1929 OHS Yearbook

seniors



JOHN N. COLVIN
PRESIDENT
"Nige"

College Preparatory
Football '28, '29; Junior Play, Senior Play, Track Capt. '29; Osawatomian Staff, LaResume' Staff, Cheer Leader '27

"He must be full of work, for none has ever come out."


EARL L. BARRETT
VICE-PRESIDENT
"Farmer"
General Course

Football '26-'29; Football Capt. '27; Class President '28; Osawatomian Staff, La Resume' Staff

"He must have a strong mind; He never strained it with overwork."


BERTHA LAVONNE HOWERTON
SECRETARY
"Bert"
Commercial Course

Glee Club '26-'27; Osawatomian Staff; Basketball; Pep Club President; La Resume' Staff; Dramatics

"I dare not be as funny as I can."

 

WALTER ELLIS BARNES
"Kayo"
Commerciel Course

Hi-Y '26-'29

Case is the enemy of life

HAROLD D. BARNHART
"Barney"
Commercial Course

A wise man worketh diligently.

N. ELIZABETH BEDFORD
"Betty"
General Course

Glee Club '29; Dramatics '29; Pep Club '29; G.R. '27-'29; La Resume' Staff

Proud? Yes, but within the limits of reasonableness.

REATHA MAE BROWN
"Brownie"
Normal Training Course

And the best of me is diligence.

KENNETH B. CARSON
"Budd"
General Course

Glee Club '27-'29; Dramatics '29; Orchestra '26-'29; Hi-Y '28-'29; Quartette '27-'29

What strange thing is man.

FLORENCE I. CHAMBERLIN
"Flo"
Commercial Course

Not stepping o'er the border of modesty.

WILLIAM McDONALD CHEATHAM
"Bill"
General Course

Hi-Y '26-'29; Hi-Y Cabinet '29; National Honor Society '29

No question is ever settled until it is settled right.

HILDA JANE COKER
"Trixie"
Commercial Course

G.R. '27-'29; G.R. Cabinet '28-;29; Secretary-Treasurer, Pep Club '29

Her voice was ever soft, gentle and low, an excellent thing in woman.

L. G. CRAGG
"Craggie"
General Course

Glee Club '26-'28; Dramatics '29; Track '27-'29

Let thine occupations be few, and thou wouldst live a tranquil life.

FREDERICK S. DEVER
"Steve"
General Course

Football '28-'29; Junior Play; Senior Play; Orchestra '27-'29; Track '28-'29; Class Treas. '27; Glee Club '27; Osawatomiam Staff; La Resume' Staff; National Honorary Society '29

Good will is the mightiest practical force in the world.

WAYNE W. FAIRCHILD
"Doc"
College Preparatory

Hi-Y '27-'29; Orchestra '26-'29; Glee Club '27-'28; Senior Play

And what if he is small in stature; So was Napoleon.

JAMES T. FOWLER
"Jim"
College Preparatory

Glee Club '26-'29; Quartette '27-'29; Dramatics '29; Osawatomian Staff; La Resume' Staff; Junior Play; Senior Play; Hi-Y '26-'29; Hi-Y Cabinet '29; Orchestra; National Honorary Society '28

He hears, but he says not much, But thinks all the more

MARVIN L. HAHN
"Marv"
Commercial Course

I like the plain wall o' common sense.

RUBY E. HANCE
"Rubby"
Commercial Course

Glee Club '26-'29; Mixed Chorus

Strew gladness on the path of men; You may not pass this way again.

KATHRYN M. HAVENS
"Caber"
Commercial Course

G.R. '27-'29; Dramatics '29; Osawatomian Staff, La Resume' Staff; Pep Club '29

Princess of courtesy, proud and strong.

VELMA MAE HEARN
"Flip"
Commercial Course

Basketball '26-'29; Pep Club '29

There's nothing half so sweet as love's young dreams.

JESSIE JOHNSON COWDEN
"Jess"
General Course

Freeman, Mo H.S. '26-'27; G.R. '28; Osawatomian Staff

A fair face is a silent recommendation.

AGNES JONES
"Aggie"
Commercial Course

Glee Club '26; Pep Club '29

Oh my! How she likes her gum.

RAY ELTON JONES
"Cap"
General Course

Dramatics '29; Track '28; Hi-Y '29; Hi-Y Play '29

I had a tho't, but I forgot it.

LE BERYL LOUGH
"Bab"
General Course

Decatur, Ark H.S. '26-'27; Senior Play; Glee Club '28-'29; Dramatics '28; Class President '27; Pep Club '28-'29

She speaks and acts just as she ought.

VIRGINIA BELLE McCLINTOCK
"Mac"
General Course

Glee Club '26-'29; Basketball '26-'29; Dramatics '29; G.R. '26-'29; Pep Club Officer '29; Quartette '29

Curly hair, shining eyes; We'll all agree that she's a prize.

IRVIN E. MILLER
"Dick"
General Course

Glee Club '28-'29; Orchestra '26-'29; Track '28; Quartette '28

A friend to all, tried and true.

JAMES A. MONROE
"Jim"
College Preparatory

And he too, may rule a nation.

RICHARD GERALD MURDOCK
"Dude"
General Course

Track '28

Never worry, it doesn't pay.

NELLIE JANE PETERSON
"Nells Bells"
Commercial Course

Basketball '29; Pep Club '29

Dare to be true; Nothing can need a lie; No fault which needs it most grows by two thereby.

FLORENCE E. RILEY
"Lizzie"
College Preparatory

Glee Club '26-'28; Pres. Dramatic Club '29; Asst. Ed. Osawatomian; Quartette '28; Junior Play; Senior Play; Pep Club '29; Sextette '28; Mixed Chorus '28; Scholastic Contest '26-'27; National Honorary Society '28

Pretty to walk with, witty to talk with; And pleasant too, to think on.

LEONA AGNES RUSKIN
"Gagster"
College Preparatory

Scholastic Contest '26-'29; Glee Club '26; G.R., '26-'29; G.R., Cabinet '29; Orchestra '26-'29

By her grades, ye shall know her.

EDWARD F. RYAN
"Ed"
Commercial Course

La Resume' Staff; Osawatomian Staff; Footgall; Junior Play; Senior Play

Now that's worth looking into.

MARIE GERTRUDE STERBENZ
"Billy"
Commercial Course

Ursuline Academy '26-'28; Senior Play; Pep Club '29; Glee Club '26

Of stature small, demeanor staid; She surely is a winsome maid.

ELEANOR A. THOMS
"Peggy"
Commercial Course

Dramatics '28

As modest as a violet.

LLOYD B. TROUT
"Carp"
General Course

Basketball '29; Track '26; Basketball '29

A great devotee of the gospel of "getting by".

DOROTHY E. TUTTLE
"Dot"
Commercial Course

G.R. Vice-President '28-'29; Junior Play, Senior Play, Pep Club '29; Dramatics '28-'29; Osawatomian Staff; La Resume' Staff

Humility, that low sweet root, From which all heavenly virtues shoot.

MARYEMA VOSHALL
"Bill"
College Preparatory

Glee Club '26-'29; Dramatics '29; Pep Club Cheer Leader '29; Edi|tor Osawatomian, Asst. Editor La Resume'; Scholastic Contest '26-'27-'29; Junior Play; Senior Play; National Honorary Society

O woman, thou art fashioned to beguile.

MABLE LOUISE WHITLA
"Lou"
College Preparatory

Glee Club '26-'29; Pep Club '29; Scholastic Contest '26-'27

Untwisting all the chains, that tie the hidden soul of harmony.

SEWELL F. WHITNEY
"Perk"
Industrial Course

Glee Club '26-'29; Operetta '28-'29; Hi-Y '26; Dramatics '28; Track '27; Osawatomian Staff; La Resume' Staff; Junior Play; Senior Play

Can't he orate and debate, It seems decreed by fate. "Perk" is some day to be great.

IRMA WANDA WRIGHT
"Chubby"
General Course

Scholastic Contest '27; Dramatics '28

A smile is the same in any language.

LELAND V. YOUNG
"Skinny"
General Course

Dramatics '29; Glee Club '26 Osawatomiam Staff; La Resume' Staff; Basketball '27-;29

Eagerly pursuing the imaginary joys.

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