Philip Roscoe Locke and Elsie Locke
Elsie and Ross went downstate Indiana for their university studies: Elsie to Indiana State Normal School and Ross to Indiana University.
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| Indiana State Normal School |
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| Elsie, on left |
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| Friends at Indiana State |
Ross was encouraged by his uncle Dr. Edgar Locke to pursue medicine. Ross actually started with that in mind, but his love for writing lead to studies and a career in journalism instead.
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| Philip Roscoe Locke |
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Letter to Ross from his uncle, Dr. J. Edgar Locke, written 1911 (100 years ago!)
when Ross was a high school senior |
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| Dr. John Edgar Locke |
Sis Hopkins
This ticket was found in Roscoe Locke's small Shakespeare tome
Merchant of Venice. He might have taken some time from his studies to see a local vaudeville act.
Melville, Rose (1873–1946), actress. Born in Terre Haute, Indiana, she made her debut in 1889 then scored a major success in a touring play called
Zeb, in which she appeared as the hayseed Sis Hopkins. Melville played the part so well that it was elaborated for her, then she developed a vaudeville sketch around the same yokel. In her Broadway appearances, in such musicals as
Little Christopher Columbus (1894) and
By the Sad Sea Waves (1899), Melville invariably portrayed Sis. She played little else until she retired sometime in the 1920s.
