Tecumseh High School - Tomahawk Yearbook (Tecumseh, NE)

Text from Pages 1 - 116 of the 1924 volume:

THE TOMAHAWK VOLUME ONE 1924 DON CAMPBELL, Editor Published b ) the CLASS OF 1924 EUGENE BROCK. Business Manager Tecumseh, Nebrask; 011 SElntrt D. iSalatrH j hia 1924 ulotnahauik ia itritiratrit. itt appri’riatinn of tlir arruirr hr l?aa rrnhrrrit to ua anil to our iuatitu-lioit, atih in yratituiti' for thr loyalty ain't high titrate that Iir liaa manifratrit in that arrttirr. Jffnmitorft thin, the first tin 1 tintr nf thr Snmahamk utr haur rttiiraunrri) tn rrrnrit thr life atth arlitiitirs nf thr Htglj rtinnl. Jht jirrsrittittg its faculty. studrnts atth artiuitirs, uir hattr tried tn sluuu in sntttr tttrasnrr thr ihrals fnr nthirli this ffiiyh Srhnnl stands. Iflr hnyr that in thr fitturr thr rnntruts nf this hnnk mill bring nttltj ntrntnrirs itrar tn gnu. Che Calc of fbc tomahawk Should you ask us, “Whence these pictures, Whence these stories and traditions, With the spirit of great gladness, With the fire flame of ambition, With the hearty thrill of contest, With the merry bursts of laughter, As in rippling streams in forest?” We should answer, we should tell you: “From the dreamland of our schooldays From the shores of sweetest memory, From the hill top of Our High School, From the trail of Mighty Tomahawk, Through the brightest paths of learning To the sky line of achievement.” Should you ask us where this Tomahawk Found its tale of gems so precious, Found these legends and traditions, We should answer, we should tell you: “In the ideas of his children, In their actions and their fancies, In the things they loved and cherished. All his student children sang them, Sang them to the Mighty Tomahawk. Out of them he wove a story. Wove a tale of gems so precious.” Through the school he now is wandering While behind him trail these brilliants, Trail these gems from high school dreamland.” Ye who love the haunts of high school, Love the dear old Black and Gold, Love the echoes of school cheering, Love the studies and the frolics, Love the friendly smiles of schoolmates, Listen to the tale of the Tomahawk, To this sweetest of all legends. Ye who sometimes in your ramblings Through the lanes of recollection, Where the tangled shrubs of memory Hang their thoughts of days departed, Pause in some neglected by-road For awhile to muse and ponder, On inscriptions half forgotten. Stay and read our rude inscriptions, Made with little skill of song craft, Homely phrased, but each letter Full of reminiscent pleasure. Read this Tale of Old Tecumseh! Read this dearest of all legends! —O. B. Many a man would have been a success if he had combined his fragmentary efforts. —Marden. To be thrown upon ones own resources, is to be cast into the very lap of fortune. —Franklin. I am called away by particular business, but I leave my character behind. —General Sheridan. Cable of Contents BOOK ONE - The School BOOK TWO Athletics BOOK THREE - - Organizations In the dreamy, deeping twilight In a chair beside the fireplace, Sat a young man idly watching Flames that leapt there, bright and cheery. Outside sang the wind so dreary. Cold the rain which fell in torrents Beat upon the pane beside him. Moaned the tree tops eerie, ghostlike. Saw he then a flame before him Watched it take a form—then vanish. Watched it reappear—then spake it, “ ’Tis the ghost of Chief Tecumseh, Chief Tecumseh, bravest warrior! Long have 1 watched o’er your village, Named in honor of my glory. Saw it grow from eighteen sixty From the settlers’ tiny cabins To a city grand and prosperous. Watched your brave sons and fair daughters Grow to manhood, brave and earnest. Saw our women’s honored beauty. Grace and Virtue sat upon them. In their arms they held your fathers, liaised them noble men and women. Saw your plains grow rich and fruitful Cattle roamed in pastures verdant. From the forest brought they timbers, Built them into homes of comfort. Planted maize with hue of yellow. Wheat fields laid in summer sunshine. Fish leaped in the laughing waters Of your streams of crystal clearness. Saw th( flowers bloom in the spring time. Gardens ripened in the summer. Orchards, filled with Autumn’s plenty Basked in Indian summer’s glory. Saw you gather round your tables Laden with Thanksgiving’s blessings. Heard the voices of your children Ringing loud with joyous laughter. Saw the skates and sleighs a-flying In the chilly winter moonlight. Saw your noble schools of learning Where your children l ead and pondered Over problems deep and puzzling. Learned they then of Chief Tecumseh. Saw the smoke on dim horizons, Of your engines powerful, mighty. Creeping o’er tin boundless prairies, To the cities in the distance. “‘Then,” spake noble Chief Tecumseh, “Had my earnest prayer been answered To the ever kind Great Spirit That Nebraskans should be blessed. Kind were they to my descendants When they roamed these mighty prairies Gave, when they were faint and hungry Bread and meat from scanty cupboard. Warmed tin squaws and small papooses When the snows were deep and heavy. Now I vanish—I have spoken. May this blessing rest upon you— That you grow in strength and virtue. Bear you noble sons and daughters. Soon shall grow a mighty city, Here where once roamed herds of bison. Radios hum where once flew eagles. Par and wide shall spread your merits. 1 have spoken—T am vanished.” And the flames again leaped upward. Up the young man jumped in wonder. “ ’Twas a dream,” spake he, bewildered. But the wind sang down the chimney, ‘‘Nay, ’twas I, ’Twas Chief Tecumseh Whose spirit ever guards your city, Whose blessings ever waft you forward.” —L. B. X HOARD OF EDUCATION Tlu Class of 11)24 takes this means of expressing its appreciation and gratitude to the members of the Hoard of education of the Tecum-seh Schools. We realize that many of the opportunities afforded us have been largely at their hands. PERSONNEL OF HOARD A. X. Dafoe, President Mrs. Daisy Hervey Mrs. R. J. McKenzie, Vice-Pres. W. M. Sherman E. C. Hedrick, Secretary (). J. McDougal OUR P POOR ESS The growth of the Tecumseh Schools can be largely judged from the number of its graduates. Our classes have contained the following numbers: 1887— 6 1899— 7 1911—30 1888—11 1900—14 1912—38 1889—10 1901—14 1913—37 1890— 1 1902—16 1914—24 1894— 4 1903—13 191b—3b 1892— 6 1904—13 1916—29 1893- 9 190.5—18 1917—36 1894— 5 1906—23 1918—42 189b— 4 1907— 8 1919—3b 1896—14 1908—23 1920—40 1897— 4 1909—23 1921—35 1898—16 1910—18 1922— 36 1923— 44 SUPERINTENDENTS IN CHARGE W. H. Gardner.......................................1886-181)0 W. H. Cooper .......................................1890-1891 M. B. C. True .......................................1891—1894 T. H. Bradbury .....................................1894—1897 (J. W. Ellis .......................................1897—1899 C. X. Anderson .....................................1899—190b C. C. Danforth ......................................1905—1908 Walter Keichel ......................................1908—1911 V. L. Strickland ..................................1911—1916 W. S. Cook ........................................1916—1919 L. R. Gregory .......................................1919—1928 L. I). Halsted .....................................1923— iCULTY MISS BERTHA ENYEART, A. B. Lincoln Principal and Mathematics Graduate of University of Nebraska MISS BULA COOK, Fontenelle Normal Training Graduate of Peru State Normal One year in University of Colorado MISS BETH MICKLE, B. Sc. Crete Science Graduate of Doane College MISS MILDRED ORMSBY, A. B. Trumbull Civics, English One year’s work at Hastings College Graduate Nebraska Wesleyan University OMER HERRMANN, B. Sc. Western Agriculture Graduate of Nebraska University, Post graduate work at Columbia University. MISS ELIZABETH VARNER, A. B. Tecumseh Latin, Mathematics Graduate of Peru State Normal and University of Nebraska RALPH JOHNSON, A. B. Crete Mathematics, English, Science Graduate Doane College, Post Graduate work at Columbia University MISS HELEN YONT, A. B. Brock English Graduate of University of Nebraska MISS HELEN FULLER Tecumseh Music University of Nebraska and University of Southern California MISS MARGARET CARMAN, B. Sc. Tecumseh Home Economics One year in the University of Missouri Graduate of University of Nebraska MISS LILIA GRAVATT, A. B. Lincoln History Three years Nebraska Wesleyan University. Graduate Nebraska University. MERLE AUSTIN Normal Training I like all the boys, but none in particular. LOUISE BATES Normal Training She is with us, but you can’t notice it. PAUL BOGOTT College Preparatory All great men are silent. EUGENE BROCK Agriculture Single, safe, but not satisfied. MARY BURNS Normal Training One would think her quiet until one knows her. DONALD CAMPBELL College Preparatory Quite a blower, that’s why he’s in the band. ANNA CARR Normal Training Sweet tempered, in spite of the color of her hair. WILLIAM CUMMINGS Agriculture The best in life is conversation. HELEN I)AVEY Normal Training Sometimes I jest set and think. And sometimes I jest set. LORAINE DIXON Normal Training A little nonsense now and then Is relished by the best of men. MARTIN EGGE Agriculture Ask me no questions and I’ll tell you no lies. ALMA CARTER Normal Training Be good, and let who will be clever. JAMES CREIGHTON Agriculture He has no time for girls or fame. A diploma is his aim. DOROTHY EPLEY Normal Training Some what abbreviated in stature, but not in speech. LORINE ERICKSON Normal Training Her hair is no more sunny than her heart. ROBERT FARIS Agriculture A great man is he who does not lose his child’s heart. JOHN FINK Agriculture It’s such a serious thing to be a funny man. MARGARET FRAKES College Preparatory Though she may be a live wire, we’ve never yet been shocked by her. RICHARD GOULD College Preparatory Maidens, maidens everywhere, And not a maid for me. FRANCES GRAFF College Preparatory Fine people, like fine deeds, need no trumpets. JOHN GRAFF College Preparatory My ideas bother me more than the girls. KATHERINE GRAFF College Preparatory Steady and slow, sure to go, With very little fuss or show. IRENE HANFELT Normal Training Art is my second nature. VERNON HAYS College preparatory Men are not measured by inches. THELMA HOOT Normal Training Nothing is impossible to a willing heart. KATHERINE HUNT Normal Training It’s the songs you sing, and the smiles you wear That makes the sunshine everywhere. MARY HOWARTH Normal Training She has something on her mind. EDSON IRWIN Agriculture He speaks, behaves and acts just as he should. EDUS JEWELL Normal Training A merry heart maketh a cheerful countenance. WALDEMAR LAFLIN College Preparatory There are two sides to every question, my side, and the wrong side. LEONARD LAWRENCE Agriculture He has a smile that laps over and buttons in the back. TON Y MANDERY College Preparatory He speaks what he thinks, not what he ought to say. AGNES MARREN Normal Training Quiet, unlike most girls. GAIL MARTIN College Preparatory Bashfulness is not one of her faults, or virtues. PEARL MINER College Preparatory I never trouble trouble, till trouble troubles me. MARGARET MOORE College Preparatory Her music charms, as doth herself. LAWRENCE MURPHY Normal Training He stoops to nothing but a door. PIERCE MURPHY Normal Training The world’s no better if we worry, Life’s no longer if we hurry. MARIAN McDOUGAL College Preparatory Paddles her own canoe and does it well. MILDRED McILRAVY Normal Truining Success is the reward of diligence. HUBERT NELSON College Preparatory Let every man be master of his time. RALPH OVENDEN Little, but mighty. Agriculture MARIE PARKER Normal Training Dark eyes, dark hair, and brains; what more could you want? VERNA PENKAVA Normal Training Has little to say, but knows much. NEVA PHILPOT Normal Training Plain without pomp, and rich without show. NEIL ROONEY Normal Training Wit and Humor belong to Genius alone. LINDELL SACK College Preparatory Active doer, strong to labor, sure to win. GUY SANKEY College Preparatory It’s the quiet people that do the work. WILMETTA SOUDERS College Preparatory. Care killed a cat. So, let’s be merry. GOLDIE SURRATT Normal Training Life is a serious problem. I cannot laugh at it. ELIZABETH THURBER College Preparatory As good a sport as any one. Always ready to have some fun. DOROTHY WORTHMAN Normal Training A friend to everybody, and everybody’s a friend to her. i tstovp of tbr Class of ’24 When the autumn leaves were falling In the fall of nineteen eleven. Some adventurers were starting Out into the wide, wide world. There were Hubert, Gail and Tony, Lorine, Marie and Dorothy Worthman. They were starting on a journey, This, to last for many years. They were timid, they were fearful, For this step that they were taking, Led them through a deep, dark forest, Over new and dangerous ground. Now this much feared, dreaded forest Was the Forest of Instruction With its many chiefs and leaders To help guide them on their way Bess Dafoe was first their leader, Helen Swan and Mabel Campbell, Big Chief Myra Jump then led them To the grounds of Laura Bush. Here young Indian Mildred joined them, She, their first increase in number, Then with Big Chief Jattie Hendricks, Brave Don Campbell joined the tribe. Yet another year in passing Found them farther in the forest. Through the grounds of Chief O’Loughlin To the bounds of Mae McCoy. In this ground of happy hunting Near the outskirts of the forest, Agnes Marren and Neil Rooney. These two others joined the band. Next their chief is Miss Sandusky. With this wise and able leader Soon they’re safely through the forest, With another close at hand Day by day each sturdy warrior Learned a new and harder lesson, But each lesson well prepared him For his entrance into High School. Here their tribe is made much larger, For from out the neighboring country Come young Indians hale and hearty To be added to the band. There were Gene, Irene and Thelma, Margaret Frakes and Alma Carter. There were Stub and Jimmie Creighton Mary Burns and Lindell Sack. Here Wilmetta Souders joined them, Edson, too, and Leonard Lawrence, Goldie, Merle and Martin Egge, Katherine Hunt and Katherine Graff. William Cummings, Loraine Dixon, Brave John Fink and Robert Faris, Anna Carr—all these were added To make up the Freshman class. Through this happy term they travelled. Then there came a brief vacation. After this, another journey, For they had reached the Sophomore class. Here another one is added, ’Tis their Edus from Crab Orchard, Peacefully with them she travels, Rising Juniors, brave and bold. When they’ve climbed to Junior Classmen Others still have come to join them, Mary Howarth, Pierce and Richard, Neva, Guy, Elizabeth. Small Louise, and Dorothy Epley, From Elk Creek—all these were added; Then they’re forty-two in number, In this happy Junior Class. One more year—and they were Seniors Still the tribe ceased not its growing, For the year before its closing, Brings some others to the band. John and Frances Graff from Lincoln, Margaret Moore and Lawrence Murphy, Helen Davey, Paul and Verna Vernon Hays and Waldemar. Pearl and Marian too, were added, So these two with all the others Will make fifty-two the number Of the graduating class. They are Seniors! Now their journey Through Tecumseh High is ended. They are safely through the forest, And are out into the world Many pathways lie before them Pathways dim and yet untravelled. They must leave their chiefs and teachers And go on their way alone. May the pathway each has chosen Be as brilliant as the rainbow. At the end may every traveller Find the fabled pot of gold. Let us hope dear classmates, ever. Though so widely we are scattered, That each day bring some reminder Of our Class---------of ’24. V. Class Will We, the Senior Class of 1!)24, of the Tecumseh High School of Tecumseh, State of Nebraska, being about ready to pass out of this sphere of education, in full possession of a sound mind, well trained memory, and almost superhuman understanding, do hereby make, publish and declare this our last will and testament, revoking and making void all other wills and promises of whatever nature by us made. 1. To Mr. Halsted—Our humble admiration and heartfelt gratitude, in an individual as well as a collective manifestation. 2. To the faculty—All the amazing knowledge or startling information they may have gained through reading our various examination papers. 3. To Miss Cook—All the Seniors’ gum to be found on desks, seats, chairs, banisters and elsewhere. 4. To Ralph Hervey—Eugene’s athletic ability. 5. To Doris Townsend—Gail’s place in the pest house. 6. To Holland Miller—Guy Srnkey’s good grades. 7. To Joe Jones—Don’s oratorical voice. 8. To anyone who may need it—Loraine’s power of bluffing. 9. To Ruth Kuhlman—Marie’s tardy slips. 10. To Grace Sherman—All the Senior Girls’ hair curlers. 11. To Walter Roberts—Elizabeth’s power of expressing herself. 12. To the lower classmen—All text books, pencils, erasers, or scraps of paper which we may unintentionally leave behind us, in the excitement and haste of gathering up our cherished treasures, for the last time. 13. To the Faculty and Patrons of District 32 the best wishes of the Class of 1924. In witness whereof, We, the Class of 1924 have set our hands and seal this First day of May, Anno Domini, one thousand, nine hundred and twenty four. SENIOR CLASS. In testimony to the truth whereof we the subscribers have set our hands in evidence in witness hereunto. Lloyd I). Halsted, Bertha Enyeart, Eugene Brock. C0orc Crutb tban l?octrp Although the war has been over for some time, the faculty seems to still have one of the war phrases in their vocabulary: “They shall not pass.” Edson Irwin informs us that there are three classes of people; those born with sense, those who acquire it later, and those just like himself. When a woman’s lips are cracked, She uses grease, ’tis said. I wonder just why Johnny Fink Uses vaseline on his head? —Anonymous. The chief of our detective force reports the following conversation: Edus J—That man that I was talking to bored me awfully, but I don’t think that I showed it. Every time that I yawned, I hid it with my hand. Loraine D.— (Striving manfully to be gallant) Really, I don’t see how such a small hand could cover such a —!!—er, that is, er, let’s take a walk. The Old Tovrex 3ec :mqGuik u.tn CLASS PLA YS 4 4 The Tailor Made Man Presented by the Junior Class May, 2, 1923 THE CAST Mr. Huber, the tailor______Lindell Sack Mr. Rowlands, a newspaper man _________________William Cummings Peter, Huber’s first assistant ______________________Neil Rooney Dr. Gustavus Sonntag, a scholar __________________Donald Campbell Tanya Huber, the tailor’s daughter __________________Marian McDougal John Paul Bart, “the tailor-made” man ____________________Tony Mandery Pomeroy, Mr. Jellicott’s valet ______________________John Madden Mr. Stanlaw, a millionaire____John Fink Mrs. Stanlaw, his aristocratic wife _____________________Marie Parker Corinne Stanlaw, their daughter ______________________Merle Austin Wheating, their butler William Stephens Mrs. Kitty Dupuy, a divorcee _________________Elizabeth Thurber Bessie, her daughter _Wilmetta Souders Mr. Nathan, a financier Eugene Brock Mr. Grayson, his secretary _____________________Orville Gottula Mr. Jellicott, a yachtman Loraine Dixon Society People— Mr. Fitzmorris __________Edson Irwin Mrs. Fitzmorris________Irene Hanfelt Bobby Westlake ________Richard Gould Mr. Carroll________Leonard Lawrence Mr. Crane______________Martin Egge Mr. Fleming____________Robert Faris Mr. Whitcomb, business man _____________________Hubert Nelson Miss Shayne, a stenographer _______________________Helen Davey Labor Delegates— Mr. Russell____________Frank Hazen Mr. Flynn _____________Pierce Murphy Mr. Cain ____________Orville Brock '' The Copperhead'' Presented by the Senior Class of 1921,. THE Joey Shanks_____________Vernon Hays Grandma Perley_________Dorothy Epley Mrs. Shanks__________________Frances Graff Captain Hardy __________Eugene Brock Milt Shanks _____________Neil Rooney Mrs. Bates ______________Edus Jewell Sue Perley ___________________Lorine Erickson Lem Tollard_________________Lawrence Murphy CAST Newt Gillespie _______Donald Campbell Andrews __________________________John Graff Sam Carter_____________________Lindell Sack Madeline King__________Margaret Moore Phillip Manning___________________Paul Bogott Mrs. Manning ___________________Thelma Hoot Dr. Randall ________________John Fink Aside from the class plays, probably the most talked of occasion of the year is the “Sneak Day,” and this book would not be complete without an account of it. Last spring our gang decided to go to Nebraska City, but the weather man was on hand in the morning with a fresh lot of mud. Scouting parties were sent in the other direction, and reported dry roads a little ways out of town. So, we started off for Beatrice. But the dry roads soon ran out, and after some hours of plowing as “gooey” mud as Nebraska can produce, we arrived. Our road led in by the Institute, and one car reported being held up by the authorities for examination before being allowed to proceed. I believe this was a Dodge car, although it might have been a Buick. However, after all manner of adventures and escapades, we arrived home in time for a round with Miss Pflug and “The Tailor Made Man.” The place for this year’s outing is not yet chosen, and knowing the characteristics, ambitions, ideals and aspirations of the Juniors as we do, we feel that it would not be altogether wise to disclose it, although we realize that they are absolutely harmless, unless their teething rings and all-day-suckers are taken away from them. tutors’ iFarttuell We have finished all our schooling, We are through with all our fooling, Like a foot ball team, at last we’ve reached the goal; Like a ship in harbor hidden, After stormy scrs are ridden Where occasionally we struck a snag or shoal. Up the steep incline we’ve “fliwered,” (Plc'se excuse the slang delivered!) While the “pest slips” and the “low” grades raged or stormed For our patient loving teachers, Then became most haughty preachers, When the late or “flunking” habit we had formed. In the days when we were newer To this school, and maybe fewer, We would try to get away with lots of “stuff.” Rut vve found to our displeasure That it was a risky measure As some one was always sure to call our bluff. When at times we were caught sleeping, In Lat;n or Bookkeeping, Then the teacher always woke us, shouting, “Say! If you must sleep, do it nightly For in school it is unsightly. Don’t expect to sleep all night and half the day.” When we’d pass a note quite slyly Though our faces all were “smily,” We were sure to be discovered in the act And the ones who had offended, Were severely reprehended, But they usually got out by using tact And in spite of all endeavor We could never, never, never, Get away with anything against the rules. Though we worked it like a master, It was sure to bring disaster, And to make us out to be a bunch of fools. Well, the journey is completed And we stand here undefeated, For the hard and lengthy lessons now are o’er. We are through with preparation, We have reached our destination, And we need not fret about it anymore. G. Cla00 i ropftecp In May, 1924, Mr. Halsted read in a Lincoln newspaper of a wonderful machine called the Futuroscope, which had recently been invented at the University of Nebraska. By this machine it was said that one was able to see ten years into the future. Being very much interested, Mr. Halsted immediately went to Lincoln to see the machine in action. When he saw the startling results, he expressed a wish to know what the members of the Tccumseh Class of ’24 would be doing ten years hence. After submitting the names of the class, he seated himself in front of a huge screen and this is what he saw: The city of Lincoln appeared. At length this faded into the background, and the picture of the Insane Asylum came to view. This also disappeared, leaving only the main office, at the desk of which sat a person Mr. Halsted at once recognized as Loraine Dixon—not an inmate, but the superintendent of the institution. The city again appeared and he saw “Howorth Taxi Co.” on a bronze sign across the front of a huge building. At this moment Mary herself drove up in her Rolls-Royce with her old friend Marian McDougal, who had stopped for a few days in this city to inspect the various ice cream factories. The following picture was of a Domestic Science Laboratory at the University of Nebraska where Eugene Brock, in cap and apron, was seen taking a course in Home Management. The responsibility of the housekeeping had been shifted to his shoulders since his wife, Mildred had become so attached to her school teaching that she could not give it up. Crab Orchard then appeared on the screen and it was evident that two identical little bungalows had recently been built side by side. Another view revealed that one belonged to Katherine and the other to Edus, where each one was living a quiet, peaceful life with her husband. The town of Vesta followed. At the court house, Judge Faris was issuing a marriage license to Martin Egge. A train pulled in and Lawrence Murphy alighted. He met Martin and from the conversation we gleaned that for the past five years he had been a public speaker, using as his subject, “Why History Should Be Taught in Schools.” The machine showed a picture of Tecumseh. Of course the first building he noticed was the old High School. Here was Edson Irwin as superintendent and Miss Mildred Mcllravy as his assistant. Her especial duty was to keep the “pest house.” This was followed by a picture of Hubert Nelson’s Barber Shop and Shine Parlor. When the interior was shown Hubert was shining the shoes of Pearl Miner, reporter for the Johnson County Journal. Just then a red and green truck came rattling down the street, with the sign “L. M. Davis and Son,” on the side. At the wheel sat Vernon Hays, now the most experienced truck driver in Southeastern Nebraska. Following this was a series of pictures, one of which showed Helen Davey, living in single blessedness, and at that moment leaning over the back fence, holding an animated conversation with another spinster; another showed Agnes Marren, who after several years study in Europe was singing at the Ruegg Broadcasting Station; a third was a farm scene in which John Fink was diligently feeding a large herd of cattle. It seemed he had become a partner with Townsend and Son. The scene again shifted and at Elk Creek, Frances Graff was filling the pulpit at the Methodist Church in the absence of her husband who was the regular minister. A pretty little farm house just north of Elk Creek came into view and on the front porch sat Alma, with a Good Housekeeping Magazine in her lap. The pages were open and as Mr. Halsted looked very closely, he saw a picture of a stylish young man dressed in a Hart Schaffner and Marx suit. He found that this was none other than Tony Mandery, who was now a model for this company. Alma idly turned the pages and as she thumbed through the ladies’ section, a picture of Louise Rates appeared. Miss Bates was displaying some of the latest Parisian styles. At the depot at Rohrs was Lindell Sack, depot agent, placing mail sacks on the carts. When Peru approached, the first building visible was the Administration Building and Mr. Halsted saw Mary Burns now Dean of Women at the College. She was at that moment talking to Neva Philpott, who was travelling saleslady for Verna Pen-kava’s book on “The Philosophy of Love.” Next was flashed the Peru Barber Shop, and Marie Parker, Proprietress and lady barber was bobbing the hair of Miss Lorine Erickson who, that year, was teacher of History in the College. Omaha appeared on the screen and there in her beauty parlor using Hanfelt Toilet Cream and Face Powders, was Irene Hanfelt. Prosperity was evident. Following this came a series of pictures of large cities. In Chicago, he saw Waldemar Laflin, then a leading physician of that city. His home was not far from that of Wilmetta Souders, who had married a wealthy financier there. In Detroit William Cummings was working in the “Tin Factory.” He alone could turn out ten Fords a day. The next picture was of a private office in Washington D. C. The door opened and in stepped Senator Guy R. Sankey, from Nebraska, who had just come from the Senate Chamber after giving his speech on Prohibition. The U. S. Patent Office appeared and here stood Neil Rooney and his assistant, Anna Carr, getting papers for their new invention, a machine which enables one to talk to the departed. New York City was the next large city to appear. Mr. Halsted saw the picture of a magnificent residence on Riverside Drive, out of which Professor Donald Campbell himself came, accompanied by Katherine Graff, his lawyer in his latest divorce suit. Professor Campbell made his fortune by editing a new International Dictionary. This was followed by a scene in an auditorium in the center of which was a boxing ring. Mr. Halsted was surprised to see the form of the world’s former champion lying prostrate on the floor. Anxious to see who his opponent was, he pressed closer and saw Paul Bogott receiving the million dollar purse amit. the shouts and cheers of the spectators. Then a scene of the Hudson River. Richard Gould appeared as head warden of 1 Sing Sing prison. On the Steamship Leviathan was Pierce Murphy, a very homesick, seasick sailor. The spires of Oxford University appeared. Here in a large classroom sat Ralph Ovenden, busily engaged in the solution of a difficult mathematical formula. Margaret, his wife, no longer considers humorous the cartoons concerning the absent minded professor. In Paris, Thelma Hoot was taking in the sights. It seemed that she was travelling on the continent for her health. The scene in Paris changed and the royal palace of the Italian Court came into view. Making his debut as a world famous violinist, standing before the King and Queen, was James Creighton. For some time there were no familiar pictures. Finally a well known figure appeared. Merle Austin, now a missionary in China, was teaching the heathen their A. B. C’s. Margaret Frakes’ name appeared as the author of the book which Merle was using. Long Beach, California next came into view. Here was Gail Martin on the beach, taking a vacation after having spent the past winter writing a series of poems for the Saturday Evening Post. She was engaged in conversation with Elizabeth Thurber, the most popular life saver at this resort. In Denver, Leonard Lawrence, the well known dramatic critic was seen reviewing one of the latest film spectacles in which Goldie Surratt was making the hit of her career. Moving north from Denver onto the Wyoming plains, we came upon a typical western ranch home. On horseback were seen Dorothy Epley and Dorothy Workman, the joint owners of the establishment. With them was John Graff, their most capable cowboy. junior Class SPONSOR—Miss Gravatt CLASS OFFICERS President—Frances Hervey Vice-President—Helen Jury Secretary-Treasurer—Grace Shennan James Anderson Marjorie Anderson Nellie Boatman Leona Boyer Bernice Clapp Thelma Crook Minnie Douglas Dorothy Evans Zola Gai'dner Vetra Gariss Harland Heilig Frances Hervey Ralph Hervey CLASS ROLL Helen Jury Orville Lamb John Madden Verda Marvin Holland Miller William Miner Nolan Macintosh Gail McAuliffe John Olsen Irma Phillips Bernice Putman Velma Richardson Walter Roberts Roy Sankey Marie Schussler Stella Searl Grace Sherman William Stephens Doris Townsend Dorothea Townsend Frank Thurber Thurman Wadley Gertrude Ward Lenora Weber Jennie Whitlock Thyra Worthman CLASS COLORS—Azure Blue and Light Amber CLASS MOTTO—We’ll soon be ripe CLASS FLOWER—Thistle junior Class $lap “Cbe Rejtnjcnation of aunt QQarp” Cast of Cli(tractcrs “Aunt Mary’’ Watkins .............................Grace Sherman John Watkins, Jr......................................John Olsen Jack’s Chums ....Nolan Macintosh, Howard Westwood, Frank Thurber Mr. Stebbins..............................................Walter Roberts Joshua ............................................John Madden James ............................................Ralph Hervey Bertha Burnett ......................................Helen Jury The Girl from Kalamazoo ............................Stella Searl Lucinda ........................................Frances Hervey Daisy Mullins....................................Thelma Crook Eva .............................................Zola Gardner Synopsis Jack’s Aunt Mary is very much set against the ways of the city and against the rattle-brained lift led by her young nephew. After a series of escapades he returns home in a thunder shower in which he accidentally meets his chum’s sister on his aunt’s front porch, shortly before sunrise. When his aunt hears of the escapades, In is disowned and goes to his friend’s home. Jack is “stricken” with the measles, according to Mitchell’s letter, in the hope that Aunt Mary will send a nice check. However, she comes herself, then in consternation she is dined and teted lavishly in the hope that sin will leave—worn out. Instead, she enjoys it all extremely and is completely “rejuvenated” as far as the ways of the world are concerned. opt)more Class SPONSOR—Miss Enyeart. OFFICERS First Semester— President_____________________Howard Westwood Vice-President Margaret Brundage Secretary-Treasurer _______Joe Jones Second Semester— President ________________________Joe Jones Vice-President __________________Lucy Jobst Secretary-Treasurer____Orpha Fannen Lucy Anderson Blanche Barnes Odus Bates Margaret Brundage Katherine Buerstetta Edith Burlington May Carman Herbert Casey Helen Cathcart Margaret Costello Helen Cummings Olna Current Allen Clark Emma Dieckgrafe Elva Epley Draucker Fairall Opal Fannen Eileen Fink CLASS ROLL Frank Fuller Ernest Goemann Wayne Graf Effa Gregory Armin Grosse Joe Hanfelt Charles Harris Max Heskett Faye Hester Jessie Hester Verna Jewell Joe Jones Wilbert Katz Frank Kerner Ruth Kuhlman Darleen Little Kenneth Malone Helen Morrissey Ellene McClanahan Wayne McCoy George Nestor Melvin Phillips Lois Pilmore G. B. Ray Gertrude Ray Mildred Rigg Milton Roberts Walter Sapp Arthur Stephens Thelma Sumner Walter Thompson Lloyd Walter Nora Ward Howard Westwood Elizabeth Whitehead Mildred Worthman CLASS COLORS—Dark White and Pale Black CLASS MOTTO—Green we were, but are no more CLASS FLOWER—Alfalfa i tstorp One day in the fall of 1922 a number of small objects could be seen clustered in and about the High School Building. These objects were of singular appearance, quite small, and of a bright green hue. Assembling again, a few days later, they organized themselves as the Freshmen of ’22 Inc. also Ltd. This organization was the largest of its kind in school. It was an object of no little discussion, especially when one of its members happened to venture into the wrong room or commit some other unpardonable mistake. By and by, however, a little of the bright color washed off amid the shower of kind (?) advice from teachers, students and—Sophomores revealing a more somber aspect. At the end of the semester, some passed on, some more came in, and the performance was repeated. The Freshman Class of ’22 is no more. It has sprouted from that once green shoot and blossomed forth into the Sophs of ’23 and ’24. The Sophomore Banquet given in honor of Mr. Johnston shortly before his departure for Fremont was one of the social events of the year. A seven o’clock dinner was enjoyed, toasts were given and games played. Do You Know? The Sophs, of '23-24 make up the largest class in school? They are next to the Seniors on the honor roll? Almost one third of the combined glee clubs and orchestra is made up of Sophs? hat will the Seniors of ’2( be? Think it over!!!! jfrcst)inen Class SPONSOR—Miss Mickle CLASS OFFICERS First Semester— President ___________Charles Halsted Vice-President _________Howard Zook Secretary-Treasurer___Bernice Nelson Second Semester— President ___________Wallace Hervey Vice-President ______________Charles Storey Secretary-Treasurer Bernice Nelson CRADLE ROLL Phoebe Bates Harry Bense LeRoy Betzelberger DeLoma Brauer Dail Brillhart Helen Campbell Clifford Carter Herbert Clark Charles Davison Mervin Deck Mary Dwyre Doris Erickson Clarence Estes Orpha Fannen Clara Farley Zelma Gardner Elva Gibbs Herbert Goddard Gladys Goodman Helen Halepeska Charles Halsted Wallace Hervey Martin Hupka Lucy Jobst Hilda Jochim Edward Ingersoll Louis Keim Hermann Kerner Leland Lamb Bregetta Little Maurice Long Evelyn Miller Lewis Miner Orville Mitchell George Moore Gertrude Morrissey Glen McCoy Bernice Nelson Dean Philpott Elizabeth Powers Janet Rowand Mary Rowand Velvette Rowand LaVetta Schultz Helena Schussler Arthur Spradley Floyd Spradley Freda Snyder Charles Storey Edward Sullivan Helene Sullivan Merle Surratt Minnie Thompson Fred Ward Max Watkins Frank Weber Lawrence Weland Duncan Whyte Howard Zook CLASS COLOR—Green CLASS FLOWER—Watermelon CLASS MOTTO—Every day, in every way, we’re getting riper and riper. Tecumseh, Xebr., February 2!), 11)24. Dear Jane: Wal Mi randy’s freshman. I went with her to register an lawsy, you should have seen the kids why the room was plum ful. Mirandy says some of the gals are takin that furin languag they calls laten but most are takin cookin like her. Most the boys are takin farmin. Wal Mirandy got me to go to one of them things they call foot ball games, sum boys got on the Held and chaced a ball aroung the field while the rest jumped up an don yelin as they was crazy. One day all fourty seven of them kids they calls freshmen like Mirandy is had a meatin and lected Charles Halstead presdent and Howard Zook vice presdent and Bernice Nelson secetay tresure. i don’t know what them things be but i suppose there important. They had a party and nitiated the ones who just come in this fall. Mirandy called it a hobo party and land sakes when Mirandy come home she looked like one but she said she had an A-l time and swell eats, (thems som new expressions she learned at hi-school. When the onor rol come out T was suprissed to so Mi randy’s name wasn’t there but she says tant because she aint smart. There must be some smart ones to beet Mirandy. Wal they had another party about a month ago cause sum of em were goin on to bo sofmors and corse Mirandy had to go. She said the eats were the best part of it. Its time to go to bed so i must close. Your lovin friend, Hattie Cobb. p, s. theve got a new president and vieepresdent now they are allace Hervey and Charles Story. I (5,(3©© H, V «ttu SCE-VA xo 9 L.D. HALSTEADj po$eu B1 f-'x «. |cba Jo flee? v£ p ) J s £ p s y v STUPE A T ( S7K) c.oo v£W- Fifsr WKT School ff€5um oFI-Wt S-VjH Iri r ' ULWtT«iiht«i £ fi� (Wi©US 4 CL 1SS rigH % 7° ✓ rT ATHLETICS Coacl) 1R. 21. 3)obnston Ralph A. Johnston, who has had charge of Athletics in Tecumseh High School for the past two years, came to Tecumseh from Dome College in the fall of 11)22. lie came well qualified for the work, having held important positions on the teams of his college. For several years lie held a lint position on the Donne Football Squad, winning especial recognition during his senior year, lie also took an active part in the other sports. In Basket Ball circles, he held high rating, being a member on tin All-Conference Five. When Mr. Johnston arrived, tin prospects were anything but encouraging. The loss of several valuable players through graduation seemed to handicap the team. “Jimmie” sized up the situation and at once set about developing a powerful “grid machine.” During the season of 1922 he was able to develop a real fighting squad. During tin following season, 1923, he again produced an aggregation that we were proud of. Under Mr. Johnston’s supervision, Tecumseh came home from the Southeastern Track Meet held at Beatrice in 1923, loaded with honors. Again at the State Meet held in Lincoln, 1923, Tecumseh made an enviable record, her relay team breaking the state record. Too much credit cannot be given to Mr. Johnston for his excellent work in his department during the two years. We regret that he was called from us to take up similar work at Fremont. We do, however, wish him the greatest success. We are sure that Old Tecumseh will never forget Jimmie’s bright and shining face. R. 0. Back Row—Coach Gregory, W. Hervey, 1). McKenzie, Buckley, A Mandery, Lamb. Middle Row—R. Mandery, Captain Davey, E. Brock, Curtis, Reynolds, O. Brock, Hahn. Front Row—Dunlap, Devenney, Howarth, Casford, Conner 1920 SCHEDULE Tecumseh______60 Auburn _______0 Tecumseh_______6 Uni. Place___0 Tecumseh______28 Falls City____0 Tecumseh______44 Havelock ____0 Tecumseh______34 Nebraska City_0 Tecumseh------28 Aggies -------0 Total______203 Total ______0 19 2 0 The 1920 football season found Tecumseh with one of the strongest teams in the state of Nebraska. With only three letter men from which to build a team, Coach Gregory was forced to work fast in order to round his team into condition for the coming season. The ability of the team to play football was shown early in the season when the Tecumseh gridsters defeated Auburn by an overwhelming score of 60 to 0. Besides holding her opponents scoreless during the remainder of the season, the merits of the team were again shown when an 80 yard run by Avard Mandery in the opening few seconds of play defeated the far famed University Place eleven in a Thanksgiving Day fray on Gregory Field. Hack Row—Madden, McIntosh, Brady, Captain Hervey, Coach Gregory, K. McKenzie, A. Mandery, R. Hervey. Middle Row—Griffin, E. Brock, Reynolds, Conner, R. Mandery, O. Brock, Gariss. Front Row—Devenney, Burns, Lawrence. 1921 SCHEDULE Tecumseh 0 Uni. Place 7 Tecumseh 21 Beatrice - _21 Tecumseh 63 Pawnee City 0 Tecumseh 35 Fairbury _ - 0 Tecumseh 13 Havelock 0 Tecumseh 55 Ashland 3 Tecumseh _ _ 42 Falls City _ 0 Tecumseh 21 Nebraska City 7 Tecumseh 28 Auburn 0 Total -278 Total __ 38 102 1 The year of 1921 found Tecumseli with another powerful gridiron machine. With the return of eight letter men, prospects for a winning eleven were never brighter in the Tecumseh camp. The only reverse of the season was in the opening game with University Place when a streak of overconfidence resulted in the loss of the game 7 to 0 Coming back the next week with a determination to redeem themselves, they scalped the Pawnee City squad to a tune of 63 to 0. The feature of the season was a 21 to 21 tie with the fast Beatrice eleven in an Armistice day fray at Beatrice. Back Row—Creighton, Evans, K. McKenzie, Coach Gregory, Ward, Coach Johnston, Rooney, Griffin. Next Row—Madden, T. Mandery, Gariss, McIntosh. Third Row—Lamb, Howarth, E. Brock, Keim, R. Hervey. Front Row—Pilmore, Ovenden, Hayward. 1922 SCHEDULE Tecumseh Tecumseh Tecumseh Tecumseh . _ 13 Doane Reserves. ... 53 Peru 48 Auburn 0 Lincoln _ 0 0 6 24 Tecumseh Tecumseh Tecumseh 7 Reatrice . . 15 Pawnee City .54 Ashland . 19 0 . _ 3 Tecumseh 2 Fairbury 3 Total - _192 Total 45 1022 The season of 1922 witnessed another good team for Tecumseh. Facing the hardest schedule in the history of the High School, the boys were forced to work land in order to win fifty per cent of their games. In the opening fray, the Indians scalped the Doane College1 Reserves by a score of 13 to 0. The most interesting and hardest fought game of the season was with the Omaha Technical eleven. Playing through three scoreless periods, the Omaha youths stored the game to safety when Swanson booted a dropkick from the 18 yard line in the last thirty seconds of play. With the closing of the schools the following week, Tecumseh was forced to cancel what promised to he two very interesting games, thus ended the brilliant career of many of her moleskin warriors who had been with the team for the past several years. Hack Row—McIntosh, Bense, Nelson, Olsen, Gould, Coach Johnston, Rooney, P. Murphy, L. Murphy, Miner. Middle Row—Fink, Malone, T. Mandery, Halsted, Captain E. Brock, Zook, Hervey Current, Madden. Front Row—Creighton, Thurber, Story. 192-1 SCHEDULE Tecumseh________0 Tecumseh________7 Tecumseh_______13 Tecumseh_______20 Tecumseh_______18 Tecumseh_______25 Wilbur___________6 Beatrice ________6 Auburn _________ 0 Fairbury ________0 Aggies-----------0 Wymore___________0 Tecumseh_______19 Tecumseh________8 Tecumseh________9 Total_______119 Uni. Place________0 Havelock ________14 Friend ___________0 Total _________26 10 2 3 With the opening of the 1923 season. Coach Johnston was forced to hnild a team from almost entirely new material. In spite of many other difficulties he was able to produce a winning team. Tecumseh suffered only two defeats during tin season, losing tin lirst game to the undefeated Wilber team and the other to the fast Havelock eleven. The majority of the other seven games were won with decisive scores. With the return of seven letter men and a host of new material, Tecumseh is looking forward to another successful football season. For the past four years Tecumseh High has held tin Southeastern Nebraska championship. L . —L� ,£n ( e-i - QB c-K 13 Z3 C K E.BrecK-R.TioKw '2.0, , , - r vJ . Gvit Vy-VoH ZL3- P. Hw 1 l k 4- U.Gw4ri. fH 2.3 J. Oise. L.t.«ii ' ' vfc3 T. Fi h K - H. Z-ooK- UM • ' 2.4 . iRctitetu of tl)e Reason of 1923 THE WILBER GAME The opening game of the season found Teciunseh battling with Wilber on the local gridiron. In spite of the heavy mud which lay on the field, both teams fought hard and an interesting game resulted. The “pep” seemed to be taken from our squad when Nolan McIntosh suffered a broken leg and was forced to retire from the field. A short pass in the last minute of play gave Wilber the game (5 to 0. THE BEATRICE GAME The following week the Teciunseh squad journeyed to Beatrice where one of the hardest fought games of the season was played. Teciunseh’s 7 points were made in the opening five minutes of play when a fumble by Beatrice gave Tecumseh the ball on the live yard line and Thurber carried the ball over for the first touchdown of the season. Beatrice scored on a long pass in the second period but failed to make the extra point when Hervey broke up the attempted kick. The rest of the game was bitterly contested. Although much in our favor there was no further scoring and Tecumseh took the game 7 to (i. THE AUBURN GAME On October 19, a thrilling game was fought between the Tecumseh Braves and Auburn. Confident of a victory the Auburn squad came to Tecumseh with the idea that they were going to scalp our tribe. They played a clean hard game but were unable to claim anything more than a goose egg when the final whistle blew. Auburn’s hopes seemed to vanish when a short pass was flipped to L. Murphy, who made a nice little catch and romped over the line for Tecumseh’s first touchdown. The second score came in the final quarter when aided by a 20 yard pass from Thurber to Miner followed by a series of line bucks, Thurber carried the ball over for the final touchdown and Tecumseh won the game 13 to 0. For the last four years Tecumseh has succeeded in defeating the Auburn eleven. THE FAIR BURY GAME A game which proved to be equally as interesting as that with Auburn was played on Gregory Field the following week. Remembering the outcome of the game the year before, the Tecumseh squad took the field with an idea of revenge upon their minds. The determination of the team to play football was shown when Mandery, aided by a 3b yard run by Rooney, plunged b yards to a touchdown in the opening few minutes of play. Tecumseh’s second touchdown came in the fourth period when after a series of line bucks, Rooney plunged through the line for a tally. Aided by a 20 yard pass some few moments later Tecumseh made another touchdown, the game ending 20-0 in our favor. THE AGGIE GAME On November 2, the Tecuinseli team .journeyed to Lincoln to engage in a game with the University High School of Agriculture. Our squad did not seem to be up to the standard of playing but succeeded in defeating the Aggie eleven by a score of 18 to 0. Miner made the first touchdown after he received a 3b yard pass from Tlmrber. The second touchdown came in the third period when Gould blocked an Aggie punt and ran 45 yards to the goal. The Aggie goal line was again crossed when Rooney carried tin ball over on a line plunge after the completion of a 30 yard pass. THE UNIVERSITY PLACE GAME The following week our team again journeyed to Lincoln to play the University Place eleven. The heat of the day greatly slowed up the game but our squad succeeded in bringing home a 19 to 0 victory. A thing much appreciated by the team at this time was the privilege of seeing the Nebraska-Notre Dame game the following day. THE WYMORE GAME Journeying to Wvmore the following week, our team completely outclassed tin shoptown youths in a very interesting and hard fought game. Tecumseh scored a total of four touchdowns and while most of the ground was gained by the forward pass, Wvmore seemed to have a great difficulty in stopping the line plunging of the Tecumseh backs. Fullback Rooney continued to plunge through for long consistent gains throughout the entire game. THE HAVELOCK GAME November 23, the Tecumseh team was welcomed back to the home field. Tired from three long trips and with a badly crippled team, the home boys were forced to fight against strong odds. In the opening five minutes of play, Havelock seemed to have the jump on our grid-sters and scored 14 points. Tecumseh also scored in the first period after a series of line plays and end runs. A safety in the second period gave our team two more points. A rally late in the fourth period threw a bad scare into the Havelock youths but the final whistle blew before any further scoring was done. THE FRIEND GAME The season’s closing game was played at Friend on Thanksgiving Day. Tired from an 8b mile drive just before the game, the Tecumseh eleven did not play their usual standard of good football. The first half remained scoreless although both teams threatened to score. A dropkick in the third period gave us three points, and a six yard plunge by Rooney in tin last three minutes of play netted a touchdown. Final score, Tecumseh, 9 Friend, 0. With this game, ended the high school football career of Captain Brock, Rooney, Manderv, Nelson, Fink, P. Murphy, and L. Murphy. (Track I • � Spring athletics in Teeumseli High School consist almost entirely of track. Beginning early in the spring, the squad goes through regular gymnasium exercises until the weather permits the u -e of the outdoor athletic field. Here they indulge in intensive training in preparation for the coining season. For the past several years, Teeumseli High has turned out some of the most prominent athletes in the State of Nebraska. Along with a high rating in the state meets, Teeumseli has won the Southeastern Nebraska championship for the past two years. In the Southeastern meet last spring, Teeumseli finished far in the lead with a total of 44 points and with four men entered in the state meet, finished in third place with a total of 271i- points. Following is a review of the 1923 season: Mandery, Howarth, 5 firsts 1 second 1 tie for second 1 first relay 1 first relay 1 third relay 1 third relay Total 467 Total _______________650 Zook, McKenzie, 1 fourth 4 firsts 1 first relay 1 tie for first 1 third relay 1 third Total 297 1 first relay O. Brock, 1 third relay 1 first Total _______________661 Nebraska’s Championship Bclap Ceam R. A. JOHNSTON—Coach This speedy quartette established a record early in the 1923 season when their speedy work enabled them to take part in the Kansas relays held at Lawrence, Kansas. Taking part in tin Southeastern Nebraska meet, they were forced to finish in third place on account of an unavoidable accident. Their real ability was shown at the state track meet held at Lincoln. Running against strong competition, they lowered the Nebraska State relay record to 1:3b 3-5. By doing this, they broke the former record of 1:36 2-5 which was established by Omaha Central in 1911. CracH Reason of 1924 As the material for the Tomahawk goes to press, prospects for the season seem promising. Through graduation, Tecumseh High lost many of her stellar track men of last season. Zook, ITervey and McIntosh are among the experienced men again in suit. The field is nightly filled with many who give promise. In the sprints we have Zook, McIntosh, Kernel , Halsted, Current and Fairall. Material for the relay team will be drawn from these. In the weights Ilervey and Brock show up well. Hervey and Olsen in tin jumps and Malone and Miner in the pole vault promise good results. Rooney is working on the hurdles. Creighton and Irwin in the mile and McIntosh in the half mile show up well. It is planned to make entries of those making creditable showings on the home field in the Southeastern and State meets. Entries may he made in the Wesleyan contests. An interclass track meet w 1 ' j out the best performers. A CHEER FOR T. H. S. Come on, let’s give cheer for T. H. S. Let it ring from far and near. Let us shout it from the mountains, Let it echo in the valley, Have it ringing loud and clear, Three cheers for old Tecumseh High. Come on, let’s give it with the same old “pep In the memory of our school days. Bring them back again in mind, Oh! those glorious days of yore, That we used in “24,” With three ringing cheers for T. H. S. —H. C. THE SPIRIT OF T. H. S. I know two glorious colors. They have a meaning too. They’re fairer than the roses red Or skies of azure blue. They stand up for their colors. Those colors won’t grow old. And each one’s true to the T. H. S. And they’ll fight for the Black and Gold. The boys who wear the colors, Are square and brave and cool; And in their hearts they all reflect The spirit of the school. They give the yells we like to hear And help our team to win. The H. S. girls are faithful They’re full of “go” and vim They’re A1 football players. They’ve learned to do and dare. They all keep to their motto true That motto is—“Be Square.” So here’s to Tecumseh’s High School. May its fervor ne’er grow cold. May the T. H. S. make a big success And be true to the Black and Gold. —L. B. 03623289 Student Council Tecumseh High School is one of the few schools of the state having a system of student control. The present system was developed in answer to a felt need for more student participation in the control of school affairs. At the opening of the second semester of 1921-1922, a temporary body, later made permanent, was elected. Each class had three representatives. To this body of twelve were added the presidents of the four classes and those of the A. L. T. and Hi-Y clubs. The Council elects its officers, the president being the head of the Student Body. This office has been held by Kenneth McKenzie, Eldon Hayward, Alice Bates, Eugene Brock and Paul Bogott. Problems of interest to the student body are brought up before the Council for discussion.The Council assumes control of the assembly hall and corridors, appointing monitors for stated periods. Although far from ideal, the plan has enough good features to warrant its continuance. The student who is willing to put his best into the plan derives untold benefits therefrom. M EMBERS SECOND SEMESTER— Paul Bogott—President Helen Davey—Vice-President Howa rd Westwood—Secreta ry Donald Campbell Neil Rooney Frances Graff Eugene Brock Frances Hervey Stella Searl Lenora Weber Joe Jones Margaret Costello Melvin Phillips Ruth Kuhlman Wallace Hervey Maurice Long Fred Ward Evelyn Miller FIRST SEMESTER— Eugene Brock—President Orville Brock—Vice-President Vernon Hays—Secretary Neil Rooney Helen Davey Margaret Moore Ralph Hervey Frances Hervey John Madden Marjorie Anderson Lois Pilmore Frank Fuller Margaret Brundage Howard Westwood Mervin Deck Charles Halsted Charles Davison Mary Rowand 2L. Z. Club The “Girls’ Club” was organized April 17th, 1!)22 under the leadership of Miss Merle Snider. At an “All Girls Party” the name A. L. T. standing for All Link Together was adopted. The purpose of the club is “to promote Christian living among the girls, to raise the physical, social and moral standards of the girls, and to serve the community in which we live.” Thus far the purpose of the club has been well carried out. During 1923 Miss Margaret Dafoe had charge of tin work. Miss Elizabeth Varner and Miss Helen Yont have been the leaders during the present year. Our membership has at all times been near one hundred members. Our organization has been of great service to the school in bringing the girls closer together and in influencing each member to live up to the creed. OFFICERS FOR 1923-1924 President ______________________Helen Davey Vice-President_________Frances Hervey Secretary _______________________Ruth Kuhlman Treasurer __________Margaret Brundage COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN— Social _______________________Marian McDougal Program ____________________Marjorie Anderson —Bible Study__________Bernice Putman Poster _____________Lorine Erickson Cl)c Cecumscl) Club Early in the fall of 1921, the need of a good, Christian, “get together” club for boys was felt in Tecumseh High. A mixer was held, attended by all the high school boys. Their attitude was found to be favorable for such an organization. Accordingly, the Tecumseh Hi-Y Club was formed with Kenneth McKenzie as its first president. During the following spring we affiliated with the national organization. Our club is open to all high school boys who receive a favorable vote of the members, and who will pledge themselves to “create, maintain and extend throughout the school and community, high standards of Christian character.” The club now consists of fifty-three active members and several alumni members. Our officers for the school year of 1923-1924 are: President_______________Neil Rooney Treasurer Vernon Hays Vice-President __________John OlsenLeader__________Superintendent Halsted Secretary __________Howard Westwood Our meetings are held the first and third Wednesdays of each month. We plan to have “eats” together at each meeting, these being followed by discussion periods. We have sent delegates to several of the conferences held throughout the state. One of our important annual events is tin1 “Father and Son” Banquet. Our “Mothers’ Meeting” is also one of our “bright spots.” We hold several open meetings each year and with the continued help of the friends of the school, we feel that we can make our club even larger and better. ti trls’ dMee Club dMrls’ Ctjorus The Girls’ Chorus was organized in 11)18 by Mr. Rohrs. During each of the ensuing years, with the exception of 1921, a program lias been given. The Chorus of 1924 holds the record for members enrolled, there being eighty. All who tried out this year were accepted, in order that not only trained voices but amateur ones might benefit by the study. The arrangement is: First soprano, 50; Second soprano, 20; Alto, 15. The 1924 officers are: President, Margaret Moore; Secretary and treasurer, Helen Jury; Librarian and Pianist, Frances Hervey. A sextette was chosen consisting of: Elizabeth Thurber, Mabel Phillips, First soprano; Margaret Moore, Second soprano; Irene Han-felt, Bernice Putman, Blanche Barnes, Alto. The music taken up varies as to difficulty. Formation of correct vocal habits, enunciation and interpretation were stressed. In order that the enthusiasm of the girls might not be changed to actual dislike by theoretical study, it was omitted to some extent. The aim of the chorus is to cause the interest of the girls to be increased, to enable them to be more appreciative and intelligent while listening to good music and if possible to fit them to take part in the rendition of high standard music. T5oys’ 0lcc Club Under the leadership of Miss Helen Fuller, the Boys’ Glee Club was organized. The enrollment for the present year is the largest in the history of the club. OFFICERS Manager ________________Neil Rooney Secretary John Olsen Librarian----------John Fink PROGRAMME (a) Dutch Hymn of Thanksgiving---------------- (b) Amaryllis__________________________________ Girls’ Chorus Piano Solo—“Valse Brilliante”_______________ Elva Gibbs (a) and (b) Two Songs of the Sea (c) Swing Low, Sweet Chariot_________________ (d) What Cheer _____________________________ Boys’ Chorus (a) Poppyland ______________________________ (b) Dancing Dolls____________________________ Orchestra Reading—“Higher Culture in Dixie” ___________ Dorothy Epley Cornet Solo—“Facilita ______________________ Donald Campbell (a) The Sweet o’ the Year_____________________ (b) Pale Moon ________________________________ Girls’ Chorus Violin Solo—“Adoration” _______________________ (a) The Sweet Little Girls and (b) Little Papoose____________ Grand Opera Selections__________ (a) Chit Chat_________________ (b) The Americans Come _______ Charles Halsted Quaint Squeegee _ Gilds’ Sextette Orchestra Girls’ Chorus Old Dutch Air __Henry Ghys ____Wieniauski Negro Spiritual ___________Ingle ___________Miles __________Seredy Hartmann ____Salter ____Logan _Borowski __________Warner ________Sherwood __________Ascher Old English Song _____Fay Foster A SDrcbcstni Music has always had an important part in the life of Tecumseh High School, and perhaps the most important of the musical organizations is the orchestra. Since the first orchestra was organized, in the fall of 1916, under the leadership of Prof. Weekly, the organization has grown steadly, until at the present time, under the leadership of Miss Helen Fuller we have the largest enrollment we have ever had. Because of this large enrollment, it was found necessary to divide it into an advanced and an elementary division, the members of the latter being promoted as they are qualified. Music for the class plays, and other occasions is furnished during the year. The complete enrollment is as follows: VIOLIN— Charles Halsted Lois Pilmore Grace Sherman Dorothea Townsend Marian McDougal Doris Erickson Elizabeth Watteyene Bernice Clapp Evelyn Miller Dorothy Evans Gail Martin Marie Parker Katherine Graff Ernest Goeman Roy Sankey Mildred Worthman James Creighton Elva Gibbs FLUTE— Lorine Erickson CLARINET— Joseph Jones Vernon Hays Edward Ingersoll CORNET— Don Campbell Harold Hill SAXOPHONE— Merle Austin Leroy Betzelberger Elizabeth Sappenfield BARITONE— Allen Clark PIANO— Frances Hervey Director—Miss Helen Fuller Calendar SEPTEMBER 6-7-New teachers arriving for inspection. Registration. Judges Halsted and Enyeart hand out sentences. Freshies examine their new abode. Offer entertainment to upper classmen. 10—Freohies still entertaining. Green predominates. 14— All at steady grind. 19— Who is “O Street”? 20— Vacation for County Fair. 24— Would be politicians disappointed. Classes organized. 25— Gail still talking. 26— A. L. T. and Hi-Y hold r. “hamburger mixer.” Weather man tears loose. 28— Grief in camp. Tecumseh loses to Wilber. Football supper for two teams. Coltie breaks a leg. Didn’t affect his appetite any. OCTOBER 4— “Pep” rally for the team. 5— Tecumseh wallops Beatrice. Bonfire celebration. 8— Hot dawg feed for Girls Glee Bunch. 9— A. L. T. dons sheets and pretends ghosts. 10— Great excitement in assembly. Marie finds a mouse in her book. Ear specialists reap a harvest. 17— Stub tries football. His face shows the effects. 18— Annual staff appointed. All get their lives insured. 19— rMiss Carter appears at the rally. The Friday Jinx gets Auburn to the tune of 13-0. 22— Seniors stage a chicken feed. Gene and Marie clash. 23— W. W. Shaver talked before assembly. 26—Pep rally for the game. All out in force. Fairbury visitors. Our meat to the tune of 20-0. 29— Freshmen initiate. Some will never look the same. Large pile of kindling in front of boiler house. 30— Sophomores frolic in a masquerade. NOVEMBER 1— A rest. Teachers assemble in Lincoln. 2— Indians scalp the Aggies. 8— Athletic dope bucket upset. Tecumseh papooses wallop the Elk Creek tribe 39-6. 9— Braves scalp the University Place Methodists to the tune of 19-0. 15— Pest House running full blast. Additional room needed. 16— Wymore falls, 25-0. Miner makes a hit. 17— Junior Frolic. 18— Bill Miner receives a letter from Wymore. 23—Havelock Boilermakers win from us on home field. 28— Doorknob mystery in Music Class. Pierce helps unravel the plot. 29— Tecumseh makes long trip. Beats Friend. Turkey Dinner. Tony breaks his nose. Almost broke his belt. DECEMBER 3— Coltie chosen as Big Chief for 1924. 11— Irresistible attraction for Edson in pest house. 19— A. L. T.’s become kids. 20— Santa Claus visits the Seniors. Miss Enyeart receives a package of gum. 21— Christmas vacation starts. JANUARY 2—Vacation ends. Lawrence is showing some glimmerings of understanding in Spelling class. 9—Some snow. Only the brave in school. 10— Freshman party. Not quite so green. 11— Sophomore Film Company presents the tragedy in three reels. “Wild Nell’s Sacrifice.” Katherine and her braves stage the war dance. 14— John Fink reports with a dark optic. There is considerable speculation as to its origin. 15— Coasting and bobsled parties galore. 18—Junior party. 21— New semester begins. 22— Snow balls everywhere. No fatalities reported except Lawrence Murphy. Forced to visit tailor. 24— Kennedy addresses student body. 25— Beem talks before the assembly. New Student Council assumes places. All have taken out accident policies. 29— Gail Martin presents her performing fleas. 30— Marian McDougal gives her idea of the men. Stars in “Not a Man in the House.” 31— Charles tunes fiddle at 3:00. FEBRUARY 1—Boys’ Glee Club stages vaudeville show. John Olsen’s musical ability startles the world. Doris the talking doll. Teachers on good behavior. Pay checks. 4—Ground hog saw his shadow. 7—Paroles from the pest house for several. 13— A. L. T.’s initiate. 14— Nolan counts his valentines. Needs an adding machine. 15— Juniors present a romance of the South Sea Isles. Professor Westwood’s demonstration of Anti-Fat and Anti-Lean remedies pleases Katherine and Helen. 21—Thelma gets religious in reading class. 25—Rev. Wells of Grand Island spoke. 28— Secondary monitors installed. Guard now doubled. 29— Normal tvainers present convocation. MARCH 4— Senior trainers start work in grades. Senior boys become very popular. Spit-ball factory begins to commence to start. 5— Musical organizations appear in recital. 6— “Denby” Sack fails to be impeached. “Stub” Denby is also lucky. 12—Staff and council shot today. 14—Prof. Fiala and his Juvenile Wonders appear. 17—Assembly looked greener than usual. Can’t blame the Freshmen this time. 20— Still snowing. Civics class in court. Miss Ormsby demonstrates latest gum chewing methods. 21— A. L. T. Convocation. Suffragette Blanche meets her Waterloo. 24—Law of chance makes it’s appearance. Most chances appeared pretty slim. 29—“Tatters” fails to get away. Original Southern Joy Minstrels make a hit. APRIL 1— Capacity house hears Declamatory Contest. Max shows dramatic possibilities. 2— Operetta starts rehearsals. Allan proves a second Caruso. 4— Gene and Don go to Auburn with the Annual. Too late now to save your reputation. 5— Play casts are picked. 6— Annual Staff double their insurance policies. 7— Seniors start play practice. Neil shows Lionel Barrymore a few things. 8— Color scraps start-----and stop. 9— Relay team records go to Lincoln. 11—Howard wins the declamatory contest at Reatrice. Miss Ormsby proves a good chaperon. Gets the gang home early. Owing to the early date at which this book must be in the hands of the printer, it is impossible to carry this calendar up to the end of school, as we would like to do. But, as far as we have gone, we hope that we have permanantly ruined no reputations, and we refer you to the ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION for an explanation of anything that you may not be able to understand, as to the source of any information or scandal that we may publish to the world in this volume. JeoornSc K - IS LA. P a C t . - O tVei“4 j s 5 t j ooMS Cl)e § taff Don Campbell_____________Editor in Chief Irene Hanfelt _______________________Art Editor Helen Davey ________________________Joke Editor Elizabeth Thurber _______________Classes Ralph Ovenden ________________ Athletics Eugene Brock_________Business Manager Orville Brock_____Advertising Manager John Graff________Assistant Adv. Mgr. Marian McDougal __________Organizations Marie Parker____________Snapshot Editor Mildred Mclllravy,______Calendar After years of study on the subject. Prof. William Miner informs us that there are three classes of women:: the beautiful, the intellectual, and the majority. ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF THE 19U TOMAHAWK We, the staff of the 1924 Tomahawk of the Tecumseh High School, at the risk of losing our friends, of descending into the depths from which we no more shall rise to political fame, of excommunication from this disseminator of knowledge, and of being forced to move for the next few months under a constant bombardment of over ripe hen fruit, cabbages, and goose eggs, do hereby set forth the following ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION: ARTICLE I. The name of this worthless, slanderous, murderous destroyer of reputation shall be the Tomahawk. ARTICLE II. The purpose shall be to uncover the flesh pots of truth and memory; to bring to light all the dark and terrible secrets that our large and well trained body of sleuths shall be able to drag in, and to leave our footprints behind us in something much more substantial than sand. ARTICLE III. The meetings shall be held in the utmost secrecy and silence, in a place that the student council shall know not of, and a reasonable amount of the Tomahawk cash shall bo appropriated to the purchase of padlocks, bolts, and bars, for the said meeting place. ARTICLE IV. The official apparel of all members shall be coats of the heaviest obtainable mail. We shall move at all times under a smoke screen. ARTICLE V. We shall find our final resting place on the city dump. In case that is full, in the Nemaha River, wearing necklaces of Irish Confetti, viz., Bricks. ARTICLE VI. There shall be no minor official. We trust no one. SECTION 1. SECTION 2. SECTION 3. SECTION 4. SECTION 5. BY LAWS Our Motto: We use our speaking, hearing and seeing powers at ail places. Also our powers of intuition. If your name is herewith disclosed, exposed, or inclosed, do not blame us. We found it on the police records. We are ready for all bribes, inducements, slanders, compliments, mob-bings, bouquets, bombs, poison, black eyes, goose eggs, and all other presents, both great and small. We request that you consider the feelings, and also the pocketbooks of the Life and Accident Insurance Companies, and govern your actions accordingly. All that we know is that we know nothing. That’s all there is. There ain’t no more. One of our detectives has just come in with a report that Loraine Dixon has just written a theme for English on “The Superintendent and I. How We Run Our School.” Doubtless this will be incorporated in his new book, “The World, It’s Tail, and How I Got It By It.” What we hear from breakfast to supper, and from supper to breakfast: When will the Annual be out? Are you going to put in the jokes that I sent in? How much will it cost? When will the Annual be out? How is the Annual coming? Who edits the joke section? When will the Annual be out? Did I get my picture in it? When will the Annual be out? Will you put this picture of her and me in? When will the Annual be out? Aw, please I won’t ever like you again. When will the Annual be out? Did you put in that story about me? Wait till I get you outside!!! When will the Annual be out? Etc.—etc.” Do you wonder that our hair is turning grey? JMiirn ALMOST WITHOUT EXCEPTION The positions of distinction, the offices of trust, the worth while places in life, are held by men or women who have come from the humble walks of life. The big man of today was the struggling youth of yesterday. The key note to it all is summed up in the one word. THRIFT Not necessarily money thrift, but thrift in a broader sense. The saving of time, of energy, of morals, all these count in the sum total of life. MONEY THRIFT is however, a valuable habit to posses—Many a man has met opportunity more than once in a life time and had to let it pass by for the lack of money, he had not known hrift. HERE ARE SOME THRIFT THRILLS $100.00 invested 10 years at 4 per cent compounded_____$148.00 $100.00 invested 10 years at 5 per cent compounded_____ 162.90 $100.00 invested 10 years at 6 per cent compounded ____ 179.10 $100.00 invested 10 years at 7 per cent compounded_____ 196.70 $100.00 invested 10 years at 8 per cent compounded____ 215.90 $100.00 invested 40 years at 4 per cent compounded____ 480.10 $100.00 invested 40 years at 5 per cent compounded_____ 704.00 $100.00 invested 40 years at 6 per cent compounded____ 1028.60 $100.00 invested 40 years at 7 per cent compounded____ 1497.40 $100.00 invested 40 years at 8 per cent compounded_____2172.50 For twenty years the Tecumseh Building Loan Association has been preaching thrift. IT PAYS. -6%- On lump sum investments and has averaged more than 8% per cent on monthly savings during all this time. May we offer the hope that all who read this will some day have their full share of thrift in its fullest meaning. Tecumseh Building Loan Ass’n. am as as am as afft as m as amamaff School Supplies Fountain Pons Stationery Music Telephone 314 DAFOE VANLANINGHAM Headquarters for Students and Teachers Cosmetics Sundries Prescriptions Drugs We’re short on jokes, They are so few. So don’t get sore, If the joke’s on you. Pierce: “I’ve changed my mind.” Neil: “ Does it work any better.” Miss Cook: “I see you have a cold.” Clarence (sniffing): “You can’t see it now.” IS IT? If Miss Carman is a Is Miss Enyeart an worms ? ’ ’ “grub worm,” is she also a “tape worm?” “angle worm?” Are all the faculty “cut Marie: “When do leaves begin to turn?” John: “The night before a quiz.” Howard: “ Did you take a shower?” Draucker: “No, is there one missing?” ELECTRIC LABOR-SAVING DEVICES Electric Washers, Stoves, Toasters, Sweepers, Percolators, Flatirons, Curlingirons, etc. Many convenient appliances for the home CITY ELECTRIC LIGHT AND WATER WORKS City Hall A. R. TAYLOR, Supt. Tecumseh, Nebr. Visit The There are two good WEST SIDE places to eat BARBER SHOP HOME for first class and WORKMANSHIP Laundry Basket Shipped Wednesday THE HOPKINS F. P. HAMM, Prop. Phone 284 Tecumseh, Nebr. WE CATER TO THAT CLASS OF SHOPPERS That is accustomed to securing satisfaction and who know when they secure it. THAT IS WHY OUR CUSTOMERS ARE SO READY to recommend us as a place to trade IF YOU APPRECIATE SATISFACTORY SERVICE COME TO US G. W. WILLS Phone 358 Tecumseh, Nebr. Miss Mickel: (in Physics Class drawing a crude sketch on the board) This is a pendulum. Robert: It doesn’t look like a pendulum. Miss M.: It isn’t the only thing that deceives it’s looks. Teacher: Why is this class like a Ford? Stude: Because the crank is up in front. “I’m in an awful pickle” said the worm as In ate his way through the cucumber. jggSi TO' SHOE REPAIRING CLARENCE E. SMITH of all kinds AT REASONABLE PRICES E. B. TINGLE Tecumseh, Nebr. r : ,y yi y y1 y y; Y Si y i: yal : r :: r : r : y«y; y v. ,y 1 Y ir ir IY FARM LOANS Lowest Rates and Best Terms. ABSTRACTS OF TITLE INSURANCE REAL ESTATE Tecumseh, Nebr. OFFICIAL FINANCIAL STATEMENT OF THE 1924 TOMAHAWK DEBIT Old mahogany furniture for office ______________________________________________ $337.00 John D. Rockefeller, for midnight oil,-------------------------------------------- 27.83 Chewing gum for the staff_________________________________________________________ 08.76 Three pairs of shoes for Gene, (collecting money) ________________________________ 30.00 Gold plated spittoon for office___________________________________________________ 46.90 Life insurance for joke editor_________________________________________________ 3,738.48 Hound, to keep the squirrels away from office_____________________________________ 10.00 Professional artists _______________________________________________________________ .13 Sleuths to obtain pictures ______________________________________________________ 987.53 Damage suits :______________________________________________________________ 9,456.46 Printing, binding and engraving --------------------------------------------------- 3.20 Total_________________________________________________________ $14,237.29 CREDIT Bribes for unpublished scandal, hush money etc._________________________ $1,189.46 For pictures run by request_________________________________________________ 75.65 Sale of chewed lead pencils at reduced rates________________________________ 26.42 Sale of annuals _____________________________________________________________ 4.26 Advertising as follows: William Miner _____________________________________ 50.00 John Fink ______________________________________________________________ 2.50 James Creighton_________________________________________________________ .52 Sankey Bros. ____________________________________________________________ .36 Total _______________________________________________________________ $1,349.17 BALANCE ?????? ! I Donald Campbell, editor of the 1924 Tomahawk of the Tecumseh High School, do hereby certify that the above statement is what I find in the books of Eugene Brock, business manager of the said Tomahawk, and is therefore nothing but the unadulterated truth. Witness: Bertha Enyeart. (Signed) D. Campbell, (seal) Education is a Life Job High School days loom up large in the minds of young folks, and are indeed great days of opportunity. But you can’t let your education stop there. Learning to Save Money and learning to attend to business and meet one’s responsibilities in life is a part of the big life job of getting an education. Young folks should start learning these things even in high school days. This bank has a Savings Department and all facilities for service to those who want to succeed and get ahead in the school of life. First State Bank The Bank on the Corner Al. N. Dafoe, President Frank Dafoe, Cashier Tecumseh, Nebraska Office of Al. N. Dafoe in North end of Bank building. Law, Titles, Abstracts, Loans, Insurance. What Would Happen If: Joe Hanfelt would forget his comb? Bill Miner would run out of wind? Ike Creighton and Katherine Buerstetta would got to school on time? Charles Halsted would lose his horse laugh? “Swede” Olsen would coine to life? Mervin Deck would grow up? Guy Sankey would win the 100 yds? Bud Estes had a date? John Fink forgot his specks! “Here’s to the profs of the High School Staff They flunk you flat and dare to laugh They scorn your views and call you dumb And act as if your brains were numb. They ride you hard and claim you shirk And their pet name ‘sluffer’—they overwork.” Some people think the only thing they should use their head for is to keep their ears apart. SOUND EI UCATION MAKES GOOD CITIZENSHIP You are the best school, and in the best town, in Nebraska Clean Athletics—Keen Scholarship—Loyalty and Pep No Wonder You Win! We’re for you, Tecumseh High. Lawyer LEWIS C. WESTWOOD Hopkins Block Abstractor The Stary of the Hunt for the Lost Jewells Late one night a Crook stole a Sack ol' Jewells which had been dug by the Miners, from beneath the Current Bush of the Gardner. Using as a Rigg, a Carr driven by a Carman, he ran over a Grosse of Katz as lie was Fannen along. The Carr lacked Power. The Crook said “Parker in the Westwood.” The Carman crawled beneath to Souder the exhaust pipe and suffered Burns. Immediately lit applied AVat-kins remedies. Nearby was a lake. He saw a Boatman wearing a Macintosh on the Deck dropping his Bates for Long Katz fish. In the Rays of the moon it was nine o’clock by his Ingersoll. He heard the Hoot of a Little owl. From the Westwood came a Whyte Campbell looking for Hays. A Martin jumped across his path. The Crook was hungry. He ordered the Cook to prepare a Little Lamb and some Murphies. After eating In was Fuller, lie then proceeded to Brock by way of Graf. He was apprehended by a Kulhman, Casey Jones, who was a Miller and was. tied to the lleilig of a table. Later he was tried by Jury, his Whitehead was cut off and he was placed among the Graves. That’s all there is—there isn’t any Moore. DR. C. W. GRAFF DENTIST N. W. Corner of Square Tecumseh, Nebr. Phone 303 O. K. MUSIC STORE AA'. F. Fannen, Prop. Straight player and grand pianos. Edison diamond disc phonographs.. Victrolas and records. Sheet music and other musical merchandise. Phone 90 Tecumseh, Nebr. Suits and Overcoats - Hats and Shoes when: IBrattd (Tlotl s are sold G. W. and H. S. Halsted Proprietors West Side Square Tecumseh Behind scenes at “The Tailor-Made Man” Miss Pflug: “All ready Gene, run up the curtain.” Gene: “What do you think I am, a squirrel.” Joe J.: Would you care to go to the American Legion Movies tonight? Margaret: Sure thing!!!!!!! Joe: Well, will you buy your ticket from me?” ADOLPH KAVORIK Bottler of carbonated beverages Cash buyer of poultry, eggs, and cream All Kinds of Poultry Feeds Dealer in Buckeye incubators and brooders Phone .‘102 East side Square, Tecumseh, Nebr. TRY THE REXALL DRUG STORE FIRST DRUGS, CIGARS EASTMAN KODAKS AND SUPPLIES SCHOOL BOOKS AND SUPPLIES Dr. Hess Poultry and Stock Tonics J. M. NACHTIGALL Tecumseh, Nebr. Let PAT Be Your GROCER We operate a clean and sanitary store with everything guaranteed or money refunded Compare om quality and then our prices. PAT ZIMMERMAN’S CASH GROCERY Phone 37 Tecumseh, Nebr. Mickel: needles!” Mervin: ‘‘Who can tell which pine has the longest and sharpest ‘‘Please, Ma’am, the porcupine.” Orville: “Why was my speech like the Rock of Gibraltar?” Helen: “I give up.” Orville: “Because it was only a bluff.” Lindell: Did you ever see the Catskill Mountains? Goldie: No, but I have seen them kill mice. Orville Mitchell: Do you shave yourself all the time! Orville Brock: Well hardly, I stop occasionally for meals. Edward had returned home after having been out to dinner and Mrs. Ingersoll said: 1 trust that when it came to the extra helpings you had manners to say ‘No!’ Yes, ma, I said ‘No!’ several times. “You did?”, exclaimed his mother. Yes, Mrs. Jones kept asking me if I had had enough. The Farmers State Bank � ■ 1 1 1 Congratulates and Extends Best Wishes for Success of the Members of the CLASS OF 1924 I The Home Of U. B. Thrifty r-« r STEWART INVESTMENT CO. Farm Loans and Insurance Sells farms and city property. Makes abstracts Examines and perfects titles to real-property Makes collections Tecuniseli Nebraska. LOOK AT OUR CLOTHING MEN’S SHOES LADIES' SHOES 1 LADIES’ DRESSES GENERAL LINES SULLIVAN’S STORE North Side Square Tecumseh, Nebr. D. M. GAMET ELECTRIC AND ACETYLENE WELDING General Blacksmithing Supplies Tecumseh, Nebr. Miss Yont: I will have to give you a zero this semester. John: Well, that means nothing in my young life. Effa: Oh, Miss Carman I’ve swallowed my needle. Miss Carman: Never mind, dear. I’ll give you another. Pierce: I’m knock-kneed. Helen: Yes, I notice: Pierce: My cousin Larry’s bowlegged. Helen: How unfortunate!! Pierce: When we stand together we spell “ox.” 352535 Cbt “Johnson Countp 'Journal M. S. Brady, Publisher The only newspaper in Johnson County delivered on every rural route in the country by Friday morning of every week. ALL THE COUNTY NEWS FOR $1.50 Phone 376 Tecumseh, Nebr. Don Campbell’s Latest Verse. If I had a million dollars I’d travel fast and far. If 1 had five hundred thousand, I M wed a movie star. If I even had two thousand IM buy a classy car. And gosh—If I only had a dime I’d buy a peanut bar. Opal: Where, oh, where has my Polly gone? Wayne: Way, way up in the Geometreeeeeee!!!! A senior stood on a railroad track A train was coming fast. The train got off the railroad track To let the Senior pass. Miss O.: “John, give me the names of the political parties.” John 0.: The only party I know about is tin “ Boston Tea Party.” I The Tecumseh Produce Co. YOU ARE THE BOSS This store is run to please | you and every time it fails to t do so it loses. You, don’t tell us just what to do or buy. It f is up to us to figure out what | j you want and have it here for s : you. And that’s what we try | : to do. The only way we | [ know we are succeeding is by | I your trade. i I like the T. H. S. 1 is on the SQUARE | Bring us your cream and pro- duce for best A. D. SARGENT Jeweler RESULTS Watch Repairing YW mLlULVU Kill ““ “ ■ St ahv •- =a McDOUGAL BUSH Hardware and Furniture GREAT WESTERN CREAM SEPARATORS Complete line of Hardware, Furniture, Carpets, Rufj;s, Etc. West Side Square Tecumseh, Nebr. a. ■ | || I I 1 P I I g 1 I ■13 I Vernon: Do you know Miss Fish? Martin: Yes, I’m going to drop her a line. Miss Yont: “What is the knocking at the end of the murder scene in Macbeth?” Thurman: “It was Duncan kicking the bucket.” Maurice L.: My, but you are bald. Mr. Halsted: That’s where 1 shine. ; 20PS1! w GREETINGS TO THE CLASS OF 1924 We have anticipated your needs for Quality, Merchandise and all departments are complete with seasonable goods. Gift Suggestions: Silk Hose, Gloves, Purses, Neckwear, and many other articles. APPERSON MERCANTILE CO. Quality and Price store. Tecumseh, Nebr. First Prize Junior calf 1923, Walter Roberts, Owner THE JOHNSON CO. AGRl’L AND MECH'L ASS'N Better agriculture, better schools, and better homes is our motto. OFFICERS J. F. Kuhlman______________President J. H. Miller__________Vice-President J. V. Johnson______________Treasurer C. H. Brock________________Secretary DIRECTORS T. J. Current J. Fink T. E. Roberts A. C. Hasenyager H. C. Lintz Chas. Glasson W. A. Kelley L. Lyell R. Doolittle Grand champion heifer 1923, Weber Son, Owners. EDWARD OLSEN All kinds of Building Materials and Coal Yards on East Clay Street, Tecumseh If you an contemplating building or making repairs to present buildings, we have .just what will be needed, and want to figure on your bill. No order too trifling and none too big. We carry a complete line of lumber of all kinds, Sash, Doors, Dime, Cement, Tile, and other materials. Coal for every purpose. Phone 25 Tecumseh, Nebr. Vernon and Eileen were sitting on tin davenport when Eileen remarked, “It’s the little things in life that tell.” So saying, she reached down and pulled her little sister from beneath the davenport. John: Like most men I suppose I have my short-comings. Doris: It isn’t your shortcomings; its your long-stayings that I object to. Miss Gravatt: Can you tell me who followed Edward VI ? Helen Cathcart: Mary. Miss Gravatt: And who followed Mary? Helen Cathcart : Her little lamb. Waldemar: I worked at that exercise until five thirty this morn- ing. Miss Enyeart: And did you get the idea then? Waldemar: It began to dawn on me. Leonard L.: As 1 was coming to school this morning, I saw the prettiest little cowslip by the river brink.” Helen Jury: That’s too bad. Did she slip clear in?” L Neil: What are you taking, Agriculture? Wilbert (who is carrying a packaged: No, Unionalls. Topics of history remind us We can make our lives sublime, And by asking silly questions, Take up all the teachers’ time. Ralph: How did you come to fall in tin lake? Ike: I didn’t come to fall in, 1 came to fish. GOLDEN ROD TIRE SHOP Olin Yoder, Prop. TIRES, TUBES AND ACCESSORIES The shop that appreciates your business and justifies your confidence. Phone 2( Road Service Tecumseh, Nebr. -—A ?? TC re yi; 7;; ;.•;; ■ •■ '.• 5 ■' A3 v •: V ■: V Our Many Years in Business is Due to THE SERVICE WE GIVE Thurber Brothers Tecurnseh, Nebraska THE TECUMSEH CHIEFTAIN Appreciates the fact that our schools are among our most valuable assets, and Prints A School Column Every Week. during the school year. ♦ : THE WINCHESTER STORE Fxclusive agency for all Winchester products, Perfection Oil Stoves, Copper Clad Ranges. Hoover Klectric Sweepers and merchandise in our line that has been proven, the best. Complete lines of Furniture, Linoleums, Rugs and Hardware always in stock. HARRY PHELPS North Side Square Tecumseh, Nebr. Favorite Bools and Songs Everlasting Whisper The Climax Freckles Daddy Long Legs Come out of the Kitchen Main Street Little Minister Little Men Little Red School House That old Gang of Mine Curly Locks Pest House Blues Only an Irish Boy Does the Spearmint Lose it Flavor? That Bran New Gal Dorothy Epley Leonard Lawrence John Olsen Mr. Halsted Miss Carman Tony Mandery Preach Davey George Moore and Mervin Deck M'ss Cook Freshmen Grace Sherman Holland Miller Kenneth Malone Irene Hanfelt Paul Bogott Told in the Physics Class. A chap was arrested for assault and battery and brought before the judge. Judge: “What is your name, your occupation and what are you charged with?” Prisoner: “Mv name is Sparks, I am an electrician and I am charged with battery.” Judge: “Officer, put this guy in a dry cell.” THE Tecumseh State Bank West Side Square Invites Your banking business Statement of Condition At Close of Business, Dec. 31, 1923. Resources Loans and Discounts_______$269,690.64 Overdrafts _________________ 2,362.55 Banking House and Fixtures ______________________ 6,100.00 Cash and Sight Exchange 57,985.84 Conservation Fund_________ 624.00 $336,763.03 Liabilities Captital Stock_____________$50,000.00 Surplus ___________________ 10,000.00 Undivided Profits___________ 6,625.54 Deposits __________________252,920.10 Guaranty Fund_______________ 2,217.39 Bills Payable _____________ 15,000.00 $336,763.03 T. J. Pierson—President S. B. Parker—Cashier E. C. Hedrick Grant Buerstetta C. E. Smith IfcTTST D. M. Judkins-Davies i M. D. D. W. HURST General Practice VETERINARIAN Glasses Fitted 1 Phone 175 Teeumseli, Nebr. j Phone .‘16 Teeumseli, Nebr. VESTA DOUBL E LIFE BATTERIES Service On All Batteries GOODRICH AND HORSESHOE TIRES AND TUBES VULCANIZING Tubes a Specialty S1LVERTOWN CORDS KING BATTERY COMPANY Teeumseli, Nebraska iuii'Srau iQnrsiiiia by a £B s infuSi' SAS'Si.. Miss Gravatt: Tell me about the age or Elizabeth. Nolan: She’ll be nineteen next week. Miss Cook: (in Physiology class) Paul, will you put the following sentence in your own words: “A wink is as good as a nod to a blind horse.” Paul B.: “A spasmodic movement of the optic is as adequate as a slight inclination of tin cranium to an equine quadruped devoid of its visionary capacities.” rntjnn™ Tj jrnjrvjiv, n i.u.i vui� Buick Motor Cars Willard Batteries RUEGG BATTERY AND ELECTRICAL CO. Teeumseli, Nebraska Radio Sets Electrical Service Wl'V: ’ v J'iv y j 'rv ; j-y ;; JOHNSON COUNTY FARM BUREAU PURPOSE- “To Serve the People of Johnson County in every way possible.” EXECUTIVK BOARD Henry Lintz, President, Cook John Kuhlman, Johnson Chas. Glasson, V-President, Tecumseh Carl H. Brock. Tecumseh Geo. Gottula, Sec’y-Treas., Tecumseh T. E. Roberts, Tecumseh Mrs. V. K. Sparks, Tecumseh OFFICE FORCE H. E. Huston, County Extension Agent. Edith Place, Office Assistant. Pearl: Did you ever hear the story of the little red wheelbarrow? Merle: How does it go? Pearl: It doesn’t go, you have to push it. Joe Hanfelt: “Yes sir, some one aimed a base, cowardly egg at me.” Max: “And what kind of an egg is that?” Joe: “A base cowardly egg sir, is one that hits you—and then runs.” Chevrolet Cars Oakland Cars Parts and Accessories MARTIN AUTO COMPANY Phone 293 Tecumseh, Nebr. THE MOON THEATRE L. M. Greene, Manager Tecumseh’s favorite amusement center. High class moving pictures, including educational subjects. The better pictures mdy. ' The splendid support always extended by the Schools is fully appreciated, and we hope to continue to merit the same. fe?WW8g58ZgggaaB2 iisiaisiuSiu as sunt Visitor: (on school campus) What is that building over there?” Senior: That’s the Green-house.” Visitor: Oh, I didn’t know the Freshies had a building all to themselves. Edward: (Watching his first football game) “Who cleans the suits after the game?” Clarence Estes: “What do you suppose the scrub team is for?” Oilier H. (looking for boarding place): “My good woman the last place 1 stopped, the lady wept when 1 left.” Landlady: “Oh! Is that so! Well 1 ain’t goin’ to. I want my money in advance.” Miss Gravatt: (talking politics) “Ford won’t run.” Miss Varner: (who has one) “That’s nothing unusual.” Miss Ormsby: “What is H? O-f?” George M.: “To drink.” DR. ARVID KARLSON Office North Side Square FULL DENTAL X-RAY EQUIPMENT Phone 55 Tecumseh, Nebr. USaSJKtMg :- a. . WM. SHERMAN —GROCERIES— STAPLE AND FANCY —QUEENSWARE— Bring Us Your Produce Phone 150 % I I I T7E f?£?fr£ fr2ftr£ tY£ft v'.y i.y Mh HB HR H .John Olsen: “Why do yon wear such loud socks?” Holland : “To keep my feet from going to sleep.” Lawrence: Where do you live? Guy: On the river. If you ever come around, drop in. Mr. Halsted: “Max, why did Caesar build a bridge across the Rhine?” Max: “Because he was ashamed to use a Ford.” ; ipii inrKjfvjrKjjKji mi iyj im twwmmzm mi m.i m.i ea mi m.i A Pal For Your Palate DAWSON’S ICE CREAM IT’S GOOD ALWAYS IT’S ALWAYS GOOD That’s why it sells so fast CANDIES LATEST PERIODICALS CIGARS DAWSON CONFECTIONERY Phone 158 Tecumseh, Nebr. REMINGTON PORTABLE Every Student needs one. Typewriter Supplies uf All Kinds Full Line of School Supplies Memory Books Students’ Headquarters Tecuinseh, Nebr Richard: “Tell them all you know. It won’t take very long.” Edson: “I’ll tell them all we both know. It won’t take any longer.” Miss Mickel: “What does 11a (Na) j stand for?” Marian: “Banana.” Senior: “At any rate no one can say that 1 am two faced.” Junior: “Sure if you were you would leave that one at home.” C. F. ROH, M. D. nrs W-A-N-T-E-D For wife, a refined young IMHKK IAN ANI) SI RGLON lady, must have brown eyes and bobbed hair, plucked eyebrows preferred. 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BARNES DENTIST Complete X-Ray Equipment Tecumseh, Nebr. ‘WHEN When your’re loafin’ in the halls and havin’ pecks of fun, A laughin’ an a talkin’ an a makin ’all things hum, You’d better be a listenin’ an’ sorta lookin’ out, fause Miss Cook’ll nab ya If ya don’t wavch out. When yer stayin’ out of classes not ’xactly just for fun, But to copy up a note-book that had oughter long been done, You’d better eye the doorway, and be kinder lookin’ out, ’Cause Miss Enyeart’ll see ya do it, If ya don’t watch out. When yer actin, like your owned the earth, just cause ya got a beau— A flirtin’, and a cuttin’ up and a carryin’ on so You’d better act lady like and be sorta lookin’ out ’Cause Miss Yont’ll get you If ya don’t watch out. When you haven’t got yer lesson’s, and bluffin’ every class And a foolin’ all the teachers, and still thinkin’ that you’ll pass You’d better lay dead low and a kinder’ lookin’ out, ’Cause Prof, will call you over, If ya don’t watch out. Miss Varner: “Edward, give the principal parts of the verb “skato.” Edward: “Xkato-skatere-slipsi-lnimptnm.” Freda Snyder: “How long can a person go to school without brains?” Lavetta Schultz: “I don’t know. How old are you?” autographs £utograpl)0 -,