Dawson High School - Reflector Yearbook (Dawson, MN)

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Senior Class History In September, 1925, we, the Senior Class of nine- teen hundred and thirty-seven, started out on the great adventure of attending school. Miss Onsgard was our teacher, and we were all very fond of her and also of our music teacher, Miss Jorgensen. Our superintendent was Mr. Lokensgard. Of the 57 students graduating now, 9 were together in the first grade.' They are: Lloyd, Curtis, Ole, Kenneth, Russel, Stanford, Barbara Jean, Beatrice, and Phyllis. Our second grade teacher was Mrs. Jesse Olson, and she had a hard time trying to convince us that we were not too, too important, even though we were no longer the youngest group in school. That year Hazel joined our grade. T Miss Erickson taught us in the third grade how to write with pen and ink, and, much as we loved this, on those certain days of the week, we would go home looking considerably blacker than when we had come. 'With our fourth grade teacher, Miss Goebel, we had a school picnic at Smith's. We were getting old enough so that we could go farther than the Tourist Park for our annual picnic. Our fifth grade teacher was Miss Barnes. Violet was added to the number of our grade, and that year Mr. Gimmestead came to Dawson. Miss Livingston and Miss Finden were our sixth and seventh grade teachers. In the seventh grade Palmer joined our class, and we had our first school party, which proved quite a success. Miss Bacon piloted us through the eighth grade and the state exams, preparing us, as best she could, for the ngreenn future in store for us. That year Wendell and Evelyn were added to the membership of our class. As freshmen, we entered school the next fall, wide- eyed, and perhaps even wide-mouthed. After the usual orgy of getting into wrong classes, and such other dif- ficulties, we felt quite at home. We were horribly em- barrassed one fine evening that fall, when given a party by the worldly sophomores. However, after the initiatio we were served a delicious lunch which eased our woes. The following autumn, we revelled in teasing that year's freshmen by making them, among other things, wear their clothes backwards. We were proud to have them for the class behind us, however, as they showed such ns excellent sportsmanship. Ada joined our ranks that year,

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as did Sam, and Ellen, and Veloris the following year. As juniors, we spent a grand and glorious nine months, topping it eff with a nautical banquet which we gave for the departing senior class. Our class con- tributed several basketball and football stars, among them: Lloyd, Palmer, Russel, Stan, Kenneth, Gordon, and Wendell. We put on our Junior class play, nCampus Quarantinen which was a huge success. Those who had parts in it were: Beatrice, Barbara Jean, Ellen, Ada, Hazel, Phyllis, Stanford, Ole, Curtis, Gordon, Lloyd, and Charles. This past year, we have had another memorable time. Lloyd was captain of the football team, and Palmer cap- tain of basketball. This year we were proud of our basketball squad which won the district tournament and participated in the regional tournament at Glencoe. A few of the boys made good showings in track, although it was the first year for Dawson to enter the district track meet for some time. Four music groups earned the right to participate in the state music contest, among which were: Beatrice, Lloyd, Violet, Ada, Barbara Jean, Carolyn, Hazel, Curtis, Genevieve, Ole, and Phyllis. Some of us had gove to Minneapolis the two years previous, too. On April 9th, we presented our senior class play, nGirl-Shyn, under the able direction of Miss Sweeney. Those in the cast were: Ada, Hazel, Barbars Jean, Beatrice, Ellen, Phyllis, Stanford, Palmer, Lloyd, Sam, Curtis, and Gordon. Besides all the fun we had, we felt that the play went over very well. On June 4, the juniors are entertaining us at a banquet which we are sure, will be a lovely affair, and the proper way to end our days in good old D. H. S. On June 2 we are having our class day exercises which consist of the inevitable class history, prophecy, will, song, and the like. June 6 baccalaureate services will be held in the armory. Rev. Chelman will give the address. The crowning event of our schooldays,of course, is our commencement. June lO, we hope, will find 57 seniors receiving their diplomas which signify 12 years of work and joy--uJust Begun, Going Onlln