Tomah High School - Hamot Yearbook (Tomah, WI)

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Sophomore Class History S we were too young to have a voice last year, this is our lirst chance to explain the greatness ol' the most illustrious class in Toinah High School. Contrary to other classes, we are not ashamed of our Freshman experiences. lt is true we had a touch of that disease known as grccnness, but that was only according to pre- cedent, and it quickly passed off. We lirst met as a class during the second week of school, in the sub-assembly, and in a very short and orderly meeting the following ollicers were elected: PREsiDEN'r. .i,,, . . .DOL'GL.AS BELL VICE-PREs1DENT. . , ...... EDITH XYEAGER SECRETARY ,.... . . .LORENA BONGERS Fl1REASL'RER .,.,4..,,.. .....,,..,....,........ . , .CLEMENS LUECR Our president was later succeeded by Leon Stelter. We were represented on the football team by George W'oll'e, Leon Stelter, and hlark Reardong on the basketball team by George Wolfe and Peter Brunetteg and in debating by Clemens Lueck. The only social event of the year was the Freshman-Sophomore Prom, on May 4th, which was a grand success. As to activeness, no matter in what class-room we were at the fire-alarm signal, the Freshmen were always out lirst. VVe came back to school Sept. 15, IQI6, as lull-fledged Sophomores, fully resolved to treat the Freshmen more kindly than we had been treated. llow we lived up to our resolution may be told later on by the Freshmen themselves. This year we had three men on the football team, two on the basketball team, and two on the debating team. One ol' our class-mates, Peter Brunette, served as a soldier with the National Guard on the Mexican border the first semester, but again joined us the second semester. Our present class ollicers are: PRESIDENT ..... . . .CLEN1fiNS LUECR VICE-PRESIDENT. , . . .l.,0REN.-X BONGERS SECRETARY ...,, . . .GEORGE S'rRAcH,xN rlSREASL'RER ..., .,., C LEMITNS LUECK ZI

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unior Class History E, the progressive class of '18, duly entered high school September 7, IQI4. On that day we felt as sheepish as any old bachelor, who is about to ask a widow to become his better half, and share, for the rest of her life, the left arm of his smoking chair. We were told to draw seats in the Sub-Assembly room described as the room held by the little man with the red face. As Hres generally start in the basement, we were told that that room had been reserved for us, it being the room nearest the same, and that if a fire should break out, we were so green we would smother it before it got started. Our career as Freshmen went rather badly for the Hrst few days, but after we had been straightened out we were able to go about the building as well as many of the Sophomores, who were our best misleaders. About the third week of school a class meeting was held in the Sub-Assembly. Mr. Collinge informed us, on seeing the room the next morning, that if another like meeting was held it would be our last. At this meeting the following oflicers were elected: PRESIDENT ....... . . .SHERMAN CROTY VICE-PRESIDENT .... ..... F RANCIS O'LEARY SECRETARY ..,... ..... D ONALD HOISINGTON TREASURER .... .... . . . ....... MURIEL MCCOLLOUGH Our President being a tall man and not used to heavy burdens, surrendered his title to a somewhat shorter man, Alvin Hopp. lnnumerable reasons caused us to enter school as Sophomores with a smaller physi- cal body but larger mentally. Our class was enlarged by several new members, who aided us in extending the greetings we had received the year before, to the most honored Freshmen, who looked in general far greener than we did the year before, especially to us as we could not see our own actions. So ends our career as Sophs. As Juniors we entered school September 7, 1916, a somewhat smaller number than we had left with in June, as several of our men had gone to Mexico, but their places were hllecl by new pupils. Thus our Junior year started with our thoughts on geometric constructions and the Junior Prom, which we think will be a better success than any other Promenade held by the Juniors of Tomah High, as our class are all good boosters, especially in society-this being shown by their good attendance at the many school parties held during the term. Trusting that when the Annual comes out next June, our Prom and other events will have been a success, we will leave the remainder of our history until we are Seniors, when we will be better able to finish our Junior History, as we are poor forecasters. As ever the Class of '18. E. L. '18 20

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Freshman Class History EING old enough to have a voice, we are very thankful for this opportunity of using it, although, we must confess, that we hardly anticipated the pleasure, owing to the high cost of paper at the present time. On Tuesday, September 6, 1916, we entered the Tomah High School, seventy-six in number. We represented quality and quantity, a combination seldom seen, and while our exterior may have blossomed forth in that peculiar shade of green, character- istic ofthe Freshman, it was like beauty, only skin deep. lnwardly, we were Hlled with a firm determination that the menagerie would be minus its goats this year. The excessive heat of those September days soon removed a small portion of the firm- ness, but we adjusted ourselves to the daily routine of high school life with exceptionally few blunders. We believed that the application of our natural talent to avoid mistakes was the reason why we made so few, but the following is another reason, which found its origin in one of the upper classes: The watchful eye of somebody's brother, Advice from somebody's sister fair, Were stars, which lighted the Freshy,s wayg Telling him how, and when, and where. If neither our reason nor their reason sounds plausible to you, blame it onto the warg it's the reason for everything these days. ln course of time, we held a class meeting, and elected the following ofhcers: PRESIDENT .........,...... . . . i . . .KENNETH JOHNSON VICE-PRESIDENT .i.,......,.. .,.,... K ARYL ALLER SECRETARY AND TREASURER .......................... PHILLIP KRESS The majority of us spent our first semester in the sub-assembly, and those days will always be a pleasant memory. Several of the Freshmen bid fair to become prominent in athletics, next year. A grand effort was put forth to teach us the art of Ticket Selling, but as our talent does not lie in that direction, it proved to be a miserable failure. Some of the Seniors think our middle name is Party, but what is there in a name? The Future's like an ocean, on which our bark must sail, But we're the combination to battle with the gale, With Quality as captain, and Quantity as crew, We'll sail along the Sophomore sea, and greet you when we're through. 22