Chinook High School - Breeze Yearbook (Chinook, MT)

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12 decided to have a class party. As only half of the class was present, the occasion warf not so successful. In public speaking, both years, the Sophomores were well represented by Donald Blackstone. future president of the U. S.. Leonard Darien and Greta Sands. In basketball. Greta and Anna Manoy were surely “go-getters. I aPriel Williams certainly let the other side know she was present, and this was also true of Florence Campbell. Some say she was quiet and bashful, but put In ' it there as guard and then watch her The Sophomores entertained the Harlem football boys at the school house by giving them a feed and a dance afterward. In Biology many hair-raising debates and arguments were held. One could surely develop his talent for argument in that class. A field trip was taken around the first part of the year, which was a very pleasant and piofitable experience, although some were more interested in choke-cherries and birds’ nests than bugs. etc. On the whole the Sophomore class of 1925 is a jolly, peppy and intelligent class full of high minded youths who are looking for big things in this life and will not give up until they have succeeded. -------CHS.------- FUNNY, FRISKY FRESHIES In the fall of 1922 a bevy of excited and proud classmates trooped from the old grade building to the beckoning doors of the Junior High. This was our first year in High School and we planned to make it an eventful one. Miss Goodrie, a jolly sport, was our roll call teacher. It was under her supervision that all our parties and picnics were huge successes. Mr. Budewitz is fresh in the memory of all the class—he was our witty mathematics teacher. When we proved ♦. impossible, he stopped the monotony of the class by a story or one of his witty remark , which brought us all back into good humor again. In this year many classmates w. re added to the ever increasing roll of a noble class. Yes. we were wild and woolly. It was new to us but in the course of the year’s time we managed to get tamed down and he come more sophisticated. The eighth grade was more difficult than the seventh, nevertheless all of us managed to pass except one. This showed what wise birds we were. Mrs. Williams was ou» roll call, history and civics teacher. M ss An dcrson taught English and Mr. Budevitz mathematics and science. Miss Bancroft instructed the girls in sewing and Mr. Smith who had charge of manual training, taught the boys many things about carpentering. At our class parties we usually enjoyed ourselves. but some still persisted in staying at home as they had done the previous year. So the year passed and now you find us the funny, frisky freshies. The best cl ss in high school. Our home room teacher (g Miss Soule, and she surely is a good one. Our esteemed Algebra teachers. Mr. Sanders and Mr. Peterson, each teach half of our class. Miss M Nall is succeeding in making good housekeepers out of the girls, and was THE CHINOOK BREEZE also willing to teach boys to cook and sew if they were willing to learn. Miss Anderson. our English teacher. Miss Northup our standby in Latin. and Mr. Julian In Civics. Mr. Julian is all right—it’s the subject he teaches that gets us.” Tho we were dubbed green by all other classes, we held our own in all school affairs. Four of our men. Crawford. Glenn Harbolt, Harold Barber and Ernest Wallner. on the first football squad, and three on the basket ball team. Neither were the girls slouches in this sport. The “C” club and High School Glee Club were also honored with representatives of the Freshman Class. We succeeded too in launching Mildred Williams in the Dramatic Club. The Freshman is known the school over as being a peppy class and noted for the good times. We started out by having an old-time hard time” party. Many characters were represented and the affair came off with a bang.” Everyone had a wonderful time. Noble Class officers were elected to handle class affairs. Harold Barber as our president. Ernest Wallner our vice president and Orpliu Gesell our secretary and treasurer. We.chose orange and white as our class colors and we challenged all other classes to defy them. To conclude this we would like to state that we are not os green as many people suppose. If anyone dares to say this is not true, he may come around to see us some night after school. But he had better make his will, before leaving home, in case something might happen. ------c.h.s.------- Of what use is iron in the human body? Makes It rust, of course. May. 1925 THE FACULTY (Continued from page six) Mrs. Williams, who teaches History and Civics, is one of the most loved teachers we have had. What wouldn’t we give to be able to recite History as she does! She was born in Ohio, where she lived until 1894. After graduating from Oberlin College, in Ohio, she took tip teaching and came West ouite a number of years ago. She has been teaching in Chinook schools for many years and the hard work and untiring efforts she I ut forth will surely bring her great reward some day. She is loads or fun. too. and will always be remembered by the numbers of pupils she has brought through the trials of history. Mr. Zimmerman. Junior High School Mathematics and Science teacher, is from Minnesota, but Is not Swede. There are others besides the Sw'edes that come from there, you know. He was born at Bertha. Minnesota. Later his folks went to Helena, where he graduated from high school. He attended College at St. Cloud, graduating from there in 1922. His first two years of teaching were spent at Fergus Falls and in 1924. he decided to try the west so came here, where he became quite popular. His spare time is spent is good company, we know—so what’s the difference? Now that you have a little insight into their lives and characteristics, can you blame us for boasting of our faculty? They certainly are fine and it is our hope that C. 11. S. will always be able to secure teachers that measure up to the standard of ours this year. -------c. h ,s.--- Mr. Julian — about to address the high school: “Before I begin to speak I would like to say a few words. FRESHMAN CLASS. Fitting—Bruce Seymour. Carl Noyes. Parmiter Bickle, Orin Wolary. Conrad Ruhr, Bern-hard Skones. Jennings Dowen. Paul Davis. Second row Marjorie Soule (Sponsor), Mildred Williams. Beulah Laswell. Pearl Laswell. Ray Fleming. Sylvia Bloomer. Orpha Gesell. Phyllis Sheppard. Loretta Maney, Lillian Nick. Albert Spring. Third row Lillian Lawson. Harold Barber. Glenn Harbolt. Frances Ramberg. Dorothy Kenyon, LulaMay Savage. Mildred Gibbs. Lucille I’hares. Eldon Crawford. John Richmond. Ernest Wallner.

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May. 1925 THE CHINOOK BREEZE 11 SOPHOMORE CLASS. Sitting—Warren Phelan. Orville Watkins. Henry Lehfeldt. Second row—Harold Peterson. Walter Gibbs. Donald Blackstone. John Cronk. Leonard Harlen. Third row Angeline Cole. Mildred Utter. Doris Brinkman. Mary Fast. Elsie Maeirt. Louise Hiebert, Letha Runyan. Top row- Vernon Sanders. Kathleen Moore. Gertrude Winters. Angeline Lawson. Hulda Olson. Irene McClelland. Florence Campbell. SOPHOMORE CLASS HISTORY During our freshman and sophomore year many incidents happened which will not soon be forgotten by our merry group. In the year of 1923. thirty-live untrained and wild young mavericks assembled in the commercial room to he sorted out, hog-tied and halter-broken by the various teachers. Miss Clark proved to be well experienced on the subject and before we knew it we were all settled down, with the exception of Warren Phelan and Leonard Harlen. who, although they were given a ten-minute lecture on the subject of manners, etc., almost every day and night, gave the rest of the class the impression that they had been reared in the wilds of Africa. They also gave undoubted evidence to prove that the theory of Evolution is true. During the year, several of our members found the roads pretty rough and decided to remain as they were. One of our geniuses -Gyda Ronne -left us to live in Oregon, and wo sadly missed her cheerful smile. The first celebration in the history of our class was the class picnic. Mr. Huston Smith and Mr. Vernon Sanders, as usual, were the star performers and as a roaring bonfire cast long, spooky shadows over the merry group, we huddled closer together and listened to Willis Fredlund and the others singing. Maybe you think we didn’t experience some real thrills! While crossing the creek on the way home. Miss Clark became so interested in the reflection of the beautiful scenery therein, that she lost her balance, and Mr. Smith was obliged to act as hero. Who can ever forget the happy days we spent in room 24? Mr. Smith was ever ready to laugh with us even though Greta Sands did make some discouraging remarks, and Johnny Cronk always took the wrong meaning to intelligent statements. Marjorie Miller and Letha Run van would spent the majority of the recitation period in a whis-rered conversation concerning anything but General Science. I don’t think that Greta Sands and Anna Maney iave been seen chewing gum since the time that Mr. Smith made them write “I will not chew gum two thousand times. That was really hard work. In English the Merchant of Venice and Julius Caesar” were thoroughly enjoyed, especially when Evelyn Campbell and Henry Lehfeldt acted as husband and wife. Although none of the Freshmen took part in the activities of “Sneak Day. it was an interesting part of our history to see the poor Seniors punished. Some of the Juniors and Sophomores thought they were as big as the Seniors, and—well, they got theirs, too. We were sorry to lose Laura Phares from our midst. Because of sickness she was forced to remain at home, and so the Eighth Grade added her to their homogeneous? list. During the year the Freshmen decided to have a party. After much discussion a Hard Time party was decided upon. We reached this decision because Marjorie Miller didn’t have a dress to wear. Merrill Smith enjoyed playing Heavy, heavy hangs over thy head.” because he could take Miss Bancroft for a walk. Huston Smith didn't want to play anything else, thinking he might get another chance to make love to Miss Clark. Before we ended our celebration. a few Seniors invaded our area and kidnaped a few of our members. The Latin I and 11 class gave a picnic at Paradise Dam. Miss Anderson proved to be very much afraid of snakes, while Miss Northup was mistaken for one of Mack Sennett’s bathing beauties. The lunch consisted of weiners. buns. cake. pop. coffee and pickles. The C” Club carnival was a red letter event mainly because of the howling success it proved to be. We were well represented in the Queen contest by Letha Runyan. and Warren Phelan made an expert f -eak. The Freshman girls’ Japanese Tea Room was a noticeable feature of the program. Another picnic brightened the daily routine of our monotonous spring days. How hard it was to keep our minds on school work when the birds and other mysterious voices of Nature were calling to us! I’m afraid there were too many cases of spring fever those first few wonderful days. Our picnic was a grand success and the fact that Huston Smith and Miss Clark were roped and tied to a tree together afforded much amusement for the others. A grand lunch was served and coffee was boiled over a leaping bonfire. I ater a few boys and girls left for town, owing to the fact that they had dates pending. The time went by so fast that soon the storm of semester exams hung threateningly over our heads. The very thought made us shudder, and some of us. indeed, were lost in the whirlwind to find ourselves behind t ur classmates. Nevertheless, we greatly icjoiced because of the vacation which was to follow. We left our friends sorrowfully making many promises to return after a tl ree-month period, a joy and contentment that of not having to study. After a few heart-breaking experiences, lots of fun and a little sorrow the old gang assembled in room 21 this time under the auspices of Vernon Sanders. A few more mavericks were added to the list among whom were Mary Fast. I aPriel Williams. Harold Peterson and a few others. Some of our old classmates sought other fields— among these was Ruth Carley. Mr. Sanders proved to be a very efficient boss, and Mr. Peterson, who took Merrill Smith’s place, was a good sport, too. Miss Soule took the place of Miss Clark, and I am sure that those who took Commercial subjects enjoyed them very much. Although Florence and Evelyn Campbell spent the first half of the period comparing and reading bills , drafts , or what we more commonly called notes” from Wallner Bros.. Inc.. 1 am sure that they learned as much of bookkeeping as did any of us. Evelyn always became excited when it came time to open another envelope, because she wanted to see what was in it and each time would exclaim. “Oh. gee. this is just like Christmas. The first half of the semester a few of our gay classmates left us. among whom were Perry Cowan. Mary Pyette and Harold Gro-ven. Our class seems to be diminishing gradually, but we’ve got the same old spirit and pep which makes our class the best one in school. We can all agree that the success of obtaining the gym was the most important event. The shirt-tail parade was indeed picturesque and one in which the Sophomores took active part. After Christmas vacation, the Sophomores

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May. 1925 THE CHINOOK BREEZE 13 EIGHTH GRADE HISTORY In the spring of 1923 when we received oar promotion certificates we felt pretty grown up because we were seventh graders and in Junior High Schoc . We had a glorious vacation and were glad to get back to school again in the fall. When the last bell rang, a buzz ot excited end nervous graders rushed pell-mell into Miss Anderson’s room for roll call. Ail went well until the buzzer rang then how we jumped! Miss Anderson taught us English. Poor Miss Anderson! How she did have to criticize us. for we were not advanced in the ways of English. Mr. Bade wit z steered us safely through the intricacies of mathematics. Miss Bancroft taught drawing. It seemed that confusion always reigned in drawing class. Most of us had a study period after dinner, which we used for a rest period instead of study. We always had a good time after four o’clock with Miss Anderson. for the hours we spent with her at that time were many. The first social affair we held that year was a picnic. We invited the eighth grade, but our regrets and sorrows were many when supper time came. The picnic was held a mile and a half south of town, in a beautiful cottonwood grove, beside the river. It was quite dark when we at last returned nome—much to the delight of certain ones there. We later learned from Mr. Juliun and Mr. Budewitz that we were very disorderly at the picnic. We elected Ingwald Fredlund president of our class, and Lucille O'Brien secretary and treasurer. The rest of the year was rather dull except for the two class parties, each one being a “howling” success. At the last party Mrs. Williams gave us information as to how a Virginia Reel is accomplished. The old gang” sure rushed out of the school house when vacation time came. But when vacation time was over we were all glad to rush back, as the “peppy eighth graders of ’24. We began the year right by electing Arthur Lehfeldt president and Laura McKinnie secretary and treasurer. We also organized »». “Good Citizenship Club” of which Stanley Trcchta was president and Betty Hoover vice-president. Our club improved our behavior and now we are real citizens. We had the same teachers as the year before with the exception of Mr. Zimmerman. who took Mr. Budewjtz's place, and Miss McNall. who took Miss Bancroft's place. Our social activities were a complete success this year. We held two parties, the 1 tter party being held on St. Patrick’s day. We awarded first prize for best costume to Ingwald Fredlund and second prize to Mrs. Williams, who dressed as a. (plaint, old-fashioned lady in a dress dating back to the time before the Civil War. It was whispered that Donald Morrison did not enjoy himself because he was too busy watching charming Miss McKinnie. Stanley Trachta and Betty Hoover were said to have had a good time. Our picnic was indeed a picnic, for all that it was held at the south end of the gravel pit. Our athletics have improved this year, for we won a degree of fame by defeating the unconquerable Sophomores. Unfortunately we were beaten by Harlem, and razzed by the school till we know it won’t happen again. School is nearly over now. and next year we are going to be full-fledged Freshmen. We may be green and we may be laughed at, but just watch our dust! -------C.H.8.----- SEVENTH GRADE HISTORY Onct upon a time their were a awful big class, and they come from the sixth grade. Well, that seventh grade class were a good one; they were almost, first in everything. When we came to school the first, day we don't no what to do. so we gets a seat and wonders what were cornin’ next. Their were one teacher’s get up and said what we seventh graders was expected to do. The teacher give us a lesson for the next day. After we got ust to that we felt quite at home hear. After we had school for about a week they started to practice foot ball. Now over In the grade building they practiced all the time and they says they thought they’ll play a game against us and the green eighth graders they gets right to work and showed ’em how to play and wallerped ’em good and hard. The things rowled along until basket ball season came and Mr. Zimmer-ment he start us kids playing ball. We play Harlem and Havre and gets skinned ter pieces. Them partys was shore dandy wuns. MIsses Andersen. Missus Wilyums. Misster Zimmerment and Misster Smith were their. First we played a game and then we got the eats. Hot dog. but them eats was dandy. When the seenyers. junyers. sofmores and freshmans gives parties they ain’t know good and when we gives ’em they was the best ever, the teecher says so to. When we elekted ophisers we feel more brfsnez like and gets down to buisnez. Holey Reser he was president and Agnes Olson she was secretare and treasure. And Isabell Grifin she waz our representative in the stewdent consel. When we had our clazz picnics we elekted some cumitteH. Holey Reser he thought he was gonna have a awfull time to make us kids pay atenshun and Miss Andersun she got awful mad and sumtymes she just ups and changes them good grades of ourn to most nothin. Our English teacher had us kids write a play. The name of it was legent of sleep; hoi loo. We acted out the play to it and it sur was a sucksess of course anything wo seventh graderrs done is a sucksess. Billie dook was the rip roorinest kid I ever seer. I think the teacher ought to up and wallop him good and plenty. We sur are good at writin theames and we ain’t running outa material either like some other clazzes. Mr. Zimmerment had us writ theames in sivic sints being we rote such good ones. When we gits up in the big clazzes we ain't gonna sit around like them seenyers. were gonna git hi grades and worrk like a pak a bees. The seventh graders sur is a grate bunch. Fenerl Redecop he wouldn’t learn nothing and he up and says hes gonna quite school if we have the same mess o' teechers. On count of us being such good skolers espeshly witin theames we expects to be seenyers some day and granulate and next year we will be eighth graderrs and we ain’t gonna be a dum c’-izz eether. Well, so long, see you next yeer maibee. ------c.h.s.-------- Alberts.: Say. Bill! Bill M.: What? Albert: You know that cow y ’d me you’d sell the other day for $10.0 Bill: Yep. Albert: I’ll buy her. Bill: Nope. Won't sell her now. Albert: Why not? Bill: She got well. The height of painlessness is a splinter in a wooden leg. Martha: Did Anna blush when her stocking came down at the Prom? Peggy: Well. I didn't notice. Milo: I understand they are going to do away with class pins. Helen: How’s that? Milo: There’s nothing to pin them on any more. Swimming Instructor: Can you swim very well? Carl Noyes: No. sir. but 1 can sure wade! Red: How did you get by in English without studying? Mac: I worked out a cross-word puzzle mv Prof, couldn’t figure out. Jennings D.: Could you tell me in round numbers what I made in the test? Mr. Julian: Yes. zero! Earl M.: Would you like to see something swell? Anna Cline: Oh. yes! Earl: Just drop these beans in the water and watch them. Louis J.: Those trousers of yours look a bit worn. Bill Maney: Yes. they are on their last legs. Fat: That rouge certainly looks unnatural 1 thought for a long time it was your skin. Madeline: Well, it was the next thing to Grandmother: Johnny. I wouldn’t slide down those stairs. Johnny: Wouldn’t? Shoot, you couldn’t! Twenty Years Later Slowly, silently, she yielded to his for.d embrace. The great red moon smiled dow l in approval. As he clasped her in his arms r.nd pressed a kiss on her upturned lips she softely murmured— (To be Continued) “How I love to wind my mouth up; how I love to hear it go.”—Vera Murphy.