Des Moines Technical High School - Engineer Yearbook (Des Moines, IA)

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Nilfqy -K 1' NTI. ,IUNIOR CLASS -55-

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WE THE SENIGRS lt1s saul tl1 ll happy 1111110115 lllll 11 1ppy people 11aye no lll5lUI'y but our class lb 11ohapp1er111 tl11s respect than t11ose who haye pre eeded us, for yyel11ye a h1story lrom tl1e t1111e yye hrst Llllufetl tl1e 111 fl1 Hehool o11r eareer 11as been fraught yv1tl1 eye11tf111 h1ppen1ngs Our entrance was 111ade under adyerse Clfl1ll1lSI lllLLN 111 tl1e hrst ye If of M1 lXl11C'1ll19 re1gn neet 111s Heagle eye we fteslnes on the front seats could 11ot perform the startl1111f deeds yy111eh we had planned to do yy11en yve got lllIO 1l1gh School fNeyert11e1ess,yye 111anaged to do our Sllafe of c Ill'wlI1g trouhl 1nd 1n a gre tt measure, ass1sted the school bo 1rd 111 makmg Xlr lyme lltl earn 1115 sal try l11e Sophomores and umors ney er wear1ed of tllSCLlSS1I'1g'.f Ill our presence, tl1e ff larks yy 111cl1 t11ey had enjoy ed 111 precedmg ye trs under less Xlgllallt ey es l11e tales they told yyere hstened to XXltl1 breathless atte11t1on and yyere sufh c1e11t to cause us to turn green yv1t11 enyy but tl11s, 11app11y co11ld not be IlOtlCC1l by our tormentors as tl1e turmnf' was ent1rely 1111per cept1ble on account of our yerdancy So, assummg supreme 1nd1f ference, yye passed through our freshman year, makmg splenthd records 1n all departments The next year our yvortl1y pr1nc1pal caused n1any of us a great deal of worr1ment and trouble by changmg the eo11rses of study barr1ng wholly tl1e Enghsh course ThlS yyas, lndeed, unlucky for a large maJor1ty of us, h3VlHg adopted 111oderat1on IU study for our motto, had taken th1s course, both because of our ekteme loyalty to our mother tongue and because of a natural dtstaste for anytl11ng flu 61511 or d1ff1cult But we do not lack perseyerence, a11d XXlIl1 res1g 11at1on we s1gned our cards and looked forward to porxng for hours over Latxn or German, and Geometry XX h11e yve were Sophomores o11r COI'l1lD3t1X6 propens1ty was deyeloped and many were t11e long drawn out d1scuss1ons, XXhlCh ey en Hcame to blows, on the tennzs court and base ball Lll3IllOI'ld fhese dlSCUSSlODS, 1n yvh1cl1 Mr lx1nca1d talso of a belhgerent dlSpO S1llOI'1l was extremely HHXIOUS to take part, were always contmued ID the school blllldlflg The hab1t of Hghtmg ey er sxnce, although 1n the last two years we haye confined oursely es to ffword battles As Sophomores, long and made frequent traps dec1ded to take 111s books to the ofhce and stay there, as he cons1d ered It a waste ot t1111e and shoe leather to travel constantly from room to room, and, too, 111s study l1ours were necessar1ly shortened wh1ch we then acqu1red has hung to us rows of us often OCCUPIEG the front seats to tl1e offlce One of our boys finally by these journeys nhe was a yery StlldlUllS hoy 1 Xlr lx1nea1d took on 111111 lalloyyed l11n1 to s1t dlll s ll1X lll tl1e OlllCL nu compelled 111m to go to rec1t1t1ons eyery day Iloyv proud yve all were when yye 11ee1111e umors X ISIOIIS of a 111110r entertamment and of c11ss day glory llo 1tt d before our eyes Cll1I'lIlQ,' the c11t1re year and lJllOXCLl 11s llp fOl extra ef1orts The C'lllf,I'lI1lIll1lCIlI always rem 1111ed a VISION, llntll us outhnes groyymg f11nter and fa1nter, hnally e11t1rely d1sappeare1l l1ut on class day we pro11d1y took o11r stand on the platform a11d sang our song XXltll so 11111c11 force a11d expressmn that tl1e 51 n1or song dw1ndled away ln compar1son XXe left tl1e stage IU tr1umpl1 feehng sure that neyer before l1ad the XX est Des Xlo1nes H1,,11 School had sucl1 a class LJl1I'lUgIll1S year we were org 1n1fed 1nt11 1 class hay1ng const1t11t1o11 and by laws, and all felt the unportance of our pos1t1on IU tl1e sc11ool 'None of o11r talent for debate was dey eloped and class d1sagreements became our ray or1te d1yers1on But yy l11le we d1sagreed 1n class meetlngs our class Splflf ren1a1ned umnyured and to tl11s day we are ey er loy al to o11r colors and to each and ey ery me111ber of our elass But we must IlOt dwell too long on tl1e reeord of forn1er years for, as bemors we haye done our best yyork Our class numbers tl11rty fo11r and we are an energetxc and enterpr1s1ng class Although our enrollment IS not so large as that of last year s class, yve make up for tl1e deff'1c1ency ln numbers by our super1or1ty ID all other respects XX ho shall say that the class of 93, yy1ll not 11aye a place ID h1story ' XVe are Sllfe that many of Ol1I'IllCll1bCI'S yy1ll become great pol1t1c1ans statesmen and l1terary men XVe are a class of 1nd1v1duals, each haymg hlS oyvn 1deas and thoughts therefore we do not compose an e11t1rely 11armon1ous body XlVh1le lXI1ss Sheldon, yy1th 11er tact 1n drawmg out the best there IS 1n11s, has done much toward stampmg IlllS 1nd1y1dual1ty she has also prey ented us fron1 bemg blgoted and IIHIIOXX m1nded by lmpart mg to us her oyyn l1beral 1deas and XICXXS and caus1ng us to see thmgs as thex really are For the past two years Xlr XX 1lco11 11as been our pr111c1pal and hIS rule 11as been yery sat1sfactory HIS method of goy ernlng by loye not fear, IS an meal one and yve shall all haye many pleasant n1en1 or1es of tl1e years yve spent under h1s supery1s1on As Semors yve haye yvon an env1ab1e reputat1on We are thought to be ' doc1le and eas1lv managed as well as mtelhgent and well mformed lt IS rather d1fhcult to mamtam the reputat1on of bemg ' fflll, but yve are trymg hard to do so XXe are now about to leaye 1116 Hlgh School and It IS w1t11 many regrets We reahze that yvhen yye leave these doors we are leav1ng behmd us our hap plCSt days, and It IS our s1ncere w1sh that yye may do .vn111fihzzzg1n tl1e future XXll1Cll w1ll make our teacl1ers and schoolmates proud of the class of '93 F E B , n k Z . 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