Storm Lake High School - Breeze Yearbook (Storm Lake, IA)

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Some people may get the idea that we 1nembe1's of the Annual Board have a snap in getting these inter- views, but if they had been in my place whe11 I was dodging around seats, upsetting chairs, having doors slammed in my face, and facing remarks that made me feel like a German penny in London, they would be willing to sell their typewriter and go to studying their lessons. But Miss McDougall was doomed to lose out in her effort to evade me, for I caught her by her long broom-I mean her arm, as she was turning a fast corner, and as she was as nearly all in as I was, I quietly escorted her into a vacant room. She sank exhausted into a chair. You may as well open up, I said. I was just trying to have some fun with you, I wasn't really trying to get away, and if this will do you any good here it is-I was born at Charlton, Iowa, quite a while ago, perhaps one lmndred years after tl1e Revo- lutionary War, and being very young at the time I was not in a position to look out for myself so I depended on my father and mother for a few years for 1ny support. After graduating from Charlton High and Mon- mouth College I secured a job at teaching school and I'm still at it. What were your first impressions of Storm Lake? I asked. They wouldn't do to print,'l she said. I asked for her opinion of Bryan but she refused to answer as she could not do so without the use of French or Greek. Miss McDougall is one member of our faculty who is always smiling, and never grouehy, but she has a way of her own of making a person feel cheap in the presence of others, but IVG,l'0 here to say that our high school career would have been a little more pleasant, and we would also have a few more eonvolutions in our cere- bellums if all of our teachers had been Mary Frederica Mcllougalls. History tells us that on the 22nd day of April in thc. year of 1991 thc people of lford County, Ill., became acquainted with 1 car KK-'1-I'-l'J which is .still in good working order, The 1391 model was named Lois . I'1'O111 the end of the first day of her school lifb on it was her desire to become 't school teacher. She was -il- ways the brightest one in her class, being the only Irishnrin in it, and never had to take 'in examination since the rules and regulations were made so that the teachers could exempt their favorites. She entered Simpson Col- lege -it Indianola, Iowa, i11 1909, and graduated in 1913. While attending college she did not play basketball because it was too rough 't game. She did not do any declaznatory work because when thc Irish get started to talking it s hard to stop them ton certain snbjeetsj. She never whispered in school except when the teacher 's b-ick was turned. An untruth never passed betvs Len her lips to the teacher 's hearing because she always bore in mind the rule of Geo. Washington and furthermore she always talked through her nose on such occasions. The teachers -'tt Simpson College had ft hard time keeping her out of the laboratory because she liked to play with the instruments but by the time she got her degree she was able to let someone else play with them 1 little bit. She attempted to teach physics at Leon, Iowa, last year but she was not able to let the instruments be played with by others so she came to Storm Lake. She has not been here wry long but so far she has made us do our shire of the work. -, .. . I L . , I I , 1 . I I e 1 . f . I i H 'Y J 4 1 4 t Y K K l . , , , . L 1 C L 5 y I c r c I' 1 X l I C Y. ' 1 , 1 1 x 1 L r 1 , C , X C yi I K , L K 1 V I c 4 l I 1 4 4 ,h N '.'- 1 1 , . . . Y Q L y 1 , 1 ,L ,M 1 .1 .1 I L . I C G - 2 I - '---i'v: ' f 4 '1- ,HWS

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9 Sftnrm Eelke Breeze Miss YVhi'tuey is one of the oldest members of the faculty. She unwillingly told me she was twenty-four years of age, born Aug. 29, 1890, but the date of her death is unknown. Her home is in Hampton, Iowa. When I asked her nationality she gave a deep sigh and replied, Everything, Her favorite song is, H If you talk in your sleep donit mention my name. Her favorite occupation is Hslinging hashn. Says she has no false teeth and refused to give me her waist measure, advising me to ask the underftaker. She is a firm believer in fussingg says her hou1's are from one till won. I said to her, Then you don't ever intend to be an old maid? She replied, Most certainly I intend to be. The ambition of my life is to become matron of an Old Maids' Hall. I asked her who her pal was. She replied very briefly, Thon1p. I asked, f'What college did you attend? I have had two colleges, she said, HI. S. T. C. and the College of Hard Knocks. Wl1at is your idea of old age? I asked-then she went nearly into a tantrum and talked for an hour on the subject, she said: Not one of us is any older than we make ourselves, I hope I shall never live to be 60 years old but I do hope that I may live to be 90 years young. IrVhat is your mottoil' I asked. I have several, sho said, but the one I live nearest to is 'Early to hed and early to rise, miss lots of fun and never get wise'. , L. L. D. As I happened to be passing the commercial room the other day I saw Miss Thompson quietly gazing into space as though she were thinking of her past, so I asked here to tell me her thoughts. They rolled out easily as follows: My name is Lueile Eleanor Thompson. I was horn in the year 1893, Feb. 29th. At the age of seven I was sta1'ted to school. Because of my brillianey I finished school in ten years, which made it 1907. I then went to college at Boise, Idaho, for two years, and then finished my education at Highland Park. After graduating I taught two years at Boone. After leaving Boone I came to the little eity of Storm Lake where I am now, and expect to be the rest of my life, unless I get married or die. I have but one motto which I live by and try to make others, and that is, 'Keep your eyes and ears open and your mouth shut. My favorite st01'y is 'The house that Jack built'. O. S. B-8 - - inqvQw12 iggwflwlf '-ff? '7E'7'fi!i .T3- +-

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Near the city of Ipava, in good Illinois State. On June the twenty-seventh I was born to meet my fate. In a Fulton County school house that stood very near the road I learned to write and so forth and to follow teacher 's code. When High School days were over I chose dear old Knox College As the fitting place for Ruthy Diehl to struggle after knowledge. It wasn't all book study, allow me here to say: I practiced on the violin, tho never learned to playg And too my voice I practiced to get it so in tune That boys and girls who heard me said: I wish she'd stop right soon. In spite of bow and voice and books, I found some time to take For basketball and tennis games and rowing on the lake. Then as she told of June again those busy days yet glad When she her Alma Mater left with feelings that were sad. I glanced up as she spoke all this, and an arrow did I spy That tells the world in which she moves, She's a member of Pi Phi. School days coming in the fall ind her in 21 brand new role, Sheds teaching in Ipava High and pointing out the goal. September comes around again and finds her once more at work, For she promised our mlhty school board from her duties she 'd never shirk. So Storm Lake finds her one of them and English is her taskg She strives each day to do her share, and what more can they ask? Athletics, you say, and music too? 1,111 exceedingly fond of bothg But teaching 's not bad, I like it fine. Then meekly the lady quoth: I do many things but seems to me each one abon1inablypoor. I disagree and many . comps. would I give her but she bids me farewell, And as I walk to the door I wonder how she ever has time to sleep. ' L. B. Miss GHIIIHIG-1'Sl1GI111G1' was sitting at her desk, scratching away with a fountain peng when I asked if she was busy, she said she was just practicing penmanship. Holding up her little green class book: I've been mak- ing ovals, she said. It is generally known that Miss Gummersheimer is a genius, she is an artist, athlete and scholar, and it might be said in passing that she is a first class teacher. It is also whispered about that she is very young and openly declared that she is very good looking. I was born, she began, Sept 27th, 1893. in St. Louis. Some months later I accompanied the rest of the folks to Belleville, Ill., where I began my educal tion. I graduated from Belleville High in 1911 and I received my degree from Knox College in 1914. Since that time I have received four offers of . How do you like teaching? I interrupted. Great! I think it is a noble calling, Iim working for a pensionf, What is your chief bone of contention El I asked. That 'Pop' su1'ely missed his calling. Who is your favorite student? 'fDavid Crissy, she answered, blushing very deeply. But I reserve some affection for the whole bunch? ' R. G,