Arvada High School - Redskin Yearbook (Arvada, CO)

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OFFICERS Thomas Lively Holland Shultz M'imhikd Larsen Raymond Ha mill President Vice-President Secretary Treasurer SENIOR CLASS HISTORY Among others, Percy Barry, Winifred Chinn, Marguerite Graves, Raymond Hamill. Jean Howard, Robert Hurst, Freeland Simms. Ruth Slusher, and John Rizzari came one bright September morning twelve years ago, and were enrolled in the first grade of the Arvada schools. These nine children were duly taught their a, b. c's. and almost immediately several things became known. For instance. Marguerite Graves' wonderful ability to grasp the main points in readin’, ’rilin', and ’rithmetic became apparent soon after she began to study. Percy Barry was ever the teacher's favorite. He was such an innocent little chap, and always smiling. When the year was half up, Freeland Simms decided to leave us for a while to see if he could find another school any better. He failed to do so, and joined us again later. After a time, it became apparent that we knew too much for common first-graders. and so we were promoted to the second grade, where Thomas Lively and Elmer Branaman joined our ranks. In third grade. Lavinia Holland decided that Arvada was the best place in which to gain learning. On coming into this grade, we came to the present grade school, leaving forever the little school house on Wadsworth where we had been harbored for two years. When we returned to school to find ourselves in the fourth grade, a new member, Catherine Pavelka, was added to the class roll. Lois Allen came in fifth grade. Here we were taught what all fifth-graders should know and even though we may have forgotten it, we learned it at the time well enough to be promoted to the 1 H ]