Elk River High School - Elkonian Yearbook (Elk River, MN)

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RUSSELL SXVANSON .-I greater mon might hafve lived, but he doubts it, Band, '24, '25, '26, Baseball, '24, '25, '26, Vice-President of Class, '24, '26, Basketball, '26, junior Vaudeville, '25, Executive Council, '26, Band Committee, '26, MARJORY TAYLOR 1,vam1ot study and be popular, my floss docsn't study, there- fore I'lI study. Junior Vaucleville, '25, Chorus, '23, '24, Operetta, '25, DAISY THOMPSON She is alzva-vs ready to smile out loud, Junior Vaudeville, '25, HELEN TRASK 1 lo-we to dance, I Iozfc to play, let nothing else stand in my way. Basketball, '24, '25, '26, Chorus, '23, '24, junior Vaudeville, '25, Executive Council, '25, Elkonian Staff, '26, Senior Class Play, '26, ELSIE VVILDE She aims to be a great poet. LTQCILE YOUSO True to her work, her words, and her friends, Operetta, '25, -lunior Vaudeville, '25, Chorus, '25, Page Fifteen

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LEO PLUDE rr Happy-go-lucky, fair, and free, not many things bother me, Editor-inachief of Elkoniar1. Baseball, '24, '25, Anoka H. S. Football, '25, Anoka H. S. VIV IAN POWELL M'akes her own good time. Operetta, '25, Junior Vaudeville, '25. SHERMAN SACHS It's better to wear out, than rust out. Office Assistant, '26. Senior Class Play, '26. KENNETH SCH MIDT Never trouble trouble 'till trouble troubles you. Basketball, '25, '26, Football, '24, '25, Baseball, '26. Band, '23, '24, '25. Elkonian Staff, '26. High School Play, '23, Junior Vaudeville, '25. Operetta, '25, Senior Play, 26. LOUISE SCHXVANBECK Blast with plain reason and sober sense. Chorus, '24, Operetta, '25. NORMAN SPEAR ,Vo 'wc don't 11-ate him, 'wc know him, therefore 'we love him. Elkonian Staff, '26,

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EL HISTORY OF THE CLASS OF 1926 NN' hen we entered the Elk River High School as Freshmen in 1922, it seemed to most of us, the biggest, most mysterious place we had ever been in, but after we had learned our way around, and had been initiated, we felt a little more as if we belonged here. In a few weeks came the biggest event of our Freshman year-the Freshmen party. Being the first thing of the kind we had ever attempted, we naturally were rather worried, but it was linally successfully concluded. After this we really be- gan to settle down and get acquainted, and many of us made friends who were to be our intimates during all our high school career. W'e closed our tirst year with a picnic at Birch Lake, and left the school building with bright anticipations of the next year. VVe were all eager to get back to school in the fall of 1923, as there were to be several new teachers. As Sophf omores, we began to really realize what work meant. A few had dropped out dur- ing our Freshman year, but at the end of our Sophomore year, the class remained practically intact. The Sophomore Ball was a masquerade given on February 11, and was voted a great success by the rest of the high school. The class held their second annual picnic on a cold day in May, and parted looking forward to our Junior year. VVe entered into our junior year with the determination to make it our best year yet. A Junior was elected President of the Student Body. At the end of the li-asketball season some inter-class games were played at the pavilion. Both boys' and girls' games were won by the Juniors, much to the chagrin of the Seniors. The last day of school was a sorrowful one for all of us, because Miss Carney, our beloved principal, and Mr.Clark, our superintendent for three years in school, were leaving. Seniors! At last we were at the top, and with the largest class up to this time, ever to be graduated from the lilk River High School. The Seniors were to have the annex at the back of the room, and there was a grand scramble for the best seats. After a few days of merely getting acquaint- ed with the new teachers, we settled down to work. At the end of the foot- ball season the Senior boys challenged the--rest of the High School to a football game, and the Senior girls offered to feed the boys if they won. The game ended as a tie, but the boys got their feed anyway. Those who represented the Senior Class in athletics were: james Mclciride, Lawrence Cornelius, Burton Carlson, Kenneth Schmidt, Richard Halter, Norman Spear, Russell Swanson, Martin Charvat, Ralph Kiichli, NVillard Cherveny, Mildred Jaeb, Helen Trask, Lois Bailey, and Doris Middlestadt. After the class play and the excitement accompanying it was over we settled down to study for our final examinations. Commencement night was a big occasion for all of LIS, and even after it was over, it seemed hard to realize that we really weren't going to be back next year. The Senior Class of 1926 extend their best wishes for a happy and successful high school career to all those who come after them. Page Sixteen