Walters High School - Blue Devil Yearbook (Walters, OK)

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CLASS PROPHBCY I was seated by my wlndow gazlng out uoon a landscape stretchmg 1n IU unbroken plaln as far as the eye could reach I could hear the low moo of the cow and the soft bleatlng of the sheep as the lergthenmg shadows of exfmng came crowdmg 1n warnmg them that It was tlme to seek the1r nwht helter In the d1stance I could hea the vo1 e of the herdsman as he urued th na forward ThlS t1111et a t1v1ty and oeace brouul-It mam, thoughts to Tn mmd ant I wondered what thls old v orld would be 11146 lf everybody enJ0ye1 l1fe l1ke th1s lerder who breathlng the owen a1r scent fl Wyth thf deb Ou perfume of growmg alfalfa and corn ha no Idea of the suffo at on of an och e room My ITILISIYIOS we c mterrunted bt the honk honk of an auto nobxle as ll vxent whlzzlnv past and I seemed agam to see Professor as he 1n a br1sk and htm manner urved us IOIICTIHU st xdents alorw the shpocry path of knowledge Whlle VICWIHQ the magnlficent beauty and fimsh of the YCYTCHIIDQ, car l thought of our class motto There IS no Excellen e v thout Labor and Wlth tl e motto came memory and I avam saw the d ar old LI1 h Sch ol f Va te and my teachers and classmates I hrst saw George the SDC l2I1St ln aff 1 ulture I rernenfb r d readme an art1cle 1n one of the leadmg mavafmes where h had perfe ted a metho for vraftlnv polson 1vy onto a grape vlne Then came SldDfV the net of all h1s classmates You knov he 1o1'1 f a travelmg orchestra after comoletlnv h1s col ege 'ou se and IS now 11v1n0 1 l Geron1mo 1 ho has afr1end1n every town IU the Umted Stat bu'1s stxll 1'lUI and says sle wxshes thls 1nscr1pt1on upon her tomb MISS Mam1e Henry In smvle blessedness she llved and 1n the same she dxed Turnlng I was confronted bv Clalr our class. DOIIYI 1an She IS now judve of the Juvemle court on the demo rat1 platform PBSSIHU on I came to Clyde who IS no a noted c1v1l engmeer I-Ie has just completed a bu1ld1ng 1n wh1ch he can s'een to h1s heart s content and st1ll be consclous of all that happens around h1m Next I was greeted by Alma the noted phys1 ISI who developed and nrox ed tl e theory that m1lls co not re olvf- ur-on a DIVOI but are xmpelled by an out lde attractlon Afterwards she marr1ed a Method1st m SSIOUHTV anl IS now res1d1ng n the wxlds of Afrtca I was next grabbed 1n '1 bear hug and shaken unt1l my teeth rattled Extruatlng myself I recovnwefl Clarence who IS kno v1 bv h1s manv fYlCY1 IS as Hunky We all remember when he left H1 h Schoo and started to Germany but dld not go any farther than El Reno 1 he f h de lded to return and F1n1sh He IS now a star actor ln a fake comedy act for the Mutual MOVICS Over 1n a corner was Carrxe the ventus ID Matl' ematxcs Shf- IS now hgurlng on a scheme for the protectlon of old malds Then came Mollxe the best student 1n the class After hmshmv H1 h School she attended a Medlcal College where she won a reputat1on for her level head steady nerve and compass1onate dxsposltlon when Derformxnv an Operqfhcefu came Lee our h1 h hurdle chammon Watch h1m leap the dxffi tultles of llfe l1ke he does the hurdles Hearmg a wee small VOICE I saw Ula Rec the smallest 01rl 1n the tlass Who would have thought of her marrymg a heavywelght pug1l1st9 But alas' that was her sad fate and she now las four sons who are followmg 1n the foot f h f th Stepllgwtledee I-Iaffy the poet who has obta1ned world wlde fame as a com 1 l n mercxlvffldzisgfxue next though always very quxet she has made her mark and K. n C A i Y I ' Y . W V A V I 4 l Q .1 ' . . Q4 , . A . . x . ' , H H t F . ' I Y 1' C n ' - ly . - f .V ' X ' f I. 1, . J .4 5 . I ' a . 'v . I 1 A A .- ' 1 ' I I . S , S. ' , 'Qi s . . ' . S h 3 I , , Q e . 5, T I If ' ' ' I ' N ' -Q -1 L - N I , . 3- ' I - ,. , : H A -. 1 A 5 ' ' .., 'S , , , 'Q' 1 ,Q Y, ' I C. . . r.w A D A , . . ' r ,. - . , , . c . , . ' ' D 11 .- . ' . . H .' ' ' S- - L S. 3, -A ' . - . i 1 . . nl . , .1 S I Q 1 , ., , Next I encountered the smiling eves of Mamie our wonderful Marnie. 1' ' ' ' ' ' . I' es: . '. ' D e , 55 .4 A 1. tk - . 3 5 ' , . i C . . I b 1 . 1 . A' . . I . , I - A h . , .1 'A 'V ! I V ' . S' ' ' . 1 . . - .- . , A L . W . ' X ' ' , V ' ' K H, .. H U V - K 1 2-3 . ' ,. , -f r 9 Q . . . AV 5 . A It ' L.. I I . . . . .U , - as S 1 . ' 5 V 'U ' . ' lf ' v P1 - T A s 1' , . I V A V I - I ' v V x

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CLASS HISTORY OF 14 On a beautlful September mornmg 1910 our class of promxslng pupxls entered the Freshman Class of the W H S wlth the defermmatlon to make tl'e Class of 14 the best class that W H S had ever produced or ever wlll produce As Freshmen we showed greater ablhty than the average Freshman Elasg and consequently great thmgs were expected of us and we have not ax e At the begmmng of the Sophomore year when the roll was called sev eral of our stars falled to answer Thxs was mdeed a blow to the class but nn splte of thrs we struggled on and soon developed more ln qualxty rn the class than we had lost ln ouantxty Hence no one was surprmsed when a number of our accomphshed members were represented ln the Senior Play of 12 The Iunxor year dawned and It seemed as lf rn the dxstance we saw our Star of Hope formmg the flvures 1 9 1 4 wrth Z2 as thelr background We were st1ll chmbmg the ladder of fame w1th out eyes ever on the Star of Hope Durmg thls year two more talented tudents were admxtted 1nto the class one of whlch was wxth us only three months the other lS st1ll w1th us and has added much mer1t to our class We as a class took an lmportant part m all the school movem nts At the :lose of thas year s happmess and pros perrtv we declded to gxve the Semors a banquet The Sophomores ln order to place the1r 1deals of greatne s m the how wxndo s Qwhxch we confess they dxdb planned to prevent us from mal no a su ss of the entertamrnent After several vam attempts to bluff the Iumors th r nerve falled them and nn tl e fa e of defeat they rssued a call for xolunt e Tn a few hours the volun teers outnumbered the Sophomores Whlle the Seniors and unlors were emoymg the evenmg they stole the turkey But the sad part of It IS that the volunteers recexved the honors whxle well the poor Sophomores had to con 'ess that they could not hold the1r o Jn wrthout ald for whlch we had strxven for three lonv years Thls was perhaps one of the happxest days of our entlre Hxgh School hfe On thls mornmg our Star of Hope was brlghter than ever before VVe had developed our talent each year untxl now we were able to take tWlCC the amount of work that an average student rad been requxred to take Our cornposxtwon vork was su h that Profe or Pearl was really aston1shed at our abmty But we dxd not for one day rr 1 'lt the s hool to forvet that we were Semors Each dav we produced a new remmder The three best were FIFSY the class play whlch was started nthout a conference wlth Professor Pearl and the Board Second was our boys famous leap frog game rn the Assembly Hall whve the tea hers were absent and Th1rd was the noted Aprll Fool stunt for whlch a number of th cl'1 s recelved a few davs vacat1on Our last but not least accomplmshrnent was the pubhshmg of our H1 h School Annual THE RAMBLER As thns was somethme new everyone became very much mterested but the responslbxllty rested upon the Semox Class Havlng developed our natural abllxtv the work was easlly accom ph hed The talent that had been present ln the former years reached 1ts clxmax ln the Senlor play We as a class have always been loyal kxnd hearted and true loyal to our chool and teachers kxnd to our fellow students and true to our class thereby wmmng the favor of all our teachers Thxs noted year cannot be passed w1thout the mentxon of those excellent muslc and Moral hfe whxch were rendered by Prof Pearl lectures upon The end of thxs year marks our fnrst separation we are now to enter mto h onsxble aths of hfe But when we thmk that the world was not t e more resp p made 1n a day It does not seem that we have traveled mn hfe That Star of l d H whlch we fxrst beheld rn our Freshman year has become c oser an brlfgliter untxl now we behold lt ln all 1ts splendor sheddmg 1ts glorlous rays upon us and beckomng us on to a hlgher goal - A X . ' i 4 l r - . - ' L rs - Y - I . . . k 4 A 'N v . v V . I ' - I S . S - . 'Ivy' . ' 4 ' ya -as ' . ' ,D ce. , I V . . c ' . 3 ' , C fc. - 1 On September 1st, 1913. we as Seniors, entered the High School, the goal . S A . l A l P . . ., . . ' . . , 1 ' 1 1. 2 V . SS ' . ' ' V r .,c . e - ' '. ' -.- ' ' ' 1 . . - ' '1 C 1 ' I . I 2 1 S ' ' . , .4 . .U v - v . C! 's . Q Q ' ' I - A . H - nv L1 ' ' . ' ' ' . - 15 u ' ' I

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everybody knovws of the home she has estabnshed for Ll'1lltllCI'l Slowly com1nO from the class room was Bess1e our dear and fa1thf11 Bessxe who p nt the rr1o t of ler t1me 1n H1 h School Sl'HlllIlU at Wakehe'd but loslnff all hope 1n that d1rect1on Jolned a vaudev1lle troupe Then Knowlton the 'a 1 rnan He has just returned from a tr1p abroad where he cnteltamed the Sultan of Turkey w1th h1s hdclle Last but not least of the Olrls comes Elxa our dear 11ttle Elva Choos1n l1terat11re an 1 expresslon for her llfe work she now lfas world w1de fame as a lyceum lec turer but says M1lton IS her favor1te author Next 1n llre was Wakeh ld the m1ghty lawyer m1C1hty because he was recently appolnted to the hrgh IJOQIUOD of conhdendal EICIVISOI' to a basebal captaln Last comes Fr1tz Ah I wonder what has become of Fr1t7 That IS a r ddle that the future has left st1ll unsolved PRFD MULLlN:1 CLASS WILL We tl'e Semor Class of the Walter H1 h School bemv sound 1n both body and m1nd c1o hetcby make r11bl and de lare th1s wr1t1n0 to be our last 1ll and testament hereby revokmv and makmv vold al' IOI mer w1lls 1f any were made Item I We Uwe and bequeath o Professor Pe rl al' son book physlcs and Geometry note books and all Ceometry houre h1 h he cannot Fmd II We g1VC and bequeath to the jumors ou class room fitted as It IS w1th an atmosphere of knowledge and sk1ll and we hope that the sa1d helrs may absorb some of the knovvledve wh1ch we hate allowed to escape un harmed from our over crowded mass of mtellett III We QIVC to the Sophs each a sear hl1Uht so they may vo caref.1l1y IV We Wlll to the Freshres ten cents vuth vh1 I to buy callco to mal e a Hav as they cannot afford an vthmq more CKDCV1 V We uncond1t1ona ly 1ve1o NI1 B nge ltlfe excuses we have hand ed 1n and all that are 1 ue BI .I have not handed IH o o w1th as she may de re As we wrote them ourselves an they have rved the1r purpose they are no longer of any value to us VI We 9,lVC and beque tl' o the IUFIO Cla the last row and a half of seats on the east s1de of tlce H1 h S hool 1oom VII We leave to our dear and beloved teacher MISS Klutts all snakes bugs and other Zoology sp c1mens VIII To the boys of thc Class of N15 we 1111 the exclusxve flhht to play 'reap frog ln the Assembly Hall any t1me all the teachers are out of h room hut we warn them to be car ful and not get caught IX To MISS Hunt ve w1ll al ou1 Arnerl an HISIOTY exa1n1nat1on 1 apers X The entxre Sen or Class QIVC and bequeath to the lunlors all tl ey do not know what trey do not want to kno 1 and what tlrey never expect tc know about Geometry XI We wlll to Professor Pearl the excluslve rlght to carry the keys to the school bu1ld1ng and keer the students out 1n the ram XII We gladly and wxllmgly gwe to the 1an1to1 all popcorn chewmg Hum papers peanut hulls candy and waste paper of any kmd found 1n the Assembly Hall after schol hours XIII We QIVC and bequeath to the sa1d Iumors our SCICHIIFIC method of blufhn., so that they w1ll not Hunk n Phys1 s and Amer1can H1story XIV In add1t1on to above descr1bed and named property we grant to Martha Al1ar and Spurveon Ph1l1ps the r1gl'1t to s1t together 1n all classes the followxng year also to Ray Paynter and Mmla Pmchum the same PTIVIICQC Clarence Hungerford beoueaths to Roy Graham h1s ab1l1ty as a comlc actor Y' 'I 4 . I . - ' . . .-- , . ' ' 1 .fi 1 , 5 . . c Q 1 1 ' 'gg 1 .1 ' A 5 ' ' 1 . 5 'I . . A , L .I A AQ, 7 . I . - . ' ' - .. ' '1 ' V A 1' U .. ' 1' 11 - t, . . . ,, I 1 4- Q- . I i , h , , A - ' ' ' ' . Q ' ' . . ' - N 1 v rj 1 s . N I . ' ' v t' ' 1 I 1 - , 1 x A 1. ' H , , , 11 ' vu 1 . 1 1 . . , - J 2 . ,N ' I 1 . . - ' ' ' , 1 , c c . ,, ' J lx' . .1 ' b . D 1 l , . . 6 t 71- 1 - g 5, 5 3 A - N s .LI 1 . 1 T. s - ' . 1 ' 1 '- f ' - 1 - . ' ' 5 . V ' . 1: . 5 . ,, ' 1 and safely through the dark pathless and unheard of places. . ' ' A , It It A: 1 1 ' . 1 5, . . I . . . sive, r ' ' ' ul .Qc 5- :L 1 r . Q I ., Y ' 4 3 ' . 2 L 1 . l . 1 Sl , g o se .. 1 1 , ' 2 1 t f or g ' 1 . 'jg C 1 . , 9 5. 1 c ,. - ': 1.1 ' 'U . . . W A N A- - - . t - , 1 c . s , 1 . L . , . 1 - , ' ' ' .', A ' . . x . .7 Q , . - I . 1 I so ' '41 V I , . . A , . I - rm, L D I F C . A :. 1 - A 1 ' I 'l I I . . Q