Rockville High School - Retrospect Yearbook (Rockville, IN)

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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.

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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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SIX THE HOOSIER lecture or work in the afternoon If, however, on the range firing, there is no drill. One should not gn expecting a good, soft time. There is WO'k about it, and the one not wishing to do a little work must stay int, home to keep out of the way. There are amusements such as moving pictures every evening at a-ioW price. The C. M. T C. is divided into four courses, the Basic, Red, White mid Blue. No military training is required to enr fer the basic course. The only require- ments are the quilifiention of being a male citizen of the Uiiitea States and to be or have attained the age of sev- enteen by Jununry 1, 1926 This year the camps for this area are hehl at Fort Harrison, Indiana, and Camp Knox, Kentucky. The county chairman is Mr. John M. MeFaddin. ABILITY OF THE JUNIORS Who said the jhniors had no ability? The juniors, at least, give themselves credit of having quite :1 bit of that quality. And wouldn't you other classmen be proud to have as many representatives on the basket ball team as We have? Also the captain of the team is a member of our class. tWhy we:e We honored, When we help ed to give the HChristmas: Party? We were glad you liked it. Then there are our musicians. In both the orchestra and the band we have delegates from our junior class. Oratory is, also, among our talents. We have one or two powerful craters and other valuable speakers from Miss Wardis Public Speaking class. The jur niors are proud to say that the winner of the Lincoln essay is a junior. We have good salesmen in our class as illustrated in ticket sales in the Hoosier contest teven though we 105D And isnt the business manager of the Hoosier a juniur? Also, other juniors help hold the Hoosier staff together. Among other gifts we have those peo- ple who can mnke men Make notice We have talented artists in the class, besides girls whose evoking makes one imagine himself at 3 Rings table. We, also, have a poctress among our ranks whose value is not worthless. There are many brilliant students among the juniors, mid we expect che eiul of then! to become P;esidonts, or hold some other high offices after they have gi'uduntah from old R. H. S. hVP fully expect the first woman President of the United States to be some girl from this class. ' We have heard that the seniors fear thorn will be ravens tion. Do not get :Ihn'med seniors, he- cgmse when the juniors start working, they work. After the reception, you Will probably appreciate us more. Do not blame us fm- being p.0ml of ourselves or feeling a bit egotistic. 1m junio rsenim' GUESSING CONTEST Remember that anyone guessing who submitted the fuliowing editorial will be awarded by having his picture in the annual issue. In the last issue Ernest Jones wrote the tPhilosophy of a Senior, and Keith Modesitt wrote UMusicai Bumpst Hand in the name of the person whom you think wrote the following editmial HAm IV with the name of the editorial, in not more than a week from date of publication of this issue. MARIE HAY. AM I? Did you ever stop to think about the faculty of being a good loser!i It shows more strength of character to take defeat well, than it does to be a good Winner. It is hard to be cheerful when another steps ahead and leaves us heie, apparently not advencing, but