Neillsville High School - Crimson and White Yearbook (Neillsville, WI)

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- - . - . .......... . . . - t , , ' nun-annxfg '.:.' gnu-xnnfxdi 'L' Runxnxxxxuv 'a' 'gl H.---..-..4 ' 1' 5E?:l. -.-... 'L' 5?3ll?33?3l 'Q' CIQIFTSQN HND 'VVIAIIIE HISTORY OF CLASS OF '26 It is hard to tell how many members we had enrolled when we first started on our notorious career. I guess none of the members of our society could ever tell you, nor can anyone else, but at the time the Seniors of the Crlass of '23 put out their Annuals we were said to have sixty memlbers. Between that time and' the time the Annual of '24 was published the following students dropped out: Olga Botnen, Bab- ette Brauer, Lester Langraf, Florence Pollnow, Clara Poziombka, Harold Riedel Emil Reisner, Ruth Slocomfb, Mildred Stanley, Reginald Wagner and James West. Two of -these, namely Ruth Slocomb and Babette Brauer returned to us. We also received some new members when we entered as Sophomores, who were Carl Aegerter, Arthur Linfglfeman, Byron Smith and Jean Sharratt. This made our total membership equal to ty. During our enjoyable Junior year we lost Carl Aegerter, Edward Betz, Hazel Bremer, Blair Bronstad, Perry Herian, Arthur Lindeman, Merton Lynch, Harry Reese, Franklin Reindel, Ella Stucki, Emma Swanson and James Treska. But as each loss receives its compensation, we were lhonored by Margel Andrews, Vivian Drake, Sara Sample, Hulda Snyder, Ethel and Douglas Walters seeking admittance to our class. H In our. Senior year we lost and again received members. Margel Andrews, Stephen Kopecky, James Vincent, Kenneth Wallace and Guy Lloyd left us. Those that came to us during our Senior year were: Anabel Davis and Ruth Kurtzweg and four Post Graduates from Greenwood, Granton and Neillsville-Geneva Davis, Grace Lastofka, Innis Snyder and Marian Ure. Until we now 'have a total enrollment of forty-four members. Those who are still enrolled have remained true to our motto, whidh is He con- quers who conquers himself . Our fiower is the Lily of the Valley, and our colors are blue and silver. We are proud of our choice of motto, Hower and Icolors. We are aslo proud of our class as a whole, and proud of the members individually who have rendered their services and brought honors to N. H. S. In our memories still cling the many good times which we as a whole class en- joyed. Among the most noted festivities and gatherings which we enjoyed are: the Sophomore and Junior Sleigh Rides, all the Weiner Roasts, our First Class Meeting, the Junior-Senior Banquets, the Freshman Receptions, our Class Plays, the inter- class ibasket ball games, and many other good times. Our class is noted for its many romances. Even when the girls wore hair rib- bons and the boys their knee pants, we had our cases. We have not all -stayed within our class boundaries, but have gone in search of our divinities in the realms of the upper or lower classmen. Of fcourse, there are a few, for instance---oh well, I'll not mention any names, 'but if the 'coat doe-sn't fit don't put it on. We can remember the teachers whom we had when we were Freshmen. Miss Morse, our English teacher, was a real pal to us, Miss Hartnell we remember as a real shark in Mathematics, and Mr. Swanson, who asked us for a joke every day. Then too, we have had many good laughs. I can well remember when we were studying The 'Merchant of Venice in English, when Miss Morse asked Ed. Betz what the forfeit was that Shylock demanded, and how Ed. was kicked out of class for answering, A pound of hide , instead of a pounfd of flesh, also the time Vilas said he hardly expected to take the room with him when Miss Mills asked him to Please leave the room . Oh, we had many a good laugh in our Junior and Senior years too, but we all admit that our Freshmen and Sophomore days were the real days. They are gone, but not forgotten. In spite of all those triHing aifairs, such as getting those goose eggs, fiunking, staying after school for whispering, we have icome through our 'four years of High .School with few blemishes, some deep scars, and loads of vital experience. It is time for our god-bye to the Halls of Knowledge and our lower classmates. In leaving we shall say that All that we have, and all that we are we owe to our teachers, and to Mr. Hansen's hand which has guided us all of our four years of Neillsville High School Days. A. E. '26 21

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, , ..- .... . , ..... .. , llitiititli SKKXIIIIHIIIKH 5 Llliliiiillli 3: 2' ' Q-e CIZQIIVTSCDIXI F-XND VVIAIITE n ---------'-:- -.. --:'- zz: 2 :.-4 um:-2 MARIAN URE Post Graduate Teacher Training Cluvb 4 We like her and we wish We knew her better. GRACE A. LASTOFKA Post Graduate Teacher Training Club 4 Basket Ball 4 A pal of few and a friend of many. COMMENCEMEN T EXERCISES Thursday Evening, June 3rd, 1926, Opera House. Invocation ..................... ...... R ev. S. J. Lambright Song ............ Salutatory Address --- Valedictory Address -- Song ........................... Address- The Citizen of the Future Presentation of Monday Progress Pin Presentation of 'Special Honor Pins --- Presentation of Diplomas ........ Benediction ........... 20 Girls' Glee Club ------ Ruth Wahl - .... Agnes Anderson - ...... Girls' Glee Club -- .... Dr. D. O. Kinsman Lawrence College -------Mrs. J. W. Hommel -----Wm. C. Hansen -------Wm. C. Hansen ----Rev. S. J. Lambright

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:sake of the hitherto high morale, enthusiastic school spirit, leadership in athletics, CRIMSQN HND VVIA ITE g SENIORS' FAREWELLI We lhave come to the end of a four year journey-a journey which looked im- mensely long to us when we started on it in September 1922, but which, as we look back upon it now, seems to have passed with the rapidity and taunting celerity of mercury. Oh, the ambitions we had, the majestic air castles We built, the gossamer designs we wove of the tlhings we would do while in high school, especially as Seniors! But have all our desires been realized and all our goals reached? Probably not: but 'whereas some of us have failed to accomplish what we desired so far, we will be de- termined to achieve definite ends in the life which we will encounter outside of our beloved school, for we are still dreaming and planning to do wonderul things in the future. There have been studies-a myriad of them it seems. Oh, how tiresome an-d exasperating they seemed' at times. Some of them we loved -and others-well others we didn't love, but, to look back upon them as a whole, they appear to have -been more like play than drudgery. And Why shouldn't they be? We had instructors whose sole work it was to help us along the sometimes diilicul-t path to knowledge and a num- ber of fellow students to work and 'compete witfh. There were many of us bound to- gether, by the strongest ties-work and the constant striving for common aims. Where will we again be members of a group with the sa-me hopes, same ambitions, and the same aspiration-s as we had in high school? When will we again find that we are workin g only for the cultivation of our minds, unhampered by .sordid financial worries? And where will we find people as interested in us and as willing to help us in our work as our teac'hers have been? Where will we find work as fascinatingly .absorbing as the study of numerous important and broadening subjects taught in the 'clearest and most interesting manner that professional educations can devise? Where will we find conditions, both physical and moral as care-fully worked out as in the .school? When will we find so-cial gathering, athletic contests, plays and other forms of recreation and enjoyment so closely connected with and intimately related to our work as in our high school days? When in short, will we find so much pleasant in- structive work, coupled with such enjoyable activities as We have 'participated in our good old N. H. S. Is it any wonder that we are loathe to say Goodbye and that we envy those who will continue to attend this school next year? We only ask of them tlhat, for the and untiring efforts of the facutly, they will, in the future, do their best toward mak- ing this school one of the best institutions of its kind. Iff we can be sure they will do this, then, although there will be a certain sadness at parting, we will be content, be- cause we will know that the school's fhigh standards will fbe upheld by those who will .follow, when we say Farewell . S. S. '26. 22