Akron High School - Torpedo Yearbook (Akron, IA)

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Zuma-121.4-..'i QT. ., a, IRSWNAK TO THE EIGHTH GRADE Dear lfighth tirarle Class of twenty-four, Your junior lligh work soon is o'er. lfor many mlays l'x'e with you heen :Xml taught you with both tongue ancl pen. I know you as you're known to few just what you ean and can not :lo ,Xml now with hut the kinclest thought 'l'o you this poem l have hro't. l an1e's lamlfler some will elimlm. I ween Tho' that remains as yet unseen -lust as l see you now l write .X few kincl worcls ancl then Goodnight, Ralph, our llistorian, first I see :Xml his friencl ,lake a 'Rloetor to lie. No noliler llttfl eoulal boyhood have, Than healing siek ancl making glad. Hur musician and artist next we meet. XYith hearts so true and smiles so sweet. llazel ancl Uliye always right there, 'l'heir motto is, I'll clo ancl flare. Llust give Nellie a title, she'll clo the rest, ller story. they will he the lmest. lfayetta lets her this honor take Hut in her a name she'll make. lie it clark or he it fair Frientl XYillie says he rloesn't care. If all almout him start to worry lle says. lie ealm ancl clo not hurry. The girls tlo never shirk a clot lfrom morn till night they're lment on tho't hlosie aml tilatlys clo their best They always work. nor think of rest. Russell ancl l'aul are next in line Their frienrlship incleetl is very fine 'l'ho' different in their tho'ts are they XXI- hope Dame Fortune comes their way.

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iuwffi-r -..'f A T ORP E D0 i stwml SEVENTH GRADE The Seventh Grzule organized the Outluuk and Prugressive Societies in October. These literaries, given every Friday. consist of current events. read- ings. and discussions on certain tupics. Parlimen- tary drill is taught and each pupil is encouraged to express his mvn individuality as much as pos- sible. l,I'C'SlflClII. ,,,, . Secretary .,,,.,.. l residcnt , Secretary .,,,,... PROGRESSIVE OFFICERS First Semester Second Semester ,. ..,,, Dean Hammer. ..,,.,, , .,,,,,.... ..... l lavid Nall .,,,,,.,.,,liC'lI 1mlcle11,..,,.,,,,., ,..,,CZl1'l .Xndcrson OUTLOOK OFFICERS First Semester Secund Semester .,,......l'em-I .Miclersmim ,Sarah Uroff ...Lloyd l.unherg....... ,,....Russ Snyder

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ywifb-?'i P it ix XI? v 5x4W4.ei-1-2-..H 124 TDR EDO -.:-5Xs'WA'A8 NYith nothing but smiles does Constance greet ,-X girl like her we fain would meet, ller brother Clifford improves each year And so for him we need not fear. Letha and Gladys are new to us all, Coming to Akron just last fall Both are hoping Freshmen to make .-Xn interest in their work they take. lf absent. we miss l aul's sunny face If well he's always in his place 'I'he rest of us like to hear him deelaim l.ike lloward he says, l,et's play the game. Gilbert and Lloyd, so quiet are You know not if they're near or far Hut if you ask, you hear reply, l'm answering. this is I. In making baskets Julia will show The opposing team that she's not slow .Xrta's another whose willing to do ln work or play she's kind and true. If for something' original in art you ask Call on lya or Lloyd they'll do the task ln ideas of their own they're sure to excel NVhat they'll draw next we cannot tell. Our llolland Miss is sure to please And put you at once entirely at ease Friend Garvis should get the idea, I can. XYe feel he'll make a fine young man. lflmer and Royal not least, if last. XYith much of good may their lot be east Morning and noon never late are they lint steady and prompt from day to day. Now Freshman Class of Twenty-five Ile this the good for which you strive. lie kind, be true and do your best Then surely, you will stand, l,ife's Test!