Dodge High School - Sou Wester Yearbook (Dodge City, KS)

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'L TU' M THOMPSON R ROSS MISS NBVINIS In STURGEON A CURRIER President Vice Pies Spon 01 Secietaiv T1 easuiei OFFICERS Colors Gieen and White Flow er White Rose Motto Dependable Ieadeiship Ghe Glass of 1929 The footing of the foundation of our high school learning was laid when We were freshmen under the leadership of Axa Currier as president and Miss Emilx Tenny as sponsor Miss Tenny had a wondeiful personality which won foi her the admiration and loxe of all the students With an enrollment of one hundred and sex enty sex en the class of 29 took one of the prominent parts in school actix ities We always held a leading place in haxlng men on the football and basketball squads We xx e1e always noted for our pep md 1 ood spoi tsmanshlp and ex en though we xx ere taunted as green freshmen we took it good naturedly and with the thought that some day we would be upper classmen. In our first year we were unusually well represented in both Boys' and Girls' Glee Club. In the Sophomore year Florence Gaunt was the president of one hundred thirty-four students, who had as their sponsor, for the second year, Miss Tenny. Bus States was on the basketball team. We remember this year by two events which we all enjoyed, the Sophomore hike and party. When we recall the party we remember the senior boys who stole our re- freshments. The enrollment gradually decreased each year and as Juniors there were only one hundred nine, out of the one hundred seventy-seven who started as freshmen. Two big successes were sponsored by the Junior Class, the Junior-Senior Banquet and Second Childhood. As Juniors we had more students on the honor roll than any other class. Floyd Crawford was president and Miss Eulalia Nevins sponsor. All class officers were boys. To take the place of the annual class fight the school took a day off and . Y V : , - Af-v---- -.. . , v zizfiisiaeiiiee335'''rmE sou' Q sages EWEI 1 ' 6 I I '. ' - - V 1 , . .E il -3.-I 4,..g, 1,33 9 fijilir 3.,,si

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went to Sears Groxe foi what was termed Field Day Various contests were held and the winners were given points for their class The class that received the highest number of points was declared the winner and receix ed the field day banner Although the Class of 29 did not receive the bannei they w ere proud of their various winners One Punch Maurice Thompson won the boxing match although he was pretty well fagged In detei mining who was winner of the color fight representatives from the Junioi and Senior class weie chosen to climb the greased pole The one who reached the top first was the winner Bill Cuthbert of our class won The Senior year was of course the biggest and most successful year of all Maurice Thompson was the president The Senior play A Lucky Break was put over with more success than any other student play The largest crowd was present at The Luckv Break than had ever before assembled at a school play The Sou Wester was also a success we at tribute this success to our sponsor Miss Neuns Miss Nevins IS admired and respected by all When we were readv to give up she encouraged us until we accomplished our task Fourteen of the football squad were seniors Herbert McCollom was captain Fixe of the basketball squad were also seniors and Bus States was their captain The Girls Quartette was composed entirely of seniors three of the Mixed Quartette were sen iors and one of the Bovs Quartette was a senior Ava Currier took first place in the alto solo in the Dodge City Invitation Fine Arts Contest Cleo Gilbert took second in the Oratorical Contest held in Dodge City A big social event of the year was the delightful banquet and reception given us by underclassmen the Juniors Fifteen seniors were elected to the National Honoraiy Society This IS the first year that this society has been organized in this city It displaces the old system of giving D pins to only those who NVGIS outstanding in scholarship. In the new society there are four points by which a student is judged, scholarship, character, leadership and service. One shadow flitted across this last year. One of our classmates passed into the Great Unknown. The Senior Class as well as the school mourned the death of Irma Swindell. There are one hundred enrolled in the graduating class. This is the largest graduating class in the history of the school. It is also the first class to be graduated from the new building. There is sadness in knowing that our high school days are over and even though many of us are going on to college, those days will never be like the high school days. We can not help having a strange anticipation at the thought of graduating, just as any one feels at trying something new. We have reached the last of our high school history, the last step in the completion of high school learning and we hope success will be ours in the new and untried life to come. This closes the history of the graduat- ing Class of '29. It is not extraordinary but it is dear to every heart in the class, and it is with sadness and yet joy that we leave D. C. H. S. -B. M. R. IE 3 ii 5 levi I El J . 'V 1ht.-S0U'lHk STS-H fsifof.fe.3gwf.gf gil , . , ,, as ' my - , lu, , ' C ' ' l H 77 ' ' 46 Y ' , Y' an ' an . ' v , . 7 7 . o 1 . x' . o . KK 7! Y' A I L . 41 as , . n , n ' Y ' v I -Y- V . u ' 1 u . ny- ' cc n s , - - ' 1 , . . . . . . . f . . H ,, . .