Colon High School - Magi Yearbook (Colon, MI)

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Doreen—It says ‘‘John E. Hill, Pastor of the Fairfax First Baptist Church, desires to publicly make known his great success in his field of work. On Sunday last he baptized twenty-five people in the St. Joseph River in twenty four minutes.” Floss—Some speed, Ed! Doreen—Speaking of Ed, one always thinks of Leslie Enos. They were as insepar able as the Siamese Twins. Floss--“Sa)e man, Cosmetics” Hm! Leslie selling beauty preparations! He must be about forty years old. he ought to be settled down. Oh, ouiji, is Leslie Enos married? Doreen—”N.».” Just as I thought. Even in H. S. Leslie ran around with all the girls but didn’t give a Hip for any of them. Still he used to favor Fay Halberstadt. Come, ouiji, do you know anything about her? Floss—“Fay Halberstadt is now showing great ability and doing wonderful work as a Missionary to China(e).” Doreen—Hum, she had a leaning to that in H. S. and you know that adage • As the twig is bent so is the tree inclined ” Floss—The ouiji is telling us something voluntarily. Let us read. Doreen—“I am Franklin Seaver. At present I am carrying on a work to prove that my ideas are right and that the natives of Southeastern Africa can form a Baseball League superior to any in Europe or A't erica. After completing the course of rigid training I am putting them through we shall make a tour around the world. As soon as we play the Cubs of Iceland we will come down to play the hitherto Peerless Colon League, if they will accept our challenge.” Punk was always talking League baseball in H. S. Floss—Yes, and Bill Baad was always talking Socialism. If there were ever any dis -Wes between the Democrats and Republicans, Bill never quarreled. He took his stand for Socialism. “And now” says the ouiji, “he is about to be nominated as a Socialist candidate for the Presidency of the United States. He’ll get it, too.” But beware of Debs’ fate. Doreen—Isn’t that just fine? To think he graduated from Colon. My, I’m glad to have that Pioneer that he was editor of. Now there are Mona Mae, Carl. Esther, Fay, Punk, Bill, Ed. and Leslie Enos. Who else was in our class? Floss—Let’s see; Clella Bubb, Fuzzy Decker, and - - - Doreen—And you and I. Florence—Ouiji, where’s Clella? Doreen Look, what the ouiji says. Where do you expect? Floss—I guess we all know what to expect. I suppose she married Mike. Doreen—Fuzzy, you are next. Floss—‘ Carl Decker has lately become a general.” Doreen—Does the ouiji mean a General in the Army? Florence—Of course not. A general nuisance. And as for you—what do you do? Doreen- Oh, I don’t do anything at all. What do you do? Doreen—I do anybody I can.

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Valedictory Teachers, Members of the School Board, Classmates and friends. We, the class of 1921, have assembled here tonight for the last time as students of Colon High School. Tomorrow we shall have started the rocky accent of life, which lies directly before us. But as a farewell greeting we wish to show our appreciation to our friends for their important part in our preparation for the great tasks before us. To our Teachers, we wish to extend our sincere thanks. It is due to their kindness and unselfishness, more than any other factor, that we are what we are, today. Because of their influence we have progressed thus far so successfully in our journey of life. And as we go out into life, in our victories and defeats, our thoughts will always come back, and our hearts will go out to our instructors, who so faithfully taught us to tight our battles of life. The school Board, we wish to thank heartily for their cooperation, and the tine management of our school the four years, which we have spent here. Jt is thru your farsightedness and ability to handle the problems of the school, that our institution is classed among the best. And as we leave tonight, we wish to extend our hopes for your prosperity and the success and exaltation of Colon High School. Our Parents and Friends, we thank for their tine support of our educational institutions. It is your forgetfulness of self and your ceaseless devotion, that has enabled us to secure an education not to be surpassed in any other town in our state. It is your pride to have your sons and daughters receive the best education, and your persistency in raising the standard of our High School, that brings the excellent results. We also thank you for your hearty support of our school activities. Also we have special affection for one who has faithfully coached us for the further development and success of Colon High School in her endeavors for supremacy in athletics. To the under-graduates we extend our deepest thanks ior their invaluable help in promoting the success of our activities. We leave with you our best wishes and hopes, that you may do far greater things for Colon High School than we have; that you may