Rockville High School - Retrospect Yearbook (Rockville, IN)

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8 Prrsixleu; 0f the United Smh's. In his iuzrVgurnl address IEEIiw-rml March 4, 1861 he said. addressing hinr self to the South: UIn your hnut'ls, mv Ali. isfied countrymen, and not in wine, is the momentous issue of oivil war. The government will nut nssml you, You can have no conflim witlvowt hdng yourselves the rig essors. You MW no on!!! re ervd m hmveu t0 rlostmy axe gmernmem; while I have Hw most solemn nne ta Treservv, pmr NH nnd defend it.' The Civil mn' mine on. Was .lle Vision As the savior of the Uninn, L'mculn vhlmls in WSMTy hy the side of Grunge Washingimx. the Father cf his vnunfry, He was not merely a ShlfPS- man, not merely 21 man who :11. in :1 high plac? and planned, mighty dop'ls. Ho was :1 man whas6 We seems a pm of tht- national ethango. Bv the gift of that lift1 be preserved tho Union and gnvr it ungrudiufy whhon. a thought 1f Vs onh, Vchtm-y and dcnth Wre vvodod tn give L'mcoln his imprrish- able place in history. It Was said of Washington tha! hu wns HFirst in war, firs. in peace, :m'l fhrsf in tho henrts of his aountrymmn but this Inst phrase belongs pveuIEm-ly to Lincoln. Ther? r may bn. Becmms 0F tb vmmtry m which he is mu. app .chnvl 'W'lly, but beyond all doubt Abraham Iinooln is the mast bvlovod of 2111 Am- m'imms. Washington 'is respected; Franklin :5 m'nmended: Jefferson is admirml; hut Lincoln is belovrd, On April 15, 1855, Lincn'n died fmm :I gun slum wound at the hmu's of Me Mcnssim John Wilkes Booth- who shnl Mm M1119 1 w'zls :chuxliug Fours fheatre the eaning of April 14. Perhaps no mm mbutc was paid to Linmhl than by General Gram. who Enid: nTn know him pnrsnnnlly Was m low- aud resnert him for his great nuulities of hear: and head. In his awn tho nntinn lost its gromest hem. Tu HS Neath Hm South lost its mus. jusf frinully I Tho um'th 0 THE HOOSIER This simple mnu sprung from tho snil, dcscrmlnm 0' n pnor, even slviftv luss stuck; 1m ris u m the highest pln'o in the ion, and had Molded .lien. mriul pnwor. Tho United States nax'er hpfure in its history allowed :Inv President as much power us Linro u uiowea. th lie nem- lost his sense of m-uportiou. Phillips Brooks said of him: u'mwo m'v mm as poml us he. but my ax 1m .hings: there rtre men 2.; amni- you! us he but they do foolish H'inga In 1m goodness and intelligmeo mm- hiuedhxml made their best of wisdom. WHAT VVOL'LD YOU HAVE DONE? Elsie was gning to have a p'u'tyg N'mdz' party at Hm. I. was t'm 1mm : of Ute day. for in VVozvlv ford High School pnrtios Werr' g 'nf m'mlls. Tl'o girls stood in the hall mlkr $111 xleligh eI'l3' mu such subjects Ms dress and escorts, em The boys, of rouv'sc, W'I'e n'mrst ns emhusirmic. us Hwy hut tnok greater pains to hide mm mithnsinsm. Jnek Trviug.0n was going. 0!? mum ho ctu'l'ln't miss if '01' it was E157 pnvfy mm Elsie wmiwell. an especial friend of Jack's He lvnrl Uecid d m gv vs 2m nlllvfashioned gentleman. wear'm'z an old Suit Which lmrl been his great? gz'mf-yrnmlfnther's. Th' French Mueller in W'andfurrl Hi'zlu School was young and pretty .1an u great fm'orin' among the pup'ls. csr pooinlly HVe girls. In French Muss Jack 5M :xt'ross HIP aisle from Elsie and it wns their cllswm tn Writ? notes In each other while Miss Rankin was writ. ing difficult cnnjngmious on the bomd. Tmlny, when Miss Rankin was at Hm hnnxwl Jark srrihbled a description of his costume and adding :1 postscript mm her to be sun: to watch for him. Then doffly l'c slippod it across .110 aisle, but n not deftly mlnugh to miss HIP glance of the reproving eye of M:s.w Rankin, yvhn when she desired, was quite 0:111sz10 of keeping the storms! discipline, HJMm she commanded, Wiring that inmor.nnt opistle to me at once.

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THE HOOSIER H7 him, wmiid rece'ro a httitdsmiii- mods a1 ri-tmi Hm Illinois Wutth culnpimy. Soiei-tti stuamts of K H, s. responded to this essay contesk him it is iiuihau stand that the papers wvre all 50 good that the judges had a m-y .iitfiault tintt deeming which win; the bust. The pm: wciit m Wivtitioli Joilipf, of the Freshman tiass, It i interesting to know that Wendell is the youngest iivomher of R. H, s homo tlm school in gmieial tutti the Freshman n1: 5 in par- ' . should be proud Uf him. His . v Appears in the Lhm'm'y tlopnrt- intuit at this Hoosier, AN APPRECIATION The Rockville high school has been 7 of stwvice to the uoaiitiuitity for n mint. her of years It: Worth mtnuol be esti- matml- as it has put llmny girls and buys in the tight mud .0 good citizpa. ship. The mm'nls. good ti-iiiuiiig ilurl tinny upmmit of intellectual powers hum not how surpnssetl hy any other high school at its . . The vaiiw or this school is felt by aii n its patrons and it has imam ah ulv salute um: ty to the welfare of Hie hmiimi-ii' n! which it stullxlst Its worth i felt by others who atti-ihiite its m'ol' ilici'vnsiiig power to the desire for hL'NlX' i-tiiit-ntion, loyal citizenship and a pt-ngi-ossiio niliiont FRANCIS HARRIS. GETTYSBURG 0F ROCKVILLE oiio score and four weeks ago times sstv brought fm'lh iiuio this school a nmi' tihss oaiitoivoii iii mischivf' iuld timiitateii to tho pi-opositimi that all itittthcmaticai problems iti-o equally hai-ii, No Wc are engaged in 21 great chalk war, testing whether this sahoni or any other sz'lmol so iiedimiti-d :md sa imitoivod can long euduro. We hit mot nn i. great hiittieric'a at that war tthe iisstmhiyi. We ttht scluml bonrth haw tmiie to dedicate a pm-tiou of tho maths t'ancs room as it fiiiai pluu- of safe hniiiiiiet for those who linvs spent their time that chalk might be thrown I. is :I'mgolcr fitting and pi-opei- that w do ihist But in a larger some the more studious pupils HUHIM dedicate onunot concentrate, they minnni study this W110. The brave boys living and iioati who struggled hem have kept it fur above our power m a time H! catch them. The school win 1itt1i- nom nm- long remember what wt- haw said here. tmt it Unll never forgot what Umy tiiii hma It is for us, the me, rather to 1m tlctlirafvd Item to tho iiitt'iiiisheii wui'k wliirlt Hwy who are thrown hm havn lm's t'iir so iiohi - JUNO. It is rilthtr tar its to ho hm-e IFllimted to Um gx'vnt tash rt'nluining bcfm'e us, that iron. thiist- unllmim'od tiw we itikii iim-eusmi pun mutton to that cruise whivh thoy gave their ltts. mi measure 0f IIQVOHMH Hint m- hm highly i'vsnlve that sti- 11' hmiai-eti few shaii mit have been mi nnhi-eii in win; that this school. midhr God, shall have n 119W hii-th 0f rule; and HIM gnvvrnment 0f the stiiiiiiitts, by Hm students mm for the students shaii not perish fmm this selmol. Antimi- Unknown. A TRIBUTE TO LINCOLN in Hardin comny. Kentucky. Feh, 12 mm, Ahi-aham Lincoln was born. While ho was yvt a boy his mothot tiioii, As Lincblu grew older 1w hreamo :i hard aurl honest worker. He ti-iet th- lawyer's pivhtcssiont but he was hm adopted to this wark. In JSCO lie was Marisa sixt'ettmh

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'THE HOOSIER Jack felt :is if he could ncvtr move. Nevertheless he obeyed her. Miss Raw kin, with a many twinkle in her pretty blue eyes, gizmced over the hate Then turning to the class she commiti x1 ihe uuparllomihle sin, in the eyes of Jack and the rest of the class, and read the nofe aloudi When she haul finished she said: Let this be a lesson to a'l of you. Jack, yml nmy change sems with Mary and see that you behave henceforth. Such humiliation was very haul to bear because to Jack it Was a new feelr ing. He vowed i0 hate Miss Rankin with 11 hilifer haired forever, and he nickel his brain for ideas about teasing her, He dcrided to fell Elsie about his vow and ask her for help. That owning whvn Jack arrived at the party he found the house filled with ilm merry masqueraders. As he came imo Hie room where they were noisiest he saw on the other side :1 pretty figure in a dear old-fushioued dress, Dear Elsie! It was almost H recompense fur the humiliation placed upon him by Miss Rankin to know that Elsie hml dressed in this way to please him, He tried in go across to where she stomi but was unsuccessful, ll' contest bring forced upon him. Not until they had simted to dance had he the chance ofspeakiug to her. He asked her in dance with him. When they had finished the dance he begged her to come nut on the veranda, as he wished to milk with her alone and Len hm- nf his plan. They hm! not yet nn- 9 masked but he was sure of Elsie's ident- ity. hDu you know, I think iVs very nice of you to dress this way to please me? he said, When they had chasen a remote corner swing on Lhe cool porch. The girl turned her head and replied: UThank you. Fm glad you like it. iiI have vowed to hate Miss Rankin forever ,Elsie- and I have a plan of re venge. wan you help me carry it out? It's a good one.v This was more than the figure in blue ri-etonne could endure and pulling off Imr mask she burst out laughing And then Jack wished the earth would open and swallow him. Of course this was imr possible and there mt Jack staring stir phliy at his pretty innocent French teacher, She looked so yaung and girl- ish standing there whh so much merrir ment in her Pyes that Jacki: cnnscienm stabbed him badly and his resolvo to hate her melted away. Winch. he heard her say quieily. -I'm sorry it all happened. I suppose I never should have deceived you but I Was pining for some fun and this seem- ell ihe best opporhmity. I sincerely beg your pardon. ' Shouldnit I be the one who should do the begging of pardon? Jack had I'ccoverrd his senses and his bad resolve hm! turned into a good oneithnt of being good in French class and loving his French teacheri Together they made a. compact in which Jack promised to be good, having learned that teachers am human beings as well as the rest of nss LUZELLE MARTINi