, , yi' ,ff l fri L fi! 1 SOl'I IOMORE CLASS OFFTOERS llama OLsoN, I,I'l'Slil1I'Hf In-:nov JANs1cN, l'iz'e-piesirlent VIRGINIA Lan, Nl'f'l'l'fll7'.1j Fimncns JAN14: TAvLoR, T7'8llSlll'P1' SPONSOR Miss Omer: PEPK J THEY'RE SOPHOMORE CLASS HISTORY ln the fall of 1938 we entered the republic ol' Decorah High School in awe and reverence. ln no time at all we had received our citizenship papers and begun to live as true citizens of a democracy should, attempting to better the life in our country. First, we exercised the democratic privilege ol' voting for our own officers, electing Denton Marsh, presidentg Edwin Overholt, vice-presi- dent, Judith Solberg, secretary, and James Tor- vik, treasurer. Miss Florence Warren was class sponsor. Then, with the freslnnan-sophomore de- bate, we proved that we could make use of free- dom of speech by defeating the sophomores. During homecoming our float won no less than second place, with the seniors first. VVe freshmen sponsored a school party in order to do our part socially. Several of our class dis- played remarkable talents and broke into the limelight in various musical organizations, de- clamatory, Dynamo staff and athletics. How- ever, to excel in classes was our main ambition. The following year found us more certain of ourselves and more determined to achieve suc- cess. To head the class, we chose Dale Olsong Peggy Jansen was vice-presidentg Virginia Lee, secretaryg and Frances Jane Taylor, treasurer. At homecoming we rightfully won the honor of first place with our float. Many sophomores successfully invaded the domain of extra-curricular activities. Henry Montgomery and Edwin Overholt continued in debate, representing Decorah in two inter-school tournaments. The home declamatory contest found three sophomores competing: Mary Jane Talle, Edwin Overholt and Frances Jane Taylor. Mary Jane led the oratorical division until the pre-district contest. ln athletics Dick Holm, Donald Malli, Robert Zieglemaier. Arnold Olson, Denton Marsh and Edwin Overholt were prom- inent. Journalism and musical groups attracted many others. With this fine record behind ns, we cannot but give wealth to the democracy ot' which we are a pa1't.
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l liESHlllAN ULASS Ol'll+'lCERS DoNALn lJYNClI, President limsnm' HAUGEN, V ire-p1'e.s171I ent illARGARl'1'1' JouNsoN, Nffcrviu1'y-Tr1'11.w1rer SPONSORS Miss lllLLlAN lluANNm1 Miss lanwn VAALA A SPARKLING FRESHMAN CLASS HISTORY On September 8, 1939, the whistle blew. and in rushed one lumdred aml forty-two exeited aml enthusiastic t'reshmen to begin the first quarter ot' that interesting' High School Combat. l'ar- ticipating in this combat were eighty-tive girls and fifty-seven boys. Sixty-seven ol' the 142 squad members were tuition pupils, eomingx from the neighboring vicinity. The remaining' seventy- five include graduates of the Decorah schools and four students who recently moved to Decorah. 'l'hese new students were Merlin Haugen, form- erly of Ureseo, la.: Vernice Hendrickson, from lla Crosse, lvisconsing Eunice Hexom ol' Hawk- ins, Wisconsing and last but not least, Iieinhard Keiler, who came all the way from Switzerland. 'l'he first scores were made by those superior upperelassmen when they started t'rig3l1tening.g' the already bewildered freshmen by initiations. However, the freshmen soon rallied nnder the leadership of Donald Lynch, captain. and his assistants-Robert Haugen, as assistant captain. and Margaret Johnson to handle the money aml keep the records. Miss llrannenian was coach. liy combining their etlcorts in teamwork, the team soon started scoring in sports and music. Some of the high point players ol' the year were Bette Harvey, freshman attendant of the homecoming queen, Kermit Vanderbilt, ont- standing: clarinet player in the D. H. S. bandg Beverly Olson. captain of the winning basket- ball team in G. A. ,Lg Darlene Eastman aml Bette Harvey, two of the cheer leaders elected for next yearg and Dorothy Womeldorf, winner ot' the higrh girls' solo audition in the mezzo- soprano division. Now, as the first quarter of this exciting game draws to a close. the freshmen look forward to their sophomore year, when they can again take up their battle after a refreshing: vacation be-- tween quarters.
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