Auburn High School - Bulldog Yearbook (Auburn, NE)

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Cfre Glass of Qtneleen e j cq £ UR names are now appearing in an Auburn High School paper for the very last time as members of the school and so we are just beginning to realize what the school has done for us. It is with a feeling of deep gratitude that we thank the teachers who have so willingly and capably directed us to the top of the A H. S. Ladder. There have been steps too high for some of us to climb without the steady and helpful hands of these teachers and so they stand out in our minds as persons responsible for our achievements. But one especially of the band of teachers do we wish to thank—Miss Zoe Nims, our class adviser. Miss Nims has held this position during her two years’ sojourn in Auburn, the first year by her selection and the second by vote of the class. Miss Nims has displayed helpful and enthusiastic interest and untiring response in our class affairs. She helped us plan the banquet to the Seniors when we were “inexperienced Juniors and coached the Junior class play “At Retreat,’’ and has also put forth a helping hand in the Senior play. But these are only some of the many similar acts upon her part- So, in a few words, Miss Nims has been the center of our class circle in her advisership. This Senior class has had its accomplishments as well as the classes which have gone before them. We have had many able athletes as well as debaters and have entered into all of the school activities with great zeal. In scholarhsip we have stood high in the estimation of the Faculty, with earnest and bright minds. We have also had our share of the joys and pleasure of High School life, even if we did not have our “sneak day” or could not talk in the halls. But on the achievements let us not linger too long, for our deeds will speak for themselves. We, of the class of 1912 are proud to be the last class to graduate from this dear old high school building. We feel that we are worthy of the distinction and our greatest desire is that we may all enter into the duties of life which may confront us with the same faithfulness with which this old building has served its time and be an honor to our Alma Mater.

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 CUll — j iiiinucu Publish ! by the Students of the Auburn High School Price per copy, of this Commencement Number, 50 cents. Being the Fifth or Commencement Number of the year 1912. Entered at the Postoftke at So. Auburn, Nebraska, as second-class matter. EDITORIAL STAFF Verne H. Wright.............................. Hazel Sutton................................. Daisy Clark......................... Literary Mildred Peery........................Class ’12 Mary Boyd............................Class ’i4 Zella Garner.................. Illustrator ’14 Wiley Langford..................... Atheletics Tlieo Hopkins Louis Tyler.... Raymond Connor Paul Keedy... . . • Editor-in-Chief Assistant Editor Social, ’12 Class ’15 Cartoons Jokes MANAGING STAFF Lee O. Smith............................................................... Business Manager Drue Christner.................................................Assistant Business Manager Ralph C. Smith.......... ................... .................. Subscription and Circulation HERALD PRINTING HOUSE, AUBURN, NEBRASKA OW after the faithful service of twenty-six years our old school house gives away to a newer and better structure, and while we rejoice over the prospects of a new school building, still we hate to leave this old one which has served us and our predecessors well. In its halls we have had our social functions, our rallies and have cheered our teams to victory. We can only hope that the new building will serve the classes to come as well as the old building has served us in the past, and that the same class spirit and harmony will prevail in it. The old building was erected in 1886 at the cost of ten thousand dollars. Later the building became too small, so the west wing was built onto it in 1907. No changes have been made in the building since then. The erection of a new High School in the near future was very necessary. The heating of the old building is not sufficient, the lighting is poor and the whole building is unsafe. On May 3rd the old building passes into the hands of the contractor, and soon the new building will be started. It will be one of the best and and most modern buildings in the state. The cost is to be forty thousand dollars- But the erection means more than simply the new building. It means the offering of more courses to the pupils as well as better ones. It marks the point when Auburn High School passes from a weak to a strong institution of learning, and although we are glad to see this change, we regret to let the old High School go from us.