Billings Senior High School - Kyote Yearbook (Billings, MT)

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THE KYOTE 22 prepared Etta's experience as chairman of the chicken pie dinner committee has served well for her chosen profession. The next scene is a picture of a school room where we see Ellen Farrell as leading lady. She looks even more stern than ever as she rilled her pupils with an iron sway, never one daring to look sidewise. In this one we see a carriage drawn by handsome horses coining down a beautiful avenue and as it stops in front of a large house Grace Awe, the lady of ’08, steps out to make a call on another member of our class, Hazel Hankins, who is now the wife of a wealthy automobile manufacturer. Now the scene changes and instead of the continual drumming on the piano, a very sweet faced young lady appears on the stage and sings. Her voice is rich and sweet and shows the result of cultivation and study. I soon recognized her as no other than Marguerite ileox, the only member of the class of '08 possessed of musical ability. The next picture represents a large room in a hospital and from the number of palms we see scattering their shade everywhere we will imagine it to be somewhere in the tropics. At the bedside of one of the patients sits our friend Flossie Parkinson, ever as gentle and kind as when in Hillings High School hut in her own way accomplishing more than others. In the next picture we see a very energetic young man knocking at the door of a formidable looking house. As the housewife opens the door he in- troduces himself as Mr. W. W. McKenzie, agent for the uImproved Twentieth Century Stereoscope,” a wonderful device for amusing the children. He shows all his pictures and uses all of his argumentative ability, to no avail, which he gained in the Billings High School, for the lady soon closes the door in his face and Will seeks the next victim. Last but far from 1 icing least this picture shows the engine room of the Hillings Electrical Works on the banks of the Yellowstone, where George Hub- hard, clad in grimy clothes and with a huge oil can in his hand, is running the engines which supply the now united cities of Billings and Toluca with light, lie seems the same as ever, just as eager to explain and show off his knowledge as he was in the old days of Hillings High School. This closed the evening's entertainment and most enjoyable it had been to me who had scarcely heard of the class of '08 since we graduated, and as I left I could wish nothing but success and happiness to the memliers of the class of 1008 of the Hillings High School. —Helene O’Don sell, ’08. ---H---- TOMAHAWK TALK Let no one fear. I mean no harm. This tomahawk is not to be put to any bloody use. Its appearance means that a custom is to be established in the Hill- ings High similar to that now in existence in many other schools in this country. The Senior class today will present to the Juniors, with much sage advice, this emblem which they, in turn, will give to the class following them and so on down for years to come. A tomahawk is most suitable for such a purpose in this western country,

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the kyote 21 Then farewell to all we are leaving, Farewell ye small Freshies so green, Farewell, oh, ye yet verdant Sophies— Tis hard to distinguish between— You too must we leave, mighty Juniors, With all of your 'isms and airs, With your big heads so crammed full of learning, And your shoulders so weighted with cares. Tis the beginning of the end, Alma Mater, Hut the ties we’ve here formed shall hold fast, The bonds time and change cannot sever, Which shall hold ’gainst all strains till the last, The parting brings pain, hut forever You shall live in our hearts as today, Though we leave you, our own Alma Mater, We shall love you forever and aye. Ellen Farrell ’08. ---£3--- GLASS PROPHECY It had been many long years since the class of '08 left the Billings High School and often I had wondered what changes had taken place and what had become of the members of that brilliant and exceptional class. One night, in order to rest mv weary brain from a hard day’s work as lecturer in a High School in Chicago, I hastened to a little place of amusement where I saw moving pictures which reminded me of the Friday nights we used to spend in Billings that last year f was there. On that night the subject of tlie film was, “Just Any Old Thing.” After 1 lnul seen the pictures I went to the manager and asked to buy the film. He was very obdurate and said, “No,” that it was his best film and he would not part with it, but I lagged and pleaded and finally he sold it to me on condition that I would show it in different places and advertise his business. The first picture was a school campus and as I looked at it, though it seemed familiar, I could not place it. Finally, however, 1 recognized it as the home of the Billings High School, but wonderfully changed. There it is. a huge stone building occupying a whole block of ground and surrounded by beautiful trees. The building is in the Gothic style of architecture with entrances on all sides. Altogether I thought “How much more inspiring it must Im? for the pupils toiling there now than it was for the classes of ‘08 and ‘Of).” The next picture is the football team out at the Country Club. The players are not that wonderful team of ‘08, hut a much smaller squad of boys ami coaching them in tones of authority is Kay Van Ilouten, our mighty full- back of ’08. The next scene is a picture of a school room where we see Ellen Farrell as High School and soon Etta Mae as head of the Domestic Science department appeared in cap and apron to oversee the serving of lunch which the girls have

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THE K Y O T E 23 (lie homo of the ml man. Its keen edge does not mean that when we leave the llijjh School we sever all ties with it. Rather lot its hammer-like quality sig- nify that with it we unite them all the more firmly. In the time of the Indian the tomahawk was the sign of war but to us lot it ) e the symbol of peace. A pipe was the Indian s emblem of peace, but not daring to bring a pipe into this school room, nothing is left for us but to use a tomahawk. Aye, and Juniors, I advise you to use it. Somewhere in your class, hidden from sight by the boosting of the rest, is a knocker or knockers. Who knows but what we shall soon hear them? If such there Ik , put on your war-paint and hunt him down; then use the tomahawk without mercy. And, if in the dire conflict you lose or destroy this sinister looking weapon, I advise you to have one made of such lasting qualities that if all the world turned knockers they could not destroy it. When the knocker brings forth his hammer, sound your war drums and call your chiefs into council, bring forth the tomahawk, show it to him and make known its use. If he does not submit to peaceful terms let his worthless scalp be hung in your assembly place as a warning to others. Those in the tribe soon to In Seniors most worthy of attention are the maidens. Of course your braves all agree with me but let them not over do it or disaster will fall on them. Hardy braves, watch these maidens carefully and follow their example. Every night when Big Chief Snell gives the word they start homeward with a monstrous pile of books, For shame! Where are your hardy braves at that time? The braves take no books home (unless it Ik that one among you ever prone to argue weighty questions). I really believe they would rather see the women do the work as they themselves are never caught doing any. It has been the diligent and laborious studying of the girls that has given your class renown for scholarly ability. These maidens never go out on school night, unless it be on Monday to a show, to a basketball game on Tuesday, or to call on Wednesday, or to a straw ride on Thursday, and on Friday decked in all their paint and feathers to a war dance. Of course they stay at home on Saturday night and study—if there is nothing else to do. Then how do they get their lessons! Ask some of the. youths; perhaps they can tell. Chief AH-the-Time-Heap-Smile Perkins, when this tomahawk is turned over to you and your class, guard it faithfully, and if ever it is lost set your warriors on its trail and let them not return until it is found. If they fail your tril e will perish. When the time comes for your tribe to leave these camping grounds, as we must now do, give the tomahawk to the next succeeding tribe and impress upon them the importance of its preservation telling them what I have told you. As long as it is kept your tribe will prosper and vour names be remembered in this school. I ct it symbolize to you not only the destruction of all things not for the best interests of the school and your class, but also the establishment of all that is beneficial ami worthy to bo incorporated in the Billings High. —Georoe Hubbard, ’08.