Coquille High School - Laurel Yearbook (Coquille, OR)

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» '939 « SENIOR CLASS HISTORY . . . The class of ’39 has run true to form as long as they have been in high school for when they were freshmen, they were very, very green and now, when they are seniors, they know more than any other senior class that has ever graduated from Coquille High. They have a right to feel proud of their class for it has been an exceptional one. The students have always shown great cooperation in all their undertakings. As freshmen, the class gave a hint of its character, by taking second prize in the Corn Show with its float. As sophomores, the students joined forces and made their class party one of the real social events of the year. Their real activities started, however, in their Junior year when they staged the annual Junior Play, Junior Prom, and the Junior-Senior Banquet. Mrs. Beyers, their able class adviser, was the director of the play and because of her excellent directing, the juniors received many compliments on their production. The next important event took place in the spring when the class sponsored their formal dance, the Junior Promenade. The theme of the Prom was “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.” Close upon the heels of the Prom followed the Junior-Senior banquet. Since the banquet fell on Friday, the thirteenth, the decorations carried out various superstitions. Rolph Fuhrman, class president, received the traditional beribboned cane from Senior Class President, Orville Clinton. With the presenting of the Senior Ball, the seniors began their final activities in high school. The ball was a huge success. The auditorium was decorated with drop ceiling of glittering stars using Christmas as its theme. The senior play was held May 12, in our new gymnasium, and was estimated to be one of the most outstanding and difficult plays ever presented here. This year’s graduating class has been well represented in debate. Leonard Farr, Jack Martin, and Videlle Kelley have been on county championship debate teams for the last three years. Seniors representing the class in high school band were: Peggy Wernich and Kennett Lawrence, clarinets; Jim Richmond and Leonard Farr, trumpets; Videlle Kelley, saxophone; Jane Kramer and Donna Dean Bosserman, snare drums, and Yvonne Kern, bass drum. Throughout its four years in high school, the class has produced several excellent athletes. Sandy (Ralph) Thrift rated for two years the position of center on the All-County Football team. Jim Richmond, four-year letterman; Lou Williams. Earl Preston, and Rolph Fuhrman, one-year lettermen, are the other football men from this class. Rolph Fuhrman is the only class member to win a letter in basketball. Rolph was an all-county forward, and on the 1939 second string of the tournament all-district team. Rolph also is a four-year letterman in basketball. The final important gesture of the class was the presenting, with the class of ’38, of an electric basketball scoreboard for the new gymnasium. The board is the most modern and completely equipped one of its kind in Coos County, and is a present which will be useful and decorative for many years to come. It is felt by members of the class that with the presenting of the scoreboard, they have written a finis to as successful a high school career as a class could have.