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

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TRUE BLUE 5 ture is that every year the class reporters, report the same thing. That’s mighty suspicious. If the True Blue reporters send in such reports this year, this staff is going to be minus four class reporters and class reports will be done away with entirely. For the past few years the best themes have been published in the True Blue. This has excited a great deal of ad. verse criticism. This year this will not be carried out unless we have ex- ceptionally good themes which are very humorous and interesting. Another department which will be remodelled this year is the Athletic Column. We are going to have better, longer and more interesting reports. The Exchange Column will also be improved. We are going to attempt to have at least fifty exchanges on the reading table. The exchanges are of in- terest to every student and we will attempt to satisfy them in this respect. This year remember that this True Blue does not belong to the staff. It belongs to you Y-O-U YOU. See that you make it yours. Ever since 1 entered high school I have heard nothing but unpleasant remarks made of the True Blue editor. Now you just remember that poor True Blue was not the fault of the editor or the staff. It was your fault. In the future make this your True Blue. Have a better paper, better athletics, better lit- erary work, and more school spirit. Let us get out of the ranks of the dead and enter the ranks of the living. A SQUARE DEAL If it were not for the advertisers, we would not have enough money to pay for the True Blue. So we must give our advertisers a square deal and, in turn, patronize them. It’s the right thing to do. THE STORY CONTEST A few w-eeks ago, we asked for some good themes for the first issue Only a few were turned in. .Most of them were not up to True Blue stand- ard. Only one was good enough for publication. This theme was written by Gertrude Kelley.

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4 TRUE BLUE and read it without digging up seventy-five cents. If you do this, all the school spirit you have could be enclosed in a mustard seed, and even then there would be so much room left that it would rattle like a bean in a bushel basket. So get some school spirit. Participate in at least two school organiza- tions, and aid financially all the rest. We know that we all have a tendency to become enthusiastic over new and attractive possibilities for betterment in any direction, and to stop there; to recommend admirable courses of ac- tion to others, and tail to adopt them ourselves; to advise change and remain unchanged; in short, to preach without practicing, but we are going to at- tempt to practice that we preach, and cultivate school spirit. And so we say again that this editorial is written to try to focus the dormant school spirit into action; to point out that Hudson High has lost its leadership, and that it can regain it only through the concerted, though individual action, of every student who believes we can regain the lost ground, and who wants Hudson High School prosperity, Hudson High School prestige, and Hudson High School leadership. If we have school spirit our interests are united. We are the Hudson High School and if anything is going to be done by this institution to regain its leadership, it must be done by you and me, acting as patriotic students. OUR AIM. It is the aim of the True Blue staff to reflect impartially the best thought of the school; and on its own behalf, to speak plainly on all questions affect, ing the school’s welfare. It aims, furthermore, to present the thoughts and actions of the student body; and above all, to increase the school spirit. BASKET BALL The Basket Ball season will open soon. l et’s boost for the team, so that we can have a successful season. And you inelligible men who are good basket ball players remember that if you had any school spirit you would not remain inelligible. You basket ball men, remember that you ex- pect the Glee Clubs, debators, and other organizations to support you finan- cially, but also remember that it is up to you to support the True Blue, Glee Club, and debating, and if you don’t support the other organizations, you have absolutely no school spirit, have absolutely no business playing basket ball. When the basket ball sale of tickets comes along, let us make a new record. Let our motto be: “For every student a basket ball ticket.” OUR POLICY In looking over the old files of the True Blue, we notice some very peculiar things. About every two years the same editorials are reprinted. This will not occur this year. If we can not find a suitable subject for an editorial we will “cut out” the editorial altogether. Another noticeable fea-

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(i TRUE BLUE HISTORY OF THE NEW TEACHERS There were several positions left vacant last spring by the resignations of Mr. Fuller, Mr. Burkholder, Miss Smart, Miss Server and Miss Heritage. These positions have been filled by five new teachers, whose names, posi- tions and history will hereby be related. Miss Feeny and Miss Holden have never had the honor of a biography in this wonderful magazine, so we will also record their histories, as well as Miss Thurston’s. Miss Smith is the only teachdT who has had honorable mention in these illustrious columns, so we will not include her little biography, but for the satisfaction of the inqusitive Freshmen we refer them to page three of issue number one of volume XIII. FRANK GORDON JONES Shawano, Wisconsin, holds the honor of being the birthplace of Frank Gordon Jones, our new superintendent. He secured his elementary educa- tion in Shawano, and graduated from Shawano High School in ’99. While in high school he took part in oratorical work, and was also President of the Literary Society for three terms. He first taught in the country schools, and later taught in state graded schools for four years. He then took up the regular Normal work at Oshkosh, from which he graduated in ’08, raak ing the course in a year and a half. While in Normal he went out foi basket-ball, and made center for the first team. At this point Mr. Jones