Alliance High School - Bulldog Yearbook (Alliance, NE)

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FACULTY Mr. H. R. Partridge... Mr. M. R. Colson M iss Bessie Brenizer Mr. J. R. Browne Mr. L. E. Flynn....... Miss Florence Johnson Miss Mae Mahaffa Mr. C. E. McCafferty Miss Margaret Ormsby Miss Mildred Ormsby Miss Pearl Padley..... Miss Grace Spacht Mr. J. O. Stockton ... .Superintendent Principal .............Latin History and Music Manual Training .......Mathematics Normal Training ...........Science ...........English ...........English Latin and English Commercial .............Coach

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1925 CALENDAR —- 1926 Sept. 7. Labor Day. Our labors begin. Sept. 21. Every student receives the first Spud. Sept. 25. Football. Chadron at Alliance. Oct. 2. Gum chewing prohibited by law. Punishable by eighth period. Oct. 9. Football. Gering at Alliance. Oct. 12. Columbus Day. “Sail on, sail on.” Oct. 15. First six-weeks exam. Oct. 16. Football. Crawford at Crawford. Oct. 50. Spud Mixer. Nov. 3-4-5. Vacation. Teachers’ convention. Nov. 10. Football. Scottsbluff. Nov. 14. Broken Bow at Broken Bow. Nov. 26-27. Thanksgiving vacation. Dec. 4. Advisory Board organized. Dec. 10. “Mr. Bob.” Dec. 18. School closes for Christmas. Dec. 14. No school on account of blizzard. Jan. 4. School opens again. Jan. 15. Basket ball. Alliance at Hyannis. Jan. 19. Bayard at Alliance. Jan. 21. Semester exams. Jan. 22. Alliance at Mitchell. Jan. 23. Alliance at Gering. Jan. 26. Bridgeport at Alliance. Jan. 29. Alliance at Bayard. Feb. 2. Scottsbluff at Alliance. Feb. 12. Alliance at Scottsbluff. Feb. 16. Minatare at Alliance. Feb. 19. Alliance at Bridgeport. F'eb. 22. “Constitutional Convention.” Feb. 25. Tournament at Chadron. Mar. 9. “Stray Cats.” Mar. 26. Sub-district Declaim Mar. 26. Commercial contest. Apr. 6. Hall of Fame elected. Apr. 13. “When a Feller Needs a Friend.” May 6. “Some Baby.” May 15. Junior-Senior banquet. May 20. “The Thirteenth Chair.” May 21. Sneak Day. May 22. Alumni banquet. May 23. Baccalaureate sermon. May 24. Senior Recognition—Class Night. May 26. Commencement. May 26-27. F inal examinations. May 28. School closes.

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COMMERCIAL CONTEST A Commercial Contest was held on March 26 at Chadron. The entrants from Alliance and the subjects they were entered for were: Novice Shorthand: Marjorie Whitnack, Lucille Dickinson, Falba Cole. Advanced Typewriting: Vera Lowry, Zeta Redfern, Lucille Dickinson. Penmanship: Marjorie Whitnack, Florence Whitlock, Lucille Dickinson. Novice Typewriting: Eula Adamson, Falba Cole, Eileen Dietlein. Spelling: Marjorie Whitnack. Florence Whitlock and Lucille Dickinson. Alliance carried off first honors with a total of fifty-four points. In Advanced Typewriting Lucille Dickinson earned first place and Vera Lowry second. Marjorie Whitnack won first. Falba Cole second, and Lucille Dickinson third in Novice Shorthand. In Spelling. Marjorie Whitnack and Florence Whitlock tied for first place and Lucille Dickinson took fifth place. Marjorie Whitnack took first place in penmanship. while Lucille Dickinson and Florence Whitlock took second and third places, respectively. SCHOLASTIC CONTEST I he students chosen to take the scholastic tests at Chadron April 26 were: Frig- onometrv. Everts Lyle, Vi alter Johnson; Physics, Herbert Stern; Geometry. Martha Miller. Leola Schill; Latin, Veva Wilson. Leola Schill; English Composition, Martha Miller; English Literature. Leola Schill; European History, Gladys Parsons. Many tow ns were represented and the winners were chosen from the Chadron and Bridgeport contestants. Those from Alliance who placed were: Herbert Stern, first. Physics; Everts Lyle, first Trigonometry; Veva Wilson, fourth. Latin; Gladys Parsons, second. History. DECLAMATORY CONTEST The local Declamatory Contest was held in the High School Auditorium on the evening of March 21. The following contestants took part: Raymond Weyrens. Robert Gillette and Glen Gerdes in oratorical: Alice Wright. Ida Davis, June Marshall, Irma Weyrens and Janice Shelton in dramatic; Marie Clark. Helen Salisbury, Margaret Marshall and Mona Cornu in humorous. Raymond Weyrens ' on first place in oratorical. Alice Wright and Mona Cornu captured first prizes in their respective sections. On March 26. the District Declam was held here. Raymond. Alice and Mona each earned the privilege of going to the District contest. At this Raymond won first. He then went to the state contest where he tied for third place.