Ellendale High School - Redbird / Microphone Yearbook (Ellendale, ND)

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MAROON AND BLACK Ellendale High School The Class oj Twenty -one On the threshold of Life’s journey Stands the Senior class tonight, They’ve withstood the trials and troubles Of four years of High School life. Nineteen strong this host of students Tried and true, are every one. Friends to all, in joy or sorrow Is this Class of Twenty-One. Always striving to be helpful, Always joining in the fun, |b I IS th e chosen motto Of the Class of Twenty-One. As we face the unknown future And bid our school a last goodbye. May our memory live and linger In the dear old Ellendale High. When the years fly swiftly past us And our life work’s partly done. May we always be remembered As the Class of Twenty-One. M. R. Page Twenty 1921 Ellendale High School Yearbook Coleman Museum, 2017

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Ellendale High School MAROON AND BLACK Senior Qlass W ill E, the Senior Class of 1921, of the High School, of the City of Ellendale, of the State of North Dakota, of the United States of America, Western Hemisphere, being of s.ound and disposing mind and memory, do hereby make and publish this as and for our last will and testatment, hereby revoking and making void every and all other will or wills by us at any time heretofore made. And first, we direct our executors hereinafter named to pay all our just debts, funeral expenses and the expense incident to the administration of our estate as soon as reasonably may be after our decease. We give, devise and bequeath to the beloved Junior Class our Senior privileges and superiority, together with our virtues, all the furniture, with certain exceptions following, peculiar to the Senior Class, and all the gum, waste paper, etc., at present in their pos- session, providing they conduct themselves in a manner becoming to Seniors and with all due reverence to the memory of their predecessors. We give and bequeath to the loving Sophomores our excess knowledge and over- worked books together with our dignified bearing and the ability to hold our own against all odds, especally the odds with the aforementioned Juniors. To the dear and timid Freshmen we bequeath all the rest, residue, and remainder of our estate, real, personal and mixed. We releave them of their duty, which they have faithfully and honorably observed, of respectful obedience to their superiors, and as Sophomores to have the right of teaching the following generation of Freshmen to conduct themselves in like manner. The following individual items are to be prudently carried out by our heirs, executors, administrators and assigns : We, the members of the Senior Class do devise and bequeath Pete Bjornstad’s betting ability to Florence Saunders ; Pony Crabtree’s place as foreward on the basketball team to Lefty Lawler; Helen Dunphy’s desk in the Assembly to Helen Smith, providing she “holds it down” as well as her predecessor; Edyna King’s “winning ways” to Lois Fuller; Edvthe Northrop’s art cf hair dressing to Henrietta Thompson; Elizabeth Northrop’s quiet ways to Beth Miller; Raymond Dillingham’s industrious habits to Donald Wentzel; Coley Cole- man’s “house” in care of “Cassels” for the year 1922; Myrtle Rasmussen’s report card grades to Paul Callan ; Frances Haskins’ French learning to Lillian Babcock; Marion Morangue’s place on the honor roll to Magdalene Enzminger; Mildred Pierce’s front seat in the Assembly to Budd Crandall; Josephine Learner’s literary talent to Raymond Brown; Doc Cowles’s “wooing” ability to Fred Enzminger; Spencer Graham’s worn-out chewing gum to Ruth Fuller, providing she doesn’t chew it outside of school; Appleton Wenkstern’s art of “making eyes” to Otto Gerling; Lois Magoffin’s good mark in deportment to Willard McClellan; Kenny Lieby’s happy smile to Roger Jones, and Jennie Wright’s artistic abili- ty to Edwin Davis. We do hereby nominate the Faculty to be our executors of this, our last will and testament. And do hereby nominate the Junniors, Sophomores and Freshmen to be guardians of the Ellendale High School for the years 1922, 1923 and 1924. In Witness Whereof, We have hereunto set our hand and seal this twenty-sixth day of May, A. D. 1921. — SENIOR CLASS. Page Nineteen 1921 Ellendale High School Yearbook Coleman Museum, 2017

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Ellendale High School MAROON AND BLACK Class Prophecy Springfield, Ohio, Oct. 21, 1931. Rev. Lloyd Coleman, Cape Colony, South Africa. Dear Coley : I suppose by this time that you have heard of my accident that occurred on my trip around the world, by the letter my mother sent you. If I hadn’t been flying rather low, I wouldn’t be here to write you this letter, but I always was a trifle lucky so escaped with only a broken arm, two crushed ribs and a few scratches. My aeroplane is in the hospital, too, but we both are on the road to recovery. To tell you about the rest of my trip, the first thing to say is — it was great while it lasted. I saw all of our classmates of ’21 and many other old friends. I started from Boston aviation station to New York June 18, where I found Helen Dunphy as editor of “The Independent.” She told me that editing the first High School annual had started her on her road to success. Judging by appearances she has proved a worthy successor to Hamilton Holt. While there I attended one of the large theaters and much to my surprise and admiration I saw that the program for the evening was to be rendered by Alma Gluck and Edyna King. After the performance I gained an oppor- tunity to go behind the scenes to congratulate Edyna on her success and enjoyed an hour discussing old times. From New York I flew toward Washington, D. C. Having arrived safely, I started to look over the grounds, but as I neared the Capitol buildings, some very loud and discor- dant notes greeted my ears, which seemed to be at the farthermost end of the grounds. I decided to investigate and what do you suppose I saw, why Lois Magoffin, our valedictori- an of ’21, tuning a piano for all she was worth. After having a pleasant talk with her, she informed me that if I went to the House of Representatives I would hear Marion Morange deliver a speech on “The Negro Question.” Across the Atlantic! It was the most thrilling part of my journey. Of course I visited Paris and while Ihere met Edythe Northrop, as lively as ever. She told me that she was selecting styles for the National Cloak and Suit company, and enjoyed her work very much but intended dto give it up for the better position as a naval officer’s wife. As I left Paris and went east I found most of the land in reconstruction and as I neared the grand old cathedral of Rheims, my curiosity overcame me and I alighted. I was surprised to see the head architect scale the wall like a human fly. Upon inquiring who he was I was informed that it was Spencer Graham, the Spenny of the good old days I turned my plane southward and visited Northern Africa and thence to China where at Hong Kong I was attracted by the large missionary school. Upon entering it, 1 was delighted to find Mildred Pierce as head instructor, an American missionary to the land of the Rising Sun. On my way to Alaska I stopped at Tokio, and was entertained by the emperor, in whose court I met Appleton Wenkstern, a rich tea merchant. Arriving in Alaska at last, I visited a colony of Eskimos. A droning sound came from one of the igloos, and as I went to the door, imagine my surprise at being confronted by Josephine Learner, surrounded by a group of Eskimo children. Returning to the states, one of the first persons I met at San Francisco was our genial friend, Myrtle Rasmussen. She wouldn’t tell me her business untij I told her l was on my way to South America, then she disclosed the startling fact that she was in Secret Service work and was now on the trail of one of the most noted violators of the Opium Act. Page Twenty-One 1921 Ellendale High School Yearbook Coleman Museum, 2017