Wapakoneta High School - Retrospect Yearbook (Wapakoneta, OH)

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Tale of the Elders It is harvest time many, many moons ago, and the Redskin camp is busy making ready for the long winter. It is on this day that many new papooses come to join the tribe. When all is settled these newcomers start to master the talking leaves. All through the winter they work diligently to learn about the Redskin customs. Then comes the summer and each little Indian is very happy. The time passes quickly though, and all too soon they are back to their winter tasks. The guardian spirit watches over them and guides them safely through another year. Now when they start upon the third year, they also start a flaming career of starring in sports. How proud all of them were to see the few who could bring home honors of winning and bravery. They also had the great responsibility of carrying the tribe's news through The Lantern. They make this a success because it is really the only great responsibility that has been put upon them. At the end of that same year a big powow is given for the older warriors and their squaws. The summer passes and these Redskins find themselves on their last year with the tribe. Near the beginning of this same year the Great Spirit enters the tribe and takes one of our best warriors, Billy Kohler, to the Happy Hunting Ground. Now since these braves and squaws have passed through all the stages of the tribe there is nothing here for them. Each must launch his own canoe on the Big Sea Water of Life to paddle by himself and try to put the knowledge he gained from the Redskin tribe into practice. o TIONS. CHIEF OF THE TRIBE, WAP A, AND HIS BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTER,

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Braves Squaws Papooses ----o--- THE GREATEST ORATORS AND WARRIORS OF THE SURROUNDING NA-

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Betty Bachman Lively and lovable. That's Betty. Rosetta Beery Music is her hobby. June Billger Not an enemy but a friend. Jacob Boesel Little but mighty. Beatrice Bowsher Lovely to look at, lovely to know. Victoria Bowman A squaw there was o' quiet ways. Eva Buffenbarger She lives to laugh. Orva Cannon There are many Johns but only one for me. Mary Louise Carter So quiet, so modest. Harold Claflin In athletics he doth shine. Bus Clark Always into mischief. Edgar Crawford Cheerfulness is always popular. William Crawford Did you ever see him angry? Jack Davis Basketball is good for those who play it. Mary Ellen Eckenwiler Never weary, always cheery. Howard Elsass Just a good, quiet redskin. Bob Ewing Where there's fun, there's Bob. Norman Fogt He delves the depths of science. Emily Garretson I will always lead— never follow. Richard Gerlich Just a redskin from Blume High. O KONETA, WERE REVERED AND FAITHFULLY SERVED BY THE SQUAWS