Eagle River High School - Northern Trail Yearbook (Eagle River, WI)

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THE NORTHERN TRAIL Past Members of School Board IN EDITING this annual we should not forget to mention the past mem- bers of our school board and especially those who were instrumental in the planning and buildling of our beautiful school building. Many times people who have charge of a public affair of this kind which in- volves the expenditure of thousands of ddllars are in for a good deal of unjust critiicism. The board members who planned our building must be accredited with exercising much foresight a n d g o o d j u d g e m e n t . They provided for the future by buildling large enough, even though it involved an additional expense. The growth of our school has since vindi- cated their good judgment. Had they built smaller, the building would have been crowded even at present. The four past members of the board are Mr. Charles H. Adams, Mr. M. Frankel, Dr. A. W. Thorpe, and Mrs. Mayme E. Sanborn. The latter was not a member during the time that the building was being erected, being elected later. However, she was largely respon- sible for the installation of a better system of financial management and did much to further the progress of the school. We believe that Mr. Adams should receive credit for carrying. most of the burden and the brunt of the responsibility with the building program. His eiiicient management and great care saved the district thousands of dollars in a lawsuit with the contractors after the b ui l d i n g was completed. Mr. Frankel and Dr. Thorpe also deserve praise for the cooperation and in- terest which they showed in the project. OldIHiglfScl1ool Building-Now Graded School Page twenty sev-en

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Page twenty-nine I THE NORTHERN TRAIL lPresident's Address THE TIME has come when the class of 1929 as an organization which has reached its goal will cease to exist as a class. It becomes my privilege, as well as my duty as president of my class, to present a message to the community in behalf of my classmates. At last the achievement for which we have been striving for the last 'twelve years has been reached. That achievement is a high school education, and its reward and symbol a high school diplomay iWe met with many tryling experiences and disappointments, but we have wit- nessed many joyous occasions also. No one but a person who has attend- ed high school can realize the good timesione can have, but on the other hand there are the discouragements and hard ta s ks one has to meet. We have had several difficult problems to solve, but the solving of these problems has been a great pleasure to us indeed. Sometimes as a class we have not always agreed among ourselves-there have been slight dis- sensions, but they have been like ripples on the brows of our faithful teachers over the caprices of this ever active and fun-loving class of ours. We are about to start out in life. Each has had an equal chance to secure knowledge to start with. Ignoring t h a t c h a n c e w a s j u s t a disadvantage to the individual himself. For four years our graduation ceremony has been the mark toward which we ha-ve climbed and our suc- cess has caused a certain feeling of pride! In this day and age we realize the significance of a high school education and its definite importance in this world of ours where many of the dfiiiicult problems of our lives must! be solved. Without it we are more liable to be a failure than a success-and to be a success is the ambition of us all. Many of us are planning to go on to higher institutions of learning to prepare ourselves for our life's work. Each year there are more young men and women receiving high school diplomas or those from higher in- stitutions, and we are reaching a stage where in order to hold a respect- able position a person must at least be a hi gh school graduate. We wish to impress upon your minds also, that we did not attend high school for the sake of getting out of doing work but more with the idea in mind that an education would fit us better for the future. We have chosen for our class motto Impossible Is Un-American. We all class ourselves as true Americans. The same can be applied to our school work. We all wanted to be true students and though many