Grand Junction High School - Tiger Yearbook (Grand Junction, CO)

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 n»y A hley Whitewater (1) D. S. Club (4). The moat admirable of men are those of greatest stature. non May Barry Hoel-Ross (4). Bright as the sun her eyes the gazers strike. And. like the sun. they shine on all alike. Irene Beardaley Gallipolis. O. (1. 2) Glee Club (3. 4) Operetta (3. 4). The best things come In the smallest packages. llenry Bechthold Senior-Junior (4). Strength of mind is exercise, not rest. Baby Blnnn Fruitvale (1. 2) Glee Club 4» Spanish Club (3. 4). A thing of beauty is a Joy forever. Florence Bower Spanish Club (3. 4) Senior-Junior (4). All who joy would win must share it. Margaret Boroagha Kansas City. Kan. (1, 2. 3) Glee Club (4) Operetta (4) Rhetorical Club (4). A good reputation is a fair estate. Rita Brandon Spanish Club (3. 4). Rich in qualities of mind and heart that make a noble woman. Foreword HEREIN we have attempted to inscribe a lasting record of another year of worthy achie ements in the life of Grand Junction High School; and, as the members of the departing lass of 1922, who now enter broader fields of knowledge, have played no small part in these triumphs in their four years’ sojourn here, so this volume is chiefly designed to serve not only as a record of this year, but also as an epitome of their memories of high school days. The Bend in the Road YOU stand at the Bend in the Road of Life, Peering wistfully through the haze. Wond’ring what joy or grief, what peace or strife Will be your lot in future days. Silenced but for a moment is your song. Then all your joy comes back to you. For ’round the Bend you see a road along Which flowers bloom neath skies of blue. In dreams you see the goal which is your aim. And toward it leads the pictured road. Then you in dreams have fortune won, and fame; And, if you’ve felt Ambition’s goad. Success is yours, and all that Life can hold; The joy of having done your best Is yours: and the evening shadows fold You in a night of well-earned rest. As you dream of the bright days yet to be When you have passed beyond the Bend, The shadows that may fall you do not see. But joys with sorrows always blend; And Life's long road may some time be more steep. Sharper the thorns along the way, The pitfalls be more treacherous and deep. And skies of blue may change to gray. Round the Bend in the Road, failure, defeat. May he waiting to hide the sun And crush your hope of a life that’s complete With its battles well fought and won. But. whatever may come of joy or care In the long road that lies before. Choose well every step as you travel there Until the long journey is o’er. If for a moment men do not believe The things that you say or you do. Know in your heart that you do not deceive. And know in your heart that you’re true. Keep ever before you that blissful dream Of the good things that come with time. For ’tis that vision makes Life truly seem So beautiful, wondrous, sublime. And when you at last face the Sunset Glow And have known Life’s joys, and its load. Oh. still see that vision that long ago You saw at the Bend in the Road. —Frances H. Reed. Class Officers Karl Purcell------------------- President Mary Cox------------------ Vice President Helen Higgins---------Secretary-Treasurer Senior Class History [EPTEMBER. 191S. saw the list of students of G. J. H. S. greatly increased by the enrollment of over a hundred small Freshmen, who were not as green as we might have looked. In a very short time we

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 TIGER Karl Parcell Class President (4) Baseball (1, 4) Operetta (4) Minstrel Show (4) Orchestra (31 Football (4) Class Play (4) There are only a few great men in the world. Katherine Greene Valedictorian A maid from the country, shy and coy. Having no use for any boy. Iler studies are her greatest joy. Charlotte Ilergner Salutatorian Spanish Club (3. 4) Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.

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Allen Bronn Class Play (4) Spanish Club (3. 4) Senior-Junior (4). Whence is thy learning? Panline Broun Spanish Club (3, 4) Senior-Junior (4). Silence in woman is like speech in man. Harold Bnrjc« w Spanish Club (3) S. L. Club. Life is less than nothing without love. Mary Byraan D. S. Club (3). None knew thee but to love thee. Nor named thee but to praise Alwilila C'allnwny Treas. (3) O . B. Staff (3) Class Play (4). She has three hands, right, left and a little behind hand. Alex B. ('anpbell Class Play (4) Football (3. 4) Minstrel Show (2. 3, 4) Operetta (2, 3. 4) O. B. Staff (3) Class Pres. (2). O wonderful son. that can so astonish a mother. Iluth Cher die Glee Club (4) Operetta (4) Class Play (4) Spanish Club (3, 4). Happy as the day Is long. Ruth Coffman Whitewater (1) Sen ion-Junior (4). Modest and shy. had learned the arts of bluffing and of tutting classes, and had elected officers. No more did we feel so very unnecessary in the Senior assembly; no more did we blush when they greeted us with the familiar strains of “How Green They Are.” We, not wanting to be just like every other Freshman class, entertained the eighth grade at a C olonial party, which proved our merits as hosts. Thus, with algebra and Latin and other little incidentals, we completed our first year of High School. As Sophomores, we continued our excellent progress. Two of our Freshmen teachers, Miss Eckel and Miss Groom, recognized our abilities to such a degree that they could not bear the thought of parting with us, and so were made Sophomore teachers. Many were the hours we spent in proving things in geometry that anyone could see were so, and in translating pages of C'aesar. We supported the athletics, contributed to the O. B., gave numbers on assembly programs, had representatives in the Girls’ Mandolin Club, the High School Orchestra, the Minstrel and Operetta, and proved ourselves all-round good boosters. The grand finale which ended our second year in High School was the Sophomore Banquet, in every way a success. In 1920 we returned once more, and, as Juniors, added more laurels to our reputation. A good per cent of the football and basketball squads was chosen from our ranks, and the leading male characters in the Operetta. We chose class pins and twice entertained the Seniors—the first time at a barn dance and the second time at a farewell banquet. At last that high and mighty station has been acquired—we are Seniors. We no longer stand in awe of anyone; we give encouragement to the poor, despairing student of geometry and tell him: Wait until you try solid.” The talent of our class again comes to light when all but one of the leading characters for the Operetta are Seniors; our boys’ quartette is the best in High School, and two of the participants of the Western Slope Rhetorical Contest from G. J. H. S. are Seniors. We have | enetrated the deep, dark secrets of chemistry; have associated, dissociated and reassociated everything; have learned Chaucer’s “Prologue, Hamlet’s Soliloquy; outlined Long’s English Literature,’’ and are at last prepared to graduate—the best class that ever was or will be—the Class of ’22! Last Will and Testament of the Class of 22 CHE last will and testament of the Class of ’22, drawn up this 3tst day of May, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred and twenty-two, bequeaths the following on such conditions as are herein specified: 1. Margaret Whitney, with sad heart, leaves her Vanity Fair to Lucille De Walt. 2. Evelyn Roberts wills her would-be bluffs” to Theda Wright, with this advice: Be careful in chem. lab.” 3. Karl Purcell leaves his genius in drawing gentlemen’s profiles to George Burnett, with reservations on the Roman nose type. 4. Honey Meek bequeaths her sweet” name and natural roses to the Honey” of the Class of ’23. 5. Frances Reed wills her collection of poems and all her poetic thots (written and unwritten) to Babe Sloan.—Use 'em! 6. Ruby Blann leaves, with sigh and tear, Ed Jens to her successor in the Class of ’23. 7. Katherine Green wills her brains to Martin Heidgen, her hair and the style of