Valparaiso High School - Valenian Yearbook (Valparaiso, IN)

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16 HIGH THE HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL EDITED BY THE CLASS OF 1904 EDITOR, - - RUDOLPH A. BARTHOLOMEW Associate Editors: Auretta II. Agnew, Gordon B. Norris BUSINESS MANAGER, - - ARTHUR E. LOUDERBACK CLASS PRESIDENT, - - - W. ARTHUR HALL T1IE NEW BUILDING. Much detail in describing the plans of the new building would require several pages of our Annual and in the end might not be interesting to the readers. We will therefore endeavor to make this account as brief as possible and leave out such items as the measurement of the windows and the height of the doors. In the basement is to be the long desired gymnasium, which will measure 52 by 90 feet, and is to be divided, one side for the boys and the other for the girls. The ceiling will be high enough for basket-ball, while the width of the room will insure ample space for a bowling alley. It will be com- pletely equipped with all kinds of training apparatus. The athletic enthusiasm of the students will probably make up for any deficiency in equipment, however. If the pupils or the future will but make athletics a success ( along with studies ) it will add such a spirit to the school as will soon crowd the assembly room with students and raise the V. H. S. to a new standing among our neighboring high schools. On the same floor there will be two science rooms, a manual training room, a fresh-air room and the heating apparatus. The first floor will be divided into ten rooms for the grades. The departmental work of the seventh and eighth grades will be carried on here. All will be fitted up in the most modern and convenient style. The second floor is to be occupied by the high school students exclusively. The assembly room will accommodate two hundred fifty. One feature of the plans for this room we especially admire, and that is this: the platform will be 18 by 30 and raised enough to be admirably suited to entertain- ments. The coming juniors can no longer furnish an excuse for dismissing their seniors unbanquetted. In addition to the assembly room are seven recitation rooms, the library and the superintendent’s private office. ANNUAL 1904. In the attic our superintendent is contemplating a labora- tory where the untutored chemistry student may compound chemicals at the risk of the skylight only. The janitor is al- so thinking of keeping pigeons up among these rafters. A new system of heating is to be installed which does away with most of the radiators, although some are required for extremely cold weather. The cold air enters the base- ment, passes over radiators where it is heated and thence through stacks to the different rooms. In this way the air is kept pure, as all the oxygen is not burned out before it is used. FINIS. However glad the seniors may be to have completed the course and receive their honors, we cannot help regretting that it is not our lot to enjoy coming blessings. Editor. OUR SPEAKER FOR COMMENCEMENT. Edwin Holt Hughes, our speaker for commencement, is the new president of DePauw University. He was born in Virginia in 1866 and is thirty-seven years of age. His first co llege work was done at the Ohio Weslyan University, where during his senior year he took the Ohio State prize in oratory, and later the interstate, defeating with other contestants the DePauw orator. Graduating from the Ohio Weslyan, he entered the Boston School of Theology, from which institutions he now holds the degrees L. L. D. and Ph. D. In the New England Conference, for eight years, he filled the pastorate of the first Methodist Episcopal Church of Mal- den, Mass., the largest church in New England. He was serving in this capacity when chosen president of DePauw. Dr. Bashford, the popular president of Ohio Weslyan Uni- versity, closed his nomination speech for Dr. Hughes with these words, “Were I about to die, and my board of trus- tees should ask me to nominate my successor, I should nomi- nate Edwin H. Hughes. ’ ’ Drs. D. M. Wood of this city and C. E. Bacon of Indian- apolis were designated to go and see Dr. Hughes. The visit of these gentlemen resulted in his unanimous election to the presidency of DePauw. Dr. Hughes is rapidly becoming a favorite in Indiana, and his choice as president is meeting with universal approval.

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HIGH OUR LABORATORY. Our laboratory is not as large and extensive as some others, but it is a very safe refuge during the music period. It is used for various purposes; however, among the most important perhaps is as a place of torture — and amusement. Very likely I should not have mentioned “amusement” as that is such an odd apparatus to have in a laboratory. Our laboratory (I like to call it “our” because every- thing we have is so grand and mighty ) has two cupboards and a set of shelves with expensive apparatus — why some of the things we have in our laboratory are worth five dollars ($5.00). Some of the electrical appliances really take a great brain to thoroughly understand ( we understand them thoroughly ). Among the various things which we have in mr labor- atory are, a piece of wax, two (2) pair of scales and an air pump “which leaks.” Oh yes, I forgot, we have a tin pail in which we carry water (it don’t leak). With this very ex- tensive paraphernalia it can readily be seen that we are capable of carrying on very complicated experiments. Chief of the really fine experiments we have performed is the one in which a piece of paper is rubbed between the arm and the body after which it sticks to the wall by reduction. Would that every school had such a laboratory. ANNUAL 1904. 15 Four little Freshmen have gained some notoriety by leav- ing their “foot-prints in the sands o’ time;” or, to be more ex- plicit, their handwork on the polish o’ the desks. They were compelled to obliterate these marks of talent with sand paper and varnish. According to the modern theory the faculty, instead of suspending them, should pat them on the heads and murmur, “Go od lads, do it again; a wonderful evidence of genius.” And then in the far future the faculty could pride itself that it had given the first encouragement to these great sculptors or wood-carvers. Prof. Skinkle — “Wood, how much time do you put upon your Algebra?” Wood — “About two hours, I guess.” “Yes, I understand,” said Mr. Skinkle, as he picked up the Algebra and glanced over the pages covered with Mr. Dooleys and Foxy Grandpas. Feb. 7, prima luce — Soph, stuck in mud at Cook’s Cor- ners — “Oh, that I had the wings of a dove to fly home to breakfast.” This is not a fairy story, Nor a fable gray and hoary, That I tell you as I look you Squarely in the face. When a freshy’s in a pickle You may gamble every nickel, There’s a wise and pretty woman Some where in the case. Is the high school in a flurry? Skips the senior in a hurry? Does the meek and quiet junior Swiftly fall from grace? Be he great or be he lowly, He will understand quite wholly, That some learned little woman Will see about his case.

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HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL 1904. CLASS WILL. Know all Men by these Presents, that we, the Class of Naughty Four, of the Valparaiso High School, being in good health of body and sound and disposing state of mind and memory (notwithstanding our violent mental efforts of these four years) and being desirous of settling our worldly affairs while we have strength and capacity, do make and publish this our last will and testament, hereby revoking and making void all former wills by us at any time heretofore made. First. We direct our executors, hereinafter named, to pay all our just debts and funeral expenses from our person- al property not hereinafter disposed of. Second. We give to the Juniors our back seats, our Physics note books, our stable of ponies and all we die pos- sessed of. Third. We give to our friend and landlord, George S. Haste, all the superfluous hot air we may have on hand to be distributed in the fall as Miss Benny may direct. Fourth. We give to the Sophomores all the holes in the matting to be used at their discretion. Fifth. We give to the Freshmen any obnoxious odors which may arise ab inhumatis rodentibus. Sixth. We give to our ilat-hatted friend, Lurton K. Halderman, the hole in the southwest corner of the H. S. room to be used for peanut shells and apple cores for which he has no other use. Lastly we appoint Hon. Ray Adams and Supt. A. A. Hughart our executors. In witness whereof, we have hereunto set our hand and seal, in presence of the persons whose names are subscribed. (Signed) NAUGHTY FOUR (L. S.) Witnesses: Wm. Schumacher, Laura Jones. Subscribed to and sworn before me this 23rd day of May, 1904. Eugene Skinkle, J. P. (My commission expires May 23, 2000, Q. E. D.) 17 20th Century Leap Year Club. This club is known as the Valparaiso Leap Year Club and the membership is limited to the teachers in the public schools of Valparaiso. No questions are asked as to age, politics or religion. The only oath required is to support the constitution, promote the espousal of its members at any cost, and add to the ex-membership. The officers shall consist of president, vice-president, cor- responding secretary, treasurer, grand lecturer, sergeant-at- arms, right guard, left guard, traveling solicitor, and such committees as the president may appoint. The following is a list of the officers: Estella Diefenbaugh — President. Blanche Spencer — Vice President. Nellie Power — Corresponding Secretary. Pearl Miller — Treasurer. Rebecca Pierce— Grand Lecturer. Fannie McIntyre — Sergeant-at-arms. A. A. Hughart — Worthy Patron. Eugene Skinkle — Right Guard. E. S. Miller — Left Guard, F. A. Reece— Traveling Solicitor. ( William Freeman, Advisory Board ■! L. M. Pierce, ( Dr. J. R. Pagin. COMMITTEES. Would Leap: Rebecca Schnewind, Myrtle Gettys, Mar- garet Beer, Nona MacQuilkin, Leona Appleby, Louise Wins- low, Mabel Benny, Ida Jones. Anti-leap: Elizabeth Patton, Bess Stinchfield, Julia Carver, Laura Pagin, Minnie McIntyre, Olie Welty and Mary Deegan. Soon-to-leap: Lillian Perry, Nellie Parks, Ruth Qua- termas, Sadie Sweney, Letta Landis and Lillian Smutzer. Ex-members: Mrs. Beth Benny Ellis, Mrs. Grace Louder- back Hughart, Mrs. Estella Lewis Ray, Mrs. Rose Drago Pierce, Mrs. Kate Stoddard Jones, Mrs. Margaret McGregor Lytle, Mrs. Rebecca Bartholomew Lestenberger, Mrs. Kate Gregory Billings.