Wapakoneta High School - Retrospect Yearbook (Wapakoneta, OH)

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FOURTH YEAR CLASS WILBUR NAGEL. Two Years Latin—Two Years German. Not that I love study less but that I love fun more.” Wilbur has a knack of starting a good rough house and then falling back upon his natural dignity to sustain himself against suspicion. hen there is a good time in view you can always count on him. lie occasionally draws a little ham- mer and taps everything in sight. He has two hobbies—gas engines (surely you’ve seen him driving that car) and music. MARIE CROW. Two Years Latin—Two Years German. “Very precise is she, and never, never talks about the boys.” Marie is studious and therefore gets along well with her teachers. A pleasant smile, a cheerful disposition, and an ever readiness to help others, have made many friends for her. She has time for school activities although she has much outside work. We wish her the best of luck in whatever she does hereafter. RICHARD SIBERT. Class Artist. Four Years German. “A patient man is a patent for a king. Richard slipped in softly when no one was looking and has never been guilty of being a rowdy or of getting into trouble. He knows when to sit still, keep his mouth closed, and look wise. e have no record of any jokes at his expense but that doesn't mean that he has no sense of humor. He is very much interested in wireless telegraphy. RUTH HOWELL. Four Years Latin. “Full of wit and humor, briming oe'r with fun, Entertaining all the time, with some joke or pun.” Ruth certainly is not troubled with bashfulness or timidity. High School life does not seem to fully satisfy her, in- asmuch, as she has her room engaged at Ohio Wesleyan. We all know that this place is not very far from Columbus. She has never been able to banish the idea that marriage should be a girls highest ambition. (Page Twenty-two)

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FOURTH YEAR CLASS DANA HOUSE. Two Years Latin—Two Years German. “Always into mischief, Teachers pride and joy, Grey eyes ever twinkling, Mama’s angel boy.” Dana has persuaded the faculty to re- move most of the thorns that beset his path of knowledge, lie has that “tired feeling” when anyone mentions study but regains his full amount of kinetic energy when it comes to mischief. His one weakness is wearing artificial posies. His smile is a winner in itself. ESTHER LONGSWORTH. Assistant Editor of “The Retrospect.” Four Years Latin. “A soul for music, a heart for love.” Esther says she likes to dance but likes to talk better and up to date she hasn’t been able to combine the two. Tennis is also right in her line, and any afternoon in the spring you can find her smashing the balls over the net. She has always taken an active part in school affairs. HAROLD FISHER. Four Years Latin. “My days are spent in arguments My nights in planning them.” Harold has an enormous lung capacity for argument and has become popular as a time killer, lie began his high school education with the '14 “bunch,” but learn- ing that there was a better crowd in school waited for us to catch up with him. His chief faults are: his abbreviat- ed haircuts, his boisterous laugh, and his ability to give information on any sub- ject. Next. HELEN COUCH. Two Years Latin—Two Years German. “Precious things are done up in small packages.” Here is the “Tiny Tim” of our class. She has black hair and big brown eves, which flash fire when she is provoked by- anyone. Helen is capable of making a good deal of noise when necessary. She will walk a mile in the rain to tell a teach- er that he didn’t grade her high enough in a test. (Page Twenty-one)

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FOURTH YEAR CLASS CARL BEECH Four Years German. I would rather excel others in knowl- edge than in power.” Carl is one who “came saw and con- quered the contents of the text hooks. He lias nothing of bluff and never gets excited. By his ability to handle hard propositions he has won the confidence of his teachers and classmates. He never volunteers an answer but when called up- on to recite lie is always prepared. MARIE WHITEMAN. Four Years Latin. “She doeth well who doeth her best.” We all sympathize with Marie because she gets up so early to study for tests. She is not what you'd call a social but- terfly, she is not a strenous woman suffra- gette, she is not a mighty man-fusser— these things she is not. What then is she? She is genuine, cheery, steady, faith- ful loyal—and such qualities mean happi- ness and success. FERD DETJEN. Two Years Latin—Two Years German. Neat was he with never a hair dis- placed.” When Moulton sent her favorite son to us she sent a quiet little boy whom no one ever expected of being a great dc- bator. But lie fooled us all, for now the traits of a famous politician are cropping out. He talks about the girls in general and one in particular. If he has an enemy in school we have yet to find him. MAMIE FOGT. Two Years Latin—Three Years German. “A quiet little maid with a quiet little way.” Mamie is a slight unassuming creature with a clear voice inaudible to the vast multitude. She has joined our class this last year, but this fact does not make her the less welcome. Although she does not go with any of the crowds she has many friends in the fourth year. (Page Twenty-three)