Eau Claire High School - Beaver Tales Yearbook (Eau Claire, MI)

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CLASS WILL We. the cluss of ’18 of the Village of Bau Claire. In the coun- ty of Berrien and the State of Michigan, being of sound mind and memory and considering the uncertainty of this frail and transi- tory life, do therefore make, ordain, publish and declare this to be our last Will and Testament: That is to say. First, after all our lawful debts are paid and discharged, the residue of our estate, real and personal, we give bequeath and dispose of as follows, to-wit: 1. To the teachers, we leave a sigh of relief when they shall have signed our diplomas. 2. To all the scholars with whom we have come in contact, we leave our good or bad impressions as a model for them. 3. To the Juniors, we leave the pleasure of helping at com- mencement time. 4. To all the classes to come, we leave the pleasure of work- ing or playing in the laboratory (which our class helped to ob- tain). 5. To the mercy of the new scholars, we leave the janitor with his duties. 6. To the younger girls, the girls of our class leave a chance at the looking glass. 7. To the Sophomores, we leave our best wishes for plenty of hard work in Physics. 8. To Carl, we would leave Ruth if Kenneth wouldn’t ob- ject. D. To the school rooms we have occupied, we leave all our empty seats. It). To the Freshmen, we leave three more years of hard study and finally the longed for place of the Seniors. 11. To the History of the School, we leave our famous names, whose autobiographies would fill volumes, and also the honor of producing the first Annual. 12. Now. as a last bequest, we leave to the Red Brick School on the hill, one long, lingering look, combined with the happy memories of the battles for knowledge. CLASS OF '18.

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JUNIOR CLASS HISTORY When the school bell rung in September of 1915. about twenty-five Freshmen entered the Eau Claire High School. They tried hard not to be as green as the usual freshmen and I think they succeeded. They did not organize until in the second semes- ter. when they met one night after school and elected Willis Handy president. In the spring of 1916 we organized the first “class nine” that Eau Claire ever had. In the fall of 1916 we came back again but some had found Latin and Albegra too hard and so we numbered only twenty. We took Geometry and were not entirely lost in its depths. A class meeting was held and Willis Handy re-elected president. In May 1917. the Juniors held their first social event. This was a Sophomore-Senior party at the home of Miss Ardella Hoch- berger. A good time was enjoyed by everyone. School closed, vacation passed, and we once more returned to school, but with somewhat depleted ranks, several of our class having gone to neighboring high schools. A few days after school opened a class meeting was held and Lawrence Clark elected president. We retained the same colors we had the former two years, the Purple and Gold. The Juniors are proud of their record, both in school and athletics. Two members of the Junior class were members of the Basketball team, one having secured the highest number of points of any of this year’s players. Another honor we are justly proud of is. that one of our class is fighting for Uncle Sam. Clarence Hadley has enlisted, passed through training camp and gone to Somewhere in France. LAWRENCE CLARK-’19. Edward Hnkcman George Birkholm Lawrence Clark Murl Momany JUNIOR ROLL Ivan Lavanway Lora Thumni Anna Crandall Ardella Hochberger Claude Bishop Paul Franz Max Horton Kenneth Clawson Eugene Masters Dave Dunaetz