Adel High School - Scarlet and Black Yearbook (Adel, IA)

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Charge of the Light Brigade. By the step, by the step, By the step, onward, Up the clay hill we climb, Climb the five hundred. Forward the High School, Everyone mind the rule, In the great doors Go the Eve hundred. Forward went every grade, Slowly was progress made, Not tho' the kids knew Everyone had blundered. Theirs not to make reply Theirs not to reason why? Theirs but to do or die. On thru the great doors Falter the five hundred. Teachers to right of us, Teachers to left of us, Teachers in front of us, Seems 'most seven hundred. They time us by a bell Never tell us we do well, But we don't care, We're kids from Adel! r We-the Five hundred. ' Handed us books up there, Shut out the sweet. spring air. While we studied and rent our hair All the town wondered. Every day cross they spoke, Every day rules we broke. But it was all fun For us-the five hundred. Teachers to the right of us, Teachers to the left of us. Teachers behind us, We're no more encumbered. We-the kids of Adel, All know we have done well. Let them our praises tell. We-the five hundred. When can our glory fade? O. the good grades we've made! All the teachers wonder'd. That's what the Juniors did. Pride of the five hundred. CELERY

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ing and a host of other social and scholastic successes. The banquet was conceded to be the most successful ever staged in Adel. The next event of importance was the Baccalaureate, held in the Meth- odist church on Sunday evening. May l 7, the sermon, a masterly effort, being delivered by the Rev. Ira T. Hawk, of the Presbyterian church. Upon this occasion the class made its initial appearance in the cap and gown, being the first class in the history of the school to adopt the dress. This speaks volumes for the democracy of the class and the attitude of Professor Lindeman, who was the prime factor in establishing the custom. On the next Friday evening, May 22, occurred the final event of the year, the commencement, at the splendid Adel opera house. The building was filled to capacity. and the interest of the audience typified the spirit of the citizens, who, by their support of the schools, both financially and per- sonally, have made possible great progress in educational lines. After a few preliminaries, Superintendent Lindeman introduced Dr. Arthur McMurray, who delivered an excellent address full of inspirational messages. Dr. McMurray was enthusiastically received and his advice to the class was listened to with intense interest by the audience. A beautiful quartet of voices followed and presented Schumann's Summer Song. The valedictory, a great piece of work, was then given by the honor student of the class, Miss Geneva Wiles. After a delightful vocal duet by Ethel James and Viola Buchanan, the president of the board of education, D. E. Luther, with an appropriate speech, presented each of the class with a diploma, tied in the class colors. With the class song, Waltz and Chorus, from Faust, given in concert, the exercises adjourned. Immediately after the close of the evening's program, a meeting of the newly-graduated class was held and a temporary organization of Adel High School Alumni, with the members of the class as members, and the oflicers of the class as temporary officers of the alumni organization, was formed. Committees were appointed to plan for a general gathering of the alumni and to effect a permanent organization. This meeting, after much expense and labor on the part of the class, was held on the evening of July I4, when a permanent organization of the Alumni of Adel High School was established. A constitution was adopted embodying many of the ideals pre- sented by the class of l9l 4. A committee was appointed to act in co-opera- tion with the school authorities for the advancement of the school. The commencement of l9l4 was a fitting climax to the high school course of the class of l9l4. a commencement that will long stand as the most successful cver held in Adel High School. V. S.'l4

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