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

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 2?rhe BEAVEP s £ III Our sponsor as Juniors was Mr. Frank Martin, who had so successfully piloted us as Sophies. Officers for the year were: President, Ernest Gorr; Vice-President, Aubrey Allen; Secretary-Treasurer, Ida Bennett; Maroon Reporters, Ida Bennett, Arthur Weidner. A council of four Juniors helped manage our governmental affairs that year. Our number had increased by eight, who came in from the various country schools and who rapidly became loyal and true classmates. The high spots in the Junior year were varied and many. There was the successful class play, “The Road to the City,” a rip-roaring melodrama crammed to the brim with pistol shots, jewel thieves, refreshing laughter and homely pathos; the Junior-Senior banquet, held amid quaint Holland scenes and tulip flower gardens; the winning of third place in the Scholastic contest, somewhat of a disappointment, to be sure, but a spur and goal for us as Seniors; the sponsoring of the Harmonica contest; participating of the boys in the grand oP sport of basket ball, and what honors they brought home!; the starting of a new tradition, that of waiting until we were Seniors to purchase class rings. IV. In 1927 we entered the Senior year thirty-two strong. Miss Zella Scriven was given the honorable post as Senior Adviser, and Ernest Gorr was again elected President, with the following officers: Vice-President, Aubrey Allen; Secretary-Treasurer, Dorothy Engel; Yell Leader, Alfred Mahon; Maroon Reporters, William Price, Ida Bennett. We went “over the top” in the Maroon and Beaver contests, and bid fair to win the scholastic contest. The class play, “Grumpy,” was presented with great success the last of April. Early in the fall we made our $50 quota to the Athletic fund by conducting a booth at the Boone County Fair. Two of our members were awarded honors in the Declamatory contest, and a number made up the charter members of the S. E. H. S. Dramatic club, the Normal Training club, and other such organizations. The commencement exercises in May marked the finals of our existence as a class. There have been mistakes and failures enough, but we believe that we have made a definite and lasting contribution to our Alma Mater in helping to win her glories and sharing in her sorrows. The class will always remember its lively days at S. E. H. S., and will profit by the many experiences, happy or otherwise, gained, as we go forth— “The Masters of our Fate, The Captains of our Soul.” By ALICE LISTER = 1928 =

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S) BEAVER ----------------------- s Class Sttstimt The Purple and the Cream forever! Royal colors of the class of ’28, Long and proudly will they wave, Telling of our deeds so gay and glorious. I. In the fall of 1924 a peppy gang of Freshmen entered the St. Edwa d High School determined to make our years through High School a shining pathway of glory. Miss Mitchell was given the responsibility of guiding our tender vears through the intricate maze cf the Freshman term, and we entrusted our affairs of state to William Jackson, as President, whose aide-decamps were Glenn Birkby, Vice President; Genevieve Rominger, Secretary-Treasurer; Arthur Weidner, Yell Leader; Aubrey Allen, Alice Lister, Maroon Reporters. The first taste of glory after the presentment of the Purple and the Cream, which, by the way. was a solemn and decorous entrance into high school life and made us feel very proud to be S. E. H. S. students, was the Declamatory contest in which two of our members received first and second places in the humorous class. Some of our number were included in the high school orchestra, and as a class a fair showing was made at the annual Maroon and Beaver contests. Beyond the social whirl of parties (of which there were many), the most of us found time to pile up enviable records along scholastic lines. The feeling of a class spirit and co-oneration grew and grew—“jest like Topsv”—and before be were aware of it all—hocus pocus! We were Sophomores, giddy and gay! II. The Sophomore year, which is usually a dull slump for most classes, proved the exception for the class of ’28. Mr. Frank Martin assumed the sponsorship at this time, and the class elected the following officers: President, Mel Jackson ; Vice-President, Genevieve Rominger; Secretary-Treasurer, Ernest Gorr; Yell Leaders, Arthur Weidner, William Jackson : Maroon Reporters, Aubrey Allen, Alice Lister. We took an active part in the Maroon and Beaver crntests, had a goodly number enter in the basket ball and track squads, and successfully raised more than any other class for the Carnival Fund, through the operation of a Japanese Tea Room, a minstrel, ard other concessions. We placed two winners in the Declamatory contest, one of which was awarded first in the sub-district meet and third in the district. A number also attended the scholastic contest at Wayne. A merry roundelay of parties in addition to the grind of studies made this year one of the best remembered—perhaps the most notorious party being the little “affair” at “Dugan’s.” Forbidden fruits are sweetest! 192 8

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—9 ' cl2?rhe BEAVERS Slagt ffiUtU anit (Erstamrnt C) We, the Senior class of the St. Edward High School, county of Boone, state of Nebraska, being sound in mind and memory, wise, sane at times, and about to pass out of existence to the great beyond, do make, publish and declare this to be our last will and testament: Item 1. We wish to give back and return to our beloved teachers the knowledge, advice, and information that they have so kindly given to us, in the hope that they shall feel repaid. Item 2. We give and bequeath to the Juniors the seats on the west side of the assembly. Also the right to observe Senior Sneak Day as we have so appropriately done. Item 3. We give and bequeath to the lower classmen all excess knowledge, old equipment, and anything else they can find, to be used to their best judgment. Item 4. We give and bequeath to the subordinate, incoming Freshmen everything else they can find to be used to the best of their ability. It might be helpful to look under seats and in desks. Item 5. I, Aubrey Allen, having ability to play all musical instruments, bequeath to Patty Sullivan my job as pianist. I, Freda Becklam, will to Alberta McGaughey, my ability to vamp a certain redheaded Freshman. I, Ida Bennett, being of studious nature, bequeath my ability to hand in my notebooks promptly to Lillie Nelson; you should use this to good advantage. I, Bernadetta Callahan, dedicate my affection for the opposite sex to Mary Saulsr. I, Eldon Cross, will and bequeath to “Tiny” Fonda my excess weight and extraordinary habit of overeating. This is a trait to be proud of and must not be taken too lightly. Also my responsibilities. I, Mildred Carlson, will and bequeath to Mildred Arney my place in the Senior Normal Training class. Also my grades. I, Fern Condreay, will my ability to chew gum to Clara Bolz. You will find a good supply under my desk. I, Roy Cumming, will to Lawrence Kealy my ability to make dates. An old Ford should help in this undertaking. I, George Curtis, will to Blaine Webster all I know about American History. (You didn’t receive much, Blaine.) I, Dorothy Engel, will and bequeath my position as Maroon typist to Dorothy Pearson (if you are foolish enough to take it). I, Sarah Ellis, will to Aradelle Huffman any boy in high school except “Abe”. I, Edna Finch, bequeath my chemistry notebook to Verna Grossnicklaus (You should receive “A’s.”) I, Isabelle Grieg, bequeath to my brother, Virgil, my ability to give humorous readings. (Keep it in the family, Virgil.) I, Ernest Gorr, will and bequeath beauty and form to Margaret Nelson. Cherish it dearly, Margaret, as it should be of great use. I, Floyd Hall, will to Floyd Nieman all the tacks I have sat on this year. Their sharpness increases with age. 1928 3 £