Rolla High School - Growler Yearbook (Rolla, MO)

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J it JVM I One day while busily working in the lab near the end of the yeara feeling of sadness stole over me that so soon my loyal classmates and I would be separated. While in this dreamy introspective mood the fumes from the experiment I was making added a feel- ing of languor and tho not like Pythia of old, 'lil who mounted the tripod I dropped into the , comfortable desk chair and was given a vision ,A , in which I saw the future of my classmates First I saw Helen Baysinger as the society I belle of a large city, heretofore known as Rolla. Missouri. She was only continuing the leader- ship accorded her when in Rolla High. V Peering along the streets I saw a man bend- ing low to enter a magnificent gym. He was . employed, I was told, to train the Miners. On inquiring his name, I found that he was no oth- er than our beloved classmate, Harry Z. As 1 became still more imbued with the stupefying fumes, I saw a large mansion surrounded with flowers and fruit trees. In the far distance could be heard the cackle of the hen and the grunting of the swine. As I looked more closely, I saw sitting on the porch reading a home magazine the petite figure of Mattie Freeman. A click, click, brought to my view the small figure of Mary Adams. So Mary had become a successful stenographer. I remembered then her quiet and assured way in managing the Freshman, and knew that these qualities had made for success in the business world. The next vision that flitted by was that of a hurrying crowd into a state- ly building. When I followed along I saw busily handing out money in re- turn for small slips of paper, our vice-president, Eric Schuman. The mew of a cat now demanded my attention. and as I followed the call of the Grey Malkin, I found surrounded by pets and examination papers Miss Minerva Allison, a far-famed German teacher in the R. H. S. Robert Stassen, Scientific Farmer, was the next member of my class to come beneath my enchanted vision. He lived on a large estate where he spent most of his time in walking to and from a nearby farm, where lived a former Sophomore. Looking into an auditorium I saw Miss Selma Hammer as a lecturer on Horticulture. No wonder that Selma 'was so interested in Agriculture, and did not mind the long walks, and the spraying and trimming of the fruit trees. ....g, Seeing the portrait of a woman on the wall, I examined it closely, and found beneath the initials E. R. B. Looking farther, I saw many other pic- ? 9 10 if fg m F I , my f Jaogm .Ee p V , Lf-- -rg-,-fi l . ' . ix' ' Y ,

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CLASS HISTORY. At present our Senior class numbers twelve, eight girls and four boys. We were expecting to graduate with a baker's dozen but when Berenice Wynn decided she would rather be Mrs. Elfred we were doomed to disap- pointment. Only two of this twelve started school here in the first grade: Helen Baysinger and Selma Hammer. In the third grade two new ones were added, these being Mattie Freeman and Harry Zieseniss, Then we traveled along until we caught up with Eric Schuman in number five. Eric says he lost one year on account of his eyes, but we are inclined to think that he knew a good thing when he saw it: our class. Grade seven brought another member: Effie Porter, who was gone the next year, but joined us again in our Freshman year. Mary Adams and Robert Stassen came into the class in the eighth grade. We all remember this year with pride. With Miss Niles as teacher, We accomplished great things. We still like to think about the Eighth Grade Weekly and the feast we had. In the Freshman year Earl Baumgardner and Minerva Allison were added to our list and in the Sophomore year Eva Northern. During the next year no new additions were made, and only one this year: Madge Lenox. If any members of this class should meet after a few years, they would soon be talking about the good times we had in the old Rolla High. You remember how we used to turn the clock ahead when Professor Yelton was called to the telephone, and how some one broke into the building and put all our books in a pile in the front of the room? And those good old feasts we used to have in the old laboratory, and how we took our eats in thru the window so as not to let the teachers know what was in store for the next period: oh but weren't those the good old times? During the Sophomore year the German Class organized and called themselves Die Deutsche Genossenschaftf' Many joyful and instructive evenings were spent together. In athletics we helped a great deal. Last year the captains of both the girls' and boys' basket ball teams were selected from our class. Many more things could be said, but to sum it all up, the 1916 Senior Class is without doubt, the best that has gone out from the new Rolla High School. Altho we lack some in quantity compared with other classes, we do not lack in quality. Any Senior will vouch for that. Harry Zieseniss, '16.

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tures, all ladies, bearing the same initials. So hjarl had become an up-to-date photographer. Hearing the voice of a lady say, Take this oath, I turned, and saw no other than Madge Lenox seated on the justice bench. I found that she was the only woman judge in America. So Madge was having her way, and see- ing that others had justice thruout her days. During my stupor I thot I became sick, and was taken to the hospital, where I was pleasantly surprised to receive tender care from the excellent nurse, Miss Eflie Porter. So she was continuing hergood work, began in Rolla High-performing kind deeds for all. As I caught one last whiff from the almost burned out experiment, I be- came conscious of sweet strains of music floating thru the air, and in my vision saw the queenlike figure of Eva Northern artistically playing the pipe organ in a large city church. So it had become her privilege to gladden many saddened souls with her beautiful music. CNote: This paragraph not writ- ten by the undersigned.b But, alas and alack, both the sweet music and prophetic vision were in- terrupted by the noise of an opening door, and the stern tones of Professor Bradley asking, Miss Eva, what was the result of that experiment? EVA NORTHERN, '16. CQQIXZQ 7 ,Q W new 6+ ,fa 37' 49 ' I M 'gif rf 'Q li 4 iw' M.Zll!I v. ?,,,- U . 351 ,,,alag, H 43 Si I . 1' ,a ,Sui ,277 Q-'QW 'l VH? 'lj 1 A I I!! ,i fa M- I-I . f ii 'fix' ,f fl Limit A 54,151.3 ,--Q, 159 .1 , A-, , N I f I I I --wa-'f , f I 1 f 7, I,-'fi'-A-A- J '- 'J 'fi I 1- rl. -e 21.3.7 , Y a -A I 47' K .XS L- 7 fl, pl I 77747 K -T I , 7 ,J