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

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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

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SOPHOMORE CLASS HISTORY On a rainy morning in September, 1916. about thirty young people entered the Eau Claire High School as Freshmen. We came from all directions and many of us were nearly strangers to Eau Claire. But we had all dome for the same purpose.—to learn what we could and experience something of high school life. And as for the customs of the high school, it didn’t take us long to become accustomed to them. With Mr. Conkling and Miss Keppler as teachers, we soon found our proper classes and. well, we will leave it to them whether we learned anything or not. At any rate, it didn’t take us long to let them know that we knew a few things and didn't care who found it out. After we had been enjoying life in this way for several weeks, people began to ask us who our president was. or what our colors were. We hadn't thought anything about that, but when people began to ask so many questions, we decided that we ought to call a class meeting and elect officers at least. So one day in November we asked Miss Keppler to help us get started. And when we once got started we kept on going until we had fin- ished. We elected Victor Abbs as our first president; Bradford Dibble, vice president; Lois Clark, secretary, and Louise Collins. treasurer. We selected rose and white as our class colors, and he carnation as our flower. When school closed in the spring of 1917, scarcely two dozen of our number were left to enjoy the three months of. as we thought, well-earned vacation. And of this number only eighteen came back the next fall as Sophomores. But two others. Ruth La Plant, of Benton Harbor, and Leona Shaffer, of Dowagiac. joined us. making twenty in all. Since that time four have drop- ped out so at the present time there are still sixteen. This year. Lois (Mark has been elected president; Lora Ken- dall. vice-president, and Ruth La Plant secretary ami treasurer. We changed our colors to green and white and chose the white lose as our class flower. But we were not satisfied with these, so after much discussion we decided on maroon and gold. At the declamatory contest held at the school building. March 8. Ruth La Plant won first place, bringing that honor to the class for the second time. Victory Abbs having gained it last year. We hope to leave a record better than that of any pre- ceding class, one that we can look back upon with pride. LOIS CLARK ’20. Stanley Preston Lois Clark SOPHOMORE ROLL Victor 'Abbs Kenneth 1 homson Bradford Dibble Arvon Collin Elmira Hoadley Coral Miner Ruth LaPlant Leona Shafer Ruth Merrill Dorothy Inman Alice Rodell Lorn Kendall Juanita Coin Lucile Kelsey