Q3 fy . Q ff gas 1518115 Y W I 1 NARCISS THE YEAR BOOK OF PERI' HIGH SCHUOI PERU, INDIANA SM! PUBLISHED BY CLASS OF NINIZTEEN TVVENTY-ONE JAM llNAHCl5ll5ll We? 3 f 't DEDICATION To the memory of Miss Viola Lukens, who labored throughout her life for the advancement of education, we, the Class of 1921, dedicate this Narcissus. M 'mm mlm IHAHCISSUSI New IN REMEMBRANCE As a guest who may not slay Long ana' saa' farewells to say Glides with smiling face away, Of the sweetness and the zest Of thy happy lyfe possess ,cl Thou hast lejq us at thy best. Keep for us, Ofrienci whereler Thou art waiting, all that here lVlacte thy earthly presence cteai Something of thy pleasant past On a grouncl of naoncler cast, In the stiller waters glass ,a'! Keep the human heart of theeg Let the mortal only be Clothecl in immortality. Anal when fall our feet as fell Thine upon the asphociel Let thy old smile greet us well. -John Greenleaf XXI MKS I We LH we NHAHCISSUSH Organization BOARD AND STAFF Faculty Directors MBS Lilliilll Bappert Miss Mary Gallahan President Secretary Miss Elizabeth lVilson Miss Betty Guthrie Treasurer Art Assistant Miss Mary Stutesman ' Critic Student Members Ernestine Leahy Editor-in-Chief Elizabeth Ridenour Literary Editor Willard Faunce Cartoonist Mildred Eckard Calendar 's Paul Morse ociate Business Manager Paul Lutz Athletics Emily Kantzer Art Editor Elizabeth Loveland Editor All Sorts Russell Eikenberry Jokes Paul Thompson Business M anager Mildred Erb Society Editor Thelma Silvers Kodaks Florence Eikenberry Alumni WSI I S Warm MB. NNAHCISSUQSH .ELK l Zmm .i,...1...d HM HAllCl5jUif New To the Public E have, after tour years of toil, reached XV the realm of Seniorship and are now Q, QQ ready to advance into the further walks of life. VVe make this our last statement to the public. YVe desire that Peru High School shall have the best possible equipment for the education of the studentsg we believe that the body, as well as the mind and spirit, should be developed in each individual. Xve trust that from this history of our school life for the year 1920-1921, you will see the truth in this statement. wmbi-3 - WM FRED ELMER LUND President MARIE STUART EDWARDS Secretary n DOCTOR CHARLES REDMON Treasurer MR. C. C. CARSON Principal Marion College, A. B. Indiana State Normal, A. B Indiana University, Gradu ate Student. Tau., F CULTY EST Emxm TEST ,l...Q MISS ELIZABETH WILSON Assistant Principal Mathematics Indiana State Normal. Indiana University, A. B. n MISS LILLIAN BAPPERT English Indiana University, A. B. University of Chicago, Graduate Student. MRS. RACHEL CHALLIS Botany University of Chicago, B. University of Chicago, Graduate Student. MR. R. E. WILDMAN Industrial Arts Indiana State Normal. S MR. R. P. ANKENBROCK Science Purdue University, B. S. MISS MARY R STUTESMAN English DePauw University, A. B. University of Wisconsin, Graduate Student. MISS NELLIE REED Mathematicsg Civics Indiana University, A. B. MISS FRIEDA M. FERGUSON .Englishg Public Speaking Indiana State Normal, A. B. MISS MARY I. GALLAHAN Latin Indiana University, A.'B. NVestern College. MR. F. D. LONG Mechanical Drawinfl Industrial Arts University of Wiscolisiii. Indiana State Normal. Purdue University. MISS OPAL E. PENCE Bookkeeping Commercial Arithmetic Indiana State Normal. MISS BETTY GUTHRIE Latin Indiana University, A. L Indiana University, Graduate Student. MISS MABLE REED Mathernaticsg French Indiana University, A. B. MISS DEAN FINCH Englishg History Indiana University, A. B. MISS RUBY CLARK Domestic Science Purdue University, B. S. University of Chicago, Student. Mechanics Institute, Rochester, N. Y. MISS' HESTER WOOD Stenography Winona College, Student. Indiana University, Student MR. OLIVER L. MOHLER Historyg' Economics Indiana University, A. B. MISS MAUDE PARKHURST Music Metropolitan School of Mu- sic, Indianapolis, Graduate. Studied in France and Italy. MISS PATRICIA BARONWSKI Physical Education School of Physical Educa- tion, LaCrosse Normal. MISS BERTHA TEREBA Domestic Science Muncie Normal, Student. Indiana State Normal, . Student. ' e MRS. ELISE MULVIHILL Art Miami University, Oxford, O. M' A Columbia University. FACULTY FOLLIES Mr. Carson: Now, at the State Normal and at Muncie, they do it this Way. ' Miss Stutesman: Those are the sweetest youngsters in that class. I'd love to adopt them. Miss Mable Reed: t'Now, listen to mef' fWe ALWAYS doj. Miss Nelle Reed: They all want to take my picture this noon. I don't know what to do. Mr. Ankenbrock, with his wink and his gum: Well, you can't hold that against them. Miss Guthrie's Fondness for Towers. Mrs. Challis Cin deportment meetingb: 'tHe doesn't deserve 95. Give him five for me-Oh, no, well-one or two. I don't know-make it one. Miss Ferguson's psychologicaltests. Mr. Mohler's white socks. Miss Clark's Purdue spirit. me HAHCIS-5-U5lfi The Faculty Oh don't forget the Faculty For they are wondrous wise, They taught us all our Q's and P's And how to upward rise. With Mr. Carson at our head He hands us out our passes, And fills us with an awful dread To think of cutting classes. Ah, no, we have no easy path, Miss Wilson comes in lineg She teaches us beloved Math Befuddles quite, our minds. We've English thrust upon us, toog There's Bappert, Stutesman, Finchg We always try our best to do For believe me, they're no cinch! We must know how to speak, of course Miss Ferguson's right there, She makes us talk until we're hoarse And fills us full of care. We know Miss Gallahan so well, We find just what to please her And Guthrie, too, we've heard 'em Take one more page of Caesar! There's Mohler with his History, And Mulvihill with Art, We'll grant they are two rnysteriesg Why don't they have a heart! te 'Wm We will QM NNAHCISUQII Oh, let us not forget the Reeds There's Miss Mable with her pep, Miss Nellie tells us what we need, You bet we watch our step. Now, we must saw a board or two, Or maybe draw a plan, Wildeman passes us the glue And Long, he guides our hands. Sniif! Sniff! Oh, what is that? lt comes from 'way down stairs Someone's cake has fallen flat And Clark's in the air. And if a seam we'd like to sew Miss Tereba's on the spot, And if we sing fa, sol, me, do Miss Parkhurst says what's what. Sometimes toward business we're clined, To Wood and Pence we go, We type a bit, and add a line, How little 'tis we know. But if We delve in Science deep And stir up H. C. L. Ankenbrock won't let us sleep, His glances make us quell. And still within the corner palace Among the seeds and flowers True to her work, Mrs. Challis Helps pass some weary hours. Our Faculty, we'll not forget, Oh no, for how could we? They've often had us scared, you bet, But now, at last, we're free. will fam Wim I pf Peru High School AN ODE To thee, oh school, I write an ode, Because I honor theeg For thou hast sent upon Life's road, Into the Future free- Brave youth with all its dreams and plans, - With all its eager reaching hands, With all its laughter and its fears, With all its thoughts of coming years- For them you opened wide the door, For them you gave all this, and more. Oh school, to thee I write an ode, For thou art Life's great episode, And all my praise I sing to thee, For thou hast made thy children free! -F. M. Ferguson. SEPHOR5 ff!!! WN MERLE MULLINS He hath a mint of phrases in his brain. JOSEPHINE MEEKER- JO Love me little, love me long. EDWARD JoHNsoN-'-Env Whistle and she'll come to you. LUELLA WILLIAMS I must follow him, through thick and thin. MARY BANKS Better he wise than rich. ELDRIDGE HAYES The world knows nothing of its best men. H MARY GILBERT In faith, lady, you have a merry heart. RAY WILSON Small but powerful. PAUL THOMPSON Talk of nothing but busi-W ness and dispatch that busiu ness quickly. RUTH JOHNSON Sling away sorrow, cast away care. PAUL MORSE He possesses a peculiar tal- ent of producing effect in whatever he does. ERNESTINE LEAHY--HERNIE I will maintain it before the whole worldf, ROS A. N NA SULLIVAN- Roxy Black were her eyes as the thorn that grew by the Way- side. PERRY BONE- Boney Let the world slide, let the world gog a fig for care, and a fig for Woe. MILDRED ERB- Erbie A companion that is cheer- ful is Worth gold. HERBERT DEAL-- Herb Consider what you first did swear unto, to fast, to study, and to see no woman. XXMM REA SHAW Speech is a nfirror of the soulg as a man speaketh so is he. MARGARET LAVENGOOD My doctrine is to lay aside contentions, and be satis- fied. WALTER MILLER The World shall know me by my grin. ' ELIZABETH ECTON--'Betty' Something of a person's character may be discovered by observing' how s h e smiles. D DOROTHY HERD I live for those who love me And the good that I can do. SHERMAN MILLER Lol on he Comes behind his smoking team, the lord of earth, the hero of the plow. FLORENCE EIKENBERRY Study is a dreary thing, I would I knew the remedy. PAUL LUTZ- Dutch ffWithout fear and without reproach. M GORDON CRAWFORD- War-t Common sense is the genius of our age. ELIZABETH LOVELAND E Let Writings speak and mouths be silent. FRED ROHRER- Peach A storehouse of Wisdom- ' his. EDNA KLISE-- Eddie She that has patience may compass anything. ESTHER MOHLER-- Skinny What will not gentle Wo- man dare? EARL MORRIS And when a lady's in the case, you know all other things give place. MOLLIE REED A kindness is never lost, RUSSELL EIKENBERRY- ClEiky,Y Be not careless in deed, nor Confused in word, nor ram- bling in thought. GEORGINE TRIPPEER It is a point of wisdom to be silent when occasion re- quiresf' MARY CLYMER LKHGI' Ways are ways oi pleasantnessg her paths are paths of peace. EMILY KANTZER Art is long and time is fleeting. MILDRED ECKARD- Nance I have often regretted my speech, never my silence. OWEN SLUSSER- Dinty Moore To win renown even in the jaws of danger and of death. ORMA DUKES A creature of most perfect and divine temper. CARL KRAUSKOPFE- Jimmy A little nonsense now and then, is relished by the wis- est men. LOUISE RANKIN If you are not a thinking woman, for what purpose are you at all? HAZEL DEISCH I love tranquil solitude, and such society as is qui et, Wise and good. PHILIP PUGSLEY- Phil With a deep happy liking for things that are now, and never a Worry for What's to come after. HELEN STEELE My tongue within my lips I rein, for who talks so much must talk in Vain. ' RICHARD ENGELAGE- Dick' There is great ability in knowing how to' conceal one's ability. BERNETH ANDREWS-- Bei-ny What a spendthrift is-he of his tongue. THELMA SILVERS Free of speech, sings, plays, and dances well. WALTER ROUCH O sleep! it is a gentle thing, Beloved from pole to pole. LAURA WISENBERG A day in April never came so sweet. ZELLA EVANS Your silence most offends, and to be merry best be- comes you. NELLIE REED A type of Puritan maidens, modest, simple and sweet. ELIZABETH RIDENOUR The very spring and root of honesty and virtue all lie in the felicity of light on good education. BEATRICE LONG- B Liked here, liked there, liked everywhere. IVAN SMITH A man convinced against his will, is of the same opin- ion still. MIRANDA SMITH One of the few, the immor- tal names, that were not born to die.', RUSSELL TOWER My heart is Wax to be moulded as she pleases. OTTILIE REI-ILING More, much more, the heart may feel, than the pen may write or the lip reveal. ALINE MILLER She is Wise, but doth little talk. JOHN VAN OSDOL- Johnny Van The village all declared how rnuch he knewg 'Tvvas certain he could write and cipher too. GRACE ROGERS Grace is grace despite of all controversies. ROBERT CARSON- Bob The gentleman is learned and a most rare speaker. ROBERT BROWN- Bob A good runner is never vaughtfl RUTH CARSON A daughter of the gods, divinely tall. RICHARD McELHENY- Dick Mac We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of do- ing, but others judge us by what we have done. WELMET WOOLLEY What she Will, She will and what she Won't, she Won't. MARCELLA GEBHART Happy am I, from care I am freeg why aren't they all contented like me? JOHN PONTIUS- Jump I could enjoy high school if I dicln't have to studyf' KURTZ SEIBERT Better be out of the World than out of fashion? FLOYD ROBERTSON There is no great genius without a talent of mad- news. HAROLD MARKS- Marksie t'It may be said that his wit shines at the expense of his memory. MARGARET WOOD When pleasure and duty Clash, let duty go to smash. EDRIE BOHN A quiet lass, there are few who know the treasure hid Within her. JENNIE DITZLER Laugh? Yes, why not? 'Tis better than Crying, a lot. we luiiriclssusl wig We Seniors Total Tonnage Total Height .. Total Age ..,.... Average Weight . . . Average Height Average Age .... AMBITIONS Marriage Get Rich Quick Artist Own a car Musician Senator Beauty School Marm She reaches my shoulder. SOURCES OF SUPPORT Daddy Mine 'Two Feet Library Friendfs Notebook Banister Text Books Bread Line The Almighty Dollar FAVORITE OCCUPATIONS Vamping Gadoling Studying Day Dreaming Writing Notes Fiddling Eating Primping Arguing FAVORITE SPORTS Chewing Gum Speeding Dancing African Golf wi Sleeping Flirting Making Fudge Dodging Girls 9223.2 lb 396 it . . . .1224 yrs 128.1 lb 5.5 ft 17 yrs Wim mm lll1Ali'Cl55-ll5il' ' ww Senior History' The past four years have not been a mere series of events but a high school career filled with real achievements. We let the present classes of P. H. S. witness that we have been no mean contender in any school affair. Our class colors signify our characters. The white stands for our purity and innocence as we entered high school as Freshmen. The world expects a Freshman to be nothing else than green, hence Kelly green and white. We have tried to hold friendship for all, to love and respect our instructors, and at all times to lay stress upon that one virtue, truth, an ideal which we can proudly say we have fulfilled. We have bent our backs to the oars and have rowed our boats to a landing place in the sea of knowledge called the Senior Class of '21. Now that we have reached the most important part in our career, we must take the responsibility of Seniorship upon our shoulders and at- tempt the portage to the day of Graduation. The precedents we have set are related in detail throughout this book, so they need not be told here. In this place, however, we take pride in saying that it will be difficult to surpass our mid-year minstrel. The memories of these four years can not be taken from usg as we pass on they shall be a source of encouragement. We extend our sincere gratitude to those who have made these memories portray our success- ful career. -M. Mullins. Adviser ................. . . .Miss Wilson President QFirst Semesterj .... . . .Merle Mullins President fSecond Semesteri ........ Robert Brown Vice-President ....,......... . . .Owen Slusser Secretary . . . ......... Paul Morse Treasurer .. .... Russell Eikenberry Rimini Wim mm F Nam Confession URepent and you are forgiven. Dear faculty, dear underclassmen, we are trusting to your good dispositions and our faith in this old adage. lt was this glorious class of '21 that as Freshmen deceived our teachers, transgressed upon the privileges granted the upperclassmen, and caused an unaccountable amount of work because of our misde- meanors, yet they denied us not. F As Sophomores we greatly magnified the casual pleasantries and pranks played upon us when Freshmen, and tortured those poor inno- cent newcomers. They, not knowing all they had a right to expect, smilingly forgave us and classed the occurrences as the usual affair for Freshmen. All this we did, yet they denied us not. As we reached the portals of our Junior year, it began slowly to dawn upon us that this high school was not our plaything but had a right to expect good things from us. But, try as we must, we could not settle down and be good. We were the largest class in schoolg we could tyrannize over the other classes, even those lofty Seniors. Proof: our Junior boys stole most of the Senior girls and the Senior boys were blinded by our dust. But now, we Seniors have come to have a mind of our own. We have looked back over the past four years and have seen what you have endured for our sake. We are heartily ashamed of our actions and our guilty conscience must have relief. We entreat you, dear faculty and fellow-students, to forgive us. -M. Mullins. MMS I We frills am llNllfU3ill5ll MQ Odds and Ends The Senior class of '21 Started out to have some fun. To a Meeker girl they owe their thanks For starting a picnic on the Wabash Banks. Johnson, Robertson and Thompson prepared the meal, And promised to give the class a square Deal. On the way to the Banks they saw a Steele Tower, Two Dukes, a Wood and a Brown Miller, carrying flourg And then they saw a moving Van, And a load ofxHayes, wrecked on the sandg In a field they saw a Herd of Woolley lambs, And a Rehling 'round a bed of oyster clamsg At last they saw the Marks of the place Where Jump and Slusser were going to race, And then there was a raised platform Upon which Williams, Silvers and Gebhart would perform. But before the fun for the day began, They sang the school song, led by Eikey and Sullivan. After they had eaten their Phil in great glee The stunts were announced by McElheny. HfEvensJ I how they all did shout, When he announced a boxing bout. Mullins challenged Bone Andrew on the gloves first, Ivan idea the Rouch then began in earnest. Next, with a Rohrer, Lutz did a greased pole act- He certainly was a Clymer for a fact. Then comes a race by the Siamese twins, Gilbert and Eckard, but neither one wins. Carson, Wilson and Mohler ran a teachers' race, And to his reMorse Engelage laughed and hurt his face. They did not tarry Long after this contest But decided to Ridenour after a short rest. Leahy, Lavengood and Ditzler started to Reed, Rankin, Smith and Erb walked for a Kemp Fire bead, Trippeer, Rogers and Ecton found a grape vine swing, But were frightened when Shaw and Crawford began to sing. Then during the ride Klise, Siebert and Kantzer Saw, down the road, a lovely gypsy dancer. By her cunning ways, Krauskopf was entranced, And fell for her when at him she glanced. Wisenberg, Loveland, and Bohn deemed it a crime To let anything spoil such a very good time, So at Diesch's suggestion they all went home, And decided that nevermore would they roam. -The Milly Frank Co., '21, '22 P. H. S. Wifi, Warm V Jim Nam Class Prophesy Needless to say, a class prophet knopvs no more of what fate holds in store than any of his more gifted comrades. How may his eye pierce the veil of mystery that shrouds the Great Beyond and discover in pages yet unwritten the secrets which only time will reveal? So this story might never have been written had it not been for a wonderful discovery of mine. The other day while I was visiting another city, I chanced to be walking down a busy street with a friend of mine, thinking very eanrestly about this task. Glancing up I saw the sign: Madame Grabrette Magneurf' Ah! A real prophet! Why hadn't I thought of that before? I immediately took leave of my friend and stepped over the threshold of what I knew to be a mystic realm. I was very much frightened at first, but the sympathy of the queen of this kingdom soon drove my fears away. I told her my troubles and almost immediately darkness fell upon the room and an illuminating crys- tal ball was placed before me. t 1 bnglame one whose future you would know, demanded Madame, spinning the crys- a a . Merle Mullins, I answered. Slowly the ball came to a rest, and in its clear crystal depths I beheld the office of the President of one of the largest banks in New York City. In the center of the room at his desk, sat the President, our old friend Merle. Close by, his private secretary, Kurtz Seibert, was rapidly transcribing her notes. A few minutes later the door opewed, the oflice boy was pushed aside, and a man, desperately chewing the end of his cigar, and violently shaking a newspaper, rushed into the room. Immediately I recognized the man. He was Floyd Robertson. In large tvne across the top of the paper was printed: 'tSenator McElheny upholds Blue Laws. Slowly the scene faded, and Madame Magneull 01109 m01'9 Spinning the ball, demanded another name. HE1'U95tln9 Leahy-H Again the ball came to a standstill, and I beheld this time the interior of a magnificent hospital. Ernestine was the head nurse, and Mary Gilbert, Beatrice Long, Aline Miller, and Edna Kline were among the other nurses. In one of the private rooms Doctors Gorden Crawford, Russell Eikenberry and Edward Johnson were holding consultation. On the wall were two beautifully painted portraits, and under them was printed, Miss Dorothy Herd and Miss Mildred Eckard who unselfishly contributed the money for the construction of this building. The next scene, conjured by a name, was in a court room. Judge Shaw sat, calm and composed, listening to the client's lawver, Paul Lutz. The client, our old friend Phil Pugs-ley, sat near by, nervously twisting his handkerchief. The expression on his face nearly brought tears to my eyes. I couldn't tell for what he was being tried, but a little while later the Prosecuting Attorney held up a bottle of what appeared to bc whiskey, and I supposed that poor Phil was being tried for bootlegging. Glancing over the audience I recognized Mildred Erb, Rosanna Sullivan, Florence Eikenberry and Margaret Wood, all very handsomely dressed, sitting on the very edge of their seats, eager to catch every word. The jury was made up of women among whom were Ruth Carson, Orma Dukes and Welmet Wooley. I had become so much interested in the trial that I was startled when the picture faded and I realized I was merely gazing into a crystal ball. Quickly another scene followed showing Elizabeth Ecton, Luella Williams, Edward Johnson, and Perry Bone at a stockholders' meeting of Montgomery, Ward Sz Com- pany. The next scene shifted to a fashionable country club just outside of Chicago. Louise Rankin was the hostess of a very delightful ball. The orchestra was one of great fame. Zella Evans was at the piano, Richard Engelage was playing the violin, and Ray Wilson the saxaphone. These three players were unquestionably the most talented players in the orchestra. Among the dancers I recognized Berneth Andrews, Jennie Ditzler, Laura Wisenburg and Russell Tower. Later Ruth Johnson favored the guests with her latest dance, and Robert Erown sang a very thrilling solo. Next came the office of an Indianapolis newspaper. Paul Thompson, the editor, Wim, New MM llllNiCl5Mll ed was leaning back in his chair, his feet on top of his desk, reading the latest issue of his paper. Glancing very closely at it I read the following articles: LEGISLATURE PASSES BILL Our public-spirited assembly woman, Esther Mohler, has put through the bill for which she has long been fighting. The wearing of high heels in Indiana is abolished. Henceforth nothing higher than military heels shall be worn here. Miss Mohler is a .very able speaker and she will probably be among the next women senators from Indiana. She is a candidate for this office and three of the ablest leaders of her party, Misses Nellie and Mollie Reed and Miss Emily Kantzer, are working hard fo: her. THE WORLD OF ART Mr. Herbert Deal, the famous artist, has completed his picture, Yesterday Mr. Deal owes much of his fame to his two models, Miss Mary .Banks and Miss Hazel Deisch, who have furnished the inspirations for many of his pictures. THE NEW BOOKS Miss Josephine Meeker's latest book, The Beauty of My Native Land, is now on sale at any bookstore. Miss Meeker has seen most of the countries of the world, but finds America the most beautiful of all. V Days at Old P. H. S., an attractive volume of poems, is also on sale at the lead- ing book stores. MODISTES ARRIVE FROM FRANCE Misses Margaret Lavengood and Mary Clymer have just returned from Paris with the designs for their Annual Fashion Show. The ladies say that skirts will be fuller this season, almost as full as those in 1880. , In another column of the paper I read that Eldrige Hayes had won the tennis championship, and that Elizabeth Ridenour was the owner of another blue ribbon dog- A few minutes later the door of Paui's office opened and two of his reporters came in. namely, Walter Miller and Earl Morris. This scene slowly faded. . When the magic ball came to a rest again, it revealed the Speedway at Indiana- polis. People in the grandstand were jumoing and throwing their hats in a very excit- ing manner. Evidently the race was near its close. Soon a car-the winning car-came in sight. When finally it canae to a standstill, I recognized John Pontius at the wheel and Owen Slusser at his side. A fellow in palm beach clothes jumped on th-e car and in spite of the awful crowd, actually hugged Jump, This fellow I recognized as no other than the affectionate Harold Marks. Not far away, squirming. twisting, and trying in every way to reach the winner, came Marcella Gebhart, Edrie Bohn, and Ottilie Rehling. . ' Two more scenes followedg on: showing a large room in a college in which. were seated Carl Krauskopf, John VanOsdol, Fred Rohrer, and Paul Morse-all deep in the study of Civil Engineering. n '. The last scene brought me back to P. H. Robert Carson was the principal, and tiny freshmen were waiting, trembling in his ohice. Elizabeth Loveland and Georgm-e Trippeer were both English teachers, and Helen Steele was teaching shorthand. M1- randa Smith presided in a handsomely equipped sewing room and Sherman Miller was a very successful manual training instructor. Ivan Smith was taking the place of Mr. Ankenbrock. The scene shifted to the large gym. In one corner an elevator door opened and six boys stepped lazily out and walked into a rather large room off the gym, into a Sleeping room for those boys who did not get enough sleep at home.'.' Walter Rouch had installed this wonderful little place, and was taking charge of it himself. 4 As the last picture faded. and as I could not think of another name, the ball in which I had seen the future, was removed, and I was dismissed from Maoame Magneur's presence with a smile. - I As I sit writing, this question enters my mind: Were any of them married? But I supposel shall have to wait to find that out for, although they all looked happy, that momentous question cannot be answered by the expression on their faces. -Thelma Silvers. what New me llHAHCI5.li5ll MH Farewell Promise Old P. H. S. of noble fame, Will you e'er in our thoughts remain As dear as now, in years to comeg Will you still hold Within our hearts , First place-though we're no more a part lVe, this class of '21? Oh, P. H. S., you need not fear, W'e'll fight to keep your honor dear, And when our fight is o'er and won, The laurels gained We'l1 fling to you, And pledge once more our faith anew, We, the class of '21. -Paul Morse. MMS I -F New JUPIIO S Hr I 5 'fum u ,, X x . lu... -Hr xl lr, I .HI 11, 4.11111 nl- X ll. fvlhon l l l l l l Wim NAME Marjorie Gray Paul Cripe Othal Dimmitt Walter Bixler Felicitas Koob Eugene Fletcher Charles Meeker Ruby Hatfield Lyman Banks Dessie Griggs Paul Davis Lillian Oglesby Mary Alspach Eugene Kenny Ruth Wolf Harlan Hoffman Lois Judy Edward Murphy Robert Hosmaii Pearl Smith Paul Nichelson Olive Deen Clayson Bell Florence Stewart Jane Knott Richard Commons Ellen Weaver George Mizer Jane Ulerich Edward Eikenberry Vernon Moore Florence Scherschel Herbert Hammon Josephine Cockley Gordon Opp Helen Olsen Miriam Bradley Richard Braden Fern Moseley Lawrence Sargent Helen Kronemeyer Benjamin VVeimer Forrest Miller Martha Endicott Karl Brecht Alice Rhein Louise Sargent Lester Gambee Mildred Cheesman Florence Gray Elva Cooke Cynthia Kaiser Lenora Gretzinger Richard Petty IHAHCISSUSI NICK-NAME Marjie- Paul Oh, Dammitt Bix Felissy Junky Charlie Ruby Lyman Dess Paul Lily Mary Gene Rutie Harlie Punch Ed Bob Smitty Nick Billy Bell Fliss Jane Dick Ella Hasseli Jane Ed Vernon Flo Bert Joe Opry Ole Peggy Dick Fern Sarg Kroney Benny Forrest Martha Breckie Allie Lou Gambee Mid Floss . Cook Cinny Nona Dick Ah, AMBITION Dancer Farmer VVinning Paul Orator Marriage Bowling Baritone Stenographer Good Ford Stage Musician Artist Farmerette Politician Singer Salesman Side Show He-Vamp Being quiet Secretary Senger's Manager Old Maid Musician Librarian Dramatist Billiard Shark Farmer's wife Millionaire Hair Dresser Own a laundry Y. M. C. A. man Vampire Prize Fighter Get Slim Winning Marguerite Old Maid Raising Cats Billiard Shark School Marm Cartoonist Another Dodge Good Time Bachelor Stenograbher More girls City life Missionary P. H. S. Bank Good cook Teacher Side Show Married Life Learn Geometry Journalist 0353, WLM 'Gln T N J , . N W , 1 K W v. i 4 4 1 1 1 i I 4 ,J Y Y 1 -I NAME Kathleen Steinman George Miller Esther Edwards Violet Michael Mary Heddens Edna Ge-ist Frances Olsen Kathryn Reed Ethel Galbraith Helen Edwards Mary Moseley Helen Galbraith Mary Miller Freda Elvidgel. Esther Thurwachter Katherine Pogue 'Vera Patton Willa Rex Raymond Swearingen Alice Sturgis Lauretta Harrison NICK-NAME Kate George Esther Mickey Hed Eddie Frank Kate Ethel Ed Mary Helen Mary Ted Bill Katie Vera Rexi Ray Alice Retta AMBITION Stenographer Scholar Marriage Secretary Vamp Mrs. Ed. Johnson I Comedian Soloist Stage Dressmaker School marm Solitude' Clerk Teacher Marriage Stenographer Stenographer Vaudeville Musician Getting 12-2 History Mrs. Keller film NNAFXCISQQSHS Juniors In nineteen-eighteen we entered High, And we resolved to make things fly. Not of US shall the Seniors say, There's another bunch come to playl' So with great zeal We started ing Our fame we must be sure to win. If you want proof that we reached our goal Just take a glance at the honor roll. As Sophs our work much harder grew, But with perseverance we waded throughg And now as Juniors We have won High honors, yet had lots of fun. When, as Seniors, we enter our last year in High Untiring we'll work, as in the years gone byg So when We shall leave we may not regret The struggles We've had-for success We'll have met. g -Marjorie Gray. MRS I Wm, Warm tam me lfNNlCl55.ll3l MH V Junior History In the fall of nineteen-eighteen, a sturdy troop of Freshmen entered the halls of P. H. S. The upper classmen looked conde- scendingly upon us, making us feel as in- significant as We looked. Gradually We overcame our greenness and took an active part in the affairs of high school life. In athletics We were es- pecially eificient and established an admir- able record, the standard of which is still kept. During these three years We have gained the respect and admiration of the faculty and our fellow-students. We are now ready to take the responsibilities of Senior- ship as the Class of '21 leaves them to us. -Alice Rhein. Adviser ..... .... M iss Nellie Reed President ...... .......... J ane Knott Vice-President . . .... Lauretta Harrison Secretary ..... ....... A lice Sturgis Treasurer . . . .... Louise Sargent N M LOMA .i- .l IIHAHCISSUSI Wag? NAME LaFern Amos Henton Miller Florence Ulrich Raymond Thompson Lola Fuqua Elton Orpurt Osborn Hanson Delite Rhodes David Sortor June Brubaker Marion Miller Thelma Timmons Goldie Daine Donald Musselman Mary Morris Edward Erlenbaugh Dorothy, Kelly Richard Reineke Mary Rickard Lester Bird Catherine Carl Lawrence Miller Nellie Kisman Ruth Woods Parvin Braunneller Gladys Robinson Charles McCalla Helen Vance James McNamara John Landgrave Hortense Robinson Dwight Thornburg Pauline Thrush Leroy Wilson Floy Helm Josephine Steele Eugene Kelly Iris Days Clay Loveland Eva Graff Barney Baxter Charles Carson Marion Russell Arnold Radel Mildred Shafer Darwin Deal Anna Schoolman Eva Mohler James Turpie Thelma Norris Ernest Spaulding Anna Troyer Walter Buchman NICK-NAME. Shrimp Henton Flo Fat Lola Elt Heinie Delightful Davy Sho1'ty Mary Timmy Goldie Spike Mary Ed Dot Dick Mimie Less Kitty Miller Nell Woodsie Brownie Pete Charlie Helen Mac Johnny Peachy Beans Polly Chief Floy Jo Kelly Iris Clay Eve Pla 1'. Chari.- Polly Arnold Milly Dare Anne Lou Turpie Nor Spauld Spunk Walt axis ai AMBITION Old Maid A girl Missionary Dog Catcher Chorus girl Agriculturist Stalling Lose Specks Ye Editor Marry someone Enjoy life Be tall Marriage Be in style Make a noise ' Jolly Smooth hair Make money MlHlStQ1',S wife Study Quaker Public speaker Movie star Old maid Dentist Lawyer Be inquisitive Cook Be cute Perfect the shiminy Black hair Pianist Earl Morris Loafing Lea1'n to shinxiny Toe-dancer Flirt To be heard Minister Flirting To 'be quiet Vamp Be slender Candy Kitchen To smile ' Politician Farmerette Historian Senior Vamn Straight hair Society belle Hero 6113 r w I 1 3 ! 1 W 1 alms NAME Katherine Brice Richard McKinstry Bessie Mills James Miller Laura Culp Clemens Toepfer Robert Strubble Katherine Draving' Merritt Babcock Audra Bartholomew Edmund Geist Romayne Keyes Vida Feree Harley King' Dorothy Dalton John Clifton Helen Shafer Ellsworth Burke Vibbert Stiers Dorothy Cunniiigrliaiii Walter Martin Georgia Connell Marjorie Coutant Helen Carver Pearl Rose Mary Morris Alice Bell Mary Hart Mary Dawson Vernice Blair Margaret Murnhy Wilma Pierce Gertrude Shapiro Melba George Anna Winklerf Joanna Hinman Minnie Lutz l Earl Ruop ' Edith Minter Clarence Way Constance Snyder Mary Morse Hugh Wagner Fannybelle Kiser Ralph Clupper Estlrer Moeck Edward Leahy Felicitas Birner Chester Melson Dorothea Shafer Mildred Bishop Lewis Spaulding WINAHCISSUSI frm NICK-NAME Katie Dick Bess James Laurie Clem Bob Kate Babi Audra Ed Rome Vi Kingy Dot John Helen Burkie Sty Dot Beany Jig Marjie Helen Rosie Mary Allie Bobbie Dawsie Vernice Margaret Pierce Gertie George Wink Joan Min Earl Edie Leaky Sis Skeeter Hughy Fanny Clup Moecky Ed Birn Mel Dotty Bish Lew AMBITION Bobbed hair College Professor Stop blushing Comedian To hurry Latin Professor Be a flirt Poetess Great athlete Be beautiful VVake the dead Society bud Widow To grow up Movie star Musician Stenographer To win Frances Politician Good time Running Bc short Bc frivolous Sutfraqette Jazz artist Speaker Art model Learn Latin To reduce Dance in cabaret Take it easy Artist Mathematician Music critic Marriage Political speaker Vanin Merchant Actress Study Be bashful Dancing Primping Circus performer Farmer Talk sensibly Be wise To play hooky Politician Suffragette Marriage Behave 3 it I Nam 4 S mm llNflfiCl5U.3li Class of '23 Sophomores of P. H. S., Class of '23, Our second year is almost past, Our second step toward victory. Our struggle is half over novvg Our battle is half Wong But still there's Work for all of us And we must see that it is done. We do not think ourselves so big, We're not the bragging sort, But there's fame for everyone of us When our ship sails into port. So P. H. S. remember us, And please do not forget That though right now We are not great VVe're young, our time is coming yet. -Florence Ulrich. Sophomore History In nineteen-nineteen, a class enrolled in Peru High School as the class of '23. Soon We Freshies had the dignity and spirit to organize our class and enter into other events of interest. This year we are organized and bartici- pating in all school affairs. In Whatever competition among classes. our class shines as an illuminated snot in the contest. We have previously done a great deal for athletics and are novv arranging for a successful track team. . -Eugene Kelly. Adviser ..... . . .Miss Stutesman President ..... .... E dvvard Leahy Vice-President . . . . .Charles Carson Secretary ..... .... B arney Baxter Treasurer . . . . . .Eugene Kelly si Wag? Wim FRESHNAH mm NAME Cecil Coffman Gladice Baltzell Robert Yager Julia Shrock Elbert Apt Irene Middleton Dorothy Trapp Edna David Thelma Shultz Kenneth Copeland Eugenia Moeck Curtis Miller Joseph Hamaker Marcelite Crockett Elmo Bell Florence Babcoke Ross Miller Mercedes Cathell Marguerite Schubert Donald Crawford Mae Long Eldon Rouch Vern Jefferson James Miller John Waite Catherine Gilbert Clayton Bird Josephine Troutman George Toepfer Olive Doolittle Chesteen Carpenter Melanie Monahan Lloyd Sargent Dorothy Schulmeyer Orval Kelly Donald Sharp Margaret Samons Helen Korner George Baldwin Mildred Bohn Mildred Shrock Charles Goslin Vera Eisman Cecil Schubert Rubye Fox Ora Haines Harold Miller Katherine Judd Park Hulce Pansy Proctor William Church Kathryn Fidler llIlllliCl55ljll Wig NICK-NAME Ces Gladdy Bob Julie Appy Mid Louis Thelma Dot Kenny Gene Curt Joe Marc Elmo Flossy Shorty Frenchy Margie Hop Shorty Rowy Vi .lim Johnny Skeets Birdy Joe Shorty Tummy Teeny Monny Sargeani Dot Dutchy Don Margaret Korner Baldy Mid Millie Charlie Vib Cex Rubye Ora Frisky Juddy Park Pa n-Pan Bill Fid U AMBITION Soap box orator Out-talk my brother Athlete Farmerette Dude Dark hair Be handsome Deaconness Be quiet Railroad engineer Grow tall Cartoonist Druggist Stenographer Clock manufacture Teacher Farmer Bobbed hair Good time Billiards House-keeper Athlete Debater Farmer Draftsman Actress Farmer Ride horses Quit school Reduce Grow Long hair Grocer Be sophisticated Farmer Vamp Marriage Campfire guardian Doctor Stenographer Farmerette Lawyer Stenographer Electrician Movie Queen Farmer Preacher Algebra teacher Beautiful Galli-Curci H. Grocer nlimited Credit Arnold's 'ml ball, 'AUM , K A x i7 ' W ' 7' ' ' alla NAME Thelma Smith Jay Fornshell Celia Galbraith Paul Case Dora Toepfer Joseph Phillips Herbert Bell 1 Frances McClure Kenneth Anderson l Pearl Tibbetts William Sullivan i Thelma Johnson Alice Clifton V Russell Fishtorn 1 Arline Priebe Q Pliny Rohrer i Dorothy Shepler W Walter Ulrich Russell Davis Margaret Shrock Norval Lund Helen Wolfe Howard Thomas Helena Pogue Cecil Hoffman Bernice Welsh Forrest Canther Maxine Groth Garner Baltzell k Mary Chapin i Mildred Pitman ' Walter Ohlman Fayetta Stevens Kenneth Opp Cleo Hite Leolin Long Roland Scott Hazel Lowry Dawes Culp Lucile Ferguson Fred Faust Goldie VVhitney Ruth Haeee Robert Montgomery Ruth Stewart Frank Connell Ruth Carlsoi Clevo Jones Neal Swearingen Melba Sonafrank Loren Spangler Anna Dixon Daniel Sullivan Lucile Stevens N HAHCISSUS ram NICK-NAME AMBITION Thel Get stout Fornie Mechanical Engineer Celey Teacher Slim Draftsman Dor School marm Joe Railroader Herb Loafer Frank Ellsworth Burke Andy Electrician Pearl Quit school Rusty Irish statesman Bob Study Billy Classical dancing Rusty Tall Blondie Curly hair Pliny Farmer Dor Kenneth Opp Walt Happily married Rusty Minister Margie School marm Norv Draftsman Woliie Stenographer Reverend Minister Helena Secretary Ces Farmer Berny Teacher Fory Civil engineer Max Author W'indy Draftsman Chirpy Loud voice Mid Lone' hair Walt Railrcader Fay Stenographer Oppy Dorothy Shepler Cleo Wallace Slaughter Loney Draftsman Shrimp Grow Stylish Lawsey Professor Fergie Model Fritz Electrical engineer Dude Stenographer Rufus Bobbed hair Cobs Grocer Rufus Prize fighter Con Umpire Ruth Artist Jonsey Baseball chair. Netts Coronet player Melle Teacher Lorney Gwendolin Culp Rummy Housekeeper lky Basket Ball Capt. Lucie Bookkeeper m Mmm i N M NAME Forrest Kelly Gladys Miller Emmett Gaunt Virginia Spaulding Lawrence Elvidge Evelyn Shubert Lauretta Burkhart Lowell Scott Alice Cunningham Milton Roller Mary Uecker Gilbert Glover Meinhardt Shively Paul Sargent Eldon Sherbondy Helen Morgan Maurice Ralston Evelyn Rider Rubye Taylor William Uecker Wilma Welke Ellis Little Ellsworth Waite Wal.don Hanson Mildred Lees Raphael Pugsley Vernice Cook Louis Butler Mildred Cunningham Vo1'is Goltry Helen Draving' Cecil Pope Laura Carswell William Crawford Leona Mohler Vernon Grimth Robert Pontius Charlotte Crawford Johnisaac Skinner Signa Olson Herman King Beatrice Crusan Hazel Hoovan Foster Rennington Audrey Rennells Elmer Yard Mary Ryan Cecil Rush Lester Chapin Thelma Wisenberg' Roger Wood Nina Easlev Richard Grimes Caroline Kaiser m' lflllllitlflljll WQH NICK-NAME AMBITION Shorty Tall Glad Teacher Empy Grow Virginia Be sober Lawrie Farmer Evelyn Marriasve Lauretta Fancy dancer Lowell Good time Alice Public speaker Roll Graduate Marie Euchre Gib Mischievous Mine Draftsman Paul Mechanical engineer Sherry Orchestra leader Helen School marm Maurice Business man Evelyn Dancer Ruby Actress Bill Farmer YVilma Toast mistress Little Farmer Wait Go Freckles Dainty laugh Mid Maid Raphey Photographer Cookie Soloist Louie End-man Millie Stenographer Voris Reporter Dravv Artist Cecil Councilman Laura Popular girl Bill Grocer Leona Be stout Vern 'enator Bob Draftsman Charly Have a suitor Jack Electrical engineer Sig Musician Herni Draftsman B Vamp Haze Teacher Chink He-vamp Teddy Orphan Home Supt. Yardsy Railreader Mary Shop-.girl Rushing' Electrician Bud Ball player Babe Teacher Woodsy' Football player Easy Marriage Grimsy Draftsman Caroline Musician Nam I NAME Carleton Clifton Catherine Grunden Herschel Balter Olga Gehring Loyd Loucks Gertrude Taylor Katherine Morrison Harry Parkhurst Rosa Rohrberg Edward Noland Clem Roberts Lavon Hutton Wallace Slaughter NICK-NAME Ted Kate Baldy Olga Loyd Gerty Kitty Harry Roe Ed Baldy Bonny Sunny AMBITION Senior Tom-boy Football player Marriage Farmer Music teacher Model Electrician Stenographer Merchant Catcher - Hair dresser Graduate we llHAHClfll5lli MH The Freshman Consider the lilies and how they growl Ah! Many a wise man has longed to know, Consider the Freshmen without smile or mirth, For everyone knows they're the salt of the earth. Freshmen refreshed, are the excellent stuff From which Seniors are made, and that's surely enough To warrant a welcome through the first troublesome days, Of shifting classes and teachers and ways. The veneer of the sophisticated Sophomore smug and bi'aml new Risks caste, if he glances our way it is true, And Juniors, ah me, neither one thing nor the other, All human encouragement to mere Freshmen must smother The ugly duckling was a Freshman, they say, Just socially tolerated to this very dayg Awkward and scared, he apologizes on, But patience! My friend, remember the swan! Lol P. H. S. Senior, our model, our guide, We may have our Lincolns or Cromwells, our pride: You're our wagon hitched star and your efforts have paid For Freshmen are the stuff from which Seniors are made. -Maxine Groth. Adviser . . . ....... Miss Bappert ' President ...,.. .... B uford VanTresse Vice-President . . . ...... Cecil Coffman Secretary ..... ......... P aul Case Treasurer . . . .... Minehardt Shively as WM Bird's Eye View of P. H. S E m QQ' W f ' I . vw ,aw NARCISSUS MH SCHOOL SPIRIT! You students, what does it mean? Being alive, and doing your best To help your school out in the test! It's not the knowledge you can glean, Nor the fact that you make the football team, No matter how small is your bit, do it well, If you can't make the team, at least you can yell! Wake upl Do your part! Help out all you can! Boost for the gym, and take the Peruvian, Help the Annual-drop something in each dayg Do your bit in the very best possible way. Help your teachers, study, but don't be a grind, And if you like only fun, you are left behind. Be a regular student, and full of pep, And Peru High will get school spirit yet. H-Fannybelle Kiser. Wim, Wim, M YIHARCISQHIC are Mcmnday Blues ACT I. SCENE I. Eightvthirty Geometry class. Miss W.vi'.lohn, have you your excuse?l' John- I Wasn't absent Friday. Miss W.f Your name is on the list. flixit John for his excusel. Meanwhile Miss W. goes around the class asking how many exercises they had Worked, and upon Johnls return- QXIIES VX:- How many exercises have you. John? -o n- I eouldnlt get any. Miss W.-'tDid vnu try?l' .loqhn- I spent all my time on the first one and then eouldn't get that. Miss VV.f'How. much time did you spend on it? John-'tOne period. Miss W.f Did you take your book home? ' .Io.hn+ No, I knew I couldn't find time as I- dMls3s VV.f'tWhatl Couldn't find time when you had Friday evening, Saturday and Sun ay. Johnful wasn't home Friday night and I worked Saturday, etc. CCurtainj ACT Il. SCENE I. Assembly. John, after looking around for ten minutes, remembering the experiences of the first class, decides to study, but discovers he has the wrong books. Musingly: If I go and ask the teacher to let me get my book, and tell her that I forgot it, or got the wrong one, I will have to explain why I didn't discover it sooner, and if I donlt get my book, I won't have my lesson. Oh, well, I can find something else to do, and as there is trouble both ways, I'll just stay here. ACT II. SCENE Il. John fat the end ofthe periodl. Goshl History next. 1Exit Johnl. ACT III. SCENE I. P. H. S. hall. At the end of the third period. Bob- How many ten's d'you make, John? John- Two, with the one's rubbed off. ACT III. SCENE II. Assembly. John is studying diligently. 'tJohn, John, hey John! John- Shut up. Can't you see I'm busy? ACT III. SCENE III. Caesar class. fEnter John with a smiling facej. I have my Caesar real well today, that is, all but from quos to facebantf' ' Bob- Why, that's our lesson for tomorrow. Today we have to hand IH eight sentences from the Latin Grammar. . I 1 John- Oh, yes! It's so hard to remember the assignment from Friday until Monday. ACT III. SCENE IV. English Class. Miss S.-John, give us an outline of Lowell's life. IJohn gives an elaborate outline of Emerson's llfel. . 1 Miss S.- That will do, John. That was a very good outline of Emerson's life, an assignment which we had yesterday. ACT III. SCENE V. In flont of P. H. S. John fwith a deep sigh of reliefl- Another Monday over with. -Lillian Oglesby. whim, New mm llHAflCD5U5H mg VVillie,s Monthly Report One cold morning, about nine o'clock, Miss Mary Ward sat at her desk in the front of the school-room of the little red school on the hill. Today was the day for the monthly reports to be given out. On the desk before her lay the cards with their A's and B's clear down to P. Miss Ward picked up one of these, the report of William Jones, of the fifth grade. She looked it over several times and sighed: That bad little Vtlillie Jones. He comes to school full of mischief and spends his entire day contriving tricks to play on the other pupils. The other morning he dipped Nellie Hicks' pigtail into his inkg filled an apple with pepper and gave it to one of the Cobb twins, and one day he brought a grasshopper to school and pulled it apart to the great enjoy- ment of all the boys except Ethelbert Sylvester Smythe. I DO wish lrVil- lie would take him for his model. Now Ethelbert Sylvester Smythe was all that his name implied and Willie Jones could never model himself after such a persong neverthe- less, his teacher once more regarded his card with dismay. This time she read the report aloud: t'Arithmetic - POORg Grammar - POORQ Drawing-Ag Reading -POORQ Deportment-FAILURE. Just then the first pupils entered the building and after all had ar- rived, Miss Ward arose and gave the preliminary speech usually deliver- ed by instructors upon such an occasion. The cards were then passed out and Willie Jones received his with an optimistic grin on his face. He held his card face down upon his desk until all his neighbors had looked at theirsg watched their joy and disappointment but otherwise seemed unconcerned about the whole matter. At length,he stuck his card into his pocket without even looking at it, seemingly indifferent to his re- port. His teacher looked at him, and seeing the constant grin upon his Mischievous countenance, supposed that he had seen his grades and that they had not worried him in the least. The fact greatly annoyed her be- cause she knew nothing could be done with Willie until that grin came off his face. When it was time to dismiss at noon, he was the first one out of the building and he scampered up the street at a great rate to avoid all un- welcome companions. Three blocks from the school he looked about him, and seeing none of his friends, pulled the neglected card from his pocket, looked at it once, grinning all the time. Then he said to himself, Gee, l wonder what Pa'll say? But Iain't goin' to be no Ethelbert Sylvester Smythe, not if I have to make worse grades than wuz ever made before. Still on his homeward walk, he kept wondering what Pa would do. As he neared his house, he saw his mother standing in the doorway. Did you get your report card, W'illie, dear?', she asked. i Www ae llHAHCl55.lHli aa Uh H h h s 't u , e .a1d, and 1V ain't half so bad as it would have been if I'd a been twice as worse, neither. Reluctantly, however, he handed his card to his mother. Upon enter- ing the house, she read and a cloud of disappointment came over her face. Why, Willie, what is the matter with you? Ethelbert Sylvester Smythe makes fine grades. IDU wish you would try to do half so well as he does. All day his mother said little but that night her husband came home. He read the card, looked at Willie's face and then he acted. The grin came off Willie's face. Next munth he brought home a report that was not modeled after Ethelbert Sylvester Smythe's,a but one twice as good. ' -Elizabeth Loveland. At Twelve It was dark-yes, very dirk-not a star in the sky. The winds were hushed by the mighty hand and even the leaves of the aspen trees were stilled. No sounds could be hbardg the night was like death-ah, yes- so still, so dark-you could not see your hand before you. It was two minutes until twelve. Something in the distance could be heard creeping -creeping, stealing slowly in this night of death. It was within an arm's grasp, slowly coming-noiselezsly creeping. Joan! Joan! A voice was heard in the distance and its echo sounded through the noiseless night. HJ 1 it oan 's coming-creeping, creeping, creeping-see, see how soon it will be on us. Every se :ond brings it nearer. Hush, Joan, hush! Another voice was heard not far from the first. Hush! Let it come, let it pass, we cannot keep it here. It is old, so oldg its back is bent with age and heavy burdens. Silence again overtook this long looked for night. 'The object came creeping--creeping slowly onward-slowly coming until!! Just then the winds ceased their stillness. The leaves of the aspen trees moved wildly to and fro. Stars began to peep out one by one. Whiritlerw began to blow-bells to ring and voices to shout. Above the many noises of the night was heard Joan, Joan, it's here-it's here, the clock is striking twelve. I knew it would come. The glad New Year is here, while the old is gone forever but not forgotten. K b - oo . we - ala MM i'lHAfiCl55U5I I MQ Freshman Peruvian It was late and I was making an eleventh hour dash for my desk and copy book to grind out a supposedly humorous version of something or other that never happened, for all the Seniors to laugh at, when I caught my heel on the stairway and fell headling down a whole Hight of stairs. How long I lay unconscious, no one knows, except the janitor, and he was too busy shoveling coal to pick me up. However, I know I lost some valuable time, but as I sat up and rubbed my eyes, a vision of our first Peruvian came to me. On the first page, in graceful type, in the upper right corner where it always appears, I beheld the class poem, written by Alice Clifton. 'Twas a dark and stormy night, And the sun was shining bright, The young man's lips were sealed, But he cried with all his might- Shoot and kill me if you will, So the villain shot and killed him, But he did it with a knife. A fair young maid came down the path, Her form was bent with years, Her face was full of gladness, And her eyes were full of tears. She recognized the dying man, And cried aloud, Who is he? He lifted his unconscious form, And said, My word, it's Lizzy. This was followed by Bits of Philosophyi' by Meinhardt Shively. Itis a wise Freshman who knows his own theme after it has been corrected. To fiunk is human, to pass divine. An ounce of study is worth a pound of excuses. No matter how hungry a horse is, he can't eat a bite. 'Tis better to have loved a short man than never to have loved a tall. Women's faults are many, but men have only two--Everything they say, and Everything they do. On the next page I found a large picture of our dramatist, Dor- othy Schulmeyer, with the following, her own composition, which she gives with most touching gestures. N me am IINAHCISEQHI WAR I shot a sparrow in the air, It fell to earth, I knew not where, But judging from this quail on toast, Here is my sparrow or his ghost. Also a poem by our class humorist, Joseph Hamaker. A little ironfa cunning curl, A box of powder-a pretty girl, A little rain-away she goes, A homely girl with a freckled nose. Elbert Apt came to High School because his mother sent him. Lloyd Sargent came to High School because he hated the idea of get- ting a job and going to work. Buford Van Treese came to High School to participate in athletics. On the fourth page were a few want ads gathered about town: FOR SALE-A bull dogg will eat anything, very fond of children. WANTED--To rent a suite of rooms by a young man with good heat, light and ventilation. FOR SALE-One cow giving twelve quarts of milk a day, rake and shotgun. Farther on I found this poem by George Baldwin: Is there a student who has not said, At evening when he went to bed: f'I'1l get up with the crowing cock, And be in school by seven o'c1ock? And this same student, who, rather late, Crawls out of bed' at half-past eight, Says to himself with fond regard: Perhaps it's best not to work too hard. 73 The last page was taken up with the following jokes: Mr. Carson-- Why are you tardy? Freshman--'Tm not tardyg the bell rang too soon. -.sge... Mr. Hartley- Mother is the necessity of invention. ...ggi An Irishman who owned a boat was hired to take a man and his wife across the bay. The boat leaked some and the man said: Should I bail it out, Pat? Be-dad, said the Irishman, never mindg it will run when it's full. A 4-as-. Mr. Hartley-- What is specific heat, Donald? Donald- Heat that comes from the Pacific Ocean. -Maxine Groth. m we mm llllllllCl55Ll.5ll dew A P.H.s. Fairy Tale A couple of boards, Some tacks, some glue, A hammer, a saw, And some varnish, too, Two hinges, a lock, And a tiny key, Now what do you suppose It's going to be? Thus sang a little brownie as he bent over his work with as much earnestness as if his whole life depended on it. Whether his life de- pended on it no one can say, but if he made his living at it, he certainly must have lived well. As he sat measuring off his boards, a squirrel came along carrying a nut. Good morning, Brownie, said the squirrel, you seem to be busy this morning. Even so, replied Brownie, 'Tm never without work. And what might you be making? inquired Nutty, for so the little squirrel was called by all who knew him. Just trot along home with that nut and come back in half an hour if you want to know, said Brownie. I'll probably have it done then, that is, if old Quackey Duck doesn't come along. You see, Nutty, he's the hardest thing to get rid ofI ever knew. Just then old Quackey appeared on the scene walking very much as if a recent attack of rheumatism had left him stiff in the joints. Look behind you, Brownie, cried Nutty as he disappeared, Talk about the devil and he appears. Brownie looked around and exclaimed, VVell, I'll be switched, but even though old Quackey was hard of hearing he said no more. Instead, he sat down, greeted old Quackey with a warm Good Morning and asked him about his health. Oh, Mr. Brownie, he began, My rheumatism's fierce now-a-days and I've had neuralgia in my jaw. I'm on my way to Dr. Rooster now for some medicine. Is that so, interrupted Brownie. Well, just jump into my new hickory nut limousine and I'll drive you down. MEMS 1 Wim we NNARCISSUSHA MH Qld Quackey jumped into the limousine with about as much spirit as could be expected ot a man of his age and condition, and the little limousine sped swiftly down the road toward the oflice of Dr. Rooster. How quiet now is BroWnie's workshop. Ah. v.'hat's that? Now back to my work For I must not shirk Till the work is done. For an hour at least No man or beast Can disturb my fun. As the little limousine rolled up in front of the door everything be- gan to hum again. Oh the fairy queen is my love And 1'm going to wed her some day, We'll sail down the beautiful river To a land that's far away. And we'll live in a castle of flowers Where the birds sing merrily, And then when we're together How happy We shall be. Till the sun shall- H Hello, Brownie, got it do ie yet? Your half hour's up. Just one more screwg th ere, what do you think of it? Fine, what is it? asked Nutty. A couple of boards, Some tacks, some glue, A hammer, a saw, And some varnish toog With its tiny key And hinges and locks, Of course it's the P. H. S. Annual box. -Florence A. Ulrich. spiffy, Wad? V Y 15 item lfNflllCl55ll5ll The Springtime of Life I think of ma-ny things these days, How fast W9'I'6 slipping into Mayg How everything does breathe of Spring, When Youth may play and laugh and sing And all the time I think of life, All unrestrained and free from strifeg How strong each man should ever be, How glad to know that he is free! -Chas. McCa1la. MEMS 1 wt I ATHLETICS I g as lfHAHcl55.USll as Our Athletics In any sport which Peru High enters on an equal footing with com- peting schools, she is the leaderg but theonly sport in which equality exists is baseball. Our men never have had the gymnastic exercises to develop their muscles as have their opponents. This handicap is especi- ally true of basketball which never so much as entered into the sports of P. H. S. this year.. Why not? Because We lacked a gymnasium. There was a rumor some time ago that We would have a gym built in the summer of 1920, but the rumor must have been erroneous as the gym is still a missing factor. There are two factors that will carry a person safely through any predicament. They are mental and physical developmentg these two are inseparable-neither is complete without the other. Proper physical training, such as can be obtained in a gym under the direction of a good teacher, has come to be recognized as an abso- lute necessity for a good education. All our neighboring cities have acknowledged this and have equipped their high schools with a gym- 1'1I:1llll,lHl. Citizens of Peru, don't you want to put your children on an equal footing with the children of the surrounding schools? Of course you do, and the only Way you can accomplish this is by supplying them with the proper facilities, as the other cities have done. You may say that it is too expensive. ls anything too expensive when it is for the edu- cation, Welfare and pleasure of your loved ones? We want this United States to be the leader of all nations in devel- opment of all kinds. This can be attained only by every citizen doing his duty in his community. We appeal to you to lend your support to- ward erecting a gymnasium in our community so that your children may rank with the rest of the Americans in mental and physical de- velopment. ' I L l 'dm HMS 1 ' Mlm -1 5 , 1 M Shafer Quarter-Baci: Slusser Left Half-Back Brown Quarter-Back Hurtt Center Hyre Full-Back Mullins Left End Burkle Half-Back Kennedy Full-Back i Pontius End Mclilheny Guard . Bone Guard Van Osdol Tackle Yager Tackle Tillett, Little, Martin-Subs m llHflHCl55ll5lf ea P. H. S. Team Remembered for his end running and passing. When it came to play- ing, he was second to no one but Slusserg he was captain of the team and kept them going strong enough to give the state champs their big- gest fight. Regarded as the greatest half-back Peru has ever turned outg his tack' ling, line plunging and endurance were phenomenal. He gave Frazier, the All-State man for this position, a gi eat tussle for the honor. Slus- ser's only obstacle was that Peru did n-ot have more games scheduled. Played three games and played them wellg kicking and end running were his specialty. At VVarsaw he stood in the shadow of his own goal post and kicked the ball out of bounds at the other end of the Held for a total of ninety yards. The iron man of our line played like a madman in every game. His tackling and accurate passing of the ball were responsible for our great showing this year. Our plunging full-back made life miserable for our opponents' linemen. He was a tower of strength to the team. There never was a line found in high school circles that could stop him. Made a name for himself at end last yearg gave! splendid interference for the backfield and carried passes well. Remembered by his off tackle plunges which never failed. He played in the last two games of Peru's schedule. Kennedy was a speed demon and a hard hittcrg also remewnbered for his vicious tackling and straight arming. Gave fine interference for the back field and carried passes wellg added strength to the team by his ability to get under punts. Mac was Periyls assistant at the guard position. Though long and lanky, Mac could not be shoved about, but made his opponents lock forces to keep him out of their plays. Our good-looking guard was at his opponent's throat every minute. His defensive playing was wonderful, while his offensive playing was better still. Johnnie was light and fast: he was also a-vicious tacklerg breaking interference was John's hobby. Fritz was also light and fast. If his opponents had not locked forces, he would have stopped them befo1'e they were started. These three men were out to practice every night. The only thing that kept them from the game was lack of experience. They are expected to take places on the team next year. Wim m ae YIHAHCISSUSII .L EE LOGANSPORT VS. PERU On September 25th, the team opened the season with Logansport at Peru. The teams lined up on the field at 2:30, with the Peru boys looking like a bunch of midg- ets beside their larger opponents. The fans on the side lines seemed to give up hopes as they knew that our boys were much lighter than the Logansport boysg and they made the remark that the Peru team would never be able to stop them. Just then the whistle blew and the battle was on. First Quarter Captain Shafer won the toss and chose to receive the kick. Logansport kicked to PLru's 20-yard line. Shafer received the ball and carried it for five yards before he was stopped. Quarter-back Brown then called signals for three light pokes at the line, which gained nothing but let him know through which position in the line to send his plays. Brown then punted to Logansport's 15-yard line. From this point the big lads at once started for a touchdown, making four first downs before the Peru team awoke. At this period the fun began with the ball in mid-field. Here the teams battered at each other for the rest of the quarte1'. Score-Peru, 05 Logansport, 0. Second Quarter Slusser and Hyre opened the second quarter with a series of line plunges that seemed to smash the forward wall of the opponents, but they braced and held Peru for downs on their 15-yard line. Logansport then kicked out of danger, Brown of Peru seemed to turn into a wo1'm when he caught the punt as he ran and squirmed for 25 yards before he was stopped. Then P. H. S. started another march down the field with Shafer, Brown and Slusser circling the ends at will for gains from 5 to 15 yards each. The ball came close to crossing the line at this period when the whistle caught Peru 5 yards from the goal and with three downs in which to put it over. Score-Peru, 05 Logansport, 0. Third Quarter The third quarter seemed to be a repetition of the first, with the teams battering in mid-field. At this point Slusser of Peru started his hard hitting and hard, low tackling, which he continued through the rest of the season. Brown of Peru, by using Slusser every other play, then started the team toward a touchdown when the whistle caught them on Logansport's 45-yard line with one down. Score-Peru, Og Logansport, 0. Fourth Quarter The referee announced that it was Peru's ball and first down. Hyre and Slusser advanced the ball from 5 to 10 yards at each attempt until they reached Logansport's 10-yard line. Logansport then took another brace and held Peru for downs, and started up the field with her quarter-back skirting Peru's wings for long gains. Lo- gansport carried the ball to Peru's 25-yard line, which was the closest she had come. At this spot Peru's line became a brick wall, which stopped her opponents' attacks. The ball went over and Peru made a long pass from Brown to Shafer, which netted 25 yards. Then Slusser took the ball through tackle for 10 yards. The whistle caught the ball in this position. Score-Peru, 05 Logansport, 0. P. H. S. Lineup Kennedy . . . . .R. H. Yager . .. . . . .L. T. Slusser . . . . .L. H. Bone ..... . . .L. G. Hyre B. Hurtt ..... . Brown . . ...... Q. B. Mullins ...... .... R . G. Pontius . . . ....... L. E. Van Osdol .... . . .R. T. Capt. Shafer .......... R. E. Warm W we llnmmuif ea 1 PERU H. S. VS. ELWOOD H. S. On. October 9th, Peru High's football team journeyed to Elwood to show the red and white that the Peru team meant business and was made up of some of the best material that could be found in any of the High Schools in the state. First Quarter Elwood won the toss and chose to receive. Kennedy of Pe1'u kicked and the ball went to Elwood's 30-yard line. Elwood carried the ball 70 yards in about four tries. This put the old fighting spirit in the Peru boys and when they got the ball they surely put up the best brand of football that was ever seen in Elwood. Peru received and Brown returned the ball 25 yards, which placed it on the 50- yard line. Then Slusser made three yards through tackleg Kennedy made six yards around left endg Slusser made another yard, Hyre made four yardsg Brown made 8 yards around end, this bringing the Peru team on Elwood's 30-yard line and first down. A pass from Brown to Shafer failedg Slusser made 11 yards on a cross-buckg Brown called two fake plays and gained 9 yardsg Hyre failed to gain, Kennedy made B yaxgldsg then Slusser, our old standby. made Peru's first touchdown on a powerful ine rive. Elwood received and returned the ball to their 30-yard line. Then Hyre, our hard-hitting full-back, tackled the Elwood full-back so hard that it took five men to carry his opponent off the field. Elwood tried a' few plays but failed. She then punted to Brown of Peru, who carried the ball back for 20 yards, which landed it on Peru's 40-yard line. At this moment the quarter ended. Score-Elwood, 65 Peru, 6. Second Quarter Peru continued her old ofensive style. A pass from Brown to Shafer yielded 50 yardsg Hyre made a yard through centerg Slusser and Brown failed, Brown then went over for a touchdown but fumbled the ball which was recovered by an Elwood man. The rules in this case provided that the ball should be brought out to the 20- yard line and should be Elwood's ball. Elwood failed in two attempts to gain and then fumbled the ball on her 30-yard line. Brown made 5 yards around left end and in the next play ended his high school football career by receiving a sprained knee. Shafer also was laid out at the same time but both men continued to play. The whistle then ended the second quarter. Score-Elwood, 65 Peru 6. Third Quarter Peru received and Kennedy carried the ball 25 yards. A pass from Brown to Shafer was good for 50 yards, but the referee called the ball back because Brown was not 5 yards behind the line when he made the pass. Another pass made 20 yards, Brown made 40 yards around right endg Kennedy made 4 yards through tackleg Slusser made 10 yards through tackleg Hyre made 4 yardsg a pass from Brown to Pontius failedg Slusser plowed through tackle for our second touchdown. Brown then kicked a beautiful goal. After a few plays the quarter ended. Score-Elwood, 65 Peru 13. Fourth Quarter Elwood carried the ball 40 yards on straight plays but lost the ball on downs. A pass from Brown to Shafer gained 10 yardsg another pass by the same route was intercepted. Elwood then opened up with a surprising aerial attack which com- pletely bewildered the Peru team. On the next play Elwood made a 40-yard pass and although Kennedy was the only man between the goal and the opponent who caught the ball, he was so bewildered by the sight of the wonderful pass that he did not attempt to tackle the man. Elwood kicked goal and after a few plays, the hard-fought battle ended. Score-Elwood, 133 Peru, 13. W9 Wham, as lnlnclssusl ag PERU HIGH VS. WARSAW HIGH First Quarter Warsaw kicked to Pe1'u. Peru immediately started her march to victory. Slus- ser carried the ball three successive times for a total gain of forty yards. Warsaw held at this spot and threw the locals for three downs. Brown then kicked the ball, which going over the goal line, was brought out to the 20-yard line. Warsaw then cut loose and gave Peru a score by carrying the ball around our right end for a gain of 35 yards. Peru then resumed the old fight and held Warsaw for her downs. Warsaw then kicked out of bounds at our 30-yard line. The quarter ended with the ball in Peru's possession. Score-Peru, 05 Warsaw, 0. - Second Quarter Two wicked smashes at the line by Hyre and Slusser netted 35 yards. Brown then tossed a pass to Shafer who ran 20 yards for Peru's first touchdown. Brown then kicked goal. Peru kicked to Warsaw's 30-yard line. Warsaw then made a few attempts at Peru's line but Hnding it impenetrable, she kicked. Brown received the ball and carried it for 15 yards. Brown's knee was injured at this period, but he would not consent to leave the field. Hyre and Kennedy then went through for some good gains. Slusser then skirted Warsaw's left wing for 25 yards. The whistle caught Peru with 10 yards to go. Score-Peru, 75 Warsaw, 0. Third Quarter Brown kicked to Warsaw's 10-yard line with Pontius of Peru on the spot to nab the receiver in his tracks. Warsaw then with a series of line plunges and passes car- ried the ball to Peru's 15-yard line. Peru held her opponents at this place. Peru then received the ball and with successive passes from Brown to Shafer the ball was carried back to the center of the field. At this point Slusser again showed the stuff that he is made of by going through tackle for 45 yards and the second touchdown. Brown then kicked goal. Warsaw chose the kick. Hyre received the ball on Peru's 5-yard line and car1'ied it 10 yards. Brown then showed good head work by kicking to give his backneld a rest. The ball left Brown's toe, on his own 5-yard line, and just two seconds later it crossed the goal at the other end of the field. This was the longest punt ever made on the Warsaw field. Warsaw then returned the punt arid the ball landed in the center of the field. Brown then flew around end for 20 yardsg Kennedy went off tackle for 10 yardsg Hyre went through for 10 yards. Then Slusser pounded OH tackle for a touchdown but through some misunderstanding of the game by Warsaw, Peru was relieved of the touchdown. Score-Peru, 145 Warsaw, 0. Fourth Quarter Peru kicked to WarsaW's 20-yard line. Warsaw then made three futile attempts at Peru's line. Finding the line unbreakable, she punted to Brown, who was downed in his tracks. Peru then came through with a smash by Slusser which netted 20 yards. Shafer then created the sensation of the day by running past eleven Warsaw players for a touchdown. Brown failed to kick goal. Peru kicked to Warsaw. Warsaw carried the oval to mid-field where the final whistle found it. Score-Peru, 205 Warsaw, 0. Peru Lineup Kennedy .................. R. H. Yager . .... L. T. Slusser .. ...L. H. Bone .. ....L. G. Hyre .. .... F. B. Hurtt .... .... C . Brown .. ...... Q. B. Mullins ..... .... R . E. Pontius . . ........ L. E. Van Osdol .... . . .R. T. Shafer ,............. R. G. 'Wim Www M llllllifl53U5I ,Nam PERU VS. WABASH FOOTBALL GAME l On the sixteenth of October, the Peru High School Football team met their old rival of the gridiron, Wabash, and went down to defeat, after playing one of the best and hardest fought games in thispart of the state. The Wabash team came through the season without a defeat and also had the honor of not having a score made against them. With this list of records they were unanimously chosen as the best high school team in the state of Indiana. U Peru held Wabash to her lowest score of all the ten games played. This accom- plishment gives a great deal of honor and credit to the Peru High School team. First Quarter Peru won the kick-off, Wabash kicked to Peru and Shafer received the ball and returned it twenty-five yards, Kennedy and Burke failed to gain on line bucks, Slusser made five yards around right end, Shafer punted to the Wabash thirty-yard line. By a series of line bucks and runs, Wabash carried the ball forty yards down the field, where Peru held and received the ball on downs, Burke, of Peru, made three yards around end, Shafer made five yards through center, a pass from Shafer todM51llins failed, Shafer punted to Wabash's forty-yard line. Here the first quarter en e . Score-Peru, 0, Wabash, 0. Second Quarter Wabash started from her forty-yard line right down the field, Slusser, Peru's great half-back, executed some of the most spectacular tackling ever seen on a Peru gridiron. Wabash continued to gain until she reached Peru's thirty-yard line. Hurtt and Mullins threw the Wabash backs for losses. lt was the last down and ten yards to go for Wabash when half-back Marks of Wabash, stepped back about eight yards and kicked a beautiful 30-yard drop kick. Wabash kicked to Peru and Kennedy received the ball and was down on his twenty-yard line, Burke and Kennedy made four yards, a pass from Shafer to Mul- lins gained eight yards, Shafer made three ya1'ds around end, Slusser made a wonder- ful off tackle drive for ten yards, Peru was held for downs and Shafer punted to the Wabash thirty-yard line, where Pontius, right end for Peru, made one of the fastest sprints that was ever witnessed and downed the Wabash man, who received the ball right on the spot Where he caught it. Wabash returned a punt, Shafer received and was downed on his thirty-ya1'd line on a fair catch, which gave Wabash a penalty of fifteen yards. Peru was held for I owns. Wabash received the ball on Peruis thirty-yard line and on a few plays they put the ball over for the first touchdown, Marks kicked goal. Score-Peru, 0, Wabash, 10. Third Quarter Peru kicked to Wabash. After a few plays, Wabash punted to Peru and Shafer returned the ball thirty-five yards back of perfect interference. Peru then tried a few passes but failed, quarter-back Shafer pulled a trick play and gained twenty yards. Peru was again held for downs. Wabash punted to Peru, and Shafer fumbled the ball, which was recovered by a Wabash man on Peru's thirty-yard line. Wabash gained until she had four downs and the goal to go. Hurtt, Peru's mighty center, threw the Wabash backs for three consecutive losses. Wabash had last down and fifteen to go and by a trick play she scored her second touchdown. End of third quarter. Score-Peru, 0, Wabash, 17. Fourth Quarter Wabash kicked to Peru. Kennedy received the ball and returned it twenty yards, Shafer, Slusser and Hyre fwho replaced Burke at end of second halfb made ten yards, Kennedy made three yards through tackle. A pass from Shafer to Slusser gained forty yards but the ball was brought back because Peru was off sides. This ruined the hopes of Peru's scoring. Peru lost the ball on downs and the great game ended. Scoree-Peru, 0, Wabash, 17. gpg, Www m M ifntngmssusll new WARSAW AT PERU On October 20th, the VVarsaw team journeyed to Peru with the intention of taking home the bacon, thereby evening things up a little, but their intentions were just a dream. The weather was ideal for football. The game was called promptly at 3:00 p. ni. . First Quarter Peru opened the battle by kicking to Warsaw's 10-yard line. The vicious tackling of Yager almost stopped the VVarsaw back in his tracks. The team from the north then tried a few line attacks which proved futile. They then punted. Burke received the ball and returned it 10 yardsg Slusser punched the left side of Warsaw's line for 5 yards, Burke made first down on the next playg Shafer uncorked an end run for 10 yards, Kennedy hit center for 7 yards, then Warsaw held Peru on her 15-yard line for her downs. The ball went over to Warsaw. She tried her best to rally and start something but found it impossible. Warsaw kicked to Burke on his 40-yard line. Burke returned the ball 15 yardsg Slusser, Kennedy and Burke punched Warsaw's line for gains from 5 to 15 yards each, which brought the ball to Warsaw's 15-yard line. Then Shafer made a pass to Kennedy for the first touchdown. Peru kicked goal. The quarter ended. Score-Peru, 73 Warasw, 0. Second Quarter Peru kicked to VVarsaw's 10-yard line and tried to hold her there, but Warsaw uncorked an end run on her third down that caught the boys off their guard. It net- ted VVarsaw 20 yards. After a few more attempts at the line, VVarsaw punted to Burke, on his 20-yard line. Burke returned the oval 15 yardsg Slusser carried it for 20 yards around end. Then Shafer went around the other end for a touchdown. Shafer kicked goal. Peru kicked to Warsaw's 5-yard line where Pontius, our stellar end, dropped his man as he caught the ball. Warsaw then punted to mid-field. Burke returned the ball 10 yardsg Slusser made 10 yards oft' tackleg Kennedy made 4 yards through centerg Burke made 15 yards around endg Slusser smashed the line for the remaining yards for a touchdown. Shafer kicked goal. The whistle caught the ball in mid-air. Score-Peru, 215 VVarsaW, 0. Third Quarter Warsaw kicked to Hyre, who had replaced Burke at right half. Hyre carried the ball for 10 yards. Tillet replaced Van Osdol at tackleg Van Osdol in turn re- placed Pontius at end. Slusser hooked his way through tackle for 10 yardsg Hyre hit a rock on his sideg Hyre again hit the same rock and to1'e 05 10 yardsg Slusser got loose and ran to Warsaw's 40-yard line, from which Shafer stepped back 10 yards and from an open formation dropped the ball between the goal post. Peru kicked to Warsaw and the quarter ended with the ball in Warsaw's pos- session. Score-Peru, 24, VVarsaw, 0. Fourth Quarter Warsaw lost the ball on a fumble. A pass from Shafer to Kennedy resulted in Peru's last touchdown. Kennedy kicked goal. Peru kicked to Warsaw and Warsaw punted on the next play. Shafer returned the ball 20 yards. Peru then continued to play just hard enough to keep the ball in her possession for the rest of the game. During the entire game, Peru's line tore great holes through which the Peru backs passed. Not enough can be said for the lines' playing. Score-Peru, 31g VVarsaw. 0. Wim as lfHAFlClS5lHli ' Wham The Gridiron At the edge of the city, on a green lawn Marked off by lines, properly drawng Fifty yards Wide and a hundred long, Stands the old Gridiron. Scene of the old gold and black, The place Where spirit will never lackg A spot with plenty of pep and speedg The old Gridiron. Many a game has been fought, And to one side, victory broughtg Still many more they shall fight, On the old Gridiron. ' Over it the band doth play Cheerful anthems on a football day, And many a hearty cheer is heard Across the old Gridiron. Over it a blanket crawls, When in the winter the White snow falls. Thought of no more, till another season, Stands the old Gridiron. -C. L. Sargent. a 5i me lninclssusl tg Rochester-Peru Track Meet 1920 Brown and Bergman-Individual Point Winners-Fast Record Set-Twenty-one Men from Rocheslierg Nine from Peru Despite poor weather conditions and lack of practice, a real track meet filled with a spice of pep from start to finish was displayed on the Rochester track Monday afternoon, May 9, 1920. The Black boys outscored the Peru Athletes 6615 to 3215. The meet opened with a 100-yard dash in which Robert Brown was found leading the way, while Joe Bergman cauld reach out at any time and shake hands with Bob. At first all indications pointed Peru to be the winner, but soon the events found Peru short on material and Rochester took the lead in the pole vault, shot-put, high and broad jump. Whenever a track was entered, Peru began scoring rapidlyg but there were not enough track events to counteract Rochester's strength in the field. Brown and Bergman showed their ability as stick steppers in the high hurdles and landed eight points with ease. The most exciting scenes were the 220-yard dash and the 220-yard hurdles. In the former, Bergman ran eight fast nten and at no time were they able to hit his warm trackg five yards of space spelled his victory and their Waterloo. The 220-yard hurdles followed and made a finishing event for Bergman. However, filled with a strong determination to win, he dashed into the flying event and played close second to Brown, who claimed the lead. Bergman held his place until he struck the last hurdle, almost exhausted, the hurdle retarded his speed and a Rochester man was with him. Wheeling himself into position, he again dashed forward,.making a leap for the finish, but crossed about two inches back of his opponent and took third. Borden, Kreutzer and Martin combated with an off day. However, Kreutzer cap- tured third in the 440-yard dash and the half-mileg Martin snipped second in the mile. Hayes made a wonderful showing for his Iirst attempt at the high ,iumpg he tied for third. With some good training, he will enter the point winners, club. The following is the order of the events with the winners and time: 100-yard dash-Brown, firstg Bergman, secondg 10 4-5 seconds. High jump-Hayes, tied for thirdg 5 ft. 1521 in. 120 high hurdles-Brown, firstg Bergman, second, 18 seconds. Mile-Martin, secondg 5.05 min. 440-yard dash-Kreutzer, third, 58 3-5 seconds. 220-yard dash-Bergman, Hrstg 24 3-5 seconds. 220-yard hurdles-Brown, firstg Bergman, third, 28 3-5 seconds. Half-mile-Kreut er. third: 2 minutes, 20 seconds. Broad jump-Rochester, 18 ft. 9521 in. Rochester produced an all-round team, the strength of which can be attributed to gymnasium training. The strongest of their men participated all winter in basket ball work and they went into the field work as a strong product of physical training. Peru did exceedingly well in this meet but the boys feel that they are not given a fair deal when they are compelled to labor under existing conditions. ln fact, Peru boys never will be contented until Peru has a gymnasium to clothe them with physical training and furnish them with athletic accessories that will put them on a level with Rochester' and all other cities her size. fallen' l-.A-aw M I JINARCISSUSI MH Wabash Valley Qratorical Contest and Track and Field Meet In May, 1920, the Wabash Valley Oratorical, Track and Field Meet was held at Kokomo. The Oratorical contest was held at 10 a. m. in the High School Auditorium. Walter Bixler, Peru's representative, carried off first honors, winning the silver cup. In the afternoon there were gathered on the field, teams representing Wabash, Rochester, Kokomo and Peru. Peru was handicapped because Bergman, one of our mainstays and a sure point winner, was unable to take part because of an injury received in the track meet at Rochester, a short time before. Borden, our 440-yard man, had parked his 'twagonn on the sidewalk and on the day of the meet had an appointment with the Mayor. Captain Brown was our individual point winner. He captured second place in the 100-yard dash', which was won by Frazer of Wabash in the remarkable time of ten seconds. Brown also took third place in the high and low hurdles. Kreutzer took third place in the half mile. Kennedy, Ma1'tin, Hayes and Van Osdol did good work but failed to win any points. Track Prospects 1921 Our candidate material for interscholastic track and Held competition is whip-- ping into form under the direction of Mr. Ankenbrock, an ex-star of the t1'ack. Our athletes are not in as good a condition as they would have been had they enjoyed the privilege of training in a gymnasium throughout the winter. Peru High's prospects are as good as can be expected under these conditions. The material is better this year than last so we expect to make a better showing. In Brown, Chapin and Martin, P. H. S. has sure point winners. Brown will probably enter the dashes and high hurdles as he has shown his worth in these events in former meets. We can conscientiously say that he ranks high among the dashers and timber steppers of the state. Chapin has all the qualifications of a dasher and from all appearances, will run with Brown in the 100-yard dash. Martin has been practicing for tle mile and has speed and wonderful endurance of which Joe Ray would not be ashamed. Our low hurdlers are Kennedy and Slusser. Both show Fine form, and with practice should become masters in the art. Kennedy is also our stand-by with the shot and has all chances to make good. In the 440-yard run we are stacking our money on Marks. He has the qualifi- cations that carry a man through this killing event. In the half-mile, P. H. S. will more than likely be represented by Babcock, McKee and Rouch. Peru can count on Van Odol and Hayes to be point winners in the high juxnn, Both have participated in this event before, therefore we are confident of their ability. Melson is our pole vaulter and is a good one, too. 'tChet can cross at 10 feet with' out practice and with it should hit the 11 ft. mark. Other candidates are Russell Eikenberry, Donald Crawford, Rea Shaw, Ray Swearingen and Gordon Opp. These men will participate in some of the events. TRACK SCHEDULE. April 8. . . ........................... Logansport Ayl'il ln. . . ............ Rochester April 23. . . .... County Meet-Peru May 7 ..... .. .Wabash Valley Meet May 14 .... ........ D istrict Meet May 21 . .. ......... State Meet Witt, New P. H. S. Bowling Team Peru High School stepped into the Lime Light this year as having the best bowling team in town. There were ten teams in Peru but P. H. S. ruled supreme. It was laughable the way the boys of P. H. S. defeated their opponents. These fellows of P. H. S. were inexperienced compared to the old heads of the game, but pep on the part of P. H. S. counteracted this handicap. The rival teams were made up of some ofthe best known bowlers in the state, especially the men of the City Five. Wfhere, in Indiana, don't the bowlers know Stitt, Unger, Garret and Baker? P. H. S. defeated the team made up of these professionals. Swearingen was captain of the team. ln the initial bames, P. H. S. did some ragged bowling, which accounts for the loss of three games out of fifteen. This ragged bowling was due to the fact that Captain Swearingen really did not know who the bowlers in the Peru High were, as this was the first team Peru High has ever had. Swearingen soon weeded out the poorest men and then we had a real team. The team was composed of Pontius, Rouch, Braden, Brown and McElheny. These tive men deserve much honor, for they defeated the City Five. Thi City Five represented Peru at the State Tournament in Indianapolis and took tenth place out of twenty-five entries. P. H. S. set the record in Peru in the single five-man event, the score being 835. Pontius, our most consistent bowler, held the high score position in the team with 227. He was just six points behind the record in Peru this year, which was 233 by Stitt. There is not a bvwlcr in the world who would be ashamed of this score. Rouch followed Pontius by a score of 212, which is a very good showing. The averagesof the men for the season are: Pontius, 173, Braden, 154, Rouch, 152, McElheny, 146g Brown, 145. If we have no other winter sport next year, why not all join in this very good pastime? Hkt ffgg lllll ratmm gm s IHAHCEBUSI rat m .QAM - llNNiCl5Mll ea Baseball Baseball has again become a major sport in high school as well as in college. Peru High has taken up this sport in earnest and will without a doubt make good. Peru is the most renowned semi-professional base- ball town in the state, therefore the boys do not lack in knowledge of the game. lnterclass competition has exhibited a fairly good brand ot' base- ball and a better brand is being exhibited daily. Every class is in the race forthe championship but the Freshmen are leading them all. This is an unusual occurrence but their victories can largely be attributed to Bud Chapin, their star pitcher, who is a wonder in athletics. The Sophomores have the honor of having held them to their lowest score, which was 4, while they themselves were able to tally up two scores. This was by no means a small accomplishment on the part ofthe Sophs. Our first interscholastic game will be with Converse on April 1. This school promises to give us a run for our money so we are preparing for the worst. With Chapin on the mound and Slusser receiving, we are not trembling. In case Bud should have an off day, Melson will probably do the slab duty. Competition for both infield and outfield positions is at its height. With all the promises of a well-balanced team, we are positive that we can spell defeat to the best of them. Mr. Mohler will probably umpire the game, as he has been found to be fair and square to all in the class games. The schedule is not completed for this season but we are anticipat- ing a number of good games. With the P. H. S. spirit leading us on to victory, we loom as contenders for all state honors. m me ,I K i , 4 is X if , g IIs at water2l.m 2 lNo.Ju5t amlrage? 3 v as 4 'A P H5 Desert examezef, I sat in the assembly scribbling, At the end of my pencil nibbling, When my brain began a-grinding- It was an idea I was finding. The bright idea was of a gym, All bright and shining and ready to go in, The equipment was new and good, And even the iioor was of best hardwood. As I sat and stared, my eyes growing brighter, It began to get dim, then lighter and lighterg I put out my hand to grasp it there, Only to find I was grasping the air. I-Kathryn Brice. 6 'lm mm 2 Q SOCIETY M NHAHCISSUSH ag , Social Events The Physical Education Classes gave a Hallowe'en party in the basement ot the High School cn Cctottr 27. The hall was attractively decorated in appropriate colors. One of the features of the evening was the performance of a stunt by each class. The most original was 'fPeter, Peter, Pumpkin Eater, by Frances Olsen, Mary Gilbert and Mildred Eckard. Late in the evening, cider and doughnuts were served and pies were auctioned off. The girls with the chaperone, Miss Fullbright. considered their party a profound success. NVith Miss Guthrie and Miss Reed chaperoning, the Section A Chemistry Club drove to Braden's woods for a wienie roast on November 10. The usual eats were enjoyed by the jolly party around a large, cheerful fire. On November 16, tlie members of the Triple C were entertained at the home of tlte Misses Nellie and Molly Reed, a few miles south of the city. Contests and humorous games were a source of great pleasure. Late in the evening the crowd enjoyed roasting wienies and marshmallows. - Senior Minstrel On Friday evening, November 19, the Phi Delt hall was beautifully decorated in Old Gold and Black and tlte Senior colors, Green and White. About the hall were booths where candies, sandwiches and pop were for sale. At eight o'clock the curtain rose on a chorus of eight boys and girls, attractively tinued to keep the audience in continuous laughter. John Van Osdol and Barney were introduced by the inter'locuter, Clifford Hass. Bixler, Mullins and Hass con- tinued to keep the audience in continuous laughter. John Van Osdol and Barney Baxter showed their ability as comedians. After this jolly entertainment by this interesting' group, Mr. Carson presented the letters to the football team. This, as usual, was a pleasing sight, for there is no one who is not stirred by the sight of athletes. Then the Physical Education girls furnished a number of pretty dances: the Rus- sian Rag, Tarantella, Pavlowa Gavotte, Sand Dance. After these dances were com- pleted, the floor was cleared for the dance. With the good music and jollity caused by the throwing of confetti, everyone enjoyed the dance. - Let it be said here that the Seniors showed their generous spirit by turning the proceeds fr'om this event to pay the bills of the Athletic Association. On Friday evening, December 17, the Physics Club and the Section A Chemistry Club entertained their friends at a party in the Fox Brothers' hall. A short program, dancing, and a dainty luncheon afforded the pleasures of the evening. The Freshman General Science Class was entertained by Miss Catherine Gilbert at her home on Saturday, January 15. The skating party that had been planned was postponed because of the intensely cold weather. Dancing and games were enjoyed throughout the day. At noon a tempting picnic lunch was served. MMS I -I New fm INAHCISSUSI Wig Red Acre Farm The play, t'Red Acre Farm, was presented by the High School at the Wallace Theatre on March 22 and 23. The students in the cast filled their parts well and showed unusual talent. The fact that the theatre was filled each evening was evi- dence that the play was a success. Much of the success was due to the splendid coaching of Miss Ferguson and Mr. Carson. The cast was: Josiah Armstrong ....... . . .Karl Brecht Colonial Barneby Strutt .... ...Gene Fletcher Dick Randall ......,.... .... W alter Bixler Jonah Jones ..,........ ..... B arney Baxter Harry Harcourt ..... .... J ohn Van Osdol Squire Harcourt .... ....... I van Smith Tom Busby ....,..,... ..., O wen Slusser Mrs. Strutt .,,.......... . . .Frances Olsen M1's. Amanda Armstrong .... ......... R uth Carson Nellie Armstrong ......... ........... J ane Knott Laura Armstrong ........ . . . . . . . . .Florence Eikenberry Junior Strutt ............................................ Edna Geist In the first act, Josiah Armstrong and his Wife are in their country home worry- ing about how they will pay the interest on the mortgage which falls due on the next day. On top of' this t1'ouble Nellie Armstrong, one of the daughters who has always helped her parents, declares her intentions of going to New York to go on the stage. She tells Dick Randall, a handsome young fellow, tired of' country life and ambitions to make his fortune on the stage, of her desires and her love for him. In the meantime, Josiah and Mandy have decided to sell a pearl necklace, an old heirloom, to meet the payment on the mortgage, but when they go to get it they find it gone. Nellie is accused and is driven from home. She then marries Dick Randall and both of them go on the stage in New York. A thread of humor runs through the entire story in the characters of Jonah Jones, a hired man, and Junior Strutt, the adopted daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Barneby Strutt. The time of the next act is several months later. The company in which Nellie and Dick are playing stops at the old home town. They arrive just in time for Nellie to keep her sister Laura from running away with Harry Harcourt, a good-for- nothing young man. Nelliels presence is discovered by her father and she is again driven away from home and told never to return. The last scene takes place in the Armstrong home. It is a cold winter niglit and Jonah, Junior and some of the neighbors have come in to surprise the Armstronjfs. Gloom spreads over the little party by the arrival of Harry Harcourt and his father, who demand the interest and principal of the mortgage at once. The Armstrongs are getting ready to leave their home when the real surprise comes. Nellie, Dick, Laura and Mr. Busby arrive. Laura makes her confession about how she had sold the necklace to Mr. Busby so that she might buy pretty clothes, how she had planned to go to New York with Ha1'ry Harcourt. In New York Nellie had taken care of her and here she had met Mr. Busy, whom she married. He still had the necklace and had given it to Laura as a wedding presentg Laura then gives it to her father to pay 05 the mortgage. Mr. Busby demands it from Mr. Harcourt to pay a note of his son's. The necklace is given to Nellieg good feelings are restored and the party ends in an old-fashioned dance. emit Wim mm illNNlCl5U5ll Peru High School Band Solo Coronets Hugh Wagner John Clifton Harold Marks Neal Swearingen Eugene Fletcher .......... First Coronet Second Coronets John Landgrave Lloyd Sargent Baritones Owen Slusser Charles Meeker Lester Gambee Richard Reineke ............... Piccolo Trombones Edmund Geist Lloyd Haines Berneth Andrews Parvin Brauneller Solo Clarinets Raymond Swearingen Edward Murphy Lawrence Sargent Second Clarinets Seth Greek Truman Myers Altos Howard Green Charles McCalla Saxaphones Clayson Bell Benjamin Weimer John Pontius Vernon Griffith Drums Richard Braden Willard Faunce I OFFICERS Raymond Swearingen ......... President Berneth Andrews ......., Vice-President Richard Braden .... .... S ecretary Eugene Fletcher . . . ..... Treasurer Edmund Geist .... .,..... L ibrarian Owen Slurser .... , ..... Parliamentarian MMS I We E I 2 ! mm C IHAHCISSUSI Peru High Orchestra First Violins Richard Engelage Edna Kaiser Ivan Smith Maggie Martin Elbert Apt Paul Hass Garner Baltzell Florence Ulrich Lawrence Miller Second Violins Anna Carson Flay Helm Lois Buskirk Lorraine Moore C Melody Saxophoncs Pearl Rose John Pontius E Flat Alto Saxophorzes Clayson Bell Delight Rhodes Ray Shaw Vernon Gritlith Karl Brecht Soprano Saxophone Carlton Clifton Clarinets Willard Faunce John Van Osdol Loyd Loucks Bertrand Soames Coronets Hugh Wagner John Clifton Harold Marks Edmund Geist . . . .... Trombone Charles Meeker .. .... Euphonium Ruth Woocls .. ...... Piano a i K aw INAHCISSUSI MQ Chemistry Clubs The Chemistry classes organized two different clubs for the pur- pose of enlarging' their knowledge of science. The Triple C had for its A officers: Paul Morse ...... ......... P resident Berneth Andrews . ...... Vice-President Thelma Silvers .... . . .Secretary-Treasurer Forrest Kennedy ....................... Sergeant-at-arms Ivan Smith ............................. Parliamentarian The officers for the Section A Club are: Russell Tower ....................... ...... P resident Mildred Erb ............,.......... . . .Vice-President Jane Church ..... ...... S ecretary John Van Osdol. .. ..,.... Treasurer Floyd Robertson . . . . .Sergeant-at-arms Owen Slusser ..... ..... .... P a rliamentarian General Science Although the duration of the club was very short, in the meetings that were held, the members enjoyed current events from the realm of science. The oflicers were: Meinhart Shively . . ...... President Maxine Groth .... .... V ice-President Ruth Carlson ...... ...... S ecretary Dorothy Schulmeyer . . ..... Treasurer Botany Each Botany Class selected one person to represent it on the Social Committee formed from the four Botany classes of P. H. S. This com- mittee put on many interesting parties during the year. Helen Spero, Josephine Meeker and Russell Eikenberry were members of the com- mittee. Mmg 1 fam 41-1,1-1-'-'- HV. Emil liantzei If LL 535 He YIHAHCIQQSII Be a Booster If you think your school the best, Tell ,em sol If you'd have it lead the rest, Help it grow! VVhen there's anything to do, Let the others count on you. If you're used to giving knocks, Change your styleg For knocks don't count. Throw credits instead of zeros For a while, And see if they don't count. It you see a fellow loaf, Shun hini as you would a ghost. VVhen a student from afar Comes along Tell him Who and what you are- Student of P. H. S., Never flatter, never bluff, Tell the truth, for thatls enough Be a booster tor the school, Don't just attend. -Goldie Daine. Wmgi spasms I Naam mm INAIICISSUSII 2 Tama., Who's Who in P.H. S. . Elbert Apt ......................................., Ladies' Man Eldon Sherbondy .... . . .Pure Imagination Frances McClure .... ......... B aby Vamp Lester Gambee .... ..... ' ......... F reckles Elmo Bell ........ ...... R ed Pepper Bandit Lester Bird. . . . . .The Model School-boy Clifford Haas . . .,......... Sky-scraper Rubye Taylor . . . ............. Dimples Dick Engelage. .. .... Handsomest Fellow Ruth Johnson .... ......... B est Dancer Orma Dukes... ........... The Dwarf Jennie Ditzler .... ........ T he Dearest Girl Bob Brown ..... ...Most Fascinating Boy Mr. Carson ..... .......... T he Main Guy Dorothy Herd .... ......... S weetest Senior Girl Mr. Ankenbrock. .. .... The Cutest Faculty Member Russell Tower .... .................. O ur Hero Miss Finch ................... ...................... B utterfly Mr. Mohler ........................................ The Dragon Miss Bappert, in 12' English- Edna, when Young Jerry saw his father in the cemetery, what did his father seem to have? E. Klise- He had a bite. . Mrs. Challis- You will also find the the snail is a pollen carrier. Now, we don't find many snails around here, but you will find an abun- dance of snails on bushes along the coast. Loren Spangler- What! Do they grow on bushes? C. Melson, in 10' Latin- Diviciacus, with tears on his knees-. Miss Guthrie treading from a test paperh- He had a bridge made with the rest of the Helvetians-. R. Tower- With what? The ribs? Mr. Hartley, in 12' Science- There is one well known emulsion on the market, the directions of which always say, 'Take before shak- ing-,' Oh, I mean-. Mrs. Challis- There hasn't been anything in this High School for making experiments in ten years. I have sent to Purdue for some and they only sent two. R. McKinstry- Maybe 'Sears and Roebuck' have some. Miss Ferguson- Barney, don't make me lose my temper because when I do it usually takes me a week to find it again. B. Baxter--'Tm worse than that, mama says. has-Q Mmm mm' lltillclillilll A swag Miss Stutesman, in 11' English- Can you tell of any instances where death is personified, Alice? A. Rhein- Why, yes, some people die easily as though they are asleep and others have an awfully hard time. Miss Ferguson- Now we'll hear James Turpie's oral composition. CI-Ie hesitatesj Miss F.- Come on James, we're all praying for you. Russell Tower- Well, I'd feel flattered if my picture were in the Annual, but Iid certainly feel slighted if it weren'tf' l 9 A Typist s Blues As I work on one lesson from day to day I wonder why I begin to feel so blue, And it doesn't matter what I want to say, 'Cause that wouldn't help get my lesson through. Usually the trouble with me, I guess, Is striking e's for i's and r's for u'sg And a few hundred other things-more or less Is enough to make anybody have the Blues. There's no use trying to erase any mistakes, 'Cause our teacher has got eyes like a crowg And she never overlooks the ones I make, She just puts re-write on it below. Sometimes I think I'm getting along just fine When all of a sudden I hit the wrong key, And that is a test of whether one's refined, . 'Cause it makes me feel like saying things, b'lieve me. One lesson I know I've tried twenty-five times, And a couple of times I got almost throughg But--I made a mistake in the latter lines And, O Boy! I sure got the Typist's Blues. And now I've come to the sad conclusion, On this beautiful and memorable morn, That unless something very radical is done I'll be on that lesson yet-when Gabriel blows his himrg! ! ! - . . '21. Harold Marks Cin Public Speakingj- The Peru police finally woke un and found the 'white mule' and arrested the men. Bertrand Soames-- What did they do with the 'white mule'? Miss Ferguson- How did Athelstane get the keys? Ed Leahy- He knocked one of them on the head. Miss F.- What, the key? MMS g I New 7-W -- f I G9 an llllllficlsillilll I MQ For For For P. H. S. Advertisements Sale-My Dramatic Ability and my methods of keeping my hair blonde and curly.-Miss Ferguson. Sale-My patented method of having a large head of hair.- Mildred Erb. Sale-A guaranteed method of bluffing the teachers.-Russell Tower. For Sale-My clod-hoppersf'-Rea Shaw. For Exchange-My beautiful marcel for ten credits.- Red Haas. Wanted,-A steady girl.-Harold Marks. Wanted-A good-looking girl to make up my back work and to answer notes. Steady job for the right party.-Dwight Thornburg. VVanted-A guaranteed method of reducing without diet.+Robert Noland. Wanted-Several pairs of black socks.-Oliver Mohler. Wanted-A good way of making the teachers think I have my lessons when I haven't them.-Perry Bone. Wanted-A way to comb my remaining hair Conly onej to appear that I have a great quantity of it.-R. P. Ankenbrock. Wantedi-A good-looking girl to hold my hand and steady my nerves while taking an exam.-Gordon Crawford. Wanted-A fellow with a car and curly hair.-Jane Knott. Wanted-A horseg my pony isn't big enough.-Leaky Way. Wanted-A date with Jennie.-George Mizer. For Sale-My collection of silk handkerchiefs.-Earl Morris. For Sale-My bobbed hair.-Ruth Johnson. For Rent-My Sunday night dates.-Dick Petty. Mrs. Carpenter to Barney Baxter- Barney, I don't know what I'd do if I had to have some one before me all day who grins like you do. Miss Bappert- I think some of these younger teachers should be trained to do this Annual work, for you know Miss Wilson and I might get married next year. Mr. Mohler fwhen the lights go out in the assemblyj- If Cliiord Haas is present, will he please stand up? Mr. Hartley- Jane, what element does the symbol Sb stand for? J. Chu1'ch- Why er-a-alimony. Miss Stutesman- What was Hawthorne? C. Coffman-'Shakespeare was a Democrat. t ea mm HAHCISQQQI WIQ P. Hs P upils of the Peru High School, E very one be good and trueg 'I CFU aise the standard of your studies, se your brains on what you do. ave good courage and good faith, n all your studies hereg G et to work and let them know H ow your work you do not fear. S how the teachers that you can, C ause they do not know at all H ow hard you studied O n the things you could not stall. O nly next year when with the rest, L et them see you do your best. -F. Olsen '22, Miss Stutesman- Edward, what are the principle parts of climb? Edward Murphy- Climb, clumb, clumbf' .Miss Gallahuif- Berneth, translate 'compulerunt ex loco,' please. B. Andrews- They compulsed them from the place. Barney Baxter in English- How often are we going to have these oral compositions? Miss F.- Once a week. B. B.- What if we run out of something to talk about? Miss F.- Barney, I don't think you will ever run out of something to talk about. Miss Stutesman- Fill blanks with the proper form of sit or Usetf' All right, Constance, take the twentieth sentence, please. C. Snyder- The sun has a-er-the sun has sat. I Miss Gallahan-Q What English word do we get from 'orior,' Ber- neth '? B. Andrews- Oriole Mi zs Ferguson. in 12 Public Speaking- If I would give a speech, I would tell my audience a joke to make them laugh. John Pontius-- You wouldn't have to do that. Mr. Mohler- Alice, what power did the Confederation lack?,' Lawrence Sargent Cin whisperb- Executive, Alice Rhein- Executive Mr. Mohler- Tell him 'Thank you,' Alice. was Wag mm lfHAIlClQ5Q5l I N523 Querulous Queen ............................... Rosanna Sullivan Quixotic Quiz ......... ....... L ola Fuqua Quizzical Questioner ............... .... L ouise Rankin Quotable Querist ....................... ..... P earl Smith Qualifications-Quaint and queer. Quibbling Place--Queachy quagmires. Motto-Never quit quizzing till quietus. EFFORTS OF OUR AMATEUR POETS All hail to Vibert Stiers, The inventor of concrete tires. All hail to Edward Leahy, Who could translate since he was kn All hail to Russell Tower, He gave Miss Guthrie a flower. All hail to Barney Baxter, In English he's a starg teacher takes off two or three Because of his Hari Har! The Mr. Mohler teaches Historyg How he knows so much is still a He eats! He walks! He sleeps! He talks! And still he teaches History. mystery. Mabel is a talker, My word, how she can talk! She also is a walker, Great Scott, how she can walk! And when she starts her tongue and feet, And they together fly Their combination you can't beat, You might as well not try. A Latin teacher named Mary Hurried us through like old Harry. Said she, Life's a dream And teaching's a scream, I think I'l1 just quit and marry. ee high MMS I We we I llHNiClS5Uf5lI at Question Box Dear Question Box-How on earth can I get rid of my freckles? Nancy Lee. Dear Nancy Lee-To get rid of your freckles apply Red Seal Lye with a strong bristled scrub brush. This will also give color to your complexion. Q. B. Dear Question Box-When will we get our gym? Nemo. Dear Nemo-I have figured that Peru High School will have a gym about September 10, 2203. This is the way I figure it: It will take two hundred years to raise the moneyg then, of course, it will take at least two years to get ready to build it. By that time, prices will be so high that they will wait fifty years for prices to get back to normal. In twenty years they will have found the necessary men and materials. If it doesn't take any longer than ten years to build it, I think I may safely say that the future students of P. H. S. will enter a very fine gymnasium for the first time on Sept. 10, 2203. Q. B. Dear Question Box-How may I acquire a permanent blush? Dear --:-To acquire a permanent blush, you must first do countenance. To make this blush permanent, you must think constantly Carson a love-letter instead of the excuse written by a fond parent. Upon the realization of the mistake, and seeing him smile at the mush, a lovely blush of delicate crimson will immediately cover your countenance. To make this blush permanent you must think constantly of this most embarrassing incident. Q. B. MMS I Wim MM IHAHCISSUSI MQ Dear Question Box-What does Harold Marks use on his hair to make it shine so? lnquisitive. Dear lnquisitiyee -ln the days of our great grandfathers, the young gallants used bear greases for both their hair and shoes. Perhaps Har- old has had some handed down to him as an heirloom. Q. B. Dear Question Box-VVhy do Seniors hate to be called Juniors? Junior. Dear Junior-For the same reason that JUNIORS hate to be called FRESHMEN. Q. B. Dear Question Box-Why does Marguerite Fishback so often go to the dictionary the third period? E. K. Dear E. K.-Oh, for a great many reasons! They all sit there by the dictionary. Q. B. Dear Question Box-Who is the oldest man in the world?-Goof. Dear Goof-Why, Santa Claus is the oldest man in the world, of course. Q. B. Dear Question Box-Why is the Art Editor always flying around the building? Please answer. I'd really like to know. Anxious. Dear Anxious-Does she really FLY around the building? It must be her peculiar form of daily exercise. Q. B. Dear Question Box-Why do Kathryn B. and Melba G. always look at each other so funny when a Buick goes past and blows the horn? Curious. Dear Curious-The idea of a Buick blowing a horn is enough to make anyone look funny, in my opinion. Q. B. I Www m asm lfllllll-Cliill-5ll Warm Dear Question Box-Why don't we have a P. H. S. party once a month? X. My Dear Child-Do you expect our honored faculty to expose themselves to the great embarrassment of prohibiting cheek to cheek dancing as often as once a month? If you had only reconsidered before putting that question into the box, you would surely never have done it Q B A Dear Question Box-What kind of dictionary did Mr. Ankenbrock swallow? X. Y. Z. Dear X. Y. Z.-I believe that it was not a dictionary that he swal- lowed, but I do think it must have been an encyclopedia. Q. B. Dear Question Box-Why is it that LaFern Amos and Charles Car- son can never study or keep their eyes straight in the second assembly? Y. Dear Y.-I think the reason LaFern cannot study in that assembly is because Charles is there and he can't keep his eyes straight be- cause I.aFeriz is there. If this does not solve the mystery, come back to melater and I may be able to detect some hidden cause. Q. B. Dear Question Box-Who finds the credits that are lost and what is done with them? Iwanto No. Dear Iwanto No-You, like many others, have a wrong idea about the losing of credits. Credits are MADE, after a semester of untir- ing labors. It' you don't work hard you won't MAKE your credit. Some of you have the idea that when you start to take a certain subject your credit is handed out to you with your books Cfiguratively speaking, of coursej and is taken away when you fail to make 750 . Q. B. Dear Question Box-I am a young man, about eighteen years of age, and would like your advice in a little matter that concerns me deeply. I have played on the foot-ball team and have been in the high school play and play an instrument in the band. After all these quali- fications do you not think a certain young lady who has blonde hair and wears specs should be willing to take a date with me? D. M. Dear D. M.-I certainly do think that any young lady who does not appreciate your superior qualities should be quite ashamed in so doing. Perhaps if you will send me a self-addressed envelope I can give you detailed instructions about how to proceed. Q. B. Wim we IIHAHCISQUSJI at To a Junior Here is a toast that I'd like to drink To a Junior whom I knovvg To the one Who's to take my place When it's time for me to go. I Wish I could give her the bracing Word I longed at times to hearg 'I Wish I could give her a chummy hug When never a friend seems near. I earned my credits with pen and brain And I'd like to pass it on To the verdant Junior Who'll use my books Some day when I am gone. I dare to hope she may pause some day When she's caught passing a note And say, I must grin for she always grinned When she was 'in that boatf Then here's to you, dear sister, I drink To you and the facultyg May you always pass and make your credits, And be what I longed to be. -Elizabeth Loveland '21 33 'HHS I wi, am llNAHCl5Q5ll MH I AM THE GUY- i That gives you zeros in Historyg That Hunks at least fifty per cent of my classesg That every time you recite, pops an unexpected question at youg That shuffles the cards every day to prove that I show no favorit- ismg That never finishes a sentence when addressing the class, but ex- pects the class to do it for meg f That never does any unnecessary labor. I'm your friend and add to your knowledge even if I do make you work. -Mr. O. T.. Mohler. r. yea SIYOOK0 5-- ,, Ig I ,-IW 1m J' Q 'Ir - 5. tri . l J Q f 571511112 1 V37-Zmim T ,,,, , -lJ 'f-- I lu- Z UAL., 1 -- li... l,Li.t., Ja rg, gk' 'EDLSEAL 1 Irom nistoryp-I o like to have Clayton Farrar Mr Mohler You say YOU want HIM? hit V1bbert'? Richard Wolfe No the one I threw hit the window. Mr Mohler What separates Maryland from Virginia? E ther Mohler The boundary line Miss Fergu on in Engli h Walter Buchman, you may tell us your story W Bushman As I was walking along the road, an automobile came along and asked me to ride Mr. Mohler- What new religious denominations started in the forties? Ray Wilson- The Second Day Adventistsf' Mr. Mohler- Oh, I see his ideag he would like to rest every other 'frilly Ernestine Leahy CCalling Clayton Farrar u Mrs. Challis in Botany- Richard, did you throw that bean that day. 'Wm Mi, Mr. Ankenbrock- Eldridge, of what use is ammonia? Eldridge Hayes-- We use it to freeze ice. Mr. Ankenbrock- No, Eldridge, not ice-waterf' Miss Stutesman- Minnie, I believe it was you who were giving the book review yesterday, was it not? Will you continue, please? Minnie Lutz- Where was I? Oh, yes, I believe I was on 'A Handful of Clayl' Miss Gallahan- Marjorie Gray, will you translate 'Neque multum frumento sed maximam partem lacte atque pecore vivunt'? M. Gray- But, for the most part, they lived on milk and cow. Mr. Mohler- How much time did you spend on your history? Lawrence Sargent- All night. Mr. M.- How's that? L. S.- I put it under my pillow. IN THE ASSEMBLY I walk up to the Library, And drag my feet along, And make all trouble possible, And maybe hum a song. I get a book of fairy tales, Or myths, or Shakespeare's works, Or maybe a college annual Or a book about the Turks. I grin at the Librarian, And gaze all round the room, I stumble over s0mebody's boot And hum another tune. I take my seat with some delay, Knock a book 0E on the floor, Oh, gee! I didn't see her lookin', I can't aiord that any more. And when the day for cards comes round, My deportment is seventy-five, Yet when I think what all I've done I'm thankful it's not five. -Merle Mullins. Miss Wood- Mollie, how do you spell 'held'? Mollie Reed- Hel1ed. Miss Stutesman- LaFern, can you tell us something about Chaucer? LaFern Amos- His life was divided into three periods, the French, the Italian, and the English. Miss Stutesman- You mean his works, not his life. Msg 1 wt asm llNflFlCl55.ll5ll? We 'flu wills M3313 glam YIHAHCIQUQII wig NEEDED INSTRUCTIONS As the Peru High School is not without its letter writers nor its note writers, we have been appealed to for a model form of note or letter, suitable for a young lady to send a gentleman and vice versa. It is a good idea to start out with the weather, for that can be stretched a long way, if the writer is in need of ready material about which to converse. ' After the weather has been exhausted, one might comment on the actions of the teacher under whose charge he is at the time or even go so far as to criticise the school system in general. Perhaps the best thing to do is to write two notes or letters which may be used as models. The following is a very proper note to be sent by a young gentleman: Dear Friend: ' Had you noticed that the sun is shining most delightfully today? It seems as if the Spring were really here. Aren't you glad? I am. I am in the Second Assembly and the teacher in charge has just finished a most exquisite lecture on throwing chalk. I didn't know that teachers were so brilliant as this one is. But she has studied a great deal so I guess if she says we must not throw chalk, why. we shouldn't. If you do not have time to answer this note because of your studies, by no means put off studying, for this note can wait and besides I wouldn't want to do anything to prevent anyone from getting her lessons, as they are all important in my estimation. Your Friend. The model reply to this would be: Dear Friend: I have translated all my Latin for today, have my English and Geometry for tomorrow and have two more periods in which to get my History so I can conscientiously answer your most interesting note of last week. c Yes, I am glad that the sun was shining on that day you wrote the last note, but as it is raining pitchforks and nigger babies today, I see no occasion for any great rejoicing on my part, nor on yours either, for that matter. I quite agree with you that the teacher of whom you spoke is very intelligent, indeed, so much so that she ought to run for president. Please forgive the delay in answering but you knowthat it is im- possible for me to think of writing a note when lessons are at hand. Don't hurry to answer this because I'm not very anxious to hear from you again, anyway, as your notes are so dry. Your Friend. New mm lfHAilClQ5U5lf it Matches If you've ever gone to High School What most did you enjoy? Was it Latin, French or English? Or to see a girl and boy Then in the height of puppy love, Go strolling down the street, When they canit think a thing to say Just gaze down at their feet? You should see our- High School matchesg There are new ones every day. Of course it's due to warm Spring Weather fAt least that's what they sayj. First there's Paul, and Margaret Wood, Next come Jennie and Dick And, too, Karl and Delite, Even Ruth Johnson and Nick. Besides these, are Charles and LaFern, Polly and Earl should come, toog So should Orma and Bernethg Edna and Ed rnake the next two. P. H. S. without these matches ' ls a thing that could not last, Twould dull and unexciting be If these happy ones were past. M wi, 2 A xx NN R295 ,M A .355 + PV V .2 -. ,1, 1 ., .w g Q, -lt . Y As A , ., ' ' ,. S LQ' 5.511 'gn--'f is 'gbqaibiiz t. -F 1 If,- wif' Rf, 3 Q ..- ,4g,. -,.3,.Vg5-5, J, . - fi Y - , V Y. ,.w .,?Xf, 9' ' .fb . 4-i',t1'3ffQ,. f 51 Sf, U Q jf: '- X L WY V V, -t mlm HAHCISSUSHC wig Rae Shaw-'6HaWthO1'He WrOte 'M OSGS from the Old MaHSe.' LaVon Brant- The story doesn't get tired but holds your interest to the Very end. Mr. Ankenbrock, fhunting for a test tubej- A test tube seems to be one of the things we have anything but. Miss Ferguson- WNhen was William Byrd born?'l ' Ralph Clupper- From 1674 to 1744. George Mizer- There is only one book in the Bible which hasn't the word 'God' in it, and that is the book of 'Helenf Clarence Way-- Do we have to write any of these love-letters of Winthrop? Miss F.- No, Clarence, whenever it comes time for you to write love-letters, l'll let you write your own. MONDAY MORNING What makes a fellow feel so blue, on Monday morning? What would he ever want to do, on Monday morning? He shirks his studies, yes indeed, ' His eyes are blurred, he cannot read, He would like sleep guaranteed, on Monday morning. What makes a fellow Want to sleep, on Monday morning? To burrow in his covers deep, on Monday morning? He will not look you in the eye, And as for work-he'd rather die. These Words he often says, Oh, my! on Monday morning The birds don't sing so merrily, on Monday morning. The milkman doesn't whistle so cheerily, on Monday morning. Is it any wonder then ' That a fellow all in, That he grumbles so when it's Monday morning? School is always bad on Monday morning. The teacher's always angry on Monday morning. If one tries to have some fun The interest grades begin to run Down to the numeral one, on Monday morning. -Fred Rohrer. Hugh Wa,qnerfeftWhat does 'Et tu, Brute' mean? 'tDick Reineke- Eat, you brute. Heard in the Hall. C. Hass- VVhy, hello Red! H. Kronemeyer- Hello, Cinnamonlt' 5 77 C. Hass- Now, you don't mean that, do you Carrots? H WIP W , MW Kronemeyer- Yes I do, Bricktopln 13 14 15 16 17 20 21 22 252 24 27 28 29 3 0 M lllllllCl55U5l Calendar SEPTEMBER P H S with its flunks and good grades, 'fhardships and good times is awakened for the term '20-21. We are endowed with a new principal and several new teachers. These programs! It seems useless ever to make one when every teacher remodels it in a different way. Having been given our books, there is posi- tively no loafing tolerated in the assembly. Deep despair reigns in Senior History. We are initiated into the celebrated Mohler card system of flunkingf' The first week is safely passed and tl.e con- spicuous Ugreen creatures are seen to shiver only on special occasions. The famous green class books have arrived. Time to look wise and act studious. A certain Senior nearly fell out a window in Room 12. The task of balancing on a win- dow ledge and writing shorthand at the same time is too much for any acrobat. Seats are being assigned alphabetically. fTrue loves must often part.J Now you behave! Deportment grades are being taken. VVe are treated to our iirst mass meeting. The P. H. S. lungs are tried out with Bixler as Hchief-yellistf' Our F-B heroes look merely indifferent. The score of Saturday's game with Logansport was 0-0. The main topic of Junior-Senior conversation is, How many zeroes did you make in His- to1'y today?,' Our new principal is still something of a curiosity and there is much turning of heads whenever he enters the room. Everyone is gazing down into the back yard. Miss Fulbright, the gym girls, and the Victrola are having their morning exercise there. t Wag? 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May I hand them in yesterday? The signs Entrance and Exit on the in- side of assembly doors puzzle the students. Miss Mable Reed orders a poor little Freshie to leave the room and enter through the right door. QOtherWise he might get lost.l Mollie Reed, explaining poem in Literary Digestnz He means that the dead soldiers are sleeping as they did at homehunder the bed. Rural maids observe pig-tail day. Ottilie Rehling laments the fact that Hcootie bungalows are going out of style because she will have to start washing her ears! Gov. Cox visits our fair city and all P. H. S. turns out to see him. Emily Kantzer informs Mr. Hartley that there is more water in the world than there was 1.000 years ago because it has rained since then. We are to have a F-B game with Wabash tomorrow. Wabash won, 17-O. But our enthusiasm is dauntless. Harold Marks' shoes were gentlyf?J ,removed and thrown in one of the H. S. windows. VVe have a vacation While our teachers turn their steps toward Indianapolis. CWalk'?J Our beloved faculty look Weary. We think they led too gay a life in the city. Lola Fuqua informs Mr. Carson that she is late because she ate some breakfast, for a change. According' to Mr. Mohler, you can hear any- thing around here if you keep still long enough. Qlmpossiblelj The Gym classes hold a Hallowe'en party in the basement. Card time! Groans, sighs and tears predomi- nate. dim 16. Miss Fulbright, our gym teacher, resigns. 17. 18. The new school dance rules are posted inside 19. The day of the night of the Senior Minstrel. 22. 23. Miss Bappert4 Room 27 is so small that you .24 School is dismissed for the Thanksgiving va- 29. In interest of the desk cleaning movement, 30. Merle Mullins is of the opinion that cats re- e llHAllCI55U5I 2 it NOVEMBER 1. Mass meeting. Maybe we shall have our long, long hoped for gym. Hooray! WLQ 2. Election dayfRepublicans Win. Miss Guthrie, ' fl although a Democrat, still wears her usual sweet smile. 55107 Senior election. 3. Did the Republicans hold a jubilee or the Democrats a grief-dance in the east hall last 0 2' ax X Q, as S night? Everything was in one grand mix-up. 3 4. Junior election. o. Our Seniors are to give a Minstrel and Car- nival dance November 19. -g 66 .4 8. Beginning of Better Schools campaign. IVW 2-ff Zf?.L-:':'?l -'F' Sophomore election. 9. The Soph election takes two whole days. Evi- f dently they think before they leap. 10. 121 English. Miss Bappert-'tDescribe Lucie Manettef' 7,3 x Walter Miller-t'She had blue hair and yellow L17 eyes. C1 11. The Freshies are clustered around the ballot ll 4 boxlitrying to vote. It's worth a quarter to JE see 1 . by 12. A. M. Ofir glymlxis bstgrted, to be fiiiished lby A-A L ' noon anc a as 'et a ame sta e toni t. P fAccording to Miss Bapgertj P.gM. It'sgfin- fl lx X K K NX xx ished! Dr. Redmon's orders finished it. ,VAWJ 15. Rubye Taylor decides to diet after breaking the seat in Domestic Science. Beginning of Better English week. The minstrel cast acts very wise and mys- terious. a glass cage outside the assemble entrance. O, Boy! Annual Staff posted. F-B letters decorate our players' sweaters. have to step outside to change your mind. I cation. Mr. Mohler points out the worst desk in the building. Frances Olsen trembles but disowns the decorations. semble the members of the dog family. . Muze Z! 7fP7fffZ'4+w-1 New M nnussusr ea g E f ul I 0' f' f plz' Jenn e in ! . XXAWAXX D ff fm! 66.3 lllfi-4 1 Z EY DC' C- f7 Lin ffffznfnlns ! ll 411 40 1 1 cf! 4 FL -in I I ,f FJ Deg 2 5' T3 1 1 20 21 22 23 DECEMBER Miss McDowell has a black eye. How? VVhen? Where? Harold Marks' t'er-ah-well-a-uml' spelling rec- itation greatly amuses the typewriter man. Jennie Ditzler wonders if there is buck-shot in a skate wheel. fAsk some Freshman, Jen- nie.J A. lVI.iFern Moseley and Josephine T1'out- man show a decided preference for the floor. P. M.+The teachers want their pay so we have a fire drill. Edward Johnson tries to blow up seventh hour Chemistry Lab. Behold the penny club -badge: A penny worn around the neck on a black ribbon. Jennie Ditzler and Georgie Mizer make a date for the Physics Club party before the whole class! At the same moment the radiator in the hall fell, F. Eikenberry's Latin seat brokeg but the terrific racket was explained later. Hark ye! Mr. Mohler found one quart of whiskey!!! Richard McElheny thinks enhance has something to do with ghos,ts.'! The classes are competing in the Red Cross seal sale, Sign on Annual board-t'Put all your trouble- some questions in the Annual Boxf' The Stal? must operate a Ouija board. Sign on John Landgrave: Fm harmless- don't run! QI-le paris his hair in the middle, girls! Floyd Robertson peels off his sweater in the hall, that it may add to the comfort and adornment of Rosanna Sullivan. The Juniors were confident of winning the Seal sale but the Sophs are far in the lead. Peru resembles an iceberg. We mostly fall into the building' today. A. M.-Gene Fletcher decorates the assembly entrance with a sprig of mistletoe. Who can his 'tlady fair be? P. M.fWe have a very interesting program mass meeting. MMS I We dim s 7 4 .w li T S 11 12 13 1-1 17 16 19 20 21 .34 25 26 27 31 M NHAHCISQLSJV r New JANUARY Thelma Silvers made no New Year resolutions ---She rushed into 12 English just as the bell rang, quite as usual. VVe have two new teachers, Miss Ferguson and Mr. Ankenbrock. P. H. S. is saddened by the death of Miss Lukens. Mr. Carson repairs our clocks. Resultfthey refuse to run. For the Annual all ,students wear their sweet- est picture-face smiles. ' Avoid being touchednfdisplay your f'Peru- vlan tag. Paul Nichelson feeds Ruth Johnson candy outside Mr. Carson's office! VVe are turning into a Zoo. The first appli- cant is a stray frog, found in Miss Gallahan's chalk-box. Edna Klise's skirt has a tendency to split. She should take smaller steps. Extra! Walter Bixler has his pompadour bobbed. Will he catch cold? Students try to break their necks on an ice slide in front of the building. Gordon Craw- ford and Constance Snyder' are the most nearly successful. 12' Shorthand. Miss W0od7 Mollie, spell 'Held. ' Mollie Reedf Helled. CPast tense.j First edition of f'Peruvian. Everyone buries himself in it and bumps everyone else. VValter Rouch thinks Ph. D. abbreviates Phil- adelphia. My! Aren't the Juniors proud of their jew- elry? Miss Gallahan left the important teachers' meeting to phone her mother and tell her she would be late because of it. Fifteen minutes later she was discovered at Arnold's. For 50c rebate, Frances Olsen showers Ed Leahy with eraser 'fdustf' which makes Earl Morris choke on his gum. As Norma Abernathy entered the English room, a package of cigarettes fell out of her vanity case. Final exams-unfortunates make up for lost time. Thirty-nine Freshies enter and Mr. Carson thinks of hanging out the Standing Room Onlyv sign. MMS I We Q V w :L f 41' mf? 'FW- Q9 JAM7 A NY Swnfwr fi - ff . .Q , NNW A- ,M JAN. 1 Y sb-'- Q31 fx 3 li., g E fl li.. K 1 lk! KM hx f Z I JHMI2 lip hznfs dim l, M HHAHCIQQSII Nam ,- 'I' IN 19 fb 9 tiljt ig' Fe6,9 5'- '? 'rf' Zi, Ill fm , if V 10 ' f ' ll 1 li Q - Q 14 1 I 15 f 16 chi 7 T F 1 ? 18 Wii fvvfgoeof F Q1 mn' 'P-F 21 Q, 1 Ziff c J 9 be J 5 1 1 F26-1 . Av-E11 3-12 Y 19fr---.-..Lf4 2.2 Zo 24 2.9 ' 28. FEBRUARY Mr. Mohler invites Iris Days to vacate her back seat for a front one so she can see him better. Freshies can't find their class-rooms because of the lockers that fill every available space. The Fire Marshals give ou1' drill the once over. Walter Bixler takes charge of Mr. Mohlerls forgotten Senior History class. Mass meeting. Dr. Nyce spoke on European conditions. Ernestine Leahy throws her book on her Civics desk fjust missing' Donald Kessler's earl and yells: HMine got there first, thus winning the coveted seat. Henry Brumiller struck a seat and some matches in his pocket became ignited. A S35 bill went unharmed. fBorn lucky.b Walter Rouch has a special seat in front of the Office Practices class. Classes elect representatives for the Invisible Guest dinner. St. Valentine's day is like any other day. Cupid is always busy in P. H, S. The girls are back at Gym again. 'tlsn't it a grand and glorious feeling? Fred Senger was scolded by Miss M. Reed and wishing to make a favorable impression, he patted he1' on the shoulder and sweetly whispered, HHello, Snookumsf' Hoopla! 'We have a movie machine. Karl Brecht can't see Hamlet's ghost. fN6VGl mind, Karl, perhaps you will some day.J Laura Wisenberg can't tell Miss Wood the meaning of case, Senior girls celebrate Washington's birthday by observing pig-tail day. Mr. First Robin is house hunting around our building. If Harold Marks were a lady, he would answer an advertisement for a lady stenog.rrapher. The orchestra is excused to play at the Farm- ers' Institute. We a1'e thinking of applying' for a place in the orchestra. P. H. S. is inhabited by a band of brigands who again dump the contents of lockers and class rooms. MMS I Warm Q l 'P -1 'H 4 T 8 9 10 11 1-1 15 lb. 17 18 21 22 .v ,J .pq ...1 29 '50 31 M lfNllliCl5iU5lfi ea MARCH John Pontius gets ahead of himself and takes his thn'd hour seat in the second assembly. Miss Bappert is back. Greetings! Orchestra students pose for their pictures. At Pugley's fire Miss VVood and Miss Galla- lian are Knot very gentlyj th1'own to the ground by the firemen pulling' the hose from under their feet. Domestic Science classes serve luncheon to hungry noon pupils. Elizabeth Loveland advertises for that mys- terious 1920 P. H. S. ring. Band boys kindly allow their pictures to be taken. Debate. Robert Carson takes first place. These Freshies are taking all the base ball games. You ought to visit our Spelling class and hear the famous 'tbreaksf' For instance, voracious means man-eating animals, Marcella Gebhart, seeing a purse on the side- walk, grabbed for it, but to her consternation, it was attached to a string held by a young man. Instead of the usual red figures, our cards wear red fl-owers. St. Patrick's day. Barney Baxter Wears :1 green tie nearly as large as himself. 12:30 session. We are decidedly hungry. On her Way to the play rehearsal, Frances Olsen loses her bustle. Spring is here. Mr. lVIohler has a hair cut. Red Acre Farmu is some play. Day before two days vacation. Everyone feels fine and starts to Work in earnest. fV1CQ versa.J Clayton Farrar can now laugh quietly in his sleevesthe hole in the elbow is sewed up. Junior edition of Peruvian. Boyd Rhodes pulls of a funny stunt in 'Sth assembly and Mr. Mohler promptly advertises the fact. MKS I We N f :T . f.. .-.. I O11 R 3' . A s if t XX J I yi' J Affga - l i Q Ze Ere i 4 1 fi X -'Qi-lL!J'!f' it ' V n VN ' vi' . X A f 1 .4 7 Q fa DT .. ,i' N ' ' 'A' rl X ' si ' if fhf FH C 'Em Y 'V l,. 2' s ri! l ee' 7,1 s Q A 1 Q4 ' i ' X wwf K If A lv W,-ff f 4 1 . 7 xv' V W 4 H 5 -A , . A ei ' ,ff , f MZ lp - 'H,.2W,Td-'ly Q gf 5. 5 C U Q I Q v dm M in N-, - -1 em- pf V- ,- 52 xii iffi iff i 11 in KV 1' ,W f ' 'IA w , i 2 ayamf, , .f. ' ' Q62 M f I 1 Z5 if WW, fi Q- 11 if 12 f 10 14 bl X1 1 3 1 si-1 1 18 I , If fieil 1 9 1, if., fe- Elf?---5 20 ?3272ff 'X '-if AQ t if? ' L5 ff ' Q fy -J had 73 2' 156 1' A 1 1 ff 2 T 'Il CW f 23 is 1 26 27 4 28 9 29 E-Burke. fV7d4+f-A .Or-u1nf'4AJvr 07' 175454 fMf'EHB 'Na . MMS I We IHAHCISSUSIC MQ APRIL A. M. April Foolls day, We all are in the limelight. P. M.-Our new Supt,, Mr. Black. arrives. Miss Finch thinks Phil Pugsley is a good il- lustration of a Senior with a Freshfiej dis- position. Juniors are busy selling Half a Chance tickets. 'iOur Literary Digest is on display. Mary Heddens defines a circle as a line that meets its other end without ending: We go to Logan for a track meet and take everythingC'?J. Latest Hrm of Lawyers-Bone Sz McElheny. Frances and Ellsworth live through one whole day without stalling by the radiator. The Soph edition of Peruvianf' Our movie machine oft reminds us that we ought to have a show. We play Base Ball vs. Converse. YVe have a few exams for a change. Red Hass announces that he is still growing. If he keeps on he'll have to join a circus or museum. Miss Furgeson is trying' to break herself of the HUh-huh habit. Certain Cicero students know a lot but they can't tell it. CNeither can we.J The first hour Shorthand class thinks Mare garet Gilbert must have swallowed a dic- tionary. Kurtz Siebert- allows her nose to shine! Did she lose her powder puff? Mr. Keim astonishes us-he forgot to sniile. Senior edition of 'LPeruvian. 1t's a huni- dinger. Skinny Mohler has some new gloves and they nearly choke her to death. Elbert Apt wants to know who wrote HFrank- lints Autobiography. stills me IHAHCISSUSI MH A Florence Ulrich- Tomorrow we have to have a written oral com- position in English. Mr. Mo-hler- If you can find anything more cunning than a high school boy, it must be a high school girl. Mr. Ankenbrock- Why does 'Ammonium end in 'ium'? LaVon Brant- Because it belongs to the metal family. Cecil Coffman- When are we to write our obituary? Oh, I mean our collateral. OLD GOGGLE EYES There's only one man who can rightly claim this name, And he's not a man of so very much fame. He's a pretty good scout, so far as I can see, That piece of fine art who teaches Chemistry. You see he's the professor with the wide rimmed specs, That they make him becoming of course is keelrect, And that face of his has got such a rosy tint, Oh say, girls! have you noticed his cute Hvampy squint? That he knows some Chemistry is beyond all doubt, And it didn't take very long to find that out, Sometimes he drags all us poor students in so- deep That we wobble and quiver right in our seats. He uses the funniest slang I ever heard, Like, Cut the visitin' and Say, look at this bird, And, Cut the horse-play,, and, Let's get down to brass tacks g Gosh! I laugh so hard sometimes, my side almost cracks, I've often wondered what he was going to be Before he became a teacher of Chemistry, Gosh! He couldn't learn slang in high school, or near 'em, 'Cause high school students don't use any slang-AHEM !l WVherever he got it, we don't care so very much, Because of some of the ways that he uses it, such As I have tried to tell you before in these verses, Is enough to make the divil himself say curses. But O, Boy! when our exam day does finally come, To answer his questions we sure have to go some, The grades sometimes range from forty to eighty-two, And if we don't like this, we know what we can do. He tells us we're not doing all the work we should, His reason, you see, is apparently understood, ,Cause, believe me, I think he's gettin' kinda wise, That piece of fine art who is called, Old Goggle lgyegi' Wim, New mm RWL'-dm Janitors MR. JOSEPH KEIM MR. HARVEY LEEDY Here is Mr. Joseph Keim, We have an engineer, you know, Who sweeps the High School floor, Mr. Harvey Leedy is his name. And this year he has more work In summer and in Winter Than he ever had before. He keeps the heat the same. But not once do they grumbleg They always Wear a smiley E'en when the Work is hardest They're cheerful all the While. i 'mm WM lllllllCl55ll5l MH Newspaper Clippings NEW AUDITORIUM COMPLETED April 1, 1951-The auditorium for the Peru High School has just been completed, thanks to the famous comedian, Barney Baxter. Mr. Baxter was a former resident of Peru and a graduate of Peru High School. After four years at college, he entered a stage career and made his name famous all over the world. He died in January from the effects of a fall while playing the role of Jonah Jones in Red Acre Farm. This wer' the first play he appeared in and after several years, he played it again, making it the last. Uoon his death, Mr. Baxter bequeathed to the Peru High School an amount more than sufficient to erect a modern and delightfully artistic auditorium. This auditorium will seat two thousand people comfortably. The pillars are of marble and the hangings of old rose velvet. The stage is fitted with a moving picture screen and the first picture shown upon it was the screen version of Red Acre Farm. Every Friday afternoon school is adjourned and an entertainment is held in the auditorium. The latest series of pictures has been The Famous Love Stories of History. These pictures prove very entertain- ing and highly instructive. NEW RULING IN P. H. S. April 1, 1951-Mr. Paul Morse, the new principal of our school, has made a new set of rules which our parents say were in effect when they were young. These rules, however, have not been heard of in our day until Mr. Morse obtained his present position. The following are the rules to be inflicted upon us: 1. No smoking in the school square. 2. No one is allowed to whisper in the assembly. 3. No one is allowed to enter the building after four P. M. without a written permit. LATEST IMPROVEMENT T0 P. H. S.- MOVING STAIRWAYS INSTALLED The students of the Peru High School are quite pleased with their latest additicn. Durirg the recent vacation, all the old stairways were replaced by moving stairs. It was very amusing to see the acrobatic stunts pulled off by the Freshmen as they learned the mystery of going up stairs while standing still. In the past few years, the school has had many new improvements, including a gymnasium, an auditorium, all business :mnliances from the multigraph to the dictograph, and an automatic push button that opens the doors instantly. But the student body voted the moving stairs second in popularity to the gym-probably because they worked so hard and for so many years to convince the City Dads that they really needed a gym. was New HM lfllllfitli-ll5lf wir, ALMOST CAUGHT I started to school one morning, Feeling most awfully blue, I hadn't studied my history, Mr. Mohler would be there, I knew, The fifteen after bell rang, I began to study like mad, I could count on the fingers of one hand All of the tens that I had. The minutes ticked by so quickly, They really flew it seemed, While Mr. Mohler stood in the doorway, And his face, it fairly beamed. I supposed he was thinking up questions, Hard ones on purpose to ask Us poor little innocent Sophomores, Ones we simply couldn't get past. The bell rang and he pulled the door shut, I knew how it was going to be, He would shuffle those horrible little white cards And the first question would be for me. Q He sat down at his desk before usg Took the roll, and then he said: There will be no recitation this morning, There's a mass meeting in the assembly, instead. -Floy Helm. V. Spaulding- Miss Gallahan took five of my name this after- noon. Clay Loveland- Why did Ulrica stand up there on the tower and get killed? Edward Leahy- What did she have to live for? Clay- What did she have to die for? MY PSALM Miss Wilson is my teacher, I shall not pass. She maketh me to expose my ignorance before the class. She maketh me to draw figures on the board for my grades' sake. Yea, though I study until midnight, I shall gain no Geometry, For X's bother me and AB's sorely trouble me. She prepareth puzzles for me in the presence of my schoolmates. Surely zeros and conditions will follow me all the days of my life, And I shall dwell in the class of Geometry forever. MMS I We 'Gln 'db if lvlavclbf Memories 'ly if ' 1 ' w - 3'.' ami . 21221: Q2 .AM5 1 1 f ai - 3 7776 four RUM. Sigmesef HCNOQ ,IU-17315 rea? moohov O Jaws lfNAllCl3-5U5lf an A6 ti KK as as 46 EK if as A4 if as 44 as M an as K4 ii H li ca li if 45 if ll if THINGS WE SAY You don't k11ow, do you 'KH I'll never tell. Oh! Hang it. You tell 'em! Go chase yourselff B'lieve me. Just my luck. The old pillf, Time! Nickln l Can't get this crazy History. Perfect dear!', I thought Fd die. Crawlincodwollopersf' You'll never tell? Your hair looks darling! Had a Wonderful time-'l Got a date for the play? Wonderful dancer- Made three zeroes- What's your topic? Just didn't have time. Goin' to the game? 7 I heard there's a mass meetingf, I haven't looked at my lesson' Loan me a pencil? There goes that bell. Wait for me. ' Where's Mr. Carson? Annual! Annual! Annual! fi g fi a BEST ' Q jj SHOT Z3 l X! J ,....-v-1 4'!?'- f' EYEHT CNQ 1' C550 - -'ff i ' 7 f -X---:. '- .....-ii. 1 T -fi-645 a gr, i ------ n T Y , Y :Y 'T---V V, Y -. jr - Mm I- Wi, dflln We take this opportunity to extend our thanks to the merchants who made this annual a success through their support. We also wish to solicit the patronage of the readers of this publication in their behalf. CLASS OF 1921. To the Class of 1921 Young people, this is your year and your tinie to start in lifeg you are looking forward to good fortune in the business world. This Bank is especially interested in helping' young people to get a start. I Do you know an able and willing Bank inay be invaluable to you? COINS in at any time and talk things over. I Make this your Banking' Home. 4 The Old Reliable The First National Bank The IIIOSI accommodating Bank in the State PERU' MERCANTHLE CU. Wfhe Dependable Storel' SMART WEARABLE AP- PAREL, LOW IN PRICE. MAKES 'IHIS STORE HIGH- LY INTERESTING TO YOUNG WOMEN. For Graduating Gifts see us first- always just a little ahead of the others COME IN Seeing Is Believing JOHN B. KREUTZER Jeweler Expert Watch Repairing 53 So. Broadway JONES' HARDWARE OOMPANY Our ability to sell you hardware specialties on a price margin which reflects a rell saving on each pur- chase, is but one reason for your being a customer. The quality of merchandise and the service which places it before you are two additional reasons for trading where you are PRICE PROTECTED Jones' Hardware Co. PERU MEXICO FULTON THE BLUE .DRUG STORE OHIOKASAW PHARMAOY SHOCK ct SMUCK, Props. ,XXI-WTTTV. ' ,ifiqw A Y: li P5 ole. Faskaolga cbmigv WELSHTS for The Best Groceries Phone 99 SANITARY BARBER SHOP The best of everything in our line. First-class Workmanship Always at Your Service. Come In And Visit Us. N. E. BRUCK, Prop. SECURITY and SERVICE Are the qualities We offer for your consideration in choosing a depository THE PERU TRUST CO. Capital and Surplus, 550,000 Savings A Commercial Trust J. P. Fisher I C. R. Beal QUALITY BAKE SHOP ,Fancy Cakes, Birthday Cakes, Wedding Cakes, French and Danish Pastries, Bread and Rolls. Phone 165 59 North Broadway LILLARDS 28 East Main Street Phone Main 65 PERU, INDIANA PERU snucfnv cu. H UMSH FIRST CLASS SHOE REDMEIUN . REPAIRING Brands 34 East Main Street SUITED TO YOUR MOOD - - Y- ,, The Victrola is always suited to your - mood, whether it be sad or gay. With a .ff gg-.ff W- . - mv , W lf a : 0 , ln 7f rf . I A 1 'R ll' ll Victrola in your home you can, at a mo- ment's notice, have the world's greatest artists soothe or cheer you with music and song. Your favorite singers and players M H 'I R y will perform for you at your will. ry 'I ni l R 5 il I: - 1U 4 X Ti 'UU l V ll I' 'I l l I Stop in and let us show you how per- . l ll . l fectly the Victrola and Victor records re- ' K Q I 1 U l WU, produce their work. fb- ,-it I D Iflylf -THE- Qf Right I ' I Q MURPHY FURNITURE GUMPANY Exclusive Victrola and Victor Record Dealers Lenhart Drug Company DRUGS SODAS CIGARS Near Post Office FRED MASSEY Fresh, Salt and Smoked Main 84 30 East Main Stre t BARINGER'S The Best Confections Fountain Service None Better Phone 1436 C 2nd and Broadway MARBURGER BROS. HARDWARE and IMPLEMENTS 66 South Broadway Telephone 824 The recollection of Quality remains after the Price is forotten. Peru, Indiana The iberu iliepuhlirart OMER HOLMAN, Lessee and Manager PERU, INDIANA Circulation .............. ................. 2 100 When you are away from home, the ieeru Republican comes to you like a letter from the folks. Commercial Printing-DeLuxe Loose Leaf Binders Engraved Stationery Telephone 464 26 East Street, Peru, Ind. Seiler Xt Messmore Home of Betsy Ross Big Dandy And Butternut Bread 20 East Fifth Street 318 West Main Street Phone 604 Phone 394 HAMMOND-JACKSON FUNERAL DIRECTORS 18 West Main Street Peru, Indiana TOP and HOP at ENGER'S IT PAYS The Senger Store will always be Peru's Greatest Ready- to-wear Store The Store Beautiful EE ENGER'S I'eru's Greatest UMM ER TYLES Ready-to-Wear Store FIRST -' A , L ' , Wi 4 E Ml I 1, .W I yi I- -al l ,I AKPA I 'f fa To those who f I 2 5? want the If .. f 1' 5 li I , .f Q ff, faqs- Best 1n Style X ' T' and Qualify , ,El ---the Apparel all we show me La, makes a . I lastlng appeal nog-7 'ANXA 'big 5 fl of F, l .555 ' 4 I i I f NATURALLY-EVERY GIRL WANTS NEW SPRING AND SUMMER CLOTHES The New Styles which we have ordered for Spring and Summer Wear are the prettiest that have appeared in many seasons. We want you to see the New Dresses, Coats, Tailored Suits, Skirts, Blouses and Hatsg try them on-after that it is very easy to guess what will happen. We hope We may have the pleasure of showing you these New Creations. SENGER DRY. GOODS COMPANY Truly a Good Store. FOR THIRST TRY US FIRST DRINK KREUTZER' S BEVERAGES Phone Main 112 When better automobiles are built, Buick will build them. CARSON'S BUICK AGENCY BUICK and Domi CARS r THE 0 PERU JOURNAL ENGRAVED CARDS PHONOGRAPHS ' and INVITATIONS d an Ed torlbziilgefgartment Pggne No i dies to Cllange -1- K d k Ph g ph 1 1 H' d' g ,- PATHB Compliments of X h't l 'l Pathe Record Cycle Exchange 57 South Broadway Phone 260 19 East Main Street Peru, Indiana Peru, Indiana HALL, SON Sr. O'HARA YOUNG MEN'S CLOTHES Smartly Stvled and Twilored at Popular Prices First Long Pants-Suits 21 Specialty HALL, SON 8n O'HARA Home of Good Clothes CITIZENS NATIONAL BANK PERU, INDIANA Capital and Surplus, 3150,000.00 Courteous and Conservative---Our Policy 5 No. 8 South Broadwa High G d F t or Men Women and Children , F , . I S Clothing and Gent's Furnishings. l DRUG STORES Mylet BIOS SCHULMEYER'S DRUG STORE 20 North Broadway THE 1 HOME SAVINGS C. N. -HETZNER JEWELRY LGAN ASSOCIATION STORE Corner 5th and Broadway We PaL3afiif,i,zHL'aVi5:g dd .l H A T S H ' for young girl graduates at the RESOURCES: 55750000.00 . - CHAS C. HAAG S MILLINERY SHOP 65 North Broadway L develop your film and your pictures , G. H. RE-IAM BAILEY 81 BAILEY YQUR LAWYERS Rooms I3 and I4 Cole Block I6 West 5th Street Peru, Indiana Peru, Indiana Cameras and everything for a C' Men s, Boys' Clothing, Shoes and SCATTER SUNSHINE with GREETING Cards We have a fine assortment on display. Use them freely. Everybody Wishes Happiness to Friends and Lovecl Ones, for Birthclays, Wed- clings, Anniversaries, Congratulations, Convalescent, Sympathy, Ac- knowledgment, lVIother's Day, New Years, Valentine, St. Patrick, Easter, Graduation and Christmas Carcls. In fact, we have Greeting Cardszfor all Occasions. The finest stock of books, Bibles, Stationery, Music, Fountain Pens, Games, School and Office Supplies in Peru. THE BIGGEST LITTLE STORE IN THE CITY The City News Depot and Book Shop E. J. ENGELAGE I0 West Third Street Phone 2 I 7 Peru, Indlana IVIURDE FORD AGENCY Ford Cars-Fordson Tractors PERU, INDIANA , P 0 SMOKE Rapcp s Cut rice ,UNION HOUR ompany ClGAR Sc--2 for l5c Gents Furnishings 68 South Broadway Peru, Incl. For Sale Everywhere WEST AND STEVENS Books, Stationery, Wall Paper and Office Supplies, Road and Trustees' Supplies -li R - ' ' ATG KHOWII As ' T g' + THE PEOPLE' S STORE PERU, 1ND1ANA ' Harry E. West Jess T. Stevens Edw. P.FaSnach1 McCaffrey Jeweler O 8: Company CUT RATE DRUGS for the GRUCERY AND MEATS HARDWARE Graduates CHINA AND SILVERWARE McCaffrey's P u Ind' E JOE BERGMAN 8: SON At the K for all kinds of l-lot Sandwiches, Coffee, lce Cream and Sunclaes. l Candies a Specialty the Year Round Outfitters to Men I4 S. Broadway Peru WI 22 South Broadway. First Class bervice. Table Unexcelled. MAIN RESTAURANT Eleven East lVla'n Street. Opposite Cou't House, Peru, lndiana Peru's Most Popular Eating Place Short Orders at all hours day and night Telephone Main 1941 C. W. Brant, Proprietor WABASH VALLEY TRUST CO. EVERYBODY'S BANK Extend to all members of the Class of '21 our best wishes for a happy and prosperous career. B. E. Xvallace, Pres. Vvm. Walter Sullivan, Secy-Tieas. D. H. Harter, A st Treas CHARTERS FEDERAL at BRGWN , BAKERY 'lihvfre are breads ancl bread, but when folks talk about the best bread General in town, you'll hear them say FEDERAL BREAD 7 S h B d out ma Way Phone 339 Wm l. Savoie Let this old institution assist in completing your education by helping you to learn to save. 571 on all savings accounts. join our Dime Savings Club Always open ancl new members enter each day. PERU BUILDING and LOAN ASSOCIATION No. 5 East Third Street, Peru We Advertise the Truth If you Want D Stylish Clothing, Nifty Furnishings, Call on JULIUS FALK'S The Truth Advertises Us BELDIN G AUTOMOBILE AGENCY wg OAKLAND---SENSIBLE six SERVICE TIRES AND ACCESSORIES GOODYEAR AUTHORIZED SERVICE STATION 9 EAST SIXTH STREET , PERU, INDIANA THE LITTLE SHOP on W b h a as Street ls just the place for 7 7 you to meet, Congenial friends from At the time to time, Who like to see a Charming line' Bearss House THE LITTE SHOP on Wabash street Barber Shop' Has everything that's cute and sweet. Wanted-So-called and lncurable Cases. No Benefit, No Charge J. H. WHITE CHIROPRACTOR STVQ South Broadway Peru, lnfliiilla Over Bell Music Store. PERU YUUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSUGIATIUN A A A as as ASA4 P001 and Billiards Showers ancl Bowling Alley same room A Home Library for Men Who Are Away From Horne A Club for the Home Boys EVCI' CASSIDY E A T BOOK STORE Hire For School Supplies ,55 N. Broadway. R, Lautzenhiser 11 South Broadway V, i T r i V I E A ,-. U W iiiFir:lmx5Qf1!f4bZ3g ,rl GHIHUPRAGTIG 9 , 1 I I 2 s -I -' ff 'T' Aoavt H - saw A . 4 - f:f ' Rem mves tlde cause SPACE ff of the 1 ns 'll' on Dis ase Xlllllll H5 R I 5 , -4:..xy 4 .f,,,.... X Qibzifpfw on an u IFN, 4:.-. -1--I ' ' ::':f.- W mrmmo 1,1-f. --.Q scum f' ' :vas vim ' 'I EAR! I ll .. ' ' NOS! 1 THROAT . I lllwmlllmx 22:55,- El ' Luncs All uvsn U sv gill, PANCR 1 ffaflfll snssu mx mnusvs ,ll SHALL an V' sown rjml. uma: 'X i 3 sown. 4. gggizgrrvi .Fl I I. 'rm n ' Lacs 'JLIIW LU., '7'3i f 1 1-5' Y -- X2 CHIROPQACTIC wsu. csv: You HEALTH l 1 I , Jltt i I l ,Ill nv ' :I ' lux .haf 'Z AS 1 'V I I 1 X ' X 4 ,lin xrw f, -A ' I- '. ffm... . Y ' x li AXA I I X Z, www. .1 . W , l Sgr I f AND W i. :X f I Iran, z f ,. l ,Z Wy! ,T ' 1 li W Hull x 1 f g ff -- fi ll-yin' B71 Ni ' I -f'-:rr li ., Xl ''lu-,Illl'y17'l,,.l5i:i.QQ3 1 ,Ant I llwllllii fa: ' l mf- .fe---1 va. .f , . .3 f, 1- 3 gf-7,-gr ' I . 3.3 . gal f' .1-ll ifliaff' W7 ' ' - X ' in JE Q.-Sayid-f'i: 2 ' X fi l 1-. . 1 . .A-. lv.-f 'Pm Y . 'i7ftn..' it 2 j 2 A IWW , '11 , V4 . 5 . I X, i4+1' iw at 1. . Q , , f .X .... , . L. N. FIQLIJUW. D. C. PALMER SCHOOL GRADUATE 3V2 East lhird Street, Peru, Indiana YOUR EQUCIATIO A MODERN BUSINESS TRAINING as given in the various departments of A FULLY ACCREDITED SCHOOL INat?onal Asswciation of Accredited Commercial Schools! Writ: for College Catalogue and Calendar INTERNATIONAL lfhe ONLY su':l1 Accredited School in N E Indiana! BUSINESS Ft. Wfyne, Indiana COLLEGE E. A. CARLSON PHYSICAN and SURGEON Special Attention paid t-w diseases of mlm EYE, EAR, NOSE and THROAT, including refraction and fltring of glasses Peru illelphone Bldg. Indiana MQ B ff '1'f'Q3g.Ffie f ,fgqaa .K a-ig g . ,. K ' 3 ii I 5 ,fa .. .. Nut, .. .. A ff' K 3- 2 ' 'K The Hallmark Watch for Ladies and Gents Makes beautiful graduation gifts. Prices ranging from Sl6.50 to 535.00 Baber Sn Rankin Jewelers See our Victor Talking Machine and Piano Departments Congratulations MODEL Restaurant No. 9 East Third Street IF IT'S NEW IT'S HERE BOSTON STORE W. E. BURKE CHIROPRACTOR The oldest established Chiropractor in Miami county. We adjust for all diseases, acute or chronic. Consul- tation and examination free. LADY ATTENDANT l-lours: 9 to ll a. m.: 2 to 5, 7 to 8 p. m. 93: North Broadway, opposite Mccaffreyis Store. Phone Main l342. Residence 1286. GUY R. YORK LAWYER Room 5 and 6 Cole Block Peru lndiana IETTER-ALLEN IIIIMPANY FUNERAL DIRECTOR 17 East Third Street Peru, Indiana IVIr. Graduate, save in this way BUY A HOME P. H. MARTIN I I West Third Street, Peru, Indiana A School of ' SP ECIALIZATION Any one wiII Find the course he need II here. Come up, ca or write. GEO. B. FISHER, Mgr. PERU BUSINESS COLLEGE DR. O. B. ANDREWS OPTOMETRIST Saves your eyes N F ' B L I1 L C I I cl I ffi D. C. RIDENOUR, IVI.D. IZ West Third Street R 'd 759 Offi ones: esl ence , ce 758 Ph Peru, Indiana ' umIIImmumumuuIliinnnuIIunmuIIIuuiIilIuIIIIIwniniiniliuinuu MN , 9 fm' !'i Ilia ,M ,f 0 Next lem' 5 Board f 5 l E A yexr from now you uill sit dround a twlwle and E 50 overjauz Annual VV1ll the Fwcultv Aalusor f E xmileandsav 'Thebestuehiu extrpulmh ' 1 E or will you and your clxss fc-el th it you hue E : failed? The anauer lug ly depends on xuur N E 2 ehoice of wn engraxing house l E For twenty-eight years the Stnflivrd linbrnviiig i E Company has been intimately Conneeted with l : hundreds of the best coll:-be and School annuals. i 'E It has been our privileftc to sit in many hoard if ,... . meetings, to aid in Solxing many pmhlenis, tu . plan for bigger, better things. YVe are proud 35,45 that Stafford Service has 1llXV11yS given ns much i i if' as it has received. i VVe have never been content with past achieve- l ments, any more than you xx ill he content with l this YCLIYHS hook. Call us into your Councils the day you begin, and let Stntliwrl Service work with you to the final triumph uf an annual which vsill ag.1in he The Best llvernl E . 'riff mi an 11-f Iifz 11-ill 17,1 1,-fmt-n,1Wgv ,PH z . A 1 U .L .. uf 1,,'1ff1.1,i,W. f1,ik14rImz4'fmf.iz1 iw? gtziz ---- 1- ' :li 5 x sei:-ma4'!'H5'l'5'7' .:: Sm 07 zz' E77g7llt,Z7lg C077ZZ7Kl77,j ' IIIE HOLbl: Ol' IDI: Xb vfrtzfs sf :mx fnglaqrzs X CPNILRS BLILDINF INDI 'X IOLIS N X X xxx, A 4 A K , 'Y 731' ff D f' 2 ' ' lllllllllllllllllllllllIIIIIIllIlllIllllIIIIIllIlllllllllllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII VGA- ' ----'---- 0 ---r-' L-'H ' 'Mya PHOTOGRAPHS Time Erases ManyMemories, but photographs re- main unchanged throughout the years. Your Photograph is the Most Treasured Posses- sion a Friend Can Have. We deliver all photographs to you encased in Collins Ultrafine Mountings. Your friends will appre- ciate this evidence of good taste. Tl-IE PUGSLEY STUDIO 16 East Third Street I PERU, IND. Authorized Photographers for This Annual. Daniel Sullivan- VVhat is the 'League of Nations'?,' William Sullivan- A thing of the past. Freshie w What is a fo1'tif1cation'?,' Sophomore- A fortification is a large fort. Freshie- Then I suppose a ratification a large rat. Russel Tower burst into an ofiice and inquired of the busy boss:- Got an opening for a bright young man'?,' Yes, growled the boss, and donit slam the door as you go out. Goldie Daine, after an examination- Do you know, for the life of me I couldn't remember who wrote 'The Enthusiastical History of Englandf Mr. Mohler-t'VVhat is a Quaker? Silence. Do you think I'm one? Lawrence Sargent- NOX, Mr. Mohler,- Why? L. Sargent- VVell, I think they were religiousand sort of quiet. Miss Guthrie- Who is Philip Freneau? Miss Nellie Reed- I don't know, I don't have himf' Mr. Carson is given a Shamrock on March 17th and wears it. That evening after school Mr. Carson remarked: Some one gave me this Shamrock, I don't know what for. Miss Gallahan- Why, for St. Patricks Mr. Carson-- Is that the reason they're wearing green? I thought St. Patrick's day was tomorrow. Lois Judy- He struck him twice but never hit him. Mr. Mohler- Soames scratched his head and that is a pretty good sign that he knows. Fred Senger- Well, I wish he could scratch a good answer out of my head. as lIHAHCIt!5ll as Helen Andrews. . Katrina Beecher. Mildred Bell .... Joseph Bergman. Alec Borden .... Ruth Borden .... Hilda Brown .... Ercel Brubaker. . Edward Cade. . . Margaret Carl. , . Thelma Cline. . . Bernice Collins. . Audry Coxon .... Opal Daniels .... Mary Davis: . . .. Lillian Delnaay. . Treva Dukes .... Clayton Fisher. . . John Fisher ..... Mable Fornwhell. VVilliam Fortune. Robert Fouts .... Joseph Griswold. Richard Griswold .... Mildred Hackley. . . Russell Haines.. Aline Herberg. . . Helen Hvre ..... Ernest Keyes .... Bertha Kinqery. . Mark Kreutzer. . Hilda Kurtz ..... Ruby Landgrave. Elisabeth Lenhart .... Ailene Loveland. Mary McKinstry. Paul McClain. .. Helen Hillsman. . Jennesse Monesmith .... Roy Moseley .... Alumni Class of 1920 . . . . . . . . .Post Graduate Student P. H. S. . . . . . . . .Student DePauw University ....Employed at Harvey Cole's Office ...............StudentNotre Dame . . . . . . . . . . .Student Purdue University . . . .Employed at Miller and Wallick's . . . .Employed at Marburger 'Brothers ....Employed at Peru Mercantile Co. . . . . . . . . . . .Employed at Square D. . . . . . . . . . . . .Student Western College . . . . . . . . . .Student Mrs. Blaker's School .. . . .Employed at Wabash Valley Trust Co. . . . . . . . .Living in New Brunswick, N. J. . . . . . . . . . . . . .Student Indiana University . . .... Employed at Prudential Insurance Co. . . . . . . . . . .Student Indiana Uni.versity . . . .Employed at First National Bank Home . . . . . . . . . .Employed at Souare D. . . . .Employed at Electric Light Co. . . . . . . . .Student Illinois University ...Student Indiana Dental College . . . . .Student Indiana Dental Collefre ....Employed at Miller and Wallickis . . . . . . , . .Student Illinois University . . . .Employed at Peru Mercantile Co. . . .Employed at Miami Produce Co. .. . .......Farming ...Employed at Slnitary Milk Co. ...............Student Notre Dame . . . .Teacher in Gladstone, N. Mexico . . . . . .Teacher at Bennett's Switch Home . . .Employed at Miller and Wallick's . . . .Employed at Miller and Wallick's .. . . . . . . . . .Studying music at home . . . . .Employed in Dr. Andrew's office . . . .Employed at Miller and Wallick's Home WSWS I I atm mm NARQUQI Wi'-ami 3 Hazel Mosshammer .... ..... E mployed at W'abash Valley Trust Co. Gladys Opp ......... Miriam Orpurt ..... Clara Poor ...... Merrill Reed ..... Evelyn Reineke. . . Vivian Robertson. . . Marvin Rouzh ...... Theresa Sampsel .... Catherine Scherschel. Ruth Test ........... . . .Employed at Wabash Valley Trust Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . .Teacher at Demuth School Married Home . . . . . . .Student Mrs. Blaker's School . . . .Employed at First National Bank . . . . . . . .Student Purdue University Marrled .............,EmployedatFoxBrothers Margaret Shanabarger ..... .. .... Employed at County Treasurer's Office .................EmployedatSquareD. Lloyd Tillett .,....... .,................ E mployed at Square D. Francis Turpie ....... Elizabeth Van Osdol. Ruth Wagner ........ Helen Way ........ Inez Weigle ......... Mildred Whitehead. . Raymond Wilkins .... Martha Wappler .... . .Employed at Standard Oil Filling Station . . ............. Student DePauw University . . . . . . . . .Employed at Telephone Office . . .Employed at County Treasurer's Office . . . . . . .Employed at Miller and VVallick's . . . . . . . .Student Peru Business College . . . . . .Student Purdue University . . .Employed by Telephone Co. POST OFFICE MW: S T. I Wim MMA IIHAHCISSUSII Q LH Autographs 7 , ' X '- ,f 12 6.5 J ma fg 1 -,ff , xf Mm NNAHCl55ll5Tf EAR gm g g -' '-my
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