Spiceland High School - Yearbook (Spiceland, IN)

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THE ODYSSEY OF 1920 1916- 17. Twenty-three Freshmen started on a wonderful adventure. Just where this journey would lead or what would happen on the way — we could only surmise. This much we knew, the journey would last four years, along with many other travelers who had started before us and still others who should join us later and that there would be guides on the way. Most of the Freshmen explored the legions where the guidebooks of English, Algebra, General Science and Latin led. Jos. H. Blose was chief guide. Florence Hadley ' s guide-book led to the heights of English, that of Clara Kendall thru the valley of Latin and with Rob- ert Fisher we explored the fields of General Science and Algebra. However, Mr. Fisher left us at the end of the first semester and Marie J. Smith piloted us the remainder of the first year ' s journey. Another guide was Roy Wollam who showed us the realms of Bible Study. Of course, not all the time was spent in exploring, for we had many chances to play. Many of the freshmen boys took an active interest in basketball and baseball. So that those who were farther along the road had to recognize our ability. Along toward the last of our journey for that term, there came the announce- ment that the Academy was going to enter the Inter-academic Contest. There would be a try-out among all travelers in the Academy for the pnrpo-e of sending two representatives, one for oratory and one for declamation. Accordingly, the Freshmen set to work. The result was that Julia Pierce, erne of our class, went as a declaimer and won. How we Freshmen rejoicM ! Our journey was nearly over for that term. What an experience we had had and how we had enjoyed it ! There was only one happening to sadden us ; we lost, in the death of Margaret Rife, one of our jolliest and kindest classmates. In memory of Margaret we wish to quote these lines of Mrs. Barbauld : So fades a summer cloud away, So sinks the gale when storms are o ' er, So gently shuts the eye of day, So dies a wave along the shore. 1917- 18. In September of nineteen seventeen, nineteen of our former companions came back to take up the journey. Nellie Booth and Estelle Denney joined our ranks. For this lap of the journey we were to go by the name of Sophomores. Just why it was we could never figure out. In the first year ' s travels we had liked certain things better than others. So that on this trip, according to our individual natures, we were not all going to ex- plore the same things. Of course, we resumed English again with Florence Hadley. She often gave us quotations, one of which was: The hours are yours twixt dawn and night, and since that youth ' s sure aftermath is memory — use the day aright. This was Miss Hadley ' s way of saying that we would get out of our journey just what we put into it.

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NELLIE BOOTH Laugh at your friends and if your friends b So much the better you may laugh the more. WAYMAN CASEY A youth who was given So much of earth, so much of Heaven. We have been friends together In sunshine and in shade.

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Some of the class took up Manual Training or Bookkeeping with the chief guide, Jos. H. Blose. One new guide, Loreta Rush, piloted us through Geometry and History. With her came Lola Haworth, whose guidebook for us was Caesar. Some again explored Bible Study with Roy Wollam. Again our journey drew to an end. We found that the more intensively we explored, the better rewarded we were. 1918- 19. Nineteen of the second year ' s travelers came to take up our adventure again under the name of Juniors. Charles Ratcliff and Bernice Brown joined our com- pany. More and more choice had been granted. Some took up Mechanical Draw- ing or Manual Training or Physics under the new chief guide, Chester L. Reagan. Many explored History and Botany under Irvin Shultz. Edith Wildman guided the Juniors through English. Clara Kendall was again one of our guides in Vir- gil or French or Domestic Science. Miss Kendall had been to Chicago University a year. Some took Bible Study with Roy Wollam as guide. Kathryn Scanland at the beginning of the second semester came to help us go singing on our way. All along the journey the boys of our class had been playing on the regular teams with the other travelers, our upper classmen. In this particular part of the journey the Academy won the District Tournament in basketball. Along toward the last of the year we Juniors gave the Seniors a farewell party at the home of Louise Griffin. One more year and our journey would end. 1919- 20. Seniors, how quickly the time has gone ! It has seemed more like four days than four vears. Twenty returned to take the last lap of our journey together. Four new ones, Wayman Casey, Charles Jarrett, Edna Kendall and John Pratt, joined us. Glen Pierce, who had been one of our classmates for three years, left to serve Uncle Sam. With Chester L. Reagan as chief guide some took up Agriculture or Physics or Commercial Arithmetic. A new guide ' , Clyde Rogers, led groups off into Manual Training or Mechanical. Clara Kendall piloted some through Cicero or Domestic Science. We took up History with Russell Ratliff, while some ex- plored Bookkeeping, Typewriting and Shorthand under his leadership. Kathryn Scanland came again ; some took French and Harmony with her as guide. Bible Study was also resumed again by Roy Wollam, but after the first of the journey Rev. Anderson took his place for a time. All Seniors, with Edith Wildman as leader, resumed English. At the time we are writing this we are working on the play, The Man On the Box, with Miss Wildman as director. Again the Academy won the District Tournament in basketball. Four of the regular team being from our class. The last lap of the journey will soon be over. All that it has meant to us we cannot realize. Often times we have stumbled but always there was the goal ahead if we did but rise and struggle. We have reached it at last and how glad we are! But our Academy and guides have helped us to see yet other goals farther along and that we have only begun our adventure. By their help and influence we feel that we have attained an excellent start on our life adventure. L. P. ' 20