Plymouth High School - Mayflower Yearbook (Plymouth, IN)

Text from Pages 1 - 68 of the 1909 volume:

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Southworth, Grocer Ph0ne,660 Th oAK e CLIPPER Dfug Store CIGAR sToRE For the best Domestic and Fora ' For ' eign Cigars and Tobaccos. f f We also carry a full line of M S 0 D A Confectioneries. f 1 f W. ll. llfllllllllllif, l'l'0D. If You Wear Hart, Schatfner G Marx Clothes, You will be recognized as being well dressed. They are hand tail- ' ored, and come in all the Fancy Weaves and Colors, including the Staple Blues and Blacks, and cost you SIS to 527. Ball 62 Company Sole Agents for H. S. 8: M. Clothes, Floersheim Shoes, V Longley Hats, Gossard Corsets. fThey lace in front.j I l l 1 l all 1 l l , Q , Y, r,,,,,,?,,.i77,,T,,,, ,YW i We are not members of the Plymouth High School Alumni, but we live in Plymouth and manufacture The Plymouth Rock Steel Range, which for workmanship, durability, use and beauty is the leader. 55313355 55122222 MARKS, GRUBE ro. HARLEY. CAPITAL-s. CREDIT Are always good friends to the hustler. It lies with you to what extent your capital and credit shall grow. The man with the bank account is paving the way to a solid business system-building his capital and establishing his credit. Think the matter over and examine our past standing, and if found satisfactory call and start an account with us. If ever so small it will be given our best attention. Capital, 550,000.00 Surplus and profits, 576,000.00 THE PLYMOUTH STATE BANK, PLYMOUTH, - - - INDIANA lb E 5256? is 6 - :L 4 1 T: f ,' . A V53 -- W' fm Z T M6 Qu 'xgS2,. a'u Q ! 7, N B i , f Ubi t'gv mw1eallmrfM ag i 1 1 M 3 ,4iilLvl1'i! 5 0 'E XW , 'T 1 .Tl-3 . H- r A Yearly Journal Devoted to the lnterests ol the Plymouth High lgehool. The Students of Plymouth High School, Publishers and Proprietors Editor, -.------ BOYD STEPHENSON. Hsslstont Editors, . . . EVE JEFFIQS, VIELITA SHOEVIAKEQ. Buslnex Managers, - - V AIQHLIR 'I'H0MSONLCLRLl-DE SWITZEE Plymouth, Indiana, June I909. Q Glass 'Ibistory Harriet Gunder. '09. Dear frienfds of ours, you now l greet VVittl1 GlQrH'l11lIl'g eyes of womlcrl For you wand I tl1b'ugl1 time be Heet An, halllf a 'life asu-uder, Your kiudrlty Smlile I trust will hail, My love-gift of .a faliry tale. Not 'often Slraye I Seen your fa-ce, Nor thearcl your pcals of lauglmter, Yet thouglhvts of you s'lm'll tinlrl a p1'a'e'c ln efach- young li'fe s hereafter. Enough Hhiat now you will not fail Tb listen to my fairy tale. 4 THE SENlOR ANNUAL A tale begun in otiher idamys, When Autumn suns were glowing- A simple chlifme, that serveid to ftime The rhythm of our rowing- Whose echoes livve in memory yet Though envious years would say, forget, And though the shadow of a sighi May tremfble through 'the story For happy autlu-min days gone by, And vanished autumn glory- It shall not -touch one breath orf hale The pleasance of our fa.iry tale. The house was so well hiidden, one might almost stumble against it before one became 'a-ware of i't. All around, thie trees stood tall and stately, trees of oak with here and there greaxt spaces for the glistlening sunlight to wailk through. For the 'mo-st part these monarchs of the forest of by-gone days see-med to jolstle one an-other so closely that one almost ffanlcied thley must be uncom- fortahle. But in one spot they fell baok and standing in the midst of them was the house, a fhloluse so deftly rear-ed and so magically situated as to charm the wanderer. Tihe vsfholle structure possessed that self satisllieid, self-enchnanted 'beauty that made even the very leaves on the trees inquisitive as to vwhait was going on within. To this end -they looked in at the windows, whiclh stood open in pleasant weatiher, and salw many tihiings which must have 'sur- prised thfem. The army of i'nhabitaLnts went in 'boldly several times a dlay and all came out looking pleased with themsellves and with things in general. So there was necessarilly sometihin-g or somebody pleasant iinsidie the house. As the years rolled on, the giamt oaks Wl3'lS'Cl'lC'fCl with 'deepening interest the bands off pygmy work-ers come and go. They often had animated conversiadiions with the leaves, their sentinels, as to the marvels wroughlt within this wonldroufs place,-4this Hall of Minerva. ,lust toidfaiy the oak 'was ov-e'rhe'ard to ask,- 'What day is this? Why all this stir and excitement? Has the Ruling Rajah come to take the pygmies homie to the City of 'dheir Desires? ' ' In awed tones caime from the topmost lleavesz Four short years ago a ibaxnd of fifty 'six smalll pygmies fresh from the 'Land of Knolwedge Gre1e'n,' sought refuge here among the Great and Wise of Minerva's Hall. A slow but cautious Freshman band they were, whose courageous Chief, Arthur Thomson, lead them 'ever onward toward ia pinnacle of dlalme. His steps, as 'well als those of his followers, were Weill 'directed hy a code of ltaws. The older pyg- mies found in them many an advantage for sport. In the darkest days of toil how oft we have 'l'1'Cl3I'lCl this cry- 'We should like to know why The Seniors think they know what they're abo-ut, While the Freshies alll 'Uhlink thley're left out. THE SENIOR ANNUAL 5 Albout this time their Ohief waved his magic wand and forth came three spiritely elves, Leo 'Cu1lilen, Gus Kuhn and Claude Switzer to serve on the 'ball team and win. laurels for the band. Of tihiese but one, Claulde, shall tarries to make good his vaunt. 'I wianit to be a Captain- A :brave young freshy sighed' He played ia game of bias-e-ball' And his wi-sh -was gratified. ' Here the leaves paused, rustled as they looked exultanftly upon the glorious plac-e, and again resumed the story with prifde and greagt satisfaction, pride in the 'bands 'history and satisfaction in its crowning glory. One day in thie waning of summer the Ruling Rajah called them back from the sumlmeris tr.ip to vacation Land anld bade t'hem eneter the Halls, as Sophlomores, lforty-six strong. Ten pygmies had wranfdered too fair infto 'the Desert off WIaiting anad did not return. A new Chief was chosen whose colgnomen, Boyd S'tepl1ensoin, l1a,d but to lbe knorwn Ito infsuire a victory. With the loss- of their code a new Constitution was formed an-d 'the colors, Royal Puhple and Cream gave t'hem a idis'dincti'on quite their o-win. Thne second semees- ter tlhe batnmd -re-called their former chief Arthur and made prepara- tions to enter the prelim-ihxary ovratorical contest, vwifth three confteslt- ants. The honor of third place fell to the chief. The 'base-ball team again held 'charms Ifor five off the bland, so Zulmy and Mac claim- ed their sfh-anes of all s-poils. It was basket-ball where they once more foun.d deligihft. I 'lull l'lllv.ai T . llnimll 1 I 'A gophomone, a thing uniqu-e Is surely from the an-cient Greek, A second-yealr -man, a v-ery wise fool Who 'lingers yet in llearin2ing's schoolf The leaves nested. The oafk still attentive anid listening knew that Silence is golden, and 't'h.alt, the windows of lMinerva's Hall being open, his seinftry must be deep in m-elditaltion. Sure -enough for nexlt he hears After a nec'lconin.g in the rthronle-room of the Great Rajah, it wals found 'that 'eight off the former nlumlber lhuad gone to the City of their Desires' beyond fthe r-eallm of the Goidldess Minerva. A-n elfin band of thirty-eighlt stu-rdy Juniours hrailed the imp-erial halls as the -best haunts sinoel their admission. It is hlere we see 'thie mettle of the tribe, lboth in the mlysrteri- ous workings of the Hall anid in the councils of the elfs ltlietnrselve-s. With 'Gus Kulhn as' lc'hie'f, directing all kinldned' souls, everything 'auto' lbe for exoelllence. A thousanld memories :appear as sip-ectrves of 'the mind wh-en the Pin Scrap 'threaltens the 'dissolluftliofn of 'the ties that hind them in unlison. The 'Anti Pins' and 'th-e 'Pins' lfinld ibut the image of regnet in the ,gracious memory now that it is past. 6 THE SENIOR ANNUAL The steps of time at this hour calms forth and with his balmy ibreath breathed a spell uxpon these spirits. The miagic spell spoke to all 'felllow-spirits 'through the Studenit's Voice. 'Phe juniors gave valualblfe support to -this literary -organ 'bothi thiroruiglh the band-edi- tors and reporters. Many ifialbulous 'tales and poems fell from their pens. A decree spread through the Hall for legends. It was then that this tribe w'on -their lbaniner. Their 'fprodiigy of learningj Pixie Price, lead the banfd in ora- tory. 'There is a younig fellow nam-ed Price Whose speeches did all suffice To wini for him fame Mownney, medal and name This most oratorical Pricef Th-e god janufs aided them. in their enjoyment by artful cle- sign and led U16111 in a sleigh-ride partv to the home ot Glenn Logan. 'llh-e oak sighed. The -leaves took another View and continueldz Lie patient yet a little while tor the Danld i's'gathe1r1.ng again and it seems for the last time, for the great Riajahi has SL1.I'l'l1'l1OIlCLl them Lu the iiigln-est seat in the 1-ialfl and named t-hem 5en.1ors. Plainly can the seen' thirty-lfour almost grown up pixies. 'Their Joy knows no lJound's 'for are they not making reatiy tor that day-yes-this day when they go out 'to join the mnumeralble host that has gone oeiore initio the 'City of their Desires' Once more they look to Uhiet Arthur to lead them to- the go-al. Une pixie lass, 1'ri.ncess Gertrude, becomes convinced that her 1 I'lI1'C4C'L1l'li3..lWII1'l'l1g has arrived and lightly trips away with him. An- other Lumy, the 'Ball l'rince,' .grown weary trom toil in the 'Uesert of Waiting' 'seeks al new lanid off chiairwms. Now, today, 'but thirty-two ar-e lelirt, to fa-ce the weal or woe of this Fairy-Land. Their Anfnuual, the Charm Book of the Bansd has been a source of dlelight and pleasure in itself and is a momento- of their last year wifthlin Minerv-a's Walls. ln lit the indii.vidua.lI p'ixies are pictureqd, some of their mysterious doings given, while their predominating chara-c'teris'dics here are 'borne .forth in the diimf eve of this Cofm- imeincement Clay. ' They leave as a gift to the Hall, a relief cast of 'Washingtoin Cirossinwg the Deilawlare' This will it is 'hop-ed, lbe a slighlt token showing the 'high regard in ewhfich they hold Minuervas Hall. Anld now the shaaldow of a sigh, Has- all but made my story P 'Tis happy Pixie days gone by, Anid valnished Pixie glory- Ilt sh-aull n-ot touch with breath -of bale ' The pleasaince of to-morrow'-si tale. rmi STCNIK JR ANNUAL THE SENIOR ANNUAL 9 HISTORY OF THE PLYMOUTH PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Eva -Ieftirs. COMMON SCHOOLS. Our schools are charctericltic of the lfiheral spirit of that educa- tional policy which was contained in the Compact of the Ordin- ance of 1787, and which in a large measure has produced the pres- ent int+ell'ectual condition off the Northlwest Tenriwtory. Religion, morality afnd knowledge being necessary to good government and twhe happiness off nrankinidf' schools and other means of education have always been encouraged. Whiavt is norw the City of Plymouttib was plartted in 1834, and in t'he Reference, Loft 131 on Plu-mb street was dofnialted for at school. One and one-'half acres adjoiulintg on the west was given for a coun- ty seminary. Not until 185-L, however, was the record off fthe platt- ing acknowledging and recording the Platt of Plymouth properly certified to. Although the lots were n-ever used for the purpose for which they were donnateld, ample provision for etlucaltion had been made in accordance wi-th the spirit of the Ordinance of 1787. The first school in Plymou'th was conducted 'by O. F. Norrton in the lVVlll1ltCI' off 1837, but there is no evidence thalt he taughlt more than onle term. The school was held in the old count house, wlhiclh then stood on the west side of Michigan street, near Adams. Flro-m 1841 to 1846 it 'is said that Mr. Palrfsons and Rev. Austlin Smith fauglrt in this Court Hou-se. In 1840 Mrs. Erksiue erected a' build- ing for school purposes, where she taughlt for several yea-rs. From 18-I-5 fto 1854, school was held ini a building lwlhich stood on the lot in the rear of the Lutheran chlurch on Adams street. This building was also ow-ned' 'by private parties. Until the Cousntituttion of 1850. fthle schools orf the State' were dependent upon local and volluntalry enterprise. VV'hen the Consti- tuition was aldopsted in 1850, the Legislaltiure immediately too-k steps to establish a ulnrilform State system, bu't not until 1865 was the present syvtem fairly sltanted, due to adverse decisions of the Su- preme Court. Prior 'to 1850, the people did little towards support- ing the schools through taxaltfi-ont. Schools in organized communi- ties were unwder fthe jurisd-iciti-on of the Townshlip trustee, but his du- tlies were confined for the moslt part to assisting any one desiring to start a school by donlatuing what lititle money he might obtain through the School Fund. This amount was entirely inadequate to support a tefacl1er:anld the bailance was obtaintefd by charging tuition of each pupil attendlinlg. Alt the time that Plymouth was incorporated as a town. in 1851, nlo special atitenltion was given 'to free schools, and not until 1853 d'icl the real awalkeni-n-g to the value of free schools com-e -to the peo- ple of Plymouth. Alt this time the population of the town was six 10 THE SENIOR ANNUAL hundred srevenfty. May 26 an election was held, the 'purpose fbeinrg to see ilf thae people favored a school tax. Tfhe vote stood eight against and five in favor. June 23 a townlslhip election was held for the saline purpovse, at which the vote stood thluteen opposed to seven Hin favor. In Mfarch, 1854, the loft given to the county for a 'seminary was solid to 'tihe -city for one hunldred dollars, anid on the thirticth 0-f the same month Mr. S. Morgan was given, the contract for erect- ing a school houtsle. This 'bufilding was completed in Decemfbefr of the saime year. It conta'in1ed'th'ree school rooms and onle. 1-e'ci'tat'ion -room and wvars consli-dered an excfell-ent fn-uilding for 'its time. Mr. VV. J. Moir 'was chosen' prin-cipal of the schools and had as alssistlanhs Mrs. E. Crum anid 'Miss E. Adsalms. The -enrrollment numbered one hun- dreld fifty. Mr. M'Ulf wars succeeded 'by Mr. C. H. Blair, who was princi- pal, 'part olf one year, when H. C. 'Burlingalmle :took charge of the schofols. Mr. Mfank Cummings succeeded hlim 'in 1861. He wtas fol- lowed by Mr. D. D. Luke, who remained prinlclipal until August, 1870. In 1868, a school building wa-s erecteld in the third ward. Upon the rehiremfenft of Mr. Luke in 1870, Mr. R. A. Chase was chlosen as superintendlent, EU position which 'hc held until 1903. During the adminlis'tra'tion1 of Mr. Chiase, manly important changes -took place in our schools. A system'a'tic course of study was aldopted: the schools were grade-dg a school library was start- ed: HI high school course of study introduced for 'the first -time, and business methods used. wlh'ich hroughlt afbout a rapid development df proper school facvilities. In 1874 a new 'buildling wtas erected on Plumb street. July 4th thfe corncrstonc was laiid -With Masonic ceremlonies. On November 26th of the same year, the fbuildting was dedicated and school open- el four days later. In 1893 a si'mlil'ar hulild'inrg was constructed 'adiofininrg the first 'and the two buildings are now known as the Wlalshinfgton l'311'illflfin,ff. To satisfy the conditions olf a ualptidly increasing p0p'u'l'a- tion, it was found necessary 'in 1897 to construct a more commodi- ous burillding in place of 'tlhte Vila-rd huiilding ont the South Side, anfd 'this is now known as the VVe'bst1er. Mr. Chaise was succeeded in 1903 by R. A. Riandall. Upon the advenlt of Mr. Randall some changes w'ere'n1rade in keeping with the ge-nrefral trend of the educational policy of the State. High School. The hiistory of the High School begins wlith the 'advent of Mr. Clhase as superinftendenit of schools. At this time 1872-1874, Mis-s Clteveland talughit the higher 'branches in 'the Plymouth Schools: and when the High School was organized, Sepltemher, 5, 1873, Miss Clievelanld and Mr. Chase were the High School in'sttruc't- OUS. ' The High Schlool proper may he said to have 'begun at the time t'he new 'buillding was 'entered in 1874. Wm D. E. Prescott of Man- chester, Iowa. was the H1-st nrincinal and he with Mr. Chase con- sttitutied the High School instructors. THE SENIOR ANNUAL 11 The High Sclhool olcciulpied -the easltern half of the second floor. Thi-s space was divided into an assemlbly hall anld one recitation room. The C'l'l'I O'lilH1lC'lllt rin the 'Hliglh School in: 1873 vvtals 39. As to the course df stluvdy at that 'ti1ne, we quote the follolw- ing: The High Sch-ool gives instruction in 1ll'3fll'ltC-l1lv3.lt'lC'S as far as to surveying, in natural s-cieu-ce, includi-nig boftany, physical geograpllry, c'hem'i's'tlry, phyisviology, astronomy. natural pfhii-losopfliy-Iits course in. the Englislh la'n.gu'age emlbraces English, rhetoric, and English literature, to fwlhilch is 'adlded 'political 6'C0'I'll0l1ly, generanl hisftoryand a thorough knowledge of 'book-keepiiig. Sulclh classes in Germain and Laxtlin afs may the d'esrired are also formed. The study of the con- st'i't'u'tion olf the United States is requri-red olf pupils entering the High Schlool. The exercise in literary work conIs'i'st's of delhalting, es- says, 'flC'ClZlll1l1Z1vlllOIll', 'and readings annd are h'eld' daily thus affording an. amounrt of drill wfhich coulid not 'be had when the exercises were held monthly. A weekly reci-tat'io-n in 'thle currenlt. news of the day is had in the Higih School and first grade. W'r'ititen exarinin-atiowns are held 'whlen tlleemeltl ardvisa'ble. generalllly rinovnlthly, and at the close of each year an annual texamuinatrion is 'hvadf' Unltil 1903, few changes were made in the Hlilgh Slclhool sys- tem. At that time the 'course of study was rchalnzgeld and enrichedg the nu-miher of in's-itructorrs increased 'to four: tthe assembly hal! was enlarged. recitatlion rooms inrcrearsed to tiwo, and a physical and Bo- tanical Laboraltory room with equfipment provided. The enrrollment 'inicreaised rapidly from this 'tlime o-n, and in 1907 it became nerceslsary to make c'han-ges in. order to accomnnordate the rapidly increasing a't'tendance. The Auditoniuni was fit-ted up for an A'ssen1'hly Hall. Tfhe old Assembly 'hall was made over into three recitation rooms. This gave for 'high 'school purposes a study hall with a seatinig caipaleity ovf over tlwo hundred pupils, five reci- tation rooms, and two lalboraltories. In 1903 a folurth vear was added to the Hligh School course, anld the credit svst-em of promotion in- troduced. A credit is given for a grade of 75 per cent or above for one semester. T'l1inty-'tlhnee credits aire required for graduation. The 'adv'a.nce'ment of elducational affairs has necessitated a change in the cofurse of sltudy from time to time. In the fall of 1907 a Commercial Department was rintroduced. and has proven to be one of fthe m-ost valuable features of the High School Course. Two courses of 'study are olfereld, one preparatory to college, the other arranged for those fvvhlo do not l11ltC'l1lCl to 'continue in scholl- astic study. The tivwo 'courses are id'entica.l for the first and second years. Election of studies is open to pupils of the Fourth Year, and so far as possible tfhle pupil is advised to elect those studies whlich wlill 'best fit 'him 'for his vocation alfter leaving High School. Special studenfts desiring 'to take up co'mm'erc'ial work only, sh-oulfd file with the superinttendenft a written request to that eifect. eonnlter-signed by the pzarenrt or guardliain. 'For the completion of this work a cert'ilfiicate of attainment will be granted. Because of the grovvvlinig te-n.den'ciy of 'busfiness men to employ High School gradu- ates and one of the m-inium state law requirement thalt all new I2 THE SENIOR ANNUAL teachers shall be high school graduates, the regular High School course is recommended. If the commercial work is desired, it may be taken in the Third and Fourth years after a good foundation in 'tl'1Cif1lH'Cl'21'l'I16l'1t3.l branch-es has been established. Special work should be taken only by those pupils who find it impossible to take a High School course. From the lteigfilnin-ing of its calreer 'the Plymouth High School has occupied ai prominent place among the 'secondary schools of the state. In 1873 the Board of Trustees of Indiana University adopted the following resolutions: In order to bring the University into closer connection with th-e High Schools of the State, we recommend the ffollowing plan. A certificate from certain- High Schools fto be named hereafter by the State Board of Elducationfj of ai satisfactory examinfa-tion sus- tained in the preparatory course will entitle the bearer to admis- sion to the Freshfm-an 'cla'ss.', Alt a mleetling of the State Board, in the following August, a circular letter wars sent out to High Schools to ascertain what 'schools were qualilidd to do preparatory work. High School commissions 'were printed and in the spring of 1874, '21 schools wiere 'CO'IT1lITlllS'S1lOI1CCl, among them Plymouth. In April 1875, the Board of Education placed Purdue University in affilia- tion with comrmissionied High Schools. Since 'thalt time all State ln- stitutioins hiave been placed on the same basis as Indiana and Pur- due Universiity, and from time to time denominational and private schools have been aidided to the l'ist, until now alll 'schools of Higher Education in the Staitie receive graduates from coinmi-ssioinied Higih Schools vvithout examiiniati-on. Recently the Plymouith High School has received 'additional privileges from Higher Infsititutlions, and now has the 'same advafn- tages as the best High Schools ot the State. In May, 1908, Plymouth High School was admitted for the first 'time to the accredited list of IIniversit'ie's of the west. The Hligh School was again adimi-tted in April, 1909. The graduates may enter such ins-titutions as thie University of Michigan anld the University of Wiscoiiisiii Without exam-iniat'ion. Further r1e'coigni'ttioi11 was given in April 1909, when Plymouth was placed on the a-Hiliiated list of the University of Chi- cago. This gave Qin adldiition to the privileges of being a member of the accredited listj graduates off the High School, scholarship ad- vantages and an o-pportuinity for High School teachers 'to pursue post graduate courses at lliittle expense. S-chool interest has been much stimulated throughout the Coun- ty. due to competition in atihletics and oratorv. Plymouftlh High Slchool has 'bel-ongeidl to the Indiatna High School Association since the time of its organlizaitlio-n. lt is also a member of the Northern In- fdliana High School Association. In the fall of 1906 the County Ora- torieafl Association was organized. and in the three contests -which have been held since that time, Plymouth High School has won first place. The follorvving are statistics showing 'in a 'brief way the develop- ment of the High S-dh001- THE SENIOR ANNUAL SCHOOL l ll. S. li. S. Number Number Number Enrollment Enrollment nl ol ol Rooms YEAR 1 3 Yenrs 4 Years Graduates Teachers Used 1873-71 39 no data 0 2 2 1878-79 3-1 7414 8 2 2 1883-8-1 28 631' 6 2 1888-89 41 701' 13 2 2 1893-9-1 52 6115 9 3 3 1898-99 -16 6915 18 3 3 1902-03 53 8014 11 3 3 1903-04 118 16 4 5 1901-05 130 12 4 5 1905-06 155 21 5 G 1906-07 173 38 6 7 1907-08 183 23 8 ! 8 1908-09 193 32 8! 8 I . it Includes enrollment in what was then the First Grade ! Music teacher included. 1 It mlm 1 JUNIOR CATASTROPHE. Tfhe night was 'dark and dreary, quite fitting for the daring en terprises of the bold, had juniors, as, armed with their trusty soft soap -tulb, they scoured the country in search of said article, not to 'soft sioalp Uhie Seniors, far be it 'from them to do that. The bold Mc- Crory, the worse Tommy, the au-dacious Bolb, all ready for aniy deed of daring, after gioing many weary miles to procure their im- plemenfts of wair, assemebled at the coal shed, not k'I10lVV'lI1!g that their dastandlly imaginatzionsl were known to the ever vrigilants, Art, Mac, and Alex. Hist quoted Tomrmy, I am afraid my Palpa will say something ,when I get home? , just think what -the -girls will say, assured Bob. Then they paid down Uheir good 853.50 to a. certain telepfhonie linemaln, who ascended the pole on the sichrool-house, taclcefd the he-arultiful Junior pennant thereon, and soaped down said pole. Then, while M'c'Crory was. faflling into th-e soft so-ap tub, our trusty deteetiv-es hvied them in great haste for Professor Alexaznider, :w1ho'with- his truslty spurs, regardless of soft soap, lb-navelly climlbed the dizzy heights till he tore 'down the offendilng rag, anfd placed the royal purple amid cream in its placle. W'hen the juniors cam-e to school t-he n-ext morning they won- dered fwhy the Seniors were so kinwd as to wveair th-e-ir colors, even if on their so-cks. They -thoughlt 'tlhe Seniors were acknowleidiging themsrelvies beaten. and this 'was the sign of sluirrender, but when Bob looked at the ltop of the school hlouse he rememlbered that his- toric day wlhen Miss Griffin asked hlim for the past tlense of siting. 14 THE SENIOR ANNUAL i f , L 1 1. . Q . , I 1 The trigonofmetry class were trying Uo- finld the 'bealrinrg of a line by means of a transit, bu-t something seemed to- be wron, with t'he comlpass. The needle 'would frequently 'point in first one direction and then lin another in a 'most astonishing fashion. The class belgian, to think that the north' ip-olle was talking at walk for its hlealth, 'but aifter a greait amlo-unt of troublle they found that the needl-e persisted in .pointing toward Leathe Carman. Therelforle, tzhe trig class lean prove by Geometry that at least one mem- ber of '09 is alttractive. P Mr. Thompson asked one of our most brilliant -study.:-nts to describe I3 Buniseni Pl1OltO11liCtCI'. The aiforesaiiid srtudent bluslhed brill- iantly, seemed very embarrassed and stammerecl, VV hy, it is one of thorse thwinrgs you use in a dark room with very subdued candle l:i-gh.t.'f The class wa-nfted a more minute iles-eription, but the vic- tim refused to go into details. M-r. 'llhiomipison would like to 'know how to form the perfect participle of an iinltirainsitive verb when it is transitive, so that he will 'know iwihiait sto say the next -time he flies a kite. On the evening of May 7, about eight o'c+lock, Reuben Rlio-des nec-eived a ciall over the telephone, saying that the 'stove pipe hald fallen down, and that lhe should come home as soon aes- possible to help put iit up. R'e1u'b then ran home ini double quick time, to find the Class of '09 assemibled to remind him tlhalt it -was his nine- teenth birth-day. Games and refreshments caused the evening to pass very pleasantly, and the lcla-ss delparlted at a laute hofur, wish- inug him many more happy biirtllindays. At last the 'secret is out, fthrough a wonlderful discovery mafde by that great scientist, H. Alexander, 'all the world may now know wthat 'makes the Senior girls so .sweet and the Senior 'boys so slow. It all happened in Physics dlass, where M-r. Thompson was trying to 'Uhrow light upon the subject of light, for tthe 'benefit of saiiid Slenfiors. Our text book said that the 'earth was snrrorindecl 'by ether, la universal jelly. But no, our great Alexander, on dis- c-overy benft, would n-ot 'have it so. N-ay qnoth he, The earth is Covered with a universal lllO'f'3SS'C'S,i' Whfieli explains. the afoires-aifd pecuiliaritliels of the Seniors. , .iT Mr. 'Ilhlomson Un Physics classj- 'Mis's Freece, hoiw l-omg is a steelyand, an imehi or a 1nille? Miss Freece Qthoughtfullyj- Just a little between, I guess. THE SENIOR ANNUAL Superintendent R. A. Randall 16 'PHE SENIOR ANNUAL CLASS PROPHECY. Elwie Freese '09, lA Scene From the Drama of Life A luxuriously appoint-eid office. Arthur is -seayted at his desk. Enter Glen McLaughlin. Arthur. Glen lim coinfteinp-latfing running for President in this c-anrpaign and l need your assi-stance. lin o-rder to do so, I must have votes anrd I inuslt have friends. Cayll' togetiher our ablest poli- ticianfs and let us enjoy an indoor picnic. heres the alumni list. 1'l.l .reaid a few of the names. Louis Draske. Coiunty Clerk, Plymoutih, Indliana. 1n'a Hoover. Sten-ographer, South Be-nd, ilnd. Boyd Stephfenson. Minister, Laporte, Ind. Glen Logan. Proprietor of 'the Hereforld Cattle Ranch, Ply- mouth, lnidiana. Ada Sny-der. Teacfher of English, South Bend, Ind. Melita Shoemaker. Teacher in Kindergarten Department, Ro- chester, Ind. Clan-de Switzer. Manager of Wlhite Sooc, Chii-cago, Ill. Lloyd Greiner, Sloience Teacher, Inlwood, Ind. Leaithe Carman, Artist, 'Casso-pio-li-s, Miichigan. lvlilcired Drake. DFC'S'SHli3fk'Cf, Plymouth, Ind. Harriet Gunlder. Teagcher, lnidianiapolis, Ind. Eva Jeffirs, T-eacher of Music, Winona, Ind. . Hnarold North. Teacher, Purdue, lnld. Fflonennice Foltz M- , Plymouth, Ind. Grace liitchiey. Stenographer, Chicago, lll. Noble Slhiaffeir, Acftor, Chicago, Ill. Frances Dunlap. Nurse, Indianapolis, Ind. Miles Price. Professor of Oratory, Valparaiso, lnd. Tressie Martin Paine, Gary, Infdiana, Hazel Rosenebury. Teacher, Bremen, Ind. I'll rela-d -no fmore. We have there ienougih material to work from. Tfry to have them all here for the -picnic. Glen. I'll do .the 'best I can, sir. QExit.j Arthur. Qto stenographenj Now, Miss Logan, you Will please note our plains as soon as t'hey're given. You wzill also do the tele- pihonuinlg. I'll have the cartoonist, T 'homas Love, see to the adver- tising anid Claude Switzer shall manage 'tfhle biase-'ball game, which will take place lin 'tlhe afternoon. Please cajll, up Mr. Love anfd tell him our plans. Ruth. fphoningj Hello, is this Mr. Lo've's residence? Is this Thomas? Well, will you aidvertise, as you us-ed to the annual ora- torical contesfts in P. H. S. a picnlic given by Mr. Thompson on Septemlb-er 5, 1920? All right, then call a't the oflice a Week from today. Good-bye. Arthur. I saw Hensel today, H-e'll he present witihi his orches- tra. Cllulrndng 'dhe leaves of his memorandumj ask Lenore if sh-2 will bring in from ithe farm some home grown pickles and fresh eggs. Th1a't's all, now. , , THE SENIOR ANNUAL 17 'J Second ScenefCommittee Meetsj fAll pnesent in one large roomj Lenore Centerilngzj Here, I've brought the pickles aanll eggs. 'llhey'ne strictly fresh. The piclkles are slightly withered as they were picked a week algo. But I thlink if Uhley're placed in vinegar they will be all rigthft sofon. fA'll laugh exc-erp't Floyd, Ina, Boyd and Franmcespj Artlhur. Leathie, you'ne chiairrnan -of the decorating comimittee, Akcla and Mildred, you're assiistants. Glen MfcLaugli'lin will act as toast imlaslter. Claxra, you wliill 'be at the 'head of tlhe culinary depart- menlt. CCommittees Discuss Mattersj Leatfhfe. Let's decorate the r-oom in royal purple and cream and have Cream Roses on th-e mantle and- Ada. Olhf! tll'1lO'SlC' old colors! I ldonlt want them. Wlhy they're as old as the hvi-ll'sl An-cl those Howersl 'Ilhose ugly thiingsl NVQ will not have them. Leathe. W'ell, if I -can't have any't'hing at all that I want, I xvon't serve on this committee. I'll go to Mr. Thompson immediate- lv. Mildirevd. Cin her pacifying man-n-erj Let's come to an agree- ment. T'here's no use quasrreling. Of 'course we cannot all be suited, so let's not find so much -fault. A-da. Caside to I'na.j I wish 'hte h'adn't pu-t Leatlhe on this com- mittee. She and I never could -agree. Clara. Harniet, I arm to overs-ee the cooking anld I will be very glad if you vwlill assist in waiting on table. Harriet. Well, I sulppose I cam, 'but I will have to ask father first and I'll let you know later. Clara. I'll get Eva .leftirs also, She was always a good work-er and Ilthink she will be a great help to us. Arthur. Glen, keep a 'sharp eye on Shaffer that day, for even on the few ofccasions when lhe use-d to come to class on time, for some cause -or other, 'he was always missing lbefore the hour ended, and we want him With us the whole day. Glen. I ll dlo thlat. Novw about the program. First, two selections l y Hen'sel's orchestra. 'Ild like to have Hafzel Van Va-ctor and Harry 'Xlexander sing' a 'duet 'bult Alexanlcler is still going to school, so 'he 4-an't be here. However, wie'll lhave Hazel give us a solo. Tressie. How fine! I've never heard her 'Sing since she won her great reputation. Glen. Then a selection by 'the Giggling Quartet, Melita, Lura, Lenora and Flora, Then a speech 'by our candidate, Cbowingl anld we'll have Glen Logan render a bluff or two. Then the refresh- ments. The Picnic. V Orchestra. Sehool Days. Glen. This i's a day 'dhfaft we have been eagerlv awaiting. A day v 'hirh should be the imwerriest of this wlhole campaign. You all know the purpose of this gathering. It is needless for me to introduce to 18 THE SENIOR ANNUAL you one of the most esteemed men of our country, anld one of whom, we, as a class are justly prould. No one is more worthy of being called President of the U. S. than our highly honored Mr. Artlhiur Williiani Thompson. All. Long live our .next Prefsi-dent! Anthur. Classmates and fellow citizens: It is with pride thiait I no-w stand before you this afternoon as the -chosen one of our great party. I am gland to see your faces on-ce mone, glad because you bring back to my mind the four harppy years we spent itogethier. Friends, you all know me. Among you I have lived from 'my youth. Amo-ng you the moist sacred 'ties of earth were assumed. To you ldear 'classmates I owe all that I am now. There is but one thJi'ng wfhlich has been my sole aim, and that is to preserve and protect 'my 'co-untry. Heretoffore I have been weak and frail in pofwer, yet great in mind. I am glald to see the end is so near at hfand. I hope that my 'work has not 'b'e'e'n, and will noft be fruitless. At Lunch. Lloyd. Casid-e rto II-Lazelj 'Say Hazel, if you 'donft want all your Cake, I I'll ealt lit. Guafce. Ah! look alt Ros-enfbury, she seems to be exceedingly emlb'arrasse'd. I-Ilazel. Ah! why, my ffaoe may be red but I 'thinlk it i's on-ly the reflection of my sldirt upon ilt. fAll laughed exc-ept Lloyd, Ina, Boyd and Francesj Arthur. faside to Glienj I thin'k Rieuhen would he a good one to 'win votes for me. Glen. Yes, he's an experienced sralesmarn. Arthur. Wel'l. loo-k there! Cponinting to Shaffer running -in an opposite directionj H-ey, Shaifelr Why are you running aiway like 't1h9a't? Shaffer. VVh'y, I heard you say, Get out of heref, Arthur. True, I diifd, but it was only to 'that dog that ran through hfere a moment ago. CAll laughed except Lloyd, Ina, Boyd and Firance's.j Qrdhestra Cst'art's 'the air and all singtj Line ulp for Thompson, Boys, That's the battle cry, , Line up for Thomlpson I-Iow big words will Hy. T'here's a great time coming In the swveet bye and bye, W'hen 'we line up for Thofmpson In t'he morning. Miles. VVelI, say, Arthur 'have you any vague -idea how old it man must be 'toabe president? Arthur. Oh', why, thuirlty-tive y-ears. fTurns pailej THE SENIOR ANNUAL 19 Miles. Well I tlhink you ought to wait a couple years yet. IJawren'c'e. Isnlt he cild enoughf? Mliles. I think 'h-e lacks a'bout two years. Glen Iyogan. He can be ,president anyway. Why, why noltg He won t 'be any lwiser in 'two years that he is now, and no one can tell by looking at h.i'm how olid he cis. Arthur. No, I will cagrry o-ut my honest piriniciples now as ever before. Friends, thlis is a grealt 'shock to me, I can't realize the fact. Oh--CFain1ts.j ' A , JUNIOR JEALOU SY UNCONTROLLABLE. A few wefeks algo, in 3lCCUI'll2l11'CC with the custom, the boys of the Senior class pu'rc'h-ased class caps, made olf royal purple, with cream lett-ers worked on' them. In 'the juldigmenit of the Seniors they were most 'bealuti'ful, lbuit the admiration of the juniors 'knew no bounds, and Hn'al'ly, as extreme covetousness often does, it chang- ed from simple adm.ira'tiion to a jeiallousy which 'was far past that niohle power of control. As .a result of the fit of passion, the Juniors, l1I13!lDllC'tO oonitrol tlhemselves any longer resorted to' a means which although extremely CllSl1OlI1'C'1'3.llJ'l6, was nevertheless eifecftive. They actually took 'these -caps. This little act could easily have been. for- given had they been children of 5 or 6 years of age, but to think of luniors doing suclh a 'contenmpwtible trick is almost out of thle ques- tion. In ondeir thart the public may not form an entirely wrong opin- ion of our l'l1Nl'6T'Cl'ElSS'l'Il'El1 wie wish 'to say 'that the 'Senior cllass does not think that they realized what they were doing. Yolu see, with 'the excepition of a couple they are compariti-vely young and older peopl-e can often 'exert a strong influence upon youth and bend them to ltheir will. No effort 'wars maide to recover the calps sin'ce ivt 'wias mru'ch eas- ier to order new ones. and in a short time the Seniors were again t'he proud iposs-essors oif new caps. which they vallued more because they knew how much' they W-ere adored and enivied 'by the juniors. However, the Sienlioirs felt lit to be their parental duty 'to pun- ish, to a slight extent, these unrully children. 'Cons-e'quently o-ne of tlhe older and wiser meimfbers of the junior class was deprived oif the pleasure of Wearing her exquisite Easter 'bonn'et, hecause of her lalck of halt pins. After all we must adhnit the juniors halve a taking way. Leonore Vinall gav-e a very enjoyable Senior party at her home on Friday evening, May 21,. Games and a tiwo course supper caluSCd the evening to pass ra-pidly and pleasantly. THE SENIOR ANNUAL G. T. Wiswell Evangeline M. Morrisey, A. B., David Thomson, A. B., Alice Griflin, A. B., Northern Illinois Normal IS97 University of Michigan l906 Lake Forest College l909 Northwestern University l907 ish Engl ience Sc History Commercial Department THE SENIOR ANNUAL i 21 l,.lf l,. lll'1l I l vi' ' A ' ' THLE SENIOR SIDE sHow. Harry Alexander, The Dude. Leathfe Carman, The Worthy Girl. Lura kjafpron, The admirer of Sainlt Luther. Louis Dralkei The Geln seeker. Mildred Drake, The Lilian Blonde. Fnanices Dufnlap, The Silent. Elvie F reece, The Propheteszs. Floirenice if-oltz, The Heart-smasher. Llofyld Greiner, The Baby. Harriet Gunfder, The Author. Larvvence Hensel, The Musician. Ina Hoover, A Puritan Maid. Eva jeffirs, The Pedestrian. Glenn Logan, The Hot-alir Merchant. Clara Leonhard, 'The Country-lass. Thomlas Love, The Artist. Ruth Logan, The love-sick maid. Tressie iMantin, Little Miss Prim. Glen 'MicLaughlin, The Hypnotizer. Harold North, Senator, Sikef' Miles Price, The Orator. Gnace Ritchey, The Giggler. Reulben Rhodes, The Merchant. Hazel Rosenbury, The Oh-oice of Apostle Paul. Boyd Stephlenson, The Bashlful. Melita5lShoemalker, The Soup Girl. Aida Syndeir, The crablb-er. ' Cllaulde Swliftzer, The Colonel Captain. Nofbl-e Shaffer The Trig Sharp. Art-hiur Thompson, The Dancing Master. Lelnora Viinall, The VVit. Hazel Van Vactor, A great lover of Welmster. Mziss Moirrisrsley -is especially 'for-tun'ate in beinig able 'to explain things in class lby eonicrete exalmples 'from 'her orwn experience. One day the c'lass in civics was especially unresponsive to her efforts to make it understand the great game of Almerican politics. You all atc-t as lif you had never heard any on-e talk politics. Now I have heard people talk politics for ages. And yet they say a lady will never telll her aigie. Another -day the class was discussing prision reform. Miss Mor- rissey prefaced an interesting account of prison disciiprline by the remark Now, when I rwvas in prison. She failed to siay why she was win prison, 'but it was probiaibly for giving new questions on tests. THE SENIOR ANNUAL 2 fi 5 4: Q5 0 .:: U ns E E Lil 'Ci fl- 2 uf cd as 'U c: C5 C11 4 Di 0 .rs :: U U 2 ru TQ .2 N 'U ff M. A. B., Princlpal :I as 3 o Q 2 L4 O E 56 O E 'is' .1 E o Z E 5 'U L' Q ff? KN 2 ED Ta' U 'Tu vu ... ev .- cn E N .PP Mich awing Dr 'ca I: fu ,2 w :r E Mathematics Mathematxcs THE SENIOR ANNUAL 23 .'XI'T'l1l1l' Thomson. 'llil1ClSll'SI Tariff Reform. Our Preslirlenwt believes tlmt everyone slilmilkl clo his rluty. Never falils to bluff. lwlien he has a Chzmle-e.j Has the iweilfare wif 'the class :xml es- peloially miie Ulf its 'lTlClll'l1C'l'S at heart. l Clamle Slwiitzer. 'lllwsisz The Effect nf the Noir- man Conquest on the Exif'- fi lislh Lzmguage. Our vice-pres'lcle11t. I,rwes worl. folr 'VVO1'klS sake UU. Czupltain of the 'liaise-hall team. Seulirls his men ainlcl looks aflter them '21-s if they were ehillrlren. He is ilCl.Cl'llll-I'llClIl to win' :md is to he C0l1KQ'I'21'lIllllfl'lCfl cm hsis work. Eva -l-effirs. 'l'l1eis'is: Szwiuig the Nation s Foresfts. Our Secretary. Assistant Ecli- 'tor uf the rxllllllfll. A brilliant stluiclent and 11CCOlll'llJllSll'Cfl lJllZlll1'l'S'f. lnltelncls to ll'l.Stll'l1Cll 'the illilteravte younger gener- ation of America. XVoulll like 'tn be P. H. S. Elisgllish tealcher. THE SENIOR ANNUAL Mlilcs Price. Thesis: Education anal Public Sentiment. Our Treasurer. Anil still 'thc vvofnclcr grew lth,aut Ono 5-mall head coulkl crarry all hc k'ncuvv. XValk-- ing Encylclopaicilia a-ml Dic- tionary. Xxfvifill the Marshall County Oratorical Contcsl in 15108. lis V'alccli'ctoriau for class of 'OSL Clara Lconhard. Thesis: Poor Boys anal Grcal Eminence. A very rcscrvlecl lass, who ucv- cr tells hier affairs. Sho says that she r.l'oesn't expect to do ainythinfg aftlcr lsclikml is out, 'lmlt wc suspect thlat 'She will hc a Miller, No-hllc Shaffer. Thclsis: Development of thc English llnafiua. Typsiciail clown. .Xvails him- self of cvcry opporltunity to laugh. Secs inio l1'Z1iI'Il1 in lhluff- ing. XN'orrics his brain over 'hfis Trigg lcsisons, .llllli SENIOR ANNUAL 25 Lura Capron. Thesis: Sulijueatioii of the North West Territory. lluisy land agreeable. Never fails to express her feelings or say what she thinks. Gen- erally wears a smile. Lloyd Greiner. 'l'hes'is: 'llhe Manufacture of Paper from VVoml Pulp. Silent, bashful Lloyd. Oh! how 'we won-ld he surprised to see him with a girl. Never was known to 'break the rules. Destined to he a bachelor. Klelila Slioenialker. Thesis- The British church ln- depeniclenit of the Roman See. A Jolly little maid with light iblue eyes and golden hair. Never gets excited. Always ready to do and dare. Assist- anlt Editor of the Annual. THE SENIOR ANNUAL Florence Foltz. Thesis: The Viloman and the rllvwentieth Century. A healthy young lady, who nwever horrolws trouble. De- voted to her classmates and TO-. i Glen lX'lCLZ1l.1gl1llIl. 'llhesisz Alexander Hamilton andthe Na-tional Bank. Plays everything from a drum to base-ball. Carefully guards his carp :uidM. Never satisfied unless he can tease the girls. Harriet Gunid-er. Thesis: Class Hlisltfory. Of a strong mental tempera- nlenit. Expressive eyes. Smiall stature butt mighty lin en- durranlce. VV on first prize in Sltosry Contest of 1908. VVill mzrke a good ticaeher. 'l l lE SENIOR ANXHKYXI, 27 lnzu Himwer. 'llliesisz Cliilcl Llllhrl' in Ameri- ca. SllCll 21. stiiclious girl, Never 'shirks hier duty but ebeliieves tliizut H1me'sty is the best policy. No one is able to rezml llie sitory tlmse 'big' dark eyes tell: no 0-ne is able 'to say, l know her well. Reufben Nlificles. 'l'l1e'si's-'l'l1e Senate :mel the Election of its Klienibers. Finds Lzrtiil the worst of his troubles. Never fails to ex- press fully lilis viewfs -in re- gziml ito Cieero. Expects to tendh. Grace Ritclicy. Tl1e's'is: The ljCYL'lOl1JlllCl1t of ,'Xg'I'lCl1ltll1l'Zll l4:lll1'C21'llO1lj. ulylike and clemiire. You never knofw 'l1er till you know ber lung. 'llhliuks tlhere is no livzirm in teasiiig Elvie in Pliyisies Class. v THE SENIOR AXNNLLEXE liuycl Sl'CllJlllC-IllSUll. 'l'he's'is: Evnlutiun uf the Elee- trie Dynamo. 'llhe boy who never laughs. Possles-ses musical talent. Handy with the pen. Editm' in Chief of the Annual. De' signed for hell'tfer days. llazel RHSCIl'lJllI'y. 'I'he's'is: 'llhe Origin uf Feudal- ism. Sees no harm in expressing the fact 'Chat she likes-. Gener- ally makes 100 per cent QFD urn lher examinaftions. Has . CO'INl3lCXllO'll Fit to make the roses tliieniselves hide in shame. ll2l'1'uld Nrrrth. Theslis: 'llhe Klan Oni the Fron- tier. The alrgumentative Harold. Does nut believe fin danc- ing. Avoids the girls as woutliless creatures. Prob ably will start a school for Wit and Hum-or. THE SENIOR ANNUAL 29 Hazel Vz11'1Vact.1r. 'llliesis: The Ncgro liI'OlJl'Clll. It takes :1 lung time to know her, but when you once mln you have 1:1 lun-ly fricncl. Lawrcnce Hcniscl. Thesis: Principles of liitcrnia- tional Law. Delights ini rcacling poctry. Al- ways writing or looiking for Z1 gfirl. His Zlllllllllllill is 'tu lac at musicfinn. 'llressie Martin. Tlifcsiis: Tlic VX'm'lcl State. A quiet littlc Miss, Expects to be a school Illflilllll. XVill show l'lymm1itl1 pcoplt next year. 1 THE SENIOR AN NU.-X I . T C Louis Drake. IIN lJC21'E'l1C Carman. l Thesis: American Art. .X tialll slender lass of 18 QU Wfears a winning smile which will is inipossilxle to rc! r-lat. lieslisiz Reicriprncial Tmclle. 'llliie balby Louis illOC.211yl wiawt to graclualte. lvl'CfCI'S to 'Come lmek tio 'sieliowl Where lie en-n see ls Sweet smile every rluy. Ymiiiggesl' miemlbcr of Flie class. Elvis Freese. lieisis: Class Propliecy. lass: 'Cll-21'lTlCI'lJ'OX. Always nearly to ask questions and as quick to answer itihem. Wriities poetry. Expects to teach. Aitlteuiclerl school four- lteen years wiitliout missing Z1 clay. THE SENTOR ANNUAL 31 -ef, Nlilfrlrccl Drake. 'llliiesiisz Rlcmilan Tmittci' Wrilt- ing. Xllorrls caimoit express lmlxv 'calfm aml unrmcflccl shc is. Her lmkmlcs me thc grcatust juy of hlcr life. ls a fine scam- sltrcss. lYill iimlmvhtcclly tzukc up this worll. 'llhomas Uwe. 'llhcsisz Ronaissanlcc .-Xrt. Uiifsurimasscfl for wit an-fl hu- mor. L'o'Vc's his lCil'CillCl' aml the V. H. S. His xvoirk as a Cartomiist fm' thc sc'houl CCI'- 'tainly caniiol flm 2l1J'lJl CCilZ1lC3fl wtwo highly. Aida Syncler. Thesiis: The Value of Mathu- m'aJt'ics. A A itiny Misis.', as hi'0a'cl. as sho is long. Niovci' afrailcl to op- pose any measure in class meetling, whficfh docs noir mceft with him' alpiproval. llll STNHOR ANNUAL Ruitlh Lolgyau. Thesis: The Charm of Non- SCITSC. ' CAN are equlzil when in slcepj She has a laewitcliiulg ehzlriu- iug manner. ls of Z1 very cle- telrminelcl temperuuieiit. ls as good as :my one xvlheu asleep. Cfleuu Logan. Thesis: Ellg'lllCCl'lll'Q'. Skill of the Romau'5. A large. mainly figure. Al- ways maulages to survive evie-ry znttlaiek uizicle to eufl his exiisiteuee mi this earth. His gieultle U5 volioe echoes tlirougli lthe lialls, axviakeuiug simie sleepy lfreshmziu. IA.11O'1 C Viuall. 'llhesisz The P:1s's.io.u Play and its Effects. 'I'm here, because I'm here, she has olfteful 'been healrd to say. Of eourse wie alll know tlhrut she wloulcl prefer tor he, 'WV.ay Down ou the Farm. Leuore is trall, 't'hiiu and hzrs a very good voice. lt isn't haril to guess what her future will he. THE SENIOR ANNUAL 353 Harry .-Xlcxander. ' 'l'hcsis: The Hislnry of the Tclcplionc. 'l'l1z1t Hnc 'lxuskcl 2'l'uau-st 'tnrtnrc of thv hn- nmn rrucc. Frances llnnlap. 'l'hcsis: Tho Effect -if thi- .Xgc upon lilizzxbcthan Litcrutnrc. l'ois'silhly 'thc inuslt quiet girl in thc class. Has clark hair and cycs. NCVCl'ilJCll'1lj'S her lvcl- ings. hall player. Spunfls his linu- in working UU physics proli- lcms anal writing notcs lim!-. Thinks thim-t wnrk is thc' 34 THE SENIOR ANNUAL EDUCATION AND PUBLIC SENTIMENT. . Miles Price. '09. The greatest power the world 'has ever 'known is thalt of pub- lic sentiment. Against it armies are powverlless, tyrants are as wax. Ilt is the lpowezr that enacts, enforces, creates, destroys, builds and tears down em-pines, it is the esfsent-ial condition to ev-ery lasting reform. All the great probllems that have arisen since the world began have been solved 'by an awakened pufblic sentiment, and the great problems 'conifronting the United States today must be solved 'by it. No temporary organization no miatter how good or lstronrg its purrpoise, if unsulpportied by public sentiment, can or will produce an-y lasting effect. No frenzied effort on the pairt of the few can ever right tihe wrongs o-f the many. Reform must be brought about, not through political parties, but tihmough. an awak- ened 'puiblifc senftiiment. Li-berty lhas allways come about through pufblic sentiment. It has iemancipated slave, elevated Women, and overthrown despots. It wrote every iclaurse in our great Constitutilon-, inspired every sentiimenit in the Declaration of Inldepenlclentce. But pulblic sentiment may be as great a power for evil as for good, uanfd the greatiest crimes in the annals of time may be traced to it. Wihille it 'was pu'bli1c sentiment tlhat made tlhie name of Lin- fcoln revered thiroughouit our great l'an'd, it was also publlic senti- ment that martyned the lowly John Brown. While. it was pufblic sentiment thlat struck the shackles from millions of Ibllaick slaves, it is also putblic sentiment tlhat ipe-rmits the lllfllftal lynlc'hing of in- nocent -negroes in the South, faq disgrace to the ewhole niat'ion.j lt has not been unjust laws -or mericfiless tyrants that have mad-e mar- tyns of the worlid's greatest reformers, it has lbeen: frenzied public sentifmenit. That it was which cruiciiiecl event the lowly Nazarene. The question is, then, lhlow to raise this senttifment ito a 'positive power 'for good. Before this can be done, there are many great influences to ovierciome. In tlhe last few years millions of aliens have :been -pouring into our lamd. Having no knowledge of our government, knowing n0t'h- infg of our country, becoming the pfrey of uniscrup-ulious ment, they are a most dangerous menace to our nation. Victor Hugo S-alid that an invasion of armies could be resisted, and invasion of ideas nev- er. With as mucfh truthl can it lbe salfd that an invasion- of ignorant aliens cannot lbe long withstood unless steps are Ualcen to implant progressive iide-as in tiheir mlinds. Another evil that must be overcome is the rule of the po-litical boss. Politics today are not in the hands of thie -people, but of a few party leaiders, iwho have all the power, and use it, n-ot for the good of the people, ibut for their own arggranldizement. This is a. conldition that is so un-American and LlI1i-lDC'I'1'l'0lCI'3.li,l'C as to threaten the v-e-ry foundations of our government. And t'his is a state of a'f- fairs tnhfat cannot be bettered by any intelligent fpulblic infdigna- 'bion or neform. It can only be 'betterefcl 'by an intelligent public sen- timent., prevalding alike the liigilr amd the low, thle classes anfd the 'IlI-IE SENIOR ANNUAL 35 maisases. , The only way to create intelligent puvblilc sentifmenrt is to cre- ate intelligent peo-ple, and the onlly way to -create intelligent peo- ple is to have uniiversral' education tjh-rou'ghlout the wlhoile land. In the countries from which our alien citizens came, there was no need of universal education. It requires no 'knowledge of gov- ernment to Eli-ve in a land where all is controllileld 'by the few, and the only duty of the citizen is to pay taxelsl. But in a land like ours, where all are politically equal, the ignorant 'man larnied :with the ballot is a menace 'to this own liberties as well- as ours. Con- trolled by corrupt political bosses, he may tear down, rather than build up, destroy rather than create. There is only one means of transformi-ng this great power into a positive influence for good. It is impossible to cufntail the suffrage and keep to th-e spirit of democracy. lt is unwise to allorw a man to vote w'h'o cannot even iwrite his own name. It is idle to d-erpend uipon the eidiioaitironal pow- er ofthe ballot. Universal education, must prevail, or We must sulb- mit to tlhe inlis-inanrageineiit of political 'bosses and the rule of dema- gogues. A fcoinrnion 'school education for every one is an essential of American citizenship. Common sense dema-nfds, it, th-e perpetuiity of our free institutions demands it. 'Ilhomas jefferson caused to 'be en- graved on 'hlis nionunrenlt tlhe elpitafph : Author of the Deolaration of lndelpendence and Founder of the University of Virginia. It was a worthy ass-ociatlion of ideas, for in order for a people to have lib- erty fthey must rwill it, and in order to will it, they must know it. Without the education to L1ff'l'Cl'CI'SlI8.11Cl the problems of the -day, to comprehend the meussalges of the press and puilpilt, the people are unflit to rule, a'nvd our free instittutlions are unsafe. Given this education, the United Staltes is secure from lthe politcal and social evils that are threaitening to undermine it. Perfect the American common school, subject al'l alike to thc same great initluence, and 'slowly but surely the nation's life 'will broaden and deepen, realizing a greatness more lofty, a grand- eur more enduring than norw seemasi possible. To those who have consecrafted t'he best that is in them to marking our school what they are, the nation owes a deep debt of gratitude. In the .name of the 'Class of 1909, vwthvich I am proud 'tio represent, I wish to thanlk al-l 'th-e teach-ers anmd officers of the l,'lylHUl'ltl1 High School 'for the .inlestimable benefits we have de- rived from th-eir interest in us. VVe reallize nolw, as never before, vdhrat we owe them, Knot so much 'for the mere learning that comes. from -books, as for the principles orf rigihtt-thinking, right-acting and patriotisrni that they have instilled into us. VV e have been infcline-d to limit too much the isrphere of true patriotisim. Not only on the field of battle is mianifested true love of country. Frolm the first day of 'schlool we have been taught love of country by our teachers, and, as it has been said that the true test of civilizaitioni is not 'the crops nor the c+ensu's, but the kind of men 'thc cournutry turns out, to my mind 'he is the greagteslt pa- 36 THJE SENIOR ANNUAL 1, ' 1 triot and benefactlor who is engaged in making pa,ftrio't's and in imf proving our cfivilization. 'Dime .alone can tell if we will showw our gratitude to our in- structors by ibeing all that they would hfave us ibe, but I am nsiure that my class echoes me in saying that we will try to show our- selves worthy of your efforts in our behiaJl'f, and in hforpling thalt your memories of us may be 'as pleasant as ours allways sihall be of you. Fellowv Classmates: Our High School days are enlded, it is tlme to say ffarewell. We stand tonight upon the thiresholid of a new life. VV-e are aboult to enter the rougher school of life, that oi experience. Our .aidvanitaiges are albove the average, and in. this new life we muist repnesent to some extent etlucated pulblic sentiment. Let us, therefore, 'try to 'show ourselves worthy of these advain- tages. Our country needs men ansd women of education, patriot- ism an-d virtue to counteract th-e effect of shallow leaurnin. and pol,i'ti'ca1 miisconlception in the masses, and to sitamlp out the rule ol corrupt and idegraided politi-call bosses. Let us think for ourselves, and not permit others to thinik for us. Every great reform has -had its conc.ept.ion in thinking minds. Thoughit rules the iworld. Let us-contribute the 'best that is in us to this t'hou'gh't and stand for the interest olf God and humalnity. A life of highest endeavor alone can- re-pay what we owe to our schofol, our home, and our country. May the heart of every member of the Class of 1909 ever beat 'to the rhythim of true pa- triotism, aind throb with the joy of true service. AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF THE P. H. S. MOUSE. I wats born 'iin tlhle year-, welll, never mind, I am so old that iit really dosen't matter, in the great bulilding known by the name of Wa4s!h!iinigton Sch-0-ol. I have had manly hard 'times in my life an-d I find it much 'hiarder to aivolid dangerous situations than it is to get into fthem. I live in one room most of the tlime, althouight I visit other rooms once in -a while. I 'stay in thils room because no one ever mos lests me there. The kinid lfilttlie teacher, Miss M ---- , beams upon me when I come out to get some fresh alir, but she never does any- thiing 'to mie. However, the pupils that come in to recite alwfays have lSOI'I1'C't'hllI11g'ltO- say. It is allways, A mouse, a mouse, and thevre are some Ons anld Ah's from the girls. I often come out during recitations .anfd try to understand what is going on. Some one fis conltinuually geittiing Bred. I believe I know that phrase as well as anyone, 'for I have hleand it so many times. The largest class in itrhiis room is the American History Class. This and the Civ- ics class are very importannt cllasseis, for 'theire are so many Seniors .in them, and they are it, you know. You can always distinfgu-ish TI-IHE SENIOR ANNUAL 37 seniors from any of the rest of the pupils, because they are so dig- nfifiied. I once went liwnto what known as the Latin and German room, but I never went bank again, for I could not understand one word. Iidon't know what was the matter winth those pupils: it was a perfect BaJbYel.In fact they could not understand each other, so I went ouit again ini disgust. Onle evenling aftevr school l heard a terrible racket in Mr. W-'s room. Wonidlerimg what could be the matter, I slipped 'through my secret passage anud pushed out through a crack. Hor- rors, I will never forget the fslcene that met my eyes. I was paraly- zed with fear and my heart stood still. All the pupil-s were scream- ing anld yiellling, the 'girls were jumping this way and that and the teacher was running around with a stick in 'his hia-nd, and m front of that stick was my hrother. I saiw that th-ere was no hope fo' him. I-Ie ran un-der the desk, amd -that was the worst 'thing he could have done. After him came that stick, and I had to stand there and see the llife piufnfchied out of him. After it was all over I crept b-ack home and could :not sleep for days, I felt so hail. I finally buiried my grief, and got up courage enough to visit the Assembly room, and what do you suppose they were dt-ing? A laldy was 'standing on the platform and frantically waving some kind of a stick. 'Ilh-is had a strange effect upon the pupils. for they all onenied 'their mouths very wide and said that they were creep- ing, butt I 'don't believe that was what was 'the matter with them. About a week ago I weint down to the chemistry room on :i :our of insfpeotiion. I was enjoying'mv'sielf when I heard the tea-elim and the pup-ills coming. I was afraid for ia wihile thait mv end was an hand, but I final-lv manlaged to hri-de behinld some chemical appara- tus on the shelf. Here I stayed for a little while. but as they seem- ed to be enigageid in a re-citatiionn, I came out and began to inves- tigate. But woe be unto me, I ran into one of fthe glass tubes on the shelf fanid, of course, made a noise. They spied me. and I thougihit it about time 'to make myself scarce. I rain in under those glass tubes. for I saw the 'teacher coming. He looked for me, but some 'how he failed' to see nie. for 'I wa-sw securely hfidfden. He said that he thought he 'had me squeezed. but 'there's where he was wrong. I real-l'y tbelieve he was afraid, for he d.iVdn t hurt me in the least. ' ' IE'-I ffl VVell, I aim getting tired and hungry 'so I will go and find some dinner. I havein't rtold you half of my experiences. but perhaps I will finish them some other time. Tfhe P. H. S. Mouse. THE SENIGR ANNUAL ,- 4 C1 CU E 2 L2 E U E '53 5'C No. 6.0 E41 :E if O La 2 5,5 U-C .-EP' 3.- cn? QO- 'U 5 .Ls U2 U 5 '-Ea 02 Ze EJ: El-' CU I U 35 5-1 Q C1 'S '-5 5-1 U 51 RU -C I-' L- U ,-'L' is THE SENIOR ANNUAL 39 HISTORY OF THE HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETICS. Claude' Switzer. The measure of an individual as a factaor in the w-orld's devel- otplmentt is governed 'by the 'balance maitntainted between the m-en- tal, morall and physical natures. Each contributes to make man mraster off his environment. It is now a recognized fact that physi- cal exercise shtoulfd have a place in the high school curricullem, agnd that comtpetitive games, under the head of atlifeleticsw, should claim their share of alttentiont. Atthleti-cs, under proper supervision, -give a kind of training, which places an intdividuatl in control of him- self L1!1'd'C'I' tryinlg circumsitances anld thus in a better position to face 'the battl-est orf t'his world. Since 1903, High :school athletics have heen under school su- pervision. Int the fatll of 1903. the High School Athletic Associa- tion was orgalnized ah-cl shortly aftertwards the high school hecam-Q a member of the Northern Indiana High Sehlool Athletic Asso- ciation. In 1904 the State High School Athletic Association was organizeld 'and the fotllowinfg spring, Plytmouth 'became a member of this asstociattion, this membership still being held. The rules under which higthl school' atihl-etics are fastened are very strict. Among the many rules the follofwiintg is a ch'aracterist,ic one: lFlac'h contestant must have and be maintaining a passing grade in eac'h of three studies, requ1irifn'g a iminimtum of fifteen high school trecitations per week, exclusive of rhetoricals, physical culture, military clritlls, anld deportment. The passing gnade is 75 per cenet. ' High Schools recognize five 'branches of a'th'letics, naemely: foot-ball, has-ket-hall, tennis antd track. From 1903 to 1905, foot-ball an-d 135386-l73illl were tlbe chief athletic sports of Plymouth 'High Schooll,'but1w'hen, in the fall otf 1905, foot-hall was placed under a ban by 'tlhe school authorities agnld citizens, tlenvnis and basket-ball at once sprang ufp, and today. although tennis has heen stoppetd. 'basket-'blalltl is one off the leading games of the school. Tnack arnd field work has T1'6V'E'I'llJ66I1 a very decided success, only one real at- tempt along thirs line havlinlg 'been malde. Foot-halil flourislhed from 1903 until 1905, when it was dropped owing to objections 'by the school authorities and citizens. In 1906 an- attemlptt Was matde to 01 lgl2lI'l'iZ'C' a 't-eatin, but -affter playing one game, the team d'istbatnIdte'd. The students have every reason for being proud ofthe foot-ball records, for thev show that our te-ams were the equtals of tealms from 'large schools having better equip- ment anfd traininfhig 'flac-ilities. Basket-'ball which was talklen unp 'by the schofol in the fall of 1905, did not attract ainy p-articullar att-enttion un'til tlhe falll of the fpillowing year. when the first real high school team was 'organiz- e'd. This te'a'rn, lb'y winning a maiority of its games, nratde basket- ball a permianrent feat-ure of athlletics, awnfd since then the popularity of the game hlas afdvancecl very rapildly. Although the teams of the past two years have w-on barely one-Ihalf olf their gam-es. they havte wont the respect and support of its school 'by their efforts to 40 THIE SENIOR ANNUAL win under adverse circumstainces. VVith the exception of three or four inter-class meets, nothing has 'been done atlong the line o-f track and Held w-ork, until the spring of 1906, when a county track and held meet, in which Ply- mouth, Culver, Bremen, Bourbon and Inwood entered, was held at Bourbon. Plymouth took second pllacfe in this meet, losiinfg first place to Bourbon by one-hallf a point. In 1907, a four main tealm consisting of Loyd Bowell, John Eckert. Lester Zumvbarugh and Russel Klingermain was sent to the Northern Indiana Tinack anld Field meet at South Bend. Boswell winning thiind place lin the high hundles and Eckert third place in the shot piut and second in tlhe discus tilrrolw. In 1908 Eckert anfd Arthur Palmer represented us in the m-eet at Hammond, Eckert again winning points in the 'weight events. The I-Iigh Scthooll Tennis Associa.tio'n was organized in the fall of 1905 anid 'For a shorttiiin-e considerable interest in the game was shown. A court was laid out on the school campus and atl- thouigh no competitive games were played, the nieimbers of the association derive'd a great deal of pleasure from the galme. By the spring of 1907, the game had enti1'e'ly died out and at the present time the court has been turned into a play grou-nd. ,Most of the High School Athletic effort has been given to basfe-balfl and it is here we timid our real strength. The baseball rec- ords of 190-1 and 1905 sho-w an almost unbroken series of victories: games vithich were won by hard work and steady determination. In 1906, with a team composed almos-t wholly of inexperienced in-en. we succeeded in wlinning just one-half of the games played. The ioflllowing year found Plymout'h in the leald in the tight for the champ'ionshvip of nortlhern Indliana. Wliile tihere have been players in the High School which were equal and even superior to 'some members of this team, as far as inidivildual playing is concerned, yet no team ever represented the school in wlhiclh tlhlere was a better spirit and in which there was 'better team work. Too much credit cannot be given, to the coach and captain o-I 1907 for their efforts. Since 1907, t'he base-'ball teams have not fared so well, last year's failure being fdue to the personal feeling and lenvy which existed between tlhe memibers of tlhe team and this year because of lack of experience and weak battinwg, yet -with the idefeats of the past two years Plymouth High School has a recond 'far above that of the average High School. Base Ball Records. - - In the year 1901, Games VVO11 6, Games Lost 2, Percentazge 750 In the year 1905 Games NVon 7, Games Lost 1, Percentage 875 In the yeair 1906 Games VVon 2, Games Lost 1, Percentage 875 In the year 1907 Games VVon 8, Games Lost 1, Percentage 888 In the year 1908, Games Won 1, Games Lost 6, Percentage Total, Games VVon 24, Total Games Lost 12, Totall Percentage 667 667 THE SENIOR ANNUAL 41 3unior Department THE HIGH SCHOOL ORCHESTRA. When the news got out that the school intendeld to hold an oratorical contest 0-n We'bster Ave., ten 'bralve young people volun- teered to furnish the miusic. After much hemmling and hawing on the part of 'the faculty they 'were accepted. They practiced lo-ng an'd hmard, trying to whip themlselives -into shape. Finally the great niight arrived and they wallceid malnfully onto the pllatlform and took their seajts 'like martyrs. 'There was mmufch- trouble in camp albout the pitch olf the pianlog fbut Mliss M'cGuire came to the rescue and sav- ed the day. When it -came time: to st-art the ball nollliinlg, the piano started out 'with a lead 'of about two yards, then tihe is-axaphone started on its journey towards heaven, one by one t-he rest chime-d in as their operators woke up and got over their stage fright. Then there was music lin' the air, but it did not stay long, because the leaider was try-inng to win 'the praise for the sloawest man. While these ten young people were w.a'stin,g their best wind anid musel-e trying to wrest music from Uh-eir fmachines of torture, the auidience had to sit stlill anld itiake it. They mustered up courage enough to applaud, 'but soon regretteld it, for the 'orchestra mistoolk it for an enicor-e and fstarted on the second spasm, bu't they got wlise, finally, and cut it off before anybody fainted. 'The audience nested up a little while, the other numbers were run off, 'but the onc'h'es'tra was booked 'for another session which was run. off a little better, even though tlhe leader was two or three shakes behrind the r-est, the hopes to- get 'thiroulgh before com- lHC'I'1'C61'1'lC1'1lt.Di l T It seemed as if tlhere would be war in camp, 'because the piano made more noise than the drumg bult this was 'averted by rerferring to the Pearce 'Congress at the Hague. Strange to relate, none of the muisie-mlaking machines were damlaged 'beyonld repair. 'Making music seems to be harder than pulling teeth, but the musicians were strong and could stanid thi: strain. After the second number everybody healvekl a sigh. because the final numlber was to be played whileith'e visitors tiled out, this would kill mloslt of the mlusilc and the rest of it 'cou-ld not make t'l1e teetrh come loose, whui-ch was hard on the idenltist. A'fter it was alll over the orchestra was forgiven, because, while it did not make nvusiic, 'stlill it -did the best it could which is all any- one eani do. THE SENIOR ANNUAL WM? ,jf ' CIHS6 Of '10 UID 69 JO 1. O THE SENIOR ANNUNI 44 tina A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W x Y Z THE SENIOR ANNUAL JUNIOR A B c's. Cyril Fore-man '10, stands for Adams, our little country girl. sftandls for Burkett, our society whirl. is for Copp, wtho never 'has smiled. stands for Davis, who works all the while. tis ,for efficiency, which we strive to achieve. stands for Firestone, and Foltz, not easily teased. Lis for Gibson, who comes from the farm. .stan-dis fo-r Hess, who would do no one harm. is for finfvisi'ble, our wolrkls out of sight. suta.n'dls for the Jolhnssons, who are always so quiiet. is rfor Auhn, 'she in mus-ic can excel. srtan-dis 'for the Lauers, and Leonarfd, who cuts such is for iv1c1Crory, Mochel. and Myers. stands 'for Nalda, who sometimes tires. tis for ouch 'nhlinfk of Bofbby our sport. slt-ands for Parks, who is fond of an escort. tits for quick, like Marks and jones statnids fo-r Riglhtieousness, with Love, -well known. is 'for Shaffer, a south sidfe lass. 'is four the Tlhayers, he'avyw'eig'h'ts of our class. is fo-r Ulrich, who tries hard to learn. is for vlicftory, which Lemler should eatin. stands for Walker, a jolly goo-d lad. 'is to x-cell, 'tihlatt'-s one out our falds. sltlands for yell, P. H. S. '10, 'is for Zumlblaugh, who thats many a frienfd and -. Mabel Coplp pronounced Fvance finance, ibut the fiance had no nctes and so slhe Thad to -blush. . a swell Here s to our wives and sweethearts, may they never meet. il Eggs, Egvgs, just plalin eggs. Called out more real detectives than W.illie Whitla ever dreanmecl of doing. .i Kate Foltz norwl goes hy the name of Sunny jim, and has ever since Mr. Thompson came to us from Lake Forest. 1 . THIE SENIOR ANNUAL JUST IMAGINE. Nada Livinglroufse. just Imagine- Wralter Thayer without his pipe. Irene Kulhn without Don. Ethel Zurmbaugh with light haiir. Robert Long not getting tired. Kate Foltz not giggling. Edna johnson wfalking erect. 'Marie Leonarld staying at home every night. Ferrel Shaffer laughing at MTS. Jennie Parks 'with straight hair. Hazel Love full of fun. Paul Thayer w'it'hou't an aqppeitite. Erwin Mach-el getting a love letter. Thonipson Meyers 'short and fat. Mable -Copp in a low necked dress. Alonzo VVfalker as Miss Morrissey's pet. Emmons fM'cCrory 'a's a minister. Flossie Low-er witfhout a 'beau. Hannah Davis playing the piano. Mark Lauer sfinging a base solo. Mercie -Tones not wriiting notes. Albertus 'Lauer with a frown. Cyrel Foreman in greasy overalls. Erma Lemler with a stub'by nose. Fern Gibson without a horse. Ceicilfe Burkett in short dresses. Hazel Adams with a high collar. Edwin Johnson' 'smoking a -cigarette. Erma Ulrich beinlg in school every day. Frances Marks not -being inquisitive. Lfelea Hess weighing 150 pounds. Nada Livinvghouse as an old maid. The shlirt waist club of the P. H S. held ttheir first meeting May 6th This promised to 'be one of the most prominent clubs in school and has a steadily increas-ing' membershilp. -...,...-...- Kate a.nd Bob so far forgot themselves one day. as to hold hlanfds in the dark: but Mr. Thornlpson Called the schools atten- tion to the fact and now he wonders whose turn it is 'to set 'em up. Miss Morrissey told Mairc Lauer that he was too briefg he did not know wlhether to 'talk longer or 'try to grow lonigier. 46 THE SENIOR AWNNUAL HERE'S T0 THE SENIORS. E th el Zufmfb'augh '10. Heres to the dfays thlat 'hatve fled, Let's fdnink to the joys that are- idead, And to the healt'h of 'the Senior class. VVe have grown 'to iknoiw you well through t'he long years- of school and can now slay in all truth, W'itih al-l thy faults We love thee still. Though you possess few of tlhe flatlter we wish your hon- ored president might realize more fully that sunshine and bare- healdedness is a sure prevenftiive of beil'dn'es's, fofh -we sad erring juniors, how mean do we feel.j Oni the strength off this our friend- ship may be add a suggestiion. Here's a in-otlto just your tit, h Laugh a Little Bit. Little ills wrill sure beltilde you, Fortune many not sit besi'de you, Men may knock and fame deride you, But you'll mind them not a Whit, If you lajugh a iilttle bit. . N And now we must slay good-bye and with congratulat-ions for tihe Sophomore class who will succeed us, and best wishes for the Seniors whose places we take, and a hope that the frail craft of life that you efach putt out to- s-ea, will not sink, but' reach the golden sh-ores of accoinplisheid purp-oseg we the junior class 'of '09 with the following words, make our parting bow, realizing full well that life is: A little journey througih shalde 'anld sun A little rest where quiet waters run, A little 'parleyiing with friend and foe. A little oasis where 'blossoms grow- A little darkness ere the light is Won, And so, good'-bye friends, our course is run. A SENIOR CASTROPHE. Sometime back a couple of the Senior boys lost their not :so very 'beautifull but much adored tc-alps. Tthle anger of the Honerablle Prfesildent was almost beyond control, not because of the value of his lost caip, ibut fbecause of the moist exquisite decorations which were 'placed uiponi it by the skilled hands of one of his classimiates. who 'is generally knovwn as avn expert in Art needlewonk. Dukie, Thomas and the Learned Scholar of the class ha-d the same experience, lbvut by this time i't wlas found out that fits of passion and heart sickness over th-e losses were of no avail. Now there came upon. the scene the detective 'force of 'the Class of '09, who in this ciase hraippened to b-e one interested fparty amfd one who wafs not in'Ueres'tod to any greiait degree, namely, R'ut'h anld Meilita, but as they were bothered considerably wiith that tired feeling they resigned. TI-FE SENIGR ANNUAL 47 EGGS, JUST EGGS.-A JUNIOR. Olne mominrg lllast fall, at certrain girl, who had just arrived in the Assembly hall, pul'leid th-er books out of her desk with a splash, or 'to Ibe more exact, there was a slplas-h when she did the aforesaid studious act. It seemed that a hlen hard visited 'hier desk during the night. At least it wlas aun egg that caused the splash. This started the excitement, and no one else thought to look into -their own desk to see if the hen had visited them also. T hier janitor appear- ed uip-on the scene of auction imlmediately amd alfter much fuss anld olrelaning, and I am sorry to add, mluch laxughinrg, the school settled down to Work. The presiding officer now called uwponr the po-lic-e to find the hen or hens which had committed tfhlis terrible atrocity. The said po-lice immediately started out to perfo-nm this taslk. They ques- tioned every iposxsible an-d imquossilble -suspect, 'thley follow-ed u.p every possible and impossible clew, they used every toofl of the trade, from llJlO'0lfl'l'lO'L1I'lClS to dark lanterns, all to no mvail. To C'0IT1'p'll'C8tC maftters, the aforesaid hen or hens visited the school again the following night. The 'police were reinforced an'd pllaeed under more strict -orders and clisfcifpline. They traced and re- tracecl every possible iclew that showed uip, hut 'to no alvail. The affair tried the nerves of the teachers so much thfat they would nreclianrica-lly start for the broom anid dust p-an at -every little sound. This famoufs case deigenerated into the game caillerd Eggs, eiggise, who put the eggs in Miller's desk. The susrpense was rbecominig intolerablle, when two little lads finally 'fessed up, to the great joy of everyone. Since that time the affair h-as fallenr into the lbarck-grou-nld owf our school life, on-ly to make room for some -new pranks of mischievious Juniors. Pat Gust landedj- Faith, Mike, 'who's the grand man yon- der? Mike, Can old settlerj- Pat, Pat, be careful, h'e's the presi- dent. -Pait fawestruckj- You don't say. Hes that dignified, he might be a king. -AMike ftaking off his hath- More than that,, he's the president of the Seniior 'class of the school here. Miss Morrissey.-VValter, you mary give this topic. Walter.- I can't give it, lbut I can give at it. Miss Morrissey.- All right, give at it then. U -18 THWE SENIOR ANNUAL ADAM AND EVE. Many people wonder 'what Ad'a'm difd iwhieini he 'wlas on this earth ovf ours. It 'is a safe guess that he 'di-d not sp-envd his afternoons hu11t'ingg'for knot holes in the mfen-ce of a National League Ball park. lin' a+l'l lprciblalblilltilty the did not have to telll Eve -that the Wlats detained at his office till lonfg after twelveg fbecausfe he had no offilce, and 'Iwesides that, Eve was the only girl fir him, 'literally s'pea'ki-nig. l,Iill'l'C'IT thvene were nio clluibs lf0l claim his time anld 31t't:C'1'1tlllOi1'l after dark and keep his wife up alll night with a' patil of water to sober hsim ufp with. VVofu'ldinf't 'tfhle girls like to have beiaux like Adam? He 'didnit slmlolce noir chew. he camie in early and never ran 'after any oith-er girl. VVhat a Yfavorite hte w'oul'd' 'be if he woulld alpipean' on earthv todlay. Still, there is -a good deal that ican the said for Eve. VVe dont want tio 'make her 'fair followers jealzoiuts. Shae didinft priimtp for an hour anid tlhen 'be too late to catch. the laslt oar' For the opera, there- by makin-g Adam fwaste valliualble hreath on useless words. It is not to 'be sufp-posed' that she sltayieid at home all diay an.d cooked the Food for 'her llond, because whenever 'they 'wanted anything to feed on 'all they had to db was to climb a tree and pull off a, few, lbanan- as or O'I'3.'1'1lg76'S and 'thfen eat thelm. A-dam never had to 'look fbehinld him to see i'f a forty 'horse- power joy 'car was tcofming on his tra,il. He dliid'nf't have to get up at 5:30 't'o catjeh the 7:05 traiin for the city. I'f h-e 'wanted to. he could s'lee.p ti'll Eve -woke him up iwith a- rolling pin. He hfad no work 'Co 'dog h-e diifd nlort have tio feed the cows or mow' the lawn. 'VV'hat joy and 'hliss for Pt man: of today this anfcient igentlfeman's life seelms: 'bint it has its dfraiwllwacks t-oo. Wlliaft wbuild a young main dlo if he had no one to look at ercce-pit his ofwn sweetheart, and no place to hang his hat except his own home? U U QCP THE SENIOR ANNUAL 49 S pbomore Department WHAT A PUBLIC LIBRARY WOULD MEAN 'Mamie Kelty 'l1. lNhat is that large 'buillding on the corner of Garro and Center streets? After stan.ding outsildie admiring it, we beicoline e.u'boiilen- ed -by the sigh't of people as-eending its stone steps and disappear- ing within the' wide doors. NVe, too, hasten to enter and immedi- ately -find ourselves in a hailfl. There is an open stairway to the right, and straight alheatd of us, a short distance, is a wide door. Upon' our -hesitatinlg, a sfmall girl tells us to 'come in. We go, and are met at the door lby a p1leais:an't-faicetl woman with a Can, I help you? air albout ther. Wie flook aibout ns, and what we see tells us at once that it is a putblic library. There are tablles wlhifch are stacked witih the latest and lbest perioldicals, anfd newslpapens., both week- ly aln-d rdailiy. Here you find all classes of people,-do-ctorsg musi- cians, miniistens, farmers, ina't-urall scientists, lawyers, editors, anld artists. As lwe pass on to the next rooun we sexe that fthis is filled with book racks. In, on-e eornier the chi-eff librarian sits. The books 'have nont the eusfbomatry brown covers, but are in their 11i?l'fl1I 21i lbvind- ings wlhieh are plea-sling to the eye. Our gu'iid'e tells us that 'the next room is the clh'il'dnem's room. Here, once a week, the litftle tofts are entertalined for an hour with stories and iinusiitc. After this hour, the ol-der children are intcrestetd in 'th-e story of a certain -book anld thfen it is loaned to thelm. Soon we are 'inivited to go upstairs and here we finrd ourselves in a large auditorium. We Wonder what this is for, 'but our guide asnswters our unspoken question by tell- inig us that lectures, cluubs, and musilcaxl 'CI1ltCI El2'1.lI1l'IAlEZl'I't'S are 'held here. In one -corner upstairs 'is a qufiet room furnished eomfolrtatbly. Here the country p-eolple, as 'well as those of 'the city talke com- fort wthile they are waiting. On our way home. we ask ourselves this question, W'hiat ,aidvagntage is this estalbrlfislimenlt to 'the Com- mum-ity F Instantly comes vmany ansslwers. 'Emerson says most of ns 'drifft along until we run across some 50 THE SENIOR ANNUAL good book which iwaikfes urs up anld gives 'the benft to our lives. We all waste time, anld -mental energy, because such books. as we wo-ulfd read afre not at lhanrd, but with a library Iwe' could get so-methinig wonth reiading. The minfd, and 'tastes of an perssoln- 'depend almost enltirely on 'thfe Fbooks he reads, 'henlce the importance of ,good books. If a taste for good lliterature is developed iini ia chilld when he is younzg, it wlilil stay with 'hiim alll 'hlis life. Most olf the literature in a common 'home is considered as flight literalture, anld if a- person wants to read or lsitudy somfethlinfg worth his 'tilme an-d energy, he has no 'place to get ilt. The study of good books alvwakesns us all to an idea of 'what each may lbC1CO'l'H'C, what a- icomimwufnity may become, and what our -duities to -each. other are. Consider for a minute a few other public buildings. Tafke, the jalil, for exampfle, no one ever ,goes 'there with any pri-de. The hos- pital, onily a few 'ever 'have any ulsfe nfor lit. Thle piulblic slchoofl libra- ry, whlich 'is open about six hours a lday, twwo-hundred s-eventy days a year while ai public library would 'be open about ten hours a day, three hunidired sixty-'liver 'days a year. In the valcation when young people have the mosvt time to rleaid there 'is no place to get books. Many a younig man or woinizasn might be inspired to live more no- ble l'i'ves, 'by the readin-g of the righlt b-oolk a't the right tilme. Swmialll town-s need a library more than cities, which are in the main stream oif thought. The newest and the lbeslt reach the cities first anld lane published in. the best miaigazines. Many cannot afford to buy thiese anld thus lose the good trhouglirts of our grealtesit men. Amlbiiti-ous young folk desiring the best advantages go to the clity, whvile iif we had the miatleriial 'they fnieed, here, we could keep rtheni home. A library would draw good people he-re, who- want the ad- vantages for their children. Years ago there iwlas a gneat municipal reform in S't. Louis. Doctor Shaw had books on city governfmienit, put in the li'braries anld invited thle people to read them. Huinldreds of young meini r-earl them, fivdeals were exchanged, and ftlhus by the rleaiding of the right book, .people founld vxhere they were and were alble to remedy their mistakes. 'Many people say that it costs so much to suapport such an es- talbllishmenit. In an averalge home, from three- to fouir books alre bought in a year, and thins money would pay their part of the su-p- port, an-d each family would have access to marngy more than ,in their olwn 'hom-e. ' While the descriptioin of the 'building is, as yet that of an air castle, we hope that in a few years it will be at substantial build- ing. Here's to its isfuccess. .1- A JOLLY SCRAPE. Hazel Sanlds '11 The curtain 'had just gone up to dizslcllose to a 'delighted au- diienoe of proiuidi parents anld relatives, the first scienve of the popu- laer High School play, A jolly Scrape, now beinfg given- by the THE SENIOR ANNUAL 51 Sophomore clliass of Kliftiord High School. 'Ilhe boy acting as both prompter and stage-malnager -salt tin his cramped position in the rear of the sc-enesig on the 'stage the main a-ctor, in -the chiaracter off a col- lege man, was just beginniinlg 'his exloitinig dialogue 'witlh his pro- fessor-'wlh-en, 'back in 'th-e 'dimly liglhted dressing room, one of the Chreie girls waiting there for cues exclaimed: VV'hy, Pauline Blalajnger, what on earth are you taking your costume oif for? Put it back on-quick! you have to go on in the seconid act-hurry!! Hush up now,-I told you once that I 'wioul'dn't play sweet- heart opposiite Tfhomas Clark, and I meant it! 'llhavts what l'm tak- ing it wolf for l Well, Pauline Balainigier-if I wouldn't he iaaslliameadl The idea, spoiling the whole play lbeiclause your pet, Frank Arnold, has brok- en hiis arm at the lalsit miinuite anfd canlt play, and Toxin Clark is put in hlis place. And so-juislt 'because you don't 'happen to like 'l'om- you are going Ito spoil tlhe fwfh-ole play-our Siopnoimore play! l'aul- ine, you shian't Ido it,-you .skhall not, I siaylli' and Edith xX'all-ace grasped lher 'frienid 'by the arm and shook her excitedly. Let go of me, Eclit'h Wallace! I telll you I will not play op- posite 'llhoimas Clark-so there! and, with a.n.grily rlasfhiu-g eyes., l'auliinie jerked off 'her costume 'and rain out of the door. The other t-wo giilrls looked at each otfher lin 'blank dismay. What should th-ey do-'what could they do? northing-absolute ly n-oitfliiing, except 'to tell the promter and to let hlim announce that the play must be called off. But 'hlouw terrilble-tnhe failure of t-heir class play! The play on iwhiiich they all hla-d spenit so much time and careful 'though-t. How mean it had been of Piaulinie to desert them so-she should .be sent to Coventry in the fullest sense of the word for this desertiom! In the meantime, the object o'f their tlhoughtrsa had bumped, in her mad nusih down the stairs, ninito a. tall girl who 'was just hurrying uip. It Wars Altice Granger, the stvafnuger a-t li. H. S. and the only Sophosmore left out ofthe -play. Alice had thought at iirst tlhmt -s'he could not 'beam' to iwatch the 'play in which she hafd no part, but slhe 'held ic'on'qu'ere4d tthis feeling and was: running hurried- ly up staiirs, as Paullinie cagme rushiinlg down. I O Alice, ,gaisipfeld Palulline, lim so mad! Tom Arnold broke his F rank, anld 'Clank took 'hlis arm-oh, you know-I mean- Franlk Arnold 'bro-ke 'hlis arm and Thomas Cllark took his: part in the play, an-d I jusit will not plaly opiposite 'that horrid Clark boy! Now, would you?', W'l1y, it Will sbp-0i'l t1he'Wh-ole play, w'orn't it? asked All-ice in sfuclh a queer volice that Paulinie glanced curfiously at her. Oh, yes, I suppose so. But I dont'-t care much. And I wouldn't care if I were you eitlher, I guests lid have been mad enough if they lhlaidn't asked me to 'be in it. I'm going home nowf' And off she 'went leavinig Alice tio go sllowly up sta-irs. Alice was th'in'kinig -and fthi'n1k'in.g hard. Siin-ce Pauline refused to tacit, the plaiy would lbe ruined, unless,-no, sihe could not do that. As Pauline lha-cl said, wihy islhould she care if the 'play 'fail1ed? 52 THE SENIOR ANNUAL Wfhat difference dlid it make to her? No differefnlce-but-thenl her loyal 'class spirit alrose. No. She had decided-that class iplaly should not fail if sfhe could 'help it and she slipped quietly on to the dressing room. Editlhl Wallace anld ther frien'd had decided that at all events, tfhe fplay musvt be carnied as lfar as possible without Pau-line's paint. So th-ey lcrefplt to tlhfe rear of the soen-es, on tlhe Way managing to whisper t'he story to the promlpter, and th-enl, hearing their cues, took up their partls on the sltage just as Allifc-e Granger entered the dressing room. Alice 'had 'seen several nranuiscrfiptis of the play and had a-t once recognized 'it as -one iln rwlhich shle, before attending K. H. S. had played thle very pant refused by Pauline. Now she hastily putt on Pauline's costume and, wihlispering the part over to herself, start- e'd t-o the scenes. She was just in time, for, as she reached the stage door, the d-islgusted provmpftfer had just arisen from his seat behind tlhe scenes, to announce tlhe calling off of the play. Stop, Alice whispered, an-d, before he could recover from his surprise, she 'hfald rsteprped upon the stagve juslt in time for Paulin'e's part. lW'hen Allilce Granger, knowing her cue hald come, came for- ward, lher black eyes fairly blazing and her 'chleeiks burnwirng with inltense excitement, 'her dark skin set off by tlhie bright red cos- tume and by the jalu-nty calp 'ple-rched on her lwavy black hair- When Alice advalnced llLll'1'Ll'S, it is reported lin' the annals of K. H. S. to this d-ay, that Thomas Clark the immovalble fellower of Zeno gave a disltin-ct gasp of astonishment and nelarly felll OE his seat. 'But, when Alice wiilh t'he utmost calmness alnd deliberation delivered Paulifne's part, Tom arose to the -demand-s of the occasion like a man and the slcene of th-e climax was appllfaulded again and a 3111- gi The class plaly 'had been a succelsis and Allilce Grainger had won the friewndshilp so long with-held and now so 'freely given. . AN UP TO DATE TRAGEDY. T'was in ftihe garden, Uhe moon looked down, And Zephyrs soft did blow. Silenat they sat, h-e held lher hand, 'I'm t-old tis often so. Anld then, emlboldenfeid by her sfmille, 'He whiisiperecl low in haste. If yo-ufll tell me just Where it is, ' 'My arm shlall twine your waist. Thlen, did she frown alnd calll him clown, And, I aim told, she trun-ed hfim down, And 'twas nlot ,fair for coulld he Know where her waist was, for you see. She wore an emlpire gown.-Ex. THE SENIOR ANNUAL 53 AMERICAN PROGRESS. Roscoe G. Lee '11, The progress olf the Ainierician people is one of -the most inter- esting subjects of the day. Some of the nations of Europe are far advamced, 'but none aire growing so rapidly ans the United States. In 1607 whlen the jamesftovwn Colony came to Afmerica they foun-d n-ot'h'in'g but the iwlilderncss fill-eid wiithl sa-vage Inidiians. Alflter a few years many other comlpanfies were establlis-hed, anad from that time on, the growth has 'been very rapid. Fiina-lly the strip of land east of the Appalachian Mountains was not large enough for the n-umber of people that were tihen in this counitry, so they heigan to migrate westward, As the ,popula- tion ikept in-creasing nlezw homes- were estafblished falrther and far- ther from the Atlantic coast, and in 1848 when golid was discovered in C'alf+ornia. great 'niumbers Went there in order to gain -vwealrth. Wlisile thlis ,great migration was going on the people w-ere grad- ually prognessiing. The use of stealm anid electricity had lbeen the two most valuable aids for man. Steam has aided most 'ini carrying on commerce, while the electricity is iuseld in telegrapihin-g and al- so in in-any kiinids off mfachinery. The ilmplemenits that have been invenite-d for the henefit of the farmer are also very useful. About Iifty years ago all the hay was cut w1ilth the scythe' and the wheat with 'the -cradle, but the machlinery that they now have saves a great dlelal of that laibo-r. By all olf these invent-ions we see that our nation is advancinfg rapidly along that liin-e. Since we have menftionwed 'this form of 'progress we must not forget to notice the government anid elducardion of the Americans compared wilth that of the other ntatioinaliwties of the Worlrd. After the Revolutionary War a revpuhlic was estahlisheld, and that form of governmenlt hats prevaileld in the Lfnlilterl States since that tiine. Rv t'h'i's kind of govern-m-ent all -classes of people are refpresenvted alike. As we notice holvv the other nations- of Europe are governed, we see that ilt is not thle rule of the manly rhut of the few. The. poor- er classes are kept in ignorance so that the rich can rule: in their own favor. These lformls of government 'do not hleltp to improve thc nation 3 Ibult it is the republic that is estalblished for the goofd orf all. Along the line of education- we find that our people have built putb- lic schoo.ls in all parts of the country. This system of schools has been a greater benefit to the poor than to th-e rich. 'for the expense of attendiinlg school is so small that niearly everyholdy can afford it, anzd in' this way 'the poorer cilassieisi can 'become ed-ucated as well als thc nich. Although severlal of the countries otf Eurolpe have esta'hlishle'd good sichools, they do not benefit the iolwfer classses very much, for their wages are so lolw that they can not affo-rd to senfcl their childrein to school. By cofnvs-idering all the -advafnitalges that the American people have taken, we can reaidily see wlhy they have progressed so rap- idly. 'lf only this rapid frrowth keeps on, we shall afdvaince as rafpid- ly in the future as in thei past. lxlllf SENIOR .-XNNUAI 01855 of 'll THE SENIOR ANNUAL AN ITEMIZED ACCOUNT. 55 An olcl-'tim-e c'hnrc11 in Beligium decided to repair its properties, and ein-plsoyelrl ani artist to touch up a large fpainting. Upon pre- nenltinggf his 'bill1, 'tlhie committee in Clilarge re'f'ns'eKl payment unless the -cle-tlails 'Were sp-elcilfiecl, wlifereupon he presentelcl the items an f o llliows : IlT'E'M S 'Po eornecting the fte-n conn1n'an:d'me'n'ts .................... 515 Elmlhellislliilng Pon-tins Pi'la1t'e and -putting new ri'lJhon'S on his 'bonnet ............................................... Putti-nlg new 'tai'l on- rooster of St.Peter and menklingf his conilb Relplimrinig' anlcl gillcling 'left 'wing df Guarcliraln Angel ...... W'as'l1ing tlh'e 'sleirvanit of -the High Priest anlcl plntting' Carmine on chleelks ............................................ Renewing Heaven, adjusting' tlhe stars 'ancl ielelaning np the moon' .............................,.................. '11011C11-illg' up 'pin-r,Qfa,tory and 'restoring 'lost souls .......... l?rig11't1eni-ng up the Haznileis of hell, -pnrtting new taill on the -rlcvil. 'nienfcliing his 'left lhoof :amd doing several oclcl jolhs For the clarmnecl ....................................... Rellmrrllelriiiig the rdbefs of Herolrl and alcljnsting his wig: .... Taking the 'spots off the son olf Tobias .................... Piit-ting earrings in S2lI13.'11,S -ears ......................... 1,1 111'11',Q' neiw stone in Dav1icl's sllinlg, enlarging 'the A11-6811 Ulf Gcilliait'li, anlcl welxtiencling Sa1ul s legs . . . Q ..........,.. . . . Wev'ona,ti11fgz No-ah's' ark aml 'pnt'tin'g' a head on Slifefm ........ N1611'l11f1'g the slhirlt otf thre Prodigal Son. and lcleianing his ear 5 'a v 2 5 fl r-1 I .1 VV 4 1 1 1 6 3 .oo .311 ' 1 12 .02 10 18 02 .1-1 .06 17 .I 131 31 4. .39 Total . . .... 51158.65 THE SENIOR ANNUAL 57 l re bmen Department PATRIOTISM. Mabelle Miller, '12. la-tnio'tism,an+d vvagrfare. are closely related ini the minds of the Anierican peopleg :so closely related that patriotism is seldom th-oughit of except as ia concomi-tan-t of war. We can not carry on war successfully without paltriotism, but paitri-otism can be had or should exist in time of peace. latriotism is generally delined as: love of couinitryg devotion to 'welfare of on-e's oountryg virtues of a patriot. Many 'th-ink of it as love to ligjliit for ones country, willingness to die on the battlelield. 'lhis is one phase of patriotism. By what standard should true patriotism be measureld? Shall it be by the 'desire oir willingness one has to light and die for hris counitiry or by the desire he has to live and lalbor for his counwtry? True patriotism should discourage the carrying 'on of war. War ifs sometimes to lbe lame.n'te'd anid by all means if possible to be avoided. Biuit We say in m-any cases war lhas been inevitable. Grainrt that tlo have been true in' 'the past. belt ufs suippos-e thaet in the tirou- ble Uhat existed between the North anid the South in -the 60'-s that all the enthusilasm, energy, money and life had been expended in an effort to settle 'the dispute by peaceable means. Of course, it would be impossible 'to 'lose so many livezs lin settling the dispute peace- ably, 'but l-et us suppose thiait as many men are willing to laiy down their lives tin orlder thait the diespu-te might be settled amicably anld peace be netaiinred. VV'ho is realdy 'to preldict wha-t the' results might have been? 'Surely it is not impossible to have a paftriotism free from the s-cent of gunipiowider. The fighlting spirit of the oncoming generation. is stiilll kindled too mulch in hlis s'tuid'y onf the past. He should be miad-e to feel the solem-nity anwd awfullness of those cl-ea-dly engaigm-ents. He shoulid be led to look back upon 'them as things to- be regretted. Sunely all hearts should 'be Said to kn-ow thlat it Wais necefsisary io-r such a mur- derous encounter as the Civill war to halve talk-en. pwlace bettvveen I 58 THE SENIOR ANNUAL brothers on the soil of a civilized country. Some one was Wrong. Both thoiughft they ,were right. Now thiat the 'clispute is over, let all hearts beat as one and all energy be united ini the great laibor of ca-usunig posterity -to vi-ew it with a 'sympathetic and fch1a+rita'b1e eye. 1 do not wish to be misutnderstooid. 1 would have Uhe-se deeds com- n.en.iorated, but in such ai way that the olrd wound may heal and that the desire of inhicting a new -wound may be suppressed. Sad inlieed that th-ere was need of the lonig painuufl struggle between mother and chil-d in the Revolutionary war. Let us, be thankful that right p.re.va-iiled in the ssipinit of 'the odds that -seemed to be against it. Let us emphasize less the bloody st-ruiggle. Alll- honor to tho-s-e who gave their hves for our freedom. May they ever remain fresh .in the minds of a grateful posterity. Let us cease to glory in the deadly -conflict that gave birth to our freedom. 1-1-ow many in mind have a. picture of the monument that com- memiorat-es 'the conflict thiait took pllaice at itonfcord Bridge? Are you not emphatically reminded of the conflict -iltsieflf? There stands the enraged -farm-er with that look of 'defiance and the rifle' in readi- ness. The 'iinipleinenvts and feelinigs of the deadly affray are pictured in stone anid viewed by posterity. Shall these bait-tleiliel-ds be left unmarked? No, iby no means shoullld they be fleft unmarked. But 1-et them be marked by monuments less suggestive of the murder- ous aspect. Erect inoinunnents 'Uhat -will remove rtlhe feeling of en- mity anid 'place .in its stea,d 'the feeling oif charity for all, malice toward -none. These conflicts have all taken ipla-oe when the nation was in a state of intense exciitcinienit and bitter feeling. lisp-3-Ci'a1lly has this been 'true iiin the case of the individual. What is it that prompts men in the heat of the 'CO'11l'll'Clt to rush in where -death is all that remains? ls it paitriotisim or is it frenzy fed by the hatred he hams for the eneimiy? ls it the welfare of the country he has at heart or is it the desire ito ideal a deadly blow ito the enemy? Truest patriot- ism is n-ot, as commonly supposed, always to be fouinud in the heat of battle. Certain-ly 't-hiose men who barred their breasts to the bul- lets, swoiwds, and -spears of the adversary in -days gone iby were patriotic -in their ti-me, but the twentieth century demands a pa- triotism of peace. Let us have a patriotism in peaceg a patriotism that seeks to preserve our coufntry from horrible caitastrophi-es. A patriotism that seeks the brotherhood off manfkindg a patriotism that expends alll off its energy in casting -out little diifferenices amd in seeking to make 'all nations harmoniousg a patriotism that tends to extermi- nzaltfe all fouftwiard demonsitrations of victory in- past conflicts and that causes us -to look urpon these co'nnLl'ic.ts as l-amentableg a patriot- ism 'cheat 'Willl purify the 'laws and maichinery of our g'OVC1'1I1'Klx,..-, and that will caguse eacfh citizen 'tio iburn with a desire of being in- strumental' in serving his country to the fuliest extent of his ca- pabilities. As the ina-tions of the world come infto possession of this true patriotism, they will. one by one, drop anchor and be at rest in the harbor of universal peace. THE SENIOR ANNUAL FRESHMEN'S ALPHABET. A's for Artz, wlhlo sticks to her lbooks. B's for Bvolwfell, who aiplproves of goofcl looks. Cnessner, once fired 'from -class. Dickenson, who never wlill pass. hvians, our small little lacl. Fianlninig, wlho- never looks mad. Gin-t, Wh-o's grade does not run liigh Q H75 for 'H'L1mlflC'l1'Ol1S'Cf, Wlilo never lis shy. I's for Iva, who 'reads very fine. fs for joirclan, stilll in' Friesihman llin-e. K's for Kaftherine, 'who never does grow. L's for lL'El1llCYt, wlhom most lpeople know. Malek , who 'never looks wise. nolise, -wlilieh ,the tleaeliers -clesp-ise. Olga, wzho a1'w'alys 'hail German to Poor, who lblu'sl1e's you het. questions we must answer in clas Rolanldl, w'ho's sure to pass. C's for D's for E's for F's 'for G's ,for M's for N's for O's ilor P's feor Q's for R's 'for get s. S's lfor Scliroede-r, who never sits still. T's for Tnavwer, 'wlho's woml is will. U's for Us lwlithi .a' capital letter. Vis for vanity, nothing 'beitlte.r. W's for Wise, always cutting some caper. X represents zero on a test paper. Y'-s for You know. wlio won first prize. P Z's folr Zufinbaugli, who can'T lmoast oif her size. f 1 K Q 7 fi Sq . R rj' ii I l 60 T'H'E SENIOR ANNUAL Exchange Column. Running a paiper is like poking a dire. Everyone thinks he can do it lbetter than the ffellow who has the poker. .3 JV .3 Little Girl: Papa always says, Darn you Central, you've giv- en me the wrong nu-mlb-erll' av 5 'H Fneshmlanw-I smell calbbage burning. Sophomore-Your head's too near the tire. .3 vb' 'X Teacher: When was the Revival of Learning? Student: l3e1foire the last exainsg' V9 5 J Teacher- To1nn1y, spell 'througfhf 'I Tommy-- lSl1all I spell it according to -preceden-t or president .bl V95 3 Slle- This fnoad 'is very steep. Can't I get a donkey to take IUCUPPH ,illllll P7 He- Just lean on me, lcla,r,ling. QF 13 5 Professor, illustrating a lecture: Kindly let my hat represent the moon. Voice from behind- 'AIS the moon llTllZ1'lJllCLl?u ' 5 5 5 A Senior-See that little leailet 'blown lby the breezelet, float- ing on the wavelet? Her Brother-You 'had 'better go out in the backyardlet and soak your headlet un-der the pumpliewt. .355 Gladys,,' called 'her father, what time is it P Its eleven, faqtlherf, 'I-t's twelve up here. Eleven and twelve are twenty-three. An-d the young man departed. ug 5 5 You must cl-rin-k h-ot Water with your Whisky, the doctor told his patient, otherwise, you llll1S'I'l,t take it at all. But how slhaill I get the 'hot water? the patient queried, plain- tively. My wife won't let me lhave it for the Whisky toddyf' Tell her you want to shavef' the dofetor said, and took his de- parture. The next day the doctor called and asked the Wife how th-e patient Was. He's igone raving mad,', his wife replied. 'tHe shaves every tent m'inu'tes. E. A. VANCUREN, ' PROPRHETOR 012 ICE CREAM, CONFEC- THE STAR RESTAURANT TIONERY, FRUITS, ETC. TELEPHONE 659 I3f3vIIioII1'19fI,' IRIS EOR THE BEST LUNCH AND SHORT ORDER MEALS SEE KLECKNER THE RIVERSIDE LUNCH ROOM. ALSO HEADQUARTERS EOR THE BEST ICE CREAM IN THE CITY. TRY IT. TELEPHONE ORDERS DELIVERED PROMPTLY TO ANY PART OF THE CITY PHONE 712. J. KLECKNER. WT- 4-lI,L -THE RvfIIfI,I: I,flE IfS .1 AT'INA'IfIl. ' BUICK Superiority Again Demonstrated! Winner at New Orleans, AtIanta, Lookout Mountain, and in Numerous Other Events PTICC, S1000 MODEL I0 Price, S1000 SPEED, SERVICE, DURABILITY-ALL IN A MODERATE PRICED CAR Let us show you the old Reliable Model F. Write Ior Specilications. Ask lor Demonstration F. H. KUHN, - - - PLYMOUTH, IND. QUAYLE CO. CHICAGO Steel Engravers Manufacturing Jewelrymen 7l4:7l6 Schiller Building CHICAGO Class Pins and Graduation Invitations ,,4n Summer School - AT THE - South Bend Business College June, July and August, i909 Tuition, 32000. OUR SUMMER SCHOOL IS FOR THREE I2 HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES, desiring to become Stenographers, Boolikeepers, EXPERT WEEKS Teachers: enter the Civil Service, or who PENMEN- ANY wish I0 master shorthand so as to be IC C E rg: to take notes while attending Col- HIGHEST BRAN H S ' SALA IED OR COURSE Those Who Wish to Bring Up Neglected Stud- Ii ies or Branches ln which they Failed, should FACU TY DESIRED enter our summer school for private instruc- IN ANY tion in such branches. BUSINESS FOR TEACHERS:---We make a specialty of pre- COLLEGE ONLY 52iiffef'aiiQissfilolfsiflns hirfvufiiisi 'N THE 520 00 more tlian 50 calls at salaries of from CENTRAL ' 5700.00 to 5l,800 per year during the S1-A-I-ES. last month. -HANDSOME 64:PAGE ART CATALOG, Showing photographs of 1,000 representative students, and telling where they are located and what they are doing---FREE. ADDRESS THE South Bend Business College 302-304 So. Michigan St., South Bend, Ind. 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Right now is the time to prepare yourself to avoid these sure-to- come sweltering days. At this place is carried the largest line of all grades and prices of HAMMooKs in the county. We also carry a complete and upftof date line of FISHING TACKLE. CROQUET SETS and Sporting Goods SHHDEIJS DRUG TORE.