Berrien Springs High School - Canoe Yearbook (Berrien Springs, MI)

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went to St. Joe and John Aldrich and Harold Harner quit school, but the Willards came. And here we are just twenty of us. Are we all here?” Esther: “Yes, every mother’s son of us. The boys do look sort of browbeaten. Our basket ball team was good this year tho.” Wilma “We’ve sort of slowed up on parties this year and worked for all we were worth so we could leave the school an annual.” Esther: “Not much hazing this year. O, I forgot. They cut nearly all the Freshie boys’ hair for them and then Mr. Preble, our new superintendent, had us vote on the question of hazing and we decided that we wouldn’t have any more here. (I’ve often wondered if any of those Freshmen caught cold.)” Wilma: “We mustn’t forget the nice reception the Juniors gave us. Wasn’t Ruth Feather a sweet Martha Washington and Lester Sunday wasn’t such a bad George either. Then our Senior play!” Esther: “I really think it was a success, don’t you?” Wilma: “Well, I should say. Didn’t we clear $86? And the costumes could not be beaten.” Esther: Don’t let us forget our Senior hop and what a good time we had either. Wilma: “And last of all our Class Night!” Esther: “It certainly is fine. The way we arranged it so no one could quarrel!” Wilma: “And even if we do miss the Valedictorian and Salutatorian speeches, I’m sure the essays are fine and the music I know is.” Esther: “Now that our four years are over, our best years so far, we certainly are going to miss them.” Wilma: “But we are prepared for the rest of the years.” Esther: “I wonder what our future holds. Perhaps we shall find out.”

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out at Joe’s. And we had a big fire out doors, and roasted weenies and everything. Wilma: “Yes, and Jane Ford and Florence Birr start- ed in here that year, and they made up for part of the ten we lost. Esther: “We got a new principal too, Miss Evans. That was the year we began to feel big. But then I guess we all go through that stage.” Wilma: “O, I don’t know. I’ve felt big ever since I was a Freshman.” Esther: “There were only 26 of us last year. Zena Skinner and Paul Hoisington went to Niles High School, Lorraine Stover left here for Benton Harbor. My a lot of them left. At the beginning of our Junior year Miss Eppley took Miss Watson’s place and we received much needed help by the addition of Miss Graham.” Wilma: “And didn’t we have a lot of trouble tho? Seems like the teachers always did try to pick on us.” Esther: “It’s funny! Mr. Adams said we had no re- gard whatever for old customs with our new ideas while this year Mr. Preble thinks we are out of date. Say, do you remember when we began to get the dance fever?” Wilma: “I guess it was at the beginning of our Junior year when we were emphatically told that it was immodest for girls to play basket ball.” Esther: “Well we gave the Seniors that year a mighty fine reception even if we couldn’t give them a hop.” Wilma: “Oh yes’ and our Junior farce.’ Esther: “Yes, indeed. Miss Evans and Miss Eppley were fine to help us out. You made an awfully cute little girl, Wilma, and weren’t the Smythe daughters killing?” Wilma: “You would never suspect J. W. of being such a cross old man, would you, and your chewing gum!” Esther: “And Johnny was the college chappy. I’ll say and Phil as Mr. Thimple. They certainly were all fine.” Wilma: “And this year Mrs. Bishop took Miss Eppley’s place and we lost some of our old standbys—Helen Skinner and Cecil Kiger left us for Niles, Hazel Harrington

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By MILDRED FORD and JANE FORD Jane: “Why we mustn’t forget to make a will, some one will have to see about it.” Mildred: “You might do it as long as you thot of it.” Jane: “Only on condition that you help me. We can think it out tonight and see the lawyer tomorrow.” “The first ones to consider are the eighth grade.’ Mildred: “Let’s give them the sole right of casting off their hair ribbons and knickers and becoming Freshmen.” Jane: “The only thing to leave the Freshmen is 69,- 274 yards of green ribbon, 10 pairs of hair clippers and 13 Caesar books.” M. “We couldn’t leave our place in society to anyone but the Sophomores.” J. “Of course the Juniors will get the back seats, love of the faculty, and that feeling of superiority.” M. “Now, that wasn’t hard, but what shall we leave each one. Junior president?” J. “Lowell Kinney.” M. “Well we’ll leave him a pair of long trousers with which to become a Senior.” J. “Bessie Robinson, a key to a certain one’s heart.” M. “We have about 245 records for Minnie Edison.” J. “Myra Stiles, a silver spoon.” M. “Doris Pullen really ought to have Dorothy.” J. “And Dorothy, Doris. And let’s will Lester Sunday, Murray Willard’s vanity.” M. “And five copies of ‘O! Helen,’ too.” M. “There’s Ethel let’s leave her the right to bear all Ford jokes alone.”