Coopersville High School - Zenith Yearbook (Coopersville, MI)

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Prophecy Scene—Cafe of summer resort. Two at table waiting for sodas, two others walk in immediately after curtain rises and are recognized. Evelyn—Well, for pity’s sake, if here isn’t Breck and John! Ruth—Where? Oh! Breck—Evelyn and Ruth ! John—Sure enough. Well, this is luck. I haven’t seen anyone from the old class for an age. E.- Do sit down and tell us what you’ve been doing all this time. It.—Yes, do. I haven’t seen either of you since commencement. (Waiter appears and takes orders). B.—Well, I took a course in Athletic Coaching after I left C. H. S. My first attempt at the business was at Union High in Grand Rapids. I soon secured an appointment to Harvard, where I have been coaching for the past few years. You remember I always liked any kind of athletics during my high school life. I don’t know what John’s been doing. J.—I’ve been working for the government since I left college. Just now I’m going to different cities to lecture on the need of better conditions for boys in re- form schools. But what have you girls been doing? E.—Oh, I’ve been teaching school ever since graduation except for a few years when I took a Normal course and obtained a life certificate. I just came to this resort to spend my vacation and met Ruth here. R.—Yes, and we’ve been having a grand time. After I left C. H. S. I took up a nurse’s course in the Blodgett Memorial Hospital of Grand Rapids. Since grad- uating from there I have been working as a trained nurse in Bronson Hospital in Kalamazoo. I am having a vacation now and have just come back from a trip to Washington to spend a few days here. I went out there to visit Warren. J.—And what is Warren doing now? R.—He’s in the Aerial Forest Guard out there. He always wanted to be an aviator. He entered an aviation school soon after he graduated and later went out to Washington. While out there I saw Gerald Squier. He’s a traveling sales- man for the Edison’s Wireless Telephone Company. B.—I saw him, too, a while ago. He’s doing a good business. He told me he had seen Myron Albrecht at Annapolis. He’s in the Navy now. He has been given an ensign’s commission lately. E.—He has! Well, he certainly is doing well. Did you know that Charles Allen has become a very successful lawyer? He began his practice three years ago in Grand Rapids. Now he is in Chicago. They say he can make the jury believe anything he wants to. He must be more convincing than he was at school. B.—Speaking of Chuck makes me think of Esther Cook. Has anyone seen or heard anything of her? E.—Yes, I saw her last summer. She has become a dietitian. After graduat- ing from High School she taught a country school for five years. Then she took up the study of dietetics at Ann Arbor. Now she is in Detroit seeing that “Stew” gets balanced rations. J.—Well, I’m glad the “case” is settled at last. That reminds me of Norma and Wayne. Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Murray. Ahem! Wayne is writing poetry now. You ought to read his last poem, “Ode To a Squash.” It’s a great suc- cess. Norma writes short stories, and censors his poetry. She is a great help. R.—I always tho’t so. And Helen is a poetess. You know she wrote poems when she was at school. Edithc is a “typewriter” now and she types Helen’s poems before sending them to the editor. Page Sixteen

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We found to our joy that we were twenty-five in number, including Ralph Ham- ilton, who had joined our class from Grand ville High School. “Ham” has been with us all year except a short time ago when he had to leave on account of ill- health. He helped very much and was interested in the orchestra, basket ball, base ball, and served as joke editor of the annual. On the evening of September 19, the Athletic Association had a social gathering in the Odd Fellows Hall. Games, music, and fun were amply provided for. Rut as Seniors wre shall especially remember it because we first succeeded in getting a banner because of our A. A. membership. So, naturally, we felt quite proud until recently, when the Juniors cleverly took it away from us. Our Senior year has been an enjoyable one, as a result of parties, basket ball games, socials, visits in the library, etc. The two parties, which were at the homes of Ruth Laug and Jennie Hinken, were immensely enjoyed by the class. Rut as to our visits in the library, we would rather study in the session room; however, we feel very grateful to our librarian, Esther Cook, for through her untiring efforts we have had “Lillies” in the library during the whole year. On April 18th, the girls had their “Gym” party. A large number were pres- ent, and all reported a good time. Music was furnished by the Girls’ Orchestra, games were played, and at a late hour refreshments were served. Now we are approaching graduation and the days of our high school life are almost over. Happy days they have been with a full measure of joy and a mini- mum of sorrow. For the last time as Seniors, we enter the halls of the old C. H. S., and with heavy hearts we shall pass out. Rut the passing out means greater work to be done, bigger tasks to be accomplished. When we realize this, more content- edly, wre pass on. We close with the wish that the history of each member of our class may be as interesting, happy, and successful in the years to come as we as a class have made it in the past four years. Hazel Lubben, '20♦ Success of Our Annual Great things have small beginnings; so it has been with our High School Annual. It is the first one published for fourteen years. In 1906 a very good annual was published, called the “Sybilline.” Rut the classes that followed did not continue this publication, so we, the class of 1920, feel proud that we have picked it up again, and hope to have made a success of it. Could we have suc- ceeded alone? No, indeed we depended on outside support, which has been given us in the form of advertisements, not only from our local business houses and fac- tories, but also by the Grand Rapids firms. We also owe thanks to Mr. Tandler, our publisher, for his kind help and interest in the printing of this annual. The graduating class have shown great enthusiasm in the Annual and have done their best to make it a success. We must not forget the other classes, which have also taken great interest in the work. As we, the Seniors of nineteen hundred and twenty, leave dear old High School, schoolmates, and teachers, we hope that in the years to come, we may keep in touch with them through means of the High School Annual and— As travelers, wre look back at eve, When eastward darkly going. To gaze upon that light wTe leave Still faint behind them glowing— So, when the close of pleasur’d day To gloom hath near consigned us, We turn to catch one fading ray Of joy that’s left behind us. Page Fifteen R. Edith Housler, '20.

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E.—Oh say! What became of Jennie Hinken? Did she take a business course, too ? J —No. She studied music after leaving High School. Now she’s teaching in the Grand Rapids Conservatory of Music. E.—I saw Glenn Messenger in Grand Rapids when I was there a while ago. He is a detective in Kresge’s New 5 and 10 cent store. He married his old love and seems to be quite happy. B.—1 was in Grand Rapids, too, a while ago and went to Coopersville for a few days. Who do you think is the superintendent of the old school? Russell Van Koevering! He sure makes those kids step around some. Mr. Birdsell, the old “sup., is selling Life Insurance in Muskegon. And Katie is his private secre- tary. They still scrap about every third day and so Katie works only about two days a week. R.—And Marion is running that little brick millinery shop on “shadyside.” All the swell dames from Grand Rapids come to her to get her original styles in hats. And did you know that Ruth and Hazel went to Japan as Missionaries when they finished college? They seem to like it there very much. They’ll be coming home in a couple of years. Perhaps we’ll see them then. J —Maybe. And who do you suppose I saw in Boston last year? Gladys DeNeff. That is, Mrs. Knowthedate. He’s an Historian. She seems to like the history he teaches better than that she received at High—or else he teaches it differently. She helps him with his research work and she never stops looking for a thing until she has exhausted every possible source. B.—1 11 bet not. Speaking of Boston reminds me. Did you know that Mrs. Glidden is living there now? She’s Secretary of the Y. W. C. A. in that town. Her hubby uses his electrical knowledge to perfect his home, and now all you have to do when you want dinner is to press a row of buttons and the table rises in front of you with the desired fopd upon it. She has all the time she wants to read her English poetry. E.—I always thought that would be the fate of Miss Ray-Jones. I’ll bet she’s enjoying herself. And Miss Way is writing a Latin translation of Hiawatha to take the place of Cicero in High Schools. I’ll bet it will be harder than Cicero. R.—Miss Sima is painting cover designs for magazines. She has a studio in New York. She has more work than she can do just now. All the papers are asking her for her striking pictures. B.—Does anyone know what happened to Mr. Gibbs? J.—He’s experimenting in Physics in his private laboratory in New York. He has made several important discoveries on sound. A little while ago he in- vented a sound intensifier by which you can hear a fly light on a telephone pole a mile away. It’s pretty handy for teachers in the school room, but it’s hard on the students. B.—It must be. Say, Evelyn, What became of the rest of the Allendale bunch? E.—Oh, Clarence Schestag is band master of one of the best bands in Michi- gan ! I attended a concert they gave last year for the governor and senate. It surely was good. And Russell Wolbrink is doing a thriving business as an un- dertaker in Grand Rapids. He’s in the same building that Hessell Kooistra has his office. Hessell’s a doctor. Specializes on diseases of the heart. Don’t look so funny, Ruth; I’m not joking. They say lie’s good at it. R.—Well, who ever would have thought that he’d be a doctor. I thought he would be a Scientific Farmer. I guess that accounts for the whole class, doesn’t it? B.—You’re right, it does. Hasn’t this been fine? Let’s have a real class reunion some time soon. J.—Sure! Let’s have it next June at this time. What do you say, girls? E.—Let’s meet and plan it tomorrow. R.—Alright. We’ll see you tomorrow. Don’t forget. B.—'We’ll be there. Curtain. Pape Seventeen