St Johns College - Johnnie Yearbook (Winfield, KS)

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f l s ,l iq. :KH QMEARL H. SCAER was born on the 27th of Octo- ber, 1896, in the city of Winfield, Kansas. His boyhood days were spent in attending the parochial school. In the fall of 1910 his first calls re-echoed through the halls of St. John's. To young Karl every year proved more successful than the preced- ing one, and in the fall of 1915 he found himself at the head of Chrysostsmos. Secretary of class. Tennis singles, 1915. Baseball, '16. ' Ui? winds and waves are always on the side of the ablest navigator.-Gibbon. QQARL F. SCHMIDT entered the campaign of life November 7th, 1896, in St. Louis, Missouri. After finishing the Eighth Grade, he entered St. John's in the fall of 1911 as a Second Prep. He held various oflices while a member of Chrysosto- mos. Critic, President of Demosthenian, '16. Base- ball, '14, '15, Manager of Baseball, '16. Manager Basketball '15. Winner Declamatory and Oratory, '16. Member of winning debating team, '16. Mem- ber of Reporters' Club, '15. President of Club, '16. Eloquence is vehement simplicity.-Cecil. V 8.1 .xf r

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OQAEORGE J. KETTNER. Born on the 10th of N0- vember, 1895, in the little city of Indian Creek, Kansas. After 'completing a parochial school course, he entered St. John's in the fall of 1910. The close application to his studies soon enabled him to mas- ter all difliculties. Upon entering Chrysostomos he assumed honorable positions, such as, critic, treasur- er, and vice president. While president of the De- mosthenian Literary Society, he distinguished' him- self as one capable of performing greater duties. Member of Reporters' Club '16. Little things are great to little men.-Gold- smith. QQEORGE L. LUECKE. Born the 23rd of February, 1896, at Wichita Falls, Texas. After complet- ing a high school course in his native town, he en- tered St. John's in the fall of 1914. His Chrysosto- mos career has been conspicuous. At the division of the society, George was appointed president pro- tempore of the 'unknown society.' In the annual track meet he humiliated his competitors by prov- ing his superiority in several events. George's in- cessant candid humor has won many friends for him. Good humor is the clear blue sky of the soul, highly favorable to the discoveries and progress of genius.-Shaftesbury. 1 J

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,HIS THE CLASS OF '16 takes leave from the walls of our endeared and cherished Alma Mater, we do so with mingled feelings of joy and sad- ness. Joyful are we, because we have now completed our college education and will step out into a larger field and enter upon a definite purpose in life. Joyful are we, that, after so many years of application to our studies, we have now reached the goal for which we set out some six years ago. On the other hand, we are also experiencing a' keen emotion of sad- ness. To think, that after spending six of the best years of our life at St. John's, we are now departing, some of us, perhaps all of us, not again to spend happy hours within the circle that has so tenderly cared for us, can not but make us feel sad. To leave all our friends at this period of life and to leave them, at least many of them, to meet no more, increases the sad- ness that must fill the heart of every graduate as he speaks the farewell words to the institution which for years has been the center of his thoughts and actions. Bnt we depart with the sincerest wishes ever with St. John's, and with the assurance that the spirit which to-day lives, will always. live, and that the endeared memories of our Alma Mater shall ever remain in the soul of each Senior. Endeared Alma Mater, Adieu ! Riga, 2 Q?