Estes Park High School - Whispering Pine Yearbook (Estes Park, CO)

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o THE LA PI DEMISTS Everyone likes an optimistic • on, one who makes the best of rything that comes to him If v r there has to be an optimistic bunch of people, thai group s .oms tc be teachers. The anr.y tilings they nr- to contend with everyday would muk' a pessimist of an ordinary p- rsor.. ■Wh'.n you think how a toucher might act when the students haven’t their lesson for the day, are tardy or .tsjnt, bong their lock r doors, scatter papor, and play joko3 during class time you’ll have to admit they take it pretty well. Them arc very few of us students -ho go to our teachers to toll them hew much v o approciat - hit they are doing for us, but they don’t mind they get their reward when in later y : rs wc prove ourselves. Teachers may truly bo called la, i • rists, the students arc the stom ■ , and they become valuable only through the cutting and polishing of the lapiderists, (Taken from Eleanor Carmack’s toast at the Jr.-Sr. Banquet) SPORTSMANSHIP . To i ic boys and girls of America falls th - privilege of keeping the A y of life. An excellent example of the American way of life in athletics. A man is free to uso and develop the talent - r-d hysique he is endowed with and may th .reby rise to the top of the athletic ladder of success. This lad:1- r of success has many rungs by which men learn to lead us.ful lives good A- . I • Th. y learn to coop rat for the eood f th t am They know tho spirit of competition. They have a desire to win oombinod with fair play and good sportsmanship. They perfect the technique of the game. They adjust themselves to the moods and reactions of team-mates and inspire others when the going is tough” to reach the top of the ladder. Upon reaching the top of tho laador thcr is a decision that must t made, Shall I turn back or k op on playing the game ?•' And it’s not fer the sake of tho ribboned coat. Or the selfish hope of the season’s fane But his captain's hand on his shoulder s.ncto Play up i Play up I and plr.y the gone • This is tho word year by year TVhil: in her place the school is sot. Everyone of her sons must hear. And none that hoar it dare forgot This they all with a joyful mind Bear through lifo like r. torch of flame, And falling fling to tho Most behind. Play up I Play up I rued play the game. Coach Evorly ADICS , FRIENDS Parting is such sweet sorrow” wrote Shakcsp arc in Romeo and Juliet Act II, Seen. II. liow Shakcspcr.ro didn’t know it tut ho was expressing the feelings of a toacher who leaves Estes Park High School. It has not taken bouquets, candy, or 'lov cry speeches to make teaching in the Estes Park Community one of tho pleasantest experiences imaginable. The genuineness of the students, the friendliness of the paronts, th. attitude of co-workcrs, tho stateliness of the pines, and the majesty of the mountains themselves hnv boon the real thing. Tncth- r the future finds us in tho sam profession, in foreign lands, or in activ duty, to remember days in Estes High will be pleasant This is not tho end for tho teachers v ho leave you but tho beginning cf a new 1ink ir memory’s chain Grace Roso

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HISTORY O'F CLASS OF '4 4 crNTT.r’ N PF THE JU Y: If yr u will give me vour kind attention por a ♦ •• moments, I Till relate to you the 3tory of a marvelous c3®ss—the most r: rful olas3 that ever attended Old Estes Park Hii h School, name' the cl' S of ’’44 . Its life Continued but four short years, yet every lay of .r. four years —rs crowded with events. Tfhen the members of thi3 remarkable cl'S3 have all achieved the fame and honors that are bound to come to them, the memories of these four years •'•ill linger in the hearts of each and every one. But I must get back to the beginning of my sJorv. On Sectember 3, 194C, twenty-s ven, not too timid, but very green freshmen entered the Sat s Park Hi h School. Und r the sponsorship of Miss Tfery Ann Kelley the fr shines got off to a good start by electin' the ‘‘ollowing ofricers: or1 id nt, ''tto Krueger; vice-president., Eleanor Carmack: secretary, Bill binr-: and treasurer, Bob Baldir; Student Council rear sentatives, Haney Smith and Irwin Reed. The room mother that year Mrs. Charles Hix. pf ccurse as fr-'shmen they suffered many ir.di Tniti°s but as sophomores thev ;ease:’ them on to the decs beneath them. By the end of the first year the freshness had entirely disaorea’-ei. They had become quite faci 'i'r with the school customs an'’ curriculum so that during the second year thev were able to en.j'-y mor of the soc'al functions and fcsf ivities of school life. Mi’s. Harry Casten, then known as Miss Virginia Stenzel, '-as elected snonsor for that vear, Eleanor C rm°ck '-as elected Dresident; Jerry Atteb'rry, vice-president; Nsncv Emith, secretary; Ted L°woreaux, treasurer; Irwin peed and Roland eed were the Student Council representatives, and ura, John Carmack wa3 our room mother, Otto Kruerer was vice-Dresident of Student Council. In addition to other activities the sophomores gave for the all-school show, Keep ’Em Laughing , an original skit Konnexions with K-O-F-N. Curing the first semester the cl??s held a skating party at Sheen Lake followed by dancing at the school. The sophomore year, although not outstanding, was a year of much activity for both beys and girls. In the fall of 1942 the class was -dmitted to the ranks of unoer class-men. This year was a very active one 9s they were trying to raise money for the Prom. A. id B’ 1 v .iracr-ared was chosen as the class olay and was presented on Dec- r..cer 11, This olay was an hilarious mystery comedy which '-as considered quite successful. The orom w s held May 14 at Chez Jay. During the year the boys -ere particularly active i- athletic events, and the class as a whole contributed much to the social and intellectual life of the school. The class officers that, year were: president, Frank Hix; vice-presi-