Clear Lake High School - Echo Yearbook (Clear Lake, WI)

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THE ECHO Class Will The day is close at hand, when our council members shall withdraw from the fireside circle to their lonely tents for the last time. We regret parting with old friends and rivals; the place which they hold in our hearts is one to be envied. As a mark of appreciation for their friendly attitude and readiness to lend a helping hand, we are bequeathing to our successors, our most cherished relics. To the Junior Class as a whole, we are leaving those two rows of seats at the extreme left of the Assembly. Charles Cronk is willing to leave his good favor among the teachers to Roy Murray. Helene Henson requests that Donald Schultz receive her ambition, and may he profit well by it. Virgil Miller wants Margaret Nelson to have his broom wielding qualities. May she ever improve upon them. Harold Larson is leaving to Marjorie Greene his many hikes out in the country. What could be sweeter? Neil Smith says his quiet disposition really belongs to Evelyn Rue. Henrietta Brandt bequeaths her letter-writings to Elizabeth Gombus. Thomas Reindahl prefers to retain his Baseball talent, although he says that by sending him a self-addressed, stamped envelope, he'll reveal a few high points enviable in any good player. Myrl Lindahl is leaving her giggle to Vera Van Blaricom. Hester Stumo gladly wills her History period to any one who promises to make good use of it. Albert Schultz’s ‘‘Basket Ball Standard” is for Lester Lindahl. All of Ardell Reetz’s good qualities are for Jeanette Gale. Please handle with care, Jeanette. Byron Arenson has decided to grow up and is willing his childish habits to Joyselle Hedlund. Howard Criswell has consented, after long deliberation, to leave his bewitching smile to Erland Hanna. Katherine Gombus surrenders her History dates to Robert Riley. Evelyn Gregerson leaves her perseverance and pluck to Erma Blatt. Janet Nelson’s gift of gab goes to Vivian Grunke. Anna-Marie cannot part with her musical talent, but she is leaving her desire to argue to Maxine Van Blaricom. Myrtle Gregorson will leave her elongated stature to Mildred Witthoft, providing she promises to give it the best of care. Lawrence Van Ruden is leaving his position on the Senior class team to Donald Larsen. Alice West’s pleasing personality is to be reserved for Marshall Christianson, when he becomes a Senior. Viola Benson bequeaths her many trips to Turtle Lake to Doris Schultz. Please maintain the correct schedule, Doris. Hugh Sadler leaves his weakness for Physics to Donald Pierson. Charles Langer is loath to part with aught but his favor among the girls. This he wishes Edward Schultz to have. Harold Gifford requests that his place in the band go to Harold Kittleson. Lloyd Iverson and Dale Christison agree that since they will not be taking Physical Education next year, their suits go to Douglas Campbell and Norman Jones. Florence Schultz's undying interest in her work may be of value to Orson Gustafson. Ann Van Blaricom leaves her place as cheer leader to Florence Johnson. Our lasting impressions upon our teachers will, please, be equally distributed among the remaining lower classmen. Some, of course, are not as favorable as others; however, it is our last wish that they be dealt with equally as well as the remaining few. THE SENIOR CLASS. Page Eighteen

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THE ECHO Class Prophecy “ with Hester Stumo as mistress of this cozy little home.“—” Ouch! Fire! Help! In one instant I was awake and sharing the excitement with the rest of the girls. (A spark had blown from the camp fire onto one of the beds, and immediately the entire camp was ablaze.) After an hour of intense excitement we had quenched the flame entirely, but with such an awakening, the entire group was indifferent toward sleep, so we gathered around the camp fire which had, again, been rekindled. It was then that my thoughts first traveled back to where I had been in my dreams. Quite a romantic story for the fireside, I felt, so I endeavored to relate to the girls what I had learned in my dreams. The period covered a number of years, beginning in Sociology Class, when we were seniors in High School. We were in the midst of a discussion of industry and individualism. The question was, “How to Decrease Divorce. I was suddenly aware of strange and new surroundings and learned that it was a divorce court with Howard Criswell reigning as high official. Helene Henson was official reporter at court. Howard, of course, was in a position to learn very little of the classmates, but he informed me that Evelyn and Myrtle Gregirson were proprietors of an exclusive tea room in that town. He said he had also read of Harold Clifford’s famous trip to Mars. I left the courtroom, and walked down the street, when suddenly I realized that I was no longer in San Francisco, but had been unconsciously transported to Superior, Wisconsin. The first place I entered there was a teachers' training school. I was amazed at finding Neil Smith .here as principal and more so upon learning that Katherine Gombus, who entered shortly, was his private secretary. Neil invited me to visit the Physics class, and there 1 found more surprises awaiting me. Thomas Reindahl was supervising the class. Charles Cronk, after a famous non-stop flight around the world, had come to earth and was preparing to teach Physics. 1 was led to a room where a Manual Training class was being conducted, with Lawrence Van Ruden as instructor, something quite out of the ordinary for Lawrence, but nevertheless he was in love with his work. Down in the gymnasium a girls' Physical Education class was in session. Alice was calling the commands to “open ranks one—two—three—four the same system that Miss Moe had carried out in our High School class. I left the building, and as I came out upon the street, my attention was attracted in the direction of a large crowd of men and women. From within the circle which they had formed, I could distinctly hear a clear voice ringing out in a convincing tone with arguments against prohibition. When the applause had died down and the crowd began to dissemble, my curiosity regarding the speaker was satisfied. It was none other than Charles Langer, that “Soap Box Orator of High School days. My surprise was no greater than his and upon recognition he invited me to visit his apartment that he shared with Lloyd Iverson. Lloyd was doing part-time office work, and spent the rest of his time on an airplane of his own handiwork. He called it “Cleopatra” but “Speed was its nickname. But alack and alas—before Charles and I had gone very far, I found that instead of walking with him in the streets of Superior I was alighting from a taxi in the down town district of Chicago, in the midst of a hail storm. My taxi driver was Byron Arenson, but before I could realize that at one time we had been classmates he had sped away in his machine. Looking about me 1 discovered that I was near a florist, and a place of shelter was my greatest desire at that moment, so I entered the building. There among the flowers I found Mvrl Lindahl. I was not a little amazed at finding her here, when she had always talked of Paris so much. Through her I learned that Viola Benson had acquired fame through her wonderful welfare work, and that Anna-Marie Fink was touring Europe, giving violin lessons. {Continued on page 47) Page Seventeen

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