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Thursday evening, the Senior class was pleasantly entertained at the home of Leo French at a banquet and party in celebration of St. Patrick's Day. Mr. and Mrs. Gosner (sic, should be Cosner), Miss Winslow and Mr. Peasley were chaperones, and Mr. and Mrs. Gilmore from near Beaconsfield were out of town guests. All but two of the Seniors were present. The guests arrived at seven o'clock and found the home prettily decorated in green and white. Music was furnished by the Pathe until eight o'clock, dinner being served at that time. Dorothy Treichler, Madge McCullough, and Oma French acted as waitresses, carrying out the color scheme of the evening by wearing white middy suits with green ties, white oxfords with green laces and a hand of green ribbon around their heads. Each guest found his place at the table by their place cards which were drawn by Mrs. Raymond Teale of Mount Ayr.

A few members of the faculty had great ease in finding their places as their place cards gave a very true to life representation of them. The three course dinner was well prepared and served and from the comments heard on all sides, it was very satisfactory to everyone. There is at least one member of the Seniors who advocates the conservation of water as was proven when the finger bowl was used. Some think that it was economy but I have a different opinion - I think that he had forgotten from past experience the number of fingers to use on this particular occasion.

After dinner, several amusing games were played and prizes awarded to the winners. The first game played was Questions and Answers. One of the members of the faculty, when asked what the Irish were fighting for, had very good intentions and sufficient knowledge of current events, but, alas, his tongue worked the wrong way. He fully intended to answer "Home Rule" but before he realized the fact, his contrary tongue had said, "Home Brew." Dick gave the correct answers to the greatest number if questions and was awarded a "brand new green stovepipe hat" as [a] prize. Mr. Peasley and Ferne [Higday] won the prize for giving the best two minute talks on something green. Much credit is due Mr. Peasley on this subject as he was serving as a substitute and had to act on short notice. However, his talk proved him well versed in the art of pickle making. The next thing on the program was a spelling contest in which the words had to be spelled backwards. It was probably the greatest mental work that we had done for some time. Everyone was soon spelled down except Miss Winslow and Jack. However, in the end Miss Winslow had to succumb to the great entellectual (sic) of Mr. Bales. Of course it is understood that Miss Winslow can spell any thing but this time she just misunderstood her prompter.

Some very startling information was received when we were asked to describe our partners. For instance, we found that "Fat" [Leo] French would be very good looking if he were not so tall and slender; that he may retire from his position as Editor in Chief of the "K. H. S. Booster" on full salary after ten years service; that Jamie [Meadows] is very flirtatious; that three fourths of Lucille's face is devoted to "nose; and Ferne [Higday] has very dark blue hair and is ten feet and six inches tall. The last game played was "Going to Rose" which was won by Vera [Lutz].

The guests reluctantly departed to their homes at midnight declaring Mrs. Byers an excellent entertainer and wishing that St. Patrick had several birthdays every year.

P.S. - Ferne still says that Mrs. Byers makes the best cake that she had ever tasted.

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With the basket ball season over, the boys are turning their attention towards the track meet, which will be held at Mt. Ayr May 7th, providing that no school is out at that time, in which case it will be held the last Friday in April. The practice thus far has been mostly in pole vaulting and shot. Two of the boys are vaulting around eight and nine feet, while the shot has been going about thirty-eight to nine feet. Practice in running will start as soon as the roads are fit. Carroll Jackson is expected to star in the coming events, having had previous experience along this line.

Although not infringing on any copyright, Prof. [Harvey Lewis] Cosner* has made himself a regular talking machine that rivals the best of makes. The case is a full-sized cabinet made of black walnut and the Professor has a finish on it that shows up well with any of the factory made machines that we have seen. The works, which includes motor, horn, playing arm, disc, etc., was purchased by Mr. Gosner (sic) from the factory, but the installing of these and the timing of the machine was all done by the Professor and it is now complete and playing all records with all the perfection of tone that you get from the best factory made machines. - Ex.

The program given by the Freshman Tuesday, March 2, was excellent, as is everything that the Freshman do. The first thing on the program was a reading by Leila Andrews, which was followed by a piano duet by the Swiggart twins [Donna and Dora]. The exercises closed with a song by the entire class.

  

  

* Transcriber's Note: Harvey Lewis Cosner, son of Louis and Emma Hester Cosner, was born in 1879, Union County, Iowa. He married Ethel Berteena Gordon in Milo, Iowa, on August 2, 1910. Ethel, the second child of Jasper Newton Delbert and Lucille Alice "Lou" (Huss) Gordon, was born in Winterset, Iowa, on October 8, 1887, and died on April 16, 1963, Grundy Center, Iowa. A veteran of World War I, Professor Cosner died in 1938, Grundy Center, Iowa. Professor and Mrs. Cosner were interred at Conrad Cemetery, Conrad, Iowa.

Courtesy of GV/Foland School Museum, Kellerton IA

Selected items transcribed by Sharon R. Becker, May of 2014