Wapakoneta High School - Retrospect Yearbook (Wapakoneta, OH)

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 THE RETROSPECT—BLUME HIGH SCHOOL-CLASS OF 1917 IDA WILLIAMS. “There's fun in everything I meet. Although with us but one short year she has been a welcome addition to the class. Her good humor and frequent smiles have won her many friends. MARY WENK. Let observation with extensive view Survey mankind from China to Peru. Mary has the ability to write humorous short stories, and lias done so to the delight of her class-mates. Her kind disposition has made her quite popular. RAYMOND ZINT. Class Artist. Class Play. “Judge bv quality, not quantity. Last and little, but not least, is our cartoonist. lie leaves his trademark on the girls' collars as a sense of duty, but is well liked by them as well as the boys. HARRY ZIEGENBUSCH. “I’ll leave big footprints in the sands of time. Harry has taken quite an interest in chemistry. and never is so happy as when in the laboratory. He will no doubt further his education with a course in scientific farming. 29

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 THE RETROSPECT—BLUME HIGH SCHOOL-CLASS OF 1917 RAY WALKER. ‘A quiet unassuming genius.” Rav is very reserved and modest, but he has certainly applied himself to his school work and has succeeded admirably. ADA WEBER. “It would never do to be out of fashion. Ada takes great pride in being neat and precise. She is strongly in favor of “Woman’s Rights and can argue on that subject to your heart’s content. MORRIS WELLS. Class Play. lie is a peerless kinsman.” Characteristic of this Senior are a boisterous laugh and sky high grades. He is every-bodv's friend and everybody is his friend. 28 GLADYS WERTZ. That mild presence.” Here is a girl who shines in her commercial work, even if she is so modest as to be nearly innocent of the fact. She is quite well thought of by all.

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THE RETROSPECT—BLUME HIGH SCHOOL-CLASS OF 1917 r i : : t t t : : Senior Philosophy We are often capal)le of greater charges than we perform. W e are sent into the world with hills of credit, and will never draw to their full extent. We are often able beause we think we are. Short absence (piickens love; long absence kills it. The absent pupils are never without fault nor are they ever present with excuses. The joy of meeting the Senior girls pays for the scoldings of the teachers; else who could bear it ? Nothing is. or can be accidental with the teachers. That which we acquire the easiest we get the most credit for. The actions of the Seniors are like the index: They point out what is most remarkable in them. Doing is a great thing: For if the pupils do what is right by the time they are Seniors they come to like doing it. When another Senior seeks your advice he generally wants your praise. A thousand times listen to the counsel of your teachers but seek it only once. The High Cost of Living is still advancing; the instructors demand a higher price for their advice: draft. We get advice bv the carload and give it bv the handful. ( Hir affections are like lightning: they come quickly and go quicker. Tears are often the telescopes by which pupils see far into Algebra and Geometry. Years do not make sages: they only make old men. ( ur golden age is before us, not behind us. ()ur ambition is like our love: Impatient both of delays and rivals. Next to the Seniors' excellence is the teachers' appreciation of it. Bashfulness is an ornament to the Freshmen but a reproach to the Seniors. When Juniors cease boasting you may know they are at last Seniors. Never enter the class room without, knowing something and you will never leave knowing nothing. 30