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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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