Washington Township High School - Maroon and Gold Yearbook (Iberia, OH)

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THE MAROON AND GOLD Page13 -cc tgps - u1ea,iCEfQ?24Ep1u IICEQ 43 SENICR CLASS PROPHECY Now I am not a second Rip Van Winkle, nor have I had a dream. It has not been my pleasure to gaze into a crystal, nor to interview a famous medium. But I am just right here and wide awake, letting my imagination run into the future of this illustrous class, as my mind pictures itssay ten years from now. Perhaps a few observations will help my imagination and the rest I will trust to luck. Now first is Dorothy Sorensen. You would never guess what has happened to her. Sne lives with her husband, and at times gives lectures at the High school on such subjects as Contentment,', Happi- ness, and Domestic Felicity. On a bright Sunday morning in June, a young parson arises before his first charge. In a very low voice, but calm and serene, Carroll Seif announces his text. It is the first morning of school after Xmas va- cation. The superintendent, Mary Sipes, is scolding an unprepared freshman Algebra class when she suddenly stops because she remembers the day after vacation in her own High school days. Some of our class are financially inclined. Doyle Rusk and Lloyd Nichols are at the head of the Iberia Loan 85 Savings company. Doyle does the loaning and Lloyd does the saving. If you have any money you do not care to see again, you might help the new Company get started. Doyle is also the C0aCh of the Iberia High school basketball team that won first place in the tournament at Columbus, while Lloyd is the manager of the team. A newspaper appears with an essay, Don't Be Too Friendly with Your Friends. The author, Eli- zabeth Richardson, is at the head of a new move- ment to pension all bachelor girls after they have reached the age of eighteen. The essay contains a deep moral somewhere between the lineS. Margaret Sorensen, as peppy as ever. I see in a large gynma.sium trying to teach a class of listless girls. She stamps her shapely little feet and demands them to pivot and shoot. Martel is a much larger town than it used to be and has many shops. One of the most unique is a flower shop known as The Forget-Me-Not,'l owned and operated by our friend Elnora Johnson. Even in High school, Elnora inclined towards Martel. A Whir and buzzing in the air and an airplane comes into view. Gail Burt, the pilot is now one of the U. S. mail carriers. Gail says that the thrill and inspiration he get out of flying thru the air far surpasses any he ever experienced as a Senior in Iberia High. I know you would like to see what I am going to tell you about next. At the theatre a long line is waiting at the ticket window. The Follies, now on, are said to be the best ever, really good. Harriet Johnson, as lead- ing lady, with that snappy smile of hers, has won fame for the Follies of the season. These bright visions of old friends slowly fade, an A encegau leaving me with the delightful reality of friends and classmates, who I hope may have a successful future pursuing the divers vocations that are calling them forth to high and noble endeavors, -Elizabeth Truex. , CLASS WILL We, the Seniors of the W. T. H. S., regret very much to depart from this school, and as we have some treasures to leave behind, which we hope will be of benefit to succeeding classes, this last will and testament is prepared. To the Juniors, who are to succeed us, we will that spirit which has carried us over the difficulties of the final year. May it keep with them and urge them on to reach the goal that's ours tonight, so that every one will have the opportunities of a broader life and a more useful place in society. To the Sophomores, we hand down these tradi- tions of honor and loyalty to the school which makes us proud to be able to say that we have graduated from it. May they stand for the right in their class- room work, in their treatment of fellow students, and in their relations to pupils of other schools when met on the field of debate, or in contests invlviong athletics. Keep loyal to the old home school in thought, in words, and in deed. To the Freshmen, we leave the task of giving a welcoming smile, a helping hand, and a friendly bit of advice to the ones who will join our High school group in the coming year. Make them feel at home and a. part of the crowd. It will help them along the road to get the most from their high school work. To the teachers we give our heartfelt thanks for what they have done for us, and we hope that as the years go by and others have taken our places, a bit of remembrance will come to them and recall to their minds again the year of 1926, and our class with pleasant thoughts. Of foibles and follies we have quite a few that are harmless, I am sure that is true. S0 we will these things to the considerate care of those who remain in the school. To Edna Nichols, a coy maid, is given that bashfulness wich Harriet Johnson has kept for so long and we hope it becomes her indeed. Our friend, Lloyd Nichols, Wills his Wonderful power of peretpual motion, so called, to a friend in need in the next Civics class, Burton Cass he said it would be. Elizabeth Richardson is leaving behind her gift of gab, as it were, to a pupil of note, an old pal of ours, Thelma Hillis can use it I'm sure. Doyle Rusk entrusts to the tender care of that wild youth, Harold Lepp, his reputation as shiek of the walk. and hopes he will keep at his best. Elnora wills her old powder puff, Gail Burt his finger nail file. The rest are specialists in their line and wish to help others along. So the genius for science of Carrol Seif, and the music of Elizabeth Truex, Dorothy's French, and Margaret's pep in athletics are handed on to liven the life and make better the school for those who follow along. Another thing for the great r Bi'-

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Page12 THE MAROON AND GOLD 'O-FS! u u 15-4- SALUTATORY Friends, teachers, Mr. Warren, members of the Board of Education, and schoolmates: I am here to welcome you in behalf of the class of '26, lt is my honor to say that word which can lighten the load, brighten the way, and make the entire day more cheerful. That word it Welcome For four long years we have toiled in the hope of at last graduating from Washington township High school. These years have been filled with joy and work. We wish to thank the instructors for what they have done for us. They have been ready at all times to help up and have done it willingly. We wish to compliment the Board of Education on giving us the advantages of a four year High school course. We also want to thank them for the various forms of athletics which are provided. We recognize the fact that our parents and all others of the township have been instrumental in giving us these advantages, and to you we extend thanks. We are assembled here on the evening to which every High school student looks forward. For us, the looked-for evening has arrived. For us, this is the finish and the starting place. It is the end of our High school career, but not the end of toil and reward. It is the beginning of life, and the way we live in the future will determine how much the les- sons we have tried to learn, and which our teachers have endeavored to teach us, have become a part of our minds so that we can use them for our life work. Now is the time to launch out and begin the greater tasks of life. Where shall we anchor? Let us endeavor to reach the very highest mark of per- fection in anything we shall undertake that is worthy of being done by us. YVe do not believe that anyone could do anything too well, but as the class of '26, we hope to do as well or better than anyone before us has done. lf we do not accomplish as much we shall feel that we have fallen short in at- taining that for which we have been workingg for which the patrons of the school have spent their money, and for which our teachers have been striv- ing to prepare us. As in school, so in life, each has has a work which he can do better than anyone else. We may not see our life work clearly now, but we know that we have found individual tasks in school, tasks which we were better fitted to perform than any schoolmate. We have done these tasks the best that we could in most cases, and now is the time to find the greater work, the work of life. Let us find it and resolve that we will strive earnest- ly until we have cast our anchor on the shores of the golden isle of success. Again in behalf of the class of '26, let me extend our thanks to the Instructors, the Board of Education, the parents and all patrons of our school, and also to the speaker of the evening, Mr. Warren. We are glad that you have come this evening, showing your interest in the school and all activities and programs connected with the school. Once more, welcome to you, one and all. -Mary Maude Sipes. CLASS HISTORY 1 The class of '26 entered Washington township High school in September, 1922, with twenty mem- bers. We are now quite a contrast to the class of boys and girls which marched into the assembly room in that year. We were typically green Freshmen and had great fear of our faculty, especially Mr. Baughman, the superintendent. The other members of the faculty were Miss Harvey and Mr. Vanatta. As the year progressed we lost some of our timidity and mingled with the upper classes in their activities. Thus we finished our first and perhaps most difficult year with the loss of only two members, La- Verne Ernst and Maxine Paxton, After a short summer vacation we came back again to strive for the goal which we had determined to reach. Three new members were welcomed into our class, Harriet and Elnora Johnson and Dorothy Nel- son. Eliene McDonald and Lewis Sipes abandoned our ranks during the year. Thus at the end of our Sophomore year our class roll numbered nineteen. The next fall, after a pleasant summer vacation, we again climbed the familiar stairs of Iberia High but the enrollment of our class was much less than it had been the previous year. Only twelve members came back. Florice Palmer, Walter Rinehart, Hazel Nichols, Robert Timson, Margaret Garverick, Russell and Lavon Baughman failed to report. The latter two having moved to Oakhill. A new member, Ernest Halliwell, joined our ranks, making our class- roll thirteen. During the year the class organized and elected officers, chose class colors, and the class flower. Our class was well represented in athletics, having three boys on the basketball and baseball squads, and three girls on the girls' basket- ball squad. The Junior boys won the inter-class championship of the school. The greatest event of the year was the Junior- Senior reception, which was one of the best ever put on by a Junior class of Iberia High. Thruout the year we were continually striving to do our best and to iaise the standard of our school. Then for this our fourth and last year, our class came back with eleven members enrolled as Seniors, Ernest Halliwell and Dorothy Nelson having left us. The class members have filled their place as leaders, with honor, and participated in and sup- ported athletics, debating and other activities nobly thruout a very successful year. We have selected as our motto Tonight We Launch, Where Shall We Anchor? Likening life to a great sea, we are launching our ship and we shall strive to anchor at the great shore of success. We have truly enjoyed our school years and de- part with regret, but before we say goodbye to our friends, schoolmates, and teachers, may we ask, Have we not been a true, noble, and loyal class? -Margaret Sorensen. -+5291 A ncegau ncaa,-M

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Page14 THE MAROON AND GOLD 0 trails - ur6.iQQ'Tf9yml1 neg 11-- benefit of Velma and all of the teachers, is the will- ing to her, by Mary Sipes, of her quiet disposition. The last of our foibles we wish to dispose of, for better or worse, we may say our chewing gum wads, how we have enjoyed them, let them rest now in peace stuck away. We now sign and seal this last will and testa- ment of the class of '26, our names are affixed and here is the list and we hope we have pleased to the last. Elnora and Harriet and Elizabeth twice, Doyle, Gail and Carrol and Lloyd. T he n Margaret an d Dorothy and Mary Sipes, completes the list that we have. -Dorothy Soren Sen. THE EARTH AND THE UNIVERSE No subject brings such thrills, such admiration, or such amazement as a study of the Universe. To gaze into the starry heavens and watch the twink- ling of myriads of sparkling stars, we are lost in wonder. How large are they? Of what are they com- posed, and, are they inhabited? These questions arise in our minds, while at the same time, great scientists turn their instruments skyward and ask the same questions. By means of their powerful telescopes, they are able to measure their distances from the earth and from each other, their size, and to deter- mine their composition. Scientists tell us there are millions of suns, many times larger than our sun, with a planetary system revolving around each. All are in motion and moving in all possible directions. Most of them are so far away, that it takes hundreds of years for their light to reach us. They have also discovered other universes in process of creation. The more we study the Universe and its activities, the more as- tonished we become, and are brought to acknowledge a iirst great Cause, who has full control of all force, motion, materialg in short, the Universe. Now let us turn from the Universe with all its mystery, and deal with our own planet, the Earth. At one time this wonderful ball on which we live was dark and void of form. Conforming, however, to the universal law of the great Architect, it began to take form and to assume regular motion, and, as time rolled on, it began to cool, thus forming a crust. Taking pick and shovel, and using his critical eye, man has found that the earth's crust is composed of various layers, one upon the other, all of which gives evidence of having once been soft by intense heat. Scientists generally agree that not a great way below the crust, the earth is still hot and molten. Since basic rocks must have at one time been intensely hot to drive out of themselves all com- bustible elements, and since they are the bottom rocks, we are safe in concluding that there was a period when the whole earth was at a white heat. At that time water and minerals were driven off as gases, which formed an inpenetrable canopy extend- ing for miles around the earth in every direction. The motion of the earth upon its axis would extend to these gases surrounding it, and the effect was to concentrate them more over the earth's equator, due to centrifugal force. As the earth cooled these gases naturally cooled and thus were transformed from the gaseous state to solids, or liquidsg the heavier miner- als settling towards the bottom, and forming rings about the earth. Scientists tell us there were about seven of these rings. As the cooling process ad- vanced, these rings detached themselves and the dis- tant ones would acquire a different rotary motion from that of the earth and thus come closer to it. One after another, these rings settled upon the earth's surface. There were long periods of time be- tween the breaking up of these rings, and the rush- ing of water from the poles to the equator would distribute the minerals over the earth's surface. The breaking up of each ring no doubt caused a great change in conditions on the earth and brought about further steps in the process of creation. The Canopy theory assumes that the last of these rings was al- most free from minerals and consisted of pure wa- ter, and that it still surrounded the earth after man appeared on the planet, suspended as a veil above the atmosphere. It served as does the glass of a hot- house, to equalize the temperature, so that the cli- mate at the poles would be little if any different from that of the equator. Under such hot-house con- ditions, tropical plants grew everywhere in profuse abundance, and to a great height, storms were un- known, and for the same reason, there could be no rain. Vegetation was watered by a mist arising from the earth. When the watery ring broke, it caused the great flood of Noah's day. Then the hot-house conditions ceased. The direct rays of the sun fell upon the earth at the equator, and left the poles intensely cold. The change was very sudden and resulted in the great ice fields of the Arctic regions. This is proved by the fact that tropical animals have been found em- bedded in the ice, with grass in the mouth, and in the stomach, undigested. Such animals could not en- dure cold, and such grass could not now grow there. Great changes in the earth's surface were made at that time. Some scientists insist that there is an- other ring around the earth, an electrical ring, and when it is broken, it will tend to purify the earth by destroying all germs and insect pests. When this ring breaks, there will no doubt be a great display of nreworks, which in turn will make this earth a bet- ter place to live. The sky, spread like an ocean hung on high, Bespangled with those isles of light So wildly, spiritually bright, Whoever gazed upon them shining, And turned to earth without repining Nor wished for wings to flee away, And mix with their eternal ray. -Gaylord F. Burt. MESH IICQZQH - 0622+