Elk Grove High School - Elk Yearbook (Elk Grove, CA)

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if '-X. THE ELK ffl ll' . . A . . Pleasures which he had Three. Times tried to leave. Wfe Elected. Him grand master And. Paul Voss is secretary And. He has forgotten that he was Ever. Elected. VVhenever we have A. Meeting there are twelve Voices. Tu enty-four hands and Feet. And a million ideas Present. But we all decided to Give. VVhy Smith Left Home as Our. Senior Play and three of The. Members of the Debate. Team are Seniors And. A Senior won the Honors. In the Native Sons' Oratorical. Contest and the Seniors. Talk more than all The. Rest of the school put Together. But we like the Seniors And. We hope you do, Too. Hugh has such a long Reach. That he grabbed the Basket Ball. Captaincy this year and He. Threw so many goals In. Basketball that the other Schools. All called for step Ladders. And now he is pitcher And. Captain of the baseball Team. And Howard VVackman ls. The first baseman and He. VVears four stripes and Maybe. He ll be a general some Day. If he doesn't go into the Movies. And Richard Hawley is First. Lieutenant of the cadets And. Harold Schulze is second Loot And the girls are the Suffragette. Leaders and some day All. Cf our class will do Some. Thing wonderful and you Will. Remember us and Say. I knew it but just Now. VVe are very sorry That. XVe are leaving high school. But we hope no one Else. W ill ever have to go to This. Antiquated edifice and now We. Must say goodbye for So. Has ended our fourth Year, I thank You. -james Lee Adams, '20, ty-oi

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fp X, Y Lf-,Q THE ELK And thus endeth the second Year. The third year but Eleven. Pupils enrolled in the junior Class. But good goods come in Small. Packages. Everett Nesche Departed. For Berkeley, and little Ora. Learned to tap the keys and Ethel. Everson joined the ranks of The. Sacramento High. But we Greeted. One new member in the Person. Of Hugh Tickler and he Was. The Professor in the Junior. Play, A Case of Suspension. And he has kept growing Taller. Ever since, and our Play. VVas a big success at Least. Financiallyg but we are Successful. In everything we Undertake. For Hugh romped off With. All the Basketball Honors. And helped Howard to Maintain. Our reputation in Baseball. During the year we Heard. That VVanda Barnhardt Had. Changed her name to White. And she was the first One. From our class to be So. Foolish, but next Year. Jessie is going to be A. Baker. Now ever since We. Started to school we Have. Had two prima donnas In. Our class and if You. Don't tell who they are I'll. Let you in on the secret But. They are so quiet About. It that you'cl never Guess. That Myrtle Hewitt and Helen. Mitchell could sing, would You? The high monkey-monks For. This year were Howard Wackman. Presiding officer and Myrtle. Hewitt, secretary, and, say I. Thus endeth the third year. Joyfully did we receive In. Our midst one new member. VVhen we came back For. Our fourth and last Year. Harold Schulze flashed A. Sailor suit for he Couldn't. Wait for a discharge, he Was. So anxious to return to The.

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if I U ,fx srfq1s:n,g- I THE ELK QA' ,lg ,- Ji 4 e l'N THE PRO B.-X'l'E COURT OF Tl-IE ELK GROVE UNION HIGH SCHOOL In the Matter of Estate of Senior Class 1920, deceased, and Faculty of E. G. H. S. Administratorsi PETITION vs. Freshmen, Sophomores and Juniors of E. G. H. S1 ' Petitioners lt appearing that said deceased died without a will, now comes your peti- tioners and pray the Honorable Court make distribution of said Estate through the administrators of said Estate as follows, to-wit:- -1- That the Honorable Court award Hugh Tickler's extreme shortness of stature to Louise Elliott, it being easily recognized that she is much too tall at the present time. -II- I That to Mlle. Beatriz Taylor, the sagacious court award Carol Stickney's extremely beautiful and graceful dancing. -HI- That Derril XVildanger's love for wearing out fence posts on street corners be judiciously given to the extremely retiring Elwood Poston and Mildred Neves. -IV.. That 'Wilbur Ehrhardt be awarded Anna Lohse's naive and unsophisti- cated remarks, the all-wise court realizing the suitability of this petition. -V- I, Dwight Ladd, fully aware of my unprepossessing appearance, do humbly beseech the Honorable Court for a small portion of Howard VVackman's manly beauty, so that I may become a second VVally Reid. -VI- That the Honorable Court allot to Eunice Hauskins, upon hearing her earnest petition, a small part, at least, of Jessie Cumpston's dear Lester. -VII- That to Cecil Caples, be assigned, upon the aforesaid's earnest petition, James Adam's undue aversion to feminine society. -VIII- I, Mildred lXIcCoon, do earnestly entreat the court to allow me to possess the mellilluous, clear, and bell-like tones of Harold Schulzeis voice, I fully real- izing my penchant for speaking too loud. -IX- That to Rodney Idzinga, the court award all of Paul Voss's now famous writings on Milton and kindred subjects. -X- That the court apportion to me. Lillian Sehlineyer, a part of Richard Haw- ley's overwhelming ability as an extemporaneous soap box orator on political subjects. I, Pearl 'Wilson, do solemnly and earnestly beg the learned court to make me the sole heir to Myrtle Hewitt's accurate and elucidating history recita- tions. 'T wenty-two