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

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THE NO RTHERN TRAIL Sililoquy of a lFreshie Wow! Us Freshmen get the dust From the other high school kids. I can't see why they won't be just, And come off their pyrfamids. You'd think we were in India, S0 low they keep our class. We want no more to do with ya An' we want none o' your sass. Yes, I guess they think they're perty grand. Why they won't talk to a guy Unless for some dance they've planned To make our money fly. Still, when ya come to think of it, Once they were Freshies, too. They had to stand the high school's wit, And submit to its stately coo. Well, next year we'll be Sophomores, An' Frosh will take our plface, Then, by gosh, we'll make them sore, An' put them in disgrace. Page fifty

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Page forty-nine THE NORTHERN TRAIL Freshman Class History Q N THE third day of September, in the year of 1928, sixty-one pupils wt entered the Eagle River high school under the green banner of Freshmen. 1 Of course you could not expect us to take your breath away with our astounding achievements. There is nothing unusual about our class. It has its good and bad points as classes will. We have been fairly well represented in school activities. Three of our boys played on the football team while two boys entered the basket- ball field. We have several girls and boys entering into declamatory and oratorical work. Our class play was given December 20, 1928. Although we have no past years in high school of which to be proud, we have a future to look forward. to. There are three more years in which we may accomplish many worthwhile things. You never can tell. Let's hope for the best! 1 s The Sophomore-Freshman Party Following a custom started several years ago, the Freshmen gave the Sophomores a party in return for that one which was given to them early in the school year. The party was given on Hallowe'en night, and many a person came into the school building with a premonition of evil. Three rooms were used for games, each being presided over by a Witch. The games were enjoyed by everyone and the fortune telling was great fun. A delicious luncheon was served in the gym, and after dancing a little while the Sophomores and Freshmen left for home.

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Page fifty-iome Tl-lE NORTHERN TRAIL Commercial Department THE Commercial Department in our school is exceptionally popular. The enrollment in it is always at top notch. High school inspectors have sometimes argued that the enrollment is too large for our small town. They claimed that all the graduates from this course could not possibly find employment in town. However, we feel that they-have un- derestimated both the competency of our gradulates and the spirit of our business men in the matter of hiring only home girls for oflice work. A survey tells us that nearly all of our commercial graduates have posi- tions, some of them very lucrative and responsible ones. Our local vil- lage being the county seat is the cause of many more positions of this nature being available here than in the average small town, so that many of our graduates are employed locally, however, many are also holding their own in the larger cities. The course includes the following subjects during a period of four years: Freshman year, Commercial Geography and Commercial Arithme- tic, Sophomore year, Bookkeepingg Junior year, Shorthand and Typing, Senior year, Shorthand and Typing. Besides these special subjects a graduate is of' course required to take the regular high school work up to a total of sixteen units. This prepares him fairly well for college en- trance, especially as most of our graduates take more than the required Sixteen units, and also gives the pupil a definite practical occupation, something he or she can rely upon for a living in the future if necessary.