Plymouth High School - Mayflower Yearbook (Plymouth, IN)

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20 The Pilgrim In study and in play, And now at last we're leaving To go upon our way. VVe're standfng on the threshold now To join the ranks of life. CHORUS We are Seniors of Plymouth High School. We are Seniors, so dignified, And we know that in Alumnfs Fondest ranks, we will be filed. But we ever will cherish fondly Memories so dear and true, And we'll not forget old Plymouth High School And tlie dear ones there, we now must bid adieu. GRACE MILNER. CLASS PROPHECY Plymouth, lnd., May 3l, l93l. MY DEAR MARIE: I was very glad to hear from you. When you left school in l9l 5, don't you remember you were going to stay at home? And now, you are governor of California, and considered one of the most famous women in the political world in the United States. You asked about the other members of the class. This is what l found out about them: Of course you knew that Walter Wise was running for president on the Democratic ticket. He has become known over the entire world for his unfailing work in cleaning up politics. But probably you did not know that Rolland Cook fyou know he always did like to talk, was making campaign speeches for him. Lillian Hahn fremembcr how extremely dignified she always was, is the dean at a very select girls' school in Virginia. She is extremely well liked, and seems quite contented. Cletis l-lammaker, one of the stars in the Senior play, The Colonel's Maid, is well on his way to fame, - is now taking the place of John Bunny in the moving picture world, and is one of the favorite players. Fanny Chart is president of the Woman Suffrage League in Rochester. She is an ardent sulfragette, and is the life of the organization. Donald Baker entered Purdue in the fall after he graduated with us, and he expects to graduate from there in l932, and will then teach Manual Training in the west. Reva Dotv and Gail Roberts are now acting in vaudeville, and are making good. Jesse Ritchey did become a farmer fyou know he wanted tol. He is quite successful at it, and is recognized as one of the authorities on Intensive Farming. Ruth Davis is also in California. Have you seen her there? She is running a suc- cessful fruit farm.

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The Pilgrim CLASS SONG WRITTEN TO VM A LONG WAY FROM TIPPERARY I. Once we were, we must admit it, Freshmen like the rest, But we did not remain there long, Tho' we thought we were best. Then Sophomores and Juniors - Through these three years we went, On good times, and on mischief Our minds were always bent. So in our fourth year, we consent To settle down and work. II. Mr. Dutter was with us When we were Freshies, dears, And we're the Hrst class that He's guided through the whole four years Miss Johnson, and Miss Kercher, Miss Eberly, all three, We thank them for their kindness. Forgotten they could not be - We always will remember them Wherever we may be. III. We will not forget Mr. McDowell's gentle voice, For his advice to us was always Words of his best choice. Mr. Jackson, we will miss: Miss Scott, we can't forget, And Mr. Harris and Stilson, We like them, you can bet. We'll ne'er foret Miss Smith, And those good doughnuts she could bake IV. Now the Class of Fifteen Has to join the Alumni, And when at last, the time has come, We think of Plymouth High, For four long years we've spent here

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The Pilgrim 21 Arthur Cleveland is now mayor of Plymouth. He has devoted all his time to it, and is working out some of the plans he used as president of the Student Council. Gladys Parks and Ruth Rhinehart left shortly after they graduated for Europe where they became trained nurses. They like it so well there that they have decided to locate per- manently, as they have lately married two German officers. Erwin Haag is probably successful in the most peculiar business of any member of our class. He has developed a very good business in humanely killing dogs and cats, and has accumulated quite a little fortune in the sale of their furs. Grace Milner wanted to become a grand opera star, but she has given up that idea and is now a lecturer on the Chautau qua platform. She told me that she found she had de- veloped quite a talent for talking from her constant practice in talking to Charles Buck. Did you know that Maxey had finally succeeded in inventing something? For years he traveled around the world asking questions, fmuch as he used to in Physics and History classes, about great inventions. He came back to the United States and patented a child's toy steam engine. Ethelwyn Goodrich is one of the few girls in the class who is married. I hear she is living in Iowa. John Shoemaker, after having tried all kinds of occupations is again at Reynold's Drug Store. He is a pharmacist there. John is still inviting his friends to drop in and fave one on the house. ' Carol Humrichouser has realized her ambition of being a physical culture teacher, ard is teaching in a small school in Illinois. Do you remember how she used to scolcl Ellis Maxey when she was still in High School? I was visiting her not long ago and I found her scolding a poor little youngster who looked quite as uncomfortable as Maxey used to. She said he had closed a window in one of her class rooms. Martin Ness, our honorable president, is now business manager of the N ew York Sun. He found that he had become quite proficient at it as business manager of the High School Pilgrim. You asked' about me. Xvell, I have never acquired either fame or glory, and am now reporting on one of the Plymouth papers. Your friend, BERTIS M. TOMLINSON. IN PLYMOUTH HIGH If you have had geometry, And pulled a problem free From all the tangles of the proof, You've heard, UO! Yes, Isee! If you have read your Latin And proved yourself efficient, It's said to you with eloquence That, Wlqhat will be sufficient. If you have been in English: If you have had that sorrow, The first you hear in every class, The lesson for tomorrow. If you have gone to History And flunked a time or two, You've Hnally found the meaning of AlVliss Johnson's That'll do. -GAMB,