Hart High School - Hartian Yearbook (Hart, MI)

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CLASS HISTORY —f » I » I For four short years our little Hoot has been riding in harbor. In a few days our anchors will be weighed and we shall pass together down the tide. A few days and these clustering sails will he scattered and will be fading specks, each in his own horizon, steaming or drifting toward the goal. We. the class of nineteen twenty, realizing that education is the developing of the man or woman for the responsibilities of life, which are sure to come to us. began our work in earnest on September fourth, nineteen sixteen. The familiar call, “all freshmen meet in the auditorium. early in September was for the purpose of drawing us together to select those who were to guide our ship during the year. As a result Miss Coppins became our admiral. Stewart Wickham, our captain, and Corlnne Skccls and Edith I a.Mont, ensigns. The seamen on hoard the ship at this time numbered fifty-five. Only thirty-three of these are still sailing with us. The other twenty-two tired of the sea life and left it in. searcli of other adventures. Our fleet was led- tills year by the flagship, known as The Faculty. This was commanded by (‘apt. Harrington. The other members of th.? crew were Mr. VanBuskirk. Mr. Jenks. Miss Culver. Miss Duffy. Miss Scanlon and Miss Coppins. We had some difficulty in getting started on our trip for we had never before had any experience in this kind of a life. At first our work, which was called by various names, as Latin, English, Algebra. History, and Biology, was quite easy, but after a few weeks we found that we were given more to do. We sailed in deeper water, and some days there were terrible storms. Our flagship. The Faculty, was always ahead of us. however, and always ready to help us. During this trip in Freshman I.akc, we found that we could cruise around In other lakes sometimes. One of these was the Lake of Pleasure. Here all the fleet in th. ? harbor came together for good times. The first night that we were asked to be present hero, the Lake of Pleasure, was under the command of the Seniors. After this we went here quite often and sometimes we took command ourselves. During this first y.car some of our crew discovered a small sea which they thought looked more pleasant, so they left us for the Sea of Matrimony. After nine and one-half months we were given shore Pave for three months, after which time we were to be sent to Sophomore Lake. We were told that wo were one-fourth nearer the end of the harbor and that when we had reached the end we would enter the large Sea of Life. While we were on our shore leave we wore somewhat saddened by the news that the Captain of our flagship. Mr. Harrington, and one of the crew. Mr. VanBuskirk. had left us to Join the World War. Wh »n we came together in the harbor again, we began our cruise in Sophmore Lake. Several of our crew did not attempt this trip, but we were joined by seven new people. Our admiral this year was Miss Duffy, our captain. Wilna It-ynolds. and our ensigns. Verona Butzer and I In Damrcll. Th ? Faculty.” this year, was under the command of Mr. Sherman. Mr. Savage. Mr. Jenks, Miss Culver. Miss Duffy, Miss Oates, and Miss Carver were on hoard also. This year we took few trips in the l.ake of Pleasure, for we were all anxious to spend all of our extra time working for the American lied Cross, the Junior lied Cross, the Thrift Stamp Campaigns and the Y. M. C. A. Five hundred dollars were raised for War Funds during this year. We were proud and glad that we could do something for our country at this time. The trip this year closed with a picnic on shore. It was held at Juniper B ach and was very successful. The work of our third trip was much the same as that of the other two years, only that now we were older and knew better just what was expected of us. As we realized that our time in the harbor was getting short, we decided not to spend ail of our time in work, but to spend as much as we could in the l.ake of Pleasure. We began our trip In Junior I ak 1 with seven new seamen. The flagship was still under the command of Mr. Sherman, hut Page fourteen

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OCEANA COUNTY NORMAL CLASS OF 1920 Dorothy Halladay Edith Keen Grace Hilbourn Mary Osterman Mary Hanks ma Belle Bowers Mayme Lambrlx Lorena Brunk Ida McRae Ethel Babbit Bessie Huston Mrs. Emma R. Hutchins, Principal. Page thirteen

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MAVORIC PARMER. President. EILEEN WELSH. Vice President. MARIE GREINER. Secretary. HAROLD FREEBORN. Treasurer. Minnie Bushaw Esther Benson Elsie Braudel Renan Barclay Verona Butzer Wlnnifred Craig Charles Fletcher Hazel Con vis Ruth Gamble LaVangc Gilliland Edith Hardy I .'-Roy Johnson Edith La Mont Beryl Iconic Ethel Melven Guy Nicholson Lillian Osborn Verne Payne Ethel Powers Elizabeth Putney WMna Reynolds Velma Shull Elden Simpson Corinne Sk. els Mildred Sheldon IjiVerle Tate Clair Tietz Margaret Wballey Lawrence Wachter Page fifteen