Browns Valley High School - Thunderbird Yearbook (Browns Valley, MN)

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SOCIETY AND ORGANIZATIONS M I LOR ED SM ITH . EDITOR The Junior class of ’09 held the annual recep- tion in honor of the Seniors at the home of Blois Barrett, on the 26th of May, 1909. The rooms were decorated with class and school colors, as well as pennants from other schools, and were brilliantly lighted by wax can- dles. A long table, seating about twenty-six, ex- tended from one end of the room to the other. A huge candelabra was placed in the center of the table and smaller ones, at either end. Vases of American Beauty roses added much to the ap- pearance of the table, while a single rose with a small, hand-painted card was laid at each place. The entertainment consisted of a live-course banquet. Arthur Nelson acted as Toast Master and was responded to by members of the Faculty and of the Junior and Senior classes. Later, the fortunes of the Seniors were told by one of the Junior girls, dressed as an Oriental Gypsy. While the banquet was in progress, “bold, bad Sophomores” and more timid Freelunen were much in evidence, peering thru the windows, wonderingly, at the scene within. A girls’ club, the L. W. V. C., was organized in the fall of nineteen hundred nine, for the pur- pose of bringing about a friendship between the girls of the High School and to make the ac- quaintance of the clut»,s of other schools. It has co-operated with clubs of various schools to make social events a success.

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so he said nothing at first, but when danger of discord was seen ahead, he made a motion that the Editor-in-Chief appoint a committee to select a name. “I want to he on that committee,” eagerly re- marked the Local reporter, who, feeling quite “left out,” as she expressed it, at not having the “Gossip” selected as the name of the magazine, had not felt inclined to have further voice in the meeting until now. “And I!” “And 1!” shouted all the others in One voice. “I’ll toll you what let’s do,” said the Athletic editor, “Let’s select the cover first.” “1 like purple, because my new dress is laven- der, and anyway, purple’s going to be all the rage this year,” remarked the Society editor in en- thusiastic tones. “Well, mine’s brown,” said the Humorous edi- tor, “And I want a brown cover.” The Assistant Business Manager looked at the Principal and then slyly said, with a twinkle in his eyes, “Mow would blue do?” and glanced again at the Prin- cipal’s new blue tailor-made. “This won’t do at all,” determinedly remarked the Business Manager. “We must And out what the thing will cost before we do anything else—” And have our pictures taken,” commented the Athletic editor, squaring his shoulders. “I’ll tell you what we’ll do,” said the Princi- pal, after damaging the table rapping for order. “Each of you write the name you like on a slip of paper, then toss them up and draw one.” But before it reached this extremity, the Editor-in- Chief said, “I move that the meeting adjourn until next time,” and winked at the ceiling with an amused expression. “J second the motion,” exclaimed the others. But before it could be put before the house, the Editor-in-Chief and the Society editor were dis- appearing down the street. The Assistant Edi- tor-in-Chief gazed at the Business Manager with soulful eyes and he gazed back at her, but the rest kept on disputing all the way down the street. The Principal smiled softly to herself, and mer- rily remarked, “They are only children, anyway.” Humorous Editor.

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GIRLS GLEE CLUB Standing—Ruth Anderson. Ollie McLane. Rose Lehn. Sabra Hardy. Miss Kelsey. Lilah Train, Bertha Gunderson. Marguerite Palm. Ora McLane Sitting—Mildred Byersdorf. Kathryn Dunlap. Mildred Smith, Genevieve Layden, Beulah Campbell. Lydia Anderson