Edgerton High School - Crimson Yearbook (Edgerton, WI)

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Semor Class Hnstory LOY ALTY to the class lmportant durlng hxgh school davs grows after graduatlon lnto loyalty to the school However xn the future members of the Class of 1937 may from tlme to tlme look back upon the accompllshments of thexr four years comparlng thelr Prom and thelr Crlmson wlth other dances and other yearbooks and for them thls class history IS recorded Somewhat t1m1d and unsure of themselves as freshmen were ln those days the members of the Class of 1937 d1d nothmg at first to make school hlstory Foremost chronologxcally among all the ach1evements of the class was the donatlon durmg the freshman year of twenty five dollars toward the purchase of a cyclorama Wxth the Semors presentlng the curtam as thelr class memorxal that year the other classes combmed to purchase other fittmgs for the new stage The sophomore year was n uneventful one as far as group accompllshments were concerned but members of the class were workmg to make thelr way m athletlcs debate, clubs and dramatlcs W1th Mr Goebel as advxsor durmg thelr Jumor year, members of the Class of 1937 brought lnto the school the safety movement which was gaxnlng lmpetus throughout the natlon wlth the realxzatlon of the mountlng toll of accldents on the hlghways Safe drlvmg pledges were circulated ln Edgerton especlally among students and faculty car owners and wmdshxeld stlckers announcmg partlclpatlon 1n the movement were exchanged for the s gned pledges Junlor Proms had been fallures financlally for several years when the Class of 1937 finlshed paymg ts Prom bxlls w1th money 1n the bank Ten per cent of the profits was gxven to the art department for lts work on Prom decoratlons thus startmg a precedent that money maklng enterprlses recelvlng help from that department should contrlbute toward a fund for buylng plctures for the school or for some other worthy purpose Robert Haylock and Mary Bublltz led the grand march as Prom Kmg and Queen Decoratlons were based on the alrport motlf Most strxkmg of the decoratlons was a map of the Unlted States which covered most of one wall and was marked wxth alr routes llghts flashlng on and off to xndxcate locations of the chlef axrports Alr vlews of large cltles and flylng schedules also adorned the walls, and at an lnformatlon booth at one end of the gymnaslum were dxstnbuted adver txsements for transport anrlmes Gxrls dressed as stewardesses served punch and ll'lVlt3tl0l1S, tlckets and dance programs carrled out the theme Dlck Tlemey sewed as toastmaster for the Jumor Semor Banquet May 16 1936 An alumnus Mr Royal Ladd was the speaker for the occaslon Thus, wlth lmportant partles and mlscellaneous actm Vltl6S the Class of 1937 worked lts way toward the senlor year Early plans for a Crlmson were lald m November 1936 and the class was at once confronted wlth the p oblem of flnancmg the book. No work mvolvmg any expendlture of money was done untll an agreement had been made between the class and Mr Klaus the advlsor, that Semors not supportmg the Crlmson through the S A A would pay two dollars toward ralslng the necessary fund, for whlch pay ments they would !'6C8lV6 thexr copxes of the yearbook Contrlbutlons from patrons and a substantlal sum from the S A A helped solve the Crxmson s financlal problems A commlttee of Semors appolnted by the class presldent elected Betty Aalseth edxtor and Vernon Houge buslness manager and the other staif members were appolnted by them Mlss Flemmg served as edltorxal advisor and, when Miss Wagner left the faculty ln February Mlss Wnght took over the work of buslness advisor Crlmson staff members worked very falthfully on the annual spendlng count less hours ln work and takmg complete responslblhty for thelr own sections of the book On the whole they were able to put out the klnd of Crimson they had planned ln thexr early meetings Blg Hearted Herbert was chosen by Mxss Mltchell as the Semor Class Play because the talent ln the class seemed better adapted to that than to others consldered The cast was announced March 25 and the play was presented May 20 after many weeks of lme study and rehearsals The cast and pro ductmn staff were made up of Semors and the three act comedy can be considered one of the most satxs factory ccompllshments of the Class of 1937 . 4 , . . . l Y . . V n V y 1 , . I N 1 Y v a ' Y I Y ' . . . U . . . . I, y - 1 9 . , - . . . . Y . . . l . 5 . . . . Y . . . - . , I Y l 1 - ' , . . . . , . r . . . . . ' ! . , . . , . f . . Z , . ' , ' , . . H . ,, . . . . ' 1 . 4 . , I - . , - a ' . PAGE EIGHTEEN

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Special Student SCIIIOI' Honors Class Offlcers PAGE SEVENTEEN FTER finishing the three-year course and re- ceiving a diploma from the high school in Porsgrunn, Norway, Inger sought and obtained a year's leave of absence from the Norwegian gov- ernment and spent the school year in Edgerton, living with relatives and enrolling in Child High School as a special student. Her purpose in return- ing to high school was to gain fluency in the use of English, which she had studied for two years as a foreign language. She plans to ask an exten- sion of her leave in order to attend university in the Lnited States Her earnestness as a student of English her talent in art, her willing participation in activities, and the winsomeness of her manners endeared Inger to the Senior Class, and made 1936 1937 a iather special year for all students because she w as enrolled .,..- KONGSGAARDENI INGER ONOPS for scholastic excellence in their four vears' work were awarded this year to seven girls in the graduating class, three distinguishing themselves especially by winning high honors As a sign of their achieve ment, they wore cords of crimson silk on the shoulders of their grey gowns at the Baccalaureate service and at Commencement HIGH HONORS HONORS Betty Aalseth Muriel North Clara Dawe Ruth Ann Roherty Bernadlne Ratzlaff Dorothy Tracy FRESHNIAN XEAR SOPHOVIORE YEAR PRESIDENT Daniel Pierce PRESIDENT VICF PRESIDENT Elgen F85 VICE PRESIDENT SECRETARY Luella Schumaker SECRETARY TREASLRER Ruth Gumble TREASURER James Wilcox Robert Haylock Sandford Plautz Donald Olson SOCIAL REPRESENTATIVE Gretchen Strxcker SOCIAL REPRESENTATIVE Duck Tierney ADVISBR Miss Dalton ADVISER Mr Rood JLNIOR XEAR SENIOR YFAR PRESIDENT Gretchen Strlcker PRESIDENT X ICE PRESIDENT Dick Tierney VICE PRESIDENT SECRETARY Bernadme Ratzlaff SECRETARY TREASLRLR Mary Bublllz TREASURER SOCIAL REPRESENTATIVE James Wllcox SOCIAL REPRESENTATIVE ADVISER Mr Goebel ADVISER. Clair Slagg Vernon Houge Irene Veum Arthur Edwardson Alice Ogden Mr Klaus .Q 1 'T ' , , ,l , . A ' . I. . U ' C s . , , A- - Av ,x-----AA-----,P-,---k . - --A--vi-AiA------ , . 'I' v A 4 7 I 1 v A - - Y i-------Pi,T- 1 1 v ' i-i----- A

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