Sheridan High School - Syllabus Yearbook (Sheridan, IN)

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(CUuus ijistnrif When, on the first day of school in 1915, the Freshmen began to arrive, there were many predictions that our class was going to break the record set by the new class of the precoding year. Although we didn’t quite do that, we came very near for when we were counted we numbered forty-six. Never did Freshmen receive such a sincere welcome. Having a room all to ourselves and under the charge of Miss Hemmersbaugh, we felt quite at home. Every year of our High School career has been crowded full of events, for we are a class that deserves to stand first in all things. Under the leadership of Miss Hemmersbaugh we challenged the Sophomores of that year to a debate on the subject of “Woman Suffrage.” L°la Kerche-val Nina Robbins, Webster Smith and Ralph Dea-kyne were our representatives and of course we won. (Wo chose to uphold the affirmative.) Our Physical Geography work was supervised by Mr. Loop and was supplemented by many interesting excursions, the most eventful being a hike to Westfield and Carmel. Miss Hemmersbaugh taught our English and Mr. Ellis our Algebra. We were an undivided class in all our work except the languages. A few of the students took German under Miss Stevenson, while the remainder devoted their time to Latin with Superintendent Kirk. As is usually the case we had several to drop qut before our first year's work was finish d. Franz Pickett, Calvin Haworth,Jacob Mace and Ma i Shannon deserted us for various worldly occupations. Our Sophomore year b gan with a few more gone from ou • number. Mary Wyatt never returned, William Wimborough came only for a f w days and Ch ster Lees moved to the city. Franz Pickett r turned to us but .-.oon left for Boxley H S. and at the same time Esther Ogl', f om B. H. S. enrolled in our class. One of th' saddest events of all our years occurred at the b ginning of this year. Donald Couch contracted typhoid fev?r and afte: thr e weeks of suffering and pain his young life passed away. Donald’s death left i vacancy in our liv s which has nev.r been filled and a sorrow which oniy time can heal. Mr. K reheval taught our A1 gob a and Geometry classes, Mr. Moreland Ancient History and Caesar. Wimborough, English and Miss Stevenson and Mr. Ei ken be ivy, German. The Ancient History class visited the museum and Heron’s Art Institute at Indianapolis, duing the latter part of that year. The last few weeks of our school year were devoted to the School Exhibit of 1917 and although we didn’t win first place, we always have felt that it was time well spent.

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(Class iJiJrnphmjr fully suited to his many talents. Between times wh.cn h must obey duty’s call, he has a good tim? flirting with the girls who come and go f: om the station. I hear the whirr of a larg elevator in a store in New Yo k, and there is Martha Butcher, who patently runs up and down for countless shoppers. Sh • has established a record for speed and safety. As she stops on the second floor, a man steps to the elevator and in a haughty voice, commands her to tak him “down.” Chester Hays is supremely happy in his position as “head boss” of the second floor. Far away from the busy whirl of city life the spirit leads me to the peace and quiet of the coun-t y where Orpha Leap is living on a large farm, carefully tending cows, chickens and all other necessary appendages to faim life. Orpha is married, but the spirit can not tell hr. husband’s name. 1 am swiftly transported back to a rather quiet section of the city, and in the yard of a large orphan’s horn' two ladies are chatting and watching the play of a group of children. These ladies are lone Lanham and Esther Ogle. lone is the matron of th home, and Esther is superintendent of the infants department. People say, however, that Esther will desert the Orphanage to become superintendent of her own home soon. Down among the hills of Scott county lives a typical farmer—none other than Milford Stowers. For a time he taught school, but the call of the farm drew him back to the soil and now he is married and is living very happy. Again the scene changes and I see a mob of noisy people, waving banners, bearing strange signs, entirely unknown to me. The spirit draws me on until 1 sec you, my friend, addressing the mob of restless laborers, proclaiming to them promises of the great prosperity whirh will follow your election as president of the United States. You, Nina Robbins, who declared back in the days of '19 that you would never vot°, are making a gallant fight against Edith Stahl who is struggling for the same honors. Then as suddenly as she had commenced the medium’s voice ceased. The soft glow which flooded the room changed to the dim grey of twilight and I was transported from a world peopled with visions of the past, to the realty of the noisy life of the now b ightlv lighted city about me.

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We entered upon our Junior year full of new life and vigor for the tasks before us. Martha Butcher had left us to spend her Sophomore year at Boxley H. S., but returned to us for her Junior and Senior years. Audra McKenzie and Athel Wallace 1 ft our ranks during our Junior year. During the past winter Audra died of the “flu.” Athel Wallace has now taken up her high school course with the Juniors of ’ll). Late in that year Maurice Walker joined us from Westfield H. S. The crowning success of our life as Juniors was the successful staging of a play, entitled “Jimmie’s Aunt Jane.” Miss Paul assisted us as our coach. Ralph Parr and Lela Grace Kercheval played th? parts or hero and heroine, th? characters of a typical professor and his wife, being portrayed by LaMarr Haekleman and Ion'1 Lanham, while Karl Stout, our star actor, imitated Rastus, the negro. Many of the Junior subjects were elective, so that our class seemed very different from that of previous years. Among the elective subjects were Agriculture, Domestic Science, G ometry, Commercial Geography and Commercial Law, making a very wide scope for ou:- various interests. We took part in several debates and even if we didn’t always win we f It gratified because we had helped. Those debating were Edith Staid, Webst r Smith, Lela Kercheval and Ralph Deakyne. At the end of our third yea • we felt that we had spent a h Ipful as well as pleasant eight months. When last fall we assembled as Seniors many things seemed much changed. In addition to having attained the honor of being Seniors and beginning this year, with almost a complete new corps of teachers, many other changes had taken place among us. During the month of June, last summer Paul died, due to an accident with a hay-fork. Because he was need d .so badly on the farm Paul had been forced to leave school in hi Sophomore year, but we all mourned our loss, knowing that another was gone from ou ranks forever. Early in July, Ralph Deakync enlisted in the service of Uncle Sam. He i.s now stationed at Houston. Texas. We all had sincerely hoped, that since the war was ended. Ralph would be able to return soon enough to graduate with us but since Uncle Sam still nc ds him, he will not be here at our graduation. He expects to be released by the first of July. Wilmer Ogb joined the navy but was able to get his discharge early enough to be with us all of the last semest r of our Senior year. Besides having so many absent ones, we also had new pupils. Frank Griffin came to us from Cicero H. S. We have felt very proud of Frank and very grateful to him because of his success with the “Black and White.” Nina Robbins also has been faithful in her position as assistant editor and Web-st r Smith has fulfilled well his office, as circulation manager. The Senior class wish to extend their sincere thanks to th members of our class, on the Black and White staff, who have worked so un-