North High School - Viking Yearbook (Denver, CO)

Page 18 text:

Page Sixtvwz The Viking Vvilliillll Houston xvflfd Darley President Vice-President Jane Town Gareth Brainard Secretary Treasurer COLURS Q i , SYNIBOL BRUVVN AND GOLD G OAKLEAF i Motto Great Oaks From Little Acorns Grow

Page 17 text:

A FNIQQE? X

Page 19 text:

The Viking Page Seventeen A Qlllass Jiaistnrp HAT are those four massive volumes in brown and gold standingon the memorial shelves of yonder library? Surely they must deal with some worthy subject. They are sulliciently large and dignified to be a complete library of literature, a history of science and invention, or perhaps, a history of the world. As we draw closer to these mystic tomes, a design of an oak leaf comes into view on the back of each-how novel and attractive! Now we discern the title of the work. Our guesses were all wrong for there we read The History of the Class of IQ22.H No mediocre class could have inspired such an account. We hasten to read! fi Volume I, smaller than the others, is named As Freshmen, or Adventures in Blunderlandf' Here we discover that the class entered North Side High School in the year 1918 and its members were, as freshmen always are, smaller than ever. This year, though crammed with new impressions and associations, was the least eventful of the four. ff On opening the second volume, while Sophomores, or llfluch Ado about Nothing, we learn that our illustrious class began to gather importance and influence. The ingenuity of the class was brought out in the new and effective means taken for tor- menting the less fortunate Frosh. During this year some of the more brazen youths among our number ventured so far as to talk openly with members of the fair sex in the halls. How shocking! T The third volume bears the title jolly Joys and Junior Jazz, or The Call of the Wild. During our junior year the class organized and selected colors, a pin, and a motto. The members of the class, however, were not, as the motto implies, little nuts, but upperclassmen claiming all the perquisites of our elevated position. Under the guidance of our capable president, Williaxii Houston, several social events took place which were enjoyed by the senior and junior classes. The crowning social event of the year was the Junior Prom. which was given in 'honor of the graduating class at Primeaux Hall, Saturday evening, june 4, 1921. 'f As we take down the fourth and last volume, the most ponderous of all, entitled Our Senior Year, or All's Well that Ends VVell,' we realize that the senior year was the most significant. In the fall of 1921 the class reorganized, reelecting Bill Houston as president and electing Ward Darley vice-president. Jane Town was chosen secretary and always succeeded in rounding up her minutes eight seconds be- fore 'her report was called for. Gareth Brainard was made custodian of the class funds. llflany Social Hours were enjoyed during the year, due to the efforts of the social hour committee. The memorial selected by the class is a fund to be used to help the deserving needy students through school. The Senior Prom. held at Progress Hall, Friday, April 7, 1922 was thoroughly enjoyed by all who attended. 'f As I closed and replaced the last volume it seemed as if I 'had lived over the few short years at North and I realized more deeply what the school and its associations have meant to the class of '22. The pleasure I have had in reviewing these familiar pages leads me to recommend that other members of the class, as time affords op- portunity, take down these cherished volumes and live over the adventures of the class of ,22. , Herbert L. Strang 722.