Alma High School - Panther Tales Yearbook (Alma, MI)

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SENIOR EDITORIAL E., the members of the Class of lgl l, having about com- ? pleted our high school career, wish before leaving to ,A I Y., A ' 1 ' 4 in express our gratefulness to those wno have made this ,T Qvp 45 most instructive and enjoyable course possible and also to those merchants who have made possible the publish- ing of this boolc, The Spiderwebf' Our appreciation first extends to our parents and every taxpayer in our school district, who by their votes and generosity have made possible the maintenance of the Alma Public Schools and who have stood behind the School Board in every way, broadening our courses and beautifying our grounds. Alma High School is second to none in the state. It has been on the University list for many years and will remain there as long, at least, as the present School Board has the management of its affairs. Every member of the board is a live citizen and is able to see that progressive- ness is the only policy. People in the vicinity of Alma have come to appreciate the high standing of its schools and have sent their children to them, until at present, although with an enlarged assembly room, many students are forced to sit in other rooms. This growth will make it necessary to have a new High School building in the near future. We are grateful to the School Board for our most worthy superintendent, F. E.. Ellsworth, and the able staff of teachers under him, who realize the fact that they were in school once and try to do the right thing. The pleasant hours which we have spent with our instructors, although at times seemingly long and dull, will never be forgotten by a single member of the Class of l9ll. We do not appear mournful and certainly act far from grieved in the class rooms, but we all regret the time when we cannot meet together with them. Miss Smith and Messrs. Ward and Currier by their able coaching have built up clean and strong athletics and have placed Alma High on the map in that department. The merchants and professional men of Alma deserve our most hearty thanks. They have stood behind athletics and entertainments but they have done more than that for us-they made possible the publishing of this book by paying a liberal price for advertising spaces in the back of the copy. Without this money we could not have made it a financial success and therefore it would never have appeared. Last, but not least, we are grateful to that assemblage lcnown as the Class of l9l2, who for three years have tried to rival us and thereby furnished us with a great deal of amusement. Of course, they will not admit but that they were our equals, but let us simply remind them of basket ball and baseball games between the classes in which we put it all over them, and again when our lone representative, Marjorie Delavan, put five Junior men down to defeat in the oratorical contest. Their social functions were a joke beside those which the Seniors gave, but we are looking for our friends to outdo themselves in the annual Junior banquet. We, the members of the Class of t9lt, appreciate the kindness of those who have made our school life so instructive and enjoyable, and aside from expressing it in words, we will endeavor in the future to do as much for others. A. B. H., 'It.