Plymouth High School - Mayflower Yearbook (Plymouth, IN)

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I Class History | By HELEN BOX DURAN I . TUI . (. lass of 17 with an enrollment of fifty members entered upon it’s stormy, vet successful career in I . H. S. on Sept. 13. 1913. Coming from the eighth grade »r the “incubator”, as you might call it. the Class of '17 brought with it pep and enthusiasm tmequaled bv ativ previous class in the history of the High School. After wandering thru the halls for several days in a half-dozed condi- tion. we stored up enough courage to hold a class'meeting, which was con- ducted in a most business-like manner, (icorge Milner was chosen as presi- dent of the class and to this day he has not been able to give away his office. In our Freshman year we were a very modest class, almost afraid to Speak for the tear that the upper classmen might hear us. In our Sopho- more and Junior years our class enrollment dwindled down to about thirty in number, but we proved our ability and willingness as a body to help iii all the activities. In our Junior and Senior years we managed to carry off honors in basketball, oratory and declamation, winning a gold medal at North- ern Indiana, a silver one in the County meet and a beautiful banner for win- ning in the Inter-class Basketball Tourney. Not only have we demonstrated our ability in these lines, but we have taken an active part in all High School affairs. Our scholarship has been enviable. Nellie Head, Russell Van actor and other names have always swelled the honor roll. In track Chester W right, Ford Keyser and Ben Cramer carried off the greatest number of individual honors in both our Junior and Senior years and this year Ben Cramer. Boyd Morcotnbe and Ford Keyser have been the mainstay of the basketball team. We have done a great deal toward debating and our debaters are to be complimented on their splendid work. In the High School plays our class has always been well represented and we have helped stage some very fine plays of which the school should be proud. Our Annual Senior Class Play, (ireen Stockings'’, will be given May 30. and it will be fully up to the pro- fessional standard of school dramatics. Our Friday programmes have always been good and our jokes, stories and other articles have swelled the Pilgrim. Those who have attended the Senior dances pronounce them a success socially and we know that they were financially. Our first class party of the year was held May 2 at the country home of Ford Keyser. The crowd met at Helen BonDurant’s home with the baskets of “eats and by autos we drove to the country where the class spent the most enjoyable evening of the year, and where we witnessed the mock marriage of Eulalia Twomey and our class president. We are looking for- ward to another such meeting at the home of Bertha Carothers and she promises us a jolly time.

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ANNA CAIN. Fashion Show. MARIK INKS Senior Committees SENIOR PARTY COMMITTEE. Arthur Becknell; George Milner, Ch.; Chester Wright SOCIAL COMMITTEE. Helen BonDurant. Ch. Winifred Wunderlich; Ford Keyser; Hazel Kleckner; Chester Wright GIFT COMMITTEE. Damarls Metsker, Ch. Russell VanVactor; Nellie Head; Lawton Brown CLASS DAY COMMITTEE. Nellie Head. Ch.; Winifred Wunderlich INVITATION COMMITTEE. George Milner. Ch. Chester Wright; Erdean Zeiters; Arthur Becknell COMMKNCK.M ENT DANCE COMM ITTEE. Eulalia Twomey, Ch. Chester Wright; Ford Keyser; Helen Lauer; Helen BonDurant; Arthur Becknell SENIOR PLAY COMMITTEE. Arthur Becknell. Ch. Erdean Zeiters; Helen BonDurant; George Milner Bertha Carothers; Pearl Miller; Helen BonDurant; COM M ENC EM ENT DECORATION COMM ITTEE. Chester Wright. Ch. Helen BonDurant; Russell Truex; Erdean Zeiters; Harry Brundige; Damaris Metsker COM M ENC EM ENT PROG RAM M E COM M ITTEE. Eulalia Twomey, Ch. Helen Lauer; Russell VanVactor; Hazel Kleckner; Ford Keyser

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Then our Senior ( lass Day and the Chemistry Dinner was held on May 11. The dinner was served in the Sewing room which was tastefully deco- rated with flowers and ferns and a place-card at each place added to the fun of finding our places. This time the mothers deserve the credit for the good eats. Following the dinner our C lass Day Programme was given and in the evening there was held the greatest social function of our High School career, the Junior-Senior Reception. The Juniors promised us a most de- lightful evening and we assure them that it will never be forgotten. The class gift lias not been decided upon but it will be something for the new building, and we hope that it will be an inspiration to the lower class- men of the dear old P. II. S. that we love so well. We have worked hard and have put into practice our motto—“No victory without labor. As a last and parting word we the Class of '17 thank the teachers, both present and past, for their guidance and help and also our class workers and especially our faithful president. Class Will By CHESTER WRIGHT. WE the members of the Senior Class of the High School, of Plymouth. in the county of Marshall and the state of Indiana, considering the uncertainty of this life and being of sound mind and memory do make and publish this our last will and testament. We. the entire class, do entrust t » the entire school the standards which we have endeavored to raise, the responsibilities which we have willingly and cheerfully assumed, the honors, the fair and unblemished name which we have so modestly borne, the record established and maintained by dear old P. II. S. ot which we have been so proud. We make this bequest on the con- dition that the coming graduate classes do in turn bequeath them to their successors, unlowered and unstained. To the Junior Class we bequeath the seats on the east side of the assem- bly room. We also leave all the broken down ponies to the Juniors, who we know will be able t«» use them to an advantage. To the Sophomore Class we leave the engine room for them to call meet- ings in. 1 here they can conspire to win all the honors and laurels possible for them to have. lo the Freshman Class we leave all our play-things not otherwise dis- posed of. We leave to Mr. Dutter, our new superintendent, the assiduous task of obtaining a new high school building. To Miss Johnson we leave the remains of the Chemistry-Physics Banquet so that the Senior class of next year may have a banquet given in their honor. We also leave her a gold bound book on “The Conservation of Food.” To Mr. Coil we leave the clock to tinker with. Me also leave a motto to be hung on the wall of the Physics recitation room: “Silence is Golden.” To Mr. Jackson we leave the dignified position of being in charge of the assembly room during study hours as a favor to the oncoming classes. To Mr. Stuart we leave the honor of making Noble Kizer a renowned athlete. We leave him a megaphone for making announcements before the assembly room.