Custer County High School - Branding Iron Yearbook (Miles City, MT)

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PAGE SIX IDELLA D. RAY. Oshkosh Normal School Chicago University Columbia University - Teacher Training J. A. ROBINSON. Kansas State' Manual Training 'Normal Manual Training M. J. SENZ. B. S. Montana State College Athletics and Mathematics M. WINNIFYRED SCHMID. Ph. B. Upper Iowa. University English HAZEL WARD. lA. B. University of Minnesota University of Washington Columbia Univ-ersity University of California English

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SENIOR CLASS HISTORY Political, economic, social, are the classes into which all history may he divided-so say the teachers. We of the class of '21 have learned. long ago, that there are exceptions to every rule and t.hat the list headed Miscellaneous is always the longest one. Be that as it may, we shall attempt to follow the rule--to forget the exceptions. XVhen we entered, the High School groaned, the Sophomores most and Seniors least, for to them our name was legion. Yet not a whit cared we for their feelings. As soon as we registered, the High School was ours. In the beginning we were Freshmen, which is a necessary stage on the way to graduation, a.nd as Freshmen we were as green as grass, some greener, in fact, and some no brighter than sagebrush. During the year these colors dimmed and paled. A few changed to a deep indigo blue as the Freshmen became each day more deeply involved in a quicksand of algebra., Latin declensions, English themes, and a. long, almost endless list of similar tortures prepared especially for them. The blue must have been the result of the action taking place within their minds. Politically our history began with the election of Bill Schirmer presi- dent by popular vote. He was a patriotic fellow and went otf to war be- fore the year was out, leaving the reins of government in the able hands of Dorothy Hunter. Vifar also affected our iinances, for Bill led the class of green little Freshmen into the ways of Liberty Bonds, and all the members individu- ally saved for thrift stamps. That year war work kept us so busy that we had little time for anything else. Military drill, knitting for soldiers. garinent-making for Belgian refugees, lessons in ,first aid, took much of our time. In addition lessons were longer, an unhappy state of affairs caused by the early dismissal of school. The term ended early in May instead of June, in order that all the Custerites might have an extra month in which to coax up the corn and potatoes. As a result of this, most of the class during the summer of 1918 suf- fered a sea change into something rich and strange. The beautiful Freshmen green w'as transformed into a deep, rich, sun-burned brown, plentifully decorated with freckles. On a certain day in September these freckle-faced, sun-burned Sophomores met and reorganized, electing Carol Rank president. Perhaps we were as serious and sensible as Sophomores should be, yet it does seem queer that not one of the class remembers a single incident which happened that year. Two events did occur which, though we had no hand in their causing, will remain forever in our mem- ories. One was a new date, November 11, the other was the advent of the dreaded Spanish influenza, which gave the school a long and unlooked for holiday which again had the edect of shortening our lessons. As Juniors we progressed geographically to room 201 where we politi- cally elected Edith Guyor president., financially tried to make both ends meet--a gigantic task which all Juniors are forced to attempt. Juniordom brought opportunities for our beauty, brawn and brains. There was the Junior Hop, the Junior Blow out, the Carnival, and other dances and parties. Five Juniors, Arden Rayner, Coke Coltrin, Shrimp Elder, PAGE EIGHT