Wapakoneta High School - Retrospect Yearbook (Wapakoneta, OH)

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THE RETROSPECT—BLUME HIGH SCHOOL-CLASS OF 1917 '♦ ADRIAN FRITZ. Class Play. lie speaks—the world laughs.” 'Phis care-free fellow with his cheery smile spreads mirth wherever he goes. His great ambition is to enter the field of politics. HELEN FISHER. Class Play. My tongue keeps apace with my thoughts.” Helen can talk faster than anyone else we ever knew, hut as long as she keeps her usual good judgment back of her words she must he given credit for expressing it rapidly. ETHEL FLEMING. Silence is golden.” As far as we know Ethel has hut one ambition—to graduate. She is very piiet, and speaks only when spoken to. PAULINE FRANK. When site smiles there’s miles of smiles.” Here is a smiling and jolly little Miss who always believes in having her lessons. She has honor of not having missed a single day of school in twelve years. 20

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 THE RETROSPECT—BLUME HIGH SCHOOI -CLASS OF 1917 LEWIS COPELAND. “In my face they trust— I’ll graduate or bust!” “Scrappy's” chief pastime is arriving late in the morning and creating a disturbance in the Study Hall. Nearly as bad is his fondness for argumentation. BEULAH EMRICK. Class Poet. “Give everyone thine ear, but few thy voice. Beulah is one of the very best students in the class. She is also endowed with poetical ability, and we expect to hear of her success in years to come. BESSIE EMERSON. “With tears and laughter for all time. Bessie never has very much to say, being occupied in getting her lessons. However, she has a pleasant smile for all. MILDRED FRY. “All who see me call me good.” Here is a girl who has worked diligently ever since she entered High School, and has been sincere in her helpfulness to others. .Success to her. 19

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THE RETROSPECT—BLUME HIGH SCHOOL- CLASS OF 1917 RALPH GROLL. Class Play. Hence lotlied melancholy. Ralph is ever ready to give that peculiar little laugh of his and is always interested in the girls. We expect to stop at his hotel when the opportunity presents itself in years to come. HELEN HAMAN. “According to her virtue let us use her. Judging by her apparent fondness of History and Civics, Helen will probably specialize along this line. However, lime will tell. HAZEL HONEY. “She liked whate’er she looked on, And her looks went everywhere. It is an easy matter to get Hazel to laugh. She is amused even at herself trying to learn the first amendment. 21 FREDA HENGSTLER “ ’Tis she, I ken the manner of her stride. It seems that Freda and her becoming smile never part company. She is always ready to help others and is cheerful at all times.