Beloit High School - Trojan Yearbook (Beloit, KS)

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We TROJAN Ju Utmortam OWARD Leslie, friend, schoolmate, worker, and a gentleman, lie was all of these and more. He was a steadfast friend. He never failed a friend, and p2 ! he never lost one he desired to keep. His loyally was of the finest. Win or lose, he always stayed on his chosen side and held on. If his friend lost, he never offered too much sympathy. He merely said, “Too bad,” and helped him go on and try again. A better schoolmate could not be found. He was a good partner, always willing to do his share of “lab work or any other task. A worker is valuable in any undertaking, and Howard was one of the most valuable. His help was to be had it it were only requested. He was willing to co-operate and always did his best. However, anyone who sinks his whole life in work grows dull and is good only as a worker. Howard was not one of these. lie enjoyed sports, and when he played, he played with his whole heart. He enjoyed good times and had them. Il was active in school activities. He played football; he was interested in music, he was a member of the Journalism Class; he was an officer in the Hi-Y, and he was active in the activities of his class. lie had a sharp and true sense of right and wrong, yet lie was not a prude. He was tolerant, and lie was fair. He had his opinions and refused to change them until he was certain that another’s were better. He never changed his opinion of a person’s character because of the reports and tales told by those who did not know. He formed his opinion by actual knowledge. There are some who must have something to stand on, something to back them up. Without this they are worthless. Howard was not one of these. He had the courage, tin self-confidence, and the independence to do things without such support. If he fell, he fell. It was not that he didn’t care if he failed, but he was not afraid to. He was not afraid to start again. lie was not one to stand back and tell how things should be done. He was always in line and working. If he had a suggestion to make, he did so, and then helped to carry it out. He was kind and never bullying, yet with his kindness was a temper that tolerated no trampling on his rights or the rights of others. He was always a gentleman. Ilis conduct was that of one who is full of life and enjoyed that fullness, yet he never made his presence other than pleasurable. It is not often that one is honored with the friendship of a person like him. If one is so honored. the friendship is treasured and jealously guarded. When they are gone, the memory of that friendship cannot In wiped out. Those who were close friends of Howard know and treasure such a memory. They will not forget. Those who were not such close friends will remember him as a schoolmate who always did his best. During his life, he was never too proud of his achievements, yet he enjoyed victory as much as anyone. He was modest but not to too great a degree. He was still a boy when he left, a boy with a man’s ideals, a man’s courage, yet with the heart of a boy. He would have always had a boy’s heart, no matter what his age. He is gone, yet this memory of Howard will always be clear and precious. Page Ten May 1933

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t$e TROJAN Troian Triads bq LUCILLE DENDIJ THE ANNUAL STAFF Editor-In-Chief ------------------------------ Henry Lins Assistant Editor-------------------------------------Ruth Howe Business Manager-------------------------------Wilma Rees Art Editor Eunice Armour Snap-Shots Betty Hampton and Howard Leslie WAY back in 1924 the first Journalism i lass was organized. Before this time, a paper of tremendous size was published. This large paper consisted of four columns of news which was collected by a ss correspondents. Since that time, the Journalism class lias grown in its activities and its work. The B. II. S. Life, a bi-weekly paper, was published from 11)24 to 1932. Due to unsettled conditions this year, we published a quarterly magazine in the place of the paper. The material was written by the members of the elass themselves, and all the work was done by them that was possible in publishing the magazine. The first edition of the magazine, “The Trojan ’, was published in October, after much worry and physical labor. The printing was done with a “Rotospeed” machine, secured by Miss Kirtland. our sponsor, and those who rail the machine became inky as any printer. Our December issue was a masterpiece. Tom Ilurlev designed a picture of a jack-in-the-box and a rag doll, and the class painted each separate cover in bright rhristmas colors. We labored many nights to get this issue out before Christmas vacation started. Tn the windy month of March, our third issue was published. The cover of the magazine was in keeping with St. Patrick's Day as well as part of the writing. The cover was light green in color and bore a picture of Pan playing his pipes. Our last issue was published in April and surprised the unsuspecting students with an issue on sneak day. The last publication of the elass of 1933 was the Senior Year-Book, “The Trojan. Henry Lins held the position of editor of all our magazines. This year's Journalism class was much smaller than the preceding classes, and each member had much more work to do. Besides working for material for our magazines, we published a weekly column in each of our local newspapers. The column consisted of high school news. In publishing our Annual, the greatest difficulty was found when it came to finances. We started a •.ales campaign early in the year, but we didn't sell enough magazines to pay for the cover of the book, so we were forced to sell them on tin installment plan. This made it difficult because we were not sure at that time that we would have an Annual. We are giad we tried something new this year, (ilad because it was different from what the preceding Journalism classes have done. If it had not been for the help and cooperation of the faculty and the students, we could never have hoped to make a success of the magazine. But all were behind the publications, and we hope that they enjoyed reading the magazines as much as we did in publishing them. The members of the elass feel that they were given a great privilege when they were enrolled in the elass. They will never forget the happiness and satisfaction of printing their own writing by their own hands. Their comradeship and feeling of oneness was broken hut once when Howard Leslie, assistant-editor of the quarterly magazine and snapshot editor of the Annual, became ill with pneumonia and died on March 25, 1933. We wish, in conclusion, to thank the faculty and the students for their support of our publications. May 1933 Page Nine

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T$e TROJAN HOWARD LESLIE May 1933 Page Ele ven