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

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TRUE BLUE 25 HIGH SCHOOL OPPORTUNITIES Some of the best opportunities which come to you high school students, to broad- en yourselves, are the events such as: de- bates, declamatory and oratorical contests, ahtletics, orchestra, and glee club. You enter high school, desirous of an education, which should mean not only the knowledge gained from books, but also the participa- tion in everything that tends to give culture. Surely this year there has been excep- tional opportunity provided by the addition of our Liteco Forensic and Thalian socie- ties. As formerly, we have had this year debates, glee club, orchestra, oratory, de- clamations, and athletics, conducted with greater success than before and with in- creased interest. You have missed a great deal if you have not been a member of or a participant in some of these activities. Through these your ability for using the knowledge which you learn in books may be put into practical use. The possibilities of this year are completed, but let us hope that you who remain here, and those who enter high school in the fall will make next year even better than this. Let this be your slogan: “Never say it can’t be done, but do it.” The school year of 1916-1917 is over and another class has been graduated into the “school of life.” Diplomas have been granted, and those seniors who have been trying to manage the school for the last nine months have become full-fledged alumni. What will become of them ? Some, and we sincerely hope all, will take an ad- vanced course in other schools in order to fit themselves further for their place in life, Some will have to take up manual labor, while others will enter the business world at once. But whatever they do and where- ever they go, we hope they may have high, noble ideals toward which they will ever strive. To them we say: Set a standard, have an aim, and always bend every effort to accomplish whatever you undei-take. Do your best every moment, no matter what the task, and in the end may you be suc- cessful! May you never do that which will reflect anything but credit and honor upon dear old Hudson high. When you have left our school, we hope you will not lose interest in it, but will boost it and its activities, and ever be— True Blue. Goodbye, loyal seniors! May the big world deal gently with you! “And as time with fleeting footsteps Glides along its rugged way, You’ll review your many victories, On some distant, future day.” L. G. S., ’18. Then the welfare of our students, To your minds return anew. Through the burning of the Sixth street school building, the citizens of Hudson have been forced to see the urgent needs of our school system. The wretched condition of our high school building has been taken into consideration,—its poor ventilation, scarcity and smallness of rooms, inadequate equip- ment, and other unfortunate features. Now a new, modern high school building is a certainty. According to the present plans, the building will be located north of the present high school, facing St. Croix street. It is to be up-to-date in every respect, with a large auditorium, a gymnasium, well ventilated class and study rooms of ample size, and modern equipment for manual training, domestic science, and agriculture, as well as for the regular courses of study. With more adequate accommodations a better school should result. There should be a livelier spirit of cooperation between the school and the citizens of Hudson, in- creased attendance, more interest and time given to athletics and other outside activ- ities of school life, and finally a higher standard of scholarship. L. G. S., ’18.

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On Monday evening, April 2, the local oratorical contest was held in the high school assembly room. The program was as follows: Paul Anderson,................The New South Leo Garrity,........................Emmet’s Vindication Charles Jensch,. .. .Negro’s Loyalty to the Stars and Stripes Irving Melbostad,. .The Mission of America George Singer-,.........Feeding the Flame Lawrence Singer,. ..War and Public Opinion Felix Ullrich,.....................Eulogy of Garfield George Singer won second place in the contest, and Lawrense Singer first. On Tuesday evening, April 3, the local declamatory contest was held in the gym- nasium. The seven girls who qualified are: Anna Amquist...........A Few Bars in the Key of G Freda Blomholm. .. .The Lady Across the Aisle Anita Haven....................The Littlest Rebel Cora Jacobson.............The Mourning Veil Nellie Palmer... .The Coming of Anne to Green Gables Dorothy Scott...........The Day of Judgment Mary Tourtellot........Her First Appearance Second place was awarded to Dorothy Scott, and first place to Mary Tourtellot. On Tuesday evening, April 17, the league contest was held at Ellsworth. This league consists of New Richmond, Ellsworth, River Falls, and Hudson. Hudson carried off the honors of the contest, Mary Tourtellot win- ning second place in the declamatory con- test, and Lawrence Singer first place in the oratorical contest. The district declamatory contest was held on the evening of the same day. The high schools represented in this contest are New Richmond, Eau Claire, St. Croix Falls, Black River Falls, Arcadia, Colfax, Hudson, and Spooner. Second place was awarded to Spooner, and first place to Black River Falls. Two of the judges were from the Uni- versity of Minnesota and one from the Northwest Conservatory of Minneapolis. The boy and girl who won first places in these contests will represent the River Falls district at the state contest to be held in Madison the last of May. DEBATE On Friday evening, March 23, the debate between Hudson and Ellsworth was held at the gymnasium. The .subject for debate was: Resolved that the United States government should operate and control the steam railways of the country. The affirm- ative side of the debate was opened by Wayne Ingli of Ellsworth. Viola Solheim opened the debate for the negative. Her colleagues were Charles Holden and Harold Olson. The negative side, which was well presented, showed thotful preparation and hard work. The rebuttal given by Viola Solheim was especially good. The three judges, Mr. Van Gorden of Baldwin high school, Mr. Malott of the River Falls nor- mal, and Mr. Bell of Galahad gave a unani- mous decision for Hudson. The same eve- ning Hudson lost a debate to the River Falls high school at River Falls. The Hud- son debaters were Noi-ma Everson, Emil Nordby, and Arnold Coveil. Friday afternoon, May 4, the district oratorical contest was held at the Armory. There are thirty-five high schools in this district. These schools are divided into seven groups, and the district contest was among the winners of these groups. The schools who participated are Arcadia, Black River Falls, Milltown, Roberts, Hayward,