East Lansing High School - Ceniad Yearbook (East Lansing, MI)

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CLASS HISTORY MARGARET F CCGHLAN 23 ,A FTER having successfully mounted ei ht steps of the ladder Q90 N of knowled e our class of l923 entered upon its first real new w hi h school work in the fall of l9l9 317' As Freshmen we encountered many than s which filled our little hearts with horror Mr Buchanan our new Superlnten dent cau ed our hearts to flutter and our knees to shake whenever he looked at us with his piercin gaze By the way that gaze seems to have the same effect upon us now when we are strug lmv with Civics and Economics' Mr Thie was our new principal and he was our class advisor dur in the time that we were sailing the Green sea of our freshman year He surely helped us to live up to our class motto Green but Urowin Our class officers that year were Norma Schmitt President Lewis Secor Vice President and Margaret Coghlan Secretary Treasurer Other members of the class were Lee Beaumont Margaret Button Lin den Boch Carleton COTVIH Gladys Churchill Beulah Crawford Verna Church Gertrude Donley Flossie Donley Donald Hendershott Dun can Hudson Marene Hendryx lrene Hendryx Manfred ohnston ulia Mar aret Shoesmlth Charles Sweetman Eu ene Towner Elizabeth Woodworth Burdette Wise and Margaret Wald At the close of the year Lewis Secor moved to Bay City Lee Beau mont to Florida Edwin Millard to Grand Ledve Charles Sweetman to Detroit and Linden Boch to Dewitt Mar aret Button Gladys Churchill Marene Hendryx lrene Hendryx and Vivian Rose left school As our mental powers waxed stronver we advanced another step on the ladder of knowled e Donald Hendershott was our President that year and Miss Crocker our class advisor Of course we lived up to the reputation of the name sophomore and were exceedm ly 5 wx e 555 and very peppy To impress our importance upon the mmds of the umors we gave a Sophomore Hop which far excelled the Hop in our opinions at least' Mabel Biery came to us from Greenville that year and Gladys Klnney from Lansing At the close of the year Margaret Wald moved to Columbus Ohio The faculty finally decided that we were too bri ht to be sopho mores so we moved into the unior rows ln the assembly room Our unior year was a very eventful one Miss Raven was our class ad visor and in her quiet way aided us in plannm our class activities The .IHop was the best ever so the uniors thought and in une we honored the worthy 51 Seniors by Giving the umor Senior recep tion Our class was enlarged in our unior year by the following new students Eva Allen Arthur Allen Russell Roberts Robert Hulett Anna Strayer Gladys Gubbms and Spencer Worthington all from Okemos H1 h School and Amy Perry from Oak Grove High School At the close of the year Elizabeth Woodworth felt that East Lan sinv was too small a place for her so she moved to Detroit and is now attendin Northern High School there Gladys Gubbms Anna Strayer 11-1--103 in-1 inioioifwxoz--30434 in 1'-1:1 ii -1 '14 in :nie-1 34-101:-14 . ,Eva X . D .g . ' or ,K'vi,:2f,1g -U D - X I, 3 l 1 1 , S . . , . . . . g i K , t ' I D G g -5 . .J U . 3 . . . - . g . . .. D H - . V . l . O gi. . ' - ' 3 1, . - A U - King, Edwin Millard, Marion Marshall, Vivian Rose, Donald Seble, g ' o ' ng ' 1 I 1, I ' s 5 ' y - g Q 3 1 g . . c J . .. ' U . g J s . . . . J- . uc .J t . 1 U. ' - . .g - J. ' ' . . l -. ' . ' - ' g . .. . ' C. J. . 2 .7' . ' 5 ' c ' 5 5 .I ' ' 2 I -I ' I 3 , . 5 . .g V . . I 3 1 . V 1 . . g Q ' 1 , Q4 ul ui ul Q PQUQUQPQUQ Q1 CI al QI iii,-PQlQl5Q4Cl-1Ql'lPQ4- Page Twenty one

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I P 1 0 Tv. euty BON VOYAGE' The hips thexr vvhltc salls shmln ID the sun H1 h hearted put to sew The breeze IS fair the water calm ind blue And all the axr ns filled wlth melody Yet storm vull come and waves be rou h and wild And salls han torn and shredded m the blast And shattered hulks wlll strew the hidden reefs And few wlll rlcle sxfe anchored at the list So we frall barks our salls of hope wlde spread lmpatlent chafe the unknown sea to try And see the sun of coura e Hood our sky Yet rocks of sm and eul strew our path And storm must come and sorrows wltherln blast And And salls of hope han tattered at the mxst 1 6' 'llld Sill-JICSS lllde away OUI' SUIT And NNl'1lCl'l shall he black hullxs on rocls. bound coast! And which wlll rlde safe-anchored at the last3 TOM SHERBLRNI 2 3 I I I I 2 I I I I Q . I . ! 1 s ' ., ' 2. 'Q .. fl ' ' . I 'fl - 1 - 1- ! ' ' I' .- I . . . . C, , , sz - 1 . C.. I g Exultant, feel the breeze of high resolve 1 g . 2 . . ! 1 ' , , ' , ' Y . . . t , ' J gf .. i ,, . , gs, 2,- I ' f. . I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I

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1-1 1011: ':-r1o:4.-1.:.,g-.1- 11:1010:-.1011-1--10211: vis:-zz 1-tg.: 'z and Spencer Worthington, decided to return to the new Okemos High School for their senior year so we lost them from our class The junior class and the whole hi h school were deeply rieved when Miss Ravens ill health compelled her to leave school about a month before the end of the year And how sad we were when we heard of her death' Surely no words could ever express the heart felt sorrow of the students over the dewth of Miss Raven All the students loved her She was faithful and devoted to the students of East Lansm Hi h School and her influence will have a lastin effect on the lives of many of her pupils Finally the sunny side of the assembly room was bequeathed to us by the class of 1922 and joyously we entered upon the last stretch of our high school career Marie Fiske came to us from Lansin H1 h School and Tom Sherburne from Leavenworth Kan at the be inning of this year Mr Buchanan was our cla s adviser and with him to pilot us our ship could not possibly sink or come to harm and in spite of Civics and Economics our senior year was a happy one After a brilliant hi h school career those last days drew near when we were torn by conflictln emotions We were glad that our career had been so successful and brilliant but we were sorry that our high school days were over and that we must leave our beloved teachers and separate from our classmates We love East Lanslnv High School' Our characters have been en abled and our mlnds enriched by the influences brought to bear upon our lives through our association with our beloved Superintendent and teachers May dear old East Lansing High Schol be ever cherished and held in the highest esteem as she is by the class of I923 1 Vg ig uh.. .nd memory CLASS WILL 1923 EVA ALLEN AND RUSSELL ROBERTS 23 ONORABLE Faculty and Fellow Students of the high school the class of 1923 about to leave salutes you She publishes this before her partm so that you may know her will and We the class of l923 bein in full possession of sound mind and understandin do solemnly bequeath one half of our serious mmdedness to the umors and one half to W C Buchanan We as a class do leaxe our much used assembly hall privileges to those of the school who are not too bashful to use them From the Senior Dictionary we leave to Miss Camille M Blmstrub all synonyms of the adjective wicked with full liberty to use the same on the present umors at the sli htest provocation To Miss Mary Qrocker we do sincerely bequeath a full measure of good will so lon as thou hts of us remain with her l Mar aret F Covlan do hereby Give and bequeath unto Mar aret Sherburne my frivolity and ability to take thin s llvhtly that she may live bllthely as do l Page Twenty two . - .g . g . . . g .g ' ' . . . g v '- g 5 . : ' ' . . . . V . . . .g . . g I .. 1 Y 5 A I V Y . i S is f - . U . i . . . Q . . . Q . Q ! ! ! . Q U ii 3 f - i N33 3? 1 . - D ' ' 1 I . . 0 . 3 ' Z g receive her gifts. 4.1. . . . . : 'T ' f 1 g . 9 . - . ' g- . ! J - . . , Jr. ! ' ' 7 . . l . . . . . . 5 ' J . N .g '. . I Q . g l g . . I l ' g . ' . 1- ' .. 9 . . g i . . g S ' i . i i ! rivif-inivini -1+-11,1 ri -201112ri--11,11-gs-11-'14 1,i1-v3vr1-,1w11-1- 1-1-fi--11 2