Wapakoneta High School - Retrospect Yearbook (Wapakoneta, OH)

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THE RETROSPECT AND ITS MAKING TOP ROW—F. Stroh. B. Sheets. W. Bachman. R. Koch. C. Graham. E. Cartmell. M. Lander. C. Shaw. A. Emerson. SECOND ROW—L. Perkins. M. Youngs. R. Hiner. R. Swonguer. THIRD ROW—B. Chesbrough. K. Wentz. M. Rinehart. Miss Blankenbaker. M. Seitz. R. Hell. B. Botkin. The Retrospect Staff of the 1933 publication has been planning faithfully all year in order to make this year’s annual the best ever. The staff was elected in the early part of the year and the members have been'working hard to turn out a superior product. The staf: this year has been working under rather serious handicaps. In the first place, subscriptions were difficult to get because of the economic condition in which the country is at the present time. The school was canvassed several times in an effort to get the required number of subscribers to be able to publish an annual. The price also had to be reduced so that it would be within the price range of a sufficient number to make the publication possible. Although the price was cut, at the same time the quality of the book was to be maintained and made better. However, the staff has been working very hard and are awaiting some expression of appreciation for their labor. Ever since the selection of the staff was made, the staff has been working to get the book ready for sale at the end of the year. Work has been going on continuously on the part of the staff members in order to live up to expectations. The first publication of the Retrospect was made in 1908, and ever since that time the townspeople and pupils of Blume High have looked forward with great eagerness to seeing the new annual. Each class has tried to make their book the best or to surpass that of the previous years. The class of 1933 has the same purpose in mind and it wishes to hold to the old tradition. The senior class wishes this book to be their work and act as a remembrance for time to come. It is not to be thought of as the work of a few individuals, but rather as that of the work of the class done through representatives. Especially is great praise due the editors, Margaret Seitz and Mildred Rinehart, for their extensive work in planning the book and taking care of the details of publication. Honor is also due Roland Swonguer, business manager, for his splendid work in getting advertisements. Appreciation is also due Miss Blankenbaker, adviser, for her help. Last, but not least, the departmental reporters deserve great credit for the work in their respective assignments. The staff members have enjoyed working together this year and wish to present this book as that of the Senior Class of 1933.

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THE NEWCOMERS TOP ROW—H. Bailey. A. Howell. P. Comer. L. Russell. Ned Haywood, D. Miller. F. Kolter. V. Kruse. C. Long. K. Shannon. M. Ilibner. M. Russell. J. Pfenning. I. Crow. L. Garrison. M. Slusser. P. Metzger. M. E. Brunn. M. Market. C. Hughes SECOND ROW—B. Spees. R. Schneider. R. Kantner. M Rostorfer. E. Trego. L. Hoopingarner. M. Schuler. C. Smith. D. Fritz. B. Dieringer. THLjRD ROW -B. Bibler. R. Schaub. H. Martin. M. Thrush. M. J Slattery. P. Gierhart. E. Steman. C. Abraham. M. Roode. G. Knoch. R. Mertz FOURTH ROW—R. Market. C. Combs. L. Wolf. C. Wellington. D. Dubois. C. Shaw, D. Truesdale. R. Burden. W. Mesarvev. B. Harpest. E. Cornell. N. Rader. FIFTH ROW—L. Wise. E. Schultz. I. May. L. Davis. O. Copeland. P. Lusk. R. Stultz. M. Perkins. H. Emrick. F. Miller, J. Wehner. D. Diegel. P. Dearbaugh. W. Shaw. On September 6, 1932, a new ship was launched on Blume Hi’s stormy waters. The name of this mighty vessel was Freshman 1932—1936. Being such a new ship, they didn’t have any officers so after a few days sailing over strange waters, they elected the ship’s officers for the rest of the year. Following officers were elected for the mighty ship, Freshman 1932—1936. The Captain elected was James Shaw. The First Lieutenant was Billy Bibler. The Second Lieutenant, Leola Vorhees and Third Lieutenant, Leona Beckwith. After sailing over oily waters for a period, they decided that it was high time to celebrate. So, they called a meeting on the poop deck and decided to hold a big party. Since this was in October, they decided to turn it into a Halloween party. Various committees were appointed to distribute the hard-tack and to clean and wax the decks so they would be suitable for dancing. Other sailors were to chain the tables and chairs to the floor and to tie strings to the cards, so they wouldn’t get lost if the ship should come into a storm. A stowaway on the ship was found. He was the leader of an orchestra and so he was to furnish the TOP ROW—F. Botkin. H. Fisher. H. Shoup. J. Swink. J. Ramge. M. Edwards. E. Weitz. G. Gutmann. P. Stech. B. Stinebaugh. G. Gibbs SECOND ROW -N. Jackson. H. Brackney, J. Case. W. Zweibel. E. Neuman. E. Schumann. H. Shappell. V. Lucas. Don Yinger. D. Metzger. C. Elsass. THIRD ROW—E. Neuman. W. Prueter. R. Johnson. H. Stroh. R. Burden. R. Spees. L. Presar. C. Myers. L. Nuss. A. Smith. B. Taylor. E. Shappell. D. Saddler. W. Fite. M. Walls. V. Fite. G. Vorhees. B. Fisher. R. Heintz. B. Krapf. H. Bryan. H. Delong. J. Shaw. N. Schnell. FOURTH ROW—D. Evans. Seitz. W. Shaw. L. Vorhees. Z. Hodges. R. Telljohn. J. Winterman. B. Bowsher. L. Beckwith. D. Cannon. J. Hangen. R. McLean. H. Krapf music for this big party. This was Dean Kohler. The decorations were to be of good old black and orange, the colors so prominent at this time of year. The committee appointment had no more then been finished when the watch in the crow’s nest called out “Ship to the Starboard.” All the passengers ran to that side of the ship and almost upset it. The captain of the Freshmen sent a telegram inviting them to come alongside. The Captain of the Sophomores signaled back and said “Coming at once.” When the good ship Sophomore pulled alongside the Freshman, much greeting was found evident because the crews and passengers of each ship found that their old friends were members of the other ship. Promptly an invitation was given to the members of the Sophomore ship to join the Freshman in her activities and so a great party was held. The good Ship Freshman is nearing port. The ship has to be repaired before it can resume its journey, so they’ll take leave of her now.

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OUR WEEKLY PAPER—THE LANTERN The staff of the Blume High weekly, The Lantern, has been working hard all year under the supervision of Miss Eugenia Noble. For the past two years, the Lantern has been published in the Saturday evening edition of the Daily News. This was made possible through the cooperation of the Daily News staff. The problem facing every class that undertakes this project, which has become a sort of tra-(Won, is to try to think of something new and entertaining. In the desire to get something unique ?nd something never before attempted in the Blume High paper, they have created several new columns ir their paper. These have been thought up with the idea chiefly of amusing the students. They outstanding. Our paper as compared with others will show its standing as compared with those similar in regard to type, construction, and method of publication. The members of the staff have been striving every week to make another edition of the paper possible. Work has been started on Monday of each week and carried through till Thursday, when it is sent to the printing office. The Junior class is fortunate in having such capable members, to carry on the class project, the publication of the Lantern for one full school year. Much credit is due the editor, Gertrude Jarvis, and her assistant, Billy Wenning. Both have worked: TOP ROW—C. Fleming. J. Moser, O. Snyder, H. Gibson. B. Bibler, B. Wenning. H. Nelson. R. Miller. SECOND ROW—K. Wentz. F. Kantner, C. Abraham. THIRD ROW—V. McCormick. G. Jarvis. Miss Noble. M. Schragle. E. Abe. C. Loew. contain little secrets or things that are going on among the students themselves. Some of the columns which are of interest to the townspeople are those which tell of happenings in school life. These columns are devoted to educational topics in which the tax payers like to see what is being done with the money they raise to support the schools. To the sport devotees, write ups of the athletic activities carried on at school can be found in the Lantern. From this you can see that they have endeavored to create something of interest to all types of readers. This task has not been an easy one. Every member of the staff has been working in his respective field in order to make every department hard to get the assignments made and completed on time and have written headlines as part of their duties. The heads of the various departments deserve great praise for making the work in their different fields interesting and informative. The business manager, John Moser, also should receive recognition for his year’s work in this capacity. And last, the one who does not belong to the Junior class. Miss Noble, deserves as much or greater praise for her work in the capacity of supervisor. Next year when the present Sophomore class undertakes this responsibility, they will appreciate the work that has been done on the part of the members of the Lantern staff and can say with the others. “Well done.”