Waverly High School - Novel Yearbook (Waverly, OH)

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CLASS POEM EXCELSIOR The shades of night were falling fast, As through an A!fine village passed A youth, who bore 'mid snow and iee A banner with the strange device, Excelsior’ Ilis brow was sad; his eye beneath, Hashed like a falchion from its sheath, And like a silver clarion rung 7 he accents of that unknown tongue, Excelsior’ In happy homes he sate the light Of household fires gleam warm and bright: Above the spectral glaciers shone, And from his lips escaped a groan. Excelsior' Try not to pass, the old man said; Dark lowers the tempest overhead, The roaring torrent is deep and wide, And loud that clarion voice replied. Excelsior' O stay. the maiden said. “And rest Thy weary head upon this breast. A tear stood in his bright blue eve, But still he answered, with a sigh. Excelsior' Beware the pmc tree's withered branch, Beware the awful avalanch.” These -were the peasant's last goodnight, A voice replied far up the height. Excelsior’ At break of day, as heavenward The pious monks of Saint Bernard I'tiered the oft—REPEATED prayer, A voice cried through the startled air, Excelsior' A traveler, by the faithful hound, Half buried in the snow was found, Still in his hand of ice That banner with the strange device, Excelsior’ I here in the twilight cold and gray Lifeless, but beautiful he lay, And from the sky. serene and fair A voice fell like a falling star, Excelsior’ Twenty-four

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KEY F0 IBAIBY IPICTt)IRE§ 1. John Tackett 2. Dorothy Stabler 3. Naomi Whims 4. Avanelle Keechle 5. Ruth Penn 6. Helen Penn 7. Opal I -ee 8. Pauline Wipert 9. Elizabeth Foster 10. Ed Keiser 11. Helen George 12. Georgia Mae Vulgamore 13. Helen Fulscher 14. Clarence Maloy 15. Beulah Keiser 16. Helen Brown 17. Glenn Markham 18. Bernice Allison 19. Arthur Moats 20. Juanita Shanks 21. Richard Miller 22. Edith Call 23. Ruth Sheets 24. Glenn Leatherwood 26. Charles Gableman 27. Mildred Scott 28. Minnie Barch 29. Violet Snyder 30. Clarence Seasor 31. Carol Caldwell 32. Henry Lytle 33. Helen Gregg 34. Irene Kritzwiser 35. Melva Finley 36. Maxine Stahler 37. Annice Kritzwiser

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CL SS PROPHECY Kittv dashed MADly into the room where Helen was CC Rled cozily on the EOUNge. Honey, do drop that NEWSpaper imMEdiately and liSTEX to me. I have OODIes of XOODles to slip to you. Can you IMagine AXYthing HAM so exciting as Helen Brown’s being engaged to Grover? Why I could have CROAKed, when I heard it—I mean 1 really could. Why, my DEAR, he makes practically XQTHing and TWO can XOT live as cheaply as one. “But DAREing , replied Helen, to ME, that isn’t half so ext I I ing as knowing that Xaomi Whims is the toast of Broad W A since her SC REA Ming success in 'Ralph Rovster Dovster. I'm simply ILD to see it. I asked t larence Donohoe, movie proprietor, when it would LAND here, and he says lies doing his best to EXgage it. But DAREing, did you hear whom she’s playing oppoSI 1 E —Glenn Eeatherwood: Really when 1 heard it 1 could have BUTTered BEE I S, I mean I really could”. “Oh, there's the DOORbell, wait just a SEC t 1 E E I go . Helen (from outside), Oh, is it POSSible? Kitty dearEST do come here and see who brought my TEEegram: CEArence McKinney. 1 always knew lied be a SUCCess in life—a MesSEXger boy”. But, Helen dear, do OPen the telegram and see whoM it’s from, demanded the CUR ions kit. Helen (reading) Just married—John's a dear—Annice? Oh, that girl! She always did have a way all her OWN with the men. I never thought she'd seTTle down though. But let's get going if we are going to SIB P.” The two girls walked to the SIDEwalk and hailed a taxi CAB driven by no one but Richmond Arnett HIMself, SAFest and SAN'est driver in New ork. My DEAR, I'm all-of-a-twit. This is BETTer than ever . While Helen paid Mr. Arnett, Kit bought a paper from John Tackett. Finally the girls wound their weary way home again from the SHOPPING tour (on which they bought XO I Hing) and found a letter awaiting Kit. My dear, do listen, jabbered Kit, when she had read the letter. Its from George Perkins and he says lie's running a REAE night club at DAIIA ville. Ohio and he wants us to come down. And DAREing he says he hires Violet Snyder and Helen Fulscher as dancers and Helen George and Ruth Sheets (our old maids) as waitresses. Isn't that ASTOUNDing? Shall we Go?” Why of course, SIE, you don’t imAGine I’d refuse, do OL ? And EES 1 en dearie, I'll ask Dad to buy the car Henry Lytle, that handsome salesman, v know is trying to sell and then we can drive through. During the next week the two girls' maids, Mildred Scott and Minnie Bareli, threatened to quit on account of the hectic preparations being made for the trip but finally all was ready and the girls were off. When the girls arrived in DAILYville they went to the HO 1 el which had been recommended to them as the gayest in town. And HERE they found none other than Glenn Markham as proprietor, and here was Arthur Moats as a bell hop. Myrtle Walls and John Bowman also held responsible positions as AR 1 ists of soME description. DEARIE, do look down the street a LITTLE and see if you recognize that figure, exploded Kit. WY, HOXEY, it’s really Benny Seasor and XO other,—let s go talk to him. So down the street the girls sped to meet Benny—manager of a great footlmll team. Twenty-five