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FacultyMiss Georgie Mitchusson - - - - - EnglishMiss Clara Friedley - - - - - History Miss Helen Cauble - - - - - French Miss Vinnie Denny - - - - - Mathematics Mr. Jasper P. Scott - - - - - Science Miss Florence Talburt - - - - - Latin Miss Frances Durrenberger - - - - - Botany Miss Ethel Ellis - - - - - Art Miss Esther Carlos - - - - - Commercial Mr. Forrest Ragsdale - - - - - Mathematics Miss Cora Small - - - - - Music Miss Mary Lodge - - - - - Latin Miss Mary Williams - - - - - Sewing Miss Ilene Mitchell - - - - - Physical Training Mr. Everett Vanwinkle - - - - - Manual Training Miss Maurine Lappin - - - - - Cooking Miss Fern Fields - - - - - English |
"The Pioneer"
Organization
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Allen, Catherine
Armstrong, Leland Bailey, Harlan Bauer, Anna Callahan, Fred Child, Ruby Clampitt, Dora Collins, Pearl Cook, John Corps, Hubert Crowe, Stanley Daggy, Harold Dausch, Hedwig Dillman, Ethel Donovan, Richard Fines, Joseph Fitzgibbon, Virginia Flynn, George Gernhardt, Henry Gunn, Helen Hatfield, Howard Hawkins, Carl Hitchcock, Samuel Hudson, Inez Lanz, Mary Laughlin, Harold Maddox, Hazel Malott, Edith |
McDowell, Osie
Mercier, Frances Miller, Esther Miller, Sally Mitchell, Nellie Mitchell, Thelma Ody, Luther Owens, George Potter, John Quackenbush, Eulalia Quackenbush, Ruth Radcliffe, Maurice Ramage, La Verne Reath, Marguerite Robertson, Winfred Schmidt, Christina Scoggan, William Seletz, Jeanette Stalker, John Stephenson, Fay Still, Emma Stipp, Myra Toole, Manley Voyles, William Waddell, Greeta Wallner, Charles Wilking, Clyde |
History of the Class of 1920
In February, 1916, forty-two lads and lassies entered the doors of Bedford High School. In the fall, they were followed by seventy-seven more, who complete the Freshmen group. Everyone marveled at the ability and the courage displayed by these students, for they did not wait until they became upper-classmen, but immediately joined the organizations in which they were most interested.
During the first year, the angel of death entered our class and took one of its most eminent members, Helen Clare Hendricks; although she is gone, the memory of her sweet and lovable character will linger always.
The first year having passed quickly, we became Sophmores. Displaying the same spirit that had made us famous as Freshmen, we produced leaders in the Debating and the Glee Clubs. We were participants in every movement for a "bigger and better B.H.S." It was admitted throughout the school that never before had so fine a spirit been evidenced by lower classmen.
As it is the ambition of every student to become a Junior, in the fall of '18 we felt very proud. We organized earlier than had been the custom of most classes, with Stanley Crowe as president; Nellie Mitchell, vice president; Samuel Hitchcock, secretary and LaVerne Ramage, treasurer. We chose pink rose as our flower, but later we decided to use the school colors, red and white for decoration.
We began our entertainment of the Seniors with an old fashioned fair, which was followed by a wiener roast and later a banquet.
During our Junior year, a great honor came to us, as one of our members, Jeanette Seletz, tied for first place in the State Discussion Contest.
Now we have reached the pinnacle of learning in B. H. S., for we are in our Senior year, the happiest yet the saddest of all.
On Monday, September 23d, we organized by electing Fred Callahan, a World War Veteran, as president; Maurice Radcliffe, vice-president; Nellie Mitchell, secretary and Sallie Miller, treasurer. Since that organization, countless numbers of honors have been brought to B. H. S. by members of this class. Three of the boys were on the team that won the sectional, went to state, defeated Lebanon and Gary and were downed only by the State Champions. Although as far as the score is concerned, we did not win the state, but we gained something even finer, for Harold Laughlin was awarded the Gimble prize for best sportmanship and mental attitude of any player on the floor. From a thousand men Stanley Crowe was chosen as the best floor guard in the state.
Jeanette is to represent us again in Discussion contest, and she will, we feel confident, repeat her success of last year.
A number of our group have sought other fields of endeavor, for out of the one hundred nineteen, who entered high school, there are only fifty six remaining. Probably a more remarkable fact is that Inez Hudson, Catherine Allen, Nellie Mitchell, Howard Hatfield, and Helen Gunn are the only five who started in the primary twelve years ago.
After a few short weeks we shall be seen no more in B. H. S. We are going out into the world to meet problems of even greater stress, always keeping in mind the lessons we have learned in Bedford High School, and that significant motto, "Vincit qui se vincit."
Helen E. Gunn