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

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THEN NOW §mttnr (Claafl ijtfitnrg Did you look at those pictures in the front of this book? We think they ar«- very pretty, that's why we put them first Would you like to know all about them? All right, but you must be very good and listen quietly. Before I tell you about them look at them again and see if you don’t think they are about as good looking a bunch as you ever saw. If yon don’t, you can’t listen to this story so you’d better say you do whether you think so really or not. Of course you want to know who they are first, but 1 suppose it’s hardly necessary to tell that, because they are such important personages. Now for the story: Those people have not always been Seniors. |y since September 7. UM: . In 1912 they were rule little Freshmen. Ylieie were his more Freshmen than there are Seniors. They were very exclusive and had a building all to themselves with their clear teachers who loved them all fondly because they were good, amt on account of their extraordinary brilliance. At the end of the year they bade their teachers a pathetie and affoc- (Thirty-one)

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« BERNICE AURILLA BURKET. (BUNNY) Amorila. Mkla. -Or!. 1 . 181)7. Classical. • lire Club. Orchestra. Distinction—Identified by Il« r Laugh. JOHN ADAM LAVE. (SHORTY Fairplay. Colo. May 17. 1895. Scientific, class Play. ore ii| ia I ion—Kx plaining Chem Reactions. ARVILLA MAY EDDINS. DOT) Provo. Utah Nov. 23. 1895. Classical. Besetting Sin—Her Love for Silence. ( Thirty

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ftniinr (Class ffiistnrii Uonite farewell.—that Is. most of then) did. some »»f I hem couldn’t stand to leave and went hack the next year.- and after the summer vacation they went to the New Building, but. still owing to that air of exclusiveness, they were alone in many things, such as Literary programmes and the Sophomore Banquet, which was held at the St. Regis Hotel, in honor of the iinual Debate. Again, so as to be different they turned aside from the time worn subj.vt of Sparta and Athens and debated on “Resolved that Greece did more for the Modern World than Rome did.” In June they went out of the building to return in September as Juniors or Sophomores or not at all. as the rase might be. The next year they were Juniors and they had their Literary with the Seniors. Not changing the subject, but do you like to go to parties? You do of course. Everyone likes to do that. Well, on February 26, ’15 had a lovely time and lots of good things to eat, and a programme and {I'll have to whisper this because It’s VERY wicked they danced till twelve o’clock. The Juniors had a picnic too. They went to Nothorof re Canyon and climbed all over creation. On April 23 the Seniors gave the Juniors a party at Marjorie. Ml the t?iris wore middies. After the programme and refreshments the Si l»i«e.” orchestra came and played for us. gain the spirit of being different was shown in the last Junior-Senior party. Instead of the regular banquet they gave a Carden Soiree at the Bueklin Mansion on 5th and Gunnison. The next year they were Seniors. That’s the bunch you’ve looked it so often in those preceding pages. The Freshies of 16 were s » green that when they got inside of the Franklin Ruilding they gave it a cramp in tie side and had to “discornhohulate” some word I claim everyone else by disarranging I he class periods so that ail the Sophomores. Juniors and Seniors had to go to School at seven o’clock for over six weeks hut i seemed like six months, ho you think it is nice for hoys to fight ? or course you don’t and our big boys don’t either but then some things jus! can’t be helped and when boys are bad they must be punished in some way. It was decided that a sack fight would he the best way to make the Junior children realize how really insignificant they were; and so on the evening of January 21. 1916 the opposing learns met on the field of battle in a bloody conflict. Naturally, as was to he expected, the Seniors won. How could il have been oilier wise? You may hear this denied, hut don’t believe everything you hear. On the Twelfth of February the Juniors overcame the malice in their hearts and entertained us royally at a costume, valentine party at tin High. The evening was spent pleasantl with a programme and refreshments. JANET FRANCIS. 16. ( Thirty-two}