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

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LYNN E. HOLT “Guinea” Operetta (1) Ding: Toes.” JESSE HORN “Jessie Football (1) (3) (4) “If I Wait Till the End of the World.” MEKI.E JOHNS Cap- Basketball (2) (3) (4) G. J. B. B. Manager (3) B. B. Captain (4) Senior Class Play Guessing.” Kenney, the Sophomore Class has taken its place in the front iuw in every branch of school activities. Our ability to adapt our talent to any line, no matter how unnatural, was displayed in the Sophomore Baby Show. Our athletes have made an especially good showing, as the track team which brought home the cups from Montrose were nearly all Sophs. Although we, as Sophomores, have broken many records and greatly broadened our brain capacity, we feel that we have trod long enough between the straight narrow paths of geometry's parallel lines and have composed, recomposed and decomposed until our literary arts are exhausted, and it is with a feeling of heartfelt pleasure that we extend the invitation to our less learned friends to explore the depths of Sophomore learning while we pass on to the more elevated standing of Juniors. M. F. Junior Class History rf September, 1918, a little band of knowledge seeking pilgrims wended their weary way to the High School building for the first time. Perhaps they were green, perhaps not; at any rate they are green no longer. In a short while they lost their awe of the upper-classmen and began to make their presence felt. They elected officers, supported the athletic events and learned the art of “cutting class” and “bluffing.” Then they began to think of social affairs, and, not wanting to experiment on upper-classmen, they turned their attention to the eighth-graders, and in February they royally entertained the Sophs of today at a costume affair which proved a great success. Emboldened by their brilliant achievements, they began to contribute to the Orange and Black. And so they rounded out their Freshman year. They came back again in the fall as Sophs and were given the privilege of sitting among Juniors and Seniors. They pored over the well-thumbed books and learned by heart the propositions in Geometry. They astounded the teachers by their knowledge, and Miss Taylor went so far as to say they were the brightest Latin students she had ever had. They brought forth students of amazing ability in the different arts. Karl Purcell was unexcelled as a cartoonist; Harold House is destined to have a great career as a singer; then there is the violinist, Forrest Leffingwell, and there are countless others. But time went quickly, and the end of the year rolled around, and once again they prepared to depart; but not without some celebration, for in June they held a great feast at the Y. M. C. A., their last meeting as Sophomores. Lo, they are now mighty Juniors: they are no longer considered as children: they choose their own subjects, and walk with high-held heads among the students. They have two members on the O. B. staff, and the three leading men in the Operetta were chosen from their ranks. At the Piggleteria they raised a larger amount than any other class. They have twice entertained the Seniors—once at a barn dance and once at a farewell banquet. And now they are preparing to dose their Junior year. They will soon be Seniors! They have had a glorious past and are looking forward to a glorious future, because they are the best class which has ever been in G. J. H. S.—the Class of '22! Senior Class History OPEN the portals of Memory; Come back to long, long ago, So I can tell you the history Of how the poor Freshies grow. Back in dear '19 and '17 Freshies we were, green as grass; Up at the H. S. a-fixing To find where to stay in that mass. Latin we studied and History, English, and Algebra, too, MILLERD JONES “Joey- Football (1) (2) (3) G. J. Basketball (1) (2) Vice-Pres. Literary Society (3) Hoel-Ross Bus. College (4) Oh Judge She Treats Me Mean.” MAUDE KANE “Mud” Hoel-Ross Business Col. (4)‘ “Somebody's Waiting.” LOUIS KKHI. Cripple Creek H. S. (1) (2) Spanish Club M) Operetta (4) Glee Club (3) (4) “Somebody Like You.”

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 111.1 111:1 il VMI’SON “Milly” Class Piny Spanish Club (4) Glee Club (1) “Look What You Done With Your Dangerous Eyes.” FI.OR EX E ll AN8EN Hans” Monte Vista, Colo. (1) Hooper. Colo. (2) (3) “Wishing.” I.I.OYI) HARVEY Lloydle” Class Pres. (3) Baseball (3) Operetta (4) Class Play (4) “Speed. The Emerald Class of '24 XN September, 1920, the Emerald Class of 24 started its lively career. We really imagined that we were pretty well up on the various phases of high school life and were extremely conscious of our superiority over our fellow students. Alas! he murmured a precious truth who said “Ignorance is bliss.” The Freshman today is a typical example of the ruin that can be made by tireless A-expecting teachers. We sit in Algebra, Latin. English and History classes daily, and daily the thot of our wrongs weighs more heavily on our shoulders. Some of us develop long, careworn faces and a sorrowful countenance. We glower in envy at our more intelligent students who have a multitude of As. Still, when the morose Sophomore confides to us his troubles, when the tearful Junior prepares us for the worst and when the wise but nevertheless despondent Senior sobs into our ear his tale of woe, we brace up and think maybe it’s not so bad after all. We have, however, made an extensive display of our knowledge when we chose the most worthy Eugene Mast for our Freshman president. He has also distinguished himself as an orator. Now, dear reader, to show you the extent of our importance and the impression we have made on the High School, I will say that in the last two months the Seniors have actually spoken to one or two members of our class when they met them on the public sidewalk! Does this not prove the esteem in which we are held? We have had a splendid corps of teachers, and to them wo will lay without reservations the entire praise and honor which our mental superiority has excited, and we wish anyone who realizes the importance of the Freshman Class to give them the credit! Now we have reached the end of our year. We are sad, but still the experience has given each member of our class memories which will brighten his entire life. and. when we are all grandfathers and grandmothers, with smooth crowns or silver plumes, we can call our grandchildren hither and relate to them the marvelous intelligence and the extraordinary achievements made by the Class of 24. —Dalton Trumbo, ’24. Sophomore Class History XN the month of September, in the year of Our Ix rd nineteen hundred and twenty, over a hundred small students signed our names to the enrollment list of the Class of ’23 and with Freshman inquisitiveness began to pry into the many volumes of wisdom contained in the Grand Junction High School. A few days sufficing to satisfy our curiosity, we proceeded to store in the limited capacity of our brain cells as much book lore as their small dimensions would allow. Aided by our very competent teachers, we progressed rapidly and, although our president, Milo Wormell, left us before his term of office was completed, and a miscalculation on the weather proved quite disastrous to our Freshman picnic, the first year was completed without further mishaps. We returned the following year only to find that each and every one of our Ninth Grade teachers had escaped to parts unknown. Whether they were frightened away by the dazzling brilliancy of our intellectual achievements or for some other reason remains to be learned. However, we entered our new classes unpreceded by any slanderous hints from teachers’ tongues to detract from our dignity as Sophomores. With this exceptionally bright beginning and with the lively leadership of our president, Eugene WAYNE J. HARRIS “Banty” Mother's Little Sonflower.” IKON HIEIMiEN “Lee Jinks Class Play Operetta (1) (2) Football (3) (4) G. J. I’m Forever Blowing Bubbles.” RAY HOCKETT Slats” Mt. Lincoln H. S. (1) (2) (3) Baseball (4) “Hey Hey.”

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JEW El, I. LAMB Baby” Class Historian (3) Senior Class Play I'm Nobody’s Baby.” II El,ION LEFFIX G WELL ••Lor' Hoel-Ross Business Col. (4) Till We Meet Again.” RAYMOND LOEFFI.ER Razz” Orchestra (2) (3) Minstrel Show (4) Oh You Little Bunch of Sweetness.” Opened many gates of mystery— That is, i mean, to a lew. Then came the first Freshman picnic: How we all flocked to the mine At the historical Book Cliff— How our green faces did shine. Then we became brainy Sophomores, Heads grown as big as balloon Struggling sadly on Life’s stormy shores. Learning of ignorance looms. From Sophs we soon became Juniors, Some leaving, some joining ur class; All working so hard to be Seniors, To which we aspired to the last. And, when we became mighty Seniors, With brows wrinkled sadly from care. And looks that bespoke of much knowledge That made the poor Freshies stare, Then twas a year good and peppy, With parties and dances and things— A slouch day made very snappy By tests that our eyebrows did singe. The play and the fine operetta Both helped give our school a name, And all by the Seniors made peppy— The Seniors who gave H. S. its fame. So, now, as we Seniors are leaving, Embarking on Life’s stormy sea, We hope that our school keeps on growing And the best in the state forever will be. J. V. C. Senior Class Will last will and testament of the Class of ’21, Ij drawn up this thirteenth day of May, in the year of Our Lord nineteen hundred and twenty-one, does bequeath and provide the following on specified conditions: 1— The old school building, provided that the students thereof keep off the grass. 2— Katharyne Brown wills her freckles to offset the beauty of Evelyn Roberts’ complexion. 3— Grace Glasco leaves Harold House to Irene Beardsley, provided she helps him with his lessons. 4— Betty Meserve bequeaths her voice to Helen Murray on the condition that she will not use it. 5— Isabella Moulton turns over Wendell Smith to Elsie Langford with the request that she handle him with care. 6— Bob Whipple leaves his much envied gait to Rollin Shanks with the admonition that aforesaid heir never try to catch a pig. 7— Grace Glasco leaves her position of Orange and Black editor to Marjorie Paige, provided that she will not accept it. 8— Margaret Ryan wills her hair to Catherine Green with the advice to “get up early to get it combed.” 9— Merle Johns wills, with a sigh, her “pep” to Virga Stout—also her slimness. 10— “The OTHER bunch” leave the class scraps to “Ruth Hoel’s Bunch” with the advice to be well prepared. 11— We leave Ru Williamson s pansy eyes, much admired by the feminine population, to Boyd Wilhelm. 12— Le Noir Wohlfort bequeaths her complexion to Margaret Whitney, provided she labors faithfully all summer to pay for it. 13— Cleo Parker leaves her unique head-dress to Helen Higgins, which she hopes will aid Helen in her vamping career. 14— Alma Boyer wills her brains to Charlsie Lapham, provided that she uses them. 15— Cora Bradley descends her ability as “social ALTA LYNCH Allie” Hoel-Ross Business Col. (4) Why Don’t You.” I,ELIA MAGERS Dimples” Cripple Creek H. S. (4) Sweetie O’Mlne.” EDITII MANTEY Edie Look for the Silver Lining.