Earlham High School - Memories Yearbook (Earlham, IA)

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HISTORY The Class ol 1950 came rnto ben 1 Marfh 19311 'VIICI1 tw errt 6111111 nervou and exerted chrldrcn cntered Lflflllftllt C111 11 af1tr d Q1fl1OOl ot tl 1 e ve years ol study and cnlo 111 111 CII D11 to 1 r Vf 11 tl school days They are lohn Ccdb C111 111 dner Kcr1r1 1 blavens Beverly boderbe r 1 ar1d 11 lf 1 111k ll The elementary grades pa ed 111111 thc u ual tvent tand omc ct thcm unusual 1 he 11rst arade B111 Daft f fl f rong under the 1nstruft1on ot Mr 1 edl A 1 ot l 1 f ro has unpleasant mcmonrs tor a tc 1 11 1111 1f1111ved 111 ent Wrth the second arade came a nr v 11 enc Co11111tl, 011 11 a rt was when Mrss Iunkrn would read u a storv re second year passed o aurflfly that 11 111 1 entered the thrrd arade v rth M1 s l'lCIObCIll1T 1 our tcachc r A n 1 newcomer Dorrs Cook Next was the 1ourth aradc mth our teacher M1 Calf Br rce Br als .fvrtlr to the musrc perrod so we could hear Brut e s1n,1 Mrs Standrna met us at the door ot t11e 111111 Il 1de room 11 1c11e 11 cr 1arth had rncreased our class b one more but B111 e lett us t1 trrst ot Marf 11 One ot the hrghlrahts o1t111s year vxa 1 c n Mrs Lol 1111 1 M M111 Dunno our three years ot lunror H1 111 Ted Marston loan Pay ne and A1111 Mae Deets 1o1ned our carefree group Brufe Beal returned and Ray lar ob or 1e1t our class None O1 us could forget t11e poems hrrh we had to memorr e rn t11e 111111 grade or the seventh arade math tests In t11e seventh arade cut ot lb r ven were 1e1t handed 1Th1s rs unusual 1 After seven years ot yearnma we 11Y1CIllY v1 ere 01111111 arader C1CId1lCI1lO11 was a brg event Class Motto vya Onward Tor ard Bucfe rr cl 1 colors were green and wh1te wrth t11e 111.11116 rose tor our 1lower Fxnally We ventured to t11e th1rd lloor whrch held many new adventure There were three ne N faces among t11e aree1 1resh1es 1111 ,fear Donald Young Kenneth Sage and Bob Barnett D1ck Hardrn a nefv boy trom ldal o Jorned us near the second semester Our 1res11rnan year 11ad been lot ol 11111 now we were anxrously av1a1t1n our sophor rore year The new students rn our class thrs year A ere Phvlhs Youn 1 and Hay la el son both trom DeSoto Thrs year vye wrll remember alf ays 1or hom could any one torget those theroms learned rn Geometry We were steadlly chmbrng t11e ladder tovx ard t11e end ol our 111 111 clrool days We were now Iollv lunrors Our lrrst class play Dont Darken M Door was somethtng new and d111erent Every one rnvolved enroyed present lng 11 Wlth the 1un1or Semor Banquet nearrna many busy days vyere to follow Our theme was EASTER PARADE Thrs was the braaest l'11CJl1l1Qll1 ot the Iunlor year At last we are sen1ors ' Our trrst real event was our trrp to t11e Sarwm Studro where we 11ad our prctures taken tTh1s turned out to be a memorable day rndeedl Our Senror play Too Man Belatrves 1 as an o ca ron vrhrch none ot us wrll torget Now came the task ot choosrna our class motto color ard 11ox er They are respectrvely NOT ElN1SH1.D IUST BECUN Blue and S1lver ar1d Arrrerr can Beauty Bose Atter the Skrp Day came a vvhrrl ot events Arnon1 them were lunror Semor Banquet Baccalaureate Class Ntqlll and Commencement The Class ot 1950 1flSl'19S to cytend to you t11e under las men tlrcrr bc 1 w1shes for the commg years A f l A My, f A l 1 l 1 v - lv Q, ,- ' ' A A -1 ' A If V 1 1 A .J e f if 1, 1 be 1 . olfi 1 resf-, ft tc r tw 1 ' 1 y 1- 'fr sof r 1' 1 2 c 11: end ol 1111'l1' . 1 M, f 11105 C' xl , , 1 1- 11 llfllllli, 111111 1 , ' 2 5 e Xrt '1111 1 . 1 ss f' A 1 s ' 1 rg, 5 1 1' 1 In 1 1 X111 1T 1'1'IE1C11Cl 1fI',Ok2f3f7l1 1L':1l1Qf,1 our 11c1y1y':',' th , lg 'ss ie 1 fa Vorr er 1 tre lrzst tllflfl - 0111 1 1. o re 131 1 is d zz ' ' gy , ' ' - .r oy, G 1 ' 1 12 ' , wlrf 1 joy' T1 ' :L ' g 1 , ' 1.-.ras no rre 41 all l1e1ore we ' 1 s , - f s NT ' : 1 -1f11 we rave fl , . 2 1 ' : f, Ss 1 1 1 ' v . 1 his deep, deep voice was our r1e',1.' student. Everyone always looked 1Ul'f.'f1Id . 1 1 Y: 1, , 114 1 .Sr 151- ' v - 5 1 c- - . uv , . 1 cf. . ' ' , r s v.' 13 1 e 113.1111 1 rs. A rs. ' . ' 1' , . , 7 , ' ,, r'1 ' ' - , . 5 s ' 1 1 s i . I P I ' , , 2 1 , ' . li , '22, 1' ' . ' s U ' 1: . 3. ss. O1 Q1 13:3 . . 7 , I . A . M A A3 1 ,, W: 1 ., .S X I I I . 1 1 I X I I 1 yr s A ' ' r C1 f 1 ' ,, . , ' ' .,. '. r rr , .c Lf 1 ' - V Y I , 1,7 ,V 7 ' 4 ' - , I T V. , Y . . 7 S I L Sy I A V . . I ' V Y A ' . I' 1 J 1 k ' 1 . Y Y T 4 , , A Avi' , 4, ,' T, ' 1,1 gl Q ,g ' 2'- ' ru 1 ' ' I C 1 . I . V I 1 lf A - ' 1 1 J' 1: . ' , C s , . V' s

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CCMMENCEMENT Hlgh School Audltonum May 15 1950 8 00 P M Processronal lnvocahon Some Enchanted Evcmna Bow Low Eld r Mmed Chorus Introductton of Spealer Addres Chmbtn Up the Mountam Mrxed Quartette Prosontahon ot Class Awardrng ol l-hgh School D1plomas Mary Evelyn Strong Rev Hadley Neuro prrtual Supt C H Konar lfa W S Board lcy Governor State of Iowa Negro Sprrxtual G W Bowman Prmcxpal of Hlgh School Mr Clyde Br1tta1n Presldent Board of Educahon Battle Hymn ol The Repulohc Arr By RIDQWGIC1 M1xed Chorus Bened1ct1on Rev Crou o Recess1onal Mary Evelyn Stronq Workin' On De Railroad .,,,..........,4................,,., Arr. by Childe

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CLASS WILL We the Senror Class of 1950 berna of undrsputed sound and dr posrng mrnd do make publrslr and declare thrs to be our last wrll and testament The followrng may seem but trrflrna bequests but we hope they may be accepted not as worthless thrngs but as assets to those who rrray recerve them as a contrnual remrnder of the generosrty drsplayecl rn our free and full bestowal Bob Barnett a devoted admrrer of the West wrll hrs love, of horse t Martha Stanley better known as Tex Hrs talkatrvc clas room manner to Norma Welch Bruce Beals the boy wrtlr the bra vorce leaves Mary Evelyn Strong hr great basso profundo Hrs abrlrty to arow a beard rs left to Merlyn Danley Dorrs Cook our fastest typrst wrlls her loud and borsterous way to quret lrttle Leonard Hadley Anna Mae Deets the grrl wrth the aleam rn her brg blue eye want to leave her frgure to Sally Io Standrng To Geraldrne DeVault she leaves her famed phone calls and to Wrlma Douglas her posrtron of guard rn asketball Brll Deets sometrmes known as Trny wrlls hrs Senror drgnrty to Marlyn Grlbert To Swede Barnett he wrlls hrs surts knowrng no alteratrons wrll be needed John Godby the curly headed boy leaves a lock of rt for Ro s Leeper llr book of etrquette to anyone who needs to refer to rt Charles Goeldner the fellow wrth the red cap wrlls hrs manly phy rque to puny Red Sage and hrs place as the ornerrest boy rn Hrgh School to Larry Iacobson Gene Golrghtly one of our farmer boys wrlls hrs wrllrngness to lrerp others to Floyd Merrcal To Terry Byrnes he leaves hrs love of the farnr Drck Hardrn better known as Four Eyes leaves hrs beloved specs to Duane Letz and hrs love of football to Donald Mrller To anyone who can tcrnd the expense hrs Ford V 8 Kenneth Harrrs the boy wrth the mrschrevou grrn wrlls hrs sense of humor and undrvrded attentron rn class to Iohn Crawford To Hank Grrpenberg l e leaves hrs way wrth the ladres Ray Iacobson our nrghtowl leaves hrs abrlrty to sleep through clas t Wrlbur Henkle To Denny Byrnes he wrlls hrs famrlrarrty wrth canned good Ted Marston our walkrng drctronary wrlls hrs drmrnutrve srze to Iohn Chase Also to Dot Hadley hrs magnetrc personalrty Ioan Payne the grrl wrth the drmples leaves her bashfulness to Stub Imboden Her hoarded hunks of gum to Mary Alrce Conrad Kenneth Sage better known as Kansas wrlls hrs currosrty and knowledge to hrs srster Alrce and hrs happy go lucky wav to Donald Mrller Eugene Schlerffarth a carefree person leaves hrs love of cars to Iohn West phal and hrs 22' warstlrne to Brll Compton Phrl Slavens an enthusrastrc polrtrcran wrlls hrs Democratrc vrewpornts to Allen Goeldner and to Curly Sprllers hrs cropped harrcut Bev Soderberg the only hrgh school grrl wrth a dramond wrlls her frshrng rod and can of man bart to Barb Fuller To LaNell Taylor her cheerleadrng abrlrty Helen Thrarlkrll a very ambrtrous student leaves her abrlrty to manage to B111 Benson To Pat Westphal she leaves her basketball surt Don Young our tow headed boy wrlls hrs grft of gab to Larry Sloan To hrs teachers he leaves all the startlrng rnformatron he furnrshed rn hrs varrous exam papers ffrom trme to trmel Phyllrs Young a strrkrng person leaves her sunny smrle to Leola Ertzgerald and her argurrrg abrlrty to Alrce Taylor To the teachers the Senror Class grves and bequeaths therr srncere admrra tron and hopes that therr class rn the comrng years w1ll be as cooperatrve and studrous To the underclassmen we leave the beloved seats by the wrndows and any valuable rnformatron that can be found rn our text books Good Luck krds' 1 1 P ' S 1 1 I . . 1 A V X U 1 - 1 1 0 .1 O 11 11 . . ,' 1 C' 1 . .1 1 ' V , ,H l V, I I 5, 1 1 . . . 1 0 F V - I O, nj - 1 . . ,. . ,, . . . . . 1 1 - 1 . 1 , . . , , Y' C' , 1 - u . .2 . . . F. 1 1 -J . . . . , . I I g V . - 1 - 1 . 11 11 . 1 1 1 ' . I D I . , l 5 . . . . F , , 0 O . , -2. I , Y . , , . . . . 1. 11 1 1 1 1 -f I I H - A A ' I I - . , . . . , . I I I , . 1 ,r 1 1 1 1 1 . , 1 I - I . ' 1 1 1 1 1 . 1 , 1