North Side High School - Legend Yearbook (Fort Wayne, IN)

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AT NORTH SIDE HIGH In September, 1927. the enrollment of North Side was a meagre 600 but, increasing by leaps and bounds, the total jumped to 998 in 1930. january, 1933. there were 1.294 pupils traversing the corri- dors of our fair school and the last checkup in 1936 revealed that this figure had risen to 1,-150. The June graduating list in 1927 numbered 64 seniors. Melvin Koenig was president of this class which was advised by Nliss Hilda Schwehn and Mr. Everett Pennington while the Rev. Paul Krauss gave the baccalaureate address. The Parent-Teachers' Association was instrumental in these im- mature years in helping to build a fine and upstanding student body. Ir has always been a vital factor in the well-being of our school. The many and varied activities which enliven school life at North Side would never have been so strong had it not been for the efforts of our hard-working school treasurer. lV1r. Elvin Eyster. The Quill Club was among the first clubs to be initiated into school life. In the fall of 1927, Mr. Charles E. Dickinson organized this group into one of proficient literary functions. Ir was not until the following year that the first Ripp1es', appeared as an offering to higher education in literature at North Side. Since then nine Ripp1es', have been published by this literary-minded group and the demand has almost always overshadowed the number pub- lished. In the first years of its existence, the club was also blessed with the assistance of Miss Mary Cromer, now Mrs. James Smith. The need of an organization to give the schoolls athletic con- tests their uumphu was seen in that first year, and under the ad- visership of Miss Julia Storr the Booster Club was organized. After that year Miss Hilda Auman tool: over the advisory duties, and we now have at the helm Miss Ural Eurst, with 1V1iss Hazel Plum- mer, Miss Katharine Rothenberger, Mlivss Judith Bowen, and Mr. Loy C. Laney helping outhin the different departments. In the first year the bandrwas organized by Mr. Paul Nlaithews. This first enlistment consisted .of aband of twenty-six members. Then there was a great scarcity of instruments. The uniforms came later. Next the band acquired the services of Mr. Williain Sur and only last year his duties were taken over by Mr. Varner Chance. The orchestra followed suit with the same growing ten- dencies. Elvin S. Eyster School Treasurer 13

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A DECADE PASSES This being the tenth anniversary of the founding of North Side High School. something should be written concerning the history of our fair school. There are many who do not know of the beauti- ful and romantic history of the banks of the old Saint Joseph river. It has a story all of its own. We wish we knew of the battles that were fought here between the red men and then, finally, between the white and red man. Undoubtedly, many brave young men have lost their lives on the very ground where the school now stands, Perhaps on our wellatrodden football field some other great strug- gle took place. What a story those old trees. which surround us. might tell if they were ableg of the heroic deeds, of dramatic loves, of great battles. Who could want more? They would fell of the coming of the great Mad Anthonyn Wayne and the founding of our great city, then a mere trading post: of the growth of this small Indian village into a mighty metropolis. and the building of a great and beautiful new school on the banks of the stream. Large boulevards have taken the place of the narrow Indian paths and electricallyrrun street cars course up and down the trails which the Indian pony trod long ago. A great bridge of concrete now spans the stream which once men had to ford. A11 has changed. ' In September of 1927. when the school first opened, there were but 600 students roaming its lengthy corridors. The school had been built and that was all. Before this majestic structure ran a dirt street, inaccessible in wintry weather. instead of the fine cement one which has taken its place. There were board walks instead of our cement ones which we now know. It was not until 1928 that those improvements were made. However, through these immature years the school was led successfully by our jovial principal, Milton 1-1. Northrop. Miss Reynard was the first dean of girls, but she was succeeded by Miss Gross in 1931. P-T. A. Executive Board First Row: Mr, Thompson, Mrs. Maurice Ashley, Miss Victoria Gross. Nlrs. Lee Pletcher. Mr. Nlilton Northrop, Nlrs. XX7a1ter Craig, Mrs. Elmer Voirol. Second Row: Mrs. Foellinger, Mrs. Roy Danford, Mrs. Olsum, Ivlrs. Crofts, Mrs. Fruechtenicht, Mrs. l'larvey, Mrs. Stahn, Mrs. Walley. A W 5 12

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First Row: Mr. Ralph Hite, Miss Rowena Harvey, Miss Katharine Rothenberger, Miss Geneva Burwell, Miss Carrie Snively, Miss Ethel Shroyer, Miss Mary Howard, Miss Vesta Thompson, Nlr. Harold Thomas, Mrs. John Chapman, Mr. Frederick Breeze. Under the same advisers, there were in those years a boys' and a girls' glee club. In the chang- ing of administration, these gradually grew into what we know as the A Cappella Choir. The Northerner became the weekly advocate of the students in those early times. Miss Mercedes Hurst was followed in advisership in the fall of 1928 by Miss Rowena Harvey. Miss Harvey's Northerners and Legends made fine examples for the other schools to follow, winning many fine awards. The first yearbook was published in the spring of 1929 by the class of 1928-1929. Debating began to bear fruit as early as the spring of 1928, when the club organized by Miss Cromer was given a National Forensic League charter. After the first year, the adviser became Mr. John Stoner and the N.F.L. became the Forum Club. As Mr. Stoner left for Chicago Uni- versity, an energetic young man took his place, Mr. Loy C. Laney, whose debating teams and public speakers have been the pride and joy of North Side since he reorganized the N.F.L. Mr. Laney also discovered the Junior Forensic in 1935. The artistic achievements of students was brought out by a meeting of the Art Club which was effected in 1928 with Miss Gertrude Zook and Miss Bernice Sinclair as advisers. The live Hi-Y'ers went into action in that hrst Study Hall annum. Mr. Merton Kimes was their proficient adviser. In 1930, Mr. Everett Pennington and Mr. Rollo Mosher took his place and in their stead now stand Mr. Dave Hartley and Mr. Leslie Reeves. The first Redskin Hi-Y president was Franklin Ivins. A Junior Hi-Y, called the Torch Club, was organized by Mr. Clifford Risk in 1928. Athletics cannot be left out of any such history of the school. Although the record was none too good these first years, there are a few names that stand out. Mr. Mark Bills was our football and basketball coach with Mr. Rolla Chambers as our track coach. It seems that the athletic board con- sisted of Mr. Bills, Mr. Chambers, Mr. Milton Northrop, Mr. Hyrle Ivy, Mr. John DeLong, Mr. Elvin Eyster, and Mr. John Sinks. The first Guild trophy winner was Steve Marshall. William Schei- man was the first track man to receive an UN . The initial football win was in 1928, when a pile-driving herd of Redskins trampled a fighting eleven from Reading High of Reading, Mich., f Dad', Northrop's old schoolj 14-12. In 1930 North Side basketeers won their first sectional crown, and the name of Everett Scott, Jr. was add- ed to the Redskin hall of fame. Again in 1932 Northern lights were blazing, for the Redskins had :'copped another sectional crown and had gone as far as the semi-final in the state tournament. Library .3-Q iff. -- A-gf .N - W, -4 .' , . 2.9.1- fi: ff! , 14