Rockville High School - Retrospect Yearbook (Rockville, IN)

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FOUR THE HOOSIER Even though we lost many We are air Ways fortunate enough to gain others in our cinss just as Worthy. How well we remember tour fifth grade teacher Mrs. Royse entering the schuoi room saying: ltbon join , infants, nnd- 0111' rapid, faltering response of tthan jour, Madame. Mfuy Sinclair, our sixth grade teacher cannot soon be forgotten. How we do appreciate her patience in teaching us that 7x8 is 56 and not 5-1. We were glad to have the brilliancy of our chiss in- creased by Mary M. Taylor. Those joining us in the seventh grade were Rex Cannick, of 0012mm, Wilma Lineheri-y, of the C oss Roads schnol, and Lawrence Biaty, of Nyesville. Last but not least in the gi'mle school were Mrs. Coffey's earnest efforts to help us all to get one hundred in physiology and reading in the April finJl exnmir nations. Kenneth Hockmun and Roy Stoops joined us that yoni-i Our freshman year is not easily for- gotten. How comiml the girls diii losk entering the assembly room for the first time with dresses Wrong side out and bows tied in front instead of in the bark, and 0111' hair,itt0h Why re- view the past? The boys With dripping shizts and tousled hair. anald Collings was our first president, assisted by John Hend- erson. How big we did- feel, yet how small beside the dignified seniors. Dim 'ing this year we Were joined by Doro- thy Jeffi'ies, one of our junior liteznl'y stars Our sophomfre president was Vantm' Bui'foi'd assisted by Rex Cnrmuck. That year Jewel Bobbitt, 0111' prospecr tive puetcss mit us, ' At lust we crossed the difficulties of freshmen and sophomores Imd- are now juniors twearing class pins mid rings of y263 and striving in every way ta make our juniorrsenior reception :1 suc- cess iii evcry way and the best evcr given in Rockville. We have been ex- ceedingly lucky this year, First, hoe cause we were joined by Margaret Lib ney of Rosedule, and second; because John Henderson, our capable president, anti Virginia Aldent our devoted Vieu- president, are backed by the ever will- ing members of the class. JOSEPHINE BURNETT, 26. LINCOLN, THE STORM KING Abraham Liucnlu Was born in H mm: log cabin when, we, are told; 3 Ken- tucky blizzard Was raging withoul. Throughout his life this quietsincerc man was surrounded by stormsidn- mastic sto ms and storms of strife; but throughout them all, Lincoln was the victorgthc Storm King. The Wurld into which he entered could scarccly he culled a friendly one. It was a world where physical prowess Wns rated shove mental uequirements. Nor did Lincoln's father differ from this in his views. Indeed, had it nut D091! For his mother, the young Ken- tuckyiun 6011M hardly hoped to have been more than :1 physical giant. But first, because of her personal help, and later, by the influence of such memor- ies of her as he had, he was encouraged to evev seek a better education. So, heeause of his father's demands, Lincoln Was developvd physicallyY and because of his mother's encouragement, mentally. One of the saddest and best known American love stm'ies is that of Abra- ham Lincoln and Ann Rutledge. It was especially ha d for him to lose his promised wife at the time When he did-, hecause he was discouraged about busi- ncss problems. Again his qulliti's as :1 Storm King prevailed and Lincoln struggled on. A few years later, he Was married to Mary Todd. She was a great social leader and probably helped her rail- splitting husband to gain his social p0-

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THE HOOSIER TII RE E JUNIOR CLASS HISTORY In our first year of school We Wez'e twentyrone, but now out of a class of thirty-fuul' only thirteen of us are jun- iors of R. H. S. Although thirteen is mid to .119 ml unlucky number and does not seem a large body, the twentyrtwo in iulwlition that have llelpftl t1 in- crease the ranks in the lust ten years prove themselves as being very capable mDmbU'S of aux class. We the HLucky Thirteen me Virgi- nia Alden, Loon Brown, Walter Burford, Fred MeNorton Clyde Spnw, Mury F. Patton, Weaver Miller, Reba Aldem Marga ct Baker, Laura Bracken, Josey phine Burnett, Mary Fl'yberger and El- 13, Cummings, The first four years proved to he very successful with Miss Hil'sbi'unnel', Miss McClain. Miss B:itton and Miss Glasses as teachers. Occasionally Miss Hirsbrunner did tap us over the fingtr with a rulei; or made us stand on the floor during a reading recitation heV cause we Were so interested in a picture in our reader that we did not know the place when it Was our turn to read, but we now knnw it was only for our own gondl The eight pupils remaining that were With us in the fi'st grade and are not with us at present, I shall speak of very briefly. They are: John Upp. who left us this year, is becoming a Very popular clerk in Smith dc ansonls clothing store.. Mattie Bryan left us in the fourth graile. Rachel Randolph was 57 advanced in knowledge that although with us in the seventh grade she is now ,1 Senior of R. H. S. ' Dorothy Rutter, we are prowl to s y, started her school career in Rock lie, but unfortunately we 1 st her this y u' and slie is at present a very populm student in the Evil 'etml high school, being chosml n few Weeks agu as the Pnrko county dMegute t0 the Junior Legislature which met in Imlianzlpolist Thelma Honda, the reilrhnirotl I 55, Whom we all remember by her smiles is a member of the junior class of Gary, Indiana. Flora Thomas, we are sorry to say, let us last year 11ml is spending her time at home with ueul'e uml ihzead, having become :1 Very mpublc embroidu Mela Ruth White is a student of Tutlor Hall, at Indianapolis. Florence Kinney left us in the sev- enth grade t3 gn to Long Beach, Culit fornia. She is a member of the junior class there. In the second grade we had two new members, Rachel Randolph, who was bright enough to skip the first grade, and Gordon Graham, whom We all so well remember by the praise of Flam Thomas. Gordon let 115 in the fourth grade and is now residing in Lafayette being a member of the junior class there. In the third grade we had five new members respectively: Archie Craig, Dishex' Hul'ilesty, Math cus Settles, Leah Clark and Clarice Davis. Lcola is residing in Marshall, Indh inna; Clarice is in school at Lafayette.

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THE HOOSIER FIVE sition. Even With her help Lincoln's home was not without its sadness, for, after he was President. his son Thomas or tthxd , as he was called, died. But still the courageous President did nut shirk his duty to his country. Politically, Lincoln Was firm. A17 though it lengthened his climb up the political ladder, he openly declared hilly self against secession and slavezy, early in his political careei: It might truth- fully he said thnt he never wavered in his conviction, for he preached his prins ciplos 0f unti-slavery mud n firmly unit- ed gavernmeut until the whole nation practiced them. Another great storm in Lincolnts life was the War of Secession. One less strong could not have endured the strain. The, rail-splitting had not been without its good effects, Even though he was disappointed by friend, as well as foe; the conqueror of storms was undaunted and led his country sufely through the conflict Probably the biggest factors of our nmrtyreil President's success were his faith in God, and his memory of his mother. In his speeches uml Writings, there are fauna so many Bibiezil exV pressions that they lead one to believe that he was a diligent Bible student. His reverence for his mother is shown in his statement, tiAll that I am 01' all that I ever hope to be, I owe to my angel motherF Although Lincoln did not live to em i joy his success, the memory of tho tiGreat Storm King Will live forever with the American peopleJ whom he served 50 faithfully and well. MURDELL VAN HUSS, y26. C. M. T. C . The four letters, C. BI. T, C. stand for Citizens Military Training Camp, :1 good place to spend a month during the com- ing summer learning lessons in good citizenship and other useful things. Governor Jackson, of Indiana, en- dorses the movement in the following words; nI have always been in favor of this movement, and I am thoroughly con- vinced that the discipline and training received the:e in the camps, is valuable. I wish to, hereby, endorse this pro- gram. I fully expect Indiana to be Well rep- resented in these camps, as she has been in former years. These words of Governor Jackson well repaesent the views of the leading men of the csuntl'yi I am sorry to say that our State, at the present, is far he- hind the other States of the corps a:ea in its quota of men. This Will never do; we must meet our quotm Last year something like 35,000 at- tended these camps in the country. In our corps area over 4J000 were at Camp Knox, the camp for this meg, of which 1,300 were from Indiana, but this year we have only Ll little better than 500 applications so fru: This is not 61 third of what is Expected of us. What are we going to do about it? Are we going ta allow the other States to keep ahead of us as they nl'C now? Not duly is the View Of having your State well :eprescnted, but the personal Vniue of receiving this training, free of charge, should draw your attention and serious thinking To give an idea of the work, an ordinary dayis program is as follows: 5:30eGet up and out at revele. G :OOeBreakfast. 7:00a0ut for di'ili. 8:30-Exercises. 9:00eLeetui-e by an officer on Mili- y science. 10:00aM0re drill. 11:45-Di1mer. tAIl are ready for itJ 5:15eRet1'eat hnd parade. 6:00 Supper. 10:00aTaps, Perhaps once a week there may be a.