Rock Springs High School - Sagebrusher Yearbook (Rock Springs, WY)

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ALL HIGH SCHOOL WEEK For the first time in the history of Rock Springs High School a Whole week was set aside in which every student was given ample time and encouragement to think of his school and its ideals seriously and to become impressed by their real value and significance. Each new day brought a new slogan which was used through the Whole day as the salutation between Rock Springs High School occupants. Some of the slogans were: Knowledge is Power, Win by Fair Play, Your School and Mine, and We Need a New High School. Everyone entered whole-heartedly into the spirit of this week and each did his very best to make it a success. On Friday of All High School Week an Assembly program was presented Which portrayed the ideals of our creed in clever acts and stuntseln this manner our high ideals were even more deeply impressed upon us than had they ever been. Souvenirs of each day will help students to remember this all important week. The Class of 230 Wishes all future classes over-flowiug success in their All High School Weeks. CHEMICAL ESSAYS Among the various activities at the school, essay writing plays an impor- tant as well as an interesting part. Each year these manuscripts gain prizes and fame for Rock Springs High School. Of all the essays written in school probably the chemical essays under the auspices of the American Chemical Society are the most outstanding. Any high school student is eligible for entrance in this contest. The par- ticipant has his choice of six subjects which deal with Chemistry in relation to: Health and Disease, Home, Agriculture or Forestry, the Development of an Industry or a. Resource of the United States, and the Enrichment of Life. The essays are sent to Cheyenne to the Commissioner of Education who superintends the judging. The winners of first places in the six above named fields each receive twenty dollars in gold. The winners of second places receive a certificate of award and a. set of books on Science. The essays Winning first in the various states are then sent to the Ameri- can Chemical Society, where the six national winners are chosen. These six winners receive a reward of a four years course in practically any accepted college in the United States. Tuition is paid and the Winners are given five hundred dollars annually. Rock Springs has been very fortunate in these contests and as a. result great interest has been stimulated toward writing them. This year Rock Springs High received three first prizes and one second. Those receiving first were: Marie McLaughlin, The Relation of Chemistry to Agriculture ; Vivian Moon; ttThe Re- lation of Chemistry to the Development of the Coal Industry in the United States ; John Willson, uThe Relation of Chemistry to National Defense. Elijah Daniels received second on the topic, The Relation of Chemistry to the Homef It will be remembered that only last year Morgan Walters received a national prize on the subject The Relation of Chemistry to the Home. Marie McLaughlin and John Willson received first prizes in the state last year also. Miss McCall deserves unbounded credit for her endless labor spent in helping students to produce sensible essays. Through Miss McCallis endless efforts Rock Springs ranks among the highest in the state of Wyoming in Scientific lines. GORGAS ESSAY For the last two years the Gorgas Memorial Institute has sponsored an es- say writing contest. Each year the subject though somewhat changed, deals directly with the life and work of William Crawford Gorgas and of the Gorgas Memorial Institute. Marie McLaughlin has won the high school prize and the state prize for the two years in Which Rock Springs High School has taken part in the contest. 29

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SENIOR PICNIC One of the big events of Senior Week is the Senior Picnic. Every Senior looks forward to this big event. The morning of the Picnic every senior meets at the school and the trouble begins. Every one is trying to find a ride to the place Where the picnic is held. After every one has been satisfied in transportation the food is piled aboard and the seniors head for Green River. After building up an appetite by playing baseball or other such games the eats are served and ap- preciated by all. The Seniors next enjoy themselves by dancing at the Green River Island or they come hack and hold their dance in the High School Gym. When it is called a day, not 1 Senior will forget that day their graduating class held their Senior Picnic. LOST MEMBERS When the Class or t30 entered the Rock Springs High School in 1926 there were one hundred forty-eight members, and in 1930 there are one hundred five graduating. The following members would have graduated had they not quit school or dropped out for reasons unknown. Living in Rock Springs are Ruth Clarke, Elizabeth Coles, Lydia Cornford, Margaret Helms, Jessie Sage, Beatha Smail, Anna Tomsich, Mike Angelovic, William Griffiths and Ray McCarty. Irma Apioke is living in Green River running a Beauty Shop. Mary Bergamo, Burchall Snenicer. Fannie Retel, Mary Korifinik and Leda Hartt are married. Della Daniels is taking nurses' training in California and Marv Forndran has moved to Seattle, Washington. Giadys Plane is living,r in some part of Coiorado, and Rose Tomioh is Working in the Parisian Bakery. Robert Conklin is working in Pinedale; Gordon Edwards is working at the Acme Paint 8; Glass Shop; August Genetti is working at the Ford Garage; Tom James and Harry Orme are working at MeCurtains Garage; Clarence leon is at the Sunlight Bakerv; Carleton and mail- Shepard are working on a ranvh up north: Joe Tolar has joined the Armv; Wilford Kobler is living in Daniel, Wvo.; Alex Henetz, George Rodda, Tom 'Smith, and Walter Mattson are working in the Mines. The Class of t30 has lost one memberQMarearet Cullen. Who died in the early part of her Senior year in High School. Although Margaret has passed on she will always be remembered as a link of the chain of '30. J UNIOR PROM The Junior Prom was held at the Elks Home on the evening of May 2nd at 8:30. The hall was beautifully decorated with crepe paper hangings in colors of the rainbow. Arbors covered With spring flowers in pastel tints added delicacy to the decoration. An igloo of seven colors were placed on the stage. A novelty lighting effect broughtthis out to good advantage. A clever program was presented during the evening. Music Was furnished by Herb Simpsons orchestra. Committees for the prom were as follows: General Committee composed of the Chairmen of the Committees: Edward Perko Chairman Gwendolyn DanieISeInvitation Billy Redshaw-4Finance Kathryn FortunaeRefreshments Armand KellogggEntertainment Anna Kershisnikaecoration Sponsors: Miss AgneweFinance, Invitation Miss Santarellie-Entertainment Mr. ElliotteDecoration Miss Esslinger-efRefreshments. 22