Beloit High School - Trojan Yearbook (Beloit, KS)

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CLASS SONGS “COME LET’S SING” Come let’s sin —of Beloit High so dear to us— And shout and cheer thee to victory For the fight is on and our banner is now unfurled Long may it wave, in evidence of thy power. Chorus We are good comrades together Good fellowship reigns supreme— As from the storehouse of knowledge, A golden harvest we glean— Come friends we join in the chorus, Hills and valley shall ring, Then lift it high, our old banner so royal, All hail beloved B. H. S. Dear, art thou, to the heart of each student here. Our gold and blue, staunch and true, Thou art like the star seen by the wise men of Judea’s hills, Guiding our lives to some great and noble end. -SENIORS’’ TUNE TO “JA-I)A” Seniors—Seniors, Seniors—Seniors, B. H. S. Onward, forward, striving for the goal “Success1 T9 class the best of all, We may stumble and even fall. But we’ll get there, get there, Seniors of the B. H. S. “YELLS” Raca—Chaca—Boomeraca, Raca—Chaca—Boomeraca, Raca—Chaca-—Boomeraca, Boomeracaca—R ih! Seniors—Seniors, Rah! Rah! Rah! Hullababaloo—Hullabaleen, Seniors—Seniors, Class T9 .

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CLASS HISTORY THE great wheel of life moves slowly on, turning and changing the tide of man. In the midst of the Solomon valley, a tiny part of this world of ours, we have felt the turning of the wheel and another Senior class of the B. H. S. is ready to pass forth. Though four years have passed, it seems but yesterday, when we a group of Freshmen, eighty-seven strong, entered Beloit High school. Four years filled to the brim with joys and sorrows, success and failures. On that first eventful day the faculty told us if we worked hard we could easily make our mark Being young and innocent we believed, but found to our sorrow that not we, but ou' beloved teachers had the duty in charge. In time we became accustomed to High school life and following precedent; we organized our class, electing Ruth Baird, president; Orwan Simpson, vice president; Forrest McMann, secretary, and Fern Broadnent, treasurer. In the fall of 1910 we returned as Sophomores. Our officers for the year were: Orwan Simpson, president; Gladys Baird, vice president; Harvey Mayo, treasurer; and Lawrence Rouen, secretary. This year we enter into school life with more enthusiasm, taking much interest in our athletic and social affairs. The fall of 1917 saw us again on the “job” and we had now assumed some of the qualities of successful High school students. Our officers for the year were: Forrest McMann, president; Dan Conroy, vice president; Louise Knaup, secretary; and Eula La Frost Bozell, treasurer. This year passed rapidly, everyone felt the patriotic spirit that was manifest and that he could not be idle. The spare moments of the girls were snent in doing surgical dressing for the Red Cross, and the boys in making Red Cross boxes. Several of our classmates: Lawrence Rouen, De’mar Randall, Carleton Kendall, Orwan Simpson, and Evan Parks, feeling the call to the colors stronger than class duties, joined the army of Uncle Sam. At last we enter the home stretch of our High school course, and begin to look forward to our graduation. We organized our class early in the term, keeping the officers of the past year, but adding to our force the able assistance of Miss Clark and Miss Hutchinson, as class sponsors. Early in the term we were unfortunate in losing Miss Clark, who resigned because of failure of health. Many trials were given us to be surmounted before our school life was finished. The first of these came, when one morning we were awakened by the shrill sound of the fire whistle announcing a fire at the High school building. With sorrowing hearts we stood and watched the building which had grown to mean so much to us go up in flames. The churches offered the use of their buildings and in a few days we were reorganized and at work again, and all were resolved that we would “stick” and prove that we could succeed even under adverse circumstances. Trails never come one by one, but come in groups. Having no words of our own to express our feelings on the subject, one of them can best be told bv quoting the Dailv Call: “Owing to the prevalence of the influenza the Beloit City schools will be closed until further notice.”—W. O. Steen. After a few months of close imprisonment we returned to our work, but fearing that the strain of night life which we had been leading might in time prove fatal, the following notice appeared in the Call to check our frolics: “All teachers and pupils are forbidden to attend any public amusements or picture shows.”—H. Baer. This was the death warrant of Beloit, and it was with tear-dimmed eyes that we gathered to witness the last rites of our beloved little city. That sad and auspicious occasion will never he forgotten by any who attended. But better days were yet in store for us and after the resurrection of Beloit things began to boom again and sore trials were forgotten. All too scon our pride suffered another powerful blow, when after two weeks of weary toil on a ministrel, “The Dark Town Singing Society,” composed of members of the Senior class, was forbidden to appear in chapel. But our trials of the past year are now forgotten and with a feeling of happiness in us, as we see the time drawing nigh, when with a few more recitations, a few more examinations and the assistance of our ever willing faculty, the class of '19 will move On! on and over On to the top and over. —M. C., I). B.

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ATHLETICS FOOTBALL The Freshman class that entered Beloit High school in 1915, brought with it a great many athletes in football, basketball and track. The B. H. 6. for many seasons had not had a winning team, but when our men went on the field, they established a great reputation for the school in 1915-16. The class had six regular players and in 1916-17 under Captain Jones, we had seven regular players, who were in the “undefeated” picture. Dan Conroy has the record of being one of the B. H. S. football “stars.” He played half-back on the team each of his four years in High school and was captain in his Junior year. Dan won alike the admiration of spectator and player by his clean, decisive work. His name will go down in the history of our sqhool as an athlete. Tony Walsh, the great offensive player, never failed to make the first tackle and the kick off. Evan Park, now with the colors, who played guard the two seasons he was in school has won fame as the greatest bayonet instructor in the U. S. Roger Swartz and Merton Fuller were two tackles that the opponent always feared. Lawrence Rouen and Carleton Kendall were men that were real football players. Lawrence or “Larry,” as he was called by his fellow players, never missed a ball that came within his reach. Kendall was the best center that a high school could produce. He saved the day in a good many games by his accuracy in passing the ball. Fred Sparks and Harvey Mayo were two subs of the B. H. S. team. They were both fast players, but their weight kept them back the seasons they were here. Merle Jones, who is now with our class, played tackle and half. He played many defensive games in that position. The football team won such a good record for the B. H. S. in the two seasons following 1915 that Mrs. Daniels turned over her beautiful home the first year for the boys. At the close of the season of 1917 the Business Men’s club gave a banquet for the undefeated team. BASKETBALL The girls basketball team tried very hard to play this year, but having no gymnasium it was impossible to get the team together. Our class has been very well represented in basketball the past four years. Three of the girls have played on the team or as substitutes every year, Fern Broadbent, our second center, was always there at the “tip off” and before you knew it the ball was in the hands of one of the forwards. She was assisted by the jumping center, Mary Morrell. Harriette Dunham, our Senior guard, has sidetracked many a ball which was on its way back to the other end. The other guards which made up our 1917-18 team were Mabel Greene, who was noted for her free arm movement, and I eta Brown-Dilworth, who was always faithful at her post.