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| Senior Class Prophecy (Continued) After wishing Elaine good luck I decided to go to Paris and boarded a giant airship for that city the next morning. Before the huge bird-like vessel was well under way I noticed a man in uniform staring at me curiously and soon he came and spoke to me, introducing himself as Dr. Walter Besore, the ship's doctor. The trip to Paris was short, but we had time to listen to a radio program in which we were surprised to hear that our old star forward in basketball, Sam Braden, was running for President of the United States and in his speech to the radio audience he was very boastful in his assurances that he could improve conditions all over the world if people would only give him a chance. In Paris I stopped at the Paradise hotel and soon found out that the owner was Miss Ruby Casson, my old chum in school. She had inherited a fortune from an aunt and had come to Paris where she and bought this hotel. It was a model of comfort and beauty and certainly was worthy of the name "Paradise." One of the peculiar things I noticed about Paris was that therre were as many Americans and French living in the city. I did not realize what this might mean until I decided to go to church. I was told that there was a good American church a block from the hotel. Imagine my surprise when I discovered the minister to be our own "Shockey" Babbitt. I was so astonished you could have knocked me over with a feather, He had decided shortly after his graduation from high school that he wanted to be something worth while and had decided that the host of Americans seeking divorces in Paris needed spiritual guidance about as bad as any savages in Africa and so had become a sort of missionary to them. He told me that Maxine was taking part in the finals of the contest to decide who was the world's champion elocutionist that evening. The prize was a fortune in money and world-wide fame. I heard later that she won easily. |
Friday, October 31, 2014
1926 Macedonia High School Memory Book page 9
1926 Macedonia High School Memory Book page 8
Senior Class History (Continued)
The Sophomore year seemed unlucky as we lost so many of our members, including Jewel Rash, Lyle Houser, Lynn Galloway, Dewey Purdue and Verne Bisbee, but Gerald Babbitt joined us. There was not only a big change in the class, but also a great change in the Faculty. Mr. Frink took Mr. Alspaugh's place, Miss Carrie E. Wickoff became principal and Mr. Vincent P. Mercer took Mr. Molton's place.
Bertha Swarens dropped out during the Junior year, but Roland Jones made up for the loss in numbers. The only change in the Faulty was that Mr. Cox replaced Mr. Frink as Superintendent.
This year, our last and most important one we were again deserted by several of our members. Our class dwindled down to only ten with the loss of Lawrence Babbitt, Ward Scott, Norris Pilling and Roland Jones. Matrimony claimed our former sponsor Mrs. Ruby McCready, nee Ellerman, and she was replaced by Miss Margaret Whistler, but according to custom, the Superintendent Mr. Cox became our advisor for the year before we take the final plunge into "life's school." A new coach in the person of Mr. Ray C. Fall has helped us to get a new conception of the game of basketball and all 'round goodfellowship.
SENIOR CLASS PROPHECY
Twenty years from Now. 1946 ? ?
On a beautiful day in early autumn, 1946, I decided to take a trip to wear off an attack of the summer blues. Starting East, I stopped at a friend's house in New York City for a fortnight. We attended a vaudeville show one evening and to my astonishment, who was the leading dancer but Elaine Babbitt, known as "Joe" back in our high school days. She seemed to have a wonderful position and was happy in her work.
1926 Macedonia High Shcool Memory Book page 7
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| Senior Class History |
The original members of the class of 1926 started to school in 1913. Walter Besore and Stanley Dye are the only ones who started in the first grade together and have gone through. Their first teacher was Miss Edna Patton . Fern Hooker joined us in the second grade and Miss Pierce was the teacher. In the third year Fern moved to Wymore, Nebraska, leaving the boys with their teacher, Miss Elsie Riggle. The fifth grade teacher was Miss Miles.
When the boys reached the sixth grade the school was consolidated and on account of lack of room that grade was moved to the Methodist Church until the mew high school building was completed. Miss Heft was the teacher this year.
In the seventh grade everything went fine, the boys were under the direction of Miss Alexander. Sam Braden joined them and Miss Lisher was the teacher.
When these three jolly boys stepped into the eighth grade they helped organize the new Junior High. The following pupils were the first graduates from the Junior High School:- Walter Besore, Sam Braden, Stanley Dye, Lawrence Babbitt, Floyd Carroll, Ivo Deakins, Lynn Galloway, Freava Nicholson, Norris Pilling, Virgie Stone, Ward Scott and Jewel Rash.
When this large class assembled as freshmen in high school four of their grade school comrades were not with them. These were;- Floyd Carroll, Ivo Deakins, Freava Nicholson and Virgie Stone; but Maxine Casson, Marie Carley, Elaine Babbitt, Fern Hooker, Ruby Casson, Pearle Metcalfe, Cecil Booten, Dewey Purdue, Verne Bisbee, Lyle Houser and Florence Parker joined them, making this the largest freshman class M. H. S. had ever known.
The high school faculty this year (1922-1923) was made up of Supt. A. B. Alspaugh; Prin. Luella Dye, Ruby Ellerman and Clyde Melton.
1926 Macedonia High School Memory Book page 6
PEARLE PAULINE METCALFE
Basketball '24, '26. Band '25, '26.
"She's more serious than she looks."
Our only blonde, with blue eyes.
GEORGE GERALD BABBITT
Captain Jerome in the "Gypsy Rover." "Smile awhile."
He uses most of his smiles plumb foolishly.
Dramatics is his failing.
RUBY GRACE CASSON
Pres. Literary Society '26.
"Always present"
She is very strong minded and should be a suffragette, but probably won't
WALTER ROLAND BESORE
Class President '26. Band '25, '26.
Basketball '25. Baseball
"Always blowing--the saxophone."
He's plumb daffy over a girl.
ELAINE JUANITA BABBITT
Camp Fire '26. Basketball '24, '25.
"Small, but mighty."
"Joe" has worked hard to become a professional Charleston dancer.
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1926 Macedonia High School Memory Book page 5
FERN GENEVIEVE HOOKER
Class V-pres, '25, Pres. '22, Pres. Lit. '23. Sec. Camp Fire '26,
V-pres. Glee Cl. '22
"Let me call you sweetheart." She is a heart breaker, but Don doesn't think so.
CHARLES STANLEY DYE
V-pres. '26, '24, Sec. '22. Basket Ball, '23, '24, '25, '26. Base Ball '24, '25.
"Beauty is only skin deep." He has a winning way as dancer or hopp artist.
FERN MAXINE CASSON
Humerous Declam. Winner '25, '26 "I love you but one."
"Brown eyes, why are you blue?" She dyed an old maid.
SAMUEL COLUMBUS BRADEN
Basketball '23, '24, '25, '26. Baseball.
"Oh, I wish that I had someone to love."
That bunch of golden hair should win.
GAIL MARIE CARLEY
Class sec. '26. Pres. Camp Fire '26. Basketball '24, '25, '26.
"She has two eyes so soft and brown.
She gives a side glance and looks down.
Take Care!"
1926 Macedonia High School Memory Book page 4
Board of Education
N. L. Hobson, President
Carl Jones, Secretary George C. Free, Treasurer
A.C. Lewis Val Plumb R. D. Cramlet W. J. Alston
HIGH SCHOOL COURSE OF STUDY
Freshman Juniors
English General science English Literature Latin
Algebra General Training or American History and Gov't
Home Economics Biology
Sophomores Seniors
English General History American Literature
Geometry Agriculture Sociology and Economics
Latin Physics
Some of these courses are given alternately so that Juniors and Seniors have two classes a day together. This year during the second semester the choice of the following has been given:- Girls - Advanced Home Economics; Boys - Animal Husbandry or Algebra.
Macedonia High School does not pretend to be a Normal Training School but with the sollikd foundation for straight thinking built up in pursuing the above course of study, supplemented with the required twelve weeks normal training work in summer school, many of the graduates have done excellent work as teachers in the schools of the surrounding community.
About one third of the pupils in the high school are tuition pupils from outside the consolidated district.
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Saturday, February 4, 2012
1926 Macedonia High School Memory Book page 3 Faculty
Howard T. Cox, A. B.
Superintendent, Physics, History, Band, Boy's Glee Club
"Doesn't know when he's licked"
Carrie E. Wickoff, A.B.
H.S. Principal, English, Latin, Literary Society.
" Oh, that smile!"
Margaret Marie Whistler, B.S.
Home Economics, Mathematics, Literature, Camp Fire Girls
"We'll never forgot that Pop."
Ray C. Fall, Ames 2 years
Manual Training, Agriculture, Science, Basketball Coach, Radio Club.
"We all love that smiling face."
Mrs. Merle W. Fitzgerald
Music, Girl's Glee Club, Operettas
"Always mean business."
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