Forest Avenue High School - Forester Yearbook (Dallas, TX)

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-e l MISS A. NEILSON We, the Senior Class of nineteen hundred twenty, Wish to express our appreciation of the many favors shown us by Miss Neilson, our sincere friend and sponsor, whose helpful companionship we have en- joyed so much, and whose sincere interest in the class of l20 is felt by all. Page Twenty-one

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Page Twenty Svvninr llama ihiatnrg N September, 1916, when the doors of Forest Avenue High School were first opened, a troupe of bashful, but radiant and hopeful freshmen enrolled, leaving the first written record of the well-known class of '20, and in fact the first my record in the history of the now prosperous Forest High. There were many trials in that first year, but by close observation and by exercising that portion of our brain called memory, we learned to find our class rooms, conduct class meetings, and to enter into the school activities with spirit and pleasure. The officers for this year were Clara Richards, president, Paul Erb, vice-president, and Irwin Murray, secretary and treasurer. We left Fear at the doorsteps for our freshman followers in 1918, and entered the building with the air of a conqueror and an old-timer. A class meeting was soon held and Charles Hardwicke was elected president, and Cecil La Taste, secretary and treasurer. With such competent leaders it is no wonder that we fell in ranks and discharged our duties to our school and to our country in a commendable way. As Juniors, we upheld our already well-established reputation for enthusiasm and good citizenship in the school. The FORESTER and ANNUAL had no supporters more loyal than the Juniors. The class was well represented in all the scholarship assemblies and in every way possible promoted the progress and enjoyment of the entire school. A dance, honoring the Senior class was given on April 25 at Lake- wood Country Club, which was thoroughly enjoyed by all who attended and which will go .down in the annals of our school as the last of its kind. Seniors henceforth will not be honored by the Juniors with a dance, says our little bulletin. The officers who guided the class through this pleasant and successful year were: President, Maurice Cheek, vice-president, Melvin Moore, secretary-treasurer, Sue Belle Thornton. Seniors! Proud and dignified! By ceaseless efforts we have attaind this titleg by the attributes thus built up, and those characteristic of the class, shall we main- tain a standard that has never been equalled, and that future classes may use for an example. To lead us in carrying out this noble purpose we chose Edwin Hatzen- buehler, president, Melvin Moore, vice-president, and Margaret Martin, Secretary- treasurer. In all its activities the class has worked together admirably, and from the number of Seniors in the scholarship assemblies, one might think they were for Seniors only. No Senior will ever forget Senior Week with its parties, picnics, dances and pleasures of all kinds. We are now standng on the last step of the ladder, but before reaching that platform of triumph-Graduation-we turn and look down the ladder. We see our footprints as the first that are placed from the bottom step to the top, and those footprints are plain and even. The first real senior class of Forest Avenue High School has climbed the ladder and left footprints to guide and encourage those that follow.

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Gil-Blitz nf the Svvniur Gilman Listen, my schoolmates, and to you Illl tell Something before the parting bell. 'Tis only a poem of scattered school lore, Listen, I beg you, I'll tell it no more. There is a boy in the Senior class, his heart is given to a Senior lass, And them together, youlll always see, Lis Russell Martin and helen Losee. Two more Helens in this class you'll find Our Helens with their wonderful minds. l-lelen Carroll and helen lvlarder, We all admire your valient ardor. Among the boys, is Maurice Cheek. By no means is he lowly and meek, And with Babe is Stanley Metcalf, Did he ever fail to make you laugh! There are two Dorothy's in our class No one doubts but what tney'11 pass, With the Dorothy's is Julia Cosnahan, And little Frieda-who for youfll stand. Moseley Pritchett and Fred N. Palmer Both get their lessons sans a murmur. John Lobdell and Charlie Cohen, too, Have surely proven themselves true olue. And say, do you know our Eula Yost, Who sometimes studies her uttermost, But in Economics with all her might, Laughs and giggles with Sarah Wright? Then there's our annual editorf-Lewin. If he thinks there's trouble brewing He quickly picks out Shor.y Moore, And that old trouble is seen no more. And now as down the list we go, We find Sue Thornton, and dear old Jo. These two, with their chum Mozelle, Form a friendship of which I need not tell. In M.T. are Robert Perry and Earl Paige, They are magnificent, when in a rage! Robert McAlpine's friends so true, Are Burns and Byron and Shelley, too. Ethel and Carolina, I will confess In History class get in a mess, Kathleen and Vivian, too, I fear, Don't always escape entirely clear. Thus Bessie, Peggy, and poor Marie Also come in for their share of the spree. Hubert must enter this part of the list, For him, Miss Green has seldom missed. Puqe T14 enfy two At the head of the stairs are Frances and Clive, We know their aims, and how they strive. About hall way down, are Blanche and Thetis, They are two who always greet us. At the foot of the stairs we find, Bert Culp, and also Bert Elfenbeln. in the Forester office, are Ed and Chas., 'IXIIESS two we never rind in quarrels. By the lockers is sweet Bonnie Lee who true to Emma will always be. Gertrude Tebbs and Thelma Starr Good times they will never mar. As further through the halls you roam, You run into our iriend Jerome. Jerome has a curl-but so has Tommie So into this verse goes Tom McAfee. Adeline and Justine, in 208 Usually fear and dread their fate, While Vera Turner and Goldie Forman Earnestly discuss the life of a Morman. And now, with truth, we can only say, Don't ever forget Nyma Pearl and Fay. Neither could we e,er omit Helen Williams or Katherine Swift. Clifton Blackman and Howard Boone 1-lave hitched their carts unto the moon, While Elihu Berwald and Gerald Jones Delight in rattling their dear old bones. Irma and Minnie and Ruby, too, Are to us by no means new, But with Lina Skaggs and Margaret Many times with us have met. Daisy Gentry and our Mattie Ruth Are next in this rambling poem of truth. Carrie Adams and Alice itoos come last, And now from pity, l'll travel on fast. In our class there are seventy-one And in our hearts are omitted none. These verses, I trow, have rambled too long, So now with a sigh, I'll end this song. One word more, the poets say, That privilege, too, I'll take if I may. 'Tis this-Juniors, Sophs, and Freshies new, Remember us as those who stood with you. -Ethel Kemp.