Grand Junction High School - Tiger Yearbook (Grand Junction, CO)

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SENIOR CLASS HISTORY The history of the Class of Nineteen Eleven may not, in the writing of it, have many of the wildfire occurrences experienced by some High School classes. Most of the incidents which hind us together as a class, and have given charm and fascination to our four years together here, have been slight ones, and as such are impressed on our minds; yet these arc what make our school life of individual interest and personal pleasure. Among our ranks we boast a Battling Nelson, a modern President Munro, and, besides these illustrious characters, an animate Stone of untold yet not unknown value. Even without our young Frey and “de wise (iuy” we might be called a famous class, and with them our renown is undisputed. Murphys we have, too. The first, our Freshman year passed uneventfully and smoothly enough for most of us, after we had recovered from the sting of abuse and the slams which our upper-classmen thought their duty to inflict upon us on our first visit to room one. Later in the year we even dared to organize for fellowship and protection against our enemies, and we began to feel pity at their shortsightedness in being perfectly oblivious to our sprouting wings. Nevertheless we aspired to be something more than mere “scrubs,” and began to raise our hands and hopes in anticipation of Sophomore superiority. After soaring about in the eleventh heaven of conceit for a while, down we came with a thud to the hard, bitter realization that “those Freshmen” wer even now receiving more notice than we, and our vanity suffered another terrific blow. Inclination said: “Be gay”; the teachers said: “Be good, or the terrible plague of ‘C + ’ will assail your host”; and, if we compromised with our advisers, who can blame us? Recovering from the shock of our disappointed expectancy, we dropped our natural meekness of demeanor, and, speaking in oily whispers, gave vent to our injured feelings, to the dismay of our successors. By the middle of the year the Spartan division had acquired enough voice to carry them victorious through the Annual Debate. Athens opened her gates to the conquerors, and, by a feast lasting far into the night, acknowledged their mastery. Gradually we had found and slipped into our niche. As jostling, jolly Juniors, we worked hard to reach the last step of our 1 ligh School career. We studied with more actual intentness than before, and, as the time before us grew less, we were cheered onward by the thought of two previous years well passed. How sorry we were for the poor unfortunates lower down, who, vowing revengeful deeds on us the night that the two upper classes were to assemble in informal fashion, we so ignominiously defeated, and one of their leaders subsequently shorn of his crown of golden hair! From that time forth all out-of-class-room intervals were assiduously devoted to a heated inter-class conflict, the final outcome of which would be difficult to decide, although Nineteen Eleven lost no honor in the fray. Although we were sorry to see the Seniors leave us, we were anxious to take their places. The last event of the year was a banquet, given in their honor on the eve of their graduation. But our minds, spanning the coming year, were dwelling on thoughts of our own departure, and its work and pleasures. After vacation we assembled for the last time to

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Ho mice Jolly; deceased. Vera Harvey; Junior G. J. H. S. Florence Ackerman: married. Kuby Cox; Senior G. J. H. S. (Mare O’Hare; Telephone office. Nettie Ingersoll; Salem. Oregon. Deila Reynolds; student, Provo, Utah. AgneB Edwards; bookkeeping. G. J. Myrtle Stamm: Mrs. Jackson. G. J. Eleanor Cole; Junior G. J. II. S. Flora Slocomb: Mrs. Kakulah, Tellur-ide. Georgia Armstrong; Senior, G. J. H. S. Max Boyer; surveying. Montrose. Nell Green: Junior. G. J. H. S. Eva Lund: married. Wakegan. 111. Nona La vis: DeBeque, Colo. Herbert Gardner: Isle of Pines. Cuba. Selwyn Merritt; Junior. G. J. H. S. Althea Harris; Senior. G. J. H. S. Nina Burton; Senior. G. J. H. S. Gwen Herrick: address unknown. Sidney Bull; student. West Newton, Mass. Ethel Haskell; Senior. G. J. 11. S. The Freshmen of 1908 Margaret Barkuloo; Grand Junction. Rex Barber; ranching, G. J. Earl Peugh; Telephone Company. G.J. Rodney Robison; student, Phoenix, Ariz. Leone Voils: Senior. G. J. H. S. Marcedus Murphy; Senior. G. J. H. S. Minnie Heckman; Grand Junction. Winifred Roily; student. Valparaiso. Ind. Elizabeth Dingman; Fruit vale. Colo. Adalia Stark: Senior. G. J. H. S. Eula Anderson: Junior, G. J. H. S. Reva McCann; Senior, G. J. H. S. Helen Stevens; Art School, New York Gilbert Brackett; address unknown. Mark Bunting: Swarthmore College. Pa. Clyde Hardenbruok; base-ball. Iowa. Philip McCary; Senior. G. J. H. S. Jesse Carothers; R R. employee. G. J. Roland Pemburthy; Business College. G. J. Violet Currie; married, Grand June. Albertus Bigler: Grand Junction. Mary Wilson: Grand Junction. Duane Budelier; tin shop employee. G. J. Walter Hatch; Red Vale. Colo. George Miller: married. Plateau Valiev. Walter Nelson: Senior. G. J. H. S. Owen Smith; married, address unknown. Roy ('aidwell; Senior, G. J. H. S. Robert Kline: student. D. U. Ira Fox: Newburg, Ore. Robert Raber: farming. Kannah Cr. Robert Vorbeck; student. Winona. III. Curtis Lynch: Junior. G. J. H. S. Stanley Reed; Junior. G. J. H. S. George Frey: Senior. G. J. H. S. Frank Pultz; Sophomore. G. J. H. S. Lyman Woodruff; Grand Junction. Lloyd Levan: Junior. G. J. H. S. Harold Rhone; Junior. G. J. 11. S. Hugh Drury : somewhere in Texas. Earl Adams; Senior. G. J. H. S. Rebekah Miller; Senior. G. J. H. S.

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enroll as members of old G. J. 11. S. We had once been called a class of heathens, and we meant to redeem our names in the short time left us. Some unknown impulse had, in an equally unknown manner, instilled in our innocent minds a new spirit of audacity, and the witty sallies of our Science professor were met with confident replies (entirely unlike our former confusion of manner and suffusion of countenance). Bluffing it out became an art, though sometimes, to our sorrow, an over-practiced one. The Juniors gave us a very enjoyable party—a Washington affair—and proved themselves splendid entertainers. for everyone present reported a most delightful time. We entered Grand Junction High School sixty-six strong, and we leave it thirty-six in number, and of these only thirteen or fourteen started here four years ago. Sortie have fallen behind, some gone to other schools, and, worse than these, grim Matrimony has chosen several to follow her call to the hymeneal altar. I he past contains much pleasure, the present is full of vital interest; the future has in it all of allurement that we can ever picture or fancy to ourselves. We envied the class that preceded us, and we envy the one that will follow: and we bid farewell to our High School with sadness in our hearts, and its memory stamped indelibly on our lives. Georgia Armstrong. C HSS PROPHECY September, 1931! How the time flies! Twenty years ago 1 was a Senior in High School; but now my once raven locks are streaked with gray, my peaches-and-cream complexion is beginning to fade, and my thoughts turn no more to frivolous things, such as slapping Antoinette with the Chem. text and teasing poor little Ethel. Ethel? She and I are devoting our time to our home for orphans. But where are the other wonderful members of our class? I have it! I will consult the new Morsc-F Folmburg Encyclopedia, to be sure. There is one familiar name. Adams, Earl Raborn (1894).—After graduating from the Grand Junction High School in 191 1 and the Denver School of Law in 191 5, Mr. Adams began practicing law in New York, and is now considered one of the best criminal lawyers in the United States. Miss Stone, who is one of the foremost business women in the state, is his private secretary and business manager. It is said that Mr. Adams received his first inspirations from Dr. Cole, who used to discuss the subject of criminal law in the Chemistry class. Caldwell, Roy T. (1889-).—Roy Caldwell specialized in foot-ball during his I ligh School days, and has continued to devote his life to this subject. The name “Caldwell” now takes the place of “Spaulding” on all athletic goods. His eleven husky sons, who are the pride of his hoary head, comprise the Caldwell Foot-Ball Team, champions of the United States. They recently challenged Athens for the international championship and will leave for that country soon. McCary, Philip Henry (1891-).—This great inventor attended school in Gram! Junction, Colorado, where he made a record for himself as half-back on th -High School h'oot-Ball Team. Everyone adored the