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

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EL Chapter II. VV hen we entered the assembly room September 7, 1924, and took our places in the section assigned to the Sophomores, we felt as if we were now part of the High School. The class-roll had decreased to forty-three, there being twenty-four girls and nineteen boys. For several weeks we were content to shun the Freshmen, but we were no exception to the rule that Sophomores must domincer the Freshmen. Consequent- ly, after the first class meeting at which the following officers were elected: President, Eugene Murrayg Vice-President. Edward Gammg Secretary, Ruby Vtfaltersg Treasurer, Herbert Greupner, we proceeded to prepare an initiation that would go down in history on the same plane as the Boston Massacre. When the initiation program was submitted to our class advisors, Miss Arnold and Mr. Belsheim, they declared the program too severe and proceeded to weed out the more desperate measures including the beheading of the Freshmen class president and the hanging of their secretary. After our class advisors had censored the program to their satisfaction, we held the initiation. It proved to be a very tame affair. The Freshmen did their part like faithful slaves and we Sophomores superintended the thing like slave drivers, eager to correct and slow to praise. The next event for which blame was placed on us, was the Sophomore Ball. This party, a masquerade, was held in February with the post-graduates as the guests of honor. Everyone present declared the party a rousing success, and truthfully said, I had a good time. The annual picnic was again held at Big Lake, everyone having a good time including Mr. Belsheim, who captured first honors in a stone skipping contest. Chapter III. VVhen school opened last fall we found ourselves Juniors, upper-classmen at last. VVe took the seats on the north side of the assembly room, but were recent- ly transferred to the annex,due to the removal of the Seniors to their private room for the purpose of escaping the contaminating influence of the other classes. Again our numbers had dwindled and there were but forty of us when school opened. Three of this forty have dropped out, leaving a grand total of thirty- seven. The girls have the majority, there being twenty-one of the gentle sex and only sixteen boys. Shortly after school started I1 meeting was called and the following officers elected: President, Lucille Healy: Vice-President, Emma Dobbins, Secretary, Evelyn Cornelius, and Treasurer, Anna Marie Gaffney. Miss Studnicka and Mr. Ireland were chosen class advisors and it appears that we made a wise choice. Athletically our class ranks high. The various teams we have contributed: Edward Gamm, star half-back on the eleven, forward on the basketball team, and the best baseball pitcher in the districtg Herbert Greupner, captain-elect of next year's football team, and second baseman on the baseball nine, Richard Goodin, quarterback in football and forward on the basketball quintg Robert McNabb and Dwight Moyer, tackles on the football machineg and last, but not least, David Daniels, who was center on the basketball team until he was forced to retire be- cause of old age. The class's athletic reputation has been ably upheld on the girl's basketball team by Harriet Nickerson and Emma Dobbins, stellar guards, and by Leta Thomas, whose ability as forward is unquestioned. Our class although not the smartest in the world, we hope is not the dumb- est, and if all of us survive the summer, we will have the largest class that ever graduated from dear old E.R.H.S. Page Twenty-flrrrc

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EL E Top row--R. Goodin, H. Greupner, E. Gannn, H. Clark, L. Hanson, L. Moos. A. Brown, C. Brown, R. McNabb, D. Moyer. Second row-D. Daniels, E, Murray, S. Glidden, H. Gon- yea, Al. Clark, B. Corrigan, H, Morgan, M. Johnson, L. Nelson, R. Garner, Miss Studnic-ka, class adviser: H. 'YV8iiE?fi0ld, M. Foley, L. Healy, F. Beck, Mr. Ireland, class adviser. llot- tom row-F. Ricker, E. Cornelius, H. Beck, A. Gaffney, E. Speck, L. Reed, L. Smith, E. JUNIOR CLASS ,HISTORY Chapter 1. Wfhen we entered this formidable building as Freshmen, September 6. 1922, there were iifty-live of us. The girls dominated by a score of thirty-three to twenty-two, but this score was quickly evened up when some of' the upper class- men caught sight of our handsome young damsels. After several weeks of constant blundering and still more constant razzing by the sophomores, we became firmly settled. Not knowing any better we elected the following officers to serve as our class officials: President, Henry Clark, Vice-President, Lucille Healy, Secretary, Hazel Morgan. and Treasurer, Eugene Murray. Although the Freshmen are usually noted for making blunders, it was tar from a blunder when We picked Miss Arnold as our class advisor. The Sophomores as usual were given the task of initiating us into the won- ders of High School life. The Sophomores did their duty and upheld in a very capable manner the reputation of Sophomores for preparing a stiff initiation for the Freshmen. VVe Freshmen acted as good sports and carried out all the tasks assigned us. Of course we attributed this to our standards of sportsmanship, while in reality we were scared almost to death. On Hallowe'en we staged the animal Freshmen Party, which was voted a great success by every one except Mr. Clark, who spent most of the night pumping up his tires, the air having escaped in some mysterious manner. The next social event staged by the class was the picnic held at Big Lake in the early part of june. This proved to be a still greater success than the party. As we departed from the schoolhouse, bearing report cards which were very artistic with their combinations of blue and red designs, we looked back and muttered, 'Tm glad that's over, and resolved to inaugurate into E. R. H. S. in 1924, a new method of initiating the Freshmen, which would give us ample re- venge. Eugen, O. Little. Page T'zw11fy-Iwo

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