Hudson High School - True Blue Yearbook (Hudson, WI)

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TliUE BLUE MR. HANSEN. Christian Hansen was born in Denmark in 1850 and received his education there. He was married to Miss Hannah Nelson in 1870. He has resided in Hudson for thirty-one years and has worked con- tinuously at his trade of blacksmithing during that time. MR. FISCHER. William A. Fischer was born July 17, 1869, and received his edu- cation in Hudson at the Sixth street schools. He married Miss Hettie Myers in 1888. He has spent his entire life in Hudson and has been engaged in the mercantile business most of the time, being at present chief clerk for Singelman Co. MR. KIRCH ER. Edward Kircher was born in Hudson in 1871. After passing through the grades he graduated from our High School in 1888. He then attended business college and one semester at the University of Wisconsin. He was married to Miss Isabelle Ross in 1899. Mr. Kircher is a builder and contractor. CAPT. BURTON. W. Y. Burton was born at St. Louis and came to Hudson when he was ten years old. He received his education in the Hudson schools, supplemented by private study. He married Miss Elizabeth Finn in 1899. By trade Mr. Burton is a wood machinist. He is at present the efficient captain of Co. C, Third Regiment, W. N. G. R. K. THE PROVING OF NITA. THE SUB. HELEN HERUM, ’05, It was the day of the great game deciding the championship be- tween the Scarlet and the Orange and Black. The girls of the visiting team were gathered in the dressing room putting on their suits and tying great scarlet bows on their hair. Lillia Meredith, the captain and right forward, who was known among the league teams as the “little girl with the long hair” was en- gaged in earnest conversation with Edith Conway and Love Jerold. Edith was the other forward. She was a tall, fair girl with yellow hair which was at present pulled tightly back from her face, a fact which served to characterize her among the other teams. Love Jerold was business manager and played guard. The other guard was Peggy

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2 TRUE BLUE men who are prominent in school athletics, but who also have a high rank in scholarship. Of the members of the Athena debate team, which is to debate Alpha-Delta, two were members of the football eleven and the third prominent in the base ball team. Of the eight young ladies who take most active partin basketball, five are entered in the declamatory contests to take place next month. The rules of the Inter-Scholastic association do not permit any student whose standings are not up to the passing mark required in his school to take part in any athletic contest. These rules are adhered to in the St. Croix Valley League, and an inspection of the records of our athletic contestants will show that their standings have been kept up to and in most cases much beyond the required marking. We do not consider our school perfect, by any means. The criti- cism has been made, that we students have too many diversions from our school work—such as dances and other social functions. However true this may be, we are sure that the athletics in our school are not a diversion, but as we have already stated, rather tend to promote bet- ter work on the part of those interested in them. OUR SCHOOL BOARD. Our school board of the city of Hudson is at present composed of six members, all of whom are mnch interested in the schools and anxious for their welfare. A True Blue reporter recently interviewed these gentleman and secured the following brief biography of each: DR. WINGENDER. J. H. Wingender was born April 14, 1854, at Philadelphia, Penn- sylvania. He received his education in his native state, and took up the profession of dentistry. He married Miss Clara Wiltrout in 1880 and in 1886 came to Hudson where he has since resided. Dr. Wingender is chairman of the board. CAPT. KINNEY. A. J. Kinney was born at Pittsburg, Wis., in 1857. He received his early education at a private academy and later graduated from the River Falls Normal and from the Law Department of the University of Wisconsin. He was married to Miss Susie Pierce in 1886 and settled in Hudson for the practice of his profession. Mr. Kinney is Clerk of the board.

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4 TKUE BLUE Murton and the two made the fastest pair of guards in the league. The center, Frances Ford, though only a Sophomore, was one of the most brilliant players on the team.. On the whole the Scarlet was a pretty steady little team for even the Orange and Black to run up against. Sitting on the window sill, carelessly swinging her feet, was their one and only sub—Nita Wilbur. She was a tall dark haired girl—a good player when she chose to be, but usually inclined to be a trifle careless and let others get ahead of her. “Come girls,” called Love from the door, “We must go out and practice a little before the game. You know we’re not used to these baskets and—Oh, girls, we just have to win the game. I only wish we were to play them in our own gym.” “Nonsense,” returned Lillia. “All the more honor to us if we defeat them in their own hall.” “All right.” assented Love blithely. Soon the girls were back again, warm and enthusiastic from their practice and impatiently awaiting the referee’s whistle. Lillia sat down rather wearily and kicked out her right foot dis- consolately. “What’s the matter dear,” asked their coach, noticing the action. “Nothing,” Lillia answered. “Only I bumped my ankle and it hurts a little. I’ll get over it before the game.” The ankle really hurt more than she would own and Lillia looked anxiously at Nita, wondering whether the girl would care to exert herself enough to play a good game if she, Lillia, were put out. The shrill note of the referee’s whistle brought the two teams into the hall, amid the waving of banners and the cheering of enthusiastic students who lined either side of the room. The ball was tossed up, the whistle sounded and the scramble for victory had begun. Lillia and Edith between them worked the ball toward the Scarlet goal and tried for the basket, Up went the ball, there was breath- less silence throughout the hall, then a roar from the Orange and Black—it had missed! Up it went again—and missed. A chaos of shouts broke from the Orange and Black. One of the home girls had secured the ball and by superb team work it was taken to the other goal and almost before the Scarlet girls had realized the fact, a bas- ket was thrown. The score was two to nothing in favor of the home