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

Text from Pages 1 - 104 of the 1926 volume:

THE MOUND BUILDER Assembled and published by the Class of 1926 of Browns Val- ley High School. 1 AWWWWWWWWWW A m •ty r A 1 his, the hrst appear- ance of “The Mound Builder, ’ comes at a time in the history of our school which acknowledges the need for such a publica- tion. Its purpose is to record in durable, lasting, and unified form the activities of Browns Val- ley High School, and thus perpetuate their mem- ories. DEDICATION To our Superintendent, Leslie E. Brown, who during his four years of earnest leader- ship over us, has established in our school a higher standard, a better spirit, and a closer co-operation between student and teacher. Fable of Contents CLASSES GRADES ACTIVITIES ALUMNI FEATURES QTfje iilounb JUitlber School District 22 was organized in 1881 as an independent district. That was in the early days of Browns Valley and only an elementary school was provided. The first year, classes were held in Literary Hall, the building now used as the Lutheran church, but in the summer of 1 882 our first school- house was erected, on the plateau. The frame building at the right in the above picture is the first schoolhouse with the built-on addition which was constructed about five or six years later. It was not long before the need for a secondary school became urgent, and about 1 896 one was established. The first class was graduated in 1900. Our high school developed rapidly and by 1906, under Superintendent Farmer, the entire school had risen to a rating of high esteem among the schools of the state. During the summer and fall of 191 I, our present high school building was constructed. It was the biggest improvement yet made and crowded con- ditions were at once relieved. It contained a gymnasium which afforded a greater opportunity for Browns Valley to compete in athletics with other schools. Subsequently, Browns Valley High School became a member of the Minnesota State High School Association and in recent years we are proud to know that our school has attained great prestige among its surrounding neighbors. May this achievement be a stepping-stone to higher goals. Page Set en Page Eight Mr. Nilsen Mr. Brown Mr. Brower Miss Wold Miss Perkins William O. Nilsen is the instructor in Science and Athletics. Residing in Minneapolis, he graduated from South High School, and completed his education at St. Olaf College. Mr. Nilsen taught last year at Buffalo Lake, Minnesota. Leslie E. Brown has been Superintendent of the Browns Valley Public Schools for the past two years. Previous to that he was principal of the High School for two years. He is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin. Orlo F. Brower hails from Kimball, Minnesota. He is principal of the High School, having graduated from Carleton College. Mr. Brower has coached our debate work and was coach of the Junior High basketball team. Lillian Wold’s home is at Jackson, Minnesota. She has been teaching History and English the past two years. Last year Miss Wold handled girls’ physical education. Prior to coming here. Miss Wold taught in New York State. Louise Perkins is a graduate of Carleton College. Her home is at Parker’s Prairie, where she also had her first year of teaching experience. She teaches French and History, and has had charge of the girls' physical education work. Page Ten QL )t Jflounb JJutlber Miss Rirmnn Mi Harnish Miss Engels Miss Diemcr Miss Swanson Miss Solien Miss Campion Miss Lee Anna Rieman hails from Faribault. She is a graduate of the Mankato Teachers College and is instructor of our fifth grade. Myrtle Harnish is a graduate of Superior Normal School. Her home is also in Superior. She teaches the sixth grade. Frances Engels lives at Buffalo, Minnesota. She is a graduate of the St. Cloud Normal School and has been teaching our first grade for the past two years. Lillian Diemer’s home is at Mankato, where she graduated from High School and from the Mankato Teachers College. She has been the teacher of the third grade for two years. Edith Swanson lives at Fargo. She is a graduate of the State Teachers College at Moorhead. She teaches the fourth grade. Marie Solien is from Twin Valley, Minnesota. She is a graduate of the Moorhead Teachers College and has been principal of the Junior High for the past three years. Mary Campion of Lakeville, Minnesota, graduated from Bethlehem Academy at Faribault and later from the Teachers College at Mankato. She is the teacher of our second grade. She taught last year at Stillwater. Mathilda Lee, our seventh grade teacher, is from Neilsville, Minnesota. She is a graduate of Moorhead Teachers College and has had one year of experience at Bagley, Minnesota. Page Eleven Wi)e Jilottnb lUulbcr A Word or Two _ The mound is finally built. It has been firmly founded and strongly built. Valued treasures have been buried in it. The finishing touches have been applied, and The Mound Builder bids you delve into its depths and reap what pleasures you will. The Class of 1 926 has realized one of its great dreams in the issuance of The Mound Builder. Much of the honor goes to them, but it must not be forgotten that no little credit is due the whole school for making the annual financially possible. Sixteen years ago the Class of 1910 issued the Inter Lochen, the first Browns Valley High School year-book. Its publication was a memorable event and a few old copies are yet in the community. If you would like to know how highly they are valued, try to buy one. About 150 copies of the Inter Lochen were sold, for the sum of $2.00 each. The book contained pictures of all the pupils then in the grades and high school. Pictures of athletic teams and glee clubs, with original drawings and an alumni directory, were other of its features. Certainly, the first annual staff is to be commended for the token it left in our school. Where are the members of the old mag. board now and what are they doing?—Charles Becker Jr., Editor-in-Chief. is cashier of a bank in Winchester, Idaho. Arthur Nelson, Business Manager, is finishing his second term as Mayor of St. Paul. He is now planning to resume the profession of law which he dropped to accept the mayorship. Rose Lehn, assistant editor, is clerking in an abstract office in Kalispell, Montana. Blois Barrett, assistant manager, is in business with his father in a drug store in Browns Valley. Mildred Smith, the society and organizations editor, now Mrs. Carroll Aldrich, is residing with her family in Chicago. Adrian Preston, the exchange editor, is an accountant in the firm of Washburn-Crosby Co., Minneapolis. Fred Shandorf, the athletics editor, is an attorney in Mitchell, South Dakota. Char- lotte Smith, humorous editor, is a trained nurse in Denver, Colorado. Sabra Hardy, the locals editor, enlisted her services in the Red Cross when the United States entered the World War, and sailed for France. While on board, she was taken ill and died two weeks after landing in France. We, The Mound Builder staff, greet the divided members of the Inter Lochen staff. We too are about to disband just as you did sixteen years ago. We are proud of the Inter Lochen. Our hats are off to the class of 1910, to the Inter Lochen staff, and to the result of their efforts— Browns Valley’s first year-book. We heartily appreciate the co-operation rendered us while we were work- ing on The Mound Builder. To our home merchants, who have so gener- ously taken advertising space, we extend our most appreciative thanks and best wishes. To you who have aided the assembling of the book by loaning pictures and old annuals, and by answering our questions concerning former teachers and students, we are extremely grateful. We hope you are proud of The Mound Builder for we have striven all through the year to issue a year-book which will be worthy of your utmost admiration, and which will be a source of pleasure and enjoyment to all who look into its pages. Page Tree Pee ---The Staff RAYMOND ALMQUIST Turk ‘Just a good all around scout Basketball '22. ’23. ’25; Volley Ball 24. ‘25; Vaudeville 24; Wowapi; Business Manager Mound Builder; Captain Applejack. MARY BENSON Benny ‘If silence were golden, I‘d be worth a nickel Outing Club; Glee Club; Vaudeville 23, 24; Campfire; Library Class; Toreadors”; Bas- ketball 25, 26; Mound Builder Board; Alpha Omega; Carpet Bag. LILLIAN BROWN Pill ‘Modest and simple and sweet-----the very type of Priscilla Campfire; Vaudeville '24; Carpet Bag; Windmills of Holland ; Toreadors”; Wowapi; Glee Club; Mound Builder Board; Peg O My Heart’ ; Outing Club; Library Class; Captain Applejack. SINCLAIR COWLES Sin ‘There may be greater men in the world, but I doubt it Editor-in-Chief Mound Builder; Debate 26; Volleyball ’23, 24. ‘25; Vaudeville 23, [24; Carpet Bag; Senate: Basketball 24, ‘25, 26; Toreadors ; The Whole Town’s Talking ; Peg O’ My Heart ; Come Out of the Kitchen ; My Friend from India ; Glee Club; Spelling Team; Wowapi; Captain Apple- jack. I age Fifteen jffilounb JButlber EDNA DEYO ‘‘Rusty’ Her hair has not damaged her temper” Campfire: Glee Club; Outing Club; Wowapi; ‘‘What’s in a Chin?” Basketball 26. MERLE ERDMAN A giggle is the same in all languages” Campfire; Outing Club; Wowapi; Glee Club; Senate; Mound Builder Board; Carpet Bag. VIVIAN FLETCHER You can’t say anything bad about a good sport like her” Carpet Bag; Debate ’26; ’’Windmills of Hol- land”; “Toreadors”; Senate; Vaudeville 24; Alpha Omega; Glee Club; Library Class; Mound Builder Board. ELVERA HOKANSON True to her work, but fond of her fun” Alexandria High School one year; Elbow Lake High School two years; Wowapi; Basketball WILLIAM KUSCHEL “Bill” Tis marvelous, his patience with the teachers” Senate; Volleyball ‘24, ’25; Wowapi; “Cap- tain Applejack.” t’ugc Sixteen GTfje jilouttb Putlber MARY MALLOY “Maggie” “Happy, gracious, full of fun. Friendly, talented, and then some “Windmills of Holland ; “Peg O’ My Heart ; “Mrs. Bri ggs of the Poultry Yard”; “My Friend from India ; Vaudeville 23, 24; Alpha Omega; Basketball '22, 23, 24, '25; Glee Club; Campfire; Captain Applejack. HOWARD MALM “Ship “The greatest of men are silent “My Friend from India ; “Peg O’ My Heart ; Carpet Bag; Vaudeville 23, ’24; Glee Club; Alpha Omega: Volleyball ’23. “Captain Applejack. EMMA MORRILL “Betty “United we step, divided we correspond” Crookston High School one year; Outing Club; Campfire; Glee Club; Debate ’26; Lib- rary Class; Mound Builder Board; “Peg O’ My Heart”; Toreadors”; Vaudeville 24; ’Captain Applejack.” Alpha Omega; Bas- ketball 25, 26. JOHN PAGE Doc Come not within the measure of my wrath Volleyball 25; Basketball 26; Glee Club; Alpha Omega; “Captain Applejack. HULDA PH1LEN “Babe “Seeking diligently for knowledge” Outing Club; Glee Club; Library Class; Alpha Omega: Mound Builder Board; Debate '26. Seventeen V QLfje jfflounfr JBuilber SELMER SANDEN ’‘Sandy “Quiet, to be sure, until you know him Glee Club; Alpha Omega; Vaudeville 24; Volleyball 26. MARC SEEBER Sheik Whose little body lodged a mighty mind” Vaudeville 24; Wowapi; Debate 26; Mound Builder Board; Spelling Team; Carpet Bag. HENRY SKAGGS Dad Let the old world slide Vaudeville 24; Wowapi; Peg O’ My Heart ; Captain Applejack. RUSSELL SMITH Skully” I take life easy, and I’ll live till I die A Pair of Sixes ; My Friend from India ; Alpha Omega. GENEVIEVE TOELLE Jenny If I am not great, 1 am what 1 am Campfire; Spelling Team; Alpha Omega; Mound Builder Board; Toreadors ; Peg O’ My Heart ; Captain Applejack. Page Eighteen QTfje iflounb Butlber Class History To all good things an end must come, and we thought the end of joy and pleasure had surely come when first we came into the assembly room and there gazed upon the massive Mr. Sims and the scowling visage of Mr. Brown. Our attitudes were soon changed, however, and we started high school life in good spirit with a brilliant display of green caps and umbrellas on initiation day, the sixth of October. On the evening of that day an initiation party was held in the assembly room, and after that eventful evening we felt ourselves pledged to our school. Our class then numbered twenty-five. We were soon convinced that our first task was organization. We accomplished this at a class rpeeting in which Harold Hunt was elected president and Miss Romig, class adviser. We did not want to be too forward, so we quietly as- sumed our duties as a class. Early in the fall we had a wiener roast in the well known Johnson ravine and were entertained with several thrilling ghost stories by Harold Hunt and Hulda Philen. On the staff of the Carpet Bag, our school magazine, we were duly represented by Vivian Fletcher, Harold Hunt, Sinclair Cowles, and Lillian Brown. It was during this year that a glee club was formed under the direction of Mr. Sims, which gave a very success- ful operetta, The Windmills of Holland. Vivian Fletcher, Lillian Brown, Mary Malloy, and Harold Hunt were selected from the Freshman class to as- sist. In the other dramatics of the year we took no active part, but we were given the opportunity to present, under the direction of Miss Romig, a dram- atized version of Old Testament Stories.” Harold Hunt, in a comic portrayal of King Pharaoh, was easily the star of the affair. When the school Senate was formed, William Kuschel represented our class. The last big event of the year was the all high school picnic at Foster. We took up our duties as Sophomores without the competent leadership of Harold Hunt. Vivian Fletcher was chosen president and Miss Corey, class adviser. In basketball we were well represented by Sinclair Cowles and Mary Malloy. Sinclair Cowles won third prize in the essay contest of that year. On Hallowe’en every member of our class turned out for the search party. The girls won, but the boys seemed to enjoy the Christmas party just as much as did the girls, who were the guests of honor that evening. In the spring we had another very successful wiener roast in the Becker ravine, and later the entire high school motored to Bonanza for the annual picnic. In organizing the class in our Junior year, we selected Sinclair Cowles to be our president. Miss Olin was appointed class adviser. Our various talents were soon discovered, and on the stage we were creditably represented by Howard Malm, Mary Malloy, and Sinclair Cowles, who were used in a number of dramatic events. In the essay contest of that year Vivian Fletcher and Marc Seeber won second and third prizes respectively with essays on the subject, “Why I Want an Education. One of our social achievements of the year was a valentine party at which we entertained the Seniors and Faculty. Under the direction of Mrs. Brown, we presented as our Junior play, Peg O' My Heart,” on the evening of April 3, 1925. It proved to be a fine suc- cess, both dramatically and financially. Immediately after, we began prepar- ation for the Junior-Senior banquet, which took place at the high school on Page Nineteen 3Tfje Jfflounb Builber May 2. Our class colors, orchid and green, were combined attractively with the white and gold of the Seniors, decorating the banquet room very prettily. The guests of honor were Mr. and Mrs. William Paul. After a delightful dinner and a pleasing program of toasts, the guests were entertained with games and dancing. Last, but truly worthy of mention, was our school picnic at Hartford, where we thoroughly enjoyed an afternoon of roller skating, swimming and other games. We began our careers as Seniors—nineteen of us—with a strong deter- mination to make our last year a profitable one. During this year Merle Erdman joined us and was chosen president of the class. Mr. Brown acted as class adviser. The first task which we undertook was the assembling and publishing of this book, The Mound Builder. The staff had been selected in the spring of 1925, and after a summer of preliminary work by the editors, the entire staff took up the work when school began. All year long the preparation of the book has occupied a major part of our time and effort. In basketball the class was represented by John Page, Sinclair Cowles, Mary Benson, Emma Morrill, and Elvera Hokanson, while in volleyball Selmer Sanden, Howard Malm, Raymond Almquist, and Sinclair Cowles were on the team. Raymond has also acted as assistant coach during the basketball season. In the fall of 1925, six members from our class took part in the operetta, The Toreadors : Lillian Brown, Genevieve Toelle, Sinclair Cowles. Mary Benson. Emmil Morrill, and Vivian Fletcher. Our Senior play, Captain Applejack, was presented on May 20 and 21. The cast included the following people: Sinclair Cowles, Howard Malm, Henry Skaggs, John Page, Raymond Almquist, William Kuschel, Lillian Brown, Genevieve Toelle, Emma Morrill, and Mary Malloy. The Senior Class feels that if they attain only a part of what is expected of them, they will have attained a great measure of success. Class Will We, the Senior Class of nineteen hundred and twenty-six of the Browns Valley High School, County of Traverse, State of Minnesota, being of sound minds and memories, do hereby make, publish, and declare this to be our last will and testament, in manner following, that is to say: Raymond Almquist wishes to leave his forceful gestures and explana- tions to Charles Fairclough. They may prove extremely valuable in salesman- ship of pearl necklaces. Mary Benson unwillingly bequeaths her masterful hand in art and her preciseness, to Alice Willey. We hope the latter will realize the value of these traits and utilize them to the great extent that the grantor employed them. Lillian Brown leaves her ready understanding and foresight to Nellie Malloy, that it may not be necessary for the last named to ask so many ques- tions regarding important topics. Sinclair Cowles hereby bequeaths his modesty and his dignified air to Beth Baldwin. Page Twenty GTfje Jflounb JBuilber Edna Deyo begs to bestow her unlucky birthday on the twenty- ninth of February upon whoever wishes it; and to Thelma Helgeson she leaves her combined knowledge of English, French, and Latin. Merle Erdman leaves her sunny disposition and her busy body” char- acter to Lena Dew. Vivian Fletcher bequeaths her ever ready comeback in arguments to Ray Sanders, who, with his present existing Irish wit, will be as rare a specimen as the Valley High has produced in many a day. Elvera Hokanson tearfully parts with that famous underhand shot in basketball. The grantee in this instance is Bernice Meade, who, of course, henceforth will develop into one of our star basketeers. William Kuschel leaves his esteem for the teachers and his unruly be- havior in English IV class, to Chester Morrill. Be careful, Chet. Mary Malloy leaves, with a pang of regret, her good humor and generos- ity to Florence Oletzke. Howard Malm hereby wills his popularity on the stage, together with his drumming and other musical abilities to Kermit Bartlett, with the proviso that Kermit have a special practice period each day during school hours next year. Emma Morrill leaves her pep and her speedy ways to Merle Sullivan. What Hath God Wrought? John Page leaves his playthings and his temper to Ward Duffield, on condition that Duff construct a special play box to keep said playthings under his desk. Better put post-no-bill signs on your back next year. Hulda Philen bestows her extra credits upon Ruth Brown, with the pro- vision that if she does not need them, she may share them with Clement Dougherty. Hulda declares that she has done this in order to advance the theory that all men are created equal. Selmer Sanden bequeaths his exemplary character in the assembly room to Spencer Bailey. Marc Seeber, the high school sheik, leaves his formula How to stay short to Marcus Williamson. It is generally hoped that Marcus will take advantage of this knowledge, for we do not wish to go to the expense of building higher doors in the school house. Henry Skaggs regretfully parts with his keen sense of humor and wills it to Everett Robbins, trusting that he will employ it to the best of his abil- ity, so that he may be the school clown next year. Russell Smith, altho he loathes to part with it, leaves his leisure time to Charles McLane, who may henceforth have the choicest privilege of using it without being constantly harassed by the teachers. Genevieve Toelle happily bequeaths her perfect manners and quietness to Cecile Knaak, and sincerely hopes it may prove to be a desirable improve- ment. Finally, the Class of 1926 wills to the entire high school a host of sincere wishes for the best of luck and the most successful careers. Done at Browns Valley, Minnesota, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and twenty-six. In witness whereof we have affixed our hand and seal. !£«• Tzccnty-Onc Class of 1926. VL )t Jffllounb JBtulber Class Prophecy Browns Valley, Minn. June 20, 1946. Dear Emma: You have probably been wondering about the Alumni banquet which our old class of 26 planned for this year. Last week was the twentieth anniversary of our graduation and so I will try to tell you about some of the members of our class who were present at the banquet on the fifteenth. As we thought it would be impossible for you to come from far away China, we did not even send you an invitation. In fact we did not know where you were until a few days ago, when 1 happened to be glancing thru Who s Who in America” and stumbled upon the name Morrill. I scanned hastily down the column, and there amidst the names of the most famous Americans 1 found the name Emma Mor- rill. However, it did not greatly astonish me for 1 had always thought that you would rise to fame. Well, anyhow, 1 am glad to know that you have had such a successful career as a missionary in China, and hope you will continue the good work. Possibly it will not surprise you to learn that 1 am a really, truly, old fashioned, dyed-in-the-wool old maid. As to my looks, the less said the better, for I have not changed in the least. 1 wish we could meet and have a good old chat, but since we can t 1 11 do my best in writing. To return to the banquet. Each member of our class was asked to give a short speech regarding his occupation. Merle Erdman was the toastmistress, so gave the first speech. She told us about her immense ostrich ranch in southern California, where she employs hundreds of men to care for her vast ranch. As the present fashions call for ostrich feathers, Merle is doing a splendid business. She also told us about Mary Ben- son, saying “One morning I was very surprised, upon opening my morning s mail to dis- cover a circular ‘How to Keep Thin.’ I don’t know just why that interested me, but I read it thru, and what do you think? It was an advertisement of a school whose specialty is keeping people thin, conducted by Mary Benson.” This concluded Merle s speech, but wasn’t that interesting? The next speaker was Elvera Hokanson, w'ho has just retired from a very success- ful term as President of the Anti-Cigarette League. She told us of her tours thru the States and the Philippines and of her progress in stamping out the use of cigarettes. She had cancelled an important engagement to attend the banquet, and we were certainly glad that she had been able to come. Howard Malm spoke next, giving us an account of his great oil discovery near here a few years ago. He has made a mint of money, and rumor has it that they intend to found a town in the center of the oil field and name it “Malm. The discovery has led a great many people to Browns Valley, for that is the closest railroad point. Howard certainly looks prosperous and we all wished him the best of luck. As John Page was unable to attend, Howard told us about him. John is now an instructor in the Sanders School for the deaf and dumb, and is becoming famous thruout the world for his splendid new method of braised letter instruction. As a side line he has achieved no little popular- ity as a hypnotist and entertainer. William Kuschel was the next to give us his story. He has made a splendid reputation as an auctioneer of pure bred livestock. He was in this vicinity conducting an auction of purebred Holsteins and just by accident learned of the banquet, so came over. (I never thought he would get sidetracked from his brilliant career as a dentist.) The next speaker made a little curtsy to the guests, and who should it be but our old friend Henry Skaggs, now Professor Skaggs, of the Morris Aggie School. He is making a study of the soil in this vicinity and now believes it will be suitable for the culture of “Skaggs' New Type Clofalfa”---a new leguminous feed for dairy cattle. The main subject of his talk, however, was his experience in bee culture. After his talk was finished, the banquet closed and we all separated, hoping to meet again at the 1956 banquet. Only a day or so after the banquet I picked up a copy of the Chicago Gazette Re- porter” which contained a short write-up of the banquet. After 1 had finished reading the item I turned to the back page to look at the column of “funnies. By some chance Page Twenty-Two QL )t Jflounb Jhitlber I glanced at the signature on the cartoons, and sure enough it was Sinclair Cowles. 1 had heard that he had achieved some distinction in that line, but had never been able to confirm it until now. Who would think it of Sin? I leaved ever the pages of the bulky newspaper to page four, and there before me in big glaring type was the announcement, “Miss Hulda Philen becomes President of the Amalgamated Union of Federated Bookworms. She will appear in a public address at Vermillion Square on June 25th.“ Reading on into the article I learned that she has done a great deal of work in organizing literary clubs in all the leading colleges and universities. We certainly can be proud of our classmate, can’t we? Say, Emma, you know I was talking with Lillian Brown the other day. She looked perfectly stunning, and is as dear and popular as ever. You know she managed the “Parisian Modiste Shop” for two years. Such a splendid business career she has had, too. Her husband is a very successful lawyer, and much of his success is due, 1 know, to Lillian's clever ability as a hostess. She also told me that she had just heard from Vivian Fletcher, and I was glad to hear that she had just published her second volume of “Etiquette for All Occasions. You know Vivian has become the foremost authority on problems of etiquette and conducts columns in all the big daily papers. 1 think the biggest surprise of the season, tho, was about two weeks ago. 1 was lying on the davenport reading, when a blare of trumpets roused me, and I rushed to the window just in time to see a circus parade passing. 1 always did love to see circuses, so that afternoon out to the circus lot I went. I took in all the sideshows, and the menagerie, but the surprise came when in the main arena the announcer came out and shouted, “You will now be entertained by our famous fire eating, fire walking, trapeze performer, Marc Seeber.” Honestly, Emma, I was never so thrilled in my life as while watching the hair-raising stunts Marc did that day. Afterwards we had a long chat together. Eut that isn’t all the surprise of the circus. In one of the clown acts. 1 felt sure that I recognized a familiar face. Clowns wear so much paint and outlandish clothes, tho, that I couldn’t be sure, but afterwards, sure enough, it was Selmer Sanden. Usually he plays his violin in the clowns orchestra, but that day he was unable to play because he had sprained a wrist. The world is small after all, isn’t it? I heard from Mary Malloy the other day, too. She is now on Broadway appearing in the Globe Theater in Eugene O’Neill’s latest play. I read of her dramatic triumphs very frequently. Little did we dream when Mary played “Peg O’ My Heart’ that some day she would be famous on the stage. She told me that Edna Deyo had recently called on her. Edna is proprietress of a large dancing academy at Tampa, Florida. Her patrons are all members of the millionaire colony there. Last Tuesday as I was walking down Jefferson Boulevard, my attention was drawn to a low steady hum. As the noise grew more distinct, 1 glanced upward and saw a huge airplane rapidly diving toward the ground. In just a moment it had crashed, not over one hundred yards from where I stood. A great crowd of excited people gathered at once. I, too, rushed to the spot in time to see the the aviators crawl from the debris, as unconcernedly as you please. They pulled off their helmets almost simultaneously, and there stood Turk Almquist and Skully Smith! It seems that Turk and Skully had been working together on a prospective invention for a polar airplane, but since it had just failed so disastrously, they have had to give up their plans for this year. Raymond tells me that he is going to give up the idea and devote his time and attention to his New Mexican chicken farm, but Skully doggedly insists he will repair the old plane and con- tinue the experiment. My gracious, this letter has grown to be a regular newspaper. Now I must quit. Do write soon and tell me all about your experience with your work over there. Your former classmate. Genevieve Toelle. ’iigc Tueniy-Three !)e 4Wounb iButlber Ruby Pavin. Caroline Block, Clifton Beaulieu. Kermit Bartlett. Ward Duffield, Velna Smith. Ruth Brown. Class of 1927 • President—Ruth Brown Vice President--Clifton Beaulieu Sec.-Treas--Caroline Block In numbers, this class does not rank as high as other classes, but in quality, it more than makes up for its lack of quantity. Several of the school leaders are members of this class. Ruth Brown and Clifton Beaulieu were selected for the inter-society debates. In athletics, Alwyn Smith was captain of the basketball team for two years, and this year Clifton Beaulieu and Kermit Bartlett made the team. Ward Duffield has served as the business manager of the ‘‘Country Gentleman’’ campaign for two years. In all musical affairs of either school or town, Ruth Brown has had a prominent part. So, even tho few in numbers, the Juniors have consistently held up their share of school activities. One of the honors that has come to the class is the fact that in 1924 Caroline Block maintained the highest scholastic record in the school. As The Mound Builder is going to press, the Juniors are working on their class play—“Her Husband's Wife.” Ruth Brown, Ruby Pavin, Clifton Beaulieu, and Ward Duffield are taking part in it. Page Twenty-Four GTfje Jflounb JButlber Top row: Chester Morrill. Lyle Johnson. Marcus Williamson. Howard Brown. Charles McLane. Middle row: Kermit Duehr, Adrian Schwagerl. Charles Fairclough. Spencer Bailey. Everett Robbins. Bottom row: Lillian Kinney. Elsie Armstrong. Lila Deyo. Gertrude Smith. Beth Baldwin. Cecile Morrill, Lena Dew. Alice Willey, Grace Thompson. Class of 1928 President—Marcus Williamson Vice President—Lena Dew Secretary—Everett Robbins Treasurer—Lillian Kinney On the date of September 9. 1924 a class of twenty worthy Freshmen entered the Valley High. They held their first class meeting early in October and elected Lillian Kinney as their president. In the latter part of October they participated in the inter-class volley-ball tournament, defeating the Seniors. The important social event of the year was the Freshman-Sophomore party. The class is distinguished for turning out two basketball boys, Marcus Williamson and Clement Connelly. Later in the season, Chester Morrill and Howard Brown also made the team. Beth Baldwin, from this class, was the captain of the girls’ team. In debate, Alice Willey, Marcus Williamson, Lillian Kinney, and Charles McLane have represented the class successfully. Alice Willey was also selected to take part in the Junior play, Her Husband’s Wife.” Page Twenty-Five Vi QTlje Jfflounb JButlber Top row: Robert Brown, Claude Nelson. Harry Page. William Dougherty. Ray Sanders, Irving Broich, Joseph Foren. Second row: Lorna Fletcher. Lorraine Granoski. Bessie Dew, Dorothy Meade, Alice Ziemer, Gladys Johnson. Helen McLane. Florence Oletzkc, Evelyn Schrader. Third row: Charles Scheifley, Dorothy Duehr, Fern Gregor. Thelma Helgeson, Irene Johnson, Anna Block, Alberta Sandman. Florence Stasscn. Vitalfne Stassen. Bottom row: Donald Peterson. William Peterson. Edna Fairclough. Helen Pickthorn, Nellie Malloy. Cecile Knaak, En:d Ironside. Marian Ziemer. Emn.et Lynch. Lee Duffield. Class of 1929 President—Merle Sullivan Sec.-Treas.—Enid Ironside The Freshman class are in several senses of the word the first. In num- bers and in greenness they are certainly first, and they are the beginning of a new school. The first noteworthy event of their year was the initiation party held in the gym on October second. After performing to the complete satisfaction of the upper classes, they were made to feel that they were indeed a part of the high school. Shortly after initiation, ten of the class were selected for parts in the fall operetta, “The Toreadors': Irving Broich, Robert Brown, Enid Ironside, Florence Stassen, Nellie Malloy, Dorothy Meade, Merle Sullivan. Vitaline Stassen, Edna Fairclough, and Florence Oletzke. Five of the girls were on the basketball squad—Fern Gregor, Enid Ironside, Edna Fairclough, Anna Block, and Dorothy Duehr. If we may judge from one year’s record, the Freshmen are destined to take an important role in the activities of the school during the next three years. Page Tu'en ty-S ix QL )t fflounb JUulbcr Eighth Grade Top row: Glen Oletzke, Mias Solien, Winford Schrader. Richard Narveson. Orrin Potts. Hans Han- son, Lloyd Sandman. Elmer Minder. Middle low: George Scheifiev, Hattie Stresemnn, Pearl Page. Fern Schrader, Marcella Exner. Gladys Bowyer, Aldah Willey. Eugene Peterson. Bottom row: Phyllis Marsh, Harriet Smith. Irene Quinlan, Helen Lines. Jessie Lunt. Mildred Gregor. Loretta Graham. Seventh Grade Top row: Henry Sykora. Edwin Fletcher, Burnie Fjerstad, Stanley Tuckey. Miss Lee. Middle row: Donovan Morrill, Denis Lynch, Elmer Gravdahl. Beatrice Fairclough, Elaine Brown. Hilma Seymour, Dorothy Costello, Carmon Brown. Bottom row: Warren Zetzman. Dwight Medbery, Radin Waldo. Richard Collins. Alfred Walters. Milton Bretzke, Clarence Granoski. Page Twenty-Sine GTfje jHounb lUulber Sixth Grade Top row: Dnvid Broich. Frank Lunt, Fred Smith. Wilbur Adam� , Irn Sullivan. Leonard Pickthorn. Miss Harnish, Harry Granoski. Middle row: Wilmer Smith, Philip Knaak, John Kay. Dwnin Aamot, Francis Morrill, Louis Block. Marvin Johnson. Robert Collins. Bottom row: Faith Miller. Aileen Fletcher. Vesta Cloutier. Catherine Sullivan. Mary McLane, Dorothy Marsh, Mildred Cloutier, Dalles Smith. Fifth Grade Top row: Harry Streseman. Ellsworth Bolander, Floyd Fjerstad, Emily Miller, Erna Steiner, Miss Rieman, Mildred Zetzman. Middle row: Harold Sandman, Clinton Robbins, Clifford Peterson. Lawrence Zetzman. Myrtle Gregor, Alda Kruger. Evelyn Deyo, Velna Schwagerl, Dorothy Kay, Fred Fjerstad. Bottom row: Donald Anthony. Clenyce Willey, Maurice Narveson. Marvel Williamson. Lois Bretzke, Charles Meade. Page Thirty GTije Jflounb IButlber SC fCJ Fourth Grade Top row: Duward Larson, Loretta Douglas, Miss Swanson, Luverne Morse, Cordon Waldo, Helen Grosch, Vernon Lowry. Harold Morse. Calvin Adams. Middle row: Carlton Harcum, Sprague Marsh. Charles Peterson. Willis Miller, Eileen Schluter. Margaret Block, Virginia Andrews, Mahlone Nelson. Bottom row: Ollie Douglas. Mary Lynch. Malinda Meyer, Lyola Kay, Mary Jane Bailey, Helen Sandman. Third Grade Top row: James Paul, Burl Johnson. Lawrence Conrad, Victor Hanson, Gaylord Lowry, Inez Mc- Gee, Evelyn Bolander. Miss Diemer. Middle row: Oren Schluter, Edmond Harrington. James Feeks, Harold Oletzke. Wilson Meade. Bertha Larson. Bottom row: Harrison Howe. Thelma Miller, Catherine Dougherty, Shirley Raw, Henry Fairclough. Catherine Crear, James Baker, Jean Foster. Bernice Britt. Page Thirty-One V QTfte Jftlounb putlbcr Second Grade Top row: Willard Schrader. Chester Britt. Miss Campion. Eli Miller. Buefort Peterson, Milton Gravdahl, Merrill Peterson. Franklin Skaggs. Middle row: Foster Robbins, Edwin Lunt, Garis Peichert, Donald Willey. James McLane. Willis Cloutier, Reuben Bretzke, Robert Block. Lyle Fjerstad, Lesley Andrews. Bottom row: Frances Zehrer, Marcella Deyo, Eloise Jensen. Helen Baker. Margaret Lynch, Lorraine Johnson. Bernice Klemm, Clarice Schwagerl, Rose Fairclough. First Grade Top row: Doran Johnson. Orval Peichert. Rolland Jensen, Leroy Cloutier, George Morse, Kenneth Lowry, Blair Granoski. Miss Engels. Middle row: Stanley Morrill, Lorraine Welch, Mavis Meade. Clarice Raw. Verna Bretzke, Frances Crear, Elmer Douglas. Bottom row: Eileen Randall, Arties Miller. Mary Ann Zehrer. Willard Britt. Ruth Baker, Vergie Miller, Helen Marsh. Harriet Sandman, Norma Bolander, Pearl Gregor. Fay Nelson. I Page Thirty‘Two QTf)t ifflounb putlber TOM THUMB WEDDING No school publication of this kind would be complete without mention of the grade school. In the elementary grades are laid the foundation for efficient and capable citizenship. The three R’s of the early day curriculum have broadened considerably and now include among other things. Health Education, Citizenship, and Art Work. For a time. Manual Training was a regular part of the curriculum and many useful as well as ornamental articles were made. In the last few years the Department has been discontinued, but the upper grades have had oc- casional periods for basketry and sewing. In the lower grades all sorts of industrial work has been done, and this year the third and fourth grades have had scroll saw work and sewing. The Health Education has consisted of regular instruction in physiology and hygiene, regular gymnasium classes, and physical examinations of all pupils twice yearly. Class room instruction has tended toward personal hygiene and civic sanitation. The gymnasium classes have aimed at cor- rective exercises as well as competitive sports. In February, 1926, the com- bined gym classes presented a gym exhibition which was attended by a large crowd. It consisted of all sorts of athletic events. For the last three years the Junior High has had a basketball team, which has competed with our neighboring towns. Mr. Brown coached the team the first two years, and Mr. Brower has had charge this year. The first year ( 1923-1924) they won two games from Beardsley, but were defeated twice by Peever. The team was made up of Marcus Williamson, Clement Connelly, Spencer Bailey, Page Th irty• 77i ree QTfje jftlounb pullber Charles McLane, Alphonse Wilkes, and Joseph Foren. The following year they defeated the Wheaton team two games. William Dougherty, Ray Sanders, Lloyd Simonson, Joseph Foren, Robert Brown, Carmon Brown, and Mathie Walters composed the team. This year they lost games to Grace- ville and to Wheaton. The members of the team were: Lloyd Simonson, Car- mon Brown, Alfred Walters, Elmer Minder, Carrol Simonson, Warren Zetz- man, and George Scheifley. The monotony of school days has been broken by a great many enter- tainments in which almost every pupil has taken part at some time or other. On December 5, 1919a very successful grade program was given for the purpose of raising funds to buy playground equipment. The Marriage of the Midgets” was given November I, 1922. About fifty of the little tots took part, with little Edwin Lunt as the groom and Janice Schwagerl as the blushing bride. The proceeds were devoted to the purchase of a victrola for the grades. The grade program of 1923 centered around Mother Goose plays of the primary grades and a dramatized version of “King Arthur s Knights” by the third and fourth grades. The program of 1924, given late in the spring, is especially remembered for the play of ' Aladdin and His Won- derful Lamp” and the folk dancing of the upper grades. Last year the fea- tures of the program were the Indian war dances and the musical presentation of Robin Hood. The Old Woman Who Lived in the Shoe” was present at the program in 1926, and her many little children danced and sang real prettily for the large crowd present. The third and fourth grades, decked in gay Japanese costumes, gave selections from the Land of the Cherry Blossoms. A group of doll dances cleverly interwoven was the part given by the fifth and sixth grades. A three act playlet by the Junior High concluded the pro- gram. The Junior High organized two literary societies in the fall of 1922 and presented many interesting programs. Each year Browns Valley has sent her crack spellers to the county spelling meet at Wheaton. The Valley has had five county champions in the last seven years as follows: Evelyn Fairclough, Inez Larson, Donald McLane, Charles Fairclough, and Grace Thompson. One of the features of the school year is the annual exhibit of school work which is held on the last Friday before school is out. Work by all the pupils is put on display and the best is selected for exhibit at the county fair. So, you see, there are lots of things doing in the grades besides readin', ’ritin’ and ’rithmetic. Hulda Philen, '26. Page Thirty-Four S3LLIALL0V )t Jftlounb putlber Editor in Chief ............ Business Manager ........... Assistant Editor ........... Assistant Business Manager Photograph Editor ......... Art Editor ................. Classes .................... Grades ..................... Activities ............... Alumni ..................... Features ................... ......Sinclair Cowles Raymond Almquist Vivian Fletcher ....... Marc Seeber .......Lillian Brown ..........Mary Benson ... Genevieve Toelle Hulda Philen ..........Emma Morrill Merle Erdman ......Vivian Fletcher Up From Nothing May 12. The birth of an idea, that explains my entrance into this world and it was a bright idea too. (It gives credit to the one that originated it.) You may think I’m pretty young to talk in this manner, for yesterday was my first day in this world, but then you can expect most anything from an Annual. There were a lot of happy faced students talking about me. I suppose that I’ll have a lot of friends from now on. May 19. Well here I am again, dear Diary. I thought for about a week that my new friends had laid me on the shelf for good, but they’re not as thoughtless as that, I guess. There was another meeting of all the students and what 1 gathered from the conversation was that they had elected Sinclair Cowles and Raymond Almquist to engi- neer my bringing up. I'd like to get acquainted with those fellows. June 20. Hello. No. I haven’t cashed in yet and with the backing I’m getting I don’t think I ever will. There's some personage here today who seems a great deal interested in me. After a long conference, he and the Editor-in-Chief drew up some kind of a contract. I wonder if there is that much work in making an Annual. Sept. 9. I saw the Editor-in-Chief and the Business Manager looking over some Annuals today. 1 overheard them say that their Annual was going to be much better than those. Gee! That made me feel good. (There’s nothing wrong with pride in an Annual, is there?) Page Thirty-Seven Cfje Jffflounb iButlber Oct. 12. I went on a long journey this evening. I was carried down to the home of Mr. Brown where I was greeted with ten familiar faces. You understand, dear Diary, that 1 was not a heavy burden, for as yet I exist only in the minds of the Staff. At this meeting I became very well acquainted with all the members. Oct. 19. At a meeting of the Annual Staff this evening it was decided that it was high time 1 was christened. They decided to use an Indian theme in decorating me so an Indian name must be used. My, I hope civilization isn't going backward. Well, after much discussion over unintelligible Indian names they finally compromised, so that I was given an English name with an Indian meaning, The Mound Builder. That’s quite appropriate, don’t you think? Nov. I. There has been much labor and little talk lately in the Annual room. The Staff members wore determined faces and were continually working over papers or clinking money. Yesterday it all leaked out. They were going around selling me to the public at $2.00 a copy and having a few difficulties at that. Ncv. 20. Hooray! They’re having better luck getting subscriptions. I guess my little plan set the people thinking all right. I heard a rumor about having pictures taken to put inside of me. I don’t like the idea a little bit because my mother always cautioned me against indigestion, and some of those faces-----well I won’t finish it. Dec. I 5. I fad a long talk with the typewriter today. He tcld me that they had pounded cut a letter on him to the great engraving company, Buckbee Mears. From what conversation he had heard, he gathered that they were sending in a bunch of engrav- ing to put inside me. If this engraving business hurts. I’ll kayo a few of their plans all right. Dec. 21. The two chiefs took me on a long journey to the cities today. It was a nice trip and when we arrived there we had a conference with Buckbee Mears and then we entered a big building with the name, McGill Warner Co. on it. After a long conversa- tion in which I heard Annual mentioned several times, they drew up a contract for printing me. I certainly hope they don't print anything bad for it would embarrass me so in public. Jan. 6. They’ve been working on something they call a dummy. Maybe they call it a dummy because it hasn't any writing in it so it cannot talk. In fact I think that is an explanation of it, for the other night I took a peep at it and all I found in it was some proofs of the engraving that the Staff sent in Dec. 15. Jan. I 5. They’ve sent seme more engraving in and the general opinion is that one more batch will finish me. Isn t that swell? I’ll be all decorated up by Easter. Jan. 30. During the last few meetings there have been few words and much work over huge piles of paper and all one hears is the Chief bawling out, Bring in your copy! 1 wonder what it is that they have to copy? Feb. 1 5. At last, after a consultation with the typewriter I found out what they mean by Copy. He says that they have been jabbing the very life out of him to write this copy and that it is to explain the pictures and things inside me. In other words, to make me talk. 1 suppose that is all that distinguishes me from the dummy. March 16. Things have been a little quieter now and the Staff goes around with a satisfied air. They say that I will reach my maturity in May. Say, ain’t that grand? Here I’ve done in one year what it takes most men twenty years to do. March 25. Yesterday the Staff bundled up a lot of stuff and put me in it. After a jolly ride in the Toonerville I finally arrived in the cities today. A couple of clerks un- wrapped me and rushed me to the press. It’s not nearly so painful as I expected. May 20. Well here I am home again, 300 copies in fact, and the people are just more than claiming theirs. Gee! It’s a grand and glorious feeling to step out into the great wide world and speak my little piece. Au revoir, dear Diary. Marc Seeber, '26. Page Thirty-Light GTfje iflounb JButlber Girls’ Basketball Team 1925-26 Miss Perkins, (coach) Edna Fairclough, Enid Ironside, Dorothy Duehr. Anna Block. Emma Mor- rill. Beth Baldwin. Mary Benson. Fern Gregor. Boys’ Basketball Team 1925-26 Top row: Kermit Bartlett. Mr. Nilsen, (coach) Clifton Beaulieu. Bottom row: Marcus Williamson. Clement Connelly, Sinclair Cowles, John Page. Clement Dougherty. Page Forty QTf)t JHounb Butlber Girls’ Basketball Team 1924-25 Harriet Scoles. Augusta Despiegler. Mary Malloy, Bernice Behrns, Miss Wold (coach). Thalia Lines. Beth Baldwin, Hazel Skaggs. 9 Boys’ Basketball Team 1924-25 Top row: Mr. Peterson, (coach) Clement Connelly. Sinclair Cowles. Marcus Williamson. Mr. Brown. Bottom row: Marshall Raw, Howard Lines. Alwyn Smith. Clarence Johnson. Raymond Almquist. Pagc Forty-One GEfte ftlounb IBuilber Boys’ Basketball Team 1923-24 Top row: Joe Hemmer, Clarence Johnson. Mr. Brown (coach). Marshall Raw. Alwyn Smith. Bottom row: Sinclair Cowles, Howard Lines, Keith Ironside. Boys’ Basketball Team 1921-22 Top row: Geo. Morrissey. Curtis Maxson. Mr. Thorne (coach), Roy Krepsbach. William Scoles. Bottom row: Geo. Strasburg, Gordon Costello, Ray Almquist. Page Forty-Two f ijt jftlounb Putlber Girls’ Basketball Team 1921-22 Top row: Phyllis Leadbeater, Harriet Scoles. Coach Thorne. Leone Brown. Agnes Larson, Alice Lundstrom. Bottom row: Pearl Andrce. Bcrma Bartlett, Mary Malloy. Boys’ Basketball Team 1920-21 Howard Bigelow. Philip Helgeaon. Cordon Costello. Rudolph Holland, Everett Medbery. Edward Holland, Mr. Thorne (coach). Page Forty-Three QTfje jfflounb Putlbcr Basketball Teams of 1919-20 Top row: Louise Smith. Miss Eakins (coach). Nina Bowyer. Lila Morrill. Bottom row: Elmira Rabbitt, Vera Krause. Mary Despiegler. Top row: Coach Repert, Ellsworth Iron- side. Center row: Arthur Lundstrom, Rudolph Holland. Bottom row: Edward Holland. Clifford Allen. Howard Bigelow. Boys’ Basketball Team 1916-17 Mr. Troge (coach). Clifford Allen. Wilson Morrill. Alva Bigelow. Osborne Cowles, Arthur Morrill. Page Forty-Four QTJje jflounb PuilDer AN ATHLETIC SUMMARY That athletics play a large and important role in the life of a school cannot be denied. That role may be beneficial or detri- mental depending upon whether or not those athletics promote health, create and strengthen friendships, and develop char- acter. Athletics in Browns Valley High have not failed in fulfilling these functions, for various sports have played a prominent part in our activities since the school was organized. Football formerly occupied a conspicuous place in the school's athletics, but in the last few years this sport has not been attempted. It will not be forgotten, however, how Browns Valley football teams generally trimmed up their op- ponents on the gridiron in the earlier days. Baseball is one of the more recent “has-beens, but previous to 1920, Brown Valley High School turned out a base- ball team each spring which won more than its share of glory and prowess on the diamond. The sport that has endured through the years is basketball. In fact this game has been so greatly emphasized that not only does the High School have two teams (girls and boys), but in recent years the Junior High has produced a boys’ team. By means of basketball, our teams have had the advantages of traveling to the surround- ing towns to play, and in their turn have received other teams as guests. This has afforded great opportunities for bringing prestige to Browns Valley and its school. All of our teams have done their best in driving toward this goal. When we look back over the records made by the various fives that Browns Valley High has produced, one team especially deserves honorable mention. That is the team of 1916-1917 whose picture is at the bottom of page 44 in BOYS' BASKETBALL TEAM 1915-16 Top row: Donald Paine, Robert Becker. Center row: Luverne Krause, Roy Anderson. Bottom row: Osborne Cowles, Alva Bigelow. Page Forty-Five Gftje Jilounb JButlber this book. That year Browns Valley conquered every team it played except Willmar. The Valley lost to the latter by the close score of 21 to 18 and it was this defeat which prevented them from going to the state tournament that year. Tennis is another sport which has sprung up and died in the school. Five or six years ago, a tennis court was constructed on the school grounds and a tournament was held among the students. Interest was not overly strong, however, and the sport never grew to a popularity demanding competition with other schools. Since a local tennis club has been formed and courts built, efforts have been made this year to develop a tennis team which will compete with Wheaton, Ortonville, and Sisseton. Two new sports have been added in the last few years—volleyball and track. The former has provided a great deal of enjoyment each year in the form of an inter-class tournament. From the showing in this tournament, a High School team has been picked each fall of the last three years, which played games with Beardsley. Track was begun last year and preparations were made to meet Wheaton in a number of events, but somehow the weather man always prevented the meet—luckily for Wheaton. As “The Mound Builder” goes to press, plans are being laid to have a track team which will meet other towns this year. Not the least important phase of athletics has been the maintenance of regular organized gym classes for the past four years. The merits of physical education are evident. It not only acts as a needed diversion to the pupils, but the calisthenic drills and other exercises which they perform are a great aid in developing their bodies. As a result of this work, our first gym exhibit was staged February 24 of this year in the high school auditorium. All of the gym classes of both grades and high school took part. A grand march, humorous acrobatic stunts, and a number of races were some of its high-lights. In the belief that all around development is better than specialized train- ing, Mr. Nilsen, our athletic director this year, has begun the organization of a boys’ athletic society-Alpha Sigma Pi. Membership in the club is attained by athletic proficiency in twelve events. Three classes of members may be- long: those making the junior requirements, those making the senior require- ments, and those, the honor. Entrance into the last named division requires extraordinary skill in all the events, while qualifications to the senior and junior memberships are respectively less difficult. Gold watch charms are awarded to honor members, silver charms to senior qualifiers, and recogni- tion of membership to the club to those who make the junior requirements. Names of record holders with their records in each event will be permanently posted in the gymnasium so that the best athletes put out by the school may be well remembered. In summing it up, athletics have certainly been worth while in our school, for they have formed a great factor in uniting the students of Browns Valley High under an undying school spirit. Emma Morrill ’26. Page Forty-Six W )e iHounb JBtulber THE TOREADORS Operetta 1925 Cast Senor Dictorio Juan ......... Pablo ........ Swateo ....... Whackeo ...... Benita ....... Juanita ...... Marie ........ Dolores ...... ......Irving Broich ....Sinclair Cowles ...Clifton Beaulieu _____Robert Brown Clement Dougherty ........Ruth Brown ......Mary Benson .....Lillian Brown ....Vivian Fletcher Chorus: Lillian Kinney, Enid Ironside, Florence Stassen, Nellie Malloy, Dor- othy Meade, Emma Morrill, Marcus Williamson, Adrian Schwagerl, Merle Sullivan, Genevieve Toelle, Vitaline Stassen, Edna Fairclough, Florence Oletzke, Elsie Armstrong. Directors: Miss Perkins, Mrs. Leslie Brown. SYNOPSIS A dashing bit of old Spain brought to 1925. Senor Dictorio, in deter- mination to wed his fair daughters to brave toreadors, finds love a persistent enemy. Juan and Pablo are confronted with many obstacles in their desire to win the hearts of Benita and Juanita. In the end, true love triumphs, and Senor Dictorio loses faith in toreadors. The chorus provides spice and humor with gay songs and dances. Page Forty-Eight THE WHOLE TOWN S TALKING Senior Class Play 1925 Cast Henry Simmons, a manufacturer ......... Harriet Simmons, his wife ............. Ethel Simmons, his daughter ........... Chester Binney, his partner ........... Letty Lythe, a motion picture star .... Donald Swift, motion picture director Roger Shields, a young Chicago blood . Lila Wilson ... ... . . _ , ... Sally Otis (fr.ends of Ethels) Annie, a maid ......................... Sadie Bloom ............................ Taxi driver ........................... Director .............................. .....Marshall Raw May Belle Schuett .....Harriet Scoles ....Sinclair Cowles Bernice Behrns .....Howard Lines ....Clifford Benson .......Thalia Lines Augusta Despiegler ....Mary Griswold ...Ruth Brown Marcus Williamson ..Mrs, Leslie Brown SYNOPSIS The rejuvenation of a sober young secretary into a society dude, who through circumstances is made to appear a hopeless flirt, together with the jumbled affairs of his gay employer and wife, holds you breathless until the climax. Chester Binney, the secretary, proves his fidelity to Ethel Simmons after a hair raising fight in the dark in which he was the victor. Henry Simmons’ fond hopes to wed Ethel to Binney are finally realized and all are satisfied. Page Forty-Sine ZEfje jftlounb JButlber PEG O’ MY HEART” Junior Class Play 1925 Cast ...Marshall Raw ...Henry Skaggs ..Howard Malm ..Sinclair Cowles ...Howard Lines ...Lillian Brown Genevieve Toelle ...Emma Morrill ....Mary Malloy Mrs. Leslie Brown Jerry ............ Alaric Chichester __ Montgomery Hawkes Christian Brent ..... Jarvis .............. Mrs. Chichester ..... Ethel Chichester .... Bennett ............ Peg .............. Director ........... SYNOPSIS Margaret O’Connell (Peg) is sent to England to be educated by her uncle. The uncle dies before Peg arrives and some relatives of hers—the Chichesters—decide to take care of her. The uncle’s will provides for the training of Peg, although she does not know this. She is made to feel unwel- come and a charity boarder by the Chichesters. Peg rebels in spite of the protests of Jerry and Mr. Hawkes, and is de- termined to return to her father in America. Jerry meets Peg on the stairs as she is leaving, and proposes. Oh there’s nothing half so sweet in life as love’s young dream. Page Fifty ZEfje Jilounb Butlbcr “COME OUT OF THE KITCHEN Senior Class Play 1924 Cast Olivia Dangerfield, alias Jane Ellen ..........Leone Brown Elizabeth Dangerfield, alias Araminta ..........Helen Foren Mrs. Falkener, Tucker's sister ..............Charlotte Malm Cora Falkener, her daughter ...............Margaret Malloy Amanda, Olivia's black mammy ........Marguerite McAdaragh Burton Crane, from the North ............ Wendell Medbery Thomas Lefferts, statistical poet ............Maurice Duehr Solon Tucker, Crane's attorney ................Joe Hemmer Paul Dangerfield, alias Smithfield ..........Keith Ironside Charles Dangerfield, alias Brindlebury ...Clarence Armstrong Randolph Weeks, agent of the Dangerfields .. .Sinclair Cowles Director ..................................Leslie E. Brown SYNOPSIS The four Dangerfield children have rented their old colonial home to a wealthy Northerner, Burton Crane. He refuses to be served by Negro servants, so white ones are hired from New York. At the last moment the new hirelings fail to appear, and since the rental has been made to finance Mr. Dangerfield s pursuit of health abroad, the situation is serious. Olivia, an alert young lady, immediately turns her brothers and sister into servants. They suffer many serious complications in which the natural aristocratic and assumed habits of the young Dangerfields fail to fuse. Crane, after dismiss- ing all servants but the cook, and losing all his guests, is alone with the cook. Despite Randy Weeks' protestations they come together, and after Crane recognizes Olivia in the cook, they live happily ever after. Page Fifty-One Wi)e iflounb puilber MY FRIEND FROM INDIA Junior Class Play 1924 Cast Erastus Underholt, retired Kansas City Pork Broker, .....................................Sinclair Cowles Charlie Underholt, his son ...................Russell Smith Tom Valentine, Charlie’s friend ...............Donald McLane Rev. James Tweedle, retired minister ........Clifford Benson Jennings, a servant ...........................Howard Malm Finnerty, a policeman ....................Clement Dougherty Augustus Keenshaver, victim of circumstances, Marshall Raw Gertie Underholt, daughter of Erastus ....May Belle Schuett Marian Hayste, Charlie's fiancee ..............Thalia Lines Bernice Underholt, daughter of Erastus ___Augusta Despiegler Tilly, the maid ..............................Harriet Scoles Mrs. Beekman Street, sister of Erastus ..........Mary Malloy Director ........................................Miss Corey SYNOPSIS Erastus Underholt and family, in their attempt to enter the society circle, are entangled in the strong Order of The Yellow Gown. Charlie Underholt, his son, is a victim of liquor. On this particular evening, he broke a plate glass window while in a stupor, and was brought home by a friend. This mysterious friend assumes the name of a famous missionary-Mr. Tweedle—in order to escape. The real Mr. Tweedle arrives on the scene. Serious complications result and the Underholts are reconciled into giving up society and accepting the comforts of home life. Page Fifty-Two f)e Jilounb JButlber Vaudeville 1923 HE up-to-date style show pictured here was the sixth act of a very successful seven-act vaudeville presented by the High School in the fall of 1923 as an athletic benefit. The entertainment was started off with a comical pantomime, ‘‘And The Lights Went Out”; which was followed by “Whirligigs, an exhibi- tion of Indian club swinging. The third act was a short drama, ‘‘The Silent System —a typical representation of the misunderstandings which confront man and wife when hubby is delayed. In “Songs of Long Ago a med- ley of old melodies were rendered which were accepted with more than their share of applause. The fifth act was featured by those cullud folks who brought down the house with the best of Negro songs and humor. The entire school faculty performed in the concluding act, Petrowski’s Orches- tra,” and a number of “excellent musicians were discovered. Petrowski himself was there in full dress to lead his orchestra and his introductory speech with its dazzle of brilliance and polish, was easily one of the “hits of the evening. Vaudeville 1924 Having no picture from our 1924 vaudeville, we offer this brief review to bring back to you some of its memories also. Its initial number was a ridiculous reproduction of Hamlet” set to music. Don't you remember that stage manager? Sophelia followed— a comedy act featuring a droll dialect. Truly it was a melodrama that gripped the heart. In “Radiograms, the audience was treated to the choicest of concerts from all the best broadcasting stations. The fourth act was a one- act play, “Suppressed Desires, revealing the wonders of psycho-analysis in a manner which brought many a laugh. The last number. Echoes From Uncle Tom’s Cabin, brought the program to a successful climax. Topsy and Eva, with the aid of the dusky chorus, lent plenty of melody and wit to the concluding performance. Page Fifty-Three f)e jfflounb Puilber NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH Senior Class Play 1923 Cast Robert Bennett ...... E. M. Ralston ....... Dick Donnelly ....... Clarence Van Deusen Bishop Doran ........ Gwendolyn Ralston ... Mrs. E. M. Ralston .. Ethel Clark ......... Mabel Jackson ....... Sable Jackson ....... Martha .............. Director ............ ...Leonard Olson ...Winton Smith ..Gordon Costello George Strasburg __Maurice Duehr ...Olive Erdman ....Lucy Bigelow Alice Lundstrom ..Madge Christian ...Marian Barker ....Helen Duehr ..Leslie E. Brown SYNOPSIS Bob Bennett, in order to raise $10,000 for his fiancee, makes a wager with his partners that he can tell nothing but the truth” for twenty-four hours. He is invited to the home of one of the partners, where he may be constantly watched and where the partners can ask all sorts of questions. He tells the truth in the most embarrassing circumstances, causing no end of predicaments in the Ralston home. His truthtelling gets him into numerous difficulties, not the least of which is the estrangement of his sweetheart. As the twenty-third hour draws to a close. Bob seems hopelessly lost, but man- ages to stall until the clock strikes four—and the bet is won. By a series of rapid lies he smooths out every difficulty and wins back the girl of his choice. Page Fifty-Four WINDMILLS OF HOLLAND Operetta 1923 Cast Mynheer Hertogenbosh, rich Dutch farmer ........Harold Hunt Vrouw Hertogenbosh, his wife ...............Madge Christian Wilhelmina • Ja,lorLt_r 1 .........Alice Lundstrom Hilda .......... K daughters ,..........Florence Monroe Bob Yankee, American salesman ..............George Morrissey Hans, student of music, in love with Wilhelmina, Glenn Jenssen Franz, rich farmer’s son, in love with Hilda, Wendell Medbery Katrina, rich farmer’s daughter ................Leone Brown Chorus: Helen Van Voris, Lucy Bigelow, Julia Bonzelet, Dora Brunell, Olive Erdman, Helen Foren, Hazel Skaggs, Harriet Scoles, Lillian Brown, May Belle Schuett, Agnes Larson, Vivian Fletcher, Ruth Brown, Mary Malloy. Director ...........................................Mr. Sims SYNOPSIS Mynheer Hertogenbosh, with his family and neighbors, is living in con- tentment 'neath the whirling wheels of his old Dutch mill. Bob Yankee, an American salesman, endeavors to introduce modern machinery to displace the picturesque old windmills of Holland. Wilhelmina, Hilda, and their mother protest because they love the old mills. Bob is outdone, and the mills remain undisturbed. The chorus of farmer girls in quaint Holland costumes make it a very pleasing combination of drama and melody. Page Fifty-Five A PAIR OF SIXES'' Senior Class Play 1922 Cast George Nettleton . , ......Floyd Johnson T. Boggs Johns bus,ness Partners .......Harry Brown Krome, their bookkeeper ................Theodore Despiegler Miss Parker, their stenographer ............Corinne Fletcher Thomas Vanderholt, their lawyer ................Arthur Rixe Tony Toler, their salesman .....................Walter Rixe Mr. Applegate ...........................................Roy Krepsbach Office Boy ...................................Russell Smith Shipping Clerk ...............................Winton Smith Mrs. Nettleton ......................................Juanita Medbery Miss Florence Cole ...........................Berma Bartlett Coddles, an English maid ...................Shirley Medbery Directors ......................Miss Nelson and Mr. Kodas SYNOPSIS T. Boggs Johns and George Nettleton----partners in a pill factory—are unable to get along together. In order to determine who is head of the firm, they agree to decide by dealing two hands of poker--the winner be- coming absolute boss and the loser acting as servant to the winner for one year. Neither can tell of the agreement, nor can it be broken except by mutual assent. Johns loses and spends a miserable two weeks as servant in the Nettleton home. Then Johns begins to flirt with Mrs. Nettleton, and this, coupled with business worries, almost forces Nettleton to break the contract. Johns' sweetheart suddenly steps in, proves the whole affair illegal, and effects a reconcilation between the partners. I agc Fifty-Six %%e jflounb Putlber “THE FORTUNE HUNTER Senior Class Play 1921 Cast Robbins ..........Theodore Rowell Tom .............Wendell Medbery George Burnham..Rudolph Holland James Long ..........Arthur Rixe Village Hi ...............Norton Johnson Watty .............Floyd Johnson Betty .............Laura Monroe Tracey Tanner.....Archie Medbery Mr. Lockwood.....Everett Medbery Roland Barnett .....Harry Brown Sam Graham .........Clifton Lines Lawrence Miller .....W. B. Thorne Nathaniel Duncan..Howard Bigelow Henry Kellogg ..............Winton Dean Willie Bartlett ...........Clifton Lines Characters Josephine Lockwood.....Lila Morrill Angie .............Adeline Schuett Mr. Sperry ........Philip Helgeson Pete Willing ......Norton Johnson Herman ..........Wendell Medbery Director .....................Miss Lemstrom SYNOPSIS Nat Duncan, an indolent pampered young man, taunted by a friend, starts out to prove his pet theory that a man could marry a wealthy girl if he only followed certain rules of conduct. He seeks employment and finds it in a country drug store, long mismanaged and poorly equipped. The drug gist spends most of his time working on an invention, so Nat is given the opportunity to build up the store. By hard work he succeeds, and by the strictest of conduct, wins the love of the wealthiest girl of the village, Jo- sephine Lockwood, only to find that he now loves Betty, the inventor s daughter. The druggist’s invention, financed by Nat, proves successful. Nat tells of his love to Betty, and is made happy in the knowledge that she loves him. Page Fifty-Seven Qtt)e Jfflounb IBuilber CRANBERRY CORNERS Senior Class Play 1920 Cast Tom Dexter .................... Sidney Everett ................ Ben Latham .................... Andrew Dexter ................. Hezekiah Hopkins .............. Nathan Speck .................. Cariotta Bannister ............. Anastasia Bannister ........... Amelia Dexter .................. Mrs. Muslin ................... Bella Ann ..................... Florine ....................... Director ...................... ....James Malloy .Ralph Shandorf Arthur Lundstrom ....Edward Smith Ellsworth Ironside ....Clifford Allen .....Louise Smith __Mamie Johnson .....Eulala Colyn .....Emma Bailey .....Nina Bowyer ..Mary Despiegler ......Miss Eakins SYNOPSIS A rural-comedy reproduction of life in a small country town. Cranberry Corners. Cariotta Bannister, a girl from the city, becomes infatuated with Tom Dexter, a young farmer, much against the will of her strict and narrow- minded guardian-aunt, Anastasia. Swayed by threats from Sidney Everett, a villainous aspirant for Carlotta’s hand, Anastasia forces her niece into prom- ising to marry Everett. Carlotta’s real father appears in time to rescue his daughter and his unexpected presence cows both Everett and Anastasia into submission. Cariotta seeks out Tom Dexter at his home in Cranberry Corners and they are happily united. Hezekiah Hopkins, Andrew Dexter, and Mrs. Muslin---old settlers—furnish a great deal of fun with their colloquial dialect and wit. Page Fifty-Eight )c itlounb putlber 4 . A Dramatic Summary PANISH senoritas, Indian magicians, buxom Holland lassies, gay toreadors, staid English butlers, dyed-in-the-wool villains—all these and many more have stood before the footlights to furnish entertainment for the people of Browns Valley. As if in the time of Shakespeare we might truthfully say The play's the thing. Probably no event of the year is more looked forward to than the senior play given each spring; and well does it seem worthy of this eager anticipa- tion when we think back over the splendid entertainments given by various senior classes. “As You Like It, one of the early senior plays presented in the school, gives evidence of the popularity of the Shakespearian drama at that time. Later presentations, as, What Happened to Jones, The Fortune Hunter, and “A Pair of Sixes are strong proofs that the type of plays being used were something of which to be proud. In the last few years, the latest royalty plays available have been obtained. Nothing But the Truth and come Out of the Kitchen, two of our recent senior shows, were big Broadway successes within the last three years; and The Whole Towns Talking, played last year, was presented here just eight months after it had finished its first run of popularity in New York. The seniors this year introduced a new type of play in Captain Applejack, a mystery play. The junior play, though established but four years ago, has risen to a reputable degree rivaling that of the senior show. The quaint humor in Mrs. Briggs of the Poultry Yard ; the strained complications arising in My Friend Irom India”; and the beautiful set used in Peg o' My Heart will not soon be forgotten, while Her Husband's Wife, given in April this year, easily fulfilled the difficult role of gaining the popularity held by its predecessors. The junior play has been a great asset to our school for it not only aids in financing the Junior-Senior banquet, but it also acts as a training school for the senior play. During the last four years it has become a custom for Browns Valley High to present each fall, an all high school entertainment, the proceeds going to the athletic association. The two operettas, “Windmills of Holland and The Toreadors, have made up two of these entertainments, while vaudevilles in the falls of 1923 and 1924 have been presented as the other two benefits. Not the least important of our dramatics are the annual grade programs. The performers in these have never failed to give the crowd their share of pleasure with their dancing, singing, and acting. A geat deal has been done in improving the stage the last few years and any extra proceeds from our various entertainments have been expended in this direction. New scenery has been built; new border and footlights have been installed which make it possible to obtain unusual lighting effects; and a large switchboard and dimmer have been added. Dramatics have been greatly emphasized in the school for the past five years. May work in this field continue to be extended rather than diminished, for it is one of the best means of giving the students experience which will reassure and give confidence to them in their social act.vities of the future. Emma Morrill '26. Page Fifty-Sine ()e JHounb Putlber Camp Fire HAT IS Camp Fire? Do you know? Are Camp Fire girls different from other girls? Yes, for they know the joy and purpose of living; Camp Fire has put a new zest into their lives. Camp Fire shows one the hill to beauty and happiness, and helps one to climb it. It teaches that there is beauty waiting everywhere if one looks for it. Part of the white magic of Camp Fire is its ideals. First is the law: Seek Beauty, Give Service, Pursue Knowledge, Be Trustworthy, Hold on to Health, Glorify Work, Be Happy. Second is the program by which Camp Fire girls live: Wohelo,” meaning Work, Health, and Love. Third is the system of three ranks, Woodgatherer, Firemaker, and Torchbearer, each with differing requirements. They inspire with a desire to accomplish, for when one rank is gained, there is still an unexplored world ahead. The Wood- gatherer's tasks are fewer and simpler, being the first rank attainable. Yet how neces- sary are woodgatherers if we would build a fire! To become a Firemaker requires greater skill, deeper concentration and more responsibility. And to be a Torchbearer, a girl must prove herself not only dependable and trustworthy, but a leader. The Browns Valley Camps were begun in 1923, when Miss Solien, assisted by Olive Harcum, organized the Minnehaha Camp. This created great interest and in October a second camp was organized, called San-O-Wak-O-Pe (meaning Browns Valley). Anne Overgaard and Elsie Diemer were assistant guardians. The next year, in September, 1924, the incoming class of freshmen organized still a third camp, O-Ta-He-Dan-Su (meaning Between the Lakes). As a separate camp, however, they were active for only a year, this fall uniting with San-O-Wak-O-Pe into one large camp. Now you know what Camp Fire is, and how it came to Browns Valley. The next question is, “What does it do?“ The programs that Camp Fire has carried out during its existence here have differed each year with the needs and desires of its members and leaders. As a school organization Camp Fire must stand on its own feet financially, and so every year basket socials, movies, and candy and food sales provide good times for other people, and keep the Camp Fire treasury in a working condition. Health cam- paigns, hikes, picnics, camping trips, and all out-door sports feature a large part of every year’s activities. Page Sixty GTfje iflounb JButlber Both last year and in 1924, Christmas baskets were sent out, and this year, over twenty-five girls revived the old English custom of caroling on Christmas Eve. So Camp Fire gives service. As a climax to each year’s work, and to provide an ideal situation for the develop- ment of co-operative living and socialization, a week's camping trip is indispensable. Last year for the first time, Mrs. Leslie E. Brown took two Valley groups to Foster where they camped for a week. Swimming, boating, and hiking, with landcraft, hours of bas- ket-making, batik dyeing, and evenings of story telling and singing made the week pass before it had fairly begun. Emma Morrill 26. DO YOU REMEMBER WHEN? Y WHIP cracked resoundingly in the crisp air as I “mushed” over the frozen expanse toward a distant figure struggling in the snow. Then Lo! and Be- hold! when my panting dog team drew abreast of it, I found it to be Sinclair Cowles, my classmate and erstwhile companion. I bundled him into the sled and struck out for the nearest igloo; then, half-carrying, half-dragging him, I managed to get him into the the cozy interior. While thawing out his half-frozen limbs, I demanded an explanation from Sin, for it was a mystery to me how we had happened to meet up here somewhere in the Arctic regions. My part was easily explained for I had been fortunate enough to go as a companion with MacMillan, but as for Sin, that was what had me stumped. “Well,” said that worthy as he bit into an Eskimo pie, “you remember when I went to Europe two years ago, don’t you? When I got over in France, I took a fancy to flying; so 1 did a little cruising around in the air for about six months until 1 got the hang of it pretty well. Then I hopped up to Sweden for a little visit with my uncle. By some chance or other, Ellsworth, the American polar explorer, happened to see a little of my flying. He got in touch with Amundsen and it was suggested that 1 go along as substitute for the regular aviators engaged for their trip. You can just bet that I jumped at the chance, all right. We arrived in the Arctic Circle last week after three days of continuous flght. Today I was doing a little exploring on my own account when my dogs sighted a polar jack-rabbit. You know the rest I guess. Lucky you arrived in time or 1 should have been a chunk of ice in the morning.” “Aw, forget it. Let’s talk of something more cheerful,” said I. “All right, he conceded. “Say, that ride just now reminds me of what happened to the “Outing Club” girls way back in 1923 when we went to high school together. Do you remember how they used to follow Miss Romig over the hills on their hiking expeditions? Well, 1 guess that got too tame for them so they decided on a sleigh-ride party. We never heard of the Outing Club after that, for the driver--------Harold Miller wasn’t it?—by fair means or foul, succeeded in turning turtle with the whole bunch as some of the victims can testify.” “Sure, I remember that,” I said. “That was the climax in the history of the Outing Club all right. Afterwards, they were content with something milder like the Lyric Chorus and the Library Class. That Library Class was the real thing though. It was a clever way to take care of the books and it gave the girls some useful training, besides a sense of responsibility. Let’s see; it was Mr. Sims who originated the idea, wasn’t it? Yes, that’s right. It was when we were freshmen. Mr. Sims had charge the first two years; then Miss Griffith was overseer, and the last year we were there. Miss Wold had the responsibility. The girls had good practice putting labels on the books for they would only last two or three months. I wonder if they still have a Library Class back there. “That was a pretty good thing,” said Sin, “but you mentioned the Lyric Chorus awhile ago. What did you think of that?” “I never knew very much about that, I replied. “You tell me what you remember of it. “Hunt used to tell me quite a bit about what they did at Lyric Chorus so I remem- ber some of it. It was the Lyric Chorus, you know, that put on the operetta, “Wind- mills of Holland. Gee, that certainly drew a crowd, and no one went away grumbling Page Sixty One QLi)t JHounb putlber either. Somehow the Lyric Chorus died out when Mr. Sims left, and the next year we had a general chorus under Miss Olin’s instruction. You know, I haven’t heard anv real music since I left the States and now talking about singing makes me all the more home- sick. You haven’t an old mouth organ or something with you. have you?” Better than that, old top,” said I, as 1 walked across the room and drew out a little phonograph. That’s great. Where’d you get it? “Oh that’s the one we used to have down at school. I bought it for five dollars, cut it down to the size it is now, and brought it along. You don’t mean to say that it is the one they used every Friday when we had the two cent march, do you? Yes, it's the original all right and none the worse for age either, except for the rattle Charles Dougherty left with it after exercising his Ford knowledge on it. That was a novel scheme for buying novels though. We must have bought one hundred and fifty good books, and none of us missed two cents a week either, although there were reports of little brothers’ banks being robbed, and Miss Rcmig tried to slip in a lead nickel once. While Sinclair was rummaging among the records, he drew out a soiled packet of papers. “What are these? he inquired. As I did not know myself, we began to in- vestigate, and then, to our mutual astcnisf ment, we found it to be three whole Carpet Bags,” that little paper we used to publish at school. Well, all I can say is that you could have knocked us both over with a straw. We certainly devoured the stuff in those papers for it brought back to us the days when Dub” used to rush around as Editor- in-Chief and Hunt drew those side-splitting pictures for the cover and did the photog- raphy work of the seniors for the commencement number. That paper certainly created a sensation down town, and it established an interest for journalistic work in the various English classes,” remarked Sin. “You bet. I don’t see how they were able to publish it for fifteen cents a copy. It came out quite often too, on such days as: Thanksgiving, Christmas, Easter, St. Patrick’s Day, and Commencement. By this time we were in a reminiscent mood and nothing could stop us until we were finished. After a few minutes of unbroken silence, we heard the jingling of bells as a dog team made its approach, and in a short time the skins that served as a door parted and a muffled figure strode in. Who’s that? whispered Sin. Oh that's Duffield. Didn’t you know that he was along?” You don’t mean Senator, do you?” After having warmed himself enough so that he was aware that there was some- one in the room, the last named person turned toward us. Well, well, well, he exclaimed. A bad penny always turns up, eh?” Then came a detailed account of all that had happened to Sinclair since they had last met. As you have heard it once before, I will not bore you further. Say, the mention of Senator reminds me of something I have always wanted to ask you,” I said. “What ever did you do at the Senate meetings that you used to hold? “Ha, ha, that’s right. You weren’t a Senator, were you? Yeah, 1 remember it all now, even the envious look the rest of you fellows had the next day when you saw all the pretty place cards frem the big feeds in the Economics classroom. Well, to be truthful about it, we didn’t do much except to banquet at some member s expense. No, that wasn’t all though, for the practice of exempting students from examinations can be traced back to one of our meetings.” At this moment a shrill jangle broke forth. “Your dogs are running away!” 1 exclaimed to Duff. That was a perfectly logical theory except for one thing, and that was that the sound did not recede. Do you know why, dear reader? Because the noise was Big Ben calling me back from the Land of Nod way down in dear old Browns Valley. Marc Seeber ’26. Page Sixty-Tzco QTfje itlounb iButlber Class of 1903 Top row: Sadie Lewis, Dora Steers. Center row: Florence Miller, Charles McLane. Minnie Becker, Charles Schain, Beulah Hensel. Mark Hoffman. Josephine Schain. Bottom row: Ella Dudley. Lulu Marcum, Inez Parker. Fannie Gardner. Maud Christian. Class of I 904 William Rutledge, Mamie Barnett, Ida Chesley, Maud Whitney. William McDonald, Nellie Stegner. Albert Nelson, Elsie Rank. Page Sixty-Five m )t Jflounb putlber Class of 1905 Top row: Elizabeth Quinlivan, Evalina Ludke. Second row: Minnie Stegner, Duisv Rutledge. Third row: Ida Chesley, Ella Gunderson. Fourth raw: Dee LaGrange, Clarence Collins, Gilbert Nelson. Fifth row: Harry Stegner, George Schain. Baseball Team 1905 Top row: Benard Nelson. Everett Lovelet. Superintendent Farmer. Joseph Brown, George Schain. Second row: Grover Schmidt. Dee LaGrange, Albert Nelson, Charles Gardner. Third row: Irwin Layman. Page Sixty-Six )t Jflounb JBtrilber Class of I 906 Rose Gunderson, Grover Schmidt, Bessie Caswell, Charles Gardner, Leola Layden, Mary Bower, Anna Holmberg. Class of 1907 Top row: William Paquin, Victoria Nelson. Edith Aney. Nancy Brewster. Etta Chesley. Arthur Jensen. Bottom row: Katherine McLane, Frances Cummins, Sadie Jensen, Winifred Layden. Page Sixty-Seven E!)t iHounb puilber Class of 1909 Top row: Edward Wise. Emma Lehn. Florence Dale. Laura Stegner, William H. Jensen. Bottom row: Erwin Parker. Arthur Anderson. Albert Thomas. Andrew Layman. Herbert Rehfield. Class of 1912 Top row: Ellen Wood. Ollie McLane, Chester Kerner. Charlotte Smith. Hazel Sauby. George McLane. Ora McLane. Ruth Nelson. Bottom row: Howard Thomas. Bertha Gunderson. I rancift Smith. Ethel Luckert. I- red Shandort. Page Sixty-Eight ®fje Jtlouni) i’m ilbcr Football Team 1903 Top row: Joseph Brown, Superintendent Edwards. Ray Huntzinger, George Schain. Center row: Earl Townley, Claude Hoffman, Chesley Dale, Steve Schwagerl, William Paquin. Third row: Albert Nelson, Gilbert Nelson, Merle Hoffman, John Brewster. The Days of Real Sport O RECORD in any adequate fashion, all the events in the school days of the past sixteen or twenty years, would require far more space than this one small book. Athletic achievements alone would fill a volume, while forensic and dramatic activities would fill others. And then in addition to the regular activities of school life, there are those many little ' irregular incidents that have woven charming memories around the days of real sport. There are the old class scraps, the day we cut school and went fishing, the happy picnics at Big Stone, the innumerable hikes, skiing parties, toboggan outings, the tricks we played on Minerva and old Bill Shakespeare in the assembly, the annual initiation of the freshmen— what a story we could make of the good old days if we only had the space. Ask any old grad about his school days and at once he can launch into a tale most interesting. A search through old newspaper files gave us a few events in each school year, and some of these we have jotted down just to remind you of the days gone by. We re going to start our record with the year 1909-10, for that s the year of the lnterlochen publication and you 11 have to go to it for record of earliest days. Past Sixty-Nine GTfje jfflounb putlbcr 1909- 10 The school year long to be remembered as the year when the Inter- lochen, our first year-book, was published. Charlie Becker was Editor-in- Chief and Art Nelson, the Business Manager. 1910- 11 The new schoolhouse was built and occupied this year. The High School moved bodily into the new building and turned over to the Grades, every nook and corner of the old building. The High School boys built the concrete walks connecting the two buildings. The football season was an unusually heavy one—seven games in all. We played Milbank, Sisseton, Graceville, and Beardsley. 191 1-12 Fifty-seven students enrolled in High School—the largest up to that time. The senior class was the largest since 1903—there being a class of thirteen to graduate. They presented “The Ulster” for their class play, on April 12th. Joseph Chapman of the Northwestern National Bank of Minneapolis gave the commencement address. 1912- 13 Inter-class basketball was the feature of this year's activities, although no record has been left as to who won the title. The Alpha Rho Literary Society was organized, and presented a number of interesting programs throughout the year. The senior play, She Stoops To Conquer, was unusually well received in the community, due in part to the very pretty costuming. 1913- 14 Nine seniors this year—not so many in numbers—but peppy just the same. An unusually good presentation of Shakespeare's As You Like It” marked the senior accomplishments of the year. 1914- 15 Carl Beaulieu played the lead in the senior play, What Happened To Jones. After school was out, the entire senior class enjoyed an outing at Bonanza for a week or ten days. 1915- 16 We beat the Morris Aggies 56 to 21 in basketball, and then proved we were good hosts as well as athletes by showing them a good time afterwards. Macalester College Men's Glee Club gave a fine concert at the High School; everyone enjoyed it immensely. The girls financed the building of a tennis court back of the new build- ing and we had a tournament. It certainly furnished lots of enjoyment. A few of the boys were impolite enough to go to sleep while Miss Long presented some very unusual stereoptican views of Rome and Pompeii. In her lecture she pointed out some very interesting things concerning life in Rome. Only seven seniors this year, so they had to borrow four other students to help them put on their play, Esmeralda. Page Seventy QLtje iHounb JJutlber 1916- 17 The Agriculture Department, under the direction of Mr. Buchanan, ar- ranged and carried out a winter short-course. Corn was the principal product studied and the class tested a considerable amount of seed corn for the farmers near the valley. The football team were awarded heavy sweaters for their hard season's work. The sweaters were in the colors maroon and blue, which had been selected as the school colors. A delightful story of Pilgrim days furnished the theme for the senior play, “The Captain of Plymouth.” 1917- 18 The football season started out most auspiciously when we beat Beards- ley 62 to 0. Probably other opponents met similar disasters for our team was unusually strong. The Washington's birthday literary program presented by the Aletheans was of most exceptional merit. Many visitors were in attendance. The seniors chose a very typically spring play in The Blossoming Out of Mary Ann. 1918- 19 Overall boys and sunbonnet girls were all on deck for the frosh initiation. No casualties were reported, but the freshies were treated pretty roughly. Under th« direction of Miss O'Neil, the seniors presented The Dear Boy Graduates as their senior play. 1919- 20 The literary program of the year, which was most outstanding, was the program of March 12, a St. Patrick’s celebration. All the Irish enjoyed it greatly. On page fifty-eight of this book you will find a picture of the play, Cranberry Corners, which the seniors of 1920 presented as their class play. 1920- 21 The badly battered ceiling in the gym was mended this year by the installation of the new steel ceiling. The work prevented regular basketball practice temporarily, and we were all glad when it was finished. Two plays marked the spring activities, “The Elopement of Ellen was used as an athletic benefit, and was so successful that it was taken to other towns. The Fortune Hunter (page fifty-seven) was the choice of the seniors and was played to a capacity house. 1921- 22 The frosh initiation will long be remembered as the night of Skinny Benson’s unexpected bath, and the date of the famous boxing match between Skully Smith and Leander Grenadier. As a special athletic benefit this year, the High School used a short play entitled The Queen of Hearts. “A Pair of Sixes (page fifty-six), the senior play, met with much popularity; it too was shown outside of town. Merle Erdman ’26. Page Seventy-Onc Ql )t JHounb IButlber Alumni Directory Allen, Clifford (1920) Antioch College, Yellow Springs, Ohio Anderson, Arthur (1909) St. Louis Park, Minnesota Anderson, Harry (191 1 ) Culbertson, Montana Anderson, Hartvick (1908) Fergus Falls, Minnesota Anderson, Lydia (1913) Mrs. E. I. Farrel, Wolf Point, Montana Anderson, Mamie (1915) Mrs. H. E. Nelson, Storden, Minnesota Andree, Pearl (1922) Browns Valley, Minnesota Andrix Earl (1902) 1214 Lincoln Road, Grandview Heights, Columbus, O. Aney, Edith (1907) Mrs. William Osborn, Crary, North Dakota Armstrong, Clarence (1924) Browns Valley, Minnesota Bailey, Emma ( 1920) Mrs. Leroy Sorenson, 328 W. Geo. St., St. Paul, Minn. Bangle, Claude (191 I ) Eau Claire, Wisconsin Bangle, Maude (1902) Mrs. Henry Bangle, Little Eagle, South Dakota Barker, Marion (1923) Browns Valley, Minnesota (rural) Barnett, Mamie (1904) Mrs. A. Thomas, Menlo Park, California Barrett, Blois (1910) Browns Valley, Minnesota Barrett, Joseph (1914) 1494 Capital Ave., St. Paul, Minnesota Barrett, Olive (1914) Mrs. A. E. Ericson, Virginia, Minnesota. Bartlett, Berma (1922) Browns Valley, Minnesota Bartlett, Flossie (1913) Mrs. A. S. Holm, Granada, Minnesota Beaulieu, Barbara (1916) Mrs. Merville Monroe, Browns Valley, Minnesota Beaulieu, Carl (1915) Willmar, Minnesota Beaulieu, Mable (1918) Fandell's Store, St. Cloud, Minnesota Beaulieu, Maude (1915) Mrs. G. L. McQueen, 5835 S. Normandie, Los Angeles, California Becker, Charles (1910) Winchester, Idaho Becker, Donald (1915) Kenmore, New York Becker, Minnie (1903) Deceased Becker, Robert (1916) 121 N. 56th Ave. W., West Duluth, Minnesota Behrns, Bernice (1925) Normal School, Moorhead, Minnesota Benson, Clifford (1925) Browns Valley, Minnesota Berg, Julia (1918) Mrs. Edwin Nelson, Sisseton, South Dakota (rural) Bigelow, Alva (1917) Browns Valley, Minnesota Bigelow, Howard (1921) Browns Valley, Minnesota Bigelow, Lucy (1923) Hamline University, St. Paul, Minnesota Bonzelet, Caroline (1921) 678 Lafond St., St. Paul, Minnesota Bonzelet, Julia (1923) Browns Valley, Minnesota Bower, Mary (1906) Mrs. J. Peltier, Beardsley, Minnesota (rural) Bowman, Louise (1903) Mrs. A. 1. Engebretsen, Halstad, Minnesota Bowman, Fred (1902) Great Falls, Montana Bowman, Robert (1902) Bowman-Schultz Audit Co., Fargo, North Dakota Bowyer, Ella (1919) Browns Valley, Minnesota Bowyer, llo (1923) Browns Valley, Minnesota Bowyer, Nina (1920) Browns Valley, Minnesota Brewster, Nancy (1907) Mrs. George Workman, Bertha, Minnesota Brown, Harry (1922) Student at University of Minnesota Brown, Leone (1924) Browns Valley, Minnesota Brunell, Dora (1923) 66 East Summit Ave., St. Paul, Minnesota Byrnes, Anne (1908) Mrs. John Smith, Florida Campbell, Beulah (1910) Mrs. E. S. Olson, Kelly, Iowa Campbell, Loretta (1918) Ames, Iowa Page Seventy-Two )t Jttounb JButlber Caswell, Bessie (1906) Mrs. Oscar Anderson, Wheaton, Minnesota Chesley, Etta (1907) Mrs. P. C. Scholberg, 1600 Juliet St., St. Paul, Minn. Chesley, Ida (1904) Deceased Christian, Madge (1923) Mrs. Bruce Ingerson, Browns Valley, Minnesota Christian, Maude (1903) Mrs. A. Zelno, Beardsley, Minnesota (rural) Collins, Clarence (1905) Browns Valley, Minnesota Cclyn, Eulala (1920) Pella, Iowa Connelly, Emma (1914) Miller Hospital, St. Paul, Minnesota Conway, Frances (1905) Mrs. Tom Reardon, Beardsley, Minnesota Conway, Otis (1908) 4109 East 34th St., Minneapolis, Minnesota Costello, Gordon (1923) 4720 Lyndale Ave. S., Minneapolis, Minnesota Cowles, Amelia (1915) Mrs. V. E. Anderson, 4104 27th Ave. S., Minne- apolis, Minnesota Cowles, Elizabeth (1915) Mrs. A. G. Preston, 3409 23rd Ave. S., Minne- apolis, Minnesota Cowles, Osborne (1918) Athletic Dept. Carleton College, Northfield, Minn. Cummins, Frances (1907) Wilmot, South Dakota Dahl, Helen (1923) Mrs. Clemens Kuschel, Browns Valley, Minnesota Dale, Florence ( 1909) Mrs. A. W. Walker, 387 Union St., Spartanburg, N. C. Dale, May (1919) Remer, Minnesota Dean, Winton (1921) 323 West 4th St., Long Beach, California Despiegler, Augusta (1925) Normal School, Aberdeen, South Dakota Despiegler, Mary (1920) Mrs. Francis Smith, Browns Valley. Minnesota Despiegler, Theodore (1922) 1563 La Fond St., St. Paul, Minnesota Duehr, Helen (1923) Mrs. T. Deyo, Milbank, South Dakota Duehr, Maurice (1924) Browns Valley, Minnesota Dougherty, Charles (1924) Browns Valley, Minnesota Dudley, Ella (1903) Erdman, Olive (1923) Mrs. R. L. Gordon, Browns Valley, Minnesota Fairclough, Evelyn (1924) Browns Valley, Minnesota Felling, Lena (1919) Mrs. Arthur Morrill Jr., Browns Valley, Minn, (rural) Fletcher, Corinne (1922) Browns Valley, Minnesota Fogarty, Anna (1902) Mrs. P. Casey, 90 Garfield St., St. Paul, Minnesota Foren, Helen (1924) St. Marys Hospital, Minneapolis, Minnesota Freer, Fred (1908) Deceased Gardner, Charles (1906) 4130 Russell Ave., North Minneapolis, Minnesota Gardner, Fannie (1903) Mrs. T. E. Fairclough, Browns Valley, Minnesota Gordon, Basil (1914) Tioga, North Dakota Gordon, Frances (1916) 1463 Breda St., St. Paul, Minnesota Gordon, Roy (1910) Ryegate, Montana Granowski, Lawrence (1919) 3856 25th Ave. S., Minneapolis, Minnesota Grenadier, Marcella (1919) 1331 E. Wilson Ave., Glendale, California Griswold, Mary (1925) St. Marys Hospital, Minneapolis, Minnesota Gunderson, Bertha (1912) Mrs. A. Klawon, Wheaton, Minnesota Gunderson, Ella (1905) Mrs. O. F. Grangard, Rothsay, Minnesota Gunderson, Mabelle (1908) Mrs. M. L. Baker, Wood Lake, Minnesota Gunderson, Rose (1906) Fargo Clinic, Fargo, North Dakota Harcum, Lulu (1903) Mrs. E. R. Lester, Willmar, Minnesota Harcum, Margaret (1900) Mrs. Chas. Huffman, Wilmot, S. D. (rural) Harcum, Olive (1915) Browns Valley, Minnesota Hardy, Sabra (1910) Deceased Heald, Eleanor (1923) Wilmot, South Dakota Helgeson Philip (1921) Sisseton, South Dakota (rural) Page Seventy-Three ®f)e ifflounb JBuilber Hemmer, Joseph (1924) Browns Valley, Minnesota Hensel, Beulah (1903) Mrs. Lee Bently, Tampa, Florida Hoffman, Mark (1903) Deceased Holland, Amanda (1916) 4211 Blaisdell Ave., Minneapolis, Minnesota Holland, Edward (1921) 311 Piedmont Apts., St. Paul, Minnesota Holland, Hilda (1923) Mrs. Ben Falkingham, Browns Valley, Minnesota Holland, Rudolph (1921) Browns Valley, Minnesota Holmberg, Anne (1906) Mrs. K. G. Stai, St. Cloud, Minnesota Holmberg, Severina (1908) 3518 E. 25th St., Minneapolis, Minnesota Horneber, Bertha (1918) Prescott, Arizona. Ingman, Hulda (1921) Windham, Montana Ironside, Ellsworth (1920) Student at State Teachers College, St. Cloud, Minnesota Ironside, Keith (1924) Student at Macalester College, St. Paul, Minnesota Jensen, Arthur (1907) Jensen, Sadie (1907) Mrs. E. P. Jensen Jensen, William H. (1908) Browns Valley, Minnesota Jenssen, Lela (1915) Robbinsdale, Minnesota Johnson, Floyd ( 1922) 1 563 La Fond St., St. Paul, Minnesota Johnson, Mamie (1920) 9533 S. Brentwood Ave., Los Angel es, California Johnson, Norton (1921) Browns Valley, Minnesota Kaus, Luella, (1919) Mrs. O. B. Cowles, Northfield, Minn. Kerner, Chester (1912) Krause, Luverne (1918) Student at Taylor University, Upland, Indiana Kuschel, Erdna (1918) Mrs. John Ironside, Browns Valley, Minnesota Kuschel, Marie (1914) Mrs. Alfred Felling, Browns Valley, Minn, (rural) La Grange, Dee (1905) 3741 Harriet Ave., Minneapol is, Minnesota La Grange, Vera (1908) Mrs. R. R. Buchanan, Graceville, Minnesota Layden, Genevieve (1910) Waldorf Hotel, Seattle, Washington Layden, Leola (1906) Mrs. S. O’Leary, 2810 1st Ave. S., Minneapolis, Minn. Layden, Winifred (1907) 1511 College Ave., Racine, Wisconsin Layman, Andrew (1909) Maple Plain, Minnesota Leadbeater, Phyllis (1923) Coleraine, Minnesota Leary, Esther (1913) Austin, Minnesota Lehn, Emma (1909) Deceased Lehn, Rose (1910) Kalispell, Montana Lewis, Florence (1903) Deceased Lines, Clifton (1921) Student at Macalester College, St. Paul, Minnesota Lines, Sidney (1924) Browns Valley, Minnesota Lines, Thalia (1925) Browns Valley, Minnesota Luckert, Ethel (1912) Mrs. Blois Barrett, Browns Valley, Minnesota Ludke, Lane (1905) Alexandria, Minnesota Lundstrom, Alice (1923) Browns Valley, Minnesota Lundstrom, Arthur (1920) Browns Valley, Minnesota Malloy, James ( 1920) 1 58 2nd Ave. S., South St. Paul, Minnesota Malloy, Margaret (1924) Browns Valley, Minnesota Malm, Charlotte (1924) Normal School, Valley City, North Dakota Malm, Myrtle (1913) Mobridge, South Dakota Malueg, Ada (1918) Sigourney, Iowa Malueg, Esther (1917) Mrs. Tyndall Morrill, Crookston, Minnesota Maxson, Archie (1921) 200 W. 58th St., Richfield Dist., Mpls., Minn. Maxson, Curtis (1922) 200 W. 58th St., Richfield Dist., Mpls., Minn. McAdaragh, Marguerite (1924) Browns Valley, Minnesota (rural) Page Seventy-Four f)e Jflounb Butlber McDonald, William (1904) 822 Park Ave., St. Paul, Minnesota McLane, Charles (1903) Browns Valley, Minnesota McLane, George (1912) Browns Valley, Minnesota McLane, Katherine (1907) Mrs. Herbert Eldridge, Browns Valley, Minne- sota (rural) McLane, Ollie (1912) Browns Valley, Minnesota McLane, Ora (1912) Mrs. F. A. Ohlsen, Marshall, Minnesota Medbery, Everett (1921) Browns Valley, Minnesota Medbery, Juanita (1922) Student at University of Minnesota Medbery, Shirley (1922) Student at Federal School of Art, Mpls., Minn. Medbery, Wendell ( 1924) Student at St. Paul College of Law Merriam, Edna (1901) 3440 S. Aldrich Ave., Minneapolis, Minnesota Miller, Florence (1903) Deceased Monroe, Laura ( 1921 ) Mrs. J. R. Early, 661 7 Greenwood Ave., Chicago, 111. Monroe, Merville (1914) Browns Valley, Minnesota Morrill, Lila (1921) Browns Valley, Minnesota (rural) Morrissey, Elinor (1921) Fargo, North Dakota Nelson, Albert (1904) North Bend, Oregon Nelson, Arthur (1910) City Executive Dept., St. Paul, Minnesota Nelson, Benard (1908) Malta, Montana Nelson, Cora (1902) Huntington Park, California Nelson, Esther (191 I) Mrs. J. R. Hutter, 3608 N. Kalispell Ave., Spokane, Washington Nelson, Gilbert (1903) 5485 Spring St., Los Angeles, California Nelson, Ruth (1912) Mrs. C. A. Nelson, Havre, Montana Nelson, Victoria ( 1907) Mrs. W. K. Paquin, 2941 I 7th Ave. S., Mpls., Minn. Olson, Leonard (1923) Browns Valley, Minnesota Page, Glenford (1924) Browns Valley, Minnesota Paine, Donald (1916) Fordville, North Dakota Palm, Marguerite (1911) Mrs. Earl Boecher, Sioux Falls, South Dakota Paquin, William (1907) 2941 17th Ave. S., Minneapolis, Minnesota Parker, Inez (1903) Mrs. George McCullough, Goodrich, North Dakota Parker, Erwin (1909) Rothsay, Minnesota Pickthorn, Edna (1917) Mrs. F. L. Munson, Chattanooga, Tennessee Pickthorn, Eva (1910) Lafayette, Georgia Pickthorn, Isaac (1914) Lafayette, Georgia Piechowski, Anna (1924) Browns Valley, Minesota (rural) Piechowski, Christine (1917) 1809 Marshall Ave., St. Paul, Minnesota Piechowski, Louise (1921) Browns Valley, Minnesota (rural) Plant, Myrtle (1918) Mrs. Myrtle Larson, Bayport, Minnesota Plotner, Fred (1902) Deceased Potts, Ruth (1918) 123 Illinois Road, Lake Forest, Illinois Powers, Ruth (1914) Mrs. Ruth Strumstead, La Crosse, Wisconsin Preston, Adrian (1914) 3409 23rd. Ave. S., Minneapolis, Minn. Quinlivan, Elizabeth (1905) Mrs. V. Bollenbeck, Chinook, Montana Rabbitt, Elmira (1922) Bottrel, Alberta, Canada Rabbitt, Norah (1919) Mrs. L. H. Zerr, Hotel Harmon Apt. 419, Mpls., Minn. Rank, Elsie ( 1904) Mrs. F. S. Hollett, 303 6th St. S., N. E. Minot, N. D. Rank, Hattie (1900) Mrs. Ed. Cort, I 19 N. 2nd. Ave., Albert Lea, Minn. Raw, Marshall (1925) Browns Valley. Minnesota Rehfield, Herbert (1909) Lindwood, California. Rehfield, Selma (1911) Mrs. Ralph Beck, Lindwood, California Rixe, Arthur (1922) 920 Nicollet Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota Page Seventy-Five Cfje iilounb JBuilber Rixe, Walter (1922) 920 Nicollet Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota Rollins, George (1916) Beardsley, Minnesota Rollins, Nellie (1919) Beardsley, Minnesota Rutledge, Daisy (1905) Burbank, California Rutledge, William (1904) Deceased Ryan, Elsie (191 I ) Mrs. C. F. Penney, 5 I 0 N. Prairie Ave., Sioux Falls, S. D. Sauby, Blanche (1913) Mrs. Matt Lindsay, Browns Valley, Minnesota (rural) Sauby, Hazel (1912) Mrs. Elmer Davison, York and Jackson, Hinsdale, 111. Schade, Elizabeth (1917) DeSmet, South Dakota Schain, Charles (1903) Schain, George (1905) 1309 West 24th St., Minneapolis, Minnesota Schain, Josephine (1903) New York City, New York Schauls, Una (1919) Mrs. J. Benoit, St. Cloud, Minnesota Schmidt, Frank (1908) Lewistown, Montana Schmidt, Grover (1906) Fort Benton, Montana Schuett, Adeline (1921) Browns Valley, Minnesota Schuett, May Belle (1925) Macphail School of Music, Minneapolis, Minn. Scoles, Harriet (1925) St. Marys Hospital, Minneapolis, Minnesota Seeber, Jean (1923) Browns Valley, Minnesota (rural) Shandorf, Fred (1912) Mitchell, South Dakota Shandorf, Ralph (1920) 600 University S. E., Minneapolis, Minnesota Sherwin, Dorothy (1923) Student at Macalester College, St. Paul, Minnesota Smith, Beatrice (1900) Mrs. L. A. Woodard, Looke, British Columbia. Can. Smith, Charlotte (1912) St. Lukes Hospital, Denver, Colorado Smith, Elizabeth (1913) Mrs. Alfred Young, Laurel, Minnesota Smith, Francis (1912) Browns Valley, Minnesota Smith, Harry (1913) Browns Valley, Minnesota Smith, Laura (1916) Mrs. Laura Strasburg, Browns Valley, Minnesota Smith, L illian( 1921) Mrs. Milton Couch, 4 I 20 Clinton S., Minneapolis, Minn. Smith, Louise (1920) Browns Valley, Minnesota Smith, Winton (1923) 304 Corner Blaine, Columbia Ave., Marion. Ohio Steers, Dora (1903) Mrs. C. Wetterhall, 213 Thomas St., Tampa, Florida Stegner, Harry (1905) Amidon, North Dakota Stegner, Laura (1909) Yakima, Washington Stegner, Minnie (1905) Deceased Stegner, Nellie (1904) Mrs. Nellie Facey, Gallup, South Dakota Strasburg, George (1923) Lansford, North Dakota (rural) Sykora, Elsie (1913) Mankato, Minnesota Terpena, Lillian (1921) Sisseton, South Dakota Thomas, Albert (1909) 1812 Jefferson, St.. St. Paul, Minnesota Thomas, Howard (1912) Hamilton, North Dakota Train, Lilah (1910) Mrs. Bobb, Browns Valley, Minnesota Tuckey, Blanche (1902) Mrs. G. Kuhn, Wheaton, Minnesota Van Voris, Helen (1923) 1800 Stevens Ave. S., Minneapolis, Minnesota Weimerskirch, Maude (1901) Mrs. Maude Dazeii, Winona, Minnesota Welch, Agnes (1919) St. Marys Hospital, Minneapolis, Minnesota Welk, Emma (1923) Browns Valley (rural) Whitney, Mary (191 1 ) Mrs. Charles Lamont, Sandpoint, Idaho Whitney, Maude ( 1904) Mrs. R. L. Robideaux, 1 702 W. Dean Ave., Spokane, Washington Wise, Edward (1909) 4720 Lyndale Ave. S., Minneapolis, Minnesota Wood, Ellen (1912) Mrs. Ellen Lake, Peever, South Dakota Yndestad, Agnes (1924) Browns Valley, Minnesota Page Seventy-Six Cf)c ittounb IButlber Ue. Gir -Thc- CaM Page Seventy-Nine mt ifflounb Jfttulber School Calendar September— 7-8th Registration. Total enrollment 86. 9th Labor Day. Classes begin. 1 Oth More Labor Day. Classes continued. I 5th Four-thirty-list act passed by faculty. Vetoed by students. 22nd Alpha-Omega and Wowapi literary societies organized. October— 2nd 7th 12th 13th I 5-16th 18th 23rd 29th 30th Freshman Initiation. Many heretofore undiscovered sheiks and flappers unearthed. Address by Rev. E. H. Moore. First “Mound Builder staff meeting. Wowapi literary program. First tragedy. Six weeks exams. Lillian was overhead to ask Sinclair if her ring had come. Looks suspicious. Alpha-Omega literary program. Senior rings arrive. Hallowe’en party. November— 1st. Beginning of third month of school. 6-7th M. E. A. Teachers didn't go. Tough luck. I 0th We won't tell. I 1th Armistice Day. Wowapi literary program. 12-13th High School presents Spanish light opera, The Toreadors. big success. 25th Alpha-Omega program. 27th Thanksgiving Day. No school—whoop la. 28th No school. Turkey rebellion. A December— I st Chemistry class performed hydrogen-sulphide experiment. As- sembly asphyxiated. 3rd H-S experiment continued. Further asphyxiations. 4th First basketball game, with Rosholt. , 1 1 th Wowapi literary program. I 5th Sisseton-Valley basketball game—there. 18th Christmas vacation began. Ain’t it a grand an' glorious feelin?” January--- 5th Studies resumed. 86 sorrowing students. Faculty worse. 8th Ortonville-Valley game. I 5th Wheaton-Valley game. 1 7th Physical examinations by county nurse. Mary Malloy refused to tell the result, but we think it was an unbalanced scale. Page Eighty f)e jflounb JBuilber January, Continued— 23rd Beardsley-Valley game over there. 25th New semester begins. 26th Bioiogy class held a conference with Bill Bones. 29th Debate by Wowapi society. ''Resolved: that United States should join the present World Court of International Justice.” Ortonville-Valley game here. February— 4th We started on our race to the moon. 5th Ladies, buy your Country Gentleman” for one dollar. 8th Comets ahead in the race. I Oth Meteors victorious. Graceville-Valley game. 12th Lincoln's birthday. High School takes trip to the moon. I 3th Mrs. Brown returned. Superintendent once more happy. 19th Alpha-Omega debate. Resolved: that Capital Punishment should be adopted in Minnesota.” 22nd We celebrated Washington’s birthday with a holiday. 24th Gym Exhibition. Real acrobatic talent discovered. 26th Sisseton-Valley basketball game here. Last home game. March— 4th 5th 10th 12th I 5th 1 7th 19th 22nd 24th 25th April— I st 6th 22-23rd May— 15th 20-2 1st 2 I st 22nd 30th June— 4th Page Eighty-One Basketball tournament at Madison Final Annual sale drive on. First marble games. Several freshman boys tardy. Annual sales campaign closed. Very successful. Short Course in boys' and girls’ club work. Irishman s Day. Mary Malloy comes into her own. Grade School program. All chairs in schoolhouse in use. First Robin appeared. Mound Builder starts to the printer. Beginning of spring vacation. Everybody happy. April Fool's Day. Glad there wasn’t any school. School studies resumed. Junior class play, Her Husband’s Wife. Junior-Senior Banquet. Senior class play, Captain Applejack.” Grade School exhibition. Junior-Senior Banquet. Baccalaureate Services. Commencement. Address by Bishop Bennett of Duluth. « Page Eighty-Tuo f)e iHotinb putlber Who’s Who and Why Who Nickname Why Favorite Hobby Clement D.. Ham ..Bright Remarks Being Different Lillian B Pill Popularity . Quoting Sinclair Marc ..Sheik ..Brilliance Husking Corn Merle S Pat ..Complexion ..Wandering Around Ward Senator .... Playing Bum Jokes Orating Edna D. . . ..Rusty Freckles . Steppin' Out Sinclair Gus Blushing . Stalling Ruth .Skinny . .ooks Tracking the Buick Mary M Maggie Laughing . Eating Marcus Bola Red Hair Philosophizing Merle E Giglio Giggling Annoying the Sheik Clifton Bunko ..Eyes Being a Sheik Mary B .Benny Spanish Tresses Making Mistakes Raymond ... Turk Turk’s Drawl Eating Turkey Beth Baldy ..Always around . Acting Natural Henry .Dad Dad's Stoop Rushing Lillian K. Vivian Lizzie ..Appetite Jerking Sodas Charles M... Chas ..A Grin ..Forging Excuses Emma Betty .Talking Writing Letters John Doc Temper Talking to Himself Nellie James ..An Active Tongue Borrowing Robert Buster Smiles Playing Marbles Cecile Butch Ditto to Nellie ..Asking Questions Irving .Irvus His Voice ..Playing a Trumpet Enid .Adam Speed ..Stirring up Mischief Spencer Pipe Handsomeness Dancing Lillian K Billy .. -roadcasting . -Talking to Clifton Charles S .Socks Blondeness Bumming with Bobby Hulda Babe Orations Riding in the Bread Wagi Howard M.. Ship Brevity Kidding Doc Alice W Allie Charming Personality Debating Kermit B... .Skinny ..Skinniness Writing Poetry Genevieve . Jenny Sincerity Studying William K.. Bill Feet . Losing His Balance Velna .Susie Giggling Caroline Selmer Sandy Bashfulness . Baching Caroline Cary Chemistry Knowledge Susie Clement C., Mose Irish Humor Ask Elsie Lee . Duffie ..Cleverness ..Looking after Ward Horence U.. Ole ..Short Skirts Having a Good Time Page Eighty-Three Cfje jflounb JBtulber After fours years of experience, I have finally formulated a recipe for a high school. The ingredients are as follows: a few books, an assembly, a few seats, several faculty members, a library, and some freshmen. Thoroughly mix, adding dramatics, literary societies, athletics, and other activities for flavoring. Allow to boil slowly for four years, adding more freshmen each year. Result? A high school with seniors, juniors, sophomores, and fresh- men. As these last four are the essential ingredients of the mixture, they require a more detailed explanation. Someone has said freshmen resembled real estate. Why? Because they were a green and empty lot. Need one elucidate further? Their first days of school are a horror, torture, and a torment. They look upon the seniors with due reverence and awe, as superior beings far above their in- significant station in the school universe. They wither before the scornful glance of the juniors and the vacant, characteristic snicker of the sophomores. It is hard to be a freshman, but cheer up, freshies—you'll be seniors by and by—maybe. Then the sophomores! Not much superior to the freshmen; still youth- ful and inexperienced; ridiculing the freshmen, respecting the juniors, bowing before the seniors, and hoping that some day they may be seniors. You 11 get there sophies if you keep a goin.” Two years of experience has taught our juniors much, for they are now termed Upper Classmen. Although as yet they are immature and provin- cial, they are gradually, painfully, carefully, assuming the dignity that becomes upper classmen. They are on friendly speaking terms with the seniors, there- by inciting envy and respect in the hearts of the worshipping freshmen and sophomores. Seniors! What an idea of potency, importance, efficaciousness to those subordinate in experience and knowledge. They are the potentates of the school. No one dares dispute their dominion. This is indeed an exalted state of existence. Thus a brief and simple summary may be made of the above facts by quoting: A freshman knows not and knows not that he knows not, A sophomore knows not but knows that he knows not, A junior knows but knows not that he knows, A senior knows and knows that he knows. —By one who knows. HIGH SCHOOL HUMOR Miss Wold: “Selmer, spell ‘avoid’.” Selmer: Tell me foist the void. Doc (to Nellie) : “Put out your tongue—more than that—all of it. Nellie: But doctor, 1 can’t. It’s fastened at the other end.” Miss Perkins (in Modern class): “Charles, where was the treaty of Augsburg signed? Chas. Me: I am absent today. Miss Perkins: Excuse me. Merle, will you answer the question?” Clifton: Gee there's an awful lot of girls stuck on me. Ham: Yeah, they must be an awful lot. Page Bighty'-Four GTfje Jtlounb iBtulber -'fo tiior f re INTRODUCING OUR J 1 NI T O RS D M y £ ■IBM Orr - !! G-cls xJutf icV V Page Eighty-Five Cl)t Jfflounb Putlber Honor Roll The following are the members of the honor roll for this year. It consists of the five students of each class who have the highest scholastic averages for the six weeks’ periods. Senior Marc Seeber Hulda Philen Sinclair Cowles Genevieve Toelle Emma Morrill Marc Seeber Sinclair Cowles Hulda Philen Vivian Fletcher Emma Morrill Marc Seeber Sinclair Cowles Vivian Fletcher Hulda Philen Emma Morrill Marc Seeber Sinclair Cowles Hulda Philen Vivian Fletcher Merle Erdman FIRST PERIOD Junior Clifton Beaulieu Velna Smith Caroline Block Ward Duffield Ruth Brown Sophomore Lillian Kinney Lena Dew Marcus Williamson Clement Dougherty Lyle Joh nson SECOND PERIOD Caroline Block Lillian Kinney Velna Smith Clifton Beau'ieu Ward Duffield Ruth Brown THIRD Caroline Block Velna Smith Clifton Beaulieu Ruth Brown Ward Duffield Marcus Williamson Lena Dew Charles McLane Clement Dougherty PERIOD Marcus Williamson Lillian Kinney Lena Dew Charles McLane Alice Willey FOURTH PERIOD Caroline Block Lillian Kinney Clifton Beaulieu Velna Smith Ward Duffield Ruby Pavin Alice Willey Lena Dew Marcus Williamson Charles McLane INSANE MOMENTS Cecile: “I got fifty in my intelligence test.’’ Vivian: ’’Then that makes you a half wit.’’ Ham: “Did ya hear about the explosion down at Bunko: “No, was anyone hurt?’’ Ham: “Naw, a sack of letters went off. Freshman Lee Duffield Bessie Dew Anna Block Edna Fairclough Lorraine Granoski Lee Duffield Edna Fairclough Bessie Dew William Peterson Anna Block Lee Duffield Bessie Dew Edna Fairclough Anna Block Marian Ziemer Lee Duffield Bessie Dew Edna Fairclough William Peterson Anna Block the post office?” Sinclair: “They say a student should have eight hours of sleep a day. Ward: “True, but who wants to take eight classes. Miss Wold: “Clement, use ‘cauterize’ in a sentence.’’ Ham: “I knew she was mine the minute 1 caught her eyes. Marc’s father (to son whom he had caught smoking) : Smoking, hey? Marc S.: “No, sir, tobacco.” Mary B.: “Why is a giraffe’s neck so long?” Marcus: “Because, my dear, his head is so far away from his body. 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