Douglass High School - Bulldog Yearbook (Douglass, KS)

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18 Purple and Gold History of Class of 1915 The Class of '15 is the second one to complete the eighth grades under the direction of Mrs. Rose Have. In May, 1911, Prof. Pound-stone presented diplomas to twenty-one promising young people, thus giving us our tickets to high school. We entered upon our work as Freshmen with a determination to succeed, and this idea has been ever present since that time. Although treated kindly during our Freshman year, we did not realize it at that time. But as the years have gone by and we have witnessed the awful persecutions inflicted upon the poor Freshies, we are truly grateful that we were dealt with so leniently. Although the Class of ’15 has perhaps not been quite so prominent as some others, yet it is not a mediocre one. In 1912 Nellie McMahan won first place in the local contest and first place in the Butler County contest. She also won a good place at the A. V. I. M. at Wichita the same year. This year she again won the local contest and will probably be victorious again. Our track team made an excellent showing in the inter-class track meet, and succeeded in carrying off the honors for the relay race. We were well represented in the Butler County meet, also. For several years our baseball team has held the inter-class championship. We have been at the top in all class scraps and have always been the best liked class in school. Accordingly, since we believe that “Success crowns true effort,” we are expecting to accomplish much during these last two years of our High School career. We hope to keep the “Black and Gold,” the most respected colors of D. H. S. and to demonstrate that our motto “Quality, not quantity,” is a very appropriate one.

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Purple and Gold 17 (Left to right) First Row—Frank Fox, Oad Essex, Vernon Wallace, Floyd Bare, George King. Second Row—Harold House, Ethelyn Helphrey, Nellie McMahan, Lizzie Barnes, Leonard Cronk.

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Purple and Gold 19 Sophomores COLORS: Red and Black. Officers Ima Eckle — ........... ............ ..........President Charles Stewart....................Secretary-Treasurer Class History We, the Sophomores, are extremely modest and averse to boasting. Nevertheless, we can truthfully say that we were the largest Freshman class D. H. S. has ever known up until that time, for there were thirty-three answering to the call of Freshies. This year we lost some of our members, yet in the development of the intellectual faculties, we progressed so rapidly that our increase in quality more than counteracted the loss in quantity. Our superiority was shown by Vera Dailey winning first place in the local declamatory contest, by the excellent showing made by our boys in track, and finally, by the success of the entire class in running the gauntlet of exams and obtaining the degree of Sophomore. As Sophomores we started the year 1913 in the new building with thirty-one industrious members and with the determination to accomplish even more than we had the previous year. This spirit first brought forth fruit when our boys succeeded in winning the inter-class track meet. We have the honor of saying that the star athlete of D. H. S., George Epperson, is a Sophomore. Almost one-half of the high school chorus is made up of Sophomores. We Were also represented by four excellent declaimers in the local tryout before the Burns-Douglass contest, all of whom made a good showing. In basket ball, we have the star center, Howard Holmes. Our future is bright and promising and all indications show that we will be the largest and most accomplished Senior Class that ever graduated from our beloved High School. Watch, ye unbelievers and pessimists! Watch the Red and Black climb daringly up the long ladder to success.