western State Teachers College, 1923 Mathematics Pauline Klopfenstein Northwestern LTniversity, 1924 Leah E. Landon Olivet College, 1928 Art English S3 S3 - A PPk S3 hi m 1| H S3 ill K3 nl r His WaH- S3 i S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 1 iC SS Marion Lawrence, 4 Hillsdale College, 1921 S3 French S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 B. Lloyd Lovelace. P ;. £., ,L M. Shurtleff College, 1926 University of Illinois, 1928 History [Page Fifteen] y r ir .i « MMMra Y y l ! Kt d i iiv N,. Manning, I College, 1927 English I. P. William E. Mathews, . I. University of Michigan, 1915 Economics and Band Frank D. McCally, 5. 5. Michigan State College, 1926 Science Lulu Mae North, . . . ' .. .1 , A. i .1 i olli gi . 1918 Universitj of Michigan, 1921 English M ll.d A. I ' o.MEROY in State Teachers College, 1928 Music [Page 5i 3QB2 S3 53 a S3 3 63 ES S3 53 S3 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 .53 53 53 | 53 53 53 53 S3 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 53 £ 53 53 53 S3 a 53 S3 53 S3 S3 S3 53 a 53 S3 53 S3 53 53 S3 53 53 ?Si2SS2X2!3SSBSSSl2SSSnnzS2 ZiZi SSZSS tinsi3E ?2ZWZiZ ?i!?2f2?iy2?i Ruth E. Rockwell, A. j University of Wisconsin. 1921 English Dorothy Rutz, A. B. University of Michigan, 1921 English and Librarian Carribel Schmidt, A. i University of Michigan, 1923 English Grace L. Simmonds, A. B. Illinois Wesleyan University English Florence Talburt, A. B De Pauw University, 1911 Latin anet Thompson, B. S.. M. A. Columbia University, ' 22, ' 26 Home Economics Mildred K. Vaii North i entral I olli | English ' A. B. v , v A yA: Leland S. Walker, A. Kalamazoo College, 1916 Mathematics [Pag, Eighteen] :- 5EEEfci3 E5EE?2f2GEB EEEE3fcE BI OBQ?a QBGSEaElB5QIQeae i ' A =7 .W%C WlLDA M. WlTTER, A. B. Hillsdale College, 1928 Social Science Jean Wilson, B. S. Beloit College, 1922 Home Economics y SV £SSMim Malcolm K. Hatfield, Ph. B. University of Notre Dame, 1927 Civics 4 i_ c s lkc s n ix- y i inn 7 Lyi )IA ' ELKXAI Niles High School, 19 i Sc cretary to Superint endent 1 1 akkv Mansfield School Tutor and Truant Offict r A llk  V gVX 7 ' .S £ ' . C ..N .. Mildred Bruner Niles High School, 1927 Secretary to Junior Hit h School [Page Nineteen] [P Ke Twenty] SENIORS SM?y2E EQEI2 3£ E a 282QBEQGQEQK3Kfc4Q?2QQB?: 2nz fo?mzff2?m z Officers President Thomas Grimes Vice-President Verda Harrison Secretary Mildred Starke Treasurer .... Burton Sciieib Advisers Dorothy Rutz, Marian Lawrence, Leland Walker. Lloyd Lovelace Class Colors Blue and Silver Class Flower Foreet-ine-not Class Motto The mountain of success does not come to us ; we must go to it step by step. ■i EEHZEroEiSEQEzsraQEEQaEBEQQQEQQEKaEEaQQBe [Page Twenty-oneJ papareF reaw w Orville Adler .s- (i good .sensible fellow. Scholarship Atliletic Associate Track, ' 27, ' 28, ' 29 Football, ' 28 Tunior Class President Leaders Club, ' 28 Gym Show, ' 26, ' 27, ' 28 Moon Staff, ' 28, ' 29 Tattler Staff Iva Averv ell she knows ' that learnii power. Soccer, ' 27, ' 28 Basketball, ' 28 G. A. A., ' 28, ' 29 Gvm Show, ' 26, ' 28, ' 29 Helen Ballard •es her tongue no mo Soccer, ' 28 Basketball. ' 28 Glee Culb, ' 26, ' 29 G. A. A., ' 28, ' 29 Gym Show, ' 26, ' 27 Edwin G. Bath a head to contrive, suade, and a hand to Gym Show, ' 26, ' 27 Jamie Bevilacqua easily what is difficult for is a mark of talent. Soccer, ' 27, ' 28 Basketball, ' 27, ' 28, ' 29 Junior Play Glee Club, ' 26, ' 27, ' 29 Glee Club Operetta, ' 26 G. A. A. Vice-president, ' 28. G. G. L., Vice-president, ' 28, Gym Show, ' 26, ' 27, ' 28, ' 29 Moon Staff, ' 27, ' 28 Academic Contest, ' 28 Marv Alice Boulton el little girl with a quiet little [Page Twi i S3 Eva Deane Brown « reasonably good ear for Basketball, ' 28 Orchestra, ' 28, ' 29 Glee Club, ' 27, ' 28, ' 29 Glee Club Operetta, ' 27, ' 28, Gym Show, ' 26, ' 27, ' 28 N. H. S. Club, ' 28, ' 29 Baud Bounce, ' 28, ' 29 George Innis Burch pleasant world to live in- pleasant world. Gym Show, ' 26, ' 27 Donald Carmichael mil sincere, with success main object. Glee Club, ' 28 Glee Club Operetta, ' 28 Gym Show Cathiyn Georgia Corell she ungs siaic, i: ' til Socc Junior Play Glee Club, ' 27, ' 28, ' 29 Glee Club Operetta, ' 27, ' 28, ' 29 Declamations, ' 26, ' 27 G. A. A., ' 28, ' 29 Gym Show, ' 27 Girls ' Quartette, ' 28, ' 29 Constance Crawford The fairest garden in her looks. And in her mind the wisest books. Advisory President, ' 28, ' 29 Gym Show, ' 26 Moon Staff, ' 27, ' 28 Tattler Staff Academic Contest, ' 27, ' 28 Hilda Marv Crawford ■• could be better if 1 would. But it ' s awful lonesome being good. Basketball, ' 27, ' 28 Soccer, ' 28 Glee Club, ' 27, ' 28, ' 29 Glee Club Operetta, ' 27, ' 28, ' 29 G. A. A., ' 29 G. G. L. Tattle Band Bounce President, 27, ' 28 [Page Twenty-three! HnonaaoannBnniaBnanannaaaHBBBQQiaQaaanBaiasaaH Annette Margaret Cronin tin go one better than the Soccer. ' 27, ' 28 Basketbal, ' 27, ' 28, ' 29 Glee Club, ' 27 Glee Club Operetta, ' 27 G. A. A. President, ' 28, ' 29 G. G. L„ ' 28, ' 29 Gyni Show, ' 27, ' 28, ' 29 N. H. S Club. ' 28, ' 29 Thomas Greg Cronin •Take him, for all in all he in Glee Club, ' 25 Gym Show, ' 25, ' 26 William Bremer Dawes Kin is measured bit his mind. Board of Control, ' 28, ' 29 Leaders ' Club, ' 28, ' 29 Six Elaine Ruth Dittme ' Mail delights me not — no, — n neither, 1 Gym Show, ' 27, ' 28 E. H. R. Club Kenneth William Dittme i short, a perfect gentlemt Football, ' 28 Gym Show, ' 27 Elizabeth Eaglesfield speaks and acts just as she should. Junior Play Glee Club, ' 27, ' 28, ' 29 Glee Club Operetta, ' 27, ' 28, ' 29 Debating, ' 29 Moon Staff, ' 27 Girls ' Quartette, ' 28, ' 29 [Page Twenty-four] S3 Sfcl F2GBj 2te[2aaE3fMf2QEIQ|2l2iai2Q bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbqbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbeb Dorothy Ruth Ehlenfeldt Knowledge is power. ' ' Debating, ' 28, ' 29 N. H. S. Club, ' 28, ' 29 Evelvn Phyllis Emmel is f e d-nnl ' ion of a fri Soccer, ' 27, ' 28 Advisory President, ' 26 G ' ee Club, ' 27 Glee Club Operetta, ' 27 G. A. A. Treasurer, ' 29 Gym Show. ' 27, ' 29 N, H. S. Club, ' 28, ' 29 Band Bounce. ' 27 Lester Eugene Finley 7 urn a man more sinned ugainst than sinning. Football, ' 27 Ann Leota Forrest ■in I evr bid t ' ese joys farewell. ' Glee Club ' V. ' 28, ' 29 Glee Club Operetta, ' 28 E. H. R. Club, President Leo Odell Garlanger very foot has music in Bind Bounce, ' 27, ' 28. ' 29 Board of Control. ' 27. ' 28, ' 29 Orchestra, ' 27, ' 28, ' 29 Band. ' 27, ' 28. ' 29 Gym Show, ' 27. ' 28 Beulah Gorton ' She knows lut she can ' t explain Glee Club. ' 27 Glee Club Orchestra. ' 27 2BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB BBBBBBBBBBBSSBBBBBBBBB5iBBBEBBBBBSl2BI [Page Twenty-five] aBBa d EBsaEBBeaBeaeaBBBaeaBiaBaBaBBanaEraBBarae Marie GrafF heart, like the moon, is always •iqing. but there ' s always a man in it. DuQuoin Hiul. School, 111., ' 25, ' 26 Glee Club, ' 27 Glee Club Operetta, ' 27 Moon Staff. ' 27 N. H. S. Club. ' 28, ' 29 Eugene GrathwoK all jokt guy. ' Glee Club, ' 27 Tattler Staff Thomas Francis R. Grimes choi Track Captain, ' 28 Track, ' 27, ' 28, ' 29 Football. ' 27, ' 28 Junior Play Advisory President, Class President, ' 29 Orchestra. ' 28, ' 29 Leaders ' Club, Sec ' y Gvm Show, ' 28, ' 29 Scholarship Athl. nil ' 28, Pres. ' 29 Hand II. . ' 29 Lillian Ruth Harrington nature is full of human kindness. ' Class Vice-president, ' 27 Board of Control, ' 28, 29 ' Gvm Show, ' 27 Moo n Staff, ' 27, ' 28 Tattler Staff Academic Contest, ' 28 Verda Elizabeth Harrison igh, I think, and things just seem U come mil man. Basketball. ' 27 Advisory Presdent, ' 29 Class Vice-president, ' 29 Glee Club, ' 27. ' 28 Gvm Show, ' 27 Tattler Staff Girls ' Quartette. ' 27. ' 28 Band Bounce, ' 27 Donald Haslett true friend and a lip-to ) fellow. Board of Control, ' 27, ' 28 Orchestra, ' 27. ' 28, ' 29 Gvm Show, ' 27 Band Bounce, ' 28, ' 29 [Page Twenty-six] mwvmmunz nrjannw John Hathaway nun who sees the sun on cloudy d is always welcome. Band Bounce, ' 28 Ruth Jeanne Haviland ' Who mixed reason with pleasure, And wisdom Willi mirth. Bryan High School, Ohio, ' 25, ' 26 Soccer, ' 28, ' 29 Basketball, ' 28 Glee Club, ' 28 Gym Show. ' 28 G. A. A., ' 29 Glee Club Operetta, ' 28 X. H. S. Club. ' 28, ' 29 Gertrude Edith Hebron woman to whom all cues li Glee Club, ' 29 Debating, ' 27 Gym Show. ' 27, ' 28 Marv L. Hinkle ule blithe and full of ale to laugh out loud and fi Soccer, ' 27, ' 28 Basketball, ' 27 Glee Club, ' 28 Gym Show, ' 27, ' 28 Shila Jane Hunter aiyh and the world laughs Gym Show. ' 27 N. H. S. Club Irnia Jean Hutson , a splash of wit. rind a of argument. Tunior Play Glee Club. ' 27, ' 2S, ' 29 Glee Club Operetta, ' 27, ' 28 G. A. A„ ' 29 Gym Show, ' 27 Moon Staff, ' 28, ' 29 Tattler Staff Band Bounce, ' 27 [Page Twenty -Seven] • EBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB Samuel Allison Lockard .1 hard working follow uu.o gels results. Basketball, ' 27, ' 28, ' 29 James Blaire Kenny ' His cherry smile and sunny disposition Have made him liked by everyone. Track. ' 27, ' 28, ' 29 Football, ' 29 Board of Control, Pres., ' 27, ' 28, ' 29 Leaders ' Club President, ' 28, ' 29 Gym Show, ' 27, ' 28, ' 29 Moon Staff, ' 27 Scholastic Athletic Assn., ' 27, ' 28, ' 29 John Le Moyne Kiblinger n tl ' at blvs ' ies is not quite a I Band Bounce, ' 27, ' 28, ' 29 Football, ' 28. ' 29 Band. ' 27, ' 28, ' 29 Gvm Show, ' 27 Scholarship Athl. Ass ' n.. ' 27. Kenneth Edward Knott ■lun of pleasure is a man of pains. ' Gym Show, ' 27 Moon Staff, ' 28 Rose Marie Krajci is more eloauenl than Gym Show. ' 27, ' 28 E. H. R. Club, ' 28 N. H. S. Club. ' 27 Thclina Eileen Jurgensen ' In her very quietness, there is charm. Soccer, ' 28 G. A. A., ' 29 Gym Show, ' 27, ' 28, ' 29 [Page Twenty-eight] tt wwwm?zam2V2u Bernice Frances Luchtman he nas a manner all her own. ' Glee Club, ' 27, ' 28 Glee Club Operetta, ' 27, ' 28 Basketball. ' 27. ' 28 Gym Show. ' 27, ' 28 John Frederick Marx Like two single gentlemen rol Track, ' 28 Orchestra, ' 28, : Band, ' 27, ' 28. ' : Gym Show, ' 27 Band Bounce, ' ■ Meredith Mason laugh is worth a hundred groans Basketball, ' 27 Glee Club, ' 27 Gym Show. ' 27 N. H. S. Club. ' 2S, ' 29 I.es Catherinettes, ' 27 June Rosalee Milhahn pleasing personality and a c girl to talk with. Gym Show, ' 27 Moon Staff, ' 28, ' 29 Lucille Teresa Millard ' The mildest manners, the gentlest hear Lake Worth High School, Florida, Gym Show, ' 29 Raymond William Miller should a man do but be r. Orchestra, ' 28, ' 29 Gym Show, ' 27 Band Bounce, ' 28 ?S?SE2?2ES£aE3 e2Ea2E3E2?SE2E3Pa2KaKSE2e2Kl EaKaEJEaESE2E2KSE2QK aK!: [Page Twenty-nine] Florence Louetta Mitchell .I light heart lives long. ' ' Glee Club, ' 3 Lewis Maxwell Monahan • ' nrlrl delights in it man who plays his own port. Track, ' 27, ' 28 Football. ' 28, ' 29 Gym Show, ' 27, ' 28 Student Official, ' 28 Amy Lucille Moore n of few words. (In Glee Club, ' 27 Ruth lone Moore will, site will, you may depend on it. Glee Club, ' 27 Glee Club Operetta, ' 27 Wilbur V. Mover ,s- new life is likely to 1 •d on a gay fellow like Band. ' 27, ' 28, ' 29 Gym Show, ' 27 Baud Bounce. ' 27, ' 28, ' 29 Caroline Elizabeth Myers mil of stature but big of heart. Glee Club, ' 27, ' 28, ' 29 Glee Club Operetta. ' 28 [Pa«c Thirty] easao iQ papa asEii Elizabeth Marie Olack ' T ' is quality not quantity that counts. ' Charlevoix High School, ' 27 G. A. A., ' 29 Gym Show, ' 29 Lloyd Mell Ostrander ilhletirs he was unsurpassed. Football, ' 26, ' 27— Captain, ' 28 Basketball, ' 27, ' 28, ' 29 Board of Control, ' 28, ' 29 Gym Show, ' 27 Scholarship Athletic Ass ' n., ' 28, ' 29 Wolford Otteson ' When joy and duty clash. Let duty go to smash. Band Bounce, ' 2S Margaret Louise Parent She ' s somewhat timid in her ways, fiat surely thinks good nature pays. ' Board of Control, ' 28, ' 29 Iona Livonia Pressnall My jaw leaps up when 1 behold A piece of gum. Glee Club, ' 27, ' 28, ' 29 Glee Club Operetta, ' 29 G. A. A., ' 29 Gym Show, ' 27 Basketball, ' 27, ' 28, ' 29 Jennie lrginia Ready terry heart that hath no r Glee Club, ' 28, ' 29 Gym Show, ' 27, ' 28 ' ' i wnunm mzimmzm [Page Thirty-one] •:■■:■■:••:••-.■• •:••:■•: a a KS ss H a a a Carl Rem Frances Evelyn Roebeck nice to be natural when i; naturalln nice. Glee Club, ' 27 Glee Club Operetta. ' 27 Gym Show, ' 27 Rolk Klden Charlf ; neither hate nor ;ht call it toleration Football, ' 27. ' 28 Advisory President. ' . Orchestra, ' 27, ' 28, ' 29 Band, ' 27, ' 28, ' 29 Gym Show, ' 27, ' 28 Moon Staff, ' 27 Academic Contest, ' 27 Scholarship Ath.l Ass Band Bounce, ' 27, ' 21 Clavton Maurice Rowe All ( rent minds are dead and I don ' t feel well nuisetf. Board of Control. ' 28. ' 29 Orchestra, ' 27, ' 28, ' 29 Band. ' 27. ' 28, ' 29 Gym Show. ' 27 Band Bounce. ' 27. ' 28. ' 29 Clvde Weslev Schaber Peggy Kiess Schell And on nel.es: there we Glee Club. ' 29 Tattler Staff Band Bounce. ' 27, ' 28 fPage l Nirt; I irol ZQQQQQHQQQQ?a aBIQaKIK(IBIBiraQraQHQEaEaiiaBIB BRaK 2BE22ESE2S2?2E2BE8QB£Bg2Ki?2!2E Burton Scheib ense and good luimoi separate. Junior Play Advisory President, ' 29 Class Treasurer ' V ' ' Band, ' 28 Leaders ' Club, ' 28, ' 29- Gym Show, ' 27, ' 28 Moon Staff, ' 28 Cheer Leader, ' 27 Band Bounce, ' 27 -Sec ' y., ' 29 Maxel Schulke not reuse an instant la b, self. Basketball, ' 27, ' 28 Leaders ' Club, ' 28, ' 29 Gym Show, ' 27 Mildred Cathryn Smith hath an eue that eould speak thouu her tongue be silent. Gym Show, ' 27, ' 28 Basketball, ' 27 W. Forbes Sloan J he future I may fare now I have the past. Basketball, ' 28, ' 29 Orchestra, ' 27, ' 28 ' 29 Band, ' 27, ' 28 Scholarship Athletic Ass ' n., -Band Bounce, ' 27, ' 28, ' 29 Ruth Virginia Schulke Her very frowns are fairer far Than smiles of other maidens Soccer, 28 Glee Club, ' 28 Club Operetta. ' 29 G. A. A., •29 Gym Show, ' 27 Tattler Staff Robert M. Smith v r ! ! d 3 b %, sorl °f fellow. Football, ' 27 Board of Control, ' 28, ' 29 Gy Sho [Page Thirty-three] Holland I. Smith •e never alone who are accom- nied until noble thoughts. Track, ' 28 Junior Play Advisory President. ' 27, ' 28 Board of Control, ' 28, ' 29 Band, ' 27, ' 28. ' 29 Gym Show, ' 27 Band Bounce, ' 27, ' 28, ' 29 Mildred Eloise Starke ' MB book and heart shall never part: Class Secretary, ' 29 Gvm Show, ' 27, ' 28, ' 29 Tattler Nita Naomi Starke it be lillle and (dive than a big dead one. Soccer, ' 28 Track, ' 28 G. A. A. Sec ' y, ' 29 Gvm Show, ' 27, ' 28 N. H. S. Club, ' 27, ' 28, ' 29— Sec ' y, ' 29 Moon Staff, ' 27, ' 28, ' 29 Helen Elaine Steere And those udio paint her tr PraiS her most. Basketball, ' 28 Orchestra, ' 27, ' 28, ' 29 Gym Show, ' 27 Band Bounce, ' 28, ' 29 Ruby Isabelle Stowe ■Hush illness is an ornament to youth. ' Tattler Staff Commercial Contest, ' 28 Myrtle M. Summers ■omhivlion of wisdom and wit. ' Glee Club, ' 27 Glee Club Operetta, 27 Moon Staff, ' 28 [Page Thirty-four] Harry B. P. Thurston A man whose friendship is sincere. Glee Club, ' 27, ' 28 Glee Club Operetta, ' 27 Anne Margaret Tobin The rarest gift of being constantly her self. Basketball, ' 28, ' 29 Glee Club, ' 27, ' 28, ' 29 Glee Club Operetta, ' 27, ' 28, ' 29 Declamations, ' 27 G. A. A., ' 29 Gym Show, ' 27 Tattler Staff Academic Contest, ' 27, ' 28 Girls ' Quartette. ' 27, ' 28 Band Bounce, ' 27 Arthur John Ullrey Let men say what e ' er they will; Woman, woman, rules them still. Band Bounce, ' 27, ' 28, ' 29 Orchestra. ' 27, ' 28, ' 29 Band, ' 27, ' 28, ' 29 Virginia Augusta Van Der Karr Here ' s to the lass of the class. And the class of the lass. South Bend High School, ' 26 Track, ' 28 Basketball, ' 27 Orchestra, ' 27, ' 28, ' 29 Gym Show, ' 27, ' 28 Tattler N. H. S„ ' 29 Mary Bernadette Van Tuyl And even the wise art Junior Play- Class Vice-president, ' 28 Board of Control— Sec ' y., ' 27 Gym Show, ' 27, ' 28 Ac ademic Contest, ' 28 Yell Leader, ' 28, ' 29 Moon Staff, Editor-in-Chief, ' 2 Band Bounce N. H. S. Club, ' 28-Pres.. ' 28, Anna Bernease Van Tuyl ' S ' ot that she tones studies less. ' but th she tones fun more. Soccer, ' 28 Basketball, ' 29 Glee Club, ' 27, ' 28, ' 29 Glee Club Operetta, ' 27. ' 28, ' 29 G. A. A., ' 29 merry. 29 G. L., ' 29 Band Bounce, ' 28 Track, ' 28 N. H. S. Club, ' 27, ' 28, ' 29 [Page Thirty-five] -...-.., •sBma SSSSW3msamssZBsamsS3mssZSm Martha Margaret Vogelsang Helen Clarissa Vosburg el) is Iwnl Glee Club, ' 27, ' 28, ' 29 Glee Club Operetta , ' 27, G. A. A.. ' 29 Tattler Staff Gym Show, ' 27. ' 28, ' 29 Esther Lillian Weaver .1 jolly lass chuck full of fun. She ' s always nice la everyone. Glee Club, ' 28 Glee Club Operetta, ' 28 Gym Show, ' 28 Elsie Martha Weinmann ire than others does she laugh, our giggling she does half. Orchestra, ' 29 Gym Show, ' 28 Moon Staff, ' 29 Rosa Alice Westerfield assessor of sterling qualiti Baseball, ' 28 Soccer, ' 29 Basketball, ' 27, ' 28, ' 29 G. A. A., ' 29 Naomi Wolford ' .S7n is i rellu to walk with, And witty to talk with, And pleasant, too, to think on. ' Glee Club, ' 27 Glee Club Operetta, ' 27 Gym Show, ' 27 [I ' agc Thirty-six] 2? ' E5E2QQ?2ESaSE3 SQ?2Q !2f2e2S S K3a QS  2E25 E2? S Q SS? SE a a E !S Truman Odell Wolford ' Studious of ease and fond of things, Glee Club, ' 29 Gym Show, ' 27 Virginia Womng What she wills to do or say, Is wisest, most discreel an Roger Jerome Wood aws when to plan and w en to u Palo Alto High School, Calif., Advisory President, ' 29 Orchestra, ' 27, ' 28, ' 29 Band, ' 27, ' 28, ' 29 Leaders ' Club, ' 28, ' 29 Gym Show, ' 27, ' 28 Tattler Staff Band Bounce, ' 27, ' 28, ' 29 Dorothea May Marble Gracious in her disposition. Glee Club, ' 27, ' 28, ' 29 Basketball, ' 29 Gym Show, y 27 Track, ' 28 Operetta, ' 28, ' 29 [Page Thirty-seven] -■•J?aQQ!5aQaQQ5!E(QQE2iQ5« G5iSSi25!f2(ae38a QQQEaQ RaBiBlE!QEi SQSQ aQQ6! £ Constance Crawford Valedictorian Jamie Bevilacqua Salutatorian HONOR ROLL Student Spr. ' 26 Fall ' 26 Spr. ' 27 Fall ' 27 Spr. ' 28 Fall ' 28 Orville Adler ABBB AAAB AAAB ABBB AABC Iva Avery ACABC ACBBB BBBBC BBBBB BBBB Jamie Bevilacqua AAAAB AAAA AAAAB AAAA AAAB Mary Boulton BBBBA ACBB BBBB ACABC BB Constance Crawford AAAAA AAAAA AAAAA AAAAA AAAAB Hilda Crawford AAAB ACABB VABBB AAAAB ABBBC Elizabeth Eaglesfield AAABC ABBC ABBB Phyllis Emmel AAAA ABBB AABC AAAD Leo Garlanger BBBB Marie Graff ABBC ABBBB BBBBB Ruth Harrington AAA AAAA ABBBB AAABB AABBB Verda Harrison ABBBB BBBBB ABB ABBC AAAB Donald Haslett BBC [Pi g, Thirty-eight] Ruth Haviland AABB Gertrude Hebron AABB A ABBC Jane Hunter AABB James Kenny AAAB Kenneth Knott AABBC June Milhahn AABB ABB ABBC AAAB Lucille Millard AAABB ABBBB AAABB Ruth Moore BBBB Evelyn Roebeck ABBB Eldon Rolfe ABBC AABC AAAB Stella Schell AAABC AABCC Ruth Schulke ABBBB AABBC ABBC Forbes Sloan ABBB ABBC Rolland Smith BBBB ABB Mildred Starke AAAAB AAAAA AAAAB AAAAB AABBB Nita Starke AABB AAAA AAAA AAAAB AAAAB AAAA Helen Steere AABC Ruby Stowe ABBBC ABBB AABBC ABBB ABBBC Myrtle Summers AAABB AABB BBB Anne Tobin AAAB AABB ABBB AABC AABC ABBB Virginia Van Der Karr ABBC AABBC Bernadette Van Tuvl AAAB AAABB AAAB AABBB Martha Vogelsang ABBBC BBBB AABB ABB |ABBB Elsie Weinmann ABBC Truman Wolford ABBC ABBC Virginia Woning AABCC BBBB AAAAB [Page Thirty-nine] ■ ■ ' j fcEHEBBE BBBEityErciEiB BKraaOQ The Story of the Pilgrims ' Progress 1 The AroLOGY I penned this as a dream that I did have one night. S5 But now I ' ve waked and found it true; each word of it is right. And so, instead of fiction, history stands before your sight. The Dream In my dream I saw a band of Pilgrims weary from the nine years ' journey along the rocky path of Education. There were some who saw a glamorous) peace in the distance, a Power that would relieve them of the weighty burden of hard labor after a struggle of three years more. With a brave heart Virginia Hance led a troup of hesitant followers along the stormy Sophomore Way. At the end ot this passage the Pilgrims came to a Slough of Despond, called Examinations. And there were some who could not struggle through, but left the way of the ambitious for the way of the loafer. There came to the aid of the travelers a man named Evangelist, and he was the Faculty, who encouraged them and helped them to go on to the route called the Junior Year. Then, in my dream. I saw the Pilgrims each receive a ring or pin from the Power, bearing the emblem of Niles. This seemed to encourage them, for they were delighted, and they eagerly followed their new leader, Orville Adler, through the Valley of the Shadow of Death, which was the second, year ' s journey of their pilgrimage. Here they encountered numerous dangers, for there were many things that almost detained them, but they reached safely the haven of a smooth, shaded pathway called Vacation. Then I saw the Pilgrims approaching another tedious route that they must follow if they would be relieved of their burdens. The company chose a true and steadfast leader. Thomas Grimes, to guide them past the by-roads of Destruction and around the pit-falls of Failure. It was a long and dangerous trip, so Verda Harrison acted as an assistant guide. There was one, Mildred Starke, who re- corded the trials and tribulations of the journey, and spoke of all the joy of the Pil- grims upon seeing the pearly Gates of Graduation in the distance. There was, also, one Burton Schieb who guarded the jewels, and hoarded them to pour out in sacri- fice to the Power. Some of the members of the group were dissatisfied and restless, so, as I saw in my dream, they held a great festival where everyone made merry. After this, the Senior Party, they advanced eagerly. Soon the Pilgrims came to the Enchanted Valley, where the atmosphere made them drowsy, and they were tempted to yield to the temptation of a rest, called Skip Day. But again Evangelist, or the Faculty, came to the rescue and showed them the path which was straight and narrow and very rocky. [Pagi Forty] BpnHaQ 22 «2 a 5a ' :iC! aaa 22QaeraaQaeaa eae3Q Q 2Qa ?as!aa?aaEa?aeaa?aa8aQ5i?a5( With much joy the band of Pilgrims came very, very close to the gate. Here there was held another great festival, where the burdens were raised from the shoulders of all the True Students. There was much rejoicing and much praise to the Power. In my dream I saw before the Pilgrims a wide river which was very shallow for those who had been faithful, and very deep for those who had wavered. This was the river of the Final Examinations. Xext, each Traveler was given a halo. in the shape of a cap with a tassel, and a long, dark gown. Dressed in this saintly garb each ascended the many shining steps to the gate of Commencement. At this gate there stood the Power who issued to each thankful Pilgrim a diploma that was his reward for the hardships of the journey. Then, in my dream, each Pilgrim passed through the gate, which, after all, was only the beginning of a longer, harder journey with a brighter, more beautiful end. 5? SI S3 [Page Forty-one] BQBBBBBEaKHraKJEaaBaaaaEaBja I Hereunto Is Bequeathed ■w-n - order that we may not leave behind us. unprotected, those who are doomed to struggle on, facing the great conflict. Ye. the Class of ' 29, do hereby publish our last Will and Testament in which we bequeath to our under-classmen, all our school-day possessions. Unto our patient, tolerant faculty, we willingly leave opera glasses in order that they may spy back-seat gum chewers. We also grant them the privilege of practicing faculty plays in the Senior High library. Tommy Grimes and Ted Bath bequeath the privilege of chewing a package of gum a day (any flavor except grape) to any member of the class of 1930. Allison Lockard leaves Genevieve Franz a book, entitled Successful Pep- Meeting Speeches I Have Made — And how ! To Warren Revnolds, Shortv wills his big A in Algebra. Jamie Bevilacqua and Constance Crawford bequeath their love of scholarship rivalry to Mike Smith and Kenneth Meyers. Orville Adler gives the custody of his little sister into the hands of his next door neighbor, Irma Jean Hutson. In turn. Irma Jean, leaves her faithful compact and her love of conversation to Mary Kathryn Van Skiver. Roger Wood, Leo Garlanger, Clayton Rowe. Eldon Rolfe, and Forbes Sloan William Dawes wills his faithful brief-case to Jimmy Bookwalter — in case Jimmy should lose his. Unto Martin Schmidt, Hardy Langston bequeaths his art of mixing chemicals. To Keith Harger. Burton wills his winning ways with the women. The Unholy Three (Leo. Bud. and Eldon) relinquish all second-hand music and worn out arguments to the capable hands of William E. Mathews, Esq. Annette has consented to leave her G. L. G. (Good Little Girl) emblem to Elizabeth Freed with the stipulation that Elizabeth must wear the sweater. Unto Frank McCormick we leave Mary Kathryn. Dorothy Ehlenfeldt bequeaths her round trip ticket from the state-line to Niles to Arthur Barcus (this is so Art won ' t have to bum rides). Iva Avery, Ruth and Lucille Moore, Mildred Starke, and Ruby Stowe leave their memories of hours spent in Mr. Zable ' s office to the next batch of office, girls. Thomas Grimes. Lloyd Ostrander, and Hardy Langston leave directions on How to Paint Cars in Modernistic Designs to any sophomore or junior who has SS looked at the masterpieces belonging to said parties and found envy lurking in their hearts. Gene Grathwohl will secretly leave any information on how to crack jokes without smiling, if the aspirant to this fine art will call at Gene ' s home any time between 2:30 and 2:31 a. m. on Saturday mornings. Leo Garlinger bequeaths his curls to Kenneth Susan guaranteeing them not to grow out. Meredith Mason leaves Cleo Mell her ability to collect watches, class pins, rings, watch fobs. etc.. from her boy friends. K5 S3 [Page Forty-two] ss S3 £3 S3 63 S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 John Kiblinger and Wilbur Mover leave those school girl complexions to any- one who has grown weary of using a safety razor. Anne Tobin wills her book How to Obtain Height to Donald Elder, with a fervent prayer that this asset may help to increase his scholastic ability. (We find that Donny ' s grades need immediate attention) Maxel Schulke bequeaths the privilege of skipping school (at least once a week) to Sidney Cornell. June Milhahn wills her literary ability to any student who craves a position on the Moon or Tattler staffs. Unto any coming-along Sophomores or Juniors who own an automobile or a police dog, Ada Sortore and Margaret Parent grant the privilege of wearing patches on one ' s eyes. Unto his brother, James Kenny leaves his scorn of the weaker sex. The Van Tuyl ' s bequeath their drag with the faculty to the Merritt twins. Forbes ( Urn-pah.. ) Sloan leaves his great big horn to Monk Amies. Elsie Weinman is going to leave Mr. Hess for the rest of the girls to worry S3 over. Unto Maxine Brown. Helen Vosburgh bestows her timid, retiring manner. Xita Starke and Marie Graff grant Roberta Pierce the privilege of giggling at anv time or place under anv trving condition. Virginia Van Der Karr bequeaths her love (?) and ability I . ' ) to conjugate irregular French verbs to all French students in general. Having disposed of all possessions worthy or unworthy of mention, we do hereby appoint R. Maggie Phone chief distributor and sole executress of this, the final will and testament of the Senior Class of Niles High School, hereunto affixing our seal on this ninth day of June, in the year of our Lord,- nineteen hundred and twenty-nine. J S3 S3 Witnesses Attorneys Library Equipment Roger Wood Tanitors Virginia Van Der Karr S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 ss S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 Q S3 S3 S5 S3 S3 S3 - S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 B [Page Forty-three] S3 S3 the Fortune Teller Told 6? S3 S3 S3 here was a tent ; and in this tent there sat a gypsy fortune-teller ; and outside of the tent we, the Class of ' 29, stood, patiently waiting to hear our futures foretold by a fakir who held our hands, looked mysterious, told us the truth or otherwise, extracted from us the sum total of twenty-five cents, and sent us out — happy or unhappy, as the case may have been. Would you like to know some of the things she prophecied? Then here they are. To begin with. Johnny Kiblinger emerged with a look of amazing joy on his face because he had been told that his school-girl complexion would make him famous in Hollywood ! - Irma Jean Hutson, Elsie Weinman, Myrtle Summers, and Iva Avery were given the information that they would become private secretaries to some big light in the business world. S3 Tamie Bevilacqua and Margaret Parent can look forward to teaching French in an exclusive girls seminary. Ah ! Here ' s news. Tommy Grimes is going to make a cross-country run and a prize awaits him at the end (we ' re sure it will be first). Roger Wood. Leo Garlanger, Clayton Rowe. Eldon Rolfe, and Forbes Sloan entered the tent singing the latest popular tunes, so musical careers were predicted for them. (Another jazz orchestra?) Harry Thurston is destined to wear a coast-guard uniform! We all agree that Ruth Schulke will make a fine kindergarten teacher. Florence Mitchell and Reulah Gorton were advised to learn to say (very sweetly) Number please ! 1 S3 1-T i -i t- t- i -i I X ' ll kc i c- + - liii-o o iifri_f AAf1- il1 fontn rtr r i-i ra r -f tno momnorc n r ir. Could any designer hope for a better model than Naomi Wolford? Hurrah! Niles is to have a pro-football team, and five of the members arq to be Louis Monahan, Lloyd Ostrander, Teddy Bath, Robert Smith, and John Marx. All the fortune-teller saw in the immediate future for Bernadette Van Tuyl was books on geometry and trig. ( Watch out for your position, Mr. Walker ! ) We weren ' t at all surprised when June Milhahn joyously told us of the authoress she will turn out to be. Was the gypsy mistaken, or can it be possible that Maxel Schulke is really destined to be a truant officer? Caroline Meyers. Gertrude Hebron, Anne Forest, and Virginia Woning joy- fully received the prediction that they would be nurses in the next war. And then our sooth-saver looked through a big, round crystal, and slowly a S3 3EK2EER2eraE [Page Fort} -four] S3 green apple took form. Did this mean a stomach-ache for Arthur Uller y, or a prosperous life on a fruit farm? Truman Wolford and Clyde Schaher are actually to go on a hunting expedi- tion in Africa ! If there is a grain of truth in the predictions of a fortune-teller. Ruby Stowe, Mildred Starke. Lucille and Ruth Moore are sure to be real bang-up business women. Another young man who had no aspiration to the presidency was Gene Grath- wohl who came out muttering, Who wants to be a future president of the United States, anyway? I We ' re quite certain that this is due to the fact that Gene went to Barnum and Bailey ' s circus three nights in succession and now wishes to be a tight-rope walker). Virginia Ready and Peggy Schell were properly thrilled with the prospect of a beauty parlor of their own. It isn ' t a bit hard to believe that Jane Hunter, Ruth Harrington, and Mary Bolton are to run a tea shop after all their experience in Xiles High ' s home econom- ics department. James Kenny, of course, is to be a future manager of the J. C. Penny Co., and we wouldn ' t be a bit surprised if he hired Bernice Luchtman and Iona Pressnall for office girls, and Helen Steere for floor walker. William Dawes ' s oratorical ability in English class and his constant brief-case have sealed his fate as a lawyer. Donald Haslett is going to continue with his scientific work and will undoubt- edly be a second Thomas A. Edison. Martha Vogelsang and Dorothy Ehlenfeldt will take joint charge of the Xiles City Library. And you can never guess what is ahead of Burton Schieb ! He ' s going to be a big brave fireman. Columns and spires loomed out in the futures of Thomas Cronin and Kenneth Dittmer. so we presume they will one day be brilliant architects. Phyllis Emmel, Xita Starke. Marie Graff, and Ruth Haviland, are all to go to college, and from all appearances this place resembles the U. of M. Everywhere we go, Helen Vosburgh ' s paint brushes crop out — and the fortune teller ' s tent was no exception. Eva Deane Brown and Ada Sortore appeared to be pianist and organist re- spectively in two of the leading cinema shows in Chicago. On the vaudeville bill at the Chicago Theater appears the names of Betty Eaglesfield. Cathlyn Corell, Verda Harrison, and Anne Tobin — the famous Har- mony Girls from station X. H. S. 3 2ZEffiE!iEE?2ES£ S5?a EQE EBBE2 l!S5EE 5B2a!SiSEi ' 5! E?5!E S3 [Page Forty-five] S3 S3 KS S3 S3 gi I S3 I S3 S3 g S3 S S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 Both the futures of Annette Cronin and Bernease Van Tuyl sounded like gym KS teaching. (Don ' t let ' s forget about those Good Little Girl sweaters.) Meredith Mason ' s future looked like a closed book until our gypsy lady ex- claimed. There ' s a man in the case ! S3 Constance and Hilda Crawford, Mary Hinkle. and Evelyn Roebeck are going to take a long trip across the water. Perhaps they ' re going to travel in Europe. The gypsy said, Allison Lockard. I see French books — many, many French books — ! And Allison groaned and bolted from the room. Atter one look at Wolford ' s curls he was told that he would be a wealthy man. All the gypsy could see in Orville Adler ' s future was a hotel — so we ' re not S3 S3 S3 really sure whether he ' s to be janitor, manager, or just a rich old bachelor with no other home. S3 S3 The seer gazed long at the hands of Rosa Westerfield and Thelma Turgensen, then finally said she saw white uniforms and detected the odor of food ' — so un- doubtedly they are to become dieticians. John Hathaway is going to be on the stage as an eccentric dancer, and Lester Finlev is going to be his advance man. S3 George Burch sat clown rather heavily on the camp stool and momentarily dis- cs 1- turbed the palmist, but finally she said she saw water, and then glaring sand, and finally some camels. George had been reading Beau Geste, we ' re quite positive. Mildred Smith and Lucille Millard are going to run a barbecue stand. Mildred always insisted that she was going to live in the country. The gypsy seer shuffled the cards and carefully laid them down in front of Esther Weaver saying, I see many, many flowers — in rows — in a greenhouse. And in another room I see two light-haired girls tying them — Rose Krajci and Elizabeth Olack — and here is a dark girl cutting and watering some geraniums — Elaine Dittmer. At last the fortune-telling was over and we gathered together for a pot-luck dinner, where we all told and re-told our futures. We were very happy on our way home, and quiet too, for we were pondering the day ' s happenings, and busy with our thoughts of the future. S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 [Page Forty-six] JVNIORS President Keith Harger J ' ice-President William Madden Secretary-Treasurer Roberta Pierce Class Advisers Florence Talburt. Elgin Donm, Mary Clark, Carl Hess Victoria Abraham Robert Ames Vernon Bachman Edith Ballard Arthur Barcus Lena Bath William Bevilacqua Florence Bidwell Lawrence Blake Olive Bosler Catherine Bowen Fay Bretschneider Blanche Brown Maxine Brown Evelyn Cody Sidney Cornell Edwin Cramer Mildred Crooker Lyle Cross Lucille Curtis Marv Cutting Mildred Dayhuff Anamae Downs Merle Dreher Frederick Eaton Donald Elder Irvin Everett Martha Fedore Genevieve Franz Earl Fowler Marjorie Frost Ben Groat Keith Harger Dorothv Hammond Esther Hartman Edward Hess Alice Hetler Bessie Hibbard Richard Hill Alice Holloway Margaret Hull Marian Hutson Eleanor Jauch Hazel Kale Wilma Kehrer Merwon Kelsey Phena Kingston Hardy Langston William Madden Joe Marazita Harold Marston Frank McCormick George McKenzie Cleo Mell Bill McOmber Jack Mevers Ethel Miller Dorothy Morgridge Ruth Morley Victor Munroe Wilma Myers Leon Nieb Max Noecker Paul Ostrander Helen Palmer Catherine Pears William Petruska Roberta Pierce Geraldine Pressnall Warren Reynolds Lewis Rossow Icle Rowe Martin Schmidt Geraldine Schiele Larry Sherrick Francis Showers Orm-sbe Simon Claude Smith Ralph Smith Mary Snyder Ada Sortore Dorwin Starke Kenneth Susan Delbert Susan Charlotte Sweet Esther Thompson Clifford Teske Marv Tuttle Robert Tuttle Edward Vandenburg Mary C. Van Skiver Clarence Villwock Marian Walker Esther Walton Donald Winlack Eliza Westerfield Richard Williams Harold Williams Edith Womer Willis Wozniak Oscar Wvant Marion Yoss George Zink SI [Page Forty-se aE?S?33E5 ' 2 !?S?3QQE2 ' . ' 2 C aaaaaaaaaanaaaaaaaOg Forty-eight] ■■xaaaaaaananaaanaannnBa B S3 The Hill Climbers jr. hereby challenge the law of gravitation by comparing the Junior Class of 1929 I to a rolling stone that reversed all staid and steadfast convictions by turning its course up the hill of Education. I furthermore defy the ages in shattering the proverb, A rolling stone gathers no moss , by putting the stun eto the task of gath- ering the moss of Knowledge. As Sophomores we started at the bottom of the hill, struggling, jogging along toward the summit of our aspirations. For our Committee of Leaders we chose Donald Winlack, Annamae Downs, and Sidney Cornell. After many diversions we were allowed a vacation, but it seemed we were immediately called back to re- sume our traveling again as Juniors, on the second lap. Our guides up this part of the climb were Keith Harger, William Madden, and Roberta Pierce. We held the annual Junior Hallowe ' en party where our teachers became children again and joined in our revelry. Xext we purchased our Junior rings which were acclaimed the best in school history. We varied our tedious up- hill journey by participating in basketball, football, track, and debating. When Niles High loses us, it will lose some needed climbers both in sports and forensics. The Junior play was a grand success as well as the Prom. With a background like this, whv shouldn ' t we feel we shall be the best class to graduate from Xiles His:h? — Blanche Brown S3 S3 □ E3 S3 3 S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 I Page Fori) -nine] ' krkrkrk.rkrk.rk.rkr rkr rkriLrk- j l THE HOYS ' GI.EE CLl ' K 1 if ' Vl SOPHOMORES i f5 f2a Q QQBQ!5 ?2QQB!5iG!E)Ei5l5l5i B!QaQE3KaBQEaaaeaQa?2S!QEffla?2Q.5!Bj?ffl Class of 1931 President James Bookwalter Vice-President Edith Starke Secretary-Treasurer Maurice Trobaugh Class Advisers Tean Wilson, Mildred Vail. Frank McCallv, Russel Gebby George Andrews Eleanor Antisdell Rebecca Augustovitz Roy Bachman Hetty Bailey Homer Bailey Mabel Ballard Donald Belknap Helen Berg Iona Berkey Robert Bernard Wanita Bidvvell Beatrice Blake Clazina Blocker Minnie Bonner James Bookwalter Lucille Bothwell Pearl Brand Josephine Brown Thelma Bruner Paul Brunk George Bruycker Lynn Butler Wallace Campbell Irene Carrier Donald Clymer Esther Cole Malcolm Collins Mabel Conrad Ebel Graff Marie Grahl Anne Grathwohl Gejza Gregor James Grimes Joseph Hand Mildred Hand Nevangeline Harris Virginia Harter Mildred Hartzog Evelyn Haslett Jean Hebron Victor Heide Francis Heinlen Paul Hess Lewis Hill Orlien Holderman Hazel Hoover Helen Hoover Kathryn Howell Louise James Edwin Johnson Harold Johnson Lyle Jones Gladys Jurgenson Harry Keck Norman Keihn Eldred Kelly John Kenny Gladys Otstot Loren Parker Murray Parker John Perkins Lora Peters Evelyn Phillips Homer Pierce Alta Prenkert Kenneth Prenkert Albert Rahn Maude Regenos Edith Redding Pauline Reidenback Leo Reum Francis Rice Owen Ross Elmer Rough Russel Rvor Maxine Saunders Dominick Saratore Ralph Schaeffer Edward Schaeffer Margaret Schrumph Irma Schurman Isabelle Schoefield Marie Schmiedendorf Gordon Sharkey Florence Smith Joseph Smith [Page Fifty-one] [Page Fifty-two] aE2 Erasa sssasEaQS ?ffi ae2Ea sQQeaa! Qe2 a Ea?3e3s e3Qa ea ?a Q e2G James Crawford Lillian Crawford Bert Cripe Ernest Crouch Wilson Cullom Manley Curtis Amy Dash Harley Davis Wilbur Dickenson Evelyn Dittmer Lee Dittmer Elma Dizard Laura Dougan Allen Dulin Kathryn Dunn Rodney Evans Feme Feather Stella Finch Virginia Finch Allen Findley Esther Findley Charles Forburger Elizabeth Forler Margaret Franz Elizabeth Freed Charles Freyer Marie Funk Ruth Garrett Kenneth Geideman Anna Gogola Irene Goldfuss Maxine Goltra Frederick Gondeck George Goodsell Robert Goodsell Martha K. Kercher Mary E. Kercher Henry Korman Joyce Korman Clara Kraft Ida Belle Krinowtitz Clayton Larson Donna Langston Kathleen Lauder Mabel Leach Ruth Lidke Mary L. Lindsley Elizabeth Lockard Maxine Loomis Harold L. Lowe Adam Lynd Lawrence Mantke Katherine Marshall Fred Martinsen Mildred McConnel Helen McWade Eileen Merritt Irene Merritt Keneth Meyer Elouise Mitchell Mildred Monroe Ellsworth Mooney Ralph Mooney Hazel Moore Ralph Moore Esther Morris Arthur Mould Arthur Nelson Mae Niles Charles Ostrander Margaret Smith Joseph Starke Edith Starke Arthur Stinebach William Strasser George Thurston Robert Tormey Maurice Trobaugh Mary Louise Unley Maurice Valentine Ruth Vanderbeck Clara Van Der Karr Henry Villwock Audrey Volkhart Eugene Walters Zeta Warner Jacob Webber Homer Weiser Hazel Welch William Welling Francis Wellingham Gertrude Weltzien William Werner Jerry Wires Theodore Wienke Belle Wilken Virginia Wohlford Charles Wolford Robert Woodbridge John Wyant Jack Young Mae Young Irma Zimmer Marian Zimmerman [Page Fifty-threel afaftBWiraBaa asaaaaEoa The Slumberous Sophornores N the year nineteen hundred and twenty-eight there entered upon the threshold of Xiles High School a great herd of slumberous Sophomore students, who gazed at the vastness of this commendable school ' s corridors with somnolent wonder. They soon cast the spell of Morpheus from them, however, and dispersed to make their mark as Niles High ' s peppiest organization. A class-mate tells the story of how the class of ' 31 became thus famous: Shortly after our entrance into this great Alma Mater the, official directors proclaimed a general assembly wherein we were to become better acquainted with our future faculty. We enjoyed the first half hour immensely. Girls giggled and Q a boys snickered. We should have enjoyed the latter part as much had we not be- come aware of the contemptuous, intolerant glances those haughty creatures called Seniors bestowed upon us. and the sympathetic understanding glances of the Juniors. As it were, we became staunchly quiet and attentive, dwelling solemnly upon the speaker ' s every word. Time passed, and the wound made by the cold condescension of the Seniors healed. We progressed rapidly in various fields. Our boys struggled through first year try-outs on the athletic field, and, although most of them were not sufficiently fortunate to be classed as part of the first team, we provided excellent material for the future. We took unto ourselves, in a boisterous manner, remotely resembling an elec- tion, necessary officers who were James Bookwalter, president; Maurice Trobaugh, vice-president ; and Edith Starke, secretarv-treasurer. That hour of recreation was rumored to have been the cause of many severe headaches and great humiliation on the part of our advisers. We also proved, in a very short space of time, that our education in the practical knowledge of skipping school had not been neglected. We have further advanced in this subject under the guidance of our disdainful elder brothers, the Seniors. Far be it from us to boast of our advantages or to possess the remotest inclina- tion to disparage our brethren, but, having compared our every art with those of our upperclassmen, we possess an assuredness that we shall succeed far beyond our faculty ' s expectations. With our aspirations, our intellectual facilities, our excellent teams of the future, and our superb supervisors, it will surely be said of us, when we have passed from Niles High ' s portals for the last time : The best of Xiles High ' s productions in every respect. And this, with the memory of that first assembly, will be a favorite remin- iscence Mary Lou Lindsley | g i Page I in;, -(our] ACTIVITIES Miss Clark Mr. Donm The Board of Control Faculty Adviser Walter J. Zabel Representatives Victoria Abroham James Kenny (Pres.) Geo Mell Robert Smith Mr. Gebby Mr. Hess Miss Lawrence Mr. Lovelace Mr. McCally Miss Xorth Miss Talburt Bessie Hibbard Doane Rose Ruth Harrington (Treas.) Rolland Smith Bernadette Van Tuyl (Sec ' y) Keith Harger ( V.-pres.) Margaret Parent Billy McOmber Martha Vogelsang Frederick Eaton Catherine Pears Donald Haslett Roberta Pierce William Dawes Mrs. Vail Ada Sortore Clavton Rowe Mr. Walker Miss Wilson Mary Sns ' der Lloyd Ostrander Edith Womer Leo Garlanger [Page fifty-five] s ?2?25i?iQe3E3ea?3EaE22E2eae2Ea?aQEaQEaKaaaQea?25i?3?aEaeae25iss?ae3?agaEas2 QQeaKied?3Qg ¥ tfti tft ? tf ZR [Page Fifty-six] KS rkrkrfc.rk.r rk.rk.rk.r rkrKrir r rkrkr The Moon Advisers Lulu Mae North, Literary ; Leland S. Walker, Business Editor Bernadette Van Tuyl Assistant Editor Nita Starke Features June Milhahn Athletics Orville Adler Literary and Humor Faye Bretsneider News James Bookwalter Exchange Roberta Pierce Typists : Elsie Weinman, Irma J. Hutson Advertising Manager Donald Belknap Assistant Advertising Managers John Simon, James Bookwalter Circulation Manager William Madden JUNIOR HIGH STAFF Adviser Pauline Klopfenstein Editor ., Mary Parker Assistant Editor Natalie Deegan Athletics Harry Lydick Humor Laura King Literary Virginia Cox News Reporters James Sar, Harry Lydick, James Brooks Circulation Managers James Brooks, Harry Lydick, Joe Hess [Pace Fifty-seven] i!SQB?a?i?SQdB?Si2B?SBQaOE2QQQEIO BBEa520i3 ss 83 Q 5 Question: Resolved, that a subsidy for the development of our American Merchant Marine would be a wise national policy. Decision School Side Upheld Niles Opp. Kalamazoo Central Affirmative 1 3 Sturgis Affirmative 4 St. Joe Negative 3 1 Buchanan Negative 4 Grand Rapids Affirmative 1 3 Negative Team Maxine Goltra Donald Winlack Sidney Cornell Affirmative team Genevieve Fran . Donald Winlack Sidney Cornell [Page Fifty-eight] S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 a s? S3 S3 SS S3 The 1928-1929 Debating Club was organized in September, with Miss Doro- thy Manning and Lloyd Lovelace as coaches. The club met on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday during activity period, but the teams did much practicing: after school hours. Several practice debates were held before the real contests came on. S3 ... The affirmative team consisted of Genevieve Franz, Donald Winlack, and Sid- ney Cornell. Thev debated Kalamazoo Central, losing in a 3 to 1 decision; and Sturgis, who forfeited the deflate, giving our team 4 points. The negative team was Maxine Goltra, Donald Winlack, and Sidney Cornell. Their first debate was with St. Joe, which they won. 3 to 1. They were also victorious over Buchanan by a unanimous decision. S3 S3 The varsitv team consisted of Genevieve Franz, Donald mlack, and Sidney - Cornell. This team was one of the 64 who went into the elimination contest. Niles drew the affirmative and debated at Grand Rapids. Although we lost by 3 to 1. Grand Rapids, as stated in a letter, was much impressed by the splendid sportsman- ship shown by the team. Our school, as did 63 others, received a wall shield from the Detroit Freq Press, and each member of the varsity received a Niles scholastic letter. The team made a fine record, considering the fact that only one of them had ever debated before. S3 S3 S3 S3 Roll Arthur Barcus Mary Cutting Catherine Bowen Dorothy Dawes Mildred Crooker Betty Eaglesfield Sidney Cornell Dorothy Ehlenfeldt Genevieve Franz Merwon Kelsey Mary Tuttle S3 S3 S3 K3 . S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 a S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 [Page Fifty-nine] • 3EEEEI!2E282BCI2E!E2nBra2ai3QQaEEll5!!2SK! William Mathews - Director Clarinets Vernon Bachman George Bartlett Leo Garlanger Frederick Gondeck Frank Hradel Frank McCormick Murray Parker Melvin Rahn Eldon Rolfe Clayton Rowe Ralph Smith Irwin Winegeart Roger Wood Trumpets Delniar Bear Victor Heide Francis Heinlen Owen Henrv Uick Hill Loran Parker Charles Pierce Ralph Powell Robert Tormev Dick White Walter Wright Baritones Deane Foreburger Cecil Ort Bass Horns Russell Bayles Forbes Sloan Saxophones Robert Bernard Paul Coleman Irvin Everett Frederick Geideman James Hendleman Jack Hendricks Raymond Kreuger Clayton Larsen William Madden Wilbur Mover Albert Rahn Warren Reynolds Owen Ross George Rough Arden Rudisill Ralph Shoop Edward Vandenburg Robert Woodbridge Donald Weaver Walter Wright Drums Donald Belknap Keith Langston Francis Showers Robert Swain Altos Lee Thornton Maurice Valentine Trombones Ernest Crouch Edward Hess E. H. Hulette Arthur Ullrev [Page Sixty] Violins Blanche Brown Eva Dean Brown Donald Clymer Sidney Cornell Earl Fowler Thomas Grimes Dorothy Hammond Donald Haslett Jean Hebron Henry Korman Ilene Merritt Gordon Sharkey Jack Meyers Edith Redding Edith Starke Virginia VanDerKarr Elsie YVeinmann Gertrude Weltzien Piano Ada Sortore Drums Francis Showers Flute Helen Steere Clarinets Leo Garlanger Eldon Rolfe Clayton Rowe Roger Wood Trumpets Victor Heide Francis Heinlen Loran Parker Esther Walton Dick White Bass Horns Russell Bayles Forbes Sloan Saxophones Robert Bernard Irvin Everett Frederick Geideman William Madden Warren Reynolds Edward Vandenburg Trombones Edward Hess E. H. Hulette John Marx Doane Rose Arthur Ullrcv sZd Ee ' iw. ' TPage Sixty -Linel ■■ .i M 2f2SEdi3E«!EIE5iBK«!Q!2i5B a!315eaBKl£! i3 The Crimson tar x friuay, February 15th, the Glee Clubs of the Niles Senior High School presented The Crimson Star, a light opera by Estelle and Palmer Clark. The opera was directed by Milo Pomeroy. assited by Carribel Schmidt. Ada Sortore accompanied. The action of the opera takes place in Lascenia, the neglected kingdom of King Frederick. The news has just reached the king that his daughter, Stephanie, thought to have perished in a shipwreck eighteen years before, is alive. Through the activity of Leo, the king ' s stepson, Stephanie is discovered in the character of Greta, who was thought to be the foster-daughter of Delia, the inn- keeper. Borah, the king ' s nephew, hates Leo and attempts to implicate him with the king. He succeeds in-so-far as Leo is thrown into prison on the charge that he has instigated a riot and smuggled arms into Lascenia. King Frederick gives him the choice of a marriage with Gilly, Borah ' s sister, or a traitor ' s death in the tower. Leo chooses the first on the condition that he lie allowed his freedom that night to search for Greta. Failing to find her, he returns to marry Gilly. [Page Sixty-two] i S I S3 As the wedding chimes sound, the situation is saved by Greta ' s appearance with Larry. OToole and Ladv Pat are reconciled and Leo and Greta are to lie married 31s the curtain falls. The Cast Delia, Keeper of an Inn Bernease Van Tuvl Greta. Foster-child of Delia f „ ' . _ r . „ • c. u • i - Cathlyn Corell Later Princess Stephanie [ ' Frederick, King of Lascenia Eugene Walters Leo, His Stepson Fred Giedeman Borah, Xephew of the King ' . Lyle Jones Gilly, his sister Anne Tobin Duchess Deborah, Borah ' s and Gilly ' s Mother Peggy Schell Lady Pat, Companion to the Duchess Betty Eaglesfield Colonel Bugg, of the King ' s Dragoons Paul Ostrander Tiltz f } Bert Cripe S3 Pip Robert Woodbridge Gatz J Hirelings of Borah I - Jacob Webber d:. tj„i — j. w.7 ii — :a S3 Larry. Delia ' s Xephew Lawrence Blake O ' Toole, American Salesman Ormsbee Simon S3 Lord High Chamberlain Billy McOmber A Herdsman Clifford Teske A Shepherdess Eva Deane Brown S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 a S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 LPage Sixty-three] a S3 E9 SS S3 S3 S The first Teachers Club play, Dulcy, was presented December 13th and repeated on January 4th. The leading role was expertly handled by Carribel Schmidt, who portrayed the part of the delicious little Dulcy so realistically that everyone fell in love with her. Gene Branstetter, as Dulcy ' s husband, proved his histrionic ability by the manner in which he overcame the obstacles thrown in his way by his wife — finally deciding that love conquers all. Frank McCally, in the part of the erratic C. Roger Forbes, was excellent, while Claudius Collisi as Vin- cent Leach, scenarist, was both the comedian and the ardent lover. Milo Pomeroy as Schuyler Van Dyck (the fastidious gentleman with halucinations) vrey cleverly furnished the mystery element in the plot. Other members of the cast were Carl Hess, who took the part of Sterrett ; Florence Arnold, in the role of Mrs. Forbes; Lloyd Lovelace, as Blair Patterson; George Balas, as William, Dulcy ' s brother ; and Russell Gebby, as Henry, the butler. The play was coached by Dorothy Rutz. : ' 2S2ElJ2QEIBQEIBBQQQQBEIE HfegC Siity-four] sMmnztzwEssmmsmmtr mmz v j j j v j vir±T±r±r jvr jr jrir±v kl If Tommy ' N APRIL 18th and 19th, Tummy. a three-act comedy, was presented by two separate casts of characters chosen from the junior class. The play was coached hy Miss Carribel Schmidt. The plot briefly was as follows : Marie Thurber has a mind of her own. something which her parents have never discovered. She is in love with Tommy Mills, but her parents make the fatal mistake of trying to force her to marry him. This turns Marie against Tommy, for she is determined that her parents shall not make up her mind for her. Her .Uncle Dave, who is fond of Tommy, constantly talks against him in order to coun- teract the effect of Mr. and Mrs. Thurber ' s praise. Uncle Dave pretends to like Bernard, another suitor of Marie ' s, and uges him to get on the good side of Marie ' s parents, who have hitherto disliked him. Uncle Dave also tells Tommy that if he wants to win Marie he will have to get himself kicked out of the house. All this results in Bernard ' s nearly eloping with Marie, but at the last moment everything comes out right and Tommy and Marie are married. The characters are Mrs. Wilson, a neighbor; Bernard, an auto salesman, a go-getter — not rash or aggressive, just sure of himself ; Marie Thurber. the sweet young daughter with a mind of her own ; Mr. Thurber, a snappy grouch ( his two passions are cigars and cross-word puzzles) ; Mrs. Thurber, a woman who runs her own household but can ' t run Marie ; Uncle Dave, a wise, lovable soul, with real brains and profound judgment of human nature ; Tommy Mills, a little gentle- man that is his whole charm and handicap ; Judge Wilson, a neighbor. [Page Sixty-five] THE GIRLS ' CLEF. CI.rH CPagc Sixty-six] ATHLETICS - Ass ' t. Coach Brenner, P. Ostrander, R. Smith, Kenny, H. Williams, Grimes, Eaton, L. Ostrander, Coach Davidson, R. Williams, Rolfe, Marazita, Kiblinger, Bachman Monohan, Dittmer, Bath, Schurman, Dulin, Adler, Crawford, Bruycker, C. Smith [Page Sixty-seven] a wwwwww ngi gigBaFgww wwwwwww mB Grimes, Campbell, Webber, Jones, Hoskins, H. Williams, Marazita. Kenny, Eaton, Wires, Prin. Zabel Ass ' t Coach Brenner, Sharkey, Forburger, Saratore, Gregor, Westenberg, R, Bachman, Rough, Steinbeck, Choulat, Ry or, L. Ostrander, Crawford, R. Smith, Rolfe, Szabo, Breuycker, Susan, Lynd, Dulin, Bath, V. Bachman, Coach Davidson, P. Ostrander, R. Williams, Monohan, Kiblinger, Dittmer, Schurman, Adler, C. Smith Football Schedule Date Place Niles Sept. 12 at Niles 58 Oct. 5 at Kalamazoo Oct. 13 at Niles 62 Oct. 20 at Niles 12 Oct. 27 at Niles 7 Nov. 3 at South Haven 7 Nov. 10 at Niles 7 Nov. 24 at Xiles 13 Total 166 Average per game 20 Opponent Cassopolis Kalamazoo Three Oaks St. Joe Buchanan South Haven Three Rivers Dowagiac 19 6 6 6 IS 6 58 8)4 [ Page Sixty-eight] QQEJBQEME ESBQS aa Q raEaQS ejQ f QEaEa BQQQQKSQQeaaQaRaaaEaESQKIQBQQaElKS hester Davidson, newly secured athletic coach, issued football equipment the very first dav of school. His task was a difficult one because he was not acquainted with his men, and because it was the first vear of the newlv formed conference. c The coach worked many combinations trying to find a successful one. There were regulars back to fill every position except center, but many of the fighting subs had hopes of getting regular berths. The opening game was with Cassopolis on September 22. Xiles was an un- known quantity, but her reserve strength was almost as good as the regular. The game was marked by many penalties and fumbles, which was only to be expected in the first game. The Blue and Gold scored only one touchdown in the first half, but their passing attack, which opened in the last frame, ran the final score up to 58 to 0. The passing combination Williams to Williams , resulted in two touchdowns. This was no test for the Xiles gridders, for the Cass County team was too weak to offer much opposition. Coach Davidson and Assistant Coach Brenner took ad- vantage of the opening date on the following Saturday to correct the team ' s mis- takes before they should meet Kalamazoo on October 5. The Gold and Blue traveled all the way to Kalamazoo onlv to meet defeat. - They appeared to have stage fright when they lined up against their heavier oppon- ents. Niles allowed her rivals to score twice, while their only threat was frustrated. State High also scored in the last half, making the score 19 to 0. With this game lost, Niles had an average of 50%, one game won and one game lost. In preparation for the Three Oaks game on October 13, Coach Davidson made a revision of the lineup. This combination produced the desired effect, and the vis- itors were forced to take a 62 to defea.t Ostrander proved to be the star of the Niles offense. The driving quarterback ganied ground at will, scoring four touch- downs, one from a beautiful sixty yard run. The passing combination Williams to Williams was responsible for two marks. The remaining counters were chalked up by Crawford, Rolfe, P. Ostrander, and Adler. This victory boosted Niles s average to 66 2-3%. The next game was to dedicate Niles ' s new athletic field. The date was set for October 20 and the old rivals from the north, St. Joe, were to furnish the opposition. St. Joe scored the first touchdown in the early minutes of the first half and retained its lead until the final six minutes of play, when the local gridders staged another last quarter comeback. When the locals crossed the goal line for the first time, after a pass Williams to Williams. ' the stands went wild. The extra point went wide, and the fans thought the game would end in a deadlock, but the fellows on the field would not have it that wav. so thev scored another touchdown to put the game on ice. £ £ £ B ss 2 £ sS y-izwm 2 £ E EE ££2££ E £ i5 £?23S?2?2E!? [Page Sixty-nine] This game was also important because it was the first conference team Niles had met. The victory brought the season ' s percentage up to 75, with 100% for conference games. The following Saturday. October 27, Xiles was to meet the undefeated Buchan- an team. This was not a conference game, but the Cardinals were out to revenge the defeats they had received for the two previous years, which they did in fine style. From the start of the game, the visitors were fighting with their backs against their goal, and they were forced to punt whenever they obtained possession of the ball. A pass gave Xiles her touchdown, and Bachman raced over for the marker. Ostrander kicked goal, which later proved to be the margin of victory and defeat. The Gold and Blue held this margin until the final minutes of play, when Buchanan scored a touchdown because of her own fumble. Kenny made several beautiful runs in bringing back the rival ' s punts, and Ostrander backed 1 up the line as a vet- eran should. Xiles ' s average for the season was then 80%, with four games won and one lost. On Xovember 3 Xiles was to meet another undefeated team — South Haven, a conference opponent. Xiles again demonstrated her power of comeback by scoring a touchdown in the last three minutes of play. The Cardinals outplayed their opponents throughout the entire game, except for a few minutes in the third quarter when their forward passing defense weak- ened, allowing the Dutchmen to score. In the last quarter Xiles again presented its passing attack for the public ' s approval or disapproval. The Red Birds threatened to score several times, but were required to start a new drive for the goal because of the too frequent penalties. The ball was again advanced to within scoring dis- tance, and after three attempts at the line, Ostrander pushed over for a touchdown. It was his successful kick from placement that won the game. Xiles ' s standing for the season after this victory was 83.3%. They were also tied for first place in the conference with two victories and no defeats. Saturday, Xovember 10, was the zero hour for the Xiles gridders. They were to meet the Three Rivers team, the only other team in the conference to have a clean record. The victor of this game would be crowned champion of the Big Five. Xiles had won the first cup offered by this conference in track and was anxious to duplicate the fete in the fall sport. Three Rivers wanted the cup as much as Xiles, and they must be given credit for the game fight which they exhibited to win it. Three Rivers ' s first touchdown came at the opening of the game when a Xiles punt was blocked and a visiting man fell on it behind the goal line for a touchdown. The other came on an intercepted pass which resulted in an eight yard run. Three Rivers was also credited with a safety through the referee ' s decision. Xiles scored her touchdown when Williams was on the receiving end of a pass, and was threatening to score again when the whistle put an end to it with a final score of 15 to 7. The season ' s average was then 7 .3° o and Xiles held second place in the conference. If the Gold and Blue gridders could not have first place, they were determined to have second, Dowagiac was the next rival, on Xovember 24. Dowagiac had forced Three Rivers to a 3- 2 score on the previous Saturday, and was slight fav- orite to win. [Page Sf ■ i.t I The Round Oakers were outclassed from the beginning, although they did score the first touchdown by blocking one of Williams ' s punts. This was the only satisfying moment for the visiting fans, for Niles soon retaliated. A pass, Wil- liams to Williams , was good for a touchdown, and Xiles took the lead when Os- trander kicked goal. Early in the second quarter, Valdes, Rabe ' s half-back, fum- bled, and Williams scooped up the ball and carried it to the seven yard stripe. Two tries at the line were unsuccessful and Niles resorted to another pass, this time with Grimes at the receiving end, and he fell over the line for the final score of the game. Xiles ' s line plaved a very large part in this victory. Twice in the second half thev held the Orange and Black on the six inch stripe, and they opened up holes for the backs large enough to drive a wagon through. This was the last game for many of the plavers, and they played their hardest to win it. aptain Lloyd Ostrander was the only three-year man on the squad, and his valuable assistance will be greatly missed by the coaching staff next year. He acted as quarter-back for the first few games, but was shifted to half. He did his part in making the ' 28 season a successful one. He was picked by critics as one of the best halfs in this part of Michigan, and was on the All-Berrien County team. Richard Williams, playing his second year for Xiles, was the most depend- able end on the squad. It was his custom to nab passes from uncanny positions, when they counted most. He will be with the team next season. Thomas Grimes, though small, filled the position of full-back very well. His knowledge of football aided him in many circumstances, and he could always be de- pended upon to gain yards. He is also one of the men lost through graduation. Paul Ostrander, another small but mighty man, was a backfielder but be- cause of his dogged fighting, was shifted to center. Here he played a wonderful game despite his handicap of being small. He played his best game against South Haven, when he made more tackles than any other two men put together. Alan Dulin was a sophomore who showed sufficient football knowledge to get his letter although he was an underclassman. His game was consistent all season. His favorite pastime was to outsmart some large opponent by using his speed to the best advantage. John Kiblinger, guard, was valuable to the team because of his size. He could and would fight best when his back was close upon his goal line. He seldom failed and was capable of holding his side of the, line intact. Coach Davidson re- grets his loss to the squad. •-..f5 (ai5!aaf2 af f5 5!?a i C) Q?3i2raa?saa aQBiEa5i5!BiBiQsa ii!iCiKiBi5 James Kenny, flashy half-back, was one of the best ball carriers on the squad. His small, slim form seemed to command an opening as he weaved into the line. His favorite occupation was returning punts, a department which he handled in great style. He is also in the graduation class of ' 29. Harold Williams, the starting end of the Williams to Williams combina- tion, was an asset to his team because of his accurate arm and trustworthy toe. He was probably the most accurate passer in Southwestern Michigan and was directly responsible for Niles ' s success at forward passing as well as punting. Claude Smith was a wingman who proved his ability in preventing plays from gaining much ground around his end. His greatest achievement was the manner in which he went down under punts. His success as a football player was largely due to his aggressiveness. He will report for the same position in ' 29. through gave him a great reputation. He was a clean player and hard to rile, but he was always in the midst of the scrap. His position will be hard to fill in ' 29, s S3. Kenneth Dittmer started the season as a center, but figured in a change in which he was shifted to tackle. His ability to make holes for the backs to march □ as he is one of the nine X men who graduate. Kenneth Susan, the curly headed guard, should be given much credit for his achievement as it was the first year he had played. He was, always in there fighting and would not give up until the play was ended. He will be a big asset to his team next season. With one year of experience behind him. he ought to make a success at his position next year. 7 ed (more popularly known as Speedy ) Bath was playing the tackle posi- tion, but when Pete Williams ' s shoulder was injured he was shifted into his posi- tion because of his ability to pass, which he did with remarkable skill. He was also a punter of no mean ability. He, too, will be lost through graduation. Tohn Shurman was another husky who did his share to play the holes in ..... the Xiles line. He was a consistent player, and with his size and ability ought to develop into an excellent player. He has two more years to play with Miles High. Louis Monahan. the biggest man of the team, was one of the best linemen on the squad. His defensive work and his ability to open up holes for the backs established him as one of the most consistant men on the team. For this reason it is difficult to say in what game he played his best, for he always played his best. Vernon Bach man. junior end, had the remarkable ability to snatch passes ss sa S3 S3 from uncanny positions, after which it was not infrequent that he would score a touchdown. He played his best game against St. Joe, when he scored one of the touchdowns. His presence on the squad for another season will be a great help to Coach Davidson. Eldon (more commonly known as Shorty ) 7?olfe, was another of the reli- able ends. Xiles seemed to be fortunate in both the quantity and the quality of her ends. It would have been more fortunate if some of these ends had shown their skill in some of the positions where Xiles was weaker. Shorty will also graduate with the class of ' 29. S3 ,a a a a zi a aaaf2 j?2r2arj f2-0 ' -warn. I Page Seventy-two] James Crawford, Niles ' s colored flash, was the fastest man of the team. His ability to skirt the ends placed him with honorable mention on the All-State team picked by the Benton Harbor News Paladin in. He also was talented in the art of returning punts. He will be with the squad for three more years. George Bruycker, whose brother was a powerful tackle on last year ' s grid team, is filling in his brother ' s position at tackle. His best work was done at break- ing through the line and falling on lost balls. He was also skilled at blocking punts. He has been with the squad for two years and will be with it for two more. Orville Adler, tackle, was powerful on defense and usually carried out his individual assignment. He was shifted to fullback in mid-season, but an injury pre- vented him from holding down this position. He graduates with the class of ' 29. Five Team Three Rivers Niles South Haven St. Joseph Dowagiac 1000 750 667 250 000 g S 5. s § £ □ □ £ £ S § S s § [I ' age Seventy-threel - ch Davidson, Showers, Lynd, Bath, Forburger, Prin. Zabel, Eaton, Meyer, Adler, R. Willi; Mattix, Bachman, Sloan, Grimes, C. Smith, Lockard, Kenny, Ostrander, Cramer oach Chester davidsox was faced with a particularly hard problem at the opening of the season. The first game was only two weeks after the close of the football season, and in this short time he had to pick a combination to meet the strong Class A team from Benton Harbor. The task was made doubly hard since the coach knew nothing of the basketball material in the Xiles school. On December 7, the Xiles cagers entered the game with all the fight and de- i , nt I ' Mirl termination of an experienced quintette, and battled their bigger rivals on even terms unfil the last minute. With the score tied at 14 all, Stevens, of the city by the lake, sank a long shot, which proved to be the climax of the game. The final score was 17 to 14. The catastrophe of the flu ascended upon the school and caused the postpone- ment of several games. After a few weeks of lay-off, the Blue and Gold reopened their season by encountering the strong Bridgman outfit, the state champions in their class. This was the first January feast game played by the locals in several years, it was hoped that they might win the first game of the new year. The long lay off proved too much i ' or the Blue and Gold, which fact is shown by the final score, 23 to 10. Another reason ( not alibi ) for the locals ' downfall was that there was too much Baldwin on the visiting team. His pivoting, passing, and dribbling were far better than those ordinarily seen on a Class B quintette. His accurate eye enabled him to sink shots from any conceivable angle. On January 5, the Niles squad journeyed to Kazoo to meet the strong state high team, but were forced to take the smaller end of a 21 to 14 score in an 1 over- time game. Lockard, Niles ' s lanky center, was the big cog in the offense, sinking- five field goals. The game was a nip and tuck affair throughout, with Niles in the lead 19 to 18 and one minute to go. One of the home team took advantage of a charity toss to tie up the score at 19. In the overtime period, the Niles defense allowed the State men to score, but failed to tally themselves. Two days later, January 7, the Niles netmen won their first game, incidentally a conference game, by defeating the Dowagiac Round Oakers, 31 to 10. The Niles lads had things their own way from the start. Rabe, former Niles coach, had little offense to show, and less defense. Ostrander succeeded in scoring eleven markers while Lockard ' s efforts resulted in six. The next game (that with Three Rivers) on January 11, was another confer- ence victory for the Blue and Gold. Niles played a cautious game, which was in direct contrast to the hit and run style of her opponents. Sloan was the leading- scorer of the evening, wiht five field goals and a charity toss against him. The final score was 19 to 30. On January 16, the Niles High netters dropped their second overtime game of the season, this time to the strong Buchanan aggregation. The first half was marked by close guarding by both teams, but Niles outscored her rivals 8 to 7 at half time. At the end of the regular playing time the score was tied. In the over- time five minutes, both teams fought hard to win. Each scored a basket apiece, and Buchanan another. The Maroons were leading by two points, but Niles again tallied and again tied the score. With three seconds to go, a Niles guard fouled, and Savoldi made good his chances, ending the game with a close 22-20 score. Two days after this strenuous struggle. Coach Davidson ' s quintette was to en- counter the strong St. Joe team. The first half was played evenly, and after a bitter fight for supremacy, the Yellow-Jackets forced their way to lead by two points at half time. In the second half the lake city five began to pull away, their lead never being threatened. The Blue and Gold failed to score a single point in the last half, and lost 19 to 8. [Page Seventy-five] Niles lost its sixth game in the eighth start by dropping a game to the Acorn city rive. 23-11. This was quite an upset, as the visitors displayed a much better brand of basketball than was expected of them. Hachethors, white headed giant of the victors, was responsible for a great deal of scoring. This was the last appear- ance on the home court for Ostrander and Sloan, guard and forward, respectively. ( hi the following night. lanuarv 25. the, local netters took their third confer- ence victory hv defeating the South Haven Dutchmen. 22-15. Xiles started the game by scoring off a clever play from the first tip-off, and never trailed through- out the game. The boys plaved the caliber of game which Niles teams are accus- tomed to. Their starting was accurate and the fumbling of the past few games was missing. Quite an improved team met the Purple and Gold, but it was disap- pointing to know that Sloan and Ostrander had played their last game. The men did not pile up any large individual scores, but their accurate passes in feeding the ball to Lockard and Bachman enabled their team mates to win. S On February 1. the Blue and Gold quintette hung 1 up another conference vic- tory by defeating the Dowagiac Indians, 28 to 10. This victory put the locals in second place, behind the strong St. Joe outfit. A practically new team faced the Rabeites. but the scoring power seemed not to be slackened any. Smith and Kenny were the main stays of the defense, forcing the furnace city men to takje lonir shots if any. Bachman, Finlev. and Crawford were missing from the line up. . ' . . ... Thev became ineligible through playing in an independent game. On February 8. the Buchanan basketball team journeyed to Niles and admin- istered another 2 1 to 15 defeat upon the unfortunate locals. The Gold, and Blue got off to a rather slow start, scoring only one point to the visitors ' five. Buchanan was leading by what seemed safe margin at half time. In the opening of the sec- ond half, the home team looked like a really great combination, scoring seven points and holding their powerful guests to a single goal. In the fourth period they cracked again and were not able to overtake the three point advantage held by the Maroons. The next game on the schedule was a return match with the strong St. Joe squad. The Northenders jinx again showed itself, and the Yellow-Jackets chalked up their seventeenth straight victory over Niles. The visitors started out with a bang, scoring two neat longs before the- locals put up any opposition. The score was tied up at 5 all. but the Northenders made the score six to ten in their favor by the close of the half. The second half found the Blue and Gold warriors in good form. They tied up the score again, then forged into the lead, which was soon taken away by a well directed shot by Schadler. St. Joe continued to draw away and won by a score of 21 to 11. On the following week-end. the Blue and Gold again had two games scheduled, the first ' on Friday night with the Bridgman five. The locals seemed out of place on their hosts ' small court, and they could not hit the mesh consistently enough to cause any disturbance. ( n the other hand. Bridgman seemed to be hitting its best form, and time and again a player would make a follow in shot that the Niles guards failed to take off the blackboard. ( )n Saturday night the locals met the South Haven team. If Xiles should win. it would mean a second place in the conference standing, and if they lost, it would I Pag« Seventy-six] S3 §j S3 S3 § S3 g S3 mean a tie. The Blue and Gold netters determined not to lose, however. Miles got off at a slow start and was trailing at the end of the first quarter. At half time the team picked up on its opponents and was trailing by two points. The third quarter ended with Niles still trailing by a 17-15 score. In the final frame. Dick Williams tied up the score and Grimes followed up to put his team in the lead. They then settled down to a delayed offense, from which two more baskets were made. The final score was 23-19. The next Friday Xiles encountered the team which beat them in an overtime period earlier in the season, Kalamazoo State High. The scoring was rather in- frequent the first half, both teams displaying a powerful zone defense. They fought on even terms first one team leading, then the other. With one minute to go, Niles took the lead, 16 to 14, and was stalling, the ball being in her possession. . ... . . . A laxity in the officiating gave the visitors a basket, and a technical foul put the State High team in the lead. 17 to 16. This was the last home game on the schedule for the locals, and the fans were greatly enraged by the decision. The district tournament was again assigned to Xiles, as St. Toe and Xiles were the only Class B schools to enter. Xiles again had a chance to break the St. Joe jinx which has been held over all Niles athletic teams. They failed in their task, but gave the Yellow Jackets such a fight that they were aware of the fact that their opponents possessed great skill. St. Joe scored four points before the Blue and score its opponents, who won, 15-13. S3 g S3 KS S3 I S3 |l ' a K e Seve.lty-sevenl D KS S KS R. Smith, Cramer, C. Smith, Marx, Kenny, Ha Williams, Meyer, Hess, Groat, Crawford, Adlei H. Smith, Coach Collisi, Schulke, Monohan, Kenny, Grimes, Bath, Petruska, H. Williai Track Schedules March 28 Dowagiac 20 Niles 66 April 21 Three Rivers 52 Niles 70 April 28 St. Joe 57 : Niles 64 May 5 Dowagiac 32 Niles 90 May 5 Mich. Nat ' l Interscholastic 3 May 12 Conference Niles 45 St. Joe 41 South Haven 21 Three Rivers 33 4 Dowagiac 13 May 19 Regional Niles 34 19 20 St. Joe 34 7 20 Three Rivers 24 13 20 South Haven 13 May 21 State Meet 11 [Page Seventy -eight] THOMAS GRIMES TED BATH Track A number of veterans and promising stars of the previous season were on hand to meet Coach Claudius Collisi at the opening of the track season of 1928. The letter men to return were Captain Grimes. Ex-Captain Randolph Kenny, James Kenny. Ben Groat, Ted Bath, Louis Monahan, Orville Adler, Dick Wil- liams, and Pete Williams. After early workouts in the gym, where the development of muscle was stressed, an indoor track meet was held with Dowagiac. The local thin-clads were in good condition for such an early meet, and they walked away with a 66-20 score. It was indicated from this meet that Niles had a powerful team in the track and jumping events, but was sorely lacking in the weights. When the preliminary building up period was over, Coach Collisi took his as- pirants into the open air, where the boys began specializing in their events. Cap- tain Grimes was working hard to get in condition, for he had high hopes of breaking the state record in his event, the mile run. The first meet of the season, with Three Rivers on April 21, was supposed to be any man ' s meet, for the teams were evenly matched. Niles turned iu a victory, beating the visitors 70-52. The victory was due mostly to the excellent work of the track stars, although Kenny and Monahan proved themselves capable of upholding their team in the weight events. The next meet was with St. Joe, the state champions of 1927. The Niles thin- clads were doped for a beating, for Kenny, high point man in the Dowagiac meet, was absent from the line-up. In this case, the underdog growled, snapped, and barked, emerging with the larger bone, which was 64 points — the third victory for the Niles team in the last three dual meets. St. Joe had to be content with 57 2 points. The feature of the meet was the duel between Simms of St. Joe and Craw- ford of Niles for first place in the broad jump. Simms ' s experience won for him by the slight margin of one inch. [Page Seventy-nine] ■M oaozm BQ iaEEBHiHia BiaEii na a aaaQE ss I There were two meets scheduled for May 5. Five boys — Tom Grimes. Dick Williams. Pete Williams. K. Kenny, and L. Monohan — left on Friday morning for Ann Arbor where they entered the Michigan National Interscholastic Meet. Com- petition here was very keen, but three boys were able to place fourth in their events. Randolph and Louis copped fourths in the discus and the javelin respectively, while Tommy ran a beautiful race in the mile to take fourth place. At home, the weakened team was scheduled to meet Dowagiac. The dopsters stated that Xiles would have a tough assignment to lick its opponents without the aid of the five mainstays. However, the power of the also rans was too great for the Northenders, who received the small end of a 90-32 score. This meet un- earthed another runner in Rolland Smith. May 12 was the day set for the first; annual Big Five Track and Field Meet, held at St. Joe. Xiles and St. Joe entered this meet as favorites to cop. but as only one could win, a duel was fought between the two ancient rivals for first place. Dolph broke a field record by taking first in the high jump, soaring to the height of 5 ft. 7 in. Other events as well as these enabled Xiles to amass a total of 45 points to St. Joe ' s 41. Three Rivers was third, with 34 I 2 points, South Haven fourth with 21 , and Dowagiac fifth with 13. Thus Xiles won the first cup of- fered by the newly formed conference. The next week Xiles was confronted with the problem of how to win the regional meet without the aid of the five sure points of Grimes. ... ss Grimes had become sick during the week and was too weak to run. This put more determination and responsibility on the other boys. The meet was not cinched until the final event was over, and even the winner was not known for several hours. S3 When the results were finally compiled, the scorers had given Xiles 34 19 20 points, and St. Joe 34 7 20. Although the meet was won by only 12 20 of a point, it meant the difference l etween victor)- and defeat. The victory was due to the un- expected showing of the relay team which tied for second place, beating several teams which had defeated them earlier in the season. Those men who placed at the regional meet made the trip to East Lansing to compete in the state meet. The team was again minus the services of Grimes. As he did not place in the regional, he was not allowed to run in the state. The trip was long and tiresome for the boys, and they failed to show their usual form. Bath did the unexpected by taking second in the high timbers in the fast time of 16.9 seconds. Kenny was expected to take at least a second in the discus, but he even failed to qualify, as did Monahan in the shot. Altogether, Xiles scored 11 points, being beaten by Dearborn and St. Joe. whom they had defeated thrice before. Captain Grimes entered the interscholastic meet held at Stagg Field, Chicago, but was not sufficientlv recovered from his illness to place more than ninth, which was considered quite a feat in view of the competition he was up against. S S K3 Eighty] S3 B S3 § § i I I Thus ended a very successful year for the Niles thinlies. Thev won three duel meets, the conference meet, the regional meet, and lost only the state meet because they were stricken with stage fright. S3 S3 After the close of the season, the boys were given a banquet at the Four Flags Hotel, at which Bath, the high hurdler de luxe, was elected captain for the 1929 season. The letter men were announced as Grimes, Bath, R. Kenny, Monahan, P. Williams, R. Williams, R. Smith. C. Smith, Groat, Crawford, Petruska, Hanson, J. Kenny, Marx, Meyer, and Adler. Plym Park Track and Field Records S3 S3 S3 §j S3 S3 When the Plym Park track and field records were compiled, the time for most of the events was slow, but it must be remembered that this was the first year for the track, and the fastest time of each event for the year stood as records. Records were allowed only with official timing and consideration of the amount of wind. Better marks should be made next season with a better track and marks to shoot at. The records are as follows : 100 Yd. Dash Davis— St. Joe 10.6 Sec. 220 Yd. Dash Davis— St. Joe 23.5 Sec. 440 Yd. Dash Sims— St. Joe 2 Min. 17.6 Sec. 880 Yd. Dash King— Three Rivers 58.7 Sec. Mile Run Grimes — Niles 5 Min. 5 Sec. 120 Yd. H. Hurdles Hyatt— Three Rivers 29.4 Sec. 220 Yd. L. Hurdles Hyatt— Three Rivers 17.4 Sec. 880 Yd. Relay St. Joe— Sims Hahn Walker 1 Min. 44 Sec. Davis Shot Put Combs — Three Rivers 40 ft. 1 in. Pole Vault H. Williams— Niles S3 Briney — St. Joe 10 ft. High Jump R. Kenny — Niles 5 ft. 4 in. T. Crawford — Niles Discus R.Kenny — Niles 101 ft. 1Q in. Run Broad .Sims— St. Joe 20 ft. 3 4 in. Javelin L. Monahan — 140 ft. 6 in. S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 S S3 S3 S3 S S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 SJ S3 3 S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 § S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 ss F3 S3 S3 (3 S3 [Page Eighty-one] Niles High ' s Best Time In Each Event The track boys made good time in several events. Tommy Grimes ran the mile in 4 :48 at St. Joe to win the mile and establish a new field record. He un- doubtedly would have made a better mark but for his illness. Randolph Kenm made three excellent marks by high jumping 5 feet and 7 inches, throwing the javelin 142 feet and 1 inch, and tossing the discus 105 feet and 10 inches. Mona- han ' s heave of 40 feet and 11 4 inches in the shot was also a creditable showing. Following is the best effort of the Niles tracksters in each event. Better time was marie in some of the events, but records were allowed onlv for first places : S3 100 Yd. Dash ... R. Williams Plym Park 11.2 Sec. 220 Yd. Dash R. Smith Plym Park 24.4 Sec. 440 Yd. Dash W. Petruska Plym Park 59.2 Sec. 880 Yd. Dash C. Hanson Plym Park 2 Min. 21 Sec. Mile Run ... T. Grimes St. Joe 4:48 (New Field ' ( Conference Meet) Record) 120 Yd. H. Hurdles J. Kenny Plym Park 30 Sec. 880 Yd. Relay Crawford. Adler. ..Plym Park 1 Min. 47 Sec. Grathwohl. Bath. Shot Put L. Monohan Kalamazoo 41 Ft. 11 V 2 in. (Regional) Pole Vault H. Williams St. Joe 10 Ft. 4 in. ■ (Conference) High Jump R. Kenny St. Joe 5 Ft. 7 in. (Conference) Discus R. Kenny Kalamazoo 105 Ft. 10 in. (Regional) Run Broad B. Groat ..Plym Park 19 Ft. iy 2 in. Tavelin R. Kennv Kalamazoo 142 Ft. l in. ( Regional ) S3 • (J [Page Eighty-two] -jom rjrjfc-. T President James Kenny Vice-President Thomas Grimes Secretary-Treasurer Burton Scheib i he first Leaders ' Club was organized in 1888 at the Y. M. C. A. in Dayton. Ohio, by Mr. W. E. Day. In 1892 the Montreal Leaders ' Club originated at Quebec, Canada. The members of these early clubs are the prominent phy- sical directors of today and are leading the Leaders ' Club to national and interna- tional prominence. The Niles Leaders ' Club was organized lay Mr. Claudius Collisi in October. 1927. The club took as its object the training for better and greater ' leadership and a more thorough physical education program. The Niles Leaders ' Club has not followed the line of religious training, as the former clubs did, but it has developed in strength for service, loyalty, and fellowship. The 1928-1929 Niles Leaders ' Club has a membership of twenty-five. Students who are in good standing in the school and have shown ability or interest in leader- ship work are eligible. The boys of the club are particularly known by the student body for their leadership and supervision among younger students. They are also known for the school functions which they have sponsored and managed. [Page Eighty-three] S3 K3 S g S3 ss Girls ' Gym Leaders ' Club President Wilma Kehrer Vice-President Jamie Bevilacqua Secretary-Treasurer Esther Hartman The Girls ' Gym Leaders ' Club was organized in September by the physical edu- cation instructor, Miss Persis Baker. There are now thirty-two members in the club. The constitution as it has been adopted is a code of ethics to which all members must adhere. The object of the club is to train leaders in gym work who are capable, responsible, and efficient. To be eligible for the Leaders ' Club one must have satisfactory grades, above an E in gym work, and no citizenship grade below two. Anyone receiving a citi- zenship grade of three is placed on probation and dropped if the grade is not made up at the next marking period. Thus far in its history the club has not found it necessary to drop any members. Each leader has a class room squad, for whose conduct she is responsible. Five leaders are in charge of grade classes. They are capable of carrying on these classes without the supervision of the instructor. Anyone taking physical education who has reached the standard and is decided eligible may belong to the Leaders ' Club. The members include both Junior High and Senior High students. Membership in this organization is a goal of attainment which may be reached only by work and perseverance. [I ' ag ' r EiKhty-four] JVNIOR HIGH S3BBBBBBBi2fcE5E8aHBBaQBBOQBOaQQnQBi 5inQ5iB5i23Z8S223S £5 Ej KS £5 S3 2BBBi2BBBEBr2?5BBBBBBB E3 £3 S3 Faculty Adviser ... Cornelia Crowley Adviser Members Mr. Balas - John Forler, Ray Brawley Mr. Branstetter Joe Hill, Loretta Grafford Miss Bratzke Donald Feallock, Bernadine Parker Miss Carder Ted Patetrson. Margaret Werner Miss Gibson Robert Richards, Margaret Benjamin Mr. Hatfield Rose Sweet, Betty Stafford Miss Heath Archie Sorenson. Helen Kale Miss Jager Jack Pettuck, Temple Ball Mrs. Klopfenstein Lewis Long. Phyllis Dash Miss Landon Dick Mecham. Ada Crawford Miss Rockwell Lloyd Davis, Jeanette Griffiths Miss Schmidt Robert Clark, Margaret Geideman Miss Witter Joseph Sherrick, Claudine Bisby fcBBBBBBI ' BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBSBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBSBBBBBBBBBSBBBBBaBBBBBBBBS [Page Eighty-five] Officers President Roy Brawley Vice-President Dorothy Crippon Secretary-Treasurer - Beatrice Daley Evelyn Allen Arlene Anderson Ruth Ballard Wilburn Barnhart Janice Berkel Roy Brawley Helen Britton Dorothy Crippon Dillard Crouch Beatrice Daley Harley Davis Frances Eshleman John Forler Roll Josephine Fowler Rosella Goff Muriel Graham Abe Hargreaves Dorothy Heinlen Arthur Hough Wesley Jayson John Lambert Richard Knauf Evelyn Leach Pauline Lillie John Machalleck ' race Mead Robert Mooney Raymond Nichols Owen Peterson Arthur Spenner Glee Terrie John Thorpe Harriet Tibbs Virginia Tuttle Margaret Van Peenan Donald Weaver Thelma Wilson Frank Wood Chester York S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 S a S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 [Page Eighty-six] wsssmuw. stetter s Officers President Paul Coleman Vice-President Mae Starke Secretary-Treasurer Ruth Wright George Antiss Alberta Ballard George Bartlett Robert Benjamin Madeline Burton Gertrude Cole Paul Coleman Mary Jane Colledge Donald Burt Bruno Frucci Loretta Grafford Joe Hill Josephine Jeffries Marian King Roll Hertha Koehn Ruby Leazenby Margaret Lloyd Francis Low Harry Lydick Le Roy Mark Lillian Mark John Matthews Kenneth Mihills Bert Nelson Camille Novak Zelda Pears Mary Evelyn Pfister Harlev Powell Donald Prince Wilburn Roberts Leo Sears Harold Shumaker Mae Starke Billy Thornton Grant Waite Loretta Ward Thelma Wedel Edith Welling Ruth Wright Jeanette Exoner Naomi Phillips Joseph Trowbridge [Page Eighty-seven] £ S3 S Officers President Floyd Riddle J ' ice-President Richard Rice Secretary-Treasurer Leslie Duernberger Ralph Anderson John Campbell Xaoma Cramer Evan Curtis Roy Dougan Leslie Duernberger Donald Feallock Carlos Fox Walter Goff Andrew Gregor Marion Holliday James La Verne Thelma Jav Roll Paul Johnson David Jones Walter Kelly Gretchen Kuhl Charlotte Laudenslager Burnell Long Joseph Miller Nollie Molica Mary Orser Bernadine Parker Frank Parry Richard Rice Flovd Riddle Jimmy Saratore Alice Siebert Cora Stanton Beulah Vaughn Sarah Walters Catherine Wickler Henry Wickler Velma Willman Erwin Winegeart Walter Woodruff Russell York Charles Zoller [Page Eighty-eight] QE2 ? QEaQE2E2E2ea aQ? QSSE2?MsesEsss SE2s e5 Qj 5i5iess e2Sse2SES5ise2s?s?s?s e2?aes?se2 E: rs Officers President Andrew Hoskin Vice-President Marian Williams Secretary-Treasurer Joe Hess Ada Christman Violet Corwin Lawrence Freeman Ruth Gogley Gdewdolyn Grimes Joe Hess George Hibbard Andrew Hoskin Lyle Huffman Olive Kelsey Howard Keltyz Donna Kingston Keith Langston Roll Annabel Leach Dorothy Sherer Dorothy Stick Jane Taylor Earl Voss Dorothy Walton Mary Weaver Bernice Wedel Margaret Werner Marian Williams Duane Allen Helen Ames Edna Bowerman Harold Briney Ludwig Choulat Virginia Lockard Edward Losure Ruth McOmber La Verne Mochour Jess Nieb Mary Parker Ted Patterson Paul Petruska Catherine Renbarger Lottie Scofield aHQQeaQQaaae2asazsQQQQa2Q?aae2?aeaQQ?2?s?2Q2?2Ki2aQQ2aQ?a?aa5iaEi5i5iQQQSi2QeaQ2aQ5iSi2Q?a?3aQ [Page Eighty-nine] H Officers President Marjorie Hayes Vice-President Mary Ball Secretary-Treasurer Mary J. Calkins Roll Wallace Aldriclf Leon Carpenter Virginia Moore Bernice Anstiss Geneva Elliott Walter Mills Edwin Arnold Clyde Frantz Arthur Pears Mary L. Ball Helen Goodling Terese Peter Winnifred Barnes Paul Hahn Dorothy Renshaw Carl Bartlett Marjorie Hayes Robert Richards Margaret Benjamin Olivia Heimann Robert Rood Edward Bridwell Helen Kane Charles Schurman James Branstetter Verna Kirk Herman Schweitzer James Brooks Ray Krueger Albert Sherer Bernice Brown Harry Kuhn Earl Smith Alene Brown Henrietta McKeel Olive Ullrey Orin Cain Evelyn Merritt Marguerite Young Mary Calkins Henry Miller Francis Zimmerman [Page Ninety] Officers President Betty Wainscott Vice-President Harry Brown Secretary-Treasurer Dick White Doris Adams Edward Anderson Patricia Benson Eva Mae Bollinger Lois Boone Harry Brown Greydon Clymer Herman Cochran Denver Calcord Isabel Davis Walter Dickeson Frances Douglas Edna Downs Roll Charles Dudley Virgil Everett Dorothy Geishert Marie Hansen Marian Hartsock Marie Hebron Mildred Hemphlil Opal Johnson Helen Kale Mary Leggett Marie Lockman Ambrose McMenamin Helen McMenamin Fred Mihills Otis Murphy Fuanita Parker Angela Patterson Pauline Pierce Marian Plym Edna Rector Marian Ribble Erna May Smith Archie Sorenson Dolores Warner Betty Wainscott Richard White Glory Wise 2QQQS2SQE2E [Page Ninety-one] JWTZiZ WS Z gmZ ZKZ m Officers President Betty Stafford Vice-President John Mattix Secretary Alice Skalla Treasurer Marvin Weiss Roll Leslie Asmus John Mattix George Szabo Delmar Bear Wiladeane Mitchell Genevieve Taggett Charles Blake Cecil Mooney Emerson Vaughn Margaret Blue Jane Olson Marie Visser Virginia Cox Pauline Pt til George Walker Theodore Cummings Dorothy Place Thomas Walsh Richard Curtis Mary Pridavka Marvin Weiss George Cronin Glenn Purucker Doris Welsh Julia Giddings Henry Purucker June Wetherspoon Josephine Glaser George Rough L. J. Wilcox Roy Hand Alice Skalla Carolyn Wohlrab Owen Henry Betty Skalla William Woodruff Ralph Hetter Donald Smith Fay Wozniak Donald Larsen Betty Stafford Albert Wymer Jessie Lynd Robert Swain Earnest Dukes Baxter Masten Rose Sweet [Page Ninety-two) eaEjaEQQi3 ' 2i2saBQ?25iB?2EiB(a8iBaQQE ' 5i5i a S3 5 S3 £3 a Miss Jager ' s Advisory Officers President Secretary-Treasuri Temple Ball Russell Bayles Leotha Behm Pauline Brahn Neva Burdick Lela June Coonrod Frederick Geideman Henrietta Daus Dorothy Dawes John Ducey Albert Gregor Roll Charles Hanes Jule Heslet E. H. Hulett Freeda Johnson Beulah Kirk Vernon Larsen Elmer Lepel Dorothea Lillie Eulalia McCormick Thomas Merritt Irene Novak Ralph Shoop E. H. Hulett Jack Pethick Feme Bell Pletcher Jeanette Sherbino Ralph Shoop Grace Louise Smith Jean Sparks Helen Betty Turner Kathryn Weed Fred Young Ruth Young v ZLuy miZfcztmmnnrjmi [Page Ninety-three] i Mrs, Klopfensteim ' s Advisory Officers President - Beatrice Hibbard Secretary - Virginia Williams Samuel Anson Dorothy Burt Harley Cole Phyllis Dash William Dayhuff Clarence Finley Mary Fitzgerald Ethel Grahl Ross Greer Dalvin Hanes Beatrice Hibbard Hellen Hill Homer Holloway Ines Huff Roll Buddie Johnson Andrew Kirkpatrick Hilda Laverty Frank Leach Doris Lidke Lewis Long Floyd McConnell Vernon Metzger Odell Nolan Helen Peters Virginia Riddle Alta Robbins Arden Rudisill Robert Sar Robert Shumaker Bonnie Smith Edith Sparks Edna Spenner Stanley Starke Howard Swartz Walter Terri . Harold Va.idenburg Wayne Van Gilder Dolores Van Skiver Dorothy Van Skiver Virginia Williams Audrey Wilson [Page Ninetj -four] Officers President Alvix Wideman Vice-President Opal Hartsock Secretary-Treasurer Edgar Conrad Catherine Adams Clifford Bailey Davis Brady Wava Bybee Edgar Conrad Ada Crawford Virginia Dizard Alice Early Gerald Exner Seth Finley George Fischer David Green Opal Hartsock Roll Dawn Hatfield Kenneth Harvey Herbert Johnson Howard Johnson Marjorie Johnson Glynna Jones Norman Kirk Ellsworth Lawidson Dick Mecham Minnie McLaughlin Esther Rathburn John Reum Margery Roebeck Edward Sears Lewis Schier Walter Schrumpf Orvel Schuh June Tuter Harry Stewart George Wedel Frederick Wadel Harley Weed Lucille Whitney Alvin Wideman Clyde Womer Mary Wucker Esther Young [Page Ninety-five] S3 S3 ss S3 s 63 S S3 S3 a a S3 U ' age Ninety-six] Officers S3 S3 President Betty Hutson S3 S3 S3 Vice-Prcsiden ( Leonard Thompson S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 Secretary-Treasurer Ray Lundberg Roll S3 S3 S3 S3 Ruth Bachman James Hendleman Edwanda Metzger S3 S3 Bronell Bates Frank Hradel Irma Monohan S3 S3 Alice Bessemer Edith Hunt Richard Morris S3 S3 Kathryn Blucher Betty Hutson Audrey Nelson S3 S3 S3 Marie Buckley Kensel Jeffries Mary Olsen Donald Burge Dorothy Johnson Marie Poroska S3 S3 Clydene Cameron Myron Karser Douglas Pressnall S3 S3 Mildred Casselman Helen King Richard Reum S3 S3 Merlin Clark Howard Kraft Harold Robinson S3 S3 S3 Lloyd Davis Zelda Krinowitz Leorenzo Schaber Virginia Eaglesfield Arthur Lambert Ellen Simmons S3 S3 Gertrude Griffiths Verne Lauder Virgil Slee S3 S3 Tf-anette Griffiths Mildred Loomis Wilfred Smiedendorf S3 S3 S3 £velyn Hatfield Marian Luchtman Helen Whiteside Ray Lundberg S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 KavaHwmmzzswz nwmnmiW Officers President Henry Goodsell rice-President Edwin Geishart Secretary-Treasurer Mildred Ball Betty Anson Mildred Ball Kenneth Bothwell Arthur Brewer Melba Burnett Evelyn Burton Robert Clark Ted Cochran Claude Cole Dorothy Day Michael Fedore William Fedore Deane C. Forburger Margaret Geideman Roll Edwin Geishert Arthur Green Henry Goodsell Garrett Hill Genevieve Holloway Mary Huff Alice Knott Florence Lundberg Camden Masten Walter Muntz Lamar Myers William Owen Francis Phelps Ravmond Probst Alice Punderson Clyde Reum James Saratore Helen Sears Henrietta Shook Philip Simon Helen Smith Henrietta Stevens Harold Thomas Jack Turk Vawn Unley Donald Whalen Mary Wurz B B [Page Ninety-seven] t.rk ywr-fc- k, rk rvrvrwrwrkrirkrk,rk.rkfl rk rkr rkr rkrwrwrLrwrkrk.rwri.rk.rw krkF Offi cers President Vice-President ... Secretary-Treasurer Roll Eugene Baker Nina Bear Floyd Bigsby Claudine Bisby Marvin Boht Maurice Bowering Thornton Edwards Bernadine Fay Francis Fisher Donald Fout Pearl Frantz John Geishert Iva Hamrick Edward Hansen Donald Harger Harriet Hemminger Garold Hemphill Jane Hill Martha Hill Myron Johnson Robert Johnson Marian Kinney Henry Merritt Edith Mills Martha Hill . Edward Hansen .. Francis Fisher Allen Moorhouse Charles Pierce Ralph Powell Lharlene Shaw Joseph Sherrick Ardis Shockley Jack Stanner Margaret Sutter Nancy Vetter Walter Wedel Otis Westerfield Wilfred Wright [Page Ninety-eight] 1 Junior High Track Team The junior high track team, with Coach Branstetter at the head, competed in only one meet during the season — the Southwestern Michigan Junior High School Track and Field Meet, held at Filstrup Field, Benton Harbor, on May 19. The object of the meet was to have the boys compete against lads of their own size and weight. Each team was divided into three groups — A, B. and C — accord- ing to the individual ' s weight. The Niles lads left with the hope of avenging their defeat of the previous year. Upon their arrival, they found competition rather strong, especially in Classes A and C. The final outcome was Benton Harbor 82, Niles 44 1-3, Muskegon 27 2-3, Buchanan 16, and Bangor 0. Xiles garnered more points in the Class B competition than any other school, but the fact that they could only get second in the other two classes kept down the total score. The Niles boys who did the scoring were : Maurice Trobaugh. first in shot, third in broad jump; Eugene Walters, second in 120 yd. low hurdles; Murray Parker, second in 100 yd. dash; Ramsay, first in high jump, second in broad jump, second in 100 yd. dash, and member of the evening relay with Cripe .Parker, and Andrews ; Shoup, third in 50 yd. dash ; and Hess, first in ball throw. This meet closed the season for the young cinder artists, who will be valuable material for the Senior High track teams of the future. On Friday night, November 16th, the Junior High School Glee Club presented Princess Chrysanthemum, a Japanese operetta. The operetta was directed by Milo Pomerov, assisted bv Miss Carribel Schmidt and Miss Persis Baker. Princess Chrysanthemum Josephine Glaser To-To Hazel Moore Yum- Yum ... ... f Maiden Beatrice Blake Du-Du J Attendants on V Ruth Moore Tu-Lip The Princess J Esther Morris Fairy Moonbeam Virginia Cox The Emperor, What-For-Whi Malcolm Collins Prince So-Tru Delmar Bear Prince So-Sli Charles Freyer Top-Not Robert Bernard Saucer-Eyes Eldred Kelly Japanese Chorus, Chorus of Fairies, Chorus of Sprites Accompanist Ada Sortore ' QlSiEaQQQeiea 2QK ?5iQQKSKIQBlElKSElB!QfSKa.?JQQSBi?aKaBi5 KaGiB)ElEl5iB(QQaEaf!a(2e [Page One Huwired] 2QQQ?ZaCQQQQQ 5 fae8QaQQ QQ S?S SQBQS aQQ Ei 5jElBQQEa?aElQQaQB!BiBIQQ?S.5!?iSQQEaK!Q6 Travels of a Junior High Fountain Pen Bv the Pen Himself Chapter I h, why did that man ever take me out of the showcase ! I was handed to a % Jf naughty boy who immediately put me in his pocket without a chance to see anything. Then he left the store and caught up with another boy. I wish there wasn ' t any such thing as school, grumbled Stu ' s comrade. You see, my owner is called Stu — just a short way of saying student . I suppose. I don ' t care, was the answer. I just got a new Parker Duofold ; now school will be easy ! Stu took me out of his pocket, and I could see just ahead a big, brick building which turned out to be the schoolhouse. What a lot of people! Their noise gave me a splitting headache ! Once inside, Stu put me to work writing out what he called his program card. I was very glad when that was over. It was the busiest forenoon I ever spent in my life! Chapter II a I was so hungry yesterday afternoon! How I wished for a long draught of nice, blue ink ! Suddenly everyone began to push and shove. Stu ' s companions are never that eager to get to class ; so I decided something spiecial must be about to take place. We went into a large room full of people, and presently two boys came out on the stage. They went through motions which would make a monkey ' s acrobatics look sick. Then everybody shouted for someone whom they called Coach Davidson, lust as the words school spirit came to rav ears. I discovered ri?ht next to me ray old friend, Clipper. We began to relate to each other our adventures of the last few weeks, but the band burst into a deafening march and Stu rose to go out. It was a relief to leave that shouting, yelling mob and relax in the calm of the schoolroom. S3 Chapter III One night not long ago, I decided to go to sleep, but Stu put on his coat and car- ried me away to a brightly lighted room where there were more strange noises. First a sqawk ! Then, Hey! Leggo my music ! Stu had something which resembled a stove pipe. He blew on it, and it added its strange sounds to the general roar and racket. Out on the broad expanse of floor some boys were bouncing a big balloon around. More than an hour passed. They shot the balloon at a basket, and sometimes oc- casional toots from the stovepipe followed a successful play. Stu kept jumping up and down and shrieking, but I couldn ' t help wishing that we S3 B [Page One Hundred One] S3 s S3 were far away from that continual hub-bub. Suddenly someone roared, Another victory for Xiles ! and after braving the stampede at the door, we turned homeward. i - TT7- Chapter IV S3 S3 The dav Stu let me fall into a snow bank, it ' s a wonder I didn ' t die of exposure. The sunshine on the dazzling snow hurt my eyes. After a puzzling moment, I wondered if my master was going to pick me up. There he was, hurrying on to school. Many children passed me, but they paid no heed. Finally a boy picked me up. and his eyes brightened as he brushed away the snow. Just what I need ! he began. Then another voice. You had better take it to the lost and found department. Somewhat late, I woke to find myself in a large box with many other things, such as pencils, compacts, money. I had a chat with a pen who told me we were in survive the perils of a Junior High fountain pen ' s life, that I may enjoy a well- -: the office. All at once I heard a shrill bell — then the voice of a boy who wanted to know if a pen had been turned in. I shuddered to think it might be my master, for I wanted a rest. But it was Stu, after all; and when I saw how happy he looked, I was really glad he had found me. S3 S3 Chapter V S3. It was January, and I was clipped in Stu ' s pocket. We were watching some long ice slides on the school playground. Stu headed for these slides. I could hear my neighbor, the pencil, crying, Where are we going? but I didn ' t answer, for just then Stu turned upside down. Something went bump ! on top of me. Ouch ! I cried. Mv poor back ! O-h-h ! moaned the pencil, I m split in two. My owner didn ' t seem to mind the fall. He picked himself up and climbed the hill again. For a second time we were rushing downwards. The coin jingled with the marbles in a front pocket. Again Stu turned upside down and landed with a resounding bang ! on top of me. Where is your respect for a poor fountain pen? I howled. Stu didn ' t get up so quick this time. He was doing some groaning himself. Finally he got to his feet and limped homeward. .Master, I wish you would carry me in your front pocket after this! I ex- claimed when we got home. Stu didn ' t hear me. He was too busy rubbing liniment. I hear we are scheduled for a second vacation in March. I only hope that I a earned rest. ss ss S3 S3 S3 S3 -  aKj?jiBi?2G?aKi5i 22(Ssia?aKiaKira EisiKai2QQKisF2QaaQEaaQEi(a I Pag I liu Hundred Two] S5ra2BBEaQaBHQE3E2HHHBi [Page One Hundred Three] i psi3Qaaai3BaaBB HXIIIK IIICH SCHOOL BASKETHAI.I. ' I ' KAM [Page Oi • Hundred Four] FEATVRES 1 1 September Sept. 3 — We all came back to school. It felt good to be in the old school again ! We ' re so happy to get out on half time today. Sept. 10 — Each advisory elected its own officers and two Board of Control members. We ' ll have a wonderful board, won ' t we ? There is one boy and one girl from each advisory. Sept. 12 — Air. Walker had charge of general assembly today. The newly gathered glee club sang and the orches- tra played. The yell leaders were good for the first time. Moon and Tattler representatives announced the date when sales would open. Our Tattler should be good, the new staff sounds promising. Sept. 13 — Each class had its meeting and elected officers. The seniors elected Thomas Grimes ; the juniors, Keith Harger ; and the sophomores, James Bookwalter. The boys seem to have the drag ! Sept. 22 — First football game here this year with Cassopolis. Our favor, 58-0. ' Sept. 28 — Our reserves beat the Galien football team, 25-12. October Oct. 3 — The Chief Fire Inspector of the state gave a speech for fire preven- tion week in assembly. Oct. 4 — Kalamazoo beat us on their own field. 19-0. Oct. 12 — The Navy Band gave a con- cert in the afternoon for students and one in the evening for the townspeople. The auditorium was filled with students in the afternoon and the band was re- ceived enthusiastically. Oct. 13 — We completely demolished Three Oaks on our own field, 62 to 0. Plym-Field with the new football field and stadium were dedicated today. That was impressive, but, oh, the game with St. Joe. We won 12-6. It cer- tainly was nice to feel that we could beat them, and we beat them by one ex- citing touchdown. Oct. 26 — The junior class sponsored a very successful Hallowe ' en Party in the big gym. It was sort of a get- together party to get acquainted witb the new sophomores. Oct. 27 — Another game in our favor — it ' s all too gratifying — and this one was so exciting ! Buchanan lost to us by one point. 7-6. Oct. 28-29 — Teachers ' Institute in Battle Creek. This is the only time of the year when we feel that we have the easier side of the bargain. November Nov. 3 — Two games. 7-6 in our favor, but, I almost forgot to mention that this was with South Haven, at their city, remember ? Nov. 5 — Education Week began. We ' re all quite high and flighty now, but wait till the week ends — we ' ll all be quiet and meek with knowledge we have gained. Nov. 7 — This is Parents ' Day at school and we put on a visitors ' pro- gram for their benefit. We sent our parents to school tonight to see how we are getting along there, and never even opened a book while they were gone. Nov. 10 — Heartbreaking, but we can ' t win all the time — so we picked Three Rivers to lose to, 15-7. But why did [Page One Hundred Five] ss we pick them ? They had too good a record this season. Nov. 12 — Book Week — these weeks are quite exasperating to one ' s tired nerves ; first Education and now Book Week. What next? Nov. 16 — First debate of the season was with St. Joe. there, and we won. Nov. 2-1 — The last football game was, as usual, with Dowagiac. and, much to our happiness, we won 13-6. Nov. 28 — Vacation ! What that means with Thanksgiving between now and next Monday. We ' re all going to grand- mother ' s for Thanksgiving dinner and the big snow fight. Pardon, it snowed. didn ' t it? December Dec. 5 — The Buchanan affirmative de- bate team met our negative team this afternoon and we all went to hear our representatives win. ( ' Member the themes and the English teachers ? Sh ! It ' s a secret ! ) Dec. 13 — The faculty gave the three- act comedy. Dulcy. and it ' s the best play we ' ve seen in long years. Miss Schmidt was the irritating, scheming, and altogether charming wife of Mr. Gene Branstetter. There were enough laughs in plenty for every one. Dec. 1-1 — School closed today at 3 :30 until the Wednesday after the New Year ' s Day. Everyone has the flu so we thought everyone just might as well -■tax- at home and get rested up. January Jan. 1. — The Bridgman basketball team came over tonight and won from u- by 13 points, their points numbering 23 and ours 10. New Year ' s Eve was last night and we didn ' t start out very well. Don ' t worry — it won ' t be New Year ' s every day. Jan. 2— School reopened with many yawns and new Christmas presents. Let ' s see. I believe she had a new dress and, yes, he wore a new sweater and tie. Well, we ' re glad they have something new, anyway. Jan. -I — The faculty presented the comedy, Dulcy, again tonight for the benefit of those who missed it before. Teachers from other schools were guests of the Teachers ' Club for the evening. Jan. 5 — Kalamazoo — again on their own floor — beat us 21-19. But every- one agrees that it was a good game. Jan. 7 — We won from Dowagiac, here. 31-10. Monday nights aren ' t good for basketball, but this one was lucky for us. Our yell leader, Berna- dette Van Tuyl and Bob Ames, do some good leading now and the student body backs the team every game. Jan. 11 — Well, that kind of evened up that football score. We beat Three Rivers in our own gym, 31-19. Jan. 16 — Buchanan must be pretty good ! They vanquished our team on their floor 22-20. Jan. 18 — It can ' t seem to be helped. St. Joe won from us again, at St. Joe, 19-8. It was a good game anyway, we ' re not downhearted about it. Jan. 23 — We lost the debate with Kalamazoo Central. Jan. 25 — Three Oaks has a remark- able team. They came over here and beat us 11-16 and they really can play basketball. Jan. 26 — Just think of it! South Haven let us beat them again by a score of 15-26. [an. 29 — Exams are over. New soph- omores are well settled, and the new semester has begun. February Feb. 1 — Dowagiac. at Dowagiac. kept [Pa«e One Hundred Six] S3 9 us down to 28 points against their 10 in this basketball game. Feb. 8 — Buchanan beat us again. 21- 15. They really are good. Feb. 9 — By the score of 18-15 we won from Three Rivers in that city. Feb. 14 — ' What a game ! St. Joe here again and we lost 20-11, and it was wonderfully exciting and all that. Ev- erybody was there, we don ' t think they were so very disappointed either. Feb. 15 — The high school glee clubs, under the direction of Mr. Milo Pom- eroy and Miss Carribel Schmidt, pre- sented the operetta, The Crimson Star. We were delighted with all the pretty girls, the king ' s guards, and the candy machines. Feb. 22— Mr. Hess ' and Mr. Walk- er ' s advisories had a party, perhaps to celebrate Washington ' s birthday. We heard they had a good time anyway. Feb. 23 — South Haven came over to Niles and lost a basketball game by a score of 21-19. All of our basketball games have been exciting and worth seeing, and it ' s useless to say any one is better than all the rest except, per- haps, St. Joe. March State High of Kalamazoo played here and beat us by one point, 17-16, in the last minute of play. Could almost take back the statement about all games being of the same interest. Certainly, it was a wonderful game and our team was right where the ball was every minute. March 7. 8, 9— District Basketball Tournament was held in our school for the third consecutive year. We ' re glad they like us anyway. The games were all exciting and the other schools came en masse, especially Bridgman and Bu- chanan, and they both won out in the finals Saturday night. St. Joe won from us for the third and last time this year by a score of 16-14. They didn ' t over- shadow us, however, for our team played exceptionally well. March 22— The Gym Show! The physical education department seems to have been working hard for the show this year was better than ever. April April 11, 12 — District Orchestra, Band, and Glee Club Contests were held in Kalamazoo again this year. April 19— The Band Bounce Oh, variety is the spice of life. April 25, 26 — The Junior Play, Tommy. April 27 — Commercial Contest in Dowagiac. May May 2, 3 — State Orchestra, Band, Glee Club Contests in East Lansing. June Tune -I — The Senior Play. June 6 — Graduation ! How much is within that word of ten letters. It means both the end and the beginning for us and we hope everyone else is happy at the prospect of the beginning of another sphere of work and the end of our wonderful high school davs. [Page One Hundred Seven] T ate in the afternoon of March 30, 1928, Miss Florence Talburt, of the Latin department, and Mr. Albin C. Olson, former instructor of history here, herded a seething mob of smartly attired Niles High School students into a Pullman car at the Michigan Central station and started on a spring vacation trip to the Nation ' s capitol at Washington, D. C. Although excellent sleeping accommodations were provided for all members of the party, it proved of no avail for Miss Talburt or Mr. Olson to even attempt to still the voices of twenty-five perfectly healthy and happy kids out for a good time. Sacks of peanuts, penny candy, and various other edibles passed from berth to berth, accompanied by peculiar noises signifying delight. Articles of clothing were thrown from one person to another, making it extremely difficult for members of the party to dress the following morning when they arrived at Niagara Falls, New York, to change trains and catch a glimpse of the famed cataract. At Buffalo, New York, the group boarded a train for an all-day trip through the beautiful mountain regions of Pennsylvania, arriving at the Union Station in Washington at X p. m. [Page One Hundred Eight] S3 Q S SS B B B B B B B The tourists spent three days in the capitol — three glorious days crammed with the excitement of seeing beautiful buildings, of buying souvenirs to take home, and of generally painting the town red. The best of accommodations, in the heart of E3 • • B the downtown district, were secured. From the hotel, the party embarked in motor- buses to see everything in Washington and vicinity. Among the notable places visited were Alexandria, Va., Mount Vernon, Washington Naval Station, and Georgetown. When the travelers arrived in Xiles, April 5, everyone agreed that he had never enjoyed himself so much before, and vowed that he would go again if he could. b 3 The great success of the tour led Miss Talburt to conduct another one similar ... to it, this time assisted by Mr. Zabel. Arrangements were made to conduct it through the Baltimore and Ohio railroad company. This year the trip was more widely advertised and a suitable number of students signed for reservations. The journey was very similar to last year ' s with the exception of the fact that the party went by way of Harper ' s Ferry, Va.. scene of John Brown ' s raid. Such enterprises among high school students are universally popular and have been very successful. Such annual tours have become institutions in many other schools. They deserve the support of all pupils, faculty members, and townspeople. The following pupils and teachers made the trip this year: Betty Eaglesfield, Peggy Schell, Thelma Jurgenson, Clara Kraft, Alice Cooper, Helen Berg, Faye Bretschneider, Ludema Morgan, John Kenny, Fred Geideman, Frank McCally, Wilda Witter, Helena Jager, Lucile Gibson, Florence Arnold, Miss Talburt and Mr. Zabel. S3 B B B S3 B [Page One Hundred Nine] N the evening of November 10th, the Armistice Ball for the entire high school was sponsored by the Leaders ' Club. The party was carefluly planned and most successfully executed by Mr. Collisi and his Leaders. The gym was more attractively decorated than ever before. Upon entering, one passed through a long archway consisting of black and white paper streamers. This arch opened upon the dance space, a huge circle in the middle of the gym, also enclosed with black and- white streamers leading to a large dome overhead, which was decorated with appropriate armistice colors — red, white, and blue. On one side was a huge sign, containing the club ' s insignia, an L. At the far end of the room was the orchestra pit, attractively decorated with red, white, and blue bunt- ing. The music was furnished by Walz and Heron ' s Orchestra. [Page One Hundre Ten] I Q QQQQ Q sQ Q QQ Q s Q siaQ Q QQQQQBQQaaEaQaQEaEaQQaQa nQaaQQQEE ni By James Bookwalter occasin Post echoed and re-echoed with the steady Turn, turn . . . turn of an Indian drum, and the weird lilting chant of Little Turtle ' s Sunrise Song was heard from the top of Cedar Rock as the eastern sky became tinged with the rose of the first rays of dawn. It was the late spring and the ast traces of heavy snows could still lie found in the sheltered gullies in the hilly regions of northwestern Manitoba. On the top of Cedar Rock, overlooking Tamorack River, stood little Turtle, the Sioux brave. His greeting to the new day was finished, so he turned and stalked down to the sheltered cove where I was lashing our packs and supplies in the two birch-bark canoes which were drawn up on the grassy, sloping bank. A few minutes later we paddled quietly out of the cove on the beginning of our journey down the river. The entire party consisted of Little Turtle, the wan- dering hunter ; Shooks, his beloved representative of the dog kingdom; and mayself. a recent arrival from the States, bent upon seeking adventure and woodcraft For several years the vagabond song had called to but this journey was to prove most interesting. The sluggish midstream current soon caught our light but hardy vessels, and we were borne along on that peaceful beast of burden as if our canoes were winged. Skooks found great joy in discoursing with a timber wolf whose deep voice at once silenced the great numbers of small birds along the shore. A hawk wheeled above our heads and suddenly shot down into an open space in the forest, appearing a mo- ment later carrying an object, which, according to Little Turtle, was a gopher. Several glistening white herring gulls swept down the stretch of water in search of their breakfasts. The brush crashed and a bull moose appeared on the bank, and eyed us suspi- ciously, wheeled and raced away in fright. Truly, here was the wilderness unchanged by white man. The setting sun saw us make camp on a grassy island many miles from Moccasin Post. A screech owl entertained us during the night and Little Turtle said complimentarv thing in his native tongue about that feathered sage and its ancestors. lore in the north country. me from far-away places, [Page One Hundred Eleven] ■:.?2?3?sea?sea?i i3?25i?aeaR3!3KaaE2S2Kiie2QQEaaeaEaeaEaea?2iiaas Morning was heralded by an exciting yapping and an anguished howl from Skooks, who seemed to have a slight argument with a black and white bushy-taled cat which was very easily recognized as a — oh, well, Skooks spent the greater part of the afternoon in the shallow water of a creek on the island, and we were reminded of of the incident for some time thereafter by a certain mysterious perfume which permeated our camp. Little Turtle grinned and said, Him learn, use head now. But for once that copper-skinned prophet was wrong, because two days later, when we had made a longer stop for repairing my canoe and making a new paddle, Skooks had a painful encounter with a porcupine, and this time he decided there was no justice and for the remainder of his days he had a keen distrust of black and white pussies that weren ' t afraid of dogs, and he also had an obvious dread of overgrown pincushions. However, Skooks must have felt a certain sense of revenge, because a familiar set of porcupine quills, dyed a brilliant red, became an adornment on the bow of Little Turtle ' s canoe. Farther down, the river narrowed and became a series of rapids which we W I M shot in preference to carry- V V 111- nur I ' unni-N a distance --J _ } S ? ' ;A ?%, - of about two miles through M trailless wilderness. In shooting the last turbulent rapid. I had the misfortune to suddenly leave my canoe in mid-stream and was forced to swim to shore, there pondering upon the; absence of justice, following Snook ' s general train of thought. After several days which were uneventful, except for two sudden showers, we reached a placid lake in the Black Spruce Hills. Here we made camp and fished for several days, also photographing some deer as they grazed. The tamarack swamp regions above the mouth of the river were reached at last, and there, as we paddled lazily through the sultry days, the semi-slumber which Stevenson so perfectly describes, descended upon us. So, a month after Little Turtle had chanted his greetings to the dawn on Cedar Rock, we drifted slowly around the last bend of Tamarack River, out into the great blue expanse of I [udson Bay, with the mid-summer heat waves dancing above it. Stevenson said, The best that we find in our travels is an honest friend. There I said farewell to the three friends which I had made : The Tamarack, will- ingly forgiving it for the trick it played on me when 1 shot over the last rapid; [Page One Hundred Twelve] CiEa Ka f2 gaEaEaE2EaQS E2EaE2ESS!CieaESEaE5?SQEaE2E3EaESESEaEaE3E3?2K!EaEaeaE2E5! C!E2E3EdE2ESEaE3E3KaK Little Turtle, and Skooks. As for Little Turtle, I never met him again. He went away and the remaining trace of him is his name, borne by that lonely lake in the Black Spruce Hills. And I. too, departed, to renew my friendship with an old friend, woodcraft lore, in some far-distant place. BMEESSE 2QE20E2BQEB0!?2e3E2e2QE2E2E2e2E2e [Page One Hundred Thirteen] IJ32BQB Teacher ' s Pet .. Donnie Elder Handsomest Bov Ben Groat ) Bud Schmidt o .. • -. r - l Verda Harrison Prettiest Girl ) Anne Tobin Best Dressed Girl - „ C ° re , . , , | Betty Eaglesfield Best Dressed Bov J Bud Schn,idt I Billy McOmber Biggest Bluffer Leo Garlanger ) Paul Ostrander Most Love Sick Couple { Frank McCormick and Marv Catherine Van Skiver Most Popular Girl Bernadette Van Tuyl 1 Anne Tobin Most Popular Boy ..... i 0rville Adler . ) Tommy Grimes Best Student ( J ames Bookwalter J Constance Crawford Most Musical Ada Sortore Victor Heide Biggest Library Hound I Donnie ' Elder Victor Heide Best Athlete ( . James Kenney ) Tommy Grimes Pinkest Blusher i Bill Madden ) ( reorge Andrews Carrot Top .... ! Roy Bachman ) Annamae Downs Biggest Feet ! Allison Lockard ) John Kiblinger Human Parasite Harry Keck Laziest Loafer ! Fred Martinsen ) Vernon Bachman tf Continual Gum C hewer ' Tommv Grimes Casey Jones Best Politician Sid Corno „ Most Bashful ( Paul Hess ) George Andrews Biggest Gossips 1 Irma Jean Hutson Merritt Twins Worst Giggler Ada Sortore ) Blanche Brown [faf One Hundred Fourteen] JOKES Rodney Evans : Say, the barometer has fallen. Mr. Donm: Very much? Rodney: (with guilty look). About five feet. It ' s broken. Marian Hutson : What ' s etiquette . . . . ? Miss Thompson : O. that ' s the noise vou musn ' t swallow your tea with when there s company. Ben. G. : What shall I do to keep from tallme in love ' Dick W. : Tr Mr. wife. Mr. pricing apartments. Davidson : Allow me to present my Zabel: Thanks, but I have one. Miss North : swear terribly? Llovd O. : ' Yes ' m don ' t put in no expre Doesn ' t that little -he sure does, sion at all. Mr. I ovelace : Give for anv one vear the number of bales of cotton exported from the U. S. Donald W. : 1492— None. Roasting. cried the turkey; Chili. says the sauce ; Freezine. moans the ice cream: Mild. calls the cheese across; Frosting, the cake declares it; Clear, vows the jelly briprht ■ Now which do you think is right: F. Sloan : Heard of the latest in poi- sons? Mr. McCally: No. What is it? Forbes : Airplane poisoning. One drop is usually sufficient. A dame we would like To put out of biz Is the one who phones, Guess who this is ! —By the Bovs Ho, ho, sneered Cassius, that fellow Caesar bring back the Bacon? Why he won ' t even find the Rhine. Vi( W tor has anew siren for his car. ill, what ' s happened to the blonde? ' Kitty : I wnoder why they say ' amen ' instead of a woman ? Toots : Because they sing ' hymns ' and not ' hers ' stupid. Miss Bratzke : I will use my head to represent the planet Mars. Are there any questions before I go on? Lvle Cross: Yes, is Mars inhabited? The Van Tuyl Twins want to know why a man who is out for sprints is called sprinter, while a man who is out for track isn ' t called a tractor. Young man, said Mr. McCally as he grabbed Fred Martinson by the shoulder, I think Satan has hold of you. I believe he has, was the instant reply. Miss Rockwell: If Shakespeare were alive today, wouldn ' t he be looked upon as a remarkable man? Joe M. old. What Well, Tl say so. He ' d be 300 years is your occupation? do vou know what a sky-writer Sure. Are you a sky-writer? No. I ' m the guy who comes along in another plane and erases it. Elsie : (looking up from her book) Ada, what are prehistoric animals? Ada : (wisely) Oh, those are all dead. I guess they ' re the ones that were left on the dock when Noah sailed away. Seen in Etiquette Book Never break your bread or roll in your soup. We are told that this year ' s world output of motor cars will run into millions. We are glad of this hint, and will try our best not to be one of those millions. The mosquito is a hospitable chap. He ' ll always give you a bite, and a swell time afterwards. S3 [Page One Hundred Fifteen! 5iQBBBQBQE3QQaQI 1 toe Hundred Sixteen] I E ks ks a ks ks Man Power Donald Elder My Best Gal Miss Talburt KS The Wizard Mr. Donm KS The Bi°- Noise The Freshmen SS Twelve Miles Out Burton Scheih ks Figures Don ' t Lie Elizabeth Freed KS The Bis; City Xiles (?) KS s Burning Up Broadway Tommy Grimes ' Car The Rush Hour 12 :00-l :00 KS The Warning Blue Slips KS  Excess Baggage Text Books What Price Glory Kenneth Susan The Jazz Singer Anne Tobin ks | KS The Water Hole Drinking Fountain Guardians of the Wild The Teachers KS Just Married Mr. Davidson KS The Wind Irma Jean Hutson KS The High School Hero - ??????? KS Lion and the Mouse Mr. Zabel and any stude KS The Baby Cyclone Gen Franz KS The Scarlet Letter E KS Hangman ' s House Mr. Zabel ' s office KS Show People Junior Plav Cast KS Easy Come, Easy Go Tommy Grimes KS Skyscrapers Allison and Billy KS On the Go Bo Pierce KS Feel My Pulse Dot Ehlenfeldt [Page One Hundred Seventeen] Classified Ad Column FOR SALE- My complete set of reduc- ing records. — Betty Eaglesfield. WANTED -A young high school student to assist in carrying the hass drum in the hand. Splended chance for advancement. See Boh Swain. WANTED -A young wrapped uu in his v tuba. See Bill M. FOR SALE— A good pair of roller skates. See Hilda Crawford. BOYS — Become the sheik of the school Let me teach you. Send for my illus- trated course of ten lessons. Lyle Cross. C. DYE I. BERRY— Undertake Grave subjects treated with dispatch. FRESH FOODS— Served live and squirm- ing. N. E. Hot Dog Shoppe. man who is ork to play the SEE US TODAY tomorrow. 1. I. -And s Oculist tf NO HOLD UP HERE— Socks for fel- lows of destruction. Landsman Bros. WANTED— A Man— All applicants apply in person to Miss Anne Tobin. EVEN your best friend won ' t tell you. L ' se Blistereen. Guaranteed not to crack, toughen or blister the skin. LOST OR STOLEN— One dress shirt. When last seen was peeping demurely from beneath Mr. McCally ' s tux. Liberal reward as I have no money to buy a new one. Mr. Pomeroy. WEAR PROOF LIP STICK— Madame Rouge Beauty Parlors. APPOINTMENTS— The operetta Cin- derella and the Fairy Prince which was to have been given this month by pupils of the grade schools has been postponed until the end of the long un- de rwear season. DON ' T KILL YOUR WIFE- washing machine do the dirty WE BUY old rags and papers, your blue slips. Niles Junk Co. Sel ALWAYS BE ON TIME— Buy one of our foot watches which fits under your arch and surprises your friends. Jona- than Jewelry Co. ATHLETES — Wear our garters and you won ' t need any support. J. C. Penney Co. FOR SALE— My sets of dumbe weights. Also book on How come a Real Man. F. Showers. FOR SALE— My complete set of Whiz Bangs and College Humidors. Dick Williams. I OST. STRAYED, OR school girl complexion, turned. 0. Adler. STOLEN— My Reward if re- The Latin We Learned in School Caesar : The legions having found a Ford, the cavalry having approached, the baggage being impeded, Caesar having a lot of Gaul, etc., the cavalry landed on the Belgac and had the situation well in hand before you could say Julius Caesar. Thank heavens for the ponies. Cicero : How long will you allow the jazz-mad youth to mock the consuls, including me ? I ' m wise to you, sweet Catalino. Where were you this morning? Who was that dame I seen you with last night? O tempora. mores, which means what ' s the time, you morons? Virgil : There was a loft} ' crag on the shore with head of living rock and heavy swell running up and down the beach, so we anchored, and stretched our brine- drenched weary limbs on the sands. Mr. Donir Victor M. : What is valence? A city in Spain. [Page rim.- Hundred Eighteen! ?2EaE2SESS S S SS EiQe2E2KaK2 ?2 Q S SSSSSEiK K)?5 QS The Cow The cow is a quadruped wit an alto voice and a counternance in wich dere is no guile. A young cow is called a calf and is used in de manufacture of chicken salade. The cow ' s tail is mounted aft, and de tas- sel on de end gota unike edukashunal value. Guys who milk cows and who come in kontakt wit de tassel have vokabularies ov pekulyar impressive force. De cow has twice stomaks. De wun on do round floor is used as a ware house. De cow has no upper plate. All of her teeth are parked in de lower part of her face. This ararnement wuz perfected by an efish • ncy xpurt to keep her from gum- ming things up. A slice ov cow is wurth 8 cents in de cow, 16 cents in de hands ov de packers, and $2.48 at de Four Flags.— Contributed by a promising stude. How Id Tie a Tie — Hank Jazzbo To tie a bow cross the left hand end of the tie over the right with the left hand, steadying the right end with the other hand. Then drop both hands, catch- ing the left with the right and the other with it. He raced the train ! He got across ! And lest you think I rave When I assert, He got a cross. It ' s right here on his grave. John K. : Do I need a haircut? Leo G. : Oh is that it ? I thought you had a new fur cap. Student : And poor Harry was killed by a revolving crane. English woman : My word, what fierce birds vou have in America. Servant : The doctor ' s here, sir. Absent-Minded Man : I can ' t see him. Tell him I ' m sick. Miss Simmons: Who was Bluebeard? Bob Swain : A song writer. Miss S. : What did he write? Bob : Now I Ax You Very Confiden- tially. ' A dress has been reported missing from Betty Eaglesfield ' s closet. A moth who has been hovering near is suspected. Lstters Received by the Curemall Co. Gentlemen : Before taking Curemall, I was so badly afflicted with rheumatism that I was unable to move hand or foot. In three months time I was not only completely cured but had developed a fine cas: of St. Vitus dance. Yours truly, Mr. B. A. Prune Gentlemen : Before taking Curemall, my disease was so insidious tbat even my neighbors didn ' t know I had it, and I ■wasn ' t sure myself. Curemall has con- vinced all ot us. Mr. Hally Tosis. Gentlemen : For years my physicians had told me that I would never be a well man again. Thanks to Curemall I now believe it myself. Mr. G. Howitt Hurtz Gentlemen : The children cried for it. I gave them some. They have not cried since. Mrs. M. T. Dome Gentlemen : So wonderful is Curemall as a hair restorer that yesterday I spilled some on our linoleum and today it be- came an Oriental rug. Miss Ima Lyre Paul: My brother graduated with a hundred and sixty-one degrees. Frances : Impossible ! Paul : Not at all ! He worked himself into a fever on commencement dav. Mandy : Is your husband fond of pies? Liza: Pie! Say he ' s the most pious man I ever saw. Gene: Say Dad, what is an autocrat: Dad: A crat who drives an auto! Maybe if some of the people around here who would die for their Alma Mater, did so, everyone would be better off ! Mrs. Mathews: Where did you get that lantern dear? Bill : Oh. some careless fellow left it beside a hole in the road. American chewing gum has gained quite a foothold in Japan. Its faculty for gain- ing a foothold is its unpopular feature in this country. Gen. Franz : I hear my uncle has gone into truck farming. Bo Pierce : Say, you can ' t kid me. Trucks come from a factorv. S3 K3 S? S3 S3 [Page One Hundred Nineteen] -:■•:- .■:■■-.■• ' .• : :••: :■■:■■:■■.■■■.,■■.■:■■■.■■■.■■.■■:■■:■•:•■:■■:■■■. :■■:■.■.• ■-,.: . ■■-■.:■:■■:.■ (3 IF when all about and toothsome dine It you can start to lose you Are piling u« rich cakes sweets ; If you can watch your best friends without you. Yet keep reducing on your daily eats ; Can live on toast, yet not make toast your master. And being ravenous and empty too, Walk lonesome miles to lose a pound the faster (Vet keep your grim resolve to see it throughl. If you can watch the rest consume fudge sundaes, Peach melbas, and three pastries at a time (That skinny sort can get away with murder ! The way they stow eclairs is just a crime !) If you can stoop and roll, when fagged and weary!) And do your daily dozen anywhere. Torment yourself with that eternal query, Am I as fat as that one over there? If Life ' s most luscious flesh-pots you ' ll surrender, — Yours is the martyr ' s crown, the hero ' s due ; And — which is more — you ' ve got some style to you ! Mrs. Rutz : Why, Dorothy, what makes you so giddy? Dorothy E. : Oh. I just came out of the circulating library. A Freshman ' s Notebook A monastery is a place to keep mon- sters. False doctrine is when a doctor gives the wrong medicine to a patient. A grass widow is the wife of a vegeter- ian. In 1658 ' the Pilgrims crossed the ocean, and this was known as Pilgrim ' s Prog- ress . Coquette — a small sized coca-cola. Sophomore — A person who waits for a freshman to come along to push a revolv- ing door. Myth — past participle of moth. Kind Old Lady: You bad boy, why did you tie a can to that dog ' s tail? Lyle C. : That ' s where I always tie them. If you know of a better place I wish you ' d tell me. Five Most Important Men in Italy 1. Benito Mussolini Benito Mussolini Benito Mussolini Benito Mussolini Benito Mussolini Plea of Modern English Why should we learn Student: to read when they have talking movies now? M: time paper. Burton S plainly. i North : Burton, vou ' ve looked on this is vour the third neighbor ' s Yes, he doesn ' t write verv Mr. Donm (trying to illustrate the cheapness of salt) : How much sodium chloride can you get for a nickel? J. Simon: A nickel ' s worth, of course! Fairy Story : Once upon a time a girl went to a football game, and didn ' t ask why the referee wasn ' t tackled when he was walking with the ball. Once a girl in this school passed right by a mirror without glancing into it. She was too interested in the one directly facing her! John: How did you pass your tests? James : Oh, I used a Whispering Cam- paign ! Coach: Had any experience? Paul O. : Sure ! I played left end in a linstrel show once. Dick W. : You certainly sling a terrible lingo. Why don ' t you go to London and learn the King ' s English? Ben G. : I know he ' s English. She: day ? He: orv! I can ' t imagine my 21st birth- Yes, time does dim one ' s mem- When the Prince of Wales blushes would vou necessarily call it a royal flush? [Pag i in, Hundred ' I wenty] eaQQ MaQQQ?aEazaa?a?i5!?JQeaQ5iBiEi5! BEi! , ESB!ESE2aQQQaEafaaasae KdBEKSS Popular Fiction Let Bygones Be by Gones Yes by George. Rock-a by Baby Benjamin Franklin ' s Auto by Ography Tominy G. : I ' m wearing my cousin s patent leathers. Teddy B.: How come? Tommy: Oh. the patent on mine ex- pired. Tack M. Cleo M. more? The ball is out of bounds. Honest, won ' t it bounce any Bo : Gee that last letter you sent me was terribly sarcastic. How come? Dick: Must have been that eversharp pencil of mine again. Messrs. Ima Nutt and Hesa Fake Announcing a New Service Don ' t Overwork Your Brain Let Us Solve Your Problems Hears All— Knows All— Sees All (Half Price to Sophomores) Dear Mr. Xutt : For several days there has been a dull ringing noise in my head. What can it be and what shall I do? Leo G. Answer : The noise is a tolling, warning you that your brains are dead. Hang a crepe on your left ear. Dear Mr. Fake : The other day I had my face lifted but they didn ' t tell me what it weighed. How can I find out ? K. Marshall Answer : That ' s easy. Do it yourself. All fish have scales. Dear Mr. Nutt : The other day a girl friend said I was a brick. Is this a com- pliment? Bill Collisi Answer: Don ' t be foolish! She meant you were hard and rough. Miss Wilson : I wouldn ' t slide down the banisters like that. Stude : Wouldn ' t va, how would va do it? Mr. Lovelace : What countries are on the other side of the Tiber? Bud W. : That depends upon which side of the Tiber you are ! What will you have, sir? A toasted cheese sandwich. On toast, sir? No! Bring it in on horseback! Ben G. : Well, I finally got into the movies ! Gen. F. : Did you ? Ben : Oh, I paid the How ? usual fifty cents. ' Isn ' t it funny how anything so scarce came to be called common sense? Wilbur M.: I think I have something in my head. Monk A. : It must be a cold. ' cold or Teacher Stude : ' When does the sun rise? It depends upon the time he got in the night before. Leo G. : Hey, Ma, where ' s the funny paper? Mother: Today ain ' t Sunday. I told you not to take a bath last night. phone): Give me 22 Bud W. (using Double 2 please. Central: 2-2-2-2? ' Bud: Yeh, hurry with vou afterwards I ' ll play train A little bit of writing Scribbled on a cuff Helps a guy remember Lots o ' handv stuff. Oscar W. : What ' s the date? Mr. Lovelace : Never mind the date the exam, is more important. Oscar : Well, I wanted to have some- thing right on my paper. Sign in Mr. Zabel ' s office : Have Your Fears Ready. [Page One Hundred Twenty-one] Somebody contributed this about Monk Ames (when he was young) : Well, little boy. said the visitor, are you going to be president when you grow up? Xaw, Monk replied, they ' ve got one alreadv. Mr. Lovelace: What are the races that have dominated England since the inva- sion of the Romans J Roberta P. : The Derby and the Grand National. Phyllis E. : Do you think we can im- prove our faculty this year? Mr. Hess: What do you mean? Phyllis : Why it says in the ' Moon ' that students go to school to improve their faculties. J. Simon : How can I keep my feet from going to sleep? J. Kelley : Don ' t let them turn in, of course. James K. : Say, why didn ' t you take your girl to the Chicago game? Tommy G. : Sap, don ' t you know it was played at Stagg Field? Bo Pierce : 1853? D. Ehlenfeldt ' Cornell was founded Who losted it? Bud: What is this. Burton : Xo. this is freak day? a Christmas tie; Aviator: Wanna fly? Girl : Oo-o-oh, yes ! Aviator: Wait. I ' ll catch one for vou. I r m a : What do vou suppose makes that cop so fat? June: ' Probably too much traffic jam. Donnie chased the train to the end of the platform but failed to catch it. Then some helpful soul asked: Miss the train? Oh not much, Don replied, I never got to know it very well . Do you believe in re-incarnation? Nope, you can ' t overhaul flowers. Is your friend Scotch ? Yes, how did you know ? He licked his spectacles rape fruit. after eating The general was taken sick at the ban- quet. Yeh, what was the matter? Oh. things in general, I guess. Frank : This blueberry pie tastes a lit- tle queer, dear. Mary Katharine: Oh honey, perhaps I put too much bluing in it. Judge : I fined you a dollar and ten cents for beating your wife. Prisoner : I don ' t mind the dollar but what is the ten cents for? Judge : Federal tax on amusements. aeaBsasaBBaaaeanz [Page One Hundred Twenty-two] qesev 5 i5i?a ?aBii!a?j!?s?2!a?i5) !?s?2Qea2Bi ?55i?a5iiis aeaEa2?a5i5ea?a?a5i?5i28aB)KfKi5(5)S!!i ' : [Page One Hundred Twenty-three] 2r3BEiS2BEQnaEaEiHea2Effi2HE £ y - -S- cs . ;. ■ ;,.; •, ,, ;.. ;.. „ , ,.... ,  ;, . ■■ - [Page One- Hundred Twenty-four] a S3 s S3 S3 S3 £ S3 ss . sa S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 8 S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 g S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 I S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 g S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 S3 SJSEEfciil iSilSeiSffiSBEBEiSiESBEEEE ' K- ' QQQEaaQ BQE! [Page One Hundred Twenty-five] KS Autographs s S3 KS S3 KS CN S_ ■ [Page One Hundred Twenty-six] KS KS Autographs ■ ss s S3 KS KS [Page One Hundred Twenty-seven] ■I f2QEa2KraEaQEa!SESQQQQ5)QEQQQ2EaQQB(QKlK!KlElEiQaE2EIK:v- The staff wishes, here, to thank the business men who have mads this (Tattler pos- sible because of their cheerful cooperation in contributing to the aduertising section of the book. IDe ask eueruone to peruse carefully the following pages. One Hundred Twenty eightj I I I INSURANCE AND REAL ESTATE GEO. E. CORELL Phone 213 309 Main St. Corell Building NILES, MICHIGAN Drug! Prescriptions Sick Room Supplies | Toilet Goods Kodaks i i 1 I 1 I ! I I I I I I I 1 I I I I I I I RICKS Congratulations and Best Wistiesto Class ol 1929 Pnone 133 [ I RODGERS PRINTING CO. I I Main Street Nlles, Michigan I I JOHNSON and GARLANGER Shoes and All Kinds of Leather Goods 213 Main St. Niles, Michigan [Page One Hundred Twenty-nine] i I I I i I William F. Harrah. President George F. FWer, Vice-President Thomas E. Cain, Cashier 4 Interest Paid on Savings Deposits Compliments of THE RIVERIA THEATRE Owned and Operated by Niles People I I I I I I I I Compliments of The Roebeck Insurance Agency i i ! i i i Play Safe — Insure [Page o,i, Hundred Thirty] Donnie E. (in radio department) : I ' m looking for a good radio. Could you recom- mend one? Sweet young clerk : Why yes, the Bei- vadere. Donnie (after stony glare) : And is the Belva expensive? Burton S. : Can you lend me an X? Bud W. : Sorry old chap, with me an X involves algebraic difficulty. Burton : Why Bud : To me an X is an unknown quan- tity. j Snl.-.livi ] Farm City Rentals Leases FRED. I . COOK Realtor District Representative for Al. Parker Securities Co. Loser Rio Grand Valley of Texas Grape-fruit and Orange Groves Suite 1 Phone 1417 Walton Bld£. INiles Michigan I i i I I I I i I I I I I I I I SPENCERS Advertise in the Tattler For Schoolboys will soon be men — And we like to keep them with us. As Customers and Friends. With you We smile and boost for Niles Spencer Dry Cleaners PHONE 649 Why Men Like to Buy Clothes Here As We Have Kuppenheimers Famous Fifty s They can come in and be taken care of in a business-like way, quickly without fuss, at the lowest prices possible-equality considered. CHAS. JULIUS COMPANY Chas. Petterson Manager [Page One Hundred Thirty-one] -f t- COMMUNITY INSTITUTION The finest entertainment money can hu-g. With service and cour- tesy as important factors. THE READY Theatre THEIPERFECT VITAPHONE AND MOVIETONE T I Dentist Room no. 205 STAR BUlLDinq I i I I I I I I I I Niles, Michigan i i ADVERTISE Your Business bij using Lithographed Snow Cards and Posters Made bij The National Printing Troost, Augustine Price Phone 10W Ambulance Service i i and Engraving Company | [ Offices: Cnica o, New York St. Louis HOME PLANT: NILES, MICHIGAN II indn d Thirty-two] I I i I I 1 I I 1 I I I I I I I i i 4 +- E. V. Augustine H. E. Price Licensed Embelmers + — I Niles Fuel fir Supply Co. COAL i I Phone 160 Office: Main 6 Big 4 R. R. «£,„ ,,„ „„ „,, nn mi u nn nn II mi nil mi 1| nn dm nn— t|t I I I I H. D. I LABERTEAUX [ The Qrocer Just A Little Better I I I I DIAMOND AND WATCH SPECIALIST Official Watch Inspector M. C. R. R. Ball Time System Watch Inspector For Citizens Niles QUALITY Mich. COURTESY J HENDLEMAN ' S I I I i I ! Smart Mod ern Phone 400 1893 - -1929 i i i i i i i i I I For Apparel Women Niles Benton Harbor MAIN STREET ! ! I [ j Corner Main ST 3rd 127 Pipestone St. | I I I I 1 I I I [Page One Hundred Thirty-three] Girls Champion Soccer Teami- Class ' 31 ROEGER ' S Confectionery Store Ice Cream Candy Fruits Cigars 117 N. 3rd St. [Page One Hundred Thirty-four] Camp Outfits Fishing Tackle I ! I I I I i J J | Golfers ' Supplies — Guns Ammunition I I I I I J SPORTING GOODS i i i i I i I I I I I i I I Keys Fitted I I I I ] J ! I 108 Second St. (Next to Riveria Theatre 1 I j ] Niles Michigan I I I ] I I F. W. Appleby SPORT SHOP Gunsmithing General Repairing Compliments 01 THE NILES LUMBER CO. M. S. Rudisell, Sec ' 13-Treas. The Home of BILL DING The I J THE STORE OF PERSONAL | SERVICE 1001 BroaduMi) Phone 388 J AS. L. MADDER ROLFE R. CTAljLOR + — — +■ — + — ._, Main-Oak PHARMACY Francis B. Drolet, PH. C. Proprietor A Friendly Store Three Minutes from High School We Serve Plate Dinners Chicken Sandwiches Lunches at All Hours 1 i W HOTEL DE HAMBURGER 115 North Second St. [Page One Hundred Thirty-five] I ! Realax Porch and Lawn Chairs Ideal for Bridge — Table Cover to Match COMFORTABLE As the Old Arm Chair All Steel Fold Flat i i I I I I I I I I 1 I i I [ I I i I I i I I I I 1 I I I 1 I I Several Models and Trimmings Our Auto or Camp Chairs are Most Convenient See Our New Slydfork for Camping Michigan Wire Goods Co. NILES, MICH. LANDSMAN ' S INC. The Home oi Hart, Scliafnier Marx Clotkes See the New Prep Suits Bu Hart, Schallner Marx $25 $30 $35 215 E. Main St. Phone 899 Yes, We Launder Dress Skirts Particularly for Men Who Care Dress skirts, pleated bosoms and plain, particularly, lor men who care. Pleated hosoms are vert] attractive lor semi-lormal occasions, hut some men hesitate to wear them ior rear theu cannot he laundered properhj. But it can he done — we re doing it everu davj. NILES LAUNDRY The Soft Water Laundry 411 N. Second St. [Pagi i ' ..- Hundred Thirt) Bix] Phc 1123 I T ROOST BROTHERS Complete Home Furnishers Furniture, Stoves and Rugs FOUR COMPLETE FLOORS 110-112 North Second Street Telephone No. Ill — Niles, Michigan [Page One Hundred Thirty-seven] BARR ' S | DRY GOODS ! | Ladies Ready-To- Wear Mens and Childrens I Furnishings I Shoes for the whole family Phone 1531 117 Main Street NILES - BUCH AN AN MICHIGAN — Mrs. Langston: Now Hardy, you shouldn ' t bs afraid of the dark. Hardy : Aw gee Ma, it gets in my eyes and I can ' t see anything. John K. : This vanishing cream is a fake. Druggist : Why? John (blushing) : I ' ve used it on my feet for two weeks and they are just as large as thev ever were. Warren : Did you graduate with cum laude? Alumnus : No, he must have been be- fore my time. Mrs. Rutz : Bob, use the word ' fabric ' in a sentence. Bob S. : You would pass out cold fabric fell on vour head. Roland S: Did you ever take chills? Max S. : No, what period do they Burton : I wonder why that guy wears a glass monocle in that eye? Orville : It ' s because his eye is weak. Burton : Then he ' d better get a glass hat. I I Oakland Pontiac Sixes Products of General Motors I J ! R. C. Atkinson 2 Dr. Sedan - $1145 2 Dr. Sedan - $ 745 4 Dr. Sedan - 1245 4 Dr. Sedan - 845 Coupe - - 1145 Coupe - - 745 Roadster - 1145 Roadster - 775 I I I I I I I I I I i i I I COAL and BUILDERS ' SUPPLIES Unley Motor Sales i i Phone 247 Niles, Michigan ! Phone 702 Opposite Riviera Theatre | I [Page One Hundred Tbirty-eieht] i ! Dey and Third Sts. Seth Atkinson, Mgr. I i | i i I F. A. Reynolds HARDWARE Phone 460 I i i i I 1 I I I I I A Qas Range is part of the equipment of every modern home. Michigan Qas and Electric Company , 302 Main Street 209 main Street Niles, Ulichigan Designers and Manufacturers oi School and College Jewelru JEWELER TO NILES HIGH SCHOOL Sfl e INDIANAPOLIS INDIANA [Page One Hundred Thirty-nine] I ! I I I I I I I I I I I I I I Musk rooms Gasoline Compliments of Michigan Mushroom Companu I — — I 1 I i i i I I I i 1 I I I I I I I I I DEAN ' S Drug Store □ □ Known the world over Niles Michigan + Lunch Room, Tobacco, Cigars and Shines Pethick ? s Billiard Parlor [Page One Hundred Forty] J.CPENNE 310-312 E. MAIN ST. NILES, MICH. Symbols of Value Before any J. C. Penney Company label or trade-mark is validly affixed to a piece of merchandise that merchandise must measure up to certain stringent, standardized tests of materials and work- manship. Guide Posts t or Your Safe and Sure Direction to Quality Our labels are in a real sense Industrial Degrees of Proficiency, and we guard them with all the care and pride that a great uni- versity throws around its scholarship awards. Only the worthy and the competent can achieve the honor. We regret that sometimes manufacturers or jobbers place these labels on goods rejected by us because of some flaw in the material or workmanship. Sometimes these im- perfect goods, still bearing our label, find their way, against our wishes and without our sanction, into stores other than our own. Remember that sound, up-to-standard merchandise bearing the J. C. Penney Company labels or trade-marks is sold only in our own J. C Penney Co. Stores. [Page One Hundred Forty-. I 1 I I OSTRANDER ' S East End Clover Farm Store We Deliver Telephone 699 i | -■ — — + — ■— — School Supplies 211 Main St. Livingston ' Southern Michigan ' s Finest Store for IDomen ' s Reach] h to IDear Dru Qoods, Millinery, Jewelru, Rose, Houelties, Draperies, Etc. [Page One Hundred Forty-two] Girls Champion Basket Ball Team— Class ' 29 [ j I ] Printers Appearance j Is Not All in Life But it ' s the other fellows measure of you He map look at your feet first Shoes Hosiery Calvin Bros. i i I 1 I I I I I I I I I I I I i i I I I I I 1 I 1 I I I I I I Stamp Makers Office Supplies Niles Printing Company 216 North Fifth Street Niles, Mich. J J Phone 992 I 1 I [Page One Hundred Forty-three] ULTRA-NU Basket Company Manufacturers of the World ' s Leading Baskets Geni-Ann Wardrobes Shoe Cabinets Splint Hampers Fibre Hampers Clothes Baskets Bassinettes I 1 BOWLING GARAGE I i E M. Bowling, Prop. Car Washing Storage Bodu and Fender-Repairing Duco Finisning i i I I I I I I I I 1 i I I I i I I I i I i I i I I i I i I NILES, MICHIGAN Phone 1426 Sycamore at Front St. j j I I Marshall Grathwohl Plumbing and Heating PHONES Residence 245-J Shop 814 112 South .3rd. St. Niles, Mich. I! ndred Forty-four] KTOHE rKONTK Modern store fronts furnished by Kawneer have contributed largely to the success of thousands of progressive merchants in all lines of retail business. These men will tell vou that an investment in a modern Kawneer display front is the surest dividend-paying investment any retailer can make. Mail the coupon today for your free copy of our book, Modern Store Fronts for Better Display. Store fronts THE KAWNEER COMPANY Name Front St., Niles, Michigan ... D , ■ , ■ , Address.... Please send your book of Modern Store Front Designs to Kind of Business — $ CONSULT AN ARCHITECT - IT IS AN INVESTMENT— NOT AN EXPENSi Through our 192H national advertising to a class group the name Kawneer Bronze Store Fronts Will be printed approximately eight million times [Page One Hundred Forty-five] Niles High School Gym Team Your Next Step — To learn to earn a livelihood through serving Business Business Administration ; Advanced Sec- retarial ; Professional Accounting, Audit- ing and Law ; also eight additional Courses Fine New Building; — twelve rooms; — fireproof construction, pronounced the best equipped in the Central States. Catalog and detailed information FREE. Write for it. Visit Us. You will be shown every courtesy. Soutk Bend Business College South Bend, Indiana Compliments of the I I I I I I I 1 FORBURGER MOTOR CO. BUICK NILES, MICHIGAN [Page One Hundred Fortysix] Compliments of NILES ;teel tank — 4 , | ■ « ' ' i —   — «« ««   o nn— un un uo no do i.n— 1| AMERICAN CLEANERS We dije for others: We ' ll Dije lor ijou Prompt Service Pkoiie 124-W 204 Nortn Second Street NilesDaily Star You will find all tlie local news witli the test oi the nation s happenings reported bu the Associated Press in the Daihj Star. Goes into 97 per cent oj the homes in Niles. Read the Local News in the Daily Star [Page One Hundred Forty-seven] -f +- 1 i THE KERR HARDWARE CO. Headquarters For Sporting Goods CTs NILES, MICHIGAN i i 1 I i 1 I I I I I I I I I I I I ..+ 4.. E. H. POWER Supply Co. Plumbing, Heating, and Well SUPPLIES Wolff Quality Enamel Ware Phone 1161 211 N. Ninth Street The Dry-Kold Refrigerator Co. MANUFACTURERS i I ,..4 I Special refrigerators and cooling room installations for hotels, hospitals, restaurants, dining cars, steamships, public in- stitutions, fine residences, etc. Complete equipment for florists, grocers, meat markets, delicatessens, refrigerator counters, display cases, butter and cheese refrigerators. Main Offices and Factory NILES, MICHIGAN [Page One Hundred Forty-eight] — — ■ — FOR THE LADY IN THE KITCHEN THERE ' S NOTHING LIKE A SnolDhite ItfORK TABLE Or BREAKFAST SET Made bi] KOII1PASS . STOLL CO. Niles, Ttlichigan [Page One Hundred Forty-nine] Snapshots Bring Fond Memories Cameras make ideal gifts for graduation days. Everyone wants to remember their grad- uation — one of the highlights in their lives. Snapshots will aid that memory and bring bach fond recollections in years to come. There are any number of suitable gifts for graduation found in our store. Fountain pens — diaries — memory boohs — perfumes — toilet sets NILES, MICH. G in ETTING all the money possible is not the individual ' s full share in prosperity. Each of us shares, also, in the responsibility of maintaining prosperity. That means liberal buying to help keep stores, factories, farms, and mines busy. It also means sensible saving in order that a reserve may be accumulated to guard against slumps in the future. This bank is a safe place to cache your extra cash and build up a bulwark of protection of present prosperity. Use it for your benefit and because of its benefit to the business world from which your income comes. CITY NATIONAL BANK TRUST CO. NILES, .Member Federal Reserve System.: MICH. [Page One Hundred Fifty] Lady (on street car) : Say, little boy, can ' t you do something with your nose? Leo G. : Yes. I can keep it out of other people ' s business. Gen. Franz : How long does it take you to dress in the morning? Betty E. (boasting) : Oh, about eight minutes. How long does it take you? Gen. : Oh, about a half hour, but then I wash. It is rumored that one cure for love at first sight is a second look. Mr. Lovelace : Now Bernadette, tell me the name of one of the most famous gen- erals in history. Bernadette : General Motors. Dentist (to John in chair) : Will you take gas? John K. (absent mindedly) : Yes, and you had better take a look at the oil too. Bud Wood : Do you know the differ- ence between a street car and a taxi? Bernadette : No. Bud W. : Then we ' ll go home in a street car. Roseru. Floral Shoppe Phone 980 East ULam Qardens Phone 1018 Red Line Floral Co. Phone 75 ! A. W. SORTORE News Agencu Insurance and Automobile License Branch. Books, Magazines, Newspapers Greeting Carols For Everu Oc I I 4- ..+ +- i ! RUTHERFORD S i I Funeral Home Phone 1025 = i I I I I I I 4 +■• Ambulance Service Picture Framing [Page One Hundred Fifty-one] Furnish Your Home Hamilton Anderson i Tennis Team ' — 1928 Joe Marazita, P. R 1 1 undred Fifty-two] , E. Sweet, R. Watterson, J. Burns, Coach Colli! Stranger (entering post office) : Any mail for Mike Howe? The post master who was busy did not answer. Stranger (loudly) : Any mail for Mike Howe ? Postmaster (disgusted) : No, who would send mail to your cow? Tommy G. : Yes, my car will run 150 miles without filling the tank. Teddy B. : Gosh, think how far it would run if you put some gas in it. Waiter: Will you have some pie? Sidney C. : Is it compulsory? Waiter : No, apple. One of our promising young men re- cently announced that he knew a girl who was so dumb that she thought as long as you played golf on the golf links, you must box on the cuff links. Then there was the Scotchman who called his knee Philanthropic because it was always giving away. Keith : They say Jim is wandering in his mind. Meredith: That ' s all right, he won ' t go far. | : Attend College in I Kalaniazoo Write for a catalog to THE REGISTRAR of Kalamazoo College I [Established 1833] or Western State Teachers College I i See US for your STUDENT SUPPLIES Doubleday Brothers J and Company 241 E. Main St. Kalamazoo, Mich igan ■+ .- 50th ANNIVERSARY Garden City Fans and Blowers developed over a period of 50 years - assure complete dependability. FANS FOR VENTILATING FIEATING DRYING DUST COLLECTING Multiblade Fan AND ALL OTHER PURPOSES. Catalogs on Request Garden City Fan Company Established Sii WORKS: NILES, MICHIGAN MAIN OFFICES: CHICAGO, ILL. [Page One Hundred Fifty j utngraplts [Page One Hundred Fifty-four] Graduation Apparel of Distinction Collegiate Cap and Gown Co. CHAMPAIGN, - - ILLINOIS The Class of 1929 IDishes to express their apprecia- tion of the co-operation of the advertisers u ho aided in the success of this Tattler MnasaaaEEinzgEEEm [Page One Hundred Fifty-five] Dedication Plyni Field Nilesl2 St. Toe 6 [Page One Hundred Fifty-sue] NATIONAL-STANDARD COMPANY $ Makers of and Wire Braids NILES, MICHIGAN [Page One Hundred Fifty -seven] Telephone 1669 Martin E. Sar. Mgr. SAR TIRE SERVICE STATION Cor. Fifth fir ' Sycamore Sts. - ■■ i i I I I I I I Goodyear Tires Exide Batteries Staroline Gasoline I Alemite Lubrication • + + O Toole Coal Co. Phone 202 Quality In Coal and Ice As Well As Service Photographic Work in this booh by Paul H. Frank Commercial and Portrait Photography Sister Lakes, Mich. [Page One Hundred Fifty-eight] INDIANA EW5RAVIITC MPANY 10 tojj Book )T7dde by the TOldQd • SAMTtl BEN WASH bRAWINK PHATA RETAMtHINt tAHMERSIAL PHATASRAPHY ENtRAVINt ELEURATYPINS NKKEU STEEL TYPES EMBASSIN IES [Page One Hundred Fifty -Nine] PRINTING Our Service is for l]ou SPECIALIZE IN Annuals Office Stationery Folders booklets Sit T ie Coileqe Press Thouqhlful Prinlinq BERRIETI sPRmqs, micmqAn [Page One Hundred Sixty]