Auburn High School - Bulldog Yearbook (Auburn, NE)

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class play given at the Maclay Opera House. It was rendered in a delightful manner and greatly pleased the audience. April the twenty-sixth our class gave the annual Banquet in honor of the departing Senior class. A splendid four course dinner was served, after which they were entertained by music and toasts given by members of both classes and faculty. This year our holiday was one-half day. We went to Howe in a hay rack and spent the afternoon playing ball and looking at things. We soon tired of it however and started home early. We held our final examinations in the court house so the workmen could begin tearing down the old building, for we were to have a new one in which to complete our course. Although school was not started until October the seventh, the new building was not ready, so we began school as Seniors in the spacious apartments of Souder’s hall. These we shared with the Juniors. On re-organizing, we found that Geraldine Bell and Edith Dort had left our class. We were delighted by the entrance of Bertha Wagner. James Allen and Hazel Gerlaw were re elected and Willard Whitmore was chosen as treasurer. The class was represented in all the athletic teams. There were three men on the track team, four on the baseball team and four on the basket ball team. The class of 1914 suffered a crushing defeat from both our base and basket ball team. We stood first in the Interclass meet which gave to us the High School Championship. There was a girl’s basket ball team organized in which the seniors played the leading part. We also had two of our members on the debating squad. The last Monday in April found us in the new buliding. The large rooms, high cuttings and spacious lobbies awed us at first but we soon became used to them. Our feelings toward the new building were hard to analyze. We wanted it and were glad to attend it but our class history was formed in the old building and its place in our affections cannot be replaced by grandeur. But this cannot hinder the great pride we have in being the first class to graduate from the new high school building. Our class flag of lavendar and gold was the first flag to wave from the flagstaff of the new building. This was accomplished by a trick of a few Seniors and we were soon forced to take it down- But the honor was ours and could not be taken away. The annual Senior picnic was taken the twenty-eighth of May. We resolved to visit historic Brownville. The day was happily spent in sight seeing among the ancient ruins and bluff climbing. The Senior class play “At the End of the Rainbow,’’ was given June the tenth. Nearly every member of the class took part. It was a great success for much time had been put on its preparation. Our pride in our class is great for we are not only the first class to graduate from the new building but are the largest graduating class the Auburn schools have ever had. We wish to thank the faculty for the help they have given us and hope that much happiness is in store for them. The Senior class have overcome all obstacles with such decisive victories that we may be sure success is in store for them. —Ester Wood

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Class Iblstorv Our high school career began September sixth, nineteen hundred and nine, when seventy of us, graduates of Antioch and Athens, entered the old high school building as Freshmen. Within a short time we organized our class under the direction of Miss McGrew. Mina Lynch was elected president, Hazel Gerlaw vice president, and Ray Robertson, Secretary and Treasurer. The social events of our first year were few but we spent one very pleasant afternoon with Mr. Dormeus in geographical research among the beautiful mountains surrounding Auburn. Next September found us reorganizing our class under the direction of Miss Hudson. We found that only thity nine had returned to resume their work. For officers we elected James Allen president, Hazel Gerlaw vice president, and Thelma Nichol, secretary and treasurer. There was but one class party. We all enjoyed it however. It was given Hallowe’en night at Woodman Hall. We ranked first in literary work Edith Dort was our class editor and she, Irene Marts, Helen Lorance and Geraldine Bell furnished stories for the high school literature. Athletics received a snare of our attention also Willard Whitmore was on the first team and we had several on the second. Our holiday consisted of one half day, during which we might go where we wished and hunt Botany specimens. But this did not hinder our having a good time. When next we trod the familiar paths to Old Auburn High School we were Juniors. Then we moved from our lower room to one in the second story. Although we moved up but one story our fancy moved us four. Early in the year we re-elected James Allen and Hazel Gerlaw and chose Mina Lynch as treasurer. Our enrollment was thirty. Hazel Walsh, Robert Cooper and Bessie Lawrence having stopped for various reasons. Our Athletic standard was high if not higher than regular eleventh grade standards. There were two men on the basket ball team, three on the basket ball team and three on the track team. W’e also had the honor of having Helen Lorance, one of our members, on the debating team. Never before was the social side of our career so great. Besides parties and sleigh rides, we had two candy feeds, a class play, “The Elopement of Ellen,” and a Minstrel Show. Near the beginning of the year we were entertained at the home of Irene Marts. All had a pleasant time despite the fact that the Senior boys confiscated a great part of our refreshments. The Minstrel Show was a great success and added untold wealth to our treasury- It proved that “negro talk” is not above our rability. Fay Hughes so acted the part that one could fancy themselves on a southern plantation as she sang “Coon, Coon, Coon.” The next social event was the

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Sermon Brforr tlF Class .... .......Choir Rev. John G. Alber Rev. W. A. Albright ........... Choir Rev. George Hylton ....... Lucile Langford .. Rev. J H. Salsbury Commencement program Music —Instrumental Grande Valse Caprice ” Salutory ............................. Solo — “ The Swallows ............... Address .............................. Music— Tarantelle ”.................. Valedictory........................... Presentation of Diplomas “2lt tl)t of ti)t i atnbott)” CASTE Robert Preston, Lawyer ..................................James Allen Douglas Brown, Foot Ball Player...........................Iven Mastin Dick Preston, Bridegroom.........................................Willard Whitmore Stanley Palmer. Butler...............................................Ray Robertson Ted Whitney. Captain Foot Ball Team....................... - Lee Yochum Jack Austin, Secretary ................................Griffen Kelligar Marion Dayton, Preston’s Ward..............................Irene Marts Nellie Preston, Bride.................................... Faye Hughes Louise Ross, A Plotter...................................Helen Sellers Phyllis Lane, A Foot Ball Enthusiast.................... Irene Ferneau Kathleen Knox. Committee Chairman ........................Mary Scofield The Imp, Freshman .................................. Carrie Mellot Emily Elliott, With a Conscience ....................... Gertrude Epler Mrs Brown, Louise’s Mother .............................. Opal Reagan Jane, Literary lady...................................... Mina Lynch Polly Price. Theta Phi.............................. Elizabeth Bousfield Margarie Arnold, Theta Phi..............................Bertha Wagner Marie Swift, Theta Phi....................................Mary Scofield Molly Bruce, Maid .......................................Hazel Gerlaw ...Agnes Kelligar Lee Yochum .... Helen Lorance .....H. W. Caldwell Elizabeth Bousfield .........Irene Marts Music .............................. Invocation......................... Scripture Reading • • • ...... ...... Music ......... ..................... Sermon............................... Vocal Solo— Ave Maria ”.............. Benediction..........................