Brigham Young University - Banyan Yearbook (Provo, UT)

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tesJ Cl)ronolosj The 12 ' s High School class organized. Harry Phillips, President, and Elfie Bean, Vice-President, supported by an enthusiastic staff and ZbO members. The ll ' s challenged the 12 ' s for a tug of war across the mill race. They acknowledged their ducking by entertaining their victors at a grand ball, in the evening. The first number of that series of parties which have caused the school life of every 12 to be filled with joy, held in the old social hall. Ve c nd e°i ion of the 12 ' s H. S. gave the following results: President, Ray Fitzgerald; First Vice, Elfie Bean; Second Vice, Bernard Nash. ' ' Th? 2 ' i ??iTied the day in field and track. When the base ball season for 1908-1909 came to a close, the First Years had possession of the ThTconstitution of the class was written by Harry Phillips, Einar An- derson, Hazel Petterson, LaRue Farnsworth, Jesse Higgens. « . 23d 10 00 The i2 ' s elected Ray Fitzgerald to the presidency, with Erma Fletcher and Vern Greenwood as the Vice-Presidents. ' Fo under ' s dly, 1909, the 12 ' s walked off the campus witTi all the badges of honor. xTand - e and general get-acquainted social was held in the Prep. Study. °Vay rJS M resigned the office of President, and Bernard Nash was chosen to fill the vacancy. • ' In he pla where the circus boys play, was given a dance that will be remembered as long as there is a 12 in existence. The students took a day off and visited Spring Dell. Vhe 2 ' s hdd their farewell party on the lawn of their dear old school. Vh? ' th?rd°Temi-annual election was held. Ray Fitzgerald was chosen President, with Clarence Woods and Ethel Nuttal as helpmates.

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Klgbt fi etrosipeaion in 1916 The Twelve !■ a man who worked for years to get hours, and then «elt weak (or days and was In a daze for weeks. He represented a new species in natural history. In as much as he was a goat w lth a sheep ' s skin. And unhappily, In Jast such proportion as he failed to qualify for the sheepskin, the more certain he was to qualify for the Koat. The Twelve worked for what he grot, but he didn ' t always get what he worked for. It depended on what the Faculty thought, and heaven knows what they depended on for their thinking:. The 12 w ent out Into the cruel world, and he left behind him his grlrl and his creditors. The former promised to write often, and the latter kept the promise. Somebody else usually kept the grlrl. He found that the unappreclative world turned its back on him, and he was left to shift for himself. His treasured acacomplishments of student days, ranging; from the basket ball squad to the dancing club or the debating team, seemed scarcely to supply him with those credentials which are sought by grrouchy employers of labor. Before the 12 graduated, he was worried as to whether to accept the position of a bank cashier or a district attorney, but no such problems ever disturb him after he departed from his Alma Mater. His chief worry then was that he couldr ' t get a good job shoveling snow in July or August. And yet, after all, it was a grreat four years. The 12 can afford to be retrospec- tive. A crusade against slang has been Instituted In the University. This Is a plons Idea, as studes too easily slip into the habit of handing out a punk line of gruff, and If the profs would put the roughnecks wise they would cut it out in no time. Take any bunch of college yaps — they are sent to college to get a little horse sense in their beans. But when they bunch up, the langruage they use is enough to make whiskers grow on the bald head of intellectual progress.

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Oct. 16, 1910— The Founder ' s Day laurels again descended upon the plucky 12 ' s team. Oct. 28. 1910— The memory of the 1910 Hallowe ' en party is as sweet as the wild bee ' s honey. Nov. 10, 1910— The Sweetening-up trip to the sugar factory at Lehi. Dec. 1st. 1910— Ethel Nuttal resigned the office of Vice-President, and Hazel Macdonald was elected to take her place. Dec. 23d, 1910— A well remembered Christmas festival in the gymnasium. Feb. 3, 1911— The second election of the third year of the 12 ' s H. S. finally resulted in the electing of Andrew K. Smith as President, Briant Stringham as First, and Merline Roylance, as Second Vice-Presidents. March 11, 1910— The 12 s met in the elaborately decorated Gym. and enjoyed a good old Irish ball. May 6, 1911— The first Junior H. S. Prom., famously known as the inter-class party. May 24, 1911— The election in which Briant H. Stringham, Chauncy Baird and Lottie Gibson were chosen as class leaders for 1911-1912. Oct 25. 1911— The 12 ' s defeated the College in a flag rush on their own grounds. Oct. 28, 1911— The Sixth Ward Hall was converted into a Hades. One of the most important events of the evening was the signing of the pledge of fidelity to the class, with the Devil as a witness. Nov. 11, 1911— The banquet and skating party of the 12 ' s was a wonder and all had a dandy time. Dec. 16, 1911— The Christmas party of 1911 in the Sixth Ward Social Hall. March 8. 1912— The 13 ' s met their Waterloo in the field of mental battle. The affirm- ative was represented by Irvin Tippetts and James Bullock of the 12 ' s H. S. April 19, 1912— Inter-class track meet. The 12 ' s at their old game. April 24th, 1912— We felt sorry for the ' ISs, but Linton Morgan and Irvin Tippets felt it their duty to win the Debating Trophy for the class, regardless of sympathy. April 26, 1912— Bazaar! Concert! Trap!! FUN!!! May 3, 4, 1912— The Elopement of Ellen. Opera House. May 17, 1912— Our RED LETTER DAY. May 17th, 1912— Bon Voyage Ball. Mozart Hall. May 27, 1912— Commencement.