Mentor High School - Cardinal Notes Yearbook (Mentor, OH)

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11 C-CciSkP THE SCARLET AND GRAY NORMA COLE ••Hrr ways arc ways of pleasant-afKa.” Vero Beach. Florida 4; Class President, 3; Class Vice President, 2; Glee Club, 1, 2, 3; Com-Mentor. 3; Chimes of Normandy. CLASS OFFICERS President...... Vice President Secretary...... Treasurer...... . . Howard Barnes . .William Lucas Kenneth Daniels .James Campbell MOTTO “Labor Conquers All” COLORS Green and Gold FLOWER Yellow Tea Rose twenty

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c cmP THE SCARLET AND QRAY ARNOLD BROLUND 'l'lion art long mill hmk and blonde” West Mentor 1. Painesville 2: Hi-Y 3,4; Orchestra 2.4; Glee Club 3. “Chimes of Normandy.” HELEN EDDS ••Her modest looks the cottage might adorn. Painesville 1; Annual; Cominontor 4; Glee Club 2. 3. 4; Senior Play. JOHN MELLEN •‘Men of few words are the host men. Baseball 3; Track 2, 3, 4. ALVIN COLLISTER ••I’ll speak in a monstrous little voice. Painesville 1, 2; Glee Club 3, 4. V nineteea

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c sfcp THE SCARLET AND GRAY C Senior Class History There are very few of us who forget that first day of high school. Being Freshmen or “stargazers,” as some are called from their habit of looking at the tops of the doors for room numbers, is not so pleasant. The upper classmen seem to delight in worrying these simple youngsters who are almost reduced to tears or a great desire to fight many times the school year. This class of ’27 was no exception to the rule. September, 1923, saw us scared young Freshmen enter the new high school. The first days were chaotic. There were no desks or books and classes were conducted under the most trying circumstances. However, as things happen, we were finally drawn into the intimate school life. Talent for athletics was manifested by many in the class. Freshmen soon swelled the ranks in football, basketball, baseball, and track, taking honors in all events. In the fall of 1924 when we returned as Sophomores, we were welcomed by the new principal, Mr. Rice, and several teachers. The school began to make traditions for herself. The school paper, the Corn-Mentor, was established and named. Then came the campaign for subscriptions at the end of which it was found that the Sophomores and Juniors were to be the hosts, cooks, and bottle washers. About the middle of the year, the system of citizenship was organized. Two silver cups, one for citizenship and the other for scholarship, were presented to the school by the Parent-Teachers’ Association. At the end of the term it was found that the Sophomores had taken both. While the enthusiasm was high, a picnic was held at Mentor Beach to celebrate the ending of school. Our Junior year opened with everybody tanned and sunburnt from vacation. Regular school life kept the irrepressible Juniors down for a while but about January they broke out in candy sales. Everyone asked the meaning of this and in May the question was solved. It was the Junior-Senior Prom. Everyone enjoyed himself beneath the rainbows that covered the hall. When, finally after weeks of hard study and exams, school closed, we were very much surprised that the two cups, or at least one, were not ours again for the year. However, the annual picnic helped us to forget our grief at the close of school. September again! As Seniors we tried to uphold the dignity of our