Carter County High School - Medicine Rock Yearbook (Ekalaka, MT)

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MEDICINE ROCK She vanished suddenly and 1 seemed to be walking down a street in Eka- laka. In the yard of the public school was a group of children playing games. In their midst stood Gladys Johnson, instructing them. 1 immediately knew that she had reached her goal as a teacher. Farther down the street I saw another classmate, Pauline Vedell, coining toward me. There was a dark complexioned man With her. I learned from her that she had married immediately after her graduation. Like all the others they disappeared, and I found myself entering a court room in Chicago. I heard a commanding voice from somewhere in the room and looking up 1 saw a short little man talking to a large assembly. Foster Oliver Was pleading an important criminal case. Behind him I saw a slender girl, who 1 knew was Betty Macnab, taking notes rapidly in shorthand on Foster’s plea to a jury. Betty, too, had met success. Again, I was carried away and everything w'as a blank till I seemed to see a splendid school building with the inscription, “Enter.” As I passed through the corridor, I heard the blowing of a w'histle in the distance. Then 1 saw' a red-headed woman coaching a basketball team. When she saw me she came forth and I recognized Y’Vonne Arpan. She told me that her girls had won a silver cup for athletics. I was growing so accustomed to the disappearing of my friends that I was not surprised when this picture grew dim and vanished. With a pleasant feeling of happiness I entered a beautiful yard around a wrhite farmhouse. In front of the yard was Carl Quam and his wife, working. He told me that he owned a thousand acre farm. He took me into the house and turned on the radio. “What was that man’s name just announced?” I asked. Carl laughed and said, “Why, that is Harry Hamster, the United States’ most famous poet. Haven’t you read his latest book of humorous poems?” A cloud passed before my eyes and Carl, too, was lost to me. I was back on the banks of the river and with a heart and mind full of joy 1 returned to my home in San Francisco. It has been ten years since graduation, and 1 have been teaching English in the high school for the last six years. MILDRED KORTUM. I 1931

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8. Chat bequeaths his ability to convince people to Oscar Quam. 9. Pauline hereby wills her attentiveness in Biology and her ability to study in the assembly to Luther Wheeler. 10. Clarence bequeaths his formula for keeping his hair so neatly combed to Walter Ness. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, We, the Graduates of the Class of nineteen hundred thirty-one, hereunto set our hand and seal this twentieth day of May, the year nineteen hundred and thirty-one. WITNESSES: HELEN LANTIS, The Countv Seat. The Town Pump. DOROTHY BEACH. Class Prophecy One evening, just as the moon peaked over the mountains, I was walking slowly through the forest, thinking of my high school days and wishing that I could see all of my classmates again. Suddenly 1 heard a faint voice calling for me to stop. 1 could not imagine from where the voice had come, but I obeyed. I looked down to the ground and saw a little elf. It said, “Follow me to the banks of the river, and you will see your companions of the years in Carter High School.” I followed and as I approached the river I felt a spell coming over me. What could be the matter? A heavy fog fell about me. As it folded away I found myself entering a large theater. Above the door I saw the name of Dorothy Beach emblazoned in red letters three feet high. As I came inside the building. I saw a brilliant- ly lighted stage on which Dorothy was dancing and singing before a large audience. I was told that she was the world’s most accomplished dancer. As suddenly as it had come the picture faded and I felt myself rising. I was in an aeroplane, and my pilot was no other than Clarence Wilkoske. I wanted to speak to him but at that moment the engine began to sputter and I knew that 1 must jump for my life. I landed on a large cactus and I knew that I was in Arizona. Looking around me I saW a very large house with many people in front of it. A beautiful woman came toward me from the house. I recognized Helen Lantis. She told me that she and her husband were running a dude ranch for eastern people.

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MEDICINE ROCK CLASS HISTORY The Class of 1031 entered the Carter County High School With an enroll- ment of twenty-three. We were the same as almost all other Freshman classes — green but promising. During the first nine months we learned in General Science what made the world go ’round. The Algebra class changed our a, b, c s to x, y, z's. Miss McCullum, our English teacher, ruthlessly weeded out some of our choice phrases, and we became very precise and prim. We were so very verdant that the upper classmen had much entertainment at our ex- pense, but we took the hazing as all good sportsmen should. In our second year we gathered in many demerit marks by trying to prove to the world how sophisticated we were. In our Junior year our heads had shrunk considerably, and we were pleased to have the lower classmen look up to us as though we were really going to be of importance. We had but one ambition—to be Seniors. The class worked hard to make the Junior Prom the best ever given. On May 2 our Junior Class play, “Ace High,” proved to be a great success. When we entered our last year as dignified Seniors we were only eleven in number, but we were determined to win. Of the eleven, Dorothy Beach, Pauline Vedell, and Helen Lantis, have been together since the first grade. Our first duty as Seniors was to select our class rings, and after much agreement and debate the rings were ordered. Our next duty Was that of selecting the motto, flower, and colors. It was decided that “Rowing, Not Drifting,” was most ap- propriate for our class, so it was chosen for the motto. Our flower, the lilac, our colors, lavender and green, were chosen because of their appropriateness to the season. Next came the excitement of announcements, then the selection of the Senior play, “Apple Blossom Time.” Now we are eagerly looking for- ward to Class Night and Commencement, when we shall receive our diplomas, and happily, yet regretfully, leave Carter County High School forever, feel- ing that we are profited by her careful guidance and instruction. Miss Helen Barron as our Senior sponsor helped us to make our play a success and ad- vised us in all our difficulties, making our path more pleasant. Our faculty composed of such efficient and capable men and women, is deserving of all our admiration, enthusiasm, praise and thanks. Y’VONNE ARPAN, PAULINE VEDELL.