Wapakoneta High School - Retrospect Yearbook (Wapakoneta, OH)

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'7TV' nv' SENIOR mm '7Tv tTV- mm CLASS HISTORY $ Everything at the Illume High has been going at the same monotonous rate for years. True the school has improved from time to time, both in fac- ulty and equipment, but this is nothing out of the ordinary. Among the stu- dents little of what we commonly call “Progressive has happened to disturb the drowsiness that has pervaded the institution. Hut wait— things are not always to remain so, even now there is a slight trembling of the eyelids, Plume High stirs, activities are beginning, as the school wakes up. Hut why? The class of 1915 has entered. Alas, the pride of that first day is soon to fade away when they learn that it is proverbial for the Freshman class to be called the largest, the most promising, and the most original in school. As Freshmen they were like dull stones. Hut now. at the beginning of the second year they arc beginning to shine. They gain such admiration that Seniors and Fre.-hmen want to be their friends. To the teachers they have become humorous, amusing and interesting. As Juniors they are not dull or shiny, they sparkle like dew on small blades of grass. Their mottoes “Strive to do the impossible—please every one, and “Never have all work and no play are the indices of their character. It is in this year that we find them organizing with Harry Knost as president, Charlotte Taeusch as vice president, Howard Strcight treasurer and Leo 11 as- senauer secretay. And now that they have reached their last year, what have we the Juniors to say of them? Why they are Seniors! and how much that small word means to us. They have set us noble examples. They have perused their books and have done excellent in their studies. They have helped to furnish the best for- waids and guards on the basket ball teams, and the best pitchers on the base ball teams. W e, their underclassmen, see only their brilliancy, the brilliancy which we can compare only to the diamond and we extend to them our heart- iest wishes, confident that all the Seniors will prove as worthy in the world as they did in school. EMMA E. IlERBST. (Page Twenty-six)

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mm CLASS mm PROPHECY mm WHO’S WHO IN AMERICA ANDERSON, WALTER W.—Lawyer and financier; b. Wapakoneta Ohio; grad. I!, li. S, Wapakoneta, 19 15; rec'd LLD at Harvard; Minister to France for a period of 10 years. BAILEY, WINONA H.—See Detjen. BAKER, EDITH M.—Social settlement worker: ttrad. B. H. S., Wapakoneta, Ohio, 1915; social settlement worker in the tenement districts of New York City for 8 years; address. Suite 12, 108 Tenth St., New York. BEECH, CARL.—Mathematician; b. St. Johns, Ohio'; grad. B. II. S., Wapa- koneta, Ohio, 1915; grad. Yale 1920; discovered fourth dimension; author of many mathematical books. BRINKMEYER, MARIE K— b. Wapakoneta, Ohio; grad. B. H. S., Wapa- koneta, Ohio, 1915; entered the domestic science elementary department at Ohio State Univ., 1916; m. L. T. Cook, 1918; published works under name of Brinkmeyer; address, W. Auglaize St., Wapakoneta, Ohio. BURDEN, DELLA A.—b. Wapakoneta, Ohio; ed. Wapakoneta Public Schools;; grad. B. II. S., 1915; grad. Chicago Univ. 1921 ; society leader in New York City for 15 years; took active part in the Woman Suffrage Campaign. BURNFIELD, C. JANE.—Teacher; b. Wapakoneta; grad. B. H. S., 1915; grad. Columbia Univ.: instructress in Latin in same institution since 1923; author of text book edition of Virgil. CAMPBELL, IRIS M.—Actress; b. Wapakoneta, Ohio; grad. B. II. S., Wa- pakoneta, Ohio, 1915, and Dramatic School, New York City; leading lady in David Belascoe’s plays for 12 years; toured continent 1930-1935. CLAUSING, MORITZ G,—Poet; grad. B. II. S., Wapakoneta. Ohio, 1915; two years foreign travel, studied in Italy and France; m. Marie McBride, 1921; wrote poetry his entire lifetime; first poem, “Koncta’s Little White Shoes.” CLAUSING, MARIE, nee McBride.—Author; grad. B. H. S., Wapakoneta, Ohio, 1915; retired to her home in Lake View ; m. M. Clausing, 1921; took up their residence in Los Angeles; short story writer; published a book of love letters written to her by her husband, 1926. COUCH, HELEN A.—Instructress; b. Wapakoneta, Ohio; grad. B. II. S, 1915; grad. Univ. of Pittsburg; physical culture and gymnasium teacher in Pittsburg Schools. COX, HERBERT C.—Statesman: b. Uniopolis, Ohio; grad. B. II. S., Wapa- koneta, Ohio, 1915, and Yale Univ. 1920; U. S. Senator for 10 years; dur- ing latter part of his life he lived in the city of his childhood, where he owned the famous Cox Manor on Fifth Ave.: his benevolent contribu- tions have amounted to millions of dollars and Cox Libraries may be seen in all large cities; became a multi-millionaire through his investments in an onion marsh. (Page Twenty-eight)