Eagle Grove High School - Eaglet Yearbook (Eagle Grove, IA)

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THE EAGLET Thompson I grew rnterested at once both because of the name of the author and the trtle of the artlcle It was headed How I becanre Famous ' It gave hrs prcture so I knew rt was my old frrend He had rnvented an entrrely new sort of aeroplane engure and had a large factory at Dayton Ohro He was now many trmes a mrl lronarre He had never marrled In the same rnagazrrre I saw an artrcle by the greatest dramatrc cr1t1c rn the country The artrcle I learned upon readrng was III pralse of Leslie Vlrlcox the second Jullan Eltrnge I always wondered whv Irs lre had hung ar rurrd the grrls so but now I knew rt was to perfect lrrnrself rn the ways of women so he mrglrt rmrtfrte them nrore successfully That evenrng before her cheerful frre wrth many rnterruptrons from me she told me all she knew about my old classmates I learned that Theron Porter was a desrgner specralrzlng rn evenmg gowns and cloaks He was employed by the elrte of the crty smce he was far superror to all French desrgners also more experrsrve Mabel Gunderson had marrred a banker of Fort Dodge and was the leader of socr ety there Carl Larson and Eugenra were happrly marrred and llvrng ln Des Mo nes tarl had made hrs fortune by the rnventron of a machrne whrch rs guaranteed to work any and all problems rn Physrcs When he was rn H gh School and saw the rgorrres of the Senrors whlle tryrng to solve Phvsrcs problems he resolved then and there to devote hrs lrfe to rellevrng therr sufferrngs rf he could Llarlce Donly rs the Dean of VVomen at Vassar and much loved by the grrls Helen Focht ls a mem ber of Congress wrnnrng great fame by her legrslatron for rmprovrng the work ng condrtrons of the workrng classes I learned that Hrlda Larsen had been a Red Cross nurse for some years She was now lrvrng rn Baltrmore Md One of her patrents had fallen ln love wrth her and they were marrred verv quretlv After a honeymoon trrp to South Amerrca they had settled down rn the East The romance whrch we had watched wrth so much rnterest all through Hrgh Srhool was rudelv shattered when rt came to the rnarrrage contract There Skrnnay and Mary could not agree Two of Marys condrtrons were that Skrnnav should refuse all women cllents and that he should be the one to put the cat out every nrght He refused the first be cause of pecunrfrry loss to hrm declarrng that he could plead nrore eloquently rn a womans cause and therefore wln hrs case and as for the second he never had lrked cats and thought rt beneath hrm to accept such humrlratrng terms Mary left the room rn a rage that any man should oppose her wrll The next that was heard of Mary she was rn Parrs She had thrown herself garlw rnto the socral lrfe and eventually marrred a Parlslan dancrng teacher Evert could not make any money as a lawyer so went rnto partnerslrrp wrth a Jew who run a second hand store rn the Jrwrslr quarter of New Xork trtv One day durlng my stay I went to the Irbrarv to get a book I was nruch surprrsed to find that Inez Mrdlarrd was the lbrarran She was rn one of the read rng rooms when I arrlved scoldrng a bunch of I-hgh School krds for drsturhrng the sacred strllness of the place She came out of the roorn with a severe expressron of frce wh ch drd not change to one of pleasantness when she saw rrrz and curtlv asked what I wan ed Vt hen I revealf d who I was she thawed out a lrtle and shook h ands wrth me I learned that the town had grven her the Job for lrfe She told me that Thora Iarsorr was a cook rn a COIIIIIIUIIIIQ krtchen rn Nnel She told rrre also that Olrve Berkland had nrrde a great name for herself as the successor of laura Jean lrbbev Her Answers to the lovelorrr ' were full of wrse advrte Ther appeared rn all the ntwspapers of the l nrted St rtes and Purope l stared rn Iragle Grove about three weeks I enjowd every rrrrrrute of my wsrt but could not be spared from the offrce anv longer I lett wrtlr rrruclr rcgret over not berng 'rble to see all rnw old IIl6IldS I carried away hapnx rrrerrrorres of r x rrsrr rnd ot old trrcrrds I hrd seen Ind hoped to see them all rgrrrr some brr rt x rn the fut e 1Tlrrrtx tr III 1 9 - - 1 9 Ill ' l S1 I ' . ' , , 1r I , . . - 1 a .. , Y D ' ' L ' - ' Y ' I . Q ' , , . , ' ' . ' : ' , . , .r.- ' I ' 1 ' 1 s 1 ' 4 ' . , , , . , . 1 . . . 1 f 1 I' 'n . , . 1 1 v 1 . 1 1 I ' I . ' I ' ,, Q.: , 1 . . . . . . Y . . - -. 1 na 1 . 1 1 Y , . . . . ,' -1 rr l , l , 1 l 1 ' ' ' v 1 1 1 1 ' e A ' I ' . A . U . - 1, , , . e 2 1 Q ' . .. 1 .1 1 3 1 51 1 A1 L . K. ' ' 1 ' ' A' I 4 ,V f - , rr , ,, , v , ' 1' . . ' . 1 1 1 - ' . . . . ' 1 r ' 1 L. 1 1 I K, h, 5 - 3, I . I , . 1 IV F.. I ' .1 , 1 .'1 ' 1'1' 1 1 's ' 1 ' l 'l 'J ' ni, R . I L, 2 .. , ' I A. g 4 , 2 Z. V, ,gl da-1 ' ur H lk, lr. M. j- vol

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THE EAGLET she replred that Ire had rrrarrred Ida Roselrnd I passed bv lrrnr wrthorrt sperkrrrg as I thought he worrld rather not have rrre see lrrrrr so changed tronr the rrrclependerrt nran Ire used to be to tlrrs groxelrng creatrrre broken bw 1 wornan s wrll Ilre sarne evenrng we wtnt to the Prrrrcess whrclr was strll starrdrrrg The prctures were Irne and also the rrrrrsrc I asked who operated tle pl ryer prarro and she sard th rt Irene Xlrllramson had been the operator tor about hfteen rears and was gettrrrg urore expert rs trnre went on Srrrce the next das was Sunday we detrded to rttend church and hear OtLs Korslund preach Otrs was vert rrruclr changed rn appearance probably due to hrs nrustache and srdeburns Hrs text was -X xrrtuous woman rs rrrore precrous than rubres and he delrvered hrs drscourse rn an eloquent and convrncrng rrran ner 'Nlarr XX agner was the solorst rn the church drawrng a good salary Sundar atterrroon Thelnrr Iowan Dorothy Xl etter and therr tarnrlres canrt from Goldrreld to see rrre They had rrrarrred prosperous young tarnrers soon atter leavrng llrgh School I learned tronr thenr that Fern NX olfe lr rd rrrarrred a rrrrrrer and was lrvrrrg rn Jrggswrlle Colorado Fern Johnson was a sprrrtrralrst and made a great success ot rt Ethel Lash was the rrratron ot rn orphan asylunr rn Kansas Crtw Nlrssourr 'Neva Lovrerrr had been r gowerness rn a nrrllrorrarres lronre rn Buffalo New Xork for several years after learrng Hrglr School Wlrrle there she tornred a vrolent attachment tor the French chaufter and eloped wrtlr lrrrrr John Derscherd lrved next door to Tlralra John rnust always have hrdden a love ot adrenture beneath hrs quret exterror for rmrrredra ely atter leavrng Hrgh School he chartered a shrp and sarled away tor parts unknown Flrese rslarrds were peopled wrtlr wlrrte rrren but they had no lrrrguage or crrrlrzatron to speak of John wooed the rrrost beau1rful of the grrls and brought her back to the U S A They could not talk to each other but love has a language all rts own She caused qurte a strr rn the larger crtres on therr way home fronr New Xork where they had landed She had hundreds of offers to appear rn the movres but she was too frrghrered bv the strange tlrrrrg of the crvrlrzed world to leave hrs srde for a mo rrrg hrs trnre wrrtrrrg the language of the people for thenr I nre 'Norrna Poulrrrg Wrlson whrle rn Eagle Grove She sard her husband had been krlled bv 1 brg lrarlstorre about four years before I nret her She had been work ng rn a cannrng tactory rn the suburbs of Eagle Grove srnce hrs death She was ernplowed as rrrspector ot the raw foodstufls that trrrre at the tactory She told nre sonrethrng very rnterestrrrg about Toltord Thornpson He was our rrrost brrllrant s uderrt at school so rrrxthrrrg frorn lrrrrr would not hare surprrsed rrre She sard he had orrgrnated an errtrrelv new style rn archrtecture She ard the best exarnple of the Tlrorrrpsorr style was hrs crthedral at San Prancrsco I learned fronr her rlso that our eloquent ora or Ifarl Mason who so strrred our enrotrorrs durrng H gh School dats was now on the strge He has been the leadrng nrfrn wrtlr the Chase Irster Stock Cornpnw for ten serrs The worrrerr of hrs rudrences adrnrre hrrn werv nruch for hrs rrnpassroned love nrakrng whrch re ults n therr gorng lronre rrrore drs satr hed than ever wrth therr prosa c husbands It rs srrd he lrrres two secret rrres all the trrrre to answer the notes whrch rnrpressror able women wrrte hrrn Ettnr Chrrsterrserr alwaxs crrttrng up rn school rs now the hrghest pard conred enne rn the I nrted States She asked rrre rf I knew where Edwrn Parne Halel Nlwers Mn belle Danrelson and Gladws Chr stensen were I told her that Edwrrr Parne lrved rn Fhrcago He had been Pre rderrt of the Prrst Natrorral Bank there ever srnce he left Hrgh School and Hazel Nlsers was the Cashrer Fdwrn was now very wealthv end corrsrdered a catch by fhrcrgo nratrorrs wrtlr el grble daughters but so far he ar es rn lhrna dorrrg r noble work Une dar whrle glrncrng oser r nragrlrnt I saw rn artrcle wrrtten by 'Vlrlford lTh rtx one! 414 1 1- - -1 1 114 1 ' 1 1 1 1' 1 - 1 b 1 A... v ' 1' i ' A. 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THE EAGL T SENIOR PARTY Tl1e Cl1ss of 1919 feel that the1 IIHXB hat dllflllg the fOIlI 16315 ot ll 1 Hlgh School llfe 1 full share ot good tunes ann b1g 111115 to be retnem be1ed b11t lIllOI1g all these tl1e1r SQIIIO DATIN w1ll always hold a p1on1111e11t place IS p11t5 was If tl1e I1 'School Illllldlllg Oll M 11ch Sth It w s 41 1ess IID 'man Illll o111 Just o IIIII enough to be tl1e 111o1e e11Jo1 1ble The QQIIIOIS d1sco1u1d on IIIOII lI'llYdI that some 111 lglC l11d txansformed thm uppex l11ll 1nd dtljtlllllllg COIllIll9lClcII room IIOIII tl1e11 SVQIW d1y appefnance IIIIO real DIIIOIS 'l1ll gl9QIl screens decolated w1tl1 pennants fOlIll9CI an 111 11er wall 11111 tables cl1a1rs 1ugs and cusl11o11s and the p1a11o and VICLIOIH had worked tl1e 1est of the charm F01 tl1e f11st thing on the ente1ta111 ment ever1one 111s 171659111941 WIKII a paper btg COIlIH1IllIlg a glven number ot ke111els ot co111 and tl1e11 tl1e game 111s to 1'-k evenone QIIESIIOIIS wl11cl1 IIIIIST. l mswered w1tl1out 1181112 the wo1ds es F1e1v JUNIOR SENIOR B O11 tl1e ,9IIl ot NIAICII 1918 the Ju11 1ors 8IIl8IId1llE'd the Class of 18 at a SIX o clock d11111er at tl1e Hlgh Scl1ool Thus tl1e tl11ee meals 1 df11 l1w was kept The d11111e1 was se11ed III the g1n1 11h1cl1 was IJQALIIIIIIIIN decmated w1tl1 tl1e blended tolots of tl1e t11o classes The lo11 Lelllllg of IIPIOIYIIIOIIS g11e tl1e 100111 1 Illllllellke ippe nance 111 by the OICIIBS ld 1dde4l tl1 IJ tl 11111 11 pl IX llll atte IIlll 1 st t1e11 o own t1et1 es s 11e ot the thong ts 1l111 11e1e Ilp Pl lllOSI Ill o11r n11nds '1t that IIIIIG 'I'Udi1IIllSIP1' NI AYIIIGIIII O1e1 the Pop BIIICIPIIE Szdlu laxnouflagf Miss Boulw IIB slip of tl1e tongue meant forfeltuxe of a kernal of corn Next the COIIIDHUY was dIXIlI9d IHIO groups and eacl1 g1oup was gIV6I1 a 1111rse11 rhyme to Act out ln such a. w'1v tl1at the otl1er g1o11ps could guess the name Tl11s led to some cle1er stunts Nlxs Pasold as Bopeep DIOWPLI especlally Cllalllllllg wl11le Mr Rose 111111 .1ppe'11ed as Ilttle Bov Blue and t lf sold t SDILPI WIIILII sc ned Mlss M11lf1t 111.11 Attn lllls IJIIIIIQIS 11e1e drawn for '1 p1og1ess111 game of b9l110l' tubes hve1y t1ble was piescnted w1tl1 s11: cubes alltl O11 each cube tl1e lette1s N I O H were w11tte11 These were tossed 111 app1o1ed f3.SIll0Il the success of each tl11 ow depending on the number of letters 111 order beg1nn111g with S tl1at de1gned to fall face up ward The favols wele oul class flower tl1e jonqu1l A t111ee LOUISE s1.pp11 was erved L1 l ut 10 0 ANQUET 1918 Alr va11e II Dancla Bohm Ida Roseland Alrcrflft D01 othy Mlddleton AY ant Anna L1lledahl O1 chestx a Aftet the toasts tl1e Se111o1s 1ve1e ell tertamed Ill tl1e A11d1to1111n1 bv .1 pl1v Son1ewl1e1e 111 luance wh1cl1 ntteo III WIIII the SOIHQWIIJI 89110118 sp111t ot e GWPIIIIIK for ll lllll w 1 4 glllllg to he matte 1 P next lIiN ee o 1911 11ed e cc 1 s Se1e Qtockt IP t1e 11.111 POIIIIK C1a1g 1nd 111 QIIIISIEHSOII the clIlllW 111d wele some 11l1e1e III l'r111te ' soon after Tl11s ended the ents 1t'11n111e11t 111d the c1o11d IIISDPISGCI ifter singing the Qtn Spangled IIIIIGI lTl111t1 tlnu III 1 9 -- E - 1 9 D-I l. ' ' ,' ' ' lei' ' . ' 1 -- ' . D, . V , , . - v x K i Tl1': 1 ' ' ' 3 l1 1ll in I'gl1 1' . ' . ' ' . ' ' 1 ' . 'ai' .' 1 ' ' , 1 ' . .' - ' d ' ,.'. '- 1 lj ' .' f r- 1 ' . ' s .' . V ' 1 , - ' ja . Sup . 'us 21S l1e ' l. ' A , ' .A. 'S . V , . , ' . Z .' V, h. li .A 'ss ' ' 1 V. ..' , K. , 1 I . L. 3 ' , 1 'S 2 . .S . , . I - 1 2 4 ' ' ' - 'u 1 --ss' ve . 4' ' ' I A.-I' '. '. ,..v- z . , I ., w , i , K , 5,5 ,- K-A ' Q 1 sv' Vi . L1 A1 v - .L ' 1 1 v' . . ' - S-E-LZ - - , v .' l - , ' 1 'z : as : ' s ' ' - 4 w -- 3 1 1' 1 :J , '- : me 2 .' '1 , 1 10 :3 . ' ' Y or No. 1 ' ', ' s . 7 ................ .. ,, I . I - 1 . C .4...... - - 1 I the banquet custom was 1101 broken, and Tl1e Firing Line ........ Mr. Nielson ' . z 1 j 1 ' ' : ' . ' ........ , , . . . ' ' , Y I ' . l A . I. 2 V 14 . V . .. ' l 1 l I Q tl1 2 ' ' . ' was 21 ' e 'hen the 'l'l'e 1 :sic ' ' st 1 1-losses ver '. ' ,- 2' red. S 11'- 11111' 1 the 0llj0yIlltLlll of l9 V1 ing. eral of the boys went to the I-2ll'Ill 1l1 Th 1' .1 ,wl during 1 l ' ' r the ' ner. 1 aj and tl1r f the . 1' boys Th 1 toar :V l f ll '11, l 'tl ruz- joi . tl1 JI mr:--S ' ,rt . f lzl . 1 -f ' 1 '1 .' 1 ' '1 px- l ' I. z'l ' z '.lter 5- ' ' A1 K - ' V 1 Nl. K. ' 4 . . -Y' 2 . . HL. . v - ' ' Q 1 ' 1 I 2: ..,....... 112 1. ' 1'.' , 2 ' ' ' ....... ' .1 1 ' ' ' 1 ' . 1 ' ' ' 1 .......... 'z ' S ' 1 '. ' . --- . , iq