St Edward High School - Beaver Yearbook (St Edward, NE)

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- The Beaver-- Class History I remember, I remember Our good old Freshmen days And Miss Janike who started us, In High School’s pleasant ways. We entered High School fifty strong in the fall of 1923. We may have been green but we were bubbling over with pep and good spirits. They tried to initiate us but ail they did was scare us a little. We were ahead for two days in the Maroon contest and although we didn’t win it encouraged us to bigger and better things. Besides we won a quarter holiday by the contest and we made the most of it, even if it did rain that day. We placed several members in the Declamatory contest that year and also did our part in the High School carnival. Our officers were Violette Nelson, president; Morris Shaffer, vice-president and Donald O’Bryan, secretary-treasurer. W : chose scarlet and cream as our class colors and proud we were on the day we presented our pennant. The second year in S. E. H. S. we elected the following officers: Pansy Fonda, president; Frank Fonda, vice-president; and Kenneth Carter, secretary-treasurer. This was the year we had to struggle through plane geometry and thus first got acquainted with Miss Mitchell. However she wasn’t our sponsor. Miss Newcomb filled this position the first part of the year but which she resigned in favor of Mr. Gray and well do we remember him, especially the the time we went to the skating rink at Genoa. We didn’t seem to have much use for sponsors that year, in fact we ran off to Columbus one day and Mr. Gray had to borrow a car to follow us. The year we were Juniors we put ourselves on the map by the presentation of “Home Ties,” one of the most successful plays ever given in S. E. H. S. We also entered several contestants in declamatory and several of our boys began to shine as basketball stars. Our banquet, given in an “old fashioned garden” was a huge success, and likewise everything we undertook. We received several new members this year and they were W’armly received. Our officers were: Frank Fonda, president; Kenneth Carter, vice-president; Morris Shaffer, secretary-treasurer. Senior year is always the gladdest and the saddest of any in school. We won the Beaver and Maroon contest both this year. Many of our members were in declamatory. Our Senior play was “Adam and Eva”. Three new ideas were introduced in high school this year. One was the double-seats and I am sure we all benefited by this. This was the first year St. Ed. had a student manager and one of our members, Frank Fonda, was chosen for this position. The class of ’27 was the first to have a mascot and our little mascot was with us everywhere and certainly beloved by all. Our Senior officers were: Frank Fonda, president; Donald O’Bryan, vice-president; and Nina Anderson, secretary-treasurer. And now as we go “from school life into life’s school” and we look back over the years of happiness spent together there we’ll always have a warm spot in our hearts for dear old S. E. H. S. and the class of ’27, the largest class ever graduating from here. ft- 1927

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LILLIE SKANDERUP—Normal-Classical “Be good, sweet maid and let those who will be clever.” Maroon (3), Declamatory (2), “Home Ties” (3). LEONARD THOMAZIN—Commercial “A man of business as well as fun, too busy to eat or sleep.” BERTHA TRUELOVE—Normal “Here’s to the have-beens, the are-nows and the may-bes.” Declamatory (2), Basketball (3), Girls Chorus (4), H. S. Orchestra (1-2-3). VANCE WEBB—Classical “The truly great man is he who does not lose his child-heart.’ Basketball (4), Maroon (4), “Home Ties” (3), “Adam and Eva” (4), Track (4), S. E. Club (4). KENNETH WELLS—Classical “Does not take the dreadful drudgery of being an idler.” Orpheum (2), “Home Ties” (3), Basketball (4), “Adam and Eva” (4), Maroon (3-4), Editor (4), S. E. Club (4). JOHNNY BAUSTERT— “It fell to his lot to be Senior Mascott.”

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=The Beaver— Last Will and Testament We, the Senior Class of the St. Edward High School, county of Boone, state of Nebraska, being indisputably sound in mind and memory and about to pass out of existence, do make, publish and declare this to be our last will and testament: First: We bequeath to Mr. Weinerth, all the fear, admiration, reverence, awe, respect and deference, in which we hold him that he may, when we are gone, distribute said fear, admiration, reverence, awe, respect and deference among the incoming Freshmen that they may conduct themselves in his presence, as we have always endeavored to conduct ourselves. Secondly: We give back and return to our beloved teachers all the unsolicited advice, information, reproofs, and admonitions, which shall, at the time of our departure be in our minds and memories, feeling that anything so freely and abundantly given away as said advice, information, reproofs and admonitions must be of trifling value. Thirdly: We give and bequeath to the Juniors of St. Edward High School the two rows of seats on the west side of the assembly. Also our Seniors privileges and polished manners that said Juniors may occupy these seats with the gravity and impressiveness befitting our successors. Fourthly: We give and bequeath to the Sophomores all our old basket-ball wear- ing apparel and any mislaid rubbers and overshoes which we may leave about the building. Fifthly: We will to the Freshmen our never failing loving kindness that they, when they shall become Sophomores next year may not inflict too much suffering on the incoming Freshmen. Sixthly: We give and bequeath to the incoming infant Freshmen all our courage, fortitude, forbearance, and resolute endurance knowing out of our past experience that said infant Freshmen will have sore need of all these before another May. Seventhly: 1. I, Eva Miller, being of musical talent do will and bequeath my position as pianist of the High School, and any orchestras formed during that time to Aubrey Allen. 2. I, Reva Scriven, being of a sweet nature do will and bequeath to Freda Becklam the honor of having a real Swede beau from Swedeland. 3. I, Alice Flaherty, having been sorely tried by my Ford Coupe do will this incumbrance to Erma Grape, with all it’s bum spark plugs, broken fenders, honeycombed tires and leaky radiator. 4. I, Verna Harris, do present my own private perfumed lip-stick to Rerna-detta Callahan. 5. I, Frank Fonda, having held the position of class president for two years, do bequeath the position to Ernest Gorr. (You have more influence the second year, Ernie.) G. I, Kenneth Carter, give my ability to wash candy dishes and lick candy pans to Kenneth Weed. This is a very sticking job. 7. I, Kenneth Wells, having ruined my finances on the Mayflower, do present this ancient vehicle to Kathleen McKay.