Alliance High School - Bulldog Yearbook (Alliance, NE)

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1G THE SPUD Seniors Astnt, per Asjn'rrt Hannah Cotant. “Curls and smiles—a dangerous combination.” Debating Team. Latin Club. Demos-then ian. Class Play. Latin Play Classical and Commercial Course. Florence Whaley. “We like her for what she is.” Deinosthenian, High School Basket Ball Team. Senior Basket Ball Team. Normal Training Course. Donald Spencer. “He fishes in a sea of -iris, And often gets a bite.” Football Team, Basket Ball Team. Class Play. Agricultural Course. Katharine Schill. “Thy modesty is a candle to thy merit.” Deinosthenian. Class Play. Normal Training Course. Marian Mote. “The reason firm, the temperate will, Endurance, foresight, strength and skill.” Editor-in-Chief of Spud, Dramatic Representative, President Tennis Club, Deinosthenian. Orchestra. Latin Club. Latin Play. Class Play. Classical Course.

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THE SPUD 15 Seniors Aft Astrn, -jJrr Asprra Ruth Nation. The deed 1 enlend is great, hut what what, as jet, I know not.” Captain Basket Bad Team. Captian SeJiior Team. Deiuosthenian. Senior Athletic Representative. Class ITay. Normal Training Course. Alice Graham. “A clear conscience causeth a shining countenance.” Latin C'Jub. Demoslhenian. Class Play. Normal Training Course. Everett O’Keefe. “ I do not consider girls a necessity. ” German Club. Demost hen ran Secretary-Treasurer. Class Play. Foot-hall Team. Basket Ball Team. Agricultural Course. Eina Bowman. “All the world’s a stage. Latin Club. Latin Hay. Class Hav. Classical Course. Janet Grassman. ■“Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.” President Latin Club. Vice-President C'lass. Treasurer Tennis Club. Subscription Manager Spud. Latin Play. C'lass Play. Demosthenian. Orchestra. Classical Course.

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THE SPUD i May 12. II My 16. May lx. May 21. May 23. May 24. Mav 25. May 26. COMMENCEMENT CALENDAR Senior Class Play, “Condensed Air,” at Opera House. Junior-Senior Banquet at Drake Hotel. Class Day Picnic at Dunlap. Baccalaureate Sermon preached by Dean William Carson Shaw, at Opera House. Senior Recognition Day, at High School Auditorium. Senior Class Day Entertainment, at High School Auditorium. Alumni Banquet at Alliance Hotel. Commencement Exercises at Opera House. BACCALAUREATE SERMON The Baccalaureate Sermon was preached at the Opera House on Sunday evening, May 21st, by Dean William Carson Shaw. The graduates attended in a body, attired in their gray caps and gowns. The sermon was especially good, and the Seniors are grateful to Dean Shaw for the helpful thoughts he gave us in his talk. He especially urged us to cervice for others when we go out into the world after leaving our High School, and told us that selfish aims stain and defile the image of Ood which is in us. COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES The Annual Commencement Exercises of the Alliance High School, for the spring of 1916, were held in the Phelan Opera House, on Friday evening, May 26th. President R. B. Crone of Hasting College addressed the graduating class and their friends, in a talk which was much enjoyed by all present. This event completes the High School career of these twenty-four young people, and at the same time brings them to the threshold of the unknown, the future which now seems bright before them. The best wishes of the Spud, the Faculty, and the Student Body, goes with them in their progress, and may their greatest hopes and desires for success become realities. ALUMNI BANQUET The Alumni Association and the Class of 1916 were entertained at the Annual Alumni Banquet, at the Alliance Hotel, on Thursday evening, May 25th. The event was greatly enjoyed by all present. CLASS DAY PROGRAM The class day program was held in the High School Auditorium on Wednesday evening, May the twenty-fourth. Only the friends to whom the Seniors issued tickets attended this function. The following program was rendered after careful preparation: Piano Solo.. ................................ Edna Bowman Salutary Ruth Nation Class History............ Helen Schott and Marion Grebe Class Poem Marian Mote Class Statistics... Mildred Zurn Piano Duet Dolly White and Katherine Schill Class Will ............... Ralph Smith Class Prophecy............................... Edna Donavan Presentation of Gift Carl Powell Farewell Address............................. Alice Graham Quartet ................................Mildred Campbell, Jenet Grassman, Ruth Nation and Marian Mote. Everyone attending these exercises reported that they had enjoyed a very entertaining evening, and that the Senior class were certainly a credit to their school. As they are fond of saying: “ 1916 never does anything by halves.”