Fergus County High School - Fergus Yearbook (Lewistown, MT)

Text from Pages 1 - 134 of the 1923 volume:

Z )tJfergus Commencement dumber Nineteen inmbreb tCtuentp tfjree Volume jSumbcr ikben igubltslieli iUnuallt� bv ttje Senior Class of Jfergus Count}� JN f) cl)OOl Hetotstoton, Jtlontana 3. ip FOREWORD. (F J Plea nf thoughts of fme 0 r=- - c fellowship with high school friends And faculty, now vivid k And seemingly indeliblet will Ir rAiiuMly fa.de wd p ss. TO preserve these memories for future moments of enjoyment , i 5 the purpose of this book. . S3 Hie, t be Mentor Class, respectfully bebtcate tfjts book to Helta % Belaplane anb Cll abetb ffl. ymmes 5- Walter Pierre, Literary Arnold Gillette, Juke Judson Conger, Athletic fm H Clem Long, Editor-in-Chief Emmett Darcy, Business Manager Nellie Sturman, Assistant Editor Aaron Sliull. Assistant Business Manager Helen Brodie, Music Mayclia Nicholas, Debate Dorothy Lay, Senior 7 r 3 o ttie Mentors Several years ago, loyal students belonging to the Senior class issued the first annual of the Fergus County High School which was also to be considered as the first issue of the school paper. For seven years the principal and faculty have watched with intense interest and pride the growth of these two publications along with the increased enrollment. Each year, both publica- tions have paid their way. They are fas becom- ing an institution within an institution, and an institution if founded rightly is self-perpetuating. It has its roots deep m the hearts of its con- stituency. Such an institution is your county high school. Here, if the institution is to continue, truth and justice should ever reign supreme. Here, character, vision, patience, justice, benevo- lence, enthusiasm, and service must ever bloom eternal. Unless the students and graduates cher- ish and advance these virtues and ideals, the im- personal, childless, soulless, money-making side of men, detached from the cause of humanity, will destroy this bulwark of the people built for the protection of the youth of the land and for teaching the tenets of representative govern- ment. May you of this Senior class be ever strong-hearted champions of the right. F. L. CUMMINGS. r 9 o r r fj ii r 5 'Ai r I u ABEL, ELSIE, “ Kelley ” President of Assembly Committee 4; Literary Club 1, 2, 3; Booster 2, 3, 4; Big Sister 4; Girls' Council 3; Secre- tary and Treasurer of Sub-Class 2. She' s worth her wei ght in g' old.” ALLEN, HELEN Quiet in class, but powerful in grade. ANDERSON, RODNEY Geography Club 1; Radio Club 3; Booster 1, 2, 3, 4; Class Basket- ball 3, 4; Senior Play. Theres nothing half so sweet m life as love’s young dream. Member of H. A. H. BARRETT, LILLIAN PEARL Booster 1, 2, 3, 4; Glee Club 3, 4; Latin Club 1, 3; Class Editor 1, 3; Decla matory 1. She speaks as one who feeds on poetry.” BARROWS, FRANKLIN, Willard ” Booster I, 2, 3, 4; Football 2, 3, 4; Cap- tain 4; Basketball 2, 3; Class Bas- ketball 1, 4; Agriculture Club 4; Hi Y 1, 2; Farm Play 4; Sergeant-at- Arms 4. For he’s honorable and doubling that, most holy.” BIGGERSTAFF, THOMAS Hilger 1, 2, 3; Booster 4. My tong ue wi thin my lips I rein — for he who talks too much, must talk m vain. '7 BLACKBURN, WILLIAM Booster 1, 2, 3; Assembly Committee 1, 2; Radio Club 3, 4; Debate 1; Hi Y 1, 3; Latin Club 1; Senior Play. Booster 1, 2, 3; Assembly Committee 1, 2; Radio Club 3, 4; Debate 1; Hi Y 1, 3; Latin Club 1; Senior Play. George Horace Lonmer’s assistant ' BRAGG, IDA ' But she never do BRINKMAN, FRIEDA Ge ograjihy Club 1; Vice President For- eign Language Club 3; Booster Club 1, 2, 3, 4. I never with important air in conversa- tion overbear.' BRODIE, HELEN, u Brodie Debating Team 4; Booster 4; Dickin- son High School 1, 2, 3; Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Class Historian 1, 2, 4; Fergus JTusic Editor 4. Erin Go Braugh.” BROWNLEE, MARY Roy 1, 2, 3; Orchestra 4; Booster Club 4. Thoughtless of beauty — she is beauty's self. BURBRIDGE, MILDRED Literary Society 1; Booster 4. If silence is golden, she is a nugget. 192-3 THE FE.RGU-T BURT, BERTHA French Cluh 4; Domestic Science Club 3; Booster 4. Backward, turn backward, O time in your flight! Make me a child again just for tonight! BUSSEY, CLYDE Hilger 1, 2, 3; Booster 4. k We can't tell what he thinks; he never says. CARNES, ESTHER Central High School, Kansas City, Trfo., 1; Booster Club 2, 3, 4; 0{ era Club 2, 3, 4; Big Sister 4; Girls' Council 3; Horne Economics Club 4; Public Sneaking Club 3; Senior Play. I often tell myself that there is more to me than people think.' CATON, MABEL Secretary o f D omestic Science Club 1; Normante Club 2, 3; President Big Sister 4; B ozeman D elegate 4; Booster 4. Wise to resolve and patient to perform.' CREST, CAROLINE Literary Club 1; Class Secretary 1; As- sembly Committee 2; Student Coun- cil ; Winner of First Prize in W. C. T. U. Contest 3; Booster 4 The truth is always right; I can not tell a lie. CLIFTON, HELEN East High School, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1, 2, 3. Her heart's not in her books, its elsewhere. 9 CORNWELL, HELEN Home Economics Club 4; Big Sister 4; Art Club 1; Senior Play. “ Modest simplicity is a virtue of woman — not tkat ske’s simple.’ COX, JOHN, ” Jack ” Class President and Vice President 2; Treasurer 3, 4; Booster 1, 2, 3, 4; President Student Council 4; Glee Club 1, 2, 3; Operetta 1, 2, 3; Hi Y 1, 2, 3; Representative to Vocational Congress 3. 99 44 100% pure.” CREGO, EUGENE, Gene ” Class Debate 2; Class President 2; Football 4; Class Basketball 2, 3, 4; Booster 1, 2. 3, 4; Glee Club 2; Joke Editor 3; Boys' Discussion Club 1, 2; Public Speaking Club 3; HI Y 1, 2, 3; Hi Y Delegate to Great Falls 2; Declamatory 2; Senior Play. ” He's rig'kt and ke knows ke s rig’kt.” DUSEK, ANNA JToore 2, 3; Latin Club 1; Booster 4. “A pie asant smile with brains bekind it.” DOWNING, DOROTHY, ” Dot ” Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Op era Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Publicity Board 3; Literary Club 1; Public Speaking Club 3; Big Sis- ter 4; Class Editor 2; Vice President Glee Club 2; President Glee Club 4; Cheer Leader 3; Sextette 3, 4; Quartette 4; Vice President Athletic Association 3; Secretary-Treasurer Athletic A ssociation 2. Everybody up. DOBEUS, JOE Football 2, 3, 4; Basketball 3; Class President 4; Student Council 4; Farm Play 4; Treasurer Hi Y 3; Class Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4; Booster 1, 2, 3; Class Track 1, 2, 3, 4; Secre- tary Gas Engine Club 2. Everybody’s friend.” IME FE.ft.Gtt DOTSON, IDA Discussion Club 2; Booster 3, 4; Latin Club 4; Normal Training. ‘fc Thy modesty is a candle to thy merit. ’ DORMAN, KATHRYN, Kay Booster 2, 3, 4; Public Sneaking Club 3; Girls' Council 3. ” She sleeps, my lady sleeps.” DAVIS, LENNA Geography Club 1; Booster 2, 3, 4; D eel amatory 4; Senior Play. One of the kind of folks this old world needs.' DARCY, EMMETT, “ Darcy Booster 1, 2, 3, 4; Class President 3; Geography Club 1; Publicity Board 4; Business NLanager Fergus 4; Stu- dent Council 3. ” But, by the Lord, lads, I am glad you have the money.” DARCY, FRANCE Booster 1, 2, 3, 4; Radio Club 3; Vice President Class 4; Boys' Vocational Conference 4; Student Council 4. Though I am young, I scorn to flit On the wings of borrowed wit.” DAVIDSON, JANE Booster 3, 4; Vice President Sub-Class 3; Biology Club 2; President Sub- Class 3; Student Council 3. ’ Happy am I, from care I’m free, Why aren’t they all contented like me ? ” 1913 r f csegg ELLIOTT, RAYMOND Sub-Class Presi dent 1; Class Basket- ball 1; 'M.acDowell Class 3; Booster 4; Oftera Club 4; Biology Club 1; Glee Club 4; Radio Club 3, ” Blushing is the color of virtue.” Member of H. A. LL ELROD, DOUGLAS, “ Doug ” Freshman Play 1; Rooters' Club 1; Booster 2, 3, 4; Ofyera Club 2, 3; Glee Club 2, 3; President Foreign Language Club 3. “ I'm on the brink of a great career, somebody push me off.” FISHER, GERTRUDE Orchestra 1, 2; Vice President Orches- tra; Domestic Science Club 1; Pub- lic Sneaking Club 3; Glee Club 3, 4; Oftera Club 3, 4; Booster 4, ” Oh! keep me innocent; keep others great. FLOOR, LEONA S ecreiary Latin Club 1; JlacDowell Club 3; Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Oftera Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Booster 2, 3, 4. ” Oh, this le arnmg, what a thing it is ! GARRY, LEONARD Booster Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Orchestra 1, 2, 3; Radio Club 3; Secretary of Sub- Class 2. In spite of all the learned have said, I still my own opinion keep.” GATZ, NED JToore High School 1, 2, 3; Booster Club 4; Agriculture Club 4; Stock Judging Team 4. ‘All things come ’round to those who will but wait.” 5U GILLETTE, ARNOLD Glee Club 3, 4; Orch estra 2, 3, 4; Treasurer Glee Club 4; President of Sub-Class 3; Editor of Sub-Class 3; Booster Club 2, 3, 4; Fergus Staff 4; Publicity Board 1; Public Sneak- ing Club 3; Track 2, 3, 4; Farm Play 4; French. Club 3. ” He’s speedy in more ways than one. Member of H. A. H. GILLETTE, GILBERT. “ Gib ” Gas Engine Club 2; Radio Club 3 Senior O )£?ra£or 4; Glee Club 3, 4 Operetta 3, 4; Farm Play 3, 4 Booster 1, 2, 3; President Glee Club 4; Cheer Leader 3. “ Wc are advertised by our loving1 friends.” Member of EL A. El. GLASCOCK, LOIS Mormahte Club 2, 3; Booster 4. Doing1 good, disinterested good, is my trade.” GREGORY, EARL, ” Dempsey ” Football 2, 4; Basketball 2, 3, 4; Vice President Gas Engine Clu b 2; Class Basketball 1, 5; Booster 1, 2, 3, 4, 5; Public Sneaking Play 5; Class Ser- geant-at-Arms 5; Commercial Club 5. “All wool and just about a yard wide.” GURNETT, BERTHA, “ Betty ” Booster 1, 2, 4; Ro oter 1, 2; Literary Club 1; Public Sneaking Club 3. “ Betty for short.” HALL, ALICE “ She h as learned the luxury of doing good.” a.i FERGU HALL, EARL Booster 3, 4; R.adio Cluh 3; Boys' Dis- cussion Club 1; Vice P resident of Sub-Cl ass; Senior Play. A radio-atic. HALL, RUTH MacDowell Club 3; Glee Club 4; Booster 4; State Music Meet 4. “ Music hath charms.'' HAMILTON, ROBERT Booster Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Class Vice President 3, 4; Student Council 3, 4; Gas Engine Club 1; Public Sneaking Club 2, 3; Class Deb ate 4; Hi Y 1, 2, 3; Fergus Reporter 4. “Among1 them, not of them.'’ HARRIS, MYRTLE Booster Club 3, 4; Discussion Club 1; Horne Economics Club 3, 4; Scholar- ship Committee 3. Her ways are ways of pleasantness. ' HARROD,DALE “Jesters do often prove prophets. HEALD, RHEA For mildness has ever tongue. attended thy LEWiCTCWN CITY LIBRARY 701 VS'es Main Lewbtc Wi f A onfcsna S9A57 £4 HOWLAND. ANNA RUTH Booster Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Rooters’ Club 1, 2; Girls’ Literary Club 1, 2; Pub- lic Sneaking Club 3. 44 She's always there — ten minutes late.” NICHOLAS, MAYDIA HOSEMAN Debate Editor Fergus 4; Oftera Club 4; Big Sister 4; Operetta 4. 44 Two can live cheaper than one. H EDM AN, MAYME Booster Club 4; Home Economics Club 3v 44 Quite intelligent — as women go.” JOHNSON, LUCILLE Literary Club; Normahte Club 3; Sewing Club 4; Booster 4; Nor- mal Club 2. ” She burns the midnight oil.” JOHNKE, HILDA Booster 2, 3; Horne Economics Club 2, 3, 4. 44 Of sunny hair and disposition.” KELLER, WILLIAM Booster 1, 2, 3, 4; Football 4; Agri- culture Club 1; Vocational Club 3. 14 His heart as far from fraud as heaven from earth.” FERGUS KIDNEIGH, JOHN French Cluh 1; Class Debate 2, 3, 4; School Debate 3, 4; Second Place Declamation 3; Allied Club 3; Booster 4. “ None but himself can be his parallel. KINDSCHY, LILLIAN Booster 1, 3, 4; Batin Club 1; Assem- bly c ommittee 3; Glee Club 2, 3; Public Sneaking Club 3; Secretary- Treasurer 4; Opera Club 2, 3; Big Sister 4; Student Council 4; Senior Play. “A friend who's worth all the hazards we can run. KING, ERWIN, 11 Kind M Booster 1, 3, 4; Glee Club 3, 4; Oper- etta 3, 4; Spanish Club 1; Radio Club 3; Riverside High School, Riv- erside, California, 2. One cannot know everything. KINTZI, MARIE Grass Range 1, 2; Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Opera Club 3, 4; Opera Cluh Pianist 4; Orchestra Pianist 4; JTacDowell Club 3; Class S ecretary 2. M usic is well said to be the speech of angels. KNOEPKE, PAULINE Mature Study Class 1; Booster 4. Night after night she sat and blurred her eyes with books. LARSON, EVELYN Glee Club 3, 4; Booster 2, 3, 4; Literary Club 1; Normalite 3. “ The mistress of herself tho China fall. I3%3 'XL LARSON, VICTOR,fck Vic ” President Sub-Class 3; Student Coun- cil 3; Sub-Class President 2; Booster 3, 4. Among mortals second thoughts are best.” LAUX, STELLA Spanish Club 1; Ofcera Club 2, 3; Booster Club 4; MacDowell Club 3. ” She makes sunshine m shady places ’ LAY, DOROTHY Chicago 1, 2; Vice President Class 3; Senior Editor 4; Booster 3, 4; Pub- lishers’ Club 3; Big Sister 4. I am the very pink of courtesy. ’ LONG, CLEM H., “ Count M Booster 1, 2, 3, 4; Hi Y Club 1, 2, 3; D iscussion Club 1, 2 ; Senior Play; Radi o Club 3; Circulation Manager Fergus 3; Editor-in-Chief Fergus 4, Steve himself.” LHAMON, BEATRICE, Bee ” Billings High 1, 2; Boosters 3, 4. How pretty her blushing' was, and how she blushed again.” MACKRILL, LISLE Booster Club 1, 3, 4; Domestic Science Club 3; Recreation Club 3; Big Sis- - ters 4. Imagination rules the world.” 3 7 MARKS, KATHRYN Domestic Science Club 1; Public S{peaking Club 3; Booster 4; Senior Shorthand Representaiive. Whatever any one else Joes or says, I must be good.” MARSH, VERNON Roy 1, 2, 3; Booster 4. ” HolJ the fort! I m coming’.” MAURY. MARGARET Glee Club 2, 3; Batin Club 1; Secre- tary-Treasurer 3; Student Council 3; Opera Club 2, 3; Big Sisters 4; Assembly Committee 4; FlacDowell Club 3; Booster 1, 3, 4; Senior Play. ” He knows to live who keeps the mid- dle state and looks neither on this side nor on that.” MAXEINER, CATHERINE, Cathy ” Latin Club 1; Booster 1, 2, 3, 4; De- bate 1, 4; Declamation 2, 3 (won 3): Public Speaking Club 3; Big Sister 4; School Debate Team 4. Gab? Yes, but she's a good scout.” MERSHON, SARAH Booster 1, 2, 3, 4; Orchestra 2, 3, 4; Latin Club 1; Public Sneaking Club 3; Farm Play 4; State Flusic Con- test 4. ” What is mind? No matter. What is matter? Never mind.” MORSE, NETTIE Booster Club 4; Latin Club 1; Public Sneaking Club 3; Voice Representa- tive to State Flusic {Fleet 4; Oper- etta 4; Glee Club 1, 3, 4. ” Mu SIC IS the universal language of mankind.” a MUNROE, KENNETH Glee Club 2, 3; Boosters 3, 4. “He who can not live on love deserves to die in a ditch.” McConnell, mable Literary Society 1; TTacDowell Club 3; Booster 2, 3, 4; Ring Committee 4. II bad girls die young she will live to be a hundred.” McDonald, Raymond Booster 1, 2, 4; Gas Engine Club 1; Roy High School 3; Senior Play. I am a good boy.’ McGOWAN, CLARE Li ter ary Club 1; Frenc h Club 2; Nor- mal Training 3; President Home Economics Club 4. ” She has more goodness in her little finger than you have in your whole body.” McILHONE, JOHN Booster 2, 4; Latin Club 1; Radio Club 3. “ He will make as much out of life as some who kick up more dust.” McLEAN, OTHO Booster 4; Grass Range 1, 2, 3. “ The mildest manner and the gentlest heart.” 3l Q THE FERGUS NEWMAN, EDWARD Grass Range 1; Wmnett 2; Football 4; Booster 3, 4. “ I know a lot but I can’t tkink of it.” NELSON, ANNIE “ Tkou kast tke patience and tke faitk of saints. OWEN, CARL, “ Picks ” Orchestra 1, 2, 3, 4; Farm Play 4; Chairman Publicity Board 4; Vice President Class 4; President Public Sneaking Association 4; String Quin- tette, Quartette and S extette 4; State Music Meet 4. L Ay bane came from Meenesota! PARKER, LAURA JANE Central High School, Kansas City, Mo., 1; Nacogdoches High School, Nacog- doches, Texas, 2; Tulsa High School, T ulsa, Oklaho ma, 3; Booster 4; Big Sister 4. 1 President of Vamping Union, Local No. 99.” PERRIN, FRANCES E. Billings High School 1, 2; Allied Club 3; Booster Club 4; Farm Play 4: Ex- temftoraneous Sneaking 4. Ske speaks. Ak ! kow ske speaks.” PETERSEN, CARL Booster 1, 2, 3, 4; Glee Club 2, 3; Orchestra 3, 4; Class Treasurer 1. Tke first one kundred years are tke kardest.” 9 PIERCE, JOHN I. Latin Club 1; Secretary of Thesfnans 3; Glee Club 3, 4; Operetta 3, 4; Booster 3, 4; Fergus Staff 4; Li- brarian Glee Club 4. Could I love less, I should he happier now.” PIERRE, WALTER, “ Fatigue ” Geography Club 1; Booster 2, 3, 4; Rooter 1, 2; Senior Play; Allied Club 3; Literary Editor Fergus 4. Beware the fury of a patient man. POTTER, GOLDIE Commercial Club 1; Wmnett 3; Booster Club 4. ” Silence is more eloquent than words. ROESSLER, LIANE Windham 1, 2; Normahte Club 3; Booster 4. What sweet delight a quiet life affords.’ ROGERS, ALTON A man s a man and master of his fate.” RUCKMAN, MAYBELLE A sweet gal! IBS 3 i TME FEMGI sgc oZ%a- SEIFRED, VELMA Booster 1, 4; Latin Club 1; Fo reign Language Club 3; Dorm Editor 3; Publicity Board 4. ” My thoughts and I were of another world.11 SHERMAN, THOMAS Booster 1, 2, 3, 4; Agriculture Club 1. “ The only competition worthy a wise man is with himselt.’ SHULL, AARON, Mose 11 Booster Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Class Track 1, 2, 3; President Spanish Club 1; Pub- lic Sneaking Club 2, 3; Geography Club 1; Publicity Board 4; Cheer Leader 4; Operetta. 4; Assistant Business Manager of Fergus 4; Senior Play. He loves the ladies, but doesn’t think they’re worth the price.’ SKAGGS, BERTHA Literary Club 1; Normalite Club 2; Recreation Club 3; Booster 3, 4; Normal Training 1, 2, 3, 4. “A comely m aid.” SMITH, HESTER Glee Club 1, 2, 3; Of era Club 1, 2, 3; MacDowell Club 3 ; Secretary Girls’ Discussion Club 1; Girls' Advisory Committee 4; President Big Sister 4; Public Sneaking Club 2, 3; Pub- licity Board 3, 4. “ M aid of Athens, ere we part — g’lve, oh, give me back my heart.” Honorary President H. A. H. SNYDER, DECIMA Booster 3, 4; Art Club 1; Re creation Club 3. k Not unpleasing to the eye.” FJE.RGU 3SL STEWART, CHARLES Boys' Discussion Club 1; Booster Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Public Sneaking Club 3; Class Secretary and Treasurer 3; Student Council 3. Speak low when you speak of love.” Member of H. A, H. STEWART, THEODORE, “ Ted ” Discussion Club 1; Booster Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Public Sneaking Club 3; Oj era Club 4. On with the dance ! ” Member of H. A. H. SOUTHWORK, FRANK Roy 1, 2, 3; Football 4. ” Oh, it is excellent to have a giant’s strength, but it is tyrannous to use it like a giant.’’ STRAND, THOMAS Booster Club 4; Gas Engine Club 1, 2; Radio Club 3; Senior Play; Discus- sion Club 2; Football 4; Class Bas- ketball 1, 3, 4; Class Track 4. “A bold, bad man.” STOWELL, HELEN Booster 1, 2; Domestic Science Club 2, 3. If I am not worth the wooing, I am surely not worth the winning.” STORM, LOIS Booster 1, 4; Literary Society 1. “ We like h er, but we seldom see her. r 33 STURMAN, NELLIE, “ Ikie ” Class Treasurer 1; Class President 3; President Student Council 3; Com- mercial Club 1, 2; Farm Play 3, 4; Big Sister 3, 4; Booster 1, 2, 3, 4; Dramatic Club 3; Glee Club 4; De- bate 3; Class Debate 4; Assistant Editor of Fergus 4. ' She’s a peach, now take it from us.” SVOBODA, WILLIAM Operetta 2, 3; Glee Club 2, 3; Booster 4; Geoqrahhy Club 1; Recreation Club 3. ' A mischief making1 monkey from his birth.” STRONG, MAY Art Club 1; Booster Club 4; Normal Training 1, 2, 3, 4. Like a pond, still and deep.' TREPP, SAM President Sub-Class 1; Latin Club 1, 3; Assembly Committee 2; Booster Club 2, 4; 5 ecretary-Treasurer Sub- Class 3; Student Council 3; Orches- tra 3, 4; Librarian of Orchestra 4; Glee Club 3, 4. “ The scholar who cherishes the love of pleasure is not fit to be deemed a scholar.” TRIMMER, GLADYS Devil's Lake High School, Devil's Lake, North Dakota, 1, 2; Fergus High 3, 4. Zealous, yet modest.” THOMAS, GAYLE Vice President Class 2; President Class 4; Big Sister 3, 4; Declama- tory 3; Glee Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Booster 2, 3, 4; Publicity Board 3; Girls' Sextette 4. ” She plows deep while others sleep.” THE FE.RGU VAN HYNING, MYRLE Literary Society 1; Normahte Club 3; Public Sneaking Club Play 3; jYlay Festivals 1, 2. ” One may be humble out of pride. VANEK, ANNA Latin Club 1; Normal Club 3; Booster 4. “ Nothing' is impossible to industry.” VAN DUSER, CYRIL Shining NLountam Club 1, 2; Public Sneaking Club 3; Booster 2, 3, 4; Assembly Committee 3. ” I am here — here I remain. ’ VAN DUSER, GRACE Normal Club 2, 3; Literary Club 1; Booster 3, 4; President Sub-Class 2; Assistant Committeeman. But though my place I never gain, Heaven lies comfort for my pain, I will be worthy of it.’ WARNER, CECIL Roy High School 1, 2, 3; Booster 1, 4. ” For a brave man deserves a well endowed girl.” WILSON, ALEXANDER Glee Club 2, 3; Booster 4; President Foreign Language Club 3; Geog- raphy Club 1; Farm Play 4. Good luck go with thee.” 132 3 3s w i: w' a WILSON, FRANCIS, “ Rip ” Basketball 1, 2, 3, 4; Captain 4; Foot- ball 1, 2, 3, 4; Booster Club 1, 2, 3, 4; Agricultural Club 1; Class Track 2, 3, 4.. To myself alone do I owe my fame. WASMANSDORFF, LAURA Class Secretary 1; Booster 1, 2, 3; Rooter 1, 2, 3; Carnival Queen 3; Literary Club 1, 2; Dramatic Club 3; Santa Barbara High First Semes- ter 4; Senior Play, k There is a wee fault they would lay to me — I love the laddies. God for- give me.” WOODWORTH, BURNADETTE Literary Club 1, 2; Foreign Language Club 3; Booster 4. “M ay you love all the days of your life ! ” BEDFORD, IDA LARSON, EBBA I 3( w $$ £tovv of tfje Class of '23 From ancient times down, to the present, men have seen in mg’s of Nature, foreshadowmg's of g’reat events. th lghty ■k- In the conjunction of stars, and in the eclipses of heavenly bodies, they have read the outcome of approaching battles and foretold the downfall of kingdoms. The eagle that lifted Tarquinius's cap and soared aloft announced a future king; the blazing cross that Constantine saw m the heavens foretold the triumph of Christianity. We are told that — “ In the most high and palmv State of Rome, A little ere the mightiest Julius fell. The graves stood tenantless and the sheeted dead Did s queak and gibber in the streets of Rome.1’ So the olden times have left a legacy of signs and omens, forerunners of mighty events, and to this day they have their believers. Every one will remember the great excitement that prevailed m the J u dith Basin in the summer of 1919 when the barren prairie land of Cat Creek basin gave up her secret and yielded up her treasure of ” liquid gold.” People talked excitedly about the discovery of oil, and looked into each other s startled faces and said ” WTat does this mean?” No one could interpret this, but to the Class of 1923 the meaning was quite clear, when the following September they were wend- ing their way to the ” Tar Paper Palace ’—the abode of the F. C. H. S. For this great discovery undoubtedly foretold the approach of the class into the high school. Our first year opened auspiciously. We were a valiant force, 173 in number. So you see we were great m numbers, strong physically, and superb in intellect. Fresh in our eighth grade armor, we came forth and yearned to attack almost every subject m the course of study. Besides contending with the noises and inconveniences of the Tar Paper Palace,” we contended with, struggled wi th, and overcame various detachments composed of biology, algebra, English, etc. We were sent into the library on scouting expeditions and discovered more than our brains and note books could hold. Each semester we held a meeting at which those who were to lead us were selected. During our first year we were led by Marjorie Brown and Bohumil Vanek. Our second presidents were John Cox and Eugene Crego. As juniors Emmett Darcy and Nellie Sturman guided us and, last but by no means least, as seniors Gayle Thomas and Joe Dobeus were our presidents. We, the Class of 1923, were as successful m our career of four years as was the natural discovery that heralded our coming. Of course, we have always attained even more than we have striven for. In recalling the individual merits of some of our numbers we have merely to men- tion the achievements of Raphael Edgington, who won the school honors in decla- mation in 1919. “ Rip ’ Wilson, our star athlete and letter man, won honors not only the first year but all during our sojourn m Fergus. In all school activities our class far surpassed all others. As bold, bad sophomores we won second place m track. When we were juniors all other classes did look on with envious eyes as we carried away the trophies of victory and as Laura Wasmansdorff was crowned queen of the carnival. In the track meet we profited by former experiences and won first place instead of second. Arnold Gillette, our ” slim ” athlete, won second place m the mile run at the State track meet. r 37 Cathy M axeiner mation. up held standards and won tke sckool Honors in decla- Our last year crowned tke Glass of 1923, tke most valiant class ever known in tke History of Fergus. Tke first victory was tke winning of tke Fergus subscription contest. We won not only collectively but individually. Nellie Bristol and Dorotky Downing re- ceived tke largest number of subscriptions. Tken came the booster contest in wkick we responded one Hundred per cent. Our senior men well represented us m football and basketball. The sckool debate team was composed of four seniors, Helen Brodie, John Kidneigh, Catherine Maxeiner and Esther Carnes. Each year chosen ones of our number have won laurels in singing and dra- matics. In tke farm plays for tke last four years tke members of our class had stellar parts. This year m tke operetta tke leading characters who helped make this tke most successful operetta ever given in Fergus were seniors: Dorotky Downing, Nettie Morse, Aaron Skull, John Pierce, Arnold Gillette, Gilbert Gil- lette, Helen Brodie and Gayle Thomas. Tke sckool prize noise maker (P. S.—That is, at tke proper time) is Aaron Skull, one of our number who has proven a most proficient yell leader. Frances contest. one of our sweet maids, won tke district extemporaneous As grad uation time draws near we begin to realize wkat tke closing days of our high sckool mean, and although we are proud of being seniors, we can not kelp but feel pangs of regret at leaving tke old F. C. H. S., forever. We realize that after our high sckool days are over we will perhaps be scattered far and wide, but in future years, wherever we may be, our thoughts will ever turn to dear old Fer- gus and to tke many happy days spent there. C. R. M.t E. A. K. SOME STARTLING DISCOVERIES 1. Scott met bis wife one rainy day when they were walking together under tke same umbrella. 2. A grass widower is a man whose wife died of kay fever. 3. Tke only difference between vacation and sckool, to tke students, is that during vacation they loaf all tke time instead of nearly all tke time. 4. Tke “ Ides of March were the senators of Caesar's court. 5. Ickabod Crane was tke mother of Katrina. 6. Misfortune is one of tke greatest defects on tke downfall of a person. It ruins him for tke rest of his life. 7. “ Tke Tale of Two Cities was Shakespeare's best play. 8. Tke colonists threw off tke ' yolk of England. 9. Tke Grail came to Sir Percival's sister in tke middle of tke Knight. 10. Irving bought a house near Tke Legend of Sleepy Hollow. 11. An angler is a fish story. 12. Boston Gommon means ordinary people. last OTtll anb Testament of ttje fteniors: We, the class of nineteen hundred twenty-three, party of the first part, being’ of sound mind and body, generally speaking, and having just been reminded that it is more blessed to give than to receive, do hereby bequeath, will and bestow upon the rest of the school, party of the second part, all those superior virtues for which we shall have no further use, to-wit: First: To the school we leave our sympathies and condolences. Second : To the Juniors we bequeath the faculty, and to the faculty the Juniors, May the Lord help them both ! Third: To the Sophomores we leave two more years in high school. Fourth: We leave nothing to the Freshmen, for we have nothing which would interest children. Fifth: Individually, we bequeath the following: 1. Hester Smith leaves her ability to manage her train of devoted swains to Ellen Anderson. 2. Walter Pierre leaves his position on the staff to some unfortunate junior. 3. Dorothy Lay, Catherine Maxemer and Laura Parker leave their pull with the faculty to Ralph Warren. 4. Erwin King leaves his shoes to any one who can fill them. 5. Douglas Elrod leaves his fc Stacomb ’ to Mr. Leek. 6. Charles Stewart leaves Ina to Ted so that she may be kept m the family. 7. To Tom Biggerstaff, Ned Gatz, Clvde Gore, Edward Neuman, Vernon M arsh, William Keller, Alton Rogers, Thomas Sherman, William Svoboda, Cecil WArner and Alexander Wilson we bequeath Kennedy’s Cafe. 8. Pearl Barrett, Esther Carnes, Leona Flook, Evelyn Larson and Nettie Morse leave school. 9. Emmett Darcy can’t leave anything because Helen graduates too. 10. Aaron Shull leaves his fair followers to George Smith. 11. Franklin Barrows wills his flood of years to the smallest freshman. 12. John Kidnei gh le aves his position of class bully to Allan Weidman. 13. Raymond Elliot bequeaths Elsie Abel to Sammy Trepp. 14. Rodney Anderson, Eugene Crego and France Darcy regretfully leave their dog-eared books to George Clegg. 15. Mary Brownlee respectfully donates her photograph to the Shop at Home Weekly for advertising purposes. 16. Helen Allen, Ida Dotson, Gertrude Fisher, Lois Glasscock, Myrtle Llar- ris, Mabel Caton and Frieda Brinkman leave their tomboy ways and fun loving natures to bashful little Jimmy Wilson. 17. John Cox and Robert Hamilton bestow their shiekish natures upon Rodolph Valentino. 18. M ae Strong, Gladys Trimmer, Lois Storm, Liane Roesseler, Annie Nel- son, Goldie Potter, Rhea Heald and Anna Dusek will their well known personali- ties to Gwendolyn Ralston. 19. Joe Dobeus leaves one of his football sweaters to Emily Bottcher. 20. Caroline Chrest, Lillian Kindschy and Margaret Maury leave their mem- ory books to Virgil Morss and Hardee Phillips. 21. Bernadette Woodworth and Jane Davidson leave their baby stares m the office vault. CSO� � 39 TWE FE.RGUS 0w5S%3 a9 Z%a- ) 22. Kathryn Dorman is bequeathed by an anonymous sympathizer a Way- Sagless spring’. 23. Rip Wilson leaves his ten inches of surplus height to Sam Gilluly. 24. John Mcllhone, Otho McLean, Earl Hall, Carl Peterson and Thomas Strand leave their lady killing powers to William Skarda and Filmore Trask. 25. Raymond McDonald and Leonard Garry leave town on the next freight. 26. John Pierce and Arnold Gillette leave Ellen to Richard Sherman. 27. Clem Long leaves the privacy of the Fergus office to everybody. 28. Ida Bragg, Ruth Hall, Mayme Hedman and Lucille Johnson leave their ear bobs to Mr. Cummings. 29. Beatrice Lhamon leaves her gum under the scat. 30. The Van Duser sisters leave their sunny smiles to Miss Hayes. 31. Gayle Thomas and Nellie Sturman leave their political instincts to Tom Garry. 32. Sarah Mershon and Frances Perrin bequeath their insatiable desire to talk to Ruth Cunningham. 33. Mabelle Ruckman, Bertha Skaggs and Mabel McConnell leave their memberships m the Hi Kut Club to Alice Obee, Gladys Trimmer and M arie Wunderwald. 34. Velma Siefred, Helen Stowell and Anna Vanek leave their winsome ways to the Boys’ Glee Club. 35. Lenna Davis, Alice Hall and Mildred Burbridge leave their intellects to Dale Lince, 36. Maydia Hoseman Nicholas leaves her position of chief high director of the operetta to Miss Auld. 37. Hilda Johnke, Clare MacGowan and Catherine Marks leave their charm- ing' characteristics to the faculty. 38. Bernice Knoe pke and Stella Laux leave their two seats in office training class to Roy Skinner. 39. Marie Kmtzi and Dorothy Downing leave a great void in the assembly programs of next year. 40. Helen Brodie bequeaths her Yiddish brogue to Charles Dusek. 41. Helen Clifton and Anna Ruth leave their giggles behind (thank heaven!). 42. Biddie Wasmansdorff was going to leave her popularity but it will not forsake her. 43. Helen Cornwell and Betty Gurnett leave their dimples to any one who can find them. Having left all these things not belonging to us, we hereby leave our signature. Class of '23. Oh, Miss Sweetman is a Latin shark, And lovable, yes she be. And if m Caesar you are punk, She’ll give you seventy. She’s taught me now for nearly a year. And I am coming fine, She ofttimes calls me to the front To translate a difficult line. 19X3 THE FEJtGUS S Jfeto Senior tatigtics Me : Favorite Song Aaron Shull ” Mose When My Shoes Wear Out from Walk- ing I’ll Be on My Feet Again Dorothy Lay Pinky” ” I Wish 1 Knew ” John Kidneigh ” Johnny ” ” Three o’Clock in the Morning ” Theodore Stewart “ Ted ” The Dancing Fool ” Cathryne Maxeiner ” Cathy ” The Wearing o the Green Francis Wilson “ Rip ” ” Hot Lips 1 Helen Brodie Brodie Every Day in Every Way I Love You More’n More ” Joe Dobeus “ Joe ” ” The Shiek ” Helen Clifton Alkali Joe ” Smilin’ Through ’ Erwin King Rosy ” Stumbling ” Bertha Gurnett ” Betty ” Ain’t We Got Fun ” Frank Barrows ” Frank ” ” How Dry I Am ” Nellie Sturman “ Nell ” When Francis Dances With Me Elsie Abel Kelly” I Ain’t Nobody’s Darling ” Arnold Gillette Arme ” ” They Go Wild Over Me Laura Parker Laura Jane I’ve Got to Wonder Where He’s Went and When He’s Coming Back Blues Clem Long “ Ye Ed ” ” When I Return ” Emmett Darcy ” Em ” “ Oh, Hel — Oh, Hel — Oh, Helen ! I Love You Helen Cornwell ” Helen ” Love You Truly ” Walter Pierre ” Walt ” ” Smiles ” Laura Wasmansdorff ” Biddy ” ” The Sweetest Girl ” Dorothy Downing “ Dot ” Wonderful Pal Rodney Anderson Bud ” ” Wanna Eat, Wanna Eat, Juanita? ” OUR IDEA OF A WONDERFUL TIME To hear Mr. MacWilli ams talk about something' besides himself. To see Oral Malakowsky in a serious mood. To see Ralph Warren’s name on the honor roll. To be able to walk up or down stairs between classes without running the risk of annihilation. To see Aaron and Richard get a real hair cut. To have Clem forget that part of his vocabulary which includes the words ’ bolshevik ” and ’ sappy.” 1323 C lentor oem Dear high school mates, do you remember Four years ago next fair September We entered on our High school life — The life of pleasure, toil and strife? We turned our steps from grammar school To sterner, stricter high school rule; We gave up old and childish plays To begin them o’er in different ways. We studied hard m our freshman year. Filled now with memories so dear; And then, as sophomores so true. We left the old love for the new. Vacation months soon glided by. And autumn winds so bleak, so dry, Did blow us back to high school days, To take up life in junior ways. The same old rooms, the same old gong. The buz-zmg saw, that self-same song; And teachers did their very best To make us think life was no jest. With heads bowed low and aching brain We read of Caesar’s great campaigns — And Milton’s poems we tried to scan To find the meter, rhyme and plan. And yet as jolly as can be We Senior class of twenty-three Take up with all our might and main The strife of worldly life and pain. We mourn so soon to cast aside, Though not in passion, shame or pride, The high school life which for us all Was full of pleasures, great and small. Our great brick building, fine and new, We bid to you a fond adieu. But ne’er, no ne’er, will we forget When first within your walls we met. Caroline direst. 't: r V3 S afelp Chroug!) ®fjree cars E, the class of nineteen hundred and twenty-four, arrived at our new place of education, The Fergus County High School, on the eleventh day of September, nineteen hundred and twenty, m our new limousine, which had a dazzling bright coat of green. In the course of human events, the car, the pride of the school, was guided through the tight and narrow places of our freshman year by our president, Alice Reuther. She performed her duties so well that we thought it dangerous for any one else to manipulate the wheel, therefore we elected her for another semester, and Arthur Ball paid the bills. Then came our sophomore year. The green color was gone and the limousine was in the pink of condition. Both the Senior and the Junior classes opened their eyes and looked up at us with respect when the basketball team gave them such a fight for the school championship. We also had many men on the best second team Fergus ever had, and when the Fergus Five was picked. Chesterfield was chosen as a member. We almost upset the dope at the carnival, but Daddy Crego came along and spoiled everything when we almost had things the way we wanted them. The Soph's play, “ Poor Miss Rich,'' was given and was a great success. At last the grand and glorious year of nineteen hundred and twenty-three rolled around. The limousine went ahead with all the speed it possessed and was carefully guided by Ellen Anderson and Carlyle Nicolls, and Mildred Sherry paid the bills. The class will long be remembered in Fergus. We sure had a dandy carburetor. Once during the year the mixture became so strong that several of the members of the class were almost compelled to leave. Some of the members of our class went to the Senior party. After they had been there some time, the Seniors, who were having quite a dull evening, called upon the juniors present known as the “ Selected Harmonious Four —“Art Ball, Jim Wilson, Herbert Chesterfield and George Smith. They enjoyed the music so well that they called upon them several times. We wish to thank the Seniors for the hospitality which they showed our “ quartet. Our newly painted limousine, now painted a wonderful columbine and white, is being put in first class condition for our last journey. We will let our mechanics, Jim, Art and Chet, see that it is m tip top shape, Arthur Ball. 1 r V5 Cljetr History E, the class of 1925, crept timidly through the doors of Fergus High in September, 1921. Under the protecting influence of our sponsors, we managed to survive the freshman year. All was right with the world from the vantage grou nd of sophomore year. w e viewed the freshmen with fatuous smiles and felt bursting with good advice; however, the seniors greeted us perfunctorily and we soon felt quite superfluous. First semester, Estil Howell filled the position of president very ably, while Harold Slater was vice president a nd Ruby Kindschy, scribe. Walter Mondale was elected president the second semester and managed all class affairs with success and dignity. Alice Brew, scribe, and Lillian Bates, vice president, assisted him with manifest ability. We have our athletes, actors, singers, bluffers and scholars, who take active parts in every one of the various school activities. At bluffing every one is adept except Tom Penn, who gains all his knowledge from boo ks (?). Our sponsors, Betty and Charlie, guided us through the perilous waters of the sophomore year with skill and dexterity, thereby bringing us safe and sound to the portals of upper classdom. JYlanam Tivombly. THINGS WE'D LIKE TO KNOW How to get on the honor roll every six weeks. What kind of gum Bernadette Woodworth chews. How old Mi ss Lewis is. Whl ch one John really likes best. Who started the lollypop fad. 1 S' i V7 � o C. %T mK Class of ’26 AST Fall we, the Freshmen, entered this wonderful palace c Fergus County High School. We were one of the largest Freshmen classes that ever invaded this school. A few weeks later the all- school party was held and we were able to get acquainted with a few of the upper classmen; we also won the prize for the most orig- inal stunt. The very first thing that was done was the electing of our officers. We elected James Wilson for our honorable president, Allene Cress for our vice president, and Clarence Preston for secretary-treasurer. During the football season there were quite a number of frosh boys that made the second team and later several made the basketball squad. When the second semester started we had to elect new officers. Allan Burke succeeded James Wilson as president, Lucille d’Autremont succeeded Allene Cress, and Madeline Schobert succeeded Clarence Preston. The first party that the Freshmen had was what might be called a howling success.” At least tho.se who passed the building during the party felt that way about it. We had races that brought many laughs. The second party was a masquerade. There were some very rare costumes. We had very good times at both of these parties. We helped very substantially with the carnival; our queen was third in the race. Our booth was acknowledged to be the most beautiful of all, Now at the end of the year we are looking back with satisfaction and forward with anticipation. Bille Burke. We laugh at the jokes Mr. Crego cracks, No matter how stale they be. It isn’t because they tickle our slats. But because it’s policy. Sub-Freshmen Greetings to ftjee, Htttle itlen anb ISHomen OW who comes here with faltering’ step, with shy and timid glances that always mark the neophyte? They gaze wi th wonder and admir- ation upon the learned and dignified seniors, and then with becom- ing modesty shrink from the apparently hopeless task of acquiring that lofty mien which the upper classmen carry so naturally. How fitting that these newcomers shou Id h ave their arrival timed so closely with the advent of Spring! Of course you have guessed that our new strangers are sub-freshmen, and how nicely they blend with the colors of Spring. How interesting it will be to watch these tender flowers as they grow and develop under the guidance of the caretakers in this garden of knowle die. And now, dear reader, cheer up, for these tender plants will not be green always, for already in the space of a few short months th ey are showing new colors, many developing that favorite tint known as a deep brown study. So we are all hopeful and do believe that ere many years have passed these new seekers after light and knowl edge will leave, their cramums packed as full of f salt. WHY TEACHERS GO INSANE ‘ What’s the lesson for today? I forgot.” I didn't hear the question.” I ain’t got no paper or pencil.” Shall we write m ink? ” ' Can we write on both sides of the paper? ” Can I sit in the back seat? ‘ Do we git our papers back today? ” Are the questions going to be hard? ' Do we have to answer all of them? ” I have my theme all written but left it home.” I couldnt get my lesson because I couldn’t go into the library last period. 49 Specials top! 3.ooU! an Histcn! OTfmt? tElje Specials! €faer fjcar of ttjcm? 3Tfl Sap toe fjaOe. Impressions the Specials Leave WkK Us Jimmy Harney: He has a smile that wins them all. Walter O’Brien: All right, but in love. ” That’s Micky.’ Leslie Gardner: He has a sense of humor that would wake the dead. Lester Gardner: Nothing excites him, not even the thought of vacation. Rose Hall; A rose with rosy cheeks. Clyde McKmght: The office his ” pleasure resort.” Robert Gardner: A jolly good fellow whom we all like. Vernon Nelson: Napoleon was short, too. Charley Gardner: Somewhat bashful around the girls. Scott Gardner : Great Scott! Caesar's ghost! Lora Allen : A teacher we think she’ll be. Ray Luedamen : Bluff ing is my art. Lloyd Housel: Brave and daring. Miss E. Hayes: A class meeting inviter is our sponsor. M 1SS N. M. Hovey: A true and good sponsor, with ever a smile. Henry Nemec: Li ght h air and ornery. Rudolph N emec: A sunny disposition he carries. Mercedes Tobin: She conducts herself with quiet dignity. r Si s - Qj $ THE FEROV sasscatmscaa CALENDAR 1922-23 Btarp of a Senior Sept. 10 Sept. 12 Sept. 18 Sept. 23 Nov. 11 Nov. 18 Nov. 22 ■Well, well, how time does fly, especially in. vacation. Tomorrow is school again; however, Tve stood it lor three years and one more won t be so bad. Any way, it'll feel good to be a noble senior. School opened yesterday; usual bunch of freshies running around. Seems good to see the old gang again. Lots of new teachers — good, bad and indifferent. Getting used to the old grind. Football team has been practicing. ■ Had the flrst all-school party. Lots of fun. Freshies carried off the stunt prize — a hewpie doll. Fergus wins from Winnett, 21-0. •Part time holiday during fair. Fergus loses to Harlowton, 10-0. Lonely freshmen girls entertained by Big Sisters. • l Fergus ' comes out for first time. Freshmen hold class party. •Faculty picnic in the mountains. Fergus defeats Moore, 10-0. ■Fergus gridders again victorious. Roundup is the victim. ■Inter-class debate work begins. Sub-Junior party. ■Big assembly in honor of Armistice Day. Pep rally for Billings game held afterwards. •Fergus ties Billings in thrilling game, 0-0. ■Fergus loses the last game of the season to Great Falls, 21-0. •Two girls, Mabel Caton and Sylvia Warren, go to Girls Vocational Conference at Bozeman. Several teachers go to Helena for teachers' conference. Two days' vacation to eat lots of Thanksgiving turkey. 53 Student Council Dec. 3 Dec. 8 Dec. 15 Dec. 21 Jan. 3 Jan. 5 — 1 J an. J an. 1 J an. s J an. 1 J an. I Feb. Feb. ¥! I Feb. I Feb. i Feb. Basketball work starts. Had a romantic time at The Trysting Place. Seniors become children lor one night at Senior party. My, weren t the Christmas tree and all the presents nice ? Mr. Crego was certainly a true to life Santa Claus. I missed the mistletoe but some folks didn’t. Ain’t it a grand and glorious feelin’? Ten whole days of vacation. Gosh, we'll sure do lots and have loads of fun. Back to the old grind. Where did that vacation go, any way? I didn’t begin to have fun when it ended. I’ve kept one out of a dozen New Year resolutions so far — pretty good, eh? Fergus has won two basketball games alrea dy — one from the Alumni for the first time in several years, and the other from Hobson. France D arcy and Bill Skarda go to Vocational Conference at Bozeman. Debate team defeats Winifred. Basketball team starts on tour. Farmers' Week vacation at last, and right after the terrible nightmare of cramming and exams. Thank goodness they don’t come oftener than twice a year. Farm play, ” Between Two Lives,” makes big hit. Back to school again; no more vacation for some time, either. Fergus wins second district debate; defeats Augusta. 1,11 Nautical Knot, ” the annual operetta, was excellent. Fergus has lost quite a few basketball games, but we’re never down- hearted. ■Debate team returns after being snowbound for three days m Moore. Quite a lively time from w'hat they tell. -Second all-school party. Had another great time. Feb. 24—-Wmnett gets first, Fergus third, in district basketball tourney. Fergus wins district extemporaneous speaking contest. Mar. 2 — Fergus wins final boop game of season; defeats Belt. Some banquet afterward. Mar. 10 — Juniors give some play, Green Stockings. Mar, 21 — Springes supposed to be here ; doesn't look muck like it. Mar. 23 — Talk about your rip-snorting times. Say, did you ever have suck a good time as at tke carnival? I never kave. Apr. 2—-Commencement day draws nearer. Apr. 7—-Fergus enters State music meet. We came out m third place. Apr. 11—-Boys’ Glee Club gives entertaining concert. Apr. 14 — Juniors kave second class party. Apr. 20 — Laure Estell wins in annual declamatory contest. Will go to Missoula. May 5 — Fergus plays host to delegates to another successful county track meet. May 2b—-Senior banquet is given by Juniors. June 1 — Four years of aspiration kave come to an end. Tke diplomas are ours, and it's good-by to pleasant days of high school life. Farm Flay Cast Sarah Mershon, Joe Dobeus, Alexander Wilson, Frances Perrin, Frank Barrows, Gilbert Gillette, William Carnes, Carl Owen, Ellen Anderson, Grace Symmes, Arnold Gillette, Nellie Sturman, Ernest Brown Big Sisters “ 3@is igusiterS ” HIS year we have a new club added to tke numerous activities of Fergus, Tke Big Sisters. Tkink just a minute about tke true sig- nificance of tke name. Big Sisters, and you will grasp tke wkole idea, it was started by Miss Sontag, wko is now dean of girls. Ske greatly koped it would be a success. To tkis end ske kas given ker untiring aid, and is quite pleased witk tke outcome. It is for tke benefit of girls of tke sckool. Wken little girls, because all freskmen girls are really little girls, come into kigk sckool, many of tkem from tke country, every tking seems strange — tke people, tke manners, tke speeck; you yourself know just kow it is. Tke Big Sisters, composed of tke seniors, juniors and a few of tke sopkomore girls, try to put tkem at ease. Eack ' Big Sister ’ kas at least two little sisters ” to look after. Tkis year a new rest room kas been added, decorated and furnished by tke club. We raised money in various ways, and sent two delegates, Sylvia Warren and Mabel Caton, to Tke Women's Vocational Conference' at Bozeman. Numerous useful articles kave been purchased for tke use of tke girls of tke sckool. We believe strongly m fun; last Fall we gave a ' freshman frolic and most of tkem are still talking about it. Then, there is a committee wko writes a letter to every girl wko kas been out of sckool three or more days. Jfann The play for tke seventh annual Farmers' Week, Between Two Lives,’ ’ by C. W. Burkett, was given February 23, at tke Junior High auditorium. There was no star m tke cast, but eack did kis part well. You would never know it to look at him, but Franklin Barrows makes a perfect old-fashioned farmer, and ke is set in kis ways, by ding! Another thing you’d never dream of is that Arnie and Ellen wrould make suck a fine old married couple. Nellie appeared as a real old maid sckool teacher at first, but teachers get tke disease, too, and we can't say Ernest was very slow Now, to be serious, wouldn’t Sarah make a kit with most any one vrhen ske had that pretty brown dress on ? Well, Picks fell for ker just tke same. Gilbert and Grace were hard to beat. They say true love never runs smoothly. Theirs surely must kave been true. Didn’t you feel sorry for William wken Joe took him by the shoulder and marched him out? He knew ke d better go. Debate Team and Coaches JDefaatc HE Fergus debate team met with unusual success this year. At the first of tke year tryouts were field from wfiicfi tfie t cam wfiicfi was to represent Fergus was cfiosen. Those making tfie team were three seniors, Helen Brodie, Catherine Maxeiner and John Kidneigfi, with Ester Carnes as alternate. At once tfie team began to study and attempted to devour every book, pamphlet and magazine ever written on unemployment. Daddy Crego and Mr, Provost coached tfie team, and because of tfi eir patient work our team was led to victory. Tfie first debate of tfie season was field with Winifred. Our team upheld tfie negative side of tfie question, Tfie ju dges rendere d tfie d ecision unanimously in favor of Fergus. Tfie next team met and perhaps tfie strongest was Augusta. Their team had been, working hard and showed wonderful ability, but when tfie final vote came Fergus was again victorious, tfie decision being 2-1. Both sides of tfie question, “ Resolved, That unemployment insurance should be adopted by the various States,” had to be debated by our team before they would be allowed to enter tfie State debate, so tfie Moore debating team invited us to come down there and hold a practice debate, m wfi lcfi our team again came out with colors flying by unanimously winning tfie affirmative side. Unfortunately, tfie team had to stay in Moore three days on account of a snow storm that blocked all tfie trains. They had a very enjoyable time there, but it got rather monotonous with only thirty below zero weather, a depot, and a restaurant. Tfie next debate in tfie series was with Grass Range. Our team took tfie affi rmative side m this debate. Three boys came down from Grass Range who were determined to win the laurels from our team, but again, as Fate and elo- quence and tfie judges would have it, tfie Fergus team was proclaimed victorious, receiving all three votes. Tfie last debate of tfie district series was with Belt. Our team again had tfie affi rmative side. Mr. Provost and tfie team went to Belt, and because of tfie reputation of tfie Belt team our team was not a bit confident of victory, so they debated as they never had before, crowning Fergus district champion with another 2-1 decision. 5'7 1 yfr 1 £ i ■ |;fi f • VVi Vi k Ilk? I m : t:' '■ : . ' ■ ' ■ • . • 1$ Frances Perrin, Winner District Extemporaneous Speaking: Contest extemporaneous; speaking “ My kingdom to be able to make a speech is the cry of hundreds of high school students. The study of extemporaneous speaking affords the students the opportunity of learning how to appear m public. M any students tried out for extemporaneous speaking this year. In order to give them practice before the final contest, they made speeches m assembly vari- ous times during the year, wh ich were enjoyed by the students. Those participating in the final contest were Frances Perrin, Mariam Twom- bly, M arie Wunderwald, Lucile Orman, Catherine Pierce and Robert Hamilton. Frances won this contest, thereby becoming eligible to enter the district match. Frances was again victorious by a unanimous decision m the district contest. Frances entered the State match held at Bozeman. Tom Olmstead from Beaverhead won first place there. ©eclamatoiy An unusual amount of interest was manifested in the declamatory contest this year. About thirty students prepared for the preliminaries, under the direction of M iss Auld, who was assisted by the other members of the English department. On A pril 13, the preliminaries for the dramatic and humorous classes were held and four were chosen from each class to appear m the semi-finals. These were held on Wednesday, April 18, and reduced the number who would appear in the finals to eight. On Friday, April 20, the following program was given before a large crowd of students in the gym.: Shak espeare (Ing ersoll)....................... .Ernest Brown Toussaint L’Ouverturc (Phillips)............Lucile Quickenden Bobby Unwelcome (Donnell)................................Violet Guslandcr The Deathbed of Benedict Arnold (Leftward)......Sylvia Warren The Fleet Goes By (Synon).................................Laure Estcll In the Shoe Store (Fiske).........................Ruth Ackerly The Boy Who Wanted to be Spanked (Hale)..........Myrle Daniothy Pigs is Pigs (Butler)........................... Virgil Morss The contestants showed such ability that the judges — Mrs. Leek, Mr. Quincy Scott and Mr. Provost — found it no easy matter to make a decision. Laure Estell was placed first in dramatic, Ernest Brown in oratorical, and Virgil Morss in humorous. Laure was placed first over all and will represent Fergus at the State contest at Missoula m M av. 5? Radio Clui) ®fje Babto Club AST year, among’ the many other clubs which were formed by the students of Fergus, was the Radio Club. It is not unjust to say that this club was made up chiefly of curious students who wanted to see what radio was, and what made it radio. Although the many clubs previously mentioned are obsolete now, having' been abol- ished by a superior form of entertainment — class meetings and assemblies — the Radio Club is still in existence. This year, however, it is com- posed of few members, and is an example of quality rather than quantity. The boys who are enrolled in this club are not mere curious students who want a little deviation from the rather monotonous curriculum of school, but are boys who are really interested m radio. A line of distinction has been drawn by the club which makes definite requirements of those who would like to enroll. In connection with the original club is an associate, or under Radio Club. The boys in the Radio Club have regular meetings, at which they discuss and analyze radio and radio problems. They make it a point to remedy radio ailments, and are a source of information for those farmers who are so fortunate as to pos- sess radio sets, One of the other features of the club is the giving' of concerts, not only to town people, but to the farmers. Three definite periods stand out on this year s radio calendar. The first was during Farmers’ Week. In room 43 a crowd was continually gathering to hear the marvels of the radio. Concerts, lectures and so forth were brought in every day. This was one of the most enjoyable features of the Farmers' Week, and many farmers were benefited by a superior knowle dge of radio when they left the room. Then, there was the time when the boys went to Moore to give a concert to the people there. It was not until quite late m the e vening that the sounds were easily dismguishable, but from 10:30 p. m. until late in the night the people of M oore were given one of the finest treats they have ever had. Carnrval night, m connection with the Junior tearoom, radio was served. Mr. Ernest Robinson, instructor of chemistry, deserves much credit for the success of the Radio Club. His untiring efforts and stimulating interest were a source of inspiration to the boys at all times. It has been well demonstrated by the club this year that strength is not always in numbers. i-j o ET -f e 17 '«2, ? Jllusic department i?tstorj OUR years ago Mr. Cummings, with his vision for service, saw the advantages and need of music m the life of this school and com- munity— and thus the music department of Fergus County High School originated. At that time the school owned one piano, had no space for studios or practice rooms for students, but these were no obstacles in the eyes of the principal. The services of Miss Sue Ke nny, who had a large following of students in the community, were obtained for the piano department, as were also those of Mrs. Janet Thielke for violin and Mr. Jesse Ewer for voice. Through the untiring efforts of this faculty, a firm foundation was laid upon which the department is now building. Students practiced at home, and lessons were given in the private studios of teachers. Recitals were given by students and faculty, and, m no time, the influence of the music department was felt in the community life. When the new school was built, studios for the department were established, pianos purchased for studios and practice rooms, the class rooms m the barracks being used for this purpose. In short, the atmosphere of a small conservatory was soon created. Today the department is using twelve pianos, eight practice rooms, has four studios and is one of the most active departments in the school. The ser- vices of an assistant piano teacher have been used for three years, and all that retards the growth of the work m this department is lack of room. Lewistown is situated in the center of the famous Judith Basin, and has a high school classed with the best in the United States, thus making it an ideal spot for a music school. Many students are attracted to Fergus High for the advantages offered in music alone. The benefits derived from the music department are taken advantage of not only by the community but also by the whole county. Fergus county owes much to the talent of its high school music students for the success of many programs. Scarcely a day goes by that some music student is not called on to render a selec- tion at a party, club meeting or holiday program. Practically once a month some of our musicians journey to some community meeting, going as far as fifty miles to give a program. This is all excellent practice, and serves to explain why so many of our students have gone out into the world and have made names for themselves. Four of our city churches have high school organists. Mrs. Thielke has organized a Junior High orchestra, and the piano and violin students have done more than their share by playing for the Junior High music appreciation class. It is obvious, then, that music is not limited to the high school alone. Four full credits may be received for any section of music, two hours of prac- tice every day being required from each student together w ith appearance upon recital programs. Besides the private lessons, recitals and class lessons are held weekly for the benefit of the students. This also helps to create the taste for classical music in the school. Public recitals are given at intervals throughout the year, all of which are of great attraction and draw large audiences. Then, too, music history, music appreciation and harmony are taught in classes, and help to give students a thorough foundation for music as well as arousing interest in this subject. Th ere are three main sections in the music department, piano, violin and voice. Besides these there are the two glee clubs, the Opera Club, the string quartette, and orchestra, the girls' sextette, and the male quartette. Each and every one of these has done remarkable work this year. Lt'X Girls’ Glee Club GLEE CLUBS The Girls' and Boys' Glee clubs of 1923 deserve much credit for the work they have done this year. Singing for a few assemblies, presenting “ The Nautical Knot, and finally giving their glee club concerts on March 9 and April 11, respec- tively, they have certainly shown their audiences what high school glee clubs can do. The following people were members of the Girls' Glee Club: Ruth Agnew, Ellen Anderson, Julia Attix, Pearl Barrett, Ruth Barrows, Sylvia Bergsing, Helen Brodie, Kathleen Brodie, Esther Carnes, Helen Carr, Rozella Christopher, Hazel Constans, Florence Comes, Helen Cornwell, Myrle Daniothy, Dorothy Downing, Marie Dusek, Stella Ellison, Laure Estell, Fern Estell, Marie Fall, Gertrude Fisher, Lillian Marshall, Helen McLean, Velma Miner, Donna Moore, Frances Morley, Nettie Morse, Edna Nelson, Geneva Roy, Catherine Scott, Marie Sib- bert, Leona Flook, Mabel Ford, Ruth Gramley, Edna Halbert, Maydia Hoseman Nicholas, Vivian Howland, Bernice Isaacs, Mildred Isaacs, Cecelia Kelly, Mau- rine Kelly, Evelyn Larson, Mary Loveland, Ann Shields, Bernice Stapleton, Ruth Stevens, Nellie Sturman, Glynetta Surprenant, Grace Symmes, Gayle Thomas, Elise Tubb, Hildegard Tykeson, Laura Woods and Eva Wright. The Boys' Glee Club consisted of the following students : Raymond Branson, Ernest Brown, Allan Burke, Billie Burke, William Carnes, Kenneth Downing, Carl Dugart, Edward Dunn, Raymond Elliot, Jacob Flook, Arnold Gillette, Gilbert Gillette, Dale Glascock, Estil Howell, Charles Huffine, Orville Johnstone, Erwin King, Dale Lince, Robert Lmdblom, Harold Martin, DeLette Martin, Odin Mau- land, Albert Munski, James Murray, Tom Penn, Hardee Phillips, Howard Poison, John Pierce, Clarence Preston, J. B. Rauch, Harry Rich, Ted Stewart, William Tobin, Durward Zeu then. OPERA CLUB The Opera Club, consisting of both glee clubs, presented a musical comedy, “ The Nautical Knot, on February seventh and eighth. The hall was packed with enthusiastic music lovers at both showings and they can not soar too high in their praise of this operetta. Nettie Morse co-starred with Aaron Shull, both help- ing to make the comedy the success that it was. Other characters were Dorothy Downing, Helen Brodie, Grace Symmes, Gayle Thomas, Johnny Pierce, Harry Apple, Arnold Gillette, Gilbert Gillette and Ernest Brown. G3 Boys’ Glee Club VIOLIN DEPARTMENT Many very fine student violinists have been the result of the activities in this department, as well as the fine ensemble of strings and the orchestra. The work here has reached out widely into the community life, the string quartette and quintette being very popular numbers upon many programs. Mrs. Thielke, with the aid of her advanced student, Olive Strickland, has also organized very popu- lar and successful classes in violin in the Junior High School, building again for greater things in music in Fergus High. VOICE DEPARTMENT Another section of our music department that has advanced very rapidly this year is the voice department. Mr. Leek has coached all of the vocalists, giving two lessons a week to each student, and he deserves much credit for his never- failing diligence. The following pupils have studied voice this year: Julia Attix, Helen Brodie, Mildred I saacs, Evelyn Larson, Nettie Morse, Hazel Pcrleberg, Catherine Scott, Ella Ralston, Gayle Thomas and Geneva Roy. PIANO DEPARTMENT Possibly one of the most important sections of music is the piano department. Miss Sue Kenny, assisted by Miss Grace Pennock, gives two lessons a week to sixty-six pupils. The methods used are the very newest. Miss Kenny having studied with master teachers, during the Summer vacations, in New York and on the West Coast. In Miss Grace Pennock, her assistant, we have a teacher to be proud of, since she was graduated from the Fergus County High School music department. For several years we have tried teachers, graduated from other noted schools, but it was not until this year that we were able to get entire satis- faction from our assistant teacher. Much stress is laid upon careful foundation and fine technique, upon which students may advance rapidly. Students are required to memorize pieces and to appear in recitals. This all makes for finish in their efforts and many fine musi- cians are being moulded in this department. This department, as well as that of violin, is entirely self-supporting, and has, through the faculty and student recitals, purchased and paid for all pianos, sev- eral orchestra instruments, as well as for our music library and new music for the organization. u ‘V L e 383« SCSK (p 5 ORCHESTRA Few high schools can boast of as talented an orchestra as Fergus County High possesses. Although it is a comparatively new group of musicians, yet they play together with exceptional adaptation and ability. They h ave indeed contributed more than their share in musical entertain- ments. They opened their season by accompanying the Junior High operetta, ' The Feast of the Yellow Corn,1’ and followed this by accompanying the high school operetta. Under the never-failing supervision of Mr. Leek, with Mrs. Thielke as concert master, the orchestra has accomplished wonders. The following people are the talented musicians composing the 1923 orchestra: Beverly Bourns, Pauline Dugart, Kenneth Downing, Leonard Dunn, Arnold Gil- lette, Tom Garry, Keble Hirst, Marshall Huffine, Marie Kintzi. Roland Martin, Sarah Mershon, Virgil Morss, Tom McKeown, Carl Owen, Howard Poison, Lucine Johnson, Olive Strickland, Sam Trepp, Ruth Tyler, Main Warden, Leonard Seyller, Floyd Martin and Lorenzo Kizer. STATE MUSIC CONTEST The second annual interscholastic music contest was held again this year at Big' Timber. That it is becoming more important and recognized is shown by the fact that twenty-four schools were entered this year, with a total of over two hun- dred entries, as compared with last year, when eighteen schools were represented by one hundred and seventeen contestants. This great increase cramped the facilities of Big Timber and it was recognized that the meet had outgrown the town. This small city played host in a most credit- able fa shion and every moment was enjoyed by her guests. Fergus was represented by eight very excellent musicians. Alora Cress, although she failed to place, won the admiration of her audiences by her ability on the piano. Nettie Miorse was barred in the voice contest, her piece being trans- posed higher th an the original. The string quartette, composed of Carl Owen, Pauline Dugart, Sarah Mershon and Tom Garry, carried off first prize in their department. The string quintette, composed of the same people with the addition of Ruth Hall playing the piano accompaniment, repeated the achievement when they played. Both groups were well received and complimented on their ability. M am Warden carried off the first prize in cornet, showing a fine mastery of this difficult instrument. The contest started Thursday evening, continuing through all day and evening on Friday and Saturday. The meet was concluded Saturday night with a concert of the prize winners and the presentation of prizes. Beaverhead won the coveted first prize in piano as well as the sweepstakes for first place. Second place went to Hel ena. Fergus placed third with pennants for first place in quartette and quin- tette, and Ma in came home the proud possessor of a gold medal. MAY FESTIVAL Almost every live school has a May music festival, and Fergus High was not behind m this line, offering to Lewistown a scries of concerts for three evenings and one day, all of which were most attractive. With the exception of about six, every pupil in the department appeared upon one of the concerts. One program was devoted entirely to those who h;ad had only the school year of study, and the ease in which they played was remarkable. Alora Cress, Leona Flook, Marie Kintzi, Iris Lowe, Mabel Ford, Ruth Ackerly and Ruth Hall, from the piano department, gave a delightful concert. Grace Pcnnock, assistant piano teacher and advanced pupil of Miss Kenny, gave a program exceptionally brilliant in manv ways. Beethoven's Son ata, Opus 22, noted for its difficulty, both m technique and memory work, was played with great ease and musicianship. Greig’s famous Con- certo in A minor was interpreted in a manner that would have done credit to a conservatory graduate. The entire program was artistic and the result of much conscientious work. Programs were given for three evenings and all day Saturday. A music spell- down was held, and proved to be very interesting and exciting, showing how much music knowledge the students really have. The closing program was a choral con- cert, with orchestral accompaniment. A r £7 'S jfoottiaU HAT king' of high school sports, football, started, this season with a crash. At the first call about thirty young fellows appeared on Day’s field m football togs willing to show what they could do. Most of the squad was green but anxious to learn. After about a week and a half of signal practice and some tackling and passing, practice scrimmage was started. After the boys started scrimmage there was quite a crowd of spectators on hand. The team always showed to advantage in scrimmage and gave the onlookers something to think about. Three men who were on the team last year appeared, Captain Barrows, Joe Dobeus and Rip ’’ Wilson, and with these as a foundation, Coach Day built up a fast, hard-hitting, smashing aggregation. It was a pleasure to watch the team play and they exhibited some real teamwork. The team used some new shift plays and developed a good aerial attack, which they learned to use to advantage. It was no uncommon sight to see 4 Rip ” or Joe shoot out a pass for a gain of fifteen or twenty yards. Seven games were played this season. Of these seven games, Fergus won four and tied with Billings for a fifth. The other two games were lost, one to Harlow- ton in the early part of the season, and one to Great Falls, the last game. The first game of the season for the Blue and Gold was with Winnett, at Win- nett. The boys showed what they really knew about football so ea rly in the season and cleaned Winnett, 21 to 0. The second game caused much weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth. It was then that Harlow came down here during the fair and won, 10 to 0. It was the first game played by our team here. The third game was styled a “ practice game.’ It was at Moore and resulted in this score, Fergus 10, Moore 0. The next Saturday the team went to Stanford, where they piled up the biggest score of the season. The Blue and Gold goal line was in danger only once and our men seemed to go through any hole they wanted to try. The score was 60 to 0. The fifth game of the season was at Roundup, resulting in an easy victory for our boys. It was at Roundup that our forward pass was first put into real use. It was during this game that Fergus showed what a good aerial attack they really had. Roundup, who was held to be one of the best forward-passing teams m the central part of the State, was completely outclassed by Fergus. It was the sixth game that brought to our eyes alternate tears of sorrow and joy. It was a 0 to 0 tie. The first quarter of the game was Billings’s. They exhibited some fast team- work and were very clever with their shift plays. They kept the ball in Fergus territory most of the time and threatened our goal line three times. The second and third quarters were about evenly divided between the two teams ; first one team making a spurt, only to die down m the beginning of a rush by the other team. In the last quarter the game was entirely m Fergus’s favor. The team started in afresh and pressed on with the hope always of scoring. The backfield started a counter-attack in a high-handed manner, weakening the Billings defense. Just before the whistle blew the Blue and Gold started down the field on what looked like a sure scoring rush. They plunged here and fought there and put over a pass or two, but when the whistle blew the ball was on Billings’s 15-yard line on the second down and-six yards to go. The game was attended by a large crowd and the team was well supported by the townspeople as well as the students. The last game of the season for Fergus was played here against Great Falls. Fergus, playing against a heavier team, lost the game after putting up the hardest, pluckiest fight of the season. The score, 21 to 0, does not show what a hard fight was put up by both sides. It does not fairly indicate the relative strength of the two teams, either. Twice Fergus threatened the Great Falls goal, and near the end of the first half got the ball within an inch or two of their opponent’s line with two downs in which to put it over. Two attempts to smash through right tackle r 7 o failed when the Falls held with unprecedented stubbornness. The spirit o f the boys was just as good after this break in the luck as it had been before, and w ith spirit undimmed, they gave Great Falls a real fight. After winning this game. Great Falls had a chance for the State championship, but were defeated by Custer High of Miles City. Although the weather was rather severe, the last game was attended by a rec- ord crowd for the season. RESULTS OF FOOTBALL GAMES Date Place Ojrfronent Fergus's Score Opponent’s Score September 30 There Winnett 21 0 October 6 Here Harlowton 0 10 October 17 There Moore 10 0 October 21 There Stanford 60 0 October 28 There Roundup 19 0 November 11 Here Billings 0 0 November 18 Here Great Falls 0 21 Totals no 31 INDIVIDUAL PLAYERS FRANKLIN BARROWS, “ Frank M Right halfback, captain, and main exhorter of the team m time of trouble. He was great on open held work and carried a dreaded stiff arm. His birth- day came too soon and he had to watch the Great Falls game from the side- lines. JOE DOBEUS Fullback. He was a heavy line plun- ger and good passer. He had a punt with a kick m it. A strong man in defense. FRANCIS WILSON, “ Rip M Left tackle. Around Rip on the line and Joe in the backheld was built the defense structure of the team. Rip was exceptionally good at passing. EUGENE CREGO, “ Gene ” Quarter-back. Gene wasn’t sensa- tional but had the good steady playing ability that makes a team. He did pretty work catching short passes in- side the enemy s lines. FRANK SOUTHWORTH Center. Frank is the boy who had never seen a football game until this year, but he sure developed the stuff. BAARD TEIGEN Right tackle and a good one. He was a steady man and dependable. When- ever he started he left a hole in the opposing line. WILLIAM SKARDA, “ Bill ” Tackle. Bill had a wonderful defense and although he looked rather light, he made up in head work what he lacked in weig ht. ARTHUR BALL, “Art ” Art played left end toward the latter part of the season and showed some real aggressiveness. He was a shark at catching passes, seeming to gather them in from all angles. JAMES WILSON, “ Jim ” Jim at right end was the best de- fensive man on the team. He could be depended upon to stop any attempts to get around his wing. HERBERT CHESTERFIELD, “ Chet “ Chet got on the squad in the middle of the season and showed a lot of sand and good sense at left halfback. The biggest man on the team for his size. HARRY MARTIN, Buckley Right guard. He got there and got ’em. Busted up lots of plays before they got started. RAYMOND McCOLLUM, “ Hap Quarter-back and halfback. A snappy player with a good defense and a worth while tackle. THOMAS PENN, “ Tom Right end. Youngest and fastest man on the squad. A boy with a future. RUDOLPH LEHMAN, Rudy ” Sub-end and half. A man with a fine defense and a hard hitter. 7 j|j[j ,fg A -RvC w -73 i TIE FJEJRGVS iPaskcttiaU UR basketball season opened with a game witb Winnett for a starter, in which Fergus showed she had the real basketball stuff. The score was 21 to 8, in favor of Fergus. Quite a few boys came out for the squad, and when the first and second teams were formed and started practice games, a crowd of spectators began to come over to the gym every night to watch the practice. The coach labored hard with the team and whipped into shape a real basketball machine in which the players seemed to know the value of teamwork. The team had a defense which only those who know the inside workings can appreciate but which was seen to be well-nigh invulnerable. Their offense was quick and shifty, having all the plays down pat and putting the ball through the hoop with a startling regularity. During Farmers’ Week the team went on a tour, taking in seven towns in few more than seven days. The boys stood the strain pretty well but only got away with one victory. The district tournament was held here February 22 and 23, w ith nine outside teams and Fergus participating. Fergus lost the tournament by a turn of luck when a Stanford man caged an overhand throw of the once-m-a-lifetime variety and left us on the wrong end of a 13 to 12 score. The Blue and Gold took revenge on Stanford in true Fergus fashion in their fourth game of the tourney by giving them the smaller en d of 24 to 11. Fergus played five games in the tournament and won all except the one with Stanford, which they lost by one point. Winnett won the tournament and the right to go to Bozeman for the State tournament by defeating Roundup in the last game, 17 to 8. This gave Roundup second and Fergus third district honors. The inter-class tournament caused much class rivalry and brought out a good regul ar attendance to the games. The Seniors took first place and the Juniors second. There were many hard-fought struggles and good -floor work and shoot- ing was displayed on most occasions. BASKETBALL SCORES Date Place December 21 Here December 29 Here January 5 Here January 12 There J anuary 20 There January 21 There J anuary 23 There J anuary 24 There J anuary 25 There J anuary 26 There J anuary 27 There February 3 Here February 9 Here February 16 Here February 22 Here February 22 Here February 23 Here February 23 Here February 23 Here March 10 Here 0 ftftonent’s F. C. H.S. Ofiftonent s Name Score Score Winnett 21 8 Alumni 23 22 Hobson 40 15 W innett 6 10 Great Falls 12 23 Cascade 11 22 Centerville 11 15 Fort Benton 9 41 Big Sandy 4 17 Havre 18 25 Belt 25 18 Fort Benton 17 24 Great Falls 15 17 Town Team 29 12 Hobson 24 20 Stanford 12 13 Grass Range 36 n L Stanford 24 11 Moccasin 32 4 Belt 22 21 Total 391 345 m 7 V 7-5 r XCZ cm UBlmy Lewhtcwr, A ontana 59457 Elizabeth Tedder Dorothy Butler Four Princesses Mildred Traffley Helen Carr 77 r 70 7? TIE FJELRGUT sossEiSZS Carnival Queen 2t S3 Mentor ipiap HE play selected for the class of 1923 to present was a play which has created a sensation because of its remarkable boldness and entire novelty. The play is a contrast between three generations, and shows vividly the clash which is ever in progress between the impulse and audacity of youth and the careful judg- ment of old age. The first act is in 1860 and costumes and furniture are those of that date. The second act takes place in 1885, and the third act m our own day. The younger people m each act have ideas that startle and sound absurd to the older characters. The story is about the shipyards in London and the progress of improving the ships, and this, of course, causes dissension between the old and young characters. A pretty love story runs through the play, ending with the new ideas conquering the old and the characters finding their real mates. The cast of characters was : John Rhead..............................Aaron Shull Gertrude Rhead..................Esther Carnes Mrs. Rhead..............................Lenna Davis Samuel Sibly....................Walter Pierre Rose Sibly....................Helen Cornwell Ned Pym.............................Earl Hall Emily Rhead...............Laura Wasmansdorff Arthur Preece............. William Blackburn Nancy Sibly...........................Lillian Kindschy Lord Monkhurst.........................Rodney Anderson Honorable Muriel Pym..........Margaret Maury Richard Sibly...................Eugene Creg'o Tohmpson....................Raymond McDonald Webster........................... Clem Long Footman.........................Thomas Strand When she smiled Sweetly At you With that wonderful smile, Oh, boy! You were in heaven! But — When you sat back And realized That she smiled Just as sweetly At others. Where Were you r r S'S Jfuntor ipiap HE first Junior play m the annals of Fergus was presented by tbe Junior class on March 10, 1923. The selection was ” Green Stock- ings,'' a play full of spicy and humorous dialogue and containing a very evident moral. The cast was excellently chosen and proved equal to all expectations, under the expert direction of Miss Auld, who was ably assisted by the junior sponsors, Miss Will and Mr. Robinson. Celia, the eldest daughter of an aristocratic English family, who looked upon her as a hopeless spinster and didn't suspect m the least the hidden spirit of fun, the ch arm and the desire for real romance within her, was played by Sylvia Warren with an understanding and sympathetic interpretation which delighted the audience. Aunt Ida, Celia's champion and partner in the deception of her family, a most adorable old lady, possesse d of a sense of humor and a sense of justice, was delightfully portrayed by Alice Reuther. Colonel Smith, or Wobbles,’ the hero of Celia's imaginary romance which turned out to be real, was exceptionally well played wi th just the proper amount of reserve and dignity by Ernest Brown. Virgil Mores, as Admiral Grice, a dyspeptic old gentleman with a terrible temper and a grudge agai nst the young folks of the play, was one of the hits of the evening. Richard Sherman, as Mr. Faraday, the father of Celia, interpreted his role skillfully and truthfully. Lady Evelyn Trenchard, the vampy and alluring widow, and Madge Rocking- ham, both sisters of Celia, were played convincingly and cleverly by Laure Estell and Gwendolyn Ralston. Violet Guslander's impersonation of Phyllis, the youngest sister, who was so much m love with ” poor Bobbie,’’ was piquant and charming at all times. Harold Hanson, as Bobby Tarver, the empty-headed young swell with the bored, detached manner, handled his role very skillfully. Filmore Trask and Lester Beebe, as Raleigh and Steele, could not have been improved upon, and William Skarda was the perfect butler. The play well deserved the liberal praise which it received from all sides. Crystal Lake Jfacultp ©fasierbations! Name Miss Hussey Mr. Burns Mr. Piaggi Mr. Gray Mr. Crego Mrs. Hudson Miss Phenicie Mr. Tedder Miss Bancroft Miss Hoem r Miss Symmes Mr. Cummings M iss von Tobel Miss Lewis Miss Will Miss Delaplane M iss Adams M iss Henne Miss Sweetman Miss Hayes Mr. Mattill Mr. Musgrave Miss Trost Mr. Leek Miss Auld Mr. Provost Mr. Green Miss Sontag Mr. Robinson M iss Hovey Mr. McWilliams Mr. Day Nickname ' Hughie ' “ Bobby l Piggy M Geegee ’’ “ Daddy Sonny “ Eller Teddy ’’ Helen ” Baby ” “ Betty ’’ %k f. l.” Vonnie Louie “ Billy “ Lelia Adam “ CKick Jerry ” it X7 • 11 nssie Chuck Gravy ’’ “ Aggie Ray ’’ Ina Belle Deacon “ Pinky ” Edna “ Robbie T—r ” rlovey Shiek M “ Coach jYlost Frequent Expression Have you time to cut a stencil? ” Well, it could be done that way — Carry on with your project, now ’’ Just a minute — let me explain, will you? Well — ah —— it was — ah —' Who wants the honor of helping? ” It’s different m Kansas Now, what was the assignment for today? Every day m every way Chi cago gets nearer Come to attention and I will illustrate That's too dumb for ana — thing ” Kindly b ear that in mind For the garden seed! Now, kiddies, hush ! Isn't that so, Arthur? Well, ree-ally The next one hundred pages for tomorrow I dismiss you — not the bell ' Now you can’t get away with that m my study hall! Now, what are you doing in here? Roll your arm—not your fingers — 1, 2, 3, 4 Settle down, boys, settle down —” Are you owing me a book fine? Watch me — follow the stick ! ' Now, I realize this is a long lesson — BUT — ' True — true — m'm — very true You got a hundred? Watta shock! ” Who said Minnesota wasn’t all right? That's the nature of the beast I don’t like to get cross, but I must — If you birds don't knock off that talking —’ What the team needs is support — Mac (shouting amid the general noise from 10 to 11) : ” William Kelly, how are the halos around the sun formed? Bill: By icicles coming from the sun.’ $7 r 8g tk. r 39 IJenmais M t) or abeb bv a Cat ERUNAIS BLITZ, ice for the P. O., strolled down the street. Gloom, the cause of more than one tragedy, was sitting heavily on his brow. His feet lagged behind his body, his shoulders stooped, his eyes were glassy, and often he hesitated to blow his nose violently and cast a furtive glance about to see if he was observed. Plainly he was deeply worried about something, and yet what that something was was not plainly to be seen. Truly a man should not be so downcast over a cold, and to the casual onlooker that was all that was evident. But, alas, it is not given to every man to see into the depths of the souls of others. Perunais’s cold was a mere non-entity compared to the fact that was troubling his innermost self. Nose blowing was merely a steady winter habit that accom- panied the glassy stare attached to every winter cold. The furtive look, however, meant worlds to one who knew Perunais well. Ordinarily he was not a man of stealth. No one was more loud or straightforward around the ice plant at w’hich he daily labored. Yet for the last week or more he had been observed by his fel- low workers to have developed a jumpiness and surly attitude that ill-befitted any man who had nothing to fear from any one. 1 Perhaps,’ suggested one, “ he has a past that we know nothing of and it is haunting him now.” Strange to say, this man had come near to the conclusion that was perfect. The only difference was that it was a present past and not a past past, as it were. Two weeks ago it had developed and now there was no getting away from the fact that matters were developing a very bad aspect for Perunais. Perunais feared dogs. To no reason in particular could he assign this fear, but the fact remained. Time and again he reproached himself on the grounds of fool- ishness and lack of manhood, but it was all useless. The fear would arise, try as he might to keep it suppressed, and now on the basis of that very fact he was in trouble. On that memorable m ght, now m the past, he had returned home in the wee hours of the morning still rather under the influence of the New Year s party. Nay, Perunais was not blameless — it might be confessed that several times dur- ing the current year the moon shone within as brightly as without. During these periods he seemed consumed with a kindly feeling that was hard to confine to himself and consequently was lavished on all surrounding objects deserving of proper consolation. As he strolled serenly toward the door of his lodging, his attention had been attracted by a pitiful whine, doubly pitiful it seemed to him in his eagerly receptive mood. He was inspired. A final chance to fulfil his eve- ning s pleasure with the topping off of a kind act. He knelt and searched diligently for a few moments but was not favored by fortune until the slight sound was repeated. In the far corner made by the steps an d the building, he saw a small black bundle about the size of a cat, and cat it had seemed to him at that time. Nice Pussy,” he murmured, and with that picked the animal up and stuffed him in an overcoat pocket. After achieving the top of the stairs, he went carefully on tiptoe to the door of th e newest arrivals and borrowed the milk that the milk- man had left on the doorstep. They didn’t need it anyhow, as they were still in the stage where love fills all wants. Newly-weds — there we have it! At least, these were the thoughts of Perunais. Going back to his room, he procured a bowl and poure d the milk into it, hauled the animal from the confines of his pocket, and set him before it, before tumbling off to the bed that wras set in the far corner of the room. Perunais was awakened in the morning by a feeling of coldness at the base of his neck. ” Funny,’ he thought. ” Have to lay off the stuff if it’s going to get me that way. D arn that bootlegger, he has always been pretty good in the past, but then you can never trust them guys anyhow'. What the Dickens? ” In reaching around to inspect the cold spot, his hand had encountered something cold and clammy. He was startled into abrupt wakefulness. Nothing like that had ever come to him before and his hair almost stood on end for fear of the unknown. What if his brain could have started to leak? Bolt upright he sat and turned around. There in the bed, sleeping soundly with his head on the pillow’, was a small terrier. yo Horrors! he gasped. Only it wasn t hor rors ; it was something a trifle more man-expressive. He jumped for the middle of the room, landed on both feet and stood there ready to travel. The young animal on the bed opened his mouth and yawned, opened his eyes and looked about him. Perunais reached for his pants and was oil down the hall. Hardly had he started when a door near by h is opened and a feminine head appeared. Perunais dashed back to the safety of his room. Clad only as he was, he dared not go on, and, besides, the head that had appeared at the door was attached to a body in whom Perunais was greatly interested. If she would see him running, half clothed, down the hall and just to get away from a little dog, it would be all over between them, for the chief attraction of Perunais to M iss Blutz was his size and apparent courage. Of his fear for the canine of the species he had never let her know a thing. And now he was hung between two fears, that of losing his girl and that of not losing the dog. Between the two he was well-nigh driven crazy for a few moments. Suddenly, however, his brain cleared and he saw a solution. He sat down and studied the dog for a few moments — from a distance. On second sight it did not seem so formidable. Small and black and woolly, he was the picture of innocence. ” Perhaps,” thought Perunais, ” my fear in the past has been groundless ' — then the dog moved and barked feebly. In a moment he was again in the old stage of fear; apparently it was useless to try to keep it down. A soft knocking was heard at the door. Miss Blutz stuck her head in and inquired, Has any one seen my milk? ” As the memories of the previous eve- ning crowded back on the man, he wondered if he had made a mistake in feeding the pup. However, he managed to stutter a feeble ” No, and then proceeded to look guiltily at the empty bottle on the shelf. Miss Blutz opened her mouth to protest and got no farther than the first syllable. Towards her there bounded a small ball of black fluff that barked joyously. ” Oh! the dear sweet thing,” bubbled Miss Blutz. Where m the world did you get him.' Oh, that—” indifferently replied Perunais. ” Just a new pet of mine. Very fond of dogs I am. Yep, that's me, kind to all dumb animals.” I think he is just the cutest thing',” cooed Miss Blutz. Im just crazy about little dogs, and especially black ones; they don't show dirt so quickly. Will you keep him here for me so I can play with him at night? ’ When she looked at Perunais in that fashion, he could not deny her anything. He bravely and thought- lessly promised and immediately afterwards regretted it. After Miss Blutz had returned to her room, he thought matters over very seriously until he had to dash off to work. Before he left he tied the dog firmly to the bed post with a strong cord and carefully locked the door. As yet, no solution had come to the top of his troubled brain. And now for the space of ten days it had been the same story. Night time, a period of fear and suspense, and the days ones of troubled thought. It was leaving telling marks on him mentally and physically, but there seemed to be nothing to do about it. (Miss Blutz so dearly desired the presence of the dog and when Perunais mentioned the matter of getting rid of the animal, had vetoed the prop- osition.) Nor would she accept it as a present, being by nature adverse to the doing' of any extra work when there was a man around to do it for her. There was only one thing that the dog was the cause of, and that was the nightly visits of Miss Blutz. Matters vrere swimming right along between her and Perunais. The distant echo of the voice of the justice of the peace was distinctly in the offing. Soon it ought to be a fact. And now on the eleventh night Perunais was wending his way home, half way between the inspiration for popping the question and killing the pup. In this state of mind he slowly walked up the steps to his rooming house and opened the door. Sounds of feminine distress smote his ears forcibly. “ Horrid, horrid, horrid! shrieked the voice of Miss Blutz from the second floor. “ Go away, oh! please go away. Perunais hesitated not a moment. Plainly this was a time for manly action and no other. Up the stairs he dashed and into the room of Miss Blutz. A scene confronted him. Miss Blutz was curled up m the far corner of her bed, wildly waving a hair brush m front of her. On top of her small bureau, there arched a cat — hair on 91 end — and all set for battle ; below her, with an eye out for both vitcory and the possibilities of defeat, was the dog’. With a sudden rush of courage, Perunais seized the dog1 by the scuff of his neck and threw him out of the door and down the stairs. By the time he had returned, the cat was missing and Miss Blutz had collapsed. To her, with much composure, went Perunais. Now was the critical moment —■ the time to take opportunity by the scalp-lock and make her yell for mercy. With an arm about the fair Miss Blutz, he coaxed her back to normalcy. As soon as she was coherent she stuttered wildly, ” Is it gone?” bk What? ” countered Perunais. “ That horrid cat,” answered the fair one. That nasty beast drove him in here and wouldn’t chase him out. Don’t ever let me see that awful dog again. ’ Within Perunais there burst a great light. On the spur of the moment he spoke, Dearest, when we get married tomorrow,” he said, ” no cat or dog shall ever again trouble you. They shall be kept as far away as the moon.” ” Honey,” smiled the seductive Miss Blutz, ” what you say sure goes big with me. When you’re ready let’s go.” She collapsed against his heart and la3r there gently. Late that night, when all was still, Perunais sneaked out of his room. Again he visited the door of the newly-married couple with the same item of food in mind. Down to the cellar he softly made his way. The bowl he carried m his hand was soon filled to the brim and set carefully on the floor. ” Kitty, Kitty, Kitty,” he gently called. From out of the dark came two green eyes. The cat rubbed against his legs, and then, scenting the milk, sat down to business m the grocery line. Perunais gazed silently down and then indulged in a remark. ” Cat,” he said, you’re there, but next time don’t take so much time about it.” Aaron R. Skull. DON’TS FOR THE DORMERS (Including Mr. Provost and Mr. McWilliams) Don t inhale your soup from the end of your spoon. Flip it into your mouth by pressing the forefinger of the left, hand firmly on the lip of the spoon and increas- ing the pressure by a turn of the right wrist. Don t crumble crackers into your soup. Masticate them with your dental equip- ment, or, if your teeth are inefficient, crush them under your heel on the floor. Don’t bend over the table ; raise the table with your knees until it is at the desired height. SYNONYMALLY SPEAKING A colored lady who had been riding on the street car for several blocks approached the conductor and said: ” Mistah Con-ductah, will you all please pospone me at the next street? Pospone you? ” exclaimed the conductor; what do you mean, pospone?” ”Ah, gwan, you white ignoramosity, you all cant flushcate me — Ah knows what pospone means — hit means put off, and you all bettah pospone me gently, too.” THE DUMB BELL Teacherette : ” Why didn't you send up a man to fix my electric bell? ” Electrician : ” He did go, madam, but as he rang twice and got no answer, he concluded that there was no one at home. — Burr. Just because a guy has a wrist watch, it’s no sign he h his hands. lot of time on 3 9V ?5 Sauerkraut g n i i i 1 ARK sniffed, and crinkled his nose outrageously. Sauerkraut! How he loa thed the stuff! He fi rmly believed that the government should enforce some kind of a law prohibiting the consumption of soured foodstuffs. At least, he argued mentally, they ought to try to keep people from burning it. Being an advertising agent, he pic- tured an invention of non-combustible sauerkraut. The idea seemed to amuse him, for he smiled as he neared the little white shop from which issue d the unmistakable odor. ifc The House of Cle an Meals ” made a specialty of cabbage dishes. Th ere the tired business man would slip into a chair uneasily, and partake of the forbidden corned beef and cabbage, and would buy a small package of mints from the blue- eyed girl at the counter, as he left. But delectable as were all of the dishes served m the little white restaurant, none could compare with its sauerkraut, which was known from the Battery to the Bronx. But Mark Venn considered sauerkraut the same as he had considered teachers and policemen at the age of nine — a menace to the welfare of the people. It was Mark's usual custom to hurry past the restaurant with averted head and disdainfully elevated nose. Perhaps it was due to his humorous idea of non- combustible sauerkraut, or it may have been merely Fate in a new guise — at any rate, as he was about to pass the ” House of Clean Meals,' Mark looked at the spotless glass windows with their neat gilt signs, past the windows to the display of sauerkraut and salads beyond, and then his eye went further — into the interior of the restaurant itself. He saw Tier. She was crying. Perhaps that accounted for her being so distractinglv pretty — for any young woman who can cry attractively is an assured beauty. She held in her hand a letter, and it was obvious that the missive was the cause of her grief. For a moment Mark stood irresolutely, undecidedly, in front of the restaurant. Then, with thesame spirit that causes a general to conquer an army, he wheeled determinedly into the u House of Cle an Meals.” She, he noticed, was seated at a counter which bore vivid signs announcing that ”A11 Sortc of Gum, Mints, etc., for Sale.” She was the cashier, he could tell, because at her left was a huge cash reg- ister, and an adding machine. She be came aware of a presence, and wiped her eyes hurriedly, and thrust the letter deep into the pocket of her simple dress. He passed leisurelv, not to say lmgeringlv, before the counter, and, seeing that she was unaware of his existence, resumed his stroll to the extreme end of the restaurant. There he seated himself at one of the spotless tables, and watched her, unobserved. In the space of a very few minutes, a waiter stood beside his chair, pad m hand, pencil poised, and eyebrows lifted expectantly. This was an unexpected ordea 1 —he must order something — Sauerkraut! ” gasped his lips — and his very soul revolted at the sickening name. Sauerkraut was brought him. It was attractively arranged on a small mound, and was garnished lavishly with parsley and slices of small red beets. But, never- theless, it was sauerkraut. Mark took a long look at the girl as a sort of stimu- lant, and lifted the first forkful gingerly to his lips. After that, Mark found it not so dreadfully difficult. He ordered a second dish, that he might stay and watch the girl. He longed to speak to her, but realized the utter impossibility of doing so without offending her. H er lovelv head was bent over an accounting book, and she added carefully column after column of the long rows of figures. Mark ate slowly and painfullv the second dish of sauerkraut, and watched the girl, with eyes full to the brim of admiration. A sudden chiming in the distance caused him to draw forth his watch hur- riedly and give an impatient ejaculation. Six o’clock ! He had b een there over an hour, then. And what would his mother say, when he told her that he wasn’t Hungry because be bad dined on two disbes of sauerkraut in a little white restau- rant? She, wbo knew more tb an any one else bow be loatbed tbe stuff. As be banded tbe girl fifty cents, and waited for bis change, be looked at ber adoringly. But bis adoration was wasted, for all sbe said, as sbe looked at tbe neatly tied cravat, was, ” Thirty-five, forty-five, fifty. Tbank you.” After that evening, Mark found bimself unconsciously turning m at tbe little door wbicb led to tbe table at tbe farthest end of tbe room. And from bis advan- tageous position be watched ber. It was interesting to see tbe various changes in ber expressions, and it was amusing, too, to sec tbe different lights playing about ber hair. All this, you understand, while Mark toyed gingerly with a dish of sauer- kraut. He found, to bis amazement, that be was becoming intensely interested in a girl wbo bad never spoken more than five words to him at one time — a girl, in fact, wbo was perpetually engrossed m a letter on gray stationery. One day—to be exact, it was Friday, tbe thirteenth of October, and a mist, chilling to body, and dampening to spirit, had settled over tbe city—Mark entered tbe little restaurant at precisely ten minutes after five. He swallowed bis usual portion of sauerkraut, and sat for a moment contemplating tbe girl. He bad firmly made up bis mind to speak to ber — to tell ber that be bad admired ber from a distance long enough, and that be wanted to know ber. Could a man, be wondered, love a girl whose name be did not know, and with whom be was not even on speaking terms? He found tbe answer in bis own heart — yes, be decided, a man could, and did! After six o'clock bad chimed, be rose reluctantly and crossed to tbe counter. He cleared bis throat, preparatory to beginning, and placed on tbe marble top of tbe counter, a twenty-five cent piece, although two dimes rattled protestmgly in bis pocket. He always contrived to have to wait for bis change, that he might be near ber tbe longer. As sbe banded him bis nickel, be saw, upon tbe third finger of ber left band, a new' — ab, very new — diamond ring. In a moment bis heart leaped to bis throat, and bis cheeks flushed hotly. He noticed, however, that m ber eves was a sparkle which far outshone tbe luster of tbe diamond. And Mark was glad. Tbe next day, as Mark was going to bis office, be glanced through tbe window for the regular noon-day glimpse of ber — but sbe was gone! Ml ark felt low- spirited all afternoon, and retorted bitterly to Mr. Clark's ' Fine day, today!” He managed, somehow, to exist tbe afternoon. At five be breathed a praver of thanks for tbe bell which meant ” Go home,” and piled bis papers hurriedly into bis desk. He bad a aueer, elated feeling of anticipation — a feeling of some- thing better to come. With a slightly puzzled air, be left tbe office, and started homeward. Was be, be wondered, merelv so generous that be was glad for ” ber ” happiness, and so forgot bis own misery? It hardly seeme d that that re ason could account for tbe strange feeling of anticipation that permeated bis being. She was gone. He would never see ber again, for sbe would be married to some luckv man, and would never again have to count out change in tbe little white shop of Clean Meals. Yet — it was a Queer thing, that feeling, be told bimself. And as be came to tbe little white restaurant, bis heel automatically swung him towards tbe door. At last Mark understood! His dish of sauerkraut—be bad almost forgotten it! Z,aure Estell. POOR ECONOMY The stingiest man was scoring a hired man for bis extravagance in wanting to carry a lantern when going to call on bis best girl. Tbe idea! ' be scoffed. ” When I was courtin 1 never carried no lantern; I went in tbe dark.” Tbe hired man proceeded to fill tbe lantern, what you got.” Yes,” be said sadly, ” and look 7 99 S2 sce«3ee� sc THE CHIEF AMBITION OF SOME OF OUR SMALL FRESHMAN BOYS To take steps as long as Mr. McWiil lams. To wiggle their ears. To know everybody on tke athletic teams. To have a double-jointed thumb. To keep out of Mr. Cummings’s way. To try to talk Miss Sweetman out of keeping them after school To be able to report on Diamond Dick for book reports. To be as popular with the girls as Aaron Shull. To be as tall as Rip Wilson, l o comb their hair like George Estil Howell. To sit downstairs in the front row of the gym. To call Mr. Crego u daddy.” To be old enough to act as young as the seniors do. Wb re at the door, the bell has rung. And fled is all our joyful fun; What shall we do, let’s cut and run — But no ! we’ll stay and see it through. So to our class-rooms then we go, A look on our faces of terrible woe : What see th ithin th e room; Numbers of faces clouded with gloom. The le sson s begun; she calls on me And asks me to give a life study; My head's m a whirl, I can't seem to see ; Down on my card goes a very plain “ D.” She calls on me and then another, But with the same results as ’twas the other. For every one just shakes his head And looks at her with thoughts of dread. Miss Auld is our teacher, And a good one is she, But W1 th ail h er explanations, That English sure gets me Lucille Donnell, '24. PUFFS The engine puffs on the steep upgrade. The fat man puffs on the hill. The cream-puffs puff in the bakeries, But the high school girl puffs still. It may have been in seventy-three, I think that then one •we did see ; Ah, well I know ’tis many a year Since last we saw a feminine ear. 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It looks like kali mourning. Helen: “Well, you’re always complaining tkat you're kalf dead. Edwin Dunn: “ How many senses are tkere? ” Miss Symmes : “ Six.” Edwin: “ How is tkat? I kave only five.” Miss Symmes: “ I know it. Tke otker is common sense, THEY TOLD HIM TO DO IT Tke young man walked down tke street witk one skoe off and kis coat turned inside out. Wkat's tke idea? ’ demanded tke cop. “ Well, I’m taking- a correspondence course and yesterday tke darned Sopho- mores wrote and told me to kaze myself.”—Hesperian. LISTENING IN Lazy Mike : “ I kave a new position witk tke railroad company. Weary Rkodes : “ Wkat ja gonna do? Lazy Mike: “ You know tke fellow tkat goes alongside tke train and taps tke axles to see if everytkmg’s all ngkt? Well, I kelp kim listen. ’ EXCUSE IT, PLEASE Tke electrician kad arrived kome at 1 a. m. and was preparing to undress wken kis wife glared at kim and said : Watts tke matter? Wire you insulate? But tke skock was too great. Tke electrician dropped dead. OS 5--;. W! Q I f RAILROAD ’EM McWilliams: “Are you tke young lady wko took my order? ” Waitress: ' Yes, sir.” McWilliams: “You’re still looking well. How are your grandckildren? ”— Burr. Miss Sontag: “Can you tell me tke difference between annual and biennial plants? Wylies McGlcnning: “Annual are plants tkat die once a year and biennials are tkose tkat die twice a year. Rickard S.: “ It's better to die in tke summer tkan any otker time.” Listener: “ Wkv? ” Rickard S.: “ Because tke place you go to is skady tken.” Mr. Robinson (in ckemistry) : “ If water is composed of two parts kydrogen and one part oxygen, wky doesn t it burn? Rodney Anderson: “ Because it's wet.” Miss Hoem (seeing tke small number m tke class) : “ Wkat is tke matter witk tkis class? Fern E.: “ We are reducing.” Mr. Cummings: “ Yes, tkat's according to Hoyle.” (We didn’t know ke knew anvtking about tkat gentleman.) Found: Two pairs of feet on tke desk in tke Fergus offfce. 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Montana Supports Every G ood c ause Lewistown Chamber of Commerce SWEITZER’S DEPARTMENT STORE GENERAL OUTFITTERS Lewistown’s Fastest Growing- Store ut. r3 lig Monarch Lumber Co Wholesale and Retail All kinds of BUILDING MATERIALS Including “ DU PONT ” PAINTS “ALABASTINE ” “ DUTCH BOY ” WHITE LEAD “ CAREY ” ROOFINGS Phone 200 C. P. Congdon, Manager Lewistown, Montana NORTHERN MADE FOR NORTHERN TRADE ARRO GASOLINE ARRO KEROSENE Made from Montana Crude Oil ARROLENE MOTOR OILS For Every Make of Car Keep Your Money in Montana — Patronize Home Industry Sold in Lewistown by Liberty Oil Co. Arro Oil Refining Company Manufacturers LEWISTOWN, MONTANA, U. S. A. 7 ? asesac� 3ees3c«2c3� ® S8fi MORE POWER MORE SPEED MORE ECONOMY CLINE MOTOR COMPANY Motor Sales Company Distributors Durant and Star Cars KELLY-SPRINGFIELD TIRES Phone 691 Levvistown, Montana —— — � — «■ — — FOR ECONOMY. A Popular Priced Department Store Sam IT. EicofT. Manager Phono 352 211 West Main We carry n complete line of popular priced merchandise for men, women and children We Welcome Student Trade We believe we are engaged in the best business on earth —that of saving the health and strength of women, our nation’s greatest asset 7 7 p t) s jjjj Farm and City LOANS i « (W I g H INSURANCE and SURETY BONDS I WRIGHT Land and Investment Company Os rO , 1 I For a Lunch That Pleases The Colonial Phone 75 Come to Us for Your Drug Store Needs We will supply you with anything you want. We solicit your mail orders. We give you prom pt and accurate service MacMurray Drug Co.' The Nyal Store Corner Fourth and Main WILLIAMS’ KASH and KARRY GROCERY The Current of Saving Saving by cash dealing is like the current of a great river; it flows steadily, quietly, persistently on, on, on — ever widening and increasing. When you start cash dealing you start a current in motion that will bring compe- tence and plenty for old age. Never allow any- thing to interrupt the your best friend. Pay cash, owe nothing, life will be sweeter, richer, and happier. i ao t TUE TEMmJS LEW ISTO WN GROCERY COMPANY ’lie store for good food and most reasonable prices. FRESH FRUIT. FRESH VEGETAm.ES, GROCERIES, etc. We will appreciate your business £W 1ST OWN 'FQUAUTV STORE. KENNEDY’S CAFE Good Eats combined with Service KING’S PHARMACY “TRY THE DRUG STORE FIRST “—THIS ONE Drugs, Sundries, Cameras, Films, Sonora Phonographs, Okeh Records, and the best in Soda Fountain Specialties WE SELL EVERYTHING YOU WEAR Our Motto: Pay CASH and Pay LESS GOLDEN RULE J. H. Akins, Prop. r tat m HELP HIM WHO HELPS YOU Modern Shoe Shop Suits for the graduation exercises that give a parent’s dollar lots of exercise Value here — in every suit! And the garments themselves are the trimmest we ever talked about. Blues — Browns — Grays — Mixtures — all new models — all priced to make a sale with the parent — a friend for the store—and a hit with the boy. Iviippe n lieimor Suits, $40 to $50 Michael Sterns Suits, $80 to $10 First Long Pants Suits, $25-$80 Shirts — Caps — Neckwear — everything a boy needs for handling a diploma with dignity. The FAD Judith Gold BUTTER ICE CREAM ICE Fergus County Creamery For your high school needs The Hub can outfit you entirely with Stetson and Lampher Hats Rochester (New York) Suits W. L. Douglas Shoes in snappy styles Our prices are alwavs lowest THE GEM The place in white That treats you right; Candy for the ladies, Ice Cream for the babies. JACOBS’ STORE Wearing Apparel and Shoes for all school purposes at popular prices WE SOLICIT YOUR PATRONAGE JL COMMENCEMENT GIFTS We have on display the most complete, attractive and reasonably priced collection of commencement gifts in the city. These include Wrist Watches, Rings, lingerie Clasps, Parisian Ivory, Leather Goods, Scarf Pins, Tie Clasps, Book Marks, Photo Frames, Watches for Young Men Come in and look over our complete stock SUTTER BROTHERS—The Reliable Jewelers 417 Main Street World’s lowest priced fully equipped, high grade automobile. For economy, buy a CHEVROLET DUGART MOTOR CO. r 43 WE ARE FIGHTING poor sanitation, all the time, and everywhere. Let us protect you! We will inspect your plumbing free and make required repairs at very modest charges. Present neglect of this attention may prove expensive later JOHNSTON ANDERSON Sanitary and Heating Engineers Phone 818 Lewistown Mercantile Company Wholesale Grocers J. B. HEAVLIN Plumbing-, Heating, Sheet Metal Work and Roofing 214-216 Broadway, Lewistown, Montana Phone 38 MAKE YOUR AMBITIONS COME TRUE IN MONTANA, “ The Treasure State ” P. F. Brown Company Grain, Hay and Seeds Lewistown and Moore THE WK.M M Scheidt Brothers Jewelers 410 MAIN STREET HARRY, The Nifty Tailor ' J Harry Wieringa, Prop. 32134 Main Street; Phone 831 WE CALL FOR AND DELIVER Tailoring, Cleaning, Pressing, Repairing Parcel Post Orders Receive Prompt Attention If It’s INSURANCE We Have It PETTY and PETTY 424-25 Bank-Electric Building, Lewistown, Mont. Phone 358-W Life, Fire, Automobile, and all other kinds SEE W. 0. Downing Co. for REAL ESTATE INSURANCE LOANS INVESTMENTS i! I i Try the REX CAFE FOR A SQUARE MEAL New Prices New Management TOM STEWART, Proprietor THE FERGU MINA CORSAUT Millinery Art Needle Work Nuns “ Boil-Proof ” Threads 20 I Montana Building You Get Kwality, Kleanliness and Kourtesy at KOTKIN’S KASH KARRY Phone 825 I. O. O. F.-K. P. Building { I Congratulations Are in Order to the energetic students who have spent their time in get- ting out this De Luxe Edition of the Fergus. Nothing in the Northwest compares with it. To Parents and Friends of the Graduates We extend a cordial invitation to visit our store and make selection of graduation gifts. Our stock is replete with suit- able gifts of all kinds for either boy or girl Seiden Drug Co. Phone 120 “ The Rexall Store r Brunswick I An Ideal Gift, a “ Brunswick ” I The gift to one that all enjoy The Arro Confectionery The Brunswick Store ” The OLYMPIAN Kalis Camberis Proprietors GROCERIES CONFECTIONERY Phone 034 111 East Main Street The Best in Hardware and Implements at ordinary prices WHY PAY MORE? Well assorted stocks of seasonable goods Judith Hardware Company The WINCHESTER Store Phone 603 A complete line of FISHING TACKLE to select from at Paul Schulz Cigar Store —V %♦' ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ 1 ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ Let me make your clothes to measure. I guarantee to render satisfaction in every detail FRANK HOSTEK Merchant Tailor 40« West Main Street a� : Lindsay-Lewistown Company Wholesale Fruits and Produce HEDGES REAL ESTATE CO. V. A. Hedges. Manager 40« K Main (under Myrtle Tlieater) j | ‘ ! Loans — Real Estate t Fire Insurance Land Office Practice a Specialty TRY WILLYS CAFE for a square meal New prices New management W. S. SMITH CASH FURNITURE STORE ! Complete House Furnishings Walk a Block and Save a Dollar 0. K. BARBER SHOP 1 1 West Main Street Hurry Vestrem, Proprietor Service and Workmanship MANHATTAN CAFE Good Eats — Quick Service Reasonable Prices JZ7 ■ THE FtROI GRAHAM’S for PAINTS—WALL PAPER It It’s Done With Faint We Do It ” The KROEHLER Davenport Serves by Day and by Night Everything for the Home Marsh the Homemaker Lewistown Furniture Co. I Mid-Northern Oil Co. General Superintendent’s Office (Field Division) MONTANA BOLDING Lewistown, Montana HANCOCK’S Lewistown. 31 ont. Ernest E. Murray Certified Public Accountant Montana Building. Lewistown Nothing’ Fancy Just Glean, Home Cooked Eats at Reasonable Prices Ideal Coffee House 818 West Main Street Dr. Tom Ashlock Osteopathic Physician 303 Montana Building Lewistown, Montana Dr. P. T. Carnes Chiropractor 312 Montana Building WILSON AGENCY Alex Wilson 201 Bank-Elcctric Building Lewistown, Montana INSURANCE and BONDS Albert H. Kessler Loans and Insurance 219 Bank-Electric Building Phone 85 i_____________ 6 AS r 49 i30 ____ _ v 2h _ .x L Vy. y ' JLa c M kf c : i ' t j ,, - m - - . -•■••• '• 'v v 1 _ i T f yy A-'1 JK ' l • i 2, 5 r ' £ l ' - st 3- ‘j 1 6ut t'ToL ------ 2 3 ■' % '2 ? (X £- SKs L'As Ptij! JTvsN ® y. V � .ij j V f- l 6—t -22- A (-