Osceola High School - Bulldog Yearbook (Osceola, NE)

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The o onitor Miss Emma Snydkk English I )epartinent Miss Lf.i.ia McNkknky Mathematics Department Mr. A. B. Gri.xvick Principal Science I department Miss Lop Walker Ijtnguage aiul History Department Miss Xellie Simpson Domestic Science Department

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hi ' Tluw Osceola High School- Dedication To PROFESSOR J. F. DUNCAN as an expression of our regard for him as an instructor and friend, the class f Nineteen Hundred Sixteen dedicate this book.

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As The Class of 1916 May See Our Faculty in 1936 Lincoln. Nebraska. March 20. 1936. Hear Classmate: As you are working in the heathen countries, where mail service is | or. I presume you did not hear of the Junior-Senior Reception Reunion. I will tell you all I can as I know you will be interested. Stepping out into the frosty air one morning I saw my mail bag fall from the aeroplane which was not a great distance from the ground. Cpon opening the bag I noticed a letter, the hand writing of which I did not recognize. I could feel a strange thrill pass thru me (as it did in my high school days watching a foot ball game as our boys were nearing the line), when I read The Faculty of jyiO request the presence of the Juniors and Seniors of 1016 in the old High School building March ij. pjO. Fight O'clock A. M. I at once got aboard one of the fast planes of the International Aeroplane Transportation Co. Fate must have Ijcen kind for on account of a few lost burrs we were forced to stop at Shelby. Losing my way several times in Shelby’s streets. 1 at last came to the high school. The school is recognized as one of the l est in the state, Being early in the morning, the classes had not yet passed and as I wandered into the study hall I noted that the Superintendent was giving a lecture. It appeared as if some of the girls had been guilty of the crime of Walking in the halls with their arms around each other. Not caring to lose my dignity by laughing (as it brought back old memories 1 I went into the office. When the Superintendent entered I gave him my card and he handed his to me. Well, you can imagine my surprise to see Mr. A. B. Gelwick. Of course I inquired if he had heard of the Reunion. He laughed and said he had helped plan it and was going to leave on the same plane on which I was traveling. It did not take long for 11s to reach our destiny. Promptly at eight I was welcomed at the obi building by our former superintendent, Mr. J. F. Duncan. Walking down the old stairs. 1 noticed, to my surprise, the exact decorations and plans that were used at the Junior-Senior Reception in 1916. You remember how lovely that was. This was as nearly perfect. After the exquisite feast, which was served by the same individuals as in 1916, a plan was suggested in which each member of the faculty were to relate some of their life history. It will Ik? impossible for me to write these speeches as interesting as they were told. Professor Duncan was the first to take the floor. He told us that he was now a retired man, his oldest daughter having shared with him the fortune she had made with her voice. Although Mr. Duncan has retired from professional life. I learned that be was studying the problems of today and was giving valuable advice wherever it was needed. Miss Walker favored us with a solo. s she poured forth the lnautiful notes we thought of her as the German Nightingale. Although we could not all understand the words (as they were German) she cast a spell over the audience that no one wished to break. Finally Mrs.----------. our ln-loved Miss Snyder of former days. stood before us. I felt guilty as I gazed upon her face, for I remembered when we had tried to leant her age. Here she was. aftci twenty years, looking just as young as in 1916. In fact I was tempted to interrupt her several times in her sjteech to ask. The Method of Keeping Young. Miss Snyder was principal in one of the Language Departments of the McXcrney C ollege. She had kept her youth by mixing with the young people there as she did in the Osceola High School. Miss McXcrney appeared dressed in the most costly clothing and smiling as usual. She had discovered that the bail diamond 01 Osceola was underlaid with a very valuable stone which is now a more precious jewel than the diamond. She put her fortune made from this to good use—by donating it to a small college in Lincoln. The McNerney College is now one of the largest in the I nited States. Miss Simpson bad become the wife of a wealth) congressman, but even though wealthy she insisted upon preparing iter husband’s food. It is said that though he grieves because she will work, he enjoys his elaborate dinners. Mr. Gelwick then caused the old gymnasium to shake when he raised his voice to give the old High School yell, in which we all joined. Miss Walker then lead us in the High School song after which we bade farewell. As I see the plane in sight now I must seal mv letter. As ever. Aia'krta Bitiita.