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

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3 Although the year is only three months on, he has already won the respect and friendship of the student body, and there is no doubt but that under the new regime, the school year will be both pleasant and profitable. MISS ETHEL SMITH. Tlie childhood days of Miss Ethel Smith, our new Commercial teacher, were spent in Clinton ville, Wisconsin, where she attended the public schools, and later graduated from the High School with high honors. After tinising her studies as far as Clintonville was concerned, she went to Oshkosh Normal. Completing her course there and wishing to take up Commercial work, she entered Stev- ens Point Business College. After this she took up office work, but tiring of it, she decided to teach. Being offered the position at Hudson, she accepted, coming to us highly recommended. Although very dignified, Miss Smith lias a charming person- ality which has made her a friend of the students. In class room her discipline is almost perfect, and woe betide him who would im- pair it. Her ability to fill the position vacated bv Miss Jacobson is unquestioned, and it is expected that the Commercial students will be turned out finished products, MISS EDNA SERVER Last, but not least, is Miss Edna Server, our pretty, new lan- guage teacher Although she hails from New Richmond, she is not to be judged thereby, for she has proven herself unlike other repre- sentatives from that town. She was born in West Port, Minnesota, where she received her early schooling. She then moved to New Richmond, where she finished High School, graduating m 1907. From there she went to Hamline University, where she specialized in German and Latin, graduating from there in the spring of 1911. After finishing, she went to Browns Valley, teaching there until this fall. So far Miss Server has shown that she knows the German lan- guage backwards and forwards, and that she is equally efficient in Latin. She has also been instrumental in forming a German Club, which is expected to be a great success.

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2 as to enable the staff to main tain a good school paper. Not only sub- scribe for the True Blue but also take an interest in getting ma- terial for the paper. Nearly every pupil has ability in some line. In our school there are good story writers, poets and artists. Why not have each pupil’s skill represented in our School paper? Definite plans have been made and » boys’ glee club has been organized. There is no reason why we should not have as good, if not abetter boys’ glee club than girls,’ for there is plenty of ma terial among the boys. Under the leadership of two such com- petent teachers as Miss Slaughter and Mr. Puller, we can surely turn out one that will be a credit to the Hudson High. For the past number of years our High School has had a good girls' glee club, but this year we want to have glee clubs of both sexes, which will surpass those of former years. The only way to obtain such a result is for every student with musical talent to join these clubs and in that way with theaid of our High School orches tra we will be able to furnish our own music at the various High School entertainments and debates. OUR NEW TEACHERS. WILLIAM D. FULLER. William David Fuller, our genial new Superintendent, was born in Adams County, Wis. He attended the county schools there and then went to Normal Preparatory, at Stevens Point After finish- ing the preparatory work he took up the regu'ar Normal course. His work later in the University of Wisconsin entitled him to a Ph. B. degree; and one year post graduate work is credited to him in the University of California. He first taught in the county schools in Waushara Co., and later in the grades in Grand Rapids and Marinette. The princioalship of the Eagle River Township High school was held by him from 1903 to 1907. From there he went to the Hillside Home School, acting as Head Master of this private school for three years. In 1910, he was superintendent of the schools in Sparta. The first half of.lastyear he taught Physics in the Berkely High School, Cal ifornia, and the same subject in the University High at Madison in the last hal f.

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4 AN EXPLORATION OF MY NEIGHBOR’S BACKYARD All minds, even the dullest, remember the days of their child- hood; but all cannot bring back the indescribable brightness of that blessed season. One incident in particular I recall to mind, and that is the time Amy and I went on an exploring trip in my neighbor’s backyard. It was a beautiful day in July that Amy had come to spend with me. We were playing with our dolls when suddenly an idea came to Amy. ”Oh! Grace, she exclaimed,” I know what we can play. I heard mother telling father about some explorers that had gone to dis- cover the North Pole. I couldn’t understand what that word meant so I asked mother and she said explorers were men that went in close search of something. Let us play we’re explorers, Grace. I agreed to her idea, so we took our rocking horses and started off. We imagined that we went by way oi St. Paul, which was a great place in our estimation and which was represented by the wood-pile. Here we exchanged our horses for imaginary boats and sailed down a stream of water. We followed this route until we came to a picket fence that separated our yard from our neigh- bor’s. We gotout of our imaginary boatsand looked over the fence and saw the stream continued. We climbed over the fence with- out hesitating and soon we were sailing down the stream again. Suddenly I caught sight of some bushes loaded with black ber- ries. Some were so ripe that they had got tired of staying on the bush waiting for some-one to pick them, so they just slipped to the ground. My mouth filled with water, and I made one dash for tne bush. 1 was closely followed by Amy. We set to work eating the berries as fast as we could pick them, without saying a word to one anoth- er. Our faces were soon quite blue, and our clean, starched aprons all stains. We heard the twelve o’clock bell, but neither of us made a move to stop. Soon I began to feel ill, but as I did not want Amy to know this, I kept on eating, but there were longer intervals be- tween the mouthfuls. Soon Amy began to screw up her face as though in pain. She got up and moved toward the fence: I follow- ed. We had difficulty in getting over the fence, but we were soon