Chinook High School - Breeze Yearbook (Chinook, MT)

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20 THE CHINOOK BREEZE May. 1927 SEVENTH AND EIGHTH GRADES EIGHTH GRADE EDITORIAL. The seniors, of course, think they are the most important class in school. Every other class thinks they are, too, for that matter. To show our importance w’e have gone through our eighth year with the greatest of pep. After meeting our home room teacher. Mrs. Williams, and electing our class officers, we settled down to work. It was not long, though, before we grew tired of the steady grind and had a party. To this we invited the seventh grade. It was a great success. Then, to our amazement, the semester tests were awaiting us. Most of us got through all right and went on with our daily lessons. In the second semester we gave an entertainment for the assembly. The main feature of this was a play. “That Love of a Bonnet.” Later on, we had a St. Patrick’s party, which also was a success. Then just as we were beginning our plans for a picnic the seventh grade invited us to attend theirs. In the Exhibition, which took place in May. we also showed our ability. We made “Montana Government” booklets and showed our musical talent in singing. When the deciding time came, wfe were all awaiting our cards with greatest hope. Most of us passed and next year will see us taking our places as Freshmen. SEVENTH GRADE EDITORIAL Do you know that the seventh grade of 1927 has the largest enrollment of any class in the history of the school? Not only that, but it is also the most brilliant one. E’s are abundant. F’s are few. Wait a minute! After I have spent much time in deep thought I cannot guarantee the above statement to be what you might call exactly true. If you are curious to know the truth, ask Mr. Zimmerman. He teaches our Science and Mathematics classes and has the inside dope on that subject. It was near Valentine’s day; and as our class had behved very well. Miss Anderson, our sponsor, suggested a Valentine party. There was work. I can tell you. but after our work came fun. There was excitement from beginning to end in the gym that night. A couple weeks after the party, we were called upon to give a program before the student body. We did. We certainly showed the older folks that we had talent. The seventh grade, as a whole, has found that from the age of six until they graduate, they will have to be constantly toiling. There seems to be no way of persuading the teachers to call time out. When the day comes that we no longer will have to dwell in the school house, pondering over our books, there will be this certainty in our minds, “The Senior Class of 1932 was the best class in the history of the Chinook High School.”

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22 THE CHINOOK BREEZE May. 1927 The Student Council We. the members of the Student Council, are elected each year to represent the student body as a whole in all school activities. It is our special privilege to approve all school constitutions, to undertake the sponsoring of all new clubs and class organizations, and to encourage school spirit. By giving the pupils a voice in all school activities, it is hoped that the school will be improved by having a harmonious group of students. The members of the Council are elected by each class as follows: Three representatives from the senior and junior classes: two from the sophomore and freshman classes; and one each from the seventh and eighth grades. On October 1, 1924, the Student Council was organized and a constitution drawn up with Helen Montgomery, chairman; Norma Gesell. secretary; and Donald Montgomery, sergeant-at-arms. During the second semester. Vera Murphy was chairman; Norma Gesell. secretary; Goldie Bloomer, sergeant-at-arms. The Council did many things worthy of mention during that year. Under their leadership a “Shirt Tail Parade” was held in order to advertise for a new gymnasium. They appointed a committee thta was to arouse an interest in debating and glee clubs. After members were obtained, the organizations became active. They also required a report from the treasurer of the Student Activity Fund, so that the students would know for what purposes the money of that fund was spent. As they felt that the school should publish an annual, they presented the idea to the senior class. This class decided to undertake to sponsor the publication of an annual. The next year Vera Murphy was elected chairman; William McGregor, secretary; Henry Lehfeldt. sergeant at-arms. That year the council established a system oi banking class funds. The benefit of this plan is to save the banks the trouble of handling petty accounts and also protects the class funds. The council encouraged much school spirit during the tournament. They held a contest in order to obtain new yells. John Cronk and Clarence Achen received the prizes. Under the sponsorship of the council, the school elected Wm. McGregor as yell leader. The council provided the students with orange and black caps and megaphones of the same colors on which was written the school song, “We’ll Never Let C. H. S. Fall.” To make the assemblies more interesting, the council proposed that one class entertain in assembly each week. These entertainments have been very interesting as well as instructive to the whole school. The council changed the “Student Voice” from a commercial department paper to a high school enterprise. Since all of the pupils now take more of an interest in the paper, it has been much improved. This year Carl Noyes was elected chairman: Loretta Maney, secretary; John Cronk, sergeant-at-arms. The representatives are as follows: Seniors— John Cronk. Leonard Harlen, Kathleen Moore; Juniors—Carl Noyes, Loretta Maney, Lillian Lawson; Sophomores—Mary Pyette. Edward McPherson; Freshmen—Joe Sackett. Agnes Olson; Eighth and Seventh Grades—Roy Maney and Gladys Hotten-stein. The council aroused much “pep” for the tournament, and elected John Cronk as yell leader. They awarded football letters to the boys who had earned them. They also retained Anna Maney as secretary of the Student Activity Fund. The Student Conn il is of the students, by the students, and for the students. The “C” Club The “C” Club of Chinook High School was organized in the fall of 1922 by Vernon Sanders, our instructor and coach of the school at that time. Milo Sands. William Ross. Leonard Cole, Alvin Rasmussen, Roger Cronk. Walter Ramberg, William Maney, Bert Murphy. Ronald Ronne, Harold Howe, Theodore Fredlund. Vernon Fredlund. Donald Snedecor. Jesse Brooks, and Garland Willman, who were the first men to receive Chinook letters, were the original members of the organization. The “C” Club was organized to boost athletics and to raise funds for the support of the same. It has been the policy of this Club to sponsor a carnival every year to help to raise money for athletics. The carnivals in the past have been very successful, both in giving the people of this city a good time and in raising money for the school. Each year new members are added to the organ- isation. The membership of the Club ranges from fifteen to twenty members. To ’ e ' me a member of the “C” Club one must earn a letter in one of the three major sports of the school and t°ke a rledge which is as fe llows: “As a member of the C. H. S. and a wearer of its letter. I will do my best to stand for my school against all others; to strive in every way to make my school mean more to the community and to myself; to never by word or act do anything that would in any way mar the good name of my school.” The Club is now under the supervision of Coach John Rebol. Although the Club is y..ung. it has been a credit to the s hcol; and in the future it will no doubt stand at the head of its class. We can but hope that it will retain the high standards of sportsmanship and fellowship that it has revealed in the past.