Ohio Mechanics Institute - OMIA Yearbook (Cincinnati, OH)

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Jamming, 18 19 23 24 26 29 30 Ifiiiiil Back again! New Year's resolutions already being broken. Santa Clausis gifts are being exchanged. NOW they are being; worn. How they wear causes critical comment. Basket-ball team makes four straight victories. A close one against Elder HigheIS to 1-1. Joe Jorling' has his hair cut. The team gets its first defeat of the season when Norwood downs them on our fioorsw to 17. James J. HHumpU spends the night out. 0. M. I. drops another to the University School due to poor foul shootingi25 to 19. Girls basketball team loses its first game to the University Schoolish-sh-its the first game theyive played. Team goes to Norwood and is again defeated by the Norwood quintet-28 to 25. Basket-ball going rotten. Team loses its fourth straight game to the heavyweights from Littleford 3-1 to 19. At last we break our losing streak. Franklin High bites the dust and we make them like ite33 to 13. First semester closes-Reports begin to go home to papa. Second semester opens. Good resolutions to do better this term, Reports of another kind come from home-and from papa. mmu tad . 16 23 24 26 Loveland comes to O. M. I. for another walloping730 to 14. Bud Schuster carries away a bad ankle. Second dance is given by students. Team has another off day and lets Milford beat theme15 to 14. Abraham Lincoln has his birthday; also a beautiful purple Mike makes its appearance. Joe Jorling receives a tender Valentine gi'eetingv iiButton, buttona whats got the button 1W Franklin High again trounced by O. M. I. this time 28 to 17. Tri-State Tournament at the University of Cincinnati. Attendance at school noticeably less than usual. 0. M. I. stays in the tournament for two rounds, defeating St. Bernard 29 t0 6, and dropping a tough one to HugheseQ t0 7. Washington's Birthday. Hurrah! no school. We also celebrate Hilman Smithis birthday. Elder High gets sweet revenge in the wilds of Price Hill by trouncing 0. M. I. 26 to 18. Secondnyear intensive class takes over Institute. They run test on power plant, do janitor service, office work, and run elevator. Feature of day is Doc Muncyis 11.42 hour late arrival with his shoes in hand. Mr. P. K. Johnston-ebetter rainment-thrills and heart throbs! hail fullback style. known as iiRedheinvests in new Said rainment of dance-

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11 13 16 1'7 23 27 28 30 6W; 1:33;, ' 6.;an h kimfd $33!, WM? I 5,12 t r WNOuVEMBER - VJ . c thlvn Comments on the first issue of The Mike come in from student body. The staff tears its hair. Hal Miller appears with a coral tie. Armistice Dayebut of course it had to come on a Saturday! Drat the luck! Notice of Maxwell Prize Essay Contest. The magnitude of the prizes overawed no one. H. H. Smith and Jos. G. Weber, as representatives of THE MICROMETER, leave for The Mikes first journalistic convention at Marietta, Ohio. Strange to relate the school survives their absence. Students trip the light fantastieithe first dance of the season is given by the students. Seniorst feeling hurt. Miss Noble rudely informs them Of the requirement of the Maxwell Essay or no diploma. Shoot! Basket-ball practice starts. Four of last yeafs men seen on the squad: Dorsey, Schuster, Jorling and Vornhagen. Hurrah for Plymouth Rock and the Pilgrims! What would we do without Thanksgiving? 15 16 20 22 DE C EMBER Seniors still grumblingehard words pass. Seniors somewhat placated. They learn that the juniors have 0 MaxwellH tooee cheers! Discovery of the new system of thought-conveying by one P. K. Johnston, erstwhile instructor of physics. The noble juniors are HThe Object of the Experiment . Notebooks! First basket-ball game of the season. Team goes to Loveland High School in Weigleints Studebaker and wallops Loveland High-28 t0 9. Maxwell Essay Contest closes today. As usual the ttbox pro- vided for the purpose is not flooded with contributions. Guide thy wandering senior. O. M. I. team overwhelms Crescent Springs on the O. M. I. floor728 t0 8. Founderst and Emery Memorial Day. Equanimity of school un- disturbed, however. 0. M. 1. runs up their third score of 28 against Walnut Hills High, defeating! them 28 to 12. Copies of THE MICROMETER distributed by Santa Claus. No school until January 2 Christmas holidays responsible. How we do love them! Seniors take it upon themselves to inform freshmen that there is no Santa Claus.

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12 13 17 20 21 23 llMickeyll and Bee remember that school begins at 8:30. Johnny DuBrul eats lunch alone. Coach Roth does Spme inten- sive booking workwhe calls off the Ohio Military game. Bud Schuster entices the senior class to a picture show. They enjoy Robin Hood immensely from the gallery. Bud is forced to use opera glasses. One George XVilson prepares for his exodus to Chicago. Certain staff members envious and inclined to be nasty. Lots of gem in evidenceiand not all freshmen either. James J. Campbell and Gafuna Rubin accept editorial Chairs on Annual. First day of spring. In the spring; a young manls fancy etc. and all the rest of it. Mike out again. James J. Campbell produces a long holder forA? Oh, guessf G 10 13 16 17 23 .111 I Heel sake:- Sundayiconsequently miss lots of fun at school, Seniors give juniors permission to publish last issue of THE MIKE-under senior supervision. Goldfish appear in the machine-shop cooling; tank. Joe Jorling'ls' birthday. XVe can,t understand why we shouldnlt have a holiday. Look right this way n0w.--Chin a little higher-Thatk right! Whafs all the excitement? Why, our pictures taken for THE OMIA, of course. Carl Koehler so fussed up weld hardly know himemarcel ,never- ything. Friday, the thirteenthlf Koehlelds marcel is rapidly losing its effect with the loss of its curl. Heard on all sides, llAre you going to the game? Opening game today. Half holiday and Reds win, 3 to 2 in eleven innings Art department goes out on sketching trip and almost manages to land in a Kentucky jail. Inquire at this studio for particulars. Joe Jorling buys a pack of cigarettes-My Gawd!