1920 Baldwin High School Yearbook by City of Birmingham

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CLARENCE V LIET

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The pi o11ec r ::: of this 1.:0111mun1ty \\·e re largely from >Je\\' S11glan<l and peri1np<: by rea--011 o ( their inhere nt 1-cga1·<l i o1· cclucat io11. there was a ::-chool establish • eel in Rloo m f'ic ld T ow ns hip as ea rly as 1822. lhll tht: public sch ool syste m \,as 1101 111 a ug-11 ra 1ecl l1crc un til ,iho ut 1::;3.~. th t lir~.l pu blic :,chool being h<:ld in a 1oz hou;;._. in llir111ing h,rn1. Thi..' lirst g raded :-:chool. ,llltho rizccl about 18<,., . 1\·as (i11:dl~· honscd in a lrnilcling- c rTt·!crl in 1~ (19 in l lirn1i11g ham. at a co:,:1 o f $ 14.00::>.n.::i. \\'hkh. s ubsequ en t!) en la rged. is 110 \\· kno wn as the L-ljll School. The lfa rnum School wa~ opened 111 1<y 13. T ile Ha ld\\'ill Hig-h School. so named in m emo ry o f \li:;s MI a rtha Baldwin. a11 o ld residc11t tca1..'h e r. \\·as complclccl in 1() 1 7 . and n:presents .in expend iture o ( a bout a q 11artc r o ( a million d olla rs . ' !'his bu il ding. 1:ontainin'.'-', the n 10st 111odcrn cqu ipm cm a nd clepa rimC1l\<;, is cons ide red . fo r its s ize. one oi the line,t in the s tale. 111 t he nea r fu iu rc . ano ther sch ool \Yill be erected in Rinni11gha111. :\ site h a \·ing been a lready pnrc hasecl. O ur present sch ools a;·c practical ly filled . the a Lt end a nce being about 950. I I igh Sc hool g-r adua lcs are admitted to the L.i ni,·er sitv of ~[ichiga n o n cliplo111a. School t:,pcndi lures for the pas t yc:tr tota led nearly $90.000.00. O ur teach ingfor ce 11tt1111Je r$ th irty -ft\·c. at the hc,td o f \\'hich is 1\1r . C la re nce Vliet. O11r ca pable ,mpe rintende11l fo r the pas t t1\'e year~. For a second time our Board o( Edttcatio n h as a wo m a n 111eml>e r. ?\lrs. Alice M. Hartwell ha,·ing been elected in 11.JlrJ. The rapid g ro wth o f the comnnmi ty has nece ssita ted co ns tant expansio n o l o ur schools, with g rea tly in crea sed expenses. But it is to !Jc ho ped Lhat our peop\~ will a lways be mindhil o f that ,,·ise prono uncem en t in the U r dinancc o ( 1787 . " r~ e lig io 11. mo ra lity a n<l kno wledge. being necessary lo good go\·ern111e nt and the h appin esc; o f 111a nki11d. sch ools and t h e m ean s of education sh all for~ver he encouraged ,.

Williams C. Harris President Board o f Education.

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W. C. HARRIS

j. H. McBRIDE

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President

Treasurer

MRS. A. HARTWELL

L. M. RANDALL

R. J. CORYELL

Chief Engineer

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• The 13a ld \\'i11ia 11 o f 19:20 is no \\' be fore you .

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\\·e ha\·c d o ne o ur b est to mak-..: il a success. \ Vhe thcr it is n SlH:ces. o r a failure is to be dec ide(! by the reader. \\·e h;wc tried Lo collect and lay be fo re you. in an ime res ting manne r. the c\·e11L-; o f the pac,,t school year. ,\ s the la s! wo rk o f the C lass o f 1q 20 "·e ho pe this book \\'ill p rove a n i11s p iratio 11 a11d a g uide to those who will succeed u:- a s Senio rs and ed ito rs o f the l3aldwinia 11. \Ve wis h to extend o ur hearty thanks; to those of t he fanil ly and :-t11dc11lbod y who so willing ly g,we tlw ir ti111c and e ffo rts to wards the completio n o f thi :-

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T. M. Roberts Editor-in-Ch i~f .

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1Jiarulty FRIEDA LOOMIS, B. Pd. MRS. PAULINE WHITSEL L, A. B. PAUL NUTTON ROSA KINGSBURY, A. B. MRS. ETHEL WATERMAN, B.Pd. MAUD ISHERWOOD, A. B.

HOPE FERCL SON, A. B. H. J. FIELD, 8. S. ETHEL HIGGENS, B. S.

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RHODA DENSMORE JEANETTE WRIGHT A VIS BLAKESLEE MILDRED RICKARD, A. 8. FREDERICKA MARTINI GRACE GILLETT, B. Pd. J. A. AUBER ELLATHEDA SPOFFORD

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• 1Balllmtntmt §taff Melbourne Roberts .................... . ........ . . ..... . .. . Ed itor-in-Chief Marguerite Dutt on ............................... . . . ...... . \ ssista nt E.dilor Grover Cook ....... . ..................... ... . . ...... .. . Business .\1 a11ag-cr Est her Reynolds ........ . ......... .. . . ... .. . . ............ .. I ,itcra r r 1,:c1 itor Elsie Cobb ................ . .......... ..... . . . ..... \ ss ir;t,1nl l.itcnl'·v Edi tor Dorothy Cornell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . ... So~iel ,. Editor James McKnight .. . .. . ... . ....... . .... .. .. . . .... .. . ....... Sporting Edito r Helen Walker. ............. . .......... .. .. . ................. .. \rt Editor

Thomas Luscombe , •

Jack 1Eckstein

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F loyd Groves . . ........ . ......... . ......... . .... . .... l)i::1ributi11~ .\Tanager ArthurHartwell ................ . .......... . ... lu11i~•r Class .l\ eprcscnl ;l!i,·c H elen Dutton .. . ........................... ~c,phornorc Class Rc prcscntntivc Louise Shepard .. : . ............................ .I un inr I I ig-h l\eprcseni a ii ,·c

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Norman SC HLAAC K ''Carpy"' "'A little n onsense now and thc-11 is r E>lishe1! hy the hC'Sl O( m e n ... 1-'oolha l l '17. '1S. 'l!l. '20. Junior Play. 'l!l. S<>n ior Pia\'. ·20 . .Ill ll 10 1' Presicl C' nl. ·rn. Senior Pre:,iclcnL. ':!0.

Elise

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'' AmlJILIOn ))Cl'SO nifi ccl . Edilor "'Sen ior Enterpr ise."' ·20. LilCl'111'Y, '1 8, '19, '20. ,Junio r Play, 'I !). Seni or Play, '20 . ?ii. •.\. C.

Howard Looney " S parks"' "'When HE lllll l,es U!) his Ill incl LO do a thiui: heUt!r le l h illl dC' il. .. Oxford. '17. ·1~ Jun ior Play, 'l!l. Senior Pl ay, '20 .

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Dorothy Cornell '"A prnclucl LC l>e marvelled at." Grand R a pids Soutb. '17, '1S . Lileriuy, '19, ·20. Ba s;k e lball. ·19, Capta in. '20 . Socielv Edilor Baldwinian. Junio1: Play, '19. Senior Play. ·20 . C lass "\VIII, '20 . B tttLl e Cr eek Nonnnl Sc hool or Ecl11c:nion.

"Cornie"

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James McKnight "Jim" ''A nwn r esolved and s teady Lo his trust.•· Vice- preo;iclen l , '19. •rreasurer. ·20 . PresidenL o[ "Y .'' '20. 'l'rensurer of Lite rary, '1S. Bnsl, c1 IH1 ll, ' 20

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Agriculture Society, '20.

.Junior Play. ' 19. Senio1· P i ny. ·20 .

Spon ini; Edito r or A nnua l, ·20. Univers ily or i\'Iic hig:rn.

Helen

Burns "Bl essed in pl nh1 r eason and common :ien::;e.' Glee Clu b. '1 7. ·19.

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Lit.e rnry. '17. '1.S, '19. '20. Junior Play, '19. Har per School or N urses· Train ing .

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Thomas Luscombe "Tom" "\Vhe n pleasure and duty c lash , let duty go to s m ash.•· Licen1ry, '17, ' 18. '19, '20. Footl.Jall R eserve. '17, '1S. Ol'ch estr a . ·11, ' l S.

Bc1s l,e tl>all Reserves, ·1s.

Footb:..11. '19. Ad ve rtisini; i\lauago r of D a ldwinia n . D. B . U.

Margeline Parmenter Marge "Nol that I love s tudy l ess, but l hat 1 love

fun more." Glee C lul.J. '17. i\l. L . C .. Toronto, ·1s. Jun ior Pl ay, ' 19. Lite rary, '17. ' 19; Preside nt, ·20. Vice- preside nt. Class '20 . .Agric ulture Socie l~'. '20. ~ h aft:ee Noble S ch ool of :J<Jxpression .

Doc Harold SHAW "All d a y long upon his race there radia tes a smile; whe n anyone is fee ling blue, it h e lps ancl chee rs a pile. •· Pon tine H ii;b, '17. Class T reasurer. '18. Foolball R eser ves, ' 19. Literary, 20 .

Orchestra, '20 .

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'"Ala s! \V e wi sh w e l<:-: ;:; , h nl( th e secr c ' 1 kn"wn to you. " Glee Club, 'l!l .

Milton

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Foolba 11 Hes~rves. '19 . Foolba 11. '20. Senior Play. '20. Orchestrfl. '17.

Marguerite Dutton

"She n e ver h1 cks fri e nd s i;ecau se !<he is n r•1end to ni l .·· Howe ll High, '17. '1S. '19 .

Glee C"lub. '20. Basketball, '20. Dehute. ·20 . Assistant Editor or Baldwlnla11. '20.

Liternr~-. ·20 .

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GROVER E COOK Al '" 1 is bus iness abilit y that's nee ded i n th i.3 w o rld." Sec1·ctn ry nn<l Trea s urer Ag ric ul rn re, ·20 . S ecreta r y and Treasure r. Y .'.\1. C. A . . ·20 . Vice P rei:.ltle nt Llte ra r)·, ·20 H11 ·,1ncss ;\l n n agc r, 13aldw lnian. ' 20 .

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Lft('r:iry Soc iet y , ' l!l. ·20 . •Junio r P l:iy. 'l!l . Oa:;l,e~ ba ll !1Ps.?r H• ;, ·20 C l:un S ec rN ny, '20 . C'l :i ,s H i 11or v. '20. 11:l: p : r S t· h ool or Nur:;e., Tr,unl:1g .

D A YTON E C K STEI N " ll" 1,·.ay be Ettie, b ut Oh . my! ''

Warr~n ll lgi\, '17. ,.-.,,1:b:i ll n es~rves. 'l!l . F ootball , '20 . Sen io r Piny, ·20 . Li te r a rv Socie n ·. '20. A d v ertfslng :\tana ge r , A n nual, ·20.

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"R emele from lire's !Jo-..vildercd way." L iterary. ·17, 'lS, 'L9. Junio1· Play. '19.

RUSSEL BROOKS " Rus• "He ls onlv a well mnrle man wl10 bas a good rlelerminntion ." Footbil 11 Reserves, '20.

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"Zen lo us yet. motlesL" Junior Play. '19.

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FLOYD GROVES Mike .. " Looks hanclsonie in two hundrt>cl po1111rls. ·· r•resid e1n Agricu It II re Society. ·20 . F'ootball, "1S. 19, '20. Uas kethall. "19. Captain, ·20. 0

Tfasehal l. ·1s, '19. ·20 . Junior Play. "19. !::!C n!Ol' Piny, ·20. Disl1·ilrntl11g :'llanagc r o f Onlclwinlan. '20. \'1ce-pre-<iden1. Y.:'11 C.A., ·20.

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REYNOLDS " li er jolly f ncc is always wreathed smites." Unskethnt t. ·1s. <.:nptaln. "1!!. ·20. J11nlo r Pluy, '19 . Sen ior !'lay, ·20. Lilern1y, ' 17. ' 18. 'l!l. '20. L ll era1·y li:ditor of On ldwin ian . ·20.

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Foolba 11, '20. naseball. ' 19. ·20. Deballn~ Team. '20.

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VEREKA P ORTER

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"Puncl u nlil y is the thert o( lime."

Royol Oak, '17. Gle e Club, '19, '20. Literary. ' I S, ' 19, '20 . J unior Play, '19 .

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LESTER LOONEY

"A man who is t rue lo hims e lf has n e it h e r Lime nor inclination to be false Lo others .•· Oxford High, '17, '18. Junior P lay, ' 19. ,_

MORROW Tommy "They can wb.o think tbey can. " C lass Presiden l, '16 . Glee Club, '16. Editor or " Junior Outcast ," '19. Bald wlnlan Staff, '19. Literary, '19, '20. Debating Team. '20. J unior Play, '19. Senior Play, '20. Class P rophecy for Baldwlnlan, '20.

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NORMAN PARKS "Norm " "A young man ought to be modei;t." Fool bu II R eserves. · l 9. 1-'oolhall. '20. Bask c Lhall. ' 19, ·20. SPcret ary Y . :'11. C. A .. '19. Junior Play, ' 19. Senior Play, '20.

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SALLIE BRENNAN " Tire d of l h e I.1st, anti eager for the new. Bloom neld H ills S c hool, '17 . Sou th ern S emina ry, '1 8 . Class Treas urer. '19. Vice-presid ent, LiLerary, ·19 . Bas k ctl>all, '19, ·20. Agric ulture A ssociation. '20 . .Junior Play, '19. Sen ior Pla.y, '20 .

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HAZEN STEVENS "Gi ve him a gun a nd a lunc h happy. " Junior Play, '19 . •\gric ul ture Soc iety, '20.

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HELE N WALKER ''Ne ver trouble trouble 'till trouble troubles you." Gra nd R npids Central, ' 17. Class S ecretary, ·1s . '19 . Glee Club, ' 19. A1·t Edilo r o f Baldwiuiau. '20 . Lite rary, '19, '20 . Unive r s i ty of Michiga n .

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EARL GROVES "He lives to build, no t boa st . " Footba ll , '19, '20. Agricult u ral Association , '20 . Litera r y , '1S, '19. S e n1O1· P i ny, '20.

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ELMA EVANS "lt Is what we think and what we do tllat

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EARL McCLURE "Mic key" "i\len of few words are lhe I.Jest m en.··

Pooll.J::i 11 R eserves, ·19.

AgriculLUral Association, '20 . Li Ler n ry. '19.

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Ju nior P lay, '19 . Agricultural Association. '20.

L iterary, '20.

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T. MELB OURNE ROBERTS "M ig s ·· "'His cardinal v irLues o r e partly in h is h Al r . "

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CLASS FLOWER DAFFODILL

CLASS COLOHS

.BLUE A.i.."\TD GOLD

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BALDWlNlAN

THE 1\L\ROON .\ N I ) \\.H I TE

Clear a nd strong we rai::,;c o ur ,·oirc::,;. In praise of color~ i m e. Send Ollr banner to the b rcczts . ,! \ncl in song g i,·e ho m age due. Tn each fo ld a h appv 111(.;mo ry lti c,·ery glca111i11g light Sh ine~ the lo ,·e o f the defenders O f the o ld ~ la roon and \\'hitc. T o our B. 11. ~ - gin· ho no r. :\-l iclst scenes of happiness. As we be n d our will to forg ing The key to true success. O r w e win athletic ,·iclories, vV ith h o 1101· a re bedight. S till we work fo r •\Ima l\J alc r A nd 1he o ld Maroon and \\' hitc. \.\/hen the cares of life o'er ta k e us, Ming ling fast our locks with gray . S ho uld o ur deares t ho pes betray us,

False fortune fade away, \.Ve will turn in j oy o r sad n ess. And pause thro u?;h T ime's s wift f\i g ht To recall those days o f g ladness 'Neath tbe o ld Ma roo n a 11d \\"hire .

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~lllitli ~· C '. it!i!l Baker , Alice Baynes Carl Bell, Margaret Best, Clayton Brooks, Harry Campbe ll, Evelyn Campbell Luelle

Chatfield. Ethel Chatfield. Irma Da niels, Helen Doying, Elsie Evans Glen Floyd , Catherine

Green Dora Greene Margaret Hanna. Warren Ha r twell, Arthur Hunt. Clifford Johnson Stuart

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Kreger Ralph McKinley Leonard Mhyrs P hyllis Parks Ea rl P arks, M erle Peabody Clyde

Peck Victor Pierce Leonard Schwanbeck

Terry Donald Toothacker Mildred

Elizabeth Voorheis, Donald

Smith, Park

Weie r, Leroy

Spicer Viola

Williams Jessie

Stoil. T helma

Young, Margaret

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JJuntor (!J,la.as 31{i,atory The c lass of I C).2 1 one nccl its _limior yeu in the u :ual startli n~ fashion an•l c:!e:.:1ed ofliccr,:;. The luc ky ones were: Merel Pa rks ...... ... .... . . .......... . . . Presicknt Victor Peck ........................ \ · ice-1>residem Warren Hanna ....... . ... . ........ . . . .. Sec-ret a rv Lucille Campbell .. ... . . ... . . . . . .. . ...... Tre,1surcr :'I I i~s Ferguson a11d ":'II r. F ield were al: 0 p r ::-:.ent as the facult,· arbitrators o f cl estinv fo r the class. \\" ith t1,eir u s u a l L'Cla t. the Junior,:; o pened th e social season o f the school \\'itl1 a "hike'' in Seplcmbc r . So mh fie lcl saw a 111e rrr group o f boys a nd girls prol·eedi11g unde r J\ Tr . Field's t rustwort hy ~nid;n' ce ro a t) roperly s t:c 1ndecl re~icrn. Then e•11h11s iaf P1 o il'rnn all bouPrls . a nd. ns \Ir. Field declined to ra1.:c. h e " ·as o utd i:-t a ncecl by his cha rges. The bank of th e Rom~e soon was t h e scene of a li,·el:, ~cra ml,lc for li r l"wood. and the fesii ,· ities comm:-ncecl. \\'he n :,:u tiicie ntly gor<1ccl u pon "wee n ies ." l>u11s . and r oasted m a rs hmallo \\'-;- \\'ith t he ll!i'lt:•tl in~cnti\·e of a h cn ltll\· 1h ir!:t- 1he rne rrynrnke rs s lo\\'ly nnd 1:ontentedly \\'ended their way to\\·a rrl.:: ho me. N n 1 con t nt \vit h on e 1r;1,111oh and l-eekin!! ,·ar:et ,· as al\\'a,·s . the s ocial pace ,n ts q uickened \\'ith a r eal o ld-fas hioned. cider a nd apples. Hallowe·en m;:isque rr.de. .-\nyone coming upon us unexpecte dl y w o uld ha,·e thought that a few mortals \\'e re b ein 9: t o r t ured by the most bewilclerin~ aggregation o f "Spook s" the w o rld h a d ('Yer kno wn. Bur a few minutes later. he \\'Ot1ld ha,·c seen the m o rtals p ut at ease by di.;L•o ,·c rim:r that the fo rbidding- e xte riors concealed the faces of clas s mates and friends. Thev were so relie ,·ed :it this clis1.·o\'ery t hal they played ~amcs until it was dis co ve r c:cl t hat. \\'ithou1 immediate no uris hment. they wo uld ·peris h . .-\s no cas u a lties w e re desired, rnstenancc was procured for the liu11gary o nes. The famishing ones were nearly d e pri,·ecl of part o f rheir rations . but. thouqh the culorit wasn't found. the aop1es \\'t> r t'. :rnd the do\'e of peace aga in rnlcd. The pro!!"P1m was concluded with cla nc ing-- thc fine. se,·en-piece orchestra c on c;istin'! o f <t \ ' it'trola and s ix r ecord.:.. Numerous o ther social e ,·ents. e ndin.!?.' \\'ith the Junior-Senior lubil ec. c losed the year. Resides the Beau Brummels. thE're is larg-e percent o f the Samsons of the: ::rh ool jq this cbl'l-. On the P-r id irnn. fi,·e lnniors <.·a,·ortecl in the ranks of the ,·h osen few . \\'h;le s ix sen·ed faith ful l,· in tl;e humble pos irion of " s crubs."' T he baske tball l'=quacl . too. i. h o n o red \\"ith lunio rs . as four ser\'e the school in this ,·,wacity. Se,·e,..1.l I unio r gi rls 01.-cnp~, t he humulc h n t necessa ry position of s u hs t it u tes o n the Girls ' team . The happv fac ulty for arguini?; in the clal's finds its outlet in the <l,ebating t e<tm. T h ree Juniors ;:ire doing their duty for the sc\1001 in t h is onrnnization. Many budding actors find a wonderful scope fo r their d r amatic ability in the Junior P lay. \i\l ith happy memories behind and pleasant prospects before. the class as a whole looks forward to the Senio r year with m ingled regret and anticipation. 0

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SOP M O MORE CL A SS

:§nµl111mor.e Qllu.ss fil11 U Berger, Russell Ba ny. Bernice B r ook s, Blanche Buck, Charles C larke. Norma Coryell, Eliot

Curry, Isabell G afill, Jack

Hoteling, June Jackson Grace Ke mp, Mildred Kitchen, Flor e nce Lowe, Elmer McGory Russell McK inney, Florence Mann Donald

Gibbons, Ivan Gravlin. Clarence Groves Eunice Groves. Wesley

Haskell. Forbes Havens, Maurice Hawkins. Marion Hays, Samuel

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On the fi rst o f Sep(Clllhc r i11 the year ninetl!CII h und red a 11<l e ig hteen. a jo lly g ro u p o ( J u nio r I I i~h g radu a te$ ente red the H ig h School as P' rcshme n. Many jokes a nd tric k we re rut h lessly pla yed upo n us bm ;tll of these we rccci,·cd good natu red lv. ' l' hc n.: " ·e re fort v-ti,·c mc..:inhc r$ o f the F reshman class a nd o f these Katherine Trumb ul l. Herma Reynolds Do ro thy Wilsona nd Florence W endorph w e re tlte stud<.:111" who n :ce i,·ec.l the h ig hest 11w11ucr o f A·s . T here ,, <.:r e..: a numuer o ( panics he ld d uri11g t h e yea r wirh i\ liss B lakeslee and ~ I iss S harp as c hapero ns .

\\' he n F reshmen som e o f o ur 11t1m1Jcr \\"e n:: :;o im p ressed b y the no Yelty o f being \\'i(h the ti ppe r <.: la:,sm c n that they fo rgo t to s tudy . so o ur ro ll now. w ith the ;1d d1tio 11 o f ttC\\" st udents. 11umhcrs o nly fo rty-e ig h t. 1\t the o pe ning o f the seco nd year we ckctcd as o u r cl ass o fl-ice rs :

P resid c nl. . . . ... . .... . . . ........ . Russell McGorey Sec re ta ry . .... . ... . .. ....... . .... . Dorothy Wilson 'l'rea · ure r .. .. . .. .. ............ Florence Wendorph

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a nd M iss King s bury \\'ere c hose n a s spon~o r s .

This year Norma C la rke . Katherine ~e~ured the h ighest rank in scholarship.

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T rumbull a nd Dorothy Wilsonha,•e

O ur c las~ i · we ll rcprc~en ted in athletics by Lloyd S mith, WesleyGroves and Merrill Schlaak w h ile Herma Reyno lds a nd Florence Wendorph ha ve hel ped the g irls ' bas ketball team w in m a n y . ,·ictories. T he ch npel p rog ram s p la nned by the clas s h;wc a ll been inte resting. T he Sophomo res \\'ill a lways r em embe r the hard lime social. the s le ig hri cle parry. a nd t he "weenie" roast which so ma n y attended . A nd so life fo r us goes m e rrily o n. 1\lea n \\'hile w e loo k fo r\\'a rd to the t ime w hen Lhe Sopho m o res. always .a s p ro minen t a nd ac t ive as lhey n0 \\' a rc, will accom plish the b ig things in life wh ich t hey a re planni ng.

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FRES HMAN

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JJTreslnmut Qllass 1Roll bailey, n orman bingh am, a rno ld briston charles bingham, floren ce brooks, Jennie berz margaret burkman, wier bray, warren carter, maurice code. carmine coryell, edwin

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crocker. clinch dunn, anna e vans, leo gillett cla ire green hazel gregory, elizabeth h allock, clark harrington grace hannan, george henry william hupp virginia

ho we, law r ence haynes, be ryl johnston myrt le Jones, wilson killinger patien ce lowes, delphine luscombe, john mcnight, g eorge m ccarroll, grace mcfarland mary mcquarter thelma

moore, ethel manch ester. will iam nixon, grace nixon, gladys o'kell ey. patrick pea rsall, fran ces parks . eunice pa rks, raynale parks milton parmen ter, willowbell pender gladys

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porter, claude pote lillian rainey e leanor re id, warre n ross, warren rosso h elen sells edgar shephard louise shephard lucile smith. mark

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william

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smith earl s mith, rivard smith roll in stephens edward spicer lillian sm ith, william st . john, winnifred toothack er, roster vliet. alice wahl, genevieve westerby, laure nce

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G:izing- into the <lim pa t to Lracc the Freshman C lass of 1920. hack to its \·c ry bcginnin~. we imagine o ursch-cs in the kinde rgan e n room of the Hill School in about the yta r 1909. "\fa11y o f the faces there we h a ,-c a lmost forgotte n. hut some arc strang ely familiar: \\"c ins tantly recognize o ne rathe r fat little boy a s Edwin Coryell Ea rl Smith ancl MiltonParks arc whis per ing togethe r: the black h aired lio_v is no oth e r than Mark Sm ith. and the sh o rt. fat litUc g irl with the h lonclc b ra ids is Lucile Shepherd Til e L\iin little gi rl is Virginia Hupp and surely that is Margaret Berz . . \mnng o the rs of o ur o ld [ric nds are Helen Rosso Thelma McQuuarter Charles Briston C lark H a llock , Maurice Carter. Francis Pearsall. and Weir Burkman. That w a · ~1 lo ng time ago, but from that time o n o ur frie nds h:owc been t1·avcling the long roacl of lea rnin.tr together. m a king ne w acquaintances a long the way . until now in mir Fn.:..::h11rnn ycc1r we are a mighty company. O ur class entered Ualtl" in High School a:: se,·cm lt graders a:-- soon a s the sch ool r each • cd complct ic,n. r:'or two ~vca rs th e reafter. \H' ~n :: rc utterly ig no red by o ur e lder:-. being- 0f 110 importance wha tever o n account o f o ur youth. Upon c11teri11g- thi:: . o ur Frcsl11tnn yea r. tlte u pper c las~m c11 ha ,·c becom e l'ufficicntly interested in us to m ake 11s t he brunt of their jo kes . and the obj ects o f the ir rid icule. th o ug h \\'e are uncloubteclly as impo r ta nt as the Senio rs. This •ea r. o n becoming F reshmen. we h a \'C m et ~om e new fri e nds 0 11 the way. who w ill travel with us toward farther mile to nes. These n ewcomers a r e: Lillian Pote. Grace McCarroll. H azel Green. E u n ice Pa rks. Patience K il linger. Winifred St. J ohn. Gladys Pender. Florence Bingham A rno ld Bingham Warren Reid Ray nale Parks and Ray m o nd O lsen. \ Ve a rc g lad to know thelll . a nd h ope they \\·ill st ay with us. S h o rtly afte r school o pened we elected tltc fo llo wing class o fficers: R o ll in S mith ... . .... . . .. . . ............ . President Willoubell Parme nte r . .... . .. .. ..... \ "ice-Preside nt Louise S h epa rd .......... . ....... . ... .. . Secretary Laurence Howe ....... . ..... ... ... . . .. . Treasure r \ \'e have a n especially e nicicnt entertainment committee. and much o f the su ccess o f o ur pa rtic'- is due to it s effo rts. O ur pa rt ies . chaperon ed b y rvliss Blakes lee. ~11rs. Waterman ?vi iss Densm o re a nd r.l iss Kingsbury h ,1s e been lots o f fun. O ur chapels . o n the \\'ho le . h ave bce 11 ,·ery enjoyable. There is talent in o ur class. and m ost of us a rc willing- to do o ur best: '' \Ve s tri\·c to please." In looking bac k o ,·e r the years of o u1· high sch ool life \\'e arc sure that this. o ur f<' res hman year. wi ll s tand o m as o n e o f our h appiest. in s pite of the burdens thrus t upo n us as ''just Freshics:· and the ridicule o f u pper classmen. It takes m o re than th e s co llings o f those who cons ide r them sch·cs o ur supe rior::-. to discourage us. O ur class is united in a h ea r ty sch ool spirit. W e will ahvay~ ::;ti('k to the ::landard of o ur 1-1 igh Sch ool a nd fight to maintain its h onor. So here we go togeth e r ~low_1_1 I he l~:mg . lo ng ro.\cl. a nd the present milestone r_eads: " Three to i raduat1011. Dunng a ll that t un e we'll hold your banners high. old B. H. S. Luoise Shepard

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EIGHTH

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1Et9l1tl1 ffirn~1' 1!lull A EIGHTH Cook, Irene DeLong, Charleton Gardner. Rhea Grant, Margaret King, Elwin Long. Elmer Langerman. Florence Mallender. Milton McFarland. J essie Milton, Ea r l

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P ackard. Garfield Smith, E. C. Smith Lucile Taylor. Maxine Walker, T hornton Westerly, Homer

B EIGHTH Ackles, Stanley Adams. Florence Atch eson, Douglas

Baldwin. Dwight Brittain. Beatrice B urns , Williams Bristol. Ral ph Burkman, John Carnahan. Eloise Cas well, Jessie Cobb, Stuart Colby, William Endicott Belly Evans, Ina Fagg, Helen

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§ rmntlJ <!5rn~t> i~oll A SEVENTH Ali. Ayrsha Ashbaugh Isabell Bany. Beatrice Bradbury. Roy Carr. Irene Cummins, Glen Damon. Lucile Davis. Fred Ferrier Evelyn Gravlin. Is rael

Herrington Bessie Harris Helen Luscombe Mabel McKinney Edgar Mudge Marion Polter, Barbara Rosso. Shanley Ryder. Edward Ross, Murray Shullz, Hazen Symons . Do well Symons. Elsie

Symons, Walte r Westerby P e nton Weston, Archie Williams Marjorie 8 SEVENTH Allen. Gilbert Baker Anna Bany, Russell Bra beau, Etheline

Burgess Maxine Clark. Helen Clement. Alice Cohn, Leon a Campbell, Loyal Davis Clarabell French. Mary Geisel, Helen Gillett, Margaret Grant, Myrtle Green Ken neth Grooms. Arnold

Gross, Edwin Hanna. Donald H emstreet, Grace Joh ns ton, Muriel J ones, Nelson Long, E dna Miller Evelyn Nark Clarence Newman. Margaret Pressell, i\11 nnle Por ter, Mary Louise Rainey, Margaret

Swar tz. Margaret Toothack er. Stanrord Vliet, Clarence Weaver. E dwin Weston. Ruth J. Wilson, Margaret Westerby Homer Winegar Gladys Wescott. P riscilla Zabel, Marguerite

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J\. flle.s.sage frottt :fflar.a "Hello ! Hello ! P la net Earth, this is M ars ... \ ,Vith a crash the s tatic of ether obliterated the remainder of that message which had so startled m e t hat I clasped the phones to m y ears a nd listen ed m ost a ttenti vely. I was sitting in a wireless den with the receiver strapped tightly to my h ead , when 1 heard those m ost sta rtling \\'Ortis. F o r m any m o nths now, many prominent scientists of the country had, from time to time, declared that some myster ious signals were dri fring into the radio stations throug ho ut the· country . They appeared to be simply m eaningless combi11alions of lette rs and jumbles o f so und . sometimes transmitted by telegraphy, but more often by a human voice. But it was a lmost incredible that l h ad jus t heard with m y own ear s, a human voice, undoubtedly issuing fro m the planet M a r s. A nd m ost st<1r tling of all, the voice spoke English. There could be but one solution to this, the Mani a ns had heard and deciphered our radio signals. They mus t indeed have reach ed :-i point fully equal. if not above o urs, in c iv ilir.a lion. All these thoug-hts fl ashed through my m ind in an instant. 1 l1·icd every co11ceivablc way to e liminate the static and the o ther interference that I might inte rcept the remainder o f the m essage. 1 had almost giYe11 up in despair. when to m y g reat delight the voice cam e again dear and strong: "H ello, l?Iane t Earth, thi is • iars." I became greatly excited. \•V hy did not s0nw higher-powered Government Station reply? l alo ne had heard it! But wait! \\'hy could I nol s ig nal to them myscl ( ? l had a fairly powerful trans mitte r. at least it ,,·ould do 110 harm to try. Acco rdingly, whe n the voice had stopped, l tlwew my .. high power .. s witch. As m y s parks crashed across the gap, l s ignaled slowly: .. 1-lello ! 11 ello ! Mars? 'L'his is Planet Earth." At this instance m any thought flas hed thro ugh 111y mind. \V hat hono r ! \Vhat a <lignifieu pos ition would be llline in the eyes o f the g-rea t scientists, inve ntors, in fact, every one. The first person to com111u11icate with any p lanet, other than o ur own ! A mere boy. J:lundreds of reporlc1·s, photographe 1·s . and well- kno wn m e n of the country, all desiring an inten·ie w with me ! Had I thought a moment it mig ht ha,·e appeared rather humorous, but I was certainly "all cars'' as you can imagine. \\/hen I had adjusted my recei\'ing apparatus a.s before. I listened most intently for the reply. It seemed months. e,·en years. in coming-. My ear!- acliecl from the strain ! Yet slow ly wi1h e,·er-increasing intens itv there came- a YOice ! f3ut, Oh ! Sad world! 'I"was then in that most excruciating momen t that I awoke. I heard my mother·~ ,·oice in the next room saving: "Hello. i\i)ar- tha.·· That was.enough for me! Mortimer A. Neff

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IDnuhle.a .. Phew ! that's a 10 11g, hot cli m b !'' s ighed G lo ria Wellingto n. as she stopped fo r a mo ment o n the top sta ir of the Io n~ Aight leading to the uppermost stor y o f a New Yo rk teneme nt ho use. "l d o \\'iSh those c rabbed o ld film m a nagers would g ive Barbara a nd me a chance to s ho,,· them ,,·hat \\'e can do . but t hose m anagers a rc cr uel. hcarllcs people: a nd Bahs and I will very likely stay rig-ht here u11lil we die coming u pstairs!''

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Bv th is lime Glo ria had reached he r room, she opened the door. went in and d ropped im o a c ha ir. ··o h. Babs ." s he c ried, "those stairs ! Look at me, I'm three-fourths dead. lf we d on't get in a paying fi lm right soon l shall simply cea c to be! \ \ ' hy Babs, w ha t is the matter, S ister clear. You \ ·e been crying! \V hat is it ? Tell m e rig ht now.'' " O h, G lo ria, Jim's on a furlough from camp fo r a w ho le \\'eek. a 11cl lie wants me lo 1neet him fo r dinner to nig ht, and spend the week with him and his mother. O f course that beastly o ld 1-llm has a setting en:~ry nig ht this week. and 1- 1 can't go! Oh, dear! I haven' t seen Jim in so lo ng. and l \\'ant a little diver sio n. a nyho "· !" .. Poo r Babs ! \\' hat did Jim say about that ?" "O f course. bei11~ a nia n. he doesn't understand . H e thinks L ca n go iust as \\'Cll as nol. I f h e l~ncw that bruta l m anager of ours . l g uess he 'd see why l can 't come.'' .. Gabs . Babs, Don't say a no the r wo rd. I\·e got a n idea. A big o ne!" '' C lo ria !'' "Listen! vou and I look alike- almost twins- i( o nl y it wasn't fo r our hair. ] loweyer , thc;.e is a wig s hop around the co rner a nd J can wear the d o thcs that you do n 't have 011-o h, we'r e sa\'ed !" " G loria. w h at a re you tal king about'?" '·\,\Thy, d o n't you sec. I ' ll be you. and you can be you . loo! " "So c t1lighte11i11g." .. Babs . you haven't any imagination!" "\Veil. l'll con fess L need o ne to understand this." .. Now lis te n. I'll cl i g uise so that fol ks will think thal 1. G lo ria. ant you. Barbara. J\nd I ·11 take your place in the fi lm this week. so you can go to Jim.'' That nig ht it was Glo ria who went to the film studio. but she had employed e \'ery m eans o ( persuasio n in existence before she finall y pre,·ailed u pon her reluctant sister to let her do it. S ho rtly a (ter she entered the s tudio the m anager called her to h im . S he a ns we red with fear ancl trembling. Has he suspected . s he a sked herself? "iv), iss 13arhara." he said. '·The re 's a young- man over here L \\'anl you lo m eet-a friet,ch o f mine. s tay ing with me this week- rig-ht over here. 1\ 1r. \\' enl\\'orth. th i:- is Miss Ba rbara \\'c lling to n." "H ow-do-you-do." faintly murmured Gloria.

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The manager walkc:cl a\\'ay- 1\J r. \Vent \\'Orth ~ rinnecl . " Som ething- tro ubling yon , Mis:; \Vcttington." he said. '·You seem frigh ten-

ed." ''Oh. no . no. I'm not frig ht e ned- I mean 1 am- O h no- I'm not troubledoh dear, you're no t a ,·ery kind man."

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"\~hy, my dear. I have the kindest heart imaginable. My friends call me Tim. the chicken hearted." ' ' l won't like you at all if you're going lo tease .., '' .-\h. forgi,·e me. I d id n 't mean to tease. 1 never shall again." lust then the manager called Gloria away. \\·ell. the outcome was this . young \ Venlworth hung around the s tudio C\'crr night that week until clo~ing time. Then he took Cloria home-he clicln't alway:; take her d irectly home. however. About \\"ednesday night \\ientworth disco,·ered that he was in lo,·e with Cloria-allhough he thought it was Barbnra. A bout the same time. Gloria cli~,;overcd a mutual feeling for \Ventworth. Sunday eYening they sat in the park. S uddenly \ Ventworth grasped G lo ria ':; hand. " B-B-Barbara:· he said. ·•J- 1- 1 cl-des ire. oh hang it a ll ! 1 lo,·e ,·ot1 ! \\'i ll you marry me?" 0-o oh Tim. I-I" ·' Please say you will." "] - J-1- '' "\\'ill." c ried \Ven t worth. ncfore either could !-ay more. \ Volfc. the manager. was upo n them. "Hey . you young turtle d o \'es. " he c ried , ··come o ut o f tha t! \ Ve jus t had o rde rs to pu t that film on quick. ,mcl wc·,·e got to ha,·c that last setting right now- ce? T\·~ been scouring Ne\\' York for you. Barbar a \ Vellington. Com e o n now! \ Vhew !" he added. moping his brow. ''it's hot.'' "Oh. is it." asked Gloria . "we hadn't no ticed it.'' "Ha! Ila!" laughed Wolfe. lt was morning when Gloria reached hollle to find an ;111.xious Barbara waiting for her . ·• Here," cried Gloria. "take ihis dress r·ve got o n and beat it for the studio! 1 can't stnnd it any longer- you're needed there. O h. clear. I fear 1·111 in tro uble." ''Gloria. nobody found out that you were not [. did they?" "No. ( not yet) :· she added in an undc rtn11e. "W hat did you say?'' "Oh. nothing- nothing. dear. l migh t ha,·e said that T was tired- it's been a hard wee k-] am go ing l o get some re. t while you're gone." Barbara hurried along to the studio. , \ s s he e ntered e ,·e ry body s miled. ·'Congratulatio ns. Yliss 13arban1." they c ried . "Co11grat11lations ?" "\.Vhy. yes. o f course. we congratulate you o n your e ngagem ent. yo u s ly puss." " 1 low-how did you find it out?" sh e gasped. "Why the lucky bridegroom-to-be told us . of course... "The who? \\'hat?" Before a!1yonc could answer two men burst into the :-tudio. ''lley. \\'olfe!" shontc:cl one. "i:- that film ready?"

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J\J r. \Volfe d ismissed his aew and Barbara made her wav dazedly home. Upon reaching there she called her sister. "Gloria:· she dem~ncled. ·'how did those people at the studio find ont about my e11~ag-eme11t to Jim ?.. "What?" . " l asked you how did the studio people tind out about my engagem ent to

lim ?" "Your e ngagement to Jim! Do they know?" "You know they know! Tell me how they know!" "\,\lhy, Barbara \.Yell iugton. are you accusing me? Oh. great Caesar's gllost ! 1 see it a ll I Oh, Bahs! .Bahs! Babs! my heart is broken!'' ·

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"Well, so is mine. Will you be good enough to answer my question?" "I-,., ''Oh. hotheration. somebody's knocking on the door-I pity the poor unfortunate who climbed those stairs-Oh, stay still, I'll answer.·· Barbara opened the doo r and the first thing she knew she found herself in the arms o f a young man. ..~-ly darling ... he murmured, .. I coulr\11'1 wait until evening-Oh. 1 love you so !" H:1rbara pulled he rself away . "You mo nster!" she cried. "who arc you : \ \ ' ha t do you m ean by that:·· .. Barbara! ?-.J y own lo Ye. you ha ,·e forsaken me!'' "Y o ur own lo,·e! \\'hat do you rne,rn ? .\nswcr me!" "\\' ha t have l <lone?' ' "That's what l'd like to kno,,· !" Ba rba ra turned to encounter ho rro r-struck G lo ria sta11cling. rootecl to th\! spol. ·'Glo ria!" she fairly scr ca111c d. "do you kno w this man;" ·· Yes. 1 ... she s ta rted. The n young \\'e11two rth . for he it was . spoke.

'· l'arclon me. Miss \\'elling-

to11- there seems lo be some mistake concerning our engagement. I do not know this Glo ria perso n. r ha,·c ne,·er seen no r heard of he r before. It is you. Barbara \\'e lli11gto11. w ith \\'ho rn l am acquainted. and engaged to, and you ·\mow it'" ·'Oh , Ba rba r a! .. wai led Gloria. "l do! 1 do! I clo ! o h please.-Au nt £tht·lia !'' she gasped. Barbarn turned he r gaze in the dircctio11 where Gloria was poi11ting a11d there s tood he r A \lnt Sthe lia Madson. the c ross o ld maid who had harassed lhe ,·ery li fe o m o f the g irls· mo the r. U\lt \\'hom they had not seen for several yea rs. "l c.ime to ce you. girts :· she announced, "but you seem ,·ery occupiecl"in sus picious to nes. ··so l preccived:· said Barbara.

"\Vhat?" •·1 m ean. I m ean. l- - Tvl- we·re awfully glad you came:· " O h! you look it. Kindly explain the presence o f this young- man 111 you r room . \ Vho i_ he?" "l a m sure I d o n 't kno w:· muttered Barbara. '' Don't kno w?' ' " \Vh)'. . Barbara \\'ellington. you do 10!" from G loria. "/\untie he 1s. he ts.

a- a man. "l had concluded that much for 11\yself.'' snorted Aunt Ethelia. "Oh. clear:· thought Gloria to her!-;elf. " l can't just say he has11't any busi ness here-·cause he reasonably thinks he has . I ca11·1 say he's engaged to one of U'- because A unt thinks a young man sho uld ne,·er he in vour house until he marric yon. O h. whal sha ll 1 do?" ··J 'm waiting :· calmly announced her aunt. "\•Vhy. A unt." cried G lo ria. a s though ins pired, "he·s m y husband.'' lt would he but putting it mildly to say that \Ventworth seemed startledhe was overcome. "\Vhy . l never even saw··-he began. but Gloria grabbed him and pulled him into lhe next room. ··Sh- be a sport." she whispered frantically. "Your what ?" gasped her aunt. "My husband. }\untie! l sn"t he nice?"

··vVhat' s his name?'' " T- Tim \•Ventworth:· she stuttered. \•Ventworth staggered, as though he had seen a ghost, and ga,·e Gloria such a wild, ter rined. puzzled look that she began plucking at his arm again. "Don't give it all away-please don't;'' she begged.

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' ' Mr. Tim \\'ent\\'Orth ... said A unt Ethe lia, ·'a re you G lor ia's husband ?" "Y-yc~. I sct:m to be-really it is n't m y fault! O h. I 111cnn- h a 11g ii all what do 1 mean~ I mean, oh say. is 1i"t ~h e the dearest little wife?" \\'ell. .·\u11l Ethclia staved 1111ul ti,·e o'clock tlta t afternoon a nd it was a m ighty hard clay for e,·ery one co11ccrncd. Once .\unt Ethclia was safely outside the door, Ba rba ra t urned u pon G lo ria. "Goo d-night!" 11mttc1·ed G lo ria. "I'm dead!" "Glo ria!" demanded he r s is te r. ·• \\'ill you kindlv explai n th is-th is-er. thi. cm barass ing situa tion ?" "\Veil. his name i•s Tim. also \\ie11l\\'Orlh.'' ans w ered G lo ria. "Tha t isn't what r ;:iske<I fo r.·· ' ' Uh Babs. I c.111·1 expl a in it before him!" "J think) d escr"e some sort o f an expl a n a tion ... · ug-ge led \Vent worth. "\\'ell. you sec... started Gloria, " yeste rday I w as Barbara and today I'm my-

self." "1 sec a~ through a den c fo~ ... murmured \Ven lworth. ''Uh. clear, y ou're no t at a ll kind! Don't you sec ? Babs wanted- oh. no . she had to go away for a week a nd if s h e went. that would m ean the loss of o ur fi lm ch ance and the m on ey coming from it. which we so re ly need. You see we look exactly alike e:xccpt for the colo r of o ur h a ir. so l IJou_g-ht a wig a nd Look som e o f Bab's clothes and filled her place. The "ery fi rst night T wen t. the m anager introduced you to me- I liked you-and J forgo t I w as taking Bab's place-almost. The nigh! you proposed to m e. \\'o lfc fo und us before 1 even ha d a ch a n ce to refuse so . of course. when you came today a n d Baus answered the door you lhoug:ir she was l but she isn't.] 'm Gloria and site is Barbara. Do you see?" "~ly clear gi rl." said \Ye ntwo 1~t!t. ·' I glory in your spunk! r\llhough I coulcln·t ~traightc11 out the mystery o f your hai r. Still. all clay. l h ave kit that you were the girl I loved. even if Barba1·a d id look m o re like the one T propose.cl to . Don't you see ? You just made yourself look like. Barbara this week. ln actions you we re yourself a nd. if you still will marry me. l'm yours ... Gloria look ed up to sec what Harlmra was doing. h ut Barbara was n't a n ywhere in sight. Barbara was a wise girl a nti sh e hacl realized that ·' 1ltrcc is a cro\\'d." '•Tim! " cried Gloria. ''if l wanl you! Can·t you sec it s tick ing- o ut o f m y very eyes?" "Oh ... breathed Tim. with a lo ng- s igh of re lie f. •'f'm so glad that lfa rbarn had 10 go away for ;1 \\'CCk ...

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1.Gtfe uf :!Wtart11a ilal~1uiu _\111o ng l ite early scltlcrs who t-a111e to this c o untry. was Edwin Baldwi11- I le fro m \ -cr ge1111cs. \"c rmo n t. a nd arrin?d in Oct roil. \I ic hig :111 in ,~, 7- 1:o r ,1 time he \\'aS a ferry man 0 11 the Detroit rive r. us ing- a r o wbo at. Then he ca111e t o Hloo mfidd T o " 11-.hip. pun;h,1s i11g ,1 farm ahout o ne mile w est o f Birmi11g lian: 0 11 wltat i-. now kno wn as the Cooper road. l t was here tha t \f a rtlta Baldwi!l ".ts born i11 1::-t40. S ile s pc,H he r c hi ld hood h c rc and attcnclcd tl11.: di:-it rit·t s d1110 I. Il er m o tltc:r·:- llla iclc11 nam e was _-\uri\la ratrick. :.lartha Baldwin later alte11dc:d " O ld _\ cad e mv." which s tood " ·h e re the F irs t >Jatio11al n a11k no w s tands. This -:ch ool was o rganized by R e,·. $. N. Hi\!. pa ' tor o f the LJresb y tcria n C hurch. I l e \\'a:- a lso the first s upc ri11tc 11clc11i. and it was fo r him that the o ld hig h sc h ool was

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named. \I iss l~a ldwin fin is h ed her edtKa tio n a t Kalamazoo Coll<.:l,!'C:'. A bo u t tha l timc her p;1 re n ts lllo ,·cd to Hir111i11g h a 111. w h e re s h e spcnl the res t o f her life . ~ I iss lh ld\\'i 11 began h e r \\'Ork as a t eacher in the "O ld Ai.:adcmv " a nd late r taug ht in the I Iii! Sch ool. 1n 1872 s he accepted n position a s a ssis tant pri m::ipal o f ihe E n ~rcli school in Det ro it. a n d in 1878 s he w as trans ferred io the No n ·cll ' choo l a s princ ipa l.

:\he r :25 yen ri- o f teac hing in D et roit s h e ret urned 10 Binning-ham and e ngaged in o the r p u b lic acti,·itics. Jt is s a id . "i\l iss Baldwin did more work for her h om e t own than any oth e r \\'Oman in ?\lichigan."

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l'vf i s Baldw i11 was e lected a m e m ber of the sc h ool board. so m ething rather unus u a l at tha t ti111e. L a te r s h e becam e its pres ide nt. 1\ [iss Ba ldwin was at the head of a _g reat rnanv societies. She cal led the tirst m eeting of the library i;ocie t-y of Birmingham . NOY. 1. 1869. .-\t the time of the fir t m eeting there w as $68-47 in the treasury. $,+9.75 o f which was u sed for b ooks. ,48 ,·o lumes. T his was the beginning of t he present Bakh,·in Public Library. At the death of Or. Ebenezer Raynale s he a lso t ook an acti ,·e pa rt i11 the c e metery associatio n.

S he clo11ated a piece o f land to the town o n which s he wis hed a p,1rk t o b~ b uilt. l n he r will s he left $10.000 which w as to be u sed for a new hig h :-chool. We eall this s chool. Baldw in 1-ligh School. in memo r y of he r .

l\ li!-S Ba ldwin had a great deal of will powe r and perseverance. It was sd dom that s h e s uggested a plan ,,·itho ut seeing it carried o ttL 'l'h e good \\"Od, which s h e d id for Birming ham o nly ceas ed nt. he r d eath. which occurred on :\Lem o rial day. 19 13. a fte r several yea rs o f illness. She was bmied a t the Greenwood Cemetery at her req ues t. Herma

Reynolds

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S,enior Q!la.6.s 111ffill \\'c. the dn~s of 1920. o f the Ba ld"'in High 'chool. in Birmingha m. in t i1e Count y o f ( )aklaml. and in the State o f Michiga n. at the e nd o f fo ur years o f :-:ch ooi life . being o f sound mind a n d m emory . a n d o f so und j u dgment a nd _realizin~ tha t the time we shall a bide here is shon. d o hereby seule upon our he irs . the lo \\'er d a s~ m en. a ll o f those qua lities for \\'hid1 we ha,·c n o furth e r use. A fl c ,dnc d e lih1.. r:1tio11. we herein make final d is posal o f o ur tre~1surcd posse~s io ns. Such diYisio ns as we do hereby m a k e in this cloru m ent. we believe LO he fair to all concerned. a n d we earnestly des ire that the re s hall be no discontent among o ur most ho n o rable a nd wo rthy heirs . .-\s to snch estate as it ha s pleased the fates and o ur o wn s tro ng a rms to giYc us. we do hereby dispose o f as fo llows : First. we will a n d d irect tha t a ll our just debt s . funeral expe nses a nd matrim o nia l f ees 'Le paid in full by o ur e:-;ccutr\x. T o o ur heirs in general. we bequeafh o u r pate rna l super intendent, o ur p ri ncipal. with h:s h11morous dispos itio n. and a ll of our helpf\11 tcach e rs. T o the class of llJ2 1 we l,eq11ea1h pep. co-ope ratio n. faithful11E:ss in a ltendm1~·c. 0 \1r al,ility to make a nd secon d motions a nd . e t tic qm:stion . To them we a lso bequeath a pre:-icle nt a:- helpful a nd a mhitio u, a s o urs . and last but n o t least. <lo we bequeath a group o f d a ::s ach·irnrs as intelligent. congenial a nd a s sober minded as ours. T o the class o f 1922. we lea,·e courage to stick it out two m o re years . T o the class of 1923. w e len" e o ur ability to ··skin .. th roug h fo ur y ea rs o f high sch ool and graduate. To Mr. Too t hack er. o ur principal and Phys ic teach~r. ~vc bequeath the pri\'ilegc of taking a nd passing one o f his O\\'n Physic. ex a m11wt ions. T o C lay ton Bes t we bequea th the g11m tuck und e rneath El s ie l<cid's d esk. T o G race Jackso n we lea ,·e Margeline Parmenter ;ibility as an a ctress. \ Ve kno w s he wiJI accept it. To Elsie Doying . we lea,·e Milton Be rz's tendem:y to j azz. To Babe Hanna we lea\'e Earl Groves position on the fo o1ball team. Merel Parks we lea\'e Thelma Morrow's "kiss m e q uick curl. " Io Elizabeth Swanbeck we lca,·c Donald Plumstead ability to make the dock s trike Io when it should be 2 . To his young brother. John, we lean: Thomas Luscombe's good looks as well as his dignity. · Catherine FLoyd ~,·e. lea,·e Grace Evans ch a rming comple xi.011. Io any Ju111or. \\'ho 1s mterested enough to ai:k for it. we lca" e Melbourne Roberts patented hair tonic. To Victor Peck we leave Esther Reynolds fo rmula for reducing-. Guaranteer! to kill or cure. , ~ To Stuart Johnson we bequeath James McKnight hig h ideals and excell ent memory. /o Gladys Pender \\'e lca\'c Sallie Brennen·s galloping Calos he~. l,o AldenEvans we Jea,·e Harold Shaw tardv excuses. 1 o Sam Potter we lea\'e the dignified positio·n as roll-taker in the session room. now occupied by Beulah King.

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T o V irg inia Hupp we leave som e of Norman Schlaack·s constancy. T o Samue l H ayes \\' e lea\·e lda Parmenter P1\TIENCE. He should accept. T o I sabell C ur ry we leave Russell Brooks' ability LO keep quie t at the proper t ime and in the proper place. To the 192 1. Girls · Basketball leam. we leave t h e s u ccess o f Marg u er ite Dutton to n. Sa llie Brenn en. Esth e r Reyn o lds and Doro thy Corne ll. To Dora G reen ,Ye lea\'e HelenMiller d ri\· ing horse. \\'hic h has a bad case o f th e h eaYes. T o Bla nche Brooks we lea ,·e Jack Eckstein blu ff ing qualities and sen se of humo r. T o Marion Hawkins we lea\·e H ele n Walker t w o great a ccom plishments to s ing a 11d lo dan ce. T o Do nald Mannwe lea Ye Howard Looney hatred for the o pposit e sex . Dutton beau ti ful curls. and T o Katherine Trumbull we lc:l\·e Marguerite al:-o he r abil itv as a debate r . To Leonard McKinley we lea\' C Floyd Groves ast0unding lrno \\'leclge of . \nima l Hus bandry. T o Leno re Wright\\·e lea \·e I Helen Burns · Airta tio u s ways. Don ' t go too far . L eno re. ' T o some Junio r C h emis t \\' C lc,l\·e Leste r Looney·s chemistry 12 no tebook. \\'c arc sure it will he of g reat u se to them . T o Edwin Bunyan we bequeath a pal'! of Grover Cook's tmnccessary height: .iLo hi abilit y as a soda -slinger. . To Alice Bake r we beq u eath Elsie Cobb "gift o f g ab.'' She 111 ay nee d it ~orne da ,·. T o Clifford Hunt we licqttcath Earle McClure ability to keep a st rai!?,'h~ face whc11 a:-king :Vf r. 1: ield foo lish qtte -tion:;. T o Florence Kitche n \\'e bequeath all the hair-pi n:- Vereka Porter lost la:-t vca r. , T o C linc h Croke r we bequeath I Hazen S tephens· ability to be seen and no t \\·c hope h e accepts. h ea rd. T o Margaret Young we bequeath a fc\\' o f Elma Evans su rplus·• :\" ncdil$. T o H e rma R eyno lds \\'e bequeath Norm an Parks' brotherly a(h·ice: also hi-; romantic dispositio n. To the 192 1 Bald\\'i nian Edi tors we bequeath more time. more money. mnrc mat e ria l. and m o re pa tronage. T o those le ft out we lea,·e our promi~c t.o d o better next tim e. Lastly. \\'e do h ere by appoint \ifiss C hloe Hardy. of room 206. Baldwin Hizh School. sole e xecutrix of thi . o ur L.tst \Viii and T estame nt. ln witness whe reof. we have here unto set our hand and seal this tenth clay of March. in the ve;H o f · o ur Lord. o ne tho u sand nine lnrnclred and t\\'Cnty. ( ) n this. t he te nth clay of March. one th o us and nine hundred and twenty. in the County of Oakla nd. :a11d in the S ta te o f :vlichigan. signed the forego in~ iastrnm e nt in our presence. and d eclared to b e o ur Last \\'ill a nd Testament. and a::wit llcss thereof we d o no "·· at th e ir reques t. a nd in their presence and in the presence of carh o ther. s 11bscribe o m· names . Iwana D. Ploma T tl E F ACl;l.TY. Dorothy Cornell1,:1.1 ..

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J\1p11ab.et of ~.entoru A-is for Anyone \\'ho's in our class B- is for Berz

whom \\'e hope will pass

C- is for Cobb. Elsie is her first name D-is for Dutton "·ho has won much faille E - is for Earl

Huskeyhe's called

F-is for Floyd

who o ft e11 gets ma uled

G-i~ for Grace Evans jus t now JI- is for Howard-a. k him-he knows how

I-is fo r l da. who's not so :;hort J-is fo r J im . the Editor of Sport K-is for King-but Q ueen to one

L-is for Lester. fonder o f wi reless t han fun M-is for Margeline. Migs and McClure N- is for Norman. best President. we're sure 0 - is O uija- the s pirit we fea r P-is for Plums tead-our dark-haired dear

Q- is for Questions-we often ask Dad R-is for Russell. our bash fu l farmer lad

S-is for Sallie. they say she's a ,·amp T--is for T om . he puts feet in a cramp

U- is for You-whose names aren't here \"-is fo r Vimmins - Norman

Parks sincere

\\"- is for Walker. . \rt E ditor is s he X-is fur the C11known- whoe,·e1· it Le

Y-is for youngsters ( F r e:-hmc11 J they'll soun be a round Z-is fo r 7.ca l, in which we al>ouu<l. Dorothy

Cornell

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··it·.; a ll o ,·e r. e,·en the sho m ing.'' The urnally smiling lips qtti\'e red a nd t<:a rs filled the c_ves in contra st t o the bright June mo rning. The exc itement of g ra clu,Ltio n ,,·a s g o ne and no thing b u t a Y.tSl botton11<.:ss ca,·e r11 remained. ··\\.hy tl1e tea rs? ls Beauty a lJout to be ;n(ad.:ed by a I-least?.. came in the cheerful words o f he r quiet grown-up co llege b rothe r . ·· Rchold. th e: birds sing and the llo \\'c r, hl oo111. Y o u a rc s nrrournlcd hy doti11g parents. fond friends . a nd c ,·e ry imaginable hl',ury . S hall l o rde r you a s lice o f the 1110011 ?..

.. ~l oon ! l t·s a ll ,•cry well for yo u to tease ,,·he n your doctor's degree is nea rly " ·0 11. Hut if you were in m y pla(·c and cou ld11·t ha ,·c any collcg-c and had 10 go lO an o lcl bo arding school and dam·c a ncl go 10 o ld receptions and balls that 110 011r. e,·er enjo ys and g el m a r ried a nd get o ld. just as yo ur grc;u. g reat gra11d11101her did. it \\'0 11ld be different. \\.hy must T fritt er 111y life away 0 11 a n e ndless ro und o f nothings ? I wo11 ·1 ! [ won't! I w o n't ! 1·11 run away and wail on table and \\'as h di::;hcs LO pay my way."

--Q uite a sp irited 111o nologuc. little sis ter. considering it is impromptu. Your debating and cletla iming- experiences ha \·e left their imprint. 1 can sec. Ladies aml Cc7nlcmen- .\llo\\'~llle to introduce the reno\\'ned ~liss Bandcrso11 \\'ho has spoken before the royal fa milies and so 011.'' dra wled the leas ing voice of he r brother. '·\\"hat is your plan. to tucly philanthropy a nd rescue the ho peless. home le:,s maids from t he clutches o f the ,·illian, o r become a trained nurse. go to France. s uffe r n1liantly fo r o ur noble soldie rs. marry a hero with a Croix de Guerre and an empty sleeYe . return home to Ji,·e on love a nd \\"aler. and wate r and love? You a rc late. fair one. return to the straig ht and narrow path as marked by the watchful, t houghtful wisdom of older heads." ··Yes . said stra ig ht and narrow ""ay co11sisti11g- of the cxceeclingly exalted pursuit o f my own happiness o r unhappiness a nd witty c r iticisms of e\'eryo nc in gene ra l 1nixccl with inane flirtations. I w a nt to do som ething worth \Yhile. I am tired of a l ife of idleness.'' " \ Yell. what would you adrncate as the most eflicacious method of eYacling that condition? In ocher wo r ds. wha t do you want to do?..

''First I would go to a la\Y school. T h en I would open my own office. .--\nd. oh , Jack! just think! Some poor woman would come to me to rescue her little home. won b y yea rs o f toil. from the grasping- talons of some money grabbing o ld skinflint uncle er someth ing. I'd just go rigl1t oYer and make that judge gh·e her back the property and [ wouldn't let her pay me 01te cent. \Vm~lcln't th.~t be lovely! A nd she would be so grateful. s he would love me to her dymg day.

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. "And mention you in her will. I suppose. Shades of Caesar. \"irgil ~nd Homer! Can you heat that fo r enthusia ~m? f a:-k vou as a man. 1..·an you? \ \ ell l1ere com e •ci prim·ipc~.' ·· · ·'i\fothcr. I h,_1':e <l~l·iclccl not to go on the yachting t rip this summe r. I must go and find a pos1tton m a store o r somewhere, so I'll be ready to go to college

next year."

T he woma n o f nbou t forty- fhc brush ed a stra nd o f g ray h a ir fro m h er fo rehead and the puzzled. di · appointed expressio n re turned . S ht: could 110 1 u 11cle r s 1:rnd th is new daug hte r bu( s urely the fad w o uld _s0011 pa ss. . But. dear. d o n't y o u eYen consult me? I wis h you t o go 0 11 the trip fo r a number o f reaso ns. \\ on ·1 you go eycn to please me?" . "?llother. it is impossible . I. canno t go. 1 mus t go to college next fa ll and that requires free capital for lllit ion ancl so 0 11 . j ack \\'ill you please c:ill lhe car ?" .. Jnst a 111i1lllte. son . .. 1t was the tall calm man with dire~L bluc-g-ray eye a nd dark lia ir who i::pokc. "Now daughter. do l unclcrstand tha t you insi~t o n d oing cx:ll·t l_v o ppo:-itc of what your 11101hcr des ires?" "\!-o. )Jilt father.- tha t w o uld s po il my en tire life. l \\'Ould d o anythin~ cl"•' io r h er. truly I wou ld." The g irl's eyes look ed u p ph:,1di11g ly . "i5t fully . hut u11 .!Y:-ti li11g ly . "l ·111kr ::ud1 c in·ums t am·e:::: you 11ccd not c.:xpcct m y m oney lo aid or prrn iik i o r ,·c u in r- 11,· pa r 1 ir:1il a r ." J le coul<i11·( a nd he d a red not look at tht· hurt in I ho~e y o u 11g e.~' eS. ··\\·hv- \\·h v-l 7 a the1·." it was the c: nrnzcd. hurt c r v o f a c hild. nu t a-: q ui l.'l,h f h ~ drew h c r:-elf up. " Y o u Pt'ec.l no t p ro,·id e e,·en h~ir: p in s. r s hal l le:t , ~ i.1 h'.'.!i an hour.·· The y clid not see the tea rs as s he hastily p,Kke d a l>ag- and ca rrit!d it i.-> ,ii.: train. r.011e was the Yis io n-go ne the fury. l .cil o n ly ,,·,is ti1e w riu ndecl c m 1,i11es:; o f a s1iAi11g garret room in a tc11e111 c11L at t hc c:11cl o f a lo ng-. \\'Ca r y sc·1 r ·h. That nig ht she s lept no t a w ink . ' !' he room ,,·as hopck:-sly 1,an:. the h.:cl !--I J hol and ha rd. and the people so h eartless. H o,, s he l0 11gccl for her hu m :.: ! l 11 that h ome three people w e re re:: 1 ,·ainecl fro m seeki n¼ her on ly b~· ,ht· inex o rable will of the n1a11 \\'ho nc,·er rel re,1lccl. Th<' ncxt day s he w e nt to seek work. S he fo und it in a linlc " I )a~o _; :;'' r ::" tan ran t as ca5hier. \\'i t h the munificent sala ,·y o f nine dollars a week . F o r the !i rs t time s he was fri end less. F o r the fi r s t t im e ,;h e didn°L hnn.: eno u~h to cal. For the firs t t ime ~he actually suffcrc:tl from heat. r:01· the firs t time s he \\'a" \\'Ca r y and without res t. The last of July !<h e g-,1\·c o ut unde r lhc strain n11rl \\'a, ill for a week with no o ne to ta r e fo r he r. Ho"' she longed for that calm. cool-lrnmlc<I n10Lhcr . who ne,·e r failed h e r. But if-well. she'cl \\'ait ti ll tomo r rn\\'. f-'inally. \\'Cak and w hite. s he re t urned to llle Dago ·s s hop. .. Ls m y pos itio n open _vet?" s he inqllired . '·\\"e ain't g-ot no j o bs for C111e yo ung Indies what get · s ic k e ,·ery d ay o r two ." S h e stum b led out. det'iari ng hotly . ''It's all a lie . the r e is 110 s uc h thing a b rothcr1y lo,·c or s ense of honor." ..\11d s he d e nc-hccl he r hands a nd g ritted her t eeth to keep b ack t h e hot t ea~·s. \ low s h e wanted that big. :::trong· father. But s he r ose to th<• cal\ an<l went 111 search of mor e w o rk Cp the lo ng clirlv st reets s h e dragged h e r lagging feet. But t he city had 110 \\'Ork for the whitc- far.cd. tired look ing- girl. A t length s h e went h om e s·u ppcr lcss. \\'hat w~s t h a t ? Cou ld it he _a 1_11in1_ge or a fe,·cr? No! It was real! Jt was a car and a!- 1t approadic<! the _hu ilcl111g 11 looked l ike h e r fa t her's . .\s it 11 ea rcd. h er father emerg~cl from 1~- _l·orgctf~tl _o f all t hat had passed s h e rushed t o him. " F ath er! I t call t b e! It 1s 11 t ! But 11 1s-" ''Mar y! H ere?" " I l ow I' ve wantc<l you . fat her." she ni<:'<I. •·,\re you li ,· ing here i1_1 this ~1_,ad , 7" h e inqu ire(\ anx iou s\\'. " Yes. r ha,·e a cheap little ~ ll lC room." . "Com e J>ack _v our hag. fo r you must t'Om c ho ,11 ,,. , , · I l ·1 1 'l Oll a r l' S IC,. m y C 11 ( . \ \'hy <li<in' t you come befor e?" "No-J'm nol sick. J forgot. mu5 l Sl:-ty. 1 couldn't com e." "But y o u c,:an ~1ave four legal course, J g u ess you 've s h own thal it wasn 't a

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m e re fad. Com e. h u rry ! :Mother is nearly w ild w il h th e suspe nse. a nd we sca rcely k no w J ack . with no teas ing o r jes ting.'' S h e led ltim up the m a ny fl igh ts of na rrow s tairs to the litt le ho le unde r t he roo f . .. Did you li ve h e re a ll s umm e r ?"' he inq ui red s h a r ply. \· isio ning his o w11 coo l Lottagc b y the la ke sh o re . .. Y cs . the re was no o th er plac1.: to go. " ·· You\ c bccu ill ?" ·· Yl's. fo r a week . l a m j ust up.'' ··_\11yonc tot-a rc fo r you ? .--\ 11y air p rO\·ided ?'· ·· :'\ o. I was a s t ra ngei-_ ·· Th;,: p:wki ng quiddy d o n1.:, tltcy e m e rged from the b 11ild ing . The fa t h e r w a::: m:·•r!" txhaustcd f rom the h a lf ho ur in tha t s tifling- room . He was very s ilent 0 11 t'.t..: ho nit:w anl drive. I l e k11C\\. a s tl1c little g irl d id n o t. that the roo m belonged \1 1 him. the ro t ten . fo11 l-sllle ll i11g- h a lls were b ring ing- revenue to him . ·· \ Veil. som e d,,. it \\'ould l>e cliffe rc: 111... - .\t bn they reach ed h om e. .. Race lo thc d in ing room _·· h e cr ied. Her m o l hl' r . b roken- hea rted. looked u p in a lllaze m ent at the unusua l cla tte r. " l\: n nit 1111.:"-h e began. ·· ~ to thc r!- Jack !" Thcv conld ·11c \·e r tell h ow it happened lmt both \\'e re lost in h er wa m1 c 111l1r<t(C. Thell thcv ta lked a nd talked . S h e 101<1 tllc111 o f h e r wo rk a nd illness T hey to ld h e r o f ·the ir joy at h er ret urn. pla ns for her un ive r ity cou rse and o f r..:111odt:li11~ the o ld b uil ding. T c·1 vca rs l:1t1;:i- in th e hea rt o f th e ci t v . -;1ood a m odern tene m ent h o use. ,1 J,lt:ssi11~ to ln1111ani1y. . \nd i11 a \\1 Cll- kno w1/Jaw oflice sa t a yo ung wom a 11 of w id e rc11o w11 for her wonderful succe$, a ncl far-sec111g kindness. N e \·e r could s h e h ave g i,·en up thO:,e weeks in the te11e111ent ho u se . V

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Mildred

Toothacker

§tick ]t ® ut \ Vhe n t he stude nts a re aw full y loud . . \11 · o'er t h e teach e r's des k a clo ud J-la 11gs a l ho ug h it was your s hro u d , S tic k it o t1t. S tick in y o ur c hin. s tick o ut y our toes. ~wallo \,. t he lump a nd say. ·' H e re goes.'· P ut your h ead in your book u p to your nose, St ick it o u t.

S h o w yot1r s miles a nd ho w y o u r grins t Did you e ve r hear of s uc h t hing s ?) \ \ 1h a t if your pa rtne r does s tick p ins? Stick it o ut.

l f y ou d ig you ·ll s ure get t hrou g h , \Vhat if the felle rs p ass ·ttiout yo u ? l t makes you feel- well. kinde r blue. b ut S tick it ou t.

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C rown of glo r y come through work, Onlv if vou do no t s hirk Sonie wliere H appiness does lurk, so Stic;l,( it O\lt. Bessie

Harrington

~i~h t h Grac\(}.

HOO'S HOO IN ATHLETICS

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Age

Name

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Appearance

D estiny

" BOOTS" SMITH

7 -11

EVERYTHING

"HUSKY" GROVES·

DECE IVING

BASKETBALL

CUTE

MOTORMAN

MERRILL Schlaak

YOUNG

FOOTBALL

"G REASY"

HASH-SLINGER

"NORM" PARKS

UNKNOW N

BASKETBA LL

LOVING

MASON

"CHUBBY" PECK

JUST ABOU T

SW IMM ING

LARGE

TAILOR

''BRICKY" ECKSTEIN

NOBODY KNOWS

FOOTBALL

SMALL

BELL BOY

" T OO"

FOOTBALL

LANKY

CARPENTE R

"TED" HANNA

OLD 7

BASKETBALL

ABS E NT

BOXER

"DOT1' CORNELL

CENSOR ED

BASKETBALL

VAMP

CASH GIRL

.,,, r v

"TOM" LUSCOMBE

QUESTIONABLE

FOOTBALL

WHO

WAITER

"CLIFF" HUNT

FORTY-SIX

FOOTBALL

DIGNIFIED

BACHELOR

EARL GROVES

STONE (AGE)

FOOTBA LL

BASHFUL

BARB E R

"MAC" McKINLEY

FOOTBALL

HAR D -BO I LED

FARMER

"STEW" JOHNSON

WHO KNOWS?

BASKETBALL

SNAPPY

CH I ROPOD IST

"JIM" McKNIGHT

NEGATIVE

BASKETBALL

GRE EN

M I N ISTER

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"MIKE" GROVES

JUST RIGHT

FOOTBALL

BEEF T RUST

BOU NCER

CARL BAYNES

IMPOSSIBLE

BASEBAyL

SMILING

MAJO.R LE AGUES

ESTHER RENVOLDS

"GEE !"

BASKETBALL

SA INTLY ?

CO U NTESS

HARRY BROOKS

ASK OR L OU

FOOTBALL

WOR,LD BEATER

B LACKSMITH

SALLIE BRENNAN

GOING ON 3

BASKETBALL

INNOCENT

B EAUTY SHOW

" PUNK" BERZ

BOND-AGE

FOOTBALL

AWKWARD

BROKER

" DON" PLUMSTEAD

ORIENTAL

FOOTBALL

F USSED

DEBATER

Carpy

Sport

SCHLAACK

DASHING

BUTCHER

~ H

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VOLU i'vt E C- F RES H MEN \ Ve\ ·e stud ied Ancient. l\l odern ancl C i\'ics. O f H isto ry we now are some critics, B ut there's another History yet, \\!hose deeds we ne\'er can fo rget. The H isto ry o f O ne N ine Two 0 . A liner class you'll 11e,·er know. Chapter r.- O ur class entered high school in the l lill building. September 3, c9 t6. l\f iss S tauch was the session room teacher. O h, the joy ( ?) o f se\'eral teachers. A number o f pupils who elected Ancient History searched in \'ain for their room. Finally after searching full y a quarte r of an hour. they inquired at the O ffice where they were kindly informed by l\fr. Vliet that A ncient History recited nex t door. Chapter 2.- E lection of O ffic ers : P resident .... . .. . .. . . ... . ............... T helma Morrow Secretary and T reasurer ..... .. ............... Victor Peck Ad\'iso r .. . . . .............. . . . .......... . ... l\i[iss Hayden Chapter 3.- The fi rst class party was a ''\\'eenie" roast at S toll's. 1t was surprising to see how ma ny people could ride in one Buick trailer, especially when it was impossible to get Victor Peck's Ford to start. Chapte r 4.-Sc\'eral chapel programs were g iven by the class. I n one a cha pter of " Sevenleen·• was acted, and in another we ga\'C a home talent prog ram. Chapter 5.- A t the close o f the year a la rge pa rty \\'as g i,·en at the home o{ t~orman P a rks.

VOL UME II-SOPHOMORES Cha pter , . -School opened in Parish H ouse. Due to the cro wded conditions the re were no session rooms. so the P alm fl ourished between classes. That year Jack E ckstein. Milton Berz, Grover Cook and Thomas Luscombe combe joined our class. Chapte r 2.-Class_ Officers : President. . .... . ................ . ...... Melbourne Roberts Secretary and Treasurer ..................... Harold Shaw Ad visor ....................................... Miss Vail Cha pter 3.- In November we entered Balcl\\'in Hio-h School. So numerous were our blessings then that we could scarcelv <:ou~t them. All the girls decided to be cooks a nd the boys, mechanics. · Chapter 4.-A _banquet was given in the English class. It was supposed t~ be for the alumni o f the class of 1920. \\'e gave the speeches, but the most important part of the program was le ft out- EATS. Chapter 5.- '\Ve showed our patriotism for our country as well as our school, by helpmg to raise money for the Re<I Cross. We also helped in knitting for both the Red Cross and the French O rphans.

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VOLUME III-JUNIORS Chapter 1.-Class spirit was very evident as we m et in Room 3 to discuss a ffa irs of state. Norman Schlaack was made m aster o f ce re mo nies : Ja mes .M cKnight his assistant: J-Jelen \Valke1·. Secretary; while Sallie 81=ennan was elected to gather in the c lass shekels . i\<l iss 11 Hebblewhitewa appo inted acl,·isor. The additions to o ur class ,,·e1·e H owa r d a nd Lester Looney Sallie Brennan Margeline and Ida Parmenter a nd Dorothy Corn ell. · Chapter 2.-It was at thi s time we lost .Miss S ta uch. o ur ·essio n Room teac he r. who had helped us in so many ways du r ing our firs t two yea rs of High School. She had decided that o ne pupil was m o re inte rest ing tha 11 o ne l1t1t1dred and twentv. O ur new Se~sio11 Room teacher was l'-liss Schlaack. C hapter 3.-Weenie roast at Reid's . Cha pter 4.- Then came the Junior -Senio r chicken dinner in lhe ca feteria and a s kating party 011 the Mill Pond in the e,·eni11g. Chapter 5.- The Junior-Se nior Banquet proYed to be a g reat success. 'l'hc Special car to Detroit and the ··M oo nlig ht"" o n the PuL- in - 1.:3ay steamer \\'ere added features which no one ca11 forget. Chapter 6.- Junior 1-.,lay-·'.Much r\do A bo 11l Betty... It was said to ha,·e been an all around success. The cas te Look in a ll o f I.he E ligil>le J u11io rs. Ca ,, anyone e,·er forget the rehearsals? Chc1pter Leal Tucker \\'Cnt to s leep in Engl is h C lass . The gong clicl not so und iondly enough to rou se him. so he was gently a\\"akc ned IJy i'v l i:is I:-ll ('rwnod. Chapter 8.-If you \\"a11l to kno"· what kind o f s wi111111i11g there is at Cass Lake. ask any of the g irls in our class who \\'C're absent from sc hoo l 0 11 those hot afternoons. Chapter 9.-A new teacher in Agrindture and Botany arriYcrl 011 the s tage o-f H igh School Life. Mr. Field. J:.'ield tripi- becam e popular. Chapter 10.-The Seniors gan; the J1111io r s" pany a t J ames Bay11es· \\' liich was enjoyed by e,·ery one \\'ho att ended.

VOLuME JV-SENIORS Chapter 1.- Sd1ool began Tuesday. September the second. fo r most o f us. Sc,· ernl pupils a ttended the State Fai1· a nd fo r them "chool began a few days later. \Ye all resolYed to studv. Marguerite Dutto n was the on ly new nwmbc1· of the c\ass this year. Chapter 2.-Final election of Oflicers: President. . .. . ... ....................... Norman Schlaack Vice President . . ..................... Margeline Parmenter Secretary . . .. . .... ...... ... .................. Beulah King Treasurer ......... •.• • ...... . .. . ........ James McKnight , .\d,·!so~is. .... . .. i\ l r; Toothacker i\ l iss I Hardy \I iss Schlaak Chapter 3.-Sen1or Chapel. _1'.cY . .:\k1'111!!ht " ·as the :-:p~ak~r. Mr. Toothacker dec1ded Dorothy Cornell and Norman Parks could sec and be seen L~tt~r if ,they had front s~ats during the program. C haptcr4.-1:1~c Se111or- l➔ resh111~m_Rercpllo11 \\'as held in thc- .\uclitoriuni. October 10. J he ro~m was an1sl 1l·ally det·oratccl. and all danced to the: av rhythm of St0ne s Orchcst ra. g . Chaplt!r 5.- 0ne of ~Ir. Toothacker's l'hy:-:ics lct·turc clavs. .\udicucc Ycrv much mesmerized. · • C hapter C>.-Thc four numbers which han:~ been "i\'C~ n tl,c I e"t e 011 · I. I · • ~ - , ur C 0111..:-c h a,·c prove? t<;> t I1e S • emors t 1,11 _t 1e1r tm1c \\'as \\'ell spent in l",\.'l lino- tirkcts Chapter 7.-A Scmor party was held m:hc lower hall of the srhool. \\'; enjoye.ci

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gam es and d a n cing to Victro la mus ic. \ Vho said the Senior g irls didn ·t sh ow good taste when it came to eats: Being Saturday night we adjourned early. C h a pte r o.-::\Lo,·ing u ua lly comes in the s pring th ough fo r som e it comes earlier. ·Twas a cold. cold clay in December ,, he n Esther Reynolds trans ferred her worldly po..;sess io n s to r. l r. T oothackc:r·s o 11ire. Chapter 9.- Scnio r Sleig h P idc. . \ ftcr this we ,,·cnt to [<'loyd Grove home where a musical p rog ra111 \\':'IS re 11clcred by i\1 ilto n Berz a nd de lic ious re fresh m e11ts w1.:re se r ved by ::\ Ii-. a nd .\lrs. Groves Cltapler 10.-Mr. T oot h acke r explained the s parking machine; the class was innocent. C hapter 11.-Exams. Hlue and pink :-lips \\'e re circulated. T he re was a general compla int of low standings. Nc,·cr mind, everything is marked do\\' n after t he h olidays. Chapte r 12.- -:\ t the end oi the nrs t scm e:;ter we heard lhe sorro \\'ful n e \\'S that i\ l 1ss Schl aack \\'a:- go ing to ha,·c a F reshman Sessio n Roo111 a nd would not be with u s any lo11gcr. \\·e welcom ed \1rs. Whitesell o ur ne ,, Sessio n R oom tcH,hcr. h ut hated to lose ~I iss Schlaak C hapte r 13.-. \no thc r SJ...:1g h 1,idc. The class is agreed o n three s ubjec ts-cripp led f ed. sore throats. and p leasan t 111e111o rie:::. Chapter 14. -The Sen io r P lay-" \\ Ital Happe ned to J o nes... g i,·en in the Balcl\\'in .-\udito rium .. \ p r il th<: N inth. C ha pter 15.- ( \\' c are a11ticipat ing the e ,·ents ycl to com e.) Senio r-.1 u11ior I 'arty . .I unior-Sc11 io r l~ccept io n . Baccala ureate Sermo n. C lass Day. Commenccm e11l. C hapter 16.-\\' c are now a stro ng ba11d o f thirty-fo ur peo ple ancl o f this g roup o n e- e ,·enth o f o ur m11nbe r: Melbourne Roberts. H arold Shaw Donald I Plumstead Esther Reyno lds. a nd Elsie Cobb. lta,·e n111 the race together ever s ince their Kinderga rte n days. C hapte r 17.-Alth ou g h o ur High Sch ool cour.se is a lmost com p leted. our histo,·y is by n o m eans ended. fo r ,,·c a rc a bo ut to e nter the world in earnest. \Ye s ha ll now scpa1·ate: each Lo take a separate path. but we h ope that the f1nn fo undat io n which we lta,·c succeeded in layin g in the High Sch ool \\'ill h elp u s all through o u r li,·es and a id us in m eeting and attaining \\'hat the future lrn.s in s tore for us . Beulah

King

B Ea'l'hrough little kinder. ~cnio r. just h elp a pal a bit his m a ny tro ubles . hy your wisdom a nd your \\"it: G i\·c him frie ndly g reeting and count him as ,·our friend.

And he'll n e'er fo rg:cL it \,·h e n your a l your jo'n rney's end.

H O PE a little longer, Senior. while the days roll by.

. !\ I a k e the m o m ents count for good , as they quickly fly ; Listen to_ y o u r teachers dear, each a nd every one. }\nd you II be glad long a fte rward. when High School d ays are clone

S MU:~ a little brighter. Sen ior, as the months pass on. 11 1

B. g ) ten up you!· countenance, chase away a ll frowns:

~\rndu~t 1011: com1~1g with all i:s 1~1any_ joys, I hen "- 1011:::. vacation for the Semor girls and boys. ·

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~i.>ninr (!tla.ss Jropl1rry The rose room of the la i:gest hotel in the 1·is ing m etropolis of Frnnklin, was a most delightful place 011 the CYening of May 21. 1935. But what was most charming a nd m ost interesting in t-hc room was the company of diners seated about the _rose_be- c.leckecl ta~le-_-thirty-fo~!r i_n number. Th is. the class of 1920 o f the 13aldw111 Ll 1g h School, B mrnngham. M 1ch1gan , a fter a lapse of fifteen years had mel the re for their first r eunion. At the head of the table sat the o wners of the hotel, Lester Looney, the host. and 1vlrs. Looney Lhe hostess, formerly Elie Reid, who had won the heart of Les te1· when he tasted one of her excellen t biscuits. T he sam e recipe is still used in the hotel which has become famous for this pa rt o f its men u. The toastmaster o f the even ing \\'as the class president. ' ·Carpie'· Schlaack. " Carpie" had been the last one to a rrive and just preceding his entrance his classm ates had been thinking with much disappointment that he wasn't going to arri , c. He explained later that he was trying out one o f his new aeroplane m odel a nd had had a little engine trouble. A ft.er an extremely delicious repast had been fi11ishccl, '·Carpie" arose lo h is feet and announced that ins tead o f the us ua l after dinner speech es, he would call upon each guest to gi,·e a brief summar y of what he had been doing s ince he graduated in 1920. . He firs t called upon Governor McKnight of M ichigan, but Carpie introduced him as " Jim." ·'Jim" still retained his modesty and there was 110 need fo r him to go into the details of his life becat1se. throt1gh the newspapers of the country, the life of one of Am erica's g reat s ta tesmen was well known by everyone. Next, shy, little G race Evans Lo.Id us how s he tnm ed g reat, roaring lions in Barnum and Bailey's Ci rcus. jus t about this time '•Mike" C ro ,·es " ·as findi11g it r ather d irficull 11ot to pay too muc h attentio 11 to the fair·cr sex a nd so to help hi111 out, "Ca rpie" ca lled upon him. "l\like'' conducted a fashionable tea-room in New York which was ,•cry popular with the \\"Ome u in th e city's '·S mart Set.·· A lready Mike had been in-valved in two divorce cases. Norman Parks. who had ga ined fame never dre.1mecl of by Vernon Castle. gave a tripping little !-peech about the new '·Jelly-roll Glide'' and befor e he liacl fi n ished everybody"s shoulders were swaying. After this t he guests needed someone lo restore their dignity and so i\forMarguerite Dutton was called upon. n u t like ·'J im" it was u 1111eces. ary for her lo tell much because 1\1id1igan·s woman r cprcsentati\'e \\'as much in the limeliQ·h( in national affairs. ,.., Haro ld Shaw left tl lcm br eathless after his descri ption o f the last automobile r ac.:e in which he had particip.1 led and \\'O il. T he ladies were um1sut11ly interested in the next speech for Helen Walker told abou t the new spring styles. l lclcn. fo remost autho rity 011 fa sh ions. had done much to lllclke A mcrkan s tyles lead the wo rld. E lma Evans. p rincipa l o f a "Young Laclic:-: ~em ina ry" o n the I l11dso11. told h ow s he managed young ladies. The IJoys l..,etrayecl deep interes t in th is speech .

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Donald Plumsteadreporte r fo r the ··Ne\\' York llerald,'' ga,·c a \'e1·y pleasing Lalk on '''l'he Romance of J ournalism ." . Vereka Porter blushed when she ment1onec.l the name of the young man to whom she \\'as act ing a s private secre ta ry and it was then that he r c lassm ates noticed the s parkling diamond on the thircl finger of her left hand. Helen Burns Heel Cross n urse. to ld o f he r e x.pe riences in Russia \\'hich was s till in a state o{ unrest. Du r ing the c,·eniug it wa s learned tha t Dorothy Corne ll, sta r o f the cinema, was working with a com pany tha t specialized in " thrills.'' Milton Bcrz was a prospero us hauling con tracto r who r eceived his sta rt w o rking for Dave Fleming. Grover Cook. im·ento r of the famous Cook Beauty Salve, was a chemist at the Pa rk. Da,·is Co. Margeline Parment e r had married a wealthy \\'a ll St reet broke r and was 110 \\' one o f Ne w Y o rk's most prominent society women. Ida Pa rmenter " ·as a d oct0r in Harper Hospital in Detroit. E sther Reynolds was phys ical ins tructor in the ~Tonroe High School. A ud it mig ht be a d tkcl he re that the .:-lonroe girls ha ,·e a much better basketball team s ince Es t her became th eir coach. R o bert Groves had es tabli::;hecl a chain of g roce ry stor es throughout the Unite d S tates a nd was immen~ely wealthy. Melbourne Roberts was lhe rival o f Kresge a nd his new building towered -far above the \\"ool\\'orlh. Beulah King had [cit the call of the social worker a nd was doing noble work in N e\\' York's s lums . H o wa rd Looney had cha rge of the GoYernme nt " ·ireless station at A rlington. \ irg inia. N o t in ,·a in had we c11clured that ,,circlcss jabber indulged in by some of the "nuts'' o n tha t s u bject. back in o ur Hig h S i:hool days . E ls ie Cobb was a d ietetian in the Grace I-lospital. Detroit. Tho ma s I .uscombc \\'a!- the proprietor of a fas hio nable l,aclies· C lothing cs~ lahlis l1111<.'11l lot·atcd in the \ Vashingto11 ,\rcade. Russell Brooks name will go do1n1 in histo ry as 011e ll'ho scn ·ecl h is cou11tr_1· nobly fo r he g reatly reclucecl the sugar shortage by perfecting sorghum as a su bs! ilttle fo r sugar. H HazenStevens had ga ined reno\\'11 as a n cxperl marksman. I Helen Miller had enter ed the rea lm of 1)olitics a nd at present was the sole i:andiclate fo r the ma~·orship of rhe C ity of Sou th lidd. Earl McClure had m igrated to Canada a nd had a flour ishing fox farm there. ' l' hc se n ·ice 011 the D. U. R. hacl been much impro,·ed s ince Dayton Eckstein jo ined the rank of the conductors . His cla ssm ates al\\'ays kne\\' thal J ack would be in a positio n to ha ndle m o ne y so me day. Rut the big urprisc o f the c,·cning came \\'hen they learned that Ea rl Groves had take n Flo Zicgf clcl ":- place in the thea trical world and that Sall ie Brennan was hi~·chief star. \\"ell. the c lass was quite familia r with Sallie's ability to ''stage a show.'' back in their llig h Schoo l clay. . It wa s near ing midnight ,,·hen the last speech wa s finished and so Earl in\'1ted the g uests to go up o n the roof and sec his .. Midnig ht Frolic" which was to he ~tagcd the r e. 'l'h11s e11dc<I the Grs t reunion o f the cht!-s of 1920.

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Class Athlete-Floyd Groves 1\1osl Popular Girl-Dorothy Cornell. Most Popular Boy-James McKnight. Class Snffragette~Elsie Cobb. Handsomest Boy-Norman Parks. Prettiest Margeline

Parmenter.

Best Dressed Girl- Thelma Morrow. Best D r essed Tom Best Helen

L uscombe. Walker

1''1osr Brilliant Girl-Est her Reynolds. Most Brilliant Boy-Norman Schlaack. Girl with the Most Pep-1\lfMarguerite rite Dutton. Boy with the 1\ifosl Pep-Jack Eckstein. Class Giggler-Beulah King. Class Grover

Cook.

Most Bashful Boy- Buck S tephens. Most i\fodest Girl-Elma Evans.

Class Vamp-Sallie B rennan. Class Light-weight-Grace Evans \¥itliest-Milton Berz.

Best Liked Hope

Ferguson

Mlt \\.h."~ Hit 1 O\'i.

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TH E A L U .M N! Recently, t\\'O g ra duates o f Bi rming ha m 11 igh School \\'Cre d iscussi ng fella\\' gradu:itcs. 1°'or co11 \·cniencc let us kno \\' them as ··Ca ll " a nd ·· L~ccal l. .. " Do you eYe r see a ny B irm ingham High School graduates?"' beg:rn Ca ll. ··Jndee<l 1 do: · said Rc.:call. ·· l)111y the olllcr day l mcl a nwn l)Cr 111 one c lass. They we re ha ving a re u111011. Say \\' ho was r h e fi rst one to graduate from o ld B. 1 I. S. ?" Le t me sec. O h. 1 know. Edward Bodine was the hrst, 1SS0 was l he year, 1 bclit!ve. H e \\"a:, the on ly one in the class ... "The classes ha ,·e gro wn som e since the n. l ran ac ross Edwa rd Sm ith . S r .. the othe r day. I le g racJuated in 1883. H e was a m em ber of the Boa-r d of Ed uca tion at one time. Cassius Car ter, J a mes Cobb a nd C harles S ha in were a lso mcmLers o f the old board ."' "ls that so? \\"ell, you see l have been away a good share o f the lime and 1 ha ,·e losL out on those things. B ut whe n I was o ,·er in South Afn ca noL long ::igo, I cam e ac ross a M ission school one day. and whom do you ~u ppose l cl is co,·ercd :' One o f t he mis · ionaries there \\'as a graduate of B. H. S. Yo u'll remembe r her , l ,1m s ure. S he w as J\•[r s. C. C. Fuller bette r known as Julia McKee K ee." " P retty small vvorld, isn ·t it? L ula J ackson is in C uba as a mis iona r y, loo. T here a re a numbe r o f m e n a nd wom e n teache r s. l believe Rhoda Starr l Nfrs . Green) ""as super inte ntlent at B irmingha m for some t ime. :\ nd L illian Stauch ( ~l rs. Finigan) was principa l in the H ig h School for ove r ti,·e years." •·1 heard tha t E ula Schlaack was pr incipal a fte r M rs. Fin igan left. Grace P urely (Mrs. 'l'odd) , Jane T odd ( Mrs. Henning) a nd, let m e sec, didn' t C lara a nd .Minnie Starr and F lo rence Staley teach ther e too?" " Yes, I believe they did . hope Fergu son a nd Mabel Lownesbury teach at p resent, also. \ Ve have a number o f college pro fessors, teache rs in other schools and noted chemists as we11.·• " The Hanna family p ro<lttced a number o f docLors. F our 1 th ink. T he re a re a num ber o f others in other c ities. D r. Lloyd Campbell has a p ractice i11 Birming ha rn."' " ,\re t here anv nurses?" asked R ecall. ' 'Yes, quite a ;,umber." " S ay, Scout. tha l wasn 't such a bad schoo l." said Rec:i ll. thoug ht full y. " \ Vhy . m a n. there a rc general manager s o f great concerns a nd well kno\\"n real eslatc ma n. Ju dson Bradway has a large inte rest in a nd around Detro it. La wyers? I shouJd say so. and I hea r the re are co111111crcia l a r tists in the la ter classes." "Yes," a nswer ed Call, " they tell me Ruth 'l'hurber is qu ite a u a rtist commanding an impos ing salary. You kno \\' l a m p roud lo aclrnowledge tha t l grad uat ed from t here." '· So a m I. \Ve re you in se1·vice ?'' ''Not in th is la te war." r esponded Ca ll. '· r wa::; in the Spanis h-A m erican. Colo nel Bigelow was in t hat wa r ."' •'The re \\"e re fi fty-nine o f the gradua tes in the \Vorld \Var." rem ;H·kcd Re<.·all. "\Ve lost o nly t\\'O in the sen·ice. l Irene Pa rr, who was a nurse in Battle C reek. a nd Melford Blunt. both d ied in ca mps. ·' Ralp h Coryell had quite an honor too. \\"as11·t it he who threw the second grc(1tcst nmnber o f bomhs in the \\"ar? H e a lso rcreivecl a cita t io n from C e nc ra l Pershing . Sc,·cral of t he boys rcrei,·ed L es Croix de C ue rrcs. Tl o w l would have liked to ha,·c l,een in it." " f t was g rea t. " ~aid R~call. _·'And a g reat m a ny ,·olu111ccr cd who shou ld ha,·c been a t home. but duty s call 1s a wonde rful t h ing ." ''1 wonder if we cou ld n 't get the J\ lum ni logethc r some tilllC just for a reunion ?"' askc<l Call. "\\"e ran try any ra te. \\"ell."' louking at h is watch, "L ha ,·c..:

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lo make the 4:33 train so guess I had bette r hurry a long. .\lumni together soon." ' ·Goo cl- bye. Call. Glad lo han: seen you . So-lo ng.·' ·'Same here. Recal l. Sec you later. Good~byc."

\\·c·11 try to get the

: \ncl w ith a hands hake . not a pink tc;;a hands hake. hut ;1 good hearty dasp. eadi \\'as o n his way. Ea~.-h glatl to kno w the tl1i11g-s the o ther had told. But d10ug h thcr mcnlio ncd 011ly a few who had rcat·hccl the pin11r1de of fame. eaeh L11o u g-ht o f a g-reall:r number who were s tru~g-linz to ha,·e fate and fonttnc smile k ind ly u pon them. Bo th the ir hearts . as well a s in the hearts of ,1ll the grndua tc.; u f 11. I!. S .. n111s this s train: • " l_o11g li,·e the . \lu11111i fo r the \\'orlcl. lht'. C11itc<I States, the ~talc ancl Hirmi ,1gham ."

GlR LS PHYSICAL '!'RAINING If vou h :l\·e c,·e r ,·is itcd the larg-c w ell-lig-ht ed gv11Hi;1c; ium o f the Rinning-ham 11 ig-h School you "ill recall the feeling o ( j oy whic h you fe h a t the s ight the dumb bells . jumpitHl; boa rd. s\\'ing ing rings. a nd baske tball w hich s ymbo lize so much of who lesome physicnl exerc ise and m e ntal exhi laration.

Tile d a il y classes fo r gymnas t ic exerc ises include marching. folk clancin~. S\\ i.!<lish cx\'rci ·es. and games. P hvs ical cxc1min:1tio 11- are g-i,·cn ro each s tudent at th<" b eginni11~ o f the term. Each girl h as a locker in wh ich he r gymnasium suit is kep t: and the five-sh o wer bathroom is almost continually in nsc. G ood :-cho lars hip is cl cncncle11t u pon sou11<111ess o f health. both in body and 111in<l. The Bi rming-ham H ig-h Sch ool lack s n o thing in gymnas tic equipmeut to affor d its s t udents both pleas ure and deYelopment.

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\". :\I. C. A . The nirmi11gha 111 Y. :\I. C.. \ . m eet , w eekly 0 11 Tm:sdays . a l c1glll o\:lud:. for a ha lf- ho ur s tudy period. . \ ft e r that. in the Cy11111a ·iu111. lm,ketball a nd group games are enjoyed. . J; uri11g the Fall the group ,· isi tc_cl th<.:: Cc 1·1·ty Coun _I l o l!'-C ,111<(. .l.~.1I. ) ,a_t c r i11 tl 1 c vea r the,· look a trip l o l)e tro 1t. ~·· ~rel 1 .! 111c c , e 11111~ 111 t h ..: \ h udd111g t hcr::. · The s ,,;im wa:,; c,pecially e 11j o y ~1i. 'l' o,· ;. rcls lllid- \\'int c r a grou p of "Y " 111e•1 f rom De1roit ga,·c u;; a g-y11111a::=t: 1!1 c ;>,.h1b;tio11. Ti·c Father and ~ 011 \\'eek I ro~r: 111. I r ~?>,!rcd hy the d n m .:hc'-. \\'a fully c1llcr~•cl i1: to b,· tht'. 11H:1111Jer s. The o flirers c.:lc:ctecl fo r ti ·: I r e: l l ' l yc·: r ;•r e a:, fo lio\\'-;: Jame:. :\l c K nighl. pre-:iclent: Flo ~·d Cro,·cs. 1·i1:c p r c~ idc:.I : a i: d Cro\'cr Cook. sc~r c l a ry and t r ca:,ttrer. \rt hu r Peck wa, elected le;1dcr. The Y. ~I. C. . \ . r;:-i,·es i1::, 111un!Jcr, n o t only a pince t o go and ,om e thi111{ lo do. but 50llll'thing prn1;u1ble to .,tudy. The bo ys hope to k eep the o r ga 11i za1io11 as ac.:ti,·e and help ful as it has bc.:c.:11 i11 the past.

no vs P H YSICAL TR:\ TN fNG <J11r department o f phys ical training fo r ooys has. thi:. yea r. im:r ca:::ccl it, efticicncy 011c hundred per cent. \\'e hal'c rcat:hcd m o re boys than c\'cr 1,cforc by m c·ms of more perfect organiza,ion o f ,cams . lcag11e:- :111cl dfo.:icn~y contes ts . . \~id~ f rc~m o ur r e!{\1\ ar classes i1_1 physical lrai11 i11g- \\'C h ad e no ug h boys pla~·i11gu11 o r~a11 1ze1I knms to form an Cl!!ht-\cam bas ketball leag u e. 'l'hl!sC tcallls had a schedule and played one game ca1.:h week. .\nothcr feature imrocluccll t h is year ll'as what arc k1101111 as "El'lidenn· l n t hc:,e tc- t s each lmy tries to attain a \'Crla in n :1.:ord for cliffcrcnt \1i!loo_r t~ack n ·cn t s. and. u pon at 1ai11mc1n _ of t h1.: required rcnwd. is gin111 a badge 111<11catmg that he has rea1.:hcd the req~urc<I s tandard. Eftit·ic11n· t est s inte r ested a great many hoys w h o would uthcnnsl.! he Ul11'l'Spon~i\'C. The ,· h a,·c a ret·ord t o try fo r . ;;11 1<.l 11\~St ~-~ _t!wm_ kcc,i:. a t i~,.t~ntil tl_,ct an1uin: the c1ualifyi11g \\'Ork. Jn the P•\sl. l \\O ~C•11/\ t!1c lio~s ph~~illal t n1 111111J-! dcpart111c11l h a:- a lso helped to :-ali:, fy a t"l\'lt' need. l lus_ \\'C h~l~·c. rlo nc liy the: organization of a men's das:. whkh m eets cad, :\ l o ri<lay_ 111:.:-h t. 11115 Whrk i:,; under the direction of the bovs· p hysin,I clirerto1- and t·c! 11s1sts o f I wo hou rs o f g-am~:,; and exercises. • !n the a hol'e-dcsai bed nw n i h .•r wc ~' a"c r each e d prat·tically t h ree-fourths of 1hc boys in sd1ool. and n ow lbc): arc ~ak ,ni; at·tin pa rt in some fo rm o f athletics. \Ve, the r e fo re. fee l tha t _our c ll o n s Ill t l11s _llc partmc 11t ha,·c been q uite large! s uccessful, a rc pla nning to make the m st11l mon.: so in the future. y

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DEBATI NG :\ltho ug h a Lite ra ry :-ociety has e :--istcd in LIie B irming ha m high school for ma ny years on ly minor attention has been gi,·en to debating.

This year a ll studems in Englis h ha,·e had p ract ice in oral com positi o n and \\'hen it was announced in December that formal entry of the Baldwi11 hig h scho<;>I l1ad been made in the State High School debati ng com est a numbe r signi fied their intentio n to ente r for the contest. The p re li111i1:aries decided that Arthur I larlHartwell Thelma Morrow amt Mildred Toothacker s ho ul d defend the aflirrnati,·e side and Marguerite Dutton. Donald Plums tead and Merle Parks s ho uld take the 11egati,-e side. The first ~ontest \\'a~ with Fento n and Birming ha m took the aJli rm ati,·e side. The debate was held in Fenton ·on Friday e\'ening. Ja nuary 9th. and Birming ham was represented by Arthur Hartwell T h elm a Morrow a11cl Mildred Toothacker. a nd w011.

. ~'he second contest was held at Plymouth on Saturday eYening . January 23. Birmingham was represented b y Arthur I-1 artwell. Thelma l\Iorrow and ::'\Icrle Parks who debated on the affirmath·e side and Plymouth \\'Oil.

Ne~t year wit)1 more ~xperience it jg hoped that a still greater number may become mterested 111_ deba_tmg a nd a team prepa red that will serYe as a runner u p for the State rhamp1onsh1p.

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:No branch o i modern induslri:1! Ii k is :;o e;;st·ntial w t hl' "l'l r'arc of 111a11kind as i._ .\g rin1lturc. \\·i1ho11t the s teel all(! mi11i11_g indust r ies. the two w l1id1 proli •l>ly rank next in importance wcby. mankind mig-l1t lin:. but i( the . \ gricultural rc:--oun:e!"- o f the \\'Orld were cut off. it \\'Ou ld 1111.:an a ll but 1ht: exti11c1io11 of the h11111a11 race. 11:i\'ing fe lt l h l.! i111 po n a 1Kc o ( till' pun \\'hicl1 ,\ gril.'.ttl l ttn.: p lay::; in ll1<.: de, clo prn<:n t o f a 11;11 ion . o ur hig h s1.·hool has plat·ed \\'ith in t he reach of e ,·er y •,<.l1o la r th e o ppo rtu11 1t~1 o f hccoming pru licie11t ly cducatcd i11 this l>rn11ch o ( lcarni11g. 1:-or the p11 rposc o f f11rthc r t111ph a,;izing this importance ancl o f i1111>aning lo young .\mc ric:rns a be tte r kno \\'lcclge o [ ,,·avi,; a nd means Fnr the sc i1.:11 tific pur,;11i t o f this s 11bjecl. the Agric ultttral . \ ssocia t io 11 \\'cl:- o rganizc<l. ' !' h t $la ff o f o flice rs consists o f a Pres ide nt. a \ "ice 'F'rcs ide nL. a nd Sec reta ry under w h om a rc l\\'O rommi ltees . the duly o f 011e of these be ing lo a 1Tang e the pr0g-r11 rns a 11d of the or h e r to pro,·ide re fres hments. The progra m s a re arranged by three m embe rs . chose11 in s u ch a . ""ay il}at t \\'O experie nced person s a nd o ne n ew person ha,·e charge o f each meettng. 1 h e one who has already h elped in two p re,·ious meet ings p.resicles as ch a irma n at a thirrl and then drops off the com mittee. T his system h as ne,·er failed to present an ex cellent program. T h e m eet ings a re h eld e \"e ry two \\'eeks. Sometimes there ha,·e been a few (t\\"O o r three) lengthy reports . at other times se,·eral shorl ta lks by members of the .~\ sso,iatio11. T he topics ahl"ays dea l d irecth· with agriculture in som e o ne or m o r e of its v:irio u s p h ases. .'\ few pro_gram have taken the form o( a debate. the q uestio n bei11~ o ne of u pe r iority bet \\"een t \\"O breeds o f fa r m an imals o r something ;-ilong similar line::. These debates have a\\\"ays hecn ,·er y edm·ational. bet:ause each noint is p u s hed to lhe limit. and n o time o r effort is snared in !!athe ring- fact s which will count a nd which can be driven h om e to t he ears of unprejudiced judges. _:-\t the erir\ of each program r e fre shments a re served. an added feature which is anticipated by all. Inasmuch as \\"e are sit uated in the midst of a n rosper ous ae-ricultural commtm~ty. \\:hich i~ nea r an excellent market. we rnay feel s ure that ae-riculture w\11 contmue its rapid ach·ancement. and that alo ng with this increased growth Will clc\·clop an inte rest ancl e nthus iasm which will make our Association bigger and better each succeeding year.

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Sept 1- 'l'cache rs a 1-ri\'<.:d i11 town :mct stuclc m ,; spe<'ulatccl 0 11 ide ntity o f all ·t rangers. Sept. 2-Y\ "e as,.:cm bled LO ,·ic w the usual g reen Frensl)men a 11cl the ne w teachers. Owing- to the c ro wded conditio n o f the .Ju11io r Hig h. some o f the Freshmen wer e .::cm 10 the Senio r H ig h. whe re fo r se\'e ra l clays they disturbed the u,.:ua l peace a n d q uie l o f the senio r sess io n room. :-;cpl ~- l·'ootha ll p ract ice s ta rted. H a l Schlaack a nd Geo rge J o hnson put th.t team s in to s h,;tpe fo r a goo<! season . ~!.'pl. 1(i -_lunio r c la,;s stan t heir season·,; acti,·ities with a '"Hike:· Scpl. zC>--Our fo o tball boys w in a n easy ,·il.'. to ry over Southeaste rn , 47 to o . Oct -1,- \\·e won a g lo rio u:c: (ootball ,·ictor y fro m Pontiac. C) to o . i\lr. . Aliber boys · coad1 a rri,·e d in ti1nc 10 he lp the boys celebra te. (kl. 10- Fresh111:1n r eccpt1011 in .\ m li lorium. S to o~· - o rchestra playe d and pn11ch was sen ·ecl. Ocl. 1 1- .\ 11 C\"l?nly matched foo tba ll game ,,·ith \\'ay11e was s ta rted. but \\·a y11e fo rfe ited the gam e lca ,·ing the sco re I too in o ur fa \'O r. Oct. 18 -The foolha ll boys j ourneyed t o Yps ila nti. a nd lost. 12 too. Oct. 2.~- First nl!mber 0 11 Lecrurc course. . extette. Uct. :25- lloys play a hard foo tball ~am c \\'ith R oyal Oak w ithout a score. Oct. 29- Junio rs 1-lollowe·c11 pa rty a t the school. Oct. 3 1-County Teachers' [ nstitu !e. \\·c retei'"ed o ne g lo rio us d ay o f \'acatio n. Nv,· . 1- 0ur boy..; wo 11 a good foo tba ll game nt \\·i11dso r. Score 13 lo 7. F reshman l lo llowc'en party. t\ o,·. (1 :\IHI 7- Stalc Teacher s· Inst itute. NO \". 6- ~op ho111 o rc I la rd ' l'im e pa rly. Ycry Sltcccss ful ! No wo nde r. No,·. 7-r-ir:;t Senio r pa rty . held a t scl100\. Good a ltc ncla nce a nd excellent " cats.'· :\o, . ~-C h 1r foot ba ll team agai n successful. 11 ig hl and Park was the \'ictim. S1.·ore. 33 lo 6. No,·. 13- l.-ootba ll tca1ll played a t l\ lo nroe :rnd \\' O il by scor e o f 7 lo 6 . D«::c. .,- Second mimbcr 0 11 the Lecture Course. . \11 ex1.:ellenl Q 11arte tl e . The Collc!!ians . Dec. Mike Groves passed o ne 111o re o f his youthful l' rises by h,n·i11g the m easle . Dec. 18 - \\"c ::ir e implo red to go d o wn a nd ha ,·e our pictures take n. Nf ost of u s ka rned 10 ta lk o n o ur ha nds . Ike. 1()- 0 ne o f the ha p piest clays o f all the yea r. The last d ay of school before C hrist mas ,·acatio n. _I a n. 5- \Ye returned fro m ntcatio n lired. b ut happy. ,I a n. 9 -The baske t hall _c aso11 started. Boys \\'in f rorn I-l o lly b y a score of 23 to 17. Girls h a ,·e ea sy g-am c \\'ith H o lly. score 52 to 8. J a n. 9 - D ebat e willt Fenlo n w o n by B. 1-1. S . .Ia n. 10 - Freshma n part y al Bing ha m's farm. _I a n. 1.2- MiM Rickard has tile mumps . \\·e fo rme rly tho ught tha t was a childrcn·s disease. Jan. q .- The third nnmhe r o n the L ecture Course \\'aS g iven. S ir J ohn F oster Fraser. J a n. 16 - T he g irls wo n a ha rd foug ht gam e a t Romeo by a score o f 25 to 20 ' ~ Ile boys lose a game to r'o ntiac·s fi rst team . J a n . 23-The basketball girl s wo 11 a n ea sy gam e fro m Plymouth, 55 to 13. Boys 10~1 a basketba ll game to \\"indsor, , S~to 24. J a n. 2 3-Debate with Plymouth.

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Jan. 24- Freshmen held a vc.:ry unique pa rty at Panncnter's farm. Jan. 30---Boys win a wonderful d t tory o,·er Royal Oak with a sco re of 18 lo 8. Feb. 2-Beg!1~nin~ o f new semester. J\l rs. Whitesall come~ ~o rule Senio1· s_~ s io(~ room. J he f ourth number on I he Lecture Cou 1·se. h.eno. the iVlag1c1a11. F eb. 6-~irls win an ca ·y game from O:xfor-cl. 89 10 2 . Boys win from '' Celts .'' Detroit. "Y" team. score of 16 to 15. Feb. 20-Girls ag-ain ,·ictorious OYCr Oxford. 40 to 9. F eb. 20--.A horrible nig ht. ot1r boys lost a ha rd game to Royal Oak. 24 to 3 1. Feb. 27-The g irls con1i11uc their good recor d by winning from Nlt. Clem ens by .p to 2. Feb. 28-Seniors ha,·e a s leigh r ide party to Parmenter fa rm. They tipped over before they left town bul e,·e r yone li,·ccl to enjoy the "cat s ." etc.

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L JTER ARY The first meeting of the Liternry ~ociety was held December 18. 1919. 'l'he program consistec\ of the following: SeYeral selections from the O n:hestra. a piano solo by Katherine Trumbull. the Senior Enterprise. by Elsie Cobb and Dorothy othy Cornell. and " The Fannerette.'' a play giYen by seYen members of the society. January 12th the second meeting- took place a m\ the following officers elected: President. Margeline Parmenter; \'ice P_re_sident. Grover Cook: Treasurer, H arry Brooks; Sergeant-at-arm s. George McKnight and Dayton Eckstein. The fea ture of the t!1ir?.,1!1eeti1!g on February yd. was the debate by our two school teams. on the topic. 1 hat ~_ongress Should .\dopt a System o f U niversal Military Trai11ing for A ll :Male C1t1zens Between the Ages o f 18 and 2s."

At our fourth m eetinf beS.idc~ ~c':~ral good mus ical numbers, iW r. Lee \~' hite gave a very good talk on Jom nahsm. Many more interes ting programs are being planned for the near future and all are sure to enjoy them. Orlou Schlaack

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Decem ber t 2 . a fo r mal cla llce was h e ld in the .-\uclito ri11m 111 honor of the foo tball team . I1witatio n s were exte nde d t o the m em bers o f the Junio r and Senio r l ligh. pa rc nl s o f the foo tha ll tea m. the faculty . the Boa rd o f Educatio n. and several cOltplc o uts ide o f the sc hool e lected by the team. T h e -:-\ u ditorium was , e r y artis tically d eco rmecl. Evergreens sen·ecl a s a 1: cry plea, 111g b ackg roun d. ln the cente r o f th e room fo ur m e n. each with a music.• l in:-t r u rne n t. ,Ycre seated. Som e o ne asked . ·· Lt is to nc·s :·· The a ns wer was . .. , 1 f co u r!: e. "ho e l~e "ou lcl il be?.. i n the f urthe r co rne r o f t he room was a : in~1ll ta ble . a p unc h b o wl a ncl sevc:r,il gi;i,~cs. ~ l rs. S 1rn th . who sen ·ecl t!1e 1~u nclt . was incleed considered the 1110. t :;11pul?r lady o f t he eveni ng. E ,·c 1·yo11c was g reatly disa p pointed whe n the last d a nce was anno unced, llllt e,·cryt hi ng 11ni:--t ha,·c an e nding.

f'OOTB:\l.L B.\ i'\QUET T he Roarcl o f Ed1H:ntio 11 e nt e rt ai ned the m ember. o f the footba ll team with a ba nq u e t ar the Blue Hird T ea Room . . \fte r a ,·e r y plea s ing din1te r. and to a s t;,; bv ~ l r. \ · li et. i\lr. ll a rris. :\Ir. Md3 ricle. l'vlr. C arlcr. '.\•Ir. A lbe r. and Mr. T ootha~·kcr. t he 11.:;i.m was ho n o red w ith a theatre pa rty a t the \\·a~hingto 11.

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'I'he Senio r -Freshma n R crcprio n. the firs t socia l c ,·ent o f the sea son. and a ve r y s u ccess ful o ne . was h e ld in the . \uclito rium 0 11 Friday e vening . O cto ber 10 th. J n v itatio ns w e re ex tended to the pu p ils o f rhe Junio r a nd S enior High School. the Boa rd of Educaiion. and the F acult y. The cla se we re each allo wed to select two couples fro m the town to act as ch a p e rones. The A udito rium " as ve r y t astefully d ecorated by a commitlcc selected L,y the Preside nt of the Sc11io r C lass . The mus ic w as furni sh ed by S t o 11e ·s ( )r ch estra o f D etroit. who we re we ll kno \\·11 by so1nc a nd e nj oyed by all. Punch wac: er vccl during the evening. \\'e s incerely h ope that the cl ass o f ·2 1 will celebrate this e vent with as much e nthus ias m and e njoy m ent as did the class o f ·20.

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O n 1'hursclay , January 22 nd , the Roarcl o f Education entertained the teachers of the Birming ham sch ools a t a b a nquet in the cafete ria of the h igh school. ,\ f1c1· n fo ur-course dinne r. Mr. \"liet called upo n rnrious meml>ers of the Board o f Eduratio n and the facult y for speech es. ~r us ir was furnis hed by the new \·iclro la . Beca u se o f the ge n e ra l good nature o f the tcnchcr s the n ext day. we a re

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suns. S. J ohnson V. Peck J. McKnight V\T. Groves

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The: Ba:--kcLball l,c,-cn c.- dc:~1.:r n· ~p~cia l credit 011 accolllll o f figh t ing- ahi li!y. E\'cry t c :1111 tha t they p la _v cd wa-: muc h h ca\·ie r. Sc\'Cral of the: ~C~' o 11<l t e,1111 m e n were prc::)ln otcd 10 the li r,-t <-quacl \\"hi~·h \\·c.:akcncd the learn towards the end o f the :--c a~o n. The result:; of Lhe games a rc g i\'ell hclow: / lo ly Redeeme r 11 igh School .. . . ..... 23 r\ rntiac Hc:-Cl'\"l!" . . .. . . . . .. . ... . . ... ,x R oyal Oak l~l'.'-(.'l'\·c,; ...... .. .... . .. . 1 :-: l{oval <>ak l~csen·e:; ... .. . . . . . . ... .. .!U

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SUBS. :\I. Greene L. Wright

B. King

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1·'001'13. \U, Th1..· foo1h:ill st:a :-zon o f 1()19 wa~ a ,·er y peculia r o ne IJccau se o f the "npscl, m dope." The :;eason had it s n .:ry bright spols a11cl ils dark o nes. The 1ca111 thar :-tarted the season ,,·as not the one tlrnl fini s hed 0 11 T u rkey l)ay. .£\'ot o rn.: game was lost hy a big score h o wc,·cr. :rnd cYery conte~ t ,Yas a fight. s peaking o f course. in tht: sporting sense. B irmingha m . we bclic,·e. dim!J<:cl o ne :,tcp further t o ward that goal a ll :-.clmols shou ld · eek 10 reach. tltar o f being a fcnred aml ho nored oppo ne nt. The sc:lso11 opc1H:d h ere \\'ith D..:tro it Southeastern early in the Lill. O ur team ce rtainly looked good to l b that clay. \ \iith ,·e ry lit tle g reen mate ria l. it looked as if ,,·c would run u p a ni1..·\.: sc·orc against them, a nd ,,·e certa inl y tlid. \\'he n the final wh is tle blew \\'C had amassed -~7 points t o o ur e nem y's o. The second ga,ne. a t l'ontiac. w,b the big gam e o f the yea r . \\'ith our tea111 a l its ~trongest point. we held P onti ac from ,;coring. ,, liilc our total wm- 9 po i1n.:.. T hese points were secured by a nc:al drop kick and a wonderful 60 y:t rd run. The plaver \\·ho made 1hc.: run ,,·a:- clc11iccl the pri,·ilege o f scori ng. but the next plays too k ii o n .:r the line.

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The n e xt game. \\'ith \\'a ~·ne. \\'Ou ld p roll,1bly ll n,·e been a g reat gam e if an 1111spo r1.sma nlike thing ha cl no t oi:c11rrccl. ln the t-l1 ird q u art e r. because o[ a decis ion of the referee. 1he \\'aync team left the fi<'ld . The d cci,.ion \\'as perfectly ju:-:t as c:,·e11 the ir coa~h admitt ed la ter The co re \\'as 12-7 in nur fa, or \\'hen the whit e fea ther \\'as li1111g t o the bn::eze.

O ur firs t defeat occurred at the h a n d:, o f Yp:;ila nti. ln th1..: firs t a ncl la5t quarte rs they pu$bt:d the ba ll arross. O ur backfi eld \\'as ,, o rki11g fine. h ut th e line clid no t $CCm to be ah!e to h o ld. O ur old e lll:'.111)". Royal ( >ak. took the field nex t agains t us he re. a 11d a battle roy,il \\'a,.; seen by the good s ized crowd. \\· h en the gam e was o , e r n e ithe r s ide had s con.-d. \\'hich promised a good fig-ht fo r ' l'lia11ksii,· i11g Day. The clc\'Cll l ra,·ckd across thc ri, e r the 11cxt week and ,mmag-cd to n ose o ut Lhe \\'i11dsor team . This \\'as a h a r d gam e f rorn a ll aspects. ' l'hc on ly "kick'' the squad hc1cl aga i11:it the i11~tittttio11 was their imtl1ility Lo keep the cro \\'ds back. The \\' incisor suppo rtc:r$ n o wdecl 0 11 the field a nd e \'e n int e rfe r ed with the g::im t:. The referee \\'as g·oocl ancl our tca111 felt that the Canadians were tryi11g to gi \'l! us a square <lea\.

Highland l'ark I l igh. whid, liad turned out a foothall team fo r th1..· first time;. ca m e here nc:--t and t ook \he :-hon enrl of a 3,3-6 battle. They ncitcd their score by a trick play. The ~ame was remarkable for clean and fair play ing all the wa y through. The Birniingl1a111 k;: m \\'Cnt to the tlwi,·ing l.'ity o f r.f o n roe the 11ext we1::k. and. a s one 111et11be r o f the tea m ~aicl, we got a "ra\\' deal" there:. The 1.·oach a n d a ll of the players r,g-rcc: that the o ftici;Ll s were a bsolutely u11fa ir. The pl::iyers o n the 1\ lo11ruc team ~c·emcd to l>e a pretty good c ro wd. but whv the hig-h sch ool hired ::uch olfo: ials \\'l' ca11110L sec. lkfo rc \\'C again meet :\l 011roc we sh:tll ha,·c t o lie assured of better re ferees and time-keeper;;. J lo weYc r. \\'C manag-ccl to beat them by o n e point. '

, Then ca11_1e ' l_'lwnksgi,· ing- l h_v. hut little tha nks h a d Hin11i11gh:u11 to g-i,·e. !·or the firsl tlllll' 111 !hr..:\.' year:: . \\'C \\"ere forced t o fal·c clekat in foo1b:1ll a t tlt1..: hands of our worst c11c111_v. Hut l_ho tt!;h bC'a tc11 as far a~ the s1.·orc w :1:-: 1.·0 11cc rncd. o~'. team. badly s hot by a!>sence~ 111 th,c. hacktield. at leas t t ied Ro yal Oak in tight. \,\ 1th defeat nearly certain, we h eld J he Oaks for do\\'ns o ,·er and over again.

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FOOT B.-\LJ, RESER\.ES The fi'ootba ll l{esen ·cs had a ra the r disast1·o u s season. "'inning only one g ame . that be ing the ir fi rs t. Tlte tea m \\'as \·cr y lig ht: e \·er y team that \\'e played \\'as much hea \· ie r . \\' c think, h o we \·c r, the ir ga1nes dcn::lo ped good footl>all m en fo r the fut ure.

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The l~askclhall season can be te rmed fairly s uccessful. \\"ith but three players rc111<1 i11i11g from 19 19 . \\C s truck auout a _1oo per t.:enr a \·erage. The sea-:on opened J anu a r y 9 th \\"ith I lo ll y he re. Th a t firs t g ame g a\'i.:: promise of what t h e oth e r gam es \\'Ould be. Pontiac carn<.: next. a nd w h ile th ey beat us. it \\ as 110 ' ·\\'a lkaway." O ur m en I ought to pre, c11t c,·cry o ne o f Pontiac's baskets. a11 cl the onl y reason they wo 11 was because L111.:y excelled in 1:h e fi ne r points of t h e game. not becau se we s ho wed any less fight. I n the third gam e . \ Vindso r s lipped us a s urprise. beating- u s 24-1 8 . The \\' i11d;,or team was lig ht and speedy. bu t \\'C were h a 11dic-apped hy the loss o f o ne o f our regul a r players. \\"c next journeyed to Roy a l Oak a 11cl \\"ctllopccl tht\lll , ~-~ in a good gnmc. The re seem ed t o be 11111ch bad feeli ng bct\\"ce11 tlte roote rs: lite t,\·o t eams we n; q u ite fr ic11clly . 0 11 the fo llo\\'in~ week. the Celts of the Detro it Y. !\ I. C . .-\. ca111e to our Gym nasium. o nl y 10 IJC bc,11c11 by se\'eral ba-;ke ts \\' e were ,·cry g la d that t he ,· ict o r y \\'a<; 0 11i·s l;ecau sc the Celts h a d e n joyed a \'Cry s un·ess ful sea son a11cl clai m ed to he a class B team . 'l' hc next g-a111c. w ith :-l o nroe. was a n :gular whirl\\'it1d . \\'e were d deaLc<I. but 011 1\' bv t\\'O b askets . and the result was i11 ver y mnch dou b t umil the fin al \\' h istl c · h1e·w. Royal Oak cam e he re fo r re ,·engc the 11\·emieth o f Februa r y a nd a h ot gam e en s u e d . Th a t nig ht \\'as e ,·en m o re ex c iting th,111 the one th e re. The onl_y trouble w ~11- 1 h a t \\'C h ad t lte \\T0 11g end o f the score. \\ "e n ext \\'Oil a game f ro m F a rmington . 1\ l;1rge 11u111be r of roote rs a c <.'.'0111pa11 ied t he team a nd d id their be t t o help the ir f,wor it e \\'i n. I l o \\'e,·e r. we \\'e re due to w in. a n d we did . T wo ca rloads of Birming ha m s u p po rlcl'S went south lo :\1 on roe the fo llo wi11g week wi th the team . The sam e sort o f game occurred ~•s befo re .

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A ca ll "·as ·o tmcled ea rl\' in No,·ember for CH11dida tes fo r the Girl s' Bas k etball team. :\ g r a n d rus h o f eager co11tes ta11ls fo llo wed. '!'he re was an abundancl.! o f sple ndid m a t e rial fro m which to select. \\' eek a ft er week these candi<iaLes soug ht the d esired ho n o r- a place o n t h e team . After much tho u g ht 0 11 the part o f the coach. a nd a g rea t deal o f h a rd work o n the part of the contest a nts . the team was selected . The firs t g ame played o n the ho m e fl oor. open ed with a g rand fl ouris h and proved a g lo ri ou s ,· ic tory for Birmingha m - the Holly team wa~ defeated- the sco re w as 55 to 8. The second g ame was played in Romeo and the girls, auoul eYenly matched,

had a hard. but s11cccssfttl fight . s hattering R o meo 's rct o rd o f two yea rs o f u11hrokcn victorie-; l>y making fi\' e deciding point s in the last few minutes. 'l'hc score was 25 to 20. January 23nl. the l'Cam started for P lylllOt1th but was d elayed l>y the: l>li uanl 1hat swept across lo\\·cr M id1igan. I lo wc,·e,·. they fin a lly a rri, ed. lla l f a 11 h o ur before the time schechilccl for th e gam e. Ti red. hu11g ry . but unda unted. they showed Plymouth a plucky s pirit. 111;iki11g a score 52 to 13 in fa,·o r o[ Birmingh a lll.

Nt•xt Oxfonl c:unc here.:. They vie wed o ur s pl en d id gy11111a;;iu111 w ith awed sighs 1h~lt forcn1!-1 defea t. The g a m e " ·as o urs a t tile e ncl o f the li r s t q ttal'tc r. The final sco re g9 to 2. Febrnar~1 13th. Birmingham played l\l o nro c h e re. ' !'lie gy11111;1',it1rn ,,·,,~ crowded with intercskd spccrntor,; c hee ring for l>o th sides. ff o ur g-irb ,,·u 11 thi-, game. 1he team hacl a chance to try for the s tale chnmpio n shi p: a 11d Hin n ing h:1111 did win 33 to l J.

The girls \\'Cllt 10 U x ford th e 11ext week :llld we re pleas:,nlly e11 tcrla i11 ccl. The score of the g ame was 40 to 4 in fa,·o r o f Birming ha lll . Then ?-.lt. Clemens was d e feated o n o ur ho m e fl oo r with ,1 sco re o [ 39 to 2 . There was a s plendid attendance and som e fin e, h earty ch ee ring . The girls ha,·e yet be fore the m co ntests with 1\.l 0 11roc. 1-to m co, a n d i\ 1.1. C lc 111East Lans ing. \\'ho he ld 1he s tale cha mpio n ship during 19 19 . has t:hall enged u~ 10 play on the Birmingha m fl oor. F riday . l\ larch 19 . \\'e arc amic ipa ti11g a :-piritecl contest.

The fact that the Board o f Education is b ackin g the girl s and is rcaJ y t o promote their s uccess has grc,1tly a ided them in their"struggles fo r ,·it•Lo ry. \\·c are su re that the work of the team o f 19 20 will l>e an encouragement to future teams in the Birmingham jj igh School.

JUNIOR HIGH BASKETB.\LL The boys 0£ the JunioT High ~chool condncted a Basketball League duri11gthe basketball season. The two leaders represent the ninth grade, the ne:-:t [our the eighth and the trailers the seveuth grade. The boys · played Friday afternoons and good g-ames were played all through the winter. This idea of .Junior High basketball is fine and gi\'es sport lo the younger as well as the o lder boys. The standings of teams through February a re gi\'en below:

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\I a reel Patena ude. \\'hen fi rst ,·is it ing R ussel Berger, \\'aS badly frightened l,ussel's dog. \\'ho g reeted him by jumping 0 11 hi111 and barking \·cry loudly \I a reel begged Russel to ca ll his dog off. \\"hereupon Russel ::aid: .. Don't yoit kno\\' the old proYeru. 'that barking dogs don't bite·:·· " Oh . vcs ... a n \\·c reel P rench v trembling. " You know zc pro\·c rb', and l ·know ze p ro\·crl.i. but ze dog-does he ~know ze J; ro\·erb ?"

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S am 11.: ··).[y head is afire with thoughts of you 1" Pat ience: ··Humph! I thought I smelled \,·ood burn ing:· Norman Pa rks : "\\"hich is the best to say when lea.\'i11g a young lady at night. good e,·ening or good night.·· Boots Smith: '·In your case. good morning."

l'v[iss Schlaack to Caesar class : "Caesa r cnt off the left \\'ing of the enemies' :irmy .' '

1v!ildred Kemp:

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Jack ?vfoo re: ·'\\"hat do you expect to be when you g raduate, Greasy?" iVIerrill Schlaack: ·'Gray headed." Books e,·eryone should read: 1. " Ho"' to Become an O rator"-D. P lumstead. 2. "How to Make Lo\·e··- s. Johnson. 3. "How to Become a Bluffer··- o . Eckstein. 4. ··H o"' to Become a Chcmisf·-c. Cook. 5. "Ho\\' to Gain in \\'eight"-\ ". Peck. F . Groves 6. ·· How to Shoot Baskets··-M. Dutton. 7. "I-low to Tickle the I\"Ories ··-1vr. Berz. S. ,;H o\\' to Ilecome a Dress-makcr··-1-1. Burns 9. '·Ho\\' io Fly""-H. B1·ooks. ✓10. ··J-:l o w 10 Communicate hy \\.ireless··-N. Schlaack · L. Looney

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.·\ ,·en· popular song is just uut: .. \\'ill the Spearmint Keep l ts Flan1r un the Ucdpost O ver Night ?"' l.tcspectfolly dcclicaLed t o \ "creka Porter.

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Ted Hanna: .. I fo1·got mv compass." .\Jr. Field: "Use a dolla r.-·· "Ted H ann;i : .. Lend me 011c. will you . please:·• l\l r. Field: "_I ust a mioute . 1 ·11 find you a co mpass. . \ dispondent lool<it1g character : "] want fifty ccnl:s worth o f l'a rbo lic acid." Russell l\lcCorcv: ''This is a h ardware store. Lut we ha\'c a fin e lin e o f re,·oln:rs. razors and 1:opcs." .\·I iss rsherwood. \\'ishing to su rpri c her f ricnd . \\'c11t into a mus i1.· h o usl.! and said to a you ng man: "H:\\·e you 'Kissed Me uy Moo n light:··· .. No,·· was the reply. "it mus t be the young man over the re because I 'vc o nly been here a week.··

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1lr. John r\ liber was put 011 a boat when he joined the m1,·y. The lirsi m orning the captain gave the order: "Fall in" Joh n not knowing the meaning o f the command fell in the ocean. The next com m and was "Two Deep.'' Then John sa id: ·' \\' h y didn't you tell me was too d eep before J fell in?.'

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And a little F in French. 1\fakes a football player. S it on the bench.

DOKT'S F OR FRESH.MEN Don·t chew gum. Do n·t flunk in your studies. Do n·t s kip classes. Don't go out at night. Don·t talk 111 the halls. Don·t flirt with the young teachers. such as I\l iss Ferguson and Miss Rickard Don·t d-isobey the Seniors. Don't sleep in class: there is a bed in the Hospital Room.

NATURALLY Objects one thinks of as these names are mentioned: :l\1 iss Kingsbury-Algebra. i\fiss Martini-Paints lbolh kinds). 1vliss Loomis-Eats. N. Schlaack-\Vircless. V. Peck or F. Groves Jack Eckstein-Nuts. Miss Schlack taking George McKn ig h t by the collar: lieve Satan has a hold of you .. ,

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Elma Evans will still be looking wise. < Orlou Schlaack will ~till be a b lo nde .

A lde n Evansw ill still be la te fo r school. The wa~te bask et will sti ll be full o f g um. Tom will still be j a nito r. :\Ir. Toothacker will still ha \·e a c ro wd in hi · office. Jack Eckstein ·s ha ir w ill still be red. E lizabeth Schwambeck w ill - till wea r a "k is:--m e-quic-k .. curl. S tuart J ohnson will continue to '•ja zz.. d a ntc. i\l r. \ Vliet will continue to make a n no untcm c nts ill t h e a uditorium. UNTIL Ti m SANn:- O i: T11 1-: D1-:s1-:1n C1ww C or.D.

~lrs. Waterman "This makes four times 1\·e had to punish you this \\'CCk. \ \ ' h a t h a "e vou to say to tha t ?" J o hn Burkman · ·Tm g la d it's Friday. tec1d1er." Margaret Bell to Mike Groves ··r :=ee the ea rth 's popula tio n h as reached t he g rand total o f 1.700.000.000.'' 'l'vlike : ·' ~\11d 1·111 represented in those figm es?" Margaret: ·'Yes. you ·re repre en ted som ewhe r e in those cyph er s.'' Proo f that t he Ea ril1 is ro u nd- If yo u starl f rom o ne p lace you call com right hack to it.

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.i\ I r. F ie ld: .. It ·s no u e. T may a well g ive u p.'· ?l[iss Isherwood " \ Vhat· - t roub ling you n o w ?'' i\f r Field: " \ \Tell. a few yea rs ago l sta r ted on a whim o f mine . I took a h c:l d of cabba!!e a n d c rossed it wit h a w h ite pota to a nd g re w eyes 0 11 it. '!'hen 1 c ro. scd it w ith a co rnsta lk a nd g re w ears 0 11 it. A fter th a t I c rossed it w it h a sq u ash and grew a neck 0 11 it. T h en I c rossed it wit h a cocoanut a nd g re w hair 0 11 it: I.mt hanged if 1 know what to clo to g ro w a nose a n d m o uth on it. V ic to Eddy : ·'That's a da ndy $hirt you' ve g ot." Eddv : ·' Y es.'· \ ·ictor : ''I bet vour m oth e r \Yashes it with care?" Eddy: .. Nope. soap a nd waler :·

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Is it teach e r's b izz ? SOM E ANECDOTES HE ARD I N ENGL ISH XII i\ iss I sherwood: "\Vh at is an a 11ecclo te ?'' Hazen S tephen s : " A sh o rt. fu n ny ta le.'' 1\ifiss Ish e rwo od: " Very good, g ive an exa m p le.'' H a ze n Stephen s : .. l\f y dog has an a necdote.'' 1[

The tende r little Sophics work . T o o-er their lesson s tough : 'l'he Fre~hies s weat. the Jun io r s shirk: The Senio rs? O h. '!'hey bluff!

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'Twas a nice Octoht· r morning. Last September in July; T h e 1110011 lay th ick u pon the ground. T he mud shone in the s ky:

The fl o wers \\·e re sweetly s inging. The birds were in a bloom: \\.hile J we nt down the cellar. To sweep an upsia irs room : The t·ime was Tuesday morning . ( )11 \ \.ednesday. just al night. 1 sa \\· a thousand miles a\\'ay .\ ho use-j us t out o f s ig ht; \\'alls proje\.'.ted backwards. The fron t w:-is round in bad,; It s tood bet w een two others . .-\ncl it was whitewashed b lack.

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If you don ·t feel rightTf you don't s leep nights I f you moa n and s ighIf your th roat is dryIf you can't smoke and chewTf your grub tastes like g-JueTf your heart doesn"t beal1 f you\·e g ot cold feetTf your head·s in awhirlFor the lo,·e of Pete. why don't you Marry The Gi rl ? ST UDENTS' DIC'I'TON ARY Bluff-To cover a deficit of b ra ins b,· an issue of brass. Celebrate-To cut class and parade si reets. Sentout-A cruel attempt to depri,·e the c lass of lhe pleas ure of your company and the benefit of your recitation. English-Our mother tongue: rather seldom used. Faculty-An oreanization to furni sh amusements for students. Flunk-Process by which one becomes a special. Per iod-45 minutes of torture. P ony- Beast of burden used by students \\'ho are weak (mi nded). Recitation-.-\ _g-ame of bluff. Study-( O bsolete). Teacher: "I see rou are read ing the dkt io na ry. Do you find it i11terestin~? .. ~tudent: ·' No-more amus ing than inte1·esting. J t spells words so different from the way I s pell them.'' 1\fr. Field to Wesley Groves ''How ma ny sea~ons are ther e?" Vesley: '"Three. teacher-Football, Basketball and Baseball. ..

Boots: "Say. Sallie. what makes you wear those loud stock ings?" Sallie : ''To keep my feel awake.''

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i\ l iss H a rd y i11 Ci,·ics: "If you could ,·is it the police court o nce 111 a \\'hile. yo u \\'Oll Id get g reat deal out of it.., _l ark Eck~tein: ·'Yes. about thirty clays...

A CLEVER BOY Teacher ( to a sma ll l>oy ): "So you\·e come to school without a pen. eh ? \\' hat would you say if 011e o f o ur soldie rs we11t to Fran<·e \\'itho nt his gun?" To,rnny: .. ('lease. s ir. I. s hould say he was an ofticer ...

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J immy giggled \\'hen the teache r read the sto ry of the Roman who swam across the Til>e r three times before breakfast. "You do not douhl that a trni11ed wimme r could do tha t. do you Jimmy?" Teacl1er demanded "No. ?\ la'am ... a 11S\\'Cred Jimmy . " But I \\'Ondered why he didn' t make it four limes and g1::t bad, o n ! he s ide his clo thes were o n."

NO'I' ACQUi\lNTED 1'f r . Toot hacker: '·You mus t not become clisrouragecl. Remember Ho ratius at lhe bridge." E lma Evans " I don't remember C\'er having me! him. 1 1othcr doesn't a llow m e to go o ut with young men."

MOTHER GOOSE FOR B. H. S. Senio r at his studies tvlaking up lost time, Jun ior· gone a-dri\' ing . A in' t t he 11ight sublime! F reshman deep in sluml>er. Dreaming he's some use, 'Long cam e a Sopho m ore Spanked him like the deuce.

Can you imagine : Miss Schlaack with Gladys Pender·s walk? Mr. V liet riding a bicycle? SamH ays keeping s till? ii.I illon Berz professor of pcnm,rnship; i\ 1iss ls hc rwood s wearing? No :-peed cops in the ha lls ? l\[r. Toothacker playing ma rbles?

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First State Savings Bank

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Deposits $1,300.000.00 P4f&q!iijllWI;)"+......,.,,_.....,....,.

We invite your commercial account. We pay 4 per ce!lt interest on savings accounts. One Dollar opens an account. Safety Deposit Boxes for Rent- $ 1.00 and up. We transact a general banking account.

Our N[ollo: ttS Lrcn gLh, Senri.ce and Courlesy" ,.

First State Savings Bank Birn1ingham, Mic h.

O~"'FICERS THOMAS COilB, Cashier

FR A '.:\ K FO RD, Presid ent

F R,\ N K H AG E IU t AN , \ · icc-l'rcsident

t\ Wl'II U R \JI::CK, Asst. Cashie r

RO BERT P E CK, Asst. Cashier

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The St11dio that gives a gL1arantee with ever y Photograph

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C. V. Holsbeke & Co. 615 W ood ward Avenue

De troit, Mich .

GROUP PHOTOS 1:-.l THIS J\:-.l1'UAL

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Thomas Alger Photographer "\Vant it righ t aw,1y?" "Sure." "All right; he re is t he pl;icc to t11me if your s hoes need repairing ur sh ining, " Specia l attention gi,·cn to Repa ir \Vurk.

Birmingbain Shoe ~hop

STUDIO

No. 623 Washington Street ROY AL OAK. MICH.

121 East .\l:1plc .\ vc. E. C. G A I{ u :--; I-: J.!, Pr,1p rit•t11 r

Phone 250-J

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TO DRESS RIGHT, BUY R IGHT

Men's Furnishings and

Tailoring .,

CHARLES PECK q unrton Block, Mn plc :\venue \\·c:-:l

I31HM ING II Ai\T, ~tl CII.

CLE!\NING, REPJ\IRING and PRESSING

EDUCATION

liJJ~W L1 l',1 I I l,1,1,1

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Why not cdncnte yonl'self to o bl::rin yo u r Hn rdwnre wa nts a t

The Hardw-are House OF

McBride W E CARRY THE

Garland Line of Stoves and Ranges ALL SIZES OF

Perfection Oil Cook Stoves

BIRMINGHAM

Phone 535 I I

The Hard~rare House 01-'

McBride

·•THAT"S ALL" -=

\ Ve .ne 110w j11 n position to sell you

Craig's

SHOES

Grocery and Bakery

fo :· tlic whole fnmily

Pho ne 225

S hoes lllnt an: n 11 lcn thcr , nn(1 that, we s lnnd b:tck o f.

BAK.ED GOODS GROCERIES

Come i11 and loo k them o,·e1· befo re buy ing e lsewhere .

T ry our

Home -Made Bread

Fred L. Young

Successors to

l l l \\"ood ward t\ ,·c.

W. H. UPT EC: RAFF

B IH) ll ~GllA~ l, ~IICH .

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E C0N'0~I Y s ln rts jn buying dcpendnble mc rcha11disc, nlso wl1Nc yo u c,w buy with confide n ce . \\'e are n lwnys plc.1sed lo s how o ur nwrchtrnt1 ise.

Witl1 the s incere belie ( l,hnt our e ffo rts to please

and stttis fy yon througho ut the yc,u- will uc pronounced <lcligh!Jul ly sncccssful , \\"C cxlend n cordi<tl invitation lo h1we yo u inspect. om · complele line of

Dry Goods and Men's Furnishings · I

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Phone 16

BAKER & CO. Cor. Pierce and Maple

Pbon~ 16

The Birmi11ghan1 Hardware L. J. SLUSSER, Proprietor

THE WINCHESTER STORE

Stoves, Paints, Oils and General Hardware SPORTING GOODS

Telephone 200

BJIHTINGH ..-Dl , ?\ ll (;JI.

Fashionable Footwear For Young Ladies ,\ T

LUSCOMBE'S Opp . 1'111,tic Lilm1ry

J>ETJ:OLT, .\l l C lf.

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Birmingham Depart1nent __ .. Store

Liberty G arage

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Exclus ive L\ gcncy for

Wolke Red Cap Batteries

Ga ll Bund Huhbl' t'S \\"a I k-On·i- SI lUl'S (211\'l'll ( l ll:11 i ty ' ' li1>l':Arr0w Col lar · F i11c: k 's O\"C~mlb !) ulc:lit'S5 Tro use r:-: , lt· plwn:-:o n ·..; l ' 11dcnn.',I r ('arle r':-: l ' ndt•r\\·en r I nlc n,·o ,·c•n llo~icry .\ mNi<:a n L:id.r Co 1':-'c ls Bulleric k Patl c r11:-:

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IIETTEI< BATTER Y )

General Repa iring Accessories Overhauling

Woodworlh & Thornton l>.irm ing h:1111 , \ l it:li.

l\'Iorris Levin son, Prop. l·.stahlis h cd 1896

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Service Is Our 1\in1

QU1\LITY

ACCURACY

RIGHT PRICES

Charles J. Shain Prescription Pharn1acist

DRUGS AND GROC E RIES

Pul the Burden of Wash Day

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BLUE BIRD " ' e ' II ~crJM/h· send (his '

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Electric Washing and Wringing Machine To w,ur liumc on ;1ppro ,·a l with (km011 ~trn to r to <lo YOllr nexL week's washing

Huston Hard-ware Co. J 2\J N. Woodm1 r<l ,\ vc.

Plionc I JO

Oal(la11d Realty Co.

Boughner Bros. . \ 11t llori~cd .,.\ genl'.y fo r I lie s~ile o f

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T. D. LY NCH, Ma nager

Vottd Catts Automobile Accessories

Real Estate, Fire, Plate Glass, Supplies and Repairs

Compensation and Burglar

Fordson Tractors

Insurance

Phone 70 U4

...Velvet Brand Ice Cream...

The Palm \

\1. J. PI

GLE, Proprietor

Phone 42Q :'\ E.'\T l>OOR To T HE l'OST O F FI CE

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R a re Fruits . .. Groceries New Location 114 Maple W. THE II OU:. t OF A LL N AT IONS

BILLY'S

Erwin & Smitl1

BIGGEST LITTLE STORE

Soda s lee Cream Drinks l'honr 2Gu

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Cut Rate Cigars, Tobaccos, Candies U5

Cobb's Pharmacy ~~B nreau o f

I n f·or1nat1on . '' .. Phone 35

I 04 S. Woodard

• ASK US: Which is the best kind of candy? \Vhat is the base ball score? Which is the mildest cigar? Where does Mr. Smith live? What is good for a toothache?

Which is the best hotel? What is the latest fad in drinks? When does the next car go south? What kind of stationery would she like? Who will be the next President? E tc., Etc.

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· Peerless Ice Cream ".\11 cn11 11nt m,1kc tho best lee C.:rc:am\\"c will m ake it for you.··

"The Builders' Shop" H ardware, P aints, Glass, Wall Paper, Drape rie s,

Window Shades

Bir1ning-ham C rea111ery and Ice lVIfg. Co.

PAINTING and DECORATING Esi irnalc~ Furnished

Phone :1-IG l3inninl,!h:tm , ~lic: hig.111

H.G.Field Construction Co.

lVIr. ' '' ill Sell CO:\I PLI 1'I EN T ,'

Daines & Bell Furniture and Undertaking Birminghnm, ~Jichignn •

Phone 20

l.d inc rn:1 kc vo u acq 11:1 i II I cd ,~·it h

lVIr. Cash Buyer

Ted Sheridan Real Estate Broker Fo1w Bui LDJNG Plwnc 272

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TUE YPS ILANTI PRESS SCHOOL PUlNTERS

YPSILANTI, MICHIGAN

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TIJJ "JOHNSON GOT THE JOB"

The Assist.int Ccncr:11 ~l:rn,1gcr left :ind Jo hnson got his position ::it $2500.00 a rear. \\"h e n the chance c a111c h e w::is rc:icly. The training he ri;-ccivccl ,ll the D. II. t;. in Cost 1\ cco11nting, S:ilcs Correspondence :ind Office i\l:rn:igcmem fitted him to ta ke right hold u f the wurk.

THE D. B. U. TEACHES nN only S tt• no1!1:tphy :rnd Bookkeeping but what is ,·astly mu rc imr,onant-scnds its gr:td11:1tcs into busi ness so well equipped t hat they gain rapid promo tio n.

D. B. U. COURSES

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Business Administration, S teno~rnphic, Dict:iting :-itachinc, C:1lc11l:itor, Advancl;d Accouming. ,\li;:o Secre1:1n;1l Co11rscs open tv ll igh Sch0ot Graduates only .

DETROIT BUSINESS UNIVERSITY 61 -69 W . Grand River Ave.

Federal Petroleum Company

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OFFICES

Birmingham, Mich. STATIONS

Rochester Holly

lVIilford Ho,;vell

Northville Birminghan1

EAGLE

Gasoline, Kerosene, Lubricating Oils ASK F O R Tl-l l~M AT

B EST GARAGES

"Say It v\Tith Flowers" h; t.here n lender ::;en tinwn t. to be expressed; n message o f sympa thy or of rem('mbrancc to be conn "'yed ; .t day 0 1· n n niversar,· to be remembered; :1ny of these th ings that. arc j u:>I II l1il difficult to f n1me into \\'o rds -Why, Say 1l \\·it h F lowers.

H. P. DOYIN G, Florist

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.. B. F. £R13

J. C. LAWSON Phone 111

Lawso11-Erb Lu1nber Co.

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Lu1n b er, Coal, Builders' Supplies BIR~lINGiIAM, MICH.

Schlaack & Bell Wish to ca.11 your attention to their

QUALITY

SERVICE

l'RIOES

Poultry, Meats and Vegetables IllRMI N(lTTA ~l OU I< t-l U TTO- " SER V IC E "

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.:.Yot1 Know Miller Plumbing·.:. I s i t wo rth while to co ns ider any other'?

V. and K . Electric Country Water System Trane Vapor Heating Systems r

MILLER

Plu111bing and Heating 12:'> F:nst i\Jnple .\,·cnue

Phone 532

BJ R:i l INCHAM

\Ve wi:;li to take Lh is occasio11 to extend onr best wishes fi nd complime nt~ lo the rcnL1crs . together with ihc assur.incc of our gooi..l will.

GRAY'S CLOTHES, Inc. ENT IRE FJFT II F LOOR P1~TER S ~llTH BLDG .

CO R. STAT[ ANU GRISWOLD STREETS )

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BIRJ\'JINGHA~f HIGH SCHOOL 811Ufl N GHAM . M ICH. I N T l-I E

I!' A MODE L SC II OO L

Six-Six plnn. Up-to-date cou rse oJ study . E xr.ellen l teAche rs . En Lhus instic pup ils . Modernlc t u ition f ,H' non -res ident pupils.

You are hwited to inspect th is build ing at nny time and see a modem school in operntio11. THE BOARD OF EDUCATION, CLAR~NCE VLIET, Supt.

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E lec tric '.l\Tas he rs R an g·es, P u 0 1 ps Hca tin g- Appliances Cleaners, Fix tures H ome of the Edison Mazda Lamps

Leonard Electrical Co. Wey hing Bros. Mfg. Co. ··Jcwelrymen of Better Kind" i\l ichigan •s L1rgcst l\lanufacturcrs of

FRATERNITY and CLASS PINS Orticinl Jewclc1-s

for

U)20 Class

237-2.J l Wood wa rd A YClllH' )

3rd Flovr Annis 1-ur Bldg.

DETROIT. :\I )('I I.

103

Investigate Our "Building Service" National Builders' Bureau Come in and talk it over w ith us. cost you a cent

It won't

LUMBER-COAL AND AL L

BUILDERS' SUPPLIES

Melle11-Wright-Moulthorp Co. 1-'11 0NE

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BJHMJNOJI AM, ?\llClflUAN

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Birmingham Bakery BIRMINGHAM, MICH.

COMPARE THE BREAD

from our ovens and your own. Is yours always light, golden crusted and toothsome as ours is. We hardly think so. That is one secret of the popularity of this bakery. Its products are at all times perfect and delicious. There are no d isappointments with our baking.

NOW DON'T FORGET AND PATRONIZE YOUR HOME INDUSTRY

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Bir1ningha111 Bakery and Lunch Room 105

HUDSON

ESSEX

The Birmingl1am Garage ROY D. MONTGOl\iIERY

Everything for the Au to

When You Need

COAL Phone 541

E. R. SMITH, 0R. BHO\\.N ELL AND l•'OHEST HT • . r

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THIS IS OF INTEREST TO YOU

Do you carry a Saving-s Accou n t ? Do you pay your bills by Check? Hav e y ou a Safety Deposit Box? Do you u se Traveler's Ch ecks? A ll these conveniences can. be obtai.uccl al Lhe

FIRST NATIONAL BANI( _,

Birn1ing-han1, lVIich.

OFFICERS: A . W HIT EHEAD, P resident i\1. T . J AR\' IS , Cashier

C H A'.'-;C EY N IXON, \'ic e-Presid e nt C HAS . B. RA N DA LL, Asst. Cashier

DIRECTORS: A. \VHI'rEIIEAD C. ~ IX ON

II E ROER'r

R. EA R LE

J. F. RUNDELL

s . P ORRIT T

EUGE N I•: BROO KS

R o nERT

A . T. L O WES EL~IER C. H USTO S

CHAS. B. RANDALL i\l, T. JARVIS

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